Paul Jones - Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Jools' Annual Hootenanny)

[@heartofoak45]

In 1964 I was a nineteen years old police constable stationed in a seaside resort. In the height of that beautiful summer when patrolling down the promenade this song was all around me from the arcades and I found it difficult not to move in tune (that would not have done at all). Now sixty years later I have no such inhibitions in moving to this song at nearly 79 years of age. Absolute magic.

[@johnmclean9641]

Wow 60 years ago!

[@enigma_-_79]

Pretty Flamingo too. 😂👍🏻

[@graemewiltshire312]

Bloody hell, hope I’m like that when I’m 81. Won’t be able to sing like him mind. Loved Manfred Mann.

[@enigma_-_79]

😱 He’s 81?! I keep forgetting how old we all are now. 😂. Gosh, he was so pretty as a young man. With a gorgeous, very sexy smile. He made me perspire a bit.

[@bernradiley]

I met Paul and his wife Fiona a few years ago in Rochford Essex, he's a really nice kind hearted pleasant man. God bless you Paul.

[@classie60]

Incredible performer. 81 yrs old and still sounds as good if not better than he ever has. LEGEND.

[@newnermal1]

God, you are kidding, right, you must have ears as old as his.

[@deanstanley5799]

Saw him live in the early 2000s with the blues band sounded great then but this is truly awful !

[@wesley20124]

​@@newnermal1hahaha I know, he sounds terrible

[@andyanderson3567]

Looks incredible at his age and fine voice still !!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@alexfletcher5192]

This new year this song will celebrate 60 years since it hit No.1 in the UK. I am well over half the way back to that, but it is an achievement to have Paul Jones out here, blowing harmonica, in a setting that suits it.

[@JanisRubery]

We used to see Paul Jones when the blues band came around. Great band and that man can really play the harmonica and sing the blues.well done mate 👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@Chr1sMccloud]

Nothing but absolute respect for Paul, really enjoyed his night at the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness in 2023. A real encyclopaedia of the blues. Nobody does it better on the harmonica.

[@MrCamzio]

His voice still so powerful ❤

[@tez6529]

I met Paul in the 90's when he was in the Blues band, a real lovely guy

[@enigma_-_79]

He was absolutely gorgeous in the 60s/70s. Always broke out perspiring when I watched his sexy smile. 😂

[@tonyska]

Performances like this is what I love about this show....❤

[@christopherholding4827]

Yes recently saw the Manfred's in Torquay.Paul Jones Fantastic 😍 still has the spirit he had as a young man.Playing mouth organ what breath.A real showman and great entertainer even at the age of 81.Happy New 🆕 Year 🎊 Paul

[@mckenziehellenann]

Paul Jones you are just fabulous ❤

[@MargaretMurphy-hn7qh]

Absolutely fantastic paul❤

[@valerieescandell1289]

Just as good Paul as when I saw you in the 60’s & 2000’s keep it up PLEASE! 💕💕💕XXX

[@spencerbrowning4126]

You’ve still got it Mr Jones !

[@fisherpeter695]

Saw Paul and Mike Dar/bo front the Manfred's at the Liverpool Philharmonic last October helped by Tom Mc Guinness. They performed all their top songs from 1964 until 1969. Including this classic from 1964. Vocals almost the same as the original recordings., even when they sang Malt and Barley blues, the hit by Gallagher and Lyle, who Tom Mc Guinness was part of. They were given a standing ovation by the packed out audience at the end. As a 60s teenager it proved this talent is likely never to be seen again. And modern artists will always pinch some stardust from the 60s and 70s greats.

[@gustavoreyes100]

I had never heard this song live and Jools Holland and his orchestra are wonderful, it turned out excellent and it sounds great, It's been a long time since I heard it, the great group of that time... Manfred Manns!! Greetings from Mexico City, hug!!!

[@MoralOrbit-ce2cp]

What a performance…and Hootenanny!

[@markhayward7400]

What a fabulous voice Paul Jones still has!

[@chipperjack8914]

Absolute legend Paul, respect from me, I'm happy and sad as well

[@tonytrout3784]

Fantastic Paul.! Well done. Perfect performance. I can't believe the odd negative comment on here.

[@smallsmalls3889]

What a great voice.

[@andrewturnbull2943]

Soul man from darwen I was a young skinhead in knottend end this was playing from a house it was in July hot summer 1970 fantastic still play it now I am 72 this year October 29 up the mods 😊

[@stephenguppy7882]

Simply amazing.

[@daisymay5823]

Amazing ❤ I saw him in the 80s and was phenomenal! This is fantastic!

