I think Len Barry - frequent lead singer of The Dovells - has recently left us and is now enjoying royalty in Rock and Roll Heaven. My heart is broken. I always adored that man. I think his voice was the pure essence of rock and roll. Thank you, Mr. Barry, for all the great times!! Much love and condolences to your family.
If this song doesn't get your hands clapping and your toes tapping, you're dead. Gone. Toast. You bought the farm. Even throughout the greatest three decades of dance music, pop, folk, rock (and all its babies) and soul, no other song quite matches the innocence of pre- rock-n-roll quite like this one does. A true classic.
I had 2 older sisters who turned me on to 50's music and dance. Rock & roll on tv and radio all the time. I was 7 yrs old in 1958 and couldn't get enough of it. Buddy, Dion, Chuck and on and on.
ilovemusic..the, same with me I, was 15 when this masterpiece came out on the charts.. Now, 70 and I've played it 6 times today it still has the same effect on me, surely wish that I, could remember the the dance it was so cool..Peace ~~
I’m 31 and I was dancing to this song twice in the last week. They were playing it at a bar in Los Angeles (a trendier place frequented by 20 and early 30 something millennials!!) I had to show my peers how to stomp!
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People have short memories. This tune was written by a 17 year old black kid called Phil Upchurch in 1957 when he was in high school and it was an instrumental version that kicked ass. He became a well known jazz guitar player. Later his tune was adapted for singing by the Dovells in 1963. I love both versions. Good tunes survive many iterations and are timeless. This one is 70 yrs old.
Len Barry, born Leonard Borisoff, the lead singer of doo-wop group The Dovells, passed away on November 5th, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA. He was 78 years old... Between 1961 and 1963 The Dovells had eight records on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two made the Top with "Bristol Stomp" being their biggest hit, it peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} in October of 1961, for the two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Runaround Sue" by Dion... Besides "Bristol Stomp", their other Top 10 record was "You Can't Sit Down", it reached #3 {for 1 week} in June of 1963... As a solo artist, Len Barry had six Top 100 records, with one making the Top 10, "1-2-3", it peaked at #2 {for 1 week} in November of 1965, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "I Hear A Symphony" by The Supremes... May he R.I.P.
This song is so great. Every time it comes on in my air pods in class I have to turn up the volume. I’m obsessed with Len Barry’s voice in this song ❤❤❤🔥🔥
iam a baby boomer of 1946 and I totally agree with you been to may dances love taking my dates to Steel Pier in New Jersey we did all the dances the best dancer came from Philly never got to do Bandstand but soft shoe at the Pier was just as good im certain
One of the best walk-off endings you'll ever see! Love this '61 classic! Hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, in Sep. 1961, selling over a million copies and earning a gold disc. Bristol refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania a suburb of Philadelphia.
Great Song.....It brings back great memories when I was growing up.....GREAT TIMES... I wish I could go back to those time.....This song was a big hit in 1961.....It was number 2 on the billboard top 100.
it was June 1963, I drove my first car a1963 Chevy Impala Super Sport Silver converable out of the showroom inRutherford N.J. top down.and the Bristal Stomp blasting on the radio Long live Rock and Roll.
... and I'm a young 69, a radio dj in li'l ol' New Zealand on a station where the announcers all choose the music - from 1930s onwards and for me especially lost 1960s gems like this ... let the music play ...
The Bristol Stomp was before my time but I enjoy the music of that era. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful song. What I found even more amazing the people sharing wonderful comments of this song. I once shared a good comment on UA-cam about another song and I was bullied. Someone who found more pleasure in bullying people than enjoying the music. It was not fun to be bullied for sharing a comment. I stopped sharing my comments on UA-cam all together. I did not think I would ever share another comment on UA-cam again. After reading so many of the comments shared by people who enjoyed the Bristol Stomp. It made me see sharing comments in a different light. I also realized that not everyone is going to bully. I want to thank everyone for sharing such beautiful comments. Especially for helping me to see that there are still nice people who share comments on UA-cam. Thank you for restoring my faith about sharing comments on UA-cam again. God bless every one of you .
+Jessica Jayne Komatsuzaki - Greetings JJ! God bless you too! Please don't let one, or even a few, adverse comments sour you on comments, commenters and commenting. No matter where you go, there are usually a few bad eggs - uncaring, or even nasty, individuals. As the old German saying proclaims - just let them slide off your back. I enjoy reading comments, making comments, and commenting on comments and commenters. Sure, I too have been maligned, but take it in stride and remember everyone is entitled to their opinion - be it good, bad or ugly. Cheers, Gary.
I feel it incumbent upon my generation and those to come to keep this music alive for all time. Learn the lyrics, study the history, honor the elderly, maybe even re -invent the fashion. Music - this is one of those things we live for.
