All the bands back then were always genuinely smiling. Almost surprised that ppl were out there dancing and singing to their music. So young and humble
I the 60's you were bombarded with hit after hit... You couldn't keep up with them .. Even the Wolfman had a tough time playing them all.. Best era ever to grow up.. BOWEEEEE...IT BE THE WOOOOLFMAN BABY..
I'm so addicted to this song and its video and some of the moves that the dancers are doing remind me of my late (and much beloved and missed) older sister's cheerleading moves that she was doing as a cheerleader around the very same age as this episode of Shindig in 1965!❤️😁🤸🤸🤸🤸🤸
This is from someone who lived these days. The times were not carefree as they were in the fifties. Lots of stuff going on with Vietnam etc, but the music helped us all get through. I look at this now and remember how special it really was. To be so young and have so much life in you that you just couldn't sit still. You had to get up and dance. And the way it felt when you danced! This video reflects that mood so well. Thanks for bringing a little taste of it back.
Born in the late 80's and growing up through the mid 90's, my parents raised me, and my sister, with late 50's, 60's and 70's music because that's what they listened to. This is still one of my favorite songs.
+Michael Smith ..... drummer is average, at best ....... you must not have heard but a few songs from this era, and that's it ...... because you ARE WRONG ..... (next thing you'll say is the lead singer should have won "American Idol")
This tune popped in my mind out of nowhere. Wasn't sure of the name or group, but jumped into you tube land and after searching for a few minutes I saw it, remembered it and relaxed into a much younger, happier period in America that felt so comfortable, safe and secure.
This song is a classic and no matter where you are or what your doing your going to start moving! Loved Shindig I couldn't wait for it it come on cause you never knew what to expect or who was going to be on but one thing for sure when the go go girls started dancing it was like heaven sent man those moves to this day amaze me! The Gentrys were one of my favorites and when they closed this show out you couldn't help but get up and dance!! No matter one anyone says ''ROCK ON"
This video fascinates me. Of course, I love this song, but the format of the dance set really interests me. There are the go-go dancers in front, dancing in sync with each other, and in what appears to be matching outfits. Then the folks behind the band are dancing their own individual style. Then, there are these little groups of people just randomly dancing away! I love it. 😆❤️!!
@thecountofbasie I think for Hart to go from The Gentrys and to professional wrestling, and make big business the way he has is a testament to his talent and hard work. I celebrate both his time in The Gentrys as well as his contributions to wrestling. He is a guy that just knows how to entertain.
WHAT BACK YARD GROUP DIDNT TRY TO PLAY THIS? AND YET BE ABLE TO STAND STILL WE JUST FELT LIKE DANCING ALL THE TIME SEEMS LIKE THE WAS NEVER A BAD TIME WHERE I COME FROM..ANDERSON INDIANA WESTSIDE JACKSONPARK BELMONT..
@@michaelboyce9373 I can't seem to find d anything about Larry Love in the WWF/WWE as a manager. I did know that Jimmy Hart was a member of the Gentrys as well as the "Mouth of the South" managing heels in the WWF/WWE.
This is my favorite dance tune of all time. I remember growing up as a kid in Citrus Heights, Ca listening to this song on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento. I think I still have a taped copy of Wolfman Jack playing it on his show.
Origin,Memphis,Tennessee, U.S. MGM Records "Keep on Dancing" is a rock song written by Allen A. Jones and Willie David Young, originally performed by the Avantis on Argo Records in 1963, and covered by The Gentrys in 1965.The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis, Tennessee), alumni included Bruce Bowles (vocals), Bobby Fisher (saxophone, keyboards), Jimmy Hart (vocals), Jimmy Johnson (trumpet), Pat Neal (bass guitar), Larry Raspberry (guitar, lead vocalist), and drummer Larry Wall (replaced by Rob Straube)[1] and also with another member, Larry Butler (keyboards). The youths formed the Gentrys in May 1963 as a rock 'n' roll group for local dances, and were very successful playing for high school dates. In September 1964 they won third place in the Mid-South Fair Talent Competition and auditioned for the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. They soon became the most popular teenage band in the mid-South and in 1964 won the Memphis Battle of the Bands. In December 1964 the group was given a contract by local record label Youngstown Records, and made their first record of "Sometimes", which was very popular locally in early 1965
In my younger days, I thought they were singing "Keep on dancing while your pregnant" until I was able to get the printed lyrics many, many years later. Great song!!!!
