I interviewed Bobby Fuller on my radio show in April 1966 on my first radio gig, at KLFM 105.5 FM in Long Beach, Calif. He is never to be forgotten. His music kept alive the Buddy Holly sound into the mid-1960s.
@@nicholasvinyl Very relaxed, sure of himself, and he reminded me of Rick Nelson. I never met Rick but I saw him in concert 3x. I saw Bobby Fuller Four in concert twice in 1965-66.
Whenever I listen to their music, I can't help but feel that Bobby Fuller was perhaps the most direct descendant ever of the Buddy Holly sound. The similarities between them are truly eerie, as both had an incredible knack for making heartbreakingly beautiful and unforgettable love songs, and both died horrible deaths at the beginning of what were sure to be long and prolific careers.
Like Buddy Holly Bobby is still a big star after his sad death, listen to him all the time and shivaree looked a great pop show...... Manchester UK 🇬🇧❤️
Agreed. There was Buddy Holly's friend Ray Ruff, who did some soundalike songs in the Buddy Holly sound style from 1959 to 1963, and the British Rock group The Hullabaloos in 1964. And Tommy Roe, whose song "Sheila" was inspired by Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue".
Gene Weed! One of the disc jockeys out here in So Cal. I had this single and I could put it on my rejector record player and let it play over and over and over . . .
I danced at the Bobby Fuller's Teenage Rendezvous in El Paso TX before he left for California and mysteriously died at the hands of the Hollywood music industry. RIP Bobby Fuller 😢
@@robertbrooks7001it has been solved listed as an accident. He had an open empty gas van in his car. The autopsy lists absolutely no indication of any violence. People die from accidents, not realizing that what they are doing is dangerous. Gasoline vapors will kill you. But people don't realize it because they only smell them when outside pumping gas in the open. But get in your car with a gas can leaking vapors, that is a different story. He was an up and coming rock star. Why would they kill s potential cash vow. Because he was supposedly hanging around with mob girls. What a bunch of BS.
Along with Buddy Holly, Bobby Fuller was one of the greatest talents to emerge during the early 60's. Who can imagine what they might have achieved but for their untimely deaths.
David M It's a pity the Bobby Fuller Four did not seize the opportunity to tour Britain, the way Buddy Holly and The Crickets did early in 1958. Then Bobby might have not got murdered, and the popularity of the Bobby Fuller Four would have rocketed in the UK.
Well-said and sadly, so true.....especially when you see what garbage is out there today in the "music world" with the so-called "singers". Music like the BFF will live on forever unlike today's "music".
It saddens me to this day when I read the investigative reports of Bobby Fuller's untimely death and the horrific pain he must have endured during the last hour or hours of his death. My gosh, he was so extremely talented and he would have gone on to further his musical career if he had lived. Amazes me the depths of his talent. I kind of have to shake my head in a no fashion ( in disbelief), to think how his world came to an abrupt end and the end for the Bobby Fuller Four. I was a very young teenage girl when he died and lived with my parent's near the Hollywood area and lived only about 2 1/2 miles away from where Bobby and Randy lived with their mother in a Hollywood apt. on Sycamorre Ave. I knew that whole area of Hollywood.
What a privilege to know Bobby Fuller, Randy Fuller, Jim Reese, never met this drummer. They were the BEST around from Texas to California! You are missed Bobby Fuller 4
Thank you,Gene Weed! After all these years we still owe him a debt of gratitude for preserving these wonderful performances for us! Bobby Fuller Four lives on because of him..
I must confess to have never heard these two songs. I am 60 and keep playing them back over and over. These two songs capture the energetic innocence of that time. And they represent the highest level of skillful composition for that genre. Bobby Fuller and Buddy Holly were the West Texas equivalent of Lennon and McCartney. If they had ended up in the same group they would have fed off of each other's energy and recorded some phenomenal songs. George Harrison heard Fuller and was impressed.
That was great to see!!! Bobby Fuller and his band I'm sure blew lots of groups off stage. You can tell by looking at them that they were the real deal!
This song has some fantastic energy. What an awesome talent the BF 4 were. Great chemistry with the go-go dancers. Just a fantastic time no longer present.
Man I feel so lucky to have had youth in the 50's and 60's It was a great time to be young. Another bright star taken too soon in that era He had a great future ahead of him
+Don Diego Vega I know it's so innocent and fun here. It was a one off, for one brief shining moment never to be repeated like Buddy,Richie & The Big Bopper, and so forth.
We can and do. It's all lip synched, including this one. But if you want a show as good as the best of the old days go to a Little Steven show. I'm 62, and that show is as good or better than any show I saw back in the day
I miss shows like Shivaree,the music and those times. As unsettled as they were,there was still something magical about the 1960's. Look at the energy in that clip and the two awesome songs. You just don't see that very often today. Anyway,great,great clip!
We can only speculate on what might have been. Bobby Fuller had undoubted talent and although his life and his contribution to music was cut so tragically short he did leave behind a rich collection of his music which will live on. Rest easy Bobby..
fab song , fab group and what a great show , How time flies, especialy great times. RIP Bobby your music will go on, and your stamp on the 1960s will never die.
