1959 ..I was 9 REMEMBER IT WELL ! 42 years later I took a trip to Thailand ...than that BOOM BOOM word appeared again ....OHHH MY BUDDHA ...shez was the best ..BOOM BOOM ?
Absolutely love it 1959 even before my existence TCN-9 Brian Henderson's Bandstand introduction with the rubber plant in a pot in the TV studio background with later clip Crash Craddock it was sign of the times so modern that I link to that I noted in the 1960's so modern at the time that carried on into the 1970's . The rubber plant! Now outdated in 2020 but so simple and relaxed in 1959! Super Clip! Thanks Brian Henderson's Bandstand and Crash Craddock plus TCN-9 Analogue Sydney transmission at the time. Ansett 727.
You’re right about ‘outdated in 2020’, back then the old-fashioned thing was to have to singing in tune and have a ‘colour’ and ‘timbre’ to your voice, to sing a good song, have talented musicians back that song, make a lot of effort in the production of a song to sell just a pop song to the public. Thank heavens for autotune and a talentless bunch of freaks today demanding recognition and attention from everyone but really giving nothing in return.
The video sent to Australia by Columbia Records US was originally filmed in brilliant colour and featured both sides of the record. As Australia didn't have colour TV in 1959, it was only broadcast out here in B&W. I have a copy of "Don't Destroy Me" in full colour, however I'm hoping someone out there also has the 'Boom Boom Baby' portion in colour.
Hi Ausfan100 I wonder if you can write to me at this email address elvis2594@gmail.com. i would like to talk to you about the clips if possible Kind regards Bob Hayden
I'd love to see the colour clip too! I remember 'Don't Destroy Me' being up here on YT years ago by a dude name RevolverTV but Boom Boom Baby never surfaced :(
Don't Destroy Me was the flip side of this one. It made the U.S. top 100 for a single week in 1959. Crash didn't see another U.S. hit until his country tunes many years later. Saw him when he appeared on Baltimore's Buddy Deane Show to promote Boom Boom Baby. At best, he had some regional success.
I only knew Craddock from his country stuff in the US, the biggest being Rub it In, but I just pulled a 45 from my Father's old radio station singles and found a decent cover of I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door that made it to #5 in 72, backed by a tearjerker that I have become obsessed with - What He Don't Know Won't Hurt Him. I clearly need to do some looking into his early rocker stuff because this was killer!
@@classicmusicofyesteryear6709 I'm impressed with his lip synching but this clip was also clearly edited together, not done on the fly. Very smart - Dick Clark must've known and didn't show it for fear of taking away from Fabian or Frankie Avalon or any of the others he had a stake in. Crash was more talented than Fabian at that stage.
Yes Crash Craddock was a good looker. Australians went crazy over him. We all thought he was going to give Elvis a run for his money ,....but it didn't happen, he just seemed to disappear as quickly as he appeared. Craddock literally vanished into thin air. To be honest though he really was the first Elvis impersonator, or shall I say imitator. He was great but at the end of the day he wasn't Elvis.
Oh please Cynthia! You're just in heat! I suggest you go somewhere and sit your seething unmentionables down on huge block of ice for a couple of days and give it a rest dear.
His dancing reminds me of the lead singer of the Continentals dancing, except the Continentals singer danced wilder. If you mixed a young Elvis and a young Conway Twitty, Billy is probably what you’d get 👏🏻🕺🏻🥰‼️
Can you blame him every singer on the planet at that time wanted to be Elvis. In a way Craddock was the first really great imitator of Elvis Presley. Here in Australia when we all first heard Boom Boom Baby, we all thought it was Elvis singing.
This clip was broadcasted in Australia nationwide in 1960. I remember it was a few weeks after my 10 birthday and AUSTRALIANS RIGHT ACROSS THE NATION WENT NUTS OF THIS GUY, INCLUDING MY OWN PARENTS ......lol. This clip brings back so many memories of my childhood and of that era. Crash Craddock was too much like Elvis in talent and charisma , I remember many people were asking if he was paid to go away or even killed , because he just vanished as fast as he appeared and become known so rapidly . People were wondering if he was too much of a threat to Elvis , hence his sudden and unexplainable disappearance. It was just odd that a talent like him was never heard of again . I found out many many years later that he actually went into country rockabilly music in America . I thought that was a shame because he could have been a major superstar from what all Australians saw in this clip here . His song Boom Boom Baby went straight to no 1 on the charts .
