I was 15 and watched the show and listened to the music on my radio as much as I could. I even got in trouble for listening to my transistor radio on an earphone at school. It was a great time to be young.
@@marilynryan7822Hello?!!! Because it was filmed in California! (Editted as a post script: The biggest racial divide in our country today, is in rural America. You can debate who lit the match, but it was always there. The demographic is a big, red, republican, racist wasteland of white, "christian", neo-fascist, ignorance.)
Terri Garr was one of the dancers and Glen Campbell,Leon Russel, and Billy Preston along with most of the wrecking crew in the house band,also Darleen Love and the Blossoms as back up singers.
I was lucky enough to attend several tapings of Shindig, as I lived close to the studio in Silverlake and headed over there right after school let out. My God, the acts I got to see! I'll never forget Darlene Love or literally running into Lucille Ball who was there to see her son in Dino, Desi and Billy. Good times!
People watching today, who weren’t there, cannot possibly understand how together in the music scene all people were! We loved and embraced the black artists as white teens, same as we did any other band! The racism today is not on account of the white people of my generation, we loved everybody!🤷♂️
Wow, complex melodies that aren't simply pentatonic clones of every other song. Back before the industry shut down creativity & originality. RIP great music.
The best thing about Shindig was getting to see so many of the British Invasion acts, also Motown and it gave 50's rockers a second chance to perform their hits from the 50's and early sixties. Live music, live rock and roll, R&B and pop what a wonderful era for music.
The 60s was the definite era for rock, pop, soul, country and all. There was so much creativity going on! And the best part was that we kids were exposed to all kinds on music and enjoyed it. Very much UNLIKE today.
I was four years old and watched it religiously. I remember walking up and down the block singing these songs - Sherri, Big Girls Don't Cry, Hang on Sloopy, etc. My hair had never been cut, long blonde hair and in '67 I got a Beatle haircut😅 Everyone was stunned when I went to school. My teacher said, It looks very nice Lolololololll
Shindig was one of the very few shows of that era where you get to actually hear the bands play live which was unheard of at that time very cool to see all that good old stuff again
Geez Luise, this VHI retrospective was 33 years ago! My oldest was only 2, and my youngest was still 3yrs away from entering the world. How does time pass so quickly? I wasn't around yet for Shindig, but it looks incredible. I was a 70's kid & 80's teenager, the MTV generation. Just got married and started a family young.
@@misslora3896 Shindig was the first and only show like this in the world music of the teen generation.when they got James Burton to form the ShinDawgs it secured a world audience.
Glad I was so fortunate to have lived thru this era. Back when music was music and the talent was beyond definition. Singers that could actually sing and the bands sounded the same live as their records. With all due respect it is a pretty tough row to hoe for those that followed years later. Shindig was certainly a huge opportunity for many to advance their careers. Love it all.
I saw James Brown live in 1964. You knew then that you where watching something special. Something you’d never seen before and would probably never see again.
They don't show The Righteous Brothers till the end credits, but they were a big part of Shindig. They had the house band, but also the house singers, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman, Donna Loren, and The Blossoms featuring Darlene Love to name a few. Watched this every week. Even in the Army overseas, AFN would show them on tv's on base.
An absolutely amazing program. The energy, the production, the talent. Everybody who was anybody appeared. And some who were not yet somebody but would soon be superstars. Probably unique in television and far in advance of anything else at the time. American Bandstand couldn't hold a candle to it. Even the audience got into the action. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎙🎤🎷🎸🎹🎺🎶🎶🎶🎶❤❤❤
@moon glow Absolutely! I used to watch this every time it was on. Shindig! focused on a broader variety of popular music than its predecessor and first aired for a half-hour every Wednesday evening, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In the fall of 1965, the show split into two half-hour telecasts, on Thursday and Saturday nights.
Can’t believe that we were treated to something this great for free! Who knew it wouldn’t last forever😢 There is no way something this great could be put together today
When I went to Madera Elementary School wearing my white go go boots like the Shindig dancers, I was floating on a cloud of cool. It was a great TV show.
I was 9 years old when "Shindig" premiered on ABC; absolutely the best. My favorite Shindig dancer was Carole Shelyne (later known as Carolyne Barry)--the blond with the black goggle glasses--RIP Carole.
WHO are the 79 people who gave this a thumbs down?! Donna, this brought back so many wonderful memories (including seeing our dear old friend, Dewey Martin, may he RIP) of a time that can never again be replicated. How extraordinary it had to have been to be such an integral part of something that prompted many of us who were NOT fortunate enough to live on the West Coast to start dreaming of "one day I'm going to..." I finally made that journey 10 years after Shindig went off the air, but have always remembered the sheer sense of awe I felt the first time that I saw the "Hollywood & Vine" street intersection signs. What joy this video evoked in me, personally, and I can't imagine how anyone watching it could fail to feel the same. Whether or not they personally ever "made that trip west." THANK YOU!