Wow! I really like the music of the Bobby Fuller Four Band. Perfect 1960's style music, so simple, cheery and fun, typical teenager style and the dancers are great too. Great Harmony and guitar playing.
I have never heard these songs before, and just when you think that let her dance was cool enough, another sad and lonely night is ice cold!!!( Kicks arse!) The guitar playing and harmony's ae In a class of there own, and I can't help but wander (like many of you) What Bobbby Fuller and his awesome band may have gone on to achieve! RIP, Sir Robert Fuller!!!Michael Butler,And may your music live on for future generations to greatly enjoy!!!!!!!
I Loved this man's music,and still do,to this very day! and while his murder still remains a cold case to be solved, Bobby Fuller was the best! "Another Sad and Lonely Night" is one of my top favorites,along with "True Love",and "I Fought The Law"-all of Mustang Records finest juke box tunes back in the mid 1960s!
It was a murder. Organized crime money was behind him and he was wanting to go on his own with another record label. They weren't going to let that happen.
I remember him on Saturday Nights in "Battle of the Bands" in El Paso. It was usually no contest because The Bobby Fuller Four was head and shoulders above the local compettion like "The Torquets" and the "Intruders" - very good local El Paso Bands.
The girl at the end dancing, lifted her skirt up for brief moment and revealed she had no panties on!!! So Cool!! The 60's really rocked and really wish I had a time machine!!!!!
Maybe she was confused, and thought they were the BOOBY Fuller Four, but couldn't manage to get away with that kind of indiscrete flashing, so she substituted the A for the T. I would guess that the censors fell asleep at the wheel on this one. Either way, it's a win-win, IMHO...
WOW! What a perfect video example of a great, magical time for Rock and Roll. Funny, I don't remember the show "Shivaree". Bobby Fuller would have been a big star if not for his untimely and mysterious death. A bigger loss then we may have realized. This stuff was amazing.
SHIVAREE was hosted by KFWB Radio deejay Gene Weed (the "Weedy One") and was a similar dance party show of the mid-1960s out of Los Angeles like HULLABALOO and SHINDIG.
The dancing by the Go-Go dancers in this video is an excellent example of the big difference between dance moves in the '60s from the choreographed dancing that accompanies performances by hip-hop artists today. Both are very impressive.
Every era has it's share of negative things going on. American society at that time was in the midst of major change, and that is never easy. But the music of The Bobby Fuller Four, as shown in this video, was the embodiment of pure joy...as was so much of the music of the 60's. That era's music possessed a certain magic that is nowhere to be found today. It's tough to try and make someone in their teens or twenties understand how big and wonderful it was. It was a special time.
Oct 22, 2011....69 years ago today Bobby Fuller was born in Texas. Such a talented man, with a great spirit. I miss you Bobby, and you are forever in my heart.
This program was beautifully shot as well. the tracking shots working so well with the stage design as well as choreography is really quite sophisticated. Given what they had to work with back then.
Yes it was great but should have been in color. The networks switched to color in the fall of 1966 so shows made before that time were mostly black & white, unfortunately.
It's a kick to know that 3 quintessential ABC-TV '60s teen music shows were taped on a stage adjacent to The Lawrence Welk Show. Welk's old school orchestral sounds next to the raw garage rock & pop sounds of early to mid '60s. Venue was ABC Televison Center on Prospect Avenue in East Hollywood.
Great Rock and Roll Music, from the superb Bobby Fuller Four. It's such a puzzle that they did not take the world by storm, with records like "Let Her Dance" and "I Fought The Law". There are also some tremendous tracks by them on the Bobby Fuller Four Memorial album, which should have been released before he was murdered. If they had been, and the group had been successful with them, who knows, fate might have dealt him a different hand, and the band too.
Love his song "KRLA - King of the Wheels", 1965. It was a great promo tribute song for our great Los Angeles AM Top 40 Pop & Rock music station, KRLA in the 1960s.
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! WOW! I don't know how I missed "Let Her Dance" as a serious rocker and 13 at the time of this song - and DIDN'T HEAR IT UNTIL I WAS 62... but what a great, GREAT recording and what an absolutely INCREDIBLE video.. Sheer bliss! This is one of those moments when the planets lined up perfectly... where a great single, hot guitar riff, hot band, hot audience, perfect camerawork and AMAZING dancers all slid into a groove and COOKED. One of the stellar, classic go-go dance performances of all time, When during the break in the middle of the song the girls lock in one after another... wow, just thrilling. Not to mention that little gift later from the blonde dancer on the right. Watch for it. (People's heads must have exploded - mine would have - hell it almost does watching now!) Has to be one of the coolest, hard driving rock singles of the era. Whatever pathetic losers killed Bobby Fuller obviously robbed us of some fantastic rock and roll. and what a great band he had behind him! Fuller was no one hit wonder... he would have delivered a lot more than he was given a chance to. But just on the strength of "Let Her Dance" and the other hits I'd say put him in the Hall of Fame. Help! I can't stop watching this video!
edfou5 I totally agree with you, edfou5! I hadn't heard this until today (I'm 62, also). I suppose "I Fought the Law" was such a big hit that the other tunes took a back seat. Really a shame.
