American Bandstand 1976 - Let Your Love Flow, The Bellamy Brothers

Airdate: May 1, 1976
For Leap Day today I’m leaping out of my comfort zone and into the mid-1970’s. Ayyyyyy!
As disco rules the charts, (the previous song played was “Boogie Fever”) it’s The Bellamy Brothers that have the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 today.
The strict dress code and age restrictions of the 60’s are long gone and the Barry Manilow theme and even larger set are just over a year away (Fall 1977). There are several regulars dancing in today’s episode including Louie Novoa, Debbie McKay, Fred Vuittionet, James Phillips (also danced on Soul Train) and Yvonne Perez but the only regulars I could clearly spot were Mark and Jo Ann Orgel front-and-center at 0:56. You can also catch a rare glimpse of Dick Clark on the dancefloor at 0:32 clapping along for that little kid.
The lovely lady Dick is referring to is Melissa Manchester. The other guests on today’s show are The Commodores and Arte Johnson.
This clip reminded me of when I was a dazed and confused kindergartener with my “Super Friends” lunchbox (with thermos!), green bell bottom pants, and a collar so big, the wind could’ve carried me away like the flying nun. Back then, I occasionally watched little bits of Bandstand after cartoons on our 19-inch Zenith and I remember the teenagers from the local high school all dressed just like the Bandstand kids and were just so cool.…..ok, that’s enough of my self-indulgent reminiscing, lol.
Let your love flow and have a happy Leap Day everybody!
60’s singers and groups in the Top 40 this week: John Sebastian - Welcome Back (#4), Diana Ross - Love Hangover (#10), Paul McCartney/Wings- Silly Love Songs (#12), The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (#16), Glen Campbell - Don’t Pull Your Love/Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (#28), Neil Sedaka - Love In The Shadows (#34), Elvis Presley - Hurt/For The Heart (#38), Paul Anka - Anytime (I’ll Be There) (#40).

[@heatherporterfield7343]

It was great being a kid in the 1970's.👍♥️

[@user-qo7fo4mp9s]

The best times ever!!! Growing up as a teen in that Era with all the fantastic music and so much freedom and peace between people without the violence like today ❤❤❤❤❤Peace to all

[@robsemail]

The world needs this song today more than ever!

[@Ms.Renee54]

*In Loveable'Huggable'Amen* 💗💖💗

[@NotYourMamasChannel]

Amen!

[@teresadbrownbrown3785]

Agree

[@holtridge7337]

I love this song. I always have.

[@petergarthe629]

Bellamy brothers is a good super vibration music! That kid dance!

[@markhickey3254]

Oh to go back to 1976 when I was a senior in high school,music was great and not a care in the world. So glad we can still listen to this music and reminisce those days.

[@Harry-em6gd]

Will we ever see this again in our lifetime?. Dick Clark brought white and black kids together through the power of music and dance. Bringing people of all races, religions and backgrounds together in peace ☮️ and harmony is what life is all about. I do not see one unhappy person in this video. All I see are young people having fun together! Thank you Dick for the wonderful memories and American Bandstand! Rest in peace ☮️ you will never be forgotten.

[@holtridge7337]

Dick Clark was a gift from God. I miss him dearly.

[@heatherporterfield7343]

Amen !😁👍

[@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.

[@bigg4057]

I was on that stage in 1976 …. Lots of fun ….

[@holtridge7337]

That is awesome. I hope you had fun

[@DavidMarriott-hr3ml]

Can those little ladies and the gents dance! Wonderful!

[@rankstrangertanner7124]

I was 15 and we will never see this again watching this and seeing todays World unbelievable

[@eightyfan02]

Proud to be Mexicam-American ......................These are classic American songs !

[@bryanvandergriff194]

Wow I remember this one I was nine years old when I saw this. So many years ago no wonder why I deal so old

[@roville225]

We need more of this in the world

[@peachtree891]

I use to watch American bandstand in the 70s every Saturday morning 🌞

[@douglashall2141]

I remember the songs, but I wasn't watching American Bandstand at that time. I had graduated high school and enlisted in the army. While music was always a part of my life and still is, there was more important things at that time. And I was becoming mature and I was in love.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Dick Clark was probably one of the smoothest white men on TV he was cool as host of American Bandstand and his little chit chats before songs.

