"TJ's" 1966 U.S. TV Show w/Dave Clark Five & Phil Spector (hosted by Sal Mineo)

[@jimcochran1128]

Loved the Dave Clark 5, Mike Smith was a very underrated singer.

[@evajay]

What a show…never heard of it before now . thanks for sharing.

[@sandraculter869]

What a great video! Cool to see Sal Mineo hosting!

[@happyme6153]

the lady sitting beside Mike Smith in Because sure was one lucky person.

[@janetmiller9215]

Hans Fenger, the DC5 were GREAT live! I saw them in Ft Lauderdale, Florida in '66. Mike had a sore throat and still gave it his all, sounding wonderful. Their energy was flowing from the stage. Have been to other concerts but never enjoyed one as much as the Five's.

[@janicekociol7702]

Of course he sounded wonderful. They used backup tapes at all of their concerts.

[@fangirllinda]

There’s no mistaking the quality and power of Mike’s voice.This is my favorite and it’s from 2003 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5yqinyiathgbKs 😊🎼🎹

[@xander9564]

False. They used backup tapes at all their TV appearances. They played live at their concerts.

[@normanacree1635]

@@xander9564 Sometimes Mike Smith would sing live over a recorded tape of the music. You can tell because he will add a few little extra sounds between lines. This was a common practice at the time. So, only half false. LOL

[@xander9564]

@@normanacree1635 Are you referring to TV appearances or concert performances?

[@gomezesmorticia]

wonderful 60's choreography

[@niltonborges2842]

Great! Thanks from Brazil.

[@luisbran5288]

good old times...good music!!!!!

[@dennispetrovic8466]

Great band, great music, great days. Lets not forget the compare Sal Mineo and his sad ending.

[@alskndlaskndal]

I never knew this existed... very cool.

[@BJBear36]

A copy of the contract from April 1966 between ABC and Phil Spector exists on the Net, where the network granted a license for performance rights to Spector for his compositions "Down At TJ's (Theme)" (not heard in this clip) which Phil also SANG and incidental music ("bridges and cues"). Also stated is that the "TJ's special" was videotaped on July 13, 1965.

[@fromthesidelines]

This was produced as a pilot for ABC, but never telecast.

[@indigomariana7093]

My favorite bit is at the very, very end where you can catch Mike shimmying with one of the girls - love!

[@Classicrocker6119]

Wow! What is there NOT to like about this quality footage! Totally awesome show! I look forward to viewing more episodes. I'm a 60's music nut and seeing the DC5 was a blast. I was amazed to hear Phil Specter mention my hometown of Calgary. Thanks for posting.

[@maynardsmoreland]

Hosted by a guy who got murdered, co-hosted by a guy who murdered.

[@wayofthinkin]

Very true. Good observation. Mineo had four years to live as this show was broadcast. Spector had many more years to wreak havoc.

[@bahamutsix5765]

wayofthinkin Actually, Mineo had 10 more years to live. He was murdered in 1976

[@buckjohnson1119]

today is not yesterday Sal Mineo sadly died the same way his character did in the movie, ‘Exodus.’ One has to wonder, what kind of monster, did that? I do not recall if the murderer was ever Caught.

[@johnsolis7631]

spector, full made mafia in bonano family they do take murdering jews.

[@JaneyMawyer]

@@buckjohnson1119 No, Sal Mineo did not die in “Exodus”. His characters died in “Rebel Without a Cause”, “Escape from Zahrain”, “Giant”, “The Longest Day”, “Cheyenne Autumn” and maybe in some other movies but I haven’t seen all of his movies.

[@apexjoe4769]

Ahhhhhhh The "all natural" beautiful girls of the 1960's !!!!!!!!

[@HeidiChiao]

Have never seen this before! Thanks for posting. Can't get enough DC5 now that I saw the Great Performances special on PBS.

[@dannymarz2568]

MIKE SMITH WAS THE DAVE CLARK FIVE FOLKS!!! And the rest of the group were terrific too, But Mike was the VOICE of that band & he KNEW HOW TO ROCK IT!!

[@Bruce15485]

Should have been "Mike Smith and DC Five" !!!

[@gomezesmorticia]

Wonderful dancers.

[@RobbiesVideoArchives]

That is one amazing find! Thanks for posting.

[@david1winters]

You are correct Steve Binder and I, who were partners at the time did this show i think before Hullabaloo, which we both did together. Steve Directed and I choreographed Hullabaloo !!

[@davidkeay1035]

Great film and fab music .And the genius Phil Spector .

[@normanacree1635]

Genius murderer? Hmmmmmm........

[@sugarjoe50]

Sal & Phil: two boys from 'da Bronx!