I could not have said it better, edfou5... this vid contains a crystal-perfect moment in time I'd gladly permanently lose myself into. Craftsmanship, meet magic.
Was Stationed at Biggs AFB, El Paso, Tx, Bobby Fuller's Hometown. 1964/65 and was able to see him in a local "battle of the Bands". Actually had "Let Her Dance" on a 45 I bought in early 1965 long before it was out Nationally.
What is so tragic about Bobby Fuller's death is that almost 50 years later, we still do not know for sure who was behind his killing and this will probably remain a mystery. Gosh, just think of the music that he would have made if he would have lived. What a BIG loss for rock and roll!!! (And he died the day before my 13th birthday and on my special day, I felt so sad on a day that I was supposed to be so happy.)
Yes, that's right !! He should have been a great star and his death will probably remain a mystery.... that's sad but let's keep on listening to his music !!!
+Florent QUESNEL Merci, merci, Florent! Vive La France! I hope to go to your country someday, esp. Paris! I would LOVE to see the Eiffel Tower (and go to the top!), the Louvre and the Cathedral of Notre Dame! I also LOVE it when French women speak French, esp. Claudine Longet, the late Andy Williams' ex-wife! So sweet and sexy and what a VERY sexy voice, esp. when she sings "L-Amour Est Bleu". And cheers to you from New Mexico, USA!
Doug Celeste I have a lot of the films starring the original sex kitten, the delectable, and very French, Brigitte Bardot. I always try to get them in the original French, with English subtitles, so as to be able to hear that beautifully seductive French voice of hers.
Bobby used to go out with Nancy Sinatra and Frank hated Bobby and thought he was a punk by refusing to stop seeing her. And if you look how Bobby was beat up doused with gas and put in his car. The police found a matchbox by the car the gasoline can in the trunk and Bobby was found with his hand stretched out reaching for the keys in the ignition of his car. It was murder and much like a mob hit.
he was put in the car cop's threw the evidence and then he pored the gas on him so that it can cover the injured spot's to infect him and so that he cant get caught
These girls danced on all the major shows of the time like SHINDIG and HULLABALOO. And they danced at discotheques too. This is a story in itself and should be made into a movie. And these girls should be interviewed for a good storyline and used as consultants throughout the movie. Parallel threads of the girls bouncing back and forth from show to show and the different bands that came and went would be nice to develop as a story. There is a good movie and/or a good book in all of this!
I was 12, and I remember it the same way. My brother had an album by Bobby Fuller Four called "KLRA, King of the Wheels" with the band around a top fuel dragster, with Bobby Fuller in the driver's seat at Lions Drag Strip. Those days were so innocent and it wasn't just my age. The Chinese have a saying, "May you live in interesting times." The 60's were incredible.
I remember sitting in a car at the market when over the radio they announced Bobby Fuller dead. I felt bad then and sixty years later I feel just as bad. I wanted the killers to be caught but they never were. My feelings of revenge are over. I’ll never know who did it and “justice” will never come. Only thing that’s left is some great music. Sad and lonely world of music. Thanks for great videos.
@@neilquinter7884 You're in the groove dude! None of that "I am a walrus --- Coo-Coo Ca-choo" Crap...Man I hated it when the music died....Thanks largely to John, George, Paul and Ringo the Dingo.
Notice the synchronicity of the girls dancing, how they stop, pause and wait for the next to dance. Number 4 girl stops, lifts up her skirt and dances. Was that some type of signal or an accident? This show aired on ABC in 1966. We'll find out.. All of these girls are in their late 70's or 80's now. Most may have passed..
It amazes me all the time, of how much different it is now as compared to how life was in those days. But man bobby and the guys sure could put on a dam good show ! ! ! !
Bobby Fuller only had one minor hit in Britain, with "I Fought The Law". I think that "Let Her Dance" was absolutely brilliant, and should have been a huge success both sides of the pond. Two other points on this: First, I completely agree with you about Bobby Fuller's fate. I certainly don't think he topped himself. Secondly, the dancer who flashed her knickers did it at least another time.
RIP the three members of The Bobby Fuller Four Jim Reese (December 7, 1941 - October 26, 1991), aged 49 Bobby Fuller (October 22, 1942 - July 18, 1966), aged 23 Randy Fuller (January 29, 1944 - May 16, 2024), aged 80 You will be remembered as legends
yer definitely right about that...Britain ruled then, but America was really starting to make one hell of a fight back../ result? just great music that hasn't been bettered since!!! let her dance should have been a huge hit!!
Few people know Bobby Fuller 4 beyond I Fought the Law and how good they were. Had he not died so soon, no telling how far he would have gone. this tune is 1963!!!
