Joey Dee & The Starliters - Peppermint Twist.

[ronetteloverz]

Check out the length of Joey Dee's pants. Looks like he's ready for another flood in Lodi, NJ

[smithvazdan]

This was the #1 song on the charts when I was born, Feb. 10, 1962!!!!

[PlayaPimpPoet]

Jimmy Hendrix first started out with Joey D.

[jekiwe]

as i stated in the chubby checker "twist" video..i never quite got into this twistin' thing...even with this variation.?????? didn't get it ???? but a good song I suppose....

[perryquaranta]

Few people know this Rock 'n' Roll (Italian-American) legend Joey Dee led the first racially integrated mainstream band in America and introduced "separate dancing"(considered too wild in the early 60s for middle America) with the “Peppermint Twist” dance to society, celebrities and then middle America.

[dogkelp]

@perryquaranta

Did Henry Glover (the first black A&R guy at a record label) ever moonlight in the band? He produced at Dee's label (Roulette) at the time and co-wrote the hit, so it wouldn't suprise me.

[southwriter]

@perryquaranta No, actually the first integrated mainstream band in America goes to The Del-Vikings of "Come Go With Me" fame (1957).

[popeye1250]

"Joey D." Polish?

[urpgag]

IF you want to have fun and you were ten times as cool as what was on the juke box because the fuzz box was still yet to be... you got turned onto this because it was too cool for school. quit being so uptight all you kids. you have ORIGINS... beginnings and this is part of it. and that gal you call all the names? she was having fun. remember fun?

[rogerrrubin]

It don't get any more "classic" than this. The only thing missing is Chubby Checker and the original drummer of the Starliters.

[GarwinEugeneW]

this song is officially 50 years old and still sounds good.

[ElCid48]

This song has a Part II, all instrumental. I bought their Mono album in 1961 and still have it in pretty good condition.

[MVillani1985]

@ElCid48 Well mostly instrumental anyway. There's a few parts during Part II where they sing pieces of the song.

[ElCid48]

@MVillani1985

That's correct.

Thanx!

[jonnykatyward]

could their pants be any shorter? HAHAHahaha

[thaisuken]

roots of locking dance

[zimmcat]

they look like retards lol

[MrB17FlyingFortress]

I stand corrected it West 128 45th st

[MrB17FlyingFortress]

This is so funny. I remember the Peppermint Lounge on 46th Street right between 6th and Broadway. Closed in January 1966.

[shellybellysf]

MrB17Flyingfortress..thanks for info. I was reading the LGBT web site that has said there were about a dozen gay bars in NY around the fall of 1959. Many opened and closed or moved very quickly to avoid Police bust ups. I know there was a gay bar called the Black Cat in the 1950's in SF. It was a beats bar, that gradually became gay.

[mabonthebeat]

lol the weird thing is i know the dudes grandson. his names AJ.

[radarlovemusic]

Guy with BIG HEAD is wearing Hi-Water Pants

[normbates30]

whats up with that head ?

[ColleenCurlyFry]

wow...sexy highwaters



[radarlovemusic]

the lead singer must an alien cuase no one on earth has that big of a head.

[radarlovemusic]

the white guy on the right hand side of the stage - near the end of the video, he got some classic James Brown moves. He's Got It Goin' On!

[shellybellysf]

45 street.

[shellybellysf]

Joey Dee and The Starliters played at the Peppermint Lounge and I believe became the house band. This song is about the twist obviously, but it is also about the Lounge which was in NYC around 54th street. Correct me if I am wrong

[MrB17FlyingFortress]

@shellybellysf 45th street (he says it in the song) and it was not a gay club. They did not have gay clubs back then. There was a reopen of the Pep around 1980 I went but it didn't last long.

[shellybellysf]

There was a seedy gay club called the Peppermint Lounge. It was a hustlers and pickup spot. When the twist dance became popular after this all the celebrities and their like came to the club..even Jackie O came. Thanks for the post great tune where's Pt 2?

[25FIREBALL]

try 1958,,was re-releasd in the esrly 60s

[ReStOrEdLiFe88]

now that's big head!!!!!!!!! :D never mind. The song is awesome :D

[Francy4116]

wow

[peteo100]

This is a classic for sure. Skinny ties and highwater pants were the fashion thru the mid 60's with pointed shoes. Love it!!

[TheHomy70]

Is it true Joe Pesci was one of the members?

[Limekiln71]

@TheHomy70 yes Joe Peshi and Jimmi Hendrix were in the Starlighters touring band at one time or another. but my question is what is the connection between these guys and Starlight pepermints? lol

[LIFESKEY]

This brings back such great memories - it was an amazing time....

