American Bandstand 1967 - TOP 10 - Never My Love, The Association

Airdate: October 7, 1967
“Never My Love”, the 2nd most played song on radio and TV in the 20th Century (“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” was #1), is still new and peaking on the charts today as it hits #2 on Billboard and will hit #1 on Cashbox next week. (I miss the 20th Century)
Dancing today are: Don Sanuskar & Deedra Higgins (3:38), Famous Hooks & Jenny Nichols not pulling on Famous’ shirt (3:45), Dave Cortez & Alesse Pazno (4:09), Leonard Smith (4:38), Rob Molinelli & Nancy Hendrick (4:41), Forest Hutchins & Robin Miller (5:11) and on the riser are Andy Hyatt & Kathy McInerny (on the right at 3:11) and Keith Hokanson & Linda Hight (on the left at 3:27).
Has anyone ever heard of the song “Ballad of You, Me & Pooneil” by The Jefferson Airplane? That’s definitely a new one for me.
Next Saturday: the November 16, 1963 full episode with guests Brian Hyland and Bobby Bare.
Happy Veteran’s Day especially to all of our great veterans!

[@kennethlucas7473]

I'm so glad that I grew up during the 60's!

[@debbieduplessis2337]

Omg so am I the lessons I learned carried me through my life peace love and rock and roll

[@keithidota]

I'm glad you grew up in the '60s too.

[@EduardoBuenoamigo]

Me too... Wish my grandkids could have that too... Oh the times are so cruel... But I shared the music with my kids and they love it too this day... Hope they pass it on...

[@Ms.HistoryBuff433]

Great music in the 60s. These kids are my age. I was also 15 in 1967.

[@nonna1048]

Me too...I graduated high school in 1967

[@MrHolzheim]

Ah yes, this was when girls had pert bottoms, slim figures and NO tattoos

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I agree. Even though they were teenagers they were beautiful women.

[@BorderCollieMom]

Same goes for the men!

[@petegregory517]

And actually took time to do their hair instead of those nasty buns or shaved sides. And face, nose, eyebrow piercings are horrible. I find myself actually glad people wear mask. They’re doing mankind a service and I’m not talking health related.

[@ceiananunez1892]

I live in Albuquerque and I always watched Bandstand because I had a crush on a guy that danced there. I moved to California and he was at a gas station talking to the attendant. He asked me for a date. He went off to Vietnam and a I moved back to New Mexico. In 1993 we became engaged. It was fate!

[@sandrarr494]

Awe how beautiful☺️💖 I was born in 1993.. I hope to one day fall In love too 💓

[@virgildoc]

WOW ! what a story for the ages can you give details?

[@karenstrycharz1499]

Beautiful story & thanks for sharing! Wishing you both the best!♥️

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Yawn!!!

[@danityvanityinsanity]

Wow! Thats mindblowing! Thank you for sharing that incredibly interesting love story!😃👍✨💖✨

[@js-nr4wc]

I grew up in the 60,s 70,s and all of these songs just makes me wonder where the years went ,,I'm not sure but life seemed so much simpler and all the memories these songs brings makes me realise how life has changed ...

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed

[@karenstrycharz1499]

How absolutely true! I puzzle over “where the yrs have gone so quickly”, myself! I remember my own grandmother lamenting herself, those many yrs ago, when she was 65 yrs old( I was a young teenager & “my own life spread out on an endless path,”so way back when!” ) how fast time was passing by, for her. I was puzzled for I thought it would be just the opposite as a young 13 yr old. Didn’t time go slower when “you were old”( 65 seemed so “ancient 🤣” as a carefree teenager but 65 does not seem old at all now that I myself am 71 yrs old!!LOL!!!😂All these many yrs later I, myself know “exactly what my dear beloved( miss her still) was talking about & you too are talking about “j s!” I wonder where the yrs went myself & “those yrs” seem to continue to speed past “so very quickly for me still!” Wishing you the best “j s” & everyone reading this post! Thank-you too for these 🎵absolutely extraordinary 🎶videos! These are the best 🎵 videos & the best 🎼 blog/site ever!♥️

[@rondaevans8514]

@@karenstrycharz1499 completely understand Karen. I watched American B.S. every Saturday. I remember all the song's, popular dances and even some of the teen's dancing on the show. Ask myself all the time, How did all those year's fly by so fast and why wasn't I aware of it happening. Loved those year's. Do not like where this world is headed today. I am 67. Also loved the Association "Never my love".

[@Hautehead13]

Indeed.

[@marykayejenrich7845]

I watched this twice. I really enjoyed watching them dance and smile. The girls were pretty. The boys were handsome, and they looked so happy. I can't help but wonder where they are now, who is living, who has passed on. I hope they remained good and strong against all that lie ahead of them.

