American Bandstand 1969 - August 2, 1969 - Full Episode

[@anitonemamea6674]

1969, the year I graduated from High School, alot of those young men went from the dance floor to dodging bullets in Vietnam, shortly after...God Bless you all, if you made it back.

[@wds179]

Had 2 cousins and 1 uncle in Nam. They made it home. Gb you all

[@boogitybear2283]

Kennedys Assassination was a huge tragedy. We would not have gone to Vietnam. We all know the truth about it. I’m 40 years of age and have the upmost respect for Veterans especially Vietnam.

[@dianebrowne8787]

I also graduated from high school in 1969 , great to be alive & kicking !

[@poohbearsauntie]

Dear@@dianebrowne8787 ~ I’m Debbie From Waukesha, WI. I’m Sixty~Three, And I Graduated From Mukwonago High School In Mukwonago, WI In 1976!! Hello Dear One!! It’s NICE To MEET YOU, Diane!! 🌸🌼🌻🌺🌷🌹💐🍄

[@bakercarl8518]

Thank you all for your service.

[@conniehamilton241]

A million thanks KZbin for showing these videos. Terrific walk down memory lane. In my seventies now in 2023. Love to see these ladies and gentlemen slow dancing. Remember that?❤❤❤

[@ddoyle11]

Watching all these young, beautiful and healthy kids dancing is wonderful. Hard to believe that they’re all in their 70s today!

[@sharoncrawford7192]

Hard to imagine. I'm almost 65. I feel like I'm the only one that got old.

[@jgstargazer]

ddoyle11: I'm 67. I was talking to someone who is now 72 and I asked her if she liked seeing American Bandstand when she was young. She said it was her favorite program and use to dance to the music in her room.

[@jgstargazer]

@@sharoncrawford7192: Don't worry, you are in good company :)

[@lordsauto]

Time flys so fast.

[@foxgloved1]

life goes by so fast

[@0369DevilDawg]

This American Bandstand show reminds me of being 22 years old and a patient in the Philadelphia Naval Hospital after being flown there from Vietnam. Many years later, I recruited out a Marine office just around from this studio building on Market Street in West Philly. I went out and bought a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville. Thanks for sharing this video ❤

[@davidharris7235]

AB was in California in '69

[@sureshchiatar9641]

Wow, lots of real life memory.

[@JamesedwardConover]

​@@davidharris7235Maybe so, but my thoughts was about the original studio on, I think it was 48th & Market St in West Philadelphia. I know what you are trying to do here, but it's not working. I used to visit my aunt and uncle in South Philly during the time they were broadcasting from the Philly studio. In 1964, graduated high school in Trenton NJ. Maybe you were not even born then. I was reflecting on the video above and the memories it brought me buddy. Yes, there is a historical land marker outside of the original studio which I've seen. I didn't say ABS was broadcasting from there in 1969. You know what, I regret serving 21 years in the Marines defending people like......

[@davidharris7235]

@@JamesedwardConover was born in 59. Didn't know I was trying to do something just making a date remark you idiot

[@gary8840-m8]

Times have a changed❤😂🎉= even I could have survived Vietnam.

[@JeMy569]

I never missed a show. I graduated in 1969!! The years fly by sooo fast. What an innocent time…. We had to wear dresses to school. My contact with the teenage world( styles, music, etc.) I was stuck out living on a farm, so loved this show! Thank you veterans for your service, Vietnam was NO joke. Many of my friends were drafted & some didn’t come back from Vietnam….. 😓

[@Dick_Z_Normas]

"69 grad here, too. Pittsburgh. I would give 20 tomorrow years to relive that one year.

[@patriciajrs46]

Yes, though I was 10, I still understood the horror of wars.

[@hattiemcpherson1850]

🤭🤗

[@keithhatcher3927]

Great memories. I graduated his in 70. My dad bought a showroom firebird 350 in 69.thanks to all comments.

[@winterweib]

And I became six in summer of '69, and knew that very year it would be my most beloved time of life. Yes, it became true. There will never again such a summer. Oh Lord... If we only could find the path back...!

[@suewilson1801]

1969... I was 19 and a junior in college in PA. I am now 71... in 2021. I had that long straight, parted in the middle hair and wore mini dresses. Oh for a time machine.

[@pameladrake7547]

Yeah the time machine would be nice we we had a nice life back then it was safer more fun I was 19 also our big afro and Hip Huggers love those Hip Huggers bluejeans bell bottom

[@jamespendris3547]

I was 21 !! Those were the days !!

[@juliemarshall7913]

I was 11 in 1969. That's when I went to boarding school in the Derbyshire moors UK. I have to say it was a creepy but beautiful place. 😌💗

[@karenwalters2007]

I was born June 13, 1969 Love this I live in Allentown pa now for 19 yrs. but I’m moving to Florida in January 2022 Cant wait

[@juliemarshall7913]

That's cool @Dandelions Beauty. 🌼🌻🌸🏵️

[@almodovar251]

There will never be another show like American Bandstand. The music and styles were better than the garbage they call music today. RIP Dick Clark. Great memories.

[@richardlandis793]

RIP to the world’s oldest teenager.

[@eurostarnamastar3128]

AB .... part of the Great American story of Rock n Roll !!

[@stainedglasssparrow9636]

Lol. In the 1960s, old people then said similar things about music like these.

[@kevinjohnson4599]

You got that RIGHT 1,000%. Today's music is without question GARBAGE & isn't worth a DIME. LOVE YOUR COMMENT.

[@sillygoose2508]

What you're mistaken today its dancing with the B-list stars lol

[@bettycoffin4206]

It doesn't matter where I am but when a song from 1969 plays on the radio, I'm 13 years old again. Memories just flood my brain.

[@mariogrechi1840]

1969 was the year of most hits...

[@bonniemcginnis4475]

I was 15 same here ❤ best summer ever , something in the air we were all happy healthy most of us had good parents great food as we sat down to supper as a family every night , phone was not allowed for me during the dinner hour as my father chose to sit right next to the phone on the wall , with a long cord just to make sure my friends would not try to call , funny thing was everyone had the same dinner rules , kitchen phone was dead silent for 1 hour between 5 and 6 and after helping my mother clear the table it was go time the feeling of being released again , was just great we were all so happy for summer and family vacation, things are sad and disturbing for teens today , hard times with parents , and school the world is so different and a mess 😢😢I worry for our youth every day .. 🙏

[@Lisa-hn3hz]

I was 14 in 1969 LOL wow,, the 70s was the best years

[@johnclark5114]

Hard to imagine that right now is somebody’s “good ole days” enjoy all.

[@bunnyoneful]

13 for me in Los Angeles 69 was a fun summer as well as 68. Always spent 3 weeks in Chicago with my parents at my uncle's house.

[@bonfer20]

I miss those times so much. We all loved the music, dancing and just hanging out all together. It was such a sweet time. It brings tears to my eyes...its all gone!

[@barbaraleszczynski2214]

I miss those great days too! I'm 70 yrs young now...but watching this....it just seems like yesterday! I remember it all! I'm searching for a time machine....if I find it...I'm going back and stayin..! ✌️

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Sad but True SMH

[@PAULLONDEN]

*@Brenda Hackney* The thousands who came home (if they were lucky) from Vietnam might disagree.....? 37:23 did vou dance like that ?

