I was 16 at that time, and we did The Stroll at school dances. Back then, girls looked so nice and decent and the guys were polite, clean and well-dressed. Now I am in my late 70's....and wonder what happened to those happy days?? I still love those dances!!
@@JoanneMartin-d3b yes bc the moms use to cook no eating out like McDonald’s and lots of dancing and sports not like now couch potatoes and no communication but cell phones
I was 13 and would dash home from Jr. High to watch "American Bandstand" to learn all the new dances. I remember how big this was ! I'll be 77 in April and can still do the Stroll !
So did I loved every minute. Not a dime in my pocket but things to do and places to go. Married in the eleventh grade of high school and a father when I graduated. Finished high school, and a military reserve obligation during the Vietnam era. Finished college and earned a masters in Finance. Retired on my cattle ranch in the midwest at fifty four. Have homes in other states. Great life.
I did this as an eighteen year old dancer and did anyone notice how nicely we were dressed? I always wore a sport coat and tie, or else I wouldn’t go out, that was the dress code of the day, I loved it. They were good times and I had a lot of fun back then. 😊👍❤️
My mom would always danced with me, this was the first dance she taught me. Growing up learning the 50s dance was so fun, I miss my mom. I taught my kids how to dance when they were little. We still dance together lol
You are lucky, some Moms never played with their children, my Mom is just really silly. She is 82 and still has silly moments. I love Moms, they are wonderful people.
How nice to have memories doing this dance with your mom. I teach my 18 year old granddaughter these dances as well other teenagers at their party’s and they love it. So Tom, I hope you are sharing these dances like your mom taught you. Nothing like a good mom and good memories. I hope your grief is getting better. Best to you.
My brother was a 'regular' on the local TV dance party. He taught me this dance when I was 9. Such fun and everyone could do it and no one made fun of you.
These kids are real young. Most look to be about 13-14. Being on tv was a much bigger deal back then, so they were probably nervous as hell. None of them had any formal dance training. The song is one of the coolest ever written. It may be the coolest song of the 1950s. And no, I was not alive when it was recorded. Well before my time.
@@Jamestrent9 No he didn't. Watch it again. His twin brother , dressed with identical clothing is third in line when the original brother finishes. Look closely you'll see him.
This was my grandparents time. I ride around town with my grandpa listening to this music. So wholesome so sweet so beautiful. It seems like such a innocent beautiful time to of been in love
I'm old enough to remember doing this along with other dances like The Four Corners, Dog, Philly Dog, Booga Loo, Twist, Mashed Potatoes. We did them along with our elders.
Wow! I was four months old when this was broadcasted and I am retiring next year. My mother-in-law did these dances on local teen dance shows back then. If she was still with us, I would show her this video and I know she would try to get up and dance right along. She's up there in Heaven right now gettin' all the wallflowers onto the dance floor.
My mom taught me the stroll. She was always singing and dancing when we were kids, actually well into adulthood! I miss those days and I miss her. Love you mom.
Heard this for the first time when I was 6. My parents had just bought the 78 rpm record and were playing it on their Emerson radio-record player console. In no time at all, Mom and I were champs at the stroll. One of the best dance numbers ever done by a Canadian band. The Diamonds hail from Toronto, Ont.
you and I are the same age , 70' but looking at these kids they all look like dorks . to funny . i grew up going to San Francisco Fillmore to see real music , I guess we can't go back
Old guy here, those were the best of days, we were all mostly poor people working hard to have the things we have today, sad we have kids now that think that is a bad thing, there is no cure for stupid.
It’s comments like this that make younger people hate us older people. Please stop denigrating young people. It just divides the generations for no good reason.
@@djpaul146 Yes I have and I love the colors, do you? Orange, blue, purple! Lol. My mother would've locked me in my room if I had dyed my hair such outrageous colors! Clothes make the man and hair makes the girl; especially the rainbow colors ...lol
In 1958 several young men and women were taken blindfolded to a television studio in Idaho, and told that their parents would be killed unless they danced for the cameras. This is my best explanation for this.
The true story is that these young kids were told that they had to learn a new dance with only about half an hour before going on air. Not their fault.
What? i remember this. My sisters were teenagers then, I was the youngest and remember them dancing with their boyfriends and I remember the song for sure. Hard to imagine these days as so much is required before our young people can feel the fun of things. Strolling with your boyfriend...I always wanted to do that! This is a wonderful memory from the past of simple times and innocence.
