Gee how stunningly beautiful and shes NOT popping out anywhere! Teenage girls of this generation PLEASE take note! Let the boys see you for your mind before you show them T&A!
I know what donna reed was thinking: "This is fricken unreal". It would be amazing to see your daughter (even tv daughter) get up and do the greatest job of singing in history.
You can see the pride on Donna Reed's face. This was much more than just a scene in a script on a television show. She is truly proud of Shelly. Very touching.
I'll never forget this. I was 11 years and was noticing that my dick could do things beside piss. When I saw Shelly, I rose to attention and fell inlove. I begged my mom to let me stay up to watch her. Man, was she sweet.
oh man..what flashbacks I got seeing this clip....I so wanted to have a mom like "Donna Stone"....pretty , clever...great show....nothing comes close these days to these gems! ^/^
ok, the weird part, is i randomly woke up and thought of this song just now, and im 23, no clue why this song of all songs was playing in my head lol, childhood escaped
Lee Pockriss, who wrote the music for midcentury pop hits like “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” “Catch a Falling Star” and “Johnny Angel,” died on Monday at his home in Bridgewater, Conn. He was 87.
Carl Betz was the husband and father of the Stone clan, playing Dr Alex Stone for the Donna Reed show’s entire run, beginning in 1958 when James Stacy would still have been just 21 and much to young to be playing husband to Donna, father to teenagers Mary and Jeff and a practicing pediatrician to boot. You many be thinking of Stacy’s recurring role in Ozzie and Harriet.
@GeorgeM682 The song was used in Season 4 (1961-1962) in an episode called "Donna's Prima Donna." It aired 2/1/62. "Johnny Angel" debuted on the Hot 100 at #81 on 3/3/62, hit the Top 40 on 3/17, and hit #1 for 2 weeks beginning 4/7. Fabares knocked Connie Francis' "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" out of #1 and was replaced at #1 by Elvis Presley's "Good Luck Charm." TMI, I know...
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
This is one of my favorite songs. I watched "Donna Reed" as I adored Paul Petersen. I was so disappointment when I read later that Shelly hated singing.
@Jibbie49 They basically threatened to throw her off the series if she didn't sing! She always credits her studio session background singers (Darlene Love and the Blossoms) for their beautiful background vocals; these girls in the clip are just lip-synching, of course.
I was a big fan of the Donna Reed Show and I've always loved this song. You should all hear the tribute song recorded by Vince J. Smith about Shelley, it's great, it's on you tube called "Shelley".
Shelly: This song will live forever in our hearts. To this day, I love it so. I remember when this aired. Nothing but a little kid. I'm 52 now. With that said, let us not forget the incredible Donna Reed. What an incredible lady. More than just an actress. And you played her daughter, and sang this most beautiful song. All I can say is wow. And, THANK YOU!
This is about my favorite girl songs of 60's and I remember when this episode ran on The Donna Reed Show when I was 11. I'm 59 now and I'm still in love with Shelley Fabares!
This song came out in 1962 and was followed by a couple of other "Johnny" recordings by Shelly Fabraes. Does anyone remember the song that Paul Peterson (who played her younger brother on the show) came out with? It was called, "My Dad." I think it came out the following year.
I guess I was advanced for my age,lol. I had a big crush on Donna Reed. She was one of the most beautiful moms in television history....................sigh!!!
@maleficentdiva I have to disagree with you but, I see why you would say that. Karen had a most incredible voice and I love every song she did. Shelley added a innocence to the sound.
@FylthyBeest Don't get me wrong. The whole cast was good and how come mothers weren't that pretty when I was kid? My mom did not do house work in high heels.
I remember being home sick with the measles and seeing a rerun of this particular Donna Reed Show - I must have been 8 or 9 years old and I thought that this was the BEST song I'd ever heard. Then a couple of years after that, I was at my cousin's house and found her 45 rpm of this - I wanted to steal it but after playing it 10 times in a row, my cousin gave it to me (I suspect so she'd never have to hear it again!) I don't know why I liked it so much back then but I still like it!
ok there was another episode of the donna reed show where shelley is standing on the porch singing and donna is listening thru the open window..any ideas of the song or episode...
Though they may or may not admit it, there are some current alternative rock groups that seem to be inspired by the "dreamy' 50s and early 60s songs such as this.
So, some are trying to make this type of music again. Which is, in my opinion, a good thing.
what is so funny for me..is when i was 14 (in 69) at Rosemont High in Columbus,Ohio, i won a contest singing this song! i adored her. had not thought of this for many, many moons..to add to humor i was married @ 16yrs. old to a Eli for 8 yrs.
waited 20 yrs. and had 2ond hubby named..you guessed it John!!!! how could i have ever guessed my favorite song would lead me to marry one Johnny Angel...and he is. and he is we have 12 yrs. in and he treats me very good..what a blessing...
Safe? Every saturday the air raid siren would sound as a test. Just a little reminder that Russian ICBMs were aimed at us. Don't you remember duck and cover drills in school? I lived in a strategic town that had many important targets. We knew that we wouldn't have to worry about a slow death from radiation poisoning. Haha
The difference, then and now is that we didn't lock our doors and my folks let us kids run all over. No fears of child rapist/murderers.
@deezynar Just pedeos. Like our church organist who would ask my brother when collecting paper route $ from him if he would like to come in and play with his rubber monkey. We'ed laugh at stuff like that cause we wer'n't afraid. Living in a villiage , lots of kids of different ages hanging out watching out for their friends n younger bros. backs. Close to Niagara Falls we were goners too. The Blue Angels would fly their Mach1s overhead in formation breaking the sound barrier Hell of a BOOM
Sad that your church put up w/ someone like that. I don't have a problem w/ a person who has the urges but keeps it under control. Flirting w/ a child is pretty bad.