[@brendahackney1080]

@@barbaraleszczynski2214 It was indeed, yes, we had Vietnam, however, we were happy & most of our music was happy & uplifting ! We have so many great memories' of those years', which helped us during a time of War. We also had such wonderful Heroes' and we were unashamed of our Partiotism and Love Of Country ! ❤🇺🇸

[@brendahackney1080]

@Caribbean Ín The House what a horrible reply, perhaps you should sit this one out, Walter !! 🤨

[@angelaallen2190]

Bittersweet memories. I was 7 years old. I wish I could go back in time and give my family members that I've lost since then the biggest hugs ever. I miss them so much.

[@adamfriend1040]

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

[@valfletcher9285]

me too my heart is broken for missing them. My mom was so cool. She moved to San Francisco in 1963 and I was born in 1964. She was beautiful and I miss her so much.

[@Jay-vr9ir]

I was 10 and the entire world was going to mine . Okay next fantasy ?

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

I wasn’t born yet, but I feel the same way about the people I lost. Oh, what I would give if I could go back and give all my grandparents a hug and tell them how very much I appreciated everything they did for me through the years.

[@angelaallen2190]

@@tarabooartarmy3654 I understand.

[@phoenixrising2268]

These old American Bandstand clips are fascinating for so many reasons...multiple aspects of pop culture all rolled in to one perfect time capsule: Fashions, hairstyles, music, slang, dancing, products, advertising.

[@MrMenefrego1]

So, true; it's utterly fascinating, and I was there.

[@jond5925]

Yes BUT IT WAS AN AWESOME TIME FOR TEENS GROWING UP WITH ABS & THE ED SULLIVAN'S SHOW OR GUNSMOKE!!!! BEE HIVE HAIR DUS OR DA HAIR CUTS & LONG SIDE S ROLED UP MUSCLE SHIRT S THE LOCAL SUB SHOP. HANGING OUT & JAMING 😎😎😎😎🤟🤟🤟🤩🤩🤩

[@roblestako8221]

yeah a great distraction from Vietnam

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

A true representation of the times would have some hippies with their peace beads and head bands on that dance floor. Instead, we get some goofball (square), standing behind a rostrum in suit and tie.

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

Where? If you were there and can remember, then you really weren't there man.

[@carolsolis8189]

My fiancée he had just gotten back from Vietnam we were married September 20, 1969. Married 52 years!!

[@billbagwell1105]

I was born September 20, 1952

[@aviewer390]

Wow, the clothes, the hair, the music! Hard to believe these beautiful, groovy kids are all about 70 now!

[@tonyvasilofski6509]

Once cool...always cool lol

[@themermaidstale5008]

Thank you for recognizing that we were cool and “outta sight”.

[@mowestjohnquin9915]

They may be 70 or whatever but they grew up in the greatest era of Music!

[@patriciafrino5919]

Yes....I m 70 Just a kid back then....one day...one day just want 2 go back

[@my2cents2u]

Yep. 20 then, 70 now. Still dancing every chance I get. :-)

[@sooz9433]

I was 20 years old, with a 3 year old son staying with my brother and his wife (my sister❤) in Wichita Kansas. This really brings back memories, most of them sad. Of all the things I saw in this video, the SHOES!!! I absolutely loved the beautiful shoes and the fact that we still wore dresses everywhere we went. We were girlie and PROUD of it!! ;-))

[@SandyCheeks63564]

Those shoes were ADORABLE. I'd wear them now if they made them again. Probably all leather, too.

[@philliphawkins6905]

I absolutely miss the days that for the most part, girls were girly, full of feminine confidence knowing that men either gave you respect or hung their faces in shame.

[@noladarling1597]

Hello from Kansas 🌻 . Beautiful memory 💕

[@jimicmore1895]

@@noladarling1597 hello from Tulsa✌

[@abelb8612]

@@SandyCheeks63564 To A. Alberts: And what about those sandals made from old tires? I don't see them anymore.

[@chucke4939]

I was 17 back then! Went to a small, all boys high school in L.A.! Every Student was “required” to wear a tie everyday! We were taught to have morals & respect for others! Watched Soul Train & American Bandstand every weekend and never stopped dancing!! Funny how everyone was thin and in shape.. lol Give anything to Go Back just one Summer!! LIFE WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!!

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed

[@christophercotton9048]

Would that possibly be Cathedral High School near the Chinatown part of DTLA?

[@chucke4939]

@@christophercotton9048 Hey Chris, Sorry for getting back to you so Late!! Actually the school was Mount Carmel. Located at Hoover & Vermont. Of course they decided to dismantle the School in order to create the setting for a park!! Miss that Awesome School and wish they could have second guessed that decision! For under privileged young men to have the opportunity to attend Catholic Schools and get a valued education is worth its weight in Gold!! Thanks for taking the time to respond!!

[@christophercotton9048]

@@chucke4939 you're welcome. BTW, I looked it up in Wikipedia the school was practically at the corner of 70th Street and Hoover Blvd. My aunt and uncle lived on 77th Street between Figueroa and Hoover not too far from the 110 Freeway.

[@prmayner]

That's cause mcdonalds was just ramping up then. lol. I was getting ready to turn 12 aug. 26th 1969 and moving from compton, ca to lakewood to a corner lot house that cost my parents $19,000. life was sweet. nothing last forever, bummer.

[@lynnodonnell4764]

Gosh, Im going on 69yrs old. I hope some of these dancers are still alive and watching themselves dancing in these American Bandstand videos . . . watching, hopefully, with some fond memories.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

I'm so jealous that my parents were a part of this time & this kind of music. I used to watch AB & Soul Train every Saturday during the late 70's & early to mid-80's. The 60's & 70's had the greatest music of all! 👍🏽💯🤗

[@richard3536]

It wasn’t all good . For those by of us that had to go to Vietnam .

[@Tinalynn...]

My mom got grounded for dancing on American bandstand! She said grandpa called these kids "rebel rousers" I don't want to imagine what he would think today!

[@kelvyquayo]

The number 1 Hit in the Charts today is called Wet A** P****

[@adamfriend1040]

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

[@Suzu777]

I was just saying to my husband that it was nice not seeing anyone twerking.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

My mother feels pretty blessed with the dad she had. Although the was quite conservative in the Deep South, he wanted his three daughters to be happy and he often overlooked his own values so they could do things they enjoyed, like going to dances and playing rock & roll music. It’s a shame society has devolved as far as it has since that time, but I know my mother and aunts appreciated how he put their happiness over his beliefs back then.

[@brendahackney1080]

Lol Yes, my Dad called them "Long haired hoodlums" .

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

We were the luckiest kids in the world.............those were our best days, and our best nights!

[@adamfriend1040]

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

[@JamesJohnson-nv8zo]

Don't rub it in. We live in a century that will only leave boredom and repetition on its time stamp.

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

@@adamfriend1040 doing great.

[@1Skeptik1]

I was young and invincible and dumber than a rock. LOL

[@bethvirginiaphillips4583]

@@1Skeptik1 Wasn't it wonderful?

[@marywinn8953]

I was 15 in 1969. The best of times. We didn't realize the world would change so rapidly and for the worst.

[@jamestanquary]

correct

[@31847448]

Liverworst ? Or , just for the worse ?

