Ready Steady Go !!- The Weekend Starts Here ! (1963-1966)

[@kingsfleet21]

Growing up in those wonderful times, i look around now and think how the hell did we come to this.

[@expressoevangelism80]

I think they try to call it progress driven by popular demand. But they always were liars weren’t they? AI, technology and everything else that comes with Big Brother.

[@yves2694]

In a word ...Politicians......

[@bbb8997]

I think I saw Long John Baldry in the audience

[@colincooper-gw7zf]

Such innocent days, I loved them.

[@lindaosborne1617]

Yes times have changed

[@peterclarke3990]

No internet, no social media, no potholes, police were everywhere, you could see a doctor and dentist within 24 hours, EU didn’t exist, freedom of speech, no one getting offended at the slightest little thing-what’s not to like! Great days, great music, no worries, no one getting murdered every 5 minutes like there is today. When you compare it to today, I realise what wonderful days they were! But then, I guess that when you’re kids nothing matters much does it. You have no worries. It’s only when you become adults that life takes on a whole new meaning-one that we may or not like. Situations and circumstances can dictate how much we either enjoy life or find it extremely difficult. So, enjoy it while you can and never forget the memories. They are with you for the rest of your life!

[@AnneTerry-jb7mp]

Well said and I totally agree with everything,!😊

[@peterclarke3990]

@@AnneTerry-jb7mp Thanks Anne and take care.

[@AnneTerry-jb7mp]

@@peterclarke3990 😊

[@robertplumley9263]

Absolutely right great times everything is ruined now. 😢

[@peterclarke3990]

@@robertplumley9263 Today we have poor governance, poor stewardship of public funds, no deterrent against crime, immortality is rife, social and international unrest everywhere, huge mistrust between society and government, freedom of speech is frowned upon, if you don’t go along with the establishment then you are considered ‘far right’ whatever that is! I guess the only difference between now and then is that when we were kids, we all saw life so differently. None of the above mattered to us, but it does now because we’ve grown up, seen what the world is like and what it can do to you, and our own children. I truly fear for my kids even though they are all adults now. This truly is a sick world we live and getting sicker by the month! I’m so thankful for my faith in God. Not sure where I would be without Him! You take care of yourself!

[@beachgirl1947]

I’m 77 and when I look at these videos, I’m transported back to such happy times. We just didn’t realise how great it was. We live in terrible times now…the country we knew has disappeared..never to return.

[@raybenstead2548]

As for me I'm now 80. 1963 was the year before I went to Aden for two years, seventeen days and nine hours. Must agree that times then seemed far better than now.

[@minkgin3370]

I’m 77 too, but they WERE the best times. Best music, best fashion, ( I used to love to see the boys in their shirts, ties & suits, & striped blazers in the Summer). I earned good money, had a good family & was a size 10……what’s not to Love.😊

[@annenunney9907]

@@beachgirl1947 well said

[@markshrimpton3138]

I’m a ‘youngster’ of sixty-six and therefore was only a child when this was broadcast but I agree with you entirely.

[@annenunney9907]

@@beachgirl1947 It really has they were good times and I am so glad we lived through them

[@martinfolan1612]

I am 73 and I remember watching this every Friday . what a bloody great decade the sixties were and the icing on the cake were the beatles

[@williebowen1043]

Agreed best decade for Rock and Roll Music: the 60's

[@brianfreeman8290]

6pm wasn't it? Never missed it. All the drivel that my parents watched all week. This was MY time !

[@caesarsmith4711]

Me too, now 75 used to watch regular

[@monteceitomoocher]

Best ever, and this was just the British contingent, at night listening to luxy on a tiny transistor radio for that motown sound that just plugged right into our souls, I'm privileged to be part of that golden pioneering generation.

[@paulmurphy2583]

Im 65, I would have been 8 when this finished, but clearly remember it and miss it, remember otis redding on there.

[@BLUEBELL258]

Like many others, I wish we could turn back time. As a teen, I never had much money but a much better world we lived in.

[@thejfg7741]

And it was your responsibility to hand that world on to the next generation and yet, you didn’t, you were given readily available employment, social mobility, cheap housing, a welfare state. What did you do with that, you squandered it and pulled up the ladder

[@karlbillinger9945]

Respect.

[@cherrytate7149]

❤😂agreed

[@ashimsen377]

How true. We were quite poor reliant solely on one income. Didn’t have a car, holidays, new clothes but there was always food on the table and we were generally happy. I sought solace in sport and music which didn’t come any better than this. We now live in a world full of avarice, hate and profiteering by crook politicians and their cronies

[@Zoe-dr5ps]

​@@ashimsen377nowadays we have everything and yet somehow have nothing at all.