@@kentpearson4478 - Do they feel the same way about reading classic literature, since they weren't born yet when the authors walked the Earth? Nothing quite like life in historic deprivation, eh?
Shindig was nuclear! The quantity of talent on stage at any given moment was unquantifiable! I'll never forget when it hit TV. It was truly unlike any show of the time. The energy would arc right through the TV set and singe the furniture! I'm grateful for my life and cherish every day. However, if I had a time machine, I would go back to this time and be in the audience for every show! Thanks Donna! "Baby, you're the ginchiest"!
I can't understand why this show isn't remembered better, or referenced like the Ed Sullivan show still is. Shindig: Groundbreaking, loaded with talent, and just plain fun. Music for the last 40 years has been so corporately controlled. Back then, anyone could be a "one-hit-wonder" and end up on TV! Shindig is of that era--looser, with teenagers telling producers what they liked and wanted, instead of the other way around. There is a tremendous amount of magic in that. Shindig captured the magic of being young.
@@jeffclement2979 Originality and passion and integrity kept evolving for decades and we thought the bar had been set and it couldn't ever get worse. Boy were we wrong.
As the say, imitation is the finest form of flattery, but at least it was ABC-TV ripping off itself when they created SHEBANG which ran on the weekends, to the best of my recollection and SHIVAREE which was an ABC local show in Los Angeles and may nt be familiar to the world at-large.
I may have seen the Aretha performance at that time. Love the part when Aretha hits that high note and Darlene Love says like, "sing that song girl"...lol
Yes it is good music but let’s not forget our parents and grandparents said the same about our music, flush it down. Every generation will say the same thing.
Cudahy 1960 Anyone today compare to James Brown (he wasn’t actually a favorite of mine except for “Try Me” but he was very talented) and Jackie Wilson? Or Nat King Cole? Or The Beatles? Or Elvis? Or ...
The '50s were my childhood years with Elvis Presley and many others, but I remember them very well. The '60s were my teen years and a lot of girl groups came into play and then The Beatles and the British Invasion and too many groups to list. There were also Motown and many other American groups into my adult years. The '70s groups had even more rock and roll groups including Disco but not all were Disco but it dominated for a while.The'80s brought MTV and although there were some good songs, there just weren't as many. I had to listen to oldies stations to listen to the music I grew up on. VH1 was similar. Things had changed and not for the better. The '90s until today just didn't have it except listening to the oldies. Now there is You Tube and I take advantage of it. I was in my senior year in high school when Shindig came on television, then Hullabaloo. I was born at just the right time.
My background & musical experiences are similar to your own. The only difference is that the British group Keane, who emerged in 2004, really took me by surprise (I'd given up finding anything new I could relate to by then). Their first 4 albums prove, to me, at least, they're as important & relevant to their era as the Beatles to the 60's. Shindig was never broadcast here in UK, but watching it now, it's fantastic!
Also of interest here, was Carolyne Barry (1943-2015), who was the Shindig girl with the dark rimmed glasses, who was also an actress who made her mark on numerous guest star roles-also billed as Carole Shelyne, who guest-starred on NBC's "STAR TREK" as "The Metron" being in "Arena" (Jannuary 19, 1967), and an episode of NBC's "THE MAN FROM UNCLE" ("The Cap and Gown Affair", April 14, 1967) also billed as Carole Shelyne. Carolyne Barry acted until 2013 before she passed away on June 16, 2015. she had a total of 22 acting credits to her career, but a popular Shindig girl dancer!
I miss these songs and the beautiful people that sang and performed on shindig. I feel so upset when I hear todays music, what a difference and innocence. Much more fun.
I fell in love with jackie de shannon,i tear up with her singing what the world needs now.first time i saw petula clark singing downtown with all the excitement and joy of our sixties.once in a life time.
I saw him play live when he was about 40 (just before his health crisis) - and he was the best dancing singer I ever saw. He still had moves Mick Jagger only ever dreamed about!
This was terrific. I was a kid, Vietnam was unfolding all it's blood and rock seemed to be about hope and expression. Good to recall. Nice work, you guys. PS Never seen a hotter live show than Jerry Lee Lewis. Must've been electric in that studio
Dick Clarks American Bandstand had nothing on Shindig! When I see these videos today, it makes me long for these good ole days! The youthful energy of this show could power a good size town! Wayyyy ahead of its time for sure!
Funny, all the 60's artists looked old to me back in 1991.... now watching it they look so young....except for Howard Kalyan....he looked old at the beginning of the 70's, then never aged a day
Always loved this show. Donna Loren& the Rightous Brothers befoe they were known. Sometimes i only wanted to see them, not those English groups. Late 50's & 60's. First time seeing Gene Pitney, my all time favorite even today.