[@stupedcraig]

Don't worry, things are fine for the rich. Everyone else is poor and uneducated. Thanks Reaganomics!

[@kathyjohnson1911]

Not for everyone.

[@markfrost2707]

Was it REALLY a good time in America? Or was it great because you were young. There was horrible civil unrest, war, dirty presidents, dogs biting black people...kids being gunned down on college campuses....

[@richardhaynes1340]

Dick Clark was an American icon. Truly missed.

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Yes he was, he'll forever be known as the KING of the American Bandstand, The KING of the Pyramid, Mr. New Year's Rockin' Eve and the Man behind the American Bandstand of Grammys in the American Music Award God Bless the Soul of Mr. Clark-The World's Oldest Teenager

[@auletjohnast03638]

Richard Haynes, I hated his guts! May he rut in hell👿🔥

[@larrymugrage2464]

I also agree with u brother Richard

[@larrymugrage2464]

@@auletjohnast03638 Why do u dislike Dick Clark

[@auletjohnast03638]

Richard Haynes, Dick Clark hated the Beatles. Ask yourself why he never played any Beatles songs on American Bandstand?

[@vasiliosagio3127]

Where has my youth gone , i thought i was going to be young forever and wear flares and sideburns but unfortunately these days are gone ...lets cry !

[@marilynfielding5866]

Side Burns and the Shag unicuts are back in style! fashion just look arround at Hollywood ! Their in style hear inn Texas ! Kids don't dress up as mutch any more ! Ts and Genes ! Or Baggy pants with underwear showing ! But really they never were new! Prisons make the men wear them ! So they can't run fast ! Their pants fall down no ropes no belts ! No pockets they hotit right ! Black folks think they envented it ! Yajjh! Under Ground Sunshine ! Dance till your head gets dizzy! Hot fun in summertime !

[@abrokenandacontriteheart1308]

Wow 50 yrs ago. I miss my mom, she was soo young than. Makes me sad how fast time goes.

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth My Heartfelt Condolences to You.

[@ms.sonshine8878]

Makes me think of all the my loved ones that passed, too.

[@danielletabb5639]

Me too. I totally agree.

[@April-ko7xu]

💗

[@nancycurtis488]

Yes...time has just whizzed by like a jet plane. I love listening to this music and remembering back to the fun I had dancing but I sit here sobbing because I miss my mom so much....cigarettes killed her at 58 in 1984...and I miss my oldest son who changed my life so much for the better when he born in September of 1965...wish I could say the same for my jerk of an ex husband of 17 years (we were 17 when we got married) and father of my four oldest children. But I miss my oldest son so much who was killed 3 days before his 54th birthday in 2019...his death is an on going homicide investigation...Rick was a CPA and had his own CPA firm in Allen, Texas. A smart baby, sweet toddler, good kid always making straight A’s all through school...worked in high school to buy his own pickup truck, worked his way through college..took six years but no student loans for him and took the CPA exam and passed all three parts the first time...a good guy and I miss him so much even though I love my other son, all five daughters, 17 grandsons and the two surviving out of my 3 granddaughters...I am so glad to have them but I would give everything I own to just be able to have one more day with Rick. Love your kids and grandkids...tell them you love them every time you talk to them...you just never know when it will be the last time. Google him...James Richard “Rick” Conn, CPA, Allen, Texas.

[@margaretwilliams9007]

Hi I was married in 1969 I was only 17 and I was married on the 26th of July 1969 I’m so grateful and I was born in the 50s because we have the best generation 🥰🥰👍👍

[@walterjenkins4536]

Cartoons from 7am to 11am/ 11am Soul Train / 12pm American Bandstand / 1pm World Wrestling Federation / chores then outside for the rest of the day !!

[@tconnection7935]

After chores, outside, and the mall there was dance fever, solid gold, star search and to end the night creature features

[@walterjenkins4536]

@@tconnection7935 creature Double Feature & The Dr. Shock Horror Show

[@tconnection7935]

@@walterjenkins4536 cant forget sevengoolie

[@americangiant1003]

Walter sorry to bust your bubble. Soul Train would not be on the air for another 2 years until 1971. Sounds like a great Saturday Morning lineup for about 15 years (1971-1986 when Dick "retired" from AB soon after)that is missing now in 2019. With that said, you sound like you close in age to My Older Sister (born in 1960)as a "Late Baby Boomer Generation" era kid. I remember the last 5 years or so of that that Saturday Morning/Early Afternoon Programming though as a Gen X kid myself lol. Sadly I think that Great Saturday Morning Programming will never come back again. Mainly, because of 24/7 Cartoon and Animated Digital Cable TV and more recently Streaming sources out there now.

[@americangiant1003]

@@tconnection7935I remember Solid Gold and Star Search (both are 1980's era shows) very well. I really enjoyed Star Search alot as the competition show about 20 years before American Idol debuted. Star Search is best known for several Several future Legendary Celebrities making their TV Debut Future. This includes musical Stars ranging from Beyonce, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Leann Rhimes , and Tiffany among others made their TV debut here. Ditto for Star Comic-Actors such as Sinbad, Martin Lawrence and others as well. Man the 1970's and '80's was a golden age for TV that probably will never come back.

[@dalehumphrey8765]

I'm crying for what we've lost.

[@userfrommexico5122]

I'm with you

[@kelvyquayo]

◄ Hebrews 13:8 ►

[@melodyofpsalm9468]

😥😭

Yes, our YOUTH!

[@tarstarkusz]

B&W television in glorious monaural sound?

[@melodyjordan6052]

I remember wearing those dresses with my boots. How I loved my boots. All those crazy dances we made up. The Vietnam war caused so much pain in our generation. It was the greatest times. The music cannot be beat.

[@RT-fe1mu]

Yeah we got to leave the nam out

[@MyraKay-iu5vs]

@@RT-fe1mu Yeah, but because we are still, turned on, tuned in, & dropped out, the same elites that caused the Nam false flag are about to do it again, NOW.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Gogo boots, man!

[@Mary10538]

I'll be 70 in August. I never missed a Saturday with American bandstand

[@dextermorgan1656]

So cute 👍🌟

[@Fritzb4593]

I missed it when it was airing but I check out the videos

[@glendabyers9936]

Saturday was cleaning day. But my mom ALWAYS let us take a break for American Bandstand❤

[@bobsmith3217]

That Pontiac ad at the beginning lifted my spirits into the stratosphere. All those lovely late 60s ladies and those classic muscle cars. So cool

[@c.l.j.jardell5811]

I guess around. 70. We had a. Camaro. Then traded for a. Gto. Then we had. A. Olds. 444. I think that. Number lol is right. Later we had a. Chevelle. Yea. We liked fast ones ! Too BSD we didn't realize that years larpter they would be. A. Mint to. Own !!! Boo hoo

[@mariogrechi1840]

The girls OK but those gusguzzlers... That's when the serious pollution started...

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Mine too. Grew up with a GM tech designer dad outside Detroit- so..I miss those muscle cars & great days too.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

​​​​@@mariogrechi1840Yeah, right. 😂 it's funny how much dirtier industries were at the turn of the century- but just keep disregarding all the improvements for efficiency AND performance we were making BEFORE "progressives" shut it all down & destroyed the entire city of Detroit & auto industries in America and manufactured a fuel crisis too JUST AS THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. Good work. 👎 They even support a foreign NUCLEAR POWER WAR now too! Amazing "progress".