[06stang340hp]

Joey Dee on the left and Brigatti on the right.

[eyesthatshine]

Who is the singer on the left? Who is the singer on the right?

[LaylaandSamantha]

@eyesthatshine  The starliters maybe ?

[Hopkins132]

Hey look we just invented music =) we r so happy =)

[olddude521]

Wow! Joey looks like a big marionette on stage.

[newphx]

This is really an episode of "Thunderbirds" by Gerry Anderson.

[newphx]

And I thought Josh Brolin had a big head.

[Domzhenare]

@newphx I know that head is like WHOA!!! and it cannot be CGI graphics,technicolor didnt even exist in those days......lol

[cyasucars]

oldie song lol

[xxxellirks]

oh my goodness.... i didnt know cartoons were once real people!

[trevordank1992]

the singer has a huge ass head, at first i thought it was a video game with big head mode haha

[musiclover28mar]

@trevordank1992

What's it like to be PERFECT ?

[OutlawJoseyWales909]

@trevordank1992 007 Golden Eye lol. N64 FTW

[Jeepster46]

Thats Joey Dee with the Dark suit, the one you are speaking of with the big head.

[rasputin63]

This was from when pop music was fun.

How many pop groups in 1962 were multiracial? Not many. I can only think of one other: The Essex.

[rufus317]

@rasputin63 Del Vikings, Marcels, Franky Lymon and the Teenagers, Booker T & The MG'S.

[rasputin63]

This was from when pop music was fun.

[cpepe22]

not sure if its the camera angles but it seems to me that the guy in the black suit on the left has an extra-ordinarily unusual body

[floppybollox3]

KICK ASS!!

[Kool92cv]

Don't make fun!  Maybe he has acromegaly :(

[sscreemin]

Two of these guys would become the Young Rascals in 1964.

[isuckaman]

Big heads were the style for men in the early 60s. The British invasion changed that.

[ellechmi]

uyyyyyyyy genial!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bama3417]

Round Head!

[cynthia6637]

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DANCING TO THESE DANCES IN THHE 60'S

NO-BODY WAS FAT!!! LOL

LOOK AT THE WORK-OUT YOU GOT!!!

[qmac10]

If I remember correctly ..... wasn't this type of music suppose to lead to temptation and sin?

Thanks for the post we use to listen to this in the basement off Mom's 45 record player.

[mortyfromc]

@qmac10 It was supposed to but only if you were doing it right.

[440John]

@qmac10 It did!

[orrginall]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[adryana9]

čt 1 !

[Masinfira1]

@adryana9 Are you czech? Jsi ČECH/ČEŠKA? já taky obdivuju ČT1 na tom levém rohu :D

[MrB17FlyingFortress]

@adryana9 He had big feet too!

[DenGaleX]

Thats a huge head.

[devonrocks6]

lolz nice dance

[59cadcoupe]

Ha ha, look at Joey's head compared to the guy on the other side of the stage,,,

[JardeP]

dah mun head really big!!

[peacelillies82]

my favorite song

[mrob75]

All the comments about the size of heads and bodies: This is filmed in "kinescope"...Which means that a camera was pointed at a television screen...Remember that this is 1962 and television technology was still evolving. We should be so lucky to have this great footage! Stop being so critical and enjoy the music!

[overbrookXXX]

@mrob75 Oh I see.....Kinescope....so THATS what made his head so much bigger than everyone else's. Now I see.

[olddude521]

God, I can remember my older brother wearing suits like those guys and he really thought he was stylin'!

[kened1954]

Why does the guy with the big head have such short pants?

[kened1954]

Bet he drives a flying sauser

[kened1954]

his head is normal. It's the body man

[PoppinForBass]

One major problem today is I can't find a dance floor that is smooth to dance on. They are all very sticky. It's impossible to twist on them.

[shad1666]

some one told me is the guy on the leftt is normal?

[faywyn]

Joeys head must of been photoshopped, surely.

[ffricke1]

I worked two weeks as a spare bartender in the Peppermint Lounge

[MrErnie408]

peppermint lounge in new jeresy,thats 4 real

[Hettepop]

from my home town, Passaic , NJ's own!

[collinsprice1]

Joey Dee was so HOT

[SxTMinMan]

Anybody recognize the singer on the right as Dave Brigati, the "5th" Rascal and brother of Eddie?

[HEMI66US2000]

JOE PESCI FROM GOODFELLAS WAS IN THIS GROUP AFTER THIS RECORD.AND BILLY BATTS (GUY THEY STABBED IN THE TRUNK) WAS A BIG TIME BAND PLAYER Trini López, Del Shannon and Paul anka WERE SOME HE PLAYED WITH.

