Ready Steady Go !!- The Weekend Starts Here ! (1963-1966)
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- Ready Steady Go ran from 1963 to 1966 ..at the height of The British Invasion. This is an edited version of some of the shows featuring The Rolling Stones, Lulu, Dusty Springfield, Billy Fury , Sandie Shaw, Them and more. It did originally feature The Beatles ..but all their clips were not allowed for copyright reasons. No copyright infringement intended. I hope Dave Clark Enterprises allow this post. I receive no money from it ..just for the love of the music.
The best thing about the 60s is we didn't know what we know now.
Greatest time! It could have got better still but it didn't and here we are in this vile time
Growing up in those wonderful times, i look around now and think how the hell did we come to this.
I think they try to call it progress driven by popular demand. But they always were liars weren’t they?
AI, technology and everything else that comes with Big Brother.
In a word ...Politicians......
I think I saw Long John Baldry in the audience
Such innocent days, I loved them.
Yes times have changed
Like many others, I wish we could turn back time. As a teen, I never had much money but a much better world we lived in.
And it was your responsibility to hand that world on to the next generation and yet, you didn’t, you were given readily available employment, social mobility, cheap housing, a welfare state. What did you do with that, you squandered it and pulled up the ladder
Respect.
❤😂agreed
How true. We were quite poor reliant solely on one income. Didn’t have a car, holidays, new clothes but there was always food on the table and we were generally happy. I sought solace in sport and music which didn’t come any better than this. We now live in a world full of avarice, hate and profiteering by crook politicians and their cronies
I am 73 and I remember watching this every Friday . what a bloody great decade the sixties were and the icing on the cake were the beatles
Agreed best decade for Rock and Roll Music: the 60's
6pm wasn't it? Never missed it. All the drivel that my parents watched all week. This was MY time !
Me too, now 75 used to watch regular
Best ever, and this was just the British contingent, at night listening to luxy on a tiny transistor radio for that motown sound that just plugged right into our souls, I'm privileged to be part of that golden pioneering generation.
Im 65, I would have been 8 when this finished, but clearly remember it and miss it, remember otis redding on there.
Aww, this is good. My mum loved this show and I remember many songs. I was born in 1960, so grew up with these sounds. Great stuff.
Memories! Didn't know how good I had it back then - if only one could go back in time ... youth is wasted on the young 😅
Thanks CT ..only just seen your message.
Hairstyles were better… .
You have to be kidding, aren't you,? What a ridiculous statement, shitty song from Dusty, naff miming trom Eric Burdon, below average song, turned it off crap unadulterated crap.
If you want to travel in time - travel!
Your so right, if only I could go back
In 1963 I was 13 and still at school. Boy how the years fly past don’t they I’m 73 now and would love to go back to the sixties. Lovely music lovely clothes and life was so good then.
I just remember Friday nights. having my tea and watching this show and wishing I was a bit older so I could date Billy Fury and then Paul McCartney came along. I still play this music. I remember the school dances and then the early disco scene. I was wanting to look like Lulu, because I thought she was so cute and I won a mime competition where I sang the The Boat that I Row. That was the best thing ever. We lived in the greatest era - I even went down to live in London in 1968, when I was 17 and looking in all the shop windows, wanting to buy them clothes and not being able to afford them. And now I just make them - I shall never lose the Sixties vibe!
I’m 73 too. What a privilege to be a teenager in London in the sixties. Love and peace xx
Teenager in L A in the 60s was the best
This is totally marvellous. A great window back into the sixties, and like so many commentators here, I think the sixties was such a wonderful decade. What the world needs now, is a return to the vibes of that time...
Can't watch this, too many memories of the best childhood ever and knowing that our grandchildren will never experience the joy and excitement of this era.
You are so right! What a wonderful time
It's so sad to see these wonderful years that are gone forever, fabulous times they sure were! 👍❤
Don't understand that comment, ofcourse they're gone and so is your youth, it's called evolution, cannot avoid it.