This is absolutely priceless!!!!! The Stroll was definitely huge. I remember seeing it on Bandstand and thinking it would be happening at our next Sock Hop. It was and we did! Thanks for posting!
I remember growing up in those days, and back then dances like this had a more nostalgic and almost awkward kind of mysterious, romantic quality to them.
Yes. There was a very sweet and pure quality about life then. I would have given anything to be a 50s teen.... I love watching footage of those good old days. Miss watching my aunt's strolling and jitterbugging when they would get together. Love you and miss you so much mom.
That was my time and it was pitiful and we loved it! LOL Graduated in 1961! Old fart now, but sure remember the 50's and 60's! Thanks for sharing and the best of luck to all of us!
all the music from this era gives me goose bumps… loved watching American Bandstand on Saturdays… had to have the house cleaned before we were allowed to watch it
Really no lie this was way before my time. my mom would play records of the music she grew up listened to. So she would play The Stroll and come on dance with your mom and here we would go dancing and laughing all the way and whenever my uncle's were there it was a party. I could watch mom and my uncle's all day if I could it was such fun. They're all gone now and I miss them with all my heart ❤️ and the wonderful memories 💜 that I have seeing them laughing as as they made memories for us kids.
Some of us are blessed to have the parents we did, my Mom taught me how to dance when I was 14, The theme from a summer place and put your head on my shoulder were two basics. At 66 now I can keep the timing with the instruments like I actually played that instrument, a natural talent no doubt born during those dances!!
I was born in '49. Too young to have enjoyed being a teen back then. Definitely enjoy watching youth movies set in the 50's. Always thought the stroll looked so Kool, although I have two left feet...❤🙂
OMG! I am 69. So this came out when I was 7 ??? I vaguely remember its weird sound! And the name "The Stroll." But I don't think it's crossed my path in 60 years. The kids are so young.... and so much older than even I am now. This video is an astonishment! Thanks for posting it. You reawakened a childhood memory of mine!!!
Boy this brings back some memories.i was the youngest of four and much younger than my brothers and sister and dang it if mom wouldn't play and do this dance everyday
My mother, my grandmother and my aunt taught my cousin and I this dance when we were little girls. They also taught us the swing and some other dances from the olden days. It was fun. They are all gone now but once in awhile my cousins and I still get together and dance like they taught us.
Captivating! This was before my time, but just leaves me fascinated with what was considered "coool" back then. The dances, the fashions, the hair styles.
So enjoyed watching my aunties dance the stroll at their parties. I was the D J so I must have played this record at least 15 times. Each time the floor was moving the dancing got creative & fun to watch. Thank for this great video
That song brought back memories. Wow 1958. I remember dressing and clothes just like those guys there. Great times back then life was different way different than what it is today.
OMG! we would do the Stroll all the time. It got to be so big that every dance we went to we spent have our time doing the Stroll. Great Video thanks . the Diamonds did a great job with this song.
I grew up in the 50s (through grade school) and this video is exactly what it looked like on our old black and white TV. I remember every girl out there was a expert dancer and the guys that were smart learned how to dance to get the girls. It was a wonderful time in our history. So glad I was around to see it.
I would much rather have done the Stroll than Square Dance in 9th grade Phys Ed class. the Twist & the dances derived from it would have been much more fun!
My mom was 15 years old in 1958...in Indiana...I played this for her recently and she about died laughing! They did this actual dance at the school dances :-) She was an awkward nerdy teenager in the 50's/early 60's so this tickled her to death. No disrespect to the persons in the clip..it just reminded her so much of her teenage self ;-)
My mom was 15 in 1958 too. She told me about this dance when I was about 12 and how the girls would try to line up across from the boys they liked so they could dance with them. She still loves to dance to this day at age 76.
We were much more niaeve in thoe days, thats for sure. We did do this at all the sock hops. Had to take our shoes off to dane on the gym floor. So much fun. After evey home game.
This was one of the Greatest dance of All times!!❤ Age wise I missed it😢 It allowed for a group dance as well as individual couples to be featured!! Plus the music was such a groove and matched the dance steps!! Awesome!!
Innocent?? Maybe not those who wore black leather jackets, jeans, boots, had greasy hair, carried switch blades, chains, and metal pipes. Always ready to rumble with rivals. Good old fashion street hoods. No drive by shootings using guns.