You're right, Niagara is a strategic target, no radiation poisoning for you either. lol
@brownindian17 USA safe? Don't remember "Air Raid Drills" going down in a basement, putting your head between your legs,preparing for an atomic bomb to be dropped People had fallout shelters built in basements Super thick concrete walls to protect their ass from radiation while the neighbors kiss their's goodbye Civil Defence radio broadcasts, how 'bout those "Blasting Cap" commercials scarin' the crap out of us kids Explosives left from blowin' out rock 4 real serious fallout cribs.
@Gigzfin Screened ONCE in-the-UK we-had Protect & Survive to YOUR Duck & Cover; same kinda-thing, create indoor lean-to with internal-door. Spending day-&-night next-to a bucket likely 'forced' many to-buy bomb-shelters.
Actually, Shelley Fabares couldn't sing at all, and she was in the studion for DAYS, while the techs put the song together, note by note. Record producer Lou Adler said "I never want to see that bitch again!" P.S., he married her! Btw, that's James Stacy standing next to Donna Reed. He would marry Connie Stevens, and later, Kim Drarby, and he lost both legs in a motorcycle accident.
I was a big fan of the Donna Reed show mostly because i had it real bad for Shelley Fabares . She was so pretty and so proper and I adored that in a girl !!
My favorite song as a kid. For me it has nothing to do with the world, it's how I felt with my parents, siblings and friends, so young. Life is too short people. Enjoy the good times and when you hear a song that brings back a warm memory, savor it.
My favorite song as a kid. For me it has nothing to do with the world, it's how I felt with my parents, siblings and friends, so young. Life is too short people. Enjoy the good times and when you hear a song that brings back a warm memory, savor it.
Well, I loved this song when I was a kid and I still love it - a song is a song. This is song is not indicative of a "better world" . The world wasn't better then except better at covering up, lying and enforcing white conformity. And I have white skin. From silly things like forcing girls to wear skirts to school, to awful facts like the overt racism and small-mindedness of many, it wasn't better, just different.
Shelley is so beautiful but has anyone noticed how hot her backup singers are??.....Lord have mercy....oh yeah, you people who are so serious about politics and race while listening to Shelley sing Johnny Angel are crackin me up!
This is the first time I see the video of this song and I must say Shelley is amazingly beautiful. The first time I heard this song I imagined the singer being beautiful but she's certainly more beautiful than I ever thought. Btw, what's with the race thing? Just sit back and enjoy the music people. Remember what your folks told you, "If you have nothing better to say than don't say anything." Anyways, thanks Shelley. Your song is an instant iPOD must.
This video is not about racial prejudice in America. Racist additudes exist through out the entire world, and it is not exclusive to one country or nationality, . This video is simply about a real beauty, (Shelly Fabares) she is so loved and will forever be held in our hearts. I've lived here all my life and I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE the debased changes that are taking place as I speak ; thats my choice as an American. It may or may not be so in other parts of the world .
Interesting that they used white women behind Shelley in this clip. The actual recording features Darlene Love & the Blossoms on backing vocals...a highly skilled ensemble of African American women. Of course, in those days.... :(
@PolarSkua - Thanks for watching my back. I mean, where would pop music be without the profound influence of multicultural collaboration? Check out The Toys "Attack!" on my channel for a sublime example.
@edwwit rarely you have two versions of a song that sound great. Karen Carpenter also sang it beautifully. S. Fabares played the most leading lady in ELVIS' movies. she & paul peterson aged nicely.
I have a little boy named Johnathon. I sing this song to him almost everyday...he's 5 now and gets so embarrassed by it....I was raised with this type of music though!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!
I was a teen when the initial show aired, but I still love this song. Brings back old memories. I'm sure when your son looks back, he'll have terrific memories of his mom singing one of the best teen love songs.
It was a great time but I didn't know it until many years later. There were so many great things happening in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Where is that? Mostly in my mind now, such as it is
@jackc144 All RED BLOODED MEN know what they like. Shelly and Sandra, Sandra or Shelly ; its all a matter of preference . Connie Stevens revs my Y-Block too !
Sometimes I 'm disgusted with comments that are nothing to do with the subject. I don't care to read this when I'm watching Shelley Fabares singing Johnny Angel. Just cool it! Enjoy the moment.
What profoundly ignorant statements. Lets regress back to 1962. A time when Black Ops = US foreign policy & domestic policy = JFK shot at midday in public. How about the Vietnam war advanced by LBJ's NSAM 263 where 58,000+ Americans & 2 mil+ Vietnamese would lose their life in an evil war. Nuclear arms race in full swing. A time when "White Only" Signs were frequent & lynching black boys was entertainment. Equal pay for women was nonexistent. So much for better place Mr. Non Immigrant.
I was in Jr High School when this song hit the charts. Wish I was back in Jr High School dancing with Nancy Meyers in the gym. What great times, I'll be back there some times. Rockin 60's
Love how people argue life was better back then when all the issues we're finally dealing with were so taboo no one would even acknowledge them. Yes if you were a W.A.S.P. life was at the best it could have been for you back then. Get over it, you have so much privilege that you aren't even aware of the world around you. Don't forget your ancestors were immigrants too, and if they had to go through the 8 year system that is instated currently, they would have been illegal as well. FYI I'm white
@Quickill Yeah, you may be white but you're a liberal race traitor. It's people like you who are helping destroy America as we know it. Your great grandchildren will be a minority in the USA due to liberal white idiots like you.
@lizardsy Clearly you know nothing about the ideologies that this country was even founded upon. Wow white minorities, who cares? This isn't a country made for white people, it was made for everyone. Clearly you think that only white people matter and that we should only care for them. FYI race doesn't even exist, take genetics and educate yourself. Sadly each new generation has less and less educated citizens thanks to No Child Left Behind. Thank you for showing us this...
