This song is about teens from Bristol, PA, a Philly suburb, so the song was huge here in Philly! Stomped at dances every weekend with my girlfriends!
@lauriemarie69023 жыл бұрын
Born in Bristol Pennsylvania. My father was there the night that song was made. Daddy you were awesome dancing with mommy. Class......
@flmasco10 жыл бұрын
I AM A BABYBOOMER 1947 there will never be songs like this ever the sound music they can try but will not cut it
@billessick70496 жыл бұрын
iam a baby boomer of 1946 and I totally agree with you been to may dances love taking my dates to Steel Pier in New Jersey we did all the dances the best dancer came from Philly never got to do Bandstand but soft shoe at the Pier was just as good im certain
@danielpozarek7462Ай бұрын
The British invasion ended an era and changed US music, not always for the good. I miss the pre-Brit days.
@thischanneldied46868 жыл бұрын
I'm 11 years old and I love this song!!! I don't see how people today hate this stuff. I would say today's music is crappy.
@johnnyrockett9783 жыл бұрын
I think Len Barry - frequent lead singer of The Dovells - has recently left us and is now enjoying royalty in Rock and Roll Heaven. My heart is broken. I always adored that man. I think his voice was the pure essence of rock and roll. Thank you, Mr. Barry, for all the great times!! Much love and condolences to your family.
@victoriacushing15143 жыл бұрын
YES HE DID
@ShowandTellknitting3 жыл бұрын
He was the warm-up act for Sonny &Cher when I saw them at the Philly Convention Center c. 1965
@johnnyrockett9783 жыл бұрын
@@ShowandTellknitting You lucky bastard. lol
@lemorab13 жыл бұрын
I think the announcer is Chubby Checker.
@mikegehre5703 жыл бұрын
Died November 2020
@ThomasBMawn7 жыл бұрын
I'm 20 years old and LOVE this music!!! I grew up in the wrong generation! I'm an old soul for sure!!
@JBlingBling033 жыл бұрын
I love when Len Barry does the twist. He looked so cool. Loved his unique voice as well. He was such a handsome guy. RIP Len Barry.
@ihave35cents953 жыл бұрын
Its awesome cool cat
@michaelfranklin57493 жыл бұрын
@Old PopPop head injuries galore back then. Wonder we survived our childhood....bikes, skateboards and all
@cambridenbaker52702 жыл бұрын
I So Agree!
@Mycookingcommunity Жыл бұрын
Had a mad crush on him.
@sauquoit134563 жыл бұрын
Len Barry, born Leonard Borisoff, the lead singer of doo-wop group The Dovells, passed away on November 5th, 2020 in Philadelphia, PA. He was 78 years old... Between 1961 and 1963 The Dovells had eight records on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two made the Top with "Bristol Stomp" being their biggest hit, it peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} in October of 1961, for the two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Runaround Sue" by Dion... Besides "Bristol Stomp", their other Top 10 record was "You Can't Sit Down", it reached #3 {for 1 week} in June of 1963... As a solo artist, Len Barry had six Top 100 records, with one making the Top 10, "1-2-3", it peaked at #2 {for 1 week} in November of 1965, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "I Hear A Symphony" by The Supremes... May he R.I.P.
@richardortiz87042 жыл бұрын
2022
@jackiebrookman99102 жыл бұрын
Hometown--PHILLY! Loved doing the Bristol Stomp when I was a kid!
@eddie054 Жыл бұрын
Didn't know he passed away. So sad and thanks for the info.
@pdbferox26356 жыл бұрын
Brian: How does he even know this? Glen: He heard it once in the car.
@scpfoundation20404 жыл бұрын
I came here from that
@johannschmidt33894 жыл бұрын
I also came here from that
@isbestlizard4 жыл бұрын
@@johannschmidt3389 Bill Cipher Don't say it like that :P
@johannschmidt33894 жыл бұрын
Lizard King, But that's exactly what we mean 😏
@fayezelwir54294 жыл бұрын
family guy got me here 💪💪
@guapoviejo91355 жыл бұрын
If this song doesn't get your hands clapping and your toes tapping, you're dead. Gone. Toast. You bought the farm. Even throughout the greatest three decades of dance music, pop, folk, rock (and all its babies) and soul, no other song quite matches the innocence of pre- rock-n-roll quite like this one does. A true classic.
