American Bandstand 1968 -’68 Dance Contest- Tighten Up, Archie Bell & The Drells

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@goyeabuddy
@goyeabuddy 5 жыл бұрын
1968, i was in Vietnam then, came back in 1969.. at least i came back, a lot of my bros didn't make it...god rest their souls!
@YCDTI
@YCDTI 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service terry wheatley. I’m glad you made it home.
@susanpeters3234
@susanpeters3234 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service. We owe you a huge debt of gratitude. God Bless you .🙏❤️
@TheKissyfer
@TheKissyfer 4 жыл бұрын
As a daughter of an enlisted Navy officer and Vietnam veteran, thank you (1M times) for your service. F*** those people who didn't welcome y'all back.
@TheKissyfer
@TheKissyfer 4 жыл бұрын
@C Hoc Oh you're very welcome - anytime! I'm all about it :-)
@mermaidgirl9232
@mermaidgirl9232 4 жыл бұрын
terry wheatley ...thank you for your service. My brothers made it back home also. So thankful for each and every one of you.
@altfactor
@altfactor 4 жыл бұрын
"Tighten Up!" was probably the best dance record of the late 1960's. It still gets me up and moving 52 years later!
@jamesm.3967
@jamesm.3967 4 жыл бұрын
altfactor It was used in an insurance commercial too.
@darrellwolf5638
@darrellwolf5638 4 жыл бұрын
absolutely impossible to dance to in its day..compare this to some of the others,,,,big difference.
@mermaidgirl9232
@mermaidgirl9232 4 жыл бұрын
altfactor ....love this song 🎶
@philipcollins408
@philipcollins408 4 жыл бұрын
Can't argue with you about the Archie Bell tune but the one I remember that was most popular in my neighborhood in Chicago was "Nobody But Me" by the Human Beinz. Hot tune 🔥
@bellbottomblues131
@bellbottomblues131 3 жыл бұрын
@@philipcollins408 I love Nobody But Me!!
@forego49
@forego49 5 жыл бұрын
Give Dick Clark credit with all those young people around him he never as involved in any scandals or bad press his entire life. He was one of a kind for sure can't be duplicated.
@bbb8997
@bbb8997 2 жыл бұрын
Payola , & Freed was railroaded.Dick Clark threw Jerry Lee Lewis under the bus, total scumbag Clark was
@forego49
@forego49 2 жыл бұрын
@@bbb8997 No Clark was smart enough to hide his payola (all the big DJs took money to play records at the timewake up) but Freed too the money didn't he? Seems to me one guy was smart the other a dummy who got caught and ruined his career.
@forego49
@forego49 2 жыл бұрын
@@bbb8997 A little more info for you about your hero Alan Freed who stole writing credits from performers and also stole their recording royalties. Dick Clark never did that to anyone connected to him. Next time do some research before you open your big mouth.
@imbees2
@imbees2 Жыл бұрын
yes
@CharlieGracieJunior
@CharlieGracieJunior 7 ай бұрын
PAYOLA!
@gilbertsanchez3277
@gilbertsanchez3277 5 жыл бұрын
I was 17 living in Watts....missed those days. Now I am 68. Hard to believe how time goes by so quick. All these young people, If they are still alive, are around my age.
@Eidann63
@Eidann63 5 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Sanchez I lived on Imperial Hwy, below Western Ave. I was 15 when they burned Watts. Were you there then? I remember the tanks coming down the street and the curfew.
@jazziehuell816
@jazziehuell816 5 жыл бұрын
i was born in 80 at kaiser in bellflower, while parents were living in compton. unfortunately I got to see the murders from the gang wars of the 80's 😢😢😢
@Eidann63
@Eidann63 5 жыл бұрын
@@jazziehuell816 One of the reasons we left S. Cali.
@mimilong3817
@mimilong3817 5 жыл бұрын
Gilbert Sanchez: I was 12 years old in the late 60s while walking with a friend through a Watts neighborhood when a couple black teens looked at us and said: "Ooo, Ooo, you in da wrong neighborhooood". But I made it out alive obviously.
@KindaLikeWater
@KindaLikeWater 4 жыл бұрын
@@mimilong3817 - Unlike MLK and RFK, in 1968. And so many thousands of others.
@MissPerriwinkle
@MissPerriwinkle Жыл бұрын
oh to go bak to those years.......
