American Bandstand 1967 - Standing in the Shadows of Love, Four Tops

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

That's the America I grew up in. Now gone forever.

[@ColinBarrett001]

Sadly true, but its our youth we're really missing. Everything changes constantly. The brief moment of the 1960s was as different from the 1910s as it is from the 2020s.

[@JohnHoulgate]

One of the greatest arranged Motown hits ever. Who makes music like this anymore?

[@bufb]

Fabulous group and song

[@nuwavedave]

Levi Stubbs - One of the greatest '60s soul singers (along with Wilson Pickett, Eddie Kendricks, Aaron Neville, and J.J. Jackson). Four Tops RULE!

[@alanwilson8407]

WTF? WHERE IN THE WORLD DID U COME UP WITH THAT FAT NON SINGIN WONDER? HOW ABOUT TOMMY JAMES OR NEIL DIAMOND? U DO RECOGNIZE MY SARCASM, YES? SHEEEEESH! NOW

[@Jump7Off]

I have to agree with you there.

[@johnomalley7211]

What about David Ruffin

[@mattmccoy4198]

Yes Lord

[@jackhana7374]

Ray Charles and Levi Stubbs, oh yeah! Wilson Pickett and David Ruffin are good too, but I like Ray and Levi better

[@brt987train]

Let's not forget the words of the song everybody could understand it and everybody could listen to it. It's a story and we all fought really didn't notice it then. But it's just like time it's just a shadow now. They were just playing great

[@hollyprincipato3287]

In 1967 I was 4 years old. I am 60 now and still love this song

[@patricking6512]

All we have now are memories of the greatest era of songs that we've ever had!

[@joycemartin7516]

It’s 10/18/24 in Austin, Tx! Great song! Seniors were great in ‘68! I’m 75 and still rockin’ to the ‘60s today🎶🥳

[@studioborgatta3504]

Haha, I was in my Mom's belly when this aired..few more months and I was livin to this on the tele....She was probably watching this while eating Pickles and Ice Cream, my Mom never missed bandstand..

[@calvinguile1315]

Every time they play a Motown song , everyone seems to really get into it...

[@chrissytina6379]

Because it's soulfull music

[@denisemarie6029]

We loved the music! It was our parents that were the problem.

[@oldiesgeek454]

Lol 😂

[@teeembeee]

My senior year in high school. Brings back so many memories....

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

Great Four Tops Motown clip. I've always loved the Motown sound. Once had the opportunity to see The Temptations and Four Tops in concert, and a good time was had by one and all!!!! Thank you Aaron. Happy Saturday morning to everyone. Here's hoping it stays a little warmer!!

[@misterb7070]

Levi Stubbs, the 4 tops lead singer, was the voice of the 60’s

[@Gaylel1]

Happy 60th Anniversary Motown!! And Happy Saturday to you, Aaron and thanks for another awesome AB clip!!

[@YCDTI]

Gayle Lecus you are most welcome! And thank you for the Motown 60th anniversary reminder. I was not aware of that.

[@newgroovesradio8704]

Four Tops + Holland/Dozier/Holland + The Funk Brothers + The Andantes (female background vocalists) = a masterpiece.

[@YCDTI]

Agreed! What a combination.

[@dalegillett8171]

Still today of 2022, I still more than like the Motown Sound at the age of 71yo. The Four Tops and The Temptations my favorites.

[@laminage]

They along with The Temptations are still revered in England and Australia. They stayed together longer than any Group in the History of Music. They started out first as The Four Aims. Abdul Duke Fakir did a UK Documentary called "I'm In A Boy Band" while Mary Wilson The Supremes did a Companion Show called I'm In A Girl Group.

[@EaganChris]

WoW!! What a beauty at the 0:59 to 1:04 mark!! :)

[@patrickdowling529]

And she had a beautiful smile.. a real heartbreaker!

[@EaganChris]

@@patrickdowling529 Absolutely! 🥰

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Patrick. And the dark haired girl beginning at the 2:53 mark. 😊

[@hollyprincipato3287]

They must all be teens. They looked lost. Just let the beat move your feet. I could probably still dance to it and I have back trouble.