[@stevenburger7158]

We were 16 in 1967 > we know all the songs of the era & watching this is Wonderful. Here we are in 2022 ....OMG! Run for Lives!

[@taureauassis3900]

On croyait tellement à l amour ...❤️

[@AGCGartner]

They look so mature for their age and they were so young!

[@stevenhulbert7540]

I asked the same question when I first saw The Stroll recorded in the 1950's on the local TV station, what lied ahead for them.

[@olmose]

We did have fun growing up in the 60's, didn't we folks?

[@rositarogers6560]

Yes Yes Yes Yes, how I miss those days.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

I was a child (elementary school) of the 60's. I don't remember fun. I remember demonstrations, riots, anti-war propaganda, assassinations. Plus the war. Would rather be a millenial.

[@olmose]

@@christianlibertarian5488 Well, I was raised in West Tennessee and we were definitely "behind the times" of most of the country. Things were and still are pretty low key. I'd see on t.v. what was happening in California and places like that and be puzzled by it all. I love the country life though.

[@Stan4488]

Yes we did. And the fun was charged with a great fear set against a bright hope. The eternal balance. Today's great fear has become the simple lack of hope when, really, hope is always there...waiting only for permission.

[@christianlibertarian5488]

@rama rambo Not even close, mate. Pollution was way worse in the 1960's, war in the middle east was full bore with tanks and air forces, nuclear armageddon was one misunderstanding away, Nixon bombing Cambodia and North Vietnam HARD, riots in major cities....Much quieter, safer, more peaceful, richer today.

[@nickybarrasso4010]

Muscle cars, Mini skirts & great Music..."we thought those days would never end"✌

[@kathrynmiller9622]

Oh how I loved the 60's . . . .muscle cars . .the music . .dancing . .Myrtle Beach SC. . .crushes . . .life!

[@nickybarrasso4010]

@@kathrynmiller9622 "Today's youth are angry, because their music sucks"😄

[@wabisabi6983]

The teens looked so much happier and healthier back then.

[@jackiec.5758]

That is a true statement.

[@AllenJones-w3p]

They generally dressed better than today's teens!

[@barbarajordan3145]

They had to be in order for Dick Clark to approve their appearance on a taped show. Straight-laced, as was they were called.

[@marymargaretblumhorst5359]

But they couldn’t dance! I would love to hear what music is playing in many of their heads, cause it certainly has no similarity to what is audible on Bandstand! Wish we still had a similar show to see if dancing has improved over the last sixty years!

[@csmelen]

Someone please invent a time machine so I can relive my teenage years.

[@charlesvandenburgh7008]

I hope there is room for one more inside your time machine.

[@davidii3895]

Working on it as we reD each others texts.

[@albertvelasquez7089]

You guys would probably end up in the Twilight Zone going on Search and Destroy mission pleiku Vietnam,1968

[@josephcharlesworby1993]

@@charlesvandenburgh7008 I'll come with you as well it was a year I left school it started work they were happy times

[@user-hw1cr5uq4z]

@@albertvelasquez7089 Yup that was the 'Joker" in the deck back in 1967. Many of we guys would have a date with Uncle Sam in the not too distant future. US Army 11 Bravo mos, Infantry Rifleman.

[@gorgoncorpsus1277]

Back in the day when dancing close was moral and right ❤

[@dennisjackson4085]

These kids are in their late 60's and 70's now. Hard to believe.

[@richardlawson4317]

It's impossible to believe. But yet it's true. We were the generation that was supposed to never grow up, but we HAD to. Fate had such terrible things in store.

[@billirvin9057]

I know, I'm one of them ... really miss those days!

[@bogey19018]

I'll be 55 soon and I envy them.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

I was thinking the same thing. I was 11 in 1967 and will be 64 shortly and when the kids stated their ages it was several years older then my 11 so these very young people are quite old now. God I hate the passage of time! The last couple years of the 60s were the best of times for girls to look like girls and boys look like boys. So many of the girls interviewed reminded me of the young ladies I remember back then. No Jean's here-skirts & dresses-yea!

[@JCatNY]

@@chuckbuckbobuck I was born in '56 as well. Looking at this video, the girls look like they were in their 30's. Really interesting what changes happen over time.

[@dennismitchell1934]

The "clean cut" should've never gone out of style ! ! Meals were at the dinner table and people practiced manners. Prayer and the pledge of allegiance were a part of school ! ! !

[@rositarogers6560]

Dennis, I agree with you. I miss those years of innocence. Girls were girls, boys were boys, clean cut had manners and life was simple. No tattoos, piercings, or gang bang type clothes. Time truly has slipped away. Sad😔😔

[@alanbuxbaum3190]

@@rositarogers6560 and Dennis, you both forget the days of juvenile delinquents and "rebels without a cause." We always tend to idealize the years in which we grew up.