@carrienixon6663
@carrienixon6663 5 ай бұрын
Boy oh boy, they doing that tighten up. 2024 and still top notch. August 2nd, 2024. ❤
@joycemartin7516
@joycemartin7516 4 ай бұрын
It’s 8/30/24 in Austin, Tx! Great tune then and I was living in the Houston area when they came out with this song! Seniors were great in ‘68📣…I’m 75 and still rockin to the oldies today🥳🎶
@matrox
@matrox 2 жыл бұрын
Hearing this song makes me feel like an 11 year old kid again when I was grooving to this song on my 9volt Transister radio. It was such a groovy time despite the Viet Nam war and the political asisinations.
@rebeccasnyder6719
@rebeccasnyder6719 Жыл бұрын
Me too
@tillietrue9397
@tillietrue9397 5 жыл бұрын
"Tighten Up".....this song always makes me happy and takes me back to wonderful, innocent times💖 We dressed so cool😎
@gypsymoon3519
@gypsymoon3519 4 жыл бұрын
Loved this time in my life I won best dancer in High School I loved this music better then today’s Music!!
@donnawoodford6641
@donnawoodford6641 3 жыл бұрын
Before bell-bottom jeans. 👖
@christopherluciano8665
@christopherluciano8665 2 жыл бұрын
When dance was normal
@jessebarrera1955
@jessebarrera1955 5 жыл бұрын
Archie Bell, from Houston, Texas was wounded in Vietnam....thanks for your service mr Bell 😊🇱🇷🇱🇷
@BHall-tw4ye
@BHall-tw4ye 5 жыл бұрын
Jesse, Had no idea. He had a great sound.
@KindaLikeWater
@KindaLikeWater 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for some truth on this post. Respect to Mr. Bell. And he's still with us. :)
@tundrawomansays5067
@tundrawomansays5067 4 жыл бұрын
He didn’t know he had a hit record until he heard it on the radio!
@jamest4767
@jamest4767 4 жыл бұрын
Would he be the only Vietnam vet with a hit song?
@armagedon0264
@armagedon0264 4 жыл бұрын
I didnt know this
@chicmim
@chicmim 5 жыл бұрын
I was in the army stationed in Germany and Archie Bell was stationed in K-town at the same time. We had a band called the Profiles and he performed with us often. Along with Peaches and Herb and Lou Rawls and others.
@gardenia81
@gardenia81 5 жыл бұрын
So cool! Thanks for sharing
@deniseparker2146
@deniseparker2146 4 жыл бұрын
WOW that must have been something!
@matrox
@matrox 2 жыл бұрын
Was Archie in the Military or just there performing?
@chicmim
@chicmim 2 жыл бұрын
@@matrox He was in the army.
@matrox
@matrox 2 жыл бұрын
@@chicmim ✊😁
@ThomasFinnerty-nn8ne
@ThomasFinnerty-nn8ne 4 ай бұрын
Im 81 now and it was every day after school that I watched American Bandstand. All the kids were stars!!!!!
@forego49
@forego49 3 ай бұрын
I am with you buddy I watch American Bandstand almost everyday after school too. It was all clean fun. Dick Clark was a decent man compared to those around him.
@moemcgovern7345
@moemcgovern7345 3 ай бұрын
I have to disagree. Most couldn't dance.
@sylvialawrence4431
@sylvialawrence4431 8 күн бұрын
Same here, and I'm 72. Also watched Soul Train.
@community1949
@community1949 6 жыл бұрын
Notice how tight and skinny the men's slacks are? See nothing is new kiddies. I was 19 in 1968 and I had just bought a brand new Chevy Camaro in butternut yellow with a black vinyl top, black bucket seats, and black strips down the sides - we had fun back then.
@lonrgrrl59
@lonrgrrl59 5 жыл бұрын
I'm with you all the way, even though I was a child back then and did remember the songs that were playing on the radio back then and barely remember seeing this episode of AB
@sarrahremy8512
@sarrahremy8512 5 жыл бұрын
I had a 67 Camaro - white with orange racing stripes. I miss those days. Boy, am I old!
@JeanetteFaith
@JeanetteFaith 5 жыл бұрын
cool cars.... and I drive a Honda. lol
@vinniebozzuto3534
@vinniebozzuto3534 5 жыл бұрын
I was 17 years old and my first car was a1964 Pontiac GTO..you don't know what you have until it's gone!😉
@bobrand3895
@bobrand3895 4 жыл бұрын
When I came back from nam I bought my sister's car 1969 came to coupe, best car I ever had. Now dive a civic hehe
@MrRotcehzepol
@MrRotcehzepol 5 жыл бұрын
I was 16 and playing guitar in a local band. We probably played this song 2 or 3 times every dance night due to requests from the people. I’m 67 now and only play those memories in my mind.
