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  • These guys opened for the Beatles at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis in July of 1965. I was there. Came across some of them in the 90's when "The Legends Of Rock and Roll" performed at our school fundraiser.

  • @jazzdad47 I wonder if Paul McCartney got the idea for the "Nah Nah's" at the end of "Hey Jude" from this song.

  • I once found a unopened copy of this album in a used records store only to lose it cause I didn't pay my storage rent damnnnnnnnnnnnn.

  • @Robert0087able I thought you were gonna say because it got wet and moldy in the storage space. I'll give my stuff away before I ever use one of those things again.

  • Great ole East Los Angeles Rock N Roll Thank you Richard Lopez

    Thank you very much

  • I've been searching for this song for a long time. A little less for me to worry about in my life.

  • If this tune doesn't make you move see your doctor immediately!

  • Around 1964, a Los Angeles group called Bobby and the Classics brought in a new lead singer named Frankie Garcia who had earned the nickname "Cannibal" after he had bitten someone during a street fight in his younger days. After changing their name to Cannibal and the Headhunters, the group would go on to score a US Top 30 hit with "Land Of 1000 Dances".

  • hey phonetrick, I can dig it! I played this tune on+on! It's such a bummer to hear a member of one of your lotsa-listened-to groups died. God Bless Richard.

  • I am lucky i had very young parents in the 60s, I remember them playing this on there record player. I loved this song then and even more now!

  • I am addicted to the 50's & 60's love the music back then the orginal soul and motown

  • This was THE ONLY real Land of 1000 Dances ~ anyone else, other than Scar, was a fraud.

  • Remember getting tickets for Sam Riddle's "9th Street West" in November 1964 (just started my senior year of H.S.) ~ Riddle's show was one of the mid 60's dancing shows in L.A. I asked the girl of my H.S. dreams, Joan Eide, to go with me. It was the best, honestly; the music, the friends, the times, the politics, the parties ~ I wish you could all been along for the ride!

  • Dude! I graduated from Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, California on 16 June 1965 and I can remember crusing Bob's Big Boy, on Whittier Blvd., in Whittier, California in my 1957 Chevy and my punkass AM radio was playing so loud I thought the windshield would crack! But it was such a fun time to be young and alive. The music, the friends, the times ~ it was all such an experience.

  • This is such a great song, i remember listening to this on the huggy boy, the art laboe, and the rick ward show. Man how i wish they would stop removing the good

    radio shows!

  • My dad used to know Richard's Son back on the late 80's & early 90's. A much older man, He was living in down town LA. I was in my early teens at the time, and I remember him not doing so well. He was practically homeless Living in a run down Hotel.

  • My dad used to know Richard's Son back on the 80's He was living in down town LA. I remember him not doing so well. He was practically homeless Living in a run down Hotel.

  • Richard Scar Lopez has a son - He only knew his dad as a troubled man. He was surprised at his Dad's death to find out that his Dad had been special, singing one of the best known songs of all time coming out of East L.A.

    I am a friend and let me tell you now that this kid, well he is a man of about thirty five years old, is driving everyone nuts finding out about his dad.

  • @malcol000 A legend, immortal, son should be proud knowing his dad was a major talent. It can be tough of the kids, but we of the old school salute Scar Lopez!!

  • ‎So you think you're hot stuff huh because you're going ballistic? Well I'm going cannBALISTIC.

  • frankie "canibal" got his name because he was in a fight with this guy and bit him and this song was made by mistake because frankie drew a blank b4 singing so he just started going na na na and they made the song as they went all this was said by rabbit a member of the band in an interview

  • @qui164 If Frankie added the "nah nah" (even accidentally), he should get co-writing credit.

  • I liked this version and later Wilson Pickett it wasn't until a couple of years later that I found that Chris Kenner wrote and recorded it first all of them were good

  • thanks for bringing back some great memories

  • I like the hypnotic slowness and the way it sounds like it was recorded in the jungle.

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  • chicano soul de east los angeles!!!!!

  • This is my favorite version, si it's the definitive version for me.

  • To me this is the definative version. It's the one that rocked my neighborhood for the whole summer of 65-66.

  • Best version of this song EVUH!

