For a better signal and for the radio to play louder, I would go on the front porch and held the radio up in front of the meter box for as long as I wanted to listen to the radio. Those were the good ole days.
I love the young woman in the middle with the light green floral dress!! She is my favorite one of the group!! Great work on putting this video together!!
Released by The Orlons in May 1962. Got to #2 on the U.S. charts...and #5 on the R&B charts. Sold over 1,000,000 copies and started the "Watusi" dance craze....
I enjoyed this so much! I was a guest on one of these "Low Budget Late Shows"! I also entered & won quite a few "dance-offs" & "marathon dances" that were held at local "matinees" or indoor movie theaters that had stages back "in the day" (60's). There were also "rec [recreation center]" dances every weekend during the Summer, along w/ Drive-In movies. I can remember going to my first Beatles movie (A Hard Days Night) in the mid-60s. The girls in the audience were screaming so loud during the whole movie & we weren't able to hear anything! I first got a whiff of marijuana at a Beach Boys Concert in I think it was Santa Monica, CA, but I was pretty young when I went w/ a friend & her family, so I mainly remember the atmosphere, the crowd singing & dancing w/ the band, & all the refreshments we got! That's when I bought my first album. Boy did we have some clean fun back then! I don't know if teenagers today know what that's like.....actually interacting w/ others & engaging them in practical jokes, dances, or in playing street games like 4-square, kick ball, baseball, touch football, hide-n-seek, etc. until late into the night. The whole neighborhood would be involved, including parents cooking on the "Bar-B" (barbecue pits). In those days, many of us kept our doors unlocked or kept them opened, w/ only the screen door (yes, we had those) locked, during the Spring & Summer months. We never had to worry about burglars. We barely had 2 cents to rub together, but I wouldn't trade those memories for anything (except maybe Heaven).
I was born in 1962, had one of the first cell phones in the SF Bay Area, & now I see 👶🏼 newborns addicted to screens & parents happy to distract & morphine-drip screen time into every area. I got rid of tv in 1984- felt brainwashed! So, yeah. Real human interactions, play, good & bad, sometimes wonderful or horrible- but it was REAL! Tastes, smells, touches, sights, sounds of real people, in real places, doing human interactions. Video “Seeing” and “hearing” through an artificial screen & speaker are a new type of human “real” that we don’t yet know how it’ll impact us. But, the skyrocketing rates of social anxiety and autism kinda make one wonder… More violent crimes than in thirty years, likely due in part to desensitization from mass exposure and violent video games. Meanwhile, the trophies for “Best” killer of zombies cannot even run, jump, fight in real space and time, nor carry ANY of the “equipment” they get in the games… Fantasy No wonder this generation wants to grow up and be a unicorn… Ain’t no damned unicorns in the real world… Which it seems by merely saying so, one is “cancelled” by invisible people who probably bubble-wrap their 2.5 kids.
Okay, you guys had me fooled! I thought I was watching a program from the early to mid-'60s! I was looking at the girls thinking my gosh they are grannies now... only to find out it was filmed in 2014! Ya gots to love them! We need more of this kinda stuff 🤗
was 10 years old when i first listen to this popular song and now 67 ...and I am so glad see these kids whose parents were not even born when this song was a hit .......good on them . fantastic !!
I played drums in a good band at that time. Spontaneously the kids used to become like one big family on the dance floor. Made me feel beautifully happy inside when they would form into one gigantic chain and dance around the floor with laughter and joy.....
OMG you kids are awesome it looks like an early broadcast from American bandstand complete with skinny ties retro dresses and ponytails. Love the camera in the way and the commentators talkin and suddenly realizing there on the air great take off on early television awesome dancing keep it up guys what a pleasure to watch 😁😁😁👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️
OMG, I was in 10th grade when this song came out. I remember two girls teaching me how to do this dance. I also think I dressed like the guys in this clip (back in the days before males torture themselves getting in and out of "skinny jeans" just for fashion). Love this group...such memories.
The girl in the middle in the front row is hands down the best dancer of the group. She has something--you can see it. The boys in the back row dance like I danced back in high school, and the way I guess I still dance at weddings. It's no good if you're not having fun. This was very kitschy and fun. Yes, we need more Low Budget Late Show dancing like this now.
