American Bandstand 1969 -Top 10- Youngbloods, Archies, Temptations- Green River, CCR

Airdate: September 20, 1969
50 Years Ago This Week…
It is the end of the eventful summer of 1969 and the 3rd show of the new season and new set. The #1 song in the country for its first of 4 straight weeks is “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies, “Green River” is at #3, “Get Together” is at #7 and “I Can’t Get Next To You” is at #10. Creedence Clearwater Revival made their first and only appearance on American Bandstand today.
Several original videotapes from the 60’s had been discovered and featured on the 1992 broadcast of the “American Bandstand 40th Anniversary Special” including the few seconds I put in today’s clip. As this episode exists in color, I’m not sure why VH1 and Dick Clark decided to show the black & white kinescoped version of this episode in the 90’s and why the AwardsShowNetwork channel posted the black & white version of the interview with John Fogerty (?) Maybe the full episode was lost. At least we have a few precious seconds of color.
Long-time regulars June Strode, Don Sanuskar & Robin Miller, and Frank Vanderpuil & Karen Sudlow are featured front and center throughout the dancing segment including (from left to right) at 3:21. Also dancing today are regulars Roni Menacker & Carl Ratcher seen at 4:02.
…And this Friday a new TV show will debut on ABC about a lovely lady who was bringing up 3 very lovely, golden-haired girls, and marries a man with 3 boys of his own. “The Brady Bunch” premieres in 6 days on Sept. 26th.
Thank you for watching and for all of your great comments...Groove on man!

[@doncastillo7813]

No tattoos, no green hair , just beautiful people enjoying true music

[@edwardvelez2926]

💯 PERCENT AGREED!!😊

[@pedrocuervo3868]

Yes brother,you're right!,God bless you!.My regards from Bogotá Colombia,South América,a hug.

[@bradklaatu]

Being 74, those were my "good old days" only I didn't know it.

[@cheryalhussain975]

The long hair, the mini skirts and the music. So much better back in the day.❤

[@dareanmartin2915]

Sure was!!!

[@Jumphouse2]

Second second on the mini skirts. Simple but sexy. A true renaissance.

[@joshrandall5297]

Right. Vietnam. Assassinations. Riots. Today's generation will say the same thing in 40 years.

[@teachone2261]

…… back in THAT DAY !!

[@aladdinsane5448]

WE WERE AMAZING THE MUSIC WAS AMAZING

[@maxinemedina4993]

I had my first baby my husband was in the marines 5 kids later we were still married he passed away 3 years ago those were the days I was 18

[@adriennerobinson1180]

My Heartfelt Condolences to You and your family ❤

[@terryhunter2526]

Semper-fi ma'am

[@irenedeleon5766]

He was lucky to marry u🥰

[@carolynglennon698]

My sympathies to you and your family 😢 He was a hero 🇺🇸

[@lovesmusic36]

Skirts were short, hair was long. If I knew then what I know now...The 60s was a great decade for music. However 1969 was the best, music-wise! Best wishes to all from Canada.

[@tillietrue9397]

Geeezz.....what happened to the years ?? I was 18 then, I am now 68 with 6 grandchildren and a great-grandson. I don't feel that old 😮 I still dance around the living room to this music.😎 I miss those days 💕

[@macwess6098]

Me too tillie!

[@JeanetteFaith]

In Florida we all still have block parties and dance!

[@georgemusic4all4seasons]

You are so blessed and keep on dancing!!!!

[@marge3470]

Same here Tillie! Love dancing always did, and I'll be a great- grandmom of a little girl in June!

[@pennywilliams6914]

We’re the Class of ‘69-we’re the Class that’s really fine!

[@elainebennes2106]

I had just turned 9yrs old and started 4th grade. I remember hearing all of these songs on my AM radio.😂 We had the best music in the 60's, 70's & 80's. Glad I grew up with all of it! Rock on!? 🎶🎶

[@nunya9540]

Elaine Bennes sure did!