@lakewoodil11 ай бұрын
Dats rite!!
@435769ks11 ай бұрын
My hubby was from So.Philly and loved doowap. This was his favorite. I miss him but this song makes me smile with bittersweet memories. 😊
@johnfoy28405 ай бұрын
You have a real way with words. I hope you don't mind that I'm sharing your comments with other doo wop lovers. Giving you full credit every time. 🙃
@marilynhudson98795 жыл бұрын
Doing, the Bristol Stomp at 15, now 70 this song brings back so many great memories, a feel good song and dance.
@ilovemusic72808 жыл бұрын
Something about this song...I can't get enough of it!!
@marilynhudson98795 жыл бұрын
ilovemusic..the, same with me I, was 15 when this masterpiece came out on the charts.. Now, 70 and I've played it 6 times today it still has the same effect on me, surely wish that I, could remember the the dance it was so cool..Peace ~~
@johnnyrockett9783 жыл бұрын
Same here. It just never gets old for me. It's my most treasured 45.
@billarroo1 Жыл бұрын
I love it, I was still in school in 1962.. THANKS for the memories.
@aterdos66206 жыл бұрын
People have short memories. This tune was written by a 17 year old black kid called Phil Upchurch in 1957 when he was in high school and it was an instrumental version that kicked ass. He became a well known jazz guitar player. Later his tune was adapted for singing by the Dovells in 1963. I love both versions. Good tunes survive many iterations and are timeless. This one is 70 yrs old.
@jonchoweАй бұрын
That's a different Dovells song; You Can't Sit Down. This one was written by them.
@jameshegedus10435 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of the dances at the edgley firehouse at 5 points in Bristol, Pa. back in the day.
@victoriaponce94233 жыл бұрын
IM 72 YEARS OLD AND PROUD OF IT ENJOYED All the great music.
@franticunit13 күн бұрын
повезло вам. от души.
@TwitchingSteve454 жыл бұрын
I'm from Bristol Pennsylvania and to this day everyone does the Bristol stomp. Philly started rock and roll with Bill Haley and the comets.
@horarwgt10 жыл бұрын
"Bristol Stomp" reacehd #2 in the USA in the fall of 1961 for The Dovells. It was their first of eight 1961-3 dance hits.
@tarakaisershot46816 жыл бұрын
I am 72 and where did the time go?? Any answers?/ Dale Kaiserhsot
@adrinathegreat30954 жыл бұрын
And it was their best by far, like chubby checker trying to cash in on 1 big hit with subsequent similar themed songs. But unlike Checker, he managed to carve a Lengthly career out of singing songs about dances. He should have stopped after let's twist again and not carried on
@richardwiediger72983 жыл бұрын
I was 13 going on 14, pre beatles
@user-fi7rf8nk7z6 ай бұрын
This is when people had real talent. No electronics, no mixing, just pure talent.
@NI000NoIdentity2 ай бұрын
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@sfg0785 жыл бұрын
I’m 31 and I was dancing to this song twice in the last week. They were playing it at a bar in Los Angeles (a trendier place frequented by 20 and early 30 something millennials!!) I had to show my peers how to stomp!
@archierodriquez18479 ай бұрын
U mean clog?
@4u21nder4 жыл бұрын
I feel it incumbent upon my generation and those to come to keep this music alive for all time. Learn the lyrics, study the history, honor the elderly, maybe even re -invent the fashion. Music - this is one of those things we live for.
@mikedangelo66022 жыл бұрын
Tim and All, This Music, 'Rock N' Roll', will NEVER die.
@josephblow5946 Жыл бұрын
@@mikedangelo6602 I agree, but try telling that to today's youth, that only listen to Rap, Hip Hop, and computerized DJ garbage.
@denniselber9195 Жыл бұрын
Love the post. Doo wop lives in my heart and soul!
@josephasner171 Жыл бұрын
@@mikedangelo6602 I Agree totally. Long live Rock N' Roll. It will never die. Rock n' Roll will live forever.
@bluetortilla Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's gonna go over real big. "The kids in Bristol are sharp as a whistle when they do the Bristol Stomp." Yeah you kids get some culture. They really knew how to write em.