Best dance song of all time if you ask me. I grew up listening it on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento, Ca as a kid. This song rocks! Much later I bought a 45 of it at The Olde Record Shoppe in Diamond Springs, Ca.
That's two people that are known off The Gentrys The first one is Jimmy Hart who in the 80's would be a manager in the WWF under the name Mouth Of The South Jimmy Hart! And Justin Bieber's Grandfather. YEESH eyeroll. And please don't say they are one in the same!
The central dancer Girl IS ABOLUTELY CRAZY And LOVELY And her movements are just AMAZING !! The guys play excelent And I see the Beatles Influence. In conclusion ,a PHENOMENAL AND GLORIOUS And NO TIME PARTY EVER !! From LIMA PERÚ
I always thought Jimmy Hart's voice was annoying when he was at ringside yelling through a megaphone. I didn't know he actually had a good singing voice. I also didn't know he wrote a lot of the wrestling music for the WWF when he was there. I am totally amazed.
Keep your eye on the background singer with the jet black mop-top. You get a pretty good look at his face around 1:22. That (I think) is the future "Mouth of the South," Jimmy Hart when he was a big time rock star. Am I right? Anyway, I am always a sucker for records with "false endings" and this is one of the very best.
Definitely the best version of this song. The original was by the Avantis but in that version the tempo didn't match the lyrics. In the 1970s the Bay City Rollers did a cover but I wish they hadn't.
hey music was finally getting good in the mid 60's after eons of D Martin...F Sinatra....C Channing not that the 50s was 100% crap (maybe only 41%) lol I was 15 in 64..........I know.....gracias You Tube and all contibutors for letting re hear some of my old 45's (vinyls) again.......Peace
@ Rudy Del Vecchio...lead singer was Larry Raspberry...not sure what he did after the Gentrys, though...and despite his appearance in this clip, Jimmy Hart joined the group after they cut the record
hahaha does anybody else remember those little figures that you push a button underneath and they wobble this way and that? hahahah that's what these guys look like!
Wish we could keep on dancing and hearing songs like this in 2016! No one could sit this song out at the dances I went to in 1965 when I was a sophomore at KGHS. My sister had the old 45 rpm record and I would sneak it on to my turntable when she was out of the house! One of the songs we used to practice dancing to in our room before going to the sock hops after the football and basketball games.
Ah, memories. This was the song of my one true high school (50 years ago) romance with Linda Nussberger! Ill fated love if there ever was one! "Just like Romeo and Juliet"
A clip from Shindig, ABC television's answer to the UK's "Ready, Steady, Go". Jimmy O'Neil was a popular DJ on KRLA in Los Angeles. times were a changin....young black men and white women dancing on camera (although not necessarily with each other). Now let's talk about the lyrics..."Keep on Dancin and a Prancin..."
I'm 5 years old again! I remember this from when I was a little kid. Jimmy Hart was in the band. He actually formed a second Gentrys in the late 60s and I remember they had a minor hit with a cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"
14. THE GENTRYS-I KEEP ON DANCING! (MGM-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 3 Weeks for The Famous 1-Hit Wonder Band for James "Jimmy" Hart WWE's "THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH!"
The first half is looped and repeated in the second half, too crazy man! Also the lead singer for this song is the Larry Raspberry, lol. Came here to see a young Jimmy Hart, that guy was a riot in wrestling as a heel manager.
I'm 17 and I enjoy this stuff! I ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT STAND THAT CRAP THAT COMES OUT TODAY! I mean I thought rap was bad (I'll admit, there is SOME rap that is OKAY, nothing really GREAT). But today, all we get is this electronic BS that sounds like someone pressing all the buttons on the microwave, IT'S ANNOYING! This is the age where music was Creative, Innovative, Energetic, Colorful, Lively, Clean, Awesome, etc. I am disgusted with my generation!
The Memphis legend, Larry Raspberry ( later of Larry Raspberry and the High-Steppers in the 70s), is on lead vocals. Yep, that’s the Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart, to his right.
