I loved this era...was young but absolutely loved being a part of it.. Innocent fun..good friends..parties football games.dances..sweet shops..45 records.. crushes...homecoming..proms....hay rides..bonfires..kids don't know what they are missing
Kids listening to clean music, dressed with decency and just having a great time. That's the way it was back then. That's what they put on tv, back when the country had codes and standards and if it did not meet those decency codes IT WAS NOT AIRED. Not like it is now. Now you can see and hear any filth on tv. That song was JUST LIKE ROMEO AND JULIET by the Reflections and it was a hit in 1964. Thank you for this post! I loved watching Bandstand on Saturday, especially when they played this song in particular.
Robbnok there was a LOT going on! At least now schools can be mixed and we can have diversity and listen to music from different cultures and learn dances from different cultures no offense to you Calvin! :) I’m sure people had fun in the 1960s, but sadly there was a lot of bad going on too
I was a kid growing up then but it was the best of times...family and school were great....Sundays were special...we'd shoot the breeze and talk about God.... whether we made it to the Church on time or not.
We high school kids used to watch the show every day after school. We'd rush home because we didn't want to miss it. We lived in NJ and the show was in Philly, so some kids did actually go to the show sometimes. We looked forward to learning the new dances and then practicing at the school "sock hops." We thought the kids on this show were the coolest of the cool and wanted to be like them. We had our favorites. Mine was Pat Molittieri. There were also favorite couples, namely Justine and Bob. Lots of info about these great dancers online.
Yes, it was a very good time. I'm 64 and grew up in San Francisco. Even in a city like San Francisco drivers yielded the right-of-way to pedestrians. And people had manners. God, I do miss those days!
I LUV the clean fun days of New Dance steps to originally go with individual kinds of music ... like at the HOP everybody actually Hopped .... or The TWIST EVERYONE TWISTED! ... The music was original and so were all the new dance steps ... to match !!! ... Such carefree days ...
This is so cool to watch , not my generation at all but it is so interesting to see where some dance steps originated and how it trickles down to later generations in a more abstract way .
Man, well behaved teenagers having a good time - hard to believe there was ever a time when something like this existed with what I see with teenagers nowadays. I realize some would call this conservatism - but frankly I wish I could have been a part of this. And I grew up during the Disco years. Anyway, so much for my commentary. But this is really nice - I like this.
I am thankful I lived during those years! I was 17 when this show was on in 1964 and the Kids were very well behaved and well dressed to. I wish It could have stayed that way!
I hear you, Gene! My mom was 19 in 1964 and had just gotten married to my father. She had the hairstyle with the flip at the end. I grew up in the 70's and graduated in the late 80's. We dressed up when we went out and were well behaved.
It was terribly repressive and you weren't allowed to express yourself as anything other than a carbon copy of this. I can remember my mom being humiliated in high school over dress codes because she was tall. Imagine having to kneel in front of a grown man as a teenage girl to have your skirt measured in order to prove you werent a slut. Skits like this don't show that reality.
I forgot about the dance called the Slauson. I used to do it during my high school years. Believe me folks it was a real dance, along with the mash potatoes, the jerk, etc.
I remember being dressed like that, stove-pipe pressed dress-slacks, white socks, penny loafers, shirt and tie covered with my Varsity sweater or a sports jacket. Those were the days! Thank you for the video, Ciao, L
lancelot1953 Isn't that more late '50s than '64?...wow I guess the Vietnam War kinda affected the Americans to dress "more" conservative than the, Swinging London...in Britain. Well, sociologically.
So did I. Wonderful times and memories. That's how I learned to do all the dances. I always felt so happy watching Dick Clark and American Bandstand when it was in Philadelphia since I lived in the suburbs.
I did to...my mom watched this made us kids watch too...but in the late 60s..though the 70s..The Girls are Cute..Damn I wish I was a Teenager in this Era!!!...I wanted to be in this Era doing Grade School....Wow I feel for those are being born now..thay missed the Whole Shebang!!!