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

That's Dee Dee Brown and she had the CAMERMEN ALL THE WAY...SHE JUST DIDNT STAY ON THE SHOW VERY LONG.

[@CHaas-bn3xi]

Look how beautiful the girls are and how respectful of themselves they we're back than.

[@beagle7622]

They still do. There was a particularly strong dress & behaviour code on this show . Also they had to be accompanied by a parent. Guys had to wear suits or similar . The code is shown on the tickets . No I go into the city on Saturday nights, and there are very well dressed people of both sexes at popular pubs. Teenagers fundamentally have not changed . My daughter behaved dry much as we did. Tattoos I do not understand but people have had them for decades.

[@robertnilla]

such a powerful song.. motown was at its peak then.. i would love to see all those young teens today and see how they look now..

[@ricardorodriguez9587]

I LOVE FOUR TOPS 👋👋👋👋

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

Great Song and clip as ususal

[@gardengirl7446]

How can people look so dorky and so adorable at the same time??

[@IMunlucky]

I'm a terrible dancer and I think I just found my people.

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

I saw the Four Tops in person. They were wonderful!

[@handlzus7018]

Just nice to Kids not looking at their phone every 5 seconds...........

[@bobdavis4848]

haha indeed, you got that right!

[@samdecaro7675]

14 great music great times

[@jbonnezb7897]

31 here I find this clip very pure with every one having good time with good music....like my grandma days " far out"

[@Edmund007013]

Look how skinny everyone was ! All that walking was great for us. Wonderful days !

[@TranelHawkins]

Right! No crappy food filled with shit that is to kill you. Not so much any more.

[@60viking]

When we said "I'm going to run over to Penny's house" we did run. Oh and tell parents where we were going. Respect.

[@timcoker4685]

And no internet to sit on your fat ass and look at all day long!

[@mkeogh76]

It is sad contrasting the size of the average teen boy or girl in 1967 or even 1987 to today. Something has gone seriously wrong with our diets and lifestyles. In 1967, less than 5% of American teens were obese. Today that number is over 20%. Insane!

[@fluffy1931]

@@TranelHawkins you are full of BS', dude. Even the 'Arid' BO protective spray filled with chlorofluorocarbons, delicious chemicals besides frying brain cells helped deplete the earths ozone layer.

[@jbonnezb7897]

@ 2:19 you see it homegirl came with that groove!!!!

[@flaviomesthretv4223]

Thanks for video

[@Jendromeda]

i could be wrong, but the girl dancing at 1:55 is wearing a classic dress of that time, and simplicity or butterick had the dress pattern for sale, i sewed my own dress just like that in '67. "Home Arts" in Junior High.

[@Frederic-be9wb]

I had the honor of meeting Stevie Wonder and also walking in the sound stage of American Bandstand and Soul Train .

[@jlandon6028]

Beautiful Girls I Grew Up with in the Sixties. The were girls's back then!

[@mattmccoy4198]

Love it remember that episode like it was yesterday

[@raddmann336]

My favorite song by them.

[@robertogarciajr.8618]

..i've never heard this version before, but I Love it though!👍 awesome footage, cant get enough of AB.... everybody dressed up very trendy at the time, & girls up-do's very sexy ;)

[@johnlinnon2629]

It's the only version I've heard.

[@mattmccoy4198]

Speechless beauty ❤️

[@reynaldoballarini1886]

Época de ouro 🥇💛🎼🎼🎼 CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE 💙💙💙💙💙 Foundation 02/01/1921 Brasil 🇧🇷 100 years old 💙 148 days left

[@billlennon1051]

Wow ! Who is that doll at just about the one minute mark... beautiful smile

[@michaelrutledge7048]

Bill Lennon Yes!! She’s in the thumbnail. When I first saw it, I thought it was Michelle Phillips!!

[@timcoker4685]

Damn sure looks like M.P.

[@augthedog55]

She caught my eye too.

[@lasombradelaluz8802]

Wow she is gorgeous! Lovely smile!

[@bobdavis4848]

Not Michelle Phillips, this dancer's younger. Unknown blonde beautiful dollface.