@lizardsy Lmao why do you care? Scared of our country actually being a melting pot like it's been called for decades? And I highly doubt your grandchildren will even care cause they'll actually know what diversity is and more than likely support it like their generation. Unlike the dumb one you come from. Race is only a social construct used for social segregation. There is no biological or genetic thing such as race. Again, do not argue topics you know nothing about. Do us a favor, get educated
@Quickill I care because white people are already being discriminated against. You can't even apply for some college scholarships if you're white. You can't get some jobs if you are white, due to affirmative action. White people are becoming the minority fast, and do you think this will benefit us? You sound like a liberal democrat. Well, try this. Go drive around the hispanic and black areas of your city, and tell me there is no such thing as race. Tell me we are all the same.
@lizardsy Wow you really don't know anything about discrimination. Please complain more.. Until recent years unless you WERE white you couldn't get jobs or scholarships. And STILL there are jobs and scholarships you can't get if you are NOT white. You sound like a right wing nut, thanks to people like you we got Bush for 2 terms! Politics aside, good job at pointing out cultural difference... That's not race.. Again, get educated before you embarrass yourself even more
@lizardsy I swear, you give someone not white a toothbrush and don't give it to the white person, they white person screams you're discriminating. But you give lowered education, economic status, and legal protection (amongst many other things) to everyone non white, and the whites say they are just unfortunate and should work hard to earn it. Yet a lot of narrow minded white people still wont even give them an opportunity to even do that. Welcome to reality....
@50sVintage Oh what memories that brings back. I am with you. I am so glad I grew up back then, and have all the peaceful wonderful memories of it all. If I were just getting married and starting out, I would be thinking long and hard about bringing children into this mess of a society we have now. God bless America, and each one of us.
This song and film clip is the epitome of Hope still being in the Air - I'm glad I was born then and not now. Who wants to live without memories of a better time?
I LOVE this song. The video is great, watching good old Donna Reed, watching her daughter sing. The ironic part of this wonderful hit is that Shelly Fabres never wanted to sing it, knowing she wasn't a singer (so I have heard in documenteries), but the studio, writers and Shelly did a FABULOUS job .....
@JCE1972 Your dead right about what we really,REALLY want ! Any red-blooded man would ! Knowing that is truth enough for both sexes . The women know it as well as we do. Its just impossible if we try to compete with a picture perfect screen image of Shelly or Elvis. Sooner or later we will dissappoint ourselves. I think its just tougher on the women because of man's natural feelings toward beautiful women be it Barbie, Shelly or June Cleaver. They draw that " WORTH A SECOND LOOK " from us.
@JCE1972 She was my first celebrity crush, and I wasn't yet 12 years old. As my name is John, I imagined that she was siniging it to me, and chills would run down my spine. I would blush and run out of the room so others couldn't see how affected I was. How pretty she was, so pure and simple.
Someone once ascertained that Rock and Roll died in 1974, which is not a bad guess. For one who was a college student in the early 60's, this song is a sweet reminder of how different life was then. Somehow after the mid-60's, whatever sense of innocence and decency gradually got lost in pop culture. Bands and singers became notorious for being a bunch of self-serving drug freaks---as role models, what did anyone see in them? Ms. Fabares as seen here projects a much more inviting image.
Forgive my english (I live in Québec, Canada and usually speaks french). Shelley Fabares has been my idol during my teens (thanks to Donna Reed Show and that incredible song -Johnny Angel). It is not that Shelley is a great singer, but I think that it's all in the sound of her voice. In Stereo, Johnny Angel is quite fabulous! Today I'm 58, but still in love with that "angelic" song performed by the one and only Shelley Fabares. Thanks for the memories.
Heavens to Murgatroid! Great footage from the "Donna Reed" TV sitcom! Have always loved this tune. One of lovelier romantic ballads to come out of the early 60's. And Shelly certainly was lovely to look at. Hubba hubba to the MAX, daddy-o! THANKS for posting this delightful "blast from the past" for us to enjoy! CHEERS!
Cant wait to sing this on choir, sounds nice :)
LoriNTori 5 days ago
I was born in April of 1962.
HeavyHitter5150 1 week ago
Gee how stunningly beautiful and shes NOT popping out anywhere! Teenage girls of this generation PLEASE take note! Let the boys see you for your mind before you show them T&A!
Kelski1998 1 week ago
Crown-Of-Thorns since 2/16/1994 (18 more years) - who am I?
EternalJustice2 2 weeks ago
Pretty poor video editing. Her name is even spelled incorrectly...twice!
drew2345678 3 weeks ago
how i tinkle wen he passes byyy lol
bbgurl89 3 weeks ago
@bbgurl89 ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!
Mikes66442 3 weeks ago
I see Donna Reed in this video. Mmmmm! Man, if I knew her when in the forties, I'd ask her to marry me! I just LOVE Donna Reed!
lightningboltthrster 3 weeks ago
That's cause they had no "key correction" in the studio LOL If you couldn't sing you would never get a "deal" !
exfed9 3 weeks ago
Not good enough quality or LOUDNESS. Must pull up another from youtube. Hope you will all do the same. This version SUCKS!
TheMustangsally75 1 month ago
@TheMustangsally75 get a hearing ad
dago1256 3 weeks ago
her little girl just grew up.
exactaman2003 1 month ago
I know what donna reed was thinking: "This is fricken unreal". It would be amazing to see your daughter (even tv daughter) get up and do the greatest job of singing in history.
exactaman2003 1 month ago 2
Thanks so much for this gift of great memories..
kathi949 1 month ago
You can see the pride on Donna Reed's face. This was much more than just a scene in a script on a television show. She is truly proud of Shelly. Very touching.