Rock, Soul, R&B, Folk, Country, Jazz, Funk, Psychedelic folk/rock - no colour bar, no prejudice, a 'do your thing' zone where everyone belonged. No other variety show was live, pure music, raw unfiltered production. Compare to Jambouree, Ed Sullivan, Smothers Brothers, American Bandstand, Where the Action Is, etc. etc. - no - Shindig! was the real thing. Even these old videos still communicate that positive energy and fresh vitality even now,
Be sure to listen to Donna Loren's acclaimed Podcast: "Love's a Secret Weapon". If you are curious about her early career or what she's doing now, tune in as she reads her memoir, chapter by chapter. With co-host Dr Adam Gerace and Special Guests. ruclips.net/p/PLiWNf08u_-XnvBLugNI1D-MEvuIDab9qk or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Even though it's been 50+ years, I still remember those Shindig dancers (which was, to be honest, the man reason most guys my age watched the show in the first place). Wow . . .
.... Always wondered what brought down this powerful, history-making production. Like everything else, I guess: "The Establishment" couldnt handle it. . Rock-On.
I remember this show from my childhood. Nice mini-documentary but should have been longer. It seems like maybe they couldn't get the rights to show the Shindig performances by the Beatles or Stones, but those performances are available elsewhere on RUclips. Wow!... the very early (pre-Atlantic era) Aretha Franklin was great! And Jackie Wilson, Roy Head, James Brown etc...double wow! I wish they had shown a least a short clip of Howling Wolf; he did a killer performance on the show and it was very unusual for a real Chicago blues singer to be on national TV. One of the coolest thing about this show is how much was live and how little was lip-synced. I've spent the last hour or so watching various clips form the show and most of it was not lip synced. However one of the Beatles' performances seems to use a backing track but with live vocals.
What a great program! It was pretty innovative in its day. Way too bad it was cancelled. For the first time since American Bandstand, the kids had their own show, full of energy and great music!
When I got the VHS tapes of "Shindig!" clips decades ago, Zsa Zsa Gabor singing (sort of) was a complete surprise that gave me repeated attacks of uncontrolled laughter. "Vere that vig-hat on my HEAD!" (9:49).
Prodigious talent both guests and house band and dancers....and as said in the commentary in the video, raw and very real. Insanely good with no lip synching. Really really good and authentic.
usrphil77 I noticed that, too. Almost as if she was was saying 'Go 'head, girl'. I believe they've been friends since forever so it was a nice moment captured.
Loved watching that show as a little girl. When I was in grade school in the 60's, we'd dance in the playground (someone always had a transistor radio) to all of the popular songs, fully influenced by the dancers on SHINDIG and HULLABALOO. You guys were our heroes, Donna. Thank you for posting. It brought back great memories.
I remember watching Shindig every Wednesday night and Saturday night in the mid sixties. Fab and gear show was Shindig a blast from the past. Thanks for sharing the video it brings back memories for me when i was a teenage girl in the mid sixties.
6:57 Aretha Franklin and her backup singers Darlene Love and The Blossoms!!! I stand up every time. THANK you Universe!! That there ever was such a thing!
I never missed Shindig. It was a great show. It moved quickly and it basically "Rocked" as people say today. The songs we listened to on this show ran all day and night on the radio. It was our medium in those days. I had a transistor radio and listened to it day and night. went through a lot of 9 volt batteries. The songs mark the time for Baby Boomers. You remember people and events by the music that was playing at the time. Great times. No other show on TV was as exciting as Shindig and also Hullabloo. Of the two Shindig was the best. The dancers were a big part of it also. Everybody had their favorite. Good to be able to go back for a minute or two watching these video's.
William Novarese I used to think all the dancers on those 60's music shows seemed to be doing moves more related to theater or "interpretive" dance than to rock and roll. When I discovered Shindig, the dancers were one of the first things I noticed- they actually seemed to be doing Rock and Roll dances and moves. Recently I found an article form an old magazine that provided some background on the dancers and how those moves were executed. Those ladies were trained in ballet and other dance forms, so they knew what they were doing. The choreographer, Andre Tayir did an excellent job in creating moves that looked very much like what I could imagaine kids doing in dance clubs. (And those dancers were HOT!)
The great Leon Russell was on this show for the 1964 season. He had done demos for Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon and Jackie and Leon dated during this time.
Donna, you still look HOT! I saw the old footage of you on original Mickey Mouse Club and loved it. The Dick Clark Dr. Pepper 1963 show is so cool. Oh, and Shindig does belong in the Rock 'n Roll hall
I can remember ditching school to watch this in California. I learned about Motown. To this day people tell me they like my dancing. Where did I learn? I say, SHINDIG 😎✌
Who all listened to this in 1964 and still listening once again in 2024?
