Bill Haley "Rip it up" 1956. Rock n roll, swing dance | 4k, colorized with DeOldify

Dance episode from "Don't Knock The Rock" 1956
"Rip it up" by Bill Haley & His Comets
Dancers:
Gil Brady, Nikki Brady, Bobby Banas, Elaine DuPont, Joe Lanza, Troy Patterson, Ruby Scrivo, Lennie Smith, Glen Turnbull, Freda Angela Wyckoff
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[@barrykane2463]

Wow, thanks. I graduated in 54. This was my time and music! Barry

[@oywee928]

Crossing this floor with a couple of drinks in your hands (without spilling) is close to boss-level 10. ;))

[@smurfguy77]

Wow! Excellent colorized version. It looks amazing! I love the dancing! This song reminds me of my Mom. She passed away October 7, 2021. She loved to dance and I was told she was an amazing dancer! I inherited all her records. Last night I set up my record player & was looking through her 45 record collection. She has this song on the original 45 from 1956. I was listening to it last night. I remember my Mom dancing while cleaning the house or cooking the stereo blasting music with a stack of 45’s on the turntable. Hearing this song again makes you want to get up and dance. I pictured my mom dancing having a great time! She taught me a few dance moves but I have two left feet lol. Thanks for posting this! Miss you Mom!

[@howdyyall4335]

I'm so happy that you have such wonderful memories! God bless 💓

[@patsyw4141]

Now that's what you call dancing, incredible !

[@zsoltkiss545]

That's exactly what I was thinking,

[@letoubib21]

@@zsoltkiss545 They are just great! Alas, except of the partner of poor, blonde Teddy Girl *. . . ;-)*

[@zsoltkiss545]

1:29-1:31, is that what you mean?

[@letoubib21]

@@zsoltkiss545 Yes, it is. But at 2:40 her partner turns her into the way of another couple, too. That couple, especially the guy in the grey suit, couldn't see it but Teddygirl's partner should have seen that in advance *. . .*

[@dv84sure]

Very innovative dancing at that time. Nikki Brady is the cute girl with the short black hair. All the dancers are fantastic and Nikki’s dancing is so cool to watch , especially in color.

[@kimgrattage2395]

Remember my mum and dad dancing like this in the 60s, they had all Bill's records plus tons of other great favourites, Elvis, Big Bopper, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly And The Crickets, Richie Valens, The Platters and many, many more. They were great memories, They married in Set 1957 when mum was 19 and dad was 24, she had to have her dad's permission as she was under 21, it was given as grandad thought the world of my dad and knew he would look after her properly, they would have been married 67 years this year had they lived.

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

My parents were born in December 1930 and June 1939. This was my dad's heyday and he knew all the steps like the Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Foxtrot and Jive. In his time throughout the fifties he was well known in the district for being the Fred Astaire of our town on those days. They married in April 1961. Even at that time people danced like this as in Australia we hung onto the fifties for a few extra years.

[@kataisa3]

This entire dance sequence is amazing!

[@johnkakuk]

I’m not saying I want to wake up to find myself suddenly stuck back in the 50s… But if I did, there WOULD be good days

[@Hernal03]

Just 10 short years from this exhilarating and infectiously innocent musical era to the astonishing drug-driven Psychedelia of Tomorrow Never Knows, just plain hard to wrap your head around. Musical creativity and experimentation truly exploded after 1965 but eventually hit a wall about 3 decades later when most artists basically began regurgitating the past, just with better production, instrumentation and computers. There were a few exceptions in the area of musical growth and creativity of course --- there are always exceptions, thank goodness. It's just no longer encouraged or part of the mainstream unfortunately.

[@argee36]

The colorization is as good as it gets. Super high quality!

[@joelritz5372]

A true and welcome miracle ,thanks from an original 50´s rock and roller . Living those days again .

[@matban9082]

Can we all agree that rip it up is the only little richard song that can be sung cleanly and still sound good

[@ralphbenatar4772]

LittleR ichard's version was an incredible swinging version aswell. What do you mean when you say "sung cleanly"?

