60's kids dancing to "The Horse" by Cliff Nobles and Co. Hosted by Del Curtis, this episode of Teen Time aired sometime around 1968 on WSTV-TV (now WTOV) in Steubenville, Ohio.
Used to go out to Club 22 in Cadiz Ohio with Karen, Cecil, Jake, Tod, and Bill M. and dance to this--Cecil was probably the best dancer in the Ohio Valley. Karen and were only 17 but the guys bought us sloe gin fizzes and we danced all night long--no hanky-panky, just dancing to great music with great friends.
Wow, look at these youngsters back then, enjoying being young, having a good time, and doing one helluva' job, dancing to one of the funkiest instrumentals ever known to man, R.I.P. to anyone of these individuals who are no longer with us...
My auntie (now a youthful 68) was 18 when this song came out. I just asked her if she did this dance and her eyes lit up when she said yes. I couldn't convince her to dance with me though.
i remember the horse 1966 its Sept. 2020 (horrible year) and I still remember the horse I realize how music for our taste was basically jazz. i mean this sounds like jazz and we loved it! grazing in the grass all that.
Oh man. I from 1997. I lost the best years of music. I prefer much more listen classic songs than the ones that play on these days. You know, I really would like to dance like that with other people, not alone.
Some of the coolest dancing I have seen in decades! Now this is dancing to the music. Not some crazy wigglying shimmy bottom shaking nothing but showing off. Excellent!
Ooh! Excellent flip (hair style, for you youngsters!) on that girl in the beginning! i like this song a lot however at Michigan State Univ we did the dance a different way. Guess that was common in various parts of the country. The good old days! We are in our 70's now...still dancing!
Del Curtis, "Teen Time" host was none other than Del Demontreux, who gained fame on WHN, New York City, greatest country music station ever. I seem to remember his telling me some 30 years ago (I would call him at the station) that he worked in Steubenville. Also that was 1968, as July 5 was on Friday that year.
+Ed_Salamon Ed, I've been reading your book about WHN, and I really enjoy it. Bob "The Wizard" Wayne was from my home county, namely Marion County, West Virginia. As I understand it, he had alcohol abuse issues. At findagrave.com, I saw his tombstone, and he died in September 1990 (I believe it was the 27th). I do know it was late September. He was only 48. If I ever get the chance, I'd like to meet the surviving WHN jocks. I know that Del Demontreux will be 70 on November 19. About how old is Lee Arnold? I'm guessing 85, or very close to it. Forgive me if this e-mail's too long, but I have several things I want to cover and will wrap up soon. 1050 in NYC is very directional. I could faintly get it where I've lived all my life. I also know that WHN had listeners all over the tri-state (NY, NJ, CT), but what borough had the most listeners? I asked one of the jocks one time (it may have been Mike Fitzgerald), but I'm not sure now, if WHN had any listeners in the Bronx, and he told me that he had a contest winner from the Bronx a few minutes earlier. I lived for trips to NYC to hear WHN. It was one of a kind, and it was my favorite radio station EVER. They started doing Mets games (their third stint) in 1983, and I credit WHN with making me a baseball fan. I didn't really get into baseball until '85, and for that season and the next, I lived and died with the Mets. When the Mets won the '86 World Series after their record-smashing regular season, I was a million miles on the other side of the moon with joy. Thanks so very much for your reply, and I'll try to get onto Facebook to see the WHN tribute.
Mr. Salamon, for some reason, I've been locked out of my Facebook account. Could you tell me if Lee Arnold's still living, and if so, his age? I'd think he's in his upper 80s at least by now. I saw a youtube posting of him from 2013. I used to call him on his birthday (June 22), which he shares with, among many others, Kris Kristofferson, Todd Rundgren, Freddie Prinze, and I could go on and on.
I love seeing these low-budget, low production value local teen dance programs, such as the one that is at the center of the movie "Hairspray." In my hometown of Louisville, it was called High Varieties, I think. In the town I currently live in, it was called Sump'n Else.
I didn’t realize till this second that there had been a specific dance for this song, but then in 1968 I was attending a boys’ boarding school so there was zero opportunity to be indulging in any go-go dancing like these teens.
There are a few others here and there, such as "Night Train" and 'The Beat," but for the most part you're right. Videotape was expensive in those days and most local stations could not afford to keep extensive archives, so a lot of such shows were erased. Few people at the time realized the importance of preserving such things.