@jacka1231008 жыл бұрын
My favorite song when I was only about 17. No, I'm not old, 72 years young.
@integrateorexterminate52678 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to be 17 in your time. Everything must have been so much simpler.
@Target_Buster8 жыл бұрын
+Integrate or Exterminate same
@robtburk75948 жыл бұрын
+Integrate or Exterminate kinda sorta but not so much If you was there you would know
@connietucker93388 жыл бұрын
+Jack A I am 71. Love the song. Grew up in Levittown!
@genesclean18 жыл бұрын
+Connie Tucker I loved this song That summer in White Meadow Lake, Rockaway , NJ
@chriscoghlan69212 күн бұрын
I am a tail end baby boomer in Australia and fell n love with R n R in my early teens. The pre British invasion era of music was definitely the best with some exceptions (not the Beatles and Rolling Stones). There was so much experimentations with new electric guitars and keyboards being introduced as well as better recording equipment. The true king of R n R was Buddy Holly.
@incrodible6 жыл бұрын
... and I'm a young 69, a radio dj in li'l ol' New Zealand on a station where the announcers all choose the music - from 1930s onwards and for me especially lost 1960s gems like this ... let the music play ...
@freeguy776 жыл бұрын
One of the best walk-off endings you'll ever see! Love this '61 classic! Hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, in Sep. 1961, selling over a million copies and earning a gold disc. Bristol refers to Bristol, Pennsylvania a suburb of Philadelphia.
@nonewherelistens190611 ай бұрын
That's my understanding. Harvey Miller was the DJ who organized the dances, I believe at the Hugh Carcella Hall.
@denniselber91954 жыл бұрын
Len Barry was the most under rated lead singer of his time. Great range and vibrato. He captures what Doo wop singing is
@johnfoy28405 ай бұрын
I agree. He was the absolute essence of rock and roll. 💔
@doo58wop9 жыл бұрын
This performance is from the 1962 film, "Don't Knock the Twist". It also featured Gene Chandler performing "Duke of Earl" with a cape, monocle & cain, one of the highlights of this film. That is Len Barry singing lead. He went solo a few years later, hitting big with "1-2-3" and a few other hits.
@rosejackson86709 жыл бұрын
HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN 54 YEARS, I WAS DOING THE BRISTOL STOMP AT HOUSE PARTIES, WITH FRIENDS. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, MUCH LOVE
@chatman2a9 жыл бұрын
I've been doing the Bristol Stomp for the past 54 years! And, yes, I agree with you wholeheartedly: Has it REALLY been 54 years? It can't be. I still feel like a teenager! I guess it's true: We Baby Boomers never grew up....and never will!!!
@stevenherrera16799 жыл бұрын
Charles C I'll drink to that!!!
@jimmymichaels68779 жыл бұрын
Rose Jackson it has been a long time, where did the time go Rose God Bless you
@SpeegBJ7 жыл бұрын
In Southern Indiana, in a gym the size of a convenience store....Bristol Stomp, age 14...in my black corduroy gym shoes and plaid jumper...oh my oh my.
@bjclark10177 жыл бұрын
Bonnie, LOL. . .somehow I can see the black corduroy gym shoes & plaid jumper--it makes me smile. Love to you.
@LarryNeie-lj7zc Жыл бұрын
I had 2 older sisters who turned me on to 50's music and dance. Rock & roll on tv and radio all the time. I was 7 yrs old in 1958 and couldn't get enough of it. Buddy, Dion, Chuck and on and on.
@denniselber91955 жыл бұрын
Len Barry is one of the best Doo wop lead singers of all time; very underrated, great technique. Listen to that vibrato!
@dylannegrete8540 Жыл бұрын
This song is so great. Every time it comes on in my air pods in class I have to turn up the volume. I’m obsessed with Len Barry’s voice in this song ❤❤❤🔥🔥
@JohnnyNowhere5 жыл бұрын
The old chap in the audience was digging on it so much, I was waiting for him to fire up a doobie.
@griffinhadley74223 жыл бұрын
@sleepypie How did you realize that
@jet727vans3 жыл бұрын
I was 13 when this song came out...used to play it on the radio and we danced to it at Junior High school dances...yeah I'm that OLD!
