When you do you are listening to history. Little did I know (I'm 63) that I would be seeing the music my childhood and teen years immortalized on UA-cam. Not only that, hearing from you, Kevin making that very astute observation about "auto tuned bullshit." You're absolutely right and this old timer thanks you and appreciates you.
My brother and I used to dance this at bars in El Paso, Texas, we were around 7 and 8, and we were always thrown nickles and dimes, of which we spent buying candy and chips, we had alot of fun doing this, oh my, how the times pass so quickly, you young ones of today, ENJOY LIFE! Dance, be free, Don't hate and fight, live life to it's fullest...
This was before things changed, things were still like the 50's in 1962, what's amazing is Eisenhower was in for a rude awakening a year or two later, when everything changed. Anybody watch American Graffiti?
Wasn't American Graffiti filmed in downtown San Rafael or partly in Petaluma? I recall Wolfman Jack's show at night on XTRA, a Mexican station with huge wattage you could pick up all over SoCal. The best oldie station in 1962 was on a nighttime program broadcast out of Riverside or San Bernardino.
Always loved the guitarist in this..superior playing. Different style than what has morphed into heavy metal fast finger. But this guy is such a stylist, jazzy, fast,clean attack, very musical and slick..how can any guitarist NOT appreciate and like this? Also, very few people know this: During October and November 1963, Joey Dee and the Starliters toured Europe, performing one extraordinary night in Stockholm with The Beatles (already the biggest band in Northern Europe) as their opening act. Before the USA ever really heard of the Beatles. Can you imagine Joey and the band saying to the Beatles, "Nice job guys, thanks for opening for us..." hahahha, little did they know...
if you still do this kind of dancing then you need to go dance w/ "the AFFECTS" but i guess u need to be in or around Antioch, IL they play only 50's & 60's rock & roll music sooooo great
Today's dances are heart attack triggers for Eisenhower! I suppose he would cuss out loud seeing FLOTUS Michelle jam to "Get Your freak On" during Carpool Karaoke. I guess that's why so many feel she wasn't 'classy.' Just like these dances were easily harmless for the 60s, FLOTUS' dancing and the PPMint twist pale in comparison to Kim K's nudes and certainly twerking!
How old were you when you realized Joe Pesci actually played rhythm guitar and sang background vocals on this song? I was today years old.. That's why I'm here lol True story tho
People dont know how huge this song was back in the early 60's. It put the ''Peppermint Lounge’’ on 45th Street in NYC on the map and started an enormous dance craze for that time. Everyone wanted to go there and do this "dance"..... Huge for that time and the Twist era! A true classic from 1962 America! ("The Peppermint Twist" on the "ROULETTE" record label) These were the John F. Kennedy years. I met Joey Dee years ago and he was kind and patient and answered all my questions about "Rock an' Roll" and the music of that time. He was and is a true professional not to mention he helped to launch the careers of The Ronettes, Jimmy Hendrix, The Rascals to name a few. Thank you for the music & the wonderful " Peppermint Twist " memories Joey Dee & The Starliters.....
Chubby Checker’s hit song “The Twist” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960. Joey Dee and the Starliters were the Twist for white folks. The dance craze predated the Peppermint Twist.
Joey Dee, born in Passaic, New Jersey on June 11, 1940, is celebrating his 80th birthday today June 11, 2020. Joey Dee and the Starliters (also credited as Joey Dee and the Starlighters) was an American popular music group formed by Joey Dee. The group is best known for their million-selling recording "Peppermint Twist" (1961)
On leave, fellow soldiers and I visited "The Peppermint Lounge" in 1962 or 63. Joey Dee & The Starliters were the headliner and of course this place rocked,
'Meet me baby on 41st Street - where the Peppermint Twisters meet"! Man this was fun! Thanks for posting! The "Twist montage stuff in here is just too cool!
Eisenhower remains one of the most moral men to have been in the white house in the last 75 years. He certainly got things done. A West Point graduate, who lost his father in early 1942. Although he served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, he came from simple roots and was a lover of peace. He was a very brave man and the more I learn about him the more I admire him. He had great vision. So if he said something, I think he knew what he was talking about. I enjoyed the music of the 60's and the 70's, but you know what though, we did go to hell in a hand basket didn't we?
