I'm 70 now and can remember so clearly when this song came out. I was 16 and fell in love with every girl I met, but they didn't love me. Thank God for Rock 'n Roll - there was so much music - The Diamonds, The Chordettes, Neil Sedaka, Elvis, Bill Haley etc., etc., etc. They all helped me through those crucial teenage years but this one in particular. Thanks for putting it on UTube.
I have fond memories of WLS in Chicago--listening on my new transistor radio :) I remember Dick Biondi but memory cells are slipping on his meatball song.
oh my gosh--there are actually folks on here who remember WLS in Chicago!!!I listened to that station night and day for years. Does anybody remember Dick Biondi and his meatball song??
I remember it from my trips down to Tijuana to have sex with Maria de Jesus gracio lopez de iledefonso, and then after tapping the rhythmn with taco shells on my 1955 Chevy and wearing a 6 foot wide sombreo saying Essay!
@TheCheezhead15 Hey TheChee!- What a flash from the past, hearin Larry Lujack's name.. Yeah wasn't he around in the 60's or 70's spinnin that vinyl for us?
I'm a teenager now and I love this music! It makes me want to go cruising in a classic 50's Cadillac with big fins....not a modern one with big rims....
I LOVE THIS SONG...I WAS WONDERIN WHAT THE NAME OF IT WAS AND I WENT TO THIS YOUTUBE VID AND IT SAID BEST SONGS OF THE 60'S AND IT WAS THE SECOND SONG CLIP THAT WAS PLAYED ON THE VID JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WOWWW,LOL THANX 4 POSTIN THIS SONG ON YOUTUBE ;)
I was a little girl when this came out. My dad played the radio all the time. I used to sneak out of bed, sit at the top of the stairs and try to be quiet while I listened to all the great music. :D
@fayecollinsmcbride Beautiful story brought back memories for me i was 7 when this came out thank goodness our music has lasted so we could not only enjoy but dance to it with our loved ones. Thankyou for your story and the memories.....
this is the first movie I ever bought. I was 11, this made me discover everything about the 50s, 60s.... And also the first record I ever bought.... great era
Days gone past and it seems only yesterday cruising in my 55 Ford customline and gas was 21 cents a gal. and a quart of beer was 25cents. Playing football when your girl was in the crowd. Oh yea.
I had a 58 Chevy....yellow with a huge engine in it. My Mom got it because it was pretty but I hit the main drag every night. This song was playing when I had my first real crush. Age has a way of making you forget names but the music lives on in our souls. I am 70 years old and still love the music from my youth.
ah yes, deja vu we had it good with our "Smog-bucket," dalliances. little did we realize however that our INFERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PET FANCIE'S WERE OUR BIOSPHERE'S NEMESIS. oh well, the planet itself will survive, alas,though, perhaps WITHOUT US. Not to worry! in another FUTURE, life will rejuvenate, after our former terrestrial abode has cooled down & hopefully, our inheritors won't be so stupid & short-sighted as to let America's favorite spectator sport get so destructively out of hand.
PLEASE DON'T READ THIS. YOU WILL BE KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU'VE STARTED READING THIS. DON'T STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY. 1. say your name 10 times 2. say your mom's name 5 times 3. say your crushes name 3 times 4. paste this to 4 other songs. if you do this, your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. but if you read this and do not paste this, then you will have very bad luck
this group was always no.1 in the fifties,man i remember those days !! for 25 cents we would go to the hop,listen to all the groups and when the stroll would come on man every body would dance ,wow only if !!
there always has to be a troll runeing it for every body if you see one on here just give them a thumbs down and flag them as spam, if enough people does this thay will go away forever, and lose there account here..!
to 79barkkingspider..it was just an example moron get my era's straight lol stfu fool i know they were not in those era's moron you try to kick down some knowledge but only show how dumb you are lol did i say bruce lee and the others were in there time?..no dumbass i was comparing by example.
to 79barkkingspider..it was just an example moron get my era's straight lol stfu fool i know they were not in those era's moron you try to kick down some knowledge but only show how dumb you are lol did i say bruce lee and the others were in there time?..no dumbass i was comparing by example.
Only ardent Elvis fans even knew he recorded it.., Terry's version has been played a gazillion times over the years and been a favorite on any oldies station and by DJs. Hey I'm a Elvis fan but I'm more into music than an artist and this version with it's vocals, haunting backround and cha-cha beat was and is still is far superior. :)
@NYChica23 You're right.. we were lucky... I wish it could be like that for all kids; it was wonderful. Anything we would say just couldn't do it justice... but, watch the movie, American Graffiti. That was us...
