Pat Boone - Bernardine (from the movie, Bernardine - 1957)

In the years immediately prior to the British Invasion, only one performer rivaled the chart dominance of Elvis Presley, and that was Pat Boone. With his trademark white buck shoes, perfectly combed hair and gleaming smile, Boone was the very essence of wholesome American values, and at a time when the rise of rock & roll was viewed as a sign of the apocalypse, he made the music appear safe and non-threatening, earning some 38 Top 40 hits in the process. It's fitting that his achievements rank closest to those of Presley; after all, both claimed the sound of the black R&B culture for their own, in the process straddling both sides of the color line and popularizing a form of music which otherwise might never have gained widespread acceptance. Of course, while Elvis -- with his flashy suits, swiveling hips and suggestive leer -- remained persona non grata throughout many corners of mainstream America, Boone was embraced by teens and parents alike; his music polished rock's rough edges away, making songs like "Tutti Frutti" and "Ain't That a Shame" palatable to white audiences raised on the soothing pop traditions of a vanishing era.
Charles Eugene Patrick Boone was born June 1, 1934 in Jacksonville, Florida; a descendant of American frontier hero Daniel Boone; he attended high school in Nashville, and was voted student body president. After graduating, Boone married Shirley Foley, the daughter of country star Red Foley, and after a period at Nashville's David Lipscomb College, he transferred to North Texas State University. There, after taking top honors at a local talent show, he earned the right to appear on the The Ted Mack Amateur Hour, leading to a year-long tenure on The Arthur Godfrey Show. In 1954, Boone made his first recordings for the small Republic label, followed a year later by his Dot Records debut "Two Hearts, Two Kisses." As 1955 drew to a close, he notched his first number one hit, a sedate rendition of Fats Domino's aforementioned "Ain't That a Shame"; in the years to come he would record numerous cover versions of songs first credited to black performers, among them Little Richard, the El Dorados, the Flamingos and Ivory Joe Hunter -- indeed, to the chagrin of purists, for many listeners Boone's records remain better-known than the original performances.
Between 1956 and 1963, Boone made some 54 chart appearances, many of them with two-sided hits; his biggest smashes included the number one records "Don't Forbid Me," "Love Letters in the Sand" and "April Love," all three issued in 1957. That year he also began hosting his own ABC television series, The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom; he also conquered film, starring in 15 features including 1957's Bernadine and April Love. Although his TV program ceased production in 1960, Boone remained a major star as the new decade dawned, and in 1961 again topped the charts with "Moody River." He even became an author, writing a series of self-help books for adolescents including -Twixt Twelve and Twenty, -Between You, Me and the Gatepost and -The Care and Feeding of Parents. Although the rise of Beatlemania put the brakes on Boone's run as a teen idol -- after 1962, he failed to again crack the Top 40 -- he continued recording for Dot through the late 1960s, and in his live performances regularly appeared with his wife and their four daughters, further reinforcing his family-friendly image.
By the 1970s, Boone had shifted almost exclusively to recording gospel material, although he later scored a handful of country hits (on, of all places, Motown); in 1977, his daughter Debby topped the charts with a smash of her own, the wedding perennial "You Light Up My Life." In 1981, Boone published -Pray to Win, and in 1983 he began hosting a long-lived contemporary Christian syndicated radio show, all in addition to his extensive charity work. While his recording career continued to taper off, he did issue "Let Me Live," which became an anthem for the anti-choice movement.
~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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[@kennethbenson2547]

he had all that and still became a spokesman for God Bless his heart

[@Gianluigioddone]

I was a child of about 4, 6 years old. My father between various 33 and 45 rpm vinyls, he had this, on the other side there was Love Letters In The Sand ... what beautiful pieces and what recovery of memories

[@yvonnedobell8793]

I remember going to see this movie with my mother, I was a very young teenager, I was totally in love with pat boon ❤ I still love his voice to this day😊😊

[@torilllundborn7899]

What a warm and wonderful voice of mr Boone Handsome to look at too.. Wow...