Very cute and innocent dancing. The single "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" was put out by a Detroit label called Golden World. It's a great sounding single that sounds better when you crank up the volume a bit. The Reflections also put out another single that was also very good but not as big a hit; it was called "Poor Man's Son" and is a somewhat obscure oldie gem. Check out the robust background vocals near the end of "Romeo and Juliet"; this group of guys sounded great together.
Steven Kerry Golden World was bought out by Berry Gordy as their studio was better than the Motown Hitsville Studio. He also acquired quite a few great artists.
It was a great song, though ; the aussie band, Mental As Anything, did a great cover of it in the eighties (in fact I didn't know it was a cover until I heard this!)
99ontguy1 growing up in England at that time we left school and were working full time at age 15 and 16. Quite different to the North American kids so we were definitely more mature, in my case I looked after myself financially after giving my parents a quarter of my pay packet.
Angela, paying your parents room & board was common in America, too. I remember (in the early 70s) my older sister giving our parents a little bit of her paycheck once she was a senior in high school. Most people that lived with their parents beyond high school paid their own way. It was different then than it is now. I don't suppose it's as common as it used to be.
Lisa67 About 20 years ago when my 2 kids started working, they’re now 42 I used to charge them room and board as well. It helps them yo budget and get used to paying rent for future.
This clip rocks! Those were the days. Everyone well-dressed and clean-cut. The British Invasion ended all of this. Wonder if any of those young men ended up in Vietnam....
The early 60's here was a carry over of the late 1950's. Changes were coming fast. Just 3 years later in 1967 music and fashions were very different then in 1964.
This makes me happy and smile lol This was just before the country would be plunged into the darkness of the Vietnam war. After a few short years, it would lose it's innocence.
I wish we had a show like this today! I really hate my generation's habits and style. What happened to modesty, appropriateness, and manners? American Bandstand makes me want to live in the 60's, but nope I was born in 2000.
+Anna May They were wonderful days and the girls were very modest and lovely! Glad I was young then! My one wish is to be able to say hello to Carol House who I had a big crush on back then!
+Anna May - Yep. Society isn't even at a point where it can reel itself in anymore. Internet did it. You just didn't have those influences back then. Even in the 80's. The 80's were a very simple time in comparison to today. But once the internet took hold, anything and everything you ever wanted or had no business seeing or knowing was at the click of a button. Sensory got numbed. When you see things over and over it becomes common place. It was fun dancing with a partner. Everybody was different and had their own style of dancing so it made dancing with different people kind of a task to learn the way they moved. Some were good - some were lousy. LOL
+Anna May I am very Thankful that I was young then, and you are so right the Girls were very Lovely and modest back then. Today it seems people try to do whatever is weird to just say they did! I am thankful there are still some good and modest people like you Anna May! When I was 17 in 1964, I had a big crush on Carol House the Dancer on this video she was the very example of a very Lovely and Modest Girl in every way!
I loved to see these Philly teens dancing together on American Bandstand in 1964, and to see parts of the line dance they were doing being done at the same time at the Jerry Blavat Record Hops, and the three kick backs being apart of "The Disco Spin", and the dance ended with the 8 dancers doing "The Roadrunner" or "The Chuck", kicking up on the right foot and back on the left foot. I like the lead male dancer, as he led off the changes in the line dance.
The only difference between times is the now people are direct rather than faking it like they did back then. It was a taught civility. It does not mean they cared anymore.
The past is a distorted illusion. Or it selectively produces varied memories which are a byproduct of a whole boatload of experiences. Take 1964. Was it 'fun' to be in Vietnam? No, probably not. What about High School? Hell no, even more so. The songs were more pure, simple, honest, heartfelt. Maybe they were right about it dying way earlier, the music, in '59 with Buddy Holly. Talk about heart!
calihartley2010 I think a lot of teenagers did at the time, I think they were tired of having to conform. I’m not sure, I was born in 2000. But, from what I read about the hippie era, a lot of teens rebelled.
