The Diamonds - Little Darlin'

[@raystalowski7930]

I want to go back in time. Days were peaceful & everyone was happy.

[@williammorrill946]

That's wishful thinking, I'm afraid, not reality.

[@brianlanglois4086]

Being born in 1947 i was there for all of it. What a time to be alive.

[@YS-fr6nu]

And imagine all the cool cars you’ve seen & bought

[@songsmith31a]

A few years ahead of you here in the UK; loved this disc, along with SO many when the hit parade was full of great songs week after week in our music papers New Musical Express and Melody Maker.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

I was born in 52, and I agree. The music, even Big Band and Doris Day, and all the wide scope of it all was amazing. I love listening to any and all of it.

[@paulfharris175]

You were born in 1947 and I was was born February 21st 1958 great times and great music 🎶 🎵 and of course great memories

[@phillipgarcia2809]

can you tell me the name of the movie in this clip TY

[@markfizz2012]

My God, women were so beautiful in this era. 🔥💖

[@seanhunter4297]

Mark Fizz The men were handsome too, professional looking & treated the women properly (for the most part). Now we face OLD men dictating to women what to do with their pregnancies. Funny, seeing as these are old men who DIDN'T treat the women properly EVER (case in point the Donald, who showed up in beauty pageant dressing rooms!

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

And so slender.

[@kat35lulu88]

They were movie stars in the video. Lana Turner, Diane Varsi, Hope Lange, Terry Thomas. Their entire lives were about being beautiful.

[@moamensarwat7028]

So beautiful, so cute

[@lindasloat2794]

Females now days have NO idea how to dress OR behave ....

[@robertl779]

I'm 18 years old and I would listen to this music over any of the new crap.

[@Chazd1949]

It takes some courage to say that, especially among your peers, but I know that you are not alone - not by a long shot. Stay strong.

[@antoniojorgefcb1]

👏👏👏👏👏 Brazil needs help. A thief'$ tryng to stole our country, our souls and our children. His name'$ lula 🙈

[@marknewton6984]

Good for you !

[@robertmasina7388]

May the younger generation call this music schmaltzy but I still like it.

[@maggiemendus3294]

That time was the best ever....I was born in 1946

[@justmetoday374]

April 1946. Makes me 78 in three months. Remember this song from high school.

[@JAZZ4643indy]

82 in 24 and still rocking! Remember the 50s very well..

[@myfavoritemartian1]

The song, the thin/tall females, the cars, the clothes, all strike a nostalgic chord in my soul.

[@greenblood64]

I was born in the 60’s and grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. Whenever I’d see anything from the 50’s, I’d tell my parents I wish I grew up in the 50’s. Now my kids see film of our time in the 80’s and tell me they wish they grew up in the 80’s. We sure had some good times back when!

[@susanb2015]

50s was everywhere in the 70s. The music. TV shows. Where were you hidden?

[@ScratchyBaws]

I was born 1970 and would never change growing up in the 70's and 80's for anything. Every era/decade had great music/movies/culture etc that people either loved or hated.

[@georgesember9069]

One of the greatest hits of the early years, great voices!!

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

What early years? LOL. Okay, it was the late 50s, early 60s, and this was a style called "Doo Wop." It began on the East Coast in NYC, and NJ, mostly. Explore Doo Wop a bit. There are a lot of beautiful, romantic songs of that time.

[@SunProtectedTechnologyInc.]

Love this song when I was 11. Now I 56 and still love ....

[@royhoco5748]

this song came from the age of great music and I was blessed to be young and experience this type of music

[@rogerzimet]

The best music ever with no dirty words, a sound that'll never die. Greetings from Panama.

[@samueladastv1491]

me alegra saber de que de este lado tambíen hay gente que disfruta esta musica un abrazo desde Uruguay :)

[@seanhunter4297]

Roger Zimet Get over the dirty words. We're NOT all baby boomers. I'm Gen X, so the kid of baby boomers. We were sick of all those "rules" & also sick of treating women as playthings, objects who were stuck in the kitchen.

[@peteaxe2067]

@@seanhunter4297 bruh the boomers were the ones who skyrocketed women's lib. Your thinking of the parents of the boomers. Boomers were teens/young Peeple in the 60s n 70s

[@johnholmes7622]

Pense era el unico laope que escuchaba esto. Saludos de un pana en Toronto.

