I loved The Pipkins, "Gimme Dat Ding". Of all the folks dancing to it in this clip, one girl in the crowd, GOT IT. She was dancing like they did in the 1920's. Either she's REALLY good, or somebody taught her this dance step. Whichever the case, she got it.

Oh Bless, someone knew the Charleston! ❤❤❤❤

I wondered how they danced to "Gimme Dat Ding".. Looked like some were doing the Charleston! I loved it! I can imagine Arte Johnson(Tyrone Horneigh, as well as other characters from "Laugh-In") on "Gimme Dat Ding".

@suuzq35

5 жыл бұрын

That song would have been good on the British show Benny Hill

@russs7574

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like several of the kids were doing the Funky Chicken to the Pipkins.

gimme dat is classic original song thanks for posting it was cool how American bandstand looked in 1970

THAT'S what I was thinking... Gimme That Ding was in some commercial about 15 years ago. I recognized it by name. And I FINALLY realized that the AB logo I grew up with DID predate me (I'm 48).

The Tee Set! Ma Belle Ami

@nashburnette

4 жыл бұрын

This was their follow-up single to "Ma Belle Amie".

Gimme Dat ding is fun, we need stuff like that now... That song would have been good on the British show Benny Hill

@KentB3

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gm2ux9yDZ8qboag.html That song was used in a Dr. Pepper commercial in the late 90's.

@clemsonbloke

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, yep Benny Hill Show for sure.

As a lifetime AB fan I can't tell you how much I appreciate these clips. Thank you! If possible more Rate A Records, and more 1969 and 1970 clips. Our ABC affiliate blocked the show then so these are new to me. Plus, I love the music, the look, and the clothes. Soooo cool! Thanks again.

@YCDTI

5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I wonder why they would have blocked the show? I’m glad you are enjoying the clips and you are most welcome. I don’t have as many ‘69 & ‘70 episodes as other years, but I will definitely be posting more from that time. Thank you for your comment Nick Poff.

@nickpoff1739

5 жыл бұрын

The @@YCDTI WPTA , channel 21, Fort Wayne, was always bumping good ABC shows to air all sorts of lame stuff. I wish we had had Hulu back in the day. !-), Thanks again.

@stevieg7672

5 жыл бұрын

I heard that they blocked "Bandstand" in Dallas around this time too. Did it come back by the mid 70s?

@wbchloe7168

5 жыл бұрын

@@stevieg7672 In Houston they did not show it from 1959 to 1984. Dallas did not have it until 1979. In Houston, they showed the Larry Kane show instead.

@oldiesgeek454

5 жыл бұрын

@@nickpoff1739 I'm guessing they replaced AB with mediocre "'local" programs.

The kids in the 60s episodes seemed more articulate for some reason than the kids in the late 70s and 80s episodes. AND they had to do math! Lol

Ah the Tee Set! Part of the Euro-Invasion on the pop charts that included the Shocking Blue (Venus) and the George Baker Set (Little Green Bag). All acts signed to Jerry Ross' Colossus label here in the states. The Pipkins hit featured UK vocalist Tony Burrows, who sang lead on Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes", the Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand" and White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" .

@YCDTI

5 жыл бұрын

Tony Burrows was a busy guy! How was he singing with so many groups at roughly the same time?

@kevingoins9858

5 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. Tony had recorded those songs and they were released at the same time.

@ABdancers

5 жыл бұрын

The talented Tony Burrows also sang the hit song "Beach Baby" with the group The First Class in 1974.

@oldiesgeek454

5 жыл бұрын

@@ABdancers It sounds like Tony was another Ron Dante.

@oldiesgeek454

5 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they didn't name the song Give Me That Thing. But maybe that would've been considered risqué or suggestive at the time.

3/25/2019.... New discovery: Gimme Dat Ding.. Love Bandstand & this song!!!!!

After the sublime "Ma Belle Amie", the Dutch band had two good followups, "She Likes Weeds" and this one which saw a lot of chart action.

For more information about today’s clip (and any of the clips I’ve posted) please be sure to read the description above. Thanks for watching!

@SuperTony1968

5 жыл бұрын

YouCanDanceToit! Who was the guests on AB?

@YCDTI

5 жыл бұрын

tony johnson it was Bobbi Martin and James Darren.

