Dazz Band-Let It Whip-American Bandstand

Dazz Band on American Bandstand with Dick Clark

[@essiejames9492]

1983 at 31 this was the jam now it's 2024 at 72 this old girl still jamming and listening to this old school music 🎶 🎵 👌

[@Adrienne-t4h]

Where did all the good music go? I wish those days would come back.

[@patjacobs5019]

American bandstand and the soul train were the best !!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@michaellazzeri2069]

THIS is how it used to be ! Handsome guys, well dressed, singing & dancing together----------people smiling , dancing, & just loving the music ! THIS is how it once was. ---------RIP, to all members of The Dazz Band, who have passed. -----------MJL, 77 y/o

[@christopherphillips8027]

Let's go back to the days when there was no race involved, no political statements, and no male or female bashing. Give us great music like this again. Love this song by The Dazz Band. A pleasure to see both white and black people dancing together.

[@aprodbassplayer]

When the hell was that?

[@darthvirgin7157]

lemme guess….. you’re white.

[@shawnmcnamara6032]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@curtisvonallmen6294]

I agree ❤

[@gregoryzakwin9977]

Race was always present, non-white people simply didn't have the same access to express the things they experienced. I would prefer to not go back to less tolerant times, but hey, be a bigot :)

[@VILJL]

"Let It Whip" is a song released on February 12, 1982 by the Dazz Band and their biggest hit, peaking at number one on the R&B chart for five non-consecutive weeks. The single also reached number two on the Dance chart and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.The song won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The Dazz Band is an American R&B, funk band most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning "Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description "danceable jazz".

[@commentoria]

Brings back so many memories. What a blast this was back in the day.

[@TheLordGoat]

This song had the streets on fire when it dropped.

[@margaritaleon4614]

Gore Elohim Maroon

[@lastdays3148]

The Dazz Band are from my hometown. I am very luck to have been a Teenager lady in the 80s. We had the best music bands ever,lets see we had of course The Dazz Band, The Gap Band,The SOS Band, Midnight Starr,Con Funk Shun, Atlantic Starr,Cameo,Earth Wind & Fire, Klymaxx, and The Barkays,so many great bands. And the 70s,well the list would be too long for me to write all of the greatest Bands ever in the History of our Planet.

[@kdizzle79]

40 years later, that song still pops

[@SableSenegal]

My high school drill team's opening number of 1982 was danced to this classic hit song the dazz band was the magic rb 80s group

[@GLAS63]

At the young age of 20 when this came out I was getting my dance on big time.. Yup!!! Good Times!!

[@barbaradavis8372]

I remember their appearance on the show! Fabulous!🎉❤

[@sandrauptonhouston7248]

I remember watching this group at the Annual Glenville High School Talent Show. They were the featured kid group, without being featured. Meaning, everyone knew about this talented group before they were famous. I was a sophomore in high school. At the price of .75 cents for a ticket, I watched this talented, hungry group bring the house down. School Faculty and Students knew they were destined to be great. The Auditorium was packed, standing room included. All the money was donated back into Glenville High School extra- curriculum programs, in Cleveland, Ohio. Those were the good old days.

[@flyingdutchman4794]

What an awesome memory! There's something wonderful about hearing bands like this on their way up. About 15 years ago I lived in Rockville, MD and my kids would come out from Kansas and stay for the summer with me. We'd go to shows all over the DC area and heard - different genre - bands like Cobra Starship, Chiodos, and Fall Out Boy before they were nationally known. I'm a metalhead and I love '70s/'80s R&B. I grew up in a little town in Kansas - I play keys and bass, and for part of my senior year in HS I played in a country outfit called Loose Change, and in a local R&B group called Sound System, at the same time. You probably can guess which band I enjoyed more - and, (ugh!) which one pulled in more money. Dropping a little Louis-Johnson-style 16th-note funk into a country song sure does make 'em pay attention, though

[@tedkay3750]

after all these years it just hit! this song has deep Cameo flavor~~

[@Naza_44]

Dayumm wish I was there! Everyone's having so much fun!

[@jer2xjim]

Dick Clark did so much to intertwine the varied dance/music cultures in the U.S.

[@levil4012]

Still knocks TODAY, wish I could go back to these times

[@johntemple4519]

I had the great pleasure to see The Dazz Band Live at the PVA Pomona Valley Auditorium in 1984 They were AWESOME!!! JOY STICK !!!!

[@TheBlackbudda08]

I give BIG PROPS to these guys..They came and did a Tour in Iraq..Got to see them at COB Speicher in 2011..

[@briesthoughts2261]

I love this song!! It keeps skipping :( I totally grew up listening to this :)

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

Shiiittt...I'll be dammed..Sittin' at Mc Sleazee's and they playing this song while I'm listenin' to it on here...Dammm!!!!...Thats crazee !!!!!...Jan 2020...

[@rxb364]

Yup. Anything with a good beat ❤

[@ljinbs]

Saw these guys at the Space Mountain stage at Disneyland in '84 and in Long Beach in '86 and 2006. Still love them -- such a fun band to see perform!