[@user-sn2wy1yo4h]

Эх у всех была лучшая музыка в 60х-70х-80х года. И у нас в СССР тоже. 😍

[@evelintaubert7213]

Ja, die beste Musik ever❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍

[@babydoll298]

Well..i guess I'm older than u..😒 BUT..graduated in 69' was a very good year 😉 We did have multi-culture songs on the radio and loved it ALL 👍👏💃

[@57highland]

I was 11. Otherwise, same story!

[@susanlong8978]

I have to say!! We ARE STILL HOT!! BEST MUSIC WITHOUT ANY FAKE SOUND MACHINES!! THEY STILL PLAY THESE SOUNDS!! WE WERE ROCK AND STILL ARE ROCKIN!!

[@EarthsAngels]

Yes!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Yes we are, 1969 I was 14 years old and never missed American Bandstand

[@jwl2469]

That's when different music styles co-existed along side one another on the charts. And it was all great!

[@karensiegel6669]

When you could like every song on the top ten and no one thought you were weird!

[@57highland]

In 1969, I heard every category of music on one Top 40 AM radio station: Rock (Steppenwolf, Bob Seger, Iron Butterfly, Cream), Vocal (Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Bobby Vinton), Instrumental (Henry Mancini), Pop (Tommy James & the Shondells, the Turtles, Gary Puckett, 3 Dog Night, the Guess Who), Motown, Beatles and Rolling Stones, Country (Johnny Cash, Roy Clark), "Bubble Gum" (the Archies), even a little Gospel and Reggae. So you're right. The "pop" Top 40 once included everything.

[@oldschool6558]

Back when everything was real!!! Muscians who cared about their music and abilities, not their bank accounts. People who were more accepting of each other's physical looks; not everyone being obsessesed with looking "perfect, flawless and plastic". And most of all... Being in the moment and spending time with others face-to-face. ✌and 💗

[@rickflood8360]

right on oldschool...and dont forget NO cell phones or computers.....

[@sixtiesmods]

Just UK accepted us Gay people then . Love this Music

[@Gramma65]

Totally 💯

[@angelaackerman8934]

@@rickflood8360 We threw notes across the room instead lol.

[@fabianscmll745]

Thats right thats the way it was not like today

[@mikewilson8504]

God bless Dick Clark and American Bandstand some of my best memories ever on TV

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I hear ya, loved American Bandstand, 1969 I was 14 yrs old. CCR was great.✌

[@lourdesengland5287]

So fun to remember

[@williamkelly7743]

Mr too

[@williamkelly7743]

Me too ✌️

[@lynnedunn1541]

100× Loved American Bandstand. I Learned to dance in the 60's ❤❤❤

[@pmcclaren1]

talkin bout my generation; greatest music, coolest cars and most beautiful ladies

[@lindamartinez9408]

Everything you said...great looking guys I thought.. We had it so awesome I would go back in a second

[@pmcclaren1]

@@lindamartinez9408 Yes, we guys were GENTLEMEN who always took care of their LADIES. We were & still are so blessed in our BOOMER generation by the LORD (John 3.3, 33-34)--

[@EarthsAngels]

Notice how the energy changed when they played "Can't Get Next To You?" That IS a great song to dance to!

[@scottburton9701]

As a baby boomer,this certainly brings back a lot of memories.

[@debishaw9355]

Scott Burton , omg this is amazing!

[@funkibloo3811]

As a Boomers baby sister, this brings so many Happy Memories!💝😊👍🎵

[@eltonspurlock]

best times

[@artistaloca4]

@@funkibloo3811 like what, if you're comfortable sharing... I'd love to see memories of that time as positive; and sharing smiles - if that can be possible 👍👍😎❣️

[@michaelcunninghamherrera7923]

I hadn't been back from Vietnam, not even one month, when this kick ass song, Green River, was on the radio. I remember it, and the other songs listed, quite well. I Can't Get Next To You, has got to be the most creative song about unrequited love ever written.

