New Year's Rockin' Eve Ball Drop 1977 (RARE) (VH1 Version)

[@brainards11]

I was 11 years old in 1977 and it was one of my favorite years as a kid!!!

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Dick Clark knew how to do one thing on New Year's Eve that Ryan Seacrest can't....He knew how to sell the ball drop. He let the tension build and when it changed to the new year it was like an explosion of excitement. Seacrest is still interviewing C -List celebrities when there are 20 seconds to midnight.

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

Agreed

[@pinedelgado4743]

This is a great one!! Thanks lots, +Mikeman 199988!!! The 1976 New Year's Eve Times Square ball drop into 1977 was the very first one I watched on TV. My mom and I watched it on CBS where Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians were at the elegant Waldorf Astoria Hotel (Guy's last New Year's Eve concert) and Ben Grauer was describing, in very dramatic fashion, the happenings at Times Square (Ben's last one, as well.). I was 9 years old at the time (I'm 51 now.). Yet, it's great to see the very first Times Square ball drop I ever watched as broadcast from another network's perspective. :-)

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

1977 was the first year Rockin Eve used a digital on screen clock, in this case The Price is Right One Bid display.

[@chrisfinch8637]

@DA0470 Yes, she came on down, they came on out.

[@colewarren1358]

Celebrities we’ve lost this year: Elvis Presley Bing Crosby Charles Chaplin Ronnie Van Zant Freddie Prinze Marc Bolan Hit Movies: Star Wars: A New Hope Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Saturday Night Fever Annie Hall Smokey And The Bandit Eraserhead The Hills Have Eyes Hit Songs: Eagles - Hotel California Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive Queen - We Are The Champions Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are Heart - Barracuda Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

[@ed9492]

The King's getting high in Graceland. Actually probably has been all week. His last New Years Eve.

[@JrTheBoiEntertainment]

Guy lombardo was lost too... :(

[@angelahoffman270]

You forgot guy Lombardo-

[@jeremyud]

Joan Crawford died in 1977 as well.

[@c033954]

The temperature at that time was 15 degrees with the winds blowing to the west at 17 mph and the wind chill factor was 14 degrees below zero! Yikes!

[@mattaaron7466]

I believe Dick Clark said years later that 76-77 was the coldest one he did. Then if you watch the video done from Guy Lombardo’s perspective the co host(I can’t recall his name) mentions that it was coldest one they did in 40 years. 😳

[@tmjw69]

I was 7 years old. I remember my family and I had gone to a neighbors house for a jam packed house party. There were lots of kids there so I remember playing with them for most of the night. Seems like a lifetime ago.

[@ElijahYT_11157]

R.I.P 1976

[@TJS19026]

1977. My last year of freedom. 1978 is the year I started Kindergarten, and have been working for the man ever since.

[@minnae.1747]

I feel for you.

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

Dick Clark always made it exciting with His narration

[@Pdasilva0324]

I've seen the Guy Lombardo version of the '77 ball drop and it's interesting to see the generational differences. The Guy crowd is mostly 50+ while the Dick Clark crowd in this vid seems to be much younger, late teens, 20s and maybe 30s. All the young adults in this are now early 60s-mid 70s while all or most who were at the Waldorf that night with Guy Lombardo have passed on I'm sure. This was my parent's first NYE as a married couple, though my mom likely stuck to soft drinks as the clock struck midnight, as she was 7 months pregnant at the time, and I would arrive less than 3 months later!

[@calvinbealer7264]

KC and the Sunshine Band definitely deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Legends

[@sambradley2975]

I saw this on December 31,1976.

[@laurenorth6044]

1977 was a very good year. Wish I could go back

[@MikeTeaveeJr]

And in September, the current Xenia High School opened, replacing the one destroyed in the F-5 tornado of April 3, 1974.