This song was sung by David Somerville of The Diamonds. I met David in 1977 just after moving to LA in 1976. He was a lovely guy whose parents were missionaries in China just like my Grandparents were. David passed away recently from cancer up in Santa Barbara. God bless him for, he was an extraordinary man of great kindness. He also sang their hit song "Little Darlin'..." You can see him on youtube with The Diamonds. He was also the voice for Bob's Big Boy.
@@waterheaterservices - But are they REAL Christians or do they toe the strict line that Communist China's gov't only allows! You bible thumpers are so GULLIBLE!
One of the best things about youtube right here...this truly "vintage" footage that we'd never see otherwise. One can _almost_ get a sense of what things were like back then. Almost.
I remember seeing things from the 50s when I was a kid and thinking I could almost imagine what it was like back then, but then I remember that all of the stuff I saw smelled like mildew and was old at the time. It didn't smell like mildew in the 50s. In fact, everything was new in the 50s because they were scrambling to build everything over and remake the whole world. Most people in the US probably lived in or at least very close to a new subdivision. I know what that is like, but when I was around it the year was 1980! It's hard to imagine what it was like before you were born, but this video sure does help.
@@AndyBHome We had factories. Nearly every town and all cities had factories that men commonly worked at. Their single incomes familied those subdivisions.
Shared this with my Mom and she said she remembered that! She also said, and I agree with her, "oh take me back to the good old days! Take me back!" The height of America and it has just gone downhill since then.
I graduated from HS in 1970 and when I went to my 20-year class reunion in 1990, we did The Stroll. The class of '70 was in Kindergarten in February 1958. It was fun! Still remember watching the kids on Bandstand doing The Stroll.
I loved the Virginia Reel in square dancing but we had a lot more fun doing it than these kids in this video. Gosh maybe they were just too young to know that smiling makes everyone look better!
I was 16 at that time, and we did The Stroll at school dances. Back then, girls looked so nice and decent and the guys were polite, clean and well-dressed. Now I am in my late 70's....and wonder what happened to those happy days?? I still love those dances!!
But you geezers weren’t so nice and decent behind closed doors. The world just stopped pretending.
I'm 78 and I remember. No fat kids either .
@@JoanneMartin-d3b that’s sad. Fat kids are great.
White supremacists insisted on forcing square dancing on kids across the country. The dancing culture slowly died out because of it.
@@JoanneMartin-d3b yes bc the moms use to cook no eating out like McDonald’s and lots of dancing and sports not like now couch potatoes and no communication but cell phones
I was 13 and would dash home from Jr. High to watch "American Bandstand" to learn all the new dances. I remember how big this was ! I'll be 77 in April and can still do the Stroll !
it was on saturday afternoon at my house in the late sixties....
😂
also 77 and loving hearing stroll again... time flies
Yeah I did the exact same thing. You and I must be about the same age. Nowadays I’m doing good just to walk. ❤
Loved the fifties
I m so so glad I grew up in the mid 50's
. Loved it to the max !! It is all still in my veins and soul !
So did I loved every minute. Not a dime in my pocket but things to do and places to go. Married in the eleventh grade of high school and a father when I graduated. Finished high school, and a military reserve obligation during the Vietnam era. Finished college and earned a masters in Finance. Retired on my cattle ranch in the midwest at fifty four. Have homes in other states. Great life.
but still you are on youtube now haha
You must be super boring to be around? This song is depressing.
The 1970s are my nostalgia era. But I don’t think the 1970s were better than any other era for teenagers.
I did this as an eighteen year old dancer and did anyone notice how nicely we were dressed? I always wore a sport coat and tie, or else I wouldn’t go out, that was the dress code of the day, I loved it. They were good times and I had a lot of fun back then. 😊👍❤️
My Dad and his brothers wouldnt go out either
Without dressup.
Us kids too lol
A classy respectful time….
You are SO right!! My mom was a teenager then and she loved that all the kids dressed like LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
@@joyfulnoise349except for the ones who 50 years later caused a scene at the restaurant because their Gibson martini was too cold
Yes Joseph, those were the "good old days" ! ! !
My mom would always danced with me, this was the first dance she taught me. Growing up learning the 50s dance was so fun, I miss my mom.
I taught my kids how to dance when they were little. We still dance together lol
Aw, that is so sweet. Your kids are going to remember dancing with you, like your memories of you and your mom. Keep dancin'!!!
My Grandma taught me the Charleston and I loved it so much, l learned play the Trombone and Clarinet !
You are lucky, some Moms never played with their children, my Mom is just really silly. She is 82 and still has silly moments. I love Moms, they are wonderful people.