Jasonstreamline 1 month ago 2
Being named "John" and having four older sisters while growing up in the 60's I heard this song sung a lot to me.
dahsuerk 1 month ago
I'm a Nazi warlord currently in hiding in an Internet cafe somewhere in Argentina and I just love this music.
P,S. Would you mind holding this hand grenade?
9162vb48 1 month ago
I'll never forget this. I was 11 years and was noticing that my dick could do things beside piss. When I saw Shelly, I rose to attention and fell inlove. I begged my mom to let me stay up to watch her. Man, was she sweet.
taypar11 1 month ago
oh man..what flashbacks I got seeing this clip....I so wanted to have a mom like "Donna Stone"....pretty , clever...great show....nothing comes close these days to these gems! ^/^
1Phoebus 2 months ago
ok, the weird part, is i randomly woke up and thought of this song just now, and im 23, no clue why this song of all songs was playing in my head lol, childhood escaped
MixedBreedE 2 months ago
Why don't women look like this anymore!? The modern world I hate!!
71powerwagon 2 months ago 2
Ahhhh. White America from the days of yore. WTF happened?
scdevon 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Shelley Fabares
@scdevon To white America or the days of yore?
Alikah1 2 months ago
@Alikah1 I think you know what I mean.
scdevon 2 months ago
Lee Pockriss, who wrote the music for midcentury pop hits like “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini,” “Catch a Falling Star” and “Johnny Angel,” died on Monday at his home in Bridgewater, Conn. He was 87.
maryquant1967 2 months ago
Carl Betz was the husband and father of the Stone clan, playing Dr Alex Stone for the Donna Reed show’s entire run, beginning in 1958 when James Stacy would still have been just 21 and much to young to be playing husband to Donna, father to teenagers Mary and Jeff and a practicing pediatrician to boot. You many be thinking of Stacy’s recurring role in Ozzie and Harriet.
eldon12000 2 months ago
Yes they did, not like the trash today.
suprjagfan 2 months ago
I have always loved this song, but I forget what season of The Donna Reed Show" she sang this in.
GeorgeM682 2 months ago
@GeorgeM682 The song was used in Season 4 (1961-1962) in an episode called "Donna's Prima Donna." It aired 2/1/62. "Johnny Angel" debuted on the Hot 100 at #81 on 3/3/62, hit the Top 40 on 3/17, and hit #1 for 2 weeks beginning 4/7. Fabares knocked Connie Francis' "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" out of #1 and was replaced at #1 by Elvis Presley's "Good Luck Charm." TMI, I know...
tennesseegator 2 months ago
@tennesseegator Thanks for the information !!! Much appreciated
314JET 2 months ago
I HAD her. she was boring!
oweneden 3 months ago
@oweneden she did'nt want you! she wanted johnny angel!
tonytarheel55 2 months ago 2
@oweneden - what do you mean - did you date Shelly?
castalia60able 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Shelley Fabares
by Lyn Duddy and Lee Pockriss. WRITTEN BY
DOES ANYONE KNOW HE WROTE YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKIN AND OTHER FAMOUS SONGS INCLUDING SOME JEWISH SONGS
mjbillverd 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Shelley Fabares
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Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
robertoamor2011 3 months ago
ahhhh, when teens had a shot at being prim and proper, not fast 'n slutty as reflected in today's lyrics.
speedoflite1 3 months ago
Such a pretty song from a time when feelings were sung poetically and from the heart, not vulgar like today's crap.
Mikes66442 3 months ago 12
@Mikes66442
yes very true and a time were the mother actually stayed home to care for kids.
aboveandbeyondify 3 weeks ago
To My "Johnny Angel". MMMWWWWWHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!!
daschundloverable 3 months ago
I so much agree that Shelly Fabares is such a doll....and the acting by Donna Reed and Carl Betz in that scene is so wonderfully accurate!
eldon12000 3 months ago 2
@eldon12000 Thats not Carl Betz. It's James Stacy
gottogosome 2 months ago
Who could ever forget Shelley Fabraes and the Donna Reed Show and the song Johnny Angel. Gawd!!!!!!!!!!
samisunc 3 months ago 3
Good stuff!!
humongousaldo 3 months ago
This is one of my favorite songs. I watched "Donna Reed" as I adored Paul Petersen. I was so disappointment when I read later that Shelly hated singing.
Jibbie49 4 months ago 2
@Jibbie49 They basically threatened to throw her off the series if she didn't sing! She always credits her studio session background singers (Darlene Love and the Blossoms) for their beautiful background vocals; these girls in the clip are just lip-synching, of course.
JimmyBoi2 3 months ago
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My boyfriends name was Johnny in 1962.,
I bought this record,
broke up with Johnny,
gave this record to my girlfriend Pam. who was in Love with Johnny.
I fell in love with David, the "Love of my Life".
awhhhhhhh Young Love
desert3347 4 months ago
Is this a scene from a film?
Darkgod171990 4 months ago
@Darkgod171990 Hi there. It was an actual episode of the Donna Reed show.
LICHBKLYN1 4 months ago
@LICHBKLYN1 Ah, thank you for the info. ;)
Darkgod171990 4 months ago
Great gal and tune from one of the best of times and worst of times.
sjtom57 4 months ago
The Coaches wife. Go Minnesota State.
dahsuerk 4 months ago
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dude at the start (James Stacy) lost his left arm and a leg in a morotcycle accident in 1973. it also killed his girlfriend.
HandShock 4 months ago
love the way the screen is all stretched out - good job
HandShock 4 months ago
I was a big fan of the Donna Reed Show and I've always loved this song. You should all hear the tribute song recorded by Vince J. Smith about Shelley, it's great, it's on you tube called "Shelley".
