American Bandstand 1967 - Mirage, Tommy James and the Shondells
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Airdate: May 6, 1967
Whether you prefer the song played forward as “I Think We’re Alone Now” or backwards as “Mirage”, both were big hits for Tommy James in ’67. “I Think We’re Alone Now” peaked at #4 just two weeks ago and “Mirage” is at #40 today and will peak at #10 next month. I really wish they hadn’t cut the last 30 seconds of the song to go to the Hotline. It looks the kids are surprised and disappointed as well.
The AB regulars dancing today: Famous Hooks & June Strode (in front of the podium at the opening at 0:05), Don Sanuskar & Roni Menacker (walking out of the stands at 1:15), Frank Vanderpuil & Peggy Waggoner (1:51), Marcia Silverman (2:03), John Pollard (2:04), Marcel Poitier (2:11), Judy Gordon (2:13), Michael Michaud (2:24), Frank Herrera (2:25), Barbara Prentiss (2:36), Steve Rodrick (3:05), and on the riser today are Stan Sobern & JoAnn Edmonds.
…..And in a few hours from this broadcast, the 93rd running of the Kentucky Derby will take place at Churchill Downs. Black citizens of Louisville, who had been protesting for months to get laws passed banning housing discrimination, had threatened to disrupt the race. The Ku Klux Klan also threatened to show up “in full regalia” to fight the protestors. After the governor sent in the National Guard and Martin Luther King came to Louisville and convinced organizers not to protest at Churchill Downs, there was no disruption. 30-to-1 shot “Proud Clarion”, with jockey Bobby Ussery, won the race and “The Roses” and Louisville would go on to pass a fair housing law in 1968.
(Enjoy today’s 145th Kentucky Derby @Jean Lankton!)
We were the luckiest generation ever......the best of everything, music, dance, freedom, respect, and discipline!!
I agree!
LUCKY ASSHOLES. I wish I was born in 54/64, rather than 94 😂
Amen!!!
Manners too. 😊
And what did you do with all that?
Young Men and Women
Dressed nicely
No tattoos or piercings
What a time in our Country
Absolutely correct in your comment.
Morals and honor as well 🙏
On top of that, the women aren't wearing anything what's called "suggestive".
The very best song that Tommy James and the Shondells ever did. I was a weekend jock in Lansing, MI. while going to Michigan State when this record came out. I played it often, got requests for it and gladly played it. This brings back great memories and I am now 74. Where did the time go?
Crystal blue persuasion for me, basic training for me, Fort Bragg⚔️⚔️
No, Crystal Blue Persuasion was the best song they ever did.
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The kids dancing to this song, if they're still with us, are now in their early 70's.
Life is short. Have a good time you're not here for a long time.
@@kencummings953 We’re still with you! And going strong.
So glad I grew up before the internet, cell phones, etc!! :D
hhhunt777 Yes me too!!!!
But thanks to the Internet and cell phones and And iPads I can watch all the stuff I On the Internet It is like history
Philip Howard Yes your right. I hate technology but use it like crazy
@@SladesVWBeetle makes 2 of us it's a double edged sword
C. Haas Honestly it is, a double edged sword. I’m on UA-cam way too much, trying to see the good times.
If you were listening to the radio during this time,right after "Mirage",you'd hear "Never My Love",then "Penny Lane",followed by "The Sound of Love"--and many more:"Just Dropped In","Somebody to Love" and "Light my Fire",
Too good.
You nailed it. Good music all night long.
I need to buy a whole town up and make it all 60s living
@@hhhunt777 Just checked it out... looks fun.
Big Fish
@@hhhunt777 a retro chick,and kinda cute
@Julee Rowley .60s home prices and car prices..and medical services prices
Oh yes I would do the same
I was 17 years old then what a time to be alive the greatest music ever
I love watching these People dance, brings back really nice memories....
Memories! I remember not knowing that there were “colors” on the dance floor. We were just having fun.
Seeing Tommy James & The Shondells here in Southern California in a few weeks! Growing up in North Jersey, the band totally ruled 77WABC in the '60s - and Shondells drummer, Peter Lucia lived near my family, in Morristown. It was such a groovy time to be a teenager!
We were multicultural in 1967 before it was cool. We lived together and now we seem to be more divided than ever. I see many cultures on the dance floor. What happened?
My first love so young
Platinum blond and.then
She was gone
This song was playing i thought she would be staying
She did through oceans of tears she has never
Left my heart in over 50
Years
pigurine She was assigned for you to have her in your heart but not in your life.
