She was quite mature for her age, especially back then. Extremely talented professional by thirteen years old. Should have had much bigger career on TV, film and particularly should have been a huge Broadway musical star. What little I've been able to read about her doesn't seem to get into much detail on her life except in a very general way. Even in the rare interviews she doesn't really get into much. Largely, I think, because most interviewers concentrate on this one song and period of her life relative to it. I read, though, she didn't like Pink Shoelaces, preferring to perform the more adult standards of the time. And was, and apparently still is to some degree, irritated that that's pretty much the only thing she's remembered for. I can understand, given her well rounded singing and acting chops. Unfortunate for her and the general public that she never really got to use all that talent at the level I think she warranted and deserved. I get the impression she saw herself as more suited talent-wise to '40 and early to mid '50s musical films where she could've really stretched her skills. Well. Is what it is.
In 1959 I was in the 2nd grade. There was a talent contest at our school. The prize was a set of classroom books. My teacher got together with my mother and entered me and fellow classmate, Ida Mae Melton in the contest. Mother made the complete outfit from the hat, vest, to the pink shoe laces. Ida sang the song as I danced across the stage behind her. We won the contest.
It's a catchy song, and she's an amazing singer, but isn't it creepy that she was singing this (at 13) about her boyfriend that was joining the military, so he's 17 or 18 at the youngest?!?!
I remember hearing this song in the early 1960's. In 1959 I was six years old. Listening November 2024 to a song I haven't heard in years. Great to have a trip back in time.
Because of this song, in 1959 at High School, a couple of the boys wore pink shoelaces in their sandshoes for our annual cross country run. Having to run through water over the track, the pink dye bled and they ended up with the white shoes mostly pink. What a laugh.
I was born in 1986 and my aunt played this song for me once when I was a kid. I must have made her play it 1,000000000000 times. She is in the last days of her life. I just said my goodbyes. I’ll be listening to this on repeat all week 💗
I'm so sorry for your loss. Great memories you have. I lost my husband last year way too young and my brother is on his death Bed now again way too young.
I was 9 years old in 1959 and grew up on this music. Amazing how things changed. I believe I was born at the best time, 12/22/1949. I've seen all the cool stuff happen and heard all the great music in every era.
Erick Cole, Really? He was just mentioning the obvious, that's she was cute. She has poise and sophistication, so It's an honest mistake to think she was older than 13. I don't believe he was drooling as he was typing that.
@@kencampbell2359 Tell me more about your years growing up in the 50s, 60s and the years leading to now! I’m interested in the history of people living in those eras.
Wow, December 31, 1959 - the very last day of the 1950s. Such a lovely moment in time...nobody could guess how drastically (and horribly) things would change just 10 years later.
Even at that young age, she was so sophisticated and mature, just a 'natural born performer', I was in love with her in 1959, and still have a 'crush' on her today, have seen her perform a few times with her daughter at RR shows in Cleveland.
Fun! Tan Shoes, The Monster Mash, One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater, Hot Rod Lincoln, Alley Oop . . . a lot of fun novelty songs from those halcyon days. Thanks for posting this treasure of Americana!
Well it was halcyon for some, I guess America of that era needed something to be an antidote to pesky songs like Old Man River, or Strange Fruit, by that time. It never ceases to amaze me how nostalgic people get for this post War America era. A time when people were still being persecuted for their politics, forcibly had their sexuality oppressed, and criminalized, where an entire race was reduced to second class citizens, oh yes, times were so good. It was a terrible time for anyone not a politically conservative, middle class, hetero, WASP, but hey, you had this song so all was right in the world right?
In answer to Apis4....In comparison to what we have today, those days WERE golden. So, you must love the crap that we have today. Yes, the world is SO MUCH nicer these days. We just had another mass shooting. If these shootings become any more frequent we'll all soon be able to set our clocks to them. And the drug problem in this country is beyond out of control. And if people are so damn confused as to what gender they are, God gave everyone a big clue. All you gotta do is look between your legs. I'll take the past anytime over the way things are now. The way I see it, the past is all we got, 'cause I sure don't see a future for this country or this world. Somethin' got to give, and soon!