[@flamencoprof]

Oh man, I was born early Fifties, in my teens at this time, and that's pretty much still the way I dance today. Way down South here in NZ, I liked the Four Tops, but knew so little about them, didn't even know they were black, not that I'd have cared, just saying how little info there was with no TV of this, no internet, I guess there were LP cover's but I didn't buy an LP until maybe 1969.

[@traceymartin3919]

This guy Levi was the real deal .. When you mentioned the temptations to Levi he would start laughing

[@Porsche996driver]

Innocence!

[@Jendromeda]

my neighbor would get drunk and sing this in his yard in 1997...his wife kicked him out finally. He was about 13 when this was a hit....i can hear him singing it in 1997 as i type this LMAO

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Jendromeda 😆 Was it because his voice was so loud? or he was just a really lousy singer?

[@sclm046]

For about all of the first second of this video (which is a commercial) there appears to be a shot of an Illinois Central passenger train.

[@jrgnc1]

That one girl was channeling 60s Cher.

[@Eidann63]

Maria Silverman, and no-one seems to know whst happened to her after '67 bandstand.

[@gfm8959]

Yes I thought the same thing!!

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

Also Aaron....Frank Vanderpuil is back right at 1:24 .

[@YCDTI]

By golly, you are correct Jean, good eye! You are my official Frank V. spotter ;)

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@YCDTI yeh I knowwwww and my friend Mary....she usually spots Frank too!

[@bufb]

@@thefirstMrsLankton you have great vision. I always look for him. This song is a favorite of mine

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@bufb Frank's posthumous fan club!

[@elvis-jj1sc]

real music unlike today!

[@eduardocarreno1830]

❤👏👍👌❤️

[@tomloft2000]

the Arrid commercial was done before aerosol cans were banned.

[@60viking]

I was in VIETNAM at this time but was a big time dancer, thought I was looked cool.

[@TheSOUNDMAN513]

Don Berry Thank you sir for your service!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Eidann63]

You were cool, Sir. 🌷

[@fluffy1931]

..,everybody in the Nam was cool except charlie in the wire.

[@josephloughrey3434]

No tats, no lard, dressed for the occasion. Nice to see even if it's only history not life any longer.

[@fluffy1931]

yep intro commercial for contol of 'B.O' - life at that time included pumping enough 'PFC" Flourocarbons through the Earth's protective ozone shield what could go wrong.

[@eightinches6094]

But they probably got tats later, lol!

[@handlzus7018]

@@fluffy1931 Bet you are a lot of fun at parties.

[@fluffy1931]

@@handlzus7018 enjoy your gaycation.

[@bank80]

Just a bun

[@Friesian-q6u]

Those were great singers who actually sang and performed and far superior to the ”artists” who perform today. No crotch grabbing and obscenities.

[@eightinches6094]

Why can't we have dance shows like this on TV now? Oh I forgot, you can't dance to Gangsta Rap.

[@AdrianDeVore]

Rap has since moved away from Gangsta to Bling 😄. Dancing to rap would be very challenging.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

eight inches There is a lot of alternative music that you can dance too today but the sad thing is it doesn’t get much air play unless maybe satellite radio and of course the U.S doesn’t promote people who don’t have a big fan base.

[@redfish9809]

eight inches I don't think regular Tv, will along thongs and twerking, for family night

[@AdrianDeVore]

@@redfish9809 Also, questionable language wouldn't be allowed for family nights.

[@timcoker4685]

Have an old school dance party TV show. The girls at the clubs today get up and dance their ass off when Ohio Players or other funk music from the 70s is played.

[@gnosticsabaton2548]

Girls were warm and friendly back then

[@prestcoldandy910]

Beautiful girl at 58

[@gnosticsabaton2548]

@@prestcoldandy910 Oh yes! Soo beautiful! And no tattoos

[@stevevalkos6308]

guys were better behaved

[@HhEeAaDd]

@1:04 is that Michelle from The Mamas and The Papas ?

[@donaldfewell9929]

She looks a lot like Michelle.