@williamlee55252 жыл бұрын
I love this clip, it's so warmhearted and inclusive: The kids are alright, and so is Gramps diggin' it all. Hail, hail Rock 'n' Roll! And Len Barry!
@edwiles52585 жыл бұрын
I recall the night this group sang this song for the first time on national TV...it was really cool to us jr. high schoolers....still is cool
@Idelia4123 жыл бұрын
This song made it to number 1 on KJR radio in Seattle, Wash. when it was popular.
@michaelcummingsherrera12322 ай бұрын
I arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington, in July 1972. I remember KJR and KTAC. I totally forgot about those two radio stations. Thanks for jarring my memory.
@57highland8 жыл бұрын
The lead singer here, Len Barry, later had a solo hit with "1-2-3" in 1965.
@seeuonline8 жыл бұрын
+lindsey lefrois thanks for sharing about Len Barry. I liked 1-2-3 as well.
@mreunome8 жыл бұрын
He was sued by Berry Gordy I think for one of the Supreme's songs.....maybe...Ask Any Girl
@Flagtrans8 жыл бұрын
You are correct. Len Berry went on to have a great solo career.
@TheShizue7778 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information on Len Barry. Love both songs!
@57highland7 жыл бұрын
@dgmutch: No, I don't know the source, but the person who posted it probably knows. I only know some of his songs, and that he was with this band before going solo.
@sauquoit134566 жыл бұрын
On this day in 1961 {September 15th} the Dovells were guests on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'... At the time the Dovells' "Bristol Stomp" was in it's first week on Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #74, six weeks later it would peak at #2* {for 2 weeks} and it spent 16 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #7 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart... Between 1961 and 1963 the Philadelphia quintet had eight records on the Top 100 chart, two made the Top 10, besides "Bristol Stomp", their other Top 10 record was "You Can't Sit Down", it peaked at #3 for 1 week in 1963... The Dovells' lead singer, Len Barry, charted six times as a solo artist, and he also had a #2 record, "1-2-3", and the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "I Hear A Symphony" by the Supremes... * The two weeks that "Bristol Stomp" was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "Runaround Sue" by Dion...
@cannae2165 жыл бұрын
I'm 41 but loved this song since I was a teenager. A classic.
@SpeegBJ7 жыл бұрын
Dear Dovells. I can still do the Bristol Stomp! Your tune was superb in '61...the entire tune, a time capsule.
@drumsport4 жыл бұрын
Len's walk-off is absolutely the coolest!
@calvinjackson5387 жыл бұрын
LEN BARRY I want to tell you something wherever you are. You made a record for history when you sung lead on this song. I have heard your 123 song, but this one here, BRISTOL STOMP is the one that has permanently stamped you and the group in my memory for the rest of my life. You were so handsome in that suit! I loved the moves you made singing lead here and your backing vocals were INCREDIBLE! Thank you for this great memory of my early days!!!!
@rentslave Жыл бұрын
Len died on 11-5-20. I guess he couldn't take Biden stealing the election.
@jmon0072 Жыл бұрын
When I saw your reply...I just want to tell you...Your exact statement is how I felt. I remember buying a mix of hits all together on an album in the mid 60's with the Orlons etc. and remember playing Bristol Stomp over and over.. loved his slight yodeling in the pauses. And yes I bought the Decca 45 of 1-2-3. WHAT a Voice. Read he died of bone cancer at 78. Great singer. Peace
@user-ip5dm6jf8k6 ай бұрын
You can't sit down!
@josephhayden89592 жыл бұрын
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve been watching this video pretty regularly for the last 10 years. The twist
@ninaw17425 жыл бұрын
Still one of the best oldies! I’m 74 and have the 45. Heard it on WCAO AM back in the day 👍🏽
@PG-is9vr10 жыл бұрын
Just moved to Philly from Cleveland. I didn't realize that Bristol was in PA, and now I am living about 10 miles from there! Fabulous doo wop classic.
@Irisheyes4905 жыл бұрын
I used to be a substitute teacher in Bristol, we lived in New Town
@wito69985 жыл бұрын
And I thought they were singing about Connecticut!
