May God Bless You Jimmy Darren. My first crush 😢. Another piece of my childhood has passed away 😢 . This one hit hard. I met "Moondoggie " in 1970 when I was 11. He was nice to me. Loved Him ❤️ so much my heart is 💔. I reconnected with him just this year on Chat. He was still so kind and caring ❤. Rest In Heavenly Peace James William Erconlani "Jimmy Darren" forever our "Moondoggie". You will be forever Loved and Missed 🙏🏽✝️🥺😞💔✌🏽🕊🎬🎥📺
James Darren was talent personified. Yes, he was one of my crushes when I was young but I had many between the years of 1954-1975. I was lucky to live here in the San Fernando Valley from 1961 til the present time as I was able to meet some of my teen crushes and now I am just about to turn 78 in October and all my teen and adult crushes are gone now and I still have the memories. 😇😇💔💔❤❤❤❤
James Darren, an actor, director and singer who starred in "Gidget" and "TJ Hooker," died Monday September 2, 2024. He was 88. Darren had a lengthy resume spanning across film and television starting as early as 1956. But his breakout role as Moondoggie in the 1959 movie "Gidget" helped him reach heartthrob status in the eyes of teenage moviegoers.
What a beautiful singer.. He is such a gorgeous Italian man!!! I love all the Gidget movies!!! Sandra Dee is just acutie pie!!! So sad they have left us. Its heartbreaking.. James was a good man with values... Rest in Peace gently, James.... We miss you dearly... 😢😢😢🙏🙏💔💔💔... 🕊🕊🕊....
You know you're a child of the 60's when you see James Darren and think Time Tunnel. Good grief, Dick Clark, Warren Berlinger, Michael Callahan! I feel oldddddddddd!
Talk about people who should have become bigger stars - James Darren, Warren Berlinger, Michael Callan, and Tuesday Welds (also in the clip) should all have been much bigger. The nice thing is that they are all still around in 2022, over 60 years since this film.
Warren Berlinger in The Sunday night's "Wonderful World of Disney's" " Kilroy"..Michael Callen...Tuesday Weld...yeah, we're old...Loved Jimmy Darren then and still do...
He was then too.. And yes fine as hell i been in love with him since i was a little kid he is like 40 or 50 years older than me but if he still can sing like this i dont care.. Same with Johnny depp i have issues i grew up watching older movies i guess
RIP JD forever in our hearts and may your memory be eternal. Thank you for entertaining us wonderfully all through the years-wonderful years of innocence, pure entertainment (no trash) and true love. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren
Saw him sing Goodbye Cruel World, (I’m off to join the army) on the Donna Reed Show and had such sweet dreams. Also loved him in the movie Diamond Head! Handsome Man. 💋
Wow excellent clip. James Darren was such a smooth singer and an actor. When I was a kid the first time I had seen him was on the 60's Sci Fi TV show from Irwin Allen called The Time Tunnel. Later I found out her had a singing career and appeared in movie like Gidget. Later he was on the William Shatner TV crime drama T J Hooker as a handsome cop. He also attended celebrity autograph conventions.
Plenty of reverb though. Not to mention lip syncing was just as big back then. I'm not saying this is lip synced, I don't know. But there's a real possibility!!!
@@StaminatorBlader Funny, we "old timers" have been saying that about rap and hip hop for years now. Sadly, I think that "music" (i.e. ebonics-laden profanity accompanied by a backbeat) has finally hit it's all-time low, never to be THIS great again!
Good movie BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG (Columbia, 1960) released in May 1960, starring Dick Clark as a high school teacher, with James Darren, Michael (Mickey) Callan, Elizabeth Shaw, and Bobby Rydell on the soundtrack singing "Swingin' School" released as a single that month also. The theme music was released as a hit single by Duane Eddy and his Rockin' Rebels in June 1960.
@@tedbundy3564 James Darren was in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, playing a fictitious holographic pub singer Vic Fontain, i cant believe you have never seen him, go watch DS9 great series you'll see him now and then in the later episode's i think and in the very last one What We Leave Behind.
i see Tuesday Weld (with Warren Berlinger) and Michael Callan (looking sinister) in the audience - and in a more distant shot - Dick Clark (probably with Victoria Shaw)
This movie version is different to the version issued on the Colpix 45. Slightly different vocal and also a slightly different backing. Ernie Freeman did the arrangement. Still nice though! The song charted for him in the UK but strangely missed the US charts.
May God Bless You Jimmy Darren. My first crush 😢. Another piece of my childhood has passed away 😢 . This one hit hard. I met "Moondoggie " in 1970 when I was 11. He was nice to me. Loved Him ❤️ so much my heart is 💔. I reconnected with him just this year on Chat. He was still so kind and caring ❤. Rest In Heavenly Peace James William Erconlani "Jimmy Darren" forever our "Moondoggie". You will be forever Loved and Missed 🙏🏽✝️🥺😞💔✌🏽🕊🎬🎥📺
I knew him as an actor more. But I felt sad when I read about his passing. 😢
In his 80s now. He is still handsome and still performs. A truly talented, nice, and wonderful human being.