[@Eidann63]

No. Michelle was long IN the Mammas & Papas in '67... married and living in Beverly Hills; many hits behind them. She was no teenybopper Bandstand dancer then (or ever.) 😊

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

dd bROWN

[@carolynreed451]

Hello everybody!!! Carolyn here from east nashville tn 37206 now in madison 'tn 37115 what's happening !!!

[@ronniebishop2496]

For my friends test didn’t understand my first post about the guys in Philadelphia, this was filmed in LA, see lol. 😜 dancing was very stiff and emotionless. Motionless too.

[@stevieg7672]

I know Bandstand wouldn't be in color until 1967, but did the commercials originally air in color?

[@dennismitchell1934]

Life before the internet and cell phones was less chaotic far more enjoyable to live FREE of the effects of billions of communication waves in the atmosphere bombarding our mental processes ! !

[@benpool4953]

some beautiful ladies here, no tattoos nose rings, or meth teeth

[@eightinches6094]

They got tattoos later, I did.

[@HendrixDoors]

Why aren’t the Four Tops every seen in the video? Can any explain that?

[@bobdavis4848]

Sure...most songs on American Bandstand are just played for the dancers. The actual Four Tops were not in the studio here and they did not intercut with footage of that group.

[@mutantboy8888]

parker posie?

[@carolynreed451]

Feb.28th 2021 sinday'domingo

[@GeorgePenton-np9rh]

I have the peak pf protection.

[@StevenTorrey]

Back in the day, we were dweebs... But cool dweebs!

[@vincentrezende7690]

Did, I just see Cher?

[@Eidann63]

Marcia Silverman who looked like Cher. She was a Bandstand "regular" during 1967.

[@LouisRamos-ib4nz]

Whos the beautiful blonde at 59.?

[@PositivelyGreat3]

I was born too late :(

[@cheekyblindersnorthernsoul9746]

WHEN MEN WHERE MEN AND WOMEN WHERE WOMEN AND LAMBRETTA S WHERE BREAKIN DOWN. Lol

[@sandyballard4040]

CHEEKY BLINDERS Northern soul black Country +h_nku

[@carolynreed451]

Scorpio 64 single

[@caterinascarcella]

This song was better to listen too.

[@Tiberius291]

The two token black dancers are cute, quite a few white kids with rhythm too, bring back memories, I grew up watching 'American Bandstand' along with 'Soul Train'

[@1158scott]

Thwre are no "token black dancers". The crowd was not hired or restricted. With the twisted perspective you view within the limits of the tv camera, you can't even count skin color correctly. But spewing radical left, sjw, indoctrination & America hate, why should I expect you to know simple math?

[@Tiberius291]

Chuck Smith: "Crowd not hired or restricted" ..........ha ha ha ha

[@1158scott]

@@Tiberius291 WOW ! You're even more ignorant than I thought. Hope you're not using your real name to display it. But maybe you don't care either being a loser/loner or in a bubble group of closed- minded leftists. I should be laughing at how pathetic you are for saying the false idiocy that ABC's Television Cemter right in the heart of Los Angrles denied or resticted people from attending because of race or a multitude of other discriminatory reasons. But then, you can't even do a correct number count for your racial groupings on the TV view or admit that little error. No wonder you stay ignorant, can't and don't even try (or lie) to defend your false statements with any facts or evidence & just type "ha, ha, ha". Actually opening your mind to thinking could be dangerously life-altering to realize your heads full of cr*p & you've been wasting a good part of your life.

[@TranelHawkins]

Dancing?

[@kollerbrian]

Like around the kitchen table give the RUT A REASON for loving. Clairvoyant Comp or Voit Comp empathy testing fail. I should put on a big turk because she like it that way. Nolo's Legal dot com would not agree. Living in a big neighborhood RUT like a Bison without love. How you spell get into a fight with the Turk next door. Debbie Dolezole and the poverty line. A Debbie is a Hogathaw of female professional traits. I really should of beat him only Frank might of beat me. So There! Brian A Koller

[@johnlinnon2629]

Have you been getting therapy?

[@bank80]

So glad black americans taught white people how to dance...

[@6410daniel]

Stupid song to play..