DeFranco Family Abra-Ca-Dabra Video
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- I had posted this video in the past, however, I went thru a financial crunch & couldn't afford the internet. I had to delete my account cause I couldn't monitor it. Now that I'm back on my feet I want to re-open an account and start again, hopefully, for a long time.
Sorry about taking your DeFranco Family memories away.
After the Brady Bunch was cancelled in 1974, their choreographer must've found a gig working with the DeFrancos. 😂
😂😂😂😂
And this song..at least it doesn't have the immortal lyric(from the Steve Miller song of the same name).."Abra..abracadabra..I wanna reach out and grab ya.."No song should ever be titled Abracadabra.Ever.
Add actually thought that myself some of the dance moves in heartbeat it's a lovely look just right out of The Brady bunch musical numbers
When I was 13, I won a trip to Hollywood from Tiger Beat magazine. It was the "Fly to Hollywood and Belong to Tony" contest. It was one of the best times of my life!! I even got a kiss on the lips from Tony!!!
David Cassidy approved ?
@@S0lidState David Cassidy? He was just a little bit before my time.
Lucky Lady Linda
Crafty Lady Linda , lucky! I couldn’t tell you how many times I entered those contests!
I actually remember that contest! Wow. Did you wash your lips after that?
I love the DeFranco family, the way they are dressed and everything about the 60's and 70's. I wish it was possible to turn back time. Sheers every one.
I loved listening to them back in the day!! It's like the Osmonds meet the Jackson Five! And I love them all! That was back when music was all about fun. A magical time!❤
Don't forget to throw in a little bit of The Cowsills!!!
I was so in love with Tony ...and 40 yrs later ..i still get a smile on my face when I watch these videos of him💝
Tony, I know him well. He worked at Disney Studios with my husband when we both worked for the Mouse.
Diane Miller , me too! I loved Tony and according to Tiger Beat: “Tony...he’s Italian...he KNOWS about love!”
Tony was soooooo cute!!!
Hes so handsome😁😁😁💞💖💞💖 and very charming😉😉😉😍😍😍
@@tonjaraye of course he's Italian...Defranco...lol
I was so lost in love with this guy I got his album for Xmas the one with the Tony mask on the back cover he completely had my heart I couldn't think of anything else I am 62 now that was a long time ago but hearing this brought back some great memories❤❤❤❤❤❤
Me too at 61 now
This is equal parts joyous and excruciating.
Mostly excruciating
I agree
@@colorman4490 i vote for excruciatiing, if you want good 70's music, listen to The Sweet
Thanks. I was trying to find the right words to comment myself but you found them for me!
And of course they also make me think of The Partridge Family. Another great example of fun music from a simpler time!😊
Is it good to be 22 and love this type of music ???❤️❤️😂😂😂
Is it good to be 11 and love this type of music?
Everyone can love this music
Yes hon.
Yes, it's great that you discovered this music in your youth. You'll have your whole life to enjoy it!
Ok, I’ll make you all feel really young now…..I just rediscovered this song. My parents had a record album from 1975 called Out of Sight. This was one of the songs on that album. I was turning 7 years old then. So until today, it’s been 48 years since I’ve heard this! So yes, it’s ok to like this whether you’re young or old. 😉
Oh and by the way it's funny how these songs make me think of similar artists. Speaking of bubblegum music at its best and and yes I freely admit that I love bubblegum music-- who else loves The Archies? As a kid, I had the 45 rpm (vinyl) record "Sugar, Sugar" and listened to it over and over. Good times!!!😅
OMG. It’s been so long since I thought of them. The dancing is truly tragic.
I saw them perform when I was 9 years old in the early 70' s here in Chicago. My first concert!
Wish they would have lasted longer in their career, great talent. Salute paisani!
I just love this talented family 💖💖💖💖💖😊, remember those K Tell albums they would advertise on TV, I have a few of them, one of them has this famous song on it 👍🙂💖🤗!!! Thanks for taking me down memory lane 👍💖😊!!!! I love this song 🎶 and the other one they were famous for singing!!!
I Totally Loved Tony DiFranco & His Brothers & Sisters....Awesome Music....
I'm NOT ( Or Wasn't) Jealous... Just HAPPY For HER That SHE Got To fly To See & Be Kissed 💋 By Tony... YOU Just Was Lucky To Be Chosen ...
Omg I 🥰 Tony ., My friends with our allowence would buy 16 magazine tigar
Beat our room was full of posters !!! Glad I grew up then 😊
Tony DiFranco i think you are a great singer and i dont know why you quit singing. I wish you were still making great the great music you use to sing.
