Jan & Dean - Baby Talk (Rare 1959 clip)

[zfleming44]

Great harmony. Gret memories of the 50s and 60s. Cute girls of the era. Where in the world was my mind then?

[jimbamboozled]

Me too. I hear that, Baw, buppa baw, Um da um da um wa wa wa ....It's crazy! Timeless.

[terrafirma91]

Whatever happened to the art of baby-talking your girl? Do any guys still do this today? I would baby talk my girl all the time when we were alone, and she loved it. I suppose any guy baby talking his girl now would be considered "odd", or maybe even a pansy. Then again, girls today aren't like they used to be. Girls back then were more feminine in behavior. Seems that today's modern female is more rough around the edges, maybe even tomboyish.

[JohnV1111]

Jan was originally paired up with Arnie (Ginsberg?) and had a great song "Gas Money". I think they both went to Uni Hi in Santa Monica... Damn, I'm old :-)

[srercrcr]

#8 Pop

[IndianaParkWars]

This song rocks! I love it to freakin' death!

[AndyANiceGuy]

@IndianaParkWars It sure does! I keep playing it over and over. :)

[IndianaParkWars]

@AndyANiceGuy If i had a list of best songs of alltime. This is in the top 5, no doubt!

[luviananna]

It's a shame the trauma technology was not available back when he was injured....

[nikiita7]

Fantastyczne:)

[Jrpross]

@nikiita7 I am an American living in Poland (Czestochowa). I didn't know Poles had heard of Jan and Dean! To po prostu super! :) Pozdrow...

[BeachBoysJanDean1]

It was always fun watching these guys on stage. They were considered the "Clown Prince of Rock and Roll".

[tillyeyesgreen]

Great rock and roll duo with style "surf music" from the end of the 1950s to the mid-1960s.

This is the cutest thing ever.

Delicious video.

[skuterixas91]

Great times lol i'm 19 ffs

[hibernianish]

their hairstyle..is that what was known as the ducks butt.?..Wow!!! I can imagine hearing this song on a Wurlitzer Juke Box... its better than a set of hub caps and a lot easier to get!

[bobluman4]

@hibernianish actually ducks tail as it sounded better the greasers called it ducks ass haha,man i love the 50's

[MikeBruceSullivan]

Hopefully, these guys are the few, smart surfers who didn't smoke weed. I know they were known for their music. But they surfed big time also. They had such flawless teeth and played high school football so I doubt they smoked weed like a lot of surfers unfortunately do nowadays.

[8bitbeats]

@MikeBruceSullivan if this is smart, then you need weed.

[rockinrobintweets]

@MikeBruceSullivan As Dean put it, he and Jan didnt drink thier / the music cricle s Kool Aid, at lest not before April 12, 1966, Jan s accident. Jan did get hooked on drugs for a time but kicked the drugs and was clean for YEARS before we lost him on March 26, 2004..meant Jan got hooked on drugs after the accident for a time but got clean.

[ResurrectedJimi]

@rockinrobintweets Thanks. It would've made sense that Jan Berry used painkillers after his accident since he was so injured that the paramedics thought he was dead after taking his vital signs shortly after the accident. I'd imagine he was still in pain for years after the '66 accident. Our hero Jan Berry seemed full of perserverance & drive and wouldn't have messed too much with recreational drugs, but with "legal" prescribed painkillers. Thanks, again, rockin robbintweets :)

[rockinrobintweets]

@ResurrectedJimi Jan Berry is my hero to the max, I never had a brian injury but I was born disabled and it takes a LOT to NOT give up and simply do the best you can for that day. His makeing it all the way back to the stage just melts my heart. With Family and GOOD FRIENDS like Dean plus Jan s HARD WORK AND GOD S HELP.......He, Jan did it...the young man the Dr s didnt think would walk or talk again DID IT. Yep, my beloved hero now angel, Jan

[purpledolphin79]

I may be young but I know what real music is and this is real music I want to thank my dad for showing me what music should be

[rolex452]

Thanks for this excellent early clip of Jan & Dean. Although this clearly lip-synched to the original recording, it was great seeing these two in their youth. Thanks again!

[hebneh]

They're all chewing gum in the audience because Beech-Nut Gum was the sponsor, and they were all supposed to chew so that viewers would have that sponsorship reinforced.

My older brothers got to comb their hair this way, with a wave in the front, and when I was 5 years old (not unlike the lyrics to this song) I wished I could wear my hair like that too. Which was in 1959.

[chrishibbs201012]

for a tune like this not bad for a reverb .

[Freyja1133]

SixtiesPop, this is the cutest songt hat I've ever heard !

[YY4Me133]

You've got so many incredible videos, I've joined every one of your channels. I'll bet this is a labor of love, for you. Just know, it's really appreciated.

[Vintageart1994]

These guys are so entertaining to watch.