@@maquiavelo7157 You are so right
Had one of those. Saw her other day thought I was looking at Hulk Hoagan in drag. If she'd shaved off her mustache she wouldn't have look so much alike.
My GOD--1967 before it all went to hell in handbasket! Ladies with skirts and guys with suit coat & tie,
I know....so true. Beautiful, simpler, more meaningful times. Ruby Red slippers....please take us back 💞📍🌈✨👠
@ Steven Torrey the one young lady had a hair ribbon , unbelievable , , I was 12 when this one aired .
Robert Westerman ....Yes we all wore ribbons or one hair bow. It was the style 😎
White clean cut rich males.. they got excluded from going to Vietnam. Poor whites and blacks went to Vietnam cause rich white people feel they are expendable.
War, Woodstock, STDs, Drugs , racism, sexism. So lucky.
What a great time to be alive clean cut guys.....babes that were the envy of the world...fab music....glad i got to live then
Wow. All these folks dancing pushing 70 now. ;-)
71, but who's counting.
And still going:)
my sis is the tall blond--she will be 72 in june--still looks very nice
Tommy James and the Shondells was one of my favorite groups. Thank you for this! xo
Mine, as well. Grew up with them and loved every song !!
Great
I'm 71, the 50s, 60s and early 70s, totally awesome! Downhill ever since.
I loved this song! Those was the best songs ever.
I miss those days!
So many laughs and so much fun!
Wish we could go back for a day.
Wish I can take a one way trip in a time machine to this era and have the machine bust.
And I'll go with you! I used to run home from high school to watch American Bandstand.
I totally agree with you
suuzq35 get with unkle Ricco from Napoleon Dynamite, I hear he's got 1 for sale
I would be right with you, and I would have done things differently. R.I.P., Danny. 💔
suuzq35 .....ME TOO 😳
Oh, to be backstage in '67 talking with The Electric Prunes and on the phone with Jeff Beck! "Mirage" is to The Shondells as "King Midas in Reverse" is to The Hollies: hooky psychedelic pop.
Happy Days the. 60s. Thank you !! May the 4th be with you!!!!
June Bermingham and with you!
RIP Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew
This was before my time but I know some of the music my generation was the 70's but I enjoy listening to some of the 60's music and also the 50's!
Notice how well-dressed these teens were and how they appeared to acknowledge their own free spirit...Ahhhh the memories. ..
A/B had a strict dress code. If ya wanted to be on the show....you honored the dress code.
Dancing innocent and free- as youth should be...
Yes, we were.
Innocent times of music, fun, and respect for your teachers, your neighbors, elders, police and each other! I'll ditto Sue Anne Wards comment about discipline! Without it, all you have is conflict and chaos ..... just like the world today! So glad to be a teen of the 60's!
I was 17 in 1967 💖😎
I was 14
Wow! I so miss American Bandstand, and all of the groups Dick Clark featured. Now he was a very nice guy as I met him on a buffet line once.
"Crimson And Clover" is my fav!
BOOMERS! Boomers! BOOMERS!!!!!!
This song always reminds of being the 15 yr old that all of a sudden was interested in being alone with a girl!
The only thing you were alone with was a stiff one in Mom's bathroom. There's probably more DNA on that floor than cold case files has in the entire country. Lol 😂
Yes you are so right!! We don't have any of that any more . But the memories
in 1967 I was 6 years old, what a GREAT time to be alive. Look how nicely dressed these kids are, unlike today's kids.
I keep watching this band stand since this is how we all loved like as teens in the 60's.
Lucky generation as to how we were raised...
Even knowing this is "I Think We're Alone Now" backwards, I love "Mirage" so much more. Just discovering your channel and I think I'll be a frequent visitor! I like how you provide a sort of context to this post by telling about things that were happening around the time of this broadcast. Fantastic!
I love Mirage so much more than I Think we're alome now too.
Wish i could have seen these early Dick Clark American Bandstand Shows, im 48, my Mom n Dad grew up watching these !! Thats so cool!! Love you Mom n Dad!
A time when kids loved each other and knew how to enjoy life. Today, they know how to kill each other and have little to no idea how to enjoy life.
I love this song, and it sounds so much like I Think We're Alone Now, another one I love. I was 14. This is how I dressed in junior high and highschool. Dancing was just beginning to change, it wasn't couples dancing, it was groups of girls and guys all dancing together. Fun times! I seen a girl on here, I believe I had the dress she was wearing! lol!