This song was first recorded by Excello Records in January 1957 and released as a rhythm-and-blues song by The Gladiolas. It wasn't until the Diamonds released it that it took off. I was there, eleven years old, and just getting into Rock 'n Roll. Great times
I was a little girl when that song was around,I remember my older sister playing it over and over again.I remember her saying that another group recored it too.Is that true?
name the theatres and I went there also movie houses where they held shows. Sunnyside Garden in Queens, Hillside theatre on Sutphin Blvd. Queens, Apollo theatre in Bklyn( Thats right the Bklyn Apollo Theatre. First time I attended a show was on the sneak(My parents did not know) it was the Apollo theatre in New York. IWe saw Jerry Butler and group. also about 5 other groups. this was in 1957.
Boy has time changed. So many songs were dedicated to love and life. Living and breathing but now... most has gone down the pooper. I could say shiter but pooper made me laugh. Born in 1990, in a hispanic family I didn't get to hear much of this around my grandparents but my uncles bumbed this all day everyday. If you wanted to win a lady it was through music and your nice ride ;) How sad it makes me see how times have changed and become more violent. RIP to the old times. =(
I will never forget this song. The pictures for this video were fantastic. Especially the "56 Chev. I wish I still had mine. Brings back lots of good memories.
@fiddlerpin - You better keep that 57 Chev you will never find another one. Cars used to have personality. We used to ride around looking at the new models each year wishing we could afford something faster with more style. Now all the cars look pretty much the same and you cannot tell one from the other. It is also hard to get excited about a liittle 4 cyl too, but then again gas is not 25 cents a gallon anymore either.
I was born in 1970 and grew up listening to 50s and 60s music, my dad still plays this stuff when they have parties at their house, yes times were simpler no cell phones and the only rule that I had to follow was to come home when the street lights came on. I still listen to this music today.
all posters here are over 40. how fast some went from simply enjoying the music for what it is and went straight to bashing others. whether research showed this or that or the song was sung in the right frame of mind to suit another is not important. Theses songs are simply part of our lives or for many of you a part of your parents lives. lets share comments that show our age and stature in life. I like the song. I like the old and new live videos the Diamond's have done. Thanks for this post.
@cyeastwood - You are absolutely right. Just enjoy the music and shut up (unless you sing along). I was born in 1960 and this music (50 &60's) has always improved my mood and brought a smile to my face. Thanks for posting it. - This is my daughter's account if you caught that lol....Marney
@CrismonChampions my mother and father grew up in the 50s and 60s i was born in 1969 they told me it was a simpler time and kids where much safer, sometimes times where hard but it was fun and the music was good, mum says she wouldnt change the time she grew up for anyhting.
So shut the hell up and do your research instead of preaching crap idiot!!!
wow i used to jive to this down at the local dancehall - great, me and hubby used to get a crowd round us when he threw me over his shoulder - gawd i dont think i could jive now i would probably put my back out lol.
I was 6 y/o and in Miss Cooney's 1st grad class. baby sitters would get me to dance to this with them. back then, a baby sitter would bring over a g/f or two to "help" her. the parents had an RCA AM/FM/turn table High Fidelity cabinet system. the rest became history. Oo-pah oo-pah ha ha
I think of this song as the perfect "rock & roll" chord pattern - it makes me smile every time I hear it. And the "talking part" just sets it off perfectly. Thanks for posting it.
to each person there is a special time in their lives, this era of music is mine, it brings so much happiness and joy that i was around to hear it and grow up with it. thanks a lot fellors
you know imo...alot of song's these day's are nice..but it's like comparing bruce lee to jet li..justin timberlake to micheal jackson..gaga to madonna..back street boys to temptations..and so on..you just can't these song's have feelin'g emotion's heart and soul and they were done without voice inhancement's like today's artist's they were from the body and soul..like million's say..OLDIE'S! RULE FOREVER! ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE IT IS HERE TO STAY! i envy those who lived the era.
I used to wait til my floks left then put on the 45's and for an hour or so i was the coolest rock star in America (my baseball bat was my guitar) yeah baby!!
@79barkingspider dude did you miss something? What of the communist reality and compromise of military secrets? Had you not noticed sexism, illegal abortions, and the bomb are all still here. What of the beginnings of the civil rights movement, chrome, the safety of children, chrome, uncongested freeways, chrome, Elvis, and did I say chrome? Give it a rest. You are in your 70's and your memory is going dude.
@zappasaurus Gee, where to start? Oh well. No, I'm not in my 70's; learn to add. My home town (in California) had blue laws, no signs of civil rights there. Women stayed home, cooked, cleaned, and popped out kids. Kids weren't any safer; there just wasn't as much crap in the news then. Elvis was boring; I could name you hundreds of singers since then who were better. Chrome sucks! I suspect your memory has already gone.
@79barkingspider Dude, I grew up in CA and still live here. Kids were safer. Why? Because women stayed home. There were always tons of moms looking out in the neighborhood ... watching. Is it better? Who can say. And "chrome sucks" ... sacrilege, need I say more ;P and no I don't take any of this negative craρ seriously ... how can you? As for civil rights and the 50's I got just one word for you ... Brown and if you really are from CA, uncongested freeways ... a dream at best these days
@79barkingspider you are wrong. Kids were safer and the music was outstanding. You and your media crap being avaliable is stupid. 10 million women disagree with you on Elvis. Research before posting. Damn skipper google.