I remember when that song came out in 1959. Dodie Stevens is about 8 months older than me and seeing her sing this song brings back a lot of memories. I miss my youth and I miss my parents who have passed on many years ago. Life goes by so fast might as well enjoy it as much as I can.
1959...The year I entered kindergarten...also the year of the first Mr.Peabody cartoon-which included the Wayback Machine, for going back in time.(Chuckle!)
Just a teenager back then. I remember this song so good. I just love my 50's music. I may be a senior citizen now but I can still get down and dance 💃to my 50's music 🎶🎵. Just had my birthday party 🎉🥳 this month June 12th. I had so much fun dancing 💃to my 50's music with my friends and family. We had a great time I just wish it could have gone longer. Anyway yea for the 50's and 60's.
The best song in littlebigplanet 3 Aw nuts, a plot twist!! The elevator ain't gonna move until we refill the cup with milkshake!! This music is pretty catchy huh?
My name is carlos in 1959 I was 12 years old living in Mexico where we also had rock and roll bands one of the bands los holligans sang this song in spanish
In 1959 my twin cousins and I used to pantomime and dance to this song on the front porch of their beautiful big house on the farm! I found out that today the house had been razed last week. So, I contacted my cousins to tell them Pink Shoe Laces is in my head today! Sooo many wonderful memories!
Great song, I was eight years old at the time . Always wondered what the lady looked like and never guessed she was only thirteen. Her voice and maturity far exceeded her age at the time. Wow ❤
LOL, how do you know her maturity from watching her sing a song she probably rehearsed hundreds of times? She didn't write the song. She only sang it. Any 13 year old can do that.
Glad I ran across this ! My Mom used to play her old records on Saturdays with me & my lil sis and this was one of her favorites!!❤ R.IP. Mom 6-03-23😢❤😢 Thanks 😊
I sang this in my Elementary school contest back in about 1981. I was 7 or 8. My brother was a mannequin dressed up with tan shoes and pink shoelaces, the polka dot vest and the big Panama w a purple hat band. and sat in the chair while I sang and at the end he stood up and carried me off. He was prob 17 or 18 yrs old at the time. It’s one of the best memories I have with him even though he didn’t wanna do it. 😂❤ I did not win or place because I was so shy but everyone loved it.
more of that "im litening to (song from long time ago) and im only (x) years old" bullshit dude i was 8 when i first heard this. and i was born in 2006. dONt JUdgE mE
+EBthere I hope so, I wasn't trying to be hostile with that comment like wow it's amazing someone that only can like connect with something with modern technology and if you think about it like she saw it when she was ten and now she's talking about it like 50+ years later on the Internet. I was just like wowed out. Again no hostility
Ohmygosh!!!!!!! I remember when this song first came out. I was about 11 or 12 years old and sang it all the time. I'm 75 and can still remember most of the words. So happy I found this.
I am absolutely crazy about this song! I was born in 1959 and have other siblings and this was their era! Fortunately for me because of them, I was able to have it my whole life!! The dance craze is just ridiculously mind blowing, man! I maybe old but , I've GOT to learn that dance! Lol
I was about ten or eleven when this song came out, and all of my friends sang it. We'd walk arm in arm down the school hall, and on the sidewalk on the way home. We were the coolest girls in our school, and on our street. Fun, innocent days.
@@bzakie2 Then why is she wearing that cumbersome lavaliere mic around her neck? If she were lip syncing they wouldn't have included such a distracting piece of technology.
I live in the Permian oil basin and there is a regional Mexican grocery store that exclusively plays 1950s and early 1960s music. My mom I always look for excuses to go there. I am 29 and she is in her early 50s.
I found this song in 2015 when I was 12 years old, I think I heard it in Little Big Planet 2 or 3 at first and I looked up the lyrics and came across this. I hadn't actually listened to the song in years until just now and it's still as good as it was when I found it. Easily one of my favourite songs
What is popular today isn't even music! None of it is any good! Now, there's some GREAT MUSIC off the popular path, and it's GREAT because it's written by those that sing it, and they sing it from the heart! ❤️ Avi Kaplan is my new FAVORITE! Neil Diamond is my all time favorite since the late 60s!!!