[@michaelwood875]

can you say "women's lib"???

[@Cissy2cute]

@@alanbuxbaum3190 And now we have gangs that murder on a whim. We didn't have to lock our house or car doors. I'd rather go back.

[@Cissy2cute]

@Dan Gabor That must be some kind of record LOL

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

One of the greatest, most beautiful songs ever recorded! Love The Association.

[@rebeccaripley7104]

Cherish and Never My Love takes me straight back to high school and the school dances.

[@michellehershey2171]

This song still gives me goosebumps. So beautiful...it takes me to a space in time I wish I hadn't had to leave

[@alicebaker5464]

Michelle Hershey yes it does!!!

[@wesedwards1128]

As a junior in high school in Long Beach, this song gave me my first girlfriend.

[@dreamambience4553]

Same

[@joanpicco6582]

Ù am kķķķkķ mlm

[@tangledshoelace4726]

Same!!

[@charlesoliva8174]

Watching this I couldn’t help wondering how many of the guys were in Vietnam in the next couple of years. Tough, turbulent times in some respects.

[@MrWahooknows]

I asked about that, too, but was reminded that kids like these were usually not sent to VN, even if drafted. It was the lower classes who bore an inordinate share of the horrors of that awful place. I saw it.

[@charlesoliva8174]

You’re spot on - it was the lower classes who did the bulk of the fighting.

[@waynekozak1462]

@@endgame6979 It was JFK who first ordered the troops into Viet Nam. Far be it from me to defend LBJ, but he didnt start the war.

[@RobtJude]

@@waynekozak1462 Come on Wayne -September 1950 - Truman sends the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) Indochina to Vietnam to assist the French. The President claimed they were not sent as combat troops, but to supervise the use of $10 million worth of U.S. military equipment to support the French in their effort to fight the Viet Minh forces. Started with Truman then extended by every president there after, et al. When we got there the French left soon after. There are many tapes played by the history channel where Johnson tells Robert Strange McNamara that he isn't like that wimpy boy Kennedy, he will not pull troops out of Vietnam like Kennedy was planning. Johnson escalated the war for his own political reasons, he didn't want history to record him as a US President that lost a war. HE SHOULD ROT IN HELL - A good reference book "Vietnam: The 10,000 day WAR" We lost American soldiers every year from 1950 to 1975. God Bless all of them and their grieving families.

[@benitomaldonado7080]

I was one . Graduation in 68’ and Vietnam in 70-71 . 25th Infantry Division. Still remember and love the music to this day. So does my grandchildren 😊

[@franksadlowski8136]

Back then couldn't wait to get home from school to watch American Bandstand! It was the Best of Times for many of my Generation...wonderfulmemories...

[@suzieparis6821]

Why am i crying listening to this...so many good memories..my mom sitting on the front porch putting pin curls in her hair..my dad in the house after 6pm supper watching Gunsmoke or rifleman or wagon train

[@suzannecorey1645]

Loved the 60's

[@russellhueners8499]

Me too

[@debbiecarruthers7621]

Suzie Paris what a great time to be young 😊

[@suzieparis6821]

@@debbiecarruthers7621 yes it was

[@ElizaDolittle]

you practically just described my life as a child in the 60s.

[@lisalindsey277]

So young and innocent. It makes me feel sad for some reason but I guess that's part of growing old. (I was 11 in 1967).

[@zucchininoodles4513]

We all feel it. You are not alone 🌺

[@pariahnation1284]

i just came into the world in 1967. 09/14/1967 😥

[@602susan]

Me too Lisa!!

[@lucky5853]

Girls were all pretty and nice back then, I married one and we're still happily married today, she's 66 and I'm 68, in April 2020 it'll be our 50th wedding anniversary .

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

50 yrs Wow. Ive been happily married 39 yrs. Most of the Baby Boomers have been married 2, 3, & 4 times.

[@CRFSUIGENERIS]

Congrats :)

[@bellbottomblues131]

Congratulations!!

[@theresamalloy5473]

Congratulations!

[@cherylegillingwater6500]

@@usmc-veteran73-77 Where did you EVER get that from, Baby Boomers married- 2,3,4 times? Are you kidding?Nowadays, that’s all you hear, DIVORCE, DIVORCE, ! That’s IF they EVEN marry, most LIVE together, for gods sake, and go from one person to another, ( maybe that IS why you yourself don’t hear of AS MANY DIVORCES, not mane DO get MARRIED! Too stupid!

[@roxnpennies]

Ah, when love songs were about real love and when slow a dancing was all swaying, giggling, and sweaty palms and none of that bumping and grinding stuff they do nowadays.

