The Fantastic Johnny C - Boogaloo Down Broadway

[Vincent50]

Another great song from my youth years. Wow...did we boogaloo too!

[matizaph]

That was my father's song. There was only two vinyl records that he played when I was growing up and that was "night train" and "bugaloo down Broadway". He was into a lot of old jazz, accept for those 2 R&B singles. My father would say he could feel it down in his bones and so could I for that matter.

[BOBBIE041957]

i loved that dance I was 10 when this song came out and my mom good dance and all of us would shing a ling and boogaloo and mom seen James Brown in concert and she did the James Brown better than any other mom in our hood lmao good times

[stewgotz1]

...SIMPLY FANTASTIC!!!!

[LooMinn]

Isn't this gem (and Cliff Nobles 'The Horse' ) from Philly's own Jesse James?

God bless you Jesse, wherever you are.

They just don't make music like this anymore. Unlike the musical 'junk food for juveniles' of today, back then the music really had substance and soul...not just fake groove of today's pop.

[TheSocratease]

I wish i could remember my classmate's name in my homeroom@ Booker t in new orleans when this song was out. she boogalooed into class everyday! LOL! and she could dance her ass off! I'll never forget the look on my homeroom teacher's face the first time. priceless. so much fun back then. a great song. thanks for bringing back a great memory.

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, TheSocratease-san!!

Otaku3 d(^_^)b

[alexalot23]

@TheSocratease sounds like fantastic memories. the thing about memories is that no one can take them from you.

[UNIT4PLUS1]

オタクさんへ

いつもお返事有難う御座います｡貴兄とはほぼ同じ世代の様で非常­に嬉しく思います｡

これからもご指導及び素敵なアップお願い申し上げます｡すごく英­語が堪能なようですが海外生活が永かったのですか？ 小生も頑張ってもう少し上達したいです｡

前置きが長くなりました｡この曲もオリジナルはこんな人だったん­ですね｡小生はポール･リビア&ザ レイダースの演奏で知っていましたが こちらのほうが黒っぽくていいですね｡当時 土曜日 15時からフジテレビジョンで放映していた｢ビート･ポップス｣­という洋楽ポップスのランキング番組でなぜか知らねどランキング­｡オヒョイこと藤村俊二氏が｢ブーガルー｣という新しいステップ­を公開するんです｡しかしアレ何だったんでしょう？｢ビート･ポ­ップス｣というテレビ番組については､これから機会があればお伝­えしていきたいと思います｡いつもながらアップ(ポスティングと­言うのかな?) 有難う御座います｡

[60otaku3]

こんばんわUNIT4PLUS1さん、

いつもながらコメントをありがとうございます！

「ビートポップス」は当時何回か見たことがありますし、

この番組で初めて動いているビートルズ（今でいうところのPV）­を見ました（笑）

振付けの藤村さんが女の子達と楽しそうに踊っていたのが印象的で­したね。

それと私の英語は中学レベルなのであまり褒めないで下さい（苦笑­）

[lucripet]

@UNIT4PLUS1 Huh! But yes probably!?

[SkidRowJosephine]

@UNIT4PLUS1

WTF did he say?!

[alexalot23]

you can literally dance your ass off to this record. a good one back in the day.

[jazzalex22]

Going back to 60's the Stax movement pretty much was making hit after hit. They decided to try and have a One Hit Wonder like Motown had done. The song was the Fantastic Johnny C's Boogaloo Down Broadway. The song pretty much never got into the top 10 or even 5. It always was in the middle. The song was remade by Sam and Dave. The song was written by Issac Hayes and David Porter. They are my favorite songwriting team next to Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe. Love this song. Haven't heard it in ages.

[Diva2678]

Now this is what you party to!! All these sorry young "so called" pop music kids out nowadays are just wannabees, no idea as to what real music is. This is how we used to party back in the 60's and 70's. Not a curse word mentioned, no guns or killing. Just good, clean fun and a whole lot of moving. It's sad that today's genre of music has gone straight to hell!!!!

[njblack73]

I remember my North Carolina cousins dancing, rocking the house to this jam :)

[cruisin1960]

Loved this song for years.!!

[lancetop]

Boogaloo Down Broadway! YES SIR! It makes people want to dance!

Thanks okatu friend:)

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, Lance-san!!

Otaku d(^o^)b

[BurkeDevlin66]

johnny C put the word boogaloo on the map in 67-great song and thanks friend!

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, BurkeDevlin66-san!!

Otaku3 (*^o^)b