Wow! She’s the same age as me!!! Birth year! 1949!!! Yes and I’m so happy I was born in that era!!! Those were the best songs of the universe! Best movies! Dances! Cars! You name it! Fashions! Etc!etc!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😚😉💕
@@rentslave Ok, boomer It wasn't any political parties or ideology that degrade the meaning of FUN, its the today's generation that generally lacks the creativity to create iconic music without sensation and money
@@ryhanzfx1641 Do you know why they lack that creativity?The Pill+Roe v Wade+Feminism+AFDC+EBT has greatly reduced the number of intelligent people OF ALL RACES.
Christ, a bunch of leftist boomers and right wing conspiracy nut-jobs flinging shit at each other, but really having no idea what they're talking about... Music still is fun, and I guess everyone's idea of fun differs and is subjective... however, if you look, you can easily find things like this that still go on today.
Cute stuff ! Love it ! A local oldies station sometimes plays this bodacious "blast from the past". Delightful Dodie is pretty dang talented for 13 years old ! Strictly from wowsville, daddy-o ! THANKS so much for uploading for to enjoy ! CHEERS !! :-)
I was 13 when this came out and liked it. People had a sense of humor about music then and performers recorded a lot of fun songs. They didn't take themselves too seriously. Purple People Eater, The Witch Doctor, Beep Beep, Haunted House, Short Shorts, Yakety Yak, Searchin', Spilsh Splash, Skinny Minnie, Short Fat Fannie, Bonny Maronie, were all fun songs.
I'm back watching this again. Dodie just walking a few feet and and moving a little is still better than the freaky dancers around singers that you see in todays videos/concerts. Hey hey that's whtat I say
Born in 46, so 1959 puts her at 13 years old, and the only music shows that attribute her guest appearing, are in 1959. Bob Hope Show, Juke Box jury, Dick Clark Show, BP Super Show. If she was 15, that puts her to 1961, Here's Hollywood, which was an Interview show. After that she drops off the radar, until 68, for the Joey bishop Show. She married at 16, and went to live on a farm, so that explains the ~7 year break. She divorced in 66, and by 1969 she was performing again, with 'Billy, I've Got to Go to Town'.
She is now 73 years old and teaches singing and stage performing at her studio in San Diego county.
Same age as me, and I loved her back in the day!
she tried acting but things didnt fall in favor .i don't know why ...she has a great personality
She was quite mature for her age, especially back then. Extremely talented professional by thirteen years old. Should have had much bigger career on TV, film and particularly should have been a huge Broadway musical star. What little I've been able to read about her doesn't seem to get into much detail on her life except in a very general way. Even in the rare interviews she doesn't really get into much. Largely, I think, because most interviewers concentrate on this one song and period of her life relative to it.
I read, though, she didn't like Pink Shoelaces, preferring to perform the more adult standards of the time. And was, and apparently still is to some degree, irritated that that's pretty much the only thing she's remembered for. I can understand, given her well rounded singing and acting chops.
Unfortunate for her and the general public that she never really got to use all that talent at the level I think she warranted and deserved. I get the impression she saw herself as more suited talent-wise to '40 and early to mid '50s musical films where she could've really stretched her skills. Well. Is what it is.
So not much older than me. I was almost 12 years old. I thought she closer to 77 years old now.
So closer 16 years old then.
In 1959 I was in the 2nd grade. There was a talent contest at our school. The prize was a set of classroom books. My teacher got together with my mother and entered me and fellow classmate, Ida Mae Melton in the contest. Mother made the complete outfit from the hat, vest, to the pink shoe laces. Ida sang the song as I danced across the stage behind her. We won the contest.
Cisco Pike nice memories !
I wasn’t even born
so cute !!!! im glad you won! its neat you got to live during such an iconic period of time!
That is so cool! Well, it might be a bit late now, but congratulations on winning. Lol
Fabulous talented girls, well done. Great memory to keep. 👍
"My dad wants to use the phone so we can only talk for about an hour" LOL
stlgtrace we'd cope terribly
How about have to share a three party telephone line
This is how 13 year old girls should be
Yes I am laughing too
That's the only reason I'm here sir
Just found this song and I'm in love with it:)😊 Someone listening to this song in 2024?
Watchn everyday❤😊
We are..!
