I was the girl dancing right in front of the stage. Lines of boys waiting to dance with me and my sister! We also dated some of the guys in the bands. We had alot of attention. Loads of fun in NE Ohio.
Yes Jay, I was a dancer on the Lloyd Thaxton show in the mid sixties, renewed dance lessons 10 years ago, then dancing on cruise ships to get the party going. In my 70's now still dancing.
Duncan you'd have loved this Showbands North and South of Ireland especially Joe Dolan and The Drifters. Absolutely the best time to be young. Dance halls packed to the rafters!! Ah, those were the days... 👏 💃
@@Steve-yo4ld You can tell these are pros. At least a lot of them. See the guy moving like a goof in hat and glasses and dancing with the girl at the end? I could tell he had great movement and maybe I'd seen him before. And so it turns out (I believe) that's Gil Brady (and his wife Nicki). Award winning swing dancers. They are dancing at the start of this vid: ruclips.net/video/Wxy3bxjBsmE/видео.html (so, maybe it's you that 'doesn't know' - just a thought)
I wasn't born until 1967 ,but I grew up listening to 60 s music and learning the dances ,and I've a 60 s party to go to next week ,so looking forward to a fun filled night of dancing ,😊
@@thegreencat9947 I think Palasades Park was the 2nd record! Both great dance songs. We had dances every Saturday night at our local National Guard Armory. And after every home football game 😊...1966...67.🎶🎶
How lucky we are to have Mamie Van Doren still alive at age 92 today on 3/2/23. She has enjoyed her beauty even into her later years and being famous has to be wonderful. YOUR FANS LOVE YOU MAMIE ! P.S. The cashier at my local grocery store was named after you !
Love this video. As a little kid in the late 60s, my parents, aunt n uncles and all my cousins danced every Saturday night. It was a blast to be around the fun.
People say that adults are not supposed to be "childish" but when it comes to singing and dancing to music with catchy beats there is no restriction to acting crazy, silly, wild and free.
Thank God I'm not alonein this ! I'm 74 and when I hear the old music I can't keep still. I usually do the dance moves when I'm alone, 'cause I don't know what my family and friends would think of me !!.......🤨😕
This takes me back!...Man, in my youth (early to mid 1960s), people were not afraid to embrace their feminine/masculine side, get on the dance floor, and let yourself go!...there was an innocent expressiveness to dance back then, even though much of it was a sexual pantomime. It is obvious that these dancers were professionals, but I could, and did, dance it up back then. Let me tell you younger folks--your grandmas were very hot back then, and knew how to look their best on the dance floor!
Hey we danced all the time. My grandmother could shake a leg and dragged us onto the dance floor. We learned quick. My wife and I are usually the first ones on the dance floor.
Everybody could dance something good in that age!!! They jumped with such a high and rhythm or speed!!! This kind of dancing never will be out-of-date, for the spectacle and show. Wonderful years!!!
There's a bloke on here called James who is trying to chat up the women who comment on this song ... Take yourself far away (or words to that effect 🤢)
We need to bring swing dancing back; it had a resurgence a few years back. Loved Disco Dancing in the late 70’s best shape of my life & didn’t gain the “freshman 15” in college. Dance like nobody’s looking people it helps to keeps all our parts in working order & feels great!! 🎉🎉🎉
Simple arrangement..simple lyric.but somehow packs one hell of a punch..this from an era of great popular music...when less meant more..if you let yourself go there..
Ezekiel Christopher Montañez is his real name, the record company wanted it shorter so Chris asked his mother and she approved the change. I saw him in concert with other 60's artists, at half time he went to the foyer to meet people and sign autographs. A true gent.
Awesome, the 60's were no bloody joke!!!! Defintely however it "takes two" to "twist and shout" like this, fifty years later, as I sit alone on my rock I know I am "daydream believing" as a happy and wise Monkee always will ❤❤❤❤❤............
Let's celebrate having fun with our wonderful Mums. My abiding memory is actually belting out ' Memory' from 'Cats' in our kitchen. Neither of us had voices like Elaine Page but it didn't matter, we just loved the moment. How I miss my beautiful, beautiful Mum 🥰❤️
Great music never dies.Brings back wonderful memories of family weddings and parties back in the 60,s and 70,s when we would watch mesmorised as our Mum and Dad and Aunties and Uncles would get up and jive.They were all honestly as good as any on RUclips.And that was after a fair few drinks!!..Used to particularly love watching the females spinning,because let,s face it,they do most of the dancing
🌾🍑 This song!! Oh, this fabulous dance song! The very first black vinyl 45rpm record my sister and I bought in the early 60's 🤗 I think I learned how to dance with this wild & crazy song! 🎶🎶🎶☺️💕🇺🇸💕---by the way I'm 73 now🥰
When Chris Montez toured England, where "Let's Dance" was a massive hit, his opening act was this band called The Beatles. They liked the collarless jacket he wore on stage so much that they had their tailor copy it.