This was kind of cool. The couple on the platform did not do the horse the way Cliff Nobles did it on Groove In, but I believe it was typical to have different versions of dances in different areas across the country. For many dances from that time, there was a Philly version, a Detroit version, an L.A. version.... But I believe I read that the original dance (the horse) was popular in 1960 or thereabouts and the dance became popular again after the song was recorded.
That's fascinating, I didn't know that! I was only a toddler (a Philly kid!) when this song was out but remember this song being played quite a bit and I liked it then and still like the music from this era!
~ See John Pela in New Orleans for Saturday Hop! R.I.P. Cliff Nobles! Del was speaking of the July 5 concert with Tommy James & the Young Rascals & Cliff Nobles & Co. Steubenville was definitely more fun in 1968. Google Steubenville, Ohio, Dean Martin, Wu-Tung Clan. Great state, Ohio, but with too many reversals though in the last 5 decades! Congrats and best wishes to COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI for successfully hanging on! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
This is so cool. We did a different dance to this song, I can't describe it but it came back to me when I heard the music. We would all go to the rec center after school to dance to latest songs for about an hour and then go home. Good times definitely.
They don't look any better to me than the LA Bandstand dancers... But they still danced good enough. You don't need to enroll in the Arthur Murray School Of Dance to learn those moves. 😉
From what I've learned, after hearing about this song from a friend whom danced to it in Jr-high (And got into big trouble for how she was dancing) is that it was originally released in '59. Can't believe it took 9-yrs to catch-on. Even harder to believe is how lame the dancing those kids were doing was, in light of what a frenetic hip-shaker parts of that song were. I know it's '60s-t.v., but still.
Since the artists in the "26 Top Hits" record commercial weren't identified, I suspect it was an album of sound-alike cover versions of then-recent hits and not the original hit recordings by the original artists.
I remember dancing to The Horse in high school 50 years ago but don't remember what the tune was but this is the same tune to Grazin In The Grass by Hugh Masakela.
I went to high school in the mid 70s. We had a decent little jazz band and this was their song ! They played it at sporting events, assemblies, etc. I actually thought it was our h.s. Fight song. It makes a damn good one even if it wasn’t official. I still want to get out of my chair when I hear it.
Interesting that when they advertised the Top Hits record album, the song "Lady Madonna" shows on the album cover. Who would have thought that another Madonna would be very prominent twenty yeas later?.
@@dariowiter3078 They also remind me of The Couple in Carol where Therese Belivet goes to find Carol Aird and she walks in the opposite direction of them. It was filmed in 2015 and since it was supposed to take place in 1953, they could have been living in an era of their Grandparents or their Great Grandparents.
Who was the guy who did the voiceover at the end telling people where to send money for the album? I remember him from when I was a kid (56 y/o now). BTW, today is Del Curtis' 74th birthday (11-19-19). He would later became famous on NYC's WHN during its country era. He was known there as Del DeMontreux.
What made Soul Train great was you had black kids who could dance and brought the soul. There were 60's black teen shows like Teenarama and others but unfortunately their footage is lost, but these shows brought the soul too. Anytime you put black kids together dancing, it's great. But Soul Train is the only black dance show that footage exist.
@@TurboMountTV go to the Teen Time dance contest video , she appears at about the 38 second mark , in front wearing black dress with a white sort of scarf and later she is in the dance contest. Very pretty girl and a good dancer.
@@richardleonard4281 OK saw her. See what you mean. Were you a part of this crowd?? This video was used by someone to put together a compilation video with song "I can hear music" by The Ronettes. I always thought the blond in the blue dress was cute. Would be fascinating to see a "Where are they now? follow up.
@Khultan Oh really? Why? The record is one of those thrown-together compilations of what was then popular songs, but recorded by studio musicians. Example: Lady Madonna was not sung by the Beatles on that record. LIsten at 4:00. Does that sound like The Beatles to you? Might want to know what you're actually talking about before you go around slamming strangers.
Used to go out to Club 22 in Cadiz Ohio with Karen, Cecil, Jake, Tod, and Bill M. and dance to this--Cecil was probably the best dancer in the Ohio Valley. Karen and were only 17 but the guys bought us sloe gin fizzes and we danced all night long--no hanky-panky, just dancing to great music with great friends.
