American Bandstand 1968 - Surf City, Jan & Dean

[@felixmadison5736]

I was 14 years-young and a freshman in high school back in '63. Man, talk about great times when every song on the radio WAS your favorite!

[@mrrb7708]

Same here only was a sophomore. Did not appreciate the time like I do now. The music the girls the cars. Never be another time like that ever. Plus no hate.

[@johnacord5664]

While you were out Surfin USA and Rockin Around the Clock, My brother and I had to work in that stinkin yard and dig up another tomorrow. I am going to enjoy free speech while it still lasts.

[@michaelcummingsherrera1232]

I was fifteen in the Summer of 1963 and had some awesome beach trips while with the Boy Scouts.

[@karenstrycharz1499]

Oscar Robinson I was just 13 yrs old in 1963, too. I can remember my best friend & I taking our transistor radios & walking to a nearby picnic table @ the empty Italian club, to listen to our favorite songs! Such Innocent, fun times!

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I was born June 10, 1963, and of course I wouldn't remember it firsthand, but this music is FAR preferable to anything today. This may have even been on the charts the week i was born. I know that "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto was #1 on the day I was born.

[@cynthiaharrell2144]

SLEEVELESS DRESSES, LONG STRAIGHT HAIR, KITTEN 👠 HEELS. SUN IN FOR HAIR. NO TATTOOS. WONDERFUL TIMES. SO GLAD I REMEMBER.

[@stephenk54]

I was 14 in 1968 and never missed Bandstand...so glad I grew up in this era. The music was insanely great.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Steve Im a year younger than you. I started watching American Bandstand when I was 10 years old back in 1965. I'd watch the replays today if it was on TV.

[@edrogers7570]

this was my main source for music when i was a kid

[@dalehood1846]

"It had a beat and you could dance to it."

[@paulleckner8235]

It never gets old.

[@buckappel6835]

I still listen to The Beach Boys!

[@Divine.777]

It’s not The Beach Boys, but it was written by Brian

[@imgone54321]

Lol

[@prankster671]

@@Divine.777 co written by Jan Berry

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

this song is connie why you dont come back home brian wilson of the beach boys

[@marciajohnson467]

This is Jan and Dean

[@GeneRogers-xl9um]

Loved the sixties! I was already in the army in you know where, but I always the freedom and creativity of the sixties!This is Jan and Dean as I remember.

[@terryjames6700]

Same here

[@dalehood1846]

@GeneRogers,. Welcome Home Brother. My brother and I were in during Vietnam. We were both in the Navy. I was not over there. My brother however, went twice at his request! He was north of the DMZ in North Vietnam shelling shore batteries. He made it back, unfortunately, we lost him to cancer due to Agent Orange. I miss him greatly. ShipFitter 2nd Class David Hood, RIP. You'll always be First Class with me.

[@dalehood1846]

My brother was on the USS WADDELL DDG24 In Vietnam, and on the USS STEINAKER DD863 before that. I was on the USS BLANDY DD 943 & the USS VULCAN AR5 . Homeport Norfolk. The WADDELL DDG24 was out of Long Beach CA.

[@karenmurphy6749]

Mom & I would watch American Bandstand every Saturday morning while cleaning the house & we would be dancing through out the house!! I sure so miss those days!! Great music & us dancing!!!!

[@adamfriend1040]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe??

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

I'd say you were quite fortunate!

[@dianegonzales7345]

Jan and Dean put Huntington Beach on the map, with their song Surf City.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Jan & Dean belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their hits, the fact that they were one of the very first ones to create that "California Surf Sound", their fans that are around today, that movie and more are just a few of the reasons why. Come on Hall, get it right.

[@philiptucci2458]

Magnificent Masterpiece, great music & great memories of life forever, the girls sure were beautiful

[@dennismitchell1934]

Well- that 51 years zipped on by ! ! Priceless precious memories galore ! !

[@nuwavedave]

YouCanDanceToit - You never case to amaze me! OMG - Jan & Dean are the ultimate in Southern California Cool. You rule, baby. And all those 1960s girls are the "maximum utmost" in feminine scrumpiousness! Thank you for bring it all back home!!