The musics, the clothes, the dances, the romance, the whole thing was much better. Everything from that era became a classic, and inspired a masterpiece of cinema, full of future stars: (Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyffus, Ron Howard)"American Graffiti"... "As I walk alone I wonder, what went wrong with our love, a love that was so strong..." Del Shannon. Thank God I came to live, at least, the end of this era.
Well always loves Chris montez Jose feliciano always had great for us to enjoy. And let's not forget the great nostalgic videos that accompany these songs thank you very much for the song and the video clips. By the way the cute nerdy guy that corny hat, he looks chip from' My 3 sons'
My Mum used to go to Scottish dances, and she said they were as wild as anything - this one on YT is tame from what she tells me! She never says what she really got up to at these dances!
Ah, I'm 62 but even I recognise that lots of people have talent nowadays especially the likes of Taylor Swift. Billie Eilish attracts a lot of scorn but she is also very talented.
Haha. That's what every generation has said. The best music is whatever you bonded with as a teenager. It's how it has always been. Especially since the 1950's when teenagers became a market force. But its funny because this song is exceptionally simple, silly, and childish.
I think you can hear a genuine and unquestioned optimism in the music from the 50s and early 60s. Why it's so very hard to recreate that sound and feeling today is because of the heavier times. You can't fake that kind of optimism.
Was 13 when this came out, Was fortunate to See the Tail end of Du Hop,into Pop,then Motown,eventualy To the Beatles that revolutionized rock music And let's not forget folk music" Sadly today's music is Nothing but high tech, Auto tune,and a Vegas style concerts! Thank God I grew up with The very train of music"
Pra mim nao basta ouvir...preciso passar pra frente...e minhas filhas amam anos 50..60..70...80...90... conhecem o melhor do cenário musical e disso eu me orgulho...
if you don't get up and dance to this, you're either dead or in a coma (only kidding) BOY, COULD I DANCE TO THIS, TOO! "Back in the day", kids danced somewhere; at a 'rec' center, high school gym, a pavilion in the summer.. what a time and what fun we had..... Rock on ya'll!!!
I was that wallflower sitting at the table when I was young, ironically later in life I became a pro dancer. so never give up!
Like song said. Let the little girl dance.
I was the girl dancing right in front of the stage. Lines of boys waiting to dance with me and my sister! We also dated some of the guys in the bands. We had alot of attention. Loads of fun in NE Ohio.
me too!
Yes Jay, I was a dancer on the Lloyd Thaxton show in the mid sixties, renewed dance lessons 10 years ago, then dancing on cruise ships to get the party going. In my 70's now still dancing.
@@franklinnorth7708 cool, keep it up as long as you can, stimulates all your systems and keeps you young at heart and body!❤
I was so lucky to have been a teenager in the early 60's. Happy happy memories. Thanks for posting.
Jack and Jackie in the White House, corvettes on the street and we were going to the moon man! (and we did just that!) What an era
@@dgrant7291 we were the luckiest generation ever
same here in the uk born 1950 had my teens in the 60s
👏🏼👏🏼🙋🏼♀️❤️
Duncan you'd have loved this Showbands North and South of Ireland especially Joe Dolan and The Drifters. Absolutely the best time to be young. Dance halls packed to the rafters!! Ah, those were the days... 👏 💃
I am 74 now but still freaking out to music like this. Just keep on dancing.
Im 82 but I still love the oldies ❤
I'm 74 too. Kinda harder to dance now but I do some good moves !
Am 74. Need to teach my Granddaughter how to Texas 2-step. Bob Wills comes mind.
In 1957 I was 8 years old but I was listening to this rock and roll.
I miss those days, when everybody would just dance. No rules or criticism. Just dancing 🎶. Dance,dance, dance. 👍
The energy and style of the dancers are truly impressive. Old is always Gold
The tall stiff guy in this video would had been me😂
@@keithkimbrell8616 😂
because they were all professional dancers
@@jefforgeron5249 and just how do you know
@@Steve-yo4ld You can tell these are pros. At least a lot of them.
See the guy moving like a goof in hat and glasses and dancing with the girl at the end?
I could tell he had great movement and maybe I'd seen him before.
And so it turns out (I believe) that's Gil Brady (and his wife Nicki). Award winning swing dancers.
