All the bands back then were always genuinely smiling. Almost surprised that ppl were out there dancing and singing to their music. So young and humble
I the 60's you were bombarded with hit after hit... You couldn't keep up with them .. Even the Wolfman had a tough time playing them all.. Best era ever to grow up.. BOWEEEEE...IT BE THE WOOOOLFMAN BABY..
This is from someone who lived these days. The times were not carefree as they were in the fifties. Lots of stuff going on with Vietnam etc, but the music helped us all get through. I look at this now and remember how special it really was. To be so young and have so much life in you that you just couldn't sit still. You had to get up and dance. And the way it felt when you danced! This video reflects that mood so well. Thanks for bringing a little taste of it back.
I'm so addicted to this song and its video and some of the moves that the dancers are doing remind me of my late (and much beloved and missed) older sister's cheerleading moves that she was doing as a cheerleader around the very same age as this episode of Shindig in 1965!❤️😁🤸🤸🤸🤸🤸
Born in the late 80's and growing up through the mid 90's, my parents raised me, and my sister, with late 50's, 60's and 70's music because that's what they listened to. This is still one of my favorite songs.
This song is a classic and no matter where you are or what your doing your going to start moving! Loved Shindig I couldn't wait for it it come on cause you never knew what to expect or who was going to be on but one thing for sure when the go go girls started dancing it was like heaven sent man those moves to this day amaze me! The Gentrys were one of my favorites and when they closed this show out you couldn't help but get up and dance!! No matter one anyone says ''ROCK ON"
This is my favorite dance tune of all time. I remember growing up as a kid in Citrus Heights, Ca listening to this song on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento. I think I still have a taped copy of Wolfman Jack playing it on his show.
Wish we could keep on dancing and hearing songs like this in 2016! No one could sit this song out at the dances I went to in 1965 when I was a sophomore at KGHS. My sister had the old 45 rpm record and I would sneak it on to my turntable when she was out of the house! One of the songs we used to practice dancing to in our room before going to the sock hops after the football and basketball games.
Best dance song of all time if you ask me. I grew up listening it on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento, Ca as a kid. This song rocks! Much later I bought a 45 of it at The Olde Record Shoppe in Diamond Springs, Ca.
+Michael Smith ..... drummer is average, at best ....... you must not have heard but a few songs from this era, and that's it ...... because you ARE WRONG ..... (next thing you'll say is the lead singer should have won "American Idol")
This video fascinates me. Of course, I love this song, but the format of the dance set really interests me. There are the go-go dancers in front, dancing in sync with each other, and in what appears to be matching outfits. Then the folks behind the band are dancing their own individual style. Then, there are these little groups of people just randomly dancing away! I love it. 😆❤️!!
@@michaelboyce9373 I can't seem to find d anything about Larry Love in the WWF/WWE as a manager. I did know that Jimmy Hart was a member of the Gentrys as well as the "Mouth of the South" managing heels in the WWF/WWE.
In my younger days, I thought they were singing "Keep on dancing while your pregnant" until I was able to get the printed lyrics many, many years later. Great song!!!!
This tune popped in my mind out of nowhere. Wasn't sure of the name or group, but jumped into you tube land and after searching for a few minutes I saw it, remembered it and relaxed into a much younger, happier period in America that felt so comfortable, safe and secure.