[@Minalover100]

Surf City, Here We Come...Take me back, please...Thanks for posting ...

[@artarmendariz9555]

Loved growing up in the First Surfer generation, early 60's long boards Southern Calif Surfing, Miss those days but love the memories and then watched my son surf Cool just Cool.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I was a little younger 13 yrs in 1968. I started listening to America Bandstand around 1965. I loved surf music so much....I always wanted to surf. No surf in the Hills of Charleston West Virginia.

[@michaelclark4043]

I too was 14 in 1968. I'm 68 now. This brings back a flood of memories from tha

[@JoeSwobodzien]

I grew up in nyc but man did i dig jan and dean and now im 71 and stil dig them !

[@ilostmymind47]

Man those were the days I miss wish I was still a kid back then

[@SladesVWBeetle]

ilostmymind47 It was a great time! It honestly was

[@PaulSmith-pz9eq]

Yes … I want to go back!!

[@RandyR]

Got to see Jan and Dean at San Pedro Beach along with many other acts during summer 86. It was a fantastic weekend an I felt that I was living out a fantasy

[@Tel1954]

I was also a 14 yo Aussie boomer and we also had our own Bandstand wth Brian Henderson. There was hardly a bad song in 68. Our local radoo station had a request 2 hours every night. Great times and love watching these episodes with Dick Clarke.

[@indy5624]

How times have changed, not much for the better, give me these times anyday.

[@indy5624]

I was referring to the music scene and fashions that many throw up, however the States never had the same as the uk did, could list you many different ones and the music that each followed however i will let you check it for yourself.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

indy 56 I agree. Before DRUGS became prevalent, AND "cool" to some.

[@2Sugarbears]

Please feel free to go.

[@carpesixties258]

We always think those times are better because we were kids. I’m sure our parents thought the same thing about the 40’s and thought the 60’s sucked

[@mcmneverreadsreplys7318]

We just didn't know how good we had it. (60s teen)

[@nunyerbeeznaz2906]

From 1963,thru 1969,I lived at Grandmas house in Huntington Beach,Ca.[Surf City] 4 blocks from the pier,and old time home town roots. My parents grew up there. I got to help unloadstation wagons,string guitars,and connect amps for bands at the Golden Bear. That was where I learned my trade.

[@Tree_Trail]

So cool,despite being a 57 boomer I loved that was coast surf sound. Loved the beach the big lake michigan, water skis sun in, golden tan and golden hair. Cute tan girls. Fast cars. God I was lucky to of grown up in the 60s

[@pattihawks8514]

ABS never gets old! 1968, and I’m 68! Love it!♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@adamfriend1040]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe??

[@paulleckner8235]

Classic music from when I was 4 and living in New Jersey. I moved to Los Angeles in 1990. I was 26 and my first apartment!

[@alanrandall49]

This song takes me back to a summer night in 1963 and the travelling fairground at a Beeston park (no doubt built on now) in Leeds with Surf City blaring out of the loud-speakers, I was a 14 years old schoolboy and it was like a moth to a flame, a magical moment in time!

[@woodrowmagnus2535]

Jan Berry was a genius. RIP Mr. Berry. Thank you & Mr. Torrance for the great tunes!

[@shyphyre]

It is very Surreal seeing the kids from 1968 American Bandstand dancing to a big surfing tune from 1963. The teenagers are a snapshot of late 60s pop culture with the mini skirts, Nehru jacket and down steps, dancing to a tune from half a decade earlier during the Camelot era, Bouffant hair styles and dance craze is like the twist and mashed potatoe.

[@Eidann63]

shyphyre People who weren't there mix it all up. I know what you mean. Nothing could be further from 1968 than bouffant hair and Jan & Dean( even though I lived through tose times... By "65 my hair was long and straight (ala' Cher's limited influence.) The Doors, Dylan, The Band, Jimi Hensrix, etc, ruled. Groups like Led Zeppelin were just waiting in the wings.. No bouffant hair. o like The hippies had established themselves for a good 3 years prior.. at least on the coastlines of America.