@keithkowal85695 жыл бұрын
I thought they were referring to Bristol, VA or Bristol, TN
@jobob475 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was about Bristol in England. related to the British music invasion of the 1960s
@ronaldkendig95125 жыл бұрын
Song was about thefriday night hop at bristol firehouse hosted by Joe Niagra the rocking bird from WIBG 99am in philly.
@ceeko54849 жыл бұрын
When I was a little kid, late-80s to real; early 90s, I still heard this song on oldies stations. No stations play this anymore and kids will never hear it.I came from the last good decade for music discovery.
@bosmusicanddance83952 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this since I was 11 in the early 60's, when I danced swing to it with my best friend up in the bedroom I shared with my little sister. It is as good as I remembered. And I'm still swing dancing!
@joemoniz41673 жыл бұрын
Great Song.....It brings back great memories when I was growing up.....GREAT TIMES... I wish I could go back to those time.....This song was a big hit in 1961.....It was number 2 on the billboard top 100.
@ronaldkeefe5907 Жыл бұрын
it was June 1963, I drove my first car a1963 Chevy Impala Super Sport Silver converable out of the showroom inRutherford N.J. top down.and the Bristal Stomp blasting on the radio Long live Rock and Roll.
@kencohen43788 жыл бұрын
This is the original group with five members. Not long after, they became a quartet and remained that way. One of the classics and a national hit, it's one of the best doowop dance records.
@lyon4068 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Philly watching my sister roller skate to the Bristol Stomp.......flash forward 53 years only to learn that this was a cover...original was done by Terry and the Appeljacks, also from Bristol PA.
@markward4139 ай бұрын
What an amazing clip. Heard this song on a Sirius 60's channel and can't get enough. Back in the day when singers in suits were so cool. You had to have real singing talent to make it. No electronics, just your voice. How amazing it would have been to hear them practice back in Philly!
@dianamcfarland19975 жыл бұрын
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THIS SONG. GREAT DOO WOP! MAKES ME FEEL HAPPY, HAPPY! OH, HOW I MISS THOSE DAYS. TAKE ME BACK, PLEASE!!!
@JBlingBling035 жыл бұрын
What a great performance! Those guys had some serious rhythm! Love Mr. Len Barry.especially with that cute dimple of his. I was ready to jump up and dance whlie watching this at 1:30 in the morning ! Watching this in 2019.
@PC4USE1Ай бұрын
My late brother,who recently died at 80,used to sing this song all the time when I was a kid. I was a "'Beatles" baby and only remember this song because of that. Just a wee bit before my time but a good musical performance.
@edwiles52585 жыл бұрын
Pie. I had two older sisters and during the 50s, when I was in elementary school, i learned a lot about the 50s rock and roll and the popular dances of those days. I have passed a lot of this on to my son and he and I are pretty good at guessing the names of old songs and who sang them. It is a lot of fun and was a blessing to have experienced this great music.
@donaldwallace12136 жыл бұрын
I could watch that 1000 times a day, what a classic and what a voice Len had not to mention the moves he had , wow glad that was my erea
@toyman777 жыл бұрын
Wow, great song, great voice! I never knew it was sang by Len Barry. Talent!
@wileyriveaux8666 Жыл бұрын
Great song! Grew up near Bristol, PA where the song originated.
@JuliusJEThompson4 жыл бұрын
I used this song in a Philadelphia Bulletin Sports column about the Bristol, Pa. state PIAA runner-up basketball team in the seventies!
@EmirAbdKadder5 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of riding in my grandpa's car when I was child grooving to this tune. My grandpa is sadly in hospital but his Spirit and fun lives on.
@susananderson44284 жыл бұрын
Yep I’m from south eastern PA , Philly subs and we knew this song. I’m 61 and no one any where else has heard of this great song
@mikejordan82593 жыл бұрын
I'm from Bristol!
@Mrbrbusby6 жыл бұрын
The band in heaven plays my favorite song. Play it over and over. Play it one more time.
@johnfoy28405 ай бұрын
💔🙏
@frankieneal7722 жыл бұрын
Seems like yesterday! Love the oldies
@louismatassa84892 жыл бұрын
Great old school 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶 🎶🎶🎶🎶 still listening
@MrLannyross10 жыл бұрын
all those groups like them really had it together the rhythm the harmony,the band,all of it.