I frankly had not seen this sort of dance since I was a teenager over fifty years ago. It is nice to watch and to remember so many things and to realize without thinking I dance a mix of rock, watusi twist and frugg whenever I go to parties.
Most of them now don't have any decent voices for singing, just yelling or as in rap speaking the words to a beat which anyone can do. They didn't need to use obscenities either in lyrics to sell their music back then.
I lived in Salem, OR from 1964 until graduating HS in 1969. Part of our PE curriculum from at least the 6th grade on required us to have 9 weeks of dancing. I can't remember what year/grade I was in but I do remember learning this dance. Great memories and music.
That is beautiful and real classy - brings back a lot of memories, a time of peace (before being drafted), freedom and innocence. Thank you for the memories, great choreography, cute dancers, and genuine fun, Ciao, L
I grew up in 50's and 60's. I loved to dance. Electro swing incorporates bits and pieces of dances from the Charleston to 70's. Forgot the names,recognize the steps.thanks for the memories,keep them coming.
It's easy to imagine the producer and director discussing their casting choices from this group, "Ok boys and girls you were all excellent, thank you very much. Could the brunette in the green & black dress wait just a minute please. Thank you again everyone."
The first time that I heard this song, I was listening with a 9 transistor AM radio that was powered by a little 9 Volt battery. Reception was better if I stood near a fence, which I did for hours on end.
I was just looking up which one mine was. It was red and perhaps merely Panasonic but the Eveready with the cat running through the 9.... that burns bright.
That was cute and innocent fun. A great idea for a middle school or high school production set. Themed student-led shows depicting various eras through music and dance. Great set and costumes!
Wow! That was great! That girl in the front row with the above-the-knee floral dress really had the moves! I was 5 years old when this song came out. All the songs from this era were so fantastic & so many dances too. Seems like from a young age I always had a radio nearby & I remember all the songs from the early 60s (best music era ever IMO). Dances I can remember are: The Wah Watusi The Twist The Frug The Hully Gully The Pony The Jerk The Mashed Potato The Swim The Hitch Hike The Shake The Limbo The Freddie The Locomotion (from the song by Little Eva). So much fun & it's great to see all these young smiling faces having fun and doing this as a line dance. Great memories.
You can tell the kid with glasses tie sweater and the cutie next to him in a green dress black sides are the best in their dance class, thus the front row.
For a better signal and for the radio to play louder, I would go on the front porch and held the radio up in front of the meter box for as long as I wanted to listen to the radio. Those were the good ole days.
I can watch this again and again and still want to watch it....again.
ME TOO!
I love the young woman in the middle with the light green floral dress!! She is my favorite one of the group!!
Great work on putting this video together!!
woud be nice to see how she looks today 😉
Now she is in our age
I like the ratio of young ladies to gents.Perfect!
The beautiful girl in the black dress and yellow belt has made my day.
We need more low budget late show now in2020
OMG!! im out of Ipana!!! son?? Up.. There!?!?! You'll find a place called a "Liquor Store!!!"
Agreed. This is so fun. And I love the songs they choose. Ellington! The Orlons! The Marvelettes!
2024
2024
These young people are amazing!
I love this sooo much!❤ they should make a new video in 2024!
I wish. ❤❤❤
The simplicity and sheer joy they are having is so uplifting.
They are great and very happy
Oh Puke....
Mad crushing on the red head in the middle
@@julienneangelocarpo2229 lol not like they're all underage or anything... 🙄
I love it.
I love the 60s dances, and I love these kids for doing them.
Pedophile!
just love these kids..precious!!! May God Bless and keep all of them!
It's so naturally uplifting it wipes all the negativity away. More stuff like this is needed in this age.
it's called tiktok
the young man in the right back corner cracks me up he is just having such FUN
I can't imagine how much fun those kids had putting this show together. I like the debonair announcer and dancers are all so special!
I love their young smiling faces. Made me smile too.
Released by The Orlons in May 1962. Got to #2 on the U.S. charts...and #5 on the R&B charts. Sold over 1,000,000 copies and started the "Watusi" dance craze....
white people i swear..
they looked like they had fun...i love it
These kids are the cutest.
I love the way this generation is enjoying themselves dancing to the wah watusi! Good Job guys!!
Nice clean cut kids enjoying themselves ,makes me wish I was young again.
We are FOREVER YOUNG😉
Hard to see Clean Cut kids nowadays.