I did and I had my transistor radio to my ear when I wasn’t in school. 93 KHJ Boss radio Los Angeles…
Me. I was in third then fourth grade at this time. Still love all the music and I knew who the artists were. The dancing the fun and exciting.
@@otaku1524 me always
I was 15 and watched the show and listened to the music on my radio as much as I could. I even got in trouble for listening to my transistor radio on an earphone at school. It was a great time to be young.
I was 8 then, 68 now😮
What should be noted is that all music no matter race or gender was loved and accepted equally!! I remember, I was there!!!!❤️
One of the reasons it didn't last long in Jim crow middle america.
@waynerog… Not true American Bandstand showcased Black entertainment back then.
@@marilynryan7822Hello?!!! Because it was filmed in California! (Editted as a post script: The biggest racial divide in our country today, is in rural America. You can debate who lit the match, but it was always there. The demographic is a big, red, republican, racist wasteland of white, "christian", neo-fascist, ignorance.)
Me to
well sed!!
1962, '63, '64, and '65. I was 12, 13, 14, and 15 years old. This was the scene back in the day...
What a great time to be a teen-ager!
My mom was a teen in those years. She brought the music forward with her! Had me in 65 @19! I remember Christmas of 1965, 8 months old 😎
Me also. Lucky us
Terri Garr was one of the dancers and Glen Campbell,Leon Russel, and Billy Preston along with most of the wrecking crew in the house band,also Darleen Love and the Blossoms as back up singers.
Wasn't Toni Basil a dancer on there too ?
@@harvey1954 Yes, she was.
James Burton lead guitar
@@BernardBouchard-qq9kqJames Burton played with all the top artists. For example, Elvis Presley. Also, Ricky Nelson.
I was lucky enough to attend several tapings of Shindig, as I lived close to the studio in Silverlake and headed over there right after school let out. My God, the acts I got to see! I'll never forget Darlene Love or literally running into Lucille Ball who was there to see her son in Dino, Desi and Billy. Good times!
People watching today, who weren’t there, cannot possibly understand how together in the music scene all people were! We loved and embraced the black artists as white teens, same as we did any other band! The racism today is not on account of the white people of my generation, we loved everybody!🤷♂️
Racism today is on account of the Democrats and race hustlers.
Racist today is a tool used by the socialist democratic party
There is no systemic racism today. It's an ideology fabricated by the MSM and political Leftists. Get real.
Shindig was a VERY important show. Right place, right time.
A Simpler time - I love being Boomer - Brought tears to me watching - Happy memories -
I got white gogo boots because of shindig. I loved that show! Thanks for the memories.
Gretchen coming back in style
Robert DeSantis to bad I don’t have them anymore. 😃
Gretchen were they short ones or the knee high ones?
Robert DeSantis knee high of course😃
Gretchen zipper or pull on?
Wow, complex melodies that aren't simply pentatonic clones of every other song. Back before the industry shut down creativity & originality. RIP great music.
This show was just SO fantastic! And the music was just SO much better than the music of today is!
You said it!
Back when music actually HAD a melody. And real instruments. And the singers could really sing. I wish I had grown up back then!
Was Darlene Love one of the full time singers on that show?
The best thing about Shindig was getting to see so many of the British Invasion acts, also Motown and it gave 50's rockers a second chance to perform their hits from the 50's and early sixties. Live music, live rock and roll, R&B and pop what a wonderful era for music.
Well said!
I remember watching this show as a preteen. The music and innovative energy back then was incredibly upbeat and fun.
The 60s was the definite era for rock, pop, soul, country and all. There was so much creativity going on! And the best part was that we kids were exposed to all kinds on music and enjoyed it. Very much UNLIKE today.
Shindig was what I live for back then.James Brown was king! and you had a chance to see all the British bands.
I watched Shindig all the time but also remember Donna Loren from Dick Clark's Where The Action Is. She was the best! ❤
I was four years old and watched it religiously. I remember walking up and down the block singing these songs - Sherri, Big Girls Don't Cry, Hang on Sloopy, etc. My hair had never been cut, long blonde hair and in '67 I got a Beatle haircut😅
Everyone was stunned when I went to school. My teacher said, It looks very nice Lolololololll
I’ll bet you looked a dream
Shindig was one of the very few shows of that era where you get to actually hear the bands play live which was unheard of at that time very cool to see all that good old stuff again
My God, some of this footage is just incredible. Aretha at the very beginning---already a phenomenon.