GREAT first song (both actually), KILLER guitar riff, joy abounds, innocence and the blonde go-go girl second from the left is (actually) Teri Garr. God bless you Teri! The few seconds after the guitar solo (1:25) when one by one the four dancers lock in is A Quintessential Rock and Roll Moment. PURE BLISS containing everything important to me, all universal truths within those sixteen seconds. I'm very serious. Stop laughing!
And let me add a HUGE THANK YOU to whoever posted this video. Can't tell you how much pleasure it's brought me! To those who seem to be denigrating the band for lip synching, understand that it was the nature of the business. Bands had very little power in those days. You did what you were told or you didn't appear, and this was true of American Bandstand, Ready Steady Go, etc. What made Shindig the best of the bunch were the requisite LIVE performances... but what made Shivaree the most exciting were those amazing DANCERS!
One of rock's GREATEST losses was losing Bobby the day before my 13th birthday in 1966! Yes, just imagine the impact he would have had on the music scene in the 1960's and beyond if he would have lived. "Let Her Dance" never gets played today on the AM oldies radio stations and that is a pity. All you hear is "I Fought The Law". And the group's first album was filled with lots of other great songs like "Another Sad and Lonely Night" and "Take My Word". This is REAL rock that never dies!!!!
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I interviewed Bobby Fuller on my radio show in April 1966 on my first radio gig, at KLFM 105.5 FM in Long Beach, Calif. He is never to be forgotten. His music kept alive the Buddy Holly sound into the mid-1960s.
Wow....incredible. So very sad ending.
How was he in person?
@@nicholasvinyl Very relaxed, sure of himself, and he reminded me of Rick Nelson. I never met Rick but I saw him in concert 3x. I saw Bobby Fuller Four in concert twice in 1965-66.
Still got a recording of the interview laying around?
@@ippaxy I wish I did. It was the property of the radio station.
Whenever I listen to their music, I can't help but feel that Bobby Fuller was perhaps the most direct descendant ever of the Buddy Holly sound. The similarities between them are truly eerie, as both had an incredible knack for making heartbreakingly beautiful and unforgettable love songs, and both died horrible deaths at the beginning of what were sure to be long and prolific careers.
Like Buddy Holly Bobby is still a big star after his sad death, listen to him all the time and shivaree looked a great pop show...... Manchester UK 🇬🇧❤️
The Buddy Holly death was a tragedy. The death of Bobby Fuller was a MURDER.
Agreed. There was Buddy Holly's friend Ray Ruff, who did some soundalike songs in the Buddy Holly sound style from 1959 to 1963, and the British Rock group The Hullabaloos in 1964. And Tommy Roe, whose song "Sheila" was inspired by Buddy Holly's
"Peggy Sue".
Legend never dies, for me Bobby Fuller is one of the best musician of all time.
Gene Weed! One of the disc jockeys out here in So Cal. I had this single and I could put it on my rejector record player and let it play over and over and over . . .
KHJ I believe.
His time at the top was brief, but Bobby Fuller's contribution to rock and roll must not be underestimated. He was a major talent.
I danced at the Bobby Fuller's Teenage Rendezvous in El Paso TX before he left for California and mysteriously died at the hands of the Hollywood music industry. RIP Bobby Fuller 😢
A Cold Case that needs to get closure and get the killers!
No, I don't believe it was anyone in the Hollywood music industry that did this horrible thing.
@@robertbrooks7001it has been solved listed as an accident. He had an open empty gas van in his car. The autopsy lists absolutely no indication of any violence.
People die from accidents, not realizing that what they are doing is dangerous. Gasoline vapors will kill you. But people don't realize it because they only smell them when outside pumping gas in the open. But get in your car with a gas can leaking vapors, that is a different story.
He was an up and coming rock star. Why would they kill s potential cash vow. Because he was supposedly hanging around with mob girls. What a bunch of BS.
Damn right that's how he died. Sam Cook too. Law enforcement was a get-rich-quick business back then.
Not many songs can still sound brilliant 60 years after they were written.
That drummer is awesome. He just drives that song.
That's DeWayne Quirico on drums, he was on all the records except one. He lives in Tucson AZ and still plays.
"let her dance" = one of my all time faves, awesome song!
Along with Buddy Holly, Bobby Fuller was one of the greatest talents to emerge during the early 60's. Who can imagine what they might have achieved but for their untimely deaths.
David M It's a pity the Bobby Fuller Four did not seize the opportunity to tour Britain, the way Buddy Holly and The Crickets did early in 1958. Then Bobby might have not got murdered, and the popularity of the Bobby Fuller Four would have rocketed in the UK.
David M HOLLEY DIED IN 59
I'm not saying he didn't : read my comment again !
Yes. Bobby Fuller was murdered.
@@Scotseasy Actually, the wording of your comment *DID* imply that Buddy Holly emerged in the early '60s along with Bobby Fuller ;)
WE need Bobby Fullers desperately.. Music today doesnt suck.IT swallows>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
Like a dream that this ever happened. Another time, another planet.