@@vinsnan6259Depends on the cutlery one uses.
I enjoyed this so much! I was a guest on one of these "Low Budget Late Shows"! I also entered & won quite a few "dance-offs" & "marathon dances" that were held at local "matinees" or indoor movie theaters that had stages back "in the day" (60's). There were also "rec [recreation center]" dances every weekend during the Summer, along w/ Drive-In movies. I can remember going to my first Beatles movie (A Hard Days Night) in the mid-60s. The girls in the audience were screaming so loud during the whole movie & we weren't able to hear anything! I first got a whiff of marijuana at a Beach Boys Concert in I think it was Santa Monica, CA, but I was pretty young when I went w/ a friend & her family, so I mainly remember the atmosphere, the crowd singing & dancing w/ the band, & all the refreshments we got! That's when I bought my first album.
Boy did we have some clean fun back then! I don't know if teenagers today know what that's like.....actually interacting w/ others & engaging them in practical jokes, dances, or in playing street games like 4-square, kick ball, baseball, touch football, hide-n-seek, etc. until late into the night. The whole neighborhood would be involved, including parents cooking on the "Bar-B" (barbecue pits).
In those days, many of us kept our doors unlocked or kept them opened, w/ only the screen door (yes, we had those) locked, during the Spring & Summer months. We never had to worry about burglars. We barely had 2 cents to rub together, but I wouldn't trade those memories for anything (except maybe Heaven).
Yep, those were the days. 40 years from now the oldsters will reminiscing about Spongebob and X-boxes I suppose.
I was born in 1962, had one of the first cell phones in the SF Bay Area, & now I see 👶🏼 newborns addicted to screens & parents happy to distract & morphine-drip screen time into every area. I got rid of tv in 1984- felt brainwashed! So, yeah. Real human interactions, play, good & bad, sometimes wonderful or horrible- but it was REAL!
Tastes, smells, touches, sights, sounds of real people, in real places, doing human interactions. Video “Seeing” and “hearing” through an artificial screen & speaker are a new type of human “real” that we don’t yet know how it’ll impact us.
But, the skyrocketing rates of social anxiety and autism kinda make one wonder…
More violent crimes than in thirty years, likely due in part to desensitization from mass exposure and violent video games.
Meanwhile, the trophies for “Best” killer of zombies cannot even run, jump, fight in real space and time, nor carry ANY of the “equipment” they get in the games…
Fantasy
No wonder this generation wants to grow up and be a unicorn…
Ain’t no damned unicorns in the real world…
Which it seems by merely saying so, one is “cancelled” by invisible people who probably bubble-wrap their 2.5 kids.
It`s just nice to see people dancing and enjoying themselves.
What a strange comment
@@seronymus And what is 'strange' about seeing people enjoying themselves?
@@makaha5750 😂.. Exactly , thar was big fun 👍
Enjoying their youth...
My God, this is so awesome. ❤
I'm with you Ben. I absolutely LOVE this!!!
Okay, you guys had me fooled! I thought I was watching a program from the early to mid-'60s! I was looking at the girls thinking my gosh they are grannies now... only to find out it was filmed in 2014!
Ya gots to love them! We need more of this kinda stuff 🤗
They're very good dancers.
I don't know why, but everytime I see this video I have to smile 😊
I love it 👍
I suspect you are in good company.
was 10 years old when i first listen to this popular song and now 67 ...and I am so glad see these kids whose parents were not even born when this song was a hit .......good on them . fantastic !!
I played drums in a good band at that time. Spontaneously the kids used to become like one big family on the dance floor. Made me feel beautifully happy inside when they would form into one gigantic chain and dance around the floor with laughter and joy.....
So cool to see these young kids dance to this music and having fun doing it.
I couldn't even imagine myself dancing on live T.V. ever ! Thumbs up to all.
@josef mengele LOL! Be nice!
I keep coming back to this and just smile and grin...
OMG , these young people are amazing , nice to watch .
Pretty good line in the front. "We're on camera right now." He says with so much swag. Love it.
These young kids know how to dance! They look so cool!
So enjoyable. Such happy dancing. Life is to be enjoyed.
I thought it was.not be broke and warring 247 and threaten and criticized. And messed with mentally
This just blows me away, love the group and song, grew up listening to this, kids look clean and are having a good time!!!
I can't stop smiling watching them dance!.