1950s signify n i g h t m a r e ...and fucking dumb bitch there is *_still_* slumbering..away.. .. . .
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#subONdown !
My parents were doing this in their early Twenties- R.I.P. Mom & Dad now you can Stroll together Forever
😢😊
Rest In Peace
That's very sweet.
Mine too. They died within a year, my father leading the way.
💙
My parents did this dance on roller skates in the 60’s. RIP mom. 💔
You beat me. I wasn't born till 1960 and I still stroll to this song...
yes... that's how I remember it! on skates! 🛼
That sounds fantastic and would b so fun
I remember my mother teaching me this dance - she was brought up in this era - My mother has passed away now and I miss her terribly. R.I.P Mom
How nice to have memories doing this dance with your mom. I teach my 18 year old granddaughter these dances as well other teenagers at their party’s and they love it. So Tom, I hope you are sharing these dances like your mom taught you. Nothing like a good mom and good memories. I hope your grief is getting better. Best to you.
I am very sorry to read your comment.
Rest In Peace 😌🙏
💔
Keep her memory in mind and the love in your heart.
Loved doing the stroll. I can still do it at 73 yrs. Love it!
Good for you girly
Nooo, that is called stumbling.
@@trevormiles5852 😂🤣😂
It looks like fun!!
Maryann, you rock!
My brother was a 'regular' on the local TV dance party. He taught me this dance when I was 9. Such fun and everyone could do it and no one made fun of you.
Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there???
Most of these young people have left us.. God bless
Yeah, a white mans world back then. Now you see how we are NOT better off with DEI
That was the nicest rock 'n' roll moment I've had in quite a while. I long for that simple purity. This is just beautiful and sweet. Thanks.
Things were very good back then
Fully clothed, no twerking, nothing nasty. I'm impressed.
It really is sweet. Probably nice kids from actual Families too. So sad to see how far the world has come today😢
Did you notice everybody was dressed nice
By the looks on their faces, the strolling dancers looked like this was their last dance before being executed. :/
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I was THINKING the same thing. So So Serious. LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😗🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
LoL
Young teenagers who were probably super shy being on live TV. On a side note, notice that there is no obesity!!
These kids are real young. Most look to be about 13-14. Being on tv was a much bigger deal back then, so they were probably nervous as hell. None of them had any formal dance training. The song is one of the coolest ever written. It may be the coolest song of the 1950s. And no, I was not alive when it was recorded. Well before my time.
Lol no the don’t
They look to be 16-18 yrs old
And if you look carefully one boy strolled twice in this! he must have been the best stroller! lol
@@Jamestrent9 No he didn't. Watch it again. His twin brother , dressed with identical clothing is third in line when the original brother finishes. Look closely you'll see him.
@@godshallsmiteyouu Check out my comment above in the comments section about that!
This was my grandparents time. I ride around town with my grandpa listening to this music. So wholesome so sweet so beautiful. It seems like such a innocent beautiful time to of been in love
My mom and dad are from the 50s, I still enjoy listening to it, and watching videos of the greats rock n roll bands ever.
This is history. This is a document of how a dance was actually done. Bravo to the preserver, and kudos to the uploader! Thanks!
"actually"
I'm old enough to remember doing this along with other dances like The Four Corners, Dog, Philly Dog, Booga Loo, Twist, Mashed Potatoes. We did them along with our elders.
@@jamesmcinnis208 "AkShUaLlY"
@@donotneed2250 Twist, Mashed Potatoes, Frug, Jerk, Shimmy, and the wonderful Bunny Hop! (I was a kid for the bunny hop, and it was fun!)
I have seen other videos and if you put them side by side NO WAY. As usual only the first couple got it and they barely did it right.
Wow! I was four months old when this was broadcasted and I am retiring next year. My mother-in-law did these dances on local teen dance shows back then. If she was still with us, I would show her this video and I know she would try to get up and dance right along.
She's up there in Heaven right now gettin' all the wallflowers onto the dance floor.
Great comment!
What a time to be young!💓
To the days we thought would last forever!💕
My mom taught me the stroll. She was always singing and dancing when we were kids, actually well into adulthood! I miss those days and I miss her. Love you mom.
Mom taught me the stroll also🤣🤣🤣
So sweet! It was before my time but I want to do it now!
Your mom's were the coolest 😍🤩👍❤️ awesome 👌
I so agree. My mom loved dancing and all the oldies but goodies. I miss my mom so much too and love her so much.