[@consciousbeing1188]

I remember when this hit the airwaves in Australia... So many memories... I can still smell the perfumes the girls wore at the local dance halls.. and almost no make-up to be seen anywhere... no fake chest implants... Just beautiful, clean & wholesome girls.

[@teresadbrownbrown3785]

Yes. I remember

[@265hemi7]

Australia here! 🦘

[@joseleal53]

Happy smiling people ☺️ Ah, those were the days ... simpler times without a doubt!!!

[@helened6896]

I enjoy these later American Bandstand videos much more than earlier ones. The earlier ones were stiff with many dancers. Later they became looser and more relaxed and expressed themselves with greater movement. Love it!

[@kathym2501]

I had a great time in high school, went to college, married my boyfriend and had 2 kids in the 70s. My favorite decade!

[@adamfriend1040]

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

[@Bub4055]

U and me both - fav decade!

[@vwalker58]

I'm old skool!👈🏾 I have this downloaded on my phone.👍🏾

[@halimahabu-hamda5512]

These were the most beautiful times. God bless you all. These were the days when people was just beautiful people no fake. Just terrific I cry wishing we could go back to normal.thank you all you beautiful people.

[@charliegonzalez640]

Totally awesome memories from the past...everthing between the 50's through the 90's was a great in lots of ways including this beautiful music...if only this millenials and generation z wouldnt have come to change the old ways we lived happily for so many decades we would still be enjoying this beautiful music even in our elder years LOL!

[@darrinleazer6784]

I was 10 years old when that song came out.

[@garypamatat3167]

These are the good old days I was there on the 1970s and it was amazing. The fashion changed so much from ten years before in 1966 to 1976. Now a days there is no fashion everybody dresses like crap.

[@teresadbrownbrown3785]

I agree

[@MH-be6hr]

Watching this is like stepping into a time machine!😉

[@rhondaw5616]

Right on.Great time I was 28,in 76

[@jeffkaufman9875]

Nostalgia is so enticing but bittersweet…

[@margaretdarr5558]

We" ALL" got along and had a great DANCE time . Fun!!! 😁😃😉🌻🤹‍♀️💖

[@missindependent1864]

I love American Bandstand!! It got me thru my teenage years. Used to wait for it to come on every Saturday. Noone could interrupt me, lol. There will never be another show like this. RIP Dick Clark and AB!!

[@stephenmiley4289]

Neo

[@rhondaw5616]

Amen

[@Onetonymoe]

50-60-70- and part of80's where the best yrs ever love to bring them back Dick Clark was the best. And let's not forget Soul Train awesome to

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Yes do not forget Soul Train

[@robsemail]

‘Soul Train’ was the original, and by far the better show. The dancers were mostly better and they always played dance music. ‘American Bandstand’ absolutely had its moments (some GREAT moments) and a lot of big prizes people could win, but some of the music they played was not so dance-oriented, and the dancers would look awkward. I can’t remember ever seeing that happen on ‘Soul Train’.

[@analogkid4957]

@@robsemail I think soul train was geared more for the African American community at the time. AB had disco as well as rock and roll musicians on. AB was mostly a white audience but it did have a significant black presence as the video clip exemplified

[@rhondaw5616]

Awesomeness

[@susanb2015]

American Bandstand started in 1952. The first.

[@buzzy07405]

It's always nice to watch this again and again. This shows how much of an icon American Bandstand was and is. As well as Dick Clark. If it weren't for Dick Clark, American Bandstand would never exist. Dick and American Bandstand may be gone, but thanks to you, they will never be forgotten! God Bless Dick Clark and American Bandstand!

[@northend25]

What a pleasant song that puts a smile on your face.

[@robertminet4824]

Bring this music back please

[@mirellamatotek4294]

God looks down on his creation and expresses sheer pleasure seeing his children enjoying the gifts he has bestowed upon them. Will our children be able to experience this feeling of freedom and innocence?