[@coleparker]

I was 12 years old in 1965, growing up in Huntington Beach Ca. (aka the Real Surf City). Jan and Dean use to skate board up and down main street. Those were fun days.

[@NS9213]

Another Brian Wilson masterpiece!

[@arlenes.4590]

Wow a real America as it should be again. Fun Fun Fun ...💋🚗⛱🌊🏄🏻

[@roberthobbs8618]

We "boomers" had the greatest songs that have survived the tests of time !

[@SladesVWBeetle]

Robert Hobbs I had this on 8 track back in the day! Really miss when times seemed more normal to me

[@NiceChest1]

Those were awesome times. Americans were normal and families were strong. American made was number 1.

[@rockmusicexclusivez2975]

INDEED !!

[@Paul-010]

Robert Hobbs We were truly the “Beautiful Generation “

[@judythompson5253]

i was heartbroken when I realized that all those songs on Bandstand were lipsynched. It was never the same after that...

[@jimsmall6779]

`63 was the best year of the 60's. The innocence was still there. I was Sophmore at Long Beach State, in So. Cal. We surfed Huntington Beach, Newport, Doughney, and Tressels south of Capistrano. Few of us knew where Viet Nam was. Coor's was the drug of choice. If you copped a feel on a date you were a stud. The music had happy lyrics with nice melodies and a simple beat. "She's real fine, my 409." No Brit's, yet. We thought it odd, the pale, Philly kids dancing to surf tunes. Kenndy was shot that November and it all started to change. It took 20 years for America to feel good again.

[@susancorvalan6765]

Lol!! I was in the 8th grade at St Joseph School on Willow/Palo Verde. I recall the JFK death as our Irish nuns allowed the live TV broadcast in class that day. Later, 1969-71, I befriended Dean Torrance who sang with the BB.

[@ronaldt491]

No Coors east of the Mississippi at the time!

[@denniskwahl]

1968 was fantastic! I was 16 and enjoying all it had to offer. The good days far outweighed the bad and things were so much simpler then. If you didn't live it ,you really missed something special. Even the girls seemed prettier then. What I would give to go back and live it again.

[@coleparker]

1 was 12 years old in 65 growing up in Huntington Beach and going to the Pier to body surf. Remember getting tar all over your feet back then. BTW Jim I also went to Cal State University Long Beach for both my BA and MA. The 49ners

[@guest491]

HB and the Golden Bear 68

[@Slinkygal]

Amazing! Still love this after all these years!

[@debs441]

Please note that American Bandstand was integrated! Forward thinking for back then. Great show - grew up in Philly and watched this every day.

[@adamfriend1040]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe??

[@billirvin9057]

My last summer as a kid, before I started my senior year and then the military. Great memories and greater music.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Oldies in 1968...really cool!

[@PMWhoKnows]

7 years old, Beach Boys and Jan and Dean were a big part of my life, lived in Redondo Beach and my cousin was a surfin dude.... different times

[@reason5591]

Omg I was 8 yrs old in Redondo lol! Wow its a little world ✌

[@martinstevens565]

PMWhoKnows yeah from Redondo Beach as well class of 74 love The Beach Boys Was in junior lifeguards learned to surf on our free time, went for the first time to one of their concerts it was their 50 anniversary tour great memories

[@mikeprice3162]

this was my music growing up as a teenager these songs brings back awesome mermories

[@one-eyed-jaxbehind-the-duc9720]

How is it possible 50 years have passed? We were just kids.

[@skysurfer5333]

You Could Leave A Job In The Morning & Have A New One By The Afternoon!

[@paulyakaitis3352]

And then we had to pick up a rifle and kill the enemy in a faraway jungle!

[@Eidann63]

One.eyed.Jax: 😬😪😲 Yep.

[@FrancescoAlcozer]

The reason is simple dear friend: the 60s were the most beautiful musical decade of the century. Greetings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5LZnK1tbc2Kgpo *SHAZAM 1960* Twangy Guitar cover by *Duane Eddy*

[@HS22181]

There's something happening here But what it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look - what's going down? - Buffalo Springfield, For What It’s Worth, 1966

[@JamesJStCyr]

With my chick,I am on my way to to the beach in San Diego with my board on the top of the car and this song comes on the radio-SO COOL.Never forget it.