  • i had to play this song for band- it was really cool

  • The biggest hit was Wilson Pickett's version. That is the most famous and "definitive" version and even that wasn't the original. The Original was by Chris Kenner from New Orleans Louisiana which was a great version as well. This version is slowed down and De-rhythm-a-cized to make it "acceptable" to the pop audience. As was done by so many artists like Pat Boone, Georgia Gibb, Elvis, and countless others.

  • @Mongo76

    Wilson Pickett's version came about a year after this one. The Chris Kenner original was very different. It didn't have the "na-na-na na-na" in it. This is probably the first version to include that chant.

  • @cmulwee001 perhaps you didnt see where i said Pickett's version was the biggest hit but not the original. This version contains the chant b/c he forgot the words. So then the pickett version combines the chant and the rhythm of the original. Perhaps those elements were the magic combination that made his the hit... Kinda like the twist(Hank Ballard&the midnighters1st) then chubby checker came along and blew it away... lol

  • @cmulwee001 ps i'm not arguing with you ....lol ... i  am actually agreeing .....

  • @Mongo76

    And I agree that Wilson Pickett's version is the best. And in the early '80's The J. Geils Band did a live version that was similar in arrangement to Pickett's

  • yup,me too! I would go back to the 60's too!!!

  • Pre Aids, Pre Terriorism, Pre deregulation...Pretty Cool....

  • As the great 1960`s philosopher Mr. Wizard(from Rocky and Bullwinkle fame) always said, "Trizzle Trazzle Trizzle Trone, time for this one to go home". If I had the time machine that Mr. Wizard had, the 1960`s would be the "home" I would choose. The best time of my life. The cars and the women were beautiful, fast, and had class.Things were inexpensive, and for the music, all you have to do is listen to this incredible performance, and you realize how cool it was to be a teen in the mid 60`s.

  • VERY 60s!!

  • Perfect song to play at a pep rally!

  • truth be known, those 60's girls were hot....and easy to nail ! Just ask your Dad. He may not answer but wont be able to stop grinning......When you go home for thanksgiving look over at your Mom....she was one of those girls....

  • From East LA, the definitive version of this dance classic (with all due respect to Chris Kenner and Wilson Pickett).

  • Dudes in the back @ 0:30 CLASSIC!!!

  • This song is sooo fun to play on the trumpet!

  • Love how the girls rocked to the music, and yes they were hot!

  • the 60s looked like they were happening!! so much great music.........the girls were hot too!

  • the 60s looked like they were happening!! so much great music.........

  • @74TheJoker and a new dance about every week

  • RIP....Thanks for the great song!!!!

  • These guys were around for like 5 mins and opened up for the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Righteous Bros. RIP SCAR !!

  • RIP.

  • Rest in Peace Mr. Richard 'Scar' Lopez, you paved the way!

  • rest in peace

  • R.I.P Scar

  • Goodbye Scar! You're not forgotten. And seriously, this is THE version of Land of a 1000 Dances.

  • @dedebelle -- I love this song and you're 100% correct. This is the definitive version :)

  • @dedebelle It is THE version.My mom saw them do it.

  • ..RIP Richard "Scar" Lopez  The group made East LA proud.. the Cannibal & the Headhunters will never be forgotten...

  • RIP Scar Lopez from East L.A. passed away yesterday!

  • The lead singer passed away today so I wanted to check out this song. Sure wish I could understand what it's about!

  • RIP!

    Singer Richard "Scar" Lopez of Cannibal & the Headhunters dead @ 65

    -- Entertainment2u-Twitter

  • @PhillyWings fuck those ciggys , that took george also

  • Christ....live a couple of blocks from Manuel's Monster Burrito stand! We would go over to his Moms house while ditching! Kool Dude! Wonder what happened to "Rabbit"? One of the backup singers?

    Maybe Cannibal's prima will fill me in?

  • this came out the year i was born.....and quite frankly......i do recall the na na nas from my crib....but thats about it man......it was a goovy 5 yrs living through the 60s....but what a time it was...yeah man...

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  • The best version in this boys book!

  • Hi, everyone, I am Frankie's (cannibal's) cousin. His baby sister checks this out from time to time. We are always happy to see new video clips when they get posted. Keep them coming.