Our decline as a society (worldwide) had nothing to do with music. BTW the very famous farewell speech that Eisenhower gave that warns us about the Military-Industrial Complex is ironic in the extreme since he was their poster boy and didn't do anything to stop it from happening.
The Twist changed the way people danced to upbeat Rock music,you could express your individuality after the Twist when the other dances came in,anyone could do it,no one had to take lessons like with swing and latin dancing.Dick Clark said the Twist was the most important Rock musice because it showed the adults at the time that Rock was not something to be feared anymore.,like when it first came out in the mid 50's.
Pretty girls, big smiles and a lot of fun goin' to dances and showin' off. it was pretty difficult to be with just one chick then. There were so many gorgeous looking ones and each had their own sexy appeal. Boy! I got into a lot of trouble. I had to join the navy.
+James Flanagan --- The original Joey Dee and the Starliters first played this song at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC when you could leave your car parked on the street unlocked, in NYC 41st Street just off Broadway. The joint was about 18 feet wide and about 40 feet long, then opened up in the back to about 40 feet wide by about 30 feet long. That's where the stage was and dance floor. That was about 1960/1962.
Sorry but not happening. That was one of the greatest male/female pickup spots in the city. Of course every hot spot could be used for any purpose on the QT.
Nick Del Prete drove in from Boston one holiday weekend and stayed at a hotel across the street from the P.L. and can't remember the name of the place. Can you remember ? The P.L. Made one of the strongest Comfort Manhattan I've ever had.
This is a rather difficult post to make for I was only 10 years old in '62 and I have always honored and revered Ike. But it struck me as rather ironic and troubling that he would cite our "sense of duty and decency and morality" when General Ike himself sent all those young Americans off upon the invasion of Normandy, all the while knowing that 1/2 of them would be savagely slaughtered or disfigured on their mission of glory.
This is not just a twist song but one of the hottest singles of its day. Love the guitar solo and would like to hear the mostly instrumental part 2 which was lopped off for the single. Similarly with their other hit, Shout. The backing band included members of the Young Rascals. I wonder who's playing the guitar.
The dance craze Chubby Checker started with the "Twist" still lives on today. I know a number of people who feel that "The Peppermint Twist" was the best "Twist" song to hit the charts.
Joey dee is related to my grandfather.joey is not dead he's actually 75 or 76 now.Ive met him and his son and daughter (son:Ronny dee,Daughter: forgot her name lol) Joey can still sing and he's got it in him even though he does covers now but he is an amazing and talented guy.
Dave Brigati was one of the Starliters. The one in the left. LOL. His brother, Eddie Brigati was one of the Rascals. ( he sang, How Can I Be Sure). Dave sang back up on several of their albums. Dave and I dated in HS. I’ve known the brothers since we were kids. Joey Dee even had a record shop in our hometown of Garfield NJ. Our town is very proud of them and named a street in their honor.
It was invented when chubby checker got out of the shower he was drying his back and then he also had a cigarette in his mouth which fell on the floor and he was putting the cigarette out with his foot ala the twist
Joey Dee's band The Starliters included Eddie Brigati, Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish who along with Felix Cavaliere later formed The Rascals ( Young Rascals) in "Peppermint Twist" you can clearly hear Brigati's falsetto in the back ground.
loved this record and although only 12 I took the EL and subway downtown to Manhattan from the Bronx one day just to see the Peppermint Lounge that's Joe Pesci in the band
Yes,what you heard is true.i can confirm this because joey dee is my great uncle.I have met his son (my cousin Ronny dee) who has told me also joey is still shaking it to this day even though he is 76
My mom taught me how to do the twist when I was little. ❤
If Eisenhower could see what was going on today, he would say "Bring back the Twist."
sad but true
🤣😂🙌🏿💯 BEST COMMEST OF THE DAY 🏆Claim your prize sir!!
That's a no shitter right there
Even now in 2021
WAP
First time everybody, I mean everybody could dance in public. Old and young could equally dance. Good and bad. Thank you for sharing.