Well-said and sadly, so true.....especially when you see what garbage is out there today in the "music world" with the so-called "singers". Music like the BFF will live on forever unlike today's "music".
No. Just happy kids young and dumb and full of.........
@clarkewi ...Life
"Thank God for TH-cam where yesterday and the good 'ole days live forever."
It saddens me to this day when I read the investigative reports of Bobby Fuller's untimely death and the horrific pain he must have endured during the last hour or hours of his death. My gosh, he was so extremely talented and he would have gone on to further his musical career if he had lived.
Amazes me the depths of his talent. I kind of have to shake my head in a no fashion ( in disbelief), to think how his world came to an abrupt end and the end for the Bobby Fuller Four.
I was a very young teenage girl when he died and lived with my parent's near the Hollywood area and lived only about 2 1/2 miles away from where Bobby and Randy lived with their mother in a Hollywood apt. on Sycamorre Ave. I knew that whole area of Hollywood.
What a privilege to know Bobby Fuller, Randy Fuller, Jim Reese, never met this drummer. They were the BEST around from Texas to California! You are missed Bobby Fuller 4
The drummer in this video is DeWayne Quirico, who was on all the records except for one. He lives in Tucson AZ and still plays!
Thank you,Gene Weed! After all these years we still owe him a debt of gratitude for preserving these wonderful performances for us! Bobby Fuller Four lives on because of him..
What a magnificent, bliss-inducing song!
I must confess to have never heard these two songs. I am 60 and keep playing them back over and over. These two songs capture the energetic innocence of that time.
And they represent the highest level of skillful composition for that genre. Bobby Fuller and Buddy Holly were the West Texas equivalent of Lennon and McCartney. If they had ended up in the same group they would have fed off of each other's energy and recorded some phenomenal songs. George Harrison heard Fuller and was impressed.
That was great to see!!! Bobby Fuller and his band I'm sure blew lots of groups off stage. You can tell by looking at them that they were the real deal!
This song has some fantastic energy. What an awesome talent the BF 4 were. Great chemistry with the go-go dancers. Just a fantastic time no longer present.
Shiveree a great show and brilliant girl dancers
@cockyhemi the Beatles were far more better but these guys are great on their own right
THE SKY IS FOR THE STARS! A true legend never to be forgotten... WEST TEXAS!
Man I feel so lucky to have had youth in the 50's and 60's It was a great time to be young. Another bright star taken too soon in that era He had a great future ahead of him
That's when rock and Roll was fun.Todays's music isn't this fun.
Beautifully said,and I couldn't agree more. If I had a time machine I would go back tonight.
Host looked like he was going "Well I announced the band, now what the shit do I do?" As he was trying to get to the side of the stage hahaha.
The band was like: Bobby, look at the host! What do we do?
Bobby: Let him dance
Yeh, right! At first I thought he was going to join the band! He just should've walked right off the stage.
Too bad that you can't have shows like this these days.
+Don Diego Vega I know it's so innocent and fun here. It was a one off, for one brief shining moment never to be repeated like Buddy,Richie & The Big Bopper, and so forth.
NO TALENT IN DANCE OR VOCALS THESE DAYS
@R_ Reveley lmao what mate
We can and do. It's all lip synched, including this one. But if you want a show as good as the best of the old days go to a Little Steven show. I'm 62, and that show is as good or better than any show I saw back in the day
The instruments arent even plugged in
I miss shows like Shivaree,the music and those times. As unsettled as they were,there was still something magical about the 1960's. Look at the energy in that clip and the two awesome songs. You just don't see that very often today. Anyway,great,great clip!
We can only speculate on what might have been. Bobby Fuller had undoubted talent and although his life and his contribution to music was cut so tragically short he did leave behind a rich collection of his music which will live on. Rest easy Bobby..
fab song , fab group and what a great show , How time flies, especialy great times. RIP Bobby your music will go on, and your stamp on the 1960s will never die.
Song from fantastic Mr Fox
Carl Johnson Great movie, right?
Subbiah V Right
PyroInferno 0 yep we’re some young foxes and sliver foxes
Zebrafish _Animations yep
watched it yesterday, masterpiece film
Wow! I really like the music of the Bobby Fuller Four Band. Perfect 1960's style music, so simple, cheery and fun, typical teenager style and the dancers are great too. Great Harmony and guitar playing.
Love it. Great song! The classy dancing ...
RIP Bobby !! Your music will live forever in our hearts !!
These guys were fantastic !!! Bobby would've been truly great. Everything they played had a great hook.
I have never heard these songs before, and just when you think that let her dance was cool enough, another sad and lonely night is ice cold!!!( Kicks arse!) The guitar playing and harmony's ae In a class of there own, and I can't help but wander (like many of you) What Bobbby Fuller and his awesome band may have gone on to achieve! RIP, Sir Robert Fuller!!!Michael Butler,And may your music live on for future generations to greatly enjoy!!!!!!!
Big Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers influence.