[@davidlee6720]

What can compere to this today? What a period! Every one a gem, never to be repeated...

[@celianorris7042]

The best thing about the 60s is we didn't know what we know now. Greatest time! It could have got better still but it didn't and here we are in this vile time

[@MarkMiller-i8q]

Vile is right and the main thing that's making it vile is the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Today, more than any time since 1945, including the '62 Cuban Missile Crisis, we're closer to the brink. The war in Ukraine and in the Middle East has increased that possibility tenfold. We're living under this dark cloud that could burst any day, unleashing upon us the most terrifying hell one can imagine. Leave it to the whims of human beings, the most destructive species ever to walk the face of the Earth.

[@kathleennye262]

@@celianorris7042 I totally agree, we were always happy, no worries,things were cheap . Once I started work at 17 I could buy a coat and shoes and still pay housekeeping to my mother in Lewis separates or Chelsey girl..groovy and fab were the words of the sixties..and they were great ..now a pensioner of 74 I hate it, things cost a fortune, people moan..can’t get doctors appointments.Times haven’t changed for the better.

[@celianorris7042]

@kathleennye262 They really were lovely times. We were so lucky to have had them. That is what makes it so sad now. The contrast is unbelievable. If only the younger generation knew what they had missed out on. We now live in a globalised technological world with everyone's woes on our shoulders. We used to value everything from our books to collecting buttons. We made things last, and things were better made. We had respect. Hold tight to our memories. We had fun 🥰

[@kathleennye262]

@@celianorris7042 I’d forgotten that..yes we were given our books at school and had to cover them at home with wallpaper or wrapping paper ..I loved a nice new excercise book,better then that a nice italic pen and bottle of ink..

[@celianorris7042]

@kathleennye262 me too, nothing better than that first page of a new exercise book and always plenty of wallpaper , I still love pen and paper. Still have a record player and my records. We had some great music, didn't we. If only we could go back in time. They say history repeats itself, so maybe one day it will come around again . There is no harm in wishing and hoping 🙏 😁❤️

[@imprimp7545]

My husband passed last year, we were married 1965. This brings happy memories for me. Thank you !

[@peteroberts4033]

So sorry to hear of the loss of your husband . You still have your memories and so glad to hear that the music helps. Take care friend . :)

[@CT.England]

Memories! Didn't know how good I had it back then - if only one could go back in time ... youth is wasted on the young 😅

[@peteroberts4033]

Thanks CT ..only just seen your message.

[@christopherwelch136]

Hairstyles were better… .

[@charlessouthgate606]

You have to be kidding, aren't you,? What a ridiculous statement, shitty song from Dusty, naff miming trom Eric Burdon, below average song, turned it off crap unadulterated crap.

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

If you want to travel in time - travel!

[@leonfairhurst7597]

Your so right, if only I could go back

[@janstroud9192]

Everyone saying what a great time it was, but for some people it was very hard. I was a child in London through the sixties. We were very poor, not many state handouts, my mum had to work hard for every penny to clothe, feed and care for 3 kids. Hand me down clothes, No washing machine, no central heating, no fridge, every meal cooked from scratch every day. But the best music!

[@Tom-gv2eo]

😮 - agree : many lowpaid jobs - 40 hr week in big grimy factory's.

[@dennispetrovic8466]

I was the youngest boy. I got the hand me downs after my two older brothers. Trousers were buttons, no zippers, no belts only horrible braces, no elastics from memory. No tv, but did gave a radio. No presents at Christmas. No car, had to walk or bus. Bath was from an old wood fired copper. Not much entertainment though there was a Saturday matinee movie at the picture theatre if I could sneak in. Mainly bodgies and wedgies. Beach was for free. BUT THE MUSIC WAS GOOD.

[@PeterBren]

Yes we had to get out our arm chairs to change our black and white TV! Still we did not have national service and there was a lot of work about. We hitch hiked no trouble and had great music and fashion.

[@SeanBailey-q2c]

Dear Mr Roberts, I have an elderly neighbour with no internet or access to KZbin. I showed him your sixties uploads and He burst out crying....with joy!.The memories flooded back and it was the first time I've seen him actually really smile, priceless in more ways than one.Thank you.

[@peteroberts4033]

So sorry ..I have only just seen your post ..How great is that ? Thank you for letting me know. Hope he is doing well and send him my love .. :)

[@AnneTerry-jb7mp]

You are so kind to care❤

[@peteroberts4033]

@@AnneTerry-jb7mp It is human nature Anne .. such a lovely comment ..so sorry I missed it earlier.