@lucialbert831
@lucialbert831 3 жыл бұрын
❤️🌟
@matrox
@matrox 2 жыл бұрын
Are you still playing guitar?🧐
@MrRotcehzepol
@MrRotcehzepol 2 жыл бұрын
No, I don’t play the guitar anymore and I’m now 70. Playing the guitar by myself is not the same pleasure as playing with the whole band.
@matrox
@matrox 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrRotcehzepol True...why not go to craigslist and hook up with some musicians? I play keyboard and am about to do that now.
@garrettkessler1895
@garrettkessler1895 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Archie for your service and thank you to all who served. I was born in '69 and I grew up a free American and I love and thank you all for that. Thank you for the excellent music too. Hugs G.
@lolitadiaz0113
@lolitadiaz0113 Жыл бұрын
Awww what a nice comment yes we are thankful to our vets❤
@MrCtsSteve
@MrCtsSteve 10 ай бұрын
​@laverdadescatolica5well they still went . They could've went to Canada or claim objector status .
@goodmeasure777
@goodmeasure777 2 жыл бұрын
I like the lady dancing like a go go dancer. She was the one really dancing by herself. She had soul for real @5:06
@oldskoolmusicforever0724
@oldskoolmusicforever0724 5 ай бұрын
AS A SENIOR ADULT MYSELF,WATCHING THIS VIDEO WAS COOLER THAN A MICHIGAN DAY IN DECEMBER.
@carrienixon6663
@carrienixon6663 Жыл бұрын
We gone make it mellow fa you now, we gone make it mellow now-- sounds good because it’s the original sound, and the original sound is the best sound.
@patriciacasey3037
@patriciacasey3037 Жыл бұрын
Vietnam War an everlasting Legacy of Sorrow for our Boys! I have lived with this Grief all of my Life. 70 years old now, PTSD consists. I Thank God every day and Night and at the foot of my bed is a Tapestry of PSALM 23, it has carried me through Life for 30+years!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Welcome home Soldiers! Jesus is Always With Us! AMEN and AMEN!❤
@iandon1300
@iandon1300 10 ай бұрын
Oh boy. This is top notch.....
@kevinstewart8876
@kevinstewart8876 3 жыл бұрын
You can't help but to start dancing when Tighten Up comes on.
@nuwavedave
@nuwavedave 5 жыл бұрын
"Tighten Up" was brilliant, with its Garage Soul feel! We all wanted to dance just as good as we walked - and we DID whenever it came on the radio on 77 WABC in New York City. Thanks, Archie!
@nuwavedave
@nuwavedave 4 жыл бұрын
"Tighten Up" was such a garage recording - not typical for Gamble & Huff, who produced the Delfonics and so many other great Soul artists. But what a soulful groove! You couldn't help but dance to it. Archie and his boys had it goin' on!
@srmichel417
@srmichel417 3 жыл бұрын
Gamble and Huff picked them up after this was recorded in Texas. Their next hits were produced in Philly, some written by Gamble and Huff. My memory may be fuzzy on this but close.
@jackpott8587
@jackpott8587 4 жыл бұрын
Archie Bell and The Drells played our Senior Prom, Forest Park H. S., Class of ‘69. We knew how to Tighten It Up. You put your left hand on your left hip, and pointed you first finger on right hand, and pretended it was a screw driver, and you were tightening it up! Rock with the Beat. Archie and Drells had at least 3 more hits, check them out!
@gregrichard2719
@gregrichard2719 3 жыл бұрын
Beaumont, TX?
@gigib.965
@gigib.965 3 жыл бұрын
Forest park Springfield Massachusetts?????
@donnawoodford6641
@donnawoodford6641 3 жыл бұрын
Chicago, IL area.
@jackpott8587
@jackpott8587 3 жыл бұрын
@@gregrichard2719 Yes, at a Hotel along Interstate 10 across the highway from Gateway Shopping Center.
@kataisa3
@kataisa3 Жыл бұрын
I love these old TV shows with the commercials built into them. Love the styles of the times!