[@jmrodas9]

One of those old songs that are still good to listen. His voice is excellent really and the lyrics are well pronounced, so it is easy to understand.

[@annebellette201]

Pat Boone is great and this song is great too ..like these old songs there great thank you

[@brandonflorida1092]

Tremendously underrated.

[@snoopyr1953]

16 and still love them :) Didn't think i'd get nostalgic of 2020 but here we are.

[@goinxnginx]

I was 8 years old when I walked to town to see this movie (for 15 cents), and subsequently was inspired to go to college, fall in love, and be a good wholesome boy for the rest of my life. So many movies were like that in those days.

[@gadsdonflag4289]

Yes....but not anymore, darn it.

[@alexvillarama7713]

I, too was 8 years old and was in 3rd grade in elementary and learned to sing this song.

[@bayanon7532]

goinxnginx According to Google, the average movie ticket price was $.61 in 1957, the year Bernadine came out. I had to look because I lived on a military base as a kid. Military prices for that kind of thing were pretty cheap but the price for a movie ticket was $.35. I don't know where you could see a movie then for $.15.

[@goinxnginx]

@@bayanon7532 So what? A mathematical average is an average. Both movie theaters in my home town for under age of 12 was 15 cents all the time.

[@bean-a-dine8488]

Adult vs child ticket maybe?

[@bernadinemykovich4125]

My Mom named me after this song! When I was little would always ask her to sing it.

[@bernadinesunallera7579]

Same

[@bernardinebustria4399]

Bernadine Mykovich me tooo ❤️ same spelling but now i just found out that the pronounciation should be silent R because here in the Philippines we pronounced it as it spells itself “Bernardine”

[@bernadineguimary1062]

Bernardine Bustria eeeeey hi there fellow filipino Bernadine

[@ber9313]

My parents did too but they also named me after my dad's little sister who died of pneumonia in WWII Italy. Her name was Berardina.

[@jwalarajpandey]

My second year in medical school in 1957. I saw the movie many times. Loved the song even now as before.

[@carlneoh5843]

My grandfather was in medical school too and he introduced me to Pat Boone

[@bayanon7532]

@@carlneoh5843 He was a hell raiser in those days but later got Jesus and settled down.

[@janejones7206]

back when music was music...wholesome...and pure...

[@bayanon7532]

Jane Jones All generations love the music of their youth. The problem is that now pop music sucks. Without big bucks for an arranger and producer and a master computer technician to run the Auto Tune through a computer, there would be no music. A goat could fart into a microphone now and the computer would turn it into a hit.

[@peterstang]

Brings back lots of old memories

[@MichaelG41748]

My aunt took me to this movie when I was 9 years old and I fell in love with both the song and the girl. I then purchased my first ever album which was Pat Boone's Greatest Hits, with the #4 song on the album being Bernardine......still love this song, and the girl. Great post!!

[@snoopyr1953]

I'm a 13 year old and i love old songs!

[@benjaminhalilovic717]

Cool-Super-😀😃😄😁😂🤣

[@ashuntiswalker426]

My mom went into labor watching this movie way down south in Mississippi and named me Bernadine.

[@johnfoy2840]

Wow!! Sweetest thing I ever heard!!!

[@AmburkarVittalRao]

This is and was my favourite song since I was a boy!

[@davidallen508]

Considering the impact that Pat Boone’s first movie had on general audiences in 1957, it surely warrants the wide-screen, re-mastered treatment.That year was all about providing a wholesome alternative to Elvis and “Jailhouse Rock” with “Bernadine” and “Tammy”.

[@user-ny7nc3eb5d]

Best college song

[@vixcincx4236]

My grandmas called Bernadine and she loves this song😍

[@scandellajose8119]

Quelle voix et un talent qui s'affirmait !