[@teddanyluk4602]

Uh Still after 50 yrs..still listen to this far Out music..My Generation Man!! On my I-pod Has over 600 songs devoted to "Oldies" country. Classic rock, tunes from Woodstock.. I have it all Man!!✌️✌️🤣🤣🤣🆒

[@fleurdursanter9452]

I think I was born way too late. I was born in 1980. I would have loved to live through the 50’s, 60’s era. My mom, however, exposed us to this music growing up in the 80’s and 90’s and we loved it.

[@giacomopeters9988]

Back in the day, boys took mandatory shop class. With the table saw running fast, it was a perfect lead in to “two girls for every boy.” Each time we belted it out, we got swats and didn’t run home to tell mommy and daddy! And then repeated it tomorrow!

[@06retd22]

Boomers had the best music AND coolest cars.

[@johnallen2771]

2 Girls for every boy and the Beach Boys all talking about sun, surf and girls is what got me to move to California. I'm still here and my kids were all born in Cali.

[@superdill6665]

But it was Jan & Dean who did Surf City...

[@johnallen2771]

@@superdill6665 I meant that song and the Beach Boys. Thx for the corex.

[@superdill6665]

@@johnallen2771 I kinda feel stupid for even mentioning it. I don't know why we, as humans, feel the need to correct others. I should have closed my big fat yapper in the first place lol. Please don't think I'm a **tch. There's too much negative energy out there and I shouldn't have added to it. Blessings to you.

[@ronniebishop2496]

Dick Clark was so darn smooth just great to hear.

[@billd6257]

Someone invent a time machine. I want to go back !!

[@billd6257]

KaptKan1 I'm talking in general Kapt . Are you former military?

[@richardc2803]

Korea, Vietnam, Social Justice violence and then worst of all.. DISCO in the 70s !

[@andreepeterpasche1895]

Can you take me with you in that Time Machine ?

[@billd6257]

@@andreepeterpasche1895 Sure, just hop on this train. I would love just to be able to dart in and out of certain situations. Like seeing the Beatles in person, turn left when you should have turned right, etc. We can only dream about it !

[@geec5636]

Yes count me in too!!

[@ReinhardGutknecht-q7f]

Erinnerungen werden wach !

[@MrRETEROROB]

great footage. thank you !

[@oldiesgeek454]

I like that Skins helmet.

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

I started watching Bandstand, when I was 5. We were lucky in Philly, we had it every afternoon. What a treat!

[@yossarian6799]

I'm from Easton, so we're kinda home-slices! My Dad and Uncle Tommy were on their way down to Phila to dance on AB in late 57/early 58 (Dad can't remember the date).... but they got rear-ended by a truck in heavy snow in Doylestown and never made it to the studio.

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

I was ten watching AB from Philly in 1957 when I lived in Rhode island.

[@tsenglomboy9015]

Yeah most of them especially the men who serv ed in the Nam, answered the call, what a time to come of age & the music was incredible, can't forget those short skirts.

[@Flammable281]

1963 my birth year. I was 6 months old at this time.

[@scissors656]

it aint got a back seat; or a rear window; but it still gets me where i wanna go !!

[@doloresdemar2347]

Totally Awesome!!!!

[@iowa61]

At this date, Jan was still in the early stages of his recovery from a terrible automobile crash that left him with brain damage--aphasia. He was intellectually intact but his communication channels were scrambled. He had to learn to talk again and ironically could sing better than he could talk. Jan was a driven, type A--a much harder charger than the easy going but still extremely talented Dean. They clashed but always worked it out. Dean was by his side in the hospital in the many months after the accident. Jan was single-minded and with his talent literally willed his way to recovery and painstakingly make new records--splicing good stretches of a song together to make it whole. Jan and Dean would not perform again until nearly 10 years after this broadcast. Brian was in recovery from drug abuse and schizophrenia at the same time and later remarked "We got better together..." The Beach Boys invited Jan and Dean on an extended national tour in 1978. It was something very special.