[@susanpeters3234]

Thank you for your service. You are a hero

[@johncitizen3927]

welcome home...

[@douglasswicegood4420]

Michael, thanks for your service. Many blessings to you and yours.

[@douglasswicegood4420]

@@usmc-veteran73-77 Thanks to you as well. So glad you guys made it home. All my best.

[@johncitizen3927]

u.s. army combat vet. I'm not a hero, but i did have the honor of walking next to a few.

[@beccareul]

John Fogarty has one of the most underrated voices in music. He was literally the voice of a generation.

[@dareanmartin2915]

Absalutey

[@evelintaubert7213]

Er ist wunderbar❤️

[@jamestebbenkamp2477]

I was in Vietnam at this time 1969

[@janemason9451]

My boyfriend and now husband used to sit and sing with the words inside the album for hours.....I still know all the words to his songs. Sweet memories. We have been married 38 years and together for 42.

[@57highland]

@@jamestebbenkamp2477 Congrats! You made it home!

[@robertmendez2548]

Seems like yesterday I thank GOD that the girl I fell in love with is with me at this moment, and what are we doing we are babysitting two of our grandchildren, thank you LORD JESUS CHRIST.

[@jeffthorson9074]

That's awesome Robert -- congrats! I've been with my girl since 6th grade (1975) and still going strong after all these years.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@@jeffthorson9074 6th grade? Wow...I didn't even know what a girl was in the 6th grade.

[@tolfan4438]

How could anyone ask for any better

[@robertyancey4867]

Congratulations to you...You sound very happy!!!😀😀😊😎😎

[@Tomes23]

Nice!

[@barbaraellis5904]

One generation is 40 years. I have lived one generation and a half of one. It's sad, but I have witness a decline in so many things, but most of all a decline for respect for one another. Viewing tonight has brought back so many good memories. I only wish my grandkids generation would have that same innocence.

[@joedoe-sedoe7977]

It will never return,we are destined to be a mongrel mish mash of races that will never have the creative talent of those of yesteryears, sadly we sat back and allowed our compassion and a war of words like” diversity is great”, to conquer us.

[@ericksonfedor4765]

Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember

[@DJ-365]

Amen, Brings back so many Great memories for me also, Wish i could go Back to that time ... Time waits for no one ...

[@thankthelord4536]

From my understanding a generation last about 20 yrs. Boomers 1946-1964.

[@melaniemarshall874]

I totally agree with you and it makes me really sad. Those days were good 😊🎶💯

[@CHaas-bn3xi]

I'm 60 grew up watching American Bandstand every Saturday morning. The music absolutely the best ever, the girls all so beautiful and respectful of themselves, in the way they acted, the way they dressed, the way they conducted themselves. No orange hair no fat hog's with nasty tattoos. The guy's dressed nicely, they treated girls with respect and dignity. They also had a lot more respect for other human being PERIOD. Watching these videos takes me back to some wonderful thoughts and how lucky I was to grow up in such a cool generation.

[@californiai2845]

I agree with all you said. There was class back then, now there's a mess.

[@naomipask9956]

Fat hogs with tattoos.😶😶😶they may not have had tattoos but I am sure there would have been girls with weight issues back then too. To call them hogs is a little harsh. I do agree with how people comported themselves back then and I am sure that a lot of teens nowadays could learn a thing or two from them.

[@shelbydaniels9713]

For someone who talks about gentlemen having respect for women, What kind of respect is coming from a man who calls some women fat hogs with tattoos LOL. Someone needs to look in the mirror!

[@CHaas-bn3xi]

@@shelbydaniels9713 lololo read between the line's

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed AMEN 🙏

[@dalem8332]

What a great year 1969 was for music!♥️♥️

[@galemartin3277]

I graduated in 1969. I'll be 70 in September. 🤷‍♀️

[@stephenmartinez9355]

Green River was a great album. It also featured Bad Moon Rising and Lodi. All of the tracks were of high quality and excellent musicianship.

