Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - The Legend Of Xanadu (TOTP 1968)

[KarmaMiracles]

i love this song, i'm 18 and was humming it today at school and every1 had never heard of this song, except my 65 year old tutor teacher who knew from me humming it haha.

[ookalongbangbang]

these guys were way ahead of the sixties

[ynjlky7121]

DDDBM&T were called Dave Dee Group in Japan and this tune also became a big hit, as well as the Japanese language cover version sung by one of the successful Group Sounds(GS) bands The Jaguars.

[saxyfly]

The first 'record' that I ever bought.... :)

[Amando303]

Sensacional, que música linda. Infelizmente hoje temos que ouvir Luan Santana, Restart, Michel Teló e similares. É de doer.

[malucobrasileiro]

@Amando303 Triste, muito triste!

[Pitfossil]

Many years later they still raised the roof in Germany´s best music club. Does anyone remember the Flohzirkus in Hannover?

[MrNodzilla]

Was Jimmy Saville miming aswell?

[bloodnokian]

Jimmy Saville! Legend. For a split second though I thought it was Noel Gallagher.

[xkr1300]

1980 was the song by olivia newton john and elo same title diffo song

[cbak12sg]

@xkr1300 Not quite. This was called LEGEND of Xanadu.

[xkr1300]

onj and elo did a song called xanado back late 70s

[ONLY1TOTTENHAM]

Ace posting..Thanx..!!

[bfnb21]

sir jimmy saville rip

[albarosa1000]

¡¡ESPECTACULARRRR!!!



[mrsgritoli1]

Love the song....who is that silly pom doing the intro??

[bazzyboodle]

Miss you Dave..

you old git

Barry (Ryan) x:)

[MungoArawn]

Does anyone know what Xanadu is about? Because I only know Xanadu from Citizen Kane, but the atmosphere does not really go along with the movie...

[ONLY1TOTTENHAM]

@MungoArawn Olivia Newton John with ELO did a song called Xanadu In the 80's. I'll have to ask Jeeves coz i'd like to know too..?

[cbak12sg]

@ONLY1TOTTENHAM ONJ/ELO had a no 1 in 1980 with XANADU. DDDBM&T did THE LEGEND OF XANADU.

[TheMyrod]

fantastic song RIP the great jimmy saville

[kitkatsist]

@TheMyrod also R.I.P the great Dave Dee

[lucas07700]

RIP Sir Jimmy Savile 1926-2011

RIP Dave Dee 1943-2009

[pinchejuarezfeo]

mexico and the old western !! ;)

[Gojibeer]

Ist das schön. Ich war immer ein großer Fan von Dave Dee.

[darionothree]

First record I ever bought !!!

[fleetmaze2]

hi



[aNGeLItHa021]

esta es la leyenda de xanadu

[ianhickman1960]

Hanging the washig out & this came into my head,........must be into whips !!Great song

[Alikah1]

RIP Jimmy Saville!

[knowallify]

Sixties rebels, but D. D. wound up as a magistrate in Macclesfield. Such is life.

[speedtwin007]

DDDBM&T banging out another fantatastic hit to help make the sixties the finest era in music history. Thankyou for the upload nyrainbow4 and where would we be without You Tube preserving these hits for us.

[atlantic1952]

I watched this when it first went out, they were a great group in a truely great time in pop music history, fantastic. Thanks for posting!

[phlogopit]

the guy at the beginning is terrible....

[confabulator99]

@phlogopit That's Jimmy Savile, you BASTARD.

[phlogopit]

@confabulator99

who ever he is, he looks terrible, you PUSSY!

[TWENTIETHCENTURYBABY]

@phlogopit Jimmy Savile is the greatest DJ ever, a legend.

[999kps]

@phlogopit now now girls

[daveharler]

@confabulator99 phlogopit is OBVIOUSLY a kid who thinks GOOD MUSIC is the shite in the charts nowadays!

[wendytwizzle]

gorgeous with a fantastic voice. RIP Dave

[murray933]

they had a t.v episoped got 100 lines for talking never forget that only twelve at the time

[rithas777]

One of my all time favourites. I can remember playing this on a mono record player, i played it a million times i`m sure lol. Thanks for loading *****

[EMNIGHT1]

this kind of music will never be forgotten.

[marcoamartins2]

Welcome to the world of Marlboro

[WildmanBorneo]

First single I ever bought and still the best......EVER

[bronterise15]

SAW DDDBM&TICH A FEW WEEKS BEFORE DAVE DEE DIED IB LEEDS. STILL HAD IT, THEY WERE BRILL. RIP DAVE XXX

[zvictorone]

FLIPPING ADVERTS.