Poignant descriptor of the backstory to the 93rd "Run for the Roses" today Aaron. Soggy track today for the 145th run. The jockeys really need to pull out all their skills. Jean, keep the juleps flowing! ;--)
Thank you Don! I’m going with “Improbable” today because I like the name and based on my race betting history this is as good a reason as any, lol.
@@YCDTI hahaha Aaron I assure you you'll have as much luck as anyone. Great history on the Derby. I did not know about the racial issues at Derby '67. As an adult, I once had a short encounter with the KKK. Scared the bejesus out of me, and made me angry and nauseous. I'll share the story sometime.
@@YCDTI Hunch is on Maximum Security, but with my track record my money is just as good on the long shot Bodexpress. Ha!
Great follow up to "I Think We're Alone Now".
Scott Burton Yes definitely
I like it better
i am glad i was born with rythum. i'm dancing and using my keyboard at the same time. i was in junior high and dancing up a storm
thank you ''
yup i wish i could go back to at least 1964 and do it all again,getting rid of my mistakes and wonderin where in life would i be today
This is when America was SO GREAT
I just saw a video in which Tommy James said they accidentally put the tape for a reel to reel in backwards while trying to play I Think We're Alone Now. They said to themselves "Hey, that sounds pretty good!" The chord progression for Mirage is I Think We're Alone Now played backwards!
oh lord take me back .......
Man, the chicks in their minis, dang!
I don't think I EVER caught the title of this song back in the day & hadn't heard it since.
thank you for posting this. High School days. :D
hhhunt777 you are most welcome!
My high school days too, Long Island, NY.
@@frdjr2529 ft. lauderdale Flying Ls :D FLA
I don’t remember this song it’s not on the greatest hits album
I want to see the Jeff Beck interview he talks about
Wait what.....JEFF BECK on the AB Hollywood Hotline??? Video clip please!!!
I’ll post that sometime soon.
@@YCDTI Yaaaaay!!
@@YCDTI please educate me on the forward backward thing. I was 7 in 67 and have heard of backwards tracking...
Tommy James and the Shondells are from Pittsburgh, PA, which is the area I'm fromey
Tommy james and the shondells are from Pittsburgh, Pa, which is the area I'm from. They're great!
Me encanta mostrar estos videos a los jóvenes, a ellos les sorprende mucho que en otra época también había jóvenes como ellos y que ahora son abuelos. Saludos desde Desamparados, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🇨🇷.
I can’t see a tattoo anywhere
It's fitting that Stridex was one of the sponsors! But why did Dick Clark say 'and away we go'? That was Jackie Gleason's line!
These kids are in their 70's now!
Closer to 80...
Sweaters, narrow ties, pretty girls, great music. Can't get much better then that.
it is funny to see your sister dancing in this-tall blonde on the platform--she was 17
Uncle Peter was 20 years old
Thank you! I loved 1967... It's nice to see kids,, whatever the race and background, dancing together!
Things should still be that way!
Parents stay out of it grandparents the kids are fine
Always enjoy listening to this Tommy James and the Shondells song. Thank you Aaron for another great clip today from this very cool 1967 AB episode. Possible Correction: I've been in recent contact with the dancer at 2:04 and his name is actually John (instead of Don) as is now known as Dr. John Pollard. - Jeff
ABdancers I swear I have heard him say it both ways, Don vs. John as he was in several QOTD and RAR segments in ‘67. Thank you for that correction Jeff. Much appreciated!
Wow Jeff ... all these years later. Thanks for updating us all. ~~ Don
Aaron \ Don You're welcome. I was confused on his name as well. I'll let John know we're discussing this topic and suggest he leave a comment here. - Jeff
The girls were so cute and natural. No tatoos,plastic surgery or heavy makeup.
Couldn't agree with you more. Most of the girls nowadays just look trashy. I wish their parents taught them natural is best. A lot of my younger friends (20-30's) feel the same way.
Thanks for the post. I love this episode, please post more of it!
A glimpse of Olivia is always a pleasure. Boy I wish I'd been a teenager in the late 60's. I was only 2 when this aired. Love all these clips.
Olivia?
@@CHaas-bn3xi Newton john the blonde
Well, I was six - old enough to watch it on TV (and thanks to teenage sisters I did).
The best part of the song (the ending) was cut, so that Dick could make his phone call 🤔
145th Derby Update: the rain has arrived in Louisville, Churchill Downs. The track is deteriorating. Let's see how they run!
