RaggMopp

[indiglogrey]

RAGGMOPP! 21 and I've loved this song since I was a young teen. This will never get old to me. Thanks for uploading it. :D

[PCdurp]

When ever I feel depressed I hear this tune and it I feel better :D. Great song

[1mespud]

The Treniers and this great footage is one of the reasons I can continue to tolerate lifes crap!These guys are the reason life sucks a lot less! We are blessed to witness their presence and existance. They were like the Earth, Wind and Fire of their time and then some...If great entertainment could save the world, these guys would have came to our rescue years ago...

[elvisfan1958]

these guys are great ! love it !

[Zsavage1]

I love the one of thease guys with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martain

[TheRealGunfish]

Galaxy News Radio.. with your host, me.. THRRREEEEEE DOOGG!!!!!!

[throovest]

This is a million light years ahead of its time. It embraces the twist, moon dance, Mickey's Monkey, Watusi, mashed potato, Uncle Willy, bop, and all the rest. And soooo pro

[paintwithmusic]

I discovered this song from Disney's silly songs compilation when I was 13, 14 years old. Was my favorite in the bunch. Now I get to see the original with such a fun video. I still love it!

[oldgoat142]

My kids loved to give me crap whenever I'd geek out to this tune, but they laughed just the same. They liked watching the old man carrying on. Now these guys know how to have fun on stage. Too bad so very few know how to really pull it off anymore. Matter of fact, nobody really comes to mind.

[Jefgg]

JizzMopp

[RonaldCrosthwaite]

When ever I need a lift, this clip does it for me. It never gets old. Love the moves and the antics...

[anw52]

@RonaldCrosthwaite

I had no idea, 3 years ago, how popular this video would be. My 3 children just loved to watch this number when I played it, so one day, I asked my son to assist me in uploading it so everyone could enjoy it, and it has been a huge success ever since. anw52

[sdftrd]

man, what a swingin' number. I couldn't keep my feet still

[59cadcoupe]

Can' t get enough of this ....!

[LLMorse1]

Damn ...these fellas are having a good time.

Shine on Brah...

Lowell L Morse

[jhleon1014]

Milt Trenier is still around and performs occasionally in Chicago,

[raggmopp69]

For some odd reason, I feel compelled to post on this video...

[PanWilson]

The bass player has certainly had time to master that "new"

instrument.

[weedavey]

I'm amazed that 6 people disliked this. Are you mad or just joyless?

[bonggoat]

Every morning before I have breakast I watch these guys. I glide through my days and sometimes practice the steps. They were among the best.

[mragentblue]

I always thought Chuck Berry invented the duckwalk, but I guess he didn't! :)

[bonggoat]

These guys are incredible. absolutely the best. I love their work.



[victorpaskow]

RATT FINK

[donniganclan123]

swinging cats =)

[d820m]

now if someone would post the Doc Sausage version from 1950......

[pictureisup1]

Black guys can do this today.

[SeeNoEvil5]

piano player dancin' at :56 !!

[WytZox1]

Gets U in that jump up and do the Lindy kind of mood!☺

[archona54]

These men...are incredible....Thank you for sharing.

[789trebor]

What a great performance!

[cbeersboy1]

what genre is this song?

[roge69charger]

If you're a Fender man, You can tell the yr roughly from the Fender P Bass, Still the Standard Today. About 1954.

[1982Moonbird]

Oh God...I'm 5 years old again sloshing back and forth in the backseat of my Grandmother's '85 Pontiac Parisianne on the way Hancock Fabrics in Birmingham, with WAPI blaring....love the song...but it makes me feel a little carsick...

[666pinkster]

this isn't late 40's, it's at least 1951 as the bassist is playing a fender precision, they didn't exist until then....so...my guess, somewhere around 1952/53. it's a "telecaster" style bass, too...so we're looking at between about 52 and no later than 57 most likely, when the style of the body was changed to the more familar "precision" bass, with contours the earlier tele style didn't have. just fyi, peeps...

