Almost 66 and loved this in the 60s, used to do it with my great aunt Nellie who was a big fan and knew all the 60s dance crazes, from this, to the twist, the macarena which is an old song, the mash potato, the funky chicken, you name it, she had a go at it despite her being in her late 50s at the time. She died in 1972 aged 72, so many happy memories of a fun lady who taught me about music, dancing and the art of baking. A lady of many talents. Very much missed. First thing I will do when it's my time is to depart this world is to get her on Heaven's dance floor and really rock the joint. and bake the angels some delicious pies. lol. Happy days.
Not long lost my elder sister 😢 this was her favourite song of all time ,bless Denise she will be singing and dancing up there to this always makes me a happy memory of her 💖
Thank you Shirley Ellis for your contribution to American music, so many great songs came out during this time, while the country was going through racial and discrimination and segregation in the south. There was hope for progress and great dreams of unity. 🇺🇸❤️ may God watch over this nation.
Love this song! Shirley Ellis had some really tunes. I had her on 45s and 33s. Kinda puzzled about this performance, though. Wondering why they're doing 'Hitchhiker' dance moves in a line dance to The Clapping Song. Great to hear Shirley again, since my treasured record collection was a victim of careless moving men and extreme sunshine. Thanx muchly for sharing this little gem!
Nice to see everyone getting along so well. Nothing like a little dancing to spread the fun. Thanks Shirley, I recall these tunes on the radio in the 60s. Pleasant memories.
Heard this song in a commercial the other day and I said wait a minute I know this song I had to come to TH-cam I used to sing as a kid all the time I love this song Thank God for that commercial I was like wait this is a old song from the sixties great.
The first time I heard this song was on the tv series episode of American Dreams. Lil' Kim played Shirley Ellis on the American Bandstand portion of the show.
I knew i recognized this song while watching Ghostbusters 🤣 I havnt heard this song since probably 1984. But yet my daughter knew it well. From school.
Listen to some more Shirley. She and her backing band put out some fantastic rhythms. Heavy horns and saxes. Try, "Iko Iko" by the, oops, just forgot the name of the band, but it's an old New Orleans song about two floats in a parade. It's based on a much older song. We all used to jump rope and this was an example of the rhymes we made up to jump to (as mentioned by Lms Stc). We all did it in different words. But Shirley put out a lot of fantastic music that most people haven't heard.
Actually, they're doing The Hitchhiker. Slap, Clap was different. More like a partner pattycake and dance to music. At least, that's what we called what we did back in the 60s.
It was not such a bad world back then. Look how respectable everyone was dressed. They all look very nice. Sort of like their "Sunday go to meeting" duds .Very attractive clothes. Dancing very respectable & just having plain clean fun. We need another Shirley Ellis again to bring us to our senses. What a great lady. The worst thing back then was the Vietnam War. She helped us to forget about all of that with her talent & sweet personality. OMG, today there is so very much division amongst people. I really do not think January 6th insurrection would have happened in the 60's It should have NEVER happened. If that is what MAGA is all about, no thanks. America has always been great. It always will be great. He did not make it better. He tore the fabric of America. We do not need to tear the fabric our of our country as JFK said so succinctly to the clergy in the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1960, just prior to his winning in 1960. It was called The Greater Ministerial Association. He won them over. Unfortunately, so did another leader win people over & it caused terrible violence on January 6. Police officers were assaulted & killed. Malicious destruction of a beautiful American landmark So very hard to think a leader would incite such a horror as Trump incited that day. Sure, there were protests & draft card burnings in the 60's & 70"s but today it seems there is so much more violence thereby making the job of law enforcement so much tougher. Who could forget Martha Reeves Dancing In The Street song? That is why she sang that song. Dance in the street as opposed to fighting & harming each other or rioting That woman deserves a star on the sidewalk. Thanks Martha & The Vandella's as well. When will she get a street named after her as Rosa Parks & MLK did? As good a mayor as Mike Duggan is, I'll just bet you if we ask him, he will probably do it. He seems to just love the city & the people. God bless you as well Mr. Duggan.