Geez Luise, this VHI retrospective was 33 years ago! My oldest was only 2, and my youngest was still 3yrs away from entering the world. How does time pass so quickly? I wasn't around yet for Shindig, but it looks incredible. I was a 70's kid & 80's teenager, the MTV generation. Just got married and started a family young.
@@misslora3896 Shindig was the first and only show like this in the world music of the teen generation.when they got James Burton to form the ShinDawgs it secured a world audience.
I will never forget Shindig! (67yrs. old in 02/2020)
Glad I was so fortunate to have lived thru this era. Back when music was music and the talent was beyond definition. Singers that could actually sing and the bands sounded the same live as their records. With all due respect it is a pretty tough row to hoe for those that followed years later. Shindig was certainly a huge opportunity for many to advance their careers. Love it all.
I saw James Brown live in 1964. You knew then that you where watching something special. Something you’d never seen before and would probably never see again.
They don't show The Righteous Brothers till the end credits, but they were a big part of Shindig. They had the house band, but also the house singers, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman, Donna Loren, and The Blossoms featuring Darlene Love to name a few. Watched this every week. Even in the Army overseas, AFN would show them on tv's on base.
Amazingly, "Shindig" lasted only sixteen months (September, 1964-January, 1966), but made a major impact on music, television, and popular culture.
That explains why I missed it. I was six.
I tried to comb my hair like Jimmy O Neil with BOSS HAIRSPRAY 6:01
@@libertyann439 < was 10 !
Amazing! Billy Preston, in that last frame, looked 20 years more mature than in the one with him backing Jackie Wilson!
@@sgraham1hotmailcom he was a teenager
16:06 Bobby Sherman is 81 now, 2024. All the best, sir!
I'm a Brit, but my all-time favourite music TV show is 'Shindig!'!!!
Wow, that was the station I listen too. KFWB ,KRLA, KHJ93,KGFJ Los Angeles back in the 60" Shindig. Dec 2019
KFWB and KRLA ....and don't forget 93KHJ.....all AM radio and all great.
Love this , just old enough to remember this era, what music , what talent !
Huge. Those dancers in the background. And everyone is dressed tasteful and stylish... amazing.
Wasn't considered tasteful back then. The hair and mod outfits were horrifying to adults.
Yea, not like the hors of today! No fat peirced tatood ugly broads showing their fat asses and saggy tits
After watching this "Shindig" belongs in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. Period. Thanks.
put Jimmy O Neils can of BOSS HAIRSPRAY in
6:07
Hullabaloo too!
@@sandrasanders706 "Where The Action Is!"
@@argusfleibeit1165 No, not Sonny and Cher and Steve Alaimo.
An absolutely amazing program. The energy, the production, the talent. Everybody who was anybody appeared. And some who were not yet somebody but would soon be superstars. Probably unique in television and far in advance of anything else at the time. American Bandstand couldn't hold a candle to it. Even the audience got into the action. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎙🎤🎷🎸🎹🎺🎶🎶🎶🎶❤❤❤
Hurray for Motown, great groups with a fabulous sound along with many other fine groups of the time, lived it and loved it. simpler times
Anyone listening in 2020❓🎶🎼🇺🇸
@moon glow Absolutely! I used to watch this every time it was on.
Shindig! focused on a broader variety of popular music than its predecessor and first aired for a half-hour every Wednesday evening, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In the fall of 1965, the show split into two half-hour telecasts, on Thursday and Saturday nights.
@@myk602010 You have a great memory‼️ Thanks for the info! Glad to know you are still listening🎼🎶🎵🎸🎤
@@moonglow1311 I must admit Google is my friend. But I love to Enlighten people when I feel that some facts may be lacking.
@@myk602010 Google is my friend also😃
@@moonglow1311 is that Gary Google?
This ‘lil documentary needs to be three times longer. Loved it now, and then as a tiny kid, dancing in my go-go boots!
Same here..lol..my mind goes back to the dances back then..still do most of them..
Can’t believe that we were treated to something this great for free! Who knew it wouldn’t last forever😢 There is no way something this great could be put together today
When I went to Madera Elementary School wearing my white go go boots like the Shindig dancers, I was floating on a cloud of cool. It was a great TV show.
I was 9 years old when "Shindig" premiered on ABC; absolutely the best. My favorite Shindig dancer was Carole Shelyne (later known as Carolyne Barry)--the blond with the black goggle glasses--RIP Carole.
A doll
That was talent!! Raw.... I'm honored to have been a part of that era...
Live performances! The Supremes, Darlene Love, Lesley Gore ... Amazing!
i watched this every week when i was a kid. we thought it was the hottest thing on tv. especially joey heatherton
I turned it off when they didn't have anybody big
What a time and a time it was!! My young friends and I would rush home to watch Shingdig!
damn this brings back soooooo many good memories of my childhood! amazing to see this again.