I can remember thinking the same thing! I discovered over the years that I heard a lot of lyrics incorrectly since the audio quality of my transistor radio wasn't all that great... :)
It's a shame that there isn't any just fun music around anymore. Everything seems so deep and depressing now. The 60's were awesome for music fans of all stripes.
i keep on dancin' (keep on), keep on doin' the jerk right now, shake it shake it baby, come on and show me how ya work, yellin' in motion, keep on doin' the locomotion yeah, dont worry lil' baby, (if its late) shake it shake it shake it yeah, keep on.... dancin' an prancin (all around) " ".... " " " " " " ".... " " " " " i keep on dancin' (keep on), keep dooo--in' the jerk, shake it shake it baby, come on an show me how ya work, yellin' in motion, keep on doin' the locomotion yeah, dont worry lil' baby, (if its late) shake it shake it shake it, yeah, keep on.... dancin' an prancin' (all around) " " .... " " " " " " " .... " " " " " i keep on dancin' (keep on), keep doin' the jerk right now, shake it shake it baby, come on an show me how ya work keep on.... dancin' an a-prancin' (all around) " ".... " " " " " " ".... " " " " "
51 years ago today. Saturday, May 26, 1967. It was either, pick up your tux. Stop by the florist. Clean up your car. Get a haircut. Double check dinner reservations. Where did I put those tickets? or whatever the girls had to do to get ready, because, The Senior Class of Memorial High School Requests the pleasure of your presence at THE SENIOR PROM, The Regency Ballroom - Shamrock Hotel, May 26, 1967, 9pm until 1am, Dress - Formal, Music by THE GENTRY'S. Keep on Dancing.
Covered by the Bay City Rollers in the early 70's. Not in their tartan days though. They were be-suited in those days. Sure it was adopted by Northern Sould dancers at the time?
Jimmy Hart is behind the guitarist/singer's left shoulder, with the dark mop hair. I guess the Mouth did lead vocals on most of their songs, but not this one.
MY SISTER HAD THIS 45 AND I JUST STARTED DRUMS I PLAYED THE HELL OUT OF IT TO THIS DAY I STILL PLAY THIS SONG ON THE DASH BOARD OF THE CAR YOU NEVER GROW OLD WITH SONGS IN YOURE MIND
Jimmy Hart at :42, legendary performer and future WWF (WWE) wrestling manager of many top wrestlers. Myson always asked me which one was Jimmy, no problem, best dancer and most animated performer aside from lead singer Larry Raspberry on guitar. If you ever watch "Land of 1000 Dances" by The Wrestlers (83'ish WWF song spoof on Wilson Pickett hit) you'll notice Jimmy Hart was the only professional singer in that lineup. Great performer and good man who worked hard to get to the top.
This is what rock n' roll music is all about! Keep on dancing & keep on having fun! Check out the Shindig audience members, they just can't help themselves! They know a good song when they hear it!
I've known Jimmy Hart was in The Genrtys for decades now, but I never bothered to really look them up, I've also known this song for decades, but I never knew who it was who played it until now. All these years I was rocking out to The Mouth Of The South and I didn't even know it!!!
![Gentrys - Keep On Dancing [II] (RARE clip).MP4](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fgw3eSaG0uk/mqdefault.jpg)
If this song doesn't make you want to dance, or at least start jamming, you might not have a pulse.
How can anyone who lived in the 60's not love this song. Shindig featured a lot of class acts.
Shindig and Hullabaloo were definitely the highlights of the week, TV-wise.
Love this song and I was born in 2006
There was also American Bandstand and Don Cornelius and Soul Train 🚂
@@gabrielbarbour1040 AWESOME..
Easy. By having an IQ over 70.
All the bands back then were always genuinely smiling. Almost surprised that ppl were out there dancing and singing to their music. So young and humble
I the 60's you were bombarded with hit after hit... You couldn't keep up with them .. Even the Wolfman had a tough time playing them all.. Best era ever to grow up.. BOWEEEEE...IT BE THE WOOOOLFMAN BABY..
Still better than anything you hear on the radio today.
you sound like a Whitney Houston and Bobby brown syndrome
Charles not very Young
Listening to the radio is the problem...
Way better than anything you’ll hear on your 8 track tape!
And at a time was the only Japanese export.
Jimmy Hart. "The mouth of the South", was a vocalist and foundung member for the Gentrys.
I will never ever cease to love and dance to this song. Ever. And it's 2020.
I don’t often listen to Keep on Dancing, but, when I do, So Do My Neighbors.
Great beat.
me rn w my jbl flip 5 on 100 on my porch.
This is TRUE !
LmFao 🤣
@@mrmoparrr Thanks for comment. Enjoy your evening. I’m Chris, from Miami.