[dernwales]

heard this first in 68 never forgotten it a classic

[PseudohumanoCL]

@snipestar1147 I disagree with you in one thing: Those good songs and singers/bands are not dead, and surely will never be forgotten.

It's us who make this great music stay alive and preserve their age as the day they we're once written. For us twenty-something year old people, our parents taught us about music and we preserve it, as the great gift it is. And i will gladly educate my kids with these wonderful songs.

[jerryru77]

spaghetti western beat

[tsChikitita90]

I grew up in the Beatle early years era, but this song is just one of the best songs ever, it just sound ageless.

RIP Dave Dee. The drummer in the band looks like a guy from nowadays. Great song and group.

[56Inka]

MY GOD,AFTER 40YEARS AND STILL BEAUTIFUL.I HAVE A VERY GOOD FEELING WITT DDDBMT

[lyndloo]

I will miss you forever Dave Dee.. RIP x

[jewellers100]

I dedicate this song to my mum. She intduced me to this song and we both loved it. Thanks South African music stations that played all these 60's tunes

[Syndicate93]

Could anyone love music more than Jimmy Saville? I doubt it..

[SuperAGEMAN]

great song great times

[wouldntyoulike2know]

Dave is adorable. Bless him. :)

[pendantbabs]

they were naughty boys in vally camp in the 60,s but bloody good entertianment(SINGING I MEAN)

[allanscot1]

This is the perfect pop song! DDDBM & T may not have been as cool as the Beatles or the Stones but they sure made yuou smile. Great record and brilliant performance. Dave Dee is sorely missed.

[beesknees91]

R.I.P. Dave, Great Memories

[Goldfinga888]

Thanks for putting up this vid! I was only a kid when this came out but this was one of the vids I remember - especially DD with his whip LOL and 'count-of-monte-cristo-garb!

[shorelineboy]

i used to see these guys regularly in the 60's in a club in hampshire near southampton. They were called dave dee and the bostons then wow and all for 2/6d

[MrErwin2000]

best song of the sixties

[Greatstuff365]

Loved them.. but please dont say anyone is cooler than the greatest group of all time DuuuuuH

[imafrakkinjedi]

This was way cooler than the beatles.

[MrReinaldo60]

I play electric guitar, and I love this song! Congratulations.

Reinaldo Bigwolf,

[onnimonniful]

STILL IT SOUNDS GREAT! FABULOUS!!!!!

[simone030489]

wow am 21 n love this song remember singing along wi ma dad wen i was lil, oh the memories, RIP dad <3 x

[livesteam]

I was in my twenties then. What a great era that was. Good music. I'd just found the love of my life, and living was easy. A bedsit in Ealing, parties every Saturday. (Sigh !!!)

[VinnyMonster1]

@livesteam You Lucky Lucky sod!

I envy you, I was 4 when this came out, so I missed the 60s pretty much!

[FelinousPUnCoolest]

Their music will live on, Dave Dee can eternally rock with the greats who've gone to the big gig in the sky (and enjoying every minute i hope).

I've been a fan since childhood of the band, but only got to see the live performance of their stuff during their last tour as part of the Solid Silver Sixties lineup (just before Dave Dee passed on) - and they were the only group act that was still in it's first lineup - and they still sounded awesome as though the years simply hadn't passed :)

[SilkeLM]

The good old times are still alive...

;)

[FootlooseMusic]

Love this video but why did it get cut short

[TheLynxen]

Wonderful video and. I still love these boys and listen everyday to this song.

[jewellers100]

I dedicate this tune to my ma. She thought me this song when I was about 9 or 10. I could and will never forget this tune, my mum,dad,Rock n roll, Durban, South Africa Dankie Ma

[MikeBlitzMag]

For my money, this is their masterpiece. Love it!

[CaledonianMan1968]

Great song this.

[MrLawman10]

brilliant song, best year in the 60,s for music.

[cartman1492]

You all will have read that Dave Dee's no longer with us, but Mickey and Tich and I'd just like to carry on the good work that's always gone down in number 2.

[nadienie]

love this song! love the 60's!

[wagneratior2430]

i want that sweater!!