[@RBTJR1]

Artemis Gordon Recently listened to “Carnival of Sound” produced by Jan in 1968-69, while he was still regaining his footing after that awful 1966 car accident, and released in 2010. While he nor Dean did do vocals on it, the first 4 songs or so show his production skills were still intact.

[@iowa61]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXnYqnaZibKibLc Probably the last song Jan and Dean sang together on. Good song!

[@johncantrell3565]

1970 I met Jsn while in Rancho Los Amigos Hospital in Downey, California

[@rapunzelrose68]

Thanks for the cool history I knew some of it but not all

[@suziemills2201]

Artemis Gordon. I knew his parents . Soon after his accident his parents house burned down 😟

[@SpeegBJ]

Nice show! I had pretty much every dress worn on this show. It was the style...a-line, big bell sleeves. It's '68, half the girls are wearing their hair straight. By 1970 no more puffy hair!

[@adamfriend1040]

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe??

[@jackjohnson7396]

68 rocked.

[@jerrygil1965]

From what I heard, 1968 was horrible like 2020

[@karenstrycharz1499]

I so loved Jan & Dean(still do). Do you remember the “Tammi” show they hosted? I so loved that “movie”... saw it at the Paramount Theatre in Spfld., Massachusetts. Loved their music... “fun times!”

[@rochellecrump-mcnulty9675]

The Tami show was hot. I was jumping up and down when I found the DVD for the show

[@karenstrycharz1499]

rochelle Crump-mcnulty “OH GOSH!” “ HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO HAVE ACTUALLY “FOUND” THAT 📀 DVD, ROCHELLE! I would be jumping up & down for joy, too, to have found it! Loved it so much!❤️

[@rochellecrump-mcnulty9675]

@@karenstrycharz1499 Just in case, The Tami Show is available on Amazon for $9.99. Good luck 😎😎😎

[@johnnygross4415]

clean and neat kids

[@dalehood1846]

Seeing that this is a video of Jan and Dean, it would be nice to see pictures of them. Thank you.

[@Mrmemories64]

Still a good dance beat for the kids to dance to in '68.

[@Texaslawhorn]

@sleepypie This was filmed in 1968. Dick was playing "Surf City" as a "flashback" to 1963.

[@daisycassidy2448]

I need to find a time portal and go back to the sixties. Nothing like them since!

[@MrDjh66]

All gorgeous and classy people and no nasty tattoos

[@susannewilson2258]

Andrea dromm , model in ad, beach

[@ronleon62]

@@onazram1 Tattoos are disgusting.

[@generalyellor8188]

The same old cliche comment from the same Sour Old Goats in the comments. Go to any KZbin comment section under any vintage dance or singing video, and you'll find the old fogies repeating this same old chestnut. My theory is these bitter old timers (and I'm of that era, too) stopped enjoying the talent of pop culture once their own youth faded away forever. In thirty years, sour old goats like you will be saying the same thing about the current crop of talent. Might even be pining for the days of Justin Beiber. Somethings just never change.

[@ardalla535]

Back when a woody was a '34 wagon.

[@rogerdean5757]

Well, Jan & Dean are singing a '30 Ford wagon,

[@gerripetress8168]

What the hell is a woody now?

[@Djarvis2]

Gerri Petress really 🤔😂

[@hmackie6823]

lol I get it

[@dixiemay1996]

@@gerripetress8168 Pecker wood

[@mrob75]

Hi Aaron and happy Saturday on American Bandstand...Super COOL vid upload today! Here's my 2 cents (whatever they're worth LOL) on some of the fun vintage photographs (I don't know all of them) shown here :--) At 0:38 is "the singing rage, Miss Patti Page". At 1:08 is one of Bandstand's popular "Location Shows"...This one is from back to school time 1960. (By about this time, Dick was always looking for ways to branch out American Bandstand and location shows and filming the stars in their very own living rooms was all a part of that.) At 1:21 are Danny & the Juniors from "John Bartram High School" in Philadelphia at American Bandstand's 1958 1st network anniversary show. At 2:36 are Gary U.S. Bonds and our favorite Poni-Tails from Ohio. And of course, as you pointed out, the famous and always fun, John Zacherle who always showed up at American Bandstand's Halloween shows. Despite what many say that aside from Donna Summer, no other host hosted American Bandstand, when John Z. was in the studio, he really took over the shows as a kind of co-anchor and out shined Dick. The kids loved him. (Thanks for the clear and pristine sounding, "Surf City"! The kids looked as though they were having a blast dancing to what would have been to them, an oldie. And don't let the "Santa Cruz" folks know that they are not "Surf City" ha!)