[@basilmarasco1975]

"Lodi" is one of my CCR favorites, along with "Lookin' Out My Back Door" and "Commotion" (which is the "B" side of "Green River").

[@suestephan3255]

The year I graduated HS. Greatest time. Yes, long hair was in and mini dresses. From about 1966-1970 mini’s were popular. 70 brought in the pant suits, ones that had a dress & pants. The dye bell bottoms and stack heals.

[@williambowie310]

I'm 62 years old and as a child growing up we watched American Bandstand every Saturday morning. So many great memories . No other could have done a better job than Dick Clark as the host. I love watching on KZbin.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Im 65 yrs old, and too never missed American Bandstand

[@nancy-katharynmcgraw2669]

My first weeks of college, 50 years ago. I thought it would take longer to be retired & be a grandma...time HAS gone by fast. Wow!

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

Older you get, faster time goes!

[@msr1116]

Yup, after 30 TIME FLIES. Not so much because we're having fun but because we're soooo busy. A year seems like eight months....I feel like I've lost four months somewhere along the line.

[@Gamble661]

@@msr1116 Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the hell happened. I read that somewhere about thirty years ago and had no idea what it meant....now I do.

[@TheArabchaser]

@@msr1116 It's May 4, 2020; I'll bet you feel like time sure has slowed down for most of right now.

[@RogueTrek]

1969 my 1st trip to Denver Colorado at age 8 remember listening to the arches and ccr my teenage cousins glued to American bandstand . Who knew I’d now find myself living in Colorado and still listening to CCR . Crazy fun 😁

[@cbass2755]

My God…how I miss those days….I loved those days! Nobody gave a damn a black man or a black band was singing!! I grew up during the Detroit Motown Days and that’s all I danced to..except for the hard rock bands, but I wanted to be Diana Ross…and I’m white! Know what my Mom said to me? If you want to be like her, than work hard at it and maybe one day you’ll sing like her. She enrolled me singing classed and I enjoyed it, but realized that wasn’t my life’s direction. But I can sing like a bird…Thanks Diana!!!

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed AMEN

[@namcat53]

So many different GREAT songs at the same time; we were lucky to be teenagers then!

[@57highland]

Great music was everywhere ...

[@Jendromeda]

the best times and some really bad times, but youth had fun and were innocent by today's standards

[@daleharapat4440]

Credence still stands out as truly an Americn dynamic force.....John Fogerty was a genius..Brilliant talented man. The rest of the guys made this group into a legend...Music that will be played a 100 years from now. Credence Clearwater destroyed the Stones and knocked the Beatles off the Charts. Swamp boogie with incredible lyrics....Just the heart and soul of America. I hope they realize the powerful impact they have had on the world.

[@BenLapke]

I don’t know how important Stu Cook or Tom Fogerty were, but Doug Clifford was a beast! Listen to his drumming on Green River. No fills, just a driving beat. One of the most underrated drummers ever.

[@jbstonesfan]

Nobody destroys the Stones.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@@jbstonesfan They did a good job destroying themselves.

[@jbstonesfan]

@@l.w.paradis2108 At almost 80 they are playing to around 50k people a show so while they aren’t the Stones of 1972, people are still enjoying the show.

[@l.w.paradis2108]

@@jbstonesfan And? So what? McDonald's hamburgers are even more popular.

[@tulanzuya]

What a rare treat to see CCR live back then! I remember being 13 and thinking J. Fogarty was the best looking guy ever. Looking back now, I can see why. Actually the whole band was nice to look at, heh - but the music, so epic. Can't sit still when I hear it.

[@darrylsmith1471]

I used to watch american bandstand as a very young child, but their wasn't anybody my age dancing on the show, the show had mainly teenagers and young adults dancing.

[@RADLADRICK]

60’s chicks had a style and natural beauty all their own. Hard to compare decades of the styles and with the evolution of full body make overs - I ll take a 60’s babe anytime over any era of beautiful women.

