Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas - Tennessee Waltz (1964)

[MrAfrotastic11]

I'm not gonna lie, I really hate this version. It completely ruins the entire feel of the traditional version. I am sad someone came up with this idea.

[kathykisslight1]

@MrAfrotastic11 : Which one is the "traditional version" for you ?As the number of people who covered this song is pretty hard to count.

[kielego]

lol i was from the 20s and now to the 60s

[georgef1776]

horrible and fantastic -- thanks for posting

[sunrecords56]

This Version was Taken from Bobby Comstock and the Counts originaly released on Blaze records, around 1959 or 1960 truly a great version,  find it you'll like it

[cforssi]

Great seeing the late Mick Green playing the lead guitar on this song. This is mostly the original Dakotas lineup. RIP Mick Green, you were one of the greatest guitar player in rock and roll music!

[Wilthomer66]

Billy looks like Will Arnett at certain angles!

[TheGrouicgrouic]

Une tres bonne chanson qui n'est pas sur les best off de Billy J Kramer, dommage!

[Bertrandd06]

j'aime beaucoup Billy J Kramer

[expatbritingermany]

According to a very interesting biography of the Beatles, Brian Epstein only signed up Billy J. Kramer (or whatever his real name was) because he fancied him, and not because he could sing - because apparently, he couldn't. Mind you, Brian fancied John Lennon, too, but at least he had real talent!

[8h6ed]

this is a great video! its nice to see videos that are hard to find, thanks for putting it on

[g1h2nedlaw]

I am a great fan of Billy JK but this must be the biggest load of rope ever made. Come on Billy you can do no worse than this. Just my opinion.

[NcicHit]

I always wondered what Pee Wee King thought about this version. Great beat and I like Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas.

[moorlock2003]

Look out for the 4 CD box set on Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas. Lots of goodies on there.

[moorlock2003]

shindig rocks

[unrealvariety]

Billy j. kramer is from england a counry better than america he"s singing about a waltz from tennessee

[spacepatrolman]

Americas better we invented television phonograph records ,electric guitars ,jazz and rock and roll discovered  the existance of other galaxys in space also get most of the nobel prizes.

[expatbritingermany]

Yeah, yeah - we Brits know our place ;-) But hey, television - wasn't that the Scotsman John Logie Baird?? The Germans will tell you Johann Philipp Reis invented the television. Any other offers - the Chinese, the ancient Greeks, the Vikings?? And don't forget Liverpool in the 1960s, or Hamburg for that matter - absolute pop and rock 'n roll 'Meccas'.

[spacepatrolman]

David sarnoff invented the videocon tube in the tv camera he ran rca ,philo farnsworth invented the tv picture tube.

[unrealvariety]

wow

[dougzilla]

This is pretty awesome. Any idea of what tv show this is from?

[nyrainbow2]

this is from the Shindig show

[dougzilla]

Thanks

I have some of their music in my library and like it a lot. I just looked them up on wikipedia. I did not know of their Beatles connection. Very cool.

[joeyd1957]

@dougzilla

Isn't this great?

[phillydog17]

Check out Bobby Comstock's version.