@@oscarharvey588 Yes you can sure tell. They were all so great! Have a great time.
what a beautiful set.and the energy from all who were there.never will we see it again
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Teri Garr was one of the GoGo girls.
The BEST Bobby Fuller song.... One of the BEST songs ever written...
I love Bobby Fuller he's one of the best musicans in classic rock.
I Loved this man's music,and still do,to this very day! and while his murder still remains a
cold case to be solved, Bobby Fuller was the best! "Another Sad and Lonely Night"
is one of my top favorites,along with "True Love",and "I Fought The Law"-all of Mustang
Records finest juke box tunes back in the mid 1960s!
It was a murder. Organized crime money was behind him and he was wanting to go on his own with another record label. They weren't going to let that happen.
I remember him on Saturday Nights in "Battle of the Bands" in El Paso. It was usually
no contest because The Bobby Fuller Four was head and shoulders above the
local compettion like "The Torquets" and the "Intruders" - very good local El Paso
Bands.
Yes they were the best Anywhere!
Did he ever play at Hondo Pass right off of Diana Drive?
The girl at the end dancing, lifted her skirt up for brief moment and revealed she had no panties on!!! So Cool!!
The 60's really rocked and really wish I had a time machine!!!!!
Let her dance ....all night long
It's Los Angeles.
She became a famous actress. That’s Terri Garr.
Maybe she was confused, and thought they were the BOOBY Fuller Four, but couldn't manage to get away with that kind of indiscrete flashing, so she substituted the A for the T. I would guess that the censors fell asleep at the wheel on this one. Either way, it's a win-win, IMHO...
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WOW! What a perfect video example of a great, magical time for Rock and Roll. Funny, I don't remember the show "Shivaree". Bobby Fuller would have been a big star if not for his untimely and mysterious death. A bigger loss then we may have realized. This stuff was amazing.
SHIVAREE was hosted by KFWB Radio deejay Gene Weed (the "Weedy One") and was a similar dance party show of the mid-1960s out of Los Angeles like HULLABALOO and SHINDIG.
The dancing by the Go-Go dancers in this video
is an excellent example of the big difference
between dance moves in the '60s from the
choreographed dancing that accompanies
performances by hip-hop artists today. Both
are very impressive.
Perfect 😂
That was the quintessential set up.
Those dancers were the best!
One of them's Teri Garr, the later actress.
@@Ruda-n4h - Second from the left.
Every era has it's share of negative things going on. American society at that time was in the midst of major change, and that is never easy. But the music of The Bobby Fuller Four, as shown in this video, was the embodiment of pure joy...as was so much of the music of the 60's. That era's music possessed a certain magic that is nowhere to be found today. It's tough to try and make someone in their teens or twenties understand how big and wonderful it was. It was a special time.
There is something very John Lennony in the way Bobby Fuller sings. I love it...
Oct 22, 2011....69 years ago today Bobby Fuller was born in Texas. Such a talented man, with a great spirit. I miss you Bobby, and you are forever in my heart.
This program was beautifully shot as well. the tracking shots working so well with the stage design as well as choreography is really quite sophisticated. Given what they had to work with back then.
Yes it was great but should have been in color. The networks switched to color in the fall of 1966 so shows made before that time were mostly black & white, unfortunately.
It's a kick to know that 3 quintessential ABC-TV '60s teen music shows were taped on a stage adjacent to The Lawrence Welk Show. Welk's old school orchestral sounds next to the raw garage rock & pop sounds of early to mid '60s. Venue was ABC Televison Center on Prospect Avenue in East Hollywood.
Great Rock and Roll Music, from the superb Bobby Fuller Four. It's such a puzzle that they did not take the world by storm, with records like "Let Her Dance" and "I Fought The Law". There are also some tremendous tracks by them on the Bobby Fuller Four Memorial album, which should have been released before he was murdered. If they had been, and the group had been successful with them, who knows, fate might have dealt him a different hand, and the band too.
Shows like these need to come back!
So sad that Bobby was murdered back in 66. This July 18 marks 50 years. His murder has never been solved. Rest in peace Bobby.
Truly was the day music died when you lost greatness
Love his song "KRLA - King of the Wheels", 1965. It was a great promo tribute song for our great Los Angeles AM Top 40 Pop & Rock music station, KRLA in the 1960s.
Fabulous song. Ultra underrated.
Bobby Fuller made his music with heart and intelligence. What more can you ever ask?
Why do I love Let Her Dance so much ? What would we be listening to now if he had lived ?
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! WOW!
I don't know how I missed "Let Her Dance" as a serious rocker and 13 at the time of this song - and DIDN'T HEAR IT UNTIL I WAS 62... but what a great, GREAT recording and what an absolutely INCREDIBLE video.. Sheer bliss!
This is one of those moments when the planets lined up perfectly... where a great single, hot guitar riff, hot band, hot audience, perfect camerawork and AMAZING dancers all slid into a groove and COOKED.
