THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYS !! MY MOTHER TAUGHT DANCE AND MY DAD ( MY PIC ) HAD HIS OWN BAND SO WE GREW UP MUSICAL AND WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL DADDY WOULD ALWAYS PICK ME UP AND DANCE WITH ME
how awesome is THAT!!! you killed it!!!! I rated you two just a hair behind couple #1 for the win...you two looked great, danced with a fantastic groove and swing and, had definite mega-kickassery bursting outward in your coordinated dance moves
@@YCDTI Thanks so much! If you have any other video from these shows of the dance contest please post! I was never able to watch them! I was gone overseas at the time they aired! My children have enjoyed them and my grandchildren! Such fun memories!
I’m a 56 year old brotha and watched both American Bandstand and Soul Train…. Can’t get enough of these videos! Thank you all for the uploads and thanks UA-cam for the memories ‼️‼️‼️‼️👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😢🙂🙂🙂
I turn 56 next week . Grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons, American bandstand and soul train at my grandmas house in Pomona California . Great times and great music . Definitely shaped my musical taste for years to come . Good times 👍🏻
I was also 15 years old, good memories of that time. The music, the atmosphere, camaraderie. Quiet and relatively safe time. Sure, the necessary problems with growing up. Attended an internal school to learn seamanship. 3 years after that I chose to become a marine (Dutch Marine Corps) and stayed this for 8 years. Of course also good times in the early 70s up to and including 1980. My children were raised with the music from the mid-60s to the 80s. And do have some idea of how their father feels about the good old days. I am now a born again Christian, I cherish my youth, but look ahead and look for things from above. Most music nowadays is vulgar or ambiguous, a pity because it affects our youth so badly. God Is Good All The Times.
One way or round trip? Sign me up! If there's not room, I'll contact Mr. Peabody and catch a ride in the Wayback machine, if Sherman will sit out that ride.
And what is conspicuously absent is the constant snark and jokey hip and reflexive clownish babble that comes out of nearly every person in the media nowadays. I thoroughly am appreciating Dick Clark's substance, his ability to be serious and responsible.
Back when a portable cassette player/recorder was the top technology and if you had one you were the smoothest cat at the party! 60 head old here, seems like yesterday! I remember watching AB. Everyone watched to learn how to dance for school dances.
I had a cassette recorder I'd use it to send my friends cassettes instead of writing letters LOL in Arkansas Dolly and Geraldine. My friend David and I would record our messages it was so much easier we got busted though because Jerry's dad listen to our percent recording LOL great memories thank you 🤗🤔🤗🤔🇫🇷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral
I won't be treading on boundaries in speaking for "Everybody", when I say how much we apppreciate your wonderful American Bandstand clips (especially the full-episodes with commercials). They're the first thing I look for on UA-cam. You've blessed so many 1950s, '60s & '70s teens!
@Ameri Color thank you! I very much appreciate that. No one enjoys watching these more than me and it’s my absolute pleasure sharing these clips and episodes with everyone. Much more to come!
@@YCDTI Just linked this clip on "Northern New Jersey - We Were Teens In The Late 60s" Facebook group with membership in the Tens of Thousands. When you find something you love - you share it with your friends.
Ameri Color I live in Northern NJ (specifically Essex County) as a teen during the late 2010s and for most of 2020, as I'll be 18 later this year. Sigh, don't I wish that I lived during the late 1960s.
@@stevieg7672 We did have the best music and dancing, but don't wish to be old too fast. You have your entire life in front of you. I hope you will be good but also have fun!
Love American Bandstand....it reminds my so much of my Grandmother...she always watched this with me...I used to dance on her feet ..... It seems like yesterday, I remember it vividly!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love this so much! I was 18 in 1970, so it seems particularly sweet to me. I like couple #2 for two reasons: one, they danced as partners touching for part of the time; and two, they seemed less choreographed.
OK had to watch it again, and they are gorgeous, if you look at the girl her look is timeless, she could walk into 2021 and wear what she is wearing now, and the guy is handsome, they are so so cute together. Luv it.
I don't know how this got to me but...I'm so glad it did! So many wonderful memories watching American Band Stand every Saturday morning 11:00am! Thank You!!!😀👍👏👏👏
I was a little fellow when this show aired and as I got older I always looked forward to Dick Clark on New Years. Since his passing New Years isn't quite the same. Rest Easy Mr. Clark.
It's so amazing to watch these kids who are grandparents now. It shows how we all go thru the same stages, just at different times. I guess we've all been a little "out there" or a little "weird" in our own way.
I was born in 1970, so seeing this is a total trip. The dancing is out of this world! And the hair, clothes, and music are such a mood. Love love love this. Thanks for posting.
Aww! I remember 1970 well. Exactly 50 years ago, for me. That year was special in so many ways! Had my first kiss from a guy I secretly adored - well, a little peck but it still sent me into orbit! I remember the dances and what now seems such an innocent time. Thanks for posting!