WHO are the 79 people who gave this a thumbs down?! Donna, this brought back so many wonderful memories (including seeing our dear old friend, Dewey Martin, may he RIP) of a time that can never again be replicated. How extraordinary it had to have been to be such an integral part of something that prompted many of us who were NOT fortunate enough to live on the West Coast to start dreaming of "one day I'm going to..." I finally made that journey 10 years after Shindig went off the air, but have always remembered the sheer sense of awe I felt the first time that I saw the "Hollywood & Vine" street intersection signs. What joy this video evoked in me, personally, and I can't imagine how anyone watching it could fail to feel the same. Whether or not they personally ever "made that trip west." THANK YOU!
People who weren't even born yet.
@@kentpearson4478 - Do they feel the same way about reading classic literature, since they weren't born yet when the authors walked the Earth? Nothing quite like life in historic deprivation, eh?
79 idiotsno doubt
Listening to the Queen of Soul do‘It’s in his kiss’, gave me the goosebumps
A great show. Lesley Gore brightened up every show she was on.
Give a listen to Lesley's "You Don't Own Me". More serious than her other "girly" songs. A real anthem of female empowerment.
nothing against her, but following Aretha in this video was not optimal. Aretha was mind-blowing.
Shindig was nuclear! The quantity of talent on stage at any given moment was unquantifiable! I'll never forget when it hit TV. It was truly unlike any show of the time. The energy would arc right through the TV set and singe the furniture! I'm grateful for my life and cherish every day. However, if I had a time machine, I would go back to this time and be in the audience for every show! Thanks Donna! "Baby, you're the ginchiest"!
I can't understand why this show isn't remembered better, or referenced like the Ed Sullivan show still is. Shindig: Groundbreaking, loaded with talent, and just plain fun. Music for the last 40 years has been so corporately controlled. Back then, anyone could be a "one-hit-wonder" and end up on TV! Shindig is of that era--looser, with teenagers telling producers what they liked and wanted, instead of the other way around. There is a tremendous amount of magic in that. Shindig captured the magic of being young.
And we pretty much took it for granted then...it wouldn't be that.good ever again
@@jeffclement2979 Originality and passion and integrity kept evolving for decades and we thought the bar had been set and it couldn't ever get worse. Boy were we wrong.
As the say, imitation is the finest form of flattery, but at least it was ABC-TV ripping off itself when they created SHEBANG which ran on the weekends, to the best of my recollection and SHIVAREE which was an ABC local show in Los Angeles and may nt be familiar to the world at-large.
I may have seen the Aretha performance at that time. Love the part when Aretha hits that high note and Darlene Love says like, "sing that song girl"...lol
What a great video. Best music ever. You can take today's music and flush it down the toilet. There'l never be music like that again.
not until somebody begins to work at it
Yes it is good music but let’s not forget our parents and grandparents said the same about our music, flush it down. Every generation will say the same thing.
Cudahy 1960 I know. It’s true. I think late 50s and early 60s was the best and today’s doesn’t compare. What if I’m right? Lol
Cudahy 1960 Anyone today compare to James Brown (he wasn’t actually a favorite of mine except for “Try Me” but he was very talented) and Jackie Wilson? Or Nat King Cole? Or The Beatles? Or Elvis? Or ...
Grandpa?!
The '50s were my childhood years with Elvis Presley and many others, but I remember them very well. The '60s were my teen years and a lot of girl groups came into play and then The Beatles and the British Invasion and too many groups to list. There were also Motown and many other American groups into my adult years. The '70s groups had even more rock and roll groups including Disco but not all were Disco but it dominated for a while.The'80s brought MTV and although there were some good songs, there just weren't as many. I had to listen to oldies stations to listen to the music I grew up on. VH1 was similar. Things had changed and not for the better. The '90s until today just didn't have it except listening to the oldies. Now there is You Tube and I take advantage of it. I was in my senior year in high school when Shindig came on television, then Hullabaloo. I was born at just the right time.
My background & musical experiences are similar to your own. The only difference is that the British group Keane, who emerged in 2004, really took me by surprise (I'd given up finding anything new I could relate to by then). Their first 4 albums prove, to me, at least, they're as important & relevant to their era as the Beatles to the 60's. Shindig was never broadcast here in UK, but watching it now, it's fantastic!
Lovely commentary… thank you, ‘
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Also of interest here, was Carolyne Barry (1943-2015), who was the Shindig girl with the dark rimmed glasses, who was also an actress who made her mark on numerous guest star roles-also billed as Carole Shelyne, who guest-starred on NBC's "STAR TREK" as "The Metron" being in "Arena" (Jannuary 19, 1967), and an episode of NBC's "THE MAN FROM UNCLE" ("The Cap and Gown Affair", April 14, 1967) also billed as Carole Shelyne. Carolyne Barry acted until 2013 before she passed away on June 16, 2015. she had a total of 22 acting credits to her career, but a popular Shindig girl dancer!