Origin,Memphis,Tennessee, U.S. MGM Records "Keep on Dancing" is a rock song written by Allen A. Jones and Willie David Young, originally performed by the Avantis on Argo Records in 1963, and covered by The Gentrys in 1965.The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis, Tennessee), alumni included Bruce Bowles (vocals), Bobby Fisher (saxophone, keyboards), Jimmy Hart (vocals), Jimmy Johnson (trumpet), Pat Neal (bass guitar), Larry Raspberry (guitar, lead vocalist), and drummer Larry Wall (replaced by Rob Straube)[1] and also with another member, Larry Butler (keyboards). The youths formed the Gentrys in May 1963 as a rock 'n' roll group for local dances, and were very successful playing for high school dates. In September 1964 they won third place in the Mid-South Fair Talent Competition and auditioned for the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. They soon became the most popular teenage band in the mid-South and in 1964 won the Memphis Battle of the Bands. In December 1964 the group was given a contract by local record label Youngstown Records, and made their first record of "Sometimes", which was very popular locally in early 1965
The central dancer Girl IS ABOLUTELY CRAZY And LOVELY And her movements are just AMAZING !! The guys play excelent And I see the Beatles Influence. In conclusion ,a PHENOMENAL AND GLORIOUS And NO TIME PARTY EVER !! From LIMA PERÚ
Boy did we shake it to this song! Loved it, still do. Also never missed Shindig! Sometimes in the summer the show would go on location and perform at Palisades Amusement Park. Great times. 👍
MY SISTER HAD THIS 45 AND I JUST STARTED DRUMS I PLAYED THE HELL OUT OF IT TO THIS DAY I STILL PLAY THIS SONG ON THE DASH BOARD OF THE CAR YOU NEVER GROW OLD WITH SONGS IN YOURE MIND
I grew up in jonesboro, Arkansas and saw them a few times. We had a community center a few blocks from my house and one summer night could' hear the Gentries play keep on dancing from my bedroom
My cousin's daughter told her that she admired her mother. Growing up in a time that was didn't have all the pressure that the kids of the 90s and beyond have. I'm a baby boomer and glad of it.
I'm 5 years old again! I remember this from when I was a little kid. Jimmy Hart was in the band. He actually formed a second Gentrys in the late 60s and I remember they had a minor hit with a cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"
Ian Whitcomb brings a great music celebration to Cantalini's Salerno Beach Restaurant every Sunday. His music, the true Italian flavor and the cuisine of Cantalini's gives families fond memories to cherish for years to come.Cantalini's is located on Culver Blvd. in Playa del Rey.
Ah, memories. This was the song of my one true high school (50 years ago) romance with Linda Nussberger! Ill fated love if there ever was one! "Just like Romeo and Juliet"
The lead singer is Larry Raspberry. He is still performing with a band, The Highsteppers, and doing some solo work. Check out his web site. He wrote a lot of songs for great performers ... Jimmy Buffet and Simon Carly to name a couple.
@thecountofbasie I think for Hart to go from The Gentrys and to professional wrestling, and make big business the way he has is a testament to his talent and hard work. I celebrate both his time in The Gentrys as well as his contributions to wrestling. He is a guy that just knows how to entertain.
I've known Jimmy Hart was in The Genrtys for decades now, but I never bothered to really look them up, I've also known this song for decades, but I never knew who it was who played it until now. All these years I was rocking out to The Mouth Of The South and I didn't even know it!!!
man i remember this one .....our band played it a lot....this memphis group made a monster hit here....i think one or two of them in a previous time came here to jonesboro, arkansas and payed a dance at the old hotel Noble in 64 or 65.....i think they went by the name the Escorts
This is what rock n' roll music is all about! Keep on dancing & keep on having fun! Check out the Shindig audience members, they just can't help themselves! They know a good song when they hear it!
Larry Raspberry continued to make music all of his life and still does with Larry Raspberry and The Highsteppers. I am sure there is plenty of youtube on them out there. They all graduated from my High School. Treadwell High School in Memphis, TN. All except Pat Neal the bass player, he was about 21 when they got together. Out of all the garage bands from memphis at that time Larry was probably the most talented. They graduated high school in 1965, a year after this hit.
It's a shame that there isn't any just fun music around anymore. Everything seems so deep and depressing now. The 60's were awesome for music fans of all stripes.
This is a great song, and sounds better than all modern music 🎵🎶 for sure. I'm a 90s baby 2000s kid and I love music from the 50s, 60s, 70s better than the music that I grew up with. Although I do like some 90s songs and 2000 songs I like the old school music better.
i love love love this song i wish i lived my teen years in the fifties and sixties man stuff was poppin back then now music is trash i love this old school lets go to the jukebox and dance song!!