Same here in Canada....I was going to school dances then...we also called them record hops in 1970.. at least in the small town where I was. I remember the song "Up and around the Bend" playing when I arrived at one of these events....it was so exciting and electric...we danced on our own, wild and free with some rock n' roll duets and the waltzes were to die for. "Going steady" still happened, believe it or not...as for me, I was popular enough but didn't have a boyfriend yet...a lot of us junior girls didn't. One of my favourites was the CCR tune, "Long as I Can See the Light....All of the CCR songs were played..."Susie Q" was popular...I preferred "Little Travellin' Band", "Lookin' Out My Back Door" and "Who'll Stop the Rain". We were more innocent and a lot more sure of words like "Love" and "Cherish" in those days tho' the times had been a changin' since the 60's...soon it would all be gone with the wind. So many fond memories of family and friends...seems almost like another world now.
@@bonniebluebell5940 Bonnie , in my town we had a Fort Nightly dance where all the guys had to wear white gloves ! I never went once. American Bandstand was like a ray of light & every Saturday I watched it. Now when Saturday Night Fever hit the local cinemas discos became a thing & that is when I really had fun dancing.
Never missed American Bandstand. Still love to dance. Thank you for this blast from the past. ♥️ I vote for couple #1 but their all creative. Bandstand had all the big name artists of the time on. It was such a fun show. Dick Clark, the man who never aged.
Thank you for this and all the additional information in the description box. May you be blessed for taking the time to take us down memory lane and giving us these few moments of happiness during these dark dark times. ♥
Loved American Bandstand in the ‘70’s! Every Saturday morning. It wasn’t so much about the dancing for me, it was the performers. Lots of big names got their start there.
I was a little kid in the 70’s (not yet born when this aired). But I always thought it would be so fun to go back in time to that era, as a young adult. Such an awesome time period!!! ❤🥰
Hooray for Couple #6 & EL PASO, TEXAS~ KELP and legendary "Steve Crosno" (RIP) "Crosno" was quite a popular DJ icon for anyone growing up in the late 50's - the 80's! (Thank you, Aaron, for this upload!)
THANKS FOR the blast from the past.great music.great bands.concerts everywhere.alot of fun danceing..May be getting old.but still young in heart.and soul.thank you .😊
Back in the days when teenage girls looked slim, innocent and beautiful. And the sorts of prizes they were happy to try to win. Can't imagine current era teens being happy about such modest prizes.
They would want the hope diamond as a Prize or they would laugh at it, it's all quite different with the WAP song as number 1 referring too, wet ass pussy song
@Bodgie1960 it was a great time. Miss those days, the music, plus Mom and Dad. Stay safe during this crazy COVID19 virus my friend. Greetings from Charleston, West Virginia
I'm that guy (Now 66), who faithfully watched American Bandstand every Saturday morning. I also, fondly remember having my cassette recorder in front of the radio, waiting for the right songs to come on, then recording them. Sometimes waiting for hours for my favorite songs. WOW!!! The memories watching this video! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Good clean fun nice looking guys and girls. Those were the days I lived to dance with them every Saturday morning!! I'm almost 68 and I still love to dance!! Great time in my life. Glad to be able to view this❣️
I have to give them credit dancing on national TV. I danced locally for Disco dance contest and although fun and one time, it was nerve wracking for me 😰. They all did a great job. I liked #1 the best and the young man from Memphis danced pretty good too. In one year, those turning 18 would be given a voice by allowing them to vote. The 26th amendment was passed in March 1971. The power they held to change the landscape of our nation then and now, wow! Amazing!
Wow, those were the days, love me some CCR, you could understand the words to the song, the guys has pants around the waist, not below their rear end, (how crazy is that!) everyone dressed so classy, I graduated high school in 73, college in 79, the 70’s were the best, wonderful memories!
Right on, Spanky! Didn’t even know what John was saying in most of Green River until the advent of the Internet! Barefoot girls dancing in the moonlight… that was about all I could get out of it at the time. LOL but I didn’t let that stop me. CCR was the first 45 I ever bought. It was either Who Will Stop the Rain or Up Around the Bend. I remember Hey Tonight was on the B side. My husband and I had the privilege of seeing John Fogerty perform a couple of years ago. It was a great concert. He had his son up there playing music with him!
Yayyyy Saturday uploads!!! Another great CCR track. This was a spirited competition! Couple #1 was great, but basically did the same routine that got them to this round. Couple #4 were great as well, they used up all the space they were given! I like the girl's shoes from couple #6, very early 70s. All the couples were having a blast & it showed, this was great! Notice there's no AB sign on the left side wall, so it's either been moved or removed at this point. I also noticed from pics of this set through the years that the sign is nowhere on set except on the Rate-A-Record desk, wonder why? I enjoyed this clip Aaron, thanks. I hope this episode is a contender for a full upload, even if you have to omit some songs due to copyright issues.
One of the knocks on this generation by the older folks of the time was that they didn't dance cheek to cheek like they did in the early 20th century . Dancing at a distance allows one to express themselves more freely 👍
@@lindaeasley4336 Funny thing was, I wanted to do "touch" dancing. East and west coast swing. Was learning the quick step from my dad. Couldn't find anyone my age to take lesson with. Such a bummer. I did the "free style" dancing by default, but I never felt like it was really dancing.
@@dennythomas8887 1970.. I was in the 3rd grade....i do not recall any fat kids in my class. I use the word Fat because ...we did not have the notion of PC...and the fat kids would have been teased and ridiculed...not saying this was ok...it is the way it was.