[@NPC8474]

Back when men were gentlemen and women were ladies. Too bad America is a degenerate cesspool now…

[@Dinger154]

This was released when I was 13 years old. Yes I'm bloody old. This was the age of crooners and then suddenly there was exciting music and girls, oh yes the girls in their wonderful dresses and beehive hair. Where are they now ? Life is so short. Live it to the full or you will regret it later.

[@coldlakealta4043]

The Diamonds were a group from Toronto, Canada, one of whom was a sound engineer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. They achieved 16 hits on the Billboard charts and were inducted into the Doo-Wop Hall of Fame.

[@r.crompton2286]

Little Darlin was one of 1957's biggest pop hits. Another major pop hit that year was Diana by Ottawa's Paul Anka.

[@j.d.snyder4466]

Loved learning about the group being from Toronto. As a motowner we listened to CKLW in Windsor along with the 3 or 4 hip motown stations.

[@paulabrams5987]

The castanets, cowbell and harp alone make this a gem. One of the top five doo-wop tunes. Loved it when I was ten, still love it at seventy-seven.

[@alex_harnar_618]

I grew up listening to this song along with tons of mid to late 1950’s songs at my grandparents house ever since I was a toddler. Sadly my grandfather is no longer alive, he passed away back in September unexpectedly to a stoke, but he introduced me to some great catchy timeless tunes. :’) (This was one of his top favorite songs.)

[@rayhildebrandt4065]

Was für eine schöne Zeit das war. Schöne Frauen und Männer, wundervolle Autos und wunderbare Musik. Ich liebe es!

[@cellpat2686]

Wow a medal to whoever remastered this to stereo. One of my favorite oldies. Thank you.

[@mrlaw711]

America was a much better place back then.

[@gusgus-yp6qh]

english canadian ot toronyo ok

[@user-dm5zq8fr.]

Rhe all world 🌍 🌎 , not that long ago

[@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan]

Yeah, must less progressive so the minorities couldn't do as much as they can these days. I long for the homophobia and racism of the past.

[@Suspiria-lt4yw]

Yeah, I long for the days I have never lived through. Especially because it was much less progressive and minorities were more often than not segregated away. Homophobia and racism is really missed by some.

[@muff-puff.]

The WHOLE WORLD was a much better place then. Halcyon Days NEVER to return ❤🇬🇧🌟

[@bonjourpierre4778]

Something happened along the way. Something very profound and sad between the 1950s and 1960s. The music that both kids and their parents enjoyed together suddenly changed and separated the two generations. It was closely followed with the Vietnam War which did irreparable damage to the country. I lived those years and truly miss all those great songs.

[@Shadowcu123]

MAGA! 🇺🇸

[@Chattycrafter2580]

So true.🇳🇿

[@MichaelJ44]

Marxism and LBJ happened

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

That is nothing compared to what happened between the 1950s and now. The entire world now exists in separate little pockets of dysfunction.

[@tomfilipiak3511]

We,were soldiers once and young!The upbringing,we had,from,WW2,and Korean War Veterans,instilled in us love of country!Is there anything wrong with that!Thomas A.Filipiak! Viet Nam! 1967 1968!

[@clovisra]

A música americana é plena, rica e versátil. Eu gosto delas todas. Sempre fui fã e sempre serei.

[@jbj27406]

Playing this over the movie footage was just perfect. Actually inspired. Well done.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

What movie is this??

[@jbj27406]

@@jackgibsxxx0750 I think it said in the caption that it was "Peyton Place" from 1957. I remember the movie from those years although I was only seven when it came out. The movie title became a scornful cliche in the religious communities any time they wanted to comment on any kind of "adult" behavior in the neighborhood. Even for many years after.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

@@jbj27406 .... Thanks. I was thinking (for some reason) that it was PP. Although I have never seen the movie or TV show.

[@allanberry1186]

The lead singer of this Canadian quartet, Dave Somerville, shared the same hometown with me, Guelph, Ontario.

[@Dani-x1u]

Quel belle époque où tout était vrai, vrai femme, vrai voiture pas en plastique comme aujourd'hui ❤❤❤

[@BasilioCruz-dp5xc]

Solo lo mejor de los años 50.. fabuloso

[@diamond6719]

I grow up in the 70s. But mom dad played 50s. 6os. I still love the sound .