[@YCDTI]

Wow! I knew some of those pics, but you get an A+ on knowing not just the pictures, but the backgrounds too!!!

[@mrob75]

you know I think Dick Clark enjoyed pointing out how American Bandstand as "Bandstand" existed before the era of rock and roll with such stark contrasts. Dick took over "Bandstand" July 9th 1956 when Gogi Grant was at the top of charts with "The Wayward Wind". Teens at this time were digging to the sounds of: Teresa Brewer, Eddie Fisher, Perry Como, the McGuire Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Patti Page, Nat King Cole and all of the Perez Prado cha-cha numbers just to name a few. These early 1950s years had "rock and roll" waiting in the wings and when it arrived, boy, was that sound felt!

[@dancerdon9175]

Ah Mario, Perez Prado and his recording of "Patricia" -- a classic 50's favorite of mine. BTW: if you listen closely to Dick. when he references AB in interviews, he more often than not calls it "the Bandstand". ~~ Don

[@mrob75]

Hi Don...I've been a life-long collector of vinyl and believe it or not old 78s as well and Perez Prado's "Patricia" sounds so good on 78. And you're right, Dick does refer to AB as "the Bandstand"...Had not noticed until you pointed it out. (P.S. thought of you on Jeff's recent clip of the 70s dancers on AB and the time that Dick threw in an Elvis 50s record. The disco dancers were unsure how they were going to handle that and most comfortably chose to do the "Twist"...Kinda' like the fellow who did the "Jerk" to the Poni-Tails' "Born To Late" lmboff! :---)

[@RAYFORDHENDERSON-dc2op]

wow rob you remember so much!!!

[@scottharvey3867]

A good year to be born!

[@merce10554]

Have just discovered your channel and I like it a lot. I focus mostly on girls fashion. Great memories.

[@valerieehrlich7166]

is the chick in the back with long brown hair bored? nice pic of john zacherele

[@daveliedholm2296]

What an era!!

[@koatlga]

Surf City written by Brian Wilson. He gave it to Jan and Dean to record. His Manager Dad was not happy about it.

[@YCDTI]

KevieO yep! Good ol’ Murry Wilson was none too pleased Brian gave away a #1 hit. He likely made his feelings known with his fists.

[@koatlga]

Yes he probably did. Sad.

[@iowa61]

Brian had just started the song and handed it off to Jan to finish. Brian doubled the falsetto parts with Dean; the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean frequently sang uncredited on each others' songs. They didn't give a damn about the legalities.

[@gregmiller9710]

uh, i always thought i heard Brian in there!.. Brian was/is superkool!

[@gregmiller9710]

not a kind man and sold Brian and the boys rights for peanuts. he was only self interested.

[@rdbjrseattle]

I didn’t see “long hair” until visiting NYC in 1967. I was impressed by all the TV antennas on roofs being from the mountains of Western NC.

[@ms.sonshine8878]

The sound of CA. ♥️ Huntington Beach was my old haunt.

[@calady11]

For me it was Huntington and Bolsa Chica! Good times in the 70's!

[@ms.sonshine8878]

@@calady11 Bolsa Chica, too !

[@ms.sonshine8878]

@@calady11 And I just remembered, Redondo Beach!

[@davidfrehlini968]

@@calady11. USMC 64 -- 68. It's funny you mention Huntington Beach. There is a song that came out around 1962 or 64 called Surfer Joe I think it is by the Safari's. Well in the song it mentions Huntington Beach. Well toward the end it mentions, Surfer Joe joined Uncle Sam's Marines today, they stationed him at Pendleton not far away. Well in Vietnam we would sing it this way. Surfer Joe joined Uncle Sam's Marines today, they sent him off to Vietnam so far away, they cut off his big long locks of gold, when he went out to fight, Joe was bold. I just thought I would share it with you. God Bless.