[@thomascarpenter7415]

I was 5 and my Dad and Uncle were both serving in Vietnam. Praise the Lord they both came home and are still living . I really enjoy the 60s music . Imagine teenagers today answering Dick’s question ? It would have be hideous.

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Thank Your Uncles for their service.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Did my senior trip in Vietnam...😢😢

[@charchar4907]

I was 16 in 1967. The best time of my life! Loved to dance and listen to music on records or the radio. I'll be an unbelievable age of 70 at the end of this year. Loved my time in the 60s.

[@teresavillalona8094]

Yo tengo. 56 años me gusta esa época salud y más vida para usted bendiciones

[@trudybettinger2773]

Me too

[@sandy3482]

I fell sorry for the kids now a days

[@BillDerBerg]

The problem with modern society is RECKLESS BREEDING

[@rickhernandez667]

When I hear this song, I am instantly transported back to my childhood home. I can smell cookies baking in the oven. It's raining and us kids stare out the window frustrated that we can't go out and play. So Mom's baking cookies to cheer us up. What a great time to grow up. Good music and being a kid meant climbing trees, playing football in empty lots, chasing butterflies and catching frogs.

[@TakaiAkita]

So true Rick

[@itchyallover9]

Well said

[@anitabelcher79]

Life was good back then

[@mikehollingworth2262]

hate to break to ya......this never happened....you dropped a whole tab of purple micro dot.......thus the image

[@nenaaa1444]

The 60s was a tumultuous violent time this show gave some a sense of normalcy.

[@NickPapagiorgio1]

When women were not covered in tattoos and morbidly obese at age 13!

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Got that right. Girls looked more like girls back then. I suppose because they were dressed and skirts more and not pants. At my high school in the late 60s girls couldn't wear pants. Yes!

[@Cissy2cute]

@@chuckbuckbobuck I worked for a state agency and women had to wear skirts/dresses. Then pant suits came in style and they were finally allowed--but it HAD to be a pant suit. A bit later and all barriers to clothing melted like snow in July. Of course you can imagine the result.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Yes, I went to church with a friend yesterday and any attempt to look presentable at a church simply doesn't exist anymore. Jeans, crop tops. mumu's for the old fat ladies. The minister was in jeans. Sorry, not my cup of tea. I wore a very nice shirt pinpoint oxford shirt, wool trousers with a good pair of leather oxford shoes. Probably the most presentable one in the crowd. We have become a nation of SLOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Cissy2cute]

@@chuckbuckbobuck I attended a funeral where some of the women wore shorts and flip flops. Looked like they were going to a picnic. So disrespectful to the deceased and family/friends.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

I attended a funeral several years ago just like that. The men were in shorts and Hawaiian shirts their big bellies flopping over their shorts and they thought nothing of it. It was pretty pathetic. I call it the "Adults acting like overgrown Adults" syndrome and it has taken over out country.

[@YaknCamp]

All of these young teens are now in their late 60’s & early 70’s in 2022.

[@juanitajames8443]

My favorite Christmas gift in 1968 was a transistor radio. I was 10 years old and I would listen to all these songs.

[@catherineerwin8269]

I love these videos! The AB episodes from the 50's & 60's are the best. I like them better than the ones I watched as a teen in the late 70's.. Thanks for playing them...

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

Me too

[@juanbaez1264]

THE 60"DS BEST GENERATION OF MUSIC ! GLADNESS CREATIVITY JOY INNOCENCE HAPPINESS MORE SELF RESPECT NO OBESITY MORE SELF LOVE MORE RESPECT FOR OTHERS. GREAT TIMES. SMART SCIENTISTS INVENT A TIME MACHINE A.S.A.P. !

[@icro9999]

Never realized the dancers were so young! They looked they were all in their 20's or older.

[@aubrey1008]

These girls looked way better than those so called stars on today's Super Bowl half time show. They looked real and not plastic.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I agree, 100%. Love to return to 1968 and be a teenager again.

[@bdevs.760]

The era where literally EVERYTHING was normal

[@carrieb5711]

There was a lot of things that were good but they say everything was normal didn't mean normal was good period not to be a downer but Vietnam more race riots people have to fight for their voting rights just two years earlier etc etc

[@thomasdowns1117]

Looking good and still having fun. The 60s were the best

[@AdrianDeVore]

That Question of the Day was totally dumb. The '67 kids really enjoyed dancing to Never My Love. I always loved this Association song because of its harmonies, lyrics, melody, and killer vocal arrangements.

[@dancerdon9175]

@Adrian you are so right. IMO 1967 was the standard by which the mid to late 60's AB was measured.