Also, another factoid, this telecast of Saturday, May 30, 1970 was the very last time that Memorial Day was celebrated on the traditional date of May 30(the same applied to the Indianapolis 500 race, which traditionally was held on May 30)on the U.S. federal calendar. 1970 saw the very first change of certain federal holidays being celebrated on any given Monday when Congress changed the law for Memorial Day that year, which went into effect the following year(1971). Later on, Columbus Day(October 12), Washington's Birthday(February 22) and Lincoln's Birthday(February 12) we're also changed in the '80s(Columbus Day) and '90s(Washington's & Lincoln's Birthdays) to the 2nd Monday in October for Columbus Day and the 3rd Monday in February for President's Day, respectively.
I was a senior at Pocono Mountain High in Swiftwater PA! On April 22nd of 1970 was the very first Earth Day and the school let the girls wear jeans since we were going to plant trees. Don’t remember planting any but wow did all of us girls think we were all that with jeans on! It was still the time when we had to wear dresses or skirts and anyone living in the Poconos and going to school understands that we froze our rears off! The majority of us lived a good distance from the school so waiting for our big yellow bus was terrible for the girls. No girl would ever show up wearing pants under our dresses to keep warm because it just wasn’t COOL! Was a great time back then and there was none of the garbage that we see now! Also the year of the first moon 🌝 walk!
So damn cool. One of Creedence great hits. I was headed for Vietnam in the Marine Corps, my 1st tour of 2 1/2 when this song came out. We were invincible we thought. Helluva wake up call when we got in Country. Great dancers from Oklahoma. That's where I'm from. Just North of Oklahoma City.😊😁🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲✌👍
Thank you for your service. You guys were my heroes and I joined the Army in 1978, just as the Vietnam Era was ended. I am truly grateful for the sacrifices made.
The girl in the black dress and the loose hair, Sylvia Sykes, is still dancing, she teaches how to dance Swing (Balboa in particular) to the whole world. She's an icon and the international community of Lindy Hoppers and Swing dancers loves her! You can even attend a workshop with her, checking out Nick Williams profile on Facebook and Patreon ❤
Wow! Had no idea the brothers Steven and Sterling composed and recorded the theme for "Dance Fever"! Watched that show every week! May both rest in peace.
Love the video! I watched American Bandstand every Saturday.....except when I had to go to work. Dick Clark is truly an American legend! Bonnie in Indianapolis ❤
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I used to watch this show and dance to it with my mother when I was a little girl. I just turned 58 last month. I miss you mom❤
"hold fast to what is fine"! (1Thess.5 :21, the Bible)
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYS !! MY MOTHER TAUGHT DANCE AND MY DAD ( MY PIC ) HAD HIS OWN BAND SO WE GREW UP MUSICAL AND WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL DADDY WOULD ALWAYS PICK ME UP AND DANCE WITH ME
Sorry for your loss. My Ma died in ‘23.
I used to dress like the girl in #2 great times back then 😊✌🏼
Would you care to dance?
Saturday morning cartoons, then American Bandstand and then the Sooooul Train! Great times to grow up!
Yep I watched both of them shows every Saturday and then went out Saturday night and Boogie. LOL
Exactly!!
Boys looked like boys and girls looked like girls
Growing up in the early 70s, I looked forward to Saturdays...TV, radio and bike riding outdoors.
Everybody started watching soul train and learned how to dance !!! Awww black people rock!!..
Omg...I was #3...never knew this video existed
Wow...we had a great time
Good job!
Did you win ?
how awesome is THAT!!!
you killed it!!!!
I rated you two just a hair behind couple #1 for the win...you two looked great, danced with a fantastic groove and swing and, had definite mega-kickassery bursting outward in your coordinated dance moves
I love all the dancing, but the 2 stepping couple was how we partner danced in high school. Love!
Awesome. Did you guys win
I miss these days, they were the best!
Thank you! I have never seen this! I’m contestant #4!
You looked great here Beth! I’m glad you finally got to see this.
@@YCDTI Thanks so much! If you have any other video from these shows of the dance contest please post! I was never able to watch them! I was gone overseas at the time they aired! My children have enjoyed them and my grandchildren! Such fun memories!
It's awesome hearing from you. Did you enjoy your 2nd-place prize - the color tv?
I voted for you and your partner after watching this video.
You and your partner were very good!
I’m a 56 year old brotha and watched both American Bandstand and Soul Train…. Can’t get enough of these videos! Thank you all for the uploads and thanks UA-cam for the memories ‼️‼️‼️‼️👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾😢🙂🙂🙂
I watched American Bandstand and Soul Train back to back every Saturday. Great times! 🎉
I turn 56 next week . Grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons, American bandstand and soul train at my grandmas house in Pomona California . Great times and great music . Definitely shaped my musical taste for years to come . Good times 👍🏻
YES !!! AMERICAN BANDSTAND AND THEN SOOOOOOOOUUUUUULLLL TRAIN !!! THAT WAS OUR LINE UP !! LOLOL IM 59
Hahaha some great memories. Im 64 and remember Bandstand and Soul Train, all the way down here in Oz ❤
Those were the days my friends. We thought they’d never end…🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️👍🏻❤️
We'd sing and dance, forever and a day............The memories that brought back. Thanks!
