Freddy Cannon - Action

[pckpat]

I played in a band that backed Freddy up for a week.Great guy,very friendly,and a super performer.He had a lot of interesting anecdotes too,about various Las Vegas acts,and the scene there in the 60's and 70's.

[Mcfluffer1]

I went to see him at my high school

[bzzzzap]

I would like today's music more if they went "WOO!" in between lines.

[mrtoonozandy]

Outstanding !!!!! Beats any of today's CRAP music !!!!

[time2act1001]

... it makes me feel good about being 57... Thanks!

[Moodiesfanalways]

Great song! Too bad it didn't go top 5 in my area, man summer of '66 what a year for great songs! Saw Freddie at an oldies show in Denver in 1993, played a great set!

[Calikokat102]

what year is this?

[JoshSitar]

@Calikokat102 2011

[liesl20012]

Wooo! Let your backbone slip! What a great dance tune. My older sister had this record; she'd play it and we'd dance around her room. Terrific song; have not heard it in decades. Thanks so much for posting it.

[Steve915]

Looks like the "action" was taking place on the dance floor! Fun song.

Freddy looks like he's about 40...easily the oldest person in the room!

[etbella3]

They keep their clothes on even when Freddy sings "strip".

[jityr2]

Finally! I had a hard time finding this song.

[MikeBlitzMag]

Tommy Boyce cowrote it. Freddy Cannon sang it. And it's a clip from Robin Seymour's Swingin' Time series. Doesn't get much better than that.

[drumputz]

I backed up Freddy with a band called The Dynamics in 1966 at the Spokane Coliseum (Spokane,WA.). We opened to a crowd of over 10,000 people for the Beau Brummels and headlined by Eric Burdon and the Animals! Needless to say, Freddy had the people standin' and clappin' outta their seats in no time and put on a great show! Would love to do it again! Great showman! Georgeclarkdrummer

[belladeballe]

If I could go back in time, I'd go back to this..yeah, baby!

[JussRaggins]

OLDIES CONCERT $37 at Lowell Memorial Auditorium (Lowell, MA) Saturday October 10, 2010 - Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, Jack Scott, The Chiffons, The Bobbettes! Tickets: (978) 454-2299.

[gymer15]

now a days the action is in the linkin park projects in huntsville Al. where need to hide your kidz, hide your wife and your husbands too because there rapin errbody out there.

[GusMcC]

Offered originally to Del Shannon (who eventually cut it) but this has Freddy Cannon written all over it. Powerhouse Rock and Roll 

[hx823]

@StraightTwoDVD Your comments and language marks you as being nothing but a bitter little troll and I feel sorry for you. That type of racist language coming from EITHER caucasians of African Americans is very objectionable in the extreme and has no place in the vocabulary of ANYBODY of ANY AGE.

[tink00000000]

@hx823 Yes, well said. I reported this a week or so ago and youtube removed her horribly offensive comments ("her" because this sick person signed up as a 26 year old woman - including her picture - but who really knows?)

[elMakiMISFITS]

year??

[hx823]

@elMakiMISFITS Song peaked at #13 on the H100 in August of '65

[elMakiMISFITS]

@hx823

thanx man!

[tink00000000]

@StraightTwoDVD

Who's the real lowlife - how sick

[RockyMissouri]

I think it's wonderful that the dancers are integrated---they are very cool in my book..!

[hx823]

@StraightTwoDVD why dontcha stick a nuke up your arse?

[banner74]

This would have to of been from the old local Detroit/Windsor '60s American Bandstand equivalent ,"Swinging Time" with Robin Seymour.

[amenable1]

"Spooks" dancing in the crowd?

@StraightTwoDVD

[bobo420TX]

I saw Freddy on PBS a couple months ago and it was sad watching him trying to hit that high woooo. Freddy love your music but sometimes its time to give it up (Sorry)

[sweetredredwine]

Oh baby, come on, let me take you where the action is

It's so neat to meet your baby where the action is

If all day long you been wanting to dance

Well, all night long you gonna have your chance

So don't sit at home just a-twiddling your thumbs

You can't resist the sound of the driving drums

Whoo! dance, dance, dance, when you hear that beat

Whoo! dance, dance, dance, get up off of your seat

Whoo! dance, dance, dance, let your backbone slip

Lets go to the place on the Sunset strip!

[sweetredredwine]

If all day long you been wanting to dance

Well, all night long you gonna have your chance

So don't sit at home just a-twiddling your thumbs

You can't resist the sound of the driving drums

Whoo! dance, dance, dance, when you hear that beat

Whoo! dance, dance, dance, get up off of your seat

Whoo! dance, dance, dance, let your backbone slip

Lets go to the place on the Sunset strip!