@CrimsonChampions Research what? Where do you find evidence that "kids were safer" and that "10 million women" loved Elvis? "Music was outstanding." What a joke. It was fun, but most of it was childish and simple-minded, much better in the late 60's and early 70's. Oh shit, maybe I have to research that too!
I never saw the Diamonds when they were big back in the '50's. I heard this song back then and loved it. I assumed they were a black group. I was very surprised to find out they were white when I became an old man. It's weird what your mind will picture when you have only the sound to go by. Great song by a great group of the era.
Surprisingly enough I saw the Diamonds perform this song on Ed Sullivan in the mid 60s Now ten or twenty years means little but back then the song was just about ten years old ancient but I already loved Rock'n'Roll oldies which were not more than about 12 years old at the most I don't know the reason Sullivan signed the Diamonds about ten years after their record was a hit but I loved it anyway
With only 15 minutes of a 3 hour session left, The Diamonds recorded a song that they had just learned a few hours earlier called "Little Darlin'". The first and only take would turn out to be million seller that reached number 2 on the Billboard chart during a 21 week stay and become the third highest selling single of 1957.
@bens5stringbass its crazy that back then one take is all it took, now days they dont even record a whole song at once, its all pieced digitally together. like jerry lee lewis "whole lotta shakin goin on"...... one take, and its perfect.
@hippie6996 it never took one take they recorded it over and over again until they got it perfect have you ever seen the movie la bamba wich is a true story
@Nik3AllSt4r i think you should look it up, i just did and i found that "little darlin" the master version was done in one take in the key of F#. Also lewis, and sam phillips of sun records said that whole lotta shakin was recorded in one take, cut and put on record. i was also told this by my rock history teacher at berklee, someone who has played with all sorts of groups from the 50's. granted most weren't the original members, but he said he has played with lots of the original people.
Oh, man! I remember the 50's & 60's so well. You could tell the make, year and model of a car from blocks away, they were all so different. Such works of art. Not like the bathbubbles we see on the road today. It was a great time to be young.
I saw this group at an oldies show two years ago and got the lead singer's autograph. He's an older man now, of course, but I thought he was quite handsome.
I'm 70 now and can remember so clearly when this song came out. I was 16 and fell in love with every girl I met, but they didn't love me. Thank God for Rock 'n Roll - there was so much music - The Diamonds, The Chordettes, Neil Sedaka, Elvis, Bill Haley etc., etc., etc. They all helped me through those crucial teenage years but this one in particular. Thanks for putting it on UTube.
WinstoneP 1 day ago 3
love this
fagashkath 1 day ago
wow lucky grandparents (sigh) i wanna live in thier generation :(
393jalbious 4 days ago 5
love this era music
pageo10 6 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
I love this kind of music, such a very good melody! Thanks for posting!
Matuguina11 1 week ago
thanks - good quality - gonna need bigger puter
trav1nj1 2 weeks ago
sounds like Rob Schneider in 50 first Dates when he was Ula singing and dancing that hula dancing thing :) hah!
Elnig4 2 weeks ago
AHHHHHHH YAAAH YAHH YAH YAH YAH YAH YAHHHHHH YAHHH YAHHHH YAHHH AHHHHH!
CL137626 3 weeks ago
the oldies were so romantic ..ahhhhhhh nice :D
ThenItsLove 3 weeks ago
COOL
a1saouse 3 weeks ago
I FINALLY FOUND IT! I HAVE SEARCHED FOR THIS FOR YEARS! DAMN! my gram use to always play this in the car. nostalgia overload. die. happy. finally.
700293 3 weeks ago 2
I have fond memories of WLS in Chicago--listening on my new transistor radio :) I remember Dick Biondi but memory cells are slipping on his meatball song.
csb10ful 3 weeks ago
Time to rev up my 55 Chevy, I will never forget those days...........
kskk9368 3 weeks ago
oh my gosh--there are actually folks on here who remember WLS in Chicago!!!I listened to that station night and day for years. Does anybody remember Dick Biondi and his meatball song??
DonnaJ6348 4 weeks ago
@DonnaJ6348 He's on one of the records in the CRUISIN series!
Propylnitrite 3 weeks ago
@DonnaJ6348 On top of spaghetti.....all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed
1RichardGary 2 weeks ago
Looking and sounding great. Love the movie and the old times and music.
JimTraug 1 month ago
I remember it from my trips down to Tijuana to have sex with Maria de Jesus gracio lopez de iledefonso, and then after tapping the rhythmn with taco shells on my 1955 Chevy and wearing a 6 foot wide sombreo saying Essay!
princette 1 month ago
I am sending this message from Japan.