DorisDify 4 months ago
that was a diffrent time, diffrent year,, no more good woman like this NOW WE GOT CRACK-HEADS,,, RIGHT KATHY WEBB BIGGS
smitten40 4 months ago
I thought she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen, of course I was only 15 or 16.
ChiefSailor1948 4 months ago
All right check it out. This song was produced by Lou Adler of Mamas and Papas fame. He would later marry her. And that my friends is a true story!
sscreemin 5 months ago
@sscreemin "Johnny Angel" was produced and arranged by Stu Phillips.
grooverunner 2 months ago
Shelly: This song will live forever in our hearts. To this day, I love it so. I remember when this aired. Nothing but a little kid. I'm 52 now. With that said, let us not forget the incredible Donna Reed. What an incredible lady. More than just an actress. And you played her daughter, and sang this most beautiful song. All I can say is wow. And, THANK YOU!
LICHBKLYN1 5 months ago 3
Where have these days gone? And what is there now? I will tell you...nothing!
plojka1 5 months ago 2
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This is about my favorite girl songs of 60's and I remember when this episode ran on The Donna Reed Show when I was 11. I'm 59 now and I'm still in love with Shelley Fabares!
MrHarveyluke 5 months ago
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MrHarveyluke 5 months ago
This song came out in 1962 and was followed by a couple of other "Johnny" recordings by Shelly Fabraes. Does anyone remember the song that Paul Peterson (who played her younger brother on the show) came out with? It was called, "My Dad." I think it came out the following year.
MrRonnieG 6 months ago 2
I guess I was advanced for my age,lol. I had a big crush on Donna Reed. She was one of the most beautiful moms in television history....................sigh!!!
katanakeith 6 months ago
Shelley Fabares- Hit song, TV show and Elvis movie co-star...The Original Triple Threat
Kharkovkid 6 months ago
WOMEN SINGERS HAD TRUE TALENT AND THEY DRESSED SO PROPER.
rebelDean550 6 months ago 14
I was a few months old when this song came out and...my name is John!
Classicrocker6119 6 months ago
sooo cute ! was that song from film the video ?
whirlyfan 6 months ago
Thanks for the post.
Thearl 6 months ago
I married a girl like this!
I dreamed of a girl like Shelly and I found her thank God!
cfuller43 6 months ago 4
I've met Shelley and she is truly very sweet and humble, although she's been a star for over 50 years.
SandySummers 7 months ago 4
i sang this is jazz choir. i'm a soprano so i sang the background part. i love this song
tigereyes1994 7 months ago
I like Karen Carpenter's version better, but Shelly's version is nice too.
maleficentdiva 7 months ago
@maleficentdiva I have to disagree with you but, I see why you would say that. Karen had a most incredible voice and I love every song she did. Shelley added a innocence to the sound.
katanakeith 6 months ago
First crush I have had was Shelly.
slave4bbw 7 months ago
Woke up with to this song this morning on my alarm clock, was settled to AM radio! lol
TheMudDragon 7 months ago
our choir sang and danced to this song. loved every second of it!!
kiana12345100 7 months ago 2
Wow.
What great memories.
Thank you.
George Vreeland Hill
GeorgeVreelandHill 7 months ago 2
And how lucky Mike Farrell is to be married to Shelley Fabares.
WytZox1 7 months ago 2
Every GUY watched Donna Reed Show to see Shelley Fabrares. What a beautiful doll.
toymaster7425 8 months ago 22
@toymaster7425 True. But, some also watched to see Donna Reed!
FylthyBeest 7 months ago 3
@FylthyBeest Don't get me wrong. The whole cast was good and how come mothers weren't that pretty when I was kid? My mom did not do house work in high heels.
toymaster7425 7 months ago 4
@toymaster7425
Donna Reed wasn't too bad looking for her age either!
MrEmitex 1 month ago
I remember being home sick with the measles and seeing a rerun of this particular Donna Reed Show - I must have been 8 or 9 years old and I thought that this was the BEST song I'd ever heard. Then a couple of years after that, I was at my cousin's house and found her 45 rpm of this - I wanted to steal it but after playing it 10 times in a row, my cousin gave it to me (I suspect so she'd never have to hear it again!) I don't know why I liked it so much back then but I still like it!
CoachProc 8 months ago 3
ok there was another episode of the donna reed show where shelley is standing on the porch singing and donna is listening thru the open window..any ideas of the song or episode...
walkerelam 8 months ago
@walkerelam
I remember that episode.
DaysOfPineAndRoses 8 months ago
Though they may or may not admit it, there are some current alternative rock groups that seem to be inspired by the "dreamy' 50s and early 60s songs such as this.
So, some are trying to make this type of music again. Which is, in my opinion, a good thing.
BAK1955 8 months ago
IM 16 AND 50S MUSIC IS THE ONLY MUSIC I WILL LISTEN TO THE MUSIC TODAY IS TRASH THAT LADY GAGA IS A JOKE TO AMERICAN MUSIC!!!
rebelDean550 8 months ago 4
I think Darlene Love sang backup on this song.
craps2010 9 months ago
what is so funny for me..is when i was 14 (in 69) at Rosemont High in Columbus,Ohio, i won a contest singing this song! i adored her. had not thought of this for many, many moons..to add to humor i was married @ 16yrs. old to a Eli for 8 yrs.
waited 20 yrs. and had 2ond hubby named..you guessed it John!!!! how could i have ever guessed my favorite song would lead me to marry one Johnny Angel...and he is. and he is we have 12 yrs. in and he treats me very good..what a blessing...