@fatbowe
@fatbowe 4 жыл бұрын
I and Archie bell were both in boot camp at Fort Polk, Louisiana...He went to Germany to be a truck driver and I went to Vietnam to be a dog handler...Via Okinawa, where the dog school was... 1967.... ..this was all before Tighten Up came out...His people came to get him in a 57 Chevy Bel Aire...
@usmc-veteran73-77
@usmc-veteran73-77 4 жыл бұрын
Do you remember where you were on Okinawa? I spent 13 months there later on Aug74-Sep75, Camp Foster .
@dorothyaguilar5639
@dorothyaguilar5639 5 жыл бұрын
I use to watch this when I was a kid those were the days.😘
@TheLoanshark08
@TheLoanshark08 Жыл бұрын
Houston STAND UP !!!!!! Some of the sickest bass lines ever
@altfactor
@altfactor 5 жыл бұрын
This record was most appropriate for a late 1960's rock 'n roll dance contest. Maybe the best dance record of the late 1960's!
@the9-2-5outlawdoestech9
@the9-2-5outlawdoestech9 3 жыл бұрын
That somebody's grandfather or grandmother on American Bandstand. What a story to tell their grandkids they got on an American dance TV show.
@heatherduchene8779
@heatherduchene8779 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you to all the brave people who went to Vietnam, sad some did not return home, when I look back on the music and dancing, everyone looked so nice, it was the best of times, the world is pretty sad now, just my opinion anyway.
@SantiagoTrevino-k3d
@SantiagoTrevino-k3d Жыл бұрын
Yep I'm from Houston Texas and it's always a club Hit till this day!!!
@chacha59
@chacha59 2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching American Bandstand! I was 9yrs old in 1968…also still listen to Archie Bell & the Drells Tighten Up! 👍🏼
@ettajohnson8234
@ettajohnson8234 Жыл бұрын
Archie and the Drells, you send me way back! Makes me want to dance!👍🏾
@carolinerainey7972
@carolinerainey7972 Жыл бұрын
Love these songs from the 60's
@markmccummins8049
@markmccummins8049 5 жыл бұрын
I don’t know what most of them were dancing, but this little boy soaked it in, song, dancing, and all. I remember this! Still love Archie Bell & The Drells!
@trudemoore5036
@trudemoore5036 Жыл бұрын
Im 73 and I can still Tighten up. Lol! Loved those days in High School.
@mazie7952
@mazie7952 4 ай бұрын
I was 7 Love the 60s music❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤗
@albertvejil363
@albertvejil363 Жыл бұрын
I was drafted in the Army in 1968
@robbie-vh3ed
@robbie-vh3ed 2 ай бұрын
I have good memories with this song
@jchow5966
@jchow5966 Жыл бұрын
USA music was amazing then!!!! Time to bring it back.
@estellepatella2520
@estellepatella2520 4 жыл бұрын
I remember this one. Tighten-Up was one of my favorites. I really miss Dick Clark. '68 was a long hot summer. Chicago riots and the Summer of Love
@hermanmunster714
@hermanmunster714 Жыл бұрын
These young couples all look so cute, like theyre having some fun. Do young folks even dance anymore now a days?
@supesII
@supesII 5 жыл бұрын
I love that crazy ‘60s dancing. So cool.
@carrieburch7646
@carrieburch7646 4 жыл бұрын
Tighten up was a dance that I can still do!! My son, an 80’s baby, loves this song!!
@AdrianDeVore
@AdrianDeVore 6 жыл бұрын
I can see why Gretchen and Buddy won this contest because both of them fully connected with the song which was reflected in their dance moves.
@MyMuzikVideos578
@MyMuzikVideos578 5 жыл бұрын
Great song! I was in 6th grade in '68. Those kids had soul! ❤👍
@sojotruth1116
@sojotruth1116 4 жыл бұрын
Lovely to see those young folks get down to good music back in the day, I was just getting into my formative years, but it bring back good memories and lifts my spirits. Thank goodness for Dick Clark and his love for youth, dance, and music. RIP Mr. Clark.
@joycejean-baptiste4355
@joycejean-baptiste4355 2 жыл бұрын
They should have done the tighten up' dance with the song. It was a fun dance. My older sisters taught me how. Lol!
