Do You Wanna Dance - Bobby Freeman - HQ

[bunsterx1]

It's been awhile, but I think I remember hearing this song played on the Sandy Becker Show, a 1960s-era afternoon show for kids that was broadcast in NYC. Sandy looked like a neatly dressed (suit and tie) school teacher but created a bunch of kooky characters (Norton Nork, K-Lastima, for example) that left me in stitches. Sandy had good musical tastes, which included this cut and some other rock n roll tunes ("Do the Swim," for examples) that he used to play on his show.

[uberbass]

I just wish I lived in a time when I could go out somewhere and hear this. I'm 17 and I just wasn't made for these times.

[SpeargunHDTV]

@uberbass If SOPA passes, this kind of simple pleasure will disappear overnight!

[fllrovcm]

times where better then . still remember them. for the record dj mad man macuso played it on the air when it first came out none stop for 24 hours.

[cynthia6637]

WELL DO YA... WANNA DANCE??

OH BABY....DO YA WANNA DANCE??

YES,YES,YES,O BABY........ DO YA WANNA DANCE

MANY DANCES COMES TO THE MIND WITH THIS SONG!

JR HIGH SCHOOL 1960!!

[mrwarmth100]

dont forget the dirty chicken

[TheyKnowNoShame]

This has been covered many many many times, but original remains the best--it remains a GREAT recording to Dance to--and i mean dance! And it can fit into dirty dancing with ease. The slow down and pause and restart between 1:38 and 1:45 was a brilliant touch--you got to really look into your partners eyes and feel the fire(VBG:). i was 16 when this came out. MaxPhiladelphia- p.s.o yes we knew what the grind was in Philly, back then:)

[Lana71744]

Yes, yes, yes...I do wanna dance!!!

[dorchestergirl41]

I never heard of the "Grind", but like a lot of other things, it depends on what part of the country you're from.

[lkn4bling]

Waiting for someone to record "Need Your Love So Bad" by Bobby Freeman for YouTube. One of his great slow oldies.

[garycooper1000]

This really is HQ. Sounds great. Do you have Betty Lou's got a new pair of shoes?

[leonel1234455]

This is the one I was looking for.... with the bongos. The very best.

Used to dance to it back in the 60's... best time of my life!

[ImmaculateTouch]

Dayumm!.. this dudes old!..sikk!.. I bought this album 3 years ago when I was 18

[elisa412]

Thank you for a great song from 1958 it is a classic

[elisa412]

@baldur1377 you are so right. Hard to believe Bobby is 71. I like your comment on "For slow stuff we had The Grind" only old school would know what that meant...

[ColtonBrassie]

im 105 and i listen to this!

[trademark1994]

in american graffiti this is playing when milner and falfa are racing on the city streets, love it thanks for the original

[paulmick2006]

I hear that Jerry Garcia played electric guitar on this song. Freeman and Garcia were both from San Francisco.

[paupur]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. The original. Thanks.

[recovering16]

At least this one is the real Bobby Freeman original, unlike most of the others on You Tube that say they're Freeman (but are not). Thank you. Great sound too.

[rdhowell71]

Since this is a video of the record playing I am also amazed at how good the video camera/recorder picked up the sound.

[billchew450]

I bought this record in the summer of '58 when I was seven!

[RootsinBrooklyn]

@billchew450 I believe Bobby Freeman himself was all of 17 when he recorded this. Great bass line groove; love the false ending; record still sounds good. A Classic!

[OldMusicSoul]

@billchew450 How much was it?

[tyoun5]

@OldMusicSoul I also bought this record about the same time, 1958. Was .69 cents, EJ Korvettes store , Babylon, NY. Great time to be a14 year old.