I remember getting home from school and running to turn on the tv to let it warm up. My mother and I would turn on Bandstand and watch, and we'd get up and dance! It was so much fun.
I was 15 years young back in 1964 and this was one of my favorite songs then. It was a great time to be a teenager back then. Hell, anytime is a great time to be young! Damn! Just looking at those kids, the way they dressed and combed their hair, the music...I really miss those days!
this is how we dressed for school back in the early '60's..we had dress codes. no tennis shoes {except for pe}, no t-shirts, shirts had to have collar & shirts had to be tucked in. long pants, no shorts..no long hair, {over the ears} coach's would tell you to get a haircut.. DA's & pompadours we're ok...girls, had to wear dress's or skirts, no pants & sweatshirts...
They were such great days back then even though we did not know it, if only things could have stayed that way, people were so good back then and life was so filled with Hope!
Love this song…I was only 9 years old but I still love this song today. The kids dancing were so clean cut and innocent. It was a big deal to hold hands or to get a kiss….
TOO CUTE! I don't remember girls blouses with elbow patches... They all look so conservative--how the times have changed. And not all for the better either!
"Ivy League" or "Prep" was a very distinct style in those days. My brothers came of age in that era and I remember being dragged to the clothing store when my mother wanted to get them outfitted for school.
To Carol House I pray the lord has blessed you all these years and that you have had a Happy Life I was 17 when you were 15 and I thought you were Lovely when I saw you on Bandstand!
Damn, you're creepy. Most of the comments are yours. She probably has no idea how to uae technology or the Internet. Give it up. You come off like a stalker.
@@Mell0wY3ll0w Yes, that's true... teen pregnancies back then too, but they got married and tried to make it work. Today it's 14 yr old girls having a baby and by the time she's 21 has 3 or 4 kids from 3 or 4 different baby daddies :/
To anyone who knows Carol House if she is still living Please ask her to say Hello here! My Days are Numbered and I was 17 when she was 15 and I thought she was the Most Lovely Young Lady when I saw her here back then!
Anyone who lives in Ca and knows Carol House Please ask her to write and say Hello here, I will be 69 in Sept so my time is running out I always thought she was such a lovely young Lady! Back then she was 15 and I was 17!
I loved this era...was young but absolutely loved being a part of it.. Innocent fun..good friends..parties football games.dances..sweet shops..45 records.. crushes...homecoming..proms....hay rides..bonfires..kids don't know what they are missing
I can't imagine teens dressing up this way for school anymore! Wow they looked so nice.
They look so classy! Bring it back please!!!
Kids listening to clean music, dressed with decency and just having a great time. That's the way it was back then. That's what they put on tv, back when the country had codes and standards and if it did not meet those decency codes IT WAS NOT AIRED. Not like it is now. Now you can see and hear any filth on tv. That song was JUST LIKE ROMEO AND JULIET by the Reflections and it was a hit in 1964. Thank you for this post! I loved watching Bandstand on Saturday, especially when they played this song in particular.
Give it a rest, there was plenty of crap going down back then!
Robbnok there was a LOT going on! At least now schools can be mixed and we can have diversity and listen to music from different cultures and learn dances from different cultures no offense to you Calvin! :) I’m sure people had fun in the 1960s, but sadly there was a lot of bad going on too
I was a kid growing up then but it was the best of times...family and school were great....Sundays were special...we'd shoot the breeze and talk about God.... whether we made it to the Church on time or not.
@@Robbnok Your reply was mean. You missed the point of my comment. You did not have to be cynical and cruel.
I’m 72 know but when I read this it’s just like my old folks complaining about my generation….
Ppl used to be so elegant. I miss that.
I do too.
It's called being civilised.
"Suzie cream cheese"... a very elegant name for a lady.
Suzie cream cheese and
I was born in 74 and grew up in the 80s. Great times. Watching these music videos makes me wish it was anytime befor 2001.