[@THE-HammerMan]

Thanks for all the info on the header and for posting!

[@YCDTI]

Thank YOU for watching Matthew Hamersly!

[@Modeltnick]

Yes remember Zacherley! He was really funny on NYC television showing horror movies on Saturday afternoons. Early 60s.

[@gregmiller9710]

i'm subbin man!..i remember surf city from '63 and i remember '68...AB was the stuff on sat. morn!

[@bboucharde]

Wow! The USA was a different nation then! Look at all those slim, pretty or handsome, un-tattooed people........

[@Col91016]

The girls were really pretty then too.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

bboucharde lol

[@cowtippingrocks]

GMO has nothing to do with weight issues. Neither do Tattoos.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

EricJohn what's GMO

[@bboucharde]

Bikesale, You mean GTO. I think you were being funny. I think you actually know what GMOs are. ;-)

[@joycemanning1254]

We danced every weekend!

[@kitkatbar2246]

I was only 1 year old in 68 but I sure would have loved to have been a young teenager during this eta.

[@johnkunik1186]

I was 10 years old surfing 🏄‍♂️ at MARGATE PIER!!

[@cindyyeager4532]

Miss American band stand

[@axiomist1076]

I always loved the Beach Boys back then, but I thought Jan and Dean (cool name) were even cooler when they did their top hits, like this and most cool, I thought, was Drag City. It had such a high voice in the chorus. I found out more recently that it was Brian. He could go really high. Great tune anyway. Good times, dreaming about going west to surf.

[@lejoe48]

They're great!

[@MrHolzheim]

This must be when young people took pride in their appearance!

[@starshine9147]

Not all, remember there was the hippy movement and rebellion from the square parents this was for t.v. prim and proper propaganda

[@MrHolzheim]

@@starshine9147 I'm guessing your in the USA, I'm thinking more of the U.K.

[@starshine9147]

@@MrHolzheim Born in Canada

[@MrHolzheim]

@@starshine9147 I wish I was!!! and not this weird country the UK has become.,

[@MrHolzheim]

@@starshine9147 Well, it's a bit far fetched to say that everyone has moved out of London, but I think it's fair to say that London has it's fair share of terrorist cells, that appear to be fairly active. It does seem that everyone when caught is of asian persuasion. But the whole country has gone to the dogs. Every town or city seems to be blighted by a drug problem and rough sleepers. We have a namby pamby government that bows to each and every pressure group. This country also has the most surveillance cameras in the world for such a small island. Frankly, that's no bad thing considering that the crime level is very high, and the chances of getting caught are only slight. We also have quite a few judges whose minds are in the Victorian era, and no matter what anybody is sentenced to, they will be released after only serving half. I could go on, but I'm losing the will to live LOL

[@johnacord5664]

I lived 10 miles inland from the ocean. Never learned to surf and perhaps never will. It is now set sail with Captain Morgan or land my virtual reality plane in Margaritaville. Jimmy Buffet Alan Jackson, you are the greatest YOU ROCK

[@AdrianDeVore]

These '68 kids are putting together their own spins to this Jan and Dean classic. Also, Disc-O-Teen was based in Newark, NJ.

[@TahoeJones]

Imagine you're in your 70's watching this. Spotting yourself in the crowd. What that must feel like...

[@okiebuzzj]

I saw Jan & Dean live. Years ago.

[@jeffreyt.steptoe5306]

Would have to be. Due to Jan being deceased now.

[@DPMConnacht]

David James I saw them on 3 different occasions. Great concerts with Pa Pa Doo Run Run as their backing band. The last of the 3 concerts I saw of their's(I was just 16) was soon after John Lennon's assassination and they dedicated it to his memory. About half the songs they played/sang were Beatles songs. It was my favorite of the 3 for this reason. Jan and Dean had fun on stage and made the audience part of their show....very personal concerts, all 3. I have fond memories of Jan. Dean proved to be a good and loyal friend and showed a very hard, tough, love for Jan when he refused to go on tour with Jan unless Jan cleaned himself up and got off all non-prescribed drugs. Dean probably saved Jan's life and gave him the one thing he needed most, the opportunity to perform again. Jan was also an incredible man who spent countless hours with fans and other handicapped individuals who he gave strength to. I feel they should be in the Rock-n-Roll HOF, but to me they'll always be Rock-n-Roll legends anyway. Great guys. RIP William Jan Berry.