Track just downgraded to sloppy. Horses going to the paddock for Rider's up. Its is a downpour in Louisville. 🌫🌧
Fun Fact: This song came about when after recording I Think We're Alone Now, the recording engineer accidentally play it backwards. Then Tommy James made this song from hearing the reverse bass notes. True story.
I did not know that but I can hear it now.
My favorite by Tommy James. Love Frank and Peggy looking good.
I'd go with Hanky Panky
I was a part of this generation, but I never heard this song.
I've always been a BIG Tommy James Fan :D. I saw them in person at the local ampitheataer here in 1968. (My FIRST live concert!) Their music will always DEFINE the Summer of Love and the late'1960's!!
I love the song writing, along with frankie valli the beach boys and the beatles, among others, i used tommy iames to learnthe craft of song writing
Tha mamas and the papas also
Year I graduated from high school we didn’t appreciate it
we had it all,but we didnt realized !
The budget must have been pocket change. Check out that logo, it looks like it was designed by preschool kids.
Wow, The Queers really did a good cover of this
I've been wanting to see Tommy in concert for many years. In June I'll finally get to.
I wonder if these people ever thought they would be on UA-cam dancing. Now their kids can see them dancing. How funny.
Their kids, grandkids, and in some cases their great-grandkids like my parents who were both 17 in 1967 and have great- grandchildren.
@@craigsmith157 Quite a few early marriages and pregnancies there.
John Pollard alert at 1:37! Again 1:47. Close up at 1:58. He’s there again at 2:04. Full flight at 2:33. Ya gotta luv this guy.
No Way!
@@DrJohnPollard : Great to hear from you Dr John. Still living in Sydney, Australia? Big fanboy here, many more out in cyberspace.
@@Vinnie101a yes sir! Contemplating a move
@@DrJohnPollard : Great. American Bandstand is making a comeback? Can't wait to see some of those famous moves again John. 🕺
Dancing could be better but the song is banging.
Taking me back to when I was 18 years old. I rarely watched bandstand, I would try to catch some but I was working most of the time. What a fun time. I never heard this song by Tommy James etal. Maybe not one of their huge hits? It was nice though. :)
Those kids back then could read, write and do simple arithmetic. Kids today can't do either they wake up complaining and go to bed complaining: (
I wish I was born in those times
this is so painfully wrong, you are thinking of a thing called 3 year olds. the youngest person in this video looks 15 years old, which.. on average, can read, write, and do simple arithmetic.
@@floo1465 painfully yes wrong I don't believe so,just bad parenting,vey bad parenting
@@michaelkurz9067 i don’t think you’ve interacted with a kid in 40 years
We also had the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the shooting of several great leaders. It wasn't all fun and games.
It was a really good song these '67 kids enjoyed dancing. However, I noticed in several videos where the boys sometimes danced faster than the girls. I don't know if it was a part of a popular dance craze or they were fully connecting with the music?
with all the awkward "I can see myself" expressions I can't help but wonder why the station chose to use monitors. Annoying!
Happy big 6-0 to Gayle Lecus!!! I've been waiting all week to tell her! 🎂🌹
Loved Tommy James! The dancers were groovin' good when the music ended. Frank V. had his head boppin' and movin' with Peggy. Stan is always energetic especially on the riser. I wonder if this was the end of taping day. Our kids look a bit tired.
Yup....its DERBY DAY IN KENTUCKY. The greatest 2min in sports. You probably know the favorite Omaha Beach, had breathing problems earlier in the week and has been scratched as well as a horse called Haikal. Post position no.1 will be empty for the race. The weather although relatively dry and overcast at the moment, is not predicted to be so around the 6:30p Eastern post time. There are hats hats and more hats, men and women. One of our local newscasters looks like she is wearing a drone...others appear to have some derivation of a swamp on their noggins. It's hard to believe men's sport coats are produced in some of those colors.
If you really want to be swanky, buy yourself a $1000 mint julep. Comes in a gold cup with the Derby emblem AND a real sprig of mint (not the syrupy mint served to the normal folks).
The infield hasn't fired up just yet, but its early. For future reference to Sodom and Gomorrah, think Derby infield. If you ain't seen it there, you DON'T need to see it. I'm leaning toward Tacitus as my favorite but track conditions will change some odds today. So whether you are wagering, going to a Derby party and picking a name out of a hat....or like me you're planning on sitting back and watching a great horse race steeped in tradition......good luck to all! May all the horses and riders have a safe ride. ☂️🏇🏇🏇🏇🌹🌹🌹🤞🎺
Did you turn the tv off as soon as the race was over or if you were at the race track did you leave immediately LOL?