[666pinkster]

this isn't late 40's, it's at least 1951 as the bassist is playing a fender precision, they didn't exist until then....so...my guess, somewhere around 1952/53.

[MrArgee]

GREAT!

Thanks for sharing.

[michie198]

lol the piano player is puttin in WORK!

[Othmane887Kaab]

Rag moppp^p^pppp

[11Kralle]

This ought to be from the 1959 movie `Juke box rhythm´...

[christopherm2k]

I confess that I watch this almost every day. I try to emulate the various moves of the troupe much to the chagrin of anybody that will tolerate me watching me dance.. lol I love it. Thank you for sharing this wonderful entry.

[MLDfrom63]

@anw52 - clip is most likely from the early 1950s. The Fender Precision bass wasn't invented until 1951 and the bass player is playing one of the earliest versions in this clip - slab body like a Telecaster.

BTW - this song was written in 1949 by Deacon Anderson and Johnny Lee Wills who was the younger brother of Western Swing icon Bob Wills. Thanks for posting this!

[anw52]

@MLDfrom63

well... if this was from 1952 or 53, then very appropos indeed. Anw52

[musicforchewfaygs]

rayg

[SavorMyLife]

Holy ****. I will never live another dull day after seeing this video. LOVE it.

[ChynaRider]

Awaesome. Okay, yeah, that word over used - but - well, Jackson!

[Nanchee76]

ELMO PEEPEE!!!

[MrRJDB1969]

Though I like the Ames Brothers vocals on this number, you can't beat The Treniers humor, dance steps, & energy !!

[QOSCakemaker]

Bear, my uncle is James Dee "Deacon" Anderson. He is 86 years old and still kicking. He is my favorite uncle and has been like a father to me. He is more fun than a barrel of monkeys - he was the uncle that taught me to swim, took us on "log" rides on the river on a downed tree log, built sand castles and made "rice farms" in the sand for us. He is just an all around wonderful man.

[Azizip17]

I also LOVE this song. I first heard it from the Beany & Cecil cartoon. Until I looked up this song I never even heard of The Treiners. My loss. Check out the video Sesame Street: Abc Hip Hop With Miles for a song that is based on Ragg Mopp. I'm sure there are other songs based on Ragg Mopp. My compliments to Deacon Anderson, who wrote this song. I've included this video on my online showcase of YT music/dance video gems. Google Jambalayah. It's # 534 (numbers aren't ranked by preference).

[pillroller88]

Weed had to play a little history in this

[mrpentium]

There were no wireless instruments then, so they had to choreograph the dance so the bass players chord would not get tangled up with the others. Really cool...

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium True, but, I don't see a wire on his bass! I'm looking and I can't find one!

[mrpentium]

@RedVynil That's because of the low definition of the video back then.  Look at 1:03, and you'll see the connector protruding down from the bass.....

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium Yeah, I see the connector, but, I've been a musician since I was 4 (1961) and from what I can see here, there's no wire, there SHOULD be at LEAST a shadow of one. I'l take another look and let you know if I can see one.

[RedVynil]

@RedVynil I just watched this video: The Treniers, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (1954), and could CLEARLY see the cord on his bass numerous times.

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium I just watched it again full screen and, there's no cord in the shot. You'd also have to consider that, back then, cords of this ilk were thicker than the ones we have today so it SHOULD'VE been visible in the shot. I've also done work in t.v. production and with a stage magician where EVERYTHING that can be seen is taken into account LONG before the show, so, even with this definition of the film and being able to spot things most people don't even notice, I'd still say no cord.