Yeah, that's gonna go over real big. "The kids in Bristol are sharp as a whistle when they do the Bristol Stomp." Yeah you kids get some culture. They really knew how to write em.
Pie. I had two older sisters and during the 50s, when I was in elementary school, i learned a lot about the 50s rock and roll and the popular dances of those days. I have passed a lot of this on to my son and he and I are pretty good at guessing the names of old songs and who sang them. It is a lot of fun and was a blessing to have experienced this great music.
I haven't heard this since I was 11 in the early 60's, when I danced swing to it with my best friend up in the bedroom I shared with my little sister. It is as good as I remembered. And I'm still swing dancing!
What an amazing clip. Heard this song on a Sirius 60's channel and can't get enough. Back in the day when singers in suits were so cool. You had to have real singing talent to make it. No electronics, just your voice. How amazing it would have been to hear them practice back in Philly!
Thanks for this video. Its always great to see the original groups in suits looking and singing so classy. Great looking white guys singing a classic! Thank you so much for sharing this with people like me who remember these times and this song!
LEN BARRY I want to tell you something wherever you are. You made a record for history when you sung lead on this song. I have heard your 123 song, but this one here, BRISTOL STOMP is the one that has permanently stamped you and the group in my memory for the rest of my life. You were so handsome in that suit! I loved the moves you made singing lead here and your backing vocals were INCREDIBLE! Thank you for this great memory of my early days!!!!
When I saw your reply...I just want to tell you...Your exact statement is how I felt. I remember buying a mix of hits all together on an album in the mid 60's with the Orlons etc. and remember playing Bristol Stomp over and over.. loved his slight yodeling in the pauses. And yes I bought the Decca 45 of 1-2-3. WHAT a Voice. Read he died of bone cancer at 78. Great singer. Peace
Great sound, great group. Excellent video and one of my fav R&R tunes. I do chuckle when they show a view of the audience and the older folks "enjoying" the music.
What a great performance! Those guys had some serious rhythm! Love Mr. Len Barry.especially with that cute dimple of his. I was ready to jump up and dance whlie watching this at 1:30 in the morning ! Watching this in 2019.
I've been doing the Bristol Stomp for the past 54 years! And, yes, I agree with you wholeheartedly: Has it REALLY been 54 years? It can't be. I still feel like a teenager! I guess it's true: We Baby Boomers never grew up....and never will!!!
In Southern Indiana, in a gym the size of a convenience store....Bristol Stomp, age 14...in my black corduroy gym shoes and plaid jumper...oh my oh my.
This is the original group with five members. Not long after, they became a quartet and remained that way. One of the classics and a national hit, it's one of the best doowop dance records.
I'm from Philly and everyone from here knows this song by heart. I've known this song as long as I remember. My grandparents loved this song and introduced me to this music when I was little. And I hope to pass it on to my future children someday.
Chorus: the kids here at Bristol are sharp as a pistol when they do the Bristol stomp really something when the joint is jumping when they do the Bristol stomp Lyrics: 1 verse: the town is spinnin every friday night they dance the greatest and they do it right but here's the latest it's the greatest sight to see Lyrics 2 verse: it started at Bristol at a dee jay hop they holler and whistle never wanting to stop we pony and twisting as we rock with Daddy G. song was in honor of Bristol ave in Philly. I'm from there originally
This performance is from the 1962 film, "Don't Knock the Twist". It also featured Gene Chandler performing "Duke of Earl" with a cape, monocle & cain, one of the highlights of this film. That is Len Barry singing lead. He went solo a few years later, hitting big with "1-2-3" and a few other hits.
And it was their best by far, like chubby checker trying to cash in on 1 big hit with subsequent similar themed songs. But unlike Checker, he managed to carve a Lengthly career out of singing songs about dances. He should have stopped after let's twist again and not carried on
I was 13 when" The Brystal Stop" came out... I loved that beat back then. Now I enjoy the same music even more in today's world even MORE! ☆☆☆☆☆ 5 STAR RATING...
I absolutely LOVED how rock and roll Doo wop glittered, glowed and sparkled. The neon lights, well tailored styles, poodle skirts and pompadours were so very timeless. I cannot wait for the 1950s-60s to make a comeback.
Ahh that would be amazing.... I've always thought if there was a place in time where I'd want to go would be the 50s-60s. Just such an amazing cool fun time. Everything was just happy and the cars were bad ass everything was bad ass... Man I'm jealous of those who got to live in those times.....
