The Treniers, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (1954)

[elkabong453]

Rock before Elvis... or Alan Freed. Great stuff!

[serpico56]

The storm was about to hit. Marvellous

[memecine]

The Treniers rocking out on Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' Colgate Comedy Hour show in 1954, the very first broadcast of rock and roll on American national TV - according to Richard Blaustein. Thanks, Richard.

[martbTT]

omg were dean and jerry really playing those instruments? :D jerry's 'dance' was great!

[mrsticks28]

The Treniers were terrific. Saw them on television many times. High energy and fun!

[thecountofbasie]

What a blast...The Treniers can still show how it should be done...and Dean and Jerry in their prime as a bonus...awesome post...

[59cadcoupe]

Just fabulous ! Everybody just enjoy it !

[BadboybillyC]

Thats Rock n Roll and great Entertainers. The Treniers were some awesome cats.

[RRaquello]

Are the two lead guys up front twins? They look exactly the same.

[phillydog17]

Fantastic!

[voodoowop45s]

hahaha...good ol times in music ;)

what a video..thx

[Kalbru]

Immer wieder schön anzusehen...

[rockingspot]

It rocks ...!!!

[billyvee]

Oh please... America was hardly scared by these guys. They were considered simply fun, entertainment. To us kids at the time, they were just some fairly cool old guys, but nothing earth shattering or "revolutionary."

[A10N3L3FT2D13]

good old fashion fun-simply the best

[chyvonneza]

these are entertainers!! talented as heck too. So classy and contagious. I wish i was born in that time *sigh

[JackMcFarlandFan1]

Is there anything Jerry can't do?

[Kalbru]

Super - amerikanisches Showbiz der 50er Jahre par excellence.

[TurdThrower13]

I wish i could dance like that lol!

[jbrut]

Fabulous! Live TV, like The Colgate Comedy Hour, was so exciting. Love this excerpt!

[PAULLONDEN]

Cat Scratch Fever./~

[stalin378]

Hard to believe now, but at the time this literally scared the sh!t out of America, awesome find.

[JosephNScott]

"Hard to believe now, but at the time this literally scared the sh!t out of America" Does the audience give a warm reception because they're France?

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

You read too many comic books - America loved this and sent it around the world.

[WHQODJYSingers]

... so wonderful!!

[ledzeptwo]

WHOA!!! THAT JUMPED!!

[tobjohnson]

Terrie Johnson here....niece to the Treniers. I LOVE this film clip....now that is entertainment! Proud to be part of the Trenier family.!

[580081134]

brilliant

[JohnCritchley]

OMG Wow this is incredible footage.thx nyrainbow for sharing with anyone who finds this masterpiece.

[ukkume]

GREAT... very good!

[bdzmusicprod]

Check these guys out in the recently released dvd The Girl Can't Help It. Great stuff.

[mediaagent]

THIS IS THE BEST!!!

OMG!  Long live YouTube!

[MuzzikLvr]

This video exemplifies one of the reasons I love youtube so much. Getting to see something from before I was born that I never even knew existed.

[dejahoje]

Is it from "The Colgate Comedy Hour"?

[sinatralove]

yes it is

[JosephNScott]

"They're formula Guy Lombardo."

[bille1131]

It's great to see this. We couldn't get American TV in the UK in 1954. Even if we could only the wealthy had a TV set! The average person (so called working class) listened to the wireless now called radio.

[amsoapy]

cool