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I'm so addicted to this song and its video and some of the moves that the dancers are doing remind me of my late (and much beloved and missed) older sister's cheerleading moves that she was doing as a cheerleader around the very same age as this episode of Shindig in 1965!❤️😁🤸🤸🤸🤸🤸
I remember this song when I was 6 years old , now I'm 61 still a Great song .
Yes it was and yes it is🎸🎸🎸
James Schnitzer : Keep on dancing. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸✌️✌️
You are so right 72 and still loving it....
I'm with you. I was 15 and it came out in 65. 74. Now and still love it🎉
This is from someone who lived these days. The times were not carefree as they were in the fifties. Lots of stuff going on with Vietnam etc, but the music helped us all get through. I look at this now and remember how special it really was. To be so young and have so much life in you that you just couldn't sit still. You had to get up and dance. And the way it felt when you danced! This video reflects that mood so well. Thanks for bringing a little taste of it back.
I was there during this time too
Lived it my brother and I would go back in a minute.
Love the song , the era, the girls, Jimmy O’Neil and the feel🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😇
Born in the late 80's and growing up through the mid 90's, my parents raised me, and my sister, with late 50's, 60's and 70's music because that's what they listened to. This is still one of my favorite songs.
Man, I love this song! Just another reason I love 60's music so much.
drummer is incredible, tight and clean, love that organ sound--no one uses that today
+Michael Smith .... he's not that good ..... let's not get too into it!
+Michael Smith impressive high hat and yes a tight roll on his drum intro's
+frizzlefrap sorry dude he is good, been around drummers for years--this guy is on it!
+Michael Smith ..... drummer is average, at best ....... you must not have heard but a few songs from this era, and that's it ...... because you ARE WRONG ..... (next thing you'll say is the lead singer should have won "American Idol")
well said frizzlefrap--I lived through 60s and 70s--most bands I've seen since then don't have good drummers--I stand by my comments
This was one of those fun songs of the 60,s-The Gentrys nailed it.
One of the greatest songs ever!
This was the second 45 record that I ever purchased. The first record I purchased was the Animals "It's My Life and I do what want ".
I did the same thing that you did!
mY FAVE aNIMALS TUNE
This tune popped in my mind out of nowhere. Wasn't sure of the name or group, but jumped into you tube land and after searching for a few minutes I saw it, remembered it and relaxed into a much younger, happier period in America that felt so comfortable, safe and secure.
Oh what a time, oh what a song! I like it so much. I still have the original single!!!
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me too!
This song is a classic and no matter where you are or what your doing your going to start moving! Loved Shindig
I couldn't wait for it it come on cause you never knew what to expect or who was going to be on but one thing for sure when the go go girls started dancing it was like heaven sent man those moves to this day amaze me! The Gentrys were one of my favorites and when they closed this show out you couldn't help but get up and dance!! No matter one anyone says ''ROCK ON"
This video fascinates me. Of course, I love this song, but the format of the dance set really interests me. There are the go-go dancers in front, dancing in sync with each other, and in what appears to be matching outfits. Then the folks behind the band are dancing their own individual style. Then, there are these little groups of people just randomly dancing away! I love it. 😆❤️!!
I was a teenager when this song was out, I love even better now, a great era to be alive in
@@colincooper-gw7zf Same here!!👍☮️
go back to bed
@thecountofbasie I think for Hart to go from The Gentrys and to professional wrestling, and make big business the way he has is a testament to his talent and hard work. I celebrate both his time in The Gentrys as well as his contributions to wrestling. He is a guy that just knows how to entertain.
Great song, great band & not to forget, great host of the classic teen show: Shindig! RIP Jimmy O'Neill.
Takes me back to my 17th summer. Raging teenage hormones, how we did not spontaneously ignite is a miracle.
WHAT BACK YARD GROUP DIDNT TRY TO PLAY THIS? AND YET BE ABLE TO STAND STILL WE JUST FELT LIKE DANCING ALL THE TIME SEEMS LIKE THE WAS NEVER A BAD TIME WHERE I COME FROM..ANDERSON INDIANA WESTSIDE JACKSONPARK BELMONT..
The guys back then were adorable!
We still are..
I like the lead singers voice. The group has great energy.
That was Larry Raspberry ,aka Larry Love Manager of the WWE!
@@michaelboyce9373 I can't seem to find d anything about Larry Love in the WWF/WWE as a manager. I did know that Jimmy Hart was a member of the Gentrys as well as the "Mouth of the South" managing heels in the WWF/WWE.