[@themagnet61]

Wish I could go back

[@sandraphillips5091]

Miss the "Baby Boom" years of my youth - the '50s, '60's had the BEST music. Early '70's was good until Disco came along and spoiled it all.

[@alainquinzelaire1253]

Exact, ce fût le début de la fin de la vraie musique, dont il ne reste que de vagues souvenirs, sauf chez ceux qui ont vécu l'époque, comme nous...

[@jimfesta8981]

You're right. Disco was garbage.

[@rufust.firefly4890]

Movie is Peyton Place.Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Russ Tamblyn, Arthur Kennedy w/the ladder.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

What an amazing trip in time! Thanks to my mom, I grew up with this awesome song and many others!❤ How the years have gone by! To all those amazing memories and the days we thought would last forever!❤

[@timp5091]

People dress so nice back then. The age of innocents.

[@daledickerson-r9u]

Women actually wore dresses back then? Today's women dress like men. Ah, what memories, what memories.

[@AxelOlsson-ks2gu]

"i-n-n-o-c-e-n-c-e"

[@scottg5588]

We had actual "dress codes" in school. Girls had to wear dresses and boys shirts with collars and buttons. Till '69 or '70 where I was.

[@jeromebreeding3302]

Do-wop was just a little before my time, but I came to appreciate it in my sixties. Sha-na-na,s interpretation of the era, was great !

[@kat35lulu88]

Excellent pairing with Peyton Place. Well done!

[@mbar3336]

What movie is this from on the video?

[@kat35lulu88]

@@mbar3336 Peyton Place. Lana Turner, Lloyd Nolan, Diane Varsi, Hope Lange, Terry Thomas.....

[@mbar3336]

@kat35lulu88 thank you!

[@isitrachelorj3953]

Rewatch the movie, its very "dark"! NOT sure about that "excellent".

[@kat35lulu88]

@@isitrachelorj3953 Yes it does stress some serious issues..... abortion, economic class, and especially incest. And moral standards of the 40's.

[@suzieque4438]

The best of times. Bobby socks, blue jeans, music, cars, and the drive-in.

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles,hi Suzie 🤗

[@bigblockkings1031]

I sometimes feel that I was born to late but on the good side I can still enjoy the 50s cars and music along with the 70s music.

[@Tryn2bkind]

Back when thin was in and America had beautiful girls.

[@dannywhipple358]

Thin was in everyone had a pocket full of speed

[@robertmasina7388]

I don't see any correlation between a certain era and beautiful girls.

[@wordsofcheresie936]

This is a movie so the girls are going to look like models. In the real world, the girls in the 50s looked just like the girls today, but they did wear more skirts and they were thinner. The obesity of today comes from people having more money to buy food and doing less physical labor due to automation.

[@paulnash7630]

Same here in the UK just tattoo's, nose rings and pumped up tit's and lips, I'm 77yrs old now and yearn for the 50's 60's and 70's 😢😢

[@sheripatterson281]

Those were the best yrs ever. Glad I was a ternager then. I dancex to it all. Wonderful. Forever in my heart and so. Best times ever.

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles, hi Sheri 🤗

[@davediamond7228]

maybe you will remember this...this song was done by the diamonds, one of the members was David Somerville...he went on to team up with Bruce balland of the 4 preps (26 miles/Santa Catalina) they did a comedy/folk bit...here they are on the Johnny cash show kzbin.info/www/bejne/p32ccpejm8eegJY&ab_channel=TheFourPreps

[@janiegarcia4539]

I wish more women would dress like that now ❤❤❤❤

[@PhynTrickSnipin]

The World Was A Much Different and Special Place

[@keithfaulk1354]

Back in the good ole days!! When people used to have a little sense!! 😂😂

[@sue2611]

It's been a while since I watched "Peyton Place." It's a great movie.

[@bazthehandyman]

Absolute epic of our time.

[@TheLifeEvents]

Look at the clean streets! Amazing!

[@susanlane8803]

Those were the days!!!!

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles,hi Susan 🤗

[@ralphieboy9596]

it's been years since I heard this song, WOW!!

[@fernandajuca2629]

The music from the past is wonderful! Other times... Thanks for the post.