  • this song was on a yellow vinyl album. I think the name was West Side Review?? Other songs were Karen, Farmer John, Land of 1000 Dances, etc.

    Does anyone remember the name of that album and where I can obtain a copy?

  • this song is stiiil good ! :)

  • We had the greatest music and we used to dance to it! a lot! greatest exercise out.

  • this song just reminds me of that scene in colors where that hot girl gets taken out the house in cuffs and that big dude finally gets taken down like by 10 cops

  • If my memory serves me correct (as I often watched the show as a very young child), I think this was a lip-synch "performance" from "Hollywood A-Go-Go".

    The kaledoscope effect of the go-go dancer was a cheap way to add visual effect to this song.

  • I love the Residents' version of this classic

  • 60's women were hot because it was the age of aquarius and free love...

  • Now this was music.

  • I hated this version when I first heard it years ago...now it my FAVORITE! That's because now I'm much smarterer! Whoda thunk it? ;-)

  • " The Baron " //// Same set can be viewed at /// "The Hombres =Go Girl Go "///. The same set in fact parts of it were cut from this " Land Of A 1,000 Dances "! Another pretty good Chicano //// "Chris Montez =Lets Dance "!

  • right which was first this one or Wilson Pickets?

  • @Usurped This is the original, before Pickett, and the best!

  • My favorite version of this song.

  • what is the name of this show ?

  • Why are people saying that white people can't dance? This is Chicano music, not made by caucasians. Plus everyone has their own sense of style not everyone dances the same. I said nanannananananana NANANANANANA haha Viva la raza

  • this might sound crazy but for some reason this song reminds me of the movie zulu,when the zulu s were advancing towards the british outpost making those sounds.honestly as far as the 60 s girls being quote unquote hot,i think it s simply because they didnt carry around all the pretense and attitude girls do today

  • The white guys can't dance because they are born with the innate ability to make money.

  • @pillroller88 they are not white they are latinos

  • @defrancotv shows what i know

  • this is really back to my roots.....

  • very old record in brother's old 60s collection

  • YEA, AND THEY COME THE A FULL BUSH!!!!

  • Hey Ruben How about this one

  • so glad I have this on 45...

  • Can anyone confirm that these guys are acutally Cannibal The Headhunters?...I saw that group up close at the Glen Island Casino in 1966 or 67....they did'nt look like these guys.

  • @floundersrule  This is the original cannibal "francisco garcia", my beloved cousin

  • Wat is dit fantastisch. Ik kende alleen de versie van Wilson Pickett. Is this the original version, it is so great!!! Who wrote the song?

  • Written and first recorded in '62 by Chris Kenner.

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  • Cannibal and the Headhunters added the "Nananananana" hook.

  • Viva Mexico Cabrones!!!

  • First Of All What's With The White Comments. They Are Nothing But Raza So Get Over THe White Shit!!!!!!!!

  • Man you guys are dumb, none of th comments ive read make sens, it sound like a bunch of ignorant fools that have no idea what their saying, just keep your mouth shuts and watch the video. idiots.

  • White people can't dance.

  • im white and i agree....although i can do a dance somewhat related to dancing.

  • "White people can't dance"? Now that's what I call a rather racist generalization. Ever heard of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly or any of the other countless other caucusians who became dance icons? Probably not. Ignorance comes in all colors.

  • I'm 57 years old and white. I have never had much rhythm. Black folks are just born with rhythm. It's genetic. All those ball room dancer are good at what they did back in Fred and Ginger's day. White people just don't have the soul like the singers of the 60's. In my humble, those were the best performers ever. Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, etc. Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one. That's mine. Peace out.

  • If you really want to see a White guy fly, watch the two videos of Roy Head doing "Treat Her Right". The black&white ones from the sixties. On each one, Mr Head goes crazy with some of the most incredible dancing ever, yet each one is choreographed differently. Seriously--go check them out right away! Peace

  • One thing for sure: Republicans can't dance!

  • White people can carry a tune.

    Not just rhyming violent talk that shouldn't be considered music.

    From South La.