This show is amazing now I can’t imagine how cool it was back in the day 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much! this is amazing Nostalgia with great childhood memories and real music with real talent! what a gem! many thanks!!!❤❤❤❤❤
That was the show of shows of the time. It was hotter than a $2 pistol. We never missed it. I miss it now
I miss these songs and the beautiful people that sang and performed on shindig. I feel so upset when I hear todays music, what a difference and innocence. Much more fun.
I fell in love with jackie de shannon,i tear up with her singing what the world needs now.first time i saw petula clark singing downtown with all the excitement and joy of our sixties.once in a life time.
Music and lyrics by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Jackie Wilson was something special
I saw him play live when he was about 40 (just before his health crisis) - and he was the best dancing singer I ever saw. He still had moves Mick Jagger only ever dreamed about!
This was terrific. I was a kid, Vietnam was unfolding all it's blood and rock seemed to be about hope and expression. Good to recall. Nice work, you guys.
PS Never seen a hotter live show than Jerry Lee Lewis. Must've been electric in that studio
Dick Clarks American Bandstand had nothing on Shindig! When I see these videos today, it makes me long for these good ole days! The youthful energy of this show could power a good size town! Wayyyy ahead of its time for sure!
Except that "Shindig" lasted only a season or two, and "Bandstand" went on for 30+ years.
Funny, all the 60's artists looked old to me back in 1991.... now watching it they look so young....except for Howard Kalyan....he looked old at the beginning of the 70's, then never aged a day
Shindig and Hullabaloo..dint miss a show Those where good days..Green Hornet Batman ..Ed Sullivan ..My Favorite Martian etc.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,The Man From U.N..C.L.E, The Time Tunnel, Lost In Space.
👍👍♥♥♥📺👢👓🎶🎸🎹🎤🎵🔊🌅🌴🍦🌟. 🌻
@@wlliebowen2043 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was terrible
Don't forget some of the more obscure shows, like My Mother The Car and It's About Time.
........ Batman ..Ed Sullivan ..My Favorite Martian ..Our Youth.
It was an awesome time to grow up with for sure
Wonderful presentation, "Real People, Playing Real Instruments". I remember this show.
Always loved this show. Donna Loren& the Rightous Brothers befoe they were known. Sometimes i only wanted to see them, not those English groups. Late 50's & 60's. First time seeing Gene Pitney, my all time favorite even today.
Rock, Soul, R&B, Folk, Country, Jazz, Funk, Psychedelic folk/rock - no colour bar, no prejudice,
a 'do your thing' zone where everyone belonged. No other variety show was live, pure music, raw unfiltered production. Compare to Jambouree, Ed Sullivan, Smothers Brothers, American Bandstand, Where the Action Is, etc. etc. - no - Shindig! was the real thing. Even these old videos still communicate that positive energy and fresh vitality
even now,
Be sure to listen to Donna Loren's acclaimed Podcast: "Love's a Secret Weapon". If you are curious about her early career or what she's doing now, tune in as she reads her memoir, chapter by chapter. With co-host Dr Adam Gerace and Special Guests. ruclips.net/p/PLiWNf08u_-XnvBLugNI1D-MEvuIDab9qk or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Jackie Wilson awesome
Even though it's been 50+ years, I still remember those Shindig dancers (which was, to be honest, the man reason most guys my age watched the show in the first place). Wow . . .
.... Always wondered what brought down this powerful, history-making production. Like everything else, I guess: "The Establishment" couldnt handle it.
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Rock-On.
I remember this show from my childhood. Nice mini-documentary but should have been longer. It seems like maybe they couldn't get the rights to show the Shindig performances by the Beatles or Stones, but those performances are available elsewhere on RUclips. Wow!... the very early (pre-Atlantic era) Aretha Franklin was great! And Jackie Wilson, Roy Head, James Brown etc...double wow! I wish they had shown a least a short clip of Howling Wolf; he did a killer performance on the show and it was very unusual for a real Chicago blues singer to be on national TV. One of the coolest thing about this show is how much was live and how little was lip-synced. I've spent the last hour or so watching various clips form the show and most of it was not lip synced. However one of the Beatles' performances seems to use a backing track but with live vocals.
What a great program! It was pretty innovative in its day. Way too bad it was cancelled. For the first time since American Bandstand, the kids had their own show, full of energy and great music!
Darlene Love is a backup singer for Aretha unbelievable!
It was a great time to be growing up. Thanks!
RIP Lesley. Shindig was THE BEST!!