[@mr.roaddogwade7107]

What a beautiful time in America. ❤️🇺🇸👌

[@Shadowcu123]

MAGA! 🇺🇸

[@mr.roaddogwade7107]

I hope. 🤠🇺🇸

[@GFSTaylor]

If you were a straight, white men. Not so great for everyone else.

[@barrycuda3769]

It was a lot better back then in New Zealand as well , I was born in 1964. 🙂

[@tommysfather]

Wow! Sure brings back pleasant memories

[@agustoendo7471]

What happened to United States. l used to travel for a vacation in the 80's and still was not so bad as it is today. I still missed those days.

[@agustoendo7471]

When you close your eyes and can be transported to another world, even thougth you know you are just dreaming.

[@TuckerSP2011]

The best music. Love this era!

[@walburgavondrachenberg2496]

fantastic video !

[@lyngruen8607]

Miss the REAL SONGS and MUSIC 😢❤

[@aunimoveis5981]

TUDO ERA LEVE E SOLTO VIVÍAMOS SEM MEDOS NESSA ÉPOCA

[@W124phreak]

The 50’s were incredible. Full of post-war optimism and people wanting to have fun and enjoy life. The cars, the fashion and the music were all about unrestrained joy, colour and creativity. The perfect antidote to the grey, destructive and ugly years of WWII. What a great decade 🏆👏👏

[@seanhunter4297]

Chez Mcewan Yes, for the WHITE MEN. Women could hardly EVER get a job. You see on "I Love Lucy" that women were treated as brainless kitchen slaves. As a man, I find that highly offensive. While I liked this particular song--- most of the 1950s is full of "hokey" music....60s were better.

[@bonjourpierre4778]

It was great for only America. It prospered after the war as it suffered no destruction, bombings or persecutions. Europe was devastated by allied bombings of both military and civilian properties. Displaced refugees were left with nothing, cities were completely ruined, food and housing shortages were everywhere. Everyone in Europe suffered after the war. While America grew and prospered. It was a terrible decade for others!

[@lindasloat2794]

And so.. Are you taking it out us. 🇺🇸 can't help that we escaped the terror on the land like Europe had...

[@Shadowcu123]

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍❤️

[@28pbtkh23]

@@bonjourpierre4778 - I get your point, but that’s only half true. The USA helped Europe recover from the war with the Marshall Aid Plan. Germany used the money well to invest in its industry and experienced the economic miracle of the 1950s with high growth rates. France likewise. Socialist Britain wasted its gift of Marshall Aid in building a wasteful welfare state, but still experienced decent growth rates. So yes - much of Europe did lay in ruins after WW2, but it did recover pretty quickly. Mind you, Britain only paid off its war debt in 2016.

[@superameric8]

Well we can't go back. But I did buy myself a 57 Speedster and listen to 50's music while cruising. (I grew up in the 80's) and yes girls were still thin. We called them skinny. I married one and she is still skinny!

[@emmilu.]

🙋‍♀️❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️ So ein goldiger Song 🎶 🥂

[@jip14osef]

I love the song "Little Darling" by The Diamonds. I'm amazed and attracted by this song.

[@ParkerPlaza]

Bring on the oldies to rock and go on forever!

[@henboker3]

Wow, I'm 83 and remember the very day I heard this song and watched CIB pound out an interpretation -[10-10-57].

[@malcolmhaynes2886]

Good to hear this again

[@draganjezdimirovic5295]

That was a great time!

[@MikeS29]

That distinct 1950s chord progression I-vi-IV-V (one-six minor-four-five, as in C-Am-F-G). Almost every song. Simple, but wonderful!

[@marksheiman1538]

That right. Makes it easier to play.

[@felipesants8936]

A MASTERPIECE OF THE DOOWOP . GREAT SONG BYY A GREAT GROUP

[@jimfiedler2704]

And don't forget the nose rings and other piercings! Some of them look like a walking hardware store! 🤯

[@paulnash7630]

Perfect description

[@lindasloat2794]

I was 6 yrs old in '57..have no memory of it back then. But..now I do..

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles, hi Linda 🤗

[@TheMichaelkim3]

Korea 1950-1953. You are not forgotten.

[@davidwiner8571]

Now thats cruising music 🎶 🎵 👌 😎 😌 🙌

[@zenden6564]

It was clearly an Arcadia and a Quality of Life that was the envy of the world.