Same with my mom and I sure do miss her! I still dance every time I hear music. Just like my mom taught me 😃
Dancing was so much more fun back in the day. My parents would have parties and everyone would be dancing. I miss that.
Fun!? 🤣 That looks like utter misery to me!
My parents had parties too
Just maybe not this particular one? We were more enthusiastic in the 70s for forced square dancing in gym class.
NOW PARTIES ARE EVERYONE ON CELL PHONE!
There's no reason why Parents can't do that again with their own kids today.. Anytime!
Heard this for the first time when I was 6. My parents had just bought the 78 rpm record and were playing it on their Emerson radio-record player console. In no time at all, Mom and I were champs at the stroll. One of the best dance numbers ever done by a Canadian band. The Diamonds hail from Toronto, Ont.
So THIS is what the music video for "Cheap Thrills" was based on. SWEET.
you and I are the same age , 70' but looking at these kids they all look like dorks . to funny . i grew up going to San Francisco Fillmore to see real music , I guess we can't go back
Yes, Paul Anka and The Diamonds, the OGs of Canadian rock!
They’ve all got that basic step down and they look so serious it’s adorable.
Old guy here, those were the best of days, we were all mostly poor people working hard to have the things we have today, sad we have kids now that think that is a bad thing, there is no cure for stupid.
Exactly right!!
It’s comments like this that make younger people hate us older people. Please stop denigrating young people. It just divides the generations for no good reason.
Now this is what I call music nice smartly dressed people great dancing and no shouting or screaming and not a iPhone in sight
It's all good ....except for the hair!
@@karenwinkler6001 I don't no have you seen some of the hair styles today lol
They seem bored af
@@morebsnstuf Bored or unhappy. They don't smile much. I would've been ecstatic if I was dancing on American Bandstand 😊
@@djpaul146 Yes I have and I love the colors, do you? Orange, blue, purple! Lol. My mother would've locked me in my room if I had dyed my hair such outrageous colors! Clothes make the man and hair makes the girl; especially the rainbow colors ...lol
My mother taught me this dance when I was a kid. She was a fantastic dancer
Mine too. My. Parents actually won dance contests back in the day.
@annamarielewis7078 thats really cool , love this
In 1958 several young men and women were taken blindfolded to a television studio in Idaho, and told that their parents would be killed unless they danced for the cameras. This is my best explanation for this.
Yeah - first thing I noticed - look like they're having fun !
If you look closely the people sitting have. 45s under their jackets 😮
The true story is that these young kids were told that they had to learn a new dance with only about half an hour before going on air. Not their fault.
& some (most ) of their parents were then killed !
What? i remember this. My sisters were teenagers then, I was the youngest and remember them dancing with their boyfriends and I remember the song for sure. Hard to imagine these days as so much is required before our young people can feel the fun of things. Strolling with your boyfriend...I always wanted to do that! This is a wonderful memory from the past of simple times and innocence.
This is absolutely priceless!!!!! The Stroll was definitely huge. I remember seeing it on Bandstand and thinking it would be happening at our next Sock Hop. It was and we did! Thanks for posting!
Every day after school, Dick Clark show. Great memories.
I remember growing up in those days, and back then dances like this had a more nostalgic and almost awkward kind of mysterious, romantic quality to them.
Yes. There was a very sweet and pure quality about life then. I would have given anything to be a 50s teen.... I love watching footage of those good old days. Miss watching my aunt's strolling and jitterbugging when they would get together. Love you and miss you so much mom.
Seriously. I mean, you got to Hold Hands! That was a big deal back in the day. Kids now are so jaded... 🙄
@@shmataboro8634 Yeah. I used to get a real kick out of dancing with the young ladies in grade school. Especially when I was paired with one I liked.
That was my time and it was pitiful and we loved it! LOL Graduated in 1961! Old fart now, but sure remember the 50's and 60's! Thanks for sharing and the best of luck to all of us!
I was the 5th guy. Such great memories from a time long gone.
Edit: this was a joke, but I think 407 people took it a bit seriously lol
Completely awesome!!
Love it!
Awesome you got to dance on tv to such an awesome dance...
Brilliant performance. 🤗👍
You were very handsome in your day. Love your performance dancing to the stroll...
When my siblings and I were young our mom would dance with us. I loved it when mom would do the stroll. If I could have just one hour...
Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there??
I love this! They must all be in their 80’s now. Bless em.