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Oh wow,I hear You.

[@lisamarielund6292]

My five years older cousin moved in with us and I shared a room with her in 1969. She played this CCR album along with Jimi Hendrix nonstop. I was exposed to all kinds of great music because of her. Sugar Sugar was more my speed back then but she was way too cool for that. Lol. Watching these old AB shows is a time machine.

[@ericksonfedor4765]

Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember

[@refra1046]

LOVE TO GO BACK AND WATCH ALL THESE EPISODES OF AMERICAN BAND STAND...CLEAN AND INNOCENCE..NO TWERKING,NO SHOWING BODY PARTS...JUST FUN DANCING!!!

[@cheryalhussain975]

Those were the days! Now days I still turn up the volume and still can groove to the beat!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I do too. I did back then and I listened to to it loud now.

[@ladybug6005]

CCR! One of the coolest boy bands back then.♥️♥️♥️

[@joelee662]

All these people who listen to this back then we'd love this music. We're all about 66-67 year's old now . Don't you wish you could turn time back and live it again and be young again. I do. I cry thinking about the end of !(time)😢

[@marciaallsbrook1028]

We didnt know how lucky we were growing up in that time!!

[@carolynglennon698]

I watch these video clips and it seems worlds away now. Our country has changed so much in 60 years it’s unrecognizable - I often watch retro channels on tv. A simpler and happier time. Hard to believe we are all in our 70’s now. How fast that time went by!

[@ronaldoleksy8264]

In 1969 I was 8 years old we had Jukebox in the family room. Sugar Sugar was my mom's favorite song.she would play it over an over. Every time it got louder an louder. Great memories growing up

[@michaelwood875]

1969...one of the best yrs for music! I was 14 and listening to the oldies (then the new songs) from my transistor radio on my paper route outside Philly...

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed AMEN

[@mikeengler2645]

69 was my year my coming out year I was 22yrs old but things turn out like I planned...I'm still here missing a lot of people sigh

[@runninonmt8259]

I turned 15 in 69..& absolutely worshipped this crowd..!!

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

I grew up on American Bandstand! Love these old songs!

[@ericksonfedor4765]

I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember

[@Jimmy110459]

This is my childhood. I was ten years old in '69. Sugar Sugar was one of the first 45's I bought. This top ten list is a great one!

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed

[@carolinerainey8072]

Just can't get enough of this music reminds me of my high days

[@winterweib]

I became six in the July of '69. Back then, in that never ending summer with wonderful nights and a moon so huge, I told everybody this would be my most beloved year, for all the rest of my life and whatever would come. It was the plain truth. Until today I adore that summer, and everything I experienced back then. Oh my Lord, please let me go back and give all my beloved ones to me again! Amen.

[@cafeinst]

I was born September 1969. It is fascinating for me to see the world I was born into. It certainly had great music.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

It was a great time to be a young teenager, 1969 I was 14 yrs never missed American Bandstand.

[@robertyancey4867]

Did ya ever notice when Sugar Sugar comes on the dance floor just lights up?!?😁😀🤔🤔😎

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Tessie I'll bet every kid between the age of 8-12 took their allowance and bought the Sugar Sugar 45.

[@oldiesgeek454]

@Tessie And as a result of all those kids that bought it, the song finished at number 1 for the year 1969.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Some other TV show did a top 10 countdown each week, and then played the #1 song. This darned POS “Sugar, Sugar” held the top spot for several consecutive weeks, and I recall the host grimacing and making a snide remark about having to play it *yet again.* I was into Blind Faith, CCR, and the Stones, so this frothy confection was unbearable!

[@robertyancey4867]

@@chasbodaniels1744 Sugar Sugar a POS?!? No...Oh Hell No..It was a BUBBLEGUM FEEL GOOD CATCHY DANCE TUNE...And I personally loved it !!!😀😁😆😊☺😎😎

[@Ozziecatsmom]

oldies geek Yes! That was the first 45 I bought! I was 9.