Where and when did you happen to see James Darren perform?
Sadly, he passed away yesterday, 9.2.2024.😔
Kind of guy you would have wanted in your neighborhood. He was down to earth and a great guy. God bless him. RIP Jimmy
A fantastic entertainer, could do it all, sadly missed !!!!!
James Darren was talent personified. Yes, he was one of my crushes when I was young but I had many between the years of 1954-1975. I was lucky to live here in the San Fernando Valley from 1961 til the present time as I was able to meet some of my teen crushes and now I am just about to turn 78 in October and all my teen and adult crushes are gone now and I still have the memories. 😇😇💔💔❤❤❤❤
Rest in peace! God will put you in His Chorus! Because you have the voice of an angel!❤❤❤❤❤❤
😢 thank you for your beautiful music! Give Jerry Blavatt a hug for me. Heaven is now complete!
Brings back my youth watching Time Tunnel in 1966... R.I.P. James Darren.
James Darren, an actor, director and singer who starred in "Gidget" and "TJ Hooker," died Monday September 2, 2024. He was 88. Darren had a lengthy resume spanning across film and television starting as early as 1956. But his breakout role as Moondoggie in the 1959 movie "Gidget" helped him reach heartthrob status in the eyes of teenage moviegoers.
What a beautiful singer.. He is such a gorgeous Italian man!!! I love all the Gidget movies!!! Sandra Dee is just acutie pie!!! So sad they have left us. Its heartbreaking.. James was a good man with values... Rest in Peace gently, James.... We miss you dearly... 😢😢😢🙏🙏💔💔💔... 🕊🕊🕊....
RIP James. Thanks for the good times.
RIP Sweet Prince James Darren ❤
gidget movie changed my life, fell in love at 14 with James darren❤
Had the opportunity to check him in for a flight one early morning., Very nice man. RIP.
What a great singer actor will miss him 😎👍
He was so fine to me when I was 9 years old. Loved his songs… so dreamy❤
Me too, and I'm a boy
I was in love with him too, and I'm a boy
I been in Love with James, Sense a Teenager. And I will be 64 in May. 💗
RIP JIMMY you will never leave us.
You know you're a child of the 60's when you see James Darren and think Time Tunnel. Good grief, Dick Clark, Warren Berlinger, Michael Callahan! I feel oldddddddddd!
Talk about people who should have become bigger stars - James Darren, Warren Berlinger, Michael Callan, and Tuesday Welds (also in the clip) should all have been much bigger. The nice thing is that they are all still around in 2022, over 60 years since this film.
Warren Berlinger in The Sunday night's "Wonderful World of Disney's" " Kilroy"..Michael Callen...Tuesday Weld...yeah, we're old...Loved Jimmy Darren then and still do...
My first crush ❤ on Time Tunnel! I was 10❤❤
I LOVED Mickey Callan. Miss him so much
I'd rather feel olddddddddddddd, than coldlllllllllllllllll.
Rest in peace, James🙏😇❤️
Wonderful song and beautifully performed by a handsome kid.
R.I.P. James Darren 😪
Our generation rocked South Philly had the talent...proud to be of that generation 🎵💕👌
Yes, didn't you have Micky Callan, Frankie Avalon and James Darren? What was in the water there?
Very handsome ❤
Wow hes gorgeous. Good voice.
If this man was a young man now he be big as hell he was gorgeous
He was then too.. And yes fine as hell i been in love with him since i was a little kid he is like 40 or 50 years older than me but if he still can sing like this i dont care.. Same with Johnny depp i have issues i grew up watching older movies i guess
rest in peace sir.
RIP JD forever in our hearts and may your memory be eternal. Thank you for entertaining us wonderfully all through the years-wonderful years of innocence, pure entertainment (no trash) and true love. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Darren
Gorgeous & talented❤
Saw him sing Goodbye Cruel World, (I’m off to join the army) on the Donna Reed Show and had such sweet dreams. Also loved him in the movie Diamond Head! Handsome Man. 💋
Joy!!! Thank you.
Listen to his early 60' hit, " Her Royal Majesty" and, especially, it's flip-side, " If I Could Only Tell You". You'll fall in love with him forever.
RIP James. I loved watching you on the Time Tunnel as a kid.
We were SO lucky!!
Love that generation - not great for civil and women's rights but I guess every generation has it's issues. Always have had a crush on J Darren :)
R.I.P. James Darren
As Jimmy Darren, he charted "Angel Face" in 1959. Only peaked at #47 on Billboard, but was a decent size hit in NYC, #17 on WMGM 8/24/59.
James Darren had a top ten hit called good-bye cruel world.
And " Her Royal Majesty"...I still own the 45. The flip-side " If I Could Only Tell You" should have also been a hit for him.
I have the 45.