[@SebastianSanchez-en3df]

The 1st Movie Premiere Of Starsky & Hutch Charlie's Angels The Curse Of The Mod Squad On March 1977

[@judenihal]

Looks better than now

[@sambradley2975]

Back then, you could tell the generations by the New Year shows, for the Greatest Generation, it was Guy Lombardo, for the Boomers & the young X-ers like me, it was Dick Clark , There were times when I watched Guy Lombardo because my folks watched it, & we gathered in the Master Bedroom to say "Happy New Year ".

[@FrankG5874]

The Disneyland version of Space Mountain (Cloned from Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World) opened up on Memorial Day weekend in 1977.

[@brfisher1123]

Sad to think that this was the last New Year’s celebration for the legendary music icon Elvis Presley as he would pass away in August of 1977.

[@henriquepaesmoraes4845]

In the 1976-77 academic year, teachers were born between 1911 and 1952.

[@illmatic95]

I was 6 months away from being born. July 21, 1977 hello world....1977 best year ever😎

[@Sadboy22299]

I was born in 2013 but I wasnt there yet🤧🤧😅😅😅

[@Sad_Boy413]

OMG BOY WERE THE SAME AGE!!!!!!!!😁😁😁WE ARE TWINS NICE TO MEET YOUUUUUUUUUUU

[@Sadboy22299]

omg!@@Sad_Boy413

[@Vintoneuler]

I love this video.

[@emptyemptyempty-n4s]

1977 series comedy:Mind your language

[@nymet2454]

The Ball drop was done better in 1977 than now.

[@darahowells7676]

Goodbye '76 and Hello '77

[@brentbare3698]

I was born 4 years later. Celebrities we’ve lost this year: Elvis Presley Bing Crosby Charles Chaplin Ronnie Van Zant Freddie Prinze Marc Bolan Hit Movies: Star Wars: A New Hope Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Saturday Night Fever Annie Hall Smokey And The Bandit Eraserhead The Hills Have Eyes Hit Songs: Eagles - Hotel California Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive Queen - We Are The Champions Fleetwood Mac - Dreams Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are Heart - Barracuda Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

[@MikeTeaveeJr]

What about the celebrities who were born that year?

[@GUCCI_NATION]

12/31/1976 to 01/01/1977

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

So glad they kept Dick Clark's name after He passed away & stay that way. Wouldn't be the same without his name

[@jamesniezgoda5454]

@Christopher Hagee probably some kind of political correctness as it has been used in the past & it bombed, not talking about Dick Clark's Rocking New Year's Eve, something else or they try to fit the propaganda of some group of whining & crybabies

[@jackieortegadesigns326]

My guy will be born 11 months later

[@ivzyrdeleon4931]

Goodbye 1976, Hello 1977 Happy New Year 🎄🎁🎉🎊🎥📽️🎞️🎬🎭🎟️🌐🎙️

[@THX-kw2jh]

This Was Going to be a Very FUNKY Year by All Means.

[@richieromualdez8325]

I was 9 years old during that time and we lived in the Bronx. We had a tv that had lousy reception so we just tuned in the radio to hear the Times Square new year 1977.

[@Brianblair-ip4zr]

The good old simple days I miss em

[@rickyparker3853]

I just brought in 2019!!!!!! But I SO wish I could step into a time machine and go back to this night in 1976 getting ready for one of the best years EVER 1977!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@wattsjetton3027]

Can you imagine the video of NYRE 1977 with Jimmy Carter’s oath of office audio.

[@gilbertdennis4872]

Best Year Ever.

[@maplemanz]

Imagine no stupid gun violence and people celebrating together with no stupid cell phones.

[@sambradley2975]

1977: Jimmy Carter became the 39th President, we lost Elvis, Charlie Chaplin, Freddie Prinze (Sr ),Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, some of the original members of Lynrd Skyrnd, Zero Mostel, etc, the Blackout in NY, Disco, Punk, & the beginnings of what we would call "Rap/Hip-Hop".

[@sambradley2975]

The "Son Of Sam " was caught.

[@SebastianSanchez-en3df]

The Oakland Raiders Beat the Minnesota Vikings In Super Bowl XI On January 9th.