[@peteroberts4033]

@@AnneTerry-jb7mp I regret not seeing it earlier.

[@AnneTerry-jb7mp]

@@peteroberts4033 ♥️

[@johnfellows2867]

I'm 73 years old, but seeing Sandie Shaw still makes me feel like a love sick teenager, she was so gorgeous !!!

[@kathleennye262]

@@johnfellows2867 hahahaha,sorry but we must have seemed so ‘Sad’ as my grandchildren would say…I use to scream when I saw P J Proby on ready steady go.

[@99672]

I'm 66 and wish I'd been born 10 years earlier.

[@willemvandeursen3105]

@@kathleennye262 What did he sing (playback)? I only saw the 'Around The Beatles' Show where he did a stunning version of The Bachelor's 'I Believe' (live, I'm sure!) A song that unfortunately was never put on his albums.

[@alanbone5512]

She , used to work at ford motor co Dagenham, worked in the typing pool, billy ocean , also worked at fords Dagenham, those were the days. ,

[@kathleennye262]

@@willemvandeursen3105 hi,not sure what you mean. Who are you talking about?

[@baljones]

I’m 73 too. What a privilege to be a teenager in London in the sixties. Love and peace xx

[@jimmyflanagan5938]

Teenager in L A in the 60s was the best

[@susanferguson8799]

How has the world got so messed up?? These were the best of times, so innocent in a way but the fun I had as a teen! Wouldn't have wanted to have lived those years in any other time. 👍👍

[@jillsommerville7828]

Me too, the best of times, miss them😢

[@mattbates6887]

It's so sad to see these wonderful years that are gone forever, fabulous times they sure were! 👍❤

[@charlessouthgate606]

Don't understand that comment, ofcourse they're gone and so is your youth, it's called evolution, cannot avoid it.

[@mattbates6887]

Yes things have moved on since those good old times, of course they have. I was making a nostalgic comment, about how much I miss them. If you were there, you will know what I mean. @@charlessouthgate606

[@jgstargazer]

@@charlessouthgate606: I think he meant to say those memories brought him happiness and a lasting impression.

[@charlessouthgate606]

@@jgstargazer I know mate , I was there don't forget, it was good , we were young but with hindsight it was just ok, what a killjoy eh? True though,

[@mjwilliamsb2676]

Each generation brings something new - I was 13 in 1963 loved this programme and most of the sixties music, it was incredibly exciting and new, such a change from my mum's music (skiffle, Cliff Richard, Elvis) but I don't regret its passing. I've not forgotten the agonies of being a young and older teenager, those experiences inextricably part of the memories of that time. I actually really loved mid eighties and nineties music more once we got there... remember the Blitz club? Fabulous...

[@mariaellender6014]

Can't watch this, too many memories of the best childhood ever and knowing that our grandchildren will never experience the joy and excitement of this era.

[@andziam5532]

You are so right! What a wonderful time

[@jillsommerville7828]

Bugger the grandkids! That was our time, and it was the best😊

[@peterclarke3990]

You’ve hit the nail right on the head there with your comment! You are so right! Even watching this episode from the very beginning and seeing Dusty come on, who can you think of today who could ever match her voice, looks, personality and success. She was amazing, a one off and we enjoyed it all! Those days were certainly amazing. Nothing like it today and never will be again!

[@franciskclee9501]

Maria, just reading your sentence was enough to bring tears to my eyes. Too many memories, good or bad. Just cannot find adequate words to express my feelings. I turn 82 this month. God bless.

[@mariaellender6014]

@franciskclee9501 Oh bless you! I'm 70 and watched with envy and excitement as my next door neighbour got dolled up for a Saturday night dance. Bouffant hair, lacquered stiff, black eye liner, panstick lips and a sticky out skirt. The music, the fashion and the dawn of the teenager! X

[@Horsiesforcourses1713]

What a beautiful man Billy Fury was. I’m Just 64. So I was teen in the 70 s decade. But so agree. Times were so Much better. I’m sick to death of seeing what happens out there on the street.

[@peteroberts4033]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIqwc3d4YqiSfdE You might like this.

[@nrw34260]

"Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end"

[@Tom-gv2eo]

😊 by Mary Hopkin.

[@magnolia7277]

Wonderful!!! Lovely to see the 'original' Cilla with her original nose and teeth.

[@Mazalinda]

I much preferred Cilla’s original nose!

[@Ries1948]

Cilla is cute back then.

[@kathleennye262]

In 1963 I was 13 and still at school. Boy how the years fly past don’t they I’m 73 now and would love to go back to the sixties. Lovely music lovely clothes and life was so good then.

