I did this too...watched all the time after school. We got to see celebrities and the regulars on the show and well I think we all had our crushes on our favorites. These were clean cut kids having a great time. I was a little too young at the time to try to get on the show. But it’s a memory I’ll never forget. I’m still in Baltimore County. And I knew all the dances too! 😀
Hi Judy. Buddy Deane and I worked together for almost the last 10 years of his life. The stories he told and the wonderful person he was made them even more enjoyable. Your memory of those days is a great one and thank you so much for sharing!
I watched the show with my sister Bonnie and we learned to jitterbug and Stroll. I still have the love of hand dancing. West Coast Swing is one of my favorites. Thanks to all the Buddy Dean Team. Linda (Klunk) Dotson
I watched the Buddy Dean Show everyday after school. I loved dancing and all the artists that appeared on the show. There were some remarks about whites trying to dance like blacks. Well, I'm white but many people remarked at dances that I had "boogie feet" when I danced. I am so into music and can't be still when I hear it--just loved to dance. Motown music was some of my favorite. I watched the show everyday, including Fridays when black kids danced. You just have to let the music take over your body. Thanks Buddy Dean for making a teen happy!
You know we loved him as a father figure! And - we were friends in his last years. He came many times to our house when we arranged record hops for him. What a great guy he was! Smart -- kind - nice ... all of miss him SO MUCH!
Buddy gave many black performers and black Baltimore DJ's exposure and promotion of which many including James Brown and Hank Ballard years later publicly expressed appreciation. Buddy had no issue with allowing blacks on the show. Those that were there will attest to that. The station could not figure out a way to remedy the prejudices of a southern town, of which Baltimore by its own admission was in that day. Bringing the races together was a little easier to accomplish in Philly (Clark) and Chicago (Cornelius), and yet one didn't see many of the Caucasian Persuasion on 'Soul Train' either. Didn't matter. The music makes the harmony with the people.
Seeing the original committee dance at the end was so sweet! As someone who’s parents lived through this, it’s so cool to see it recorded! You guys definitely experienced Baltimore at its prime!!!!
Just like in John Waters' movie, I raced home from school everyday just to watch Buddy Dean! I was actually invited to go onto this show once but, regretfully, I was way too shy to accept that invitation! When I was in the 5th grade, Mary Lou Raines was an 8th-grader at my school, and I stood in line next to her once after lunch recess once; I felt like I was in proximity to royalty! This is Linda Logue writing and not my husband Paul.
Thanks for your comments Linda. Mary Lou and all of the regulars on the program are down-to-earth people who simply loved the music and the socializing on the program. Many of these Committee members are still active, and still love to dance! Buddy himself was a man of varied musical tastes, from Classical to Big Band, and understood the importance of Rock and Roll at its outset. When he first hosted record hops, a number of his fellow radio jockeys (one or two of which if I were to mention their names would surprise you) would make fun of him. Guess Buddy had good instincts after all.
Buddy Deane and Llyod Thaxton...That is what I remember. American Bandstand???? I recall Buddy Deane and his Committee performing at the local VFW in Federalsburg, Md. I was bout 8 - 9 yr. old. The ladies in the Committee noticed I could dance and warmed up to me. (have pics showing me dancing with these gals 10 - 14 yrs. my senior)..... Did not sit for more than a minute after that until Buddies show was over.
Saw "Hairspray" when it came out & thought most of the songs were fake. My friend said "I knew every song in the movie and remember doing The Madison @ The Belview Stratford in Philly.."Real education for me who until then thought I knew "the oldies."
The times were different in the early 60's. Baltimore was a town known for creating and also popularizing dance crazes. The Deaners were very influential to a generation of kids. Much like their fellow Bandstanders up in Philly. Thanks for the comment.
Buddy Deane was way better than Dick Clark. The Baltimore dancers were much better too. I was shocked to find out that no tapes of that show were saved, that was the best show on tv at the time.
I used to bowl with Rich Tempera back in the 70’s. I never knew he was on the show. By the way, was that Joe and Jeanne Wojtysiak back there with Rich?
Don't be speechless. Let me enlighten you. The Buddy Deane Show did not host blacks and whites at the same time during the program's existence. This was not Buddy's decision. Or the Committee members' decision. It was due largely from pressure by both races in a very segregated 1963 Baltimore, coupled with station management's inability to find a solution to integrate. The black dancers appeared only several times each month. They never had a relationship with the viewers like the white dancers did because they were not 'regulars' on the show. Plus, the black and white dancers didn't interact at all, so where did one start to put that together some 50 plus years later? You need to view what happened through the prism of early 60's race relations in a city with a strong Southern influence. Buddy himself had strong and close relationships with black radio personalities like Fat Daddy, Hot Rod Hulbert, and Eddie Morrison, along with black recording artists of that day including James Brown, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson and many others.