[@terricollins7510]

WOW...brings back great memories.. Never missed a show...I remember the hair do's, mini skirts, learned to dance, when I couldn't get the step right, My Dad would help me out. He and my Mom could really dance!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Your Mom & Dad were very cool. I was 14 yrs old and had my 1st real kiss. I could dance a little, BUT slow dancing was my favorite. Most guys could slow dance at the School Dances.

[@sexymama1966]

Im loving the flashes of colour!

[@JamesWilliams-cq8xm]

Colli your right just a flash of color

[@66impala71]

Kinda psychedelic...

[@barroda55able]

Loved "Get Together". Loved being 15 in 1969. Great days unless you were in country.

[@vickiladu6755]

Same age as I was then. Great time to be a teen!

[@michauxborns]

"Do you remember the 21st of September? Love was changing the mind of pretenders, while chasing the clouds away. Our hearts were ringing in the key that our souls were singing. As we danced in the night-- remember how the stars stole the night away."

[@TinmanTino]

11 years old pushing an old lawnmower in the big front yard, heard this song so many times on the am radio with headphones barely hearing it over the raggedy old briggs and stratton, but still digging it now!

[@kimingram7649]

Takes it back to my much younger years.. I love it!! Dick Clark lives forever!!

[@christianbrother4724]

In 1972 at the age of 5, I had a set of 45's record with a record player. My favorite was the Archies. I wore it out playing sugar sugar over and over.

[@thobbs4526]

I had barely started high school and remember dancing to Sugar Sugar at the school dances with my sweet high school boyfriend . But CCR was more our jam. A lot of happiness back then. RIP, Danny. Hope I see you again.

[@nunya9540]

T Hobbs good memories

[@Tomes23]

Were y’all worried about Vietnam all of the time?

[@unbenicoli1]

I do not get bored of watching these videos and enjoying young people dancing and having fun. It was a great time.

[@godfreyzilla8608]

As a teen in the 60's I grew up with all of this music. In the late 90's my own teen son and I were in a Border's Bookstore. I saw him wearing some headphones and really enjoying and moving to music clips. I walked over and asked him what he was listening to. He turned to me and gave me the headphones. It was CCR and Fortunate Son.

[@LeeLeeB5]

Graduated in ‘69! “‘69 was so fine!” 💕 “Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end, we’d sing and dance forever and a day…” Yes, there were troubles, but our music helped us cope.

[@louisdriscoll2580]

I’m 68 also , still drive a red 68 mustang, a 2019 KTM 350, ride 175 miles on my Canyon Ultimate 10.0. My 4 grandkids love it.

[@billirvin9057]

Sep 20, 1969 .. I graduated from HS in June, spent the summer working, and went in the Air Force less than 2 weeks after this aired. What a great time that was!

[@debbiedejohn1069]

Bill Irvin .... Me too!!! Awesome memories 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@rositarogers6560]

Those were the days my friend!!!! I really miss those days of innocence and real fun. I really cherished these memories.

[@patricialittle9797]

Those days were the best times ever!! Nothing like it since. I was 17 years old and living life to the fullest…feeling happy and free!

[@cindyb5062]

Wow... this really takes me back. So many memories and such great music!!

[@lynnsalisbury3080]

Almost 1970 when things really started to change. Mini skirts, a very different dance styles. Fifties,sixties or now teens have the same pressures. But parenting was different then. TV was less provocative most programming was based on family values. We’ve lost a lot (most) of that today. Social media is endangering today’s children.

[@tavaramirez668]

Spent that summer listening to this music while I sewed getting ready for next school yr, swimming, and going to the beach. One of the best summers of my life.

[@MyRumplestiltskin]

Hard to believe that these “kids” are now Grandparents and Great Grandparents

[@caterinascarcella]

MyRumplestiltskin yup close to 70

[@debishaw9355]

MyRumplestiltskin , I know.