When I was young, I listened this song.
This is the American song in the musical history.
TETSUNORI1 1 month ago
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13 people suck.
taffy2003 1 month ago
13 people suck.
taffy2003 1 month ago
1:55 Freedom to drive without a seatbelt
Wellch 1 month ago
My darling, I need you.
mulus2008 1 month ago
Years Ago Larry Lujack played this on WLS(about 1987). After it played He said "This is so good IO'm gonna play it again
TheCheezhead15 1 month ago 2
@TheCheezhead15 Hey TheChee!- What a flash from the past, hearin Larry Lujack's name.. Yeah wasn't he around in the 60's or 70's spinnin that vinyl for us?
TREYOLDHIPPIE 1 month ago
No matter what cover is on it, I LOVE IT!
STARBARDD 1 month ago
Still makes this old man want to put his foot in it and light up the tires.
strawdog3571 1 month ago
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I'm a teenager now and I love this music! It makes me want to go cruising in a classic 50's Cadillac with big fins....not a modern one with big rims....
rightwingkid92 1 month ago
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rightwingkid92 1 month ago
This song is dedicated to my first true love Mary Ellen. Thanks Darling.
snackguru1 2 months ago
I LOVE THIS SONG...I WAS WONDERIN WHAT THE NAME OF IT WAS AND I WENT TO THIS YOUTUBE VID AND IT SAID BEST SONGS OF THE 60'S AND IT WAS THE SECOND SONG CLIP THAT WAS PLAYED ON THE VID JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO WOWWW,LOL THANX 4 POSTIN THIS SONG ON YOUTUBE ;)
xxxEMINENTxxx 2 months ago
love this style of rock and roll , senmds shivers down your spine!!
GbProductions1 2 months ago
24 years old and keeping these great tracks playing loud and proud :)
s2studlys2 2 months ago
I was a little girl when this came out. My dad played the radio all the time. I used to sneak out of bed, sit at the top of the stairs and try to be quiet while I listened to all the great music. :D
fayecollinsmcbride 2 months ago 19
@fayecollinsmcbride I was a teenager then, and mom had giving me a radio. It played all night. KOBY, KEWB, KYA.. It was a good time to be young.
RainDance4550 2 months ago
@RainDance4550 AWESOME :)
xxxEMINENTxxx 2 months ago
@fayecollinsmcbride Beautiful story brought back memories for me i was 7 when this came out thank goodness our music has lasted so we could not only enjoy but dance to it with our loved ones. Thankyou for your story and the memories.....
77molson 2 weeks ago
this is the first movie I ever bought. I was 11, this made me discover everything about the 50s, 60s.... And also the first record I ever bought.... great era
mynameisvanille 2 months ago
Days gone past and it seems only yesterday cruising in my 55 Ford customline and gas was 21 cents a gal. and a quart of beer was 25cents. Playing football when your girl was in the crowd. Oh yea.
wilcarr1 2 months ago
I had a 58 Chevy....yellow with a huge engine in it. My Mom got it because it was pretty but I hit the main drag every night. This song was playing when I had my first real crush. Age has a way of making you forget names but the music lives on in our souls. I am 70 years old and still love the music from my youth.
Brazilshirley 2 months ago 2
ah yes, deja vu we had it good with our "Smog-bucket," dalliances. little did we realize however that our INFERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE PET FANCIE'S WERE OUR BIOSPHERE'S NEMESIS. oh well, the planet itself will survive, alas,though, perhaps WITHOUT US. Not to worry! in another FUTURE, life will rejuvenate, after our former terrestrial abode has cooled down & hopefully, our inheritors won't be so stupid & short-sighted as to let America's favorite spectator sport get so destructively out of hand.
foopedlo 2 months ago
A simple time, gone forever.
kskk9368 2 months ago
how kewl is this...I remember my parents listening to this. Thank you for the posting.
pdjstone 2 months ago
just awsom
monogramsron 2 months ago
que de souvenirs me reviennes de mon enfance en réecoutant ces chansons ici, c est génial ca merci beauoup!
MsAndre1963 2 months ago
PLEASE DON'T READ THIS. YOU WILL BE KISSED ON THE NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMORROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. NOW YOU'VE STARTED READING THIS. DON'T STOP. THIS IS SO FREAKY. 1. say your name 10 times 2. say your mom's name 5 times 3. say your crushes name 3 times 4. paste this to 4 other songs. if you do this, your crush will kiss you on the nearest Friday. but if you read this and do not paste this, then you will have very bad luck
captinkiller34 2 months ago
When Toad crashed his scooter into that cigarette machine I had to rewind it a few times and got a laugh everytime.
Tokewhichu 2 months ago
sweet sweet music
nick345ize1 2 months ago
I like the song. But it has to be the most extreme example of white people trying to "sound black."
matureamericanable 3 months ago
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jdullf47 3 months ago
i wish i was a fifties kid!