My sister and I got a tape machine with this song on it when we were kids. We always thought they were saying "Dancing in a frying pan". Take a listen!
LOL.....It reminds me of those Friday night school dances and the go-go girls were dancing on the stage. It was such an exciting time to be young. I was also 12-13 when that song came out.
How can anyone who lived in the 60's not love this song. Shindig featured a lot of class acts.
Shindig and Hullabaloo were definitely the highlights of the week, TV-wise.
Love this song and I was born in 2006
There was also American Bandstand and Don Cornelius and Soul Train 🚂
@@gabrielbarbour1040 AWESOME..
Easy. By having an IQ over 70.
All the bands back then were always genuinely smiling. Almost surprised that ppl were out there dancing and singing to their music. So young and humble
Still better than anything you hear on the radio today.
you sound like a Whitney Houston and Bobby brown syndrome
Charles not very Young
Listening to the radio is the problem...
Way better than anything you’ll hear on your 8 track tape!
And at a time was the only Japanese export.
I the 60's you were bombarded with hit after hit... You couldn't keep up with them .. Even the Wolfman had a tough time playing them all.. Best era ever to grow up.. BOWEEEEE...IT BE THE WOOOOLFMAN BABY..
If this song doesn't make you want to dance, or at least start jamming, you might not have a pulse.
This is from someone who lived these days. The times were not carefree as they were in the fifties. Lots of stuff going on with Vietnam etc, but the music helped us all get through. I look at this now and remember how special it really was. To be so young and have so much life in you that you just couldn't sit still. You had to get up and dance. And the way it felt when you danced! This video reflects that mood so well. Thanks for bringing a little taste of it back.
I was there during this time too
Lived it my brother and I would go back in a minute.
I don’t often listen to Keep on Dancing, but, when I do, So Do My Neighbors.
Great beat.
me rn w my jbl flip 5 on 100 on my porch.
This is TRUE !
LmFao 🤣
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I will never ever cease to love and dance to this song. Ever. And it's 2020.
I remember this song when I was 6 years old , now I'm 61 still a Great song .
Yes it was and yes it is🎸🎸🎸
James Schnitzer : Keep on dancing. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸✌️✌️
You are so right 72 and still loving it....
I'm with you. I was 15 and it came out in 65. 74. Now and still love it🎉
Love the song , the era, the girls, Jimmy O’Neil and the feel🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😇
I'm so addicted to this song and its video and some of the moves that the dancers are doing remind me of my late (and much beloved and missed) older sister's cheerleading moves that she was doing as a cheerleader around the very same age as this episode of Shindig in 1965!❤️😁🤸🤸🤸🤸🤸
One of the greatest songs ever!
Born in the late 80's and growing up through the mid 90's, my parents raised me, and my sister, with late 50's, 60's and 70's music because that's what they listened to. This is still one of my favorite songs.
This was one of those fun songs of the 60,s-The Gentrys nailed it.
Going on 3 years now, and i keep coming back. 20,000 of these 670,000 hits must be from me. this song is a drug for me.
Great song, great band & not to forget, great host of the classic teen show: Shindig! RIP Jimmy O'Neill.
This song is a classic and no matter where you are or what your doing your going to start moving! Loved Shindig
I couldn't wait for it it come on cause you never knew what to expect or who was going to be on but one thing for sure when the go go girls started dancing it was like heaven sent man those moves to this day amaze me! The Gentrys were one of my favorites and when they closed this show out you couldn't help but get up and dance!! No matter one anyone says ''ROCK ON"
Man, I love this song! Just another reason I love 60's music so much.
This is my favorite dance tune of all time. I remember growing up as a kid in Citrus Heights, Ca listening to this song on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento. I think I still have a taped copy of Wolfman Jack playing it on his show.