@dennytoby

4 жыл бұрын

@@YCDTI A Shame the whole show isn't posted. There is so little video of Bobbi Martin. She was a great singer (and friend).

WOWSA! So long 1960's and hello 1970's -- Funky Chicken and all. Lots of new faces on the dance floor on their way to becoming the decade's future regulars. Very cool footage!

@YCDTI

5 жыл бұрын

Looking good here Don! I love watching your transition from “just one of the crowd” in early 67, to becoming “King of the Hill” here in ‘70. I know it’s been said before, but I’d sure love to see that transition continue up to ‘74.

@dancerdon9175

5 жыл бұрын

I remain convinced that there's footage from '70-'74 sitting on some dusty shelf yet to be found!

@ABdancers

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Don, I'm a big American Bandstand fan of the dancer with the close up at 2:50. Do you recall any details about her? - Jeff

@dancerdon9175

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Jeff -- I agree. The dancer at 2:50 had that effervescent presence. Unfortunately I do not recall her name. ~~ Don

@stevieg7672

5 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, the sixties wouldn't be over until 1973, in terms of music, entertainment, and politics. Fashion looks like an awkward transition period.

I remember both sings..:-)

@bufb

5 жыл бұрын

I remember both of them too

Of the two rated songs, The Pipkins fared better than the Tee Set. The Pipkins was a British duo of songwriter Roger Greenaway and famed session vocalist Tony Burrows. "Gimme Dat Ding, " their best known hit for Capitol Records, reached #9 in Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 playlist. The Tee Set, fronted by the late Peter Tetteroo, was from Delft, Netherlands. "Ma Belle Amie," with lyrics sung in French and English, was their best known hit. "If You Do Believe in Love" was the follow-up US release for Collosus Records, climbing no higher that #81 on the Hot 100 list.

@garyflowers8372

4 жыл бұрын

Some of these songs sounded good but some of them just didn't make it gimme that ding by The Pipkins was a cornball song but it was a hit!

The kids all were so young and happy. This was 1970. I wonder how many of those young men ended up in Vietnam?

What rich memories of times past

I'm going back because I haven't seen this one. Don looking good. I really liked the first song in Rate a Record, and hated the second one. Looking for it now on Spotify.

Gimme gimme gimme gimme...

I have learned a lot from dick Clark etc. First time I heard this song but I would have bought it nothing like listening to the oldes

I like the music in the last 10 seconds. Was it used for all 5 seasons of the 1969-74 era?

Gimme Dat was definitely more danceable. I even saw some of the kids broke out the Charleston.

Why is this episode in black and white?

Could you put up the intro to this episode? I know it's the same style of rapid cuts and zoom in's that was the norm at this point, but I'm curious to see the differences in cuts and zoom in's.

@YCDTI

5 жыл бұрын

I will work on that Dom.

In what year did the Rate-A-Record stand change (to resemble a 45 RPM record)?

@YCDTI

5 жыл бұрын

I’ver seen a photo online from June of ‘71 where it is the “45 RPM stand” so sometime between ‘70 and ‘71. My strong guess would be at the start of the new season in Sept. of ‘70.

@michaelwilliams4410

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@good03boy

5 жыл бұрын

When did the Rate-A-Record segment started having just Dick and 2 participants instead of 3 participants? It seem odd that there was someone else writing the scores on the board instead of Dick.

@michaelwilliams4410

5 жыл бұрын

I would say that happened in September of 1970. Plus, that may also have been the time when the Top Ten board was changed to resemble the outline of the USA.

@wbchloe7168

5 жыл бұрын

Late 1978. 70-71 season it would have rate a record surrounded by octogons.

I forget what were the age requirements for Banstand dancers?

@AdrianDeVore

Жыл бұрын

The minimum age was 14.

ABs, ABs, all I see are ABs!!! Lol But seriously, this was a great clip from the "groovy set". Now on to the specs, ie: my "geeky observations" LolFirst off, both songs, IMO, are HORRID!!! Lol another example of "I had to have been there" because "Gimme Dat Ding" was a Top 10 hit, as Aaron pointed out. Ugh, the things people walk into a recording studio with sometimes! Lol And judging by the way the kids danced to that song, I really "had to have been there" because the energy level went waaaaaaay up! The first song's lead singer was quite out of tune trying to reach the notes during the chorus of the song, it was grating on the ears!I know this is from the same ep as the Simon & Garfunkel clip you uploaded a while back, so this is from the "last" archived ep until '75 give or take. I'm still wondering if the other AB sign was still on the far right of the set like it was during the first half of this season.I see our homie Don doing his thang on the back riser with Pat. But he looked a bit confused with what to do on The Pipkins song, the just gave up and made the best of it by doing a little shake thingy. Don, that was hilarious, hopefully you remember this moment and can share what was going on in your head! LolAaron, as always, what can I say?

