Donna Loren sings "Shakin' All Over" on Shindig (1965)

[thombro]

This is hot.

[joesphx19]

Donna, we still remember, you have only got better through the years.

[longhornhodad]

Tribal film noir! There's a great faster version by the Swinging Blue Jeans.

[manluvsthe60s]

Damn she was so sexy!!!! women dont quite have that sex appeal today!!!

[007CONROY]

Outstanding! God doesn't make beautiful, talented women like this anymore. Thank you for posting this video.

[69KiRa]

damned thats cool, i wish that today there would be more like this out there, not this hip hop shit

[19XWyomingGrizFan]

Shindig unique in live performances? What about Ed Sullivan and the Andy Williams shows back in the sixties? Weren't they both of them live performances as well?

[lapislazuli7]

I like the sound of this version. Any idea who played the playback? Maybe unknown session musicians? Donna is not bad herself.

[Swinging60sGuy]

@lapislazuli7 Shindig was unique in that most of the tracks were prerecorded in studio and the singing performances were live. The Shindig Band played on this track and the main guitarist of the band was James Burton; that's most likely him playing the famous riff.

[TheLegendaryTim]

@Swinging60sGuy James Burton used to play with Ricky Nelson.

[1979cl1]

Donna is such a babe!!!

[kevlar21059]

The Shindiggers appear to incorporate "The Clam" into their dance routine.

[hebneh]

@kevlar21059 I agree. I see "Clam"-like motions at 1:32.

[witchman67]

Me neither, this is a good post.

[gvt2u]

This is so cool. Donna Loren was a total pro. I had never heard of her before the other day.

[Drumr56]

the Go Go Dancers. R Awesome..

[speedoflite1]

Unfortunately, looks like a segregated "Shakin' All Over" stage production, but I don't know if u can necessarily blame the artists in those days. Otherwise, entertaining to watch the dancing on black & white film at least.

[msteven515]

Horrific dancers. Plump, twitching out-of-time cows.

[hammerogod]

@msteven515 Oh Paaaleeeeezzzz .............. Is that all you have to say? Shindig was pure treasure for those of us who were teens in 1964. Live singers, not auto-tuned lipsyncher. Great music. And all you have to say is that the dancers were plump, twitching out -of-time cows? I wanna see you dancing on live TV.

[Zippertheslipper]

Groovey babe, and I thought that the Canadian band The Guess Who performed this first, I was wrong.

[Stingray19681]

Amazing. Great time capsule. Had no idea that song went that far back. I've only seen her on those Beach Party films. Pretty sure that's Teri Garr dancing to the left of Donna. The most explosive kick-ass version of this song was done by Iggy Pop on the Avenue B album.

[hammerogod]

@Stingray19681 That is most definately Terri Garr to the left of Donna ... Terri was also a dancer on Hullabaloo ... She used the names Terry Garr and Teri Hope also. Toni Basil got her start dancing right next to Terri.

[jenzeppelin]

like this a lot, just found it tonight...always loved this song...she performs it well...i like the dancers too, adds a nice stage presence...

[swudanst]

Love the dance moves!!!!!

[tomovox]

@swudanst I love the Shindig dancers so much!

[tetonwonder]

Donna did an excellent performance of this song. It is good to see that she is recording again and appearing in public. March 7 is her birthday.

[retrotvluver]

Great voice, great hair, great performer, great video!!

[slc2466]

Donna appeared and sang last week at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. She still has that great voice. I asked her about Shindig, and she was justifiably proud of her work on the show. "Shakin'" is definitely a peak.

[HunterMann]

Great version of Shakin' All Over! I'm looking for a 16mm print(kinescope?) of this music clip.

[8h6ed]

never herd this one before, it's great!

[Swinging60sGuy]

She's done a re-make of this that will be on her new CD coming out early 2010.

[kurtysbeat]

@8h6ed don't like the way she sing, prefere gene vincent

[altfactor]

When Milton Berle made his short-lived TV comeback in 1966, wasn't Donna Loren the regular vocalist on the show since Berle wanted his new show to appeal to younger viewers who might not have remembered his original 1948-56 variety series?

[Swinging60sGuy]

Correct! There's a performance of her singing "Call Me" on YouTube from the Milton Berle Show.

[fordude60]

Donna did an excellent job with this song here, and looked so good doing it! Boy, did she look good!

[hebneh]

This is one of my favorite songs, I really like Donna Loren, and the stark contrasty black & white visuals complete the whole package. This is definitely going to be Favorited by me.

The slightly spooky minor notes of the song work well with the underlit go-go dancers across the back of the set. This lighting made a big impression on me when I watched "Shindig!" in the '60s. I remember having dreams with go-go dancers like this in them, back then.

[tomovox]

@hebneh Wow! I love it when someone else gets the whole lighting thing with Shindig. In fact, you must have heard every thought I had about this performance- yes, those "spooky minor notes" really grabbed me from the first. The dark shadows, underlighting at times of the dancers- even the fact that this is all in black and white make this look more like cinema than a television show.

I love your comment!

[32251]

sex!!! Back then they had clothes on and were much more alluring than these crack head slut singers today. cool.

[superbruce]

@32251 well said !

[bboucharde]

@32251 Hey 32251, you nailed it! I couldn't put it any better.

:-)

[pizmopier]

Early Amy Winehouse!

[tomovox]

I'm glad you posted the info on the origins of this song, as I've always wondered where it came from. Spectacular performance by Donna Loren. I recall this episode was LOADED with top-level performers including, I believe Aretha Franklin (and perhaps Marianne Faithful?) and Donna more than ably matched the fire power of the others on that show.

Shindig! always did un-toppable work on staging a performance and this is no exception- great lighting and dance routine- I got the shivers!!