[@furtherdefinitions1]

David Winters Dancers. David Winters played A-Rab in West Side Story and choreographed the dancers on Shindig

[@brianhepke7182]

Didn't he choreograph the TAMI show? He worked on Moving with Nancy (Sinatra) and if I am not mistaken he danced on the Beatles at Shea Stadium. I have seen him on quite a few American shows of the period. Very professional tight performances.

[@67Stu]

VERY COOL!

[@jamesmarshall8836]

Taped July 13, 1965 and aired on ABC on January 28, 1966.

[@mmalmec]

James Marshall thank you for your info, always wondered the day and month

[@jamesmarshall8836]

mmalmec I remember vividly watching this on ABC (Channel 7 in Los Angeles). Don't know why some claim it never aired.

[@jeanesingsjazz]

the david winters dancers are the bomb! such athletes.

[@marcelosousa5455]

Excelente banda !

[@MisterUptempo]

@David Young - That's an image of J. S. Bach on Spector's t-shirt @21:32, no doubt in keeping with the baroque theme.

[@ralphnunziata7860]

Mike Smith # 1

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Amazing in color. 1960s color tv color.

[@rslitman]

Phil Spector was producing the Righteous Brothers, whom he mentions as an upcoming guest artist, at the time of this show. I've read other comments that said no other shows for this planned series were ever made.

[@davidyoung2639]

No, Gerald, this was a pilot that nobody bought, so neither this nor any other episode ever actually aired. Phil was being very optimistic in the closing segment when announcing his lineup of future guests, though at the time, had "TJ's" been picked up, he probably would have had no problem getting all those named to appear.

[@Mcramos68]

...time is relentless..

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

Bob Banas steals the show every time.

[@wendellpeters5083]

Mike Smith is the lead singer of the DC5 but, I've never saw him sing this song as a solo..the camera keeps whiplashing around..

[@bjbell52]

I was lucky enough to see Mike twice before his accident.

[@arricammarques1955]

Nice shirt, Phil!

[@missnunziata]

Wow! Great video. But I think the group should have been named the Mike Smith 5

[@xander9564]

Mike Smith was great. But that would be too obvious. Dave Clark did a lot for drummers with his innovation of having the drummer be the leader/center of attention of a rock 'n' roll band.

[@janet_bristow]

incredible snapshot

[@murrayhill11355]

I never heard this show either, even though I was very much into any show that featured rock and roll at the time that this aired. One of the comments that I constantly heard during the DC5's rise to fame was that they were better than the Beatles. While it is true that they were far more proficient musically, they lacked the rebellious attitude that was so prevalent at the time. A case in point is Bob Dylan, who could barely sing, yet was at the top of his game. But the DC5 sold records nonetheless because, after all, they were very good and well polished. As for Phil Spector, it looks like he was wearing wigs even then. I see that lately he sports a chrome-dome, but then again, he isn't presented with a whole lot of choices.

[@gerrydooley951]

better than the Beatles? Never heard that. The Beatles were an excellent live band and L&M were great songwriters

[@petegregory517]

Finally! Someone is with me on Dylan. Never understood how he made a dime doing what was passed as singing.

[@barryprofessionalmusicianc832]

Most of the male dancers are gone from AIDS or related illnesses .r.i.p. Dancers and mike Smith and Huxley

[@rossdelain1645]

Denny Payton is gone too.

[@lucaszappia7289]

@Adrienne Gurge he was also a guest star on the original Hawaii 5-0

[@lordritchie]

very groovy show, dont even remember this one and I'm 63.Two things DC5 NEVER played live on TV and Phil Spector has the worst rug on top of his head. Of course the wig he wore at his trial was even funnier.

[@scootergreen3]

Ha! Rug. Yes for sure about the wig.

[@rslitman]

But the worst wig in this video so far (I'm not quite halfway through it) has got to be the blond-haired woman sitting next to one of the DC5 during "Come Home". My goodness, what is it made of? And she's got way too much makeup on, even for TV. By the way, I am female. Maybe guys see it differently. And in fact, I didn't realize Spector was wearing a toupee. I figured it was the long-haired style of the day.

[@marguskiis7711]

DC "Rolling Stones -- their music is excellent, its very commercial regards to their image. "

[@rossdelain1645]

RH "The Rolling Stones gather no moss"

[@harvey1954]

Strange how two of the people in this special ended up. Spector died in jail for murder and Sal Mineo was stabbed to death in some alley.

[@eightinches3671]

Google how Mike Smith died.

[@david1winters]

WHERE did you find THIS ???

[@Janster59]

Mike Smith beautiful!

[@sharonramone7186]

Never heard of this show. A little background, please!

[@fromthesidelines]

This was a pilot for a projected weekly series that ABC passed on. David Winters was the choreographer; he mentions a bit more about it in a reply below.......