I think there was a huge difference in the 60's. People really wanted to make things better, by protesting. Today, people want to tear things down, by protesting. Huge swathes of Americans are under the spell of weird conspiracy theories and made-up problems. In the 60's used to go, "I believe in this so strongly, that I'm willing to suffer for it." Civil rights leaders went to jail for their protests. Kids burning their draft cards suffered the consequences. But today, the attitude among MAGA is, "I believe in this so strongly, that I'm willing to make _you_ suffer for it." Abortion, firearms, voting rights, LGBTQ, the economy, taxes... for MAGA, the recurring theme is that _someone_ _else_ needs to suffer, to be put in their place. It's a fundamentally different mentality. Sometimes all we can do is hope and pray that peace will prevail.
I have heard several versions of this never heard a bad one garry glitter iggy pop belle stars and now shirley my first listen to her its a great song if it dosent get you moving thiers something up with you
That's EXACTLY what was going on. The girls were doing jump rope and other things that involved hand clapping while singing this in unison. Shirley Ellis was HUGE in Philly in the earlier 60s.
Estoy buscando un vídeo de una cantante de los años 60 o 70 que cantaba haciendo muchas muecas y llevaba unos chupetes de pendientes,imitaba a una gallina cacareando,iba también acompañada de 2 o 3 músicos.
This sing along song brought young people together. Now we know Tesla was right 3 6 9 energy was good for the population. The government did want this to continue.
I once went to a church who taught dancing is sinful. How can something that makes people smile, be sinful. I really didn't belong there. Dance it's good for you.
does any other X'ers not realize/recognize "the line broke and the monkey got choked?" its obvious Neil Diamond must have borrowed from this song those famous lines which UB40 made famous in our era with "Red Red Wine"
Great clip of originals dancing to this great record... what show is it from? White girls and black boys dancing within proximity of one another! Edgy stuff in 1965.
As a child I found this song a bit annoying, especially as all the girls were singing it at the time, and when sung with a Derry acent it was not pretty. I quite enjoyed it as a teenager.
Actually the song they are dancing to isn't a Shirley Ellis song (which is brilliant) but a song by a girl group i believe the Blossoms. The show was Ready Steady Go, which was always watched by the Mod generation of the early 1960s who loved any music that came from Black America and any chance to get soul etc acts on the show was a must. They did an Otis Redding special, Motown special, Ike and Tina Turner special etc. Mods only listened to Motown, Stax etc and Ready Steady Go was the outlet for this in the early 60s. There wasnt the segregation that was common place in American TV programs. Im sure there was no intention to single them out as the show was black music orientated, Dusty Springfield who was a regular on the show hosted the Motown special and was great friends with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas she pioneered American acts such as these. And the dancing well they did their best so no need to be cruel and most of that generation especially the audience had come from Greater London had just come out of the Blitz and rationing. Dancing is dancing theres no good or bad.
Right they should have focused strictly on the one black guy for the three black people who had TVs and were watching. Forget the other 60 dancers and millions of viewers. Now see how flawed your logic is? No I didn't think so.
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This is a lovely song it came out years ago when I was a teenager now I'm 75 years old what a blessing
71 here, and loving it like it was the 1960’s again
I remember it also...love it. I'm JUST 72 yr old. 😁
Awwww
Eu tenho 60 anos, e é a primeira vez que ouço essa música.
Essa música é muito Boa.E muito dançante .
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎼🎼🎻🎻🎻🎻🎤🎤🎺🎺🎵🎵🎵🎸🎸🎸🎸
@@lindasloat2794me too 😅
Almost 66 and loved this in the 60s, used to do it with my great aunt Nellie who was a big fan and knew all the 60s dance crazes, from this, to the twist, the macarena which is an old song, the mash potato, the funky chicken, you name it, she had a go at it despite her being in her late 50s at the time. She died in 1972 aged 72, so many happy memories of a fun lady who taught me about music, dancing and the art of baking. A lady of many talents. Very much missed. First thing I will do when it's my time is to depart this world is to get her on Heaven's dance floor and really rock the joint. and bake the angels some delicious pies. lol. Happy days.
Not long lost my elder sister 😢 this was her favourite song of all time ,bless Denise she will be singing and dancing up there to this always makes me a happy memory of her 💖
Sorry for your loss 😢
I am very sorry.