[@niqulusviii987]

I love soul train and appreciate it for what it represents as a black man, but american bandstand was literally the all people in america dancing together! All those different faces... beautiful.

[@ledhead198]

I love AB because it’s fantastic and I love Soul Train because it’s fantastic 🤟

[@ellenekanem]

What's even funnier is Dick Clark later produced his own version of Soul Train. It flopped.

[@tngardener231]

I’ve loved American bandstand and soul train since I was a kid. I remember my sisters boyfriend owned a club and I used to go with her at 14 and pretend I was either on soul train or American bandstand 😂

[@kristinakilby6798]

Right back in the 70's we had less racism, then we do today. One could dance, go to school and have friends of other race and no one thought any different. At least the younger people didn't. It's sad how their are certain groups that feel we still need to be segregated for different reasons. We have forgotten all we fought for as Americans!

[@jillpeacock4540]

Yes. We need more of this unity today. The lack of unity and the arguing and complaining and hate are destroying us. We need unity.

[@RandomHud]

I loved American Bandstand and Soul Train!

[@silviajames7150]

Me Too!! 💃

[@mitzithompson6585]

Me 2. Especially in the 80s because I was a teenager

[@tanyawashington6996]

Me too! I am 65 years old now.

[@bettyschneider5268]

@@tanyawashington6996 iam too! 65 in Oct. 🎃👻

[@allennezi1674]

Don Cornelius was a class act on Soul Train.

[@zerep11]

Man! Starting off the video with Junior Walker and the Allstars was simply awesome! Thank you!

[@angieleigh2055]

Wow I wish life could be so simple and carefree like that nowadays!

[@itzsoeasy1960]

Vietnam, assassinations, protests, revolutionary plots, people struggling to understand new laws. Hardly simple and carefree. Dancing was the only way to go.

[@broskoone]

Those where horrible days in many ways especially that horrible war.

[@wjcj1234]

I see the negative nellies are out. Some people just have to focus on the bad things and can't see how they can be transformed. It was definitely a simpler time. Life is hard and bad stuff happens to every generation. Lighten up and have some peace in your heart.

[@angieleigh2055]

@@wjcj1234 Well said! THANK YOU!

[@joshrandall5297]

How soon you forget.

[@-gina1114]

What a blast from the past!!! I remember American Bandstand!!! Loved the show!!! Dick Clark was a great host!!! Sad he is gone now, May he Rest in Peace.❤️

[@ciraherrera5546]

The best years of real good music ! 60’s 70’s 👍🏻👏🏻❤️

[@acidthunder1]

90s was pretty good too

[@henryrogers5500]

@@acidthunder1 Sorry. No.

[@bqkmg2037]

50s60s70s80s...imo were the BEST years.

[@bigpuppy54]

The best! I loved it.

[@toddroby6749]

✌️

[@ko7577]

I love how they had a 40-year-old overseeing the whole party. Dick Clark's presence makes the whole show. It's like dad letting you have a party with him still in the house.

[@davisholman8149]

We baby boomers grew up during the best time ever. It was so much fun - I feel so sorry for kids these days….🤷🏽‍♂

[@bighomiehandlebar7698]

Dick Clark was 40 in 69 wow

[@ko7577]

@@davisholman8149 Same. I was raised by boomers, it wasn't as uptight as it is now, and they didn't spend three hours posing us for Facebook pictures. Polaroid and onto the fun.

[@truthspeaker9617]

You will never see clean fun like this in this wicked world again.

[@mckinneetv2000]

I think we will. 😁

[@greer8288]

You are right. People don't even dance in clubs anymore

[@boogitybear2283]

@@greer8288 That and they’re a lot of mass shootings in clubs.

[@jameswagesi1026]

Oh .. you mean they have terrible rhythm.

[@southernsass2937]

The sad truth. 😥

[@pastorjimwalls5924]

I was born in 1966 and I loved the music from this era. I can't help but think of the young men fighting in Vietnam during 1969. The Tet Offensive happened in 1968 but a year later still great music coming from AB. Peace & Blessings to all.

[@marine4lyfe85]

Sept. 4th, 1966 is my birthday.

[@jacquelinemcgrathcurtis2787]

I was 5 years old. As a child I do remember we went to school then right into the 70s wearing dresses, tights, nice patent leather shoes. The boys would wear nice slacks, shirt with a tie. There was more respect from children given to the adults. Parents were strict and you did listen and did what was asked of you.

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed AMEN

[@danielletabb5639]

I wasn't born yet, but I truly appreciate those times more than the current ones. I totally agree with you.

[@valfletcher9285]

I was 4 years old and wore dresses and my hair fixed up differently each day and patent leather mary janes or saddle shoes and on weekends wore keds and watched these "groovy teenagers" on tv after the cartoons!

[@kellyantle8428]

yup...then we hero'd the hippies and elevated them to some mythical status instead of the useless whiners they were opening the door to every degenerate pov that has eroded morals and ethics steadily ever since. Now we have kids murdering their parents over politics...GG America.

[@cmasse64]

@@kellyantle8428 And JFK, MLK, RFK were assassinated, civil rights protests, Vietnam protests, and this episode of American Bandstand aired one week before the Tate/LaBianca murders happened. There was good/bad in every generation. We need to stop aggrandizing one generation over another.

[@vance9460]

This was the summer of 1969. A season so rich in history, it will never again be duplicated. Woodstock Moon Landing Zodiac Killer begins Manson family massacre Chappaquiddick with Ted Kennedy Hurricane Camille strongest verified hurricane to ever hit United States. Beatles finish recording their final album Abbey Road. What a summer it was

[@obaleanabelvona6629]

It's so true, I really can "feel" on every one of those events. Woodstock WAS a one and only Moon landing we haven't been back found the zodiac killer a few years back ( I knew him. he lived in my town ) manson dead. finally. suffer eternity in Hell Ted Kennedy, I think, made a very big mistake that night, did have a respectable long career in the senate. r.i.p. Hurricane Camilla was followed by more but remains the 1st the Beatles.. I always sadly relate to John Lennon's death there's no year even close to '69

[@jgc1077]

Notice how much less wholesome this show is than the pre-65 bandstand shows. The country went downhill after '65. The first of many moral declines over the past 60 years.

[@vance9460]

@@jgc1077 I agree. Look at where we are now! It's so sad

[@pdg61met]

@@obaleanabelvona6629 Gary F. Poste Zodiac

[@rhoanjenson7475]

Charles Manson ??

[@johnmason5574]

This is what was and it was great. We didn't know it, we were living in a special time, but it's gone. Memories are what we have. Just cherish them.

[@septemberquest6393]

Well said, John..

[@jismism9515]

The ancient Earth was a great Earth to inhabit

[@paulsmith8212]

Yes, Sadly it’s gone. 1969, I was 16 and we lived just outside Philadelphia. I was busy with bell bottom pants and Polk a dot 👔 shirts, and getting down to OC New Jersey on the weekends for some beach and Boardwalk fun. I had no money but back then you really didn’t need money. Hitchhiking wasn’t considered a danger back then, it was an art. American Bandstand, Soul Train , WFIL, WIBG and WMMR, I had to have my little am-fm transistor radio. I was going to live forever! Life was alive! 1969, Great memories.. I miss you.

