The Five Americans - Western Union (on Upbeat)

[sauquoit13456]

On this date in 1967 {Mar. 4th} "Western Union" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; eventually it would peaked at #3 and spent 12 weeks in the Top 100...

Ranked 58th on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1967 chart...

The group performed the song on the TV shows; "The Steve Allen Show", "American Bandstand", and "Where The Action Is"...

[saurusmen101]

esos pantalones son de maricas

[creighton3333]

first girl to move on the platform is the best.  the rest are great too, but she's the best. greatest 12 second opening of a hit in TV history !!! Soooooooooo 60's

[northtexasdude]

so the guy on keyboard... .what the hell is he doing?

[Korvinski]

A place in time that society forgot . . . .when music was cool, groovy & innocent and lyrics were clean and people were pure and unspoiled . . . unlike today ~ how they serve our kids a bunch of FILTH where lyrics of gang-sta rap & hip hop- are full of profanity, recording artists are horny sexual beings portrayed in videos & pop stars are admired for getting into hot water with the law - WHAT kind of CRAPis that ??? Just another example of the deterioration of the very fabric that holds us up.

[movingon4ever]

In 1967, this band could perform live, not this usual dubbed ilk. They did this song

live on the Steve Allen television show. The clip was/is on YT. Enjoy!

[replyhere590]

Ah don't think they're singing live, fellers...

[Dolphindream15]

there hott

[lordritchie]

this is definately Upbeat when they took the show to Pam Beach for taping. The show had lost its original punch from when it was the Big 5 show in 1964 and then Upbeat in1966. Me being from NE Ohio i never missed a show. Thanks for all your upbeat postings.

[myrecordcollection]

Why diddn't they just film this on the Cleveland harbor? Haha. I guess that's not quite as cool as Palm Beach. But there are plenty of beautiful "beaches" on Lake Erie.

[kickassfan]

yyyeeeeeeeyyyy,this vid is back I waited a long hile to have it back thanks so much

[hollies65]

That's not upbeat. Great vid, great song.

[spikepriggen]

Actually it is Upbeat! I have a bunch of clips on a dvd with artists preforming around this pool with the host of Upbeat introducing the acts. I guess they wwent to Palm Beach for at least a couple episodes as this one seems to be called "palm beach party II".

[corkbender]

LOL, no amps, no mics, and what is the drummer playing? Cool vid, thanks for posting.

[hollies65]

Well that's pretty awesome then...Idon't remember that...but it makes sense. Anymore from the show??

[spikepriggen]

@hollies65 Just put another one up by "Jon and Robin"