[mrpentium]

@RedVynil I respect your opinion...but one question....why the elaborate choreography so the bassist is not crossed ? Maybe we'll never know

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium Thank you for the respect. I respect yours, too. :-) There just MIGHT be a wire there that really IS too hard to see, maybe only digital clean-up will tell us! As for the choreography, he IS carrying a bass! I have 3 of them and even my Steinberger copy (no head and a very small body) is on the heavy side! It looks to be almost a full scale he's got, so it's not going to be easy dancing around with that over your shoulder, especially the way he wears it, over the LEFT shoulder!

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium Oops! He DOES have it over the right shoulder this time! In the Martin & Lewis video, it's on his right shoulder! Anyway, again, because of the bass, there's the possibility of smacking one of the other guys in the head during a turns. I just watched it VERY closely again JUST looking for the cord and STILL can't see one! I guess we can say this is the search for the lost cord. ;-) The way he's moving around, especially at the end, you SHOULD be able to see the cord moving SOMEWHERE.

[mrpentium]

@RedVynil Maybe he's out front because of the bass...I too have one...so he wont brain someone with it. Anywho, the choreography is my favorite part......

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium The entire performance is great!! They seem to do that for a lot of their songs which is REALLY cool! My parental units seem to think that if you're any good, musically, you don't need to dance around and stuff!! One of the reasons I like Spike Jones so much is BECAUSE they do all sorts of goofy stuff and STILL play VERY well. If a muso can goof around and STILL play VERY well, THAT'S a good musician!!!! It's just too bad that almost nobody, other than Fishbone, does that anymore!!

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium Madness is like that, too.

[mrpentium]

@RedVynil Yep Fishbone is off the hook. Music is entertainment.....that is why MJ was sooo successful, as well as Prince, Alice Cooper, Morrissey....etc...the music is only one part

[RedVynil]

@mrpentium Absolutely!!!! Being a drummer, I couldn't exactly jump around on stage when we'd play, but I DID try to at LEAST make the parts I was playing as interesting as I could!! We DID do one song called , "The Gods Themselves", where, for two of the verses of the song, I play the drums with my feet up on top of my bass drums. I also "wrote" a lot of the bizarre changes in our music just to make it different and entertaining.

[tp3katie]

dang the guy at the piano should be a rockette lol

[59cadcoupe]

Tremendous ! Those dance steps knock me out !!!

[anw52]

Thank you, Jerry. I never knew the year of the performance.

anw

(CDN)

[JerryCascone]

1949

[lukemcgregor]

so simple but so effective. who would think that repeating 8 words could be such fun! The sax and bass guy get me. how could you play and still put that much energy in?! Legends.

[Miker5840]

Just tooooo cool

[FatherTimeST1300]

Excellent. Thanks for posting.

[Nightmarez753951n]

5 ppl are just dumb little whippersnappers

[pylgrym]

Y'all catch the Bob Clampett/Beany and Cecil version of this classic surreal song!

[dubonetducon]

This was originally by the Ames Brothers.

[10Jetto]

OMG....

[chappelapper]

whah dit moesten voor school doen :-dp Minkemaxd

[KizulEmeraldfire]

Man, they just don't have this much fun anymore when performing music. :(

Seems five sticks-in-the-mud also voted this video down — time to fix that. :D

[snackcakeman]

Who are the five that dislike this? Surely, that must be a joke because this rocks the house.

[sweetnssssssssssss]

MAFIA2?

[lrossi888]

Heard this in MASH and I was like... that's kinda catchy...

[wallyho58]

These guys totally KICK ASS !!!!

[MakesCakes]

Saw my Uncle Dee today - he wrote this song! At 86 he is still going strong!!!

[anw52]

Not sure of the date; late 40's I think.  anw52

[RedVynil]

@anw52 Late 40's with an electric bass guitar??

[spyweed1111]

What year is this?

[milegirl23]

This Is My Papi! He Was Part Of The Treniers!

[BOOT367]

@milegirl23 Which one is your Dad?

[pillroller88]

Outstanding! Treniers stage show must have been the ginchiest!

[mrsticks28]

Always remembered The Treniers as a great group and rivaling Louis Jordan. These guys could swing, and their choreography was hot!