Oh baby, come on, let me take you where the action is ...

[007shifty]

BOOM BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dahur]

I've still got Freddy's album "Where the Action is"

[larryinrsm]

Thanks for the great memory. My high school, Corona del Mar, was one of the frequent filming locations one season.

[countryrockstar2008]

I remember when he did this at the oldies 95.7 shin dig

[mrcoping1]

I USED TO WATCH WHERE THE ACTION IS BACK IN THE LATE 60s!!

[JeBeNL]

Way down under to New Orleans was a bigger hit in the Netherlands.

[barbj7121]

I LOVE THIS!!LOL!!

[Bear394]

I love this song! Iloved the tv show. My wife and I still dance to this song. It is great.

[berrypossum]

Laguna Beach. I heard that's where the action is. Do you know the way to Laguna Beach??

[johndoyle603]

Freddie is one of the great characters of rock 'n' roll. He has the distinction of having appeared on American Bandstand more than any other artist. Why? Because Dick Clark owned his record company.

I met Freddie in the 1970s. Nicest guy in the world!!

[Waldocounty]

johndoyle603: My cousin was a bud of Freddy. Lynn, Mass., yeah? Revere Beach?

[mikepownzall]

@johndoyle603 lol He is my cousin......My mom and him were close and he is the greatest guy you could met

[MrDumazz]

I loe this song - my kids can listen to it

[56TonyT]

Did Freddy boom, boom cannon ever do a song called something like Itty bitty Corrine

[granger18trains]

isn't this our freddy boom boom cannon who recorded in Revere, Massachusetts ?

[MikeBlitzMag]

Not to take away from Paul Revere And The Raiders' stunning version. But tis is truly one of rock and roll's absolute masterpieces. And this clip is from the great Robin Seymour's Swingin' Time television show, which was filmed in Windsor, Ontario and was by far the best show of its kind.

[altfactor]

It's my understanding that this song was specifically recorded for "Where The Action Is".

Two or three other versions were also used from time-to-time.

[seattlebari]

This record is a far better showing for Cannon, in that it was recorded in Los Angeles, using many members of "The Wrecking Crew", including of course, Hal Blaine. It may have been recorded at "their home", Gold Star Studios. Or not.

[HickysBoy]

Real dance music!

[mikeaustin1]

The memories... Freddy Cannon, the theme song, Keith Allison, Paul Revere & The Raiders, and my first real celebrity love, Linda Scott. I also ran home to watch the show, mostly to hope Linda was on that day. I swear I was in love with her as a preschooler!!!

[manny5442]

I remember running home from school back in the early 60's to watch "Where the Action Is" with Dick Clark and Freddie Cannon singing this as the Theme song. MTV ain't got NOTHING on that show.

[markcruiser64]

this song shows why he was called Freddy "boom boom" Cannon. VERY punchy!

[hhrtwo]

Freddie...BOOM..BOOM..Attended the James Dean rod run in the 90's.."Fairmount In."....Great performer, What memories!

[horarwgt]

Too bad the soundtrack is distorted because Freddy's lip-synching to one of the great rock records of all time. The TV series "Where The Action Is" ran on ABC daytime between July 1965 and March 1967. Cannon's record reached #13 in the fall of 1965.

[Janster59]

I met Freddy in the 90's-he was a very polite guy-Rock on!

[aldiakaroofus]

Lucky!

[hollyyt53]

Wish Dick Clark would put out videos from WTAI. I would buy every single one of them. Does anybody have any clips of the other theme songs sung by Tommy Boyce and Keith Allison?

Holly

[rottenbuffalo]

So would I, Holly!

[vandywilliam]

Among the backup musicians on the record (Warner Brothers 5645) were Leon Russell, Glen Campbell and David Gates. [For some of you who haven't heard all of Cannon's songs, you might try to call up "Jump Over" and "The Urge." Representing the two sides of Swan 4053, they are among his best, although they didn't chart as high as many of the others].

[1400deadwood]

"Where the Action Is" was a tv show from about 1965-1974. I used to rush home from school to watch it because the girl dancers were really cute!

[HickysBoy]

Dang, they sure were! Can't beat the 60s look.

[FashonbugWA]

My girlfriend and I still talk about this show to this day. "Where the Action is," that is. Seems like it was a Dick Clark production.

[KSTONER]

This song rocks!!! Woo!!! love it.

[renejote]

Great. Youtube search DISCO 45 and VIVA EL ROCK AND ROLL of Manuel Vargas and you will see an honoring to many beautiful songs of these years.

[HickysBoy]

great 60s guy, Boom-Boom. I saw him at a reunion show in the early 70s...ut he sort of reminds me of Pee-Wee Herman here. :)

[caj5150]

I don't think he's really singing in this clip......