[@HankGrill]

Never been a better host than Dick Clark. He made everything great

[@danielmchale9793]

cool music cool people equals heaven

[@emmanuelvillacrusis511]

I Remember this during my High School Days here in the Philippines in 1977,I played always that 45rpm Vinyl Record,Very Simple and Nice Country Song with Wonderful Messege

[@virginiaporter9244]

I will never forget the dancing.i loved it.i still learn to it..70s and 80 my daughter still likes it..good times..😊

[@debbiegum2226]

I was in Kindergarten when this song came out. Love this song. Brings bs k great memories of simpler times

[@randymalispina9110]

1976, a Junior in high school, brings back memories

[@pjangels609]

Love the dudes poppin' and lockin to country! Only the 70s...and actually 80s.

[@calvinbealer7264]

Bringing back Memories. FOR REAL.

[@louistenore2185]

Nothing better than Banstand on Saturday

[@razony]

It don't matter the year it is. It does matter your age though and growing up in the 70's as a teenager was Good Times!

[@theodoreritola7641]

God blessed us REALLY GOOD

[@mistery-ed7900]

I was 22 at the time and I hate to admit it, but I had some similar clothes! My hair had been at its longest in 1972. By '76 I had been in the Navy and was working at a hospital. Consequentially I wasn't looking too far out. One more thing..my poor father was going to pass away in a short while...only 57. His heart condition was something that today would have been an easy fix, but not in 1976.

[@rulerofomicronpersei8]

This song runs deep for me, I can’t figure out why, but I love it.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Great song. 1976, I was a 21 yr old United States Marine stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC. Please send me back. Semper Fi

[@woundeddove]

Love those bell bottoms. Best style EVER.

[@rhondaw5616]

Bell bottoms are the best,best jeans ever,hurray for the best dance tunes ever AB,RAW,

[@ronniemeeks6166]

I got pictures of me back in the 70's wearing bell-bottoms . . And my grown children and grandchildren laugh at them pictures of me wearing that back then . . . I loved bell-bottoms and I have no regrets about it . . . That's was the thing back then . . . And it was apart of my life . . .I love looking at them old pictures of me back then . . . Brings back wonderful memories for me . . My grown children and grandchildren just didn't know what it was like back then . . . I'd go back in a heartbeat and stay . . Don't care much about this new millennium crap .

[@kapoorchavda]

in my 70' t brilliant time

[@csmelen]

I can definitely relate to this era of AB. I was a 14 year old middle school kid whose only concern was getting my homework done and hoping I could go skating with my best friends on Saturday night.

[@dorianadrianoleebraga744]

Good gosh this is so enjoyable to watch

[@bluetickfreddy101]

yup thats what we looked like cheers

[@BomberMonkAssassin32]

I love watching these clips of AB from the 1974-78 set era cause most of the the times when Dick announces the artist and people start dancing in some clips you can see DC just chilling at his podium or trying to get down and boogie down it's kinda fun seeing him trying to do a few moves by the time when i was born AB was still using this set

[@MsTexas73]

Right. DC used to be at that podium groovin. 😄

[@girlwalkerII]

He had the hots for Laura Branigan

[@wilsonmjw2001]

The Chico and the Man Era Set

[@jimmynewcomb6725]

God Bless the song God Bless 🙏

[@Jerry.Jerryston]

everyone is so loose and cheerful wow

[@nealblue6413]

No worries! No constant distraction of a cell phone.

[@bren70ssss94]

And slim 🙂

[@vjmlhds]

@@bren70ssss94 It was 1976. There was more smoking, less eating, and no smartphones/laptops to make people couch potatoes. Way more people smoked in the 70s, which was a natural appetite killer. You didn't have nearly has many pizza places, burger joints, or sandwich shops. There were no sports bars serving wings with 8 million TVs showing sports - you went to a bar to drink and maybe they had pretzels and peanuts and a 10 inch B&W set up in the corner.. On TV you had your 3 networks, PBS, and maybe a fuzzy UHF station...that was it - no cable/satellite, no Netflix, no streaming. The only computers you'd find were in government office buildings, and were as big as a refrigerator, so there was no Twitter, no Wikipedia, and no You Tube for people to spend hours on And if you wanted to talk on the phone, you could only go as far as the cord would let you. Therefore, people actually had to go outside and do stuff.