[@ExUSSailor]

I still have all my mom's old Bill Haley 78s, and, her Westinghouse portable record player to listen to them on.

[@glenchapman3899]

It is crazy to think went from this to Whole Lota Love in 15 years. We continue to drink deeply from the well all these early rockers dug.

[@jasonwatson4475]

So much better than nowadays. Great times.

[@alecomarx4289]

Great job man !!! you are a genius

[@rossco171]

Incredible work. Its like it was filmed yesterday, makes me sad to think all these wonderful people have now passed.

[@Clint45s]

… I’m a wonderful person, and…I’m still here, but not for long, I’m dying as fast as this grand experiment of self Governance; to live life experiencing Liberty and to pursue what happiness I can, which is now threaten by an i citrates Globalist agenda to destroy America, rip her and us off. Program ya, indoctrinate ya, dummy ya down to think your a Good American, a Confused American, an American that wouldn’t know freedom and Liberty accept the Joe Biden/Hillary/Bush’s/ & Bill’s semantics of all depends what the meaning of is,is.. They have your mind, to enslave & tax Ya, to expanded their surveillance & police State. They now have formulas and scripted narratives they can use over and over and over for endless WARs, endless vaults of thin air to barrow upon, because today’s humans are really very stupid.. Comply & obey , and will pretend you think your free… when really they know you are a molded vessel by the masters they serve, the top being a very secretive select, but the obvious is at the hands of Chinese/Russian/Milti-Nationalists who are diluting and erasing you, replacing you with the New Globalist human… a tidal wave of things are upon you, but you don’t care… because your selfish, yes you … the one who has the right to be stupid, well … will see how long it takes, but this is guaranteed? Some pore soul will suffer today, or tomorrow the greatest horrors evil designs and hands have shown they can do… your ignorant stupidity choices of today will cause the most horrible of suffering for those unlucky ones which time will time up just right….

[@sopaman1234]

Not just that, but this is before innocence and morality was ruined by the british invasion of the 1960's

[@williamakers1101]

@@sopaman1234 this is 8 years before segregation ended. Morality had been ruined long LONG long before this, but it is continuing to be improved every day despite people like you wishing for your corrupt morality to be embraced again.

[@sopaman1234]

@@williamakers1101 Get your head out of your ass.. Morality is s till corrupt and always will..

[@joannegallagher2792]

Omg take me backwards to we were having fun dancing and having fun let's go bill Hayle ❤❤

[@armandoarias8481]

Es un placer ver como los Norteamericanos disfrutaban del Rock and Roll al maximo y Bill Halley amenizando. RIP IR UP es mi tema favorito por mucho. GRACIAS por haber hecho del Rock and Roll el parteaguas a la evolución de la música a finales de los 50s y principios de los 60s

[@lancelot1953]

Great work Alexey! Excellent colorization of this classic of Rock 'n Roll from my younger days. We were real "cute" back then and we dressed the part. большое спасибо, Ciao, L

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

Bobby Banas the Great. The kid has that something special.

[@Sheepofsno]

Swoon 🥰 he sure was amazing!

[@peturdobrev1196]

Това е истинският рокендрол! Така се танцуваше преди много години. Не можем да ги върнем !

[@letoubib21]

With only a li'l practice *anybody* can do that! Courage, and don't be shy!

[@peturdobrev1196]

@@letoubib21 👍

[@larrylester]

Thank you, Mr, kazennov.

[@robertrangiuia2613]

Incredible

[@pbasswil]

Awesome to watch! That dancing is pure swing era stuff though - this was mostly slapping a backbeat on top of moves that had come before.

[@glenchapman3899]

Well kids were still figuring this stuff out lol. And given that jive and swing dancing was still being frowned upon by adults you can see why kids embraced it lol

[@pbasswil]

@@glenchapman3899 Yes, it was too new. And as sudden as Rock 'n Roll seemed to emerge, the culturally 'New' actually builds up in the background before it explodes to the surface. It would take a few years for rock to develop its own dance moves, but when they popped, they _really_ stood out from swing dance. At the approach of the 60s, it was an _entirely_ different world on the dance floor.