God bless Shirley Ellis & everyone dancing !
The 60s when the music was fun and life was good✌️🇬🇧🥀🌹🌷♥️
Before “racism” poisoned soul.
Very true ..best decade ever ..i was there 😅
Couldn't agree more, music is terrible now in my opinion
It was absolutely amazing how Shirley had the words down so correctly with this and the Name Game. May she RIP, God bless!
Shirley Ellis is awesome...
We sang this jumping double- Dutch!!!!!
I am here From ALL TOGETHER NOW ❤ ❤❤😢 ❤❤. I’m 67 😇 in 2024.
Love this , i remember this song when I was 12 .
When ever i see these old dances just makes me happy
Thank you Shirley Ellis for your contribution to American music, so many great songs came out during this time, while the country was going through racial and discrimination and segregation in the south. There was hope for progress and great dreams of unity. 🇺🇸❤️ may God watch over this nation.
My moma sang this to my nephews when we were real little ,we loved it ❤
Love this song!
Shirley Ellis had some really tunes.
I had her on 45s and 33s.
Kinda puzzled about this performance, though.
Wondering why they're doing 'Hitchhiker' dance moves in a line dance to The Clapping Song.
Great to hear Shirley again, since my treasured record collection was a victim of careless moving men and extreme sunshine.
Thanx muchly for sharing this little gem!
I have no idea what this song was about, but i loved this song as a child.👏👏💃🏼💃🏼😆👍
Nice to see everyone getting along so well. Nothing like a little dancing to spread the fun. Thanks Shirley, I recall these tunes on the radio in the 60s. Pleasant memories.
Such a great groove by the band on this song.
Heard this song in a commercial the other day and I said wait a minute I know this song I had to come to TH-cam I used to sing as a kid all the time I love this song Thank God for that commercial I was like wait this is a old song from the sixties great.
I lllooooove this song ❤❤❤ it makes me happy and dance lol ❤❤❤
PRE-DISCO SONG FROM THE 60s - not Motown but still fills the dance floor in 2015!
Thank you for posting!! Shirley rules - brilliant!! DAVEDJ
Remember doing this for the school Christmas concert in the 60's he he.
**quiet ladies and gentlemen ... what we are witnessing is one of the earliest forms of Line Dancing* - LOL - LOVE Shirley!
the line dances wee done first in Philadelphia starting in the mid sixties
I'm here because of Ghostbusters Afterlife. This song got stuck in my head.
The first time I heard this song was on the tv series episode of American Dreams. Lil' Kim played Shirley Ellis on the American Bandstand portion of the show.
I knew i recognized this song while watching Ghostbusters 🤣 I havnt heard this song since probably 1984. But yet my daughter knew it well. From school.
No issues,just people dancing 💃
Listen to some more Shirley. She and her backing band put out some fantastic rhythms. Heavy horns and saxes. Try, "Iko Iko" by the, oops, just forgot the name of the band, but it's an old New Orleans song about two floats in a parade. It's based on a much older song. We all used to jump rope and this was an example of the rhymes we made up to jump to (as mentioned by Lms Stc). We all did it in different words. But Shirley put out a lot of fantastic music that most people haven't heard.
The Dixie Cups ~ IKO IKO ~ ~ th-cam.com/video/OuC519ni1aE/w-d-xo.html
awesome reomendation! i checked it out and loved it
i loved this...and yes!..iko iko ahnay.....chugamo keeno ah na nay chugamo keenanay!
This song has taken and used two rhyming phrases that were actually passed down jumprope songs from decades past.. (not a bad thing btw)
Wow this is like original HAIRSPRAY shit.. Love it! 👏👏👏👏
HAHAHA!! Its like the 60's version of the macarena LOL
It's the other way around.
This came way before the Macrena..;)
My thought exactly!
Actually, they're doing The Hitchhiker.
Slap, Clap was different. More like a partner pattycake and dance to music.
At least, that's what we called what we did back in the 60s.