[danvshell]

i saw my dad in it O_O

[redwings1951]

Did anyone notice what telvision show this was shot on? "Swingin' Time". This show aired on Channel 9 Windsor/Detroit in the 1960s. Robin Seymour was the host. I watched this after school (Jr. High). Thanks for the post- it brought back great memories of growing up in Motown.

[hossmitchell]

o baby come on!!!

[dominique777]

J LOVE IT!

[PAULLONDEN]

Has no one way down under in New Orleans ?w?h?o?o?o?o?o .

[Sandbagger300]

I was thinking the same thing, no one has this song on youtube and it's my favorite by him!

[hossmitchell]

i love the "woo" part!!! woo!

[73MarkIV]

Awesome song and video clip! Freddie has always been able to get me going. I still think of that show, Where The Action Is. Good times !

[myXerection]

well...i went fishing with freddy.

and hunting.

and camping.

hahahahaha hes mjy grandpas best friend.

and i see him every now and then.

he calls me harry hahahahaha

[markcruiser64]

I would LOVE to see "If You were A Rock and Roll record"

[abuiltmale]

A little trivia, students...Boom,Boom came from the fact that most of his songs had a Boom,Boom sound to it. Tallahasse Lassie was written by Freddie's mom!! I worked with Freddie when he was working on Miami Beach with Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders. Freddie loved having that "kick ass" band backing him up.

[1musiclvr]

I saw Wayne Cochran at the Fillmore West. Always liked

Freddy Cannon. I bought this record. Beachwood City

was on the reverse.

[Waldocounty]

abuiltmale: My cuz Charlie is F's bud from F's Revere Beach, Mass., days. Pre-dates Miami.

Am I the only person on earth who bought the "Action" .45?

[speedy45rpm]

Hey, I bought and still have the "Action" 45, on Warner. Most of his hits, of course, were on Swan. I live across the street from where the Swan offices were in Philly. Also liked "Transistor Sister" and "Jump Over" by him.

[thefamilycat]

Rubbish-he was known as Freddy Boom Boom Cannon because a cannon goes Boom! Geddit?

However this man is the King of Rock'n'Roll-its not Elvis.

Imagine him singing Are you lonesome tonight or Love me tender!

Freddy did nothing resembling a ballad-he was the rock'n'roll end of high school pop

[abuiltmale]

Freddy is better then Elvis???? Better take your meds!! I worked with Freddy in the 70s and it was pretty evident that his voice was gone. Elvis? Now that funny!!

[thefamilycat]

Yeh well bear in mind that this refers to the period Elvis was first called the King of RnR.Many qualify as true Kings Bill Haley,Carl Perkins,Fats Domino or even Jerry Lee Lewis.

Cannon's singles were tampered with over here-speeding them up when they didn't need it.I first heard Cannon on the BBC Saturday Club or something and later on the Church St Station videos.

Cannon is the King od RnR on the evidence of the records and here Elvis is the same.

But King of RnR? No way

[TubeNumber1]

Excellent video clip! Paul Revere & The Raiders, the houseband on "Where The Action Is", did a nice cover version of "Action" - but Freddy's jumps right out of the grooves!

[mrribis]

this is a classic...

[GazeOnWaterlooSunset]

What date is this please? I love this song. I can't find Tallehassee Lassie!

[JoeClawsy]

I love all Freddy Cannon's music. It's happy and upbeat.

[kandfi]

Wasn't Freddy Cannon's nickname 'Boom Boom?'

[hajune]

yes he belongs in the hall of fame

[kandfi]

...and wasn't that song the theme for a -- American Bandstand like -- program called, "Where the action is."

[Sandbagger300]

yes it was, that show was also hosted by Dick Clark.

[hajune]

Freddie had 22 songs on the top 40. He has the record for the most appearances on American Bandstand.his mother wrote his first hit. Tallahassee Lassie. Why is he not in the hallof fame. He still performs

[steveshiffmam]

FER SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Waldocounty]

My cousin was/is very good buds w/Freddy "woo-woo" (aka Boom-Boom) Cannon. From Revere, Mass. Where did this vid come from? I have this 45!

[tropicalpancake56]

Swingin' Time was THE DANCE SHOW to watch. Freddie Cannon as well as other greats were featured often, including artists from Motown and talent from other local record companies as well.

[nessie96]

This was the theme song of the afternoon music tv show...it showcased some of the great music acts of the 1960's.

[markcruiser64]

OMG! THANKS for posting. post more of freddie. LOVE ALL HIS music

[rainydaywoman43]

i never knew that freddy cannon looked like a game show host.. not how i pictured him.

[shervie2]

So cool. It amazes me where everyone finds these vintage songs. Thank you for posting