California Dreamin' Live Hullabaloo Tv Show

[@garyarvin2094]

Timeless classic u will never hear music like this again I am happy and honored to have been part of it growing up in 60s and 70s great times I am last man standing my family and friends from those times have all passed I guess good keeps me around for some reason peace and love to u all

[@RitchieMusic]

I grew up in the 80s and loved it. My recent bass cover of this song did very well in views so its definitely loved by many

[@carlosnoriega6878]

Same with me my friend Most have passed away and young too.(50ish ) I grew up in S. F. my music is mostly late 60's 70's and 80's

[@rigid1454]

Michelle Phillips was absolutely stunning back then.

[@danieljohnclayton2468]

We were in Richard's Dad's 1957 Chevy station wagon, (ditching school) and I asked her, "Have you heard the new song California Dreaming? Who does that song?" And Cherilyn say's, "I don't know, but I sure like the sound."

[@omasita]

Bocachita, There was also Shebang and Soul Train. A kid from my school won the dance contest dancing with her brother on one of those shows. Yes, here never was or will be a time like the 60's.

[@Aloofbear]

I cannot agree with you more! there will never be another decade like the 60's. So much went on yet there was something in the air, peace and open spaces! Kids played as kids and stayed as kids for a long long time!

[@rivaridge7211]

I well recall watching "Hullabaloo," as a very young kid and loved seeing the "Go-Go" dancers interact with the "headline" performer(s). I don't recall seeing this particular episode (though I most likely had) but, I can say that I absolutely loved the "Mamas and the Papas," but most especially loved the incredibly beautiful voice of Cass Elliot. I was 17 when I graduated from high school in 1974 - and just a month later, Cass died (in London) at age 32 (after a very successful solo concert run at the famous London Palladium). It was such a gut-punch for me - and in some ways still is. As I was watching this wonderful video clip (which seemed to suddenly appear on my "list" of KZbin "suggestions") I suddenly realized, that today, is July 29, 2022 - the very month/day Cass died in 1974. RIP dear.

[@PapaAlec]

Thanks for sharing!! How incredibly lucky that you got to enjoy The Mamas & Papas when they were in action. Cass’s death is a gut punch for me too and I wasn’t even born until 17 years after her death. I never knew her but miss her so much❤️ 48 years ago she left us too soon

[@rivaridge7211]

@@PapaAlec Thank you Alec for your kind reply! Cheers and best wishes from Niagara Canada! Incidentally, the very talented tenor (one of the "Papas") Denny Doherty, was Canadian born (Nova Scotia) and lived his last years in Mississauga, Ontario (not all that far from where I am). Besides Cass Elliot's beautiful voice on "California Dreamin") Denny's voice (as lead) greatly stands out. (John Phillips rocked it too, no doubt).

[@minggnim]

This era had the greatest music ! This is one of those songs that gives me goosebumps when I hear it.

[@fromthesidelines]

This originally aired in color on March 14, 1966 (only a black and white kinescope exists); they sang live to the original music track used on the recording, because they couldn't recreate their recorded "sound" before a live audience [same situation when they also performed on "THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE" and "THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW"].

[@gilloera8912]

I was 18 in 1966 and now 75!

[@theylou]

@Aloofbear I totally agree with you guys. The 60s and 70s can never be recaptured again. Being a kid in the 60s and a teen in the 70s were great. We had to make our own fun. Hide and seek, Kickball, Batmitten etc.. No video games or computers. I'm not knocking them, I love KZbin. Lol. But we had to use our imaginations and that was PRICELESS. Thanks for posting.

[@40axon]

Damals haben sich die ,,Stars,, ganz natürlich dargestellt...ob dün oder dick...mit ungeradem gebiss ..usw...es hat nur die musik gezählt..und das war und ist immer noch das wichtigste !!!SUPER !

[@dkraft1]

I was 8 years old when this song came out....my Mother could dance just like the girl at 2:20, I look back on that now and realize just how radical my Mother was for that time.

[@amazingonion]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[@ted3221965]

I love this song, reminds me of my days in california 1965-1974, many happy memories

[@ebf1957]

Wishing a happy 45th anniversary to "Hullabaloo" which premiered on this day, January 12th, 1965.