Me
Take out still ❤ love hear life❤
Heard it on the way home from work. 1 shot/take is also impressive
The 1950s has some amazing music and groups. This song is making me smile from ear to ear.
This is awesome to see her so young. She is my vocal coach and is still amazing!
Tell her we all love her!❤
That's awesome...
It's a catchy song, and she's an amazing singer, but isn't it creepy that she was singing this (at 13) about her boyfriend that was joining the military, so he's 17 or 18 at the youngest?!?!
@@docvic9533wow....different times and yet tehy've come full circle in the creepiest way, far more sinister than this portrays
@@docvic9533 I don't think the song is meant to be taken as actual facts of what happened
I remember hearing this song in the early 1960's. In 1959 I was six years old. Listening November 2024 to a song I haven't heard in years. Great to have a trip back in time.
Because of this song, in 1959 at High School, a couple of the boys wore pink shoelaces in their sandshoes for our annual cross country run. Having to run through water over the track, the pink dye bled and they ended up with the white shoes mostly pink. What a laugh.
I was born in 1986 and my aunt played this song for me once when I was a kid. I must have made her play it 1,000000000000 times. She is in the last days of her life. I just said my goodbyes. I’ll be listening to this on repeat all week 💗
🙏🏻❤️memories. Prayers for you and your family ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm very sorry for your loss. It's very hard to lose a love one. My prayers go out for you❤.
@@pamhutson475 Thank you! 💗
@@cherylszink3715 Thank you! 💗
I'm so sorry for your loss. Great memories you have. I lost my husband last year way too young and my brother is on his death
Bed now again way too young.
I was 9 years old in 1959 and grew up on this music. Amazing how things changed. I believe I was born at the best time, 12/22/1949. I've seen all the cool stuff happen and heard all the great music in every era.
I'm much younger than you
But I still find this song nostalgic
Because it was in a video game called littlebigplanet 3 released in 2014
I was born in 58 and I too am amazed at how things have changed. Take care -
Im 2 Days older than You 😊
You and I would have been classmates. I was born 10/23/49. I remember this song very well.
I am 4 days older than you. I was born 12/18/1949. I agree with everything you said.
she was only thirteen?! I would have thought she was seventeen. great performance by this cute teenager.
she's a natural..
+Eric cole What about this conversation is perverted? Get outta here.
I feel her singing style is more like Doris Day
utoobuser101 she might've made the song with 13 but could be performing this as she's older?
Erick Cole, Really? He was just mentioning the obvious, that's she was cute. She has poise and sophistication, so It's an honest mistake to think she was older than 13. I don't believe he was drooling as he was typing that.
Amazing live performance, especially for a 13 year old!! She had an outstanding voice.
Ur head
What? She's 13? How come? She look 16 or 17
you think she's singing live?
MrFloundermania There is no way in the world she is singing live!
@@bzakie2 at 1:50 you can hear the bass player almost enter early.
I was born in 1946 and the era of this type of song was the best time of my life. I heard these songs on my 8 transistor radio. What a blast.
I'm watching on my 2 billion transistors phone. Lol.
I'm a 1946 baby, too...we were so lucky to be born that year, weren't we?
@@kencampbell2359 Tell me more about your years growing up in the 50s, 60s and the years leading to now! I’m interested in the history of people living in those eras.
I bet there was none of this lgtbq crap in those good ol days, huh? Just people being respectful and having fun.
Same here. My transistor was a Sony worth a kickstand to prop it up. The best of times.
"Why is our phone bill so high?"
"I wanted my friend to finish her song."
Wow, December 31, 1959 - the very last day of the 1950s. Such a lovely moment in time...nobody could guess how drastically (and horribly) things would change just 10 years later.
69? why
@@anapaulagomes5582 probably Vietnam.. hopefully they don’t mean all of the social progress of the 60s
@@anapaulagomes5582 en effet,pourquoi?
The 50's ended on Dec. 31,1960. That was the end of the SIXTH decade of the 20 th Century.
The Century (and Millennium) ended Dec 31, 2000.
@@georgejuniorleedom4476 Are you deranged? Get lost, troll.