[@philmullins136]

Good advice. Best wishes to you.

[@olgasolano3490]

Best memories and best good clean memories ever Special times alright👍

[@yaelrar.4460]

Men and women dancing together. What a concept. Life was much saner back then.

[@jamesmack3314]

When girls actually didn't freak out when a guy flirted with them!

[@fluffy1931]

Yep the Cold War was totally sane nothing like US & Soviet Union just hair trigger away from total end of civilization. And the Vietnam War was another big nothing burger. And Helter Skelter & Charlie Manson family made us all comfy. Political assasinations, Race riots and Anti War movement raging across the nations campuses so sane.

[@JimBob-oy9bs]

@@fluffy1931 fuck off Always finding fault. Go to you're happy place

[@Onneff69]

@@jamesmack3314 Real ones still don't. :)

[@jamesmack3314]

Yes but where are they?!

[@markathickory]

Just had my 50th high school class reunion. I remember all of these songs had most of them on 8 track tape. It was so good to see my classmates. Many I had not seen since graduation day. Most of my classmates seemed very happy with their lives. That made me glad. All week I have been thinking of my 23 classmates that have passed. We should tell the young that this life is not rehearsal. Make it the very best you can and be happy.

[@ivellbullock199]

One thing about the 8 tracks is that when you want to hear the same song, you have to wait for it to play.

[@ivellbullock199]

That's very well said, sir.

[@richieboy6825]

Right on! Enjoy everyday my good man! Good to be alive...

[@funguy4utube]

Love 💕 those days … I was 19 in 1969 …. Just now hit 73 years old

[@wimvanaerde6249]

You had the good times

[@CGH250]

I was 19 as well!!! Married and had my first baby the end of August 1969! I really miss those days!!

[@johnwest5837]

Middle of the Pacific in 69.

[@haraldssongs264]

ich war 17 und es war eine schöne Zeit !

[@toriwolf5978]

It was the best time ever ❤❤❤

[@sharoncrawford3042]

Notice how the teenagers acted so much more mature then they do now.

[@cantstandcamilla]

LOL! I was a teenager in 1969 and you can't really compare the two..totally different generations. Anyway, many of the people dancing on bandstand were paid dancers so they were doing their teenaged jobs.

[@vivianperino5006]

Sharon Crawford ....yes! This brings back memories....good and bad....I was 17 and pregnant. My son is now 50....these kids dancing are so cute...they are in their late 60s now! I love ❤️ the girl’s shoes! Some of the hair styles are questionable....anyway...I have to sign off and take my medication ....cheers from Toronto 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️

[@sweetmapleleafs]

Sharon Crawford with all due respect, those same mature teenagers are the parents of today's teens. There was a day long ago when parents had accountability & responsibility. Most teens look to pro athletes as role models. They dont view their parents that way.

[@mitchelmccarty4739]

Your right, l can see that too.

[@lskydrrn]

Much more respectful.

[@jamesflanagan7942]

This was aired 8 days before I turned 18. My world would change forever because the draft was right around the corner. Thank you so much for posting these shows just to go back to my innocent youth in L A is wonderful

[@carlosvalencia2557]

Wow also 6 days later the Manson murders.August 8-9.

[@oldiesgeek454]

Thanks for your service and glad you made it back safe.

[@dougbadgley6031]

Thank you for your time and service. I often wonder what the 60s and early 70s would have been like without the war.

[@billblount5955]

Thank you sir for your service and no one ever told welcome home brother

[@eddiepower3876]

@todd long get anger managment

[@denny906]

I was 16 then and I would never have thought that 50 years into the future I would be watching American Bandstand on my PC. Back then the older generation thought our music was just noise but we are the older generation now and the music of today is noise.

[@Nisinique]

Exactly..Im watching on my phone..back then we had one Black n White TV😂😂We used to to have all the Sat Chores done b4 it came on..Memories.I was 15

[@smcal1able]

16 also but watching when Ronnie Kaye had his show here in Oklahoma City and the winners of the cars. Great memories.

[@betaomega8724]

Yup! I was seven then, isn't this fun?

[@mowestjohnquin9915]

Absolutely!

[@auletjohnast03638]

marissa pierce, And I'm sure youre twat got hairier.

[@robindew9072]

My mom loved this music. I was 3 in 69. I grew up hearing 60s music through the house. Even though my brother & I were all about the 70s and 80s.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

It wasn't that everything was perfect & happy, but when you're a kid, YOU'RE perfect & happy...and think the whole world is too. You have all this optimism. Even if you were a little sad at times, esp in high school--down deep there was still a positive feeling. These old vids remind me of those feelings

[@adamfriend1040]

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

[@azul8811]

Agree.

[@vivianpowell1732]

The "kids" you see in this AB episode from 1969 had lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK. The Vietnam War was raging and the draft was active. The Hong Kong Flu pandemic had struck many young people as it swept through schools and colleges just months before this program aired. President Lyndon B. Johnson had been hospitalized when he contracted it. About 34,000 Americans died from the first wave of that flu, and before it had run its course about 100,000 had died. So that era was hardly one characterized by innocence and naiveté.

[@SandyCheeks63564]

@@vivianpowell1732 Thanks for the history lesson. Here's a second shot at reading comprehension for you "It wasn't that everything was perfect & happy, but when you're a kid, YOU'RE perfect & happy...and think the whole world is too." And yes to me teenagers are "kids". In fact science now shows that the brain isn't even fully developed until around age 25. See, I know stuff too. LOL

[@vivianpowell1732]

@@SandyCheeks63564I'm a Boomer and lived through that era. First hand experience tends to be more reliable than second rate opinions.

[@juliemiller2523]

OMG THIS BRINGS BACK GREAT MEMORIES,, I WAS 11 AND IM STILL DIGGIN 1969..ONE HELL OF A YEAR FOR MUSIC, THE BEST

[@juliehanson2247]

Me too!

[@swimlaps1]

Same!

[@kittycat1302]

Same here! Was so upset because I didn’t get to go to Woodstock, but I was already into the music!

[@bearman000ify]

Same.

[@sharikraft1706]

I was 12 this year. I watched American bandstand every Saturday. It was fun to see the fashion, the hair! I remember rolling my hair on orange juice cans or huge pink rollers. Mini dresses and huge Bell sleeves. I liked the way the video was shot showing their feet... You can see what they were wearing and you could see their foot work

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Shari, How are you doing?

[@safffff1000]

I graduated that year and was so naive, thought this music was standard and would be like this forever.

[@judyjones5089]

That was the summer between my sophomore and junior years in high school. The main things I remember are hanging out with friends, collecting records, making fudge and other junk food in the kitchen, and, of course, watching American Bandstand. I was always hoping to see my favorite groups on there. I'll turn 70 on Sunday, and still feel young, my husband and I having celebrated 41 years marriage! Changing the subject: I all of a sudden thought about the snack Pizza Spins! Would eat some right now if I had them! :)

[@PutDownTheBunny]

and don't forget the taffy pulls. They were the bees knees!

[@Detcaligirl]

Congratulations to 41 years! Keep acting young! I never wanna grow old in spirit. Bless you and yours forever.