ReaganMcGrory 3 months ago
@ReaganMcGrory only to be a teen in the 1960's... and a 20-something in 1970's. Great times!
rkmugen 3 months ago in playlist Oldies music
this group was always no.1 in the fifties,man i remember those days !! for 25 cents we would go to the hop,listen to all the groups and when the stroll would come on man every body would dance ,wow only if !!
buddyboy1953 3 months ago 2
Linda !
Macirop 3 months ago
I know what you mean. My first car was a '57 Chevy Bel Air, turquoise and ivory hard top..................wish I had it now. :-)
dorchestergirl41 3 months ago 2
10 Dickheads--hopelessly outnumbered! Things aint that bad!
TheBlueoverthemoon 3 months ago
<3
hoehawk99 3 months ago
S U P E R G R E A T ,they just don't make music like this . One of my favorites .Makes chilles go thru my body.
pretzgolf1 3 months ago 10
there always has to be a troll runeing it for every body if you see one on here just give them a thumbs down and flag them as spam, if enough people does this thay will go away forever, and lose there account here..!
david1513 3 months ago
A long time ago in a far-off land, I heard this tune and felt it vibrate in me.
It has since been my all-time favourite oldie!
Thank you for the memories.
RonEvane 3 months ago
"You wanna end up like John? You can't stay seventeen forever"
FanOfPopCulture 3 months ago
This was a lame version by a lame group of a good song.
1969vdez 3 months ago
@1969vdez the moe you open your mouth, the more you prove your and idiot, your responceback will prove the point
hotmn4u 3 months ago
What I'd give to live back then...I was born into the wrong time.
thewillfulldreamer 3 months ago
OH< thank god it isn't blocked.
CL137626 3 months ago
Canadian Boys :)
TheBrewdogs 3 months ago
the most iconic film ever made. :-)
drtydawg73 3 months ago
I saw the title of this song and thought it was familiar,and now i thank god i clicked.
BlazeetSKANK 3 months ago
I love oldies but goodies! <3
musicfanatic00 4 months ago in playlist PLAYLIST!
wow, now it is a very good day:)
katrastrophy 4 months ago
If you did not lived in the fiftys you have missed somthing,wonderfull.
nicksaras1940 4 months ago
to 79barkkingspider..it was just an example moron get my era's straight lol stfu fool i know they were not in those era's moron you try to kick down some knowledge but only show how dumb you are lol did i say bruce lee and the others were in there time?..no dumbass i was comparing by example.
shadowpriestsable 4 months ago
to 79barkkingspider..it was just an example moron get my era's straight lol stfu fool i know they were not in those era's moron you try to kick down some knowledge but only show how dumb you are lol did i say bruce lee and the others were in there time?..no dumbass i was comparing by example.
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kiits96 4 months ago
More cowbell! The Diamonds hit #2 in Billboard, 4-6-57. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a great week!
DaveWollenberg 4 months ago
My dream car, a white 55 T Bird!
TheEagles1161 4 months ago
Only ardent Elvis fans even knew he recorded it.., Terry's version has been played a gazillion times over the years and been a favorite on any oldies station and by DJs. Hey I'm a Elvis fan but I'm more into music than an artist and this version with it's vocals, haunting backround and cha-cha beat was and is still is far superior. :)
ROBofDEL 4 months ago
Late 50's & Early 60's = AM GOLD!
THX1205 4 months ago
I was 13 when this was a hit. Oh, the memories. I loved the Diamonds and all of the music from that era.
1tepenga 4 months ago 25
@1tepenga when was it performed by these guys ? ??
TravellerFellow 2 months ago
@1tepenga I was too lol and loved it...still playin in a band like this
Teatalktea 2 months ago
@1tepenga You're so lucky you got to live in that time period ♥♥
NYChica23 2 months ago
@NYChica23 You're right.. we were lucky... I wish it could be like that for all kids; it was wonderful. Anything we would say just couldn't do it justice... but, watch the movie, American Graffiti. That was us...
RainDance4550 2 months ago
yup, was a great period of time, except for the year i spent in vietnam.
mydannyfranny 1 month ago
uuuuuuuuuuuuu......ohh ooo you i love
alfio207 4 months ago
This song was first recorded by Excello Records in January 1957 and released as a rhythm-and-blues song by The Gladiolas. It wasn't until the Diamonds released it that it took off. I was there, eleven years old, and just getting into Rock 'n Roll. Great times
ghshinn 4 months ago
I was a little girl when that song was around,I remember my older sister playing it over and over again.I remember her saying that another group recored it too.Is that true?
Desiree50 4 months ago 2
God Bless you "Wolfman Jack", "Murray the K" and Big Dan Ingraham idols of 60's NY AM radio.