[@AdrianDeVore]

@@dancerdon9175 It was a musical barometer for so many great songs during that time period as reflected by social changes which influenced them.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@dancerdon9175 Right on Don!

[@msr1116]

1967 was the best year for pop music. So many fabulous songs I never tire of.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

+Adrian DeVore Yes, those things, together with the wonderful organ and guitar accompaniments, are what make this song one of the greatest and most beautiful of all time.

[@JammyCrackcorn]

The girl with the striped dress and short blonde hair is absolutely stunning…intoxicating laugh..Her name is Linda Hight … She is so cute!!

[@estrellanarvaez6626]

Yes we had a great time with American Bandstand 😊😊😊❤

[@angelaackerman8934]

Take me back to the 60’s!! 60’s&70’s had the best music.

[@lauriewilson4741]

Agree Angela. The best music has already been made 💕🎶

[@AndreaWinders54]

I was 13 in 1967 and I always watched American Bandstand. I loved “Never my Love” and I still do!

[@FEVERTEAM1]

Whoever did the vocal arrangement is a genius.

[@rositamercado9478]

60's the best years! sweet memories, nice music!

[@denisemarie6029]

I was only 3 years old but this is entertaining. Can we trade these times for those times? No tats, purple hair, phones etc

[@yossarian6799]

Tattoos >>> racism Purple hair >>> homophobia Phones >>> 50k+ lives needlessly lost in Vietnam

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Thanks Elizabeth. It was a most interesting time. For some odd reason I remember so much of those years even though it was over a half century ago now. Took a crazy trip with a practical stranger the summer of 1966 that I wrote a short story about. Friend of my Aunt took us from Utah to Illinois to visit my grandparents and we listened to Top 40 AM tunes the entire time. He drove all night in those pre-Interstate days and all kinds of weird things happened--a deer hit his car in Wyoming and he picked up a hitch-hiker in Iowa. He was only 20, smoked like a chimney and barely could keep awake near the end of the journey. I was 10 and my brother 9 but, needless to say, something like this trip wouldn't have happened to today. In the mid-1960's you grew up quicker and you pretty much were an adult at 20. Not so today.

[@paulariese260]

So many people were married by 20 and had started a family unlike the unnatural prolonging of that until your 30s.

[@karenstrycharz1499]

Seeing the amazing Dick Clark is so wonderful & how I loved this song! I still do! What a “great walk down memory lane!” Loved hearing him read off all the “popular songs of the day!”

[@kevincarlson2965]

I remember these days - it’s heartbreaking how far our society has fallen away. Gone are the innocent and sweetness of people’s spirits especially. I am ashamed at the country I see now. How I pray we could have stayed within these same moral foundations. Currently mass shootings, tattoos, changing ones gender along with countless other absurdities have created a society of nearly full evil. I miss my youth so very much. The world was so much sweeter, calmer, and quieter.

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed AMEN

[@chrudolf]

Well, this is from 1967, just one year before everything started to go wrong. And we are still paying for the consequences of that evil 1968 year.

[@dancerdon9175]

Famous never disappoints. Great Roll Call morphing into Question of the Day. Still a shred of innocence in this clip. Thanks for today's descriptor Aaron. Had no idea that "Never My Love" was the 2nd most played song of the 20th Century (radio and TV).

[@YCDTI]

What’s even more surprising @dancer don is that “Ballad of You, Me & Pooneil” was the 3rd most played in the 20th Century. Lol! You and Deedra looked great here. I think you guys were doing the perfect dance style for this song. Thanks Don!

[@peggela]

I still love that song "Never my Love"! I agree that it is crazy that "Ballad of You, Me & Pooneil" was popular! Never heard of the song! Nice to see Don dancing with Deedra. So smooth...

[@YCDTI]

@@peggela the only thing missing, especially with a song like this, is you and Frank on the dance floor.

[@dancerdon9175]

@@peggela Peggy, kind of brings to mind "Where The Action Is" and your "water ballet" ;--). Now that was smooth!

[@billritter4213]

@@dancerdon9175 You mean this Where the Action Is clip? kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnfCi5qZiL2MmbM I found this one the other day while looking for WTAI clips or full shows on here.

[@calvinguile1315]

Dandelion by the Stones, awesome record!

[@bonnielucas3244]

That is a beautiful song

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I didn't know that "“Never My Love”, {was} the 2nd most played song on radio and TV in the 20th Century". It deserves it. It is a mystical magical evocation of love! Though my fave love song of all time remains "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert! Thanks for a great upload, Aaron!

[@patgavigan1396]

Also, BMI has Cherish at #22 and Windy at #61 in 20th century.