[dollydot123]

Mmmm... whip! ;D

[christopherjames22]

hahaha he's wearing a pirate shirt ahahah. i love the song though

[Patsik]

@christopherjames22 years before, Adam Ant, Prince, Johnny Depp and the rest....:P

[auguste1]

underated band

[slamlocker]

dunno about the wife but sure gets ME in the mood.....was 15 when this one came out ( took me a few more years before I `came out` mind you... great song

[spongebobsquarejocks]

this song always gets my wife in the mood,think its the whip

[Multi1628]

Thank you for posting this classic tune that SHOULD'VE been a U.S. hit as well - does anyone else hear the theme from 1960s Magnificent 7 movie playing throughout this song? Was that announcer wearing a blonde wig? DAVEDJ

[Ruskellnw1]

@Multi1628 He most certainly was not! Said announcer is legendary English DJ, TV presenter, ex-professional wrestler, childhood ambition fulfiller, train-travel enthusiast, seat-belt populariser, tireless charity worker, septagenarian marathon runner, all-round good guy and genuine national treasure, Sir Jimmy Saville OBE. Granted, he might have been dyeing his hair all these years, but it's all his :-)

[Multi1628]

@Ruskellnw1 You really do know your history - it was that it looked so styled/perfect I could've mistaken it for a wig. DAVEDJ

[lapislazuli7]

@Ruskellnw1 Thank you for the info! I love that combination of weird haircut, the jumper and that accent. :-)

Now I will look this man up... ;) Is that a Leeds' accent??

BTW: Thank you for the clip, nyrainbow4.

[smithywick]

wat a classic love this tune..

[divok57]

v této době sem začal vnimat zapadní populární hudbu hlavně houpačku

[Janapetrbokova]

@divok57 ....Já díky "Laxíku" 2-3 roky předtím,ale dodneška nepřekonané písničky..

[hammyno7]

What a voice pure personifies the 60's.

[Edielee1]

Can't remember how old I was but one of my music memories from way back in the past...ThanksXX

[polecatcontinuum]

Just one of the greatest songs of the sixties - and hasn't aged unlike many songs which were thought cooler at the time.

[slamlocker]

@polecatcontinuum yep we had great music and laughst at school in the late 1960s - no mobile fones, WIFI or colour TV - what you saw WAS what you got...

[martynpank]

@polecatcontinuum It's stupidly good!

[youoverzealtube]

Guitar was played bu Big Jim Sullivan.

[larsellebye]

Brings back childhood memories

[armoredcar3]

The best. Singer, group and song.

[davidhaythornthwaite]

now! thats what i call singing, now-a-days its all noise

[nicola98375]

A long time favorite.

[Samaritanable]

What a stylish song. Love it, love it, love it !

[AdemarSantiago]

Tank God I lived this good times...

[Byrd801]

thank God i was in my teens when this song was recorded!!!!! great song, one of the best of all times .

[roughcovers]

just awesome!!

[megaspoop]

devendra banhart sounds a lot like this

[scrumsie]

Host is pretty scary ,what language is he speaking.?

[WhackerExposer]

@scrumsie That would be the one and only (thank God) Sir Jimmy Saville.

A complete weirdo, but he's raised millions for charity, so can't knock him.

[Oldiesmann]

How did this group not hit it big in the US? They were awesome!

[justlikeitsounds]

annoying how it misses the very ending

[chuckeisenhardt]

get me my whip!

[armoredcar3]

Their greatest (and oddest) song.

[pandemonsatyr]

Fantastic group and amazing song.

[GOONERCHRIS53]

So glad I was a teenager in this era.

[maus1971able]

gibt es die gruppe heute überhaupt noch, aus welchem land kamen sie??

[VinnyMonster1]

Classic!

[senegal1954]

Thank you !

[salsburysteakjr]

What is that, a musical whip??

[arandompirate]

This is fucking wonderful.

[Corbon440]

Only took me 15 years to find the name of the song. It was on the soundtrack of a stupid comedy movie featuring Thomas Gottschalk.

[dhoggy5]

Where's Mick these days? I used to see him teaching drivers around Salisbury, but no more. Where are you Mr Wilson?

[LaMusicLover]

I don't get the Mexican/Western theme but I do totally get the gay Admiral Nelson gear on the lead singer. He clearly inspired the creator of the Xanadu movie to come out and do his own thing.

[MrLacika59]

Az egyik legjobb szám ettől az együttestől! Imádom! Köszi!

[eaglesong57]

love this, reminds me of when I was a kid dancing round the room to the song,

didn't really know what the song was about, just loved the way it was put together!!

[19bcm56]

yeh rip dave dee-one of my first singles

[desiedug]

super geiler oldie

[xanadudddmt]

THE BEST.XX>

[xanadudddmt]

i love this song cant stop watching it, i was 9 in 1968 but can remember dancing to it on the radio, dave is so fit, you sexy beast, R.i.p.dave you left us only last year wish i saw you.

[kopynd]

wish I had a time machine

[xanadudddmt]

@kopynd so do I, IF THEY EVER INVENT ONE WE CAN GO TOGETHER.

[JFtamara24]

I think there has never been a better time then the '60-s and early '70-s

[xanadudddmt]

@JFtamara24  YOU ARE SO RIGHT ON .X.