My friend's uncle, Joey Dee. Great song.
I'd rather listen to the Peppermint twist all day than this shit auto tune bullshit today
When you do you are listening to history. Little did I know (I'm 63) that I would be seeing the music my childhood and teen years immortalized on UA-cam. Not only that, hearing from you, Kevin making that very astute observation about "auto tuned bullshit." You're absolutely right and this old timer thanks you and appreciates you.
mist def
Hmm, you blame the kids for the society you have created? Cretin.
Hey Coast
He's blaming some kids for their bad attitudes and habits. Society wasn't created for that.
Ditto. (Just saying). Love live the Twist! :^[}
I remember when I was about 15 when my mother and I were doing the twist on the kitchen floor. Remember that every time I hear "The Twist."
So much more than the plain old Twist!
I met Joey Dee at the Town & Country nightclub in Brooklyn in 1961 where my father was in the Ned Harvey Orchestra for 36 years.
Great song and Hammond Organ Player. thanks for posting.
This is just good solid fun!!!
My brother and I used to dance this at bars in El Paso, Texas, we were around 7 and 8, and we were always thrown nickles and dimes, of which we spent buying candy and chips, we had alot of fun doing this, oh my, how the times pass so quickly, you young ones of today, ENJOY LIFE! Dance, be free, Don't hate and fight, live life to it's fullest...
Different generations, far different eras, that's for sure. I wish I had been alive in that time.
well done !
This was before things changed, things were still like the 50's in 1962, what's amazing is Eisenhower was in for a rude awakening a year or two later, when everything changed. Anybody watch American Graffiti?
What rude awakening was he in for?
wish i was alive back then, the modern world sucks!!
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Wasn't American Graffiti filmed in downtown San Rafael or partly in Petaluma? I recall Wolfman Jack's show at night on XTRA, a Mexican station with huge wattage you could pick up all over SoCal. The best oldie station in 1962 was on a nighttime program broadcast out of Riverside or San Bernardino.
Yes i watched it in High school and have the movie.
Great vocals and awesome guitar!
Always loved the guitarist in this..superior playing. Different style than what has morphed into heavy metal fast finger. But this guy is such a stylist, jazzy, fast,clean attack, very musical and slick..how can any guitarist NOT appreciate and like this? Also, very few people know this: During October and November 1963, Joey Dee and the Starliters toured Europe, performing one extraordinary night in Stockholm with The Beatles (already the biggest band in Northern Europe) as their opening act. Before the USA ever really heard of the Beatles. Can you imagine Joey and the band saying to the Beatles, "Nice job guys, thanks for opening for us..." hahahha, little did they know...
A dance for the whole family.
Have loved this since it came out. Have it on “vinyl”.
if you still do this kind of dancing then you need to go dance w/ "the AFFECTS" but i guess u need to be in or around Antioch, IL they play only 50's & 60's rock & roll music
sooooo great
I have fond memories of watching my parents twisting to this song when I was a little girl. :)
Haha, I wonder what Eisenhower would think of TODAY's dancing...
.. he would say what a wonderful time it was back in the 50s.. jeje and.. this was my best time in my life..
Today's dances are heart attack triggers for Eisenhower! I suppose he would cuss out loud seeing FLOTUS Michelle jam to "Get Your freak On" during Carpool Karaoke. I guess that's why so many feel she wasn't 'classy.' Just like these dances were easily harmless for the 60s, FLOTUS' dancing and the PPMint twist pale in comparison to Kim K's nudes and certainly twerking!
oh Lord and AMEN
Or what he would think of Trump.
probably blush with shame
great song.
This was, and still is, great. I consider myself extremely lucky to have lived then and now!
DE Greg
RM2 USN
1966-1970
Vietnam Class of 1970
Thanks for what you did Gregory. Sorry America treated you guys so bad. We won't forget you.
Same year as my late husband.........Thank you for your service
ROCK AND ROLL FOREVER
This is a good song
Wow! Great way to stay in shape! :D
Holy crap. Is it just me or is this video pretty great?