@@keithidota oh no....I was watching from Lake Cumberland. The Stewards probably HATED that. To have to disqualify a win in the Derby is horrible. But the horse did step directly into the path of the one racing behind him and just a hair to the side. I guess it was a good call....but it sure takes the fun from the Derby. I hated to see it, I really did.
@@thefirstMrsLankton That's the craziest KY Derby I've seen in my life! My pick gets disqualified, but fortunately I didn't have any 💰 on him. If I had, I might not be replying to you right now... Lol 🏇🥃
In your archives, Aaron, Kasey’s Shebang show has the same tune. Isn’t it wonderful that the Southern California kids danced to that tune?
Gayle Lecus it is really nice to see these 2 similar shows and the So. Cal kids dancing to the hits of the day.
Have a fantastic, super groovy birthday Gayle!!!
Thank you Aaron!!😊
@@YCDTI Just a few days ago when the Shebang clip was posted here I looked around for other Shebang clips and found Mirage. (It was like a few weeks ago when I posted a comment on another YT channel about a particular tv show episode and voila! a few days later that episode was posted on that channel.) Anyways, the poster of that Mirage clip got the date wrong (you would never do that) and the entire song was played but with an ending different from the version we usually hear.
Hi @Keith Idota, I think the Shebang "Mirage" clip (at least one of the two that I've seen posted) says it is from 1966 in the title. Several of the commenters mentioned that it was from '67, but the title remains 1966. I think the song ending you are talking about is the original 45 ending where, over the last 30-35 seconds, the lyrics are repeated by the back up singer, like an echo. I much prefer this version to the echoless album version that is played more commonly today. The 45 version is the one you hear on the Shebang clip(s) and you would have most likely heard the same version in this AB clip if they hadn't cut to the Hollywood Hotline right before that part of the song began. (I overdubbed it with the original 45 version, but we never got to the part of the song that was different anyways)
Boring song .. 🤷♂️
1967--The year Malaya's ethnic Chinese badminton team recaptured the Thomas Cup.
Far better times in the USA. They definitely are having some good clean fun dancing.
God bless 🙏
God bless the founding fathers 🙏
It’s 9/3/24 from Austin, Tx! Great song and singers! I’m 75 and still rockin to the oldies🥳🎶
Man I wish this was still Today
The girls are rocking long straight hair and cute fashions. The boys still,look preppy, but maybe that was an AB dress for guys to be on the show.
This song gets played occasionally on many oldies stations from time to time.
I live 25 miles from Baltimore. We have no oldies station anymore:( i have to go on you tube on make my own mps etc just to hear old music. They have classic rock stations but they don’t play 60’s rock unless it’t Beatles or some Doors. Seldom hear Hendrix too.
It's probably a good idea to play it as little as possible. This way you don't get tired of it a lot faster.
I ❤❤❤this song where are the Electric Prunes??? I ❤❤❤ I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"❤❤❤
The girls though! Cute, no garish tattoos, no piercings, height and weight proportionate, dressed nicely. WTF happened? Glad I married a woman raised in the '60's.
They are danced so stiff. Was that the dancing style back then?
I just click on to watch that interracial couple. It’s a perfect couple
Wow!! I can’t believe it! In 1967 I was 21 years old and in Vietnam dodging 6 foot Russian made rockets! I missed out on this show!
Thank you for your service.
Tommy James said this song is the melody of "I Think We're Alone Now" played backwards.
Someone put ITWAN in the reel to reel the wrong way and they liked how it sounded so much that they wrote down the chords and built a new song over it.
Good quality black and white early video tape. Much better video quality than the crude kinescope recordings of the 1950's and early to mid-1960's. Even with the advent of video tape invented by Ampex in the late 1940's, kinescopes (a 16mm camera photographing a television monitor) were still in use well into the 1960's as early video tape recorders were very expensive and many stations could not afford their costs. My local NBC station (WBRE, channel 28 UHF) did not have a video tape recorder until 1964.
Charlie O, was cool. He made the show fun to be on.
why did clark drop him in 69?
I was only 6 then.
Me too.. 2/1961
Beautiful young women. No tattoos or nose rings .
Memo to today's teens: See those strange garments worn on AB? They were called jackets and ties!
To think the religious right condemned these boys and girls for their dress and for dancing to the devil's music.