Wish we could keep on dancing and hearing songs like this in 2016! No one could sit this song out at the dances I went to in 1965 when I was a sophomore at KGHS. My sister had the old 45 rpm record and I would sneak it on to my turntable when she was out of the house! One of the songs we used to practice dancing to in our room before going to the sock hops after the football and basketball games.
Best dance song of all time if you ask me. I grew up listening it on 1470 KXOA in Sacramento, Ca as a kid. This song rocks! Much later I bought a 45 of it at The Olde Record Shoppe in Diamond Springs, Ca.
WIXY 1260 AM Radio in Cleveland, Ohio. Listened day and night. Earplug in my ear while I slept!
Takes me back to my 17th summer. Raging teenage hormones, how we did not spontaneously ignite is a miracle.
I used to listen to this song on the radio back in the day. So much fun!
drummer is incredible, tight and clean, love that organ sound--no one uses that today
+Michael Smith .... he's not that good ..... let's not get too into it!
+Michael Smith impressive high hat and yes a tight roll on his drum intro's
+frizzlefrap sorry dude he is good, been around drummers for years--this guy is on it!
+Michael Smith ..... drummer is average, at best ....... you must not have heard but a few songs from this era, and that's it ...... because you ARE WRONG ..... (next thing you'll say is the lead singer should have won "American Idol")
well said frizzlefrap--I lived through 60s and 70s--most bands I've seen since then don't have good drummers--I stand by my comments
This video fascinates me. Of course, I love this song, but the format of the dance set really interests me. There are the go-go dancers in front, dancing in sync with each other, and in what appears to be matching outfits. Then the folks behind the band are dancing their own individual style. Then, there are these little groups of people just randomly dancing away! I love it. 😆❤️!!
I was a teenager when this song was out, I love even better now, a great era to be alive in
@@colincooper-gw7zf Same here!!👍☮️
go back to bed
Oh what a time, oh what a song! I like it so much. I still have the original single!!!
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me too!
Its been 50 years and this song will still "motivate" you to dance. Go Sunset Bisons - Dallas '62)
I like the lead singers voice. The group has great energy.
That was Larry Raspberry ,aka Larry Love Manager of the WWE!
@@michaelboyce9373 I can't seem to find d anything about Larry Love in the WWF/WWE as a manager. I did know that Jimmy Hart was a member of the Gentrys as well as the "Mouth of the South" managing heels in the WWF/WWE.
In my younger days, I thought they were singing "Keep on dancing while your pregnant" until I was able to get the printed lyrics many, many years later. Great song!!!!
This tune popped in my mind out of nowhere. Wasn't sure of the name or group, but jumped into you tube land and after searching for a few minutes I saw it, remembered it and relaxed into a much younger, happier period in America that felt so comfortable, safe and secure.
Origin,Memphis,Tennessee, U.S. MGM Records
"Keep on Dancing" is a rock song written by Allen A. Jones and Willie David Young, originally performed by the Avantis on Argo Records in 1963, and covered by The Gentrys in 1965.The seven-member group of Treadwell High School (Memphis, Tennessee), alumni included Bruce Bowles (vocals), Bobby Fisher (saxophone, keyboards), Jimmy Hart (vocals), Jimmy Johnson (trumpet), Pat Neal (bass guitar), Larry Raspberry (guitar, lead vocalist), and drummer Larry Wall (replaced by Rob Straube)[1] and also with another member, Larry Butler (keyboards). The youths formed the Gentrys in May 1963 as a rock 'n' roll group for local dances, and were very successful playing for high school dates. In September 1964 they won third place in the Mid-South Fair Talent Competition and auditioned for the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. They soon became the most popular teenage band in the mid-South and in 1964 won the Memphis Battle of the Bands. In December 1964 the group was given a contract by local record label Youngstown Records, and made their first record of "Sometimes", which was very popular locally in early 1965
Love the dancers!
The central dancer Girl IS ABOLUTELY CRAZY And LOVELY And her movements are just AMAZING !! The guys play excelent And I see the Beatles Influence.