Yes things have moved on since those good old times, of course they have. I was making a nostalgic comment, about how much I miss them. If you were there, you will know what I mean. @@charlessouthgate606
@@charlessouthgate606: I think he meant to say those memories brought him happiness and a lasting impression.
@@jgstargazer I know mate , I was there don't forget, it was good , we were young but with hindsight it was just ok, what a killjoy eh? True though,
Each generation brings something new - I was 13 in 1963 loved this programme and most of the sixties music, it was incredibly exciting and new, such a change from my mum's music (skiffle, Cliff Richard, Elvis) but I don't regret its passing. I've not forgotten the agonies of being a young and older teenager, those experiences inextricably part of the memories of that time. I actually really loved mid eighties and nineties music more once we got there... remember the Blitz club? Fabulous...
Dear Mr Roberts, I have an elderly neighbour with no internet or access to TH-cam. I showed him your sixties uploads and He burst out crying....with joy!.The memories flooded back and it was the first time I've seen him actually really smile, priceless in more ways than one.Thank you.
So sorry ..I have only just seen your post ..How great is that ? Thank you for letting me know. Hope he is doing well and send him my love .. :)
We thought those days would go on forever
They did, immortalised Forever. I carry around 400 albums and over 3,000 singles Hard copies. They indeed go on.
Lulu was only 15 yrs old yet her voice was so distinctive and powerful singing Shout. Also the Stones were flawless singing Under My Thumb. How times change!
Great time to be alive 15yrs old in 64 falling in love with a different girl every week and music to die for 😮xx.
Wow! You were the perfect age for those times
Pet, Dusty, Lulu, Cilla .... what a golden era for Brit female singers!
What amazing performances! One of the better things about being 70.
So great to see our Dusty & Animals ..
You cannot get those days back..brilliant era..
At 75 years old I remember it as if it were yesterday. I went to school with LULU in Dennistoun, Glasgow.
Wow Lochlain !! The film To Sir With Love must have brought back some memories !! :)
great song!!!
8 year old when this wonderful breakthrough of great music was taking place, it had a profound effect even at such a young age. Watching this is like being transported back in a time machine.
I am 64 i would have been 4 years old in 1964 yet the music is what i grew up with. Northern soul motown and the 60 s is my music. Wigan casino was where i whent a lot .
no age
57+ years ago and many of these young talents are now in (or approaching) their 80s. If you lived through this period, you're likely to think this impossible. But it happens. Damn, it happens. Just look in the mirror. Glad we had those good times while we did, and thanks for this upload to help us remember and appreciate them all the more.
You are welcome Patrick.
And yet...the Stones have just released their latest album!
I recall Jagger being interviewed and questioned about the possible longevity of their musical career. "5 years if we are lucky" replied Mick!
Not Dusty though, sadly.
Better music than the rubbish today ❤️
Great times
This is gold! Wonderful times.
Anos 60 a música e ritmo tinham magia ao som das guitarras e Rock Roll no melhor da essência.
I absolutely loved my teenage years growing up with these fabulous stars and groups, oh happy happy days ❤️
As our British cousins would say......."That was a bit of alright!" LULU at the tender age of 15! Mind blowing!
Before Lulu married Maurice Gibb of the Bee-Gees.
I used to watch this show, religiously, never missing an episode. Everyone is miming, so what, the technology for recording rock music live barely existed in those far off days. It's all so raw and real, very fresh and groundbreaking. Organized chaos? Fridays and the weekend really did start with RSG. I knew people who didn't really sleep through Friday, Saturday and Sunday, turning up for work on Monday like Zombies! Gosh, those really were the days.
It’s great to see Billy Fury on R S G what a great artist sadly died to young
Fully agree! and a nice genuine well respected fella in Liverpool, came from a nice family as well , regards.
You might like this compilation Robert. th-cam.com/video/BYMBDB-C_Go/w-d-xo.html
He never chad to face the compromises of old age lucky .
R I P Keith x
My heart aches so bad..., wishing to return back to this fabulous time in history..the fashion the music, the vibe, What a mindblast it was !! So sad now, knowing, it will never, ever happen again, to this degree. Thanks for the fab footage, of RSGo Pete Roberts, what a gem. PS Was great to see Pete and Dud !!.