Life was simple
“Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts, the dreams are still the same”
We’d sing and dance forever and a day. Hang in there . Be Strong and Stand
Wondering if it is possible to see these couple today hopefully all still alive today
I'm 72 years old when I was a teenager there was at least five different dances around town every weekend and that's how we did it
I love the 70's. So much better than now. I miss those good times.
Me too !
👍👍👍
More relaxed, less pressures and people living in the moment!
You and me too!
The 50's were the best !!
Nice to see this again. I'm 80 and still can't get enough.
"A cassette tape recorder"! Records and plays back anywhere! That was a big gift back then though ☺️
I got one! Didn't know it was a big gift but I loved it
I got mine in 1976, with a cross body carry strap and mic. Loved it to death.
Got one in '71, stayed up late and recorded the underground FM station. King Crimson, Mountain,.......
Yep
I beg my father to buy me the Sony TC87!!! and finally he did it!
Those prizes from the 70s! It’s like a time capsule! 😄
Farah slacks. Oy!
Minibikes for older teens?
All available, at your local Goodwill.
If only we could go back there, I’ve always wanted my own dance floor.
And an electric shoe polisher. Which will come in handy after all that dancing!
I was 16 in 1970. Wonderful time to be a kid!
I was 5 in 1970. Still remember dancing in the diner to CCRs Looking out My Backdoor, in my little dress while Mom and Dad laughed.
It was a simpler time back then for sure. As I look back, it was such a fun time to grow up. 17 in 1970.
I was only 10 and I lived in England even then I love dancing so I'd would have love to watch this program
Why is this black and white instead of color.. 1970 ??
I was 13! I loved the show!
I was 15 teen back then! I'm now 67 yrs young 😆 seems like just yesterday...wow! Life is short...
I was also 15 years old, good memories of that time. The music, the atmosphere, camaraderie. Quiet and relatively safe time. Sure, the necessary problems with growing up.
Attended an internal school to learn seamanship. 3 years after that I chose to become a marine (Dutch Marine Corps) and stayed this for 8 years.
Of course also good times in the early 70s up to and including 1980.
My children were raised with the music from the mid-60s to the 80s. And do have some idea of how their father feels about the good old days.
I am now a born again Christian, I cherish my youth, but look ahead and look for things from above.
Most music nowadays is vulgar or ambiguous, a pity because it affects our youth so badly.
God Is Good All The Times.
@@armandnieuwendam6787 I'm born again Christian to!! God is good all the time!!! Praise Praise God 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Amen and amen sister
Yeshua HaMashiach King of kings, Lord of lords 👏
@@armandnieuwendam6787 Shalom 🕊🕊🕊
@@ms.johnniesawyer1194 Hello 👋how're you doing?
I was 16 in 1970. Never missed Bandstand! WOW, memories.
I was 14, we just didn't know.
@@dianenecaise1776you are right.. no clue.
I instantly liked couple number 1.American Bandstand was every teenagers Saturday. Then Soul Train .
Of course you did. They are black. Everybody knows that blacks are better at everything!
1 and 4. But they are all awesome
All the couples did fantastic!
ME. TOO !!!
Damn I miss the 70s I just finished my time machine who's going back with me
One way or round trip? Sign me up! If there's not room, I'll contact Mr. Peabody and catch a ride in the Wayback machine, if Sherman will sit out that ride.
Me!!!!!!!!
I'm ready !! 1970 here we come.
I wanna go too !!
Me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my God! The prizes are sooooooo 70's. I loved the 70's.
I guess no Apple mobile telephones no tablets back in this time
Still the 60s
That brought tears to my eyes. How I miss those days of my childhood. A better time, indeed. ❤
What a wonderful way to look back at 1970. I would love to see what these couples look like today; and how well they can dance.
They're in their upper 70's so ...!
Dick Clark was such a classy guy. He's very missed
And what is conspicuously absent is the constant snark and jokey hip and reflexive clownish babble that comes out of nearly every person in the media nowadays. I thoroughly am appreciating Dick Clark's substance, his ability to be serious and responsible.
ok boomer.
And the popular consensus was that Dick Clark never aged
@@Miacorr ( my dad wld say that) DClark looked young a long time.
Dick Clark is The best TV Host Ever, period
Back when a portable cassette player/recorder was the top technology and if you had one you were the smoothest cat at the party! 60 head old here, seems like yesterday! I remember watching AB. Everyone watched to learn how to dance for school dances.
I had a cassette recorder I'd use it to send my friends cassettes instead of writing letters LOL in Arkansas Dolly and Geraldine. My friend David and I would record our messages it was so much easier we got busted though because Jerry's dad listen to our percent recording LOL great memories thank you 🤗🤔🤗🤔🇫🇷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral
I loved AB especially 1967! My favorite show. Wish I could go back in time.
Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there??
Who won? I liked 6
I feel the exact same WAY!!!
Watching this in 2024 at age 75 and watched it in the 60s and 70s. What a hoot!! Thanks for the memories.
When life was a little more simple love it!
such simple times back then. it really brings a smile to my face to remember the 70's
Simple? No.