@richardwiediger72983 жыл бұрын
I'm now 73 I loved this song as a kid, haven't heard this in many, many years. Still sounds good!
@richardwiediger72983 жыл бұрын
I'm also 73, loved this in junior high school, brings back memories
@kasemaker11192 жыл бұрын
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@ankhe698 жыл бұрын
THANKS FOR SHARING. THIS ONE WAS A FOOT MOVER BACK IN MY DAY. STILL A GREAT SONG.
@brigster569 жыл бұрын
I always like the Dovelles. This a great song.
@calvin7771008 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Its always great to see the original groups in suits looking and singing so classy. Great looking white guys singing a classic! Thank you so much for sharing this with people like me who remember these times and this song!
@misterruggles9736 Жыл бұрын
The Bristol stomp was an actual teen dance conceived by the late Jerry blavat's 'yon teenagers' at a church dance in Bristol, Pa, a blue collar Philly suburb in conjunction with the South Philly Dovel's song.
@TomCatLyons7 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs. It was #1 in 62'.
@ELVIS422111 жыл бұрын
AH MEMORIES. WHAT AN AMAZING VOICE AND TIMING. DIDNT KNOW THEY HAD SUCH AN EXCITING STAGE PRESENCE
@michillene4 жыл бұрын
What a great tune..I remember this as a young girl...loved it then and still love it.
@dwyatt9752 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVED how rock and roll Doo wop glittered, glowed and sparkled. The neon lights, well tailored styles, poodle skirts and pompadours were so very timeless. I cannot wait for the 1950s-60s to make a comeback.
@Cookiemusta775 Жыл бұрын
Ahh that would be amazing.... I've always thought if there was a place in time where I'd want to go would be the 50s-60s. Just such an amazing cool fun time. Everything was just happy and the cars were bad ass everything was bad ass... Man I'm jealous of those who got to live in those times.....
@freeguy77 Жыл бұрын
@@Cookiemusta775 To be much more specific than the entire 1950-69 decades, go to 1955-Nov. 21, 1963. That excludes the deadly Korean-Vietnam Wars foisted on the people by the war-hawk loonies. And before the VP-Pentagon-Intelligence insiders also murdered the president because he shifted toward peaceful co-existence instead of their lust for nuclear war to mass murder tens of millions in the USSR and another 25+ million in the U.S. from retaliation. That is how insane those war-crazies seriously considered nuclear war to keep their monopoly over the world! Nothing different 59 years later from their next generation of war lunatics!
@truelies3690 Жыл бұрын
I lived that time. A dream, just a dream. 180 million less people in USA back then. Cost of living was dirt cheap. 25¢ a gallon gas ⛽. A loaf of real Wonder bread 🍞 in the plastic white bag with red blue yellow dots all over it for a measley 25¢. 5¢ candy bars, 10¢ Coke's and Pepsi's with the returnable glass bottle worth 5¢ each. 10¢ Hostess cupcakes and pies. 5¢ a scoop ice cream on a cone or cup at Thrifty's. And yes, beautiful 100% American cars on the road, in driveways and streets all over USA. Nope, never to return. Just the music, cars, relics of that time is all that's left. Not perfect but surely a much better time to live instead of 2022 and beyond. Never to return. If you lived it, you know what I mean.
@freeguy77 Жыл бұрын
@@truelies3690 Those low prices were a deliberate result of using HONEST MONEY, silver coinage, and the 'dollar' was merely a name for a specific and legal weight of gold (started in the 1792 Coinage Act), redeemable at the Treasury for 1/35th ounce. Saying it the other way, it took only 35 gold-based dollars to get one ounce of gold. After 1964. the silver was illegally removed by the 1965 Coinage Act, except for a reduction to 40% silver, from 90% in 1964, for the 1965 Kennedy Half Dollars. through 1970, when it too became only copper-clad crap. After the illegal dictator-order ending the 'dollar' as redeemable for a weight of gold on Aug. 15, 1971, the new "paper-weight dollar" was good to redeem for only more paper. The Central Bank (Federal Reserve bank cartel monopoly) was now "free" to counterfeit (create out of nothing) as many paper "dollars" as it wants, whenever it wanted! The fiat dollar was now doomed to eventual hyperinflation, contrary to the Constitution's demand that only gold and silver coin can be a [legal] tender for all debts.