[@outtathyme5679]

KZbin: randomly pair up Sal Mineo and Phil Spector please

[@Janster59]

More like Dave Clark and Sal Mineo😊

[@eddie054]

Those chicks are now in their late 70's and early 80's now.

[@eightinches3671]

Or dead.

[@gymnastix]

This appears to be a sort-of successor to NBC-TV's "Hullabaloo." I know David Winters was the choreographer on "Hullabaloo." And there are a few of Winters' typical dance numbers in this TV pilot, which I'm guessing was to essentially be a profile of a different music act each week, in conjunction with live performances by said act at the fictional venue called "TJ's," and with different celebrity hosts, perhaps, each week, or maybe Sal Mineo and Phil Spector continuing.

[@distantlands]

Where’s Phil’s pistol?

[@henrilou]

I have seen endless clips of the DC 5 not one of them playing live ..the Beatles played live ,on some TV shows as did the Stones..I think Mike had a great voice..and they had great production on their records,,but I would like to actually see what these guys sounded like on stage

[@larryjung8062]

Hans Fenger Mike Smith was actually a fine keyboard player he started playing the keyboard when he was just 5.And Dennis Payton was a fine saxaphone player.

[@henrilou]

that may be I am sure you are right..but it really doesn't answer my question why are there no clips anywhere of these guys actually playing live..

[@robbiebryant]

because they couldn't deliver

[@davefowler8255]

I've seen them live ... they delivered.

[@jamesmarshall8836]

You were more likely to see them perform live on British television than on U.S. TV. On Piccadilly Palace with Morcambe and Wise in 1967 they performed and sang YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES and GEORGIA ON MY MIND live.

[@rslitman]

Both the Dave Clark 5 and the Beatles did songs called "Because", and both knew how to spell it. None of this "cos", "cuz", "bc", or "b/c" madness. I excuse "'cause" if it is spelled with the beginning apostrophe and is a direct quote of someone's cut-off syllable or is used in a song or poem to fit the beat, as the DC5 do at least once in their "Because". Other titles (of different songs) shared by the two groups are "Don't Let Me Down", "Glad All Over", and "Julia".

[@philiphoward1731]

I think the DC five had the right idea they have their own private plane to go from concert in concert I think at the Beatles had a private plane they Probably would’ve been a lot easier for them to tour instead of flying on a commercial plane I think cream in the Jimi Hendrix experience should have their own private planes to it would’ve made it a lot easier to tour

[@dagosliv]

where is the sound?

[@davidyoung2639]

Anybody know who's depicted on the front of the shirt Phil's wearing at 21:32? And is the opening segment, with the show's theme song performed by Mr. Spector, posted anywhere on KZbin?

[@markschlesinger]

Phil went for baroque on this crap. I think TJ's was an actual LA club-Freddy Cannon or somebody recorded there. DC5 music is all lip synched.

[@Luc-Sist_07]

Hi. What happened to this show? I know Phil composed, wrote, produced and sang down at T.Js but what happened to this show? The only thing I know about this is that Phil Spector did all the four things of before for the show, a commission, but it wasn’t issued on a vinyl record on his label, philles.

[@mattmammone2338]

I want to buy the master tape Down At T.J's, its on EBay. I just so happen to have a rep to reel recorder, and I could clean it up , equalize it and upload it on YT. I'd love to buy all of Phil's master tapes available.

[@johnurban7333]

Mike Smith actually looks like a cross between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. He has Johns nose and Paul’s eyes

[@andyinoregon]

Always wished DC5 singer Mike Smith had hooked up with a band who could play their instruments as well as he could sing. His lead vocals are some of the finest on record, but all we ever got to see on TV was the band miming to their record. That's also why we never got a concert album or a reunion tour from this band, because it would have exposed Dave Clark as a musical fraud.

[@fangirllinda]

Let’s not forget their flair for instrumentals! They were kinda sophisticated for us teeny boppers,but I loved them ...still do😊

[@valeriewhite9918]

Remember all DC5 DRUM , BASS ,and some GUITAR parts were played by Session musicians BOBBY GRAHAM ,ERIC FORD and ALAN WEIGHIEL on the studio recordings as you say all a fraud .

[@valeriewhite9918]

The Instrumentals were all played apart from the Sax and Keyboards by SESSION Musicians

[@pambh6572]

@@valeriewhite9918 which was quite common in the day

[@toncruz8471]

I saw them performed live in the Philippines way back in 1965 and they were great! B

[@lemurianchick]

What is TJ's?!

[@isabellafinegold]

Just one of the endless stream of music shows from the mid 60's.

[@lemurianchick]

Ralph Percy Did they ever come out with a DVD? Was it a local show? I am curious because it's hard to find "Hullabaloo" episodes on here and I don't get it!

[@isabellafinegold]

I am doubtful. Hard to even find any info on this show. This was a time when the broadcast companies would erase and reuse video tape. We lost so much from that including quite a few of the Hullabaloo episodes.