Former Memphis and WWF wrestling manager and big time star Jimmy Hart and the Gentry's, AKA the Mouth of the South.
This is my favorite dance tune of all time. I remember growing up as a kid in Citrus Heights, Ca listening to this song on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento. I think I still have a taped copy of Wolfman Jack playing it on his show.
Love the dancers!
OMG, I never knew Jimmy Hart was in this band, lol.
MerkinMuffly I didn't know he sang lead on this song.
Jim Thompson He doesn't. He's one of the background singers who's swaying side to side.
Jim Thompson Larry Strawberry sang lead on this and most of the Gentrys songs.
bigjoe4110 do you know the drummer was
bigjoe4110 Larry Raspberry...it was really his band. Jimmy Hart was an early Flavor Flav hype man.
Origin,Memphis,Tennessee, U.S. MGM Records
"Keep on Dancing" is a rock song written by Allen A. Jones and Willie David Young, originally performed by the Avantis on Argo Records in 1963, and covered by The Gentrys in 1965.The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis, Tennessee), alumni included Bruce Bowles (vocals), Bobby Fisher (saxophone, keyboards), Jimmy Hart (vocals), Jimmy Johnson (trumpet), Pat Neal (bass guitar), Larry Raspberry (guitar, lead vocalist), and drummer Larry Wall (replaced by Rob Straube)[1] and also with another member, Larry Butler (keyboards). The youths formed the Gentrys in May 1963 as a rock 'n' roll group for local dances, and were very successful playing for high school dates. In September 1964 they won third place in the Mid-South Fair Talent Competition and auditioned for the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. They soon became the most popular teenage band in the mid-South and in 1964 won the Memphis Battle of the Bands. In December 1964 the group was given a contract by local record label Youngstown Records, and made their first record of "Sometimes", which was very popular locally in early 1965
In my younger days, I thought they were singing "Keep on dancing while your pregnant" until I was able to get the printed lyrics many, many years later. Great song!!!!
Going on 3 years now, and i keep coming back. 20,000 of these 670,000 hits must be from me. this song is a drug for me.
GREAT MUSIC, COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT !!!
Best dance song of all time if you ask me. I grew up listening it on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento, Ca as a kid. This song rocks! Much later I bought a 45 of it at The Olde Record Shoppe in Diamond Springs, Ca.
WIXY 1260 AM Radio in Cleveland, Ohio. Listened day and night. Earplug in my ear while I slept!
Look at the cool dancers, I love it.
That's two people that are known off The Gentrys The first one is Jimmy Hart who in the 80's would be a manager in the WWF under the name Mouth Of The South Jimmy Hart! And Justin Bieber's Grandfather. YEESH eyeroll. And please don't say they are one in the same!
The central dancer Girl IS ABOLUTELY CRAZY And LOVELY And her movements are just AMAZING !! The guys play excelent And I see the Beatles Influence.
In conclusion ,a PHENOMENAL AND GLORIOUS And NO TIME PARTY EVER !! From LIMA PERÚ
Jimmy Hart and the crew copied the British Invasion sound and made a great pop song and thats not a knock. cause this song rules
Great song! I love oldies! I hate today’s music
Leon Russell passed away over the weekend.....he was in the house band on this show ........keep checking out Shindig shows and you'll see him!!!
Jimmy Hart. mouth of the South.
I think this may have been the ladt dong eber performed on shindig
Which one is Jimmy Hart ???
I always thought Jimmy Hart's voice was annoying when he was at ringside yelling through a megaphone. I didn't know he actually had a good singing voice. I also didn't know he wrote a lot of the wrestling music for the WWF when he was there. I am totally amazed.
That one dude in this band sure look familiar but I can't put my megaphone on it
+Kerr Wortham yeah he might haha
the mouth of the south Jimmy Hart.
LOL it's obviously WWE Hall of Famer the mouth of the South Jimmy Hart baby
@@codyharris9229 Which one is Hart?
Rocky Racoon 1:21
Keep your eye on the background singer with the jet black mop-top. You get a pretty good look at his face around 1:22. That (I think) is the future "Mouth of the South," Jimmy Hart when he was a big time rock star. Am I right? Anyway, I am always a sucker for records with "false endings" and this is one of the very best.
The Shindig go-go dancers!!! Yeah! I remember them well.
lenspaulding I did. Many times.
I played in bands all through the 80's and 90's and even some now. But this old rock music is thee bomb!!! It melts me all the time
I used to listen to this song on the radio back in the day. So much fun!