[@michaelwood875]

about 20% of them are dead...

[@JamesWilliams-cq8xm]

White people no rithem cant dance ha ha ha ha

[@msr1116]

@@JamesWilliams-cq8xm ....A Puerto Rican guy I knew said the same thing back in the mid 1970s, comparing AB to the dance crowd on Soul Train.

[@tsf5-productions]

The end of the unique 1960's...and A.B. had the teens (my generation) with longer guys hair...and more leg views from the gals. Bell bottoms were in...so were the tunes. John Fogerty and his band had the upper hand on Clark's American Bandstand. If I got this correct...one of the CCR's members was brother to John. Again...Dick was a master in this great pop-rock industry of the grand golden years of rock music.

[@AdrianDeVore]

I loved the spots of color in this clip! The '69 kids were getting down to Youngbloods, Archies, and especially to The Temptations!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

This was music. 1969, I was 14 yrs old and had my first REAL kiss, a little "Sugar Sugar"

[@Texaslawhorn]

The Billboard Hot 100's Top 20 for the week ending September 20, 1969: 1) "Sugar, Sugar" - the Archies 2) "Honky Tonk Women" - the Rolling Stones 3) "Green River" - Creedence Clearwater Revival 4) "A Boy Named Sue" - Johnny Cash 5) "Easy to Be Hard" - Three Dog Night 6) "I'll Never Fall in Live Again" - Tom Jones 7) "Get Together" - the Youngbloods 8) "Jean" - Oliver 9) "Little Woman" - Bobby Sherman 10) "I Can't Get Next to You" - the Temptations 11) "Oh, What a Night" - the Dells 12) "Hurt So Bad" - the Lettermen 13) "Share Your Love With Me" - Aretha Franklin 14) "This Girl is a Woman Now" - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap 15) "I'd Wait a Million Years" - the Grass Roots 16) "Lay Lady Lay" - Bob Dylan 17) "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" - Neil Diamond 18) "Everybody's Talkin' " - Nilsson 19) "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" - Jackie DeShannon 20) "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)" - Lou Rawls

[@maryc.mcfall4222]

Always loved this song. Perfect for the times.

[@maryc.mcfall4222]

Youngbloods first one

[@ericksonfedor4765]

I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember

[@vickiladu6755]

I was 15 by that summer of ‘69! I loved that song by Buffalo Springfield! I’m 66 now! Where did the years go!

[@funkibloo3811]

Thank you for continuing to post. We or I, need this! This world (2020) has gone mad! I so need this!!!!💞🙏🇺🇸💖

[@YCDTI]

You are most welcome and I know what you mean. I need nice distractions like this too. Take care @Funki Bloo

[@sexymama1966]

I also remembered another clip where the dancers were burning up the dance floor with "I Can't Get Next To You"...that was enjoyable too!

[@csmelen]

Doesn’t get any better than CCR closing out this great clip, bravo Aaron.

[@mariamariscal5616]

csmelen 👍👍👍

[@nunya9540]

😍

[@60sbaby456]

CCR cool country rock

[@nancy2214]

Those days were awesome, great music, great groups, great dancing! I get chills and melancholic when I see this and I was just a kid then but oh how I loveeeee this era👍🏻❤️

[@TheArabchaser]

I love the larger set; it feels more open. The experimental graphics were fun to see. "Sugar, Sugar" was my favourite song from that time. I had the Archies' metal lunchbox and enjoy any chance to hear this song.

[@YCDTI]

I miss lunchboxes and I agree, “Sugar, Sugar” is a classic! Thanks @James Maddox

[@1amazingj]

My Favorite was Sugar Sugar as well, albeit I do Love CCR 🤭.

[@Gaylel1]

YouCanDanceToit! Mee too!! Those metal lunchboxes was so cool!!

[@TheArabchaser]

The only thing I didn't like about those Aladdin lunchboxes were the thermoses. They were lined with glass inside and were so easily broken!