[zerotolerance4u]

Too cool!

[thecountofbasie]

Every time I watch this one it reminds me how amazing the Treniers were...and this has got to be my favorite performance of theirs...5***** and then some...

[Kalbru]

Wer kennt denn die deutsche Version - ROLLMOPS - ???

[cantstopsingin]

my cousin used to have an Alvin and the Chipmunks tape with this song on it! that's how i first learned it :)

[tocotodo]

My mother taught me this song when I was about 6 years old. (That was a loooong time ago.) Thanks for the memnory.

[rockingspot]

It rocks...!!!

[Seattlecarnut]

The first time I heard this song, my grandmother sang this to me, I thought she was acting crazy. I was like "she's going crazy. There's no such song as 'rag mop'". But then I watched this video, and I was like "man! There is such a song called 'rag mop'".

[QOSCakemaker]

No. Uncle Dee wasn't in the Ames Brothers. They just recorded the song that he wrote. I told him about everyone's comments and he thought that was great! He is still kicking and is the favorite of all of his nieces and nephews.

[labronk]

Ah, I used to listen to a kid's radio show in the 80s, and nursery and grade schools around the city would race to request this song every show. Best show ever, best song EVER.

[xerllys]

Типы Жгут_))))

[QOSCakemaker]

I went to see my darling Uncle Dee this week and told him about all the hoopla on Youtube about him. He was thrilled. Keep the comments coming - I am forwarding this to him.

James Dee "Deacon" Anderson, Sr. wrote this snappy, can't get out of your head song. He is still kicking in Texas.

[mrgbennet]

Nice bit of Lindy Hop.

[retracent89]

Wanna hear their nephews music? Visit my channel and check out the music

[RlCARDA]

They've got the rhythm - watch the guy on the piano. Great!! Thanks for the clip.

@morisenpaiotaku

Greetings to you great grandpa, he did a good job.

Gruß aus West-Deutschland.

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

It's amazing how insanely popular the Treniers were during the 50s and early 60s but now they are nearly forgotten.

[ninjasylph]

Do you know somewhere i could download this song, this particular song is not on the treniers thing.

[auszorlack]

...perfect...

[rockingspot]

These guys are on fire... damned good sound...just wonderful

best wishes from rockin germany

[ytsolarus]

These guys were goooood.

[MakesCakes]

You go girl! Uncle Dee will LOVE it! I showed it to your Uncle James the other day and he thought it was a scream. Hug Uncle Dee for me.

[morisenpaiotaku]

my granpaw wrote this!! deacon anderson!!!! i love you pawpaw

[dickfox1956]

Hi morisenpaiotaku,

in which year wrote or published your grandpa Deacon Anderson this song (Get the Mop)?

dickfox56

[morisenpaiotaku]

he said somewhere around 1959. he just turned 86 yesterday so his memory is a little shot :X he's my great grandpa

[morisenpaiotaku]

excuse me 1950 slip of the finger

[vampierknight111]

wow this song is really old my dad sings this song and hes 60

[loveyourwhiteshoes]

Great!

[ftthfi]

gotta love the leg-throwin', high-kickin' pianist in the background.

awesome performance all around.

[qkahunaq]

My rating says it all; AWESOME!!!!

[thecountofbasie]

Started watching and wondered why they weren't moving...then suddenly it's the TRENIERS...as great a stage act as any from the early years...superb post...thank you

[m14butch]

toe tapping to the beat! So much fun....Great stuff

[rockingspot]

message to QOSCakemaker:

please say thanks to your uncle for this wonderful song...

best regards from swinging germany

rockingspot

martin

[rockingspot]

it´s so wonderful and fantastic sound...

thanks...

regards from swingin germany

rockingspot

[ibtowup2]

I NEVER saw this version until today, I LOVE IT!!!!

[nanamills]

One of the songs from my childhood! Lovin' it!!!!!