Race has in fact, been mentioned ad infinitum over the last 60 years. Usually by sensitive and sympathetic but uninformed folks who hear urban legends and embrace them as truth. Tales like Buddy Deane was a racist and intentionally kept blacks off the show. I am intimately acquainted with what happened during those years of the show, through many conversations with black and white broadcasters, recording artists, and regulars on the show. Anyone who would care to hear the truth would understand it was not at all the case. But of course, that's only if you really want to hear it.
Why? It was the times of '63. Instead of being ashamed, we instead fix it and move forward. That is called progress. Buddy sat down with me one night and for over 2 hours, went over all of this in great detail. His comments are not only fascinating, they're accurate. Perhaps I will post those in the not too distant future.
Here's what killed the show. A new Station Manager arrived from Boston in 1963 and was presented with the dilemma of integrating the show. Deane said he had no problem with the integration. He was also planning to move back to Arkansas to manage a radio station he had bought at the start of the 60's and expected to be out of Baltimore within a year. Buddy in fact left in September of '64. Thus, the manager decided in early December '63 to cancel the program rather than make a difficult decision. One overlooked fact is many BLACKS didn't want to integrate the show as opposed to giving up their special days each month, at least that was according to the calls and letters received at the station throughout 1963 when rumors of integration were increasing. The station was receiving bomb threats from people representing both black and white interests every week. The Civil Rights Movement was accelerating at this time in Baltimore and Buddy Deane was a highly visible target. The last broadcast of the Buddy Deane Show was Saturday January 4, 1964.
I was 7 when this happened but I remember it vividly. Watched it all the time and knew the dances. I watched it till it ended. Fantastic show.
I too watched everyday after school and was very lucky to appear on the show one time with my dear friend, Nancy. So much fun so many memories!!!,
I did this too...watched all the time after school. We got to see celebrities and the regulars on the show and well I think we all had our crushes on our favorites. These were clean cut kids having a great time. I was a little too young at the time to try to get on the show. But it’s a memory I’ll never forget. I’m still in Baltimore County. And I knew all the dances too! 😀
Hi Judy. Buddy Deane and I worked together for almost the last 10 years of his life. The stories he told and the wonderful person he was made them even more enjoyable. Your memory of those days is a great one and thank you so much for sharing!
I watched the show with my sister Bonnie and we learned to jitterbug and Stroll. I still have the love of hand dancing. West Coast Swing is one of my favorites.
Thanks to all the Buddy Dean Team. Linda (Klunk) Dotson
Thank you Linda. Buddy would be the first to tell you (as he told many on his last WITH radio show), 'I can't dance a lick, but we got you to do it'.
I watched the Buddy Dean Show everyday after school. I loved dancing and all the artists that appeared on the show. There were some remarks about whites trying to dance like blacks. Well, I'm white but many people remarked at dances that I had "boogie feet" when I danced. I am so into music and can't be still when I hear it--just loved to dance. Motown music was some of my favorite. I watched the show everyday, including Fridays when black kids danced. You just have to let the music take over your body. Thanks Buddy Dean for making a teen happy!
Hey guys, I just found this video! Buddy Deane Was my Grandfather! Very cool!!
Was buddy Dean first integration show?
Deane Marks : WOW!! What a GrandPa!! 😊
Deane, I met you when I worked for grandpa back in 1997 at KOTN. I know your mother.
You know we loved him as a father figure! And - we were friends in his last years. He came many times to our house when we arranged record hops for him. What a great guy he was! Smart -- kind - nice ... all of miss him SO MUCH!
LOVE THE WAY THEY SPELLED YOUR NAME "DEANE" . . . ;)
These couples who have met at the show still look great today. It shows that dancing does marvelous things to people, it keeps the body at its best.
How the times have changed. Thanks to Dick Clark and Don Cornealeus for bringing kids of color to the dance floor
Buddy gave many black performers and black Baltimore DJ's exposure and promotion of which many including James Brown and Hank Ballard years later publicly expressed appreciation. Buddy had no issue with allowing blacks on the show. Those that were there will attest to that. The station could not figure out a way to remedy the prejudices of a southern town, of which Baltimore by its own admission was in that day. Bringing the races together was a little easier to accomplish in Philly (Clark) and Chicago (Cornelius), and yet one didn't see many of the Caucasian Persuasion on 'Soul Train' either. Didn't matter. The music makes the harmony with the people.
Seeing the original committee dance at the end was so sweet! As someone who’s parents lived through this, it’s so cool to see it recorded! You guys definitely experienced Baltimore at its prime!!!!
What a great video. Lots of memories! Thank you for sharing!
My aunt from West Baltimore back then was a regular dancer on the show. Her name was Paulette.
Just like in John Waters' movie, I raced home from school everyday just to watch Buddy Dean! I was actually invited to go onto this show once but, regretfully, I was way too shy to accept that invitation! When I was in the 5th grade, Mary Lou Raines was an 8th-grader at my school, and I stood in line next to her once after lunch recess once; I felt like I was in proximity to royalty! This is Linda Logue writing and not my husband Paul.