[@flyingphobiahelp]

Bubble gum music in the USA same time as The Who’s rock opera Tommy peaked in the Uk.

[@dollyk52]

Lets never forget those days ...whether we can dance to them or just wiggle or sing. Awesome days...fantastic meaningful music. Sexy and fun! Loved wearing those mini skirts. Mom and my Aunts wore them too. Thanks for this one!

[@ropersix]

Sugar, Sugar went on to reach number one in 1969.

[@kentclark6420]

The song I turned off when it came on the AM.

[@edmundpower1250]

@@kentclark6420 guess you're not sweet enough

[@kentclark6420]

@@edmundpower1250 Yeah! I probably shouldn't put it down- it obviously appealed to some, I guess the younger crowd.

[@edmundpower1250]

@@kentclark6420 no. Sugar /sweet get it?

[@ronaldhansen2378]

Can not forget all of the great music of the decade of 1969.

[@Tom53Tech]

I turned 16 the previous May. Wonderful period to be a teenager.

[@iudog5675]

Ahhhh, the young ladies and the mini's !!!!! Great and beautiful times/music

[@bobcrandall7749]

just seen Fogerty 3 years ago. In 1969 I was 13 years old. I am 65 now

[@lindaflores7653]

I was a kid back then, And I l❤ve to remember those days, if God give me 3 miracles, I will tell GOD give me the chance to back on time to enjoyed my parents more, because they left to early 🙏R⚘I⚘P🙏 , pay more attention on my 6 grade final test and passed with 100% and back to dance with that wonderful music.

[@debralawrence235]

Life and music was soooo better then. Love this!

[@noladarling1597]

*I love the girl with the fluffy hair!!* She was whipping that hair during “can’t get next to you”

[@8656737s]

Yes ❤

[@TheArabchaser]

Are you aware that there was a famous blues singer named Koko Taylor? Her biggest hit was "Wang Dang Doodle" in 1966.

[@gerripetress8168]

Memories wonderful

[@angelagillett1033]

I am 41 and I used to watch bandstand when I was younger. Love all the music

[@memelc5655]

I’m going re-show these videos every Saturday for my grandkids so they can experience these classics

[@thestoryofo9636]

Never expected that CCR would come as the first position!!!! Whatta pleasant surprise!

[@fabianscmll745]

I remember sitting at home watching dick Clark's American BandStand every Saturday

[@freddiemontanez8461]

ME TOO.

[@joedoe-sedoe7977]

I remember when it was on after school every day

[@johnhulsker9123]

Flew out to San Francisco that summer from Detroit, 18 years old, told my folks I was going to study zen buddhism, a major point in my life,

[@buckroo8424]

I was in Vietnam when this came out. I really loved this song.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Thank you for serving...😊😊

[@TheLaurajlee]

I'm 68 with four grandchildren miss my disco dancing so much!

[@ericksonfedor4765]

Life without memories how nothing to write about. I truly missed those 60s and 70s life style, those time is nothing but fun and lot of happiness. American 🇺🇸 got so many history to always remember

[@shyphyre]

This clip brings back some childhood memories, Specially the color highlights that you show. This season is when I first really began to watch American bandstand as a very young child with my family. I do remember actually watching this episode, and when was Stevie Wonder in 1969. A few months later I remember watching the episode where the Jackson 5 introduce their new single ABC.

[@carmenrosario5574]

The best music in the 60’s 70’s & 80’s

[@oldschool6558]

Love the innocence that is still there; in the song lyrics, the clothing and minimal make-up, and the dance moves.

[@mariacanales8558]

Love it, I was very young and couldn't wait for AB to come!! ❤

[@toneman335]

It's funny how the kids we see dancing are now retired and grandparents.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Yes we are

[@mariamfritsi9761]

Good people

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@mariamfritsi9761 thank you. Love to return to 1969, and be 14 years old again.

[@nowandthennn]

Some dead !!