[@DetroitLives313]

I saw them perform this at Red Rocks high in the Colorado Rockies back in 1982!

[@richartrod]

Even though it was a lip-sync, I just love how the Dazz Band still belted it out and gave it everything, playing up to the cameras with their tight choreography. BTW, they really were singing, it was just to dead mics and their record played over the loudspeakers with the live mics picking up the dancers' wild applause. This was why AB still had that live element even with the low budget and lip-sync restrictions.

[@paulthomsen3788]

Awesome

[@JuanGomez-fw6ul]

When I am able to get together my own band I'm definitely going to have inspiration from these guys hands down lol love this band and I wish I was a young adult in the 80s so that I would've been able to experience it all

[@richartrod]

I love this vintage performance. I was 11 years old when this first came out and it was all over the radio back then. What I like about this "American Bandstand" clip is that even through they are clearly lip-synching to a record, they are having a lot of fun anyway and it shows. :)

[@j19901106]

I still listen on 2020.

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

Ohio has the best Black guitarist in the world!!Awesome cats with The Best groove too!!

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

Nick Lewis Dude, chill out.. Black people are unique and amazing so it's neccessary to disinguish when refering to us.

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

Thanks Bro.Daniel, Nick is a touch too sensitive and it was a momentary sentiment just to send a shout out to my Ohio brothers that i've had the good fortune to perform with.Anyway, as long as i've been on the KZbin forum's you get these angry ingrates that think the World actually revolves around their opion's Only??Anyway, i can raise hell too but don't have time for arguments & unnecessary hassles from No One Important!!

[@JCDvain]

Great song!

[@diamonduch09]

this was the JAAAAAM...back in the 80s..!!

[@MurlWatne-io2bo]

Sounds like the vibe of the Funkadelic. Great jam

[@labankamau3782]

itis the year 2022 and still this song hit, I don't know how much I love this Group.

[@rozbrown9150]

oh, the memories!!!

[@lovemoemvp]

Lovvvvvve this!

[@arcadiosaberon1286]

One of the best songs to dance to in the 80's right?

[@flyingdutchman4794]

Before acts like Madonna came along, we had it pretty good in the early '80s

[@pbwiz1404]

I could listen to this song a hundred times ❤❤❤

[@juiceski30]

Best dance song of all time!

[@davebrown9714]

Nt the best one of the best

[@rickmarcel1916]

World Class Act this was pure epic performance entire band and front line in tight sync . Vocals top notch .

[@sibkiss2009]

Dancing all night 🎉 1970’s

[@DaFunkyAquarian]

love the Dazz band since I was a shorty. 48 now

[@shawntarobinson6012]

Skip Martin is the sexiest mofo still. Ive always loved this song and just now seeing the faces of the voices behind the mics.

[@77busygirl]

Still a great song!

[@stevon521]

Back when it was cool to be cool!

[@PhilipDrowns]

Listen to that high pitch section

[@cathycrandall4770]

Loved it when Uncle Steve was with this band!!

[@redpillblues4345]

+Cathy Crandall Yep ... and we had all their moves down too, didn't we ... (from Faid)

[@cathycrandall4770]

+Red Pill Blues you know it!

[@CharlieRiley-e4w]

Dazz Band-Let It Whip-American Bandstand -You Tube

[@b.i.s.o.n.bristolscreenwri305]

I love Michael Jackson and I really believe he was inspired to write BEAT IT after hearing LET IT WHIP!

[@gmfd76]

Could be...I never noticed that before! :)

[@reeelBKFLATBUSHnyc]

I'm doing the CARLTON dance to this right now....

[@bunnie823]

I love this song let’s it rip

[@jonathanwallace6667]

I was a senior in HS

[@markjones-uv9qb]

Good song

[@raulvaldivia3440]

Fantastico

[@46ktown]

damn good dance tune!!

[@drewswag8119]

Back when music was the sh**😄😄 Nowadays you dont hear music like this anymore😞😔

[@deaconwilliams9983]

So true

[@marshal7102]

I grew up in those dayz and there is definitely a difference, The whole theme has changed. Music was a professional skill that was driven from the heart. Songs meant something real, not fantasy. Talent was driven to the front of the stage along with style and elegance. Songs were sung from the diaphragm and lungs and the words would stick you right in your soul. You not only heard it but you could literally feel it. The mere thought to compare real talent of this nature to anything past this period is just the lack of experiencing what it was like to live through this era. I have lived through all five decades of music transitions and the 70's-80's are simply untouchable.

[@PIYO3124]

Great!

[@mikejones-qk2ou]

The Dazz Band with "SKIP IT"!

[@jessicawright9434]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OK.

[@elisagomesdasilva4943]

Verdadeiro funk.

[@luvyatubers]

I gave it a thumbs up even tho it is skipping Skip.