[@lynnmorton7544]

Looks far better in colour. 100 fold

[@jamesminor1202]

Thanks of a restoration.

[@gianluca789-n9c]

1:27 looks like she had a rough fall there. Maybe it was planned out but she looked alright.

[@alexhofacker2207]

Thats a crazy amount of athleticism required to do this.

[@soulserenade.kcn1992]

Pleaaaaase let’s all dance like this ❤️

[@unwrought9757]

Bill Haley - the best ever!

[@leehartung2814]

Nerdy dude in glasses got down. Made it look easy.

[@davidbennett8933]

THAT'S LITTLE RICHARD'S SONG 🎵 🎶 😍

[@keidimararego7427]

Nossa que legal! Dá vontade de dançar também! 💃💃💃

[@ErikDB6]

Great work!

[@howdyyall4335]

Thank you and God bless 💓

[@freyatilly]

Totally awesome

[@Cats_Bread]

Omg this is so cool

[@lorivingot5495]

2:06 the great Bobby Banas!

[@judygroce3374]

WHAT WAS IN THE PUNCH😅

[@geniusmchaggis]

can peple even dance as good as this today? ive seen attempts...

[@Mypplz]

Check out Nils & Bianca. Amazing

[@youejtube7692]

Bobby Banas!!

[@themermaidstale5008]

Is it the youngest looking man before the couple with the girl with short white hair?

[@youejtube7692]

@@themermaidstale5008 Yes, that's him - big open smiley face. 😀

[@Downey-2000]

Yeah . I thought it was him .

[@nullvoid244]

That's my great uncle Weatherwax out there cutting it on the dancefloor

[@thecyber7]

Excelente trabajo 5/5

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Bobby Banas!!!! 😁😁😁

[@jacquesrobin1053]

And Gil and Nikki Brady

[@georelbonai8244]

Finally, the Colorized one

[@lemmetellyousomething679]

I wish modern movies are made in this color scheme

[@eduardobrito832008]

Que qualidade super, ficou sensacional quando fica colorido , parece que foi gravado hoje!!!!

[@aaron1143]

Healthy looking people there. 🙂

[@GregorySoon]

I think the dancer at 2:09 is the “Nitty Gritty” dancer from the Judy Garland show 🪇🪇

[@brendalg4]

Yes... Bobby Banas

[@JR-dd8bf]

Very, very good

[@winwak6558]

Прелесть! Автору Канала респект. Спасибо.

[@pablomedina8563]

Se ve super man Thank you My mother will enjoy this performance

[@ВикторАрзютов-е1ъ]

NICE !!!! 100%

[@saferroadsuk]

The energy of youth

[@SamLukie]

When people had fun together.

[@Anglynn74]

I'm in pretty good shape, and not too old, but dancing this like would give me chest pains loll

[@nathaliediaz2971]

GENIAL SUPER GREAT A + MERCI

[@solcedi]

Esto debe ser catalogado como un documento importante historico para la humanidad,

[@erin19030]

I remember when Bill Haley was a half baked CW singer in the south Jersey Pines.

[@stevenwinter5175]

Yeah he did well for himself ever since.

[@123Rockchild]

Damn!

[@SchmitaEclipses]

Cool

[@TendellGothenburg]

2:05 - 2:17 Looks just like that guy from Nitty Gritty!

[@2manycatsforadime]

It is Bobby Banas. He danced in west side story and a lot of movies. He also choreographed the dance for Nitty Gritty. Still teaching dance in his 80s.

[@philippelandry4802]

Bonne musique et super danseurs à 1m45s .

[@nexstory]

Back then, all the teenagers were around thirty years old!