@YCDTI

5 жыл бұрын

Man Kevin, I love how you get into this. I think the first song was not good, maybe a hair above bad, but just because they had the Ma Belle Amie hit before and Don & Pat made it work...I give it a 56. Gimme Dat Ding....I actually remember hearing that when I was a really little kid with my dad on the car radio (a few years after it came out) so maybe I’ll give a few nostalgia points. The piano was different, but seems different in a weird way here in 1970....still I thought it was a fun song.....I give it an 80. Now......where’s my watch and sunglasses?! Ha ha ha

@sexymama1966

5 жыл бұрын

i think Don was finding his groove then he cut loose at the end, like some of the other dancers, with the Charleston..i liked that!

@stevieg7672

5 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, there are some archived episodes from 1972-74. While there are only audio recordings from 1971.

@thruthealcove

5 жыл бұрын

@@stevieg7672 You know, I heard an audio clip of Three Dog Night's interview with Dick on AB from '71 on KZread some time ago, don't know if it's still up. And I'm aware that there's a few saved eps from '72-'74 because of some interview clips that the Dick Clark page uploaded some time ago & another KZreadr made a montage video for a former dancer using some footage from a '73 ep in color! I wanna see whole eps from that time just to hear the song choices and the small changes in the studio set. Thales for jogging my memory!

@oldiesgeek454

5 жыл бұрын

@@thruthealcove I believe that original color clip from 1973, was from the Jo Ann Orgel tribute videos.

New ab logo.

@oldiesgeek454

5 жыл бұрын

+Joe Fagen Yes, and they dropped the year from the logo too I notice.

My aunt has The Pipkins album

@oldiesgeek454

5 жыл бұрын

She might be the only person that still owns one... Lok

Is it just me ordont you get the feelof agreat change not just in the dancers but the songs coming out are very different from the 60s...sets the stage for understaanding THAT PERIOD FROM 1970-75, WHICH IS NOT EXTANT.

Someone claimed this might be the first Rap? Uh...Man, that's a stretch. Bordering on ignorance. Not sure of the first recorded Rap, but it may be Cassius Clay promoting himself to the press cameras, broadcast worldwide. -Doug Pratt, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

who is the doll at 2:50?. I used to have a crush on her.

@JenDawes

6 ай бұрын

Her name is Kathy. She was probably 18 at the time.

@rutle55

6 ай бұрын

thanks jen. i was 14 at the time.what memories@@JenDawes

@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op

Ай бұрын

Its catrhy Hicks, who was in the spotlight dance on 12 -20-69...quite a change in just a few months, but dont feel bad, I used to think Debbie Sewell, Robin Miller and Cathy hicks were the same person! Cathy was 16 in 1970, 15 in 69 when she danced with 20 year old Robert Zane, who never ereturned to AB...I think he was too old to be dancing with a 15 year old...John Minor was her partner in 1970 and he was a reg that year. The key to who is who is to watch the cameraman...he knows to highlight people in Rate a record, the roll call or spotlite dance and seldom makes a mistake...tho he did with Nancy Delky and Karen White, following dancers who looked like them.

@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op

Ай бұрын

@@JenDawes cathy hicks, 15 in 1969

Wow 1970 and its not color ? Interesting- color came to net work broadcast in 1966- maybe it was filmed in b & W ?????

@stevieg7672

5 жыл бұрын

American Bandstand didn't go into color until the Fall of '67 and some shows are on monochromatic kinescope.

@oldiesgeek454

5 жыл бұрын

+Jim Hall When this show originally aired, it was in color. But for some reason, Kinescope copies like this one are almost always in black and white. I would love to know why.

@dwlopez57

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldiesgeek454 much cheaper to print black and white, probably trying to save money. That's my theory

If do you believe in love, much better song than Ma Belle Amie !!!

@SeeburgMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it sure is. It's one of my favorite songs.

gimme dat ding starts around 3:45

First song.....45 second song.......93