@@Skedawg88 Not simple at all!! but people get romantic here.
Couple #1 immediately took my breath away! The rest of the group were great and the dance music was excellent! Always loved CCR!
Liked number 5
Couple number one was tearing it up.
Same here.1 is the one !
They were the most fun.
Agree. 1 and 2. Gotta love the attempt at swing and the energy of 1!
Watched it all the time, I was 8 when this aired. I tried looking some of them up on FB. I’m 60, so they have to be in their 70’s now.
Life made more sense back then to me and the music is the best❤️❤️
Gosh they are all great I was a teenager then......It seems like someone else's life......hell I turn 70 this year......time is a cruel taskmaster.
Me too. (Posting this in 2021).
Posting in 2022. Turning 70 in September but always a teenager in my heart. It seems like yesterday. Graduated in 1970.
Make time you’re bich.
@@theskyisfallingtom still a teenager in your heart, but not in your knees. LMAO I’m not too far behind you.
I’m 65.
I won't be treading on boundaries in speaking for "Everybody", when I say how much we apppreciate your wonderful American Bandstand clips (especially the full-episodes with commercials). They're the first thing I look for on UA-cam. You've blessed so many 1950s, '60s & '70s teens!
@Ameri Color thank you! I very much appreciate that. No one enjoys watching these more than me and it’s my absolute pleasure sharing these clips and episodes with everyone. Much more to come!
@@YCDTI Just linked this clip on "Northern New Jersey - We Were Teens In The Late 60s" Facebook group with membership in the Tens of Thousands. When you find something you love - you share it with your friends.
Ameri Color I live in Northern NJ (specifically Essex County) as a teen during the late 2010s and for most of 2020, as I'll be 18 later this year. Sigh, don't I wish that I lived during the late 1960s.
@@stevieg7672 We did have the best music and dancing, but don't wish to be old too fast. You have your entire life in front of you. I hope you will be good but also have fun!
Mega dittos Ameri Color.
The best times to grow up is when American Bandstand was on with Dick Clark, and Saturday Morning cartoons first!!
They were good times. But don't you feel 100 seeing this in black and white?
@@debradowling800 Not really no
@@richardwhite2344 so sorry.
@@debradowling800 That is okay Debra!!
Love American Bandstand....it reminds my so much of my Grandmother...she always watched this with me...I used to dance on her feet ..... It seems like yesterday, I remember it vividly!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love this! Thank you for sharing your memory. 😊
Thank U for posting this. These were much better times..
Contestants #1 was my Favorite 😁.
These guys danced Fantastically to a song that isn't easy to dance to.
No grace just a lot of jerking
I agree!
Yes 👏🏼
Number 2 they don’t stick on one step, they have a lot of step while the music flows
Wonder why. Hmmm
I need that cass-ette. How the hell am I supposed to capture the sounds of the 70s without it?
Bring back the kids and thank you
Throw this on top of everything you listen to.
ua-cam.com/video/G8t4zi_uEL0/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Dalesnale-NoiseAmbient
The kids from Oklahoma look the GROOVIEST. The blonde girl looks like Marcia Brady. LOVE THIS!
Marcia, Marcia MARCIA! HAHA! I thiught the same thing.
I am from Oklahoma and I thought they both were far out man!!
@@brendaoconnor7813 Indeed! Brenda ha! Hope yall are staying cool over there. 😊
The girl from couple #4 "Beth" is in the comments just above yours 👆
Yes they do
I was 14 in 1970...loved AB and Soul Train. I really liked couple #2 after watching this video. Thanks for the nostalgia!
Dance to the music. Movement gets better as time passes on & on.
Never stop the moves. Hope is a good thing.. Forever.. Home & peace.
I love this so much! I was 18 in 1970, so it seems particularly sweet to me. I like couple #2 for two reasons: one, they danced as partners touching for part of the time; and two, they seemed less choreographed.
I totally agree with you, couple #2 please for the win, thank you!
yes , I like couple number 2, they look very well matched
OK had to watch it again, and they are gorgeous, if you look at the girl her look is timeless, she could walk into 2021 and wear what she is wearing now, and the guy is handsome, they are so so cute together. Luv it.
Exactly. West Coast Swing. That'd get my vote.
agree 100 percent
Oh gosh how fun! I want to go back and wear all those clothes! So fab!
You can still hear this song on rock radio today!
I don't know how this got to me but...I'm so glad it did! So many wonderful memories watching American Band Stand every Saturday morning 11:00am! Thank You!!!😀👍👏👏👏
It’s nice to go back in times brought back many memories wish I could go back then life was so deference compare to now ❤
I was a little fellow when this show aired and as I got older I always looked forward to Dick Clark on New Years. Since his passing New Years isn't quite the same. Rest Easy Mr. Clark.
It's so amazing to watch these kids who are grandparents now. It shows how we all go thru the same stages, just at different times. I guess we've all been a little "out there" or a little "weird" in our own way.
Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there??
My friends and I learned to dance watching American Bandstand! Dick Clark was so young in this show.
I was a junior in high school in 1970. I loved these. Thanks for showing these.
Same with me. I didn't watch AB much because I was too busy getting out of the house on my bike before my parents got back from breakfast! 🙂
That was fun to watch!