One of the stellar, classic go-go dance performances of all time, When during the break in the middle of the song the girls lock in one after another... wow, just thrilling. Not to mention that little gift later from the blonde dancer on the right. Watch for it. (People's heads must have exploded - mine would have - hell it almost does watching now!)
Has to be one of the coolest, hard driving rock singles of the era. Whatever pathetic losers killed Bobby Fuller obviously robbed us of some fantastic rock and roll. and what a great band he had behind him! Fuller was no one hit wonder... he would have delivered a lot more than he was given a chance to. But just on the strength of "Let Her Dance" and the other hits I'd say put him in the Hall of Fame.
Help! I can't stop watching this video!
edfou5 I totally agree with you, edfou5! I hadn't heard this until today (I'm 62, also). I suppose "I Fought the Law" was such a big hit that the other tunes took a back seat. Really a shame.
Barb Stevenson I had heard this growing up but forgot about it.
I could not have said it better, edfou5... this vid contains a crystal-perfect moment in time I'd gladly permanently lose myself into. Craftsmanship, meet magic.
"Craftsmanship meet magic"... wow, you hit the nail right on the head, BEAUTIFULLY PUT! Wish I'd said it...
I first heard it a few months ago on Tom Petty's Buried Treasure. RIP
Happy Birthday in heaven, Bobby Fuller, born on this day in 1942.
I don't care what people say ....
rock and roll is here to stay .....
Was Stationed at Biggs AFB, El Paso, Tx, Bobby Fuller's Hometown. 1964/65 and was able to see him in a local "battle of the Bands". Actually had "Let Her Dance" on a 45 I bought in early 1965 long before it was out Nationally.
What is so tragic about Bobby Fuller's death is that almost 50 years later, we still do not know for sure who was behind his killing and this will probably remain a mystery. Gosh, just think of the music that he would have made if he would have lived. What a BIG loss for rock and roll!!! (And he died the day before my 13th birthday and on my special day, I felt so sad on a day that I was supposed to be so happy.)
Yes, that's right !! He should have been a great star and his death will probably remain a mystery.... that's sad but let's keep on listening to his music !!!
Florent QUESNEL I will toast Bobby Fuller and your comments! Thanks to both of you and Cheers!
Doug Celeste
Cheers mate, from France !!! ;-)
+Florent QUESNEL Merci, merci, Florent! Vive La France! I hope to go to your country someday, esp. Paris! I would LOVE to see the Eiffel Tower (and go to the top!), the Louvre and the Cathedral of Notre Dame! I also LOVE it when French women speak French, esp. Claudine Longet, the late Andy Williams' ex-wife! So sweet and sexy and what a VERY sexy voice, esp. when she sings "L-Amour Est Bleu". And cheers to you from New Mexico, USA!
Doug Celeste I have a lot of the films starring the original sex kitten, the delectable, and very French, Brigitte Bardot. I always try to get them in the original French, with English subtitles, so as to be able to hear that beautifully seductive French voice of hers.
Bobby used to go out with Nancy Sinatra and Frank hated Bobby and thought he was a punk by refusing to stop seeing her. And if you look how Bobby was beat up doused with gas and put in his car. The police found a matchbox by the car the gasoline can in the trunk and Bobby was found with his hand stretched out reaching for the keys in the ignition of his car. It was murder and much like a mob hit.
Frank Sinatra killed Bobby? Now that would be creepy
he was put in the car cop's threw the evidence and then he pored the gas on him so that it can cover the injured spot's to infect him and so that he cant get caught
Bobby's the best, but this video and overall atmosphere has a strangely eerie feeling to it...hard to describe.
37terraplane I got that too-maybe it’s all the reverb and the fact of his murder...
little steven's underground garage brought me here. let her dance is musical perfection. what a party! and yes... bring back the go go girls.
One of my favourite songs ever ❤
These girls danced on all the major shows of the time like SHINDIG and HULLABALOO. And they danced at discotheques too. This is a story in itself and should be made into a movie. And these girls should be interviewed for a good storyline and used as consultants throughout the movie. Parallel threads of the girls bouncing back and forth from show to show and the different bands that came and went would be nice to develop as a story. There is a good movie and/or a good book in all of this!
I was 12, and I remember it the same way. My brother had an album by Bobby Fuller Four called "KLRA, King of the Wheels" with the band around a top fuel dragster, with Bobby Fuller in the driver's seat at Lions Drag Strip. Those days were so innocent and it wasn't just my age. The Chinese have a saying, "May you live in interesting times." The 60's were incredible.
I remember sitting in a car at the market when over the radio they announced Bobby Fuller dead. I felt bad then and sixty years later I feel just as bad. I wanted the killers to be caught but they never were. My feelings of revenge are over. I’ll never know who did it and “justice” will never come. Only thing that’s left is some great music. Sad and lonely world of music. Thanks for great videos.
You read the book ? 🌵🌵🌵
What slick move at 2:18 by that dancer. Got her ass on tv in the 60s. You know moms and dad's everywhere lost their shit
thank you Mr Fox for introducing me to this wonderful song.