  • Walt Disney was born Osvaldho Cisneiros in Vigo, Spain. LATINO

  • watching i love Lucy is hard...Arnaz put on the ruffled shirts and sombreros all too quickly. sign of the times? yes ...thank goodness those times are overrrrr!!!

  • all im saying give props where its due..back on those days richie valenzuela had to shorten his name to valens, so did martin sheen, charlie sheen and God knows who else. I remember back in the days when I thought Linda Rondstandt was white, jeez i would have loved to know back in the 70s when I was a little girl that Lynda Carter, ( wonder woman ) was half mexican. it's like let people know their true roots.. Rita Hayworth for example, 40's famous film star born Margarita Carmen Cansino

  • Yes, I hear you.

    Don't forget Desi Arnaz.....he seems to get forgotten. It was pretty clear where he was from and he was HUGE and the owner/producer of the biggest show of his time.

  • Desi Arnaz was a great talent but he did nothing to forward the cause of Latino/Hispanic/Chicano/Non-wh­ite art and popular culture in America. Just because someone is of a certain race @ a critical time doesn't mean that they will forgo their id as a performer for the sake of political/social change. what this group has along with the people tiana1017 mentioned is the ability to cross traditional cultural boundaries via music. in this respect, Desi is not forgotten he is just not relevant!

  • Can someone explains me why all those

    60's girls are always so goddam hot?

  • Hey recovering16, I think I saw that same PBS Special. It was so amazing. Now, I'm trying to save some Money to try and get their CD. Oh by the way can you recommend me any Latin Groups that I may like?

  • cause there was no plastic surgury n people had healthier diets n life styes

  • @gloubloux because there was no hd back then

  • @gloubloux Miniskirts, long hair, bangs, and a lot of eye makeup. The look became popular all over the world when the Beatles turned up with their girlfriends, all wearing the same.

  • @gloubloux Because they were virgins (or acted like it). Girls actually worried about "their reputation". Can you believe it?

  • @gloubloux An illusion my friend perhaps based on the go go look.

  • @gloubloux Californian girls of the 60's were!!!

  • @gloubloux pre womens liberation was one difference. girls then were just out for a good time, not to prove themselves equal or better than men. they were also uninhibited,and loved to really dance. those 60s dances were fun to watch. nowadays all the dancers try to imitate beyonce's moves (mostly pelvic thrusts) which aren't nearly as fun to watch as girls who used to do the pony or the frug etc. i blame helen reddy!

  • @12161euclid Oh, Helen Reddy's got nothing to do with it.

  • @gloubloux because back then ugly chicks weren't allowed on tv

  • @gloubloux They were allowed to be normal size: not fat, not anorexic, just a luscious normal girl-next-door.

  • @gloubloux because they didnt cover themselves in ugly tattoos and peircings and found that eating healthy and carrying a normal body wieght was better than binging and purging

  • @gloubloux I see you've gotten a lot of varied responses to your request. Most responses don't even acknowledge that "hot" is a matter of opinion. Keep in mind that what you're seeing is women selected for TV and movies, not nearly representative of the population as a whole. I can assure you that there were fat women and plain women galore back then, too, and the girdles and thick undergarments still worn by most women in the mid-60s made them look oddly constricted much of the time.

  • @gloubloux

    The beauty standards have changed. I agree with you, but it's just that our tastes might be too different from what we see in mainstream media nowadays.

  • @gloubloux Compared to modern women (and men) they do look a LOT hotter, simply because modern society has a very cheap taste.

    But compared to 1940s women these 1960s women look lukewarm at the most.

  • @gloubloux They were and I married one of them 40 years ago!

  • @gloubloux its just because of music FREAKbeat and of course sex appeal of her

  • @gloubloux It was a simpler time

  • @gloubloux because we still believed in love...

  • @gloubloux because we still believed in love...and didn't show much skin..so you could use your imagination...rather then all the crap we have today..eh?

  • @ranchroper1974 Very constricted back then, things are a lot looser now. I'd go back if I could though.

  • @gloubloux

    It was just like that, bro; no explanation necessary.

  • who say da white man cant sing like da black man

  • this band is latino.. get it right, they are not white..lead singer name is Gregory Esparza,

  • Actually, plenty of "latinos" are white....so it all depends...could have black, white, or mestizo roots....YOU GET IT RIGHT!!!