I Miss the 60's
Wow, look at these youngsters back then, enjoying being young, having a good time, and doing one helluva' job, dancing to one of the funkiest instrumentals ever known to man, R.I.P. to anyone of these individuals who are no longer with us...
My auntie (now a youthful 68) was 18 when this song came out. I just asked her if she did this dance and her eyes lit up when she said yes. I couldn't convince her to dance with me though.
Too bad!!!!
It was the MOST FUN at football games.
Those are some super groovy dudes and far out chicks with some keen hip dance moves!!! I miss those groovy 1960's (1968) What a far out time !!!
you see how music unites a culture. look closely and you will see all of those kids know how to do the same dance. that's the power of music!
That looks like so much fun. I miss the 1960s.
The 60's and 70's were awesome except for Viet Nam.
Funny to hear her talk about Steubenville shows.. reminds me of The Wonders.
I wonder if Erie, Pennsylvania had an equivalent show.
i remember the horse 1966 its Sept. 2020 (horrible year) and I still remember the horse I realize how music for our taste was basically jazz. i mean this sounds like jazz and we loved it! grazing in the grass all that.
Oh man. I from 1997. I lost the best years of music. I prefer much more listen classic songs than the ones that play on these days. You know, I really would like to dance like that with other people, not alone.
This nice music was way before my time, but this video makes me feel good ✌🏼🌟
Nehru collars!! I remember them!
The Horse was a sizable hit back in '68. I totally remember this era even if I was only 12.
We danced to anything back in the days LOL :)
Great to see stuff like this on youtube.
Some of the coolest dancing I have seen in decades! Now this is dancing to the music. Not some crazy wigglying shimmy bottom shaking nothing but showing off. Excellent!
I can't believe I was this little and dancing on tv
Who you, Wendy? what time you appear? Good work, either way!
Which high school is this?
Liar
I love the horse!
Great song!
and I love that you can buy an LP record in the commercial at the end of this video for a whopping $2.50... wow..
Ooh! Excellent flip (hair style, for you youngsters!) on that girl in the beginning! i like this song a lot however at Michigan State Univ we did the dance a different way. Guess that was common in various parts of the country. The good old days! We are in our 70's now...still dancing!
Del Curtis, "Teen Time" host was none other than Del Demontreux, who gained fame on WHN, New York City, greatest country music station ever. I seem to remember his telling me some 30 years ago (I would call him at the station) that he worked in Steubenville. Also that was 1968, as July 5 was on Friday that year.
+Gary Kerns Thanks, Gary! See WHN's Facebook page facebook.com/WHN1050
+Ed_Salamon Ed, I've been reading your book about WHN, and I really enjoy it. Bob "The Wizard" Wayne was from my home county, namely Marion County, West Virginia. As I understand it, he had alcohol abuse issues. At findagrave.com, I saw his tombstone, and he died in September 1990 (I believe it was the 27th). I do know it was late September. He was only 48. If I ever get the chance, I'd like to meet the surviving WHN jocks. I know that Del Demontreux will be 70 on November 19. About how old is Lee Arnold? I'm guessing 85, or very close to it. Forgive me if this e-mail's too long, but I have several things I want to cover and will wrap up soon. 1050 in NYC is very directional. I could faintly get it where I've lived all my life. I also know that WHN had listeners all over the tri-state (NY, NJ, CT), but what borough had the most listeners? I asked one of the jocks one time (it may have been Mike Fitzgerald), but I'm not sure now, if WHN had any listeners in the Bronx, and he told me that he had a contest winner from the Bronx a few minutes earlier. I lived for trips to NYC to hear WHN. It was one of a kind, and it was my favorite radio station EVER. They started doing Mets games (their third stint) in 1983, and I credit WHN with making me a baseball fan. I didn't really get into baseball until '85, and for that season and the next, I lived and died with the Mets. When the Mets won the '86 World Series after their record-smashing regular season, I was a million miles on the other side of the moon with joy. Thanks so very much for your reply, and I'll try to get onto Facebook to see the WHN tribute.
Mr. Salamon, for some reason, I've been locked out of my Facebook account. Could you tell me if Lee Arnold's still living, and if so, his age? I'd think he's in his upper 80s at least by now. I saw a youtube posting of him from 2013. I used to call him on his birthday (June 22), which he shares with, among many others, Kris Kristofferson, Todd Rundgren, Freddie Prinze, and I could go on and on.