Even at that young age, she was so sophisticated and mature, just a 'natural born performer', I was in love with her in 1959, and still have a 'crush' on her today, have seen her perform a few times with her daughter at RR shows in Cleveland.
Wtf
Noah poop fu
How old was she in this video ?
Dark Reaper 13 or 14, She also was a singer with 'Sergio Mendes & Brazil '77' in the '70's, 'Geri Stevens'.
Wow...Most impressive . Thank you kindley
Thank you so much, Little Big Planet, for introducing me to the most amazing songs
YESSSS I AGREEEEEE
YES
Same
Yeah
I thought I was the only one here because of little big planet
“Tan Shoes with Pink Shoe Laces, A Polka-Dot Vest, and A Big Panama with a Purple Hat Band!” Discovered this “catchy” song in 2021!
I listened to this track since I was a kid and never thought Dodie was only 12 when she recorded this. Amazing! What a voice.
Yeh, never occurred to me either. What a shock to find out after all these years.
I was 13 when this was out! It was so popular, and I loved it! When I go back to that era this is one song I still sing at the top of my lungs!
I've dody very much
I WAS GOING ON 2 YEARS OLD! WOW!
Just heard this in Little Big Planet 3, and fell in love straight away
Me too! I loved it.
Fun!
Tan Shoes, The Monster Mash, One Eyed One Horned Flying Purple People Eater, Hot Rod Lincoln, Alley Oop . . . a lot of fun novelty songs from those halcyon days. Thanks for posting this treasure of Americana!
Oh, yes, agree. More please.
and of course the Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini!
Well it was halcyon for some, I guess America of that era needed something to be an antidote to pesky songs like Old Man River, or Strange Fruit, by that time.
It never ceases to amaze me how nostalgic people get for this post War America era.
A time when people were still being persecuted for their politics, forcibly had their sexuality oppressed, and criminalized, where an entire race was reduced to second class citizens, oh yes, times were so good.
It was a terrible time for anyone not a politically conservative, middle class, hetero, WASP, but hey, you had this song so all was right in the world right?
Koo Ki Koo Ki lend me your comb..
In answer to Apis4....In comparison to what we have today, those days WERE golden. So, you must love the crap that we have today. Yes, the world is SO MUCH nicer these days. We just had another mass shooting. If these shootings become any more frequent we'll all soon be able to set our clocks to them. And the drug problem in this country is beyond out of control. And if people are so damn confused as to what gender they are, God gave everyone a big clue. All you gotta do is look between your legs. I'll take the past anytime over the way things are now. The way I see it, the past is all we got, 'cause I sure don't see a future for this country or this world. Somethin' got to give, and soon!
I was 3 years old in 1959 , I too grew up with this type of music because I had several older brothers and sisters..Good times ❤❤❤
Yes, most definitely! I have been a fan of Dodie and of her 1959 hit sing ever since it hit the charts. Welcome to the club! This song is timeless!
I remember when that song came out in 1959. Dodie Stevens is about 8 months older than me and seeing her sing this song brings back a lot of memories. I miss my youth and I miss my parents who have passed on many years ago. Life goes by so fast might as well enjoy it as much as I can.
Dodie and Dooley! Awesome!😁
1959....the year I was born. When are they gonna invent that time machine...I wanna go back
Automobile's built that not only had fins but character.
1959...The year I entered kindergarten...also the year of the first Mr.Peabody cartoon-which included the Wayback Machine, for going back in time.(Chuckle!)
I want to go back to 1959 too in a time machine!
Me too! 🇺🇸🎙📞
My sons used to think this was a song that my mom made up! When she played it on the record player, they were surprised! Fun memory of my mom ❤
"My dad wants to use the phone, so we can only talk for about an hour."
LOL! Love it!
Just a teenager back then. I remember this song so good. I just love my 50's music. I may be a senior citizen now but I can still get down and dance 💃to my 50's music 🎶🎵. Just had my birthday party 🎉🥳 this month June 12th. I had so much fun dancing 💃to my 50's music with my friends and family. We had a great time I just wish it could have gone longer. Anyway yea for the 50's and 60's.
The best song in littlebigplanet 3
Aw nuts, a plot twist!!
The elevator ain't gonna move until we refill the cup with milkshake!!
This music is pretty catchy huh?