@truelies3690 Жыл бұрын
@@freeguy77 Bingo! Bullseye! Correct. I lived through that whole time too. What a disgrace. No wonder everything went to the moon after 1971. Slowly but surely it got to this point in time from decade to decade to decade etc...all this time to now. 2022 forward it will get even more expensive to live in USA TITANIC! It's now sinking slowly but surely and will sink faster soon next year. Good luck all. A true disaster.
@haroldcox61908 жыл бұрын
I'm from Philly and everyone from here knows this song by heart. I've known this song as long as I remember. My grandparents loved this song and introduced me to this music when I was little. And I hope to pass it on to my future children someday.
@novusmundi8 жыл бұрын
I can't make out half the lyrics. You wouldn't know all of them, would you?
@GarwinWayne7 жыл бұрын
Chorus: the kids here at Bristol are sharp as a pistol when they do the Bristol stomp really something when the joint is jumping when they do the Bristol stomp Lyrics: 1 verse: the town is spinnin every friday night they dance the greatest and they do it right but here's the latest it's the greatest sight to see Lyrics 2 verse: it started at Bristol at a dee jay hop they holler and whistle never wanting to stop we pony and twisting as we rock with Daddy G. song was in honor of Bristol ave in Philly. I'm from there originally
@novusmundi7 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I could never make out the lyrics before. This was a great tune.
@rootcanalist7 жыл бұрын
Hey GarwinEugene Wayne, it's 'not sharp as a pistol' it's 'sharp as a THISTLE'.
@kewlthings7 жыл бұрын
I beg to differ. If you Google the lyrics, every website says it's "pistol" and not "thistle". I agree that "thistle" would make more sense though.
@MikeMateraDotCom7 жыл бұрын
This song was way before my time, but it was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Most of the music of my era didn't move me the way music from the '50s and '60s did.
@Themaddprof Жыл бұрын
Same here. I was 16 years old in 1980 enjoying songs like this on "oldies" shows on the radio and despising the synthesizer banging computerized so called "music"(?) that my peers were programmed to like.
@Imani_AM8 жыл бұрын
For some reason I really love this song! I heard it once and I'm hooked. I listen to it over and over and over again and don't get tired of it. I'm 18 years old :)
@Imani_AM6 жыл бұрын
20 now and I still listen to this on Friday nights when I have the weekend off
@Saiyan1176 жыл бұрын
Imani M Ayyyye that's awesome! I'm 20, this is my jam too.
@angelmist42538 жыл бұрын
Love, love, LOVE this song! I was just a kid when it came out with older cousins who taught me the dance that went with the song.
@mandywhittemore57538 жыл бұрын
Excellent show gentlemen! Wish I could do the Bristol stomp with you guys. What happened to good music like this? I love it!
@rcnelson906810 жыл бұрын
It was 1966. Fort Eustis, Virginia (U.S. Army Transportation Corp). The manager of the Dovells was our recreation director and in they came for a stage performance singing this song.
@ragtopdriver2310 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Wildwood N.J. & in the summer we had all the Philly performers down there at Rock n Roll parties including these Dovels; had the people dancing/stomping & shook the whole place!
@ragtopdriver2310 жыл бұрын
Yes Sir Philip not to mention the stream of girls on vacation with their parents; I truly miss those days. I lived on Ottens Harbor front door was on dock Street, back door on the harbor.
@jessicajaynekomatsuzaki90209 жыл бұрын
The Bristol Stomp was before my time but I enjoy the music of that era. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful song. What I found even more amazing the people sharing wonderful comments of this song. I once shared a good comment on KZbin about another song and I was bullied. Someone who found more pleasure in bullying people than enjoying the music. It was not fun to be bullied for sharing a comment. I stopped sharing my comments on KZbin all together. I did not think I would ever share another comment on KZbin again. After reading so many of the comments shared by people who enjoyed the Bristol Stomp. It made me see sharing comments in a different light. I also realized that not everyone is going to bully. I want to thank everyone for sharing such beautiful comments. Especially for helping me to see that there are still nice people who share comments on KZbin. Thank you for restoring my faith about sharing comments on KZbin again. God bless every one of you .