[basssio]

hahahah Lady what??

please... ! ¬¬ this is a real music & dancing video!!!!

[GagaDanceCrew]

Lady Gaga's BAD ROMANCE video was inspired by this! <3 How classic

[olka219173]

hehe extraaaaaa :)

[theCluevi]

,!,

[Nighthawk5210]

Well, you just HAVE to get up and dance to this one. I know I do.

[mjjcng8958]

i used to do this in front of tv as kid, it was during the infomercials and boy did it hurt my stomach

[bama3417]

Mabey his suit is small.

[60Macushla]

THAT"S how you do the twist!!!

[Khultan]

 What's that dance move they do at the end with their heels wiggling like that? Is that still part of the peppermint twist?

[Khultan]

Classic. : )

[JayNegron]

Anybody got Part 2 ??

[themighty808]

Is the lead singer a bobblehead?

[UmbrellaWatch]

sick.. badass

[AttackBitPress]

I can't even enjoy the song with the bobblehead there. o_o 

[KingethJames]

SWEET MOTHER MARY THAT HEAD

[ewilli99]

my great grandpas the guitar player. R.I.P.

[normbates30]

is it me or is this mans head iike mega huge !



[crogeek]

on the left is half human, half alien , I bet that he's working for Man in Black xD

[webefab]

Love this...good rockin'! look at that lil guy go!!!

[theoriginalbadbob]

The greatest dance ever invented:

THE TWIST.

The greatest Twist dancer:

JOEY DEE.

[PrimalStones]

I still can't get over the size of his head.

[surferlaments]

@PrimalStones ....the blood fills the head ....when there is too much peppermint twisting.

[missyiti]

@PrimalStones Me too. It musta meant he had a big brain O_O

[debbiedamooseful]

@PrimalStones Camera angle, hopefully! Gotta agree tho.

[PaulDePace]

@PrimalStones ....have to agree on Joey Dee's head!! So I had to pull another video....the strangeness continues!!! And it is NOT camera angle... Could that head proportion be for real?!!

Joey Dee & The Starlighters - Shout Key that into your SEARCH bar and check it out!! Scary!!

Paul / Texas

[PrimalStones]

@PaulDePace hahahahhaa. Funny stuff. Not a fan of most Americans but Texans and most other state sotherners are alright. Have to visit Tex some day and try some ribs or something like that. Wheres the best place to go?

[dimbo987]

@PrimalStones HAhahahahhaaaa

[InsanityHere]

Why can't we have these kinds of songs anymore?

I wish it where the 50s and 60s again.

I wonder if the Leave it to Beaver gang liked this music?

[tombone63]

This is obviously lip-synched, but I think the rhythm section who backed him in the studio was actually The Young Rascals. The backing vocals and musical style sound very much like TYR. I remember an early rock-film he did called "Twist around the clock".

[damosanchex]

Lol can't believe Jimi Hendrix and Joe Pesci toured with this group lol

[jayfey77]

jimi also toured with the monkees.lol

[coolmamac]

@damosanchex

Hendrix, really? I saw Jersey Boys and they mentioned it that Pesci toured as a rhythm guitarist. with Joey Dee.

[elkingayman]

dont take this wrong but i thought black men could jump higher than that

[mikelson1988]

@elkingayman If he jumps more the attention would have gone to him and not to the singer

[SebastienCade]

Why couldn't dancing still be like this? I'd be able to go on the dance floor without embarrassing myself.

[KatieThompson17]

@SebastienCade Agreed!! I'll dance with you :) lol

[gr8guitar69]

When I was living and playing in Fla my group got a gig opening for a band called D-Force, I listened to them at sound check and was surprised at how good they were. After taking to the Guitar player I found out that the lead singer was Joey Dee's son. He was the front man and played a pretty mean Sax, fact is the whole band was dam good. The Guitar player gave me a 4 song EP that I still listen to, I don't know if they have anything on the Tube, they are not like Joey Dee's band.

[mycha2416]

crazy dudes loove it :D

[butchfeuker]

I like this song. It reminds me of the great times in the Peppermint Longe in NYC.

My best friend Joe Riccio brother was one of the longe dancers.

Also remember the Wagon Wheel another great pup that was rocking in Midtown.

in the 60s. butchfeuker.

[thelonelyslayer]

haha. i was gonna say they were lame until they started twistin. woo! haha.

[looselatigo]

Had this on a 45

[Diogenes1360]

Dim Suitz iz tu TieTTZzzzz.....

[Camuvingian]

I love this. This is fucking cool!