[@ascendamvincam]

They all had springs in their feet

[@m.a.45]

👏👏👏👏🏆🥇

[@shaolinwaltertoch]

Super

[@via-anghelmagahum2586]

My thoughts: 1. That looks like fun!!! 2. I wish I could dance like that 3. What if someone drops their partner mid flip or trick…

[@jitterbugtom]

Someone did get dropped.Check out the blonde at 1:28. They left it in the finished product!

[@adrinathegreat3095]

It happens but remember these aren't everyday 50s teenagers, they're all professional dancers and actor's. To see what a real life teenage audience reaction is to a bill Haley performance watch footage of him in Germany 1958, lots of face pulling at the camera, thumping and head banging, followed by smashing the place up.. Film Vs reality

[@erin19030]

Nothing like a room full of sweaty teenagers.

[@letoubib21]

@@jitterbugtom Yeah, the poor Teddy Girl *. . .*

[@letoubib21]

@@adrinathegreat3095 I don't think all of'em were pros *. . .*

[@williamberkowitz9388]

Pararam para pensar que seu avô e sua avó quando jovens eram mais fortes e mais rápidos que você agora? Se não? Assistam esse video.

[@e.o.s.4768]

I can only hear Little Richard singing this song.

[@DanielCardei]

i lost weight only by watching them dance

[@don_golem]

Uhhh bailan como locos ahi

[@kimgrattage2395]

They had amazing energy and did'nt eat junk food, some places food was still rationed so no one ever got obese, everyone was slim that I remember back in the 60s. Mum went from wearing gingham check shirts and Capri pants with ballet pumps to mini skirts and stilleto heeled shoes in the 60s, She retained her slim figure right to the day she died. Despite having 3 kids by 1964, 4 jobs, running a home, looking after my paternal gran and running a social club in the evening at the weekends she never had chance to put any weight on, she was always dancing with dad, and when not at work, dancing while doing the housework. Women back then had stamina and endurance, there was nothing they could'nt do. Right up to before my dad died in Dec 2003 they were still dancing, that's dedication for you. Dad still had same hairstyle he had as a young man, known as the DA, ( Duck's Arse) lol on account of how it was styled at the back. look up 1950s men's hairstyles. They could out dance anyone , even in their late 60s. Can't see this generation being able to do it, far too lazy on their phones and consoles.

[@NewZealandWild]

That dance was the Lindy Hop

[@NewZealandWild]

... and they're doin' pretty well for white folk.

[@kimgrattage2395]

All rock and roll dancing started with the Lindy Hop in the 1930s, check out Hellzapoppin film, will leave you reaching for your inhaler if you have one. Can see the clip on here. The Lindy Hop then was carried on into the 40s as the Jitterbug before it became known as rock and roll in the 50s. Watch clip of film mentioned, then look for a jitterbug clip from the 40s, before reaching the 50s. see the many similarities, so much energy, kids of today would never be able to keep up with what their great, and great, great grandparents danced too back then. All they do now is shuffle round their handbags in dingy discos. or stagger around in a drug induced haze at some rave in a field. If you have kids and grandkids, sit them in front of your laptop and have them watch how dancing is REALLY done.

[@LeopoldoNotarianni-rk9vv]

Indeed very interesting ​@@kimgrattage2395

[@РусланКабанов-ф4е]

ЭТО НЕ НАШИ СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ЗАСРАНЫЕ ДИСКОТЕКИ. ЭТО БЫЛА БОМБА . ПОСМОТРИТЕ КАКИЕ КОСТЮМЫ. ДЕВОЧКИ ЭТО ДЕВОЧКИ ПАРНИ ЭТО ПАРНИ ))))) И ШИКАРНАЯ МУЗЫКА .

[@Calrad]

Looks great, but preference is the original 👌.

[@davidbeavan9521]

Been there seen it done it 82

[@LetsGetReal-p1b]

Was this before or after Little Richard's version?

[@Mulberry2000]

Wow

[@probablylarsulrich5654]

"I got something to say!"

[@patriciawatkins9539]

No facebook, texting, emails just good old fashioned face-to-face communication and the word got out.