[@SebastianSanchez-en3df]

Reggie Jackson Mr October In Game 6 Of the 1977 World Series Between the New York Yankees Vs the Los Angeles Dodgers

[@brianglade848]

Shit, I remember this.....ouch

[@anthonypalermo8816]

The year of Saturday Night Fever and Star Wars, yeeaah!

[@PeterAthanasidy]

And QUBE

[@PeterAthanasidy]

And when Nintendo launched its first video game console

[@SebastianSanchez-en3df]

The Year Of Starsky & Hutch and Charlie's Angels Era Continues.

[@SebastianSanchez-en3df]

And The Denver Nuggets Was Born In November 1976.

[@Brianblair-ip4zr]

Dick clark was the johnny carson of new years eves

[@stephaniebaker1542]

I was 5 years old that night, and now I'm getting spammed with AARP shit. damn,

[@brandonmorris9889]

It's 12 13 degrees? Pshh! They hardly even care! They'll still brave the cold long enough to welcome in the New Year! 😀

[@geometrydashandioscollection]

4:52 that’s when Nintendo color TV game 6 is released

[@RobertGayeski-z5o]

I was 13 going on 14! I was 14 on February 20 1977!

[@dianarussell6047]

I was born 10 months later

[@MielR]

KC and the Sunshine Band did more of these shows than any other artist. 01:45

[@daisygirl1993]

The Year Of Star Wars

[@NelsonVlog66]

I was 10 years old at the time.

[@Brianblair-ip4zr]

Times square looked very different back then

[@lamarcoplayer1419]

1976: The Year in Review The corrected year we lost Elvis on August 16

[@User098-uv6sr]

I was 10 years old in 1977

[@noahtabor517]

in 1977, The Rescuers Was Released

[@Strandysmommy]

And four days later my husband was born. :)

[@JrTheBoiEntertainment]

5:16 Did i just heard a whistle from the year 2000?!

[@brfisher1123]

I wasn't even on the horizon in 1977 as my dad was only 14 and my mom was only 10! 😂😂

[@JrTheBoiEntertainment]

1977 is abc's still the one!

[@EddieDisneyTheFansAndFriends2]

48 years ago

[@vincenzoridente9994]

1977 was a bad year we lost the king elvis

[@colewarren1358]

COULD YOU UPLOAD NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE BALL DROP 1978

[@Mikeman-kt4nr]

Cole Warren Unfortunately I don't have that, but, there is a video of the '78 ball drop already on KZbin.

[@colewarren1358]

OH.

[@colewarren1358]

WHAT ABOUT NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE BALL DROP 1984

[@Mikeman-kt4nr]

same thing. sorry about that. :(

[@pamkaur3772]

Mikeman199988 I

[@NoName-np8fz]

Almost 45 years ago.

[@Chata24]

Back in the day before our country went insane.

[@drazticmeasuresrc7534]

Got damn i was 4 years old lmao crazy shit

[@dianarussell6047]

9months later, I came out lol

[@davidfischer6923]

Cool

[@elifoust7664]

I was in South KOREA ,Serving in Army

[@joshuaba]

Friday December 31 1976 Saturday January 1 1977 Goodbye 1976 Hello 1977

[@whoaitsreesy]

KC was getting down!!

[@ed9492]

Soon to be rid of the tyranny of Gerald Ford.

[@averymillermiller1902]

My moms parents were married in that year

[@twmavi0175]

4:55🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@olusojioluwole8761]

The year ithat I was born 1977

[@john-paulnagel2732]

A Better Time! No Divisions in America! Glad that was My Youth

[@baevan-ni3fw]

I was 14😊

[@emptyemptyempty-n4s]

1977 my mum is born

[@jediknight38]

Security wasn’t nearly as tight back then. And yes, alcohol was allowed. Yahoo.

[@fritzgeraldmontales5000]

1977

[@JunshuLiu]

Cyberpunk 1977

[@DiscoverGuy]

3:55 here it goes!!!

[@richardleandro4508]

31/12/1976

[@gilbertdennis4872]

Richard Leandro 12/31/1976 1/1/1977