[groverdug]

The Treniers were the most entertaing of all rock & roll groups. I am lucky to have seen them many times.

[groverdug]

@groverdug They played the Riptide in Wildwood,NJ for years and also regularly played The Rondevous in Philadelphia.

[QOSCakemaker]

I will tell UncleDee!! He is a darling wonderful person and I just adore him.

[radiovixen76]

So then your uncle must be Deacon Anderson. Tell him that I love this song and it is one of the first songs I remember from childhood because it was on my favorite cartoon Beany and Cecil. Also when I grew up and became a disc jockey I used to play Lionel Hampton's and the Ames Brothers' versions of "Rag Mop" on my radio shows all the time. Give your uncle this from me: xoxoxoxoxoxo

[QOSCakemaker]

My uncle wrote this song! I am going to send him a link to this. He will get a big kick out of it. He is about 84 years old and still kickin'

[McNabbulous]

Your uncle rocks!

[MoBea]

Awesome! =)

[dothejive]

WOW tell your uncle there is a group of 20 somethings loving this music, collecting it and going to every music festival just to hear more of it! I love this song, your uncle does ROCK!!!!

[MakesCakes]

I forwarded this to Uncle Dee! He will love that - especially since you are 20 somethings. My uncle is a very special person - he is the favorite uncle of all of his nieces and nephews!!

[morisenpaiotaku]

heyy!!! its ky!!! i know i was so excited. i'm so showing this to paw paw

[greyiggy]

@QOSCakemaker - was your uncle in the Ames Brothers? I LOVE this song!

[JaimeLe50s]

@QOSCakemaker wow there are a lot of grandchildren according to all these thumbs up!!!!!

[91Bear]

@QOSCakemaker Your uncle is Johnnie Lee Wills?

[themasterofmovies]

@QOSCakemaker hey i'm 14 i've known this song scince i was 3 yrs old i love it :) most of the new shit sucks but theres a lil bit of good new stuff, but my preference is the old rock, country, jazz, blues and classical recordings

[MrRJDB1969]

@themasterofmovies : My daughter is your age and says the same thing. Hey, there is hope for the younger generation after all !

[RedVynil]

@themasterofmovies Good girl!!!! You're VERY much right!!!! About 90% of the new stuff sucks BIG TIME!!!! I'm SOOO glad that I not only listen to nearly every kind of music there is, but also that I have 49,000 records in my collection that spans all the way back to the late 1800's!!!! Keep diging into the older stuff, hun!! There's LOTS of great stuff to find there!!

Oh! While you're at it, look up the Red Rose Tea commercial with the all-chimp band! Great stuff from the early `60's!!

[themasterofmovies]

@RedVynil ok umm thx and umm nice job on your record collection...mine is only about 200 records, and my oldest record is the original 78 of blueberry hill by louis armstrong (b/ that luckey old sun) but um.....i'm not a girl...and contrary to popular belief, i'm not gay, i have a gf

[RedVynil]

@themasterofmovies Oh! Sorry, I must've posted that in the wrong reply box! There was a 14 year old that I was writing that to. Hmmm, okay, maybe that WASN'T a girl!! I probably got comments mixed up. Sorry for the mix-up and, even if you WERE gay, I wouldn't make rude remarks about it. I'm just not like that.

As far as I know, Fats Domino did the original, "Blueberry Hill". Now I'll have to dig out MY 78 copy to see if he wrote it! My oldest record is a cylinder from about 1890, or earlier.

[themasterofmovies]

@RedVynil lol no its ok you couldnt have known because its online and thats awesome about your cylinder. may i ask what is on it and do you have anything to play it on? also i have 7, 78 records but how can i get older ones from pre-1940`s?