[SwingingMan17]

Love the girls in the crowd, eye humping the two lol.

[hormelinc]

Bubblegum (as in Beech Nut gum) and "IFIC" (as in FlavorIFIC) means this is from the "Saturday Night Beechnut Show". This alternate clip was shown on the Amer Bandstand 20th anniversary show.

[ThePattycake1313]

they chewed a lot of gum then huh?

[1qaz2wsx3edc5753]

I still sing this song which is 47 years and going!

[MVillani1985]

Little did anyone know in 1959, this is the style that would eventually become known as surf music. Thanks for posting this.

[justmusicandme]

@MVillani1985 : I think you are correct - from wikipedia : ",,,Jan Berry was experimenting with multi-part vocal arrangements — five years before he started working professionally with Brian Wilson...." And Jan and Dean are from California.

[PrincessZelda613]

@justmusicandme This is also one of Jan and Dean's first songs as Jan and Dean. In 1958, Dean was absent for some reason, so the singing duo for Jennie Lee and Gas Money in 1958 was Jan and Arnie. I wonder what became of Arnie.

[Djarnes]

@PrincessZelda613 -Dean was in the army at the time-remember there was compulsory military service at the time

[bbbartolo]

this is even better than I remember it the first time around (I was around in the 50's)! great sound, great arrangement. thanks for bringing this back.

[thecountofbasie]

Awesome...

[beatboxguy1]

I Lik the beginig

[207nkf]

1 lousy Mistake and Jan was never the same!!!!

[BuddyFantastic]

A great song.

[ECBBFan]

Must be... The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show: Dick Clark's New Year's Eve Party (ABC) December 31, 1959 at Little Theatre 240 W 44th St., New York, NY.

[Azishome]

@ECBBFan Got to be. Most of the audience is chewing gum--except for one girl who probably swallows her gum as I do. 

[ricknelson69]

Great clip!!!

[CenaTv2]

what a great clip!

[rocksinger45]

Another graduate of Uni High School.

[BobBerkeley]

@rocksinger45 Hey, I went to Hami!

[rocksinger45]

@BobBerkeley I'm Fairfax (No) class of 68 

[BobBerkeley]

@rocksinger45 I graduated from Hamilton in 1966. The Drifters sang at my Grad Night. Smooth!

[rocksinger45]

@BobBerkeley I had the hot's for a Hami girl which worked for me because my reputation as a womanizer hadn't made it to your school yet :)

[BobBerkeley]

@rocksinger45 I don't remember any Fairfax student's reputation getting west of La Cienega. But I do remember wasting a lot of time driving on Sunset west of Doheny, trying to find Dead Man's Curve.

[rocksinger45]

@BobBerkeley I found it, it's past Schwab's at Crescent Heights...great after all these years my reputation was saved by La Cienega Blvd....I'll sleep better tonight...

You might not know it but you just won a "Bel Air Bandit" invisible Tee Shirt, never needs washing never needs ironing....

:) :)

[BobBerkeley]

@rocksinger45 Thanks for the shirt, fits great, very stylish. And you, sir, win a set of French tail lights for your screamin' machine. This rare item was sold neither at Orbach's nor at the Farmers' Market.

[rocksinger45]

@BobBerkeley Yeah but I thought I saw those tail lights 4 sale at Sabu Department store Wilshire & Fairfax...put that in your way back machine. :)

Speaking of the Famers Market. My favorite Pizza in L.A. was always Patsy's in the old section, well my wife and I went there yesterday (Sunday) and with great sadness I have to say it really sucked...things aren't the same as they use to be.

[BobBerkeley]

@rocksinger45 Sorry to hear about the quality downturn at Patsy's. Buddy, it only gets worse. The next time you're cruising Sunset, before you hit Dead Man's Curve, hang left on La Cienega and do a web search for “Great Los Angeles Restaurants That Ain't There No More" (16 pages) to follow the decline of Restaurant Row. By the time you get to Wilshire, you'll feel like moving to Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga.

[rocksinger45]

@BobBerkeley Yeah, that's right and join a book review & sewing circle...wait, I'm already in a sewing circle...naaaaa, it won't get worse....just remember in the morning as long as you have a pulse and you can get out of bed and be vertical ...the rest is the small stuff...now only if I can only get my wife to remember this..... I won't sweat.

[BobBerkeley]

@rocksinger45 You're right, being able to stand on your own two feet beats a brand new, shiny red super-stock walker.

[rocksinger45]

@BobBerkeley I can honestly say that thats one of the lessons in life that Jan Berry taught me....RIP his poor soul.

Was thinking besides meeting Dean at his office at Kittyhawk Production when I worked for the Stat House, Beverly & Crescent Heights delivering graphics, I was lucky enough to see J&D live at the Roxy w/there grandfathers Flo & Eddie in the early 80's..great show !!