[@XxBeatlesforeverxX]

I LOVE that Denny, during the interlude, walks away to look at the dacers more closley. I laughed so hard. I love him so much!

[@waynebrasler]

The bathtubs were a visual reference to the cover art of their debut album "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears." They worked very hard to be able to replicate their complicated recorded sound live without the aid of backup singers and for the most part succeeded. Their first three albums were nothing short of brilliant but success proved a rough road for all four of them emotionally.

[@Rhondalove]

Been surfing through the sixties music. Feels so good. Its one in the morning, guess I better go to bed. Thank KZbin and aguz2211 for good music and good dreams.

[@MPDCSCOUT135]

Like Dennis Hopper once said in a movie,"The 90's will make the 60's look like the 50's". great times,great people!

[@danielstump3204]

Two beautiful young women, and a couple of goofy looking guys. They had some great music in them.

[@thegateau]

love how this song has a feeling of melancholy yet is also very positive and looking forward.

[@bryansmith9431]

The greatest bathtub commercial of ALL-TIME. Super Bowl level commercial magic right there.

[@tgga9413]

A song like this could make you rich and famous beyond your wildest imagination. Excellent musical performance ! A good time to be alive for sure

[@glittermama]

OMG--I've never forgotten this image. I watched this back in the day.

[@Aloofbear]

Ah, what wonderful memories these videos conjure up. A time of innocence and pure fun. Life had such a slow pace back then.

[@johnortenzio8519]

if only i could go back

[@pyoungss]

I love how Mama Cass and Michell dance... so simple, but so cool. :)

[@greenbeagle13]

Loved this group, this song. I wonder if any of the bathtub dancers ever look at this though and wonder..., just wonder....

[@giorgioadams]

Thank You So Much!! Bless You, Its People Like You That Keep Music Alive... Great Job... BRAVO!!! Peace and Love From .... California.. USA....

[@Bombeni]

"I'd like to take a pair of scissors to those goofy bastards"...................................... I was just remembering what my dad would say back then when one of the cool singing groups was on Ed Sullivan, The Smothers Brothers, Dick Cavett, etc etc. Haha those were good times, very very good times.

[@alexia942]

Fantastic song!

[@PapaAlec]

You can hear Cass singing the soprano part live, loud and clear!! Love it!

[@ilovetati91]

that's both Cass and Michelle blending

[@PapaAlec]

@@ilovetati91 on the original track yes. My comment was referring to how you can hear Cass’s voice soaring over the track in this particular performance

[@ilovetati91]

@@PapaAlec I know, but I hear both singing over the track.

[@PapaAlec]

@@ilovetati91 oh gotcha!! I’ll have to listen again more closely for Michelle!

[@xFinalxHeavenx]

THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS FOREVER! There will never be a band like them. They were simply amazing. May their music live on forever.

[@ekomancer]

I have always loved this song, it's ageless and classic, and like others have said, I always kind of get goosebumps when it comes on somewhere. But I have to admit too, that I totally lost it when those dancers popped up out of the bathtub lol.

[@sunp]

best dance moves in the world

[@ladybearbaiter]

i was 12 yrs old and loved this show and all the music, still do fifty years later

[@johnh23z]

Timeless music ...

[@Annagrace2002]

i love this I have never in my life seen som many people these days that are in the music industry need to have soul. I love the mamas and the papas

[@jorgeceon]

esa es una de las mejores canciones que he escuchado

[@jjulian49]

The vocals are indeed live. They are singing over the studio instrumental. Many other of their TV appearances were lip-synched, as so many singers' were then. But this is live. There are many subtle differences throughout: in terms of pitch or length a note is held; in the slight splitting of Cass and Michelle's harmonies; in the entries or re-entries being off by a split second; in some syllables being given more urgency. It's to their credit that so many think it's lip-synched. But it's live.

[@toddmartin1759]

Yes and no. They are singing live, but they are singing over the song, not just the instrumental track. There are some subtle and not so subtle differences from the recorded version. This performance is better; they've enhanced the song by adding yet another layer of singing on top of it. As Michelle Phillips explained, it was just one more overdub.

[@tonydalcon]

Well okay, that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen...and I guess a sly reference (dig?) at their first album cover. :)

[@chromaticaddict]

got to Love the sixties pop up dancers.