LMHS63 5 months ago
name the theatres and I went there also movie houses where they held shows. Sunnyside Garden in Queens, Hillside theatre on Sutphin Blvd. Queens, Apollo theatre in Bklyn( Thats right the Bklyn Apollo Theatre. First time I attended a show was on the sneak(My parents did not know) it was the Apollo theatre in New York. IWe saw Jerry Butler and group. also about 5 other groups. this was in 1957.
srcourtofficer 5 months ago
am i right thinkin the diamonds were canadian
petewba66 5 months ago
Boy has time changed. So many songs were dedicated to love and life. Living and breathing but now... most has gone down the pooper. I could say shiter but pooper made me laugh. Born in 1990, in a hispanic family I didn't get to hear much of this around my grandparents but my uncles bumbed this all day everyday. If you wanted to win a lady it was through music and your nice ride ;) How sad it makes me see how times have changed and become more violent. RIP to the old times. =(
GALzMissYoungsta 5 months ago 2
I will never forget this song. The pictures for this video were fantastic. Especially the "56 Chev. I wish I still had mine. Brings back lots of good memories.
xphibron7 5 months ago
@xphibron7 I you had your 56 Chevy now in mint condition, you could be living on easy street!
Eddieeish 5 months ago
@Eddieeish - If I had my '57 Chev Convertible I'd be on easy st. I'm 68 years young now and I just wish I had ONE of the cars I used to have!
xphibron7 5 months ago 20
@xphibron7 Thanks for your songs. They really bring back a lot of memories.
xphibron7 5 months ago
@xphibron7 I have a four door 57 chevy sedan and I love it just as much! I'm still driving one.
fiddlerpin 2 months ago
@fiddlerpin - You better keep that 57 Chev you will never find another one. Cars used to have personality. We used to ride around looking at the new models each year wishing we could afford something faster with more style. Now all the cars look pretty much the same and you cannot tell one from the other. It is also hard to get excited about a liittle 4 cyl too, but then again gas is not 25 cents a gallon anymore either.
xphibron7 2 months ago
dont usaully listen to this sort of music more rockabilly but ace song
missrockabilly95 5 months ago
I was born in 1970 and grew up listening to 50s and 60s music, my dad still plays this stuff when they have parties at their house, yes times were simpler no cell phones and the only rule that I had to follow was to come home when the street lights came on. I still listen to this music today.
pixielinux 5 months ago
all posters here are over 40. how fast some went from simply enjoying the music for what it is and went straight to bashing others. whether research showed this or that or the song was sung in the right frame of mind to suit another is not important. Theses songs are simply part of our lives or for many of you a part of your parents lives. lets share comments that show our age and stature in life. I like the song. I like the old and new live videos the Diamond's have done. Thanks for this post.
cyeastwood 5 months ago
@cyeastwood - You are absolutely right. Just enjoy the music and shut up (unless you sing along). I was born in 1960 and this music (50 &60's) has always improved my mood and brought a smile to my face. Thanks for posting it. - This is my daughter's account if you caught that lol....Marney
kaggie20 5 months ago
I SAW THEM PERFORM THIS AT A JOCKO SHOW AT LOWES STATE IN MANHATTEN.
srcourtofficer 5 months ago
@srcourtofficer
When was that? Had you ever gone to the Murray The "K" shows at the Brooklyn Fox Theatre? Those shows were DA Bomb!!!!
I love this song! Thanks for posting it!
toomuchmail50 5 months ago
This group was a joke and they song this song as a joke. All they did mostly was cover other groups original recording.
1969vdez 5 months ago
Mom & Dad's music..still love it!
ochinochi 5 months ago
@CrismonChampions my mother and father grew up in the 50s and 60s i was born in 1969 they told me it was a simpler time and kids where much safer, sometimes times where hard but it was fun and the music was good, mum says she wouldnt change the time she grew up for anyhting.
So shut the hell up and do your research instead of preaching crap idiot!!!
oldcomputers69 5 months ago
Those were the days !
kkkkkkevin4949 5 months ago
wow i used to jive to this down at the local dancehall - great, me and hubby used to get a crowd round us when he threw me over his shoulder - gawd i dont think i could jive now i would probably put my back out lol.
trulylovelylady 5 months ago
Thanks ben. I did not know that. Totally cool how that can happen. Magic.
Belshon 5 months ago
I was 6 y/o and in Miss Cooney's 1st grad class. baby sitters would get me to dance to this with them. back then, a baby sitter would bring over a g/f or two to "help" her. the parents had an RCA AM/FM/turn table High Fidelity cabinet system. the rest became history. Oo-pah oo-pah ha ha
TravellerFellow 5 months ago
Hey, creep! You want a knuckle sandwich?
phxsns1 6 months ago
Who wants to remember Justin Bieber and the likes hahahahhaha
1964littleangel 6 months ago
I think of this song as the perfect "rock & roll" chord pattern - it makes me smile every time I hear it. And the "talking part" just sets it off perfectly. Thanks for posting it.
joeslaughter01 6 months ago
greattttttt!!!!!!!!!