@@andrewmiller4885 Cool..thanks...so when the presenter says, at 0:15, "I guess, things have changed a bit since then." , he maybe talking around 1964ish? Can you tell by the presenter's fashion?
Hi Tommy Twobats transmission would be early 1960's a repeat of this clip of original 1959 Crash Caddock presented by Brian Henderson Band Stand at a later date as per request via viewers at the time i.e. a repeat. Ansett 727.
@@andrewmiller4885 When Crash flew to Australia to tour, all these girls were at the airport and he wondered why? He had no idea they were there to see him or his popularity in Australia. Probably got screwed big time over his payment.
1959. Still awesome. Loud. Really loud.
Still great to enjoy after a lifetime
1959 ..I was 9 REMEMBER IT WELL ! 42 years later I took a trip to Thailand ...than that BOOM BOOM word appeared again ....OHHH MY BUDDHA ...shez was the best ..BOOM BOOM ?
Love this rare video of the great Billy Crash Craddock "AWESOME"
Remember this as a kid in Sydney early 6o's loved it.
Absolutely love it 1959 even before my existence TCN-9 Brian Henderson's Bandstand introduction with the rubber plant in a pot in the TV studio background with later clip Crash Craddock it was sign of the times so modern that I link to that I noted in the 1960's so modern at the time that carried on into the 1970's .
The rubber plant!
Now outdated in 2020 but so simple and relaxed in 1959!
Super Clip!
Thanks Brian Henderson's Bandstand and Crash Craddock plus TCN-9 Analogue Sydney transmission at the time.
Ansett 727.
You’re right about ‘outdated in 2020’, back then the old-fashioned thing was to have to singing in tune and have a ‘colour’ and ‘timbre’ to your voice, to sing a good song, have talented musicians back that song, make a lot of effort in the production of a song to sell just a pop song to the public. Thank heavens for autotune and a talentless bunch of freaks today demanding recognition and attention from everyone but really giving nothing in return.
He was my favourite.
Love crash ❤️🤗🌹🌻
The video sent to Australia by Columbia Records US was originally filmed in brilliant colour and featured both sides of the record. As Australia didn't have colour TV in 1959, it was only broadcast out here in B&W. I have a copy of "Don't Destroy Me" in full colour, however I'm hoping someone out there also has the 'Boom Boom Baby' portion in colour.
Hi Ausfan100 I wonder if you can write to me at this email address elvis2594@gmail.com. i would like to talk to you about the clips if possible Kind regards Bob Hayden
I'd love to see the colour clip too! I remember 'Don't Destroy Me' being up here on YT years ago by a dude name RevolverTV but Boom Boom Baby never surfaced :(
And how good is his miming? I still love this after all these years. Absolute classic -
no mime -- a live performance for film
@@karlwood7981 Are there any other video performances of Billy. ?
@@karlwood7981 No miming really, hard to believe so...? 🕵🏼♀️🤔
Don't Destroy Me was the flip side of this one. It made the U.S. top 100 for a single week in 1959. Crash didn't see another U.S. hit until his country tunes many years later. Saw him when he appeared on Baltimore's Buddy Deane Show to promote Boom Boom Baby. At best, he had some regional success.
loved this .
I only knew Craddock from his country stuff in the US, the biggest being Rub it In, but I just pulled a 45 from my Father's old radio station singles and found a decent cover of I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door that made it to #5 in 72, backed by a tearjerker that I have become obsessed with - What He Don't Know Won't Hurt Him. I clearly need to do some looking into his early rocker stuff because this was killer!
Ironically he's ONLY known for the rock and roll stuff here down under.
@@classicmusicofyesteryear6709 I'm impressed with his lip synching but this clip was also clearly edited together, not done on the fly. Very smart - Dick Clark must've known and didn't show it for fear of taking away from Fabian or Frankie Avalon or any of the others he had a stake in. Crash was more talented than Fabian at that stage.