[@overspray6057]

I'd give the song a 9, it's got a good beat and easy to dance to.

[@dancerdon9175]

Aaron, a California classic. Thanks for posting! You rock!

[@YCDTI]

Thanks Don! I like your coat in this episode. Less formal than a sport coat but more formal than a jacket. Hadn’t seen you wear that before.

[@joefagan6244]

The photo at the end was Rolland . He worked @ wcau TV channel 10 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on City line avenue.

[@KrustyKlown]

" it's 2 for 1 .... 2 girls for every boy ... " ... when I went there, it was $5 at the gate, and hundreds of dudes inside, LOL

[@scissors656]

born in the 60s !

[@richardlandis793]

The girls were hot. The boys were well dressed. Music was great, and from the 50’s to the early 70’s cars were cars.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Yes the early 70s were great, until I joined the United States Marine Corps.

[@richardlandis793]

My Gentle Pit Bull I joined the Air Force in ‘69.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@richardlandis793 I served Okinawa Aug74-Sep75 at Camp Foster. Numerous times I would eat chow at Kadena AFB. Boy you Air Force guys had great chow compared to Marine Corps slop, called chow. Stay safe my friend during this crazy COVID19 virus, and greetings from Charleston, West Virginia.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@richardlandis793 yes cars were cars. I had a 1967 Mustang 4 speed with a 289 Cubic Inch.

[@richardlandis793]

My Gentle Pit Bull My first new car was a ‘69 Camaro right off the showroom floor in a dealership where I was working in Ohio. After I got it, I stayed late that night with my manager who helped me install an 8 track tape player. My first tapes were CCR.

[@tracydiller4492]

Just subscribed to your channel, this music brings back alot of memories.Thank you.

[@YCDTI]

Welcome to the channel Tracy Diller!

[@tracydiller4492]

YouCanDanceToit! Thank You.

[@dagr382]

These groovers are now grandparents!

That's a big assumption! Not if they didn't get married or had no children.

[@ratherbfishing455]

No, most of these people are middle class or upper middle class.

[@ratherbfishing455]

KaptKan1 Not great grandparents. People usually plan their family

[@ratherbfishing455]

@wavygr You must be from Texas!

[@ratherbfishing455]

@wavygrThey're Not very many people who say fixing to ;)

[@leeengelsman6356]

Love it just beautiful thanks heaps!

[@Wolfsky9]

Brian Wilson's " other " summer of '63 classic. ---------I was 16 y/o, & it seems like yesterday-----------------------WolfSky9, 71 y/o

[@joanberry2143]

I used to love American Bandstand!

[@teeembeee]

Maybe it is because I was 18 years old at the time, but does anyone else wonder how many of these guys went to Vietnam maybe not to return?

[@cmroszczyk1]

Just go to Washington DC and look at the Vietnam memorial wall

[@ernestbowen4054]

Everytime I watch the videos, Vietnam floods into my brain.

[@SladesVWBeetle]

cmroszczyk1 I visited the wall, about 30 years ago. it was extremely silent! I was speechless at how long it was, and how many names. It’s just sad, plain sad

[@pinkrose5796]

@@rpm12091 Glad you made it home:) My dad did 2 tours over there.

[@molonlabe8792]

@@SladesVWBeetle Johnson cashed in big time with Bell Helicopter stock.

[@jamesvanscoy7717]

Aww the 60s

[@rjwintl]

OMG !!! ... back when ALL the girls were skinny !!!

[@TheStreetking52]

Much different than the lard asses we have today. If you mention that they look like shit you are automatically labeled a hater.

[@Vaderd2k926]

Robert Walters so we’re the boys ties.