@aladdinsane5448
@aladdinsane5448 5 жыл бұрын
TIME IT WAS AND WHAT A TIME IT WAS....IT WAS A TIME OF INNOCENCE A TIME OF CONFIDENCES LONG AGO IT MUST BE I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH PRESERVE YOUR MEMORIES THEY'RE ALL THATS LEFT YOU!😢
@dukecraig2402
@dukecraig2402 5 жыл бұрын
How many people here know that Charles Robinson (Mack from Night Court) was in Archie Bell and the Drells before they hit it off? They were even on an episode that paralled his actual story with them.
@irishbob1953
@irishbob1953 5 жыл бұрын
Interesting. thanks for the information
@KindaLikeWater
@KindaLikeWater 4 жыл бұрын
WOW! Amazing! Thanks!
@imbees2
@imbees2 4 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know. Thank you for the informatiom
@scottyg5403
@scottyg5403 4 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@bobbyjones7922
@bobbyjones7922 3 жыл бұрын
I liked that, knowledge, thanks for sharing.
@LarryNeie-lj7zc
@LarryNeie-lj7zc Жыл бұрын
I was a junior at Wilmer-Hutchins high school just south of Dallas when this song was all over AM radio KLIF and KBOX . Memories of girlfriends Kay, Melanie and Susan. Hope they are still around and rockin to the sixties!
@carmengomez-munoz4723
@carmengomez-munoz4723 4 жыл бұрын
Attention dancers on this video, if you are reading this let us know what an an amazing time you had !
@lindalove7193
@lindalove7193 2 жыл бұрын
That had to be one of the best songs of 1968. I think I was 12 and my friend used to have crowed house parties on Sunday afternoon and we would get down!
@amedm1844
@amedm1844 4 жыл бұрын
Man! They could dance back then.
@usmc-veteran73-77
@usmc-veteran73-77 4 жыл бұрын
I was 13 yrs old and boy could my girlfriend dance.....she did teach me how to dance.
@mylesken6122
@mylesken6122 4 жыл бұрын
It is Aprl 23, 2020. I enjoy some of the past shows. This is one from 1968. Great to have actual instrumentals and songs with no profanity and degrading lyrics. I also would had loved to be a dancer on a television dance show. Not all desires are fulfulilled. I can see that they were enjoying the music and dancing to it.
@Mia7189
@Mia7189 5 жыл бұрын
I was in 4th grade when this song came out. We did the tighten up at my 9th birthday.
@virginiarodriguez4565
@virginiarodriguez4565 7 ай бұрын
I used to love to see American bandstand those were the good old days on 75 and I still like to dance to that kind of music
@rcc2917
@rcc2917 3 жыл бұрын
I drank many a Henninger beer listening to this song while stationed at TAB, Spain. it was playing constatnly in the NCO club. Good memories
@tomchristensen3392
@tomchristensen3392 Жыл бұрын
Late 60s, can’t describe it but loved almost all of it.
@keeper116
@keeper116 4 жыл бұрын
They're JAMMING!! Love this & American Bandstand wow the memories ♥
@brianmoore5498
@brianmoore5498 5 жыл бұрын
archie bell was in the army when this became a hit
@kathyoverton9365
@kathyoverton9365 Жыл бұрын
I remember that song at the only dance I went to in junior high.
@su....
@su.... 2 ай бұрын
tighten up there now, baby! hope all these beautiful souls are still dancin. let's dance, everyone!!
@imbees2
@imbees2 Жыл бұрын
It's time to do the tighten up!!!
@cynthiapickett5017
@cynthiapickett5017 5 жыл бұрын
Always fun to look into a time capsule; keep up the good work!
@Kelly-nm4kw
@Kelly-nm4kw 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Cynthia, How are you doing?
@josemoreno3334
@josemoreno3334 5 жыл бұрын
My brother danced on that show back around 1969.
@rentslave
@rentslave 5 жыл бұрын
I saw Archie and his guys on the NJ Turnpike! It was a Sunday afternoon in 1976.I was driving from Philadelphia to North Jersey when I came alongside a silver Cadillac with this stenciling on the driver's side door:ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS. The windows were blacked out,so I could not see inside. Things went along swimmingly for about 50 miles,with each of us passing each other depending on the traffic flow.Then,I lost them. I saw them again,stopped on a safety island in the middle of the road,with all of them outside of the car looking up at the road signs atop the highway,attempting to figure what fork in the road to take to get them to the right part of NYC.I assume that the State Troopers finally got them going in the right direction.