@@Cookiemusta775 To be much more specific than the entire 1950-69 decades, go to 1955-Nov. 21, 1963. That excludes the deadly Korean-Vietnam Wars foisted on the people by the war-hawk loonies. And before the VP-Pentagon-Intelligence insiders also murdered the president because he shifted toward peaceful co-existence instead of their lust for nuclear war to mass murder tens of millions in the USSR and another 25+ million in the U.S. from retaliation. That is how insane those war-crazies seriously considered nuclear war to keep their monopoly over the world! Nothing different 59 years later from their next generation of war lunatics!
I lived that time. A dream, just a dream. 180 million less people in USA back then. Cost of living was dirt cheap. 25¢ a gallon gas ⛽. A loaf of real Wonder bread 🍞 in the plastic white bag with red blue yellow dots all over it for a measley 25¢. 5¢ candy bars, 10¢ Coke's and Pepsi's with the returnable glass bottle worth 5¢ each. 10¢ Hostess cupcakes and pies. 5¢ a scoop ice cream on a cone or cup at Thrifty's. And yes, beautiful 100% American cars on the road, in driveways and streets all over USA. Nope, never to return. Just the music, cars, relics of that time is all that's left. Not perfect but surely a much better time to live instead of 2022 and beyond. Never to return. If you lived it, you know what I mean.
@@truelies3690 Those low prices were a deliberate result of using HONEST MONEY, silver coinage, and the 'dollar' was merely a name for a specific and legal weight of gold (started in the 1792 Coinage Act), redeemable at the Treasury for 1/35th ounce. Saying it the other way, it took only 35 gold-based dollars to get one ounce of gold. After 1964. the silver was illegally removed by the 1965 Coinage Act, except for a reduction to 40% silver, from 90% in 1964, for the 1965 Kennedy Half Dollars. through 1970, when it too became only copper-clad crap. After the illegal dictator-order ending the 'dollar' as redeemable for a weight of gold on Aug. 15, 1971, the new "paper-weight dollar" was good to redeem for only more paper. The Central Bank (Federal Reserve bank cartel monopoly) was now "free" to counterfeit (create out of nothing) as many paper "dollars" as it wants, whenever it wanted! The fiat dollar was now doomed to eventual hyperinflation, contrary to the Constitution's demand that only gold and silver coin can be a [legal] tender for all debts.
@@freeguy77 Bingo! Bullseye! Correct. I lived through that whole time too. What a disgrace. No wonder everything went to the moon after 1971. Slowly but surely it got to this point in time from decade to decade to decade etc...all this time to now. 2022 forward it will get even more expensive to live in USA TITANIC! It's now sinking slowly but surely and will sink faster soon next year. Good luck all. A true disaster.
When I was a little kid, late-80s to real; early 90s, I still heard this song on oldies stations. No stations play this anymore and kids will never hear it.I came from the last good decade for music discovery.
I am a tail end baby boomer in Australia and fell n love with R n R in my early teens. The pre British invasion era of music was definitely the best with some exceptions (not the Beatles and Rolling Stones). There was so much experimentations with new electric guitars and keyboards being introduced as well as better recording equipment. The true king of R n R was Buddy Holly.
This song was way before my time, but it was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Most of the music of my era didn't move me the way music from the '50s and '60s did.
Same here. I was 16 years old in 1980 enjoying songs like this on "oldies" shows on the radio and despising the synthesizer banging computerized so called "music"(?) that my peers were programmed to like.
I arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington, in July 1972. I remember KJR and KTAC. I totally forgot about those two radio stations. Thanks for jarring my memory.
My late brother,who recently died at 80,used to sing this song all the time when I was a kid. I was a "'Beatles" baby and only remember this song because of that. Just a wee bit before my time but a good musical performance.
This song is the reason I learned how to play the guitar. I bought the sheet music, the Mel Bay Guitar Chord book, and practiced, and practiced until I got it. Still love to play this song.
I grew up in Philly watching my sister roller skate to the Bristol Stomp.......flash forward 53 years only to learn that this was a cover...original was done by Terry and the Appeljacks, also from Bristol PA.
Saw these guys in Portland OR with Chubby Checker, Dee Sharp, The Diamonds and more. SO much fun....couldn't sit still. Everyone was up in their seats and in the aisles. Thanks to the black kids going to town and really shaking things up, seemed to have so few inhibitions when the music came on. Gave all of us the feeling we could 'feel' the music and get on up and dance where we stood too. First time I ever saw so many black kids at once..and we were all having such fun. Thank you so much for diversity!!
Born in Bristol Pennsylvania. My father was there the night that song was made. Daddy you were awesome dancing with mommy. Class......
This song is about teens from Bristol, PA, a Philly suburb, so the song was huge here in Philly! Stomped at dances every weekend with my girlfriends!