I love seeing these low-budget, low production value local teen dance programs, such as the one that is at the center of the movie "Hairspray." In my hometown of Louisville, it was called High Varieties, I think. In the town I currently live in, it was called Sump'n Else.
This is gold
ANOTHER GREAT SONG!! Thanks for sharing!!
I didn’t realize till this second that there had been a specific dance for this song, but then in 1968 I was attending a boys’ boarding school so there was zero opportunity to be indulging in any go-go dancing like these teens.
I like the dance but I remember dancing to it differently. Thank you 😊
How awesome that there were local groups playing top 40 songs.
There are a few others here and there, such as "Night Train" and 'The Beat," but for the most part you're right. Videotape was expensive in those days and most local stations could not afford to keep extensive archives, so a lot of such shows were erased. Few people at the time realized the importance of preserving such things.
So sad 😞 , yet it is what it is ✌🏼
I saw an internet post from 2011 saying "the late Del Demontreux." Didn't know he died.
This was kind of cool. The couple on the platform did not do the horse the way Cliff Nobles did it on Groove In, but I believe it was typical to have different versions of dances in different areas across the country. For many dances from that time, there was a Philly version, a Detroit version, an L.A. version.... But I believe I read that the original dance (the horse) was popular in 1960 or thereabouts and the dance became popular again after the song was recorded.
SOUL, MY FRIEND, SOUL!
That's fascinating, I didn't know that! I was only a toddler (a Philly kid!) when this song was out but remember this song being played quite a bit and I liked it then and still like the music from this era!
Awesome stuff! The world was young and local tv was fun!
Bouffants, Flips and Bobs!
I was about 7 when this song came out so I had no memory of a dance that went to this song. Too cool!
Great Friday Night Football Game Song
Wow! Those teens are really cuttin loose!
I would love to hear from someone who is in this video. They're sooooo cute.
This is cool!
~ See John Pela in New Orleans for Saturday Hop! R.I.P. Cliff Nobles! Del was speaking of the July 5 concert with Tommy James & the Young Rascals & Cliff Nobles & Co. Steubenville was definitely more fun in 1968. Google Steubenville, Ohio, Dean Martin, Wu-Tung Clan. Great state, Ohio, but with too many reversals though in the last 5 decades! Congrats and best wishes to COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND, CINCINNATI for successfully hanging on! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
This is so cool. We did a different dance to this song, I can't describe it but it came back to me when I heard the music. We would all go to the rec center after school to dance to latest songs for about an hour and then go home. Good times definitely.
Love this stuff Lots of fun
Watching in 2023 😊 I had this single and now play it on my radio shows
That was fun to watch!
They dance better than the stiffs on Bandstand!
😝 😄 😁
John Edwards LMFAO..!
Totally agree Lol but didn't bandstand recorded in Philadelphia like this show?
They did shoot the show in Philly until early 1964. Then they moved it to Hollyweird.
They don't look any better to me than the LA Bandstand dancers... But they still danced good enough. You don't need to enroll in the Arthur Murray School Of Dance to learn those moves. 😉
so raw, I actually went back.
Real music
From what I've learned, after hearing about this song from a friend whom danced to it in Jr-high (And got into big trouble for how she was dancing) is that it was originally released in '59. Can't believe it took 9-yrs to catch-on. Even harder to believe is how lame the dancing those kids were doing was, in light of what a frenetic hip-shaker parts of that song were. I know it's '60s-t.v., but still.
I love it
#Bennington it's why I'm here too.
Everything comes back. My newest glasses are similar to the ones worn in this video.
26 top hits!!!
Bennington Also brought me here.
Also Ohio is where Alan Freed is from not to mention The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Museum, and it's where The O'Jays are from as well as 98 Degrees.
THATS MY MOM!!! LOL FOR REAL IT IS!!
You happen to have the time point marker??
Which high school was this?
Cool 👌🏻
Pretty good, but who remembers how we did it in Brooklyn?
The spot at the end was for an LP of REMAKES! Money back if you ain't deelited
XD
wow that was sweet...lol
thanks for posting.. interesting video!
Since the artists in the "26 Top Hits" record commercial weren't identified, I suspect it was an album of sound-alike cover versions of then-recent hits and not the original hit recordings by the original artists.
This was cool to see
Thanks.