@bjaquez6
@bjaquez6 Жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old. I'm 65 now. Love AB n Dick Clark. ❤️
@bellbottomblues131
@bellbottomblues131 3 жыл бұрын
Just had to pop on here again and say I LUV, LUV THIS SONG!!! Thanks for posting this!!!
@christinegruenberg3120
@christinegruenberg3120 5 жыл бұрын
I like the couple doing all the twirling and little dipping. I love to dance like that.
@uselessjoe
@uselessjoe 3 жыл бұрын
Ricky Bell, USC running back great, was Archie's brother... he played for Tampa Bay, and died very young...
@77f10h7
@77f10h7 6 жыл бұрын
What i really enjoy besides seeing the dancing and styles change over the years is reading the history behind each episode you post. Who everyone is, what's going on at that moment in time across the world or in the U.S. , little tidbits that make it more real. Thank you for taking the time to do some research and then post.
@YCDTI
@YCDTI 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Teckla Williams. I really appreciate that
@carolgonzalez5222
@carolgonzalez5222 Жыл бұрын
I loved looking at this dancing show when it started in 1963 and I am now 74 yrs. And still love the oldies best years.
@johnjimenez4103
@johnjimenez4103 Ай бұрын
She is the best God bless her and her family
@joycejean-baptiste4355
@joycejean-baptiste4355 2 жыл бұрын
I'd rather have the bike than the radio that the girls got. Lol! Those companies got their advertisements in with the product give aways. Mr. Clark was an awesome announcer.
@birdsfan57
@birdsfan57 5 жыл бұрын
I remember this dance contest as if it were yesterday!
@bobmalack481
@bobmalack481 2 жыл бұрын
He said "This is Archie DELL once again"...LOL!! Robert at 67.
@imbees2
@imbees2 4 жыл бұрын
This song always makes me happy to.
@lindaeasley4336
@lindaeasley4336 4 жыл бұрын
May 1968 : I was 7 years old. The oldest in my family, a sister, was 16 . We just moved to California from the east coast There was 8 of us
@imbees2
@imbees2 Жыл бұрын
The doing the boogaloo!
@1blessedbrotha
@1blessedbrotha 5 жыл бұрын
when I was little this was our song in my neighborhood back home in N.C., and yes, we were tightening it up bigtime outside cause we weren't, allowed into the "juke joints" , back then those places were for worldly adults only, we could hear the jukebox just fine outside where we would cluster around the door begging for spare change.
@edithnorton529
@edithnorton529 5 жыл бұрын
Then came "wolfman Jack" with the " juke joints" on AM radio til he had to go "out-law" then he was on any freed up number on the dial but it the signal had to be found.
@MrTexasLIberal
@MrTexasLIberal 2 жыл бұрын
Shortly after this hit, Archie Bell was drafted and went to Vietnam. He came back and recorded some more. Love Archie Bell and the Drells from H Town !
@scottburton9701
@scottburton9701 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this great blast from the past!
@YCDTI
@YCDTI 6 жыл бұрын
You are most welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
@usmc-veteran73-77
@usmc-veteran73-77 4 жыл бұрын
"Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro was #1 for several weeks, until this song "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells of Houston, Texas.
@dougboyer5829
@dougboyer5829 5 жыл бұрын
The boy & girl both win a car winning the dance contest hell yeah!!
@matrox
@matrox 2 жыл бұрын
I used to watch ABS in the late 50s from my baby crib.☝😝
@douglasj.arcuri1370
@douglasj.arcuri1370 2 жыл бұрын
When this great dance song was sky rocking to the top of the music charts,Archie was in Vietnam and shot in a rice patty in Vietnam.Luckily he survived.
@aladdinsane5448
@aladdinsane5448 5 жыл бұрын
BACK WHEN PEOPLE WERE BASICALLY GOOD!😢
@azaramoon4027
@azaramoon4027 5 жыл бұрын
What the hell happened to them ? Weve got to get humanity back.
@KindaLikeWater
@KindaLikeWater 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah... The "Good People" days of church bombings... The My Lai Massacre... The Manson/Tate murders... The Kent State shootings... Sorry. That "good ole days goodness" is a myth.
@tundrawomansays5067
@tundrawomansays5067 4 жыл бұрын
KindaLikeWater Thank you for the Reality Check. People are *still good:* What’s changed is the hype inherent in the 24 hr. “News” that hypes Fear and Divisiveness (as well as good ol’ sex) because they sell.