I think Len Barry - frequent lead singer of The Dovells - has recently left us and is now enjoying royalty in Rock and Roll Heaven. My heart is broken. I always adored that man. I think his voice was the pure essence of rock and roll. Thank you, Mr. Barry, for all the great times!! Much love and condolences to your family.
YES HE DID
He was the warm-up act for Sonny &Cher when I saw them at the Philly Convention Center c. 1965
@@ShowandTellknitting You lucky bastard. lol
I think the announcer is Chubby Checker.
Died November 2020
Doing, the Bristol Stomp at 15, now 70 this song brings back so many great memories, a feel good song and dance.
I'm 11 years old and I love this song!!! I don't see how people today hate this stuff. I would say today's music is crappy.
I'm 20 years old and LOVE this music!!! I grew up in the wrong generation! I'm an old soul for sure!!
I love it, I was still in school in 1962.. THANKS for the memories.
If this song doesn't get your hands clapping and your toes tapping, you're dead.
Gone.
Toast.
You bought the farm.
Even throughout the greatest three decades of dance music, pop, folk, rock (and all its babies) and soul, no other song quite matches the innocence of pre- rock-n-roll quite like this one does.
A true classic.
Dats rite!!
My hubby was from So.Philly and loved doowap. This was his favorite. I miss him but this song makes me smile with bittersweet memories. 😊
You have a real way with words. I hope you don't mind that I'm sharing your comments with other doo wop lovers. Giving you full credit every time. 🙃
IM 72 YEARS OLD AND PROUD OF IT ENJOYED All the great music.
повезло вам. от души.
I had 2 older sisters who turned me on to 50's music and dance. Rock & roll on tv and radio all the time. I was 7 yrs old in 1958 and couldn't get enough of it. Buddy, Dion, Chuck and on and on.
Something about this song...I can't get enough of it!!
ilovemusic..the, same with me I, was 15 when this masterpiece came out on the charts.. Now, 70 and I've played it 6 times today it still has the same effect on me, surely wish that I, could remember the the dance it was so cool..Peace ~~
Same here. It just never gets old for me. It's my most treasured 45.
I’m 31 and I was dancing to this song twice in the last week. They were playing it at a bar in Los Angeles (a trendier place frequented by 20 and early 30 something millennials!!) I had to show my peers how to stomp!
U mean clog?
I love when Len Barry does the twist. He looked so cool. Loved his unique voice as well. He was such a handsome guy. RIP Len Barry.
Its awesome cool cat
@Old PopPop head injuries galore back then. Wonder we survived our childhood....bikes, skateboards and all
I So Agree!
Had a mad crush on him.
This is when people had real talent. No electronics, no mixing, just pure talent.
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People have short memories. This tune was written by a 17 year old black kid called Phil Upchurch in 1957 when he was in high school and it was an instrumental version that kicked ass. He became a well known jazz guitar player. Later his tune was adapted for singing by the Dovells in 1963.
I love both versions. Good tunes survive many iterations and are timeless. This one is 70 yrs old.
That's a different Dovells song; You Can't Sit Down. This one was written by them.
I'm 41 but loved this song since I was a teenager. A classic.
Len Barry, born Leonard Borisoff, the lead singer of doo-wop group The Dovells, passed away on November 5th, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA. He was 78 years old...
Between 1961 and 1963 The Dovells had eight records on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two made the Top with "Bristol Stomp" being their biggest hit, it peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} in October of 1961, for the two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Runaround Sue" by Dion...
Besides "Bristol Stomp", their other Top 10 record was "You Can't Sit Down", it reached #3 {for 1 week} in June of 1963...
As a solo artist, Len Barry had six Top 100 records, with one making the Top 10, "1-2-3", it peaked at #2 {for 1 week} in November of 1965, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "I Hear A Symphony" by The Supremes...
May he R.I.P.
2022
Hometown--PHILLY! Loved doing the Bristol Stomp when I was a kid!
Didn't know he passed away. So sad and thanks for the info.
This song is so great. Every time it comes on in my air pods in class I have to turn up the volume. I’m obsessed with Len Barry’s voice in this song ❤❤❤🔥🔥
I AM A BABYBOOMER 1947 there will never be songs like this ever the sound music they can try but will not cut it
iam a baby boomer of 1946 and I totally agree with you been to may dances love taking my dates to Steel Pier in New Jersey we did all the dances the best dancer came from Philly never got to do Bandstand but soft shoe at the Pier was just as good im certain
The British invasion ended an era and changed US music, not always for the good. I miss the pre-Brit days.
Was born in 57. It's tough alright. One of the best!
I'm now 73 I loved this song as a kid, haven't heard this in many, many years. Still sounds good!