[@simon-oy6um]

I remember it well same age

[@dorothynewbery5045]

This was so much better than Top of the Pops. I wanted to look like Cathy McGowan when I was older. Or Cher, I remember seeing her and Sonny for the first time on Ready Steady Go.

[@kathleennye262]

@@dorothynewbery5045 oh I see, so you must have had the long dark hair? I think by the time I got to 16 I had a twiggy hairstyle in blonde then a lovely shade of lilac..I was into Mary Quant and Minors make up too..

[@nrw34260]

Yep 16 in 63

[@paulrichards2365]

Girls were prettier then. Really. Clean, shiny hair. Nicely dressed. No tattoos, body piercings or torn jeans.

[@patrickryan1515]

57+ years ago and many of these young talents are now in (or approaching) their 80s. If you lived through this period, you're likely to think this impossible. But it happens. Damn, it happens. Just look in the mirror. Glad we had those good times while we did, and thanks for this upload to help us remember and appreciate them all the more.

[@peteroberts4033]

You are welcome Patrick.

[@johncartwright8154]

And yet...the Stones have just released their latest album! I recall Jagger being interviewed and questioned about the possible longevity of their musical career. "5 years if we are lucky" replied Mick!

[@TrevorBarre]

Not Dusty though, sadly.

[@johnager9428]

Better music than the rubbish today ❤️

[@annenunney9907]

Great times

[@irenejohnston6802]

Wonderful Billy Fury/Ronald Wycherley born 1940, Dingle Liverpool. Gentle soul. Animal lover well mannered. Died aged 42. After recovering from surgery. Had a weak heart, ❤ 84 yrs Liverpool

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

In London, a narrow street / alley named after Billy Fury. It’s close to West Hampstead underground station.

[@Tom-gv2eo]

Yes : Bill Kenwright did radio documentry on B. F. Girls screamed for him B4 they did 4 Th Beatles. His first record 'Maybe Tomorrow' 1959 is my fav

[@petermcmillan3446]

'Billy Fury was the closest that Britain ever got to producing a genuine rocker, someone almost in the class of Eddie Cochran.' Nik Cohn. Terrible that he seems to have been forgotten. I remember my girl cousins were crazy for him.

[@johndewhurst1582]

Drugs and Immigration have turned those wonderful times into the cesspit we have to live in now.

[@ianwhitehead691]

60's was full of drugs you 🤡

[@Captain-l-12p]

Actually,the people who grew up in these times are the ones who gave us thatcher.then austerity, Johnson and brexit.look no further for the reason our country went downhill.

[@Tom-gv2eo]

😮 Use of drugs (pep pills) began with Mods in 1964

[@Captain-l-12p]

@@Tom-gv2eo exactly.see under daltrey

[@TheBrummie60]

As 1960s children, we were thrilled, excited and optimistic about the prospect of life in the 21st century. How wrong we were! 😢

[@Ries1948]

Our generation eventually messed up the whole world.

[@mikeflynn248]

"It was the best of times, and the worst of times", but it was definitely the best time to be alive!

[@peteroates2908]

Great time to be alive 15yrs old in 64 falling in love with a different girl every week and music to die for 😮xx.

[@calvinguile1315]

Wow! You were the perfect age for those times

[@Tom-gv2eo]

😢. Hence -- many songs about ' broken hearts' !

[@DevonExplorer]

I'm the same age. Such an amazing, fun time with the whole world opening up before us. :)

[@topslack]

In 1963 I was 14 years old, what a wonderful time to be a teenager. I remember all these artists first time round, if you weren’t there then you don’t know. A decent time to live and enjoy life unlike today. What have we lost?

[@jackiegeritz5345]

I was only 5 years old and our mam and dad always had these programs on in our house. 🙂

[@Beatle849]

@topslack I was the same age. Being a big sports fan, I would compare being at or watching one of these shows as being the same as being at or watching a pro all star game.

[@elsiecook2259]

@topslack I was the same age born 1949. These were definitely the best years to grow up in. Fabulous music, safety on the streets very little money but we were happy. xx

[@denisewhittle2049]

In 1963 I was 7 and loved RSG. Couldn't wait to be old enough to go to clubs! The music, the fashion were fantastic. Loved Motown and Soul too.

[@c.marmion8430]

Motown was/is the best music ever!

[@Steve17G]

I was 7 in 1963 too, and also have great memories of the music . 1960s were the best even though I (we) were very young

[@lsmith992]

We thought those days would go on forever

[@karlbillinger9945]

They did, immortalised Forever. I carry around 400 albums and over 3,000 singles Hard copies. They indeed go on.