DomiTastyVideos yes manglewood
A Plots!! A Nut Twist!!
:) yea!
You were brought here by it too?
Ikr
My name is carlos in 1959 I was 12 years old living in Mexico where we also had rock and roll bands one of the bands los holligans sang this song in spanish
agujetas de color de rosa
Agujuetas de color de Rosa
También salió una novela en 1994 con el título y la canción al inicio del capítulo.
@@Elida001 ya perdio la cuenta
@@yessicacaballero8891 ya perdio la cuenta?
Wow!!! What happened? Such beautiful music and such nice manners, where did we go wrong??
Generation changes
Secularization (godlessness), drug culture, Leftism (Marxist ideologies that lead to cultural suicide of the West).
Brilliant live performance by Dodie and team...every bit as good as the studio recorded version.
Me again...was there a more musically talented 13-year-old than Dodie at that time...never tire of her remarkable talent and confidence.
In 1959 my twin cousins and I used to pantomime and dance to this song on the front porch of their beautiful big house on the farm! I found out that today the house had been razed last week. So, I contacted my cousins to tell them Pink Shoe Laces is in my head today! Sooo many wonderful memories!
With the new dance to go along with this song, people of today are loving it!!!!
How new is the dance ?
I have an unnatural fascination with this song.
Great song, I was eight years old at the time . Always wondered what the lady looked like and never guessed she was only thirteen. Her voice and maturity far exceeded her age at the time. Wow ❤
LOL, how do you know her maturity from watching her sing a song she probably rehearsed hundreds of times? She didn't write the song. She only sang it. Any 13 year old can do that.
@@phil1517 But not as well.
I was seven. It's hard to believe she was only 13 with that voice.
No auto tune, just talent!
I sing without auto tune.
This is what you call talent lmfao 😂😂😂😂
FLAWLESS! I NEVER SMILE AND CRY AT THE SAME TIME!
Exactly.
Glad I ran across this !
My Mom used to play her old records on Saturdays with me & my lil sis and this was one of her favorites!!❤
R.IP. Mom 6-03-23😢❤😢
Thanks 😊
I've seen this over three times in a full day. I love this too much
Terrific voice for 13 years old!
More mature than 30 year Olds today. More talent than any current musician.
@@Surfer041 I agree with you but "any" is a bit of a stretch lol
@@Mr.SoggyShoes I disagree
@@Surfer041 so you genuinely believe that there are absolutely no more talented musicians left?
@@Mr.SoggyShoes yes.
I sang this in my Elementary school contest back in about 1981. I was 7 or 8. My brother was a mannequin dressed up with tan shoes and pink shoelaces, the polka dot vest and the big Panama w a purple hat band. and sat in the chair while I sang and at the end he stood up and carried me off. He was prob 17 or 18 yrs old at the time. It’s one of the best memories I have with him even though he didn’t wanna do it. 😂❤ I did not win or place because I was so shy but everyone loved it.
I've born in 2003 and still apreciating music from 1959...
DON'T JUDGE ME!
You're God
@@lia1740 I guess i'm just really niche.
Me to
Hee-Hee
I was born in 2005 lol
more of that "im litening to (song from long time ago) and im only (x) years old" bullshit
dude i was 8 when i first heard this. and i was born in 2006. dONt JUdgE mE
You just knew this song was going to blow up on TikTok and TH-cam shorts. The dance is all over now. Going crazy
I was ten then but I remember Dotie singing this, she was only thirteen... very pretty and talented
Fuck, your old
+Haytham Nawaz someone will be telling you the same thing someday - it's guaranteed - be ready for it.
+EBthere I hope so, I wasn't trying to be hostile with that comment like wow it's amazing someone that only can like connect with something with modern technology and if you think about it like she saw it when she was ten and now she's talking about it like 50+ years later on the Internet. I was just like wowed out. Again no hostility
+EBthere You are betting he lives that long. I would bet on it. Course he wouldnt say crap in person
His old? Oh, you mean YOU'RE.
Cassie: “Mom, can we talk? I think Dodie might be dating a pimp…”
😂😂😂good one !👍👍
!!!