Fantastic actor and singer that i see very in my infancy here Brazil/São Paulo. God bless you.
One the greatest Time Tunnel actor of all time :)
My first love since I was a toddler. 😍
I am a big fan.
Wow excellent clip. James Darren was such a smooth singer and an actor. When I was a kid the first time I had seen him was on the 60's Sci Fi TV show from Irwin Allen called The Time Tunnel. Later I found out her had a singing career and appeared in movie like Gidget. Later he was on the William Shatner TV crime drama T J Hooker as a handsome cop. He also attended celebrity autograph conventions.
I think it was his son tony darren who was in tj hooker
@@colinclarke4285 No, it was James.
He might be older but i have always been in love with him and his voice
Me too.
To someone on this earth, you're old, very old
RIP Darren.
Wow they dont make this kind of talent anymore
No, they SURE don't!!
James Darren gorgeous my dream man my moon doggie !
Me encanta esta música me recuerda a mi padre
Wonderful singer
This is real singing. Not the stuff we hear now.
Amen...no digital tweaking ...you could either sing or you couldn't
Plenty of reverb though. Not to mention lip syncing was just as big back then. I'm not saying this is lip synced, I don't know. But there's a real possibility!!!
this is nice but god am i glad this is not the end all be all of music lmao
Yep, and your grandparents said the same thing about this stuff. LOL.
@@StaminatorBlader Funny, we "old timers" have been saying that about rap and hip hop for years now. Sadly, I think that "music" (i.e. ebonics-laden profanity accompanied by a backbeat) has finally hit it's all-time low, never to be THIS great again!
I have a jar of JAMES DARREN PASTA SAUCE in my permanent collection...STILL FACTORY SEALED...!!
good and cool
He can sing and acting
Rest In Peace.
He also participated in a chapter of the television series "Voyage to the bottom of the Sea".
Good movie BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG (Columbia, 1960) released in May 1960, starring Dick Clark as a high school teacher, with James Darren, Michael (Mickey) Callan, Elizabeth Shaw, and Bobby Rydell on the soundtrack singing "Swingin' School" released as a single that month also. The theme music was released as a hit single by Duane Eddy and his Rockin' Rebels in June 1960.
I.seen.james.darren.sing.in.
Philly.st.palumbos
.i.loved.as.moon.doogie.in
Gidget.movies.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
💌
r.i.p.
Duane Eddy covered this as an instrumental version and it became one of his biggest hits. Darren's original vocal version was a regional hit only.
And I didn't even know this song had lyrics!!
I am a close friend of a South Philadelphia lady whom Jimmy (Ercolani) Darren asked out in 1950's.
Time Tunnel
I met him in 1990. He as pushing a spaghetti sauce (His grandmother's recipe) at a supermarket in Norristown, Pa
One of the greatest Star Trek actors of all time.
NEVER WAS IN THIS SERIE HE WAS IN OTHER TV SERIE WAS THE TIME TUNNEL..
@@tedbundy3564 James Darren was in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, playing a fictitious holographic pub singer Vic Fontain, i cant believe you have never seen him, go watch DS9 great series you'll see him now and then in the later episode's i think and in the very last one What We Leave Behind.
He wasn't on Star Trek.
don't forget he was in star trek deep space 9 too!
Nicely done, and wasn't that Tuesday Weld in the audience?
Also had a hit with Angel Face.
RIP Jimmy
i see Tuesday Weld (with Warren Berlinger) and Michael Callan (looking sinister) in the audience - and in a more distant shot - Dick Clark (probably with Victoria Shaw)
Vic Fontaine - the hologram with a heart.
This movie version is different to the version issued on the Colpix 45. Slightly different vocal and also a slightly different backing. Ernie Freeman did the arrangement. Still nice though! The song charted for him in the UK but strangely missed the US charts.
Charmed song !❤❤❤
👏👏👏 🏖️♥️
OG Zach Effron
Don't forget he was in a Jess Franco film
😢😢😢😢
he is a great singer and actor, am i wrong but is that Doug Mcclure in it towards the end of the song
Don't forget James Darren played a police officer on t.j. Hooker with William shatner.
He also participated in a chapter of the television series "Voyage to the bottom of the Sea" :)
THE TIME TUNNEL 😁
Mais 3 anos e os Beatles mudariam tudo...
I'm desperately searchin : Didn't We by James Darren, who can help me ???
JIMMY DARREN
Moon doggie!!
Is that Duane Eddy in the back?
Jimmy Darren makes a mediocre song special. He spins a story that is very nostalgic and appealing.
When life was so much easier. Who wouldn't want to be a surfer beach bum.
I believe this was performed in the movie "The Interns"?
You can tell this is the hologram prototype because it's still in monochrome.
S2
Not bad but needs a little "Mr. Twang
Much prefer Duane Eddy version
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Not a classic..Rip Jimmy
Damals schon so cremig wie Vic Vontain!
Not as good as the instrumental
Jimmy give me a break this is a crappie song.