[@mariawildman1299]

We had the best of this country. Sadly it's completely different now. I would never have thought things would change so much.

[@RogerStone-w6h]

I still watch in wonderment on how such genius in music ever happened. My life changed after watching the NME award show in 1964 when the Stones came out and played. The British music scene in the mid 60s needs to take a long bow as you really did change the world.

[@Syd4510]

This is totally marvellous. A great window back into the sixties, and like so many commentators here, I think the sixties was such a wonderful decade. What the world needs now, is a return to the vibes of that time...

[@leakoe3797]

So great to see our Dusty & Animals .. You cannot get those days back..brilliant era..

[@alostlove3336]

Loved Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames.❤

[@EdinaCloud]

Fab to see this classic show. Arrived back in the UK in 1963 aged 9. Dad had been posted abroad. BRR cold winter! Sent to boarding school so could only watch RSG & TOTP in the school holidays. 😢 4 years later 1967 the family moved to London. What a time and place to be a teenager! My sister bought tickets for the Beach Boys appearing at Finsbury Park Astoria in 1968. My first concert. Those striped shirts and incredible voices. Hi to everyone who, like me, look back on those years with a big smile and a such very happy memories.

[@IvanRodriguez-hl4pg]

As our British cousins would say......."That was a bit of alright!" LULU at the tender age of 15! Mind blowing!

[@williebowen1043]

Before Lulu married Maurice Gibb of the Bee-Gees.

[@gizzapint]

agree the best time to be alive 71 now.. hate the modern songs and times

[@davidtuer5825]

Billy Fury !! A forgotten great. Suffered ill health and died far too soon.

[@johnhawkins9826]

So lucky to have grown up in the 50/60s - Loved my country back then - Can't deal now with how wrong it has gone - Sad to say it but I'm happy to be 80 now and can remember those good times - Don't like it now!

[@pauladarley992]

I just remember Friday nights. having my tea and watching this show and wishing I was a bit older so I could date Billy Fury and then Paul McCartney came along. I still play this music. I remember the school dances and then the early disco scene. I was wanting to look like Lulu, because I thought she was so cute and I won a mime competition where I sang the The Boat that I Row. That was the best thing ever. We lived in the greatest era - I even went down to live in London in 1968, when I was 17 and looking in all the shop windows, wanting to buy them clothes and not being able to afford them. And now I just make them - I shall never lose the Sixties vibe!

[@barbarajobling5665]

We were so lucky to live in those fab days,look how close we were to the singers, you couldn’t get within a hundred foot now and they only play in huge arena’s. Our life in the 50’sand 60’s was so good, how different from life now, the world sucks; makes me so sad to know it’s all passed.

[@lochlainnmacneill2870]

At 75 years old I remember it as if it were yesterday. I went to school with LULU in Dennistoun, Glasgow.

[@peteroberts4033]

Wow Lochlain !! The film To Sir With Love must have brought back some memories !! :)

[@yannisgk]

great song!!!

[@carolynwestlake7670]

Great guitar playing from Them 😊

[@alanmcclelland5245]

You frequented the Dennison Palais, I assume. Cheers from Canada (via the Calton/Brigton)

[@esthergarcia1373]

Lulu was only 15 yrs old yet her voice was so distinctive and powerful singing Shout. Also the Stones were flawless singing Under My Thumb. How times change!

[@woodyspooner]

Innocent days of the 1960s, the music, the fashion, everything was so fresh and new when you were a teenager in the 1960s, and Ready Steady Go was on the telly every week so fab and groovy.

[@Tom-gv2eo]

😮 But money was tite for many familys.

[@keithrn9447]

I was watching them all those years ago! The Animals were amazing, Eric Burdon ,what a voice! Thanks for saving these priceless programmes , great music and outstanding talent!

[@petersmith5811]

I was only 8yrs old in 1963, but remember that period vividly, as it was a very magical and exciting time to be alive 😊. So much was happening in the world of pop music and fashion. Nothing since that great 60s period compares in my view. Those of us who were there at the time did not know just how privileged we were! However, we know now!

[@wessew6185]

What amazing performances! One of the better things about being 70.

[@rogernevin7461]

The first band i saw live in 1963 were the Kinks, as they ran on playing 'You Really Got Me' at Newcastle City Hall ! followed by The Hollies and The Dave Clark Five ! unforgettable.

[@SPOOKS28]

Wow …what days …what happy days great times… great music …

[@robertlangley1664]

It’s great to see Billy Fury on R S G what a great artist sadly died to young

[@stormytempest6521]

Fully agree! and a nice genuine well respected fella in Liverpool, came from a nice family as well , regards.