I was born in 1970, so seeing this is a total trip. The dancing is out of this world! And the hair, clothes, and music are such a mood. Love love love this. Thanks for posting.
The girls were so pretty back then and dressed so feminine! Beautiful
Yes... no slutty ladies, it ws great!
Before EBT cards and daily gutbomb.
Everybody’s so thin
Yeah! Ladies just said NO to jeans & T-shirts. 🌹
@@evaharvey840 MINI SKIRTS AND HIGH HEELS
Aww! I remember 1970 well. Exactly 50 years ago, for me. That year was special in so many ways! Had my first kiss from a guy I secretly adored - well, a little peck but it still sent me into orbit! I remember the dances and what now seems such an innocent time. Thanks for posting!
Same here in Canada....I was going to school dances then...we also called them record hops in 1970.. at least in the small town where I was. I remember the song "Up and around the Bend" playing when I arrived at one of these events....it was so exciting and electric...we danced on our own, wild and free with some rock n' roll duets and the waltzes were to die for. "Going steady" still happened, believe it or not...as for me, I was popular enough but didn't have a boyfriend yet...a lot of us junior girls didn't. One of my favourites was the CCR tune, "Long as I Can See the Light....All of the CCR songs were played..."Susie Q" was popular...I preferred "Little Travellin' Band", "Lookin' Out My Back Door" and "Who'll Stop the Rain". We were more innocent and a lot more sure of words like "Love" and "Cherish" in those days tho' the times had been a changin' since the 60's...soon it would all be gone with the wind. So many fond memories of family and friends...seems almost like another world now.
@@bonniebluebell5940 Bonnie , in my town we had a Fort Nightly dance where all the guys had to wear white gloves ! I never went once. American Bandstand was like a ray of light & every Saturday I watched it. Now when Saturday Night Fever hit the local cinemas discos became a thing & that is when I really had fun dancing.
Ahhh, a time of great music and miniskirts. Who could top CCR? #1 has my vote. Dick Clark, a classic icon.
I liked CCR okay back in the day, but never thought it a danceable band.
theyre ok. I love the clothing of the oklahoma city couple. NOW THAT was the early 70;s. I thought the memphis couple was the best.
@@richardcarroll9864 couple #1 had the sharper moves and the dude was feeling the backbeat everyone else was missing.
@@richardcarroll9864 I did like Memphis. Well the blond. but the OKC two were 1970.
I agree with #1. Jeez when that first note was hit and the brother immediately started breakind down
Couple #2 Jonathan and Sylvia are still teaching dance classes in Santa Barbara, CA.
This is my life, I’m 70 & my husband 72. #5, #1 is how we danced.
Yes we lived in Good Times
#5 would have been my pick to win, but I was only 4. 😊
Wow this is cool. Truly it doesn't seem like we as a people should have fallen so far so fast in a fifty year span of time.
Thats what people were saying about these kids 50 years ago...
Kerri W
My thoughts exactly
What the heck happened?
@Timothy Thompson Spot on. No moral handrail and society is falling over.
@Timothy Thompson Trump and Pence will pray for you...
California was always different-as I was reminded
from out-of-staters.
Up Around The Bend was one of my favorite CCR songs, so I remember this contest. I'm torn between #1 and #2.
My favorite CCR song too, I wouldn't have wanted to dance to it though, that would be tough.
I remember kids dancing to this song on ABS, I was fourteen.
Same! 1 and 2 are the best!
1 couple deffo the best..music fantastic..
I'd vote for #2. They danced together, West Coast Swing.
Never missed American Bandstand. Still love to dance. Thank you for this blast from the past. ♥️ I vote for couple #1 but their all creative. Bandstand had all the big name artists of the time on. It was such a fun show. Dick Clark, the man who never aged.
I graduated from HS in 74, my brother in 71. Those were nice times except for the draft from 1969 - 1973,
RIP Jonathan Bixby (Rick Bixby here), couple #2 with Sylvia Sykes.
Thank you for this and all the additional information in the description box. May you be blessed for taking the time to take us down memory lane and giving us these few moments of happiness during these dark dark times. ♥
I was 14 in 1970, starting my first year of high school. So many fun memories.
Lisa Lindsey same here. It seems like a million years ago and just yesterday at the same time.
Class of '74 myself and WOW, watching this really shows how much things have changed.
I miss those times.
@The Jersey J Class of 73 here, today I turned 65😶
On that very Saturday, May 30, 1970, yours truly turned 17 months old exactly. 😁😁😁😁😁
I was 13 loved it please take me back to 1970!!!
Loved American Bandstand in the ‘70’s! Every Saturday morning. It wasn’t so much about the dancing for me, it was the performers. Lots of big names got their start there.
Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there??
I remember watching this when it aired. They played the song over and over again. Loved it
I was a little kid in the 70’s (not yet born when this aired). But I always thought it would be so fun to go back in time to that era, as a young adult. Such an awesome time period!!! ❤🥰
Saturday's delight..thanks as always you rock..