Time to start dancing again
It was not such a bad world back then. Look how respectable everyone was dressed. They all look very nice. Sort of like their "Sunday go to meeting" duds .Very attractive clothes. Dancing very respectable & just having plain clean fun. We need another Shirley Ellis again to bring us to our senses. What a great lady. The worst thing back then was the Vietnam War. She helped us to forget about all of that with her talent & sweet personality. OMG, today there is so very much division amongst people. I really do not think January 6th insurrection would have happened in the 60's It should have NEVER happened. If that is what MAGA is all about, no thanks. America has always been great. It always will be great. He did not make it better. He tore the fabric of America. We do not need to tear the fabric our of our country as JFK said so succinctly to the clergy in the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1960, just prior to his winning in 1960. It was called The Greater Ministerial Association. He won them over. Unfortunately, so did another leader win people over & it caused terrible violence on January 6. Police officers were assaulted & killed. Malicious destruction of a beautiful American landmark So very hard to think a leader would incite such a horror as Trump incited that day. Sure, there were protests & draft card burnings in the 60's & 70"s but today it seems there is so much more violence thereby making the job of law enforcement so much tougher. Who could forget Martha Reeves Dancing In The Street song? That is why she sang that song. Dance in the street as opposed to fighting & harming each other or rioting That woman deserves a star on the sidewalk. Thanks Martha & The Vandella's as well. When will she get a street named after her as Rosa Parks & MLK did? As good a mayor as Mike Duggan is, I'll just bet you if we ask him, he will probably do it. He seems to just love the city & the people. God bless you as well Mr. Duggan.
I think there was a huge difference in the 60's. People really wanted to make things better, by protesting. Today, people want to tear things down, by protesting. Huge swathes of Americans are under the spell of weird conspiracy theories and made-up problems.
In the 60's used to go, "I believe in this so strongly, that I'm willing to suffer for it." Civil rights leaders went to jail for their protests. Kids burning their draft cards suffered the consequences. But today, the attitude among MAGA is, "I believe in this so strongly, that I'm willing to make _you_ suffer for it." Abortion, firearms, voting rights, LGBTQ, the economy, taxes... for MAGA, the recurring theme is that _someone_ _else_ needs to suffer, to be put in their place. It's a fundamentally different mentality.
Sometimes all we can do is hope and pray that peace will prevail.
Very cool! 💓
amazing
Well... im 30 😅and I like this singer too ❤
Amazing
Love the beats.
Fantastic.
so beautiful
Just awesome
I have heard several versions of this never heard a bad one garry glitter iggy pop belle stars and now shirley my first listen to her its a great song if it dosent get you moving thiers something up with you
what's great about that song is that it's probably originally written by kids on the playground. once again adults appropriating kid culture
That's EXACTLY what was going on. The girls were doing jump rope and other things that involved hand clapping while singing this in unison. Shirley Ellis was HUGE in Philly in the earlier 60s.
i sure i can c my grand mamma doing the twist mixup there at back
The good old days 🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵
Estoy buscando un vídeo de una cantante de los años 60 o 70 que cantaba haciendo muchas muecas y llevaba unos chupetes de pendientes,imitaba a una gallina cacareando,iba también acompañada de 2 o 3 músicos.
LOVE LOVE LOVE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Thank you I managed to match the song with the dance
This sing along song brought young people together. Now we know Tesla was right 3 6 9 energy was good for the population. The government did want this to continue.
So hip! Somebody please guide me this dance how to move step by step.
Rock & roll when music came up from the streets-no the pre-fab disney/Hollywood b.s.that big brother pushes now.
Maestro
my 11yr old granddaughter asked me -why would a little girl who wants a rubber doll kiss a
soldier- isn't that weird grandma?
*(30.10.2023)..*
Memories...🎼🖤
The danse is called the Continental though !
classic
Stop calling me a racist. This was the gal I wanted to be in 65.
Temazo
Un clásico!!
The man in the checkered suit, is that Jim Hutton? Timothy' s Hutton father.
@Carter Benton Jr: He does resemble Tim Hutton! Good 👁!
The Macerana of the 60's?
American Band Stand. With Dick Clark.
great
like macrena
I once went to a church who taught dancing is sinful. How can something that makes people smile, be sinful. I really didn't belong there. Dance it's good for you.