[@judyjones5089]

@@Detcaligirl Amen! Thank you for your kind comment!

[@Detcaligirl]

@@judyjones5089 you are very welcome 🤗

[@tulanzuya]

No one I've ever asked remembers "Poke Salad Annie," lol - such a great song with a fitting subject for the day:) Thanks so much for the episode.

[@bluewaters3100]

Elvis Presley's version of this song was awesome. Check it out. I am 69 and always listen to oldies. I am listening to music by The Who at the moment. They were at Woodstock and had so many great hits then.

[@WILTALK]

I remember, but then the farther back it go the more I can remember. Its just last week I have a problem with. LOL

[@notyouraccount566]

Didn't ask me I had the album I liked the whole album

[@cc1k435]

I've heard it before, but had completely forgotten about it. 😂

[@johnwest5837]

Don't it get you granny!

[@toriwolf5978]

So happy I found this brings me back to a wonderful time in my life ! In my 70s now that’s when everyone danced had fun and knew how to dress class all the way !!!👍💎💎

[@jimconaty6218]

Would I go back to the 60s if I could. In a heartbeat.

[@hoosierladyus48]

So would I!

[@richardrice8076]

Race riots, Vietnam, protests, assassinations. If you were a kid yeah the '60's were a stone cold blast. In reality America was a mess. Did I mention riots, cold war. We did go out with a bang landing on the moon in July of '69.

[@jimconaty6218]

@@richardrice8076 you're right but are we supposed to dwell on the negative or celebrate the positive from that generation. I marched against the Vietnam War and certainly didn't agree with our stance on human relations (whether it was the difference in color, religion, ethnicity or political affiliation )but I choose to dwell on the positive aspects of our generation. So yes I do miss the 60s for a lot of reasons. I came of age in that period of time.

[@richardrice8076]

@@jimconaty6218 To honestly answer your question I don't know. It probably would be wise look and remember the good. I'm a little younger than you (65 in July) but as kid no matter how much fun we were having(endless summers) it was hard to not know what was going in the turbulent '60's.

[@jefffawver3389]

Same here brother

[@ivonne22365]

I was not born during that time but I truly am enjoying this video. Blast from the past! Groovy

[@zeeqq105]

I want to gorge my eyes out! 😂😂😂I love nostalgia but this ain’t it. I remember seeing the later versions of AB. It didn’t look like this. I couldn’t sit through this.

[@patriciabove7652]

What a treasure!I was 6 years old in August 1969,I remembered my older siblings watching American Bandstand and when I was a teenager I watched it too,loved this,Soul Train,Dance Fever,Solid Gold,those were the good old days,this makes me smile😊

[@MsPokeyman]

i was 11 and love it

[@coolcpa3321]

I was six in 1969 and living in a suburb of Berkeley. Like you, I watched AB and Soul Train with my older siblings and loved it. I always loved the dancers' clothes. First commercial made me laugh because my dad drove a GTO and I remember him passing it down to my older brother. Good times.

[@discofoeva5495]

I was 5 years old. Dad RIP ! Would watch American Bandstand and Soul Train and another one where a woman would dance on a very small stage and the host would grab her and pull her down and another young woman would get on and dance. WHAT WAS THIS DANCE SHOW CALLED ? It would play this song Devil with a blue dress on when the show starts and ends. It was aired in Southern Calif in the late 60s Oh! Called -DON STEEL DANCE SHOW!

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Oh Yes

[@discofoeva5495]

DON STEEL SHOW! Finally saw one on KZbin! DAD laughed seeing Don pulling the poor girl down the mini dance stage as another girl jump up to dance.

[@alondranowe414]

Those were the days!!! Life in general, was so nice and mellow. Beautiful era.....

[@Momster1000]

This was the best I watched through the 70’s .... I remember waiting every Saturday to watch. Such good times.

[@Denise_Thompson]

In January of 1969 I turned 16 and had the best of my teenage years. Great friends, parties, music, and dancing seemed to be the best ever. ❤

[@nuwavedave]

Maximum Grooviness! The full show puts those 3-minute segments in context. I hope you'll consider posting more full shows. Girls were so classy back then - so beautiful. Today they cover their bodies with tats and wear sweats in town, and nobody cares. In the '60s, we'd dress in our sharpest mod clothes just to go shopping. "Commotion" by Creedence was a powerhouse, as all their songs were.

[@rosemarymagrino772]

It’s Saturday and I’m watching Bandstand! Just like old times!

[@Samo1228]

It's Thursday morning and I am watching Bandstand! Just like back in 1972 when I was only 17 watching ABS on American TV in Vietnam.

[@robinkeiger2208]

This is excellent footage!!! Dick Clark was a genius He made American Bandstand what it is today, timeless!!!

[@marge3470]

If you don't have anything nice to say then don't bother posting!! @Big Bill O'Reilly

[@kellymarsden7476]

I was 13 yrs old in 1969 !! Had a GREAT TIME growing up in the 70’s. From the British Invasion Music, Motown, American Bandstand!! Those were the dazesssss……..

[@rossscott1922]

Hello 👋 Kelly

[@tanyatoliver8398]

I love how everyone is telling how old they were when this aired and remembering good times. Yes to the summer of 69!!!

[@lyannamillen8095]

I was born July of 69 and whenever I hear summer of 69 on the radio I crank it up! A lot of good things and bad things going on at the same time

[@frednahall4617]

I was 22 and had been married for 3 years, but still was dancing :)

[@AbbyNormal777]

Tarantino just made a movie about that year in Hollywood.

[@ladylibrum7145]

I was about to have my first birthday!

[@bonanzatime]

I was 5 when this aired. I was a 5 year old hippy!! ...Then the 80s ruined everything.

[@pedromeza2398]

Incredible, 1969 was my last year of Junior High and watching American Bandstand was my regular Saturday thing to do.

[@joycepino9749]

i graduated from Jr. High in 1969. The summer of my Freshman year. Same here i used to watch bandstand every Saturday afternoon.

[@williamkoestner1400]

Girls from this era were so beautiful. Very natural. Dressed nice. No tattoos or piercings. No purple hair. Thin. Could watch this all day.

[@Dylarooni]

Girl in this decade are still beautiful even if they have piercing and tattoos and looks like a biker times have changed its not the 70s anymore

[@jennifermorris833]

They are women not girls, and judging women by their appearance is an outdated sexist remark. I bet your no oil painting.

[@williamkoestner1400]

@@jennifermorris833 Thank you Jennifer for telling me not to judge people by their appearance while you are judging me by my appearance.

[@queenqueen977]

"thin" , what the fuck is wrong with you?

[@queenqueen977]

@@mkeogh76 stop the presses youre a fucking moron!

[@joymcdonald8240]

1969 was the best year of my life, especially the summer of 69.

[@rossscott1922]

Hello 👋 Joy

[@LoriNomey]

I was 4 but it was a great year , except that same month / year was the Manson murders …

[@lauranathan1618]

I was getting getting ready to celebrate my 3rd birthday. What I actually remember , in an early memory is that my mom would keep the show on in the living room and we would dance along....Thank you so so much for keeping this amazing diary for us and future generations...Beautiful...

[@TheJoyGrenade24]

Same! One of my first memories is cartoons ending and family dance party starting every Saturday. I was 3 years old when this aired.