Glad you enjoyed it Charlie . :) I have since posted Part 2 and 3.
and attitudes were positive. Today's kinds have so much, they never stop looking for things to be depressed about.
At 85 now.Loved Top.of the Pops,Old Grey Whistle Test, and Ready Steady🥰Fave Song of those days was. Whiter Shade of Pale... sing it in the shower today 🌞 plus wild thangyou make ma heart sing by The Trogs👍
As a 76 yo this brings great memories. in those days these acts appeared live in shows around the country alongside other stars. I saw Lulu with the Beachboys. Dusty Springfield with the Nashville Teens, The Animals with Carl Perkins and Elkie Brooks. Probably the best bill was Them with Nice, Amen Corner, Pink Floyd, The Move and Jimmy Hendrix. I was also at the live recording of Chuck Berry's My Ding-a-ling on the same bill as Slade and Billy Preston. All these shows were in a theatre or dance hall at affordable prices for a schoolboy or apprentice. I had to wait until 2019 to see the Rolling Stones - £250 (my son treated me). Oh to relive those days not a female tattoo, nose ring or Botox in sight.
❤❤❤❤ o.m.g...REMEMBER IT ALL .WATCHED THIS EVERY WEEK
THANKS FOR THOSE AMAZING MEMORIES ...HOW I MISS THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS WE DIDNT REALISE WHAT WE HAD UNTILL IT HAD GONE..😢....NOTHING COMPARES TO THOSE DAYS .😭😭😭😭
Watching these guys and girls at the vey start of an era, little did we know they would go on to become household names, Cilla, Dusty, Lulu, the animals and the rest. Amazing times sadly gone.
"Boys" and "Girls "
Thank god I lived through the 60s the memories never leave you ❤
Those were the days in Liverpool, loved every minute of it. Definitely the swinging sixties.
Omg, Sandie Shaw! Like yesterday. Thanks Pete Roberts. This show, marvelous of the times. A cultural dish for sure.
Thank you Speeg !! Of course I agree with you .🙂
As an American I never saw this show until a few years ago I was so in love with anything English I even had a penpal girl from England named Priscilla she wants set me a Sandy shore 45 those were the days my friend they should never have ended
Hair lacquer must have been industrial strength in those days. Glorious stuff, thanks for the memories!
Glad you enjoyed it !!
I thought the girls may have been wearing wigs - they looked so fake!
My sister used Belair... it was like glue and you had to wash your hair with bath cubes in the water.....
@beatsinabar ... I'm a bloke, and yes the hair lacquer in those days was truly bullet proof. I remember those women who used it. Ha! Like you, I loved this and yes, the memories.
My grandmother own a salon in the 60s - I can still smell the hair lacquer and the ammonia based perming solution. Saturday was hectic as customers had their hair done for Saturday night out. It was all rollers, sit under hairdryers, back combing and lacquer from a squeezy bottle. On the counter she sold Rainmate plastic hoods to protect the coiffure if it rained. The strength of the lacquer often meant the hairstyle lasted for days, most women went out all with the same style!
So lucky to be young at the perfect time. Happy days.
I can hear my step dad muttering 'long haired gits' under his breath whilst my mum bobbed me up and down on her knee watching pop programmes.... the Rolling Stones were his favourite targets lol
Hehe...job well done ya "gits!" 😻✌
I got bunch of pufters😱
@@AlanBoddy-fl2qpyour on the wrong channel harsh git. All though you might be Right on some of this layout. I’m pretty sure most of this outfits were pushing up Ladies without hesitation. I would have been.
I remember the comedian Ted Rogers used to continually make fun of Mick Jagger and it used to annoy me to death 😂
I remember my uncle apoplectically pointing at Mick Jagger and shouting 'He's one of them! He's one of them!' That was before the operation.
I loved this programme, lovely to see the footage❤
Amazing thing, the Stones are still rocking it and just put out a new album. Never saw that coming.