[@CJJacksonBGT]

Used to go Camden Lock almost every week. Paul was 1st to say hello . Such a fab guy. Now live NE . I miss you Paul. Thanks for being humble n human x

[@anneheath9622]

Paul u are still great loved you singing,this song in the 60sand others and still do! Take care of yourself keep going! ❤❤

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

I love the Manfreds, represent my childhood

[@RonMcKenzie-bw7iq]

I was privileged to be in the audience. Got in courtesy of a friend of a friend of one of the celebrities. Paul is a living legend and given his age it was a great performance even though he wobbled a bit but hey at 81? And he and Rod Stewart and PP Arnold were amazing. Did not like the frantic nobody's Mary and The Wallopers. They were all diddly and outclassed. People were clapping and laughing when they were on but truth be told the Wallopers were being laughed at. Shane MacGowan and the Pogues they will never be. Paul Jones what a absolute star.

[@ma22_783]

I remember him as "Uncle Jack" and later as singer. Wow, I hope I'm that cool in my 80's

[@garycallihan4206]

At my mere 71 years, I am quite impressed of his voice and delivery.

[@Niko_Stautmeister]

What a Voice ! Paul Jones is amazing !!!

[@Boomop381]

Legend!

[@JettTyler17]

Seen Paul Jones twice with the Manfreds (2021 & 2023) and he's still got it!

[@danieladams9950]

How can he be so good?

[@michaeldeegan2355]

Great to see him one of my favourites

[@bcgrittner]

During his basic training days my USAF son got to call the cadence during marching. You guessed it… Do Wah Diddy Diddy. I think Bill Murray may have influenced him. That was 2002. He is now retired from the Air Force.

[@scooter88100]

incredible for his age top man

[@clarkavenue6654]

Best harmonica player ever

[@doranwisner497]

He killed it and the harmonica lead, excellent! And I found myself wondering, has Iggy Pop covered this tune, maybe with some alternative lyrics?

[@johnross-m7s]

happy happy music

[@rosscop27]

Fantastic performance Paul Jones @ 81 absolutely fantastic. Love watching Paul Whitehouse wife maybe?? She is loving it lol obviously a big manfreds fan lol

[@jgilbertify]

This is incredible.......................... 81 years old!!

[@c.t5136]

Fantastic!

[@Inverted.surfer]

Mouth ogan... Big part of early to mid sixties sound... A real feature of fresh innovation...

[@ryancampbell8215]

amazing

[@wesley20124]

Thought that was never going to end

[@lieslwindjulie3230]

Such fun ❤️

[@tillysanders2593]

Brilliant 😁🩵🇬🇧

[@IanGee-007]

I saw Paul live years ago with The Blues Band. They were great, but they had a song called Diddy Wah Diddy, which I suppose, in some ways, was a parody of this one.

[@williamfagan7835]

It was the other way around. Diddy Wah Diddy dates from 1956, originally recorded by Bo Diddley kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaDLZXaHpriXq7s , but if you want to get really historical there was a song in 1929 from Blind Blake with the same name kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmjWc2uvmMmVgNE The Blues goes back a long way and Mr Jones would have been aware of that.

[@beestonpoet]

Nice one . I heard Bruce springsteen do that before ..

[@IanGee-007]

@@beestonpoet Bruce used to do a really nice version of Pretty Flamingo too. With a great preamble story about a girl who used to walk by his place every day.

[@IanGee-007]

@@williamfagan7835 ​ I knew it was an old song. I meant that Paul Jones singing it was kind of a parody of Doo Wah Diddy. Obviously he would have been aware of that, as you probably know, as well as singing and acting, he presented blues radio programmes for years.

[@williamfagan7835]

@@IanGee-007 Thanks for clarifying what you meant to say. Paul Jones would, of course, have been aware of the earlier song which goes back a long way into the history of the blues.

[@TheBluebellMoon2]

❤️❤️❤️

[@AB-C1]

LEGEND!

[@peterankin985]

Wow sooooo good still, 81 no way hard to take in, i am 74 and i look crap

[@だましゆき]

ahoo… もう最高さ！！🤩

[@williamkiely6580]

Happy days.

[@layneaic2076]

4:30 na! AngTV na!!

[@astronomer77]

The evergreen paul jones,manfred mann a corner stone of my sixties childhood,god bless them all

[@joanpinto3169]

I just love this! Brings back a lot of old memories.❤

[@beestonpoet]

He was awesome .. odd that I just 4 some reason was playing bet of Manfred man ,4 first time days before this ..cos I remembered hearing fox on the run an thinking awesome that's a band I shud check out more .. an then put jools o🎉🎉 and here he is performing.singing an looking amazing at 81 ..inspiring stuff🎉

[@readelacruz2647]

Theme song in 90s Philippine kiddie show "Ang TV"

[@littleredrose6254]

Still as good looking as ever.