My second favorite song...ever! Favorite song...I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds. Same era. Yeah Baby!
Great taste! That's my favorite Byrds song, too.
@@neilquinter7884 You're in the groove dude!
None of that "I am a walrus --- Coo-Coo Ca-choo" Crap...Man I hated it when the music died....Thanks largely to John, George, Paul and Ringo the Dingo.
@@richardschaefer4807 Ok, I'm not with you on the Beatles hate.
These two Bobby Fuller Four songs NEVER reach the Billboard Top 200, however, they are super excellent songs👍👍👍👍!!!
Great fun, energy, and talent!! It was a glorious time to come of age!!!
You rock on Bobby....great MUSIC and dancers,
When I wanna do some swingin’, this is where I come.
i know I'm very late. but I'm glad i discovered his music. soooo good!❤
Bobby and group were great.
70 WONDERFUL EPISODES OF THIS SHOW 1965 THROUGH 1966!!
Notice the synchronicity of the girls dancing, how they stop, pause and wait for the next to dance. Number 4 girl stops, lifts up her skirt and dances. Was that some type of signal or an accident? This show aired on ABC in 1966. We'll find out.. All of these girls are in their late 70's or 80's now. Most may have passed..
That was intentional. Love it! 😄
Who would have thought that I would love this song today! What an awesome tune! Happy vibes, great dancing and cute guys!! Thank you for this video!!
RIP Bobby, 48 years ago
It amazes me all the time, of how much different it is now as compared to how life was in those days. But man bobby and the guys sure could put on a dam good show ! ! ! !
R.I.P. Randy Fuller
A superb track-fan bloody tastic (Let Her Dance)
I like this video mostly for the song "Another Sad & Lonely Night". I wish that was the full version.
check the blonde on the right 2:18 classic ..great video
Thats cheeky :)))))
Barry Stewart yep
Kudos - duly snagged ...
***** grandma can still shake a tail feather.
georgiaslop Yep
I need a ticket back to 1964 ,that's my heaven
One of the best rock'n roll songs of all time!
@ 1:39 the second girl,blonde, is actress Teri Garr
Bobby Fuller only had one minor hit in Britain, with "I Fought The Law". I think that "Let Her Dance" was absolutely brilliant, and should have been a huge success both sides of the pond.
Two other points on this:
First, I completely agree with you about Bobby Fuller's fate. I certainly don't think he topped himself. Secondly, the dancer who flashed her knickers did it at least another time.
RIP the three members of The Bobby Fuller Four
Jim Reese (December 7, 1941 - October 26, 1991), aged 49
Bobby Fuller (October 22, 1942 - July 18, 1966), aged 23
Randy Fuller (January 29, 1944 - May 16, 2024), aged 80
You will be remembered as legends
Phil Seymour, of The Dwight Twilley Band ("I'm On Fire") had two solo hits, "Precious To Me" and a cover of "Let Her Dance". RIP Bobby and Phil.
yer definitely right about that...Britain ruled then, but America was really starting to make one hell of a fight back../ result? just great music that hasn't been bettered since!!! let her dance should have been a huge hit!!
Few people know Bobby Fuller 4 beyond I Fought the Law and how good they were. Had he not died so soon, no telling how far he would have gone. this tune is 1963!!!
GREAT first song (both actually), KILLER guitar riff, joy abounds, innocence and the blonde go-go girl second from the left is (actually) Teri Garr. God bless you Teri! The few seconds after the guitar solo (1:25) when one by one the four dancers lock in is A Quintessential Rock and Roll Moment. PURE BLISS containing everything important to me, all universal truths within those sixteen seconds. I'm very serious. Stop laughing!
And let me add a HUGE THANK YOU to whoever posted this video. Can't tell you how much pleasure it's brought me!
To those who seem to be denigrating the band for lip synching, understand that it was the nature of the business. Bands had very little power in those days. You did what you were told or you didn't appear, and this was true of American Bandstand, Ready Steady Go, etc. What made Shindig the best of the bunch were the requisite LIVE performances... but what made Shivaree the most exciting were those amazing DANCERS!
Fabulous Mr Fox
Fantastic energy. The audio adds to make this so multi layered. A+
I only now fought the law this is great stuff im 61 and a baby boomer ill check out bobbys other stuff love it
Is that "The Shirelles" standing in the background? We love The Shirelles!
Hot Dawg With Mustard,Those singers were the Crystals standing in the background on the show.
@@joantrezza Oh, okay. I stand corrected. Thanks Joan!
@@shavingdave1 you're welcome.
One of rock's GREATEST losses was losing Bobby the day before my 13th birthday in 1966! Yes, just imagine the impact he would have had on the music scene in the 1960's and beyond if he would have lived. "Let Her Dance" never gets played today on the AM oldies radio stations and that is a pity. All you hear is "I Fought The Law". And the group's first album was filled with lots of other great songs like "Another Sad and Lonely Night" and "Take My Word". This is REAL rock that never dies!!!!