[@JamensonEbenezer]

ESSIE JAMES...NUNCA MAIS NINGUÉM VAI FAZER MÚSICA ASSIM... FORTE ABRAÇO. JAMENSON. OLINDA-PE,BRASIL

[@bloodyvalentine1313]

Love da funk

[@GwenByrd-d4k]

This group was bad to the bone back in the day.

[@erinwilliams57]

Lead singer is handsome😍

[@panatypical]

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but this seems like a live performance and it's a good one.

[@WillyCLARKE-g8c]

Off the charts

[@marc2397]

Bad ass.

[@steventg12]

Lit WHIP WHIP!!!!

[@karenreardon5398]

Still lovin this tune in 2024😅😊

[@EatTheory]

God bless media preservation. Transports me to a time before I existed.

[@veronicabenekin9984]

Dance 2025!!

[@raulvaldivia3440]

Bueno

[@victorwoody1980]

Song was very hot then still hot today

[@stevenettles5953]

The Homies!

[@blessed7015]

🔥💃🏽💃🏽🔥💃🏽

[@obxkiteflier]

Who says nothing good ever came out of Cleveland!

[@memoryrinehart]

Is Let it Whip skipping here??

[@njdivad]

Why is it skipping?

[@ladybyrd93]

It is borderline infuriating to me how much this skips.

[@gmfd76]

Agreed. *Very* disconcerting :(

[@robinsss]

WTF?

[@sh550]

Well, to be fair, the name of the guy who posted it is… “Skip.”

[@babriellegyrd]

“Let it Skip” by Dazz Band ft. Skip Martin

[@jerrykurpiewski5202]

Rip. L Drum's willie 🎉

[@melaninawakening9350]

Only on SOOOOOUU...er I mean American BAAAANDSTAAAAAAAND

[@coreyortiz9913]

you can tell this was one of the first songs that sounded more like the 80s. a lot of songs that came out from 80-81 still sounded like the 70s but this had a more futuristic sound for its time

[@janetaldrich7747]

Oh, all that 80s hair in the audience!

[@jerrykurpiewski5202]

I z this kcool _& gang 😅

[@stephanienewbern6525]

Wish I was born in 1980, instead of 1970.

[@anthonymurphy2449]

Damn! What the hell was all the skipping about?! This is a jammin song too...

[@davebrown9714]

Ikr what the hell was going on 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@arnoldboyd8186]

Why are there so many skips in this video???

[@hanjiang7645]

I just found that this is Skip Martin's account? You look like never aging.

[@chenesteeldill915]

what the heck the record is skipping they not singing! Lol thats still my jam!

[@jerryKurpiewski-r3v]

RIP IKE 🥁🥁 KICKING Cleveland BUCKEYE HA 😂OHIO Dallas Texas Rome T vitamin T/ WABO Cabo 😮THE DAZZ BAND FRONT ROE Theater Ohio😮 SOS

[@METALKID1970]

AMERICAN BANDSTAND.......DICK CLARK...AND........DAZZ BAND.....................who could ask for anything more PRICELESS AND EPIC

[@JAMESMOM1989]

Being on Soul Train Hippest Trip in America

[@JAMESMOM1989]

Having them on hippest trip in America

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

Does anyone what year this was on DC show?

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

Thank you Sir Andrew!!

[@davidbrunson8887]

I'm guessing when the hit single was new. Probably 1982.

[@steventg12]

Funk it out

[@olavostars8525]

Música do gta andreas,da rádio bonde fm

[@RSTAR2009]

Is it me or does this sound like the inspiration to Michael Jackson's BEAT IT???

[@rbeygarcia]

Hard to say as they both debuted in '82. I know when I was a kid and both songs were on the radio, I couldn't make out which one of the two it was until they got past the drum/synth intro. They were almost identical.

[@TheLordGoat]

+Ramon LeBlanc Harts 100%, good call. Quincy and the team also were influenced by things around them but yes, in particular they ripped this off lol

[@robinsss]

Billie jean debuted in 82'------- Beat it Debuted in 83'------ Let it WHip -- 82'---- source --- Discogs

[@czwrefsteven]

Ramon LeBlanc Harts I thought Beat It was 83, Let it Whip was 82.

[@PIYO3124]

Skip is very cool!!

[@noyourewrong599]

whatever I do it clips super weird every 15 sec

[@kevinpritts1077]

This shit is awesome, this music is great, and only managed to be good a couple more times in history , then you got today's bullshit witch is a joke these so called pop stars have no talent at all, its really quite sad, thank god for the video camera lol

[@lastdays3148]

Kevin Pritts,so true and I was lucky to have been a little girl in the 70s and a Teenager lady in the 80s. I experienced all of that great music,while growing up at that time. No disrespect towards this Generation,but I hardly listen to any of the 21st Century music. Sorry to say,but it is just not my style of music to listen to. I will always be a fan of the 70s & 80s music and I still listen to that music,that is why I am on here now watching music videos of the 70s & 80s.

[@mnmaddict37532]

Beta or VHS?

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Yall are welcome😎

[@ThePollonitro]

playback?