[@RAy0212able]

That is all I ever wanted to come home to Sue

[@3anaurv2]

why did they split ?

[@inkey2]

This was an interesting band. It was basically owned lock stock and barrel by Dave Clark. Why did they split? Dave clark called it quits when the band was just not turning a buck anymore. As other groups music embraced the hippy era psychedelic etc. the DC5 never really changed with the time all that much. This is a very compressed answer but I think it's basically correct.

[@3anaurv2]

inkey2 i see, thanks a lot.

[@timerider1971]

inkey2 Yes, I see it that way too. The beatles wrote and performed songs for the early to mid teen market for 2 years and then chose to write different types of songs. The Dave Clark 5 followed the Beatles into that mid teen market but couldn't write the songs to sustain those same fans as they grew older. I can't imagine Dave Clark playing drums on Sgt. Pepper type music. It's too bad though, because DC5 are such an exciting band.

[@fangirllinda]

They may not have been pulling in the big bucks,but my understanding is Dave was contractually tied into making records until 1971/73,regrouping to form DC and Friends.Not sure why Mike was the only one to stay on. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It seems crazy to disband if DC was obliged to put out records.

[@richardspeziale8597]

hey Spector promises "the great Bob Dylan" (23:00)...ya think he delivered?

[@MrMossitup]

Were there any other episodes of this show?

[@echoecho3108]

According to other posts in the comments, this was basically a pilot for a weekly show, but the network didn't pick it up. So, this is all that remains of 'T.J.'s'.

[@swineinny1]

On Come Home, look at the women holding instruments & barely pretending to play. At least DC5 did attempt to pretend to play, even if they were a big fraud on all their vids on KZbin. Was Mike singing live here or lip syncing?

[@jeantetreault132]

Mike Smith was definetely a true pianist, a keyboardist and a great singer as well. I saw him playing live, many times later on during his solo career. In fact, the whole entire members of the group were all actual musicians. DC-5 wasn't fraudulous in any way, except that they would lip sync their songs, during télévision show productions, like alot of pop groups of that same time period, would normaly do! Personally, i think that Dave Clark was just a mediocre Drummer, that's true...!

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Expert lip syncers.

[@eightinches3671]

I have yet to see the DC5 play a live show. It's all lip syncing or pre recorded music.

[@thomaswalthall998]

What the hell show is this? Was it ever broadcast?

[@harvey1954]

TJs Beatles and the "great Bob Dylan"? Never happened.

[@BigBishop1]

contrived

[@johnhintz4760]

I Love the Mozart Craziness Of Phil Spector.. Pure Bat Shit..And the DC-5 were Pure talent.. And Sal Did not hold up that well..Murdered By the Hollywood Rough Trade..

[@321463]

+John Hintz Actually, Sal Mineo was the victim of a random thief and murderer and it is Hollywood legend that he was done in by a trick. Of course, that makes for a more salacious story.

[@johnhintz4760]

***** The Malicious rumor Mill of Hollywood.🎥🎬🎭👻

[@mattmammone2338]

Phil definitely was nuts. Diagnosed in the 90s with bipolar disorder. His father likely had it too, and he killed himself when Phil was 9 years old. I have a theory that Phil's mental illness, his mania, was just severe enough for him to function, and it allowed him to really think outside the conformist box and usher in a second generation of music. If he were around now he would have been medicated and probably not as creative.

[@MarkRoberts-bj2me]

Interesting novelty archival color footage of the band which is by far the most boring presentation of the group of all of the bootlegged footage this viewer has seen. Sal was a great actor and a cool cat but using words like "gas" outside of a surfing context and "swingin" firmly implants him in the era of the Rat Pack, not The British Invasion. The highlight of the show is Spector.

[@apolloroma6783]

they could have been as big as the Beatles, their choice of covers were always terrible though.. for 1966 they could have did something better than this

[@charlesanzalone5846]

Because was a monster record

[@gingerelvira6587]

Zero effort in lip syncing beleavabality

[@EdKazO-Vision]

A splendid time capsule, but you get the impression the DC5 are trying a little too hard to be Beatles, especially in that clip toward the end.

[@wyatt1153]

More miming from The DC-5. Fake.

[@TheJukeboxhero15]

8 MINUTES NICE DANCING WITH WHITE WOMEN AND BLACK MEN

[@thomasmagee9576]

Rubbish.

[@ImaCaMan]

Wow, you forget over time how horrible some of those shows in the '60's were. It's fun to watch them but, in reality, that is just awful.

[@markschlesinger]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

[@apolloroma6783]

how incredibly boring , get those dances off of there... people just want to see them play Live, not lip sync.. watching them sleep on a plane is incredibly boring

[@w1lf1ewoo]

my god the dave clark 5 were shit