OMG you kids are awesome it looks like an early broadcast from American bandstand complete with skinny ties retro dresses and ponytails. Love the camera in the way and the commentators talkin and suddenly realizing there on the air great take off on early television awesome dancing keep it up guys what a pleasure to watch 😁😁😁👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️
This is An Excellent Video"With the great 60s dance presentation"The way the video quality was filmed"It's Absolute Dynamite"Don't Change a thing!!!
I loved dancing to this back in the day... So nice seeing these kids enjoying like I once did.
Hello Lorraine, How are you doing?
YES! LET. US. ALL. DANCE. AND. BE. JOYFUL. AGAIN!
AMEN!
I lived through this era, They all look good to me!
They are so cute. Having so much pure fun dancing all together. Love this so much. ❤
Me too!!!
FANTASTIC Choreography!
OMG, I was in 10th grade when this song came out. I remember two girls teaching me how to do this dance. I also think I dressed like the guys in this clip (back in the days before males torture themselves getting in and out of "skinny jeans" just for fashion). Love this group...such memories.
The girl in the middle in the front row is hands down the best dancer of the group. She has something--you can see it. The boys in the back row dance like I danced back in high school, and the way I guess I still dance at weddings. It's no good if you're not having fun. This was very kitschy and fun. Yes, we need more Low Budget Late Show dancing like this now.
That's why they placed her in the front, her smiles are real joy ..
I don't know, the boy with the glasses in the front left is pretty nifty and keen.
its like an addiction i have to watch this video every so often great song great kids great choreography thanks!!!
I frankly had not seen this sort of dance since I was a teenager over fifty years ago. It is nice to watch and to remember so many things and to realize without thinking I dance a mix of rock, watusi twist and frugg whenever I go to parties.
Rock on 🤙
I come here for the smiles.
WOW! You lads and lasses ROCK! Luv U!!!!
The wholesomeness of this is almost too much to bear! Lol Seriously though, good for them. They look great and are having fun.
The big guy may not be the best of the dancers, but he is definitely having the most fun :)
Thank you for noticing him
He's a dancing fool!!!😄😄😄😄
That's for sure!!!!!
I love that guy!!!
What a great time I had growing up with all of this music. Wouldn’t trade it for the music of today for anything.
Most of them now don't have any decent voices for singing, just yelling or as in rap speaking the words to a beat which anyone can do. They didn't need to use obscenities either in lyrics to sell their music back then.
@@Tlyna1952 so many songs from the 60s are about doing heroine its not even funny
Same here Lola!
@@MrJizzinmypantz Legit? Can you tell me some good ones?
You’re all wonderful for keeping these dances alive😌 keep it up and thank you 😊
They do a great justice to the spirit of this song..... Good job
Love this! I keep watching it over and over. So fun.
Imagine! They look like they’re actually having fun. 💃🕺
Some great smiles from that group, good stuff! Blond cutie has a winning smile for sure.
They look like they are having so much fun!
With this delightful little dance I shall sleep right through tonight
This is OUT-standing!
Makes you feel so good.......
Yes! Keep on dancing all you lovely people having so much fun
I loved this. Thanks guys!
The girl in the green in the front row was the best. I was fooled thinking it was 60's because of her. Great job!!!!!
My vote for best dancer is the young lady next to her in the black dress with yellow belt.
@@TheBullyMomma Why so? Is this a race thing? She made several mistakes.
@@dickiegreenleaf750 , Since I’m white I really doubt it. I like fluidity in a dancer and she was very smooth in her movements.
I really enjoyed watching the Kansas City dancers perform. Brings back a lot of memories. Many thanks.
Hello Juanita, How are you doing?
good to see the kids enjoying themselves....plus it keeps them off the street......
What a really great bunch of kids, making our own music look and sound so great!
wow I fell in love repeatedly
Thanks to all of you, what a breath of fresh air.
The young lady in the front, was a Great dancer; and did the choreography for this particular dance. I think she’s quite talented.
I forgot all about the low budget late show.
The young man on the front row with the glasses has the moves
he sure does
I love this I was13yrs old when this song came out, for a while I thought this was video from that era these young people in Kansas City nailed it!
I lived in Salem, OR from 1964 until graduating HS in 1969. Part of our PE curriculum from at least the 6th grade on required us to have 9 weeks of dancing. I can't remember what year/grade I was in but I do remember learning this dance. Great memories and music.