[@bobdavis4848]

Behind Little River Band's "Reminiscing" I think? While "Never My Love" is very nice, I like The Association's "Everything That Touches You" even more. I like everything I've ever heard by Herb Alpert except "This Guy's In Love With You." Because I think saying "if not I'll just die" is disrespectful mental manipulation. I think she should say she's in love with him only if she really is, only by her own choice, not in response to him saying what could be interpreted as a suicide threat.

[@fred3467]

Some of the songs on Bandstand's list didn't make the Billboard top 10 and others the top 20. Wonder who compiled their top ten?

[@georgeyates3304]

The shows director Ed Yates was the one resposible for Top 10. But, it wasn't easy because ABC had them taping the show up to 4 weeks in advance. I was there, we all brought 3 or 4 changes of clothes, because the 4 taped shows were bbroadcast the following 4 Saturdays.

[@AdrianDeVore]

@@georgeyates3304 When did you dance on AB? What were your favorite memories?

[@teetarquin7012]

Aaah, my youth. It was the best of times.

[@jazminpulli8944]

Let's travel back in time to those years... when life was free and wonderful.

[@brentdingwall8509]

David Cortez reminds me of Mario Lopez The lads in their suits and ties and girls in pretty dresses - no jeans or hoodies - take me back

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

Girls...girls..don't be hanging on Famous! There's my buddy Don out there smooth as silk. Don you always connected so well with your partners; never looking down at your feet or keeping a blank stare. You seemed to enjoy the dance and the gal you were with. Love Leonard's nonpartnering dance to this tune. What a great old song. It's good to hear it again. Have a slow dance with your sweetie. Thank you Aaron.....tons of memories coming back on this one. ❤

[@dancerdon9175]

@Jean Famous had a quip for anything and everything. The camera loved him and he loved the camera. Always affable on set.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@dancerdon9175 he has been such a delight to us all. His smile is never disingenuous. People like Famous can sometimes warm a tired heart with no more than friendly smile. HUG for you Famous!

[@peggela]

@Jean Lankdon & @don sanuskar.....Don.....love the one you are with!!!!LOL So suave! Jean...Famous was such a genuine friend and had not even a bit of ego that excluded anyone from his circle. He had a great sense of humor which is what he displayed in this clip in the roll call.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@peggela Famous seems like someone I'd love to know. He's the real deal. In today's world, we all need a Famous Hooks in our lives. I know I have a few...hope you do too. ❤

[@albertvelasquez7089]

I remember some of the regulars on the show.I was a junior going to San Gabriel high that year.I had already signed up for the Selective Service System.I remember some of my friends already in the service went awol and headed for Canada.everyone was scared ,I feel bad for them breaking the law but I glad there name not on the Vietnam memorial wall.

[@briansaunders5361]

I was 10 at the time and my sister was a senior. When her friends came over to the house they were all beautiful. The 60s were the last of genuine character. The 70s were plastic copies of one another.

[@1Mhoram9]

I was ten. After age nine we were poor so no tv, no newspaper, no magazines. At 14 I was chased home from school every day by blacks but was friends with the blacks that lived next door. Then when I was 16 ... life changed.

[@wildrosecece]

70’s was full of great music

[@miguelramirez1582]

I was five years young. Amazing I'm still here after triple CABG. I'm going to live another 20 ....... I hope ..... GOD Willing.

[@doubledown109]

I'm 45 and really appreciate this era even though I wasn't born yet. The brunette girl in the very first shot of the dancers is the prettiest girl I've ever seen. That smile.....

[@jamesstark8316]

HS Sophomore in Brooklyn when this originally aired. I thought the girl's fashions were "boss" at the time but my GF had her hair looking like Diana Ross. It worked because I had a serious Diana Ross crush going on then. Cheers.

[@TheSOUNDMAN513]

James Stark what HS did you go to? I went to Midwood

[@jamesstark8316]

@@TheSOUNDMAN513 Grover Cleveland. Born in Wycoff Heights hospital in Bushwick. Had an apartment for awhile in Kensington (Church Ave) but live UES now.

[@TheSOUNDMAN513]

James Stark I’ve been a Brooklynite all my life.... now in Gerritsen Beach

[@jamesstark8316]

@@TheSOUNDMAN513 Cool. I've been in and out...spent 26 years in the Navy and then 10 years in DC (civilian Pentagon contractor). My GF is from Crown Heights.

[@laminage]

I was born in 1966 so this of course was a bit before my time. I get kind of sad when I see the Fellows. I wonder how many of them got their Number called and went to Vietnam.

[@ralphburns6659]

A time when girls were girls and the guys loved it!!!!