I was ten years old, I remember Dodie well...great memories:)
-I was 8 and Mom had "Pink Shoelaces" on the jukebox at the cafe she owned. It was the hangout for the high school kids.
Did she have any other hits?
@@piperbackwriter She performed with The Chordettes when she got older
Ohmygosh!!!!!!! I remember when this song first came out. I was about 11 or 12 years old and sang it all the time. I'm 75 and can still remember most of the words. So happy I found this.
I was 7 years old in 1959. I loved this song and I had the record. I remember most of the words. I never saw her sing it until now.
playing this a lot now she will get to number one this time of the year 2023 😎👍❤
Have loved this song for years and never seen Dodie Stevens. Thanks so much for this video!!
Born in the 50's, first time to hear this song since the 50's! Wow, I do remember it! My parents loved the 50's, too!
I am absolutely crazy about this song! I was born in 1959 and have other siblings and this was their era! Fortunately for me because of them, I was able to have it my whole life!! The dance craze is just ridiculously mind blowing, man! I maybe old but , I've GOT to learn that dance! Lol
I haven’t heard that song in over 60 years or more. Dodie Stevens was a cutie.
One of the cutest songs EVER!!
WOW! she has such a strong and amazing voice! love this song! :)
She recorded the studio version as a 12yo ... it debuted at #96 on the Billboard Hot 100 the day before her 13th birthday.
Man, I had forgotten all about this one.
I was about ten or eleven when this song came out, and all of my friends sang it. We'd walk arm in arm down the school hall, and on the sidewalk on the way home. We were the coolest girls in our school, and on our street. Fun, innocent days.
This brings back some great memories, Thank-you!
I was nine years old at the time and loved this song! I loved listening to music from a very early age. This brings back such great memories.
I bet the person on the other line is like why the hell she singing
doughnut 123 I know right
Then she hangs up on her!
doughnut 123 smoking crack
doughnut 123 She's can't hear a thing she's saying cause her ears are bleeding
Has to be wondering why she is dating a pimp...
This is such a fun song and video. Love it
Wow nou verlang ek na my hoërskool jare. Hoe baie kon ek hiermee saamsing 💕
Oh my gosh, I remember this growing up. YES we liked this one also.
Today we sing into microphones.
Back then, they sang into telephones! #Badass
+Sir Prize Nice idea, BTW, to make a phone tube into mic ;-)
Telephones have microphones too...
Done live! The bass came in early near the end... I miss the days when you had to do it right, or as close to right as you're able, the first time.
Note the bulky/awkward microphone she had to wear.
This is not the original recording from the record.
Things were spontaneous in those days.
@ 1:50 Bass plucks early ! Very subtle though 🎵
im 15 years old i love this song and cant get it out of my head i'll go around whistling the beat great song
What a great performance--talented beyond her years
Wow 13 years old and no auto tune, just talent.
13 years old, performing live, she's actually a pretty good singer.
She had professional voice training, unusual for pop singers back then or now for that matter.
jake spivey She aint singing live.
@@bzakie2 It doesn't really matter dude.
@@bzakie2 Then why is she wearing that cumbersome lavaliere mic around her neck? If she were lip syncing they wouldn't have included such a distracting piece of technology.
Young people today have no experience with genuine talent so of course they think everybody always lip syncing everything.
I constantly hear this while I'm shopping at Coles and it always gets me bopping along, I love it!
I live in the Permian oil basin and there is a regional Mexican grocery store that exclusively plays 1950s and early 1960s music. My mom I always look for excuses to go there. I am 29 and she is in her early 50s.
Don’t know why but I was thinking of this song today. Thanks for posting it.
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Song Dance Viral craze .... Original Dodie Stevens
I was born in the Winter of '69 and just found this amazing song today.
I remember hearing this song from the neighbours house on the radio one night about that era.
I found this song in 2015 when I was 12 years old, I think I heard it in Little Big Planet 2 or 3 at first and I looked up the lyrics and came across this. I hadn't actually listened to the song in years until just now and it's still as good as it was when I found it. Easily one of my favourite songs
That's why I'm here lol
@@leahischilly7976 it's a great song, weird to see it blowing up on tiktok lately too. people do this cringe af dance and all
@@MrJaFumb thankfully I haven't seen that yet lol
i ran across this song and after that i see pink shoelaces alot. it just sticks in my head now.