Thanks for your comments Linda. Mary Lou and all of the regulars on the program are down-to-earth people who simply loved the music and the socializing on the program. Many of these Committee members are still active, and still love to dance! Buddy himself was a man of varied musical tastes, from Classical to Big Band, and understood the importance of Rock and Roll at its outset. When he first hosted record hops, a number of his fellow radio jockeys (one or two of which if I were to mention their names would surprise you) would make fun of him. Guess Buddy had good instincts after all.
My mother took her class to the Buddy Deane show. Anybody from Pimlico Junior High in Mrs Pruce's class?
Buddy Deane and Llyod Thaxton...That is what I remember. American Bandstand???? I recall Buddy Deane and his Committee performing at the local VFW in Federalsburg, Md. I was bout 8 - 9 yr. old. The ladies in the Committee noticed I could dance and warmed up to me. (have pics showing me dancing with these gals 10 - 14 yrs. my senior)..... Did not sit for more than a minute after that until Buddies show was over.
Saw "Hairspray" when it came out & thought most of the songs were fake. My friend said "I knew every song in the movie and remember doing The Madison @ The Belview Stratford in Philly.."Real education for me who until then thought I knew "the oldies."
The times were different in the early 60's. Baltimore was a town known for creating and also popularizing dance crazes. The Deaners were very influential to a generation of kids. Much like their fellow Bandstanders up in Philly. Thanks for the comment.
My mom used to park me in one of those bouncing things and I'd hop around every day while she went to cook dinner. Lol
Of such moments are wonderful memories made, Timothy.
Buddy Deane was way better than Dick Clark. The Baltimore dancers were much better too. I was shocked to find out that no tapes of that show were saved, that was the best show on tv at the time.
I MET BILLY STEWART, 'FAT BOY' THE BUDDY DEANE SHOW. IT WAS BLACK DAY AND THEY WERE STILL HIDING BEHIND THE CAMERAS.
11:14 Baby don't sleep, baby don't eat, baby just wants to do the boink boink
DC had a local dance show. Teenarama. from 1963-1971
@ioxxd you got that right! Thank you!
I used to bowl with Rich Tempera back in the 70’s. I never knew he was on the show. By the way, was that Joe and Jeanne Wojtysiak back there with Rich?
Yes, that was indeed Jeanne and Joe back there.
I met the Everly Brothers in 1961.
Did they really only ask the white dancers back? I’m actually speechless at the lack of learning here.
Don't be speechless. Let me enlighten you. The Buddy Deane Show did not host blacks and whites at the same time during the program's existence. This was not Buddy's decision. Or the Committee members' decision. It was due largely from pressure by both races in a very segregated 1963 Baltimore, coupled with station management's inability to find a solution to integrate. The black dancers appeared only several times each month. They never had a relationship with the viewers like the white dancers did because they were not 'regulars' on the show. Plus, the black and white dancers didn't interact at all, so where did one start to put that together some 50 plus years later?
You need to view what happened through the prism of early 60's race relations in a city with a strong Southern influence. Buddy himself had strong and close relationships with black radio personalities like Fat Daddy, Hot Rod Hulbert, and Eddie Morrison, along with black recording artists of that day including James Brown, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson and many others.
@@ultimateoldiesradio1301 Love the Hot Rod !
i remember bobbi lanham a but how about don peters was younger but everybody watched it and yup danced with th door or a chair
STORY IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT MENTION OF RACE.
Race has in fact, been mentioned ad infinitum over the last 60 years. Usually by sensitive and sympathetic but uninformed folks who hear urban legends and embrace them as truth. Tales like Buddy Deane was a racist and intentionally kept blacks off the show. I am intimately acquainted with what happened during those years of the show, through many conversations with black and white broadcasters, recording artists, and regulars on the show. Anyone who would care to hear the truth would understand it was not at all the case. But of course, that's only if you really want to hear it.
A time when everyone danced one way or another instead of all this foolishness that goes on today
not a black face in sight we should so ashamed.
It was the kids' parents fault. They wouldn't allow their kids on the show anymore if it became integrated. Watched the scruggs interview.
Why? It was the times of '63. Instead of being ashamed, we instead fix it and move forward. That is called progress. Buddy sat down with me one night and for over 2 hours, went over all of this in great detail. His comments are not only fascinating, they're accurate. Perhaps I will post those in the not too distant future.
This show never became integrated. The whites and blacks wanting to dance together killed the show.
Here's what killed the show. A new Station Manager arrived from Boston in 1963 and was presented with the dilemma of integrating the show. Deane said he had no problem with the integration. He was also planning to move back to Arkansas to manage a radio station he had bought at the start of the 60's and expected to be out of Baltimore within a year. Buddy in fact left in September of '64.
Thus, the manager decided in early December '63 to cancel the program rather than make a difficult decision. One overlooked fact is many BLACKS didn't want to integrate the show as opposed to giving up their special days each month, at least that was according to the calls and letters received at the station throughout 1963 when rumors of integration were increasing. The station was receiving bomb threats from people representing both black and white interests every week. The Civil Rights Movement was accelerating at this time in Baltimore and Buddy Deane was a highly visible target.
The last broadcast of the Buddy Deane Show was Saturday January 4, 1964.
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