[marmot1957]

@JFtamara24 Agree totally

[7miracles71195]

this is my favorite song of there's because i'm a little obsessed with bullwhips i love this band and i love classic rock and this is one of the best bands ever XDDDDDDDDDDDD and i think that htey are some of the best song writers ever too

[TENRECORDS]

My girlfrien at the time that this single was released, just loved Dave Dee, I was never bitter though...Bitch! actually I adored this band, still do R..I.P.Dave.

[kenfig]

its awful if Savile IS a paedophile

[shauntheassassin]

good music

[armoredcar3]

Yes - at this time Musicians Union regulations required the track had to be re-recorded before the broadcast.

[JUNIORSPARKIE]

Did they not used to re-record the song as Live because of some musicians agreement they had,then played this recording in the studio but it was all done in the days leading up tpo the show.

[conistonavenue79]

I seem to remember him hitting one of the band in the face on one occassion with the whip; It got to the stage with the Monkees they werent on the record they were miming to

[vanjane]

It's not unreasonable to think that, as there are no trumpet players on stage, even though you can hear them, that the whip being used is not producing the whip sounds. Just thinkin is all.

[pagey179]

Top of the Pops was famous for miming to sound tracks. Try watching some old footage - guitars not plugged in, singers not singing into the mic etc etc

[Pipilat]

However it was done it was brilliant.

[cci110]

when i was young the news was that the whip sound was from a milk bottle strumded across the guitar strings

[burnley5960]

The 1960s the very best time for music

[tomato6999]

@burnley5960 iam with you on that 100%

[burnley5960]

@tomato6999 Exactly

[Rockyspence]

One of my favorites......

[BarneyCottbus]

Der Peitschenklng ist das Non plus Ultra

[Sarahfreckle]

This band had a unique sound like no other. Also one of the few (maybe the only) bands to use a whip on stage! Superb.

[redredreds100]

@Sarahfreckle i know a few women who used a whip on stage haha

[atimbrown]

I loved this when I was a kid. I thought it was in colour though on TOTP's.

[murray6416]

Thanks for posting this, I have listened to this a thousand times on my old cassette, but it was nice being able to watch it, I just love this song, I could listen to it all day long.

[jaihoko]

@AceWand

hat doesnt explain how long a piece of string is?

[bibiJ63]

Did England ever had Bad singers in the 60's-70's??Can't think of any!!! Super harmony voices this band...and my fave song from them and still is! Thank God my 2 older sisters had a lot of 60' s records...and so got to know a lot of them singers or bands...Best years!At least every member of any band COULD play an instrument themselves..no PC or Synth.. sounds like nowadays.Doesn't mean I don't like the music they made through all the years,but then it was more about real voices&music!Great vid!

[SHINYamAHA21]

sounds perfect...exactly that's what you will get...kkkkkkk

[TheRoloCasanova]

Saw the band several times in Manchester, up till a short time before Dave died. For live performances - they simply could not be faulted. I would rate them top harmony vocal band (yes even above The Hollies one of my fave bands too). Great memories!

[WildmanBorneo]

Fannytastic....first record I ever bought and I still have it !

[mackemlad888]

First one I ever bought as well ! Fantastic!

[kattek1950]

great song and group.love them .

[Rock74]

Beaky is a top bloke. Met him at a pub in Croydon once and he was a real gent.

[riverdale999]

What the hell is that announcer saying??? That whip is unreal!!!!! Didn't Austin Powers parody that???

[Willem2761]

Thats Jimmy Saville, also know als "Jim wil fix it"

[Pipilat]

Great song and band. RIP Dave Dee.

[trulylovelylady]

Saw them last year in Manchester and they were fantastic. Dave was so fit running round the stage and acting silly with that whip! He introduced his young daughter to the audience, so sorry that he died recently. RIP Dave you certainly made me smile and loved the music. Suz x

[ZBone12]

Bet this song sounds better in spanish.

[Snoopy11555]

thanks for posting this

great memories of the 60s

[kodram]

intro sounds kinda like muse - knights of cydonia

[littletokey]

xanadu makes me feel alive! :D

[Kammler03]

THANX for sharing !!!

Must admit,that I feel shocked,that Dave "passed away" ...,as I didn't know it,at all ...

saw him live,many years ago and even,as he was without the "others",it was a nice gig+ I will always remember him+"this special sound" !!!

Thanx again+Best Regards !!!

[MegaMilehigh]

dave was a gentleman, just look at his smile, great talent and most underated

[1311thomas]

Thank you for this great video. It's one of my favourite songs. Dave Dee had a lot of great songs.

[Docv400]

Great song.

They'd never get that whip past the Health and Safety idiots nowadays!!

Bring back the Sixties!