Still makes my heartbeat 💓
Is it a love beat?
Im here 3 years later....I am 11 and I will never give up on this song!
Their Producer dropped the ball! They could've been a big Canadian Hit!
I remember we had this 45 record...I would always say.....Dobie now....Dobie now.....and I've remembered that my whole life....I remember being able to read his name Tony defranco on the little 45 record...I'm 52 and I finally found this....he's not saying Dobie now...Dobie now but I recognized it as soon as he got to that part....it felt so weird to hear it...I was probably 6 ir 7 years old the last time I heard this.....how funny.....I don't remember any other part of the song at all....just the part when he's saying show me now.....I'll always say Dobie now Dobie now though...my brother would say it too....I thought I'd never hear it again....it's a trip..lol
Lol!
Don't really remember the DeFranco family group, but with the Osmonds, Jackson 5, Partridge family, it was the era of family singers
They were from Port Colborne Ontario Canada and for short time were very popular than sort of faded into obscurity. I supposed they were Canada's answer to the Osmonds or Jackson 5 thought they had thier own style. They never really became mega huge stars and perhaps that was for the best. There is a video of Tony Orlando and his brother visiting thier hometown and giving an interview to one of the local stations in the 2010s. Tony interacted with the fans signing autographs and signing his iconic song Heartbeat. Still gracious humble and down to earth.
The Cowsill's were a family band too.
Such great memories. They were great. They really shined. Loved their songs.
I'm here because my wife of 30 years just told me she had a crush in this dude back in the 70's. I've never heard of these people. I think I'm safe.
Google Tony. You'd be surprised. Can't say if they are leased but more than one L.A. Ferrari...
Look at what he looks like now and you may have concerns ,if she meets him now .
@Jacque Jasper merci!
Tony is still gorgeous at 60!!!!
@@CraftyLadyLinda He has indeed aged very well and didn't fall into the traps of teen idol fame. He seems like a really nice and funny guy and is also very successful in real estate.
I love Tony and his family. I still have autographed photos, scrapbook and 45's.
Josie Clarke worthless trash
+azeleapark stop looking in a mirror
So do I Josie!
Josie Clarke, I still have about a decades worth of Tiger Beats! Plus all of my LPs and 45’s.
really loved the memories..Loved Tony and Family..Best part of my life
Hard to believe we all went thru these songs & fashions
in the 70s......at the same time A!ice Cooper was emerging the Billion Dollar Babies album. Those were
Amazing days for music.
DYK...he released 4 singles from that album, "Elected, Hello Hurray, No More Mr Nice Guy, & the title cut.
I had such a crush on Tony DeFranco, and Donny Osmond!
Another pop group that had a short lived tv show and let's not forget the song heartbeat...... it's a love beat.
Was always something nice about my friends The Defranco Family.
Top forty hit from early 1974-Great to hear this again.
i love this song ii was young when the song came out.i had a record of it years ago im happy i found this.
I like this song, too. I love Marissa, the girl on the left. This was all before they had MTV. Good video, whoever posted it.
It's to bad they can't make this type of music today!
OMG I had totally forgotten this band I was 12. I loved them.
I remembered watching this when it was on. I still enjoying it today
I love the 70's.
zzzzzxx
I do too!
I do, too. Lots of great music. This song wasn't one of them.
Loved these guys growing up. This music still holding up all these years later.
I was a huge nerd in high school. But these guys were too much, even for me
Good to see Skippy on the right has improved his dancing
Thanks for the load up,a good flash-back.......prior to the internet I had never heard of the De-Franco family before......
It’s so nostalgic to hear this song after years of not hearing it.
Hi past me. Always surprised to see old comments.
The amazing Defranco family
They did a great job here. The dancing is spectacular. TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
What sweet memories of my youth!
At least their pants weren't falling off their ass and you can understand more than half of what they are saying.
I know, huh?
+Allen Richard Oh yes that makes so much of a difference.
It's really embarrassing.
The problem is, we didn't like what we were hearing.
HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
I love Tony still he makes my heart do a love beat. I have always wanted to meet him it would be the best thing that ever happened to me ever.love you always Tony. : )
I think I read somewhere that he was ashamed of his musical past.
@@keythdanielsen8316 not true. He's proud of his success
@@SecondEvilEx Because you say it, it must be true, right?
@@keythdanielsen8316Actually, I read that he was grateful for his past achievements as a teen idol. Maybe there was a point in his life he felt differently. No need to be upset that someone shares a different perspective or feels differently than you.