Themaricafe 6 months ago
Cha Cha! We called it Calypso. Great song.
MCiliberti1 6 months ago
Un bel PrimoPiano per Sara & Jess.
Grazie AK
FAUSTORICCARDO 6 months ago
great movie great song !! Oh yeah take me back !!!
meaudrey62 6 months ago
to each person there is a special time in their lives, this era of music is mine, it brings so much happiness and joy that i was around to hear it and grow up with it. thanks a lot fellors
ElaineRoberts2011 6 months ago
old songs never die...just artists and their ambitions
tomsvean 6 months ago
Will they remmeber Justin Beiber 50 yrs from now like they do Elvis and some of these other artists Doubt it
euie1000 6 months ago
you know imo...alot of song's these day's are nice..but it's like comparing bruce lee to jet li..justin timberlake to micheal jackson..gaga to madonna..back street boys to temptations..and so on..you just can't these song's have feelin'g emotion's heart and soul and they were done without voice inhancement's like today's artist's they were from the body and soul..like million's say..OLDIE'S! RULE FOREVER! ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE IT IS HERE TO STAY! i envy those who lived the era.
shadowpriestsable 6 months ago
@shadowpriestsable WTF, At least get your "eras" straight. Bruce Lee was 16-17 in 1957. Madonna and Michael weren't even born yet.
79barkingspider 5 months ago
Hey I never knew that stringbass, but I DO remember when it came out. I was going into grade 8
skaha77 6 months ago
the best song ever..shoe me love from greece
freddyREBELS9 6 months ago
I was wrong-uh!
heyjunky 6 months ago 2
More cowbell baby!
parkman35 6 months ago
Nice song, but why bring Justin into it?
concrete1022 6 months ago
この曲を聴くと青春時代に・・・アップ有難うございました。
kamisode123 6 months ago
Screw modern music, I want dowop.
HawockHain 7 months ago
i'm 16 and i love this song :D
SoRealQuest 7 months ago
awesome :'D
kuropixie 7 months ago
i so want to go to johnny rockets now
gweaterman 7 months ago
@gweaterman I went to one of those in D.C. this spring. Every day since I've wished there was one within 100 miles of me.
TannerJay250 7 months ago
I luv this song i look for years to the tittel of this song and i found it!!(L)(L)
MissFashion2011 7 months ago 2
I used to wait til my floks left then put on the 45's and for an hour or so i was the coolest rock star in America (my baseball bat was my guitar) yeah baby!!
fmdog44 7 months ago
im glad i grew up when i did (now) cause youtube is here so i can make a song playlist and stuff and search for good songs
LOdargons 7 months ago
I love the Rocky Fellers version a bit better, Im 18 but damn i wish i grew up in that era.
playercubsphan 7 months ago 2
@playercubsphan I wish I grew up in that era also..but minus the racism back then lol
Alabelle92 7 months ago
@Alabelle92 ...and the sexism, the anti-communist hysteria, illegal abortions, the bomb, and so on. I was there.
79barkingspider 6 months ago
@79barkingspider dude did you miss something? What of the communist reality and compromise of military secrets? Had you not noticed sexism, illegal abortions, and the bomb are all still here. What of the beginnings of the civil rights movement, chrome, the safety of children, chrome, uncongested freeways, chrome, Elvis, and did I say chrome? Give it a rest. You are in your 70's and your memory is going dude.
zappasaurus 5 months ago in playlist Doo Wop
@zappasaurus Gee, where to start? Oh well. No, I'm not in my 70's; learn to add. My home town (in California) had blue laws, no signs of civil rights there. Women stayed home, cooked, cleaned, and popped out kids. Kids weren't any safer; there just wasn't as much crap in the news then. Elvis was boring; I could name you hundreds of singers since then who were better. Chrome sucks! I suspect your memory has already gone.
79barkingspider 5 months ago
@79barkingspider Dude, I grew up in CA and still live here. Kids were safer. Why? Because women stayed home. There were always tons of moms looking out in the neighborhood ... watching. Is it better? Who can say. And "chrome sucks" ... sacrilege, need I say more ;P and no I don't take any of this negative craρ seriously ... how can you? As for civil rights and the 50's I got just one word for you ... Brown and if you really are from CA, uncongested freeways ... a dream at best these days
zappasaurus 5 months ago
@79barkingspider you are wrong. Kids were safer and the music was outstanding. You and your media crap being avaliable is stupid. 10 million women disagree with you on Elvis. Research before posting. Damn skipper google.
CrimsonChampions 5 months ago
@CrimsonChampions Research what? Where do you find evidence that "kids were safer" and that "10 million women" loved Elvis? "Music was outstanding." What a joke. It was fun, but most of it was childish and simple-minded, much better in the late 60's and early 70's. Oh shit, maybe I have to research that too!