[@ritoemiliosalazarruibal3272]

PAT BOONE Great SINGER and ACTOR!!!

[@dinh1953]

I remember I went to the cinema with the movie and the music ...oh oh oh Bernardine in Vietnam when I was 5 or 6 years old

[@oscarbernardo4829]

Si equivale a Bernardita, fue el primer amor platónico de mi vida. Jamás me dio ni la hora, pero nunca la he olvidado. B. B. J.

[@kokolanza7543]

Thanks for posting! Great song. Really enjoy all the comments from others who love it too - including Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian! Will have to see if the movie is on youtube. What a great resource! Many good vibes to all those who like this music.

[@dj_grim]

One of his better early songs as I do like swing. He's still alive in 2020

[@delsongalasinao706]

My old school crush.

[@johnrodrigues8179]

Reminds me of the years gone by.

[@littlemis7]

Thanks for the up load John. Lovely to hear a song with my name in it. Makes me feel special. Regards Bernadine

[@dianethompson6135]

I had a HUGE crush on Pat Boone -- saw this movie at least 5 times! :)))

[@straypikachu]

who hadn't? 😍

[@jakepapadopoulos8654]

I didn’t.

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1957 {Oct. 3rd} Pat Boone performed "Love Letters in the Sands" on the premier of his ABC-TV program 'The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom'. Five months earlier on May 6th it entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; and on June 10th it peaked at #1 {for 5 weeks} and spent well over a half-year on the Top 100 {34 weeks}. The record's B-side, "Bernardine", also charted, it reached #14 and stayed on the Top 100 for almost a half-year {25 weeks}. Both songs were featured in the movie 'Bernardine'.

[@joselhaluziaribeiro1126]

Música maravilhosa inesquecível única

[@tippyp9355]

Was my time ... great song bring back memories thx

[@mr.warmth1511]

+tippy p your welcome

[@sentanaaso6546]

my favourite song when I was young...

[@simocontugi4237]

Mine too, I was eight,!

[@gadsdonflag4289]

The 45 record flip side of "Love Letters In The Sand" I played both songs continually as a little kid.

[@rayalberts6012]

Estaba en cuarto medio en el Instituto Nacional e invité a una chica del liceo Uno de Niñas , a ver la cinta... El Sueño que Viví.... de Pat Boone en el recién inaugurado Cine Lo Castillo .Y el tema musical ... Oh Bernardine.... se quedó para siempre en mi corazón... era mi primer pololeo y con nostalgia lo recuerdo como parte de esa hermosa juventud .

[@PLDB27]

THX and THX again for this absolutely fabulous upload...!

[@joniachenbach410]

Love this John! Thank you!!

[@janetnader3372]

yes, i would love to watch the movie Bernardine.

[@kbruceward9706]

it comes on TCM once in a while

[@jaimerodriguesdantasdantas9258]

Very good.

[@georgecoles7988]

Love all your channels,

[@jaimepai]

... Meus quinze anos! Quanta saudade! 👍😅💓💗💝💝

[@josefreitasoliveira4547]

Excelente

[@user-qc6nz2it6s]

i really like this song also my mam named me after this song

[@JoeyStoTomas-sn2is]

My favorite bernadine song by pat boone

[@niboon887]

เสียงหายไป

[@mantisreligiosa90]

Exquisitooo ! ❤️

[@tattifelicita]

Супер,я в восторге!!!!!Спасибо большое!!!!

[@raul1303]

Bernardita ....única , grande, mia....chilena 100%

[@damayanthikailasam9654]

i lve him he trasports to my youth

[@jamesdeanisdanprsa]

Watch the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth" co starring Pat Boone, if ya'll have not seen it. He sings "my love is like a red, red rose" in a scene. His version of that song is by far the best.

[@gonzalocadena2736]

Bernardi recuerdos de mi juventud

[@enriquer7977]

simpático vídeo con bonita melodía, Enrique, valencia, España, 5/6/2016

[@fatimaapereiradecarvalho7110]

Nem sonhava em nascer, mas é uma das minhas favoritas. Grande artista! Quanta saudade!!