I just finished watching The Sweet's rendition of this. And. It. Majorly. Rocked!
It was kinda starting to get very sexual way ahead of it's time. If you know what I mean.
Back in the day when you could say things without being cancelled, we called these songs "tittyshakers".
Twist twist!! 💃🕺
I was there for the twist, albeit young, it was a blast. This song proves it.
If you don't do it your considered out..!
Bravo, USA!
I was 14 when Joey Dee came out with this recording in '61 and I can tell you that The Peppermint Twist was the most exhausting dance I ever did.
Damn, I bought this when I was a kid of 14 :)
Omg... they are all so innocent! Makes me wish i was born at the same time of my parents,
Wow....I never knew they actually had dolls that did the Twist. The toy variety I mean.
Wow... Those were heavy days... :-).
ah those fabulous 60's
The early 60's. The later 60's were horrible.
How old were you when you realized Joe Pesci actually played rhythm guitar and sang background vocals on this song?
I was today years old.. That's why I'm here lol
True story tho
No obesity epidemic here. Dancing is the ultimate exercise!
People dont know how huge this song was back in the early 60's. It put the ''Peppermint Lounge’’ on 45th Street in NYC on the map and started an enormous dance craze for that time. Everyone wanted to go there and do this "dance"..... Huge for that time and the Twist era! A true classic from 1962 America! ("The Peppermint Twist" on the "ROULETTE" record label) These were the John F. Kennedy years. I met Joey Dee years ago and he was kind and patient and answered all my questions about "Rock an' Roll" and the music of that time. He was and is a true professional not to mention he helped to launch the careers of The Ronettes, Jimmy Hendrix, The Rascals to name a few. Thank you for the music & the wonderful " Peppermint Twist " memories Joey Dee & The Starliters.....
Pretty sure the twist craze was well underway - this is a variation
Thanks for that bit of Rock n Roll history
Chubby Checker’s hit song “The Twist” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960. Joey Dee and the Starliters were the Twist for white folks. The dance craze predated the Peppermint Twist.
I believe the twist appeared at the end of the 50s, but yes was a hit in 62 the year of dance crazes
I remember seeing photos of Ringo Starr twisting there in 1964.
Our first Lady Jackie Kennedy danced the twist. She mentioned in her tapes now s book.
She must have been so cute as she danced to it, too.
President Eisenhower questioning the morality of rock and rollers but not the overthrow of democracies.
Don't forget his "morality" when it comes to cheating on his wife. I fucking hate hyopcrites.
There was nothing he could do about it He was done. He served his country. He went into retirement peacfully
Very Grooovy,
My sister in-law was one of the peppermint lounge dancers. She is pictured on 1:38 in the video
Joey Dee, born in Passaic, New Jersey on June 11, 1940, is celebrating his 80th birthday today June 11, 2020.
Joey Dee and the Starliters (also credited as Joey Dee and the Starlighters) was an American popular music group formed by Joey Dee. The group is best known for their million-selling recording "Peppermint Twist" (1961)
THIS SONG WAS NAMED AFTER THE FAMOUS PEPPERMINT
LOUNGE IN NEW YORK. IT WAS TORN DOWN MANY YEARS
AGO.
Scandalous......
I played this 45 to death on my wind-up record player when I was 6.
I remember doing the Peppermint Twist back in the day. We had so much fun.
On leave, fellow soldiers and I visited "The Peppermint Lounge" in 1962 or 63. Joey Dee & The Starliters were the headliner and of course this place rocked,
Bem do meu tempo.......
Eisenhower was born in 1890....he was a young middle aged man even during the Charleston's heydey
Jackie and Norma @1:10 , at 'The Peppermint Lounge'..? :)
You're right! I don't think Music's ever been better than it was in the '60's!
'Meet me baby on 41st Street - where the Peppermint Twisters meet"!
Man this was fun! Thanks for posting! The "Twist montage stuff in here is just too cool!