[@fromthesidelines]

The reason why this looks like an "old mm8 home movie", 'mary', is because the original color videotape of this performance was filmed in black and white from a TV monitor (that's how most videotaped and "live" TV shows were preserved back then, and seen, via delayed broadcast, on smaller NBC stations unable to carry "HULLABALOO" at its scheduled time- Mondays, 7:30pm(et)- and didn't have videotape playback units; they showed it on a 16mm projector).

[@blairbooth]

How truly wonderful, Terry Hall Blair And Anouchka were so influenced....beautiful!

[@audanddao]

ขอบคุณมากๆๆ ครับ

[@straycat9992]

Mama Cass I love her!

[@sylviebertran8201]

A good time to be alive for sure

[@Iuxveritatis]

Honestly i love Michelle’s high notes so much, it gives the song such a soul❤

[@Martyc176]

I'm a boomer form way back. We all need to realize we're just a blip in time. Just watch a Jeopardy Teen tournament where the brightest don't have a clue what went on then. I know it will burst your bubble, but hey that's history.

[@gardensofthegods]

I remember this show from when I was really really little

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent musical performance !

[@oldschooljamz87]

Awesome vid, those dancers are something else.

[@edseward]

Mama Cass rocked!

[@lavenderliberal]

Go-go dancers emerging from bathtubs -- now, that's something you don't see every day! P.S. (Love the vid; gave it a 5! Thanks for putting it up!)

[@jovca84]

song that never gonna die... best ever...

[@Tigerpaws9097826]

I think it's a reflection of our whole culture, Gyphia. Many of us in that era had grand dreams; many a song offered hopes of peace, harmony, a new way of life - an Age of Aquarius optimism. Now, we have passed through the Age of Cheney, emerging into something like an Age of the Greedy and Short-sighted. Our contemporary music reflects the outcome - either cookie-cutter vapid or angry and dangerous-sounding. I ache for things to turn again.

[@greg0716]

i dance like that in da club

[@gilloera8912]

Were dat?

[@dkraft1]

Yes. That IS the Hullabaloo Dancers. In fact the one your making fun of is Lada Edmund, Jr. the Top Go-Go Dancer of the 60's. How old were you in 1967?

[@QtalSara]

OMG! I really love Denny:D

[@KelMar63]

I think the bathtubs are a reference to the cover of the album "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears" which shows the Mamas and the Papa sitting in a tub. (Clotherd of course!) I can't believe the dancers popped up out of the tubs. I was enjoying it so much until then!

[@franciscoandradeteodoroabi9982]

Thank you so much for this.

[@Sjav96]

this song is great!!! and the dancers maked me laugh a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jajajajajajaja

[@TheSmith1954]

Absolute love it, Michelle Phillips what a babe.

[@Schrittwieser]

Wow Michelle Phillips is beautiful

[@epf1014]

The backup dancers in the bath tubs idea is so cool!!!

[@lhudson4377]

I feel so old seeing these at 65

[@ChevyToughRebel]

Get down with your funky self in the bathtub! One of my favorite songs.

[@deanadiedrich9304]

Love the Hullabaloo Dancers... Lada Edmunds Jr. is the best of them all . Long red hair girl in the front!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

I'm still trying to spot Teri Garr!

[@Monsternutt]

Cool Vid, Thanks For posting.

[@quelian]

H UL LAB ALOO

[@joeo78501]

Their 66 debut album photo cover was taken in a bathroom, they were pulled of the shelf due to the toilet was also visible ( original album covers are collector items). Album cover was rereleased with Gold seal or scroll covering toilet.

[@riviswim]

Wow! The blond dancer in the back tub on the right is a dead wringer for my high school prom date... 1966!

[@joeo78501]

In their 66 debut album cover "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears" which featured "California Dreaming" they were all four in a bathtub. Cheesy.. but hippie and communy imaged. Leading up to 67 summer of love Era.

[@54edmundo]

geniales lejos lo mejor

[@f4ck0ffbi4tch]

it would be cool to live in that era!! maybe i could spastic dance like the people in the bathtubs!! I'D BE THE GREATEST DANCER EVER!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! btw...i love this song!! its an unbelievably great song!!