[@Mooncat222]

Yep slim and no ugly tats or plastic additions to body and face :::: just saying 😉

[@geofbrit59]

The Association had hits with two of the best love songs of the era (or any era) Cherish & Never My Love, but my fave is still Along Comes Mary. Man I dig that song! --also I Dig Rock & Roll Music at #4

[@oldiesgeek454]

@geofbrit59 In addition to their two monster hit ballads that you mentioned, there's the underrated: Everything That Touches You.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Daniel Prohonas What do you mean by "Everything Billboard since 1949" exactly?. Do you mean every weekly record chart (Top 40 hit) since '49?...And where in the world do you store all those thousands of albums? 😊

[@geofbrit59]

@Daniel Prohonas What do you collect the 45 singles, The Billboard magazines, The albums...? That would be an awesome collection! I started buying records in 1968 and have kept them all.

[@beachbum433]

Wish I could give this more than ONE like!!!👍🤩😘

[@Butterflypoo]

The girl with the short blonde hair, the striped dress and the fabulous tan is absolutely gorgeous. I wonder if she has any idea she is on KZbin now?

[@JammyCrackcorn]

Her name is Linda Hight….Partner was Keith Hokanson….

[@Butterflypoo]

@@JammyCrackcorn Thanks for the response. Apparently the woman I was referring to isn't Linda. The one I'm referring to is at 3:53. Have a great day!

[@sandy3482]

I was in a band and the guitar players girlfriend wanted us to do this song, ya right!

[@fultonhokanson3246]

Keith Hokanson is at 3:26 and 3:59. He’s the blonde on the back shelf, wearing a white shirt and a tie. His partner is blonde.

[@YCDTI]

Hi Fulton. Thank for the information about Keith. Are you related?

[@fultonhokanson3246]

@@YCDTI yes I am related to him. It’s been hard to spot him in various clips. He first visited American Bandstand in 1966. Keith met Famous at Harmony Park and was invited to the show. I love seeing these posts!

[@JammyCrackcorn]

Is Linda Hight still with us these days….

[@Gaylel1]

“The Twiggy Look?” Famous, Famous...man you are crazy!! But it’s true that girls get clingy!! Dick really loved him believe me.. Glad to see Don and his signature dip this episode. And the far couple was doing the “Texas Cha Cha.” Another fun episode to escape the crazy stuff in this world..thanks, Aaron!

[@YCDTI]

Your comments made me chuckle @Gayle Lecus. Thank you!

[@Centervillejim]

The "Twiggy" Look was popularized when the british model Leslie Hornsby became a superstar model. She was skinny and wore her hair cut short in a boyish style, sometimes with big hoop earrings. She wore long thick eyelashes and heavy eyeshadow. Her clothes were usually boyish or draped very loosely. Many of the girls on "American Bandstand" copied her look.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@Centervillejim wow she was ultra thin...almost like a stick figure. Very heavy make up on doe-like eyes. Very British fashion trendsetter. I saw her not too long ago on the Graham Norton show. She looks much healthier now.

[@Centervillejim]

@@thefirstMrsLankton Yes, other than her eyes, it's hard to believe she's the same person.

[@thefirstMrsLankton]

@@Centervillejim agreed!!!

[@pedrofernandez8729]

Look at that, boys dancing with girls. How refreshing to see.

[@foodforthoughtchef]

Innocents was our grace If lucky enough To have family God government Apple pie Dreamzzzzzz

[@uselessjoe]

I miss the look of the girls of the late 60s…

[@ginaf2103]

Ahh l was a mere 12 yrs old in 1967. What a magical time to grow up in. I'm 64 now and slimmer than most teenagers today. Very sad

[@bellbottomblues131]

I was 9 and yes a magical time indeed!

[@kevincarlson2965]

I am close to your age - wow how blessed we were to grow up when we did.

[@mickflaire]

I was 13 years old on this airdate. Great times!

[@cristinacristina6413]

Eu , adoro essa música! Ela tem um ritmo gostoso , e super romântica! Ela é. Uma graça! Como todas essas músicas do passado , eu cresci ouvindo, esse som!

[@robertyancey4867]

I DO LOVE THIS SONG!!!😀😊☺😎

[@keithidota]

Famous didn't need to identify himself to DC, it's like Whoomp! There He Is! Twiggy was a clue on yesterday's Jeopardy Tournament of Champions. The clue referenced "stick" and the Blues Brothers movie. A 30-year-old man got the clue, maybe he saw the movie. Leonard looks like he's dancing to a psychedelic song here. And boo-hiss at the network for cutting that great song short.

[@AdrianDeVore]

I loved Leonard's psychedelic dance moves on this song! He had a great time connecting to it.

[@toneman335]

That was a pointless question and answer session!

[@mona2242]

Such good looking bunch and all smiles. Those were the days,my friend.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Girls never bugged me. I loved them all. I loved just dating. Never settled down until I met my future wife. Leap Year Night & a Blind Date 29 Feb 80. One yr later we married on the 1st Day of Spring 21 March 1981.