Even more so I’m paying $250 to see Beatle Paul in Brisbane in 2 weeks 1 November. 2:38 2023.
@@dennisevans719 that's great. I've never seen him. Enjoy!
Yes, and it appears that they will be busy playing until 2074
80 year old rocker .... really ?! brought to you by Geritol and state Farm insurance
Much better times back then.
Wow! Thanks in particular for the Them clip of "Baby Please Don't Go'..... on the greatest songs (and arrangement) ever...not just in the British Invasion
My favourite part of the video too. Thanks !!
As a midwest U.S. teen we had Lloyd Thaxton and American Bandstand with Dick Clark. Love these British shows.
Well, as a 13-15 yr old boy in Texas I was totally in love with Sandie Shaw. Smoldering beauty and great voice!
Great time great program great 60soh well say no more keep rockin cheers Dan
This is the real UK I grew up liking. I can't get over how young LuLu was, 15 !!! That's a God given voice.
Even then Van Morrison had that voice and star quality. Still going strong and has just released another great album containing some old rock and roll faves.
I had such a brilliant time in the 60s left school in 1964 at 15 soon clubbing, spending my wages on clothes music and clubbing . Wonderful times absolutely loved it 😎
Fantastic recall, we thought it wouldn't never end. Great memories
grew up with this also i wish sometimes we could turn clock back
We were sooooo blinkin' lucky!!
Yes some of these musicians are no longer with us but there are many who still perform wonderfully today.
Who'd have thought......
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Thanks for posting... good reminder of my early teens. The Stones look so young and now we have Hackney Diamonds.
Great the Stones . From Guayaquil ,Ecuador
Never missed this show, unless the band i was in had a gig on that night. The 60s were the best time to be a teen.
I doubt very much if people will be listening to Todays ""Hits"" in 60 years time. I will not know BUT I am sure they will not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A diamond film.These wonderful times will never come back
I remember watching Ready Steady Go before I went out on Fridays. How good to see Billy Fury, so gorgeous. And Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore, so funny. Thank you for this one!
Damn... the Stones were 100% legit. Unbelievable performance.
Fabulous memories of my youth, it was great to be young in the 60s
Such fabulous times .. I’m loving it through my tears ❤
I was born in 1954 but I am still loving the music and the life !!!!!!
The good old days,we just didn't know it 😢
These are the times you try to explain to your children and grandchildren and see in their eyes that they simply cannot comprehend it all. Suddenly teenagers and early twenty somethings were dictating what good music and fashion is and anyone disagreeing was a square and told to get lost. Boring BBC radio suddenly had illegal competition from the likes of Radio Caroline playing none stop pop day and night and no amount of threatening listeners with prosecution for tuning into these radio pirates could change it. Everyone was buying transistor radios to listen in. I'll never forget how our teachers told us it was all just noise not really music and we'll have forgotten it all by next year. How wrong they were and we knew it.
Basically it was a cultural revolution and although a teenager with not much money at the time I'd gladly go back and repeat it all again if I could.
Well said Mike. When you think about it, British teenagers in the 60s started a world wide music revolution!
I'd go back in a flash if I could.
I’ve just turned 70 years old, and greatly appreciate you having brought back memories of watching this show, from my primary school days; whilst I was eating fish and chips, on a Friday evening. Thank you.
Thank you too George. :)
Yes. fish and chips and RSG, pleasant hour or two.
Fish & chips wrapped in newspaper with salt & vinegar, I can taste them now!
We had fish and chips like that in America. I still like English style fish and chips.
@@mariannelaba The next time I’ll go to a “Chippy”, to buy this cheap and cheerful meal, I’ll think of you.
I was 16 in 1963 had a great time We will never see those time again happy memories
I saw Sandy Shaw in a boutique in London & i couldn't take my eyes off her, she was extra ordinary looking, with her hight
Black hair & blue eyes..
Loved the song, Girl Dont Come
Oh theres Cathy McGowan interviewing Pete & Dud, how
Hilarious!