79barkingspider 5 months ago
@CrimsonChampions music was great and kids were safer. and yes, 10 mllion women did and still do love the king
hotmn4u 5 months ago
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Thumbs up if you like me, a 15 year old audiophilist,radio amateur, 30's-present music.
mark6715b 7 months ago
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mark6715b 7 months ago
I never saw the Diamonds when they were big back in the '50's. I heard this song back then and loved it. I assumed they were a black group. I was very surprised to find out they were white when I became an old man. It's weird what your mind will picture when you have only the sound to go by. Great song by a great group of the era.
mortyfromc 7 months ago
Whatever happened to all the drive-inns with waitresses on skates? Those were the good ole days!
MrProstreet56 7 months ago
@MrProstreet56 A few Sonic Drive-ins still have car hops on roller skates.
mortyfromc 7 months ago
Surprisingly enough I saw the Diamonds perform this song on Ed Sullivan in the mid 60s Now ten or twenty years means little but back then the song was just about ten years old ancient but I already loved Rock'n'Roll oldies which were not more than about 12 years old at the most I don't know the reason Sullivan signed the Diamonds about ten years after their record was a hit but I loved it anyway
elamite66 7 months ago
i love this song i love the 50's i wished i was a teen in the 50's :(
thegorj10 7 months ago 23
@thegorj10 My dad was a teen in the 50's :] And I am 12. :D
Webkinzrule615 3 months ago
@Webkinzrule615 I'm 12,but my dad wasn't born until 1970
84Bronco351 3 months ago
A bit of trivia : )
With only 15 minutes of a 3 hour session left, The Diamonds recorded a song that they had just learned a few hours earlier called "Little Darlin'". The first and only take would turn out to be million seller that reached number 2 on the Billboard chart during a 21 week stay and become the third highest selling single of 1957.
Pretty cool huh?
bens5stringbass 7 months ago 71
@bens5stringbass its crazy that back then one take is all it took, now days they dont even record a whole song at once, its all pieced digitally together. like jerry lee lewis "whole lotta shakin goin on"...... one take, and its perfect.
hippie6996 6 months ago
@hippie6996 it never took one take they recorded it over and over again until they got it perfect have you ever seen the movie la bamba wich is a true story
Nik3AllSt4r 6 months ago
@Nik3AllSt4r i think you should look it up, i just did and i found that "little darlin" the master version was done in one take in the key of F#. Also lewis, and sam phillips of sun records said that whole lotta shakin was recorded in one take, cut and put on record. i was also told this by my rock history teacher at berklee, someone who has played with all sorts of groups from the 50's. granted most weren't the original members, but he said he has played with lots of the original people.
hippie6996 6 months ago
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hippie6996 6 months ago
@Nik3AllSt4r oh and dont take everything you see in movies as fact.
hippie6996 6 months ago
@bens5stringbass THANKS for that heads up. it's always nice to know the history of a song. ***** to you.
TravellerFellow 5 months ago
@bens5stringbass Thanks for the "background", Ben. Love information like this... Of course, the song is part of my teen history....
recovering16 4 months ago
@bens5stringbass
I love stories like that. They simply needed a quick song to fill their album, and it turned out to be Gold. Fabulous!
suplex2000 3 months ago
I used to listen to this in my front room on an old Dansette on a 78 rpm when I was 11, jesus,,, that seems a long time ago on another planet.
onlybugwit 7 months ago
Great song, just guys really singing.
ladybugs7ful 7 months ago
Yeah!! This song and old classic vintage HOT RODS go hand in hand.
MrProstreet56 8 months ago
Oh, man! I remember the 50's & 60's so well. You could tell the make, year and model of a car from blocks away, they were all so different. Such works of art. Not like the bathbubbles we see on the road today. It was a great time to be young.
pookatim 8 months ago
la la lalala great song!! man wish i was alive in the 50's!
bethany2781 8 months ago
My favorite part is the dude in the background going "la la la la la la"
zolluuu 8 months ago 4
great song!
merrymortician 8 months ago
Of the best songs of the time.
TEXASUSA45 8 months ago
@TEXASUSA45 one of the best all time
hotmn4u 8 months ago
My GrandMother Wrote This Song And The Diamonds Sang It. <3
girliecow12 8 months ago
I'll bet they regret not letting William Shatner join their band, lolz.
AWTD 9 months ago
Doo-wop autentic.
glaeken14 9 months ago
dope ass song whos down to start a band wit me. im a pretty good singer lol. jk but if i culd ill fukn do it fuk justin bieber!!!
Zie310 9 months ago
I saw this group at an oldies show two years ago and got the lead singer's autograph. He's an older man now, of course, but I thought he was quite handsome.
susandiane311 9 months ago 3
ISHTAR!!!!
nativewizard 9 months ago
According to Wikipedia the lead singer is from the same town I live in :D
gman8744 9 months ago