What an era...What a great time to be alive
My sister and I are the youngest cousins of the family and started to watch AB around 1970. I could watch these 60's clips all day!
We high school kids used to watch the show every day after school. We'd rush home because we didn't want to miss it. We lived in NJ and the show was in Philly, so some kids did actually go to the show sometimes. We looked forward to learning the new dances and then practicing at the school "sock hops." We thought the kids on this show were the coolest of the cool and wanted to be like them. We had our favorites. Mine was Pat Molittieri. There were also favorite couples, namely Justine and Bob. Lots of info about these great dancers online.
Watched this every Saturday growing up still in school.. aways would tell my mom and sister want to look as pretty as the girls looked dancing..
Those kids were very lucky. They grew up in a great era. Today can't hold a candle to it.
Amen
It was fine as long as you were a nice white straight male.
Whats wrong with being a nice white straight male?
Absolutely nothing, Randy. They built this country.
Truth
15 yrs old, love this great dancers, miss the clean, respectful songs and the young girls and guys❤️❤️🌸😍😇
i used to play drums in this band. Sounding good. Nice to see.
Ed Victor You sir are a legend!!! Thank you!!
A backbeat, you can't lose it. So important.
That's AWESOME, time if your life, huh? 💯🌿👏💪🏿😎
Great!
The Reflections 1964. They were from New York City, I think?
Love the hair. Love the sweaters. Love the song.
If I could only travel back to the 60's - even for just a few hours, it would make my day!
can I join you ,susie?
By being born in the early part of the decade... I feel that I've missed it !
If it was possible for me to do it, you are certainly welcome to join me. The more the merrier!
this was played on northern soul scene
yes please only I would want to stay there
Yes, it was a very good time. I'm 64 and grew up in San Francisco. Even in a city like San Francisco drivers yielded the right-of-way to pedestrians. And people had manners. God, I do miss those days!
Great song. Forgot about this one. The dancing is great Period Dancing. Kids getting together and having fun.
I LUV the clean fun days of New Dance steps to originally go with individual kinds of music ...
like at the HOP everybody actually Hopped .... or The TWIST EVERYONE TWISTED! ...
The music was original and so were all the new dance steps ... to match !!! ... Such carefree days ...
This is how most of us back then picked up the latest dance steps. I know I did! R.I.P. Mr. Dick Clark!
me too!
We watched TV when we got home from school. This is how we learned each new dance EVERY time!!! Even as as far away as Arizona!
This is so cool to watch , not my generation at all but it is so interesting to see where some dance steps originated and how it trickles down to later generations in a more abstract way .
This is like something from another planet. Miss this version of America
I’m 83years old now I gotta tell you these were the best times ever we had a lot of good fun Sadly it’s all gone now
Hello Theresa, How are you doing?
wonderful music in this era. mucho young memories!!
Man, well behaved teenagers having a good time - hard to believe there was ever a time when something like this existed with what I see with teenagers nowadays. I realize some would call this conservatism - but frankly I wish I could have been a part of this. And I grew up during the Disco years. Anyway, so much for my commentary. But this is really nice - I like this.
I am thankful I lived during those years! I was 17 when this show was on in 1964 and the Kids were very well behaved and well dressed to. I wish It could have stayed that way!
I totally agree with you. So do I.
I hear you, Gene! My mom was 19 in 1964 and had just gotten married to my father. She had the hairstyle with the flip at the end. I grew up in the 70's and graduated in the late 80's. We dressed up when we went out and were well behaved.
It was terribly repressive and you weren't allowed to express yourself as anything other than a carbon copy of this. I can remember my mom being humiliated in high school over dress codes because she was tall. Imagine having to kneel in front of a grown man as a teenage girl to have your skirt measured in order to prove you werent a slut. Skits like this don't show that reality.
@@tiredtears4177 Keep your libtard comments to yourself, will you? 😠
You are right Anna i hope i was born in 40s i can dance cha cha cha and hear a lot of classic music.
clean cut kids...well mannered..i am from the 60s...does me proud....
what a decade! is anything I heard about the 60s true?