Funny, my cousin is now 73 & she still looks like Cathy McGowan although she relies on the dark brown hair dye now!
Shes still got a great figure & at 5ft 9in can still wear size 10 & looks 30 yrs younger.
We seem to retain our youthful looks in my dads side of the family, must be a good Gene pool
Peace
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Thanks Pete Robert’s. That was a great blast from the past. I was 13 in ‘63 - and what a time it was!
Glad you enjoyed it !!
'The Weekend Starts Here' was topical as a slogan for RSG in 1963. Britain had only recently adopted the eight-hour day and five-day week as standard: a sign of the growing bargaining power of labor unions. Previously most young people would not have partied hard on Friday night bc they had to work until midday on Saturday, albeit office workers could 'dress down'. Many boys watched or played sports on Saturday afternoon, so they might not have much energy for bopping afterwards.
We chopped down trees in the Borneo jungle
On the Indonesian border, to make an area for helicopters to land . The code name for the pad was Sandie Shaw . Even the Dyaks, and IBAN
Knew who the Beatles were , Sarawak 1965
Oh the best years of my lfe i remember it well growing up in this era ❤it was fantastic and many fond memories ❤ it for me was the golden years of my life unfortunately for some they missed out on this important piece of history and R I P TO CILLA BLACK and other famous artists that have passed away 💔 from SHAUN
Pete and Dud were brilliant 👍 Turn back time...
Thank you for posting this. Just what i needed this morning. Brings back memories as a teenager rushing home from work to watch before going out. Cathy McGowan was envied by us girls for her lovely hair and meeting all the pop stars. I was a massive fan of Georgie Fame. Happy times.
Thanks for watching Pauline ..great memories for us teenagers at the time. :)
@@peteroberts4033 yes Pete it certainly was. Happy Times.
I'm a fan of Georgie Fame forever.
Legendary programme with now legendary musicians and music🎶🎵🎸Wonderful
35 minutes of nostalgic smiling! Wonderful stuff. Did you notice that only Sandy Shaw and Cathy McGowan had hair that moved?! And Sandy's was so glossy! I remember this so clearly. I was 8 and watched this every week with my older brother. Saw a recent pic of George Fame - he's wearing really well and is just as handsome today.
Just in case you have thought it was Sandy, it's Sandie!
Yes, hairstyles like concrete! Or a lot of hairspray.😈
@@johnwinston6873- Or wigs!
Yes Georgie still holding up
Yes, and in the early 60s I wore an equally rigid girdle though I was as slim as a wand. It was binned after a man tried to pinch my bottom and practically broke his fingers against that carapace of elastic and rubber.
Incredible performances/Amazing quality!!!
Great to see original Mods, the way of life that changed EVERYTHING and still has influence today.
Cilla Black was very charming in that brief interview. Clever, funny girl.
I'm 75 and never missed this. Loved cathy McGowan's hair.
Same here!
All those dolly birds are Grans now. I’d forgotten how damned good Cilla was!
she was terrible
Sad to think of the demise of Brian Jones in his swimming pool, after seeing him so into the music here…Gone far too soon ! 😢
Lulu, 15, wow, what a voice.
Billy Fury was brilliant. The lady at 12.44 is classy n beautiful 👍
I'm a 64-year-old American, and the first time I ever heard Yeah Yeah by Georgie Fame was at Trader Joe's about 10 years ago. I was so impressed that I remembered the melody and the words yeah yeah and found out who did it. I have a very strong knowledge of 60s music, but that song barely charted in the US. It has gone on to become one of my favorite songs from the era.
We had the best of this country. Sadly it's completely different now. I would never have thought things would change so much.
Éric Burdon, une voix d'enfer, une gueule de sale gosse et un coeur gros comme pas permis, un mec génial.
Dusty Springfield was very popular here in Texas 😊. Really great time capsule here!
Thanks Malcolm ..she was a supestar !! :)
@@peteroberts4033 Thank you Pete!! I was a boy in the 60s, we went to England for vacation in '66, I will never forget "Swinging London!" 😎 Appreciate the great music and Mod fashions, thanks again!