Yeah
Ross, you must be from the south. lol
HEY! 70's!!! :-) I refer to myself as older than dirt, so no offense taken! :-)
Enjoyed the music of this time era. I was a little kid but remember these songs and American bandstand on Saturday mornings.
70s, thank you. I was 11 when I learned it.
I sat on the edge of my seat, overwhelmed with the excitement and passion exhibited by all couples. Truly! Too much fun and excitement😂😂
Hello Ann
How are you doing today?
@@ThompsonSmith207 just recovered from watching "the stroll"! Can not for the life of me understand why it was not called "the crawl"???!!!
Oh okay
Where ae you from if I may ask?@@annstewart8506
My Grandma taught me the Strole to “Walkin’ to New Orleans” by Fats Domino. Ah the memories!
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wonder how much livelier this group would have looked Stroll-ing to Fats Domino?
I wish someone could teach me the "Stroll" I'd love to learn it
@Riri I don't know,I'm actually more of a hands on person
Wish I'd had such a cool grandma!
Fats Domino came to our school and performed. We had a sock hop to his music. What days!
Boy what memories that brings back
I was 2 years old when this was filmed. I remember watching American bandstand on Saturday and thinking how big those people where.
all the music from this era gives me goose bumps… loved watching American Bandstand on Saturdays… had to have the house cleaned before we were allowed to watch it
Hard to believe that almost all of those kids would be 80-years-old today!
it's true i am 78 and i still love this music
Carpe diem, amigos.
I’m 80 and I still think this is a stupid “dance”.
need a reunion dance
@@MrUranium238 I think that some of those kids in the video probably cannot move that well anymore…..LOL.
Really no lie this was way before my time.
my mom would play records of the music she grew up listened to. So she would play The Stroll and come on dance with your mom and here we would go dancing and laughing all the way and whenever my uncle's were there it was a party. I could watch mom and my uncle's all day if I could it was such fun. They're all gone now and I miss them with all my heart ❤️ and the wonderful memories 💜 that I have seeing them laughing as as they made memories for us kids.
I'm totally impressed with your comment ❤️❤️ may God bless and keep you safe 😷
Some of us are blessed to have the parents we did, my Mom taught me how to dance when I was 14, The theme from a summer place and put your head on my shoulder were two basics. At 66 now I can keep the timing with the instruments like I actually played that instrument, a natural talent no doubt born during those dances!!
I'm 60 yrs old always loved this song , although it was more my brothers era than mine❤🤭🎶📣🎤🎼
Hello Nancy, how are you doing?
Me too. I had 3 older brothers. I'm 69 now.
I was born in '49. Too young to have enjoyed being a teen back then. Definitely enjoy watching youth movies set in the 50's. Always thought the stroll looked so Kool, although I have two left feet...❤🙂
The first couple seemed the happiest, and the guy danced the stroll with class.
My God !!did we really do
That
OMG! I am 69. So this came out when I was 7 ??? I vaguely remember its weird sound! And the name "The Stroll." But I don't think it's crossed my path in 60 years.
The kids are so young.... and so much older than even I am now.
This video is an astonishment! Thanks for posting it. You reawakened a childhood memory of mine!!!
Hello Ann, How are you doing?
Amazing song great performance and the memories
How are you doing today?
@@Kelly-nm4kw Hi Kelly! ❤
@@anthonysanchez7090 Hi Anthony! ❤❤
@@AnneEloiseOfCNY hello beautiful Ann
How are you doing and where are you from ?
I was 9 when this was release..loved it then, still do at 75! 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Same age as me! A big yes in this.
Boy this brings back some memories.i was the youngest of four and much younger than my brothers and sister and dang it if mom wouldn't play and do this dance everyday
My mother, my grandmother and my aunt taught my cousin and I this dance when we were little girls. They also taught us the swing and some other dances from the olden days. It was fun. They are all gone now but once in awhile my cousins and I still get together and dance like they taught us.
I want to learn . My Dad was born in 54 he died when I was 16 I grew up listening to this music as a kid. Hated it then but love it now
Taught my cousin and ME, not I.
@@loverofthemilf Thank you for the lesson in grammar.
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So love it, real sounds of youth & seems so innocent, love to watch them stroll
Captivating! This was before my time, but just leaves me fascinated with what was considered "coool" back then. The dances, the fashions, the hair styles.
So enjoyed watching my aunties dance the stroll at their parties. I was the D J so I must have played this record at least 15 times. Each time the floor was moving the dancing got creative & fun to watch. Thank for this great video
One of the dances I remember from my youth. Today's youth don't have a clue about even strolling around the block.