@tracythomas122
@tracythomas122 4 жыл бұрын
@@KindaLikeWater Depended on where you lived in this country. Those were", good ole days" to some of us.
@lindaeasley4336
@lindaeasley4336 4 жыл бұрын
Too many spoiled ,rude brats under the age of 30 today
@Furry67
@Furry67 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Perfect example of the record sounding better in original mono.
@christinaphillips5933
@christinaphillips5933 4 жыл бұрын
The best American generation !!!
@tempeycooper8112
@tempeycooper8112 5 жыл бұрын
love this song!!! and this show.. great times!!!
@tempeycooper8112
@tempeycooper8112 5 жыл бұрын
that's some dancin!!!
@pamelawing626
@pamelawing626 5 жыл бұрын
Dancing was really dancing when they were still in Philly. These guys can't hold a candle to the Philly group.
@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587
@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587 6 жыл бұрын
Groovy moves. Great beat! Digable Planets and Janet Jackson come to mind of artists who sampled the horn section of this classic. Booker T, R.E.M have covered"Tighten Up" Though this song hit #1 Im not sure if I recall it from all the more recent samples or if I heard the original first since I was only 3 in 1968. But I love this R&B song ☮️
@blktenor
@blktenor 6 жыл бұрын
Some of those couples were doing the hustle it looked like!
@bobmalack481
@bobmalack481 10 ай бұрын
Wow..'Marsha' at 1:27 with those Irish eyes, ears and black hair bangs down over her forehead absolutely knocks me out! And I think that with a bit of her Irish or English back ancestory. I was only 13 at the time. I would ALMOST kill to be her dance partner in the day. Robert at 69.
@CHaas-bn3xi
@CHaas-bn3xi 5 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding me I had that exact little indian mini bike all chrome 2 speed, LOLOL the first thing I learned was how to take the govener off for more speed
@ABdancers
@ABdancers 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Aaron. Another great video today. Thanks for mentioning me and my channel in the description. You continue to provide all us 1960s American Bandstand fans excellent footage along with informative information about that wonderful decade of music week after week. You've created an amazing KZbin channel. Well done. - Jeff
@YCDTI
@YCDTI 6 жыл бұрын
ABdancers thank you Jeff. Your channel inspired me. Thank you for your wonderful montages of the AB dancers through the decades!
@thruthealcove
@thruthealcove 6 жыл бұрын
Hey Jeff, I eagerly await your next tribute video montage. I have an idea or 2 for worthy subjects, but I don't know their names, I can describe them tho. Lol good to see your comment here, it's been awhile!
@ABdancers
@ABdancers 6 жыл бұрын
Thruthealcove KC Great to hear from you as well. Yes definitely let me know the American Bandstand dancers you would like to see featured in one of my montages. After you watch Aaron's new AB video on Saturday, October 27th be sure to checkout my new 1970s Peaches Johnson montage over on the ABdancers channel. - Jeff
@thruthealcove
@thruthealcove 6 жыл бұрын
@@ABdancers OMG Jeff, Peaches was one of my ideas for you, but I knew her name tho, lol! I can't wait to see that one, I heard she was quite a character & a cool lady. That's gonna be a good one, and I know you're gonna bring the heat!
@ABdancers
@ABdancers 6 жыл бұрын
Thruthealcove KC That’s great. I’ve actually had the honor and privilege to be in communication with Peaches concerning her montage. You’re absolutely correct Ms. Johnson is definitely a very cool person. I hope you enjoy her video on the 27th - Jeff
@curtiswhiteheadjr1322
@curtiswhiteheadjr1322 2 жыл бұрын
It would be 2 more years before I made the scene, but I have to say, these folks was GETTIN DOWN in ‘68! 💯
@EastWest7
@EastWest7 Жыл бұрын
Loved this tune back in spring 1968 when I was in 7th grade, Davey Junior High, Kent, Ohio.
@curtiswhiteheadjr1322
@curtiswhiteheadjr1322 3 жыл бұрын
Maaan, they was gettin down back in ‘68! 2 whole years before I made the scene! 💯
@dougpiranha3619
@dougpiranha3619 5 жыл бұрын
A top moment from THE SIMPSONS: Homer, equipped as a one-man band, confidently announces, "Hello everybody! I'm Archie Bell and I'm also the Drells!" as he attempts to play "Tighten Up" with a pair of cymbals strapped between his knees.
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