[@vivianperino5006]

Laura Nathan ...you’re still a baby 🍼....your Mom must have been pretty cool 😎! Love ❤️ from Canada 🇨🇦!

[@henrycantrell6397]

1969 was a great year for music

[@lotuskwe8103]

For years I've said best music was "69". Songs on this (episode) show though....ehhh

[@peterirwin6812]

If I could give you more thumbs up on you comment I would, no doubt.

[@peterirwin6812]

your

[@jerrygil1965]

50s onto the 80s was a great time for music

[@nancypatricia511]

'69 was the year of Woodstock and Altamont. It is the year that is thought of as the birth of Modern America and the end of an era.

[@kristinakilby6798]

I can imagine they had the time of their lives dancing on tv. I bet they never thought they would get old. And end up in 2021. Where we are scared of our own immune systems.

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Kristina, How are you doing?

[@marthalowe1556]

So true. wow

[@rosemma34]

hello sane person

[@czaaful]

Ucant teach time to the young..ilearnd uhav to xperiencit. Every yr shud really go alittlbit slower

[@tomsenick2033p]

Who's scared of their immune system?

[@rockyroad7345]

I swear when I was a 12 yr old kid, my dad and I watched this exact dance contest every Saturday morning and picked this couple to win from the beginning! We lived in Oklahoma at the time and were so excited when they won. RIP dad.

[@madcat528]

Wow!!! This video just popped up on youtube! I went to high school with these guys! (Underground Sunshine)They used to play for our dances! Thank you for an awesome quick trip back to the best times of my life! 💕💕💕💕💕

[@jess4metoo]

What memories this brings back. I was six when this aired, my older brother never missed an episode. Thank you so much for uploading this treasure.

[@lynnesmith1959]

The guys are wearing nice dress shirts & ties; the girls are wearing nice dresses. And now people go out in public wearing pajamas.

[@himinah]

LOL.....😂🤣, But true

[@theaudieappletonchannel4642]

It's called the Walmart look.🤣

[@himinah]

@@theaudieappletonchannel4642 true again 😂

[@oleysiaogren1192]

I was only 3 here I was still wearing diapers.😂😂😂😂

[@dennismazza4233]

Watch the 2006 Mike Judge film "Idiocracy". Although it's a comedy, unfortunately it's where society is headed.

[@sopadecalavzacaballero4805]

I was 13 in 69 and those were the best yrs of my life.if I could go back for a week,just to enjoy the simplicity,of that era,it would be awesome.

[@davidkoplitz1969]

Me too. 13 in 69 The best years.

[@sopadecalavzacaballero4805]

@@davidkoplitz1969 Yes.

[@henryrogers5500]

@@davidkoplitz1969 12 in 1969. We were little mod, hipster, heads! Hair hanging in my face, shirt unbuttoned, bare chested with medallions on long chains hanging around my neck, flared, striped permanent press slacks, thick-chained ID bracelets, smoked Kool cigarettes. And cute foxy girls everywhere!

[@fayjafa3169]

So was I! Well this segment aired on August 2nd and my birthday is August 13, so I was actually 11 days short of my 13th birthday! I had lots of siblings and the 6 youngest…we ALL loved to sing and dance, and to watch the variety shows! That was our main source of entertainment! Also, we enjoyed watching Hullabaloo, Shindig, The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, Soul Train. We also put on talent shows for our mom. We had a great upbringing. We didn’t have a lot of money, but we had an abundance of love and creativity! Those were good ol days!

[@bdevs.760]

This was an era where everything was normal with good vibes

[@thevelointhevale1132]

Just reminds me of how the world has turned to shit .... thank the Gods I got to live those times.

[@cassidypresley4428]

.....same here!!!! Never will be another time like this in our generation, that for sure.

[@mayena]

During that time the Vietnam War was still in full intensity.

[@jewswhoswingssnakes923]

Cassidy Presley well- our generation didn’t know how to dance to “The Guess Who” Laughing.

[@donclark4685]

Me too. No piercings and no tattos. Just fine smelly good women.

[@Lisabug2659]

Hell it’s worse now than 11 months ago...

[@markmccummins8049]

I remember this. I watched Bandstand faithfully, in black & white, as it is here. I remember these groups, too. This is a wonderful trip back in time! Thank you.

[@forestraven5271]

I was a sophomore in H.S , those were the days 60s and 70s ! Hanging at the beach and surfing with Wolfman Jack playing in the background lol.

[@jakeyjervis]

What a wonderful time for America. I'm there, in my heart and mind.

[@alison2649]

Ahhhh ok now I see why so many old folks dance the way they do. They’re simply dancing exactly as they did when they were young! ☺️☺️

[@jimicmore1895]

Just thinking bout my late uncle, danced that way, exactly lol

[@alison2649]

Jimi Seymour Awww

[@devong7124]

We're not old! Just stuck in a time zone! 😆

[@barbarawright9759]

Oh my goodness..I'm 67 and my grandkids tease me about dancing like this..I can't wait to show them this video!!!!

[@c.l.j.jardell5811]

Yes we do. mmmmm. There no bringing this time back or. Making. Carbon. Copies ! JTS just. Sewwt memories. Except for the.

[@suzannemellan2173]

I was 10 years old watching American bandstand. Still know all the words to all these classic songs, what an innocent time in history. Still love this 60's music.

[@bringinlight5310]

I was thirteen years old in 1969, this takes me back to my childhood. love it.

[@davisholman8149]

Best time to grow up ever. My son is a professional DJ…even he says we had the BEST MUSIC, 100%.

[@onlyonemgpatch9612]

Thank you for posting a full episode. Watching now. ♥️

[@wildflowerwind6941]

Amazing how the music has lived on and is still great.

[@pameladrake7547]

Very much and loving it all I play is my old music don't listen to this garbage they got out here now I'm a rock and roller from the sixties

[@maryrobertson5250]

I'd like to travel back to 1969. 71 years now and l'd travel back through the Land of Nostalgia. Can't change it but worth the trip down memory lane. The music of our life defines the timeline just like the weather of the day fills the atmosphere.

[@snoroof58]

I was in my first year as a Marine and on my way to Vietnam. The music seemed very strange once I finished boot camp and the world has never been the same since...

[@michaelcunninghamherrera7923]

I left RVN on 24 August 1969.

[@bonniejoyce4782]

Thank you Gary Cripes for your services and God bless you . Hugs and prayers

[@robinsnest7627]

Thank you for you service, and for something that is long overdue 🎉 “Welcome Home” 🎉

[@allisongaines3330]

Thank you for your service!!

[@PaulElstins-gt2qc]

❤ g.b. the best times u.s.a 😮 power music 🎶 🎵 grat Britain 🇬🇧 👌 the best for dance 🕺 👌 yes 1969 😅😅yes go for best 👌 👍..

[@darnellwebb7609]

Mr. Dick Clark a musical industry genius gone but never forgotten thank you for all the memories did Clark waking up on Saturday morning watching American bandstand may you rest in heaven

[@erroljr.7480]

Remember when they called him Americas Oldest Teenager. He kept his youthful mlm persona all his life from hanging with "The Kids" as he called them. I was only 3 years old in '69 but I grew up on Dick Clark. My generation bombarded his stage starting in the 80s.