  • there's a big difference between caucasion white people from the US for example, as oppose to lighter complexion latinos..latino is latino, european is european, they are no black latinos, black is an american term, you dont call sammy sosa, pedro guerrero , etc black, ellos son latino , it's a culture,its a nationality, ethnic background is different when it comes to the color of one skin.. So they are latinos of african descent or european descent, native etc etc

  • @tiana1017 - Actually honey, that handsome young man with the dimple in his chin, Cannibal, is named Francisco "Frankie" Garcia. After his death, there have been other cannibals, but Frankie is the original. How do I know. He is my primo

  • actually these guys are chicano

  • A better video can found on the NBC show HULABALOO

  • Just for the record, Chris Kenner, a black singer from New Orleans, was actually the first artist to do this, backed on the 45 with "(The Name of the Place Is) I Like It Like That." His version was also featured a kind of laid back sound. Then came Wilson Pickett after Cannibal with an electrifying, high enery version. All great in their own way!

  • Now this by far is "The Best" and Original interpretation of this song!!! Sorry Willie G/Midniters but I've always been a loyal fan, but this one most definitely belongs to "Cannibal and the Headhunters".

  • lol did u know that frankie forgot the lyrics and just came out with na na na na.. look it up if u dont belive me

  • I loved this song, and I was impressed when I learned recently (via East Side Story on PBS) that Paul liked them so much and the "Na na na na intro" that they opened for the Beatles on one of their tours in the U.S.!!

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  • I love this version. It is the best.

  • this song lives on as my high school marching band's favorite piece

  • I remember the first time I heard this song in the middle '60s, with a small transistor radio clamped to my ear while I was walking around outside. I immediately thought the name of the song was inspired. It described the USA at that time.

  • the first time i heard this song i had to memorize it for my band exams

  • an absolute keeper!!!!!!---danced to this at my sock-hops

  • When I heard it on the radio I thought these guys were black but surprised to see these were chicanos. They had a Cinderella story to them as well. Paul McCartney was such a fan that he had them open up a few Beatles shows. Love this song.

  • chicanos.. u heard thee midniters? this song and other stompers.. wowie zowie! classic garage and beyond! good times.

  • I live in Ramona Gardens, and I heard they live here. Does anyone know where they came from.

  • they did come from Ramona Gardens. Bobby lives in Pueblo, Colorado now, JoJo sadly passed away a couple of years back, but not sure of the rest.

  • Thanks for comfirming that. I also heard from some old person that they use to live the apartment where I live now and we are also in a band, LOL!

  • @freaky4green Frankie (Cannibal) passed away in 1996

  • Iggy Pop also seemed to be smitten

    by this tune,he mentions this anytime when he is asked about what his influences were.

  • omg.. i was searching lyrics from Cannibal corpse and... i found "Cannibal & The Headhunters" so i said... wtf... a band trying to copy CC... or wtf... mdfkers and... ok... my friend youtube... and when the video starts... i said... WHAT THE HELL! xD

  • I said a na nananana nananana nanana nanana nanana na...

  • awesome.this is so hard to find.........my namesake....ha ha

  • yeah, chicano soul

  • Rock on! na na na naaaa!

  • RIP CARMEN

  • Both Chris Kenner's original and the Wilson Pickett version are great, but I personally love this version better, due to the muddy production, including choir, handclaps, cries & shouts and 'Animal Housy'-whoieee singing at the end.. Great, thans for posting!! :-)

  • OUTTA SITE. :) WOMEN DONT LOOK LIKE THAT TODAY.OOPS.thanks for this.

  • horale!

  • Na Nana Na Na, Na na na na

  • He was really playing to the camera. It was probably a great day for Frank, judging by his smile from ear to ear. GRADE A Thanks for the upload.

  • This is the original monster hit. Wilson Pickett covered it.

  • was written and recorded first by Chris Kenner in 1962.

  • but not a hit until Cannibal added the na na na na when he forgot the lyrics! true story.

  • I know that, I was responding to the person who said it was original.

  • After Chris Kenner, Fats Domino recorded it and it didn't get off the ground. Next was..........

  • pure rock

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  • this rolla is the nigs these chicanos got down