[@Zinaholiver]

Amo este estilo de musica.

[@deepakbellur9676]

Thanks for the upload - a movie I saw as a kid of five !!

[@miguelsampaiomonte]

Happy Birthday 82 Years - Pat Boone, nome artístico de Charles Eugene Patrick Boone, nascido em 1º de junho de 1934. Dono de um estilo suave que fez dele um dos mais populares intérpretes dos anos 1950. Nascimento: 1 de junho de 1934 (82 anos), Jacksonville, Flórida, EUA

[@littlemis7]

Yes my name is Bernadine too. I enjoyed hearing the song as if it was for me. It came out the year I was born and my mother nearly didn't call me Bernadine because she hated the song. However my father was called Bernard and she loved the name and knew the song would eventually outdate. These days I am called Bella which I prefer. Thanks for the upload John. Regards xxx Bernadine

[@dearmalika]

It reminds me to my childhood! Great song, thanks for posting!

[@mr.warmth1511]

my pleasure ty

[@tonyrossas5979]

There was two Pat Boones in the fifties. The Pat Boone in the movies when he murdered Rock 'n' Roll songs and the Pat Boone in the records when he sang Rock 'n' Roll and Rock-A-Ballads as a true rocker 'n' roller.

[@bernardinamedeiros9945]

finalmente uma música com meu nome!...

[@מלכהברוש]

מתה על השיר הזה

[@KarlosAMRR]

Bernardine, Bernarda. nombres famosos algunos son extraviados y otros se han perdido,pero hay yo te encontre este tema para ti

[@hansdevries653]

I was 2 dancing for the juke-box.

[@bernadinebashaw2193]

as a little girl my Godmother played a song, all I remember is, "Oh Oh Oh Bernadine"...is that the song?

[@user-vm4gv3xv6e]

조회수 389,770회... 잘 보고 들었습니다.

[@timholt9948]

Top ten hit n

[@johneyon5257]

the movie is drear - with an inadequate Dick Sargent as leading man - and the more charismatic Pat Boone as one of the group - if it weren't for Pat singing a couple of his hits ("Love Letters in the Sand" and "Bernadine") - this film would be justly forgotten - - you've just watched 3 of the only 5-and-a-half worthwhile minutes of the movie - - the extracted scene of "Love Letters in the Sand" can be found on youtube words and music were written by the great Johnny Mercer who grudgingly announced it would be his only excursion into rock n roll

[@wadebarnett2542]

Those are some old high schoolers!

[@maiacarhart489]

Ronnie Burns is my favorite boy in every way.

[@jaytaylor7740]

Was he the son of George Burns and Gracie Allen?

[@maiacarhart489]

He is. He was in the last few seasons of their TV show, too!

[@John1948NineE]

Thank you. I missed that!

[@GlenWFord-ps8ts]

I saw him in person as a kid. Met him and his wife after a church service. The guy in the yellow sweater is an actor.

[@danbeliveau6846]

Glen W. Ford That was Ronnie Burns, George and Gracie's son. And Dick Sergeant was in it also.

[@GlenWFord-ps8ts]

Dan Beliveau Yes-Burns and Allen. Bewitched.Great shows.

[@GlenWFord-ps8ts]

Check the dial type phone and Coke box. Dime Cokes.

[@joedemeo262]

Actors in bernardine who became famous later are james drury in the virginian dick sargent in bewitched and also natalie schafer is in this movie she played mrs howell in gilligan's island.

[@joedemeo262]

Actors in bernardine who became famous james drury in virginian dick sargent in bewitched and natalie schafer was mrs howell in gilligans island.

[@John1948NineE]

You're welcome, Bernadine.

[@candacecrocker352]

The fellow in the yellow,sweater is Ronnie Burns son of George & Gracie Burns.