#1
I remember Saturday morning cartoons and american bandstand an soooooul train I loved it all I'm 61 yrs old
Hooray for Couple #6 & EL PASO, TEXAS~ KELP and legendary "Steve Crosno" (RIP) "Crosno" was quite a popular DJ icon for anyone growing up in the late 50's - the 80's! (Thank you, Aaron, for this upload!)
I remember listening to a DJ Starr in El Paso in the early 70s.
Shout out from El Paso!
Definitely #4 I used to watch this show every week in the 70s. 52 years ago
I liked couple # 4 the best as well.
THANKS FOR the blast from the past.great music.great bands.concerts everywhere.alot of fun danceing..May be getting old.but still young in heart.and soul.thank you .😊
Back in the days when teenage girls looked slim, innocent and beautiful. And the sorts of prizes they were happy to try to win. Can't imagine current era teens being happy about such modest prizes.
I'm so glad I grew up in a time where my intelligence was more important than my looks.
Hawaii is a modest prize??????🤔
@@tiffbeevachou108 true. No girls or women need to exist to look pleasing to others. That idea needs to die.
TRUE ☹️
They would want the hope diamond as a Prize or they would laugh at it, it's all quite different with the WAP song as number 1 referring too, wet ass pussy song
Back then, all the trips had "Chaperones." Loved American Bandstand. Id go back and stay
@Bodgie1960 it was a great time. Miss those days, the music, plus Mom and Dad. Stay safe during this crazy COVID19 virus my friend. Greetings from Charleston, West Virginia
USMC 73 - 77. I took many trips in the 70s and never had a chaperone.
They all did great! #4 especially Super 70's dancers and dress. Love the vintage prizes! Even peel and stick floor ties which were popular then.
I'm that guy (Now 66), who faithfully watched American Bandstand every Saturday morning. I also, fondly remember having my cassette recorder in front of the radio, waiting for the right songs to come on, then recording them. Sometimes waiting for hours for my favorite songs. WOW!!! The memories watching this video! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Good clean fun nice looking guys and girls. Those were the days I lived to dance with them every Saturday morning!! I'm almost 68 and I still love to dance!! Great time in my life. Glad to be able to view this❣️
Fun to watch how the dancing changed over the years. From couples dancing together in 67 to separate dancing here.
In southern California, we were already dancing apart in 1967.
The year I graduated from high school. Those were the days, my friend.
me too. McClintock High, Tempe, AZ, i'm on the reunion committee, had to postpone get together to this october
Me too.
I have to give them credit dancing on national TV. I danced locally for Disco dance contest and although fun and one time, it was nerve wracking for me 😰. They all did a great job. I liked #1 the best and the young man from Memphis danced pretty good too. In one year, those turning 18 would be given a voice by allowing them to vote. The 26th amendment was passed in March 1971. The power they held to change the landscape of our nation then and now, wow! Amazing!
Yep. I turned 18 in 1971. They also lowered the drinking age from 21 to 18. Good time to be a senior in high school!
Unfortunately the guys were facing the draft and Viet Nam. I remember watching the draft numbers being picked on TV.
BETH!! Loved the scarf, boots, dance moves....you rocked it girl!..Definitely coolest look. Bet it was a real hoot to see the clip💞
This brings a smile on my face. Happy moments wishing we were back there again. This world is not the same people are just getting terrible.
My dad and I used to watch this every week together and we loved the couple from Oklahoma. If I remember right, they won! What good memories.
Somebody's grandma and grandpa!🤣😂
Positive Vibrations61 ...Stated in every video depicting youth from the 60’s.🙄
@@Latour6182 still tru doh...
Lol!!
Boomers
Shush, now!
I want one of those portable cassette tape recorders!
I had one and it was my favorite thing to play with. The good old days.
I thought I was a great singer until I heard myself on the cassette player. I was wrong!😳
Shop your nearest thrift stores! I have some that still work fine, but I have so many cassettes I don’t want to get rid of them. MMB
Wow, those were the days, love me some CCR, you could understand the words to the song, the guys has pants around the waist, not below their rear end, (how crazy is that!) everyone dressed so classy, I graduated high school in 73, college in 79, the 70’s were the best, wonderful memories!
Hi Teresa.. How are you doing today?
I don’t know about understanding all the words back then: “There’s a bad moon on the right“ versus “there’s a bathroom on the right“.
Right on, Spanky! Didn’t even know what John was saying in most of Green River until the advent of the Internet! Barefoot girls dancing in the moonlight… that was about all I could get out of it at the time. LOL but I didn’t let that stop me. CCR was the first 45 I ever bought. It was either Who Will Stop
the Rain or Up Around the Bend. I remember Hey Tonight was on the B side.
My husband and I had the privilege of seeing John Fogerty perform a couple of years ago. It was a great concert. He had his son up there playing music with him!
This type of show should come back.
Yayyyy Saturday uploads!!!
Another great CCR track. This was a spirited competition! Couple #1 was great, but basically did the same routine that got them to this round. Couple #4 were great as well, they used up all the space they were given! I like the girl's shoes from couple #6, very early 70s. All the couples were having a blast & it showed, this was great!
Notice there's no AB sign on the left side wall, so it's either been moved or removed at this point. I also noticed from pics of this set through the years that the sign is nowhere on set except on the Rate-A-Record desk, wonder why?