MICHULA54 9 months ago 4
wow the memories...reminds me of a girlfriend I had in '62 I believe it was
ronn715 9 months ago
I think I was in 7th grade when this came out. Those days were so much fun, no worries, and the US was safe.
brownindian17 9 months ago
@brownindian17
Safe? Every saturday the air raid siren would sound as a test. Just a little reminder that Russian ICBMs were aimed at us. Don't you remember duck and cover drills in school? I lived in a strategic town that had many important targets. We knew that we wouldn't have to worry about a slow death from radiation poisoning. Haha
The difference, then and now is that we didn't lock our doors and my folks let us kids run all over. No fears of child rapist/murderers.
deezynar 9 months ago
@deezynar Just pedeos. Like our church organist who would ask my brother when collecting paper route $ from him if he would like to come in and play with his rubber monkey. We'ed laugh at stuff like that cause we wer'n't afraid. Living in a villiage , lots of kids of different ages hanging out watching out for their friends n younger bros. backs. Close to Niagara Falls we were goners too. The Blue Angels would fly their Mach1s overhead in formation breaking the sound barrier Hell of a BOOM
Gigzfin 9 months ago
@Gigzfin
Sad that your church put up w/ someone like that. I don't have a problem w/ a person who has the urges but keeps it under control. Flirting w/ a child is pretty bad.
You're right, Niagara is a strategic target, no radiation poisoning for you either. lol
deezynar 9 months ago
@brownindian17 USA safe? Don't remember "Air Raid Drills" going down in a basement, putting your head between your legs,preparing for an atomic bomb to be dropped People had fallout shelters built in basements Super thick concrete walls to protect their ass from radiation while the neighbors kiss their's goodbye Civil Defence radio broadcasts, how 'bout those "Blasting Cap" commercials scarin' the crap out of us kids Explosives left from blowin' out rock 4 real serious fallout cribs.
Gigzfin 9 months ago
@Gigzfin Screened ONCE in-the-UK we-had Protect & Survive to YOUR Duck & Cover; same kinda-thing, create indoor lean-to with internal-door. Spending day-&-night next-to a bucket likely 'forced' many to-buy bomb-shelters.
CashOnTheNail1955 7 months ago
a genuine cutie pie
cousinarty 9 months ago
I remember seeing this with my mom she use to love this program :( she is no longer with us. Thanks for posting it I love it.
KIZERVONZINGER 9 months ago
Evidently 4 people out there have never had a "Johnny Angel" in their life. Sad.....
boxerdogs11 10 months ago
Unfortunately she did not age well.
pnull 10 months ago
@pnull After a liver transplant and auto-immune hepatitus, I guess none of us would age very well.
ultraroadmap 9 months ago
child hood song first time ive seen who sang it great stuff it was before my time and old neighbours record.
texplastics 10 months ago
AND she was Annette Funicello's best friend
YOUrmypal68 10 months ago
Shelley was on the show "COACH" with Craig T. Nelson who is now on Parenthood
YOUrmypal68 10 months ago
Actually, Shelley Fabares couldn't sing at all, and she was in the studion for DAYS, while the techs put the song together, note by note. Record producer Lou Adler said "I never want to see that bitch again!" P.S., he married her! Btw, that's James Stacy standing next to Donna Reed. He would marry Connie Stevens, and later, Kim Drarby, and he lost both legs in a motorcycle accident.
edwardjames50 10 months ago
@edwardjames50 Interesting info. Thanks.
boxerdogs11 10 months ago
fucking Indian who needs you, all you do is sit and get drunk getting welfare !!!!!
pjthibault 10 months ago
4 losers!
brownindian17 10 months ago
I relate to this way too much song.
Ninja691 10 months ago
I still can't look back and not miss the innocence.
firesidechet 10 months ago
Was this song performed on the Donna Reed show?
Freyja1133 10 months ago
@Freyja1133 Yes, the episode DONNA'S PRIMA DONNA 4/1/62, ironically 49 years ago last Friday!
dh1173 10 months ago
My son's name is John. This is my song to him.
ytvirginia 11 months ago
this such a sweet song always did like it ,never saw this episode of the donna reed show ...ty for the post and peace to all tc
4ever4thebeegees 11 months ago
shelly was always the kind of girl i wanted.
musicman257 11 months ago 3
I was a big fan of the Donna Reed show mostly because i had it real bad for Shelley Fabares . She was so pretty and so proper and I adored that in a girl !!
nicktesla45 11 months ago 30
My favorite song as a kid. For me it has nothing to do with the world, it's how I felt with my parents, siblings and friends, so young. Life is too short people. Enjoy the good times and when you hear a song that brings back a warm memory, savor it.
lilycomic 11 months ago 2
My favorite song as a kid. For me it has nothing to do with the world, it's how I felt with my parents, siblings and friends, so young. Life is too short people. Enjoy the good times and when you hear a song that brings back a warm memory, savor it.
lilycomic 11 months ago
Oh, Shelly! I still love you! I hated how your football hubby trashed you on Coach.
castingtherunes 11 months ago
Well, I loved this song when I was a kid and I still love it - a song is a song. This is song is not indicative of a "better world" . The world wasn't better then except better at covering up, lying and enforcing white conformity. And I have white skin. From silly things like forcing girls to wear skirts to school, to awful facts like the overt racism and small-mindedness of many, it wasn't better, just different.