[@peteroberts4033]

You might like this compilation Robert. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIqwc3d4YqiSfdE

[@karlbillinger9945]

He never chad to face the compromises of old age lucky .

[@janetburton5782]

R I P Keith x

[@ianblakesley3349]

A great Liverpool artiste. There is a statue of him at the restored Liverpool Dockside showing his real name Ronald Wycherley.

[@Jaymark-gk4li]

We were so full of hope, now turned to despair, we took our eye 👁 off the ball for far too long..😢

[@dugsykes]

Mary O’Brien AKA Dusty Springfield was a top class act in the UK but she found her true class in America and was a soul star what a voice, a sad story followed but never forgotten.

[@kenmillwall1885]

She loved soul music and was a main reason a lot of the top soul stars from America came over here. She was a top class singer RIP Dusty

[@marilynsmith8054]

I was 18 in 1963 and look at the audience and think you are all old like me! Great TV woudn’t go out if this was on.

[@benberkhof4265]

This is gold! Wonderful times.

[@helioeustaquiohonorato9482]

Anos 60 a música e ritmo tinham magia ao som das guitarras e Rock Roll no melhor da essência.

[@whu58]

I remember watching this aged 4 on a Murphy 14 inch tv.....what a line up! - anyone remember jukebox jury?

[@pearlraji4392]

We were all slim then not an overweight person in sight. And eating fresh food

[@RoyGreen-lf1ym]

In 1963 I was 14. The music, singers, and groups were absolutely fab! Their hair styles and clothing were very attractive! The 60s was an era that could never be repeated. The world has changed so much. Today, I'm 75 and consider myself as a teenager in an older person's body! My daughter, who is in her late 30s, grew up listening to the singers and groups, and she absolutely loves the 1960s music !

[@AndrewSparsholtt]

❤ i grew up in the 1960's the music was great, Dusty Springfield and Billy Fury, And of Course, Elvis Presley, i loved there music.

[@pwilliamsp4110]

Freedom. Great Music..Fashion..No internet..No Sick Violence like today..Respect for your elders & neighborhood.

[@KingOFuh]

Georgie FAME was awesome. I love his Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde a few years later. LULU was only 15? Wow. And Sandie Shaw's honesty - she preferred the other side of the 45 she was singing! Peter & Dudley!!! It is a CRIME that ALL of these shows were not preserved.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

3 channels only to tune into, we pestered our parents to let us watch this programme, brilliant post

[@peteroberts4033]

Thanks John..I remember those days well.

[@HobartBloke]

Fascinating to see Cilla Black coping with a live interview when she was barely out of the Cavern cloakroom. She was destined to become Britain's queen of TV entertainment hosting with Blind Date and Surprise Surprise. Her singing took a back seat.

[@HestanIslandLad]

Yes. She was a confident scouse lass. She was probably conditioned for all events after handing out the wrong coats to the punters at the end of the night 😊

[@geoffreyrogers9755]

Much better times back then.

[@ChrisEvans-sy5me]

I absolutely loved my teenage years growing up with these fabulous stars and groups, oh happy happy days ❤️

[@terencehennegan1439]

8 year old when this wonderful breakthrough of great music was taking place, it had a profound effect even at such a young age. Watching this is like being transported back in a time machine.

[@bloggalot4718]

We didn’t realise we were living in a golden era, what the hell happened to our country?

[@frankhildige786]

I'm 75 and I never missed the program best time to be a teenager. 😊

[@Mikeandlucy1]

Watching these guys and girls at the vey start of an era, little did we know they would go on to become household names, Cilla, Dusty, Lulu, the animals and the rest. Amazing times sadly gone.

[@Janus-fn2uz]

"Boys" and "Girls "

[@davebarker9144]

As a 76 yo this brings great memories. in those days these acts appeared live in shows around the country alongside other stars. I saw Lulu with the Beachboys. Dusty Springfield with the Nashville Teens, The Animals with Carl Perkins and Elkie Brooks. Probably the best bill was Them with Nice, Amen Corner, Pink Floyd, The Move and Jimmy Hendrix. I was also at the live recording of Chuck Berry's My Ding-a-ling on the same bill as Slade and Billy Preston. All these shows were in a theatre or dance hall at affordable prices for a schoolboy or apprentice. I had to wait until 2019 to see the Rolling Stones - £250 (my son treated me). Oh to relive those days not a female tattoo, nose ring or Botox in sight.