[PrimalStones]

HAHA HE LOOKS LIKE JIMMY NEUTRON

[PrimalStones]

Had to come back, i love this vid so much :L

[PrimalStones]

I can't stop laughing at the size of his HEAD, his dancing and his tiny body. :L

[TheMikehattan]

@PrimalStones Snigger, snigger, snigger, that's funny dude.

[PrimalStones]

@TheMikehattan I don't have a clue what 'snigger' is

[TheMikehattan]

@PrimalStones ....Snigger is an old English word which has almost disappeared due to it's being misunderstood. It has been replaced by 'Titter'

[PrimalStones]

Why has that guy on the left got such a tiny body and a MASSIVE HEAD?

[MrJuxtapoz2010]

@PrimalStones grow up

[PrimalStones]

@MrJuxtapoz2010 It's just too funny

[latefor]

@PrimalStones probably to be noticed why else?

[Camuvingian]

Amazing.

[hoops6706]

how gay is that?

[PrimalStones]

@hoops6706 Not very go listen to Emenem

[thelazycomic]

As graceful as I am... being sarcastic... I'd have fallen off the stage doing all that jumping. Notice how close they all are to the edge. Great video.

[latefor]

all you head commentators should look at their own noggins and see if they would like to be on you tube watched 621,342 times

[CampinoKind]

i'm gonna dance this on my wedding! Seriously!

[netmatrix75]

Did someone tweak the video? why is the guys head seems like it was tweaked to be funny.

[badboybaldy1]

hey ! why the bad words be nice dont be disrespcerful .... reallyi dont understand you people talking about heads and all behave k ...just stupied words k ....

[carolinablooz]

Does anyone remember the Wagon Wheel a couple of doors down from

the Peppermint Lounge on 45th street ?

[malika585]

the three are such good dancers. Make it look easy...

[Narkoteksss]

ty vole na cesky srařce davaj americky sracky,,,hm dobre ona

[misamisamisamisamis]

ČT 1 dobře :)

[rokoping]

who cares if the man is a big headed....I like the Peppermint Twist!!!!

[MrB17FlyingFortress]

I remember this when it came out. The Peppermint Lounge on 45th Street closed early 1965. They lost their liquor license. But after that there was a place called the telephone booth on the east side that had house bands like the Rascals. This period came and went in a couple of fast years.

[pillroller88]

Who cares what race they are. Bup shoo bah buppa buppa shoo bah!!!

[MrRadish81]

@pillroller88

And who cares over your twaddle??? Bah john shoo...

[MrRadish81]

It was transmit on the Czech TV channel ČT1... Just for information :)

[DaveWollenberg]

Billboard's 103rd #1 hit of the rock era. God bless!

[elamite66]

The Twist seems so silly now but back then it was so cool to an 11 year old I always liked Joey Dee better than Chubby Checker but it was close and then I found out it was Hank Ballard and the Midnighters who first recorded it Liked them all remember King Curtis and "Soul Twist"?everything was new and cool at that age but time marches on I'm sure there are kids today who feel the same way even if they are overexposed to media of all sorts, that's what was said about us and will in the future too

[SaigaEcano]

Like this song. Me and my brothers try to do the peppermint twist all the time

[kestassubacius]

The Older Stewie Griffin is on the Left side :)

[tim60s321]

1962- the year of The Twist.....its hard to imagine now but this was a sensational revolution and burst upon the world like a bomb...it was the birth of the non contact dancing that continues today...everybody could dance the twist-even my mum and dad and their friends at a kids party!!

[surethisisok]

I do not understand why people seem to feel the need to judge people on there looks and what they wear.. These are the people who created a great time out and some of the most amazing music you will hear.. Just cause some one does not wear a burberry cap sidewards and walks like he has had gay sex with a guy for 5 hours doesn't meen you have the right to dig and take the piss out of them... We are all born looking different its what we do with our lifes that makes us US

[joeyjosephs]

@surethisisok why does the word gay have even be used

[surethisisok]

@joeyjosephs You know people who are straight that aint chavs that walk that way.. No. Thought as much !

[rmariani1]

Later members of the touring group would include Eddie Brigati (David's brother), Gene Cornish, and Felix Cavaliere - three-quarters of The Young Rascals - as well as guitarist Jimmy James (later known as Jimi Hendrix), Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers and a young Joe Pesci on guitar.

[h6425]

look at the size of their shoe's,bloody hell

[Thadesgal]

well they got a new dance and it goes like this... 1962 huh? I guess that makes this song around 49 years old. BOY! Wasn't that a great year to be born? I was! A.M. gold... Wtf was F.M. anyway...? :o P

[saskabush2006]

I didn't realize the Starliters were an integrated band - cool! (Not a big deal today, of course, but remember this was the early 1960s when in many parts of the US blacks and whites couldn't eat in the same restaurants together).