[@tbecken01]

What movie is this from?

[@srrealism1530]

This looks waaay funner than twerking 😢

[@redphlox2036]

Вон какие "коленца" предки выкидывали.

[@adrinathegreat3095]

It's already 4k as it's 35mm film

[@richarddewitt2072]

The original b&w film avoided colors of any kind, the stage set and wardrobes are on the gray spectrum, the only exception is the gold curtain and the green plant. Why?

[@letoubib21]

Gee, that's *so* much better than monochrome!

[@anatruk]

Of course not! The original version looks better.

[@karynfundaro1205]

Is this from a movie? If so What movie is this From?

[@1goeers]

"Don't Knock the Rock"

[@НадяПопова-с4с]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@russtill403]

i can dance but hard to find a female that can.

[@orangeorangeness2116]

And now we get people twerking

[@DisplacedSportsGuy]

Why's the thumbnail look like he's giving her a Rock Bottom.

[@eastbaykidd8574]

No fat chicks or dudes on that floor...

[@kimgrattage2395]

Quite right. Food rationing during the war saw to that and was still going on up to 1954 in some places, no one had that much to eat then to get obese like today. In UK we did'nt have fast food places as far as I was told by mum and dad, USA had plenty as their food was'nt rationed to the extent ours was, as they did'nt join the war until Pearl Harbour, Britain was there from the start in 1939. Mum's then had to make ends meet by making their rations go a long way if they had a family and a husband in the services abroad. The GI's brought canned fruit, chocolate, chewing gum, corned beef and nylon stockings for the ladies. It was a hard time that lasted into the early 50s. People kept fit by going to work, walking there and back in some cases as what bit of money they earned had to be used to heat and light their homes and pay the doctor if needed, no NHS back then, cost a shilling my gran told me, some doctors would take pity on large families and try and treat all the family if possible for the shilling and probably some fruit and veg from the allotments people kept to feed their families. Many people had chickens and pigs in pens in their gardens which would be fed scraps to build them up to be slaughtered and eaten. If a family were lucky enough to own a pig or two they would share it with the whole street so they would'nt starve. No one was overweight in those days. Young men and women would flood the dance halls and jitterbug to the hits of the 40s to keep them fit, and walk home in groups when dark for safety as there were no street lights allowed to show the way, and they would be ever alert for the air raid siren. By time the 50s came the lifestyle got slightly better with some items taken off rations. Despite the war, people were optomistic and would still go to the cinema or to dance halls for their entertainment. We were a hardy bunch we Brit's, despite what was thrown at us we kept calm and carried on. The 50s came on the wave of crooners who serenaded us over the radio, before the Rock & Roll explosion burst into our lives in the mid 50s, making our grandparents enraged with the so called teenage rebellion of The Blackboard Jungle film that launched Bill Haley & The Comets into the Rock & Roll era where teenage lads ripped up cinema seats, and girls danced in the aisles. Exciting times ahead for young people who took the Jitterbug, added a few tweaks and made it their own filling every dance floor from here to USA, The scandal of Jerry Lee Lewis and his child bride coming to the UK caused scandal among the older generation, I don't think the teens of the day cared as long as they could hear his music, and what music it was. The fantastic artists and their music still lives on 74 years later, can't say this generation's garbage will live that long can you. As Bill Haley sang, Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay When The Saints Go Marching In. Could'nt have said a truer word. Many will remember all this I have posted, especially our silver surfers older than me, 66 in the New Year. Just wish I had been young then to experience it all first time round?

[@Alejandro-ug1nc]

I think it's better in black in white. You see their clothes changing colours all the way in a very unnatural manner --specially when they are dancing.

[@aylinguluzade5962]

In 1956 there were no black people in the USA?

[@timmartin7664]

Wow, now that's some crazy jive daddy'O . Who say white people can't dance. Just sayin

[@Downey-2000]

No fat people

[@davekramer4266]

Bill Haley & The Comets, are actually the ones that started Rock & Roll in 1954..😀👍😅