[@shorelineboy]

I had such a brilliant time in the 60s left school in 1964 at 15 soon clubbing, spending my wages on clothes music and clubbing . Wonderful times absolutely loved it 😎

[@BernardGinnever]

Thank god I lived through the 60s the memories never leave you ❤

[@petemayes1940]

What a line up ,like it was yesterday.Look how close everyone is to the bands ,different world a wonderful fantastic lovely world

[@charliebrown9643]

My heart aches so bad..., wishing to return back to this fabulous time in history..the fashion the music, the vibe, What a mindblast it was !! So sad now, knowing, it will never, ever happen again, to this degree. Thanks for the fab footage, of RSGo Pete Roberts, what a gem. PS Was great to see Pete and Dud !!.

[@peteroberts4033]

Glad you enjoyed it Charlie . :) I have since posted Part 2 and 3.

[@bobblue_west]

and attitudes were positive. Today's kinds have so much, they never stop looking for things to be depressed about.

[@mikethespike7579]

These are the times you try to explain to your children and grandchildren and see in their eyes that they simply cannot comprehend it all. Suddenly teenagers and early twenty somethings were dictating what good music and fashion is and anyone disagreeing was a square and told to get lost. Boring BBC radio suddenly had illegal competition from the likes of Radio Caroline playing none stop pop day and night and no amount of threatening listeners with prosecution for tuning into these radio pirates could change it. Everyone was buying transistor radios to listen in. I'll never forget how our teachers told us it was all just noise not really music and we'll have forgotten it all by next year. How wrong they were and we knew it. Basically it was a cultural revolution and although a teenager with not much money at the time I'd gladly go back and repeat it all again if I could.

[@ChristineRead-ck1uq]

Well said Mike. When you think about it, British teenagers in the 60s started a world wide music revolution! I'd go back in a flash if I could.

[@Beatle849]

​@@ChristineRead-ck1uq The same was going on here in the US at the same time. Interesting that some of the British singers became popular in the US, and some of the US singers became popular over there.

[@joline2730]

Oh my Billy Fury ... SO handsome .. so sad knowing he's gone ❤❤

[@wish21100]

I had a girlfriend in the sixties, huge Billy Fury fan I was an apprentice on a really low wage I spent all my money to take her to see him live

[@wakeupuk3860]

To think all that talent in just one TV programme that unlike the complete and utter forgettable dross the young now so unfortunately have will be forgotten, but all these songs will most likely go on for centuries.

[@gailwatts2622]

I play 60s and 70s music every day it keeps me sane

[@warrenfloyd-i9q]

same here,,,,, "Hey google play pure gold oldies",,,, gets you on 95 Seattle and is a great channel to listen to. Also,,,,"Hey google play totally radio sixties",,,, and,,,, "Hey google play totally radio seventies"

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

At 85 now.Loved Top.of the Pops,Old Grey Whistle Test, and Ready Steady🥰Fave Song of those days was. Whiter Shade of Pale... sing it in the shower today 🌞 plus wild thangyou make ma heart sing by The Trogs👍

[@michaelk5507]

I used to watch this show, religiously, never missing an episode. Everyone is miming, so what, the technology for recording rock music live barely existed in those far off days. It's all so raw and real, very fresh and groundbreaking. Organized chaos? Fridays and the weekend really did start with RSG. I knew people who didn't really sleep through Friday, Saturday and Sunday, turning up for work on Monday like Zombies! Gosh, those really were the days.

[@noeleneroodt783]

I can't imagine seeing all those fabulous acts in one place, sooo special ❤ 😍

[@francescaa8331]

Amazing thing, the Stones are still rocking it and just put out a new album. Never saw that coming.

[@dennisevans719]

Even more so I’m paying $250 to see Beatle Paul in Brisbane in 2 weeks 1 November. 2:38 2023.

[@francescaa8331]

@@dennisevans719 that's great. I've never seen him. Enjoy!

[@goglowdaddy1686]

Yes, and it appears that they will be busy playing until 2074

[@stevenphillips3466]

80 year old rocker .... really ?! brought to you by Geritol and state Farm insurance

[@Beatle849]

​@dennisevans719 I recently read that about a week ago or so, he went on stage impromptu at an event in the Hamptons( Long Island) and sang an old Beatles song.

[@alandavies3727]

I remember watching this on our 6 inch tv. Happy days. How I wish I could go back.

[@racketman2u]

Pet, Dusty, Lulu, Cilla .... what a golden era for Brit female singers! also at 13:51; recognise a young Van Morrison?

[@johnfisher697]

Van the Man and Georgie Fame, worked a lot together through the years, both loved the blues, and still touring 60 years later.