[RedVynil]

@themasterofmovies It's a humorous song by Cal Stewart. I have a lot of his old recordings on 78's, too. (I have thousands of 78's.) I'm pretty sure it's called, "Train Time At Pumpkin Town". I'd have to run up to the 3rd floor & see. On 78, he was on the old blue Columbia label. I don't have anything to play it YET, but I JUST spotted 2 players at an antique store near here that I'm going to look into getting! You can get 78's at places like that or used record stores, or flea markets, etc..

[themasterofmovies]

@RedVynil oh and btw i also listen to every kind of music from as many different eras as possible

[RedVynil]

@themasterofmovies Great!! There's only 5 types of music that I hate! Modern metal, modern country, hardcore punk, disco and rap (someone left the C off of THAT word!!). I don't LIKE stuff like Britney Spears, etc., but I can listen to it for a short while if it's on in the room I'm in. My fave kind of country is Texas Swing. My fave metal is stuff from the late `70's back. Mostly I listen to psychedelic music and new wave/80's pop (The Fixx, XTC, Madness, Fishbone, Men At Work, Prince, etc.).

[RedVynil]

@QOSCakemaker Groovy!! Cool song, too! Did he ever hear the Beanie & Cecil version? Or the Allan Sherman version, "Ratt Fink"?

[hipeaceSK]

all we have now is from THIS ... Awesome

[440gtxblewbyyou]

this song is just a great thing, it alway's make's me laugh,

[bloozplyr]

I am hopelessly addicted to this clip of the Treniers' performing "Rag Mop". I've been familiar with many versions for years (even recall my earliest exposure to the song on Beanie & Cecil as a kid); but THIS? THIS is hands down the consummate, the pinnacle, the benchmark by which all others must be judged by.

The energy, the fun the whole band is having with the song (and the choreography they were famous for) gets my head bobbin', my feet tappin' and my fingers snappin'.

Thanks anw52!

[echthecht]

großartig...isn´t it ?

in english

great graet  graet

all time favorite

[fleury150]

stumbled across this looking for say hey (the willie mays song)... glad i did.

[micmac09]

Whaouou ! Superbe et quelle choré(graphie) !

[slgcme]

Love it.

[mexmoon]

This right here is very good music, in my humble opinion.

[motorcitymiguel]

WOW!!

[ThiefInLaw]

Is this a primitive version of the song "At the Hop"?

[microbus99]

Wow..This is so cool!!!

[wfode3]

now thats entertainment people!!

[groovingsoul]

These Guys oozes out coolness....graciously wild....

[ILIKETOBAKE]

classic stuff.There is,nt much good music like this nowa days

[driedbanana]

bloody dope

[musicworld585]

LMAO I LOVE IT

[MusicDude86]

Elvis recorded a version of this in the early 50's at one of his first recording sessions...i don't believe it has ever seen the light of day.

[wakenjake420]

black people rule

[1567wet]

r-a-g-g-m-o-p-p!

OH YEAH!

[PAULLONDEN]

MØPP = TØPP

[WHQODJYSingers]

Have you seen the clip with them and Jerry Lewis clowing around? Brilliant!

[Dyslenox]

Nothing to compare this to! Wonderful,fun

[580081134]

Fucking amazing.

[tashrate]

man they are so inspiring...i looked this up after hearing Mel Torme quote this tune on his version of 'Route 66'. Now, where can i incorporate some of those dance steps?! brilliant

[groverdug]

These guys were the greatest - thanks for posting this video!

[sweenus]

This is the best Treniers yet on YouTube. Thanks for posting.

[saskabush2006]

Those kids on American Idol are pikers compared to this!

[BreathDoctor]

Awesome!!! Now I see where Elvis got some steps from..lol.I always only heard the Ames Brothers version of this. Being a Bass Player, I'd love to have that axe!!!!

[JosephNScott]

"I always only heard the Ames Brothers version of this." The original was by Henry "Red" Allen under the title "Get The Mop."

[d820m]

@JosephNScott my favorite is the version from 1950 on the Regal label by Lucius Tyson...better known as "Doc Sausage"