In conclusion ,a PHENOMENAL AND GLORIOUS And NO TIME PARTY EVER !! From LIMA PERÚ
GREAT MUSIC, COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT !!!
Love this song! This may sound morbid….I requested this song for my party when I have passed. This song has always been me 💯!
I remember this song as a boy in the early 1960s.I was born in 1963, and I was 3 when I heard this. I'm so glad it's the one I typed in on my phone.
Look at the cool dancers, I love it.
I played in bands all through the 80's and 90's and even some now. But this old rock music is thee bomb!!! It melts me all the time
The guys back then were adorable!
We still are..
Boy did we shake it to this song! Loved it, still do. Also never missed Shindig! Sometimes in the summer the show would go on location and perform at Palisades Amusement Park. Great times. 👍
I was young in 60', what a nice time to be young!!
Indeed, keep on dancin' and a prancin'....love this song.😍😍😍😍
MY SISTER HAD THIS 45 AND I JUST STARTED DRUMS I PLAYED THE HELL OUT OF IT TO THIS DAY I STILL PLAY THIS SONG ON THE DASH BOARD OF THE CAR YOU NEVER GROW OLD WITH SONGS IN YOURE MIND
Larry Raspberry, the lead singer. What a great, fantastic voice! I hear he is a minister now for a Beverly Hills church now..
Jimmy Hart. "The mouth of the South", was a vocalist and foundung member for the Gentrys.
I grew up in jonesboro, Arkansas and saw them a few times. We had a community center a few blocks from my house and one summer night could' hear the Gentries play keep on dancing from my bedroom
My cousin's daughter told her that she admired her mother. Growing up in a time that was didn't have all the pressure that the kids of the 90s and beyond have. I'm a baby boomer and glad of it.
never miss'd Shindig, Hullabaloo, American Bandstand & Where the Action Is........ !!!
ベイシティローラーズの曲と思っていましたが、その前が有るとは思いませんでした。何て素晴らしいグループでしょう。60近い私でもノリノリになります。
Former Memphis and WWF wrestling manager and big time star Jimmy Hart and the Gentry's, AKA the Mouth of the South.
This instantly puts me in a great mood. Can't help but dance when I hear it
I remember seeing this on Shindig. Fun times ❤🥁🎹🎼💃🏻🎸
I'm 5 years old again! I remember this from when I was a little kid. Jimmy Hart was in the band. He actually formed a second Gentrys in the late 60s and I remember they had a minor hit with a cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl"
Now you’re 30
The Shindig go-go dancers!!! Yeah! I remember them well.
lenspaulding I did. Many times.
one of my favorites..... was at Redondo Beach at a party when this was played
Larry Raspberry on vocals. Still playing today. Band called Larry Raspberry and The Highsteppers. GREAT band..
+hogan0407 wow wonder where the rest of the guys are. loved the drummer
I dig this tune.
It was on the radio all the time growin up.
I'm singn it & my Mom lookin at me like a'hm crazee i be only 6 years 'ol
Shindig, Hullabaloo, Soul Train, Bandstand, Ready Steady Go!,Top of the Pops,The Lloyd Thaxton Show : I sure had great music shows growing up.
This is the real Ode To Joy. It just makes me feel wonderful!
I remember this song because I was around in that time. As I was older then they were.
What a Great Dance tune from the Gentry 60's!
Ian Whitcomb brings a great music celebration to Cantalini's Salerno Beach Restaurant every Sunday. His music, the true Italian flavor and the cuisine of Cantalini's gives families fond memories to cherish for years to come.Cantalini's is located on Culver Blvd. in Playa del Rey.
Remember hearing this when I was 8 yrs. Old early summer 1965 on wfil phillys famous 56.
Love this song - it always puts me in a happy mood!
Ah, memories. This was the song of my one true high school (50 years ago) romance with Linda Nussberger! Ill fated love if there ever was one! "Just like Romeo and Juliet"
hey...that was my true love......linda WHY YOU TWO TIMING WENCH
So, two suicides and a homicide involving a 13 year old and a 15 year old? Kinky!