[@frankjgornickjr3676]

Women wore in shape they actually cared about their appearance😮

[@Tuckaway]

I love the video, How I wish I had a Time Machine.

[@fasx56]

Fine example of Early Rock and Roll and the Doo Wop Area. Not sophisticated just a good moving beat that was great to dance to. I was 14 years old when this song was a big hit. To young to appreciate it then but now it causes a pause and a lump in my throat, my how the time goes by.

[@AxelOlsson-ks2gu]

"T-o-o"

[@rushyboy]

What an era

[@iken6144]

Recuerdos de niñez , nostalgia 💜🧡🧡💛💚💙❤💖👌mayo 2021

[@claymcbride9996]

The 60’s ruined everything and we’ll never get (Little Darlin back)😢or that time!

[@GFSTaylor]

You want to undo the civil rights movement and go back to segregation ?

[@VictorDSMan]

Boy, you don't know how the mind works. If you can imagine it, it still exists. There is no world out there from its own side. Everything depends on the mind.

[@robertmasina7388]

If you're one of those who feels the liberalism of the 1960's ruined things, that's your point of view.

[@sandybeach123]

I look at the old man with the little boy strolling down the sidewalk at 1:00 and think, this movie came out in 1957. Imagine all the changes and developments that old man saw within his lifetime.

[@opaulamorgan4265]

We took pride in the way we looked!😊

[@paulsimms476]

Love the old cars in pic

[@JuanCarlosRodriguez-tg4st]

SIGUE SIENDO UNA OBRA DE ARTE Y ES ACTUAL

[@ericwanderweg8525]

For all the feminists want to hate on the 50s- early 60s, there were some really good values, styles, and music that came from that era

[@tomcarol100]

Peyton Place, my hometown, Camden, Maine.

[@Wellch]

Isn’t cold there most of the time?

[@elianaaparecidasantos3348]

Beautifull amei muito.very especial. Thank you

[@otiebrown9999]

1956. Back in the day. Just, growing up!

[@larryburton9369]

Such a great song thanks

[@stevewiley8409]

Camden, Maine !!

[@BrianKliewer]

You mean Peyton Place. 😊

[@roycampbell5605]

I loved that song ever since I first heard it in woolworths.

[@WondrousEarth]

Wonderful music and great accompanying video, well done! A time when many women had naturally slender figures and naturally beautiful.

[@clip-nt3ds]

Thank you for the lovely sharing, my friend 😊

[@WondrousEarth]

@@clip-nt3ds You are most welcome, my friend 😊

[@luisastetecanal3599]

Excelente video😅!!!!...

[@kikuryu]

いいなぁ。曲も映像も素晴らしい50sの世界。

[@artokoivunen2139]

My friend and days yonger years . Best memories

[@greyhamlogan2255]

I'm 73yo, best part of this era was the automobiles 🚘, as for the woman now, well they do look Sensational, some are so beautiful it's beyond belief.

[@reginamaria2392]

Adoro essa música ❤❤❤

[@JoseTantalean-rv9sw]

Gracias por compartir Nostalgia alegre

[@lizzapaolia959]

Fantastic video. God bless you 🙏

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles, hi lizza 🤗

[@rogeralsop3479]

Excellent!

[@davidreed3357]

Damn I miss true ladies

[@56BIGM]

just great---thanks

[@ciccopeppe9220]

Che anni tutto era molto più semplice, la musica i jukebox, le comitive, lo stare insieme, le spiagge d'estate, la vespa, la cinquecento,

[@nelson3186-t2l]

Wow!!! What a Real Time!!!!.😊

[@จันทร์พรส์สุธาสินี]

I like this movie both on the big screen and on tv... And I like little darling this version.🌹💖

[@chuckhoffman8680]

This song was written by Maurice Williams and originally recorded by his group called the Gladiolas. He later had a big hit with "Stay" (as Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs.) The Gladiolas version has a latin beat and is really good. You can find it on KZbin. Check it out, you will like it. The Diamonds specialized in covering black R&B records and did this song somewhat tongue in cheek. (Note the exaggerated talking part) . But this version of the song is an absolute classic.

[@marksheiman1538]

Actually West Indian. Ja mon.

[@espiritoconsolador838]

Voltem-se para mim e sejam salvos, todos vocês, confins da terra; porque eu sou Deus, e não há outro” Isaías 45:22🌼🌾