Sooo cool!!
Oh he had the voice & boy did he have the looks!!!! That man was GORGEOUS 🔥
Yes Crash Craddock was a good looker. Australians went crazy over him. We all thought he was going to give Elvis a run for his money ,....but it didn't happen, he just seemed to disappear as quickly as he appeared. Craddock literally vanished into thin air. To be honest though he really was the first Elvis impersonator, or shall I say imitator. He was great but at the end of the day he wasn't Elvis.
Oh please Cynthia! You're just in heat! I suggest you go somewhere and sit your seething unmentionables down on huge block of ice for a couple of days and give it a rest dear.
His dancing reminds me of the lead singer of the Continentals dancing, except the Continentals singer danced wilder. If you mixed a young Elvis and a young Conway Twitty, Billy is probably what you’d get 👏🏻🕺🏻🥰‼️
ROCKN'ROLL...!! 💎🎶😃👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Thank you for uploading this. He was 20 the year I was born. Gosh. He was goid at it already. Good job Billy.
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When he appeared at Twin Towns a few years back, he said he always wanted to be Elvis.. But Elvis got to be Elvis first..lol..
Can you blame him every singer on the planet at that time wanted to be Elvis. In a way Craddock was the first really great imitator of Elvis Presley. Here in Australia when we all first heard Boom Boom Baby, we all thought it was Elvis singing.
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🧺 Music!
Australia's 214th number one hit
and a #1 non-consecutive for 8 weeks.
ROCKER
cool
I had one of those jumpers lol
Your the best
Classic
Never mind the singing... The footwork is quite fancy!!!
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boom boom -- dynamite in Australia
I was sure I saw this clip on Six O'Clock Rock with JOK as well when I was a llittle fella? can you say that now! Bob Hayden
Billy kinda reminds me of Fabian the singer/actor.
No he doesn't. He reminds you of Elvis.
@@ilovebeinggay6794 … Yeah, I shoulda put Elvis and Fabian. But the Fabian as Billy looks in this video and, of course, Elvis too.
@@dianefiske-foy4717 well that's more like it Diane dear. 👍
Also, it’s a wonder he didn’t get as much flack as Elvis did back then, ‘cause he sure could move his hips and feet 😻.
Was he also successful in New Zealand
1959 / 60...don't know ....Did they have TV ?
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Hello dear,how are you doing,how is weather today?
So what year would the broadcast be? The presenter said its been a few years since the fame, so are talking 1964ish?
This clip was broadcasted in Australia nationwide in 1960. I remember it was a few weeks after my 10 birthday and AUSTRALIANS RIGHT ACROSS THE NATION WENT NUTS OF THIS GUY, INCLUDING MY OWN PARENTS ......lol.
This clip brings back so many memories of my childhood and of that era. Crash Craddock was too much like Elvis in talent and charisma , I remember many people were asking if he was paid to go away or even killed , because he just vanished as fast as he appeared and become known so rapidly . People were wondering if he was too much of a threat to Elvis , hence his sudden and unexplainable disappearance. It was just odd that a talent like him was never heard of again . I found out many many years later that he actually went into country rockabilly music in America . I thought that was a shame because he could have been a major superstar from what all Australians saw in this clip here . His song Boom Boom Baby went straight to no 1 on the charts .
@@andrewmiller4885 Cool..thanks...so when the presenter says, at 0:15, "I guess, things have changed a bit since then." , he maybe talking around 1964ish? Can you tell by the presenter's fashion?
Hi Tommy Twobats transmission would be early 1960's a repeat of this clip of original 1959 Crash Caddock presented by Brian Henderson Band Stand at a later date as per request via viewers at the time i.e. a repeat.
Ansett 727.
@@andrewmiller4885 and was #1 for a non consecutive 8 weeks
@@andrewmiller4885
When Crash flew to Australia to tour, all these girls were at the airport and he wondered why? He had no idea they were there to see him or his popularity in Australia. Probably got screwed big time over his payment.
THE ORIGINAL ELVIS IMPERSONATOR - YES-SIR-REE-BOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elvis clone..., good preformer...,