[@cherrytate7149]

❤❤❤❤ o.m.g...REMEMBER IT ALL .WATCHED THIS EVERY WEEK THANKS FOR THOSE AMAZING MEMORIES ...HOW I MISS THOSE WONDERFUL DAYS WE DIDNT REALISE WHAT WE HAD UNTILL IT HAD GONE..😢....NOTHING COMPARES TO THOSE DAYS .😭😭😭😭

[@SpeegBJ]

Omg, Sandie Shaw! Like yesterday. Thanks Pete Roberts. This show, marvelous of the times. A cultural dish for sure.

[@peteroberts4033]

Thank you Speeg !! Of course I agree with you .🙂

[@donaldshaw2627]

As an American I never saw this show until a few years ago I was so in love with anything English I even had a penpal girl from England named Priscilla she wants set me a Sandy shore 45 those were the days my friend they should never have ended

[@My2up2downCastle]

I can hear my step dad muttering 'long haired gits' under his breath whilst my mum bobbed me up and down on her knee watching pop programmes.... the Rolling Stones were his favourite targets lol

[@jeffclement2468]

Hehe...job well done ya "gits!" 😻✌

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

I got bunch of pufters😱

[@karlbillinger9945]

@@AlanBoddy-fl2qpyour on the wrong channel harsh git. All though you might be Right on some of this layout. I’m pretty sure most of this outfits were pushing up Ladies without hesitation. I would have been.

[@michaellongstaff4624]

I remember the comedian Ted Rogers used to continually make fun of Mick Jagger and it used to annoy me to death 😂

[@DavidJordan-l4p]

I remember my uncle apoplectically pointing at Mick Jagger and shouting 'He's one of them! He's one of them!' That was before the operation.

[@beatsinabar]

Hair lacquer must have been industrial strength in those days. Glorious stuff, thanks for the memories!

[@peteroberts4033]

Glad you enjoyed it !!

[@connieandgwennie1450]

I thought the girls may have been wearing wigs - they looked so fake!

[@moirabaker458]

My sister used Belair... it was like glue and you had to wash your hair with bath cubes in the water.....

[@Tidybitz]

@beatsinabar ... I'm a bloke, and yes the hair lacquer in those days was truly bullet proof. I remember those women who used it. Ha! Like you, I loved this and yes, the memories.

[@janegreen9340]

My grandmother own a salon in the 60s - I can still smell the hair lacquer and the ammonia based perming solution. Saturday was hectic as customers had their hair done for Saturday night out. It was all rollers, sit under hairdryers, back combing and lacquer from a squeezy bottle. On the counter she sold Rainmate plastic hoods to protect the coiffure if it rained. The strength of the lacquer often meant the hairstyle lasted for days, most women went out all with the same style!

[@stanwalker9963]

Those were the days in Liverpool, loved every minute of it. Definitely the swinging sixties.

[@hjd832]

Sad to think of the demise of Brian Jones in his swimming pool, after seeing him so into the music here…Gone far too soon ! 😢

[@caroletraynor8763]

I haven't seen this since I was a little girl. Quite sad really to watch. Everything seems innocent then.

[@rhiannonhill]

Ringo dancing !! Wow!! I watched all these at the time but I don't remember that!

[@theseagulls7035]

So lucky to be young at the perfect time. Happy days.

[@ashimsen377]

Even then Van Morrison had that voice and star quality. Still going strong and has just released another great album containing some old rock and roll faves.

[@1950sTeddyboy]

I doubt very much if people will be listening to Todays ""Hits"" in 60 years time. I will not know BUT I am sure they will not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@paulrichards2365]

The world deteriorating at the rate it is today, to think about how it will be in 60 years' time! No, I don't like the look of it.

[@robharding5345]

Great pop show, pre TOTP's. The 60's seems to have had it all. Its no wonder many just want to go back, at any cost.😀

[@duncanrs]

The good old days,we just didn't know it 😢

[@cosmicmauve]

This is the real UK I grew up liking. I can't get over how young LuLu was, 15 !!! That's a God given voice.

[@MawieStevens]

I am 81 and i remember those days the music the clothes and the belief that we invented sex i kid you not and by the way BUGGER OLD AGE...there is nothing good about 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Haberdashery22]

I'm not quite as old as you but I wholeheartedly agree😂😂😂

[@aurelius2277]

😊9

[@grahampick4959]

I was just a little too young to remember RSG on TV for the first time round. I've seen lots of stuff since, a great show, fantastic music ,if the kids today could see the joy

[@keirbateman267]

I love it when Eric tells Keith Fordyce we're a cooperative. Top lad.

[@jennymcquade2522]

I was 16 in 1963 had a great time We will never see those time again happy memories