Paulsdottir 11 months ago
I dont know how all of you out there feel. I think shelly is very cute, But I"ll take Donna Reed any day of the week. Shes a Knockout !!!!!
northfourty 11 months ago
Shelley is so beautiful but has anyone noticed how hot her backup singers are??.....Lord have mercy....oh yeah, you people who are so serious about politics and race while listening to Shelley sing Johnny Angel are crackin me up!
ultraroadmap 11 months ago
i cry when i hear this song
barkiefilms 11 months ago 2
This is the first time I see the video of this song and I must say Shelley is amazingly beautiful. The first time I heard this song I imagined the singer being beautiful but she's certainly more beautiful than I ever thought. Btw, what's with the race thing? Just sit back and enjoy the music people. Remember what your folks told you, "If you have nothing better to say than don't say anything." Anyways, thanks Shelley. Your song is an instant iPOD must.
edwin11373 11 months ago 2
This video is not about racial prejudice in America. Racist additudes exist through out the entire world, and it is not exclusive to one country or nationality, . This video is simply about a real beauty, (Shelly Fabares) she is so loved and will forever be held in our hearts. I've lived here all my life and I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE the debased changes that are taking place as I speak ; thats my choice as an American. It may or may not be so in other parts of the world .
70bonnie 11 months ago
Hey, Shelley wouldn't be parroting the racist crap spewing from you two idiots.
ladbrady 11 months ago
Interesting that they used white women behind Shelley in this clip. The actual recording features Darlene Love & the Blossoms on backing vocals...a highly skilled ensemble of African American women. Of course, in those days.... :(
pvtpstr 11 months ago
@pvtpstr I'm glad you posted this—particularly in light of the two "Highest Rated Comments" above.
PolarSkua 11 months ago
@PolarSkua - Thanks for watching my back. I mean, where would pop music be without the profound influence of multicultural collaboration? Check out The Toys "Attack!" on my channel for a sublime example.
pvtpstr 11 months ago
When I broke-up with my Johnny angel in the 60's I gave this record to my girlfriend who was going with Johnny. I remember this epiasode======sweet
2lovs4music 1 year ago
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If you've ever watched the series "Coach" Shelly was Craig T "Coach" Nelsons wife.
edwwit 1 year ago
If you've ever watched the series "Coach" Shelly was Craig T "Coaxh" Nelsons wife.
edwwit 1 year ago
@edwwit rarely you have two versions of a song that sound great. Karen Carpenter also sang it beautifully. S. Fabares played the most leading lady in ELVIS' movies. she & paul peterson aged nicely.
d4seasons 10 months ago
I have a little boy named Johnathon. I sing this song to him almost everyday...he's 5 now and gets so embarrassed by it....I was raised with this type of music though!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!
kmariecanfield 1 year ago
@kmariecanfield
I was a teen when the initial show aired, but I still love this song. Brings back old memories. I'm sure when your son looks back, he'll have terrific memories of his mom singing one of the best teen love songs.
Mike
mikestraw 11 months ago
It was a great time but I didn't know it until many years later. There were so many great things happening in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Where is that? Mostly in my mind now, such as it is
simpletony123 1 year ago
@jackc144 All RED BLOODED MEN know what they like. Shelly and Sandra, Sandra or Shelly ; its all a matter of preference . Connie Stevens revs my Y-Block too !
70bonnie 1 year ago
In our hearts, Shelly belongs to all of us guys. She is the best part of America, home grown and as sweet a Georgia Peach !
70bonnie 1 year ago 44
@70bonnie Shelly is the Love of My Life. After Sandra Dee!!!!
jackc144 1 year ago
@70bonnie Nice if the 'new-crop' listen-to & watch the lovely Shelly; she can actually 'hold-a-tune', wear-clothes, cover-her-bits.
Waiting-for Donna Reed Show DVDs to-reach LoveFilm UK.
CashOnTheNail1955 7 months ago
@70bonnie , she's carries herself like a lady with the sensuality of innocense , she's married to B, J, Hunicutt
jhunted7667 4 months ago
You guys above me Shelley Fabares is Married to Mike Farrell
What ever.
This is just good music.
TL250Rider 1 year ago
i love this song!!!!
tigereyes1994 1 year ago
I love Donna Reeds proud mother look. Priceless!
airpockets 1 year ago 3
It was a sweeter world back then for us kids. Many girls sang in their mirror with there hairbrush pretending to be Shelly!
angelballs1 1 year ago
@angelballs1 I still sing to the mirror using my brush as a mic :)
GiuGabCas 1 year ago
guys...this is very pretty song which I enjoyed in my youth....can't everyone just enjoy it
LightSnowOvernight 1 year ago 3
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wow really a genius,this video is fantastic. And the dancers... great professionals. pls download this from downloadmusic.im
amielanquist41 1 year ago
Sometimes I 'm disgusted with comments that are nothing to do with the subject. I don't care to read this when I'm watching Shelley Fabares singing Johnny Angel. Just cool it! Enjoy the moment.
dlsflower 1 year ago
"We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it "~ Lyndon Johnson
dh1173 1 year ago
What profoundly ignorant statements. Lets regress back to 1962. A time when Black Ops = US foreign policy & domestic policy = JFK shot at midday in public. How about the Vietnam war advanced by LBJ's NSAM 263 where 58,000+ Americans & 2 mil+ Vietnamese would lose their life in an evil war. Nuclear arms race in full swing. A time when "White Only" Signs were frequent & lynching black boys was entertainment. Equal pay for women was nonexistent. So much for better place Mr. Non Immigrant.
blucinemafilms 1 year ago
I was in Jr High School when this song hit the charts. Wish I was back in Jr High School dancing with Nancy Meyers in the gym. What great times, I'll be back there some times. Rockin 60's
Art
amaeda3144 1 year ago
that actor next to donna reed is James Stacy whose life later became quite tragic.
maryquant1967 1 year ago
Love how people argue life was better back then when all the issues we're finally dealing with were so taboo no one would even acknowledge them. Yes if you were a W.A.S.P. life was at the best it could have been for you back then. Get over it, you have so much privilege that you aren't even aware of the world around you. Don't forget your ancestors were immigrants too, and if they had to go through the 8 year system that is instated currently, they would have been illegal as well. FYI I'm white
Quickill 1 year ago
@Quickill Yeah, you may be white but you're a liberal race traitor. It's people like you who are helping destroy America as we know it. Your great grandchildren will be a minority in the USA due to liberal white idiots like you.
lizardsy 1 year ago
@lizardsy Clearly you know nothing about the ideologies that this country was even founded upon. Wow white minorities, who cares? This isn't a country made for white people, it was made for everyone. Clearly you think that only white people matter and that we should only care for them. FYI race doesn't even exist, take genetics and educate yourself. Sadly each new generation has less and less educated citizens thanks to No Child Left Behind. Thank you for showing us this...