Me too. At 67 years old! Doc Mike USN
Kids today are no different to kids in the 60's. Good and bad apples in both. Rose tinted spectacles
Me too.. I am seriously troubled by the way kids are being brought up today.
@@suzycreamcheesez4371 What did you hear?
That was so cool. Those must have been wonderful times to live in.
I forgot about the dance called the Slauson. I used to do it during my high school years. Believe me folks it was a real dance, along with the mash potatoes, the jerk, etc.
Dont forget "The Freddy" Bill
Yes, I remember the Slauson it was the first dance I learned. Still remember the clothes music and the fun we had back then.
Actually, it was called "The Slauson Shuffle."
And the stroll, the swim, the hully gully, the handjive, and the locomotion.
Gorgeous...well mannered and enjoying themselves!
I remember being dressed like that, stove-pipe pressed dress-slacks, white socks, penny loafers, shirt and tie covered with my Varsity sweater or a sports jacket. Those were the days! Thank you for the video, Ciao, L
And I was dressed just like the girls, took forever to get your hair to do that! Slept on huge rollers at night, no idea how I slept at all.
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You are very sweet, thank you for the compliment - we need more people like you in our world. May God bless you, Ciao, L
Rollers! You're bringing back memories. Did you use Dippity-Do? And whatever happened to that stuff?
lancelot1953 Isn't that more late '50s than '64?...wow I guess the Vietnam War kinda affected the Americans to dress "more" conservative than the, Swinging London...in Britain. Well, sociologically.
So beautiful these young people are, not vulgar like in 2019 !!! OMG ! Please, somebody bring back the good times !
Ages 15 to 17, and they are dressed so nicely. Clean, polite. I used to rush home from elementary school to watch Dick Clark. Had my favorite dancers.
Yes I did too! Wish Carol House would write me Here she was a very Lovely young Lady.
So did I. Wonderful times and memories. That's how I learned to do all the dances. I always felt so happy watching Dick Clark and American Bandstand when it was in Philadelphia since I lived in the suburbs.
I did to...my mom watched this made us kids watch too...but in the late 60s..though the 70s..The Girls are Cute..Damn I wish I was a Teenager in this Era!!!...I wanted to be in this Era doing Grade School....Wow I feel for those are being born now..thay missed the Whole Shebang!!!
My favorite dancer: Carmen Jimenez. Wonder whatever happened to her.
@@Kinseydsp Intetesting comment here, I just posted about Bandstand and Carol House. I know what you mean, and I'd never be bored..LOL!! Robert at 68.
For '64, this dance display was actually pretty nice. :)
wonderful piece, thanks for uploading!!
One of the best songs of 1964.
So fun to go back and reminise....I always find myself smiling...good times!!
Hello Anita, How are you doing?
@@Kelly-nm4kw hi, Kelly
these kids are now great grand parents!
Very cute and innocent dancing. The single "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" was put out by a Detroit label called Golden World. It's a great sounding single that sounds better when you crank up the volume a bit. The Reflections also put out another single that was also very good but not as big a hit; it was called "Poor Man's Son" and is a somewhat obscure oldie gem. Check out the robust background vocals near the end of "Romeo and Juliet"; this group of guys sounded great together.
Steven Kerry Golden World was bought out by Berry Gordy as their studio was better than the Motown Hitsville Studio. He also acquired quite a few great artists.
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It was a great song, though ; the aussie band, Mental As Anything, did a great cover of it in the eighties (in fact I didn't know it was a cover until I heard this!)
I agree 100% Steven. I crank this record up whenever I hear it. I'm also from Detroit
They also did a sound alike called"Like Columbus Did" right after R&J
Love the pointed high heels.
15 and 16 year old girls seemed so much more mature back then than they do today!
99ontguy1 growing up in England at that time we left school and were working full time at age 15 and 16. Quite different to the North American kids so we were definitely more mature, in my case I looked after myself financially after giving my parents a quarter of my pay packet.