I think the lyric is "meet me baby down on 45th Street"... that's where the P Lounge was
Eisenhower remains one of the most moral men to have been in the white house in the last 75 years. He certainly got things done. A West Point graduate, who lost his father in early 1942. Although he served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, he came from simple roots and was a lover of peace. He was a very brave man and the more I learn about him the more I admire him. He had great vision. So if he said something, I think he knew what he was talking about. I enjoyed the music of the 60's and the 70's, but you know what though, we did go to hell in a hand basket didn't we?
No
Our decline as a society (worldwide) had nothing to do with music. BTW the very famous farewell speech that Eisenhower gave that warns us about the Military-Industrial Complex is ironic in the extreme since he was their poster boy and didn't do anything to stop it from happening.
SShakeyBoy have to agree in some ways wish my neices could have grown up in the world i did
Ike had a mistress he was shagging all the way through the Normandy campaign, she was his English driver. He was no-one to preach about morality.
Yes, this country certainly did. And the garbage music----starting with the Beatles----is a big reason why America went down the drain.
First introduced in the late 1950's, the Twist signaled the end of the stodginess of that period, as a whole lot of new dances soon followed.
I suppose it was inevitable - growing out swing dancing.
PrettyGirls all around doing fine and have lotta lot fun. what a time !
From the documentary Twist (1992).
I was a teenager when this came out. A dance anyone could (and did) do. 1950s and 1960s a time and place that will never exist again.
So much fun to drum as an adult of 47 and to have grown up with my patents teen music!
LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD*
"OLD SCHOOL 414" 4/14/2014!!
J'avais 18 ans en 1961. Les sixties,es meilleures années de MA VIE. Oh ! Yeah...
The Twist was the 1960's equivalent of the Twerking. Lol!
The "twist" was fun because anybody could do it. It wasn't very complicated.
knowmefirst And twerking came from Filipinos, which wasn't supposed to be sexual 😡 Damn Miley Cyrus for ruining it.
knowmefirst The sad part about LIFE on this earth is that onr day you'll wish that this was as extreme as it got. Believe it....
@@aglayamajorem9546 lolwut? Filipino? Lol
Hmmmm.... no it isn't
The Twist changed the way people danced to upbeat Rock music,you could express your individuality after the Twist when the other dances came in,anyone could do it,no one had to take lessons like with swing and latin dancing.Dick Clark said the Twist was the most important Rock musice because it showed the adults at the time that Rock was not something to be feared anymore.,like when it first came out in the mid 50's.
Pretty girls, big smiles and a lot of fun goin' to dances and showin' off. it was pretty difficult to be with just one chick then. There were so many gorgeous looking ones and each had their own sexy appeal. Boy! I got into a lot of trouble. I had to join the navy.
You really are a Tom Cat, aren't you...
😼😼Purrrrr
Que j'aimais danser le Twist ... mes belles années 60 !!!!
peppermint twist was a dance club on the sunset strip in the 60s
+James Flanagan --- The original Joey Dee and the Starliters first played this song at the Peppermint Lounge in NYC when you could leave your car parked on the street unlocked, in NYC 41st Street just off Broadway. The joint was about 18 feet wide and about 40 feet long, then opened up in the back to about 40 feet wide by about 30 feet long. That's where the stage was and dance floor.
That was about 1960/1962.
+Nick Del Prete Absolutely right. Been there myself .
+James Flanagan Are you the Jimmy Flanagan from Englewood on Hamilton Ave.?
Sorry but not happening. That was one of the greatest male/female pickup spots in the city. Of course every hot spot could be used for any purpose on the QT.
Nick Del Prete drove in from Boston one holiday weekend and stayed at a hotel across the street from the P.L. and can't remember the name of the place. Can you remember ? The P.L. Made one of the strongest Comfort Manhattan I've ever had.
This is a rather difficult post to make for I was only 10 years old in '62 and I have always honored and revered Ike. But it struck me as rather ironic and troubling that he would cite our "sense of duty and decency and morality" when General Ike himself sent all those young Americans off upon the invasion of Normandy, all the while knowing that 1/2 of them would be savagely slaughtered or disfigured on their mission of glory.
+MrJimc2 yes I agree....America is full of shit.