I'm also 73, loved this in junior high school, brings back memories
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One of the best walk-off endings you'll ever see! Love this '61 classic! Hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, in Sep. 1961, selling over a million copies and earning a gold disc. Bristol refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania a suburb of Philadelphia.
That's my understanding. Harvey Miller was the DJ who organized the dances, I believe at the Hugh Carcella Hall.
Great Song.....It brings back great memories when I was growing up.....GREAT TIMES... I wish I could go back to those time.....This song was a big hit in 1961.....It was number 2 on the billboard top 100.
it was June 1963, I drove my first car a1963 Chevy Impala Super Sport Silver converable out of the showroom inRutherford N.J. top down.and the Bristal Stomp blasting on the radio Long live Rock and Roll.
Len Barry is one of the best Doo wop lead singers of all time; very underrated, great technique. Listen to that vibrato!
Still one of the best oldies! I’m 74 and have the 45. Heard it on WCAO AM back in the day 👍🏽
Len Barry was the most under rated lead singer of his time. Great range and vibrato. He captures what Doo wop singing is
I agree. He was the absolute essence of rock and roll. 💔
... and I'm a young 69, a radio dj in li'l ol' New Zealand on a station where the announcers all choose the music - from 1930s onwards and for me especially lost 1960s gems like this ... let the music play ...
The Bristol Stomp was before my time but I enjoy the music of that era. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful song. What I found even more amazing the people sharing wonderful comments of this song. I once shared a good comment on UA-cam about another song and I was bullied. Someone who found more pleasure in bullying people than enjoying the music. It was not fun to be bullied for sharing a comment. I stopped sharing my comments on UA-cam all together. I did not think I would ever share another comment on UA-cam again. After reading so many of the comments shared by people who enjoyed the Bristol Stomp. It made me see sharing comments in a different light. I also realized that not everyone is going to bully. I want to thank everyone for sharing such beautiful comments. Especially for helping me to see that there are still nice people who share comments on UA-cam. Thank you for restoring my faith about sharing comments on UA-cam again. God bless every one of you .
+Jessica Jayne Komatsuzaki - Greetings JJ! God bless you too! Please don't let one, or even a few, adverse comments sour you on comments, commenters and commenting. No matter where you go, there are usually a few bad eggs - uncaring, or even nasty, individuals. As the old German saying proclaims - just let them slide off your back. I enjoy reading comments, making comments, and commenting on comments and commenters. Sure, I too have been maligned, but take it in stride and remember everyone is entitled to their opinion - be it good, bad or ugly. Cheers, Gary.
I feel it incumbent upon my generation and those to come to keep this music alive for all time. Learn the lyrics, study the history, honor the elderly, maybe even re -invent the fashion. Music - this is one of those things we live for.
Tim and All, This Music, 'Rock N' Roll', will NEVER die.
@@mikedangelo6602 I agree, but try telling that to today's youth, that only listen to Rap, Hip Hop, and computerized DJ garbage.
Love the post. Doo wop lives in my heart and soul!
@@mikedangelo6602 I Agree totally. Long live Rock N' Roll. It will never die. Rock n' Roll will live forever.
Yeah, that's gonna go over real big. "The kids in Bristol are sharp as a whistle when they do the Bristol Stomp." Yeah you kids get some culture. They really knew how to write em.
Pie. I had two older sisters and during the 50s, when I was in elementary school, i learned a lot about the 50s rock and roll and the popular dances of those days. I have passed a lot of this on to my son and he and I are pretty good at guessing the names of old songs and who sang them. It is a lot of fun and was a blessing to have experienced this great music.
I haven't heard this since I was 11 in the early 60's, when I danced swing to it with my best friend up in the bedroom I shared with my little sister. It is as good as I remembered. And I'm still swing dancing!
What an amazing clip. Heard this song on a Sirius 60's channel and can't get enough. Back in the day when singers in suits were so cool. You had to have real singing talent to make it. No electronics, just your voice. How amazing it would have been to hear them practice back in Philly!
I could watch that 1000 times a day, what a classic and what a voice Len had not to mention the moves he had , wow glad that was my erea
Brings back memories of the dances at the edgley firehouse at 5 points in Bristol, Pa. back in the day.
I'm from Bristol Pennsylvania and to this day everyone does the Bristol stomp. Philly started rock and roll with Bill Haley and the comets.
THANKS FOR SHARING. THIS ONE WAS A FOOT MOVER BACK IN MY DAY. STILL A GREAT SONG.
Dear Dovells. I can still do the Bristol Stomp! Your tune was superb in '61...the entire tune, a time capsule.
Thanks for this video. Its always great to see the original groups in suits looking and singing so classy. Great looking white guys singing a classic! Thank you so much for sharing this with people like me who remember these times and this song!