[@brittanib242]

Right!? So much more fun than the stiff/stuffy 50s and 60s

[@holtridge7337]

Unlike these days.

[@lindamayo775]

I always have love American Bandstand I watch it all the time. Love all the songs they had on at that time.

[@marshallreeves8736]

Look Everybody is Cool 😎 Miss It 70' s Rocked

[@samgiacca8408]

Joy Thank you

[@rf101259]

Dang, all these people are my age! I was 16 in May of 1976.

[@rhondaw5616]

Disco was the thing in the 70s"

[@Daiseehead]

Great year 🎉!

[@pescitheman]

Everyone on that stage would make amazing conversation, not so much today as they immerse themselves with their Tik Tok videos.

[@mmommo10]

the good ol' days

[@Ed-jv3xu]

Mom dancing with her lil son ❤️👍

[@corinnerobinson4949]

I remember when this song came out back in 76,,I was a jr..in high school.,,we were going to L.A. to visit relatives,,,it was a warm day,,,this song was always on the radio,,,brings me back at that time...I had to watch bandstand on Saturday morning to see the dancing and the style of clothes...good days....😃😄😊

[@adamfriend1040]

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

[@kat35lulu88]

I grew up watching this show. Sweet times. Very dear to my heart❤

[@billritter4213]

Wow! I literally did not see this one coming. Only a couple of months shy of our Bicentennial celebration and I remember this song like it was yesterday. Very easy to dance too. I fondly remember the 70's and loved the hair and clothing styles of that time. Yes that even includes the leisure suits (which I wore one when I had my senior high school pictures taken, lol!). All different but tasteful as well. Thanks for the "leap" forward.

[@maureenmcgovern6119]

I enjoyed the Bellamy Brothers.

[@tomloft2000]

i enjoyed you more.

[@tonytupy]

Wow the memories come flooding back. Thank you so much for these. They are truly a gift.

[@EmmieTuesday]

My brother and I used to watch on Saturday mornimgs...great fun

[@imeldaaleman1498]

Watching this video brings so much memories! Saturday mornings at 11:00 AM, ABS would be on. 1976 my husband was getting deployed to Okinawa we were married 2 yrs at the time, stayed married for 46 yrs until his sudden passing in 2020 😪 Thanks for sharing this video 🥰

[@theodoreritola7641]

Im sorry for your very big loss

[@TravelinBand747]

Let Your Love Flow was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated May 1, 1976. So this song was the most popular song that week! Written by Neil Dimond's roadie.

[@nathanpettigrew3132]

This is the year that I graduated from Wilkinsburg high school in the Pittsburgh area class of 76 this show brings back so many memories I really enjoyed this thank God for KZbin keep up the good work

[@amfgraphics3810]

So refreshing to see girls, who can move their eye brows and don't have rubber-boat-lips, and each of them looks different.

[@NZfabrock]

theyre not covered in tattoos either

[@nancyhillard6456]

LMAO 🤣

[@BFFBuddyFionaandFriends]

I was 20 then and I remember how nice it felt to dress like that.

[@D-Fens_1632]

70s chicks were hot. Natural beauty was in.

[@teresadbrownbrown3785]

Agree

[@Kathy-bk6cg]

What a great time to alive, we had so much fun 🎉😊

[@FrancisFry-bf5zk]

This is one song everyone can dance to

[@vickygroce6217]

I was 19......what a wonderful time!

[@jamesyates3140]

Looking at this video and many other ones like it I don't see the big racial divide that everybody was yelling about to be quite honest back then I watched this I'm 60 years old now and I watch it and I never even noticed the blacks and whites all together enjoying each other they were all just a group of great people enjoying their self

[@frankburau2517]

Fine song., Great people dancing

[@flyingcaddy8620]

thanks for posting. I grew up with American Bandstand and this would have been right in the middle of my teenage years. Brings back memories. Hard to believe all those kids are in their 60's now but it was a wonderful time to be a teen and fond memories.

[@AdrianDeVore]

OMG! This is the era of AB that I remembered watching most Saturdays when dancing was much looser as times kept on changing. I loved that little kid on the dance floor and he was working it!