This is not just a twist song but one of the hottest singles of its day. Love the guitar solo and would like to hear the mostly instrumental part 2 which was lopped off for the single. Similarly with their other hit, Shout. The backing band included members of the Young Rascals. I wonder who's playing the guitar.
paul harris yes, I haven’t heard PT 2 in ages
The dance craze Chubby Checker started with the "Twist" still lives on today. I know a number of people who feel that "The Peppermint Twist" was the best "Twist" song to hit the charts.
I think Eisenhower knew that the twist would escalate into... Twerking
I could swear I saw Steve Alaimo in there doing The Twist at about :58.
The rage ,,,, everyone did the twist. except those that had NO rhythm
Man, I think about my Mom, cousin Barb, Mammaw Dartey, the whole side of the Dartey’s.
Love love LOVE THIS MUSIC!!!!!!!
Joey dee is related to my grandfather.joey is not dead he's actually 75 or 76 now.Ive met him and his son and daughter (son:Ronny dee,Daughter: forgot her name lol) Joey can still sing and he's got it in him even though he does covers now but he is an amazing and talented guy.
+CalebIsWayTroll I heard that Joey Dee still shoots up....is that true?
I asure you what you hear is not true joey d does not shoot up
+CalebIsWayTroll well thanks for clearing that up!
Love the images! I can't stand when movies are made and the clothing is all wrong and hair styles, so much reference! Great song too
Gee I miss my beautiful thick black hair and great knees.
smoke ajoint and go to it back then
At 0:44... I wish girls still dressed and looked like this. So cute!
They still have a shape it's called round.
"Don't be a square man"
I love that lady shaking her finger at the guy with the camera😊 "Don't be rude". Love it!
I believe that was Dusty Springfield who was shaking her finger. Sure looked like her.
Dave Brigati was one of the Starliters. The one in the left. LOL. His brother, Eddie Brigati was one of the Rascals. ( he sang, How Can I Be Sure). Dave sang back up on several of their albums. Dave and I dated in HS. I’ve known the brothers since we were kids. Joey Dee even had a record shop in our hometown of Garfield NJ. Our town is very proud of them and named a street in their honor.
Both Joe Pesci and Jimi Hendrix were in the band... but I don't believe at the same time 👍
loved this song when it first came out. Great stereo seperation for it's time. Baritone sax gets me everytime... thanx Retro.
It was invented when chubby checker got out of the shower he was drying his back and then he also had a cigarette in his mouth which fell on the floor and he was putting the cigarette out with his foot ala the twist
If I did that now I would throw my hip out. lol.
know that feeling
Americans were in good shape in those years. Thanks to the twist.
Id love to hear eisenhowers thoughts on modern societies concepts of beauty and morality.
And sure enough because of the Twist, we ended up with the Trumpster! SEE!
Joey Dee's band The Starliters included Eddie Brigati, Dino Danelli and Gene Cornish who along with Felix Cavaliere
later formed The Rascals ( Young Rascals) in "Peppermint Twist" you can clearly hear Brigati's falsetto in the back ground.
Future film actor Joe Pesci was a Starliter at one point...Jimi Hendrix sat in with the group for a short time...quite a lineup!!!
loved this record and although only 12 I took the EL and subway downtown to Manhattan from the Bronx one day just to see the Peppermint Lounge that's Joe Pesci in the band
those women are so beautiful! :)
Yeah, I know. And no tattoos or piercings, green hair and any of the rest that make them look like the crackhead mutants that they do today.
Does any body remember the original go go dancers from around the 60"s please ?
another timeless Classic hit single from 1961 as it is Called The Peppermint Twist as it is By Joey Dee & The Starliters
I had just got out of the hospital that day I was so sick but I want to see him not to sue me seem again
Sad to hear the lounge is no more I used to go there , great fun and to see. Joe P after many years in goodfellas . What question blast.
The "Twist' was great. I heard that Jimi Hendrix played with Joey Dee. Is he guitarist on this record?
Yes,what you heard is true.i can confirm this because joey dee is my great uncle.I have met his son (my cousin Ronny dee) who has told me also joey is still shaking it to this day even though he is 76
Jimi played with Joey on the road, but he never recorded with him.