Seems like yesterday! Love the oldies
This reminds me of riding in my grandpa's car when I was child grooving to this tune. My grandpa is sadly in hospital but his Spirit and fun lives on.
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve been watching this video pretty regularly for the last 10 years. The twist
Great lead vocal. Really brings this song to life. Always enjoyed the energy of the singer.
Len was the best. Terrific doo-wop voice.
LEN BARRY I want to tell you something wherever you are. You made a record for history when you sung lead on this song. I have heard your 123 song, but this one here, BRISTOL STOMP is the one that has permanently stamped you and the group in my memory for the rest of my life. You were so handsome in that suit! I loved the moves you made singing lead here and your backing vocals were INCREDIBLE! Thank you for this great memory of my early days!!!!
Len died on 11-5-20.
I guess he couldn't take Biden stealing the election.
When I saw your reply...I just want to tell you...Your exact statement is how I felt. I remember buying a mix of hits all together on an album in the mid 60's with the Orlons etc. and remember playing Bristol Stomp over and over.. loved his slight yodeling in the pauses. And yes I bought the Decca 45 of 1-2-3. WHAT a Voice. Read he died of bone cancer at 78. Great singer. Peace
You can't sit down!
Yep I’m from south eastern PA , Philly subs and we knew this song. I’m 61 and no one any where else has heard of this great song
I'm from Bristol!
Great sound, great group. Excellent video and one of my fav R&R tunes.
I do chuckle when they show a view of the audience and the older folks "enjoying" the music.
Yes. The audience seems so out of touch with the music. 🤣🤣🤣
What a great performance! Those guys had some serious rhythm! Love Mr. Len Barry.especially with that cute dimple of his. I was ready to jump up and dance whlie watching this at 1:30 in the morning ! Watching this in 2019.
HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 54 YEARS, I WAS DOING THE BRISTOL STOMP AT HOUSE PARTIES, WITH FRIENDS. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, MUCH LOVE
I've been doing the Bristol Stomp for the past 54 years! And, yes, I agree with you wholeheartedly: Has it REALLY been 54 years? It can't be. I still feel like a teenager! I guess it's true: We Baby Boomers never grew up....and never will!!!
Charles C I'll drink to that!!!
Rose Jackson it has been a long time, where did the time go Rose God Bless you
In Southern Indiana, in a gym the size of a convenience store....Bristol Stomp, age 14...in my black corduroy gym shoes and plaid jumper...oh my oh my.
Bonnie,
LOL. . .somehow I can see the black corduroy gym shoes & plaid jumper--it makes me smile. Love to you.
This is the original group with five members. Not long after, they became a quartet and remained that way. One of the classics and a national hit, it's one of the best doowop dance records.
Brian: How does he even know this?
Glen: He heard it once in the car.
I came here from that
I also came here from that
@@johannschmidt3389 Bill Cipher Don't say it like that :P
Lizard King, But that's exactly what we mean 😏
family guy got me here 💪💪
I'm from Philly and everyone from here knows this song by heart. I've known this song as long as I remember. My grandparents loved this song and introduced me to this music when I was little. And I hope to pass it on to my future children someday.
I can't make out half the lyrics. You wouldn't know all of them, would you?
Chorus: the kids here at Bristol are sharp as a pistol when they do the Bristol stomp really something when the joint is jumping when they do the Bristol stomp
Lyrics: 1 verse: the town is spinnin every friday night they dance the greatest and they do it right but here's the latest it's the greatest sight to see
Lyrics 2 verse: it started at Bristol at a dee jay hop they holler and whistle never wanting to stop we pony and twisting as we rock with Daddy G.
song was in honor of Bristol ave in Philly. I'm from there originally
Awesome! I could never make out the lyrics before. This was a great tune.
Hey GarwinEugene Wayne, it's 'not sharp as a pistol' it's 'sharp as a THISTLE'.
I beg to differ. If you Google the lyrics, every website says it's "pistol" and not "thistle". I agree that "thistle" would make more sense though.
I love the oldies but goodies..
Wow, great song, great voice! I never knew it was sang by Len Barry. Talent!
Just moved to Philly from Cleveland. I didn't realize that Bristol was in PA, and now I am living about 10 miles from there! Fabulous doo wop classic.
I used to be a substitute teacher in Bristol, we lived in New Town
And I thought they were singing about Connecticut!
I thought they were referring to Bristol, VA or Bristol, TN
I always thought it was about Bristol in England. related to the British music invasion of the 1960s
Song was about thefriday night hop at bristol firehouse hosted by Joe Niagra the rocking bird from WIBG 99am in philly.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS SONG. GREAT DOO WOP! MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY, HAPPY! OH, HOW I MISS THOSE DAYS. TAKE ME BACK, PLEASE!!!