When I got the VHS tapes of "Shindig!" clips decades ago, Zsa Zsa Gabor singing (sort of) was a complete surprise that gave me repeated attacks of uncontrolled laughter. "Vere that vig-hat on my HEAD!" (9:49).
Zsa zsa must be as bad a singer as Melania Trump
Lol, no Zsa Zsa, no!
Meanwhile the backup singers are egging her on: “Come on now, Zsa Zsa! Hey, hey, Zsa Zsa!”
Prodigious talent both guests and house band and dancers....and as said in the commentary in the video, raw and very real. Insanely good with no lip synching. Really really good and authentic.
I just turned 64. My parents were 40s -50s kids. We always had a large table top radio.WRKO 68 am Boston Ma.
Check out Darlene Love's reaction to Aretha's vocal at 7:38...amazing voice!
usrphil77 I noticed that, too. Almost as if she was was saying 'Go 'head, girl'. I believe they've been friends since forever so it was a nice moment captured.
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Loved watching that show as a little girl. When I was in grade school in the 60's, we'd dance in the playground (someone always had a transistor radio) to all of the popular songs, fully influenced by the dancers on SHINDIG and HULLABALOO. You guys were our heroes, Donna. Thank you for posting. It brought back great memories.
Yeah, but Hullabaloo was awful. Shindig was cool.
Hullaballoo wasn't awful but it was cheesy compared to Shindig
Donna you are a Goddess, and I love being alive at the same time as you. Thank you so much for this, it's a record of our real history.
Wow, this brought back memories and made me remember another similar show too called Hullabaloo!
My dad hated them both!!!😂😂😂
The turtles were great and had many hit songs.
toneman335 Became Flo and Eddie !
I wish we had music and shows like this now. I remember Hala Baloo, POP Dance Party and several others.
Hullabaloo
When it comes to 60s teen music shows, Shindig! was without doubt the bossest of the breed IMHO.
That was so fun to watch! I was a little kid back then and I sure loved that show!
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I will always prefer the raw, organic power of Shindig over the dry Hullabaloo production. And much love to Dick and Dee Dee.
I remember watching Shindig every Wednesday night and Saturday night in the mid sixties. Fab and gear show was Shindig a blast from the past. Thanks for sharing the video it brings back memories for me when i was a teenage girl in the mid sixties.
6:57 Aretha Franklin and her backup singers Darlene Love and The Blossoms!!!
I stand up every time. THANK you Universe!! That there ever was such a thing!
aaah man, the AMAZING ARETHA. Rest In Peace, my queen!!
Shindig paved the way for music videos/MTV.
Great video. Loved Lesley Gore's beautiful eyes! Almost forgot them. Great dancers also.
I never missed Shindig. It was a great show. It moved quickly and it basically "Rocked" as people say today. The songs we listened to on this show ran all day and night on the radio. It was our medium in those days. I had a transistor radio and listened to it day and night. went through a lot of 9 volt batteries. The songs mark the time for Baby Boomers. You remember people and events by the music that was playing at the time. Great times. No other show on TV was as exciting as Shindig and also Hullabloo. Of the two Shindig was the best. The dancers were a big part of it also. Everybody had their favorite. Good to be able to go back for a minute or two watching these video's.
William Novarese I used to think all the dancers on those 60's music shows seemed to be doing moves more related to theater or "interpretive" dance than to rock and roll. When I discovered Shindig, the dancers were one of the first things I noticed- they actually seemed to be doing Rock and Roll dances and moves. Recently I found an article form an old magazine that provided some background on the dancers and how those moves were executed. Those ladies were trained in ballet and other dance forms, so they knew what they were doing. The choreographer, Andre Tayir did an excellent job in creating moves that looked very much like what I could imagaine kids doing in dance clubs. (And those dancers were HOT!)
my parents would
This is unbelievable that they are all playing live, no taped anything. Just great.
The great Leon Russell was on this show for the 1964 season. He had done demos for Sharon Sheeley and Jackie DeShannon and Jackie and Leon dated during this time.
If the energy from these shows could be captured it could light up Las Vegas..
,,,,Yep.
Those vocals on Aretha! Wow!!
,,,Yep.
Donna, you still look HOT! I saw the old footage of you on original Mickey Mouse Club and loved it. The Dick Clark Dr. Pepper 1963 show is so cool. Oh, and Shindig does belong in the Rock 'n Roll hall
Aretha sings with such confidence and power. She makes it look easy. What a voice.
I can remember ditching school to watch this in California. I learned about Motown. To this day people tell me they like my dancing. Where did I learn? I say, SHINDIG 😎✌
That footage of Aretha was unbelievable.
I agree, she was so young.
I love the history of music in this country!
What happened to us?
Liberals.