[@rko440]

i was soooo in love with michelle

[@cherylharrell1961]

I used to watch this show back then. My mom hated it cuz she didn't like the go-go dancers int he cages. I remember her fussing about me wathcing that show with those imorral go-go dancers lol. Those were the days when the music was good. Love Mama Cass outfit.

[@msclassicrock1969]

@madahpesojnothgual , i know man. i live in nashville and see so much unrecognized talent everyday. these people deserve more than a gig at a local bar. they are born with talent, not brought up to think they have it.

[@bigdbc]

It is the studio version. They are lipsyncing. The bathtubs are because the album cover that has the song California Dreamin' on it is a picture of all 4 band members in a bath tub together.

[@trishaferreira2309]

Not only was a Michelle stunning, Cass was also a very beautiful woman inside and out. 😊💝

[@stankoop]

"The tall girl" is Michelle Philips.

[@catgumart]

I like the bathtub dancers it adds an extra dimension to the performance..I like how they dance

[@SeriouslySmart]

they are better in person, its insanity.... bring back these golden days

[@LittleDragon2000]

@Tsugaheterophylla you're right. Most Hullaballo shows were lip synched. And most Mamas and Papas TV appearances were lip synched because of all the layers in the song. They did do this live at Monterey and there is video of it on KZbin. But they hadn't been together in months, didn't rehearse and were tired... so not the best performance.

[@yt076]

Would give anything to travel back in time and meet Michelle ...

[@xFinalxHeavenx]

I would so do Denny Doherty back then. His voice is amazing.

[@CooManTunes]

A song like this could make you rich and famous beyond your wildest imagination.

[@Tigerpaws9097826]

@craigaa52 I'd like to see the brighter points of the 60's culture still talked about and sung about too. The virtues and hopes you gave voice to here are why I once in awhile contemplate Buddhism. Though I am not a Buddhist, I still admire the vision common among many of them of an enlightened society that will emerge, however many moments or eons it may take. Thanks for the response.

[@fromthesidelines]

"HULLABALOO" was taped in New York, not Hollywood. That's Lada Edmund, Jr., probably the most famous of the "Hullabaloo Dancers", frantically "frugging" in the tub at the right at 1:20.

[@shelwildes3144]

I worked on the show when an NBC page at 30 Rock

[@LolEYEHasFun]

i love listening to this song when im blown.

[@RonaldDittrich-zc8ov]

super cool

[@TragicIndeed]

Gotta love it! I remeber watching this when it was first broadcast. Why ask about hte bathtubs? Why does everything have to have a "point"?

[@bigdbc]

The bathtubs are because the album that had California Dreamin' on it had an album cover pciture with all 4 band members in the bathtub together.

[@Tigerpaws9097826]

@atlcbox1 Thanks for the advice, Aticbox1. While the Mamas and the Papas bordered on folk and rock I think, I do have a love for folk music, and you're correct - it's still being played, and just has to be sought out.

[@LittleDragon2000]

@sambda She was great in "The Man with Bogart's Face" aka "Sam Marlowe, Private Eye"

[@bettynaify]

The hippies time...beautiful...

[@jjulian49]

The instrumental is not live; no one is claiming it is. It is the vocals over the instrumental that are live. The fact that the mics aren't plugged in is moot. There may be mics overhead that aren't seen, but regardless, the Ms&Ps had enough power not to need mics, especially in this early stage of their career when they were so revved up that their voices nearly exploded off the set. The differences between the studio vocal and this vocal are self-evident and speak for themselves.

[@RAWNLEY]

Why are they in bathtubs? Awesome performance by the way, sounds exactly like the studio version, great!

[@JonasClark]

Just shows how bizarre Hullabaloo and the other variety shows got. Gotta have go-go dancers, no matter what's being played, and I guess kids dug stuff that was incongruous (bathtubs and plumbing?) as though there must be some deeper meaning that the truly hip kids "got", and that you might, too, if you kept watching. Love how one of the guys stops paying attention to the music to dig one of the dancers.

[@S67906]

@iambrian4life laughing out loud. Hey, hey, I remember these songs I was a teenager and you that were born in the 80's and 90's have no idea what it was like back then. It was one love fest, Nothing forced except peace and equality, but my generation fought for equality, but our behavior over the past 20 years screams the opposite.