What a great tune..I remember this as a young girl...loved it then and still love it.
The band in heaven plays my favorite song. Play it over and over. Play it one more time.
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I was 13 when this song came out...used to play it on the radio and we danced to it at Junior High school dances...yeah I'm that OLD!
I recall the night this group sang this song for the first time on national TV...it was really cool to us jr. high schoolers....still is cool
Great old school 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶 still listening
Love, love, LOVE this song! I was just a kid when it came out with older cousins who taught me the dance that went with the song.
Len's walk-off is absolutely the coolest!
My favorite song when I was only about 17. No, I'm not old, 72 years young.
I would have loved to be 17 in your time. Everything must have been so much simpler.
+Integrate or Exterminate same
+Integrate or Exterminate kinda sorta but not so much If you was there you would know
+Jack A I am 71. Love the song. Grew up in Levittown!
+Connie Tucker I loved this song That summer in White Meadow Lake, Rockaway , NJ
This performance is from the 1962 film, "Don't Knock the Twist". It also featured Gene Chandler performing "Duke of Earl" with a cape, monocle & cain, one of the highlights of this film. That is Len Barry singing lead. He went solo a few years later, hitting big with "1-2-3" and a few other hits.
"Bristol Stomp" reacehd #2 in the USA in the fall of 1961 for The Dovells. It was their first of eight 1961-3 dance hits.
I am 72 and where did the time go?? Any answers?/
Dale Kaiserhsot
And it was their best by far, like chubby checker trying to cash in on 1 big hit with subsequent similar themed songs.
But unlike Checker, he managed to carve a Lengthly career out of singing songs about dances.
He should have stopped after let's twist again and not carried on
I was 13 going on 14, pre beatles
Class, integrity, and catchy, catchy music! It makes me sad that America will never be this great again.
Trump is going to Make America Great Again.
Can't believe how many musicians are on stage with this band. Great Song :-)
I love this clip, it's so warmhearted and inclusive: The kids are alright, and so is Gramps diggin' it all. Hail, hail Rock 'n' Roll! And Len Barry!
Thank you for posting this song. I grew up with this music. Still love it 💞
I was 13 when" The Brystal Stop" came out... I loved that beat back then. Now I enjoy the same music even more in today's world even MORE! ☆☆☆☆☆ 5 STAR RATING...
I absolutely LOVED how rock and roll Doo wop glittered, glowed and sparkled. The neon lights, well tailored styles, poodle skirts and pompadours were so very timeless. I cannot wait for the 1950s-60s to make a comeback.
Ahh that would be amazing.... I've always thought if there was a place in time where I'd want to go would be the 50s-60s. Just such an amazing cool fun time. Everything was just happy and the cars were bad ass everything was bad ass... Man I'm jealous of those who got to live in those times.....
@@Cookiemusta775 To be much more specific than the entire 1950-69 decades, go to 1955-Nov. 21, 1963. That excludes the deadly Korean-Vietnam Wars foisted on the people by the war-hawk loonies. And before the VP-Pentagon-Intelligence insiders also murdered the president because he shifted toward peaceful co-existence instead of their lust for nuclear war to mass murder tens of millions in the USSR and another 25+ million in the U.S. from retaliation. That is how insane those war-crazies seriously considered nuclear war to keep their monopoly over the world! Nothing different 59 years later from their next generation of war lunatics!
I lived that time. A dream, just a dream. 180 million less people in USA back then. Cost of living was dirt cheap. 25¢ a gallon gas ⛽. A loaf of real Wonder bread 🍞 in the plastic white bag with red blue yellow dots all over it for a measley 25¢. 5¢ candy bars, 10¢ Coke's and Pepsi's with the returnable glass bottle worth 5¢ each. 10¢ Hostess cupcakes and pies. 5¢ a scoop ice cream on a cone or cup at Thrifty's. And yes, beautiful 100% American cars on the road, in driveways and streets all over USA. Nope, never to return. Just the music, cars, relics of that time is all that's left. Not perfect but surely a much better time to live instead of 2022 and beyond. Never to return. If you lived it, you know what I mean.
@@truelies3690 Those low prices were a deliberate result of using HONEST MONEY, silver coinage, and the 'dollar' was merely a name for a specific and legal weight of gold (started in the 1792 Coinage Act), redeemable at the Treasury for 1/35th ounce. Saying it the other way, it took only 35 gold-based dollars to get one ounce of gold. After 1964. the silver was illegally removed by the 1965 Coinage Act, except for a reduction to 40% silver, from 90% in 1964, for the 1965 Kennedy Half Dollars. through 1970, when it too became only copper-clad crap. After the illegal dictator-order ending the 'dollar' as redeemable for a weight of gold on Aug. 15, 1971, the new "paper-weight dollar" was good to redeem for only more paper. The Central Bank (Federal Reserve bank cartel monopoly) was now "free" to counterfeit (create out of nothing) as many paper "dollars" as it wants, whenever it wanted! The fiat dollar was now doomed to eventual hyperinflation, contrary to the Constitution's demand that only gold and silver coin can be a [legal] tender for all debts.