Great song gets me rocking at 71
I have been listening to this for the last hour. Dancing is pretty tight, too
I'm at it again. Though the quality of this video is off, this is the best of their performances. Who own's the rights to this?
This was the second 45 record that I ever purchased. The first record I purchased was the Animals "It's My Life and I do what want ".
I did the same thing that you did!
mY FAVE aNIMALS TUNE
Great song. Where are the great song writers today? They don't exist.
The lead singer is Larry Raspberry. He is still performing with a band, The Highsteppers, and doing some solo work. Check out his web site. He wrote a lot of songs for great performers ... Jimmy Buffet and Simon Carly to name a couple.
@thecountofbasie I think for Hart to go from The Gentrys and to professional wrestling, and make big business the way he has is a testament to his talent and hard work. I celebrate both his time in The Gentrys as well as his contributions to wrestling. He is a guy that just knows how to entertain.
I've known Jimmy Hart was in The Genrtys for decades now, but I never bothered to really look them up, I've also known this song for decades, but I never knew who it was who played it until now. All these years I was rocking out to The Mouth Of The South and I didn't even know it!!!
Love it. A classic.
man i remember this one .....our band played it a lot....this memphis group made a monster hit here....i think one or two of them in a previous time came here to jonesboro, arkansas and payed a dance at the old hotel Noble in 64 or 65.....i think they went by the name the Escorts
This is what rock n' roll music is all about! Keep on dancing & keep on having fun! Check out the Shindig audience members, they just can't help themselves! They know a good song when they hear it!
This is what heaven will be like.
Crappy 1960’s music in black and white?
this is the trance of the past, great time!
Larry Raspberry continued to make music all of his life and still does with Larry Raspberry and The Highsteppers. I am sure there is plenty of youtube on them out there. They all graduated from my High School. Treadwell High School in Memphis, TN. All except Pat Neal the bass player, he was about 21 when they got together. Out of all the garage bands from memphis at that time Larry was probably the most talented.
They graduated high school in 1965, a year after this hit.
I used to play corkball in the street with Jimmy Hart-super nice guy.
My favorite dancing song of all time!
It's a shame that there isn't any just fun music around anymore. Everything seems so deep and depressing now. The 60's were awesome for music fans of all stripes.
Great song! I love oldies! I hate today’s music
This is a great song, and sounds better than all modern music 🎵🎶 for sure. I'm a 90s baby 2000s kid and I love music from the 50s, 60s, 70s better than the music that I grew up with. Although I do like some 90s songs and 2000 songs I like the old school music better.
This is straight up rock & roll!
Wish I could've been a teenager in this point of time.
i love love love this song i wish i lived my teen years in the fifties and sixties man stuff was poppin back then now music is trash i love this old school lets go to the jukebox and dance song!!
Music with a heartbeat.
My sister and I got a tape machine with this song on it when we were kids. We always thought they were saying "Dancing in a frying pan". Take a listen!
Go Go Girls, good music what more could you ask for
Harika 60 yıl sonra bile bu tempoyla yorumlasalar listeleri müthiş zorlar bu 👏👏👏👏👍
wot a brill track, wish i was about back then........
I watched this very show on TV OMG the memories it brought back thanx!!!!!
LOL.....It reminds me of those Friday night school dances and the go-go girls were dancing on the stage. It was such an exciting time to be young. I was also 12-13 when that song came out.
Vastly underrated in its sheer greatness.
another great band from memphis. this song is great to dance to.
makes my back sore just looking at those dancers gyrate!!!
Camille do you remember the days you used to screw in the back seat of some guys car? LOL
Great song! I can so easily see the Beautiful Queen of Scotland letting it go to this!!
The Mouth of the South, just watched the HoF 2005, where he got inducted, man gotta love that guy!!
Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart........u Rock,
I loved this song - way back when! Watched Shindig too.
Another 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.
Leon Russell passed away over the weekend.....he was in the house band on this show ........keep checking out Shindig shows and you'll see him!!!