This sure takes me back about 50 years!
For being born in the 70's I have to say this is a lot better than the music they have to listen to these days!
What is popular today isn't even music! None of it is any good! Now, there's some GREAT MUSIC off the popular path, and it's GREAT because it's written by those that sing it, and they sing it from the heart! ❤️ Avi Kaplan is my new FAVORITE! Neil Diamond is my all time favorite since the late 60s!!!
I was born in 2005 and this era of music is better than anything in 2024
Amazing performance from a very talent 13 years old girl with her very big hit . I enjoyed it very very much
Rest in Peace Micki Grant, the writer of the song. June 30, 1929 - August 22, 2021
I can’t get enough of this 😮😅
Wow! She’s the same age as me!!! Birth year!
1949!!! Yes and I’m so happy I was born in that era!!! Those were the best songs of the universe! Best movies! Dances! Cars! You name it! Fashions! Etc!etc!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😚😉💕
Music used to be FUN.
EVERYTHING used to be fun.Then,the Democrats began to ruin it all.
@@rentslave
Ok, boomer
It wasn't any political parties or ideology that degrade the meaning of FUN, its the today's generation that generally lacks the creativity to create iconic music without sensation and money
@@ryhanzfx1641 Do you know why they lack that creativity?The Pill+Roe v Wade+Feminism+AFDC+EBT has greatly reduced the number of intelligent people OF ALL RACES.
Christ, a bunch of leftist boomers and right wing conspiracy nut-jobs flinging shit at each other, but really having no idea what they're talking about... Music still is fun, and I guess everyone's idea of fun differs and is subjective... however, if you look, you can easily find things like this that still go on today.
Tom Dockery ... didn’t the Greeks come up with the Democracy way before the Romans came up with the Republic?
Cute stuff ! Love it ! A local oldies station sometimes plays this bodacious "blast from the past". Delightful Dodie is pretty dang talented for 13 years old ! Strictly from wowsville, daddy-o ! THANKS so much for uploading for to enjoy ! CHEERS !! :-)
She did such a cute rendition of this funny song. Very mature and professional for one so young.
I was 13 when this came out and liked it. People had a sense of humor about music then and performers recorded a lot of fun songs. They didn't take themselves too seriously. Purple People Eater, The Witch Doctor, Beep Beep, Haunted House, Short Shorts, Yakety Yak, Searchin', Spilsh Splash, Skinny Minnie, Short Fat Fannie, Bonny Maronie, were all fun songs.
My dad(who grew up in Hollywood) saw her around this time at a big cub scouts event in La.
I was born in 1995 and this was way before my time, but I still love it ❤
really catchy 🎶🎵🎶🎤🎼🎶🎵🎤i could just listen to this all day🎵
"We can only talk for about a hour" hangs up in 2:36
I'm back watching this again. Dodie just walking a few feet and and moving a little is still better than the freaky dancers around singers that you see in todays videos/concerts. Hey hey that's whtat I say
This video is addictive...such a catchy tune.
She's not 13 here.. she's about 15.. the song was re-recorded when she signed with Dot Records.. (the 1959 record she really WAS 13..)
Born in 46, so 1959 puts her at 13 years old, and the only music shows that attribute her guest appearing, are in 1959.
Bob Hope Show, Juke Box jury, Dick Clark Show, BP Super Show.
If she was 15, that puts her to 1961, Here's Hollywood, which was an Interview show. After that she drops off the radar, until 68, for the Joey bishop Show.
She married at 16, and went to live on a farm, so that explains the ~7 year break. She divorced in 66, and by 1969 she was performing again, with 'Billy, I've Got to Go to Town'.
This is one of my favorite songs from my childhood. Had it on my Dumb Ditties record by K-Tel. 🥰
Thanks for this "Ginchy" video.
Just can not beat the OLDIES, thank God for the people that find and /or create these videos !
I'm Here From Lbp And I Live For This Song.
Brooo same here!! Wanna play lbp sometime ?
@@ak-vr1tt Sadly The Console I Had It On Recently Broke ;w;
Xaomoon Zhu dang man I was really hoping I could the nostalgia but it’s all good