Knowing these folks are now in there 80's makes me feel so young. They grew up in a, mostly, wholesome society. Values have really changed.
They grew up in a wholesome society because they're white.
I grew up in a wholesome society and I'm black.
@@b747man3 Couldn't have been that wholesome since they allowed segregation😑
No they grew up in a don't ask. Don't tell society
@@stevekelly9509 WRONG I WAS A CHILD BUT IT WAS GLORIOUS, we played outside all of kids everywhere, dont tell me my memories.
That song brought back memories. Wow 1958. I remember dressing and clothes just like those guys there. Great times back then life was different way different than what it is today.
OMG! we would do the Stroll all the time. It got to be so big that every dance we went to we spent have our time doing the Stroll. Great Video thanks . the Diamonds did a great job with this song.
I remember dancing like that. Wow that bring back memories.
I grew up in the 50s (through grade school) and this video is exactly what it looked like on our old black and white TV.
I remember every girl out there was a expert dancer and the guys that were smart learned how to dance to get the girls. It was a wonderful time in our history. So glad I was around to see it.
so fantastic,clean good dancing ever,,lots of fun!
Brought back memories as a young teen. 👍👏
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This just reminds me of school where you were forced to learn traditional dancing and nobody wanted to pair up lol
I would much rather have done the Stroll than Square Dance in 9th grade Phys Ed class. the Twist & the dances derived from it would have been much more fun!
That's why my sis & I always danced together!
Oh my gosh the fellas are out dancin the ladies. How the times have changed.
This was the first real teenage dance my two older sisters taught me. I thought I was the luckiest 9 year old in the world. Such a cool dance.
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Amazing song great performance and the memories
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Dang I was 10 years old and still rockin' to it....73 years old, but I still feel like 45......
Yes ..stay forever young
My mom was 15 years old in 1958...in Indiana...I played this for her recently and she about died laughing! They did this actual dance at the school dances :-) She was an awkward nerdy teenager in the 50's/early 60's so this tickled her to death. No disrespect to the persons in the clip..it just reminded her so much of her teenage self ;-)
My mom was 15 in 1958 too. She told me about this dance when I was about 12 and how the girls would try to line up across from the boys they liked so they could dance with them. She still loves to dance to this day at age 76.
I was teenager in the 70s and I was taught how to stroll along with all of the other dances the 50s teens did. It was way better than disco.
We were much more niaeve in thoe days, thats for sure. We did do this at all the sock hops. Had to take our shoes off to dane on the gym floor. So much fun. After evey home game.
This was one of the Greatest dance of All times!!❤ Age wise I missed it😢
It allowed for a group dance as well as individual couples to be featured!! Plus the music was such a groove and matched the dance steps!! Awesome!!
show it to your grandchildren
I know this is a very late comment, but my mother taught me this dance in the 80s. It probably the easiest one to learn and its fun!
I seen my father do this dance quite differently , I remember dancing on his feet ❤️
Me too.and with the refrigerator door!!!!
Fabulous song - one of my favourites from that era.
Oh! Do I remember those days. Just to hold her hand was a thrill. And her mother caught our first kiss.
You seriously can feel the atmosphere of the whole scene. I would love to have experienced it
I take it you’re being sarcastic 🤣
wife and i were married in 1962 we danced to this in high school, she was shy i wasn't
Wow, I'm a teenager again, if only for a few minutes.
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The Stroll by The Diamonds. This was the dance and #5 song in America in the month and year I was born.
These kids look scared to death. The camera may have had something to do with it. THEY ALL LOOK SO YOUNG AND INNOCENT THEN.. We were!
TV was a relatively new thing. People weren't used to being on camera, let alone young kids.
I think they were preoccupied with remembering the dance steps.
They had loving mothers! Probably
Innocent?? Maybe not those who wore black leather jackets, jeans, boots, had greasy hair, carried switch blades, chains, and metal pipes. Always ready to rumble with rivals. Good old fashion street hoods. No drive by shootings using guns.
@@undergroundwarrior70 Sounds like a fun time to be alive.
They seem to be able to control their excitement!...
I love it. Wish I could back in time to that period and be teenager.
so innocent and clean I have never done this dance but easy to learn wow 71 now and still dances to learn!!!
gosh,these kids are so clean cut and cute !!
Nancy Pasquale The girls are all the same size, thin and flat chested.
innocent looking all of them,refined
Amazing song great performance and the memories
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I love the class back then. There's no class today on TV.