[@lotuskwe8103]

He was so cool. Then I saw Ryan S. want his job. He got it in a sense.

[@johnwest5837]

Dick Clark collected and restored Hubcaps for a hobby.

[@57highland]

1969 was such a fantastic year for music: Pop, Rock, and otherwise.

[@57highland]

@LoveEverton John: Also, pop music was not all niched into sub-categories (e.g., "dance", "urban", etc.); everything was in the same pop Top 40 and that was how you were exposed to many kinds of music without ever turning the dial: In 1969 on one radio station, you had Pop, hard rock (Steppenwolf, for example), a bit of psychedelic rock (Iron Butterfly), the Beatles and Stones, Motown, bubble-gum (the Archies), vocal music (Dusty Springfield, Bobby Vinton, Tom Jones), instrumental (Love Them from Romeo & Juliet), jazz (Blood Sweat and Tears), Country (Johnny Cash, Roy Clark), and even a little bit of gospel (Edwin Hawkins Singers) and reggae (Desmond Dekker, who had the first reggae song to get into the pop Top 40 in June 1969). All that on one station!

[@jamesmack3314]

Yes the Who's Tommy and on the other side my parents were listening to the Carpenters!!

[@themermaidstale5008]

@lindsey lefrois Don't forget about the clothes! Minis, hip-huggers, go-go boots.

[@jamesmack3314]

They were on top of the world,looking down on creation

[@randylee1542]

Yes, Our country was at war in Vietnam as we watched body counts on television every night.

[@chha6439]

Yes back in my good time era.. thanks man! When music was great, and the women were so so fine.

[@robertyancey4867]

I was 10... I just turned 60... Holy Sheepshit...Where did the good times go?!?😁🤔🤔😎😎🙂

[@ontarioguy2738]

Im 60 also Robert i hope the next 50 years go a little slower!

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

I'm turning 60 in November

[@robertyancey4867]

@carolinafan2016 Amen to that Red Baron...10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and more...This bloody Red Baron...Wants nothing more...Than his fair share of Social Security!!!😆😁😊☺🤔🤔😎😎🙂

[@crimsonclover8314]

I just turned 61 and I wish I could go back to those good times things were better then for sure what the hell happened? 🤷‍♀

[@lawrencesumblin3325]

My friends: The days are long and the years are short. Live each day like its the best day of your life. Because at our ages any day above the ground is a good day. ✌

[@davidkroll4360]

Turned 17 the very day this aired. Woodstock was right around the corner, as was Manson. Was working full time summer job, spending my money on albums.

[@scotwirth6228]

The Manson killings truly WERE around the corner. The corner being the very next weekend, Fri. Aug. 8 and Sat. Aug. 9, with AB airing in between the Tate killings and the LaBianca killings.

[@kimberlychilstrom6888]

I remember well . I was living in east side Costa Mesa, California at the time. ..actually the night of Aug 9th,killings took place and found Sharon tate ,Jay Sebring, albagail folger and her boyfriend frykowski the next morning of 10th ..how sad 😥 horrifying. Will never forget. And one week later was Woodstock in New York ..geez that was one hell of a month !!

[@WILTALK]

I was visiting an Army buddy ( both had recently been discharged ) who lived in Connecticut at that time. He was going to some music festival and ask me to go along, but I decided I wanted to start heading back west to California. Figured I wouldn't miss much. LOL.

[@dianekrstulovich1582]

​@@scotwirth6228 gasp! :( 😢 Terrifying days 😊

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

Talk about going back in time!!!! And with an entire episode, thank you so much for posting.

[@Jay-rf5rh]

I was 2 years old in 1969. Watching this simply blows me away. Awesome stuff.

[@jewelsluv67]

I was 2 also back then ,but I would not change growing up in my teen years in the 80's best time ever ...if I could go back and start over at the same age I would do it again ! 💯❤‍🔥🙌

[@johnnytroyano8870]

1969 Miracle Mets, Broadway Joe, Moon Landing, Beatles still together, kindergarten for me. Missed the 60s and 70s partying (too young) but thank you for this great upload. Love “ I’ve been Hurt”.

[@stevieg7672]

Everything but the first two things seem great. Meanwhile, my favorite teams, the Giants and Yankees were constantly losing in '69, but 1969 was still a good year, save the Tate-La Bianca murders. Sharon Tate is one of my favorite actresses and may she rest in peace.

[@lyannamillen8095]

Some of them were good times I wish I could have celebrated it but I was only a few days old. But I'm sure it was memorable

[@jamesmack3314]

I was at Shea for one game..and The Jets...what a year

[@voidfilan5055]

Lucky you. Did not become a Mets fan until my dad took me to my first game at Shea in 1972 so I missed out, but 69 was still a great year for my childhood and men on the moon‼️

[@ingridmartinez3839]

I wish life was this way now.

[@stevenbest6923]

Me too!!!!

[@debiking5304]

Me three 😆

[@henryrogers5500]

We are all headed for eternity. How we live in this life will determine where we will end up in eternity, forever. My “best life” as good as it was in the 1960s, will be lived-out so much better in eternity due to Jesus Christ being my only righteousness.

[@safffff1000]

Except Nam

[@linedanzer4302]

I danced on this show the summer before my senior year in high school. My partner was Chacho Bolina and we even got riser time on camera. John Travolta appeared on the show that summer right before he started filming *Saturday Night Fever.* We had a ball dancing and dining on Kentucky Fried Chicken for lunch.

[@MsTexas73]

Did he sing that song “Let Her In”?

[@guillermo3564]

Here's todays lesson in hard rock/heavy metal history, for those of you who didn't know and/or didn't recognize the voice. The second song during rate a record had one of rock and roll's big name, legendary singers.That band, the Elves, eventually became Elf, and carried on until 1975. They spent a fair amount of time opening for Deep Purple before finally ending the band. Four of the members of Elf would join Ritchie Blackmore, from Deep Purple, as the original line up of his new band, Rainbow, and would play on Rainbow's debut album. One of those Elf members to start Rainbow was none other than, wait for it . . . the late, great Ronnie James Dio. Those kids were hearing a future giant in the industry that day, and I'm sure that not a single one of them ever knew they were listening to someone who would become one of the greatest hard rock/heavy metal singers that ever lived. Class dismissed.

[@charlenegareau9302]

I was 7 in 1969. They and the 70's were great years to grow up. We were so free as kids. At 7 I was asked to pick up milk and cigarettes for my Mom and Dad regularly. Glass bottles but kids were different. We had so much respect for our parents and they gave us responsibilities that we could handle. Everyone is terrified of their child being abducted today. It's truly sad. I'm so grateful to have been born then and the music was incredible.

[@adamfriend1040]

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

[@scottsdaleglenn]

I agree 100% Charlene! I was 11 in 1969. Did the same as you described. Was able to get cigarettes and food at the local store for my parents. The store automatically put it on their charge. And you’re so correct about the unquestioned respect for parents. You’ve summed it all up. My gosh what has happened???

[@kfrancis1872]

I started getting my grandmother's Pall Malls and huge bottle of Johnnie Walker red at 4... With my little note from her LOL. It seems so bizarre today I feel like I'm exaggerating. But it's true, I'd walk one block up to the corner, and I never dropped that big bottle. I really miss those days.