@garywilliam70919 жыл бұрын
+Jessica Jayne Komatsuzaki - Greetings JJ! God bless you too! Please don't let one, or even a few, adverse comments sour you on comments, commenters and commenting. No matter where you go, there are usually a few bad eggs - uncaring, or even nasty, individuals. As the old German saying proclaims - just let them slide off your back. I enjoy reading comments, making comments, and commenting on comments and commenters. Sure, I too have been maligned, but take it in stride and remember everyone is entitled to their opinion - be it good, bad or ugly. Cheers, Gary.
@FunkMasterRio4 жыл бұрын
Doing the Bristol stomp in 2020 😎👍 No bout on my top 100 fav oldies track list
@rtrepsas3 жыл бұрын
That drummer behind Len Barry just can’t stop smiling LOL!
@johnfoy28405 ай бұрын
That's cause he knows he's not playing at all. Those drums have a silencer on them. 🤣🤣🤣
@leeanderson29128 жыл бұрын
Can't believe how many musicians are on stage with this band. Great Song :-)
@htcathomas6 жыл бұрын
I was 13 when" The Brystal Stop" came out... I loved that beat back then. Now I enjoy the same music even more in today's world even MORE! ☆☆☆☆☆ 5 STAR RATING...
@jun24juanhuerta148 жыл бұрын
I have the original 45, and I still listen to it. Jr. high years come to mind. What beautiful memories!😂
@jaimeacosta2335 жыл бұрын
Great lead vocal. Really brings this song to life. Always enjoyed the energy of the singer.
@jackiebrookman9910 Жыл бұрын
Len was the best. Terrific doo-wop voice.
@surferpam15 жыл бұрын
Len Borisoff wasn't just a "looker;" when I worked with him Dick Clark told me he could also handle himself in a fight.
3 жыл бұрын
that came in handy when greasers came in to break up the sock hop.
@calvinjackson5387 жыл бұрын
Love the moves of Len Barry! Love the whole song. Love his moves when he come to the part"... we pony and twisted every night at Daddy G's..." WOW! What a song!
@garystandsbury95912 жыл бұрын
This song played while we were crashing a "borrowed" car in an apple orchard, Friday the 13th, October 1961. Every time I hear this song it takes me back.
@Sparkjean6 жыл бұрын
That Philly Sound...nothing else like it. The energetic doo-wap and safe, basic harmony. Pretty sweet.
@pgh45rpms5 жыл бұрын
Lead singer at :23 is Len Barry. A few years later he was a solo act and had a hit of his own in 1965 with "1-2-3".
@ronaldpichan87582 жыл бұрын
Yes, he was,,, I was wondering when someone was going to mention that,,
@a.b.sproductionsllc3 жыл бұрын
I first heard this song when I was probably about 12, my father had a record that had this song on it, and when I heard it I really liked it and played it over and over. Mind you I was 12 in 2001, and this song came out in 1961.
@scottvanhille56885 жыл бұрын
My Father bought the small record of this in 1961 and it was his first one. What a memory for him and me as I used to play this in my teenage years.
@Surfguitarist596 жыл бұрын
This song is the reason I learned how to play the guitar. I bought the sheet music, the Mel Bay Guitar Chord book, and practiced, and practiced until I got it. Still love to play this song.
@peterjai566 жыл бұрын
what are the chords please? This was my first 45
@michaellazzeri20696 ай бұрын
Ahhhhhh yes, another dance created by MY generation, The Post WW2 Baby Boomers ! I am so grateful for being young in those days. Love this song ! -------------MJL, 77 y/o
@46reno Жыл бұрын
I saw them live in the 60’s at a little teen dance in Columbus Ohio. Just a 3 piece local band. I was very impressed that they still sounded just like the record. It was a great show.
@hlatchjr6 жыл бұрын
Listening to the oldies brings back so many memories. School dances, CYO dances,, dances at the Woodbridge armory. SO MANY MEMORIES.
@truth_isbeauty86294 жыл бұрын
What a bright upbeat song, with a terrific performance by the Dovells to match.