[@samdecaro7675]

15 years old great music great times to be young in the 60s

[@tonithenightowl1836]

So you were born in 1953, too ... Well at least we're still alive and kickin' lol

[@randallmacphee7260]

I miss the femininity .

[@TakaiAkita]

I like the people - and the music. What a beautiful time. Take me back - back to that time. Many thanks for this video and nice music.

[@mrob75]

Hi Aaron...First and foremost, thank you for saluting our Veterans! :---) Like you, "Pooneil" is new to me! My vote for #1 would be "The Cat in the Window". So looking forward to the full 1963 episode!

[@eileenmaryomalley740]

I was so happy in the 60's in grammar school then high school all the wonderful music , tons of great groups , single artists , songs take your pick there wasn't one bad song ! The stuff today is terrible it's all fake .

[@EaganChris]

Are there any Girls that were in this video that have come to see this after all these years?? Please let us know and which one you are. It would be really cool to hear from you.... :)

[@rishi-eq8kx]

78rpm....one of our first eleven vinyls.....Dad loved playing it a million times on our first player...HMV-Fiesta , a mono recod-player....I am talking 1960s , a small town in Himalayan North India.

[@MrPorsche85]

No. 2 song was by Bobby Vee," Come back when you grow up". We used to sing it as " Come back when you throw up, girl"

[@sexymama1966]

Hilarious!

[@oldiesgeek454]

Well there goes my appetite.

[@mimimoonlight1859]

Beautiful kids back then 💖'em

[@davidblackwelder2771]

The year I graduated from HS ... 68,69,70 - Vietnam the music kept us sane😄, still does ... sane and sad 😂

[@jcbsebrigh5844]

greatest song of the 1960s

[@foodforthoughtchef]

Sadly Vietnam would ruin those fine humans...sad

[@Gerardo032002]

I just wish, all of them had a beautiful life...and with a lot of love... All of them have that innocent faces, that we never saw in this times...

[@lunablue499]

Innocence is the word to describe this.

[@cecillebarone9252]

Love that 60's groove,as well as the clothes and hair styles (could have done without the manson family) Wish they got the death penalty for their cruelty to Sharon Tate and the other people they murdered

[@danityvanityinsanity]

How funny. They didn’t like guys with long hair or beards or girls that wore micro miniskirts or had that Twiggy look! All the styles that were so iconic of that era!🤯😂

[@jamesr1703]

It looks like a nice time. Today is miserable for young people.

[@farajo786]

I love those dance moves

[@iluvrachellef]

WOW Airdate 10/7/67 The Day TONI BRAXTON was born 😍😍😍👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🎙🎙🎙

[@MarkJones9093]

I never get enough of this song. I come back to this video every now and then to reminisce. Although I was actually born in 1967, I vividly remember this song playing on the radio in the early to mid 70s. I have a crush on a couple of dancers btw, lol.

[@YCDTI]

Glad you enjoyed it. Come back anytime!

[@tomloft2000]

I'll guess one of them shows up at 3:10?

[@MarkJones9093]

@@tomloft2000 yep! But my favorite is at 3:33!

[@robivy9987]

This is in 68 not 67. Look at the ab symbol. I was 16 in 68. The music back then was so diverse. People looked so natural and happier because they were. Best time to be a youngster was my time, imho.

[@yossarian6799]

Rob, remember that TV network "seasons" were like Detroit's "Model Years". ABC's "1968 season" kicked off around September '67.

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

Hey Famous, where are you? You need to weigh in here.This was my favourite song from the Association, although I believe Windy was certainly more popular.Windy certainly got way more airplay here in Canada. Great clip Aaron

[@YCDTI]

#WeWantFamous Let’s start a movement to get him to say hi @Andrew Haberman, Lol. I’ve heard it through the grapevine that he watches these videos from time to time. Either way, you’re the man Mr. Hooks. Thanks Andrew!

[@catherineerwin8269]

@@YCDTI I agree! I mentioned that in a previous video. Famous had a smooth style in dancing & clothes. I really liked him in the video with the Irish Rovers song about the unicorn. The way he lead the other kids in the Bunny hop was adorable.

[@mistery-ed7900]

Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil was one of their hits from After Bathing At Baxter's along with Two Heads and Watch Her Ride. For psych fans it was xlnt stuff but it was too far out for most people.

[@YCDTI]

I knew someone here would’ve heard of it and maybe even have bought it on a record. Thank you @mistery-ed

[@mistery-ed7900]

@@YCDTI My best friends brother had the album and eventually so did I. The songs I mentioned all got LA area airplay and probably charted higher there than nationally.