[@marytresham9164]

yep

[@badzurmatam2338]

Great song thats the name of my husband

[@dskyyksd]

Bernardine?

[@BOBFORDD]

That sure looks like Darrin Sevens from Bewitched in this video. Anyone know if it is?

[@bernadinesunallera7579]

This is totally my name

[@risoletadarin2206]

Oh, Bernardine, oh, oh, oh, Bernardine I can tell by the dimple on your chin you're in beautiful shape for the shape you're in and I'm in shape for Bernadine Oh, Bernardine, oh, oh, oh, Bernardine when you wander into my dreams at night your remarkable form is a pure delight I go, go, go for Bernardine Bernardine, Bernardine you're a little bit like every girl I've ever seen oh, your separate parts are not unknown but the way you assemble them's all your own all yours and mine, dear Bernardine (yours and mine, dear Bernardine) Oh, Bernadine, oh, oh, oh, Bernadine say you'll wait for me out by the rocket base and we'll both blast off into outer space at oh, oh, oh-oh, Bernardine Bernardine, Bernardine come away with me now in the rocket-propelled machine we'll come home by the way of a drive-in spa just a little this side of Shangri-La and there I'll stay with Bernardine Bernardine, Bernardine you're a regular supersonic space ... as the glorious moon seem in the way we'll come home to the planet we ..... and I'll dream dreams of Bernardine.

[@Davids-fb9ub]

ay im 17, ik this guy, he is the dude tht advertizes about the step in tub why he looks young, actually tht brought me here lol i listen to his songs lol im a 50s-90s person i listen to pretty much 50s cuz its got good rock n roll and better than todays music as u notice if u click my profile and view the history you will notice alot of 1950s early 1960s music all you need to influence a teen is a grandma thts 87 and a dad thts 61 lol

[@MsBernadines]

What a most wonderful song' to hear those special word. My name is Bernadine and I was name because this was my father most favourite song at the time I was born. He would sing this to me very offer-en. Thanks for the up-load, very grateful. Do you have the movie. Thanks Bernadine xxx

[@IvanVVishkinJohn]

Hei, I performed this song 2-3 years in restaurants and bars, and when I so the sheets ,. ?? I think i sow that actually the year, that the song was written is 1921.... Im I wright???

[@NakaiyaAlston]

My Grandma is named Bernadine!!!

[@laurenlol9382]

my nan is could bernadine

[@andrewjohn970]

I see.. the varsity jacket.. what are the called back then?

[@VictoriaAlfredSmythe]

Separate parts are not unknown.

[@bernadinecurtis8221]

I was names bernadine . Now I know what . Lol x

[@lauramosier4393]

MY COUSIN PAT...

[@monem.1212]

He looks like our singer Karim Mahmood 😅

[@John1948NineE]

Sorry, I don't have the movie.

[@CosmicPen]

I think Brigitte Bardot was Bernadine.

[@MystMoonstruck]

I'm sorry if I sounded grumpy. I'm an old lady, and sometimes I AM grumpy=} I wish these had edits because I sometimes see that things I wrote seem "snarky". *giggle*

[@masakikatsukibakugosdaught1885]

My name is bernie and. It acully bernadine

[@John1948NineE]

I thought you sounded helpful.

[@audreychen7679]

There is no sound in this song.

[@MystMoonstruck]

The correct name is "Bernardine"! You've left out an "r", which most people do. It's not "Bernadine"! From IMDb: "High school students enter a fictional woman's name (Bernardine Mudd) in a contest. The contestant wins and hilarity ensues." BERNARDINE!

[@c-jayythedj4632]

0:43 Is he pretendin' to snort coke or what?

[@TEXASFENDERBENDER]

The Anti-Elvis.

[@chaturongarchary9773]

The days of LGBT prohibited..

[@pilargonzalez154]

amo a Pat Boone desde los seis años...moriría por conocerlo