My dad worked at a outside mall johnny rivers and the DiFranco were performing we got to meet the DiFranco before the performed the gave us a picture all signed by them it was pretty kool getting to talk to them
This is what happens when your parents have an 'afterthought' and he becomes the favourite child...
I remember the time when I watch this on broadcast long years back on TV and I love the song to song is so much fun still a great song today
I remember this song from the,,70',s and Heart Beat it's a lov
They look so awkward! Love it! I played the 45 of this song until I wore out the grooves.
because they cannot really dance...however TONY can sing his butt off!!!
watch the Osmonds do "Yo Yo" in their black elvis outfits...now that is dancing!!
Love this song!
This is from The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour right after The Launderette skit with Laverne. I remember this well. lol
Sweet memories of my childhood.
Just for the record, the DeFranco Family were not from Italy!. They were from Canada. They were Canada's answer to the U.S.A's Osmonds. And yes , I still have a CRUSH ON YOU MARISA DEFRANCO!!!!!.
SickAgain75 they may have been from Canada, but their nationality was Italian..
Yeah, I remember them. My female cousins were all hot and bothered over Tony DeFranco. They were just an Italian version of the Osmonds. The girls were smokin' hot though!!
I STAND CORRECTED, THANKS FOR THE FYI. AND YES , I STILL HAVE A CRUSH ON YOU MARISA!!!!!!!. ;)
We talking the one with straight hair yes ...???
@@sickagain7541 There wasn't a vaccine developed for that?
Love this!
You have to have been a tweeny girl at that time to truly appreciate Tony .
I was one of those tween girls for sure.😊
This song is alot of fun I just love this song!
I loved Tony when I was a young girl
Back in the days, the best era to grow up thtough.
Of the 3 singles they released, this song was my favorite. And for the posts on here knocking their clothes, this was 1974!!! There was no MTV. Give 'em a break. I like the girl on the left - Marissa Defranco. she was hot!!
I had a mean crush on Merlina, the younger one! Loved her trademark pigtails. I was like 8 when they came out. Couldn't take my eyes off of her whenever they came on TV.
Happy music!
I like their pants! :)
Bell bottoms are the best 😎👏
When I got to High School, we were so over bell-bottoms! Elephant leg straight jeans were the latest!
Real people, real cheesy, real fun!
Even all the sound effects just go with the song and lot of fun to listen to a great song Still today
Thank God we had the JACKSON 5 AND THE COWSILLS
thank you for posting!!
They would've done a lot more if not for their terrible agent.
Fond memories of childhood
Good looking family
Steve Miller had a song with the same title...
one word
The Defranco Family song is much better!
Yes but different song different lyrics.
I just think the same marketing plan when I watch the Osmonds and The Jackson Five. It is great and I love it though.
It's stuck in my head
I have a greasy feeling this DeFranco family is connected with under world notables. Especially when major record label executives receive DVD seasons. of Mr. Ed. as stocking stuffers as Christmas time rolls around.
I have a hunch the brothers and sisters were replaced by professional studio singers, at least for this song and probably Heartbeat, too.
How many remembers Gorilla? I am trying to find it. Was on their album.
By gosh, you can't be a heart throb til you get a big red heart on your chest! But you're bonafide when you got TWO red hearts! FACT! 😉😂😂😂
Following in the footsteps of the Cowsills, and occurring around the time that the Brady Bunch lip-synched songs on their series, and just about concurrent with the Osmonds: Family Rock.
This kid would get laughed out of a recording studio with todays managers
This song is so cute.
I Still Love U Tony DeFranco :o)
My husband worked with Benny at TWDC.
This is like a fever dream
OMG...how much do you think the older kids hated the younger brother? They were caught in a time-trend competing with the Jacksons and Osmonds.
What the heck...I just got done listening to heartbeat and thought how average he sounded but here he sounds 100X better.
Maybe he had a cold or something while doing that video:)
I had no idea that clothes dryers were so big inside!!
I remember seeing them perform at Disneyland
"abracadabra Antonio ......... get me my pepperoni and sausage ....... PLEASSSEEEEEE"!
Tony was the Canadian Donny Osmond. His 2 sisters are adorable.
Music was fun back then
WTF did I just stumble on? I've never heard of these people even though I was alive when this allegedly happened. It looks like the Brady Bunch viewed through a transmogrifying potato.
They could have been so much bigger if they had better management.
They sure don't make music like this anymore!
Watching them I have to giggle Nino does not look like he’s having as much fun as Lenny if I had the names right
He so cute he was young
I remember doing some of their dance moves.
Love them
still so good
Awesome!
ummmmm This is the crush my mom had when she was young..Now I have ammo when she says things about the guys I think are HOT.