Definitely the best version of this song. The original was by the Avantis but in that version the tempo didn't match the lyrics. In the 1970s the Bay City Rollers did a cover but I wish they hadn't.
hey music was finally getting good in the mid 60's after eons of D Martin...F Sinatra....C Channing not that the 50s was 100% crap (maybe only 41%) lol I was 15 in 64..........I know.....gracias You Tube and all contibutors for letting re hear some of my old 45's (vinyls) again.......Peace
There is another vidoe of The Gentrys called "Spread It On Thick" from a 1967 movie. It is in color and has the original Gentrys.
@ Rudy Del Vecchio...lead singer was Larry Raspberry...not sure what he did after the Gentrys, though...and despite his appearance in this clip, Jimmy Hart joined the group after they cut the record
never miss'd Shindig, Hullabaloo, American Bandstand & Where the Action Is........ !!!
hahaha does anybody else remember those little figures that you push a button underneath and they wobble this way and that? hahahah that's what these guys look like!
+Connie Robinson yeah i do.. like pluto the dog connect'd together with elastic thread
Larry Raspberry, the lead singer. What a great, fantastic voice! I hear he is a minister now for a Beverly Hills church now..
Wish we could keep on dancing and hearing songs like this in 2016! No one could sit this song out at the dances I went to in 1965 when I was a sophomore at KGHS. My sister had the old 45 rpm record and I would sneak it on to my turntable when she was out of the house! One of the songs we used to practice dancing to in our room before going to the sock hops after the football and basketball games.
Love this song! This may sound morbid….I requested this song for my party when I have passed. This song has always been me 💯!
Ah, memories. This was the song of my one true high school (50 years ago) romance with Linda Nussberger! Ill fated love if there ever was one! "Just like Romeo and Juliet"
hey...that was my true love......linda WHY YOU TWO TIMING WENCH
So, two suicides and a homicide involving a 13 year old and a 15 year old? Kinky!
This song was only a minute and forty seconds long and the record label at that mark just starts the song over to push it over two minutes.
Everyone had to wind down after all the dancin'!
A clip from Shindig, ABC television's answer to the UK's "Ready, Steady, Go". Jimmy O'Neil was a popular DJ on KRLA in Los Angeles. times were a changin....young black men and white women dancing on camera (although not necessarily with each other). Now let's talk about the lyrics..."Keep on Dancin and a Prancin..."
Im 22 this is my jam
So are you 29 now?
Wish I could've been a teenager in this point of time.
I'm 5 years old again! I remember this from when I was a little kid. Jimmy Hart was in the band. He actually formed a second Gentrys in the late 60s and I remember they had a minor hit with a cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"
Now you’re 30
Larry Raspberry on vocals. Still playing today. Band called Larry Raspberry and The Highsteppers. GREAT band..
+hogan0407 wow wonder where the rest of the guys are. loved the drummer
This dancers look so young ; like little children. Oh my gosh, am I that old ? LOL
This is what heaven will be like.
Crappy 1960’s music in black and white?
14. THE GENTRYS-I KEEP ON DANCING! (MGM-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 3 Weeks for The Famous 1-Hit Wonder Band for James "Jimmy" Hart WWE's "THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH!"
This vid was posted in 2007...must've been one of the first 100 vids posted.
The Shindig dancers were the bomb!!--Didnt include that ending!!!
Go Go Girls, good music what more could you ask for
I want to do a club version of this song. Loud bass would go great with it.
The first half is looped and repeated in the second half, too crazy man! Also the lead singer for this song is the Larry Raspberry, lol. Came here to see a young Jimmy Hart, that guy was a riot in wrestling as a heel manager.
I'm 17 and I enjoy this stuff! I ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT STAND THAT CRAP THAT COMES OUT TODAY! I mean I thought rap was bad (I'll admit, there is SOME rap that is OKAY, nothing really GREAT). But today, all we get is this electronic BS that sounds like someone pressing all the buttons on the microwave, IT'S ANNOYING! This is the age where music was Creative, Innovative, Energetic, Colorful, Lively, Clean, Awesome, etc. I am disgusted with my generation!
The Memphis legend, Larry Raspberry ( later of Larry Raspberry and the High-Steppers in the 70s), is on lead vocals. Yep, that’s the Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart, to his right.