I loved all the dance songs of the early to mid sixties.
Love the innocence ❤❤❤❤
Love these dances from the old days. Different dance styles. Everything doesn't look like hip-hop.
these kids were Awesome!!
Love this short video of kids having good, clean fun just dancing like this! Wonderful!
Hello Sheila, How are you doing?
That is beautiful and real classy - brings back a lot of memories, a time of peace (before being drafted), freedom and innocence. Thank you for the memories, great choreography, cute dancers, and genuine fun, Ciao, L
This was a number one record for The Orlons out of Philadelphia.
Yes, it definitely came out of Philadelphia. I saw the Orlons in person. One of the greatest groups, I ever saw. Very entertaining.
The young lady in the black dress and the young man with the black sweater have the best rythym!!
That was sooooo good. Adorable, ALL of you. Thank you!
I just love these kids they're great
This is a great song and a funlooking dance!
Too much fun! I'm still smiling watching them!
How could 382 people not like these kids?
Seriously, they must not have been a part of that era. I loved learning every dance there was.
Maybe because they're not ever doing the watusi...which correctly goes like this ua-cam.com/video/L8r-tAM54H0/v-deo.html
Riff McClavin Those 382 probably cannot dance!! Oops 658.
660 now - doesn't make any sense!
even if they arent doing the dance correctly it's still neat how they are mimicking the early 1960's tv shows!
I would love to learn these classic dances when music was fun and good.
I grew up in 50's and 60's. I loved to dance. Electro swing incorporates bits and pieces of dances from the Charleston to 70's. Forgot the names,recognize the steps.thanks for the memories,keep them coming.
It's easy to imagine the producer and director discussing their casting choices from this group, "Ok boys and girls you were all excellent, thank you very much. Could the brunette in the green & black dress wait just a minute please. Thank you again everyone."
From the other comments it sound like she was the choreographer for this routine.
These guys are so cute! You guys dance your little hearts out!
The first time that I heard this song, I was listening with a 9 transistor AM radio that was powered by a little 9 Volt battery. Reception was better if I stood near a fence, which I did for hours on end.
April Ross
Seems like yesterday, sister.....
@Joan In Florida And you had to pull up the antenna. Mine had a brown leatherette case.
@@michelleg2112 lol mine did too, listened to Honey radio am 56 in Detroit area.
I was just looking up which one mine was. It was red and perhaps merely Panasonic but the Eveready with the cat running through the 9.... that burns bright.
Lucky You April, Mine was only six transistors.
This dance was popular during a time when about the only thing teens had to worry about was learning the latest dance step. Oh the good old days!
That was cute and innocent fun. A great idea for a middle school or high school production set. Themed student-led shows depicting various eras through music and dance. Great set and costumes!
Wow! That was great! That girl in the front row with the above-the-knee floral dress really had the moves!
I was 5 years old when this song came out. All the songs from this era were so fantastic & so many dances too. Seems like from a young age I always had a radio nearby & I remember all the songs from the early 60s (best music era ever IMO).
Dances I can remember are:
The Wah Watusi
The Twist
The Frug
The Hully Gully
The Pony
The Jerk
The Mashed Potato
The Swim
The Hitch Hike
The Shake
The Limbo
The Freddie
The Locomotion (from the song by Little Eva).
So much fun & it's great to see all these young smiling faces having fun and doing this as a line dance.
Great memories.
She's the choreographer of the group which is why the cameras on her a lot
What about the Limbo? Wasn‘t that big back then? It had a revival when I was a kid in the 80s.
The frug?! I cannot wait to look this up
"What is love, 5 feet of heaven and a ponytail" - The Playmates.
The boy in the front was rocking it!
Excellent
One of the greatest videos on Tube !!! Gives you energy and happy !! The front rowers are awesome The girl in black skirt is very appealing !!!
You can tell the kid with glasses tie sweater and the cutie next to him in a green dress black sides are the best in their dance class, thus the front row.
@John Leslie Big fucking deal he said cutie. His main point was how good they are at dancing, get your head out of the gutter.
ADORABLE ❤🎉❤😂😂 Go Babies GO so Awesome !! Love this Song 🎉🎉😂
The girl in the black dress/yellow belt and the tall guy in the back/right corner were my favorite 💛