King David danced and sang in the street whilst praising God. He was very blessed
does any other X'ers not realize/recognize "the line broke and the monkey got choked?" its obvious Neil Diamond must have borrowed from this song those famous lines which UB40 made famous in our era with "Red Red Wine"
Is this from Ready Steady Go at Granada Studios Manchester?
I dare you to sing 😂 this song in San Francisco, California.
What's wrong with SF ?
Contemporary dancers parade their dexterity and naiveté in a serious of unimaginative looped takes.
Say what?! lol
x
Anyone know what TV show this filmed on?
But even better!!!
Great clip of originals dancing to this great record... what show is it from? White girls and black boys dancing within proximity of one another! Edgy stuff in 1965.
Edgy stuff in 1965......only in america , the rest of the world had grown up.
You're projecting your own prejudice - the rest of us were living together without fuss or attention seeking, thank you very much.
@@rahawa774 Agree.
And we now see how great that turned out. I think our ancestors were smarter than they're given credit for.
Hi Kari 💓
This dance was called The Hitchhiker.
thumbs up -- ktf
Oh boy, corny dance but fun to watch.
Rubber dollys blast from the past or what inflated how many could you stuff in too the b007y off let us say that the yaaaas
My mom told me before I was born if I agree to be born I would get a rubber 🦆 y .ducky ass . PNM ps someone t stole it."
This HAS to be RSG.... READY STEADY GO UK TV Show..
RSG was the MOD Bible on TV ! They nearly alway's had "the latest dance" shown by these two Dancer's.....
It is, with their resident dancer, Patrick Kerr wearing the madras checked jacket.
I reckon this the original rap song.
Record have single
Ghostbusters send me here....
Anyone here after Ghostbusters: Afterlife?
No wonder it never took off!
If she kissed a soldier, exactly what kind of rubber dolly was she hoping to get?
As a child I found this song a bit annoying, especially as all the girls were singing it at the time, and when sung with a Derry acent it was not pretty. I quite enjoyed it as a teenager.
Ghostbusters movie lol
Ghostbusters Afterlife. Watched it last night.
Babylonion hanging basket cases that's all that's left these days isn't it no wonders... 😦
Lyrics are like for grade school girls playing jump rope.
i think thats how it started
now your talking.......
Clapping..
You grandparents version of twerking,.
💀💀💀💀
Why this needs to be translated is surely a head scratcher.
💃😱
Not Macarena though
I prefer the pizza twirl!!!
I prefer the Belle Stars version.
it's a sign of the times...
💚2024✨sowing..............🚣🎶
🎠🌈🌈🌈💍🌈🌈🌈🔥
Daniel 12 Revelation 21
🙏🌹 keeping the Faith 💜😎
Jump rope song
there not practising social distancing..he he
Swallow it don't choke or spit the dawg
AMP Beauly helpful lines of ching fest not f157
White people line dancing... Guess this has been a thing for longer than I thought.
Notice they focused far more on the white dancers. (Even though they were crap).
Your comment is crap. Peddle your social justice elsewhere.
Actually the song they are dancing to isn't a Shirley Ellis song (which is brilliant) but a song by a girl group i believe the Blossoms. The show was Ready Steady Go, which was always watched by the Mod generation of the early 1960s who loved any music that came from Black America and any chance to get soul etc acts on the show was a must. They did an Otis Redding special, Motown special, Ike and Tina Turner special etc. Mods only listened to Motown, Stax etc and Ready Steady Go was the outlet for this in the early 60s. There wasnt the segregation that was common place in American TV programs. Im sure there was no intention to single them out as the show was black music orientated, Dusty Springfield who was a regular on the show hosted the Motown special and was great friends with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas she pioneered American acts such as these.
And the dancing well they did their best so no need to be cruel and most of that generation especially the audience had come from Greater London had just come out of the Blitz and rationing. Dancing is dancing theres no good or bad.
Right they should have focused strictly on the one black guy for the three black people who had TVs and were watching. Forget the other 60 dancers and millions of viewers. Now see how flawed your logic is? No I didn't think so.
I thought they were funny 😆
I can’t stand racists from any side ,it’s hateful,that’s why they never come together,time to dance whatever color rainbow 🌈