Its been 50 years and this song will still "motivate" you to dance. Go Sunset Bisons - Dallas '62)
Got my dancing shoes on for this one.Oh yeah
T hope you are still rocking I am. Trev uk
I can remember thinking the same thing! I discovered over the years that I heard a lot of lyrics incorrectly since the audio quality of my transistor radio wasn't all that great... :)
WWE Hall of famer jimmy ( mouth of the south) hart was in the group
It's a shame that there isn't any just fun music around anymore. Everything seems so deep and depressing now. The 60's were awesome for music fans of all stripes.
i keep on dancin' (keep on),
keep on doin' the jerk right now,
shake it shake it baby,
come on and show me how ya work,
yellin' in motion,
keep on doin' the locomotion yeah,
dont worry lil' baby, (if its late)
shake it shake it shake it yeah,
keep on.... dancin' an prancin (all around)
" ".... " " " " "
" ".... " " " " "
i keep on dancin' (keep on),
keep dooo--in' the jerk,
shake it shake it baby,
come on an show me how ya work,
yellin' in motion,
keep on doin' the locomotion yeah,
dont worry lil' baby, (if its late)
shake it shake it shake it, yeah,
keep on.... dancin' an prancin' (all around)
" " .... " " " " "
" " .... " " " " "
i keep on dancin' (keep on),
keep doin' the jerk right now,
shake it shake it baby,
come on an show me how ya work
keep on.... dancin' an a-prancin' (all around)
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51 years ago today. Saturday, May 26, 1967. It was either, pick up your tux. Stop by the florist. Clean up your car. Get a haircut. Double check dinner reservations. Where did I put those tickets? or whatever the girls had to do to get ready, because, The Senior Class of Memorial High School Requests the pleasure of your presence at THE SENIOR PROM, The Regency Ballroom - Shamrock Hotel, May 26, 1967, 9pm until 1am, Dress - Formal, Music by THE GENTRY'S. Keep on Dancing.
I have been listening to this for the last hour. Dancing is pretty tight, too
I'm at it again. Though the quality of this video is off, this is the best of their performances. Who own's the rights to this?
Cool one hit wonder.
Covered by the Bay City Rollers in the early 70's. Not in their tartan days though. They were be-suited in those days. Sure it was adopted by Northern Sould dancers at the time?
The keyboard player, Jimmy Johnson said that the Gentry's paid his way thru medical school.
Robert McGee I thought it was Bobby fisher who played keyboard
Jimmy Hart! "The Mouth of the South!"
Somebody has really tweaked the sound on this video. Brought the mids and highs out in front. I personally like it that way.
At :13 I Couldnt Agree Anymore!!!! ROCK ON!
I remember this song because I was around in that time. As I was older then they were.
Jimmy Hart is behind the guitarist/singer's left shoulder, with the dark mop hair. I guess the Mouth did lead vocals on most of their songs, but not this one.
+foodiedave No, Jimmy Hart was a backup singer for the group when this song came out, When Larry Raspberry left the group, Hart took over lead vocals.
MY SISTER HAD THIS 45 AND I JUST STARTED DRUMS I PLAYED THE HELL OUT OF IT TO THIS DAY I STILL PLAY THIS SONG ON THE DASH BOARD OF THE CAR YOU NEVER GROW OLD WITH SONGS IN YOURE MIND
Jimmy Hart at :42, legendary performer and future WWF (WWE) wrestling manager of many top wrestlers. Myson always asked me which one was Jimmy, no problem, best dancer and most animated performer aside from lead singer Larry Raspberry on guitar. If you ever watch "Land of 1000 Dances" by The Wrestlers (83'ish WWF song spoof on Wilson Pickett hit) you'll notice Jimmy Hart was the only professional singer in that lineup. Great performer and good man who worked hard to get to the top.
This is what rock n' roll music is all about! Keep on dancing & keep on having fun! Check out the Shindig audience members, they just can't help themselves! They know a good song when they hear it!
The "false fade" at 1:47 was originally the end of the song. They had to repeat the first part to make the song long enough for a record.
That's kool info thanks!
I've known Jimmy Hart was in The Genrtys for decades now, but I never bothered to really look them up, I've also known this song for decades, but I never knew who it was who played it until now. All these years I was rocking out to The Mouth Of The South and I didn't even know it!!!
Gentrys had great sound, too bad they aren't doing it anymore
+Michael Smith yeah, that´s so right:)))
Wow, good eyes. Did you actually pick her out? Im impressed could see it was her!