Well that was a real blast from the past. I real piece of treasure 😊
I used to read about “Ready, Steady, Go” when I was a teen in NYC. It’s so great to see these video clips of the show. I’m pretty sure that the Everly Brothers appeared on the show. I’d love to see any of those clips some time.
Fascinating to see Cilla Black coping with a live interview when she was barely out of the Cavern cloakroom. She was destined to become Britain's queen of TV entertainment hosting with Blind Date and Surprise Surprise. Her singing took a back seat.
for years now "under my thumb" stucks in my mind when i want to use siri in my homepod to play something!!! great era back then....everything was possible!!!
One of the best 'old' videos I've seen and I am Only 80 years young.
I went to an RSG at the Wembley studios. As I recall, Chris Farlowe was in that show. The audience had to be very careful not to get in the way of the cameramen, who moved very quickly across the studio floor.
Groovy
I did too. I was given a ticket at my local music pub The Tigers Head in Catford South London, they were picking dancers to go on the next show. Cathy McGowan hosted and Soloman Burke and Pinkertons Assorted colours played too. I have never seen that show, but was told I was superimposed on Solomon Burke's shoulder, one of the first times that had been done. Great times.
Chris Farlowe!! Top performer. We've seen him many times in the last 20 or so years. Norman Beaker Band and Chris make for an amazing evening's music. Unfortunately ill health has caught up with Chris I believe as he has nothing scheduled. But then he is of great advancing years! Wishing you well Chris if you happen to read this ....
@@Haberdashery22 Yes, he has a unique and often underrated voice. I wish him well too.
The London School of Economics is based in the building this amazing show was broadcasted from, on the corner of Kingsway and Aldwych .. I think the entrance into Studio 9 was about where the CoOp in Kingsway is now...
Check out this piece of Swinging London.
How cool would it have been in the audience on a Friday evening. The Weekend Starts Here. 15:05 16:44
When I was in it, was at Wembly
Couldn't beat old Rusty Springboard as far as the female singers of the time go. Beatles and Stones were my go to faves. Still remember waiting with excitement, to hear their latest releases. On the little transistor radio's we had here in the UK. Pirate radio stations were brilliant, completely ruined by the marine broadcasting offences act and the advent of putrid BBC Radio One in 1967.
Love your comment StrayCat !! 🙂 Thanks !!
This show was transmitted live from Rediffusion's studio on Kingsway, London. I was one of many teens who used to hang around outside in an attempt to grab autographs as the stars arrived and departed. It often ended up in quite a scrum! I never did know what happened to that prized autograph book.
I was very young back then, still at school in fact, don't remember seeing Ready, Steady, Go, but i think my mother was a big fan
That was a chunk of beat music royalty all in one video - Dusty, Cilla, Lulu (glad she reverted to her natural accent in later years); Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames (playing live - and it did get to number 1, knocking The Beatles ‘I Feel Fine’ off the top spot so, good prediction), The Animals and Eric Burdon and also Alan Price; The Stones with Charlie Watts already sharply dressed in an impeccable suit; Van The Man fronting Them; a cool novelty showing of Peter Cook and Duddly Moore. And what looked like a very passable Ringo at around 1:59 as Dusty comes down the stairs
I remember seeing some of these performances back then, Cilla and Lulu for sure.
Thanks for putting together and posting! Watching it a year later and glad it’s stayed up. You could say, I’m feeling glad all over 😬
Thanks for the great comment..and also thanks for watching a year ago. It is only now that people seem interested !! 🙂
I think it was Ringo at 1:59! A dead ‘ringer’ for him anyway.
the best TV broadcast about Brian Jones...
Wow. I don't remember actually ever hearing anything by Cilla here in the States, but seen a lot of photos of her with Fabs, and I believe she was from "the Pool" as well. Quite a cutie! And that song knocked me out! "Orbison-esque" I thought. 😻🌹
I Remember Watching that Show!
The Animals!
Them!
Stones
Some Great Bands!