I remember dancing to The Horse in high school 50 years ago but don't remember what the tune was but this is the same tune to Grazin In The Grass by Hugh Masakela.
I went to high school in the mid 70s. We had a decent little jazz band and this was their song ! They played it at sporting events, assemblies, etc. I actually thought it was our h.s. Fight song. It makes a damn good one even if it wasn’t official. I still want to get out of my chair when I hear it.
Interesting that when they advertised the Top Hits record album, the song "Lady Madonna" shows on the album cover. Who would have thought that another Madonna would be very prominent twenty yeas later?.
Lol...
Thanks for the flashback.
It's funny how some of the plaid shorts are still in style. :0
Interesting dancing too.
Girl in the green skirt suit.🥰🥰🥰
Thaks for the post. looking for all things second half 60's. I have the vocal version of this song, too
I watched both shows, but in all sincerity "SOUL TRAIN" was IT for me hands down.. It a matter of personal preference... :D
It's all cool ... but me I loved "American Bandstand" ✌🏼
Sounds like fun...I'm There...or I would've been if I'd been born.
I love The African American Couple. They look like they could have been "Extras" on Mad Men.
👍 😁
@@dariowiter3078 They also remind me of The Couple in Carol where Therese Belivet goes to find Carol Aird and she walks in the opposite direction of them. It was filmed in 2015 and since it was supposed to take place in 1953, they could have been living in an era of their Grandparents or their Great Grandparents.
Horse dance lets c i can do this here we go
86 bars, key of Bb, with the bridge in G minor
#bennington all day
The original version had a vocal track that was erased.😊
1968😎🎙🎸🎷🎹🎹🎶🥁🎷👏👍
dance started in Tampa.
1:33 Rod Blagojevich
# Ronnie B!
#Bennington brought me here
+Stardust Baby Me too haha
ROFL AT 1:29 look at the dude with glasses... FUNKY dancing!
Girl in the white culottes: GET IT!!!
🙂👍👏
Imagine that; these were the same kids who would be dancing to The Village People and Vicki Sue Robinson tracks
Man I just love this tune! I love Booker T's version does anyone have the audio track?
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Who was the guy who did the voiceover at the end telling people where to send money for the album? I remember him from when I was a kid (56 y/o now). BTW, today is Del Curtis' 74th birthday (11-19-19). He would later became famous on NYC's WHN during its country era. He was known there as Del DeMontreux.
Cool ✌🏼, thank you Gary 👌🏻
What made Soul Train great was you had black kids who could dance and brought the soul. There were 60's black teen shows like Teenarama and others but unfortunately their footage is lost, but these shows brought the soul too. Anytime you put black kids together dancing, it's great. But Soul Train is the only black dance show that footage exist.
LOL! 'Dance has evolved'. I should coco!
COLOOOOOOOOOORR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That advert at the end is a true piece of history............doesn't make it any good though...
I love the album they advertise. NOT the original artists !
looks like their Kaopectate is kicking in.
I was 12 or 13😂😂😂😂
2:45, Check out the spaz! xD
up votein all my #bennington bros
I miss Sally Johnston
Obvious question... WHO is Sally Johnson ?
@@TurboMountTV she is in some of the black and white shows and wins the dance contest. Pretty girl and good dancer.
@@richardleonard4281 The follow up question would be which one is Sally Johnston ?
@@TurboMountTV go to the Teen Time dance contest video , she appears at about the 38 second mark , in front wearing black dress with a white sort of scarf and later she is in the dance contest. Very pretty girl and a good dancer.
@@richardleonard4281
OK saw her. See what you mean.
Were you a part of this crowd??
This video was used by someone to put together a compilation video with song "I can hear music" by The Ronettes. I always thought the blond in the blue dress was cute.
Would be fascinating to see a "Where are they now? follow up.
i want to mail $2.50 to that address an see what happens.
LMAO
@NJHater LOL!
This is a nicer version of the horse
@Khultan Oh really? Why? The record is one of those thrown-together compilations of what was then popular songs, but recorded by studio musicians. Example: Lady Madonna was not sung by the Beatles on that record. LIsten at 4:00. Does that sound like The Beatles to you? Might want to know what you're actually talking about before you go around slamming strangers.
If I send in $2.50 do I still get t he record ?
It looks like some of the dancers here were attempting to dance "the dance": the horse right....