Quickill 1 year ago
@Quickill "White minorities, who cares?" I care. My children and grandchildren will care. Race doesn't exist? You are an idiot.
lizardsy 1 year ago
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@lizardsy Lmao why do you care? Scared of our country actually being a melting pot like it's been called for decades? And I highly doubt your grandchildren will even care cause they'll actually know what diversity is and more than likely support it like their generation. Unlike the dumb one you come from. Race is only a social construct used for social segregation. There is no biological or genetic thing such as race. Again, do not argue topics you know nothing about. Do us a favor, get educated
Quickill 1 year ago
@Quickill I care because white people are already being discriminated against. You can't even apply for some college scholarships if you're white. You can't get some jobs if you are white, due to affirmative action. White people are becoming the minority fast, and do you think this will benefit us? You sound like a liberal democrat. Well, try this. Go drive around the hispanic and black areas of your city, and tell me there is no such thing as race. Tell me we are all the same.
lizardsy 1 year ago
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@lizardsy Wow you really don't know anything about discrimination. Please complain more.. Until recent years unless you WERE white you couldn't get jobs or scholarships. And STILL there are jobs and scholarships you can't get if you are NOT white. You sound like a right wing nut, thanks to people like you we got Bush for 2 terms! Politics aside, good job at pointing out cultural difference... That's not race.. Again, get educated before you embarrass yourself even more
Quickill 1 year ago
@lizardsy I swear, you give someone not white a toothbrush and don't give it to the white person, they white person screams you're discriminating. But you give lowered education, economic status, and legal protection (amongst many other things) to everyone non white, and the whites say they are just unfortunate and should work hard to earn it. Yet a lot of narrow minded white people still wont even give them an opportunity to even do that. Welcome to reality....
Quickill 1 year ago
@Quickill You is ssssttupidddddd
mikenfrenz 1 year ago
@mikenfrenz Your grammar speaks so much about you. Thank you for showing your lack of education :)
Quickill 1 year ago
@Quickill Have not heard the term White Anglo-Saxon Protestant for decades; guess few under 50+ have-a-clue about WASP.
CashOnTheNail1955 7 months ago
Shelley wasn't THAT BAD of a singer. Billboard's 107th #1 hit of the rock era. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
@50sVintage Oh what memories that brings back. I am with you. I am so glad I grew up back then, and have all the peaceful wonderful memories of it all. If I were just getting married and starting out, I would be thinking long and hard about bringing children into this mess of a society we have now. God bless America, and each one of us.
boxerdogs11 1 year ago
This song and film clip is the epitome of Hope still being in the Air - I'm glad I was born then and not now. Who wants to live without memories of a better time?
50sVintage 1 year ago 2
I LOVE this song. The video is great, watching good old Donna Reed, watching her daughter sing. The ironic part of this wonderful hit is that Shelly Fabres never wanted to sing it, knowing she wasn't a singer (so I have heard in documenteries), but the studio, writers and Shelly did a FABULOUS job .....
jtvjohn1 1 year ago 2
@JCE1972 Your dead right about what we really,REALLY want ! Any red-blooded man would ! Knowing that is truth enough for both sexes . The women know it as well as we do. Its just impossible if we try to compete with a picture perfect screen image of Shelly or Elvis. Sooner or later we will dissappoint ourselves. I think its just tougher on the women because of man's natural feelings toward beautiful women be it Barbie, Shelly or June Cleaver. They draw that " WORTH A SECOND LOOK " from us.
70bonnie 1 year ago
@JCE1972 She was my first celebrity crush, and I wasn't yet 12 years old. As my name is John, I imagined that she was siniging it to me, and chills would run down my spine. I would blush and run out of the room so others couldn't see how affected I was. How pretty she was, so pure and simple.
Zeppolino100 1 year ago
Someone once ascertained that Rock and Roll died in 1974, which is not a bad guess. For one who was a college student in the early 60's, this song is a sweet reminder of how different life was then. Somehow after the mid-60's, whatever sense of innocence and decency gradually got lost in pop culture. Bands and singers became notorious for being a bunch of self-serving drug freaks---as role models, what did anyone see in them? Ms. Fabares as seen here projects a much more inviting image.
6061peb 1 year ago 2
she played coach's girlfriend in the TV show Coach
crobarus 1 year ago
Forgive my english (I live in Québec, Canada and usually speaks french). Shelley Fabares has been my idol during my teens (thanks to Donna Reed Show and that incredible song -Johnny Angel). It is not that Shelley is a great singer, but I think that it's all in the sound of her voice. In Stereo, Johnny Angel is quite fabulous! Today I'm 58, but still in love with that "angelic" song performed by the one and only Shelley Fabares. Thanks for the memories.
TrapJacks 1 year ago
I fell in love with her when I saw in Girl Happy with Elvis.......Gorgeous
sixstrings2 1 year ago
Heavens to Murgatroid! Great footage from the "Donna Reed" TV sitcom! Have always loved this tune. One of lovelier romantic ballads to come out of the early 60's. And Shelly certainly was lovely to look at. Hubba hubba to the MAX, daddy-o! THANKS for posting this delightful "blast from the past" for us to enjoy! CHEERS!
JubalCalif 1 year ago