@@freeguy77 Bingo! Bullseye! Correct. I lived through that whole time too. What a disgrace. No wonder everything went to the moon after 1971. Slowly but surely it got to this point in time from decade to decade to decade etc...all this time to now. 2022 forward it will get even more expensive to live in USA TITANIC! It's now sinking slowly but surely and will sink faster soon next year. Good luck all. A true disaster.
When I was a little kid, late-80s to real; early 90s, I still heard this song on oldies stations. No stations play this anymore and kids will never hear it.I came from the last good decade for music discovery.
Thanks for the memory! Loved it then, love it now! 😍
AH MEMORIES. WHAT AN AMAZING VOICE AND TIMING. DIDNT KNOW THEY HAD SUCH AN EXCITING STAGE PRESENCE
I always like the Dovelles. This a great song.
What good memories... I was 14 when that came out, and I bought the 45 record. I was dancing away and loved every minute of it!!
I am a tail end baby boomer in Australia and fell n love with R n R in my early teens. The pre British invasion era of music was definitely the best with some exceptions (not the Beatles and Rolling Stones). There was so much experimentations with new electric guitars and keyboards being introduced as well as better recording equipment. The true king of R n R was Buddy Holly.
This song was way before my time, but it was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Most of the music of my era didn't move me the way music from the '50s and '60s did.
Same here. I was 16 years old in 1980 enjoying songs like this on "oldies" shows on the radio and despising the synthesizer banging computerized so called "music"(?) that my peers were programmed to like.
This song made it to number 1 on KJR radio in Seattle, Wash. when it was popular.
I arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington, in July 1972. I remember KJR and KTAC. I totally forgot about those two radio stations. Thanks for jarring my memory.
My late brother,who recently died at 80,used to sing this song all the time when I was a kid. I was a "'Beatles" baby and only remember this song because of that. Just a wee bit before my time but a good musical performance.
Great song! Grew up near Bristol, PA where the song originated.
all those groups like them really had it together the rhythm the harmony,the band,all of it.
What a bright upbeat song, with a terrific performance by the Dovells to match.
I have the original 45, and I still listen to it. Jr. high years come to mind. What beautiful memories!😂
I'm 39 years old and this music is my favorite. I've been listening to it since l was 11 years old. I wish they still made music like this.
Presbyterian girl - Love your handle!
Once upon a time there was talent in the pop music world.
Get me started on these 'oldies' & I can't leave!!
Brings back some good old memories!! Thank you.
One of my favorite songs. It was #1 in 62'.
One of the best songs in rock history!
It's great to watch the whole group perform live. I remember when this was new.
Allen Murray This isn't live.
@@bruiser he ment like in there prime
Love this song,, The Dovells, Bristol Stomp ,
Doing the Bristol stomp in 2020 😎👍 No bout on my top 100 fav oldies track list
This song is the reason I learned how to play the guitar. I bought the sheet music, the Mel Bay Guitar Chord book, and practiced, and practiced until I got it. Still love to play this song.
what are the chords please? This was my first 45
At 74 years young I Remember this Song I was 19
I was 10 and I remember it. So awesome!!!!
I grew up in Philly watching my sister roller skate to the Bristol Stomp.......flash forward 53 years only to learn that this was a cover...original was done by Terry and the Appeljacks, also from Bristol PA.
Listening to the oldies brings back so many memories. School dances, CYO dances,, dances at the Woodbridge armory. SO MANY MEMORIES.
Saw these guys in Portland OR with Chubby Checker, Dee Sharp, The Diamonds and more. SO much fun....couldn't sit still. Everyone was up in their seats and in the aisles. Thanks to the black kids going to town and really shaking things up, seemed to have so few inhibitions when the music came on. Gave all of us the feeling we could 'feel' the music and get on up and dance where we stood too. First time I ever saw so many black kids at once..and we were all having such fun. Thank you so much for diversity!!
Anita Sweeta and
RIP lead singer Len Barry
And of course he had his own hit record in 1965 with "1-2-3."
Love this music. My high school years, but still unforgettable!!
My Father bought the small record of this in 1961 and it was his first one. What a memory for him and me as I used to play this in my teenage years.
R.I.P Len Barry
The music that The dovells made will always remain a classic even after your passing