[@umarbentley4953]

He must had been someone's son,not all these dancers were teenagers,some in their early to mid 20s.

[@analogkid4957]

There was a pre teen or teenager at 1:37 maybe 13 or 14/years old and a little 4 or 5 year old at 49 second mark who would be in his 50’s today in 2021

[@noellynchard4158]

Pure wholesome good old days👍💖

[@dawnsavage74]

OMG ... that lil guy though,😍 so adorable.

[@hilariovazquezmendez2622]

Jamas sera historia esta musica..porque la.buena musica jamas termina.

[@peggela]

Aaron....this really is a slice of the American population. Such a great representation and all so very relaxed, including Dick. I love it! I never tire of that song and the message of it is felt by everyone on that dance floor. Lyrics and melodies, ebbs and flows, rhythm and beats set the tone. How could you not get behind this song?

[@persecutioncomplex7287]

yesterday at a meeting at work they asked what song could you listen to on repeat- I said Bellamy Brothers - let your love flow... Very disappointed most of the room did not know who they were ---

[@LastKansasExit]

Still one of my favorite songs

[@shaheedturner3652]

I love American Bandstand I love all the dancers on the show the best dance show of all time!!!! I love 70s music like disco the fads the hairstyle and lots more too!!!! Thanks so much for posting this video!!!! I love it!!!! I love the 70s!!! Can you dig it!!!!!

[@YCDTI]

I can dig it! 😎

[@shaheedturner3652]

I was so sad when American Bandstand went off the air in 1989 that was one of my favorite dance shows of all time and Soul Train Dance Fever and Solid Gold too bad that they don't make good dance shows like this anymore!!!!!

[@shack8110]

What is this, people of all races, dancing together and having a good time? I keep hearing Americans are all racists. Who is correct?

[@tuxitalk1World]

@@shack8110 Back then we didn't have time to spread lies about the races. We were too busy living our lives without a bunch of idiots on something called social media and in politics telling us how to think and how we were living. Sometimes I think we were better off with no social media like Twitter and Facebook, no 24-hour news and no big-mouth constantly bitching politicians.

[@laurabeckman82]

@@shaheedturner3652 You are right. All of the dance shows on tv now are crap.

[@torstensonne5384]

Einfach geil diese Zeit. ❤

[@dariowiter3078]

I was 7 when this song was L.A.'s top radio station during that bicenntenial year of 1976. 🇺🇲🗽🎵🎶😁

[@YCDTI]

Dario Witer I remember those “skyrockets in flight” on that big July 4th.

[@keithidota]

Speaking of bicentennial, there was for 2 years leading up to that day Bicentennial Minutes, a series of shorts that ran nightly on CBS at the end of the hour and featured celebrities speaking of events in American history. That show was even spoofed and parodied by comics on TV.

[@Naminski1a]

@@YCDTI I really want to see Laura Branigan in American Bandstand from 1982. She sings “Gloria”.

[@dariowiter3078]

@@YCDTI YES!!!!! That's another great song from '76..."Afternoon Delight." 😁😁😁😁😁

[@user-pm4ef8yu7w]

Heard this song in a grocery store awhile back and I instantly felt happy. 😀

[@bensassy8137]

Omg that little kid will now be 50 years in 2020.

[@nealblue6413]

Hey! That's my generation! Thanks Aaron for this one, great video!

[@Funky_Axl]

*_I LOVE the way they are dancing to this masterpiece song!!!

[@eduardobustamantevaldes625]

Who will be the boy who the dances

[@michaelrochester48]

If anybody asked me what was the 70s was like, I just will show this video

[@pibly7784]

They should bring this show back again.

[@joemartin1253]

Wouldn't be the same without Dick Clark.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

This song and video helped me through the worst parts of UK Lockdown 2021. Thank You to The Bellamy Brothers, and All the Joyous Dancers Xx

[@johnmeye]

One of my favorite AB dances ever (in my top 3)

[@PhillLasley]

No internet, no cell phones, no social media. Just making out, getting laid and looking for the next party. Rock and Roll was in the middle of it all. A GREAT time to be a teenager and be alive.

[@rosalinalopez4431]

Innocent times!!