[@dale3852]

Nice one

[@derekdarby5159]

My dog 🐶 is howling crazy

[@Muirton66]

I always thought this was put out live, how wrong was I.

[@paulhill1379]

😊👏👏👏👏

[@superbeef8653]

4:30 na! ANG TV na!! :)

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Most of the audience weren't even born when that song was released. Probably also their parents.

[@SoporVK]

Either was I but I still love it.

[@AlanKelso]

Definitely better than the Sugababes 😂

[@glenfinnangermany]

long time ago

[@mareebrocklehurst9370]

Rod Stewart crap as well

[@newtonshiggers]

There she was, just a-lying in the snow With her legs wide open saying 50p a go

[@zbigniewtom1578]

🎉😂

[@havryliuk]

Who's an expert here: is here playing the harmonica live??

[@GeorgeWik-r8r]

The show was gash,". Poor shadow of past show Paul jones was the only Highlight. Get the thinking cap On for next.. Hootenanny Mr Holland. 😮😮😮😮

[@asheard23]

Martin Short

[@scooter88100]

paul is ken barlow in disguise

[@andreverhagemusic]

😂

[@nicolasguerrero8563]

Most people won't even notice that. He got the lyrics wrong on one line.

[@SpencerStaunton]

jools does not do these icons any favours by exposing their frailty ,very few are able to match our memories of the past and for me it is a real downer

[@TaxingIsThieving]

Jools looks worse off than them!

[@ThePhilvantwo]

Terrible camera editing. Great voice!!

[@GD-777]

Шугабейбис на подпевках👏

[@MrPinkStrat]

RETIRE along with Rod Stewart It way past Time , I was Cringing ! Sorry ..But I was

[@stevenrobertson8329]

The tone of the show was greatly lowered this year, by that dinosaur Stewart.

[@dionsands3113]

terrible he's lost his melody and is now talk singing.Great singer in his day,pity about the born again b/s. My fav song is son and lovers.(solo career)

[@scooter88100]

The band are not a match for an 82 year old shame on them lol he's waiting for them

[@MrACOUSTICPETE]

Brave but sad .

[@tof1998]

Awful show this year, had to turn it off, i put the radio on instead

[@charliearnold4706]

Terrible, pure garbage. Why don't these artists just retire. You cannot compare his voice to say Smokey Robinsons, who can still hold is own.

[@heresjohnny999]

bloody awful

[@Mezzanine5]

This is now a truly awful show and utterly irrelevant to most music lovers.

[@NordieJ]

This show has been a part of our New Year for years. This was dull, boring and a complete waste of time. I won't be watching anymore.

[@alfhookham]

Ridiculous, why pretend it's live? Recorded in October - probably.

[@davidholmes2283]

Many years ago my cousin went to a recording of this in OCTOBER and it was done in the afternoon. There was free booze and they all got pissed so they would throw themselves into the "party". So I guess you are probably right.

[@MoralOrbit-ce2cp]

Middle of December apparently

[@margaretdrury6957]

Jimmy Powell was a far better harmonica player……..ray Drury.

[@andrewhaines3259]

Nope. His harmonica playing was good, but he needs to retire from singing. It wasn't great. He's not the only singer out there that needs to hang up the microphone and just relish in his achievements. I've watched Hootenanny for many years. This wasn't the best by a long way. Even the "guests" were a bit tiresome.

[@pierer91]

Do you always start the year off with this type of negativity 😂

[@andrewhaines3259]

@kevinpetter8141 Only way to start the year. It can only go up from here! 🤣

[@pierer91]

@@andrewhaines3259 he’s good singer for 81 lol

[@andrewckiff2305]

Are you deaf , or just miserable , get a life ,how many of today's crap will be performing in 60 years time.

[@asmith2212]

Paul Jones voice may not be all that it once was but his singing is still way, way better than your written English. 'just relish in his achievements' is an example of truly appalling grammar. If I were you I'd hang up your keyboard and quit before you get any worse.

[@nickybudge3914]

The show was utter rubbish How dare the BBC take TV licence money to put this terrible show on SHOCKING

[@timporter9192]

100% accurate. The decline year on year has been shocking. But this year takes the biscuit. Rod Stewart looks and sounds like a freak of nature and as for Paul Jones , words can't describe .

[@TaxingIsThieving]

@@timporter9192 Wow you are miserable. Did you even want to see 2024?

[@cezarpo]

❤❤❤