I enjoyed this clip Aaron, thanks. I hope this episode is a contender for a full upload, even if you have to omit some songs due to copyright issues.
Hey these kids are nearly six feet away from each other...the Coronavirus dance marathon 2020!
😀😀
One of the knocks on this generation by the older folks of the time was that they didn't dance cheek to cheek like they did in the early 20th century .
Dancing at a distance allows one to express themselves more freely 👍
@@lindaeasley4336 Funny thing was, I wanted to do "touch" dancing. East and west coast swing. Was learning the quick step from my dad. Couldn't find anyone my age to take lesson with. Such a bummer. I did the "free style" dancing by default, but I never felt like it was really dancing.
I bought the 45rpm record of "Up Around the Bend" in the Summer, 1970 and played it over and over.
Funny how the couple from Texas weren't shown on camera at all.
Thanks for the content.
Keep up the good work.
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I too grew up Saturday American band stand then soul train
Did you all notice how fit and trim the young people of 1970 were.
Young people today are sooo overweight and could not dance like this...Sad
In 1970 I was in 7th grade and there were quite a few overweight kids then too.
S Dhr Yep! Our food has turned to processed chemicals..That’s the difference
Uwant typetwo diabetes..theyr dancing at wal*mart
@@dennythomas8887 1970..
I was in the 3rd grade....i do not recall any fat kids in my class. I use the word Fat because ...we did not have the notion of PC...and the fat kids would have been teased and ridiculed...not saying this was ok...it is the way it was.
S Dhr Or perhaps television hasn’t changed much. They just pick thin people to be on it.
This was fun to watch. I was cheering for couple #1 and they did win!
Me too 🤗
Maybe say “spoiler alert“ next time.
Too bad I thought couple#4 was the best.
Cool, happy they won, they were my favourites watching this! 😁
Also, another factoid, this telecast of Saturday, May 30, 1970 was the very last time that Memorial Day was celebrated on the traditional date of May 30(the same applied to the Indianapolis 500 race, which traditionally was held on May 30)on the U.S. federal calendar. 1970 saw the very first change of certain federal holidays being celebrated on any given Monday when Congress changed the law for Memorial Day that year, which went into effect the following year(1971). Later on, Columbus Day(October 12), Washington's Birthday(February 22) and Lincoln's Birthday(February 12) we're also changed in the '80s(Columbus Day) and '90s(Washington's & Lincoln's Birthdays) to the 2nd Monday in October for Columbus Day and the 3rd Monday in February for President's Day, respectively.
I never knew that, I thought that someone archivist messed up the dates.
@@stevieg7672 NOPE!!!!!
Alright now ! Everybody get lost , columbus days are over !!
I was a senior at Pocono Mountain High in Swiftwater PA! On April 22nd of 1970 was the very first Earth Day and the school let the girls wear jeans since we were going to plant trees. Don’t remember planting any but wow did all of us girls think we were all that with jeans on! It was still the time when we had to wear dresses or skirts and anyone living in the Poconos and going to school understands that we froze our rears off! The majority of us lived a good distance from the school so waiting for our big yellow bus was terrible for the girls. No girl would ever show up wearing pants under our dresses to keep warm because it just wasn’t COOL! Was a great time back then and there was none of the garbage that we see now! Also the year of the first moon 🌝 walk!
Thank you! I loved CCR , so good to see this.❤
So damn cool. One of Creedence great hits. I was headed for Vietnam in the Marine Corps, my 1st tour of 2 1/2 when this song came out. We were invincible we thought. Helluva wake up call when we got in Country. Great dancers from Oklahoma. That's where I'm from. Just North of Oklahoma City.😊😁🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲✌👍
Thank you for your service. You guys were my heroes and I joined the Army in 1978, just as the Vietnam Era was ended. I am truly grateful for the sacrifices made.
I was glad to go. Thanks for your commeny.
Do you ever watch these classic shows and wonder whatever happened to these teenagers?
Yes. 🤷🏽♀️
They became adults like the rest of us 😂
The girl in the black dress and the loose hair, Sylvia Sykes, is still dancing, she teaches how to dance Swing (Balboa in particular) to the whole world. She's an icon and the international community of Lindy Hoppers and Swing dancers loves her! You can even attend a workshop with her, checking out Nick Williams profile on Facebook and Patreon ❤
yep, all the time :)
There dead, old, getting social security money, 401 k , grand parents,
Poor kids!!!.......having to dance that is totally UNDANCEABLE.!!!!
lol totally agree love CCR but you cant really dance to this song ..if anythig the POC were moving the best to the song
Couple 2 look like they can dance to about anything.
Wow! Had no idea the brothers Steven and Sterling composed and recorded the theme for "Dance Fever"! Watched that show every week! May both rest in peace.
I watched it too
I was a huge fan of "Dance Fever" and watched it every Saturday night with my family!
Couple number one was awesome :)
Love the video! I watched American Bandstand every Saturday.....except when I had to go to work. Dick Clark is truly an American legend!
Bonnie in Indianapolis ❤
ALL RIGHT ! Confess everyone that learned to dance watching American Band Stand !
No way. White people can't dance, as this video shows. I'm white but I learned from Soul Train.
Yes! I was the best dancer in my room.
Most definitely!