Angela, paying your parents room & board was common in America, too. I remember (in the early 70s) my older sister giving our parents a little bit of her paycheck once she was a senior in high school. Most people that lived with their parents beyond high school paid their own way. It was different then than it is now. I don't suppose it's as common as it used to be.
Lisa67 About 20 years ago when my 2 kids started working, they’re now 42 I used to charge them room and board as well. It helps them yo budget and get used to paying rent for future.
99ontguy1 they were more mature.
Yes they did
This makes me so happy. Thank you!!!
Hello Margaret, How are you doing?
Ah yes, back when girls wore skirts & dresses and boys dress shirts and ties.
And boys did not want to be girls, girls did not want to be boys.
Paula Johnson: Is that true?
No, she just enjoys talking out of her ass.
This clip rocks! Those were the days. Everyone well-dressed and clean-cut. The British Invasion ended all of this. Wonder if any of those young men ended up in Vietnam....
The early 60's here was a carry over of the late 1950's. Changes were coming fast. Just 3 years later in 1967 music and fashions were very different then in 1964.
Both were down the drain and still are.
fg6971 yes indeed!
Love that Bobby Vee and Bobby Rydell's hairdo on the guys.
Hello Sandie, How are you doing?
This makes me happy and smile lol This was just before the country would be plunged into the darkness of the Vietnam war. After a few short years, it would lose it's innocence.
Yes Indeed
I bet those teens didn't have "bone spurs" when called by the draft board!
That’s for certain I was 13 going on 14 then . Vietnam would absorb me in 1969, and life was never the same again . It happened so quickly .
Great song by the Reflections, paisons from Detroit.
and in them days the youth had more respect for other people
Yes so very true Maureen.The girls are very innocent and lovely back then. real Ladies!
I think people had more to do with God back then maybe.. they went to church.
look a their role models. hello? I shudder to think of kids watching the behavior of a certain man whose mug is always on television. god help us.
Love the dance, the song and the video!
I wish we had a show like this today! I really hate my generation's habits and style. What happened to modesty, appropriateness, and manners? American Bandstand makes me want to live in the 60's, but nope I was born in 2000.
Wow I'm 30 yrs your senior, & I feel the same way! the 80's were somewhat decent , but not as wholesome as the early 60's
+Anna May They were wonderful days and the girls were very modest and lovely! Glad I was young then! My one wish is to be able to say hello to Carol House who I had a big crush on back then!
+Anna May In terms of modesty and morality, this country has never been lower.than right now. It's sad. I used to love this country. No longer.
+Anna May - Yep. Society isn't even at a point where it can reel itself in anymore. Internet did it. You just didn't have those influences back then. Even in the 80's. The 80's were a very simple time in comparison to today. But once the internet took hold, anything and everything you ever wanted or had no business seeing or knowing was at the click of a button. Sensory got numbed. When you see things over and over it becomes common place. It was fun dancing with a partner. Everybody was different and had their own style of dancing so it made dancing with different people kind of a task to learn the way they moved. Some were good - some were lousy. LOL
+Anna May I am very Thankful that I was young then, and you are so right the Girls were very Lovely and modest back then. Today it seems people try to do whatever is weird to just say they did! I am thankful there are still some good and modest people like you Anna May! When I was 17 in 1964, I had a big crush on Carol House the Dancer on this video she was the very example of a very Lovely and Modest Girl in every way!
Ohhhhhhhh So Clean and Whole--some !!!
No tattoos or piercings on these beautiful girls!
Back then, a girl with tattoos was in a carnival freak show. And that is where they still belong.
Look like ladies...now they are in their 70s
Not even pierced ear rings.
Real pretty woman 👩
Ladies dancing respectable and not like today’s girls that dance like strippers and wear hooker apparel.
I was six when this show aired. These kids are 72, 71, 70. Wow!
I agree with the comments below indicating how nice this time was and the kids here.