This song was sung by David Somerville of The Diamonds. I met David in 1977 just after moving to LA in 1976. He was a lovely guy whose parents were missionaries in China just like my Grandparents were. David passed away recently from cancer up in Santa Barbara. God bless him for, he was an extraordinary man of great kindness. He also sang their hit song "Little Darlin'..." You can see him on youtube with The Diamonds. He was also the voice for Bob's Big Boy.
China now has one of the largest populations of Christians in the world.
@@waterheaterservices - But are they REAL Christians or do they toe the strict line that Communist China's gov't only allows! You bible thumpers are so GULLIBLE!
@@waterheaterservices they are getting smart, and curbing the growth of that World Cancer
Scott Moyer Great Rock & Roll History!! Thank you for posting 😊 & may David Somerville R.I.P. 🌹
My dad LOOOVED this song.
This song started it all off still to this day it knocks me out!!
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I remember doing the Stroll. Ofcourse, I was much younger then these kids on tv! I’d dance with the tv, so much fun 🤩
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I was doing the Stroll in high school almost 20 years after this.
The Shroll 1960's The best Memories That always Stay .📽️🎥🤟
In the days where young adults seemed quite proper & good.
agree absolutely right you are,Elizabeth
Oh! We were! And...
We weren’t! Not all is as it seems...
"seemed quite proper & good" - or as Boib DYlan wrote: "The enemy that I see wears a cloak of decency."
Yes but they were all snogging and shagging
@@mcewenca The pill had not yet arrived. Teaching birth control was illegal. Abortion was a felony
One of the best things about youtube right here...this truly "vintage" footage that we'd never see otherwise. One can _almost_ get a sense of what things were like back then.
Almost.
I couldn't have coled with this crap!
I remember seeing things from the 50s when I was a kid and thinking I could almost imagine what it was like back then, but then I remember that all of the stuff I saw smelled like mildew and was old at the time. It didn't smell like mildew in the 50s. In fact, everything was new in the 50s because they were scrambling to build everything over and remake the whole world. Most people in the US probably lived in or at least very close to a new subdivision. I know what that is like, but when I was around it the year was 1980! It's hard to imagine what it was like before you were born, but this video sure does help.
@@AndyBHome We had factories. Nearly every town and all cities had factories that men commonly worked at. Their single incomes familied those subdivisions.
My Grandpa and his twin brother are in this video! He said everyone one of them were so nervous as it was such a big opportunity “to be on TV:)”
I wondered why one guy seemed to "stroll" twice. I was thinking no way he could have made it back to the front of the line. Lol.
God bless them. So great to watch the kids of that era strutting their stuff. Wonderful and innocent times.
2nd and 5th guy?:)
@@annach7914 yes exactly hehe
Shared this with my Mom and she said she remembered that! She also said, and I agree with her, "oh take me back to the good old days! Take me back!" The height of America and it has just gone downhill since then.
Not really. You are just nostalgic. Many people look back on their teenage years that way, no matter what era it was.
@RevLeigh55 I'd rather live then....then now with all this woke nonsense going on. Not even safe to be a girl anymore
I graduated from HS in 1970 and when I went to my 20-year class reunion in 1990, we did The Stroll. The class of '70 was in Kindergarten in February 1958. It was fun! Still remember watching the kids on Bandstand doing The Stroll.
Strolling was serious business! You were on stage, your peer group was watching, don’t make a mistake!!
It's always a good sign when a guy knows how to improvise! Check out that twirl on couple # 3! They were smooth!
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Love that song! I was a baby back then, but I STILL LOVE 50s & 60s music to this day!!
The Stroll was actually an modern version of the Virginia Reel, which had its origins in the 18th Century. It was also popular at square dances.
Yeah..makes perfect sense..💝🎁🎈
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Why does it make "perfect sense"? Because square dancing is for SQUARES?
Just kidding! 😁 Ha ha ha!
I loved the Virginia Reel in square dancing but we had a lot more fun doing it than these kids in this video. Gosh maybe they were just too young to know that smiling makes everyone look better!
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You could tell the Boys from the Girls, love the dress of the 50's!!!
Gregory Miller it really is a nightmare now
How much longer can it go on
These were the best times.remember them well
It's a great song - one of my favourites from the 1950s.
I never knew this dance could be such a ball of fun and energy! Shake that body!
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Love taking a ride down memory lane.
"Shades," the first dude to stroll with his girl, is my favorite. He was born cool!
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