Johnny Flamingo - Live in Long Beach, CA (2000)

Johnny Flamingo performs live in Long Beach, California on March 4, 2000. He sings a medley of songs - "I," "You're Mine," and "So Long." The second song, "You're Mine" was originally recorded with Richard Berry (author of LOUIE LOUIE) in 1962, and Johnny makes a point of mentioning his old friend in this performance.

This show was an event produced by the Doo-Wop Society of Southern California to honor disc jockey Hunter Hancock. Unfortunately, this turned out to be one of Johnny's last performances, as he died approximately 9 months later, on Christmas Eve.

This footage was originally recorded for the upcoming documentary THE MEANING OF LOUIE. For more information about this project, please visit:
http://www.louielouie.net/blog

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rhythm
• blues
• Los
• Angeles
• Doo-wop
• Richard
• Berry
• Louie-Louie
• South
• Central
• Avenue
• Jeanette
• Baker

[harptone55]

WHAT A GREAT TALENT!!

[harptone55]

GREAT!!!

[mryellowcrown]

@trik63 THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY , LUV TO HEAR ABOUT LOS ANGELES MUSIC OF THE 50'S 60'S , DOW WOP R/BS I WAS A KID WHEN THEE MIDNIGHTERS CAME OUT .

[dowopper51]

Simply BEAUTIFUL 5*****

Great post!

[cheengators]

These Doo Wop legends were sure masters of their craft. The way Johnny Flamingo is belting out these tunes its has if hearing these songs live the day they were recorded.

[trik63]

Mel moore AKA Johnny Flamingo was a neighbor of mine in good old glassell park he would come around and sell bootleg perfume to make money he told me sold out to r&b years before and he got no royalties for his music that's sad RIP MEL.

[DooWop45s]

To bad California group harmony society are not around anymore:(

But as long as all of the doowop fans keep it alive it will never fade away! And be forgotten i think doowop is greatest music ever!

[DooWop45s]

Yeah that is true.

[chess1458]

I totally agree bigfist,it would have been great having the original group backing him,but if you notice on the original 45 it sounds like the group overides his voice a little

[MiserableDeath]

RIP Johnny Flamingo... just finished listening to "United"...