I loved to see these Philly teens dancing together on American Bandstand in 1964, and to see parts of the line dance they were doing being done at the same time at the Jerry Blavat Record Hops, and the three kick backs being apart of "The Disco Spin", and the dance ended with the 8 dancers doing "The Roadrunner" or "The Chuck", kicking up on the right foot and back on the left foot. I like the lead male dancer, as he led off the changes in the line dance.
I'd gladly give up technology and advancements to go back in time when people gave a damn about stuff
The only difference between times is the now people are direct rather than faking it like they did back then. It was a taught civility. It does not mean they cared anymore.
@@Lynnbikechick I also blocked your ignorant Self 🤣😂
You have that Right! Thanks ✌️
Lynn Noname exactly!
Ryan Smith amen. Same here
I was born in 1964. My parents were, 22 and 24.. Not far from this age.. Love the 60's...
no grinding! no twerking! no vulgarity!.......people used to actually dance at one time..WTF!
Louis Balboa A Million thumbs up for that comment
I second that!
Louis Balboa They also knew how to :dress" instead of undress.
+Mona Marche You are so right everyone of them are Ladies not like today! That is why I still admire them!
like the way the tall girl in black dress dances..
Oldies of the past just like this song playing of the 60 era. Growing up in the San Fernando valley. Down memory lane for the valley.
We went to see Romeo and Juliet last night. For the first time in decades this song popped into my head. And I'm so glad! Great song
Love the girls' shoes. Some styles never look dated.
Great teens, clean and neatly dressed. Just dancing together having good clean fun. Its like a breath of fresh air you do not see everyday!
Very good . So young
I was there I can tell ya it was an awesome time period
me too I graduated in 1964
+Irisheyes 490 👍👍
Awesome for those who lived it and for this country. It really was a slice of heaven.
ye s it was a clean wonderful time.
The past is a distorted illusion. Or it selectively produces varied memories which are a byproduct of a whole boatload of experiences. Take 1964. Was it 'fun' to be in Vietnam? No, probably not. What about High School? Hell no, even more so. The songs were more pure, simple, honest, heartfelt. Maybe they were right about it dying way earlier, the music, in '59 with Buddy Holly. Talk about heart!
😮 wow is all I can say. Best memories ever! Omg 😮
I wish us teens still danced like this.
You're welcome Countofbasie. Thanks for being a member of the channel and thanks for posting
Nicely turned out polite 17 year olds!
calihartley2010 probably 🤨
calihartley2010 I think a lot of teenagers did at the time, I think they were tired of having to conform. I’m not sure, I was born in 2000. But, from what I read about the hippie era, a lot of teens rebelled.
fantastic let's find them and interview them!
I remember getting home from school and running to turn on the tv to let it warm up. My mother and I would turn on Bandstand and watch, and we'd get up and dance! It was so much fun.
Is your last name Turnblad by any chance?
***************** What a lovely memory!
A couple of those guys had some nice hair! Cardigans were in too!
S-CUTE!! Days gone bye. Bringing back memories!
Those were the days my friend, if you can remember them.
Such sweet innocence.
I liked the way people dressed back then, especially the girls and women dresses.
Paula Johnson Obviously you have no taste.
Yeah, they were called clothes.
@Paula Johnson what's tacky
Au contraire, Paula Johnson, they most certainly do.
@Paula Johnson are you saying the kids in the video are tacky, (frumpy)?
😀😀😀👏👏👏. Siiiii, por fin, aprenderé más rutinas de baile para poder bailar esos ritmos. Gracias por el vídeo, me encanto
I was 15 years young back in 1964 and this was one of my favorite songs then. It was a great time to be a teenager back then. Hell, anytime is a great time to be young! Damn! Just looking at those kids, the way they dressed and combed their hair, the music...I really miss those days!
Yes I was young back in 1964 too. I liked this song, it was very catchy back then. Isn't the girl closest to the camera lovely.
i was 7 in 64 that was my favorite too
@@mlang20 You had taste in music at age 7! LOL!
Ihad a 13 yr old aunt and a 15 year old uncle that helped@@felixmadison5736
I use to have a pair of those pointy toed shoes like the guys were wearing....forgot about that style...!
this is how we dressed for school back in the early '60's..we had dress codes. no tennis shoes {except for pe}, no t-shirts, shirts had to have collar & shirts had to be tucked in. long pants, no shorts..no long hair, {over the ears} coach's would tell you to get a haircut.. DA's & pompadours we're ok...girls, had to wear dress's or skirts, no pants & sweatshirts...
They were such great days back then even though we did not know it, if only things could have stayed that way, people were so good back then and life was so filled with Hope!
bisquitnspanky, But that's all they knew. It was their idea of normal. They didn't think much about it.
+bisquitnspanky desegragation reason for the vulgar shit today
Nice clip! Just think, all those kids are in their 70s today!
It looked better in 1964 when I was 14 years old.
In 1964 I was 17 years old 5 years later I became a baseball announcer My name is Carlos, I like old good rock and roll
Love this song…I was only 9 years old but I still love this song today. The kids dancing were so clean cut and innocent. It was a big deal to hold hands or to get a kiss….
The time when there was only 3 tv channels, records, papers, and radio on daily basis. Groovy
I love how these are just kids and having a great time just dancing! The New generation has no clue!!!
NOT A SINGLE CLUE!!!
Those were such carefree years!!
TOO CUTE! I don't remember girls blouses with elbow patches... They all look so conservative--how the times have changed. And not all for the better either!
It was a big deal to hold hands….And to kiss a girl was a big deal as well.
"Ivy League" or "Prep" was a very distinct style in those days. My brothers came of age in that era and I remember being dragged to the clothing store when my mother wanted to get them outfitted for school.
Well dressed and cool
To Carol House I pray the lord has blessed you all these years and that you have had a Happy Life I was 17 when you were 15 and I thought you were Lovely when I saw you on Bandstand!
Damn, you're creepy. Most of the comments are yours. She probably has no idea how to uae technology or the Internet. Give it up. You come off like a stalker.
@@dalethelander3781 You are a very rotten Dirty Minded Person.
@@Kinseydsp I live in L.A., it goes with the territory, buttercup.
The last stand, change was about to happen.
too bad.
Gosh the shoes are cute. Thanks
Good, clean kids havin' good, clean fun...❤ it!
Gay and Lesbian have nothing to do with being racist. Try again. BTW, back then, people kept their business to themselves.
They were married by 16 with their first one on the way.
@@Mell0wY3ll0w Yes, that's true... teen pregnancies back then too, but they got married and tried to make it work. Today it's 14 yr old girls having a baby and by the time she's 21 has 3 or 4 kids from 3 or 4 different baby daddies :/
Ha good clean kids? I was a kid then
@@Mell0wY3ll0w yep that was me
The dancer Frank danced up into his 80's. Great dancer!
Life was good!
Why ... are there tears ... in my ... eyes?
love the guys long slick back hair. Love these oldies dancing videos
Long grease slicked hair...
@Joey B Agreed !!! I have no idea what this "Paula Johnson" is thinking, it is twisted...
To anyone who knows Carol House if she is still living Please ask her to say Hello here! My Days are Numbered and I was 17 when she was 15 and I thought she was the Most Lovely Young Lady when I saw her here back then!
We sure do need happy music like this for our soul, these days!
Ha...if you only knew then...
I have to agree with that…..;)
@@toddinthemiddle Yes, I agree, Robert at 68, and these guys are about 7/8 years older than I was at the rime.
Good video - GREAT record.
Amazing...how do they remember such complicated moves?
Anyone who lives in Ca and knows Carol House Please ask her to write and say Hello here, I will be 69 in Sept so my time is running out I always thought she was such a lovely young Lady! Back then she was 15 and I was 17!
looks like a great time to be a teenager .
It was, hadda be there before the hippie crap. Robert at 68.