They are dancing at the start of this vid:
ruclips.net/video/Wxy3bxjBsmE/видео.html
(so, maybe it's you that 'doesn't know' - just a thought)
Brilliant. My dad says these were the best days.
yer Dad was right
Great Tune - Blast from the Wonderful 60s - People weren’t made to feel Guilty for Having Fun ! 👍
I wasn't born until 1967 ,but I grew up listening to 60 s music and learning the dances ,and I've a 60 s party to go to next week ,so looking forward to a fun filled night of dancing ,😊
Hope everyone at the party has enough sense to stay off their cell phones and dance.
@@jeffreycraven8154 For an authentic 60's party, cell phones should be checked at the door!
I love this song. Takes me back to my childhood! Am 61 now! Still a brilliant song
Holy shit....I'm 73.... I bought the 45.....let's dance.👍
Oh....how about "Palaceades park".
@@thegreencat9947
I think Palasades Park was the 2nd record! Both great dance songs. We had dances every Saturday night at our local National Guard Armory. And after every home football game 😊...1966...67.🎶🎶
61 ? you weren't dancing to this, you were dancing to David Cassidy
@@floatpool8307 LOL yea Leif and they were probably twirling away to Heartbeat it's a LoveBeat too
How lucky we are to have Mamie Van Doren still alive at age 92 today on 3/2/23. She has enjoyed her beauty even into her later years and being famous has to be wonderful. YOUR FANS LOVE YOU MAMIE ! P.S. The cashier at my local grocery store was named after you !
Is that so!? It is very good to hear about it!
Long live Ms Marnie!
And she is still gorgeous!
I love the way men ripped it up on the dance floor in the past.Everybody danced and enjoyed themselves. Great song from CM.
The best days, memories and times of your life. So glad I got to enjoy it.
I'm 68yrs old and my god I remember this..awesome song..
Thanks for sharing the good idea😁
crikey that brings back memories haven't heard it for many many years x
I was a little kid when this came out. I remember those days as cool.
Love this video. As a little kid in the late 60s, my parents, aunt n uncles and all my cousins danced every Saturday night.
It was a blast to be around the fun.
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Prelepa muzika, prelepa vremena.
The nerdy looking guy with the hat and glasses has some really great moves!
I thought the same.
He was really cuttin a rug wasnt he
Super awesome dance song by Chris Montez!!
People say that adults are not supposed to be "childish" but when it comes to singing and dancing to music with catchy beats there is no restriction to acting crazy, silly, wild and free.
Hello how are you doing…?
Thank God I'm not alonein this !
I'm 74 and when I hear the old music I can't keep still. I usually do the dance moves when I'm alone, 'cause I don't know what my family and friends would think of me !!.......🤨😕
My mom got me on this song when I was younger and I play it and it helps me since she is in heaven
Sorry about your Mom's lost.
a great era for music. I too was a teenager then and still love all those songs.
Hello beautifu
Smiles, hi Brenda 👋
Being young from the 1960's thru 80's was a gift from God.
Indeed!
The 1950s were wonderful, too!!! ♥️😀♥️
Rarely has there been a luckier, happier generation.
I agree
the era of colonialism is over when you prospered at the expense of other countries
Reminds me of 1961 -62, I loved this, how could you not?
Kennedy was president and all was right in the world
One of my faves, so lucky to be born in that era.
This takes me back!...Man, in my youth (early to mid 1960s), people were not afraid to embrace their feminine/masculine side, get on the dance floor, and let yourself go!...there was an innocent expressiveness to dance back then, even though much of it was a sexual pantomime. It is obvious that these dancers were professionals, but I could, and did, dance it up back then. Let me tell you younger folks--your grandmas were very hot back then, and knew how to look their best on the dance floor!
Hello, thanks for the message! Yes, the dancers are professionals, they are from a movie made in 1957 in the first wave of Rock! Sergio, in Brazil.
You got that right! My sister and I were the star attraction wherever we danced! We were great dancers and cute. 😁
i didn't dance but i liked to to them
Dancing a lot more classy then today for sure. Most young people today couldn't dance like that to drugged out or lazy to put forth that much effort.
Hey we danced all the time. My grandmother could shake a leg and dragged us onto the dance floor. We learned quick. My wife and I are usually the first ones on the dance floor.
Great song & great dancing in the video. Even the imitation “Lurch” was funny.
the guy with the hat and glasses dancing on his own is the best dancer of the lot
Everybody could dance something good in that age!!! They jumped with such a high and rhythm or speed!!! This kind of dancing never will be out-of-date, for the spectacle and show. Wonderful years!!!
Are these “everybody” folks or professionals being filmed?
@@GizaJ We can pretend.
It depends on the situation@@GizaJ
Da kann man doch nicht stillsitzen....rauss in die Natur und tanzt ....toller Sound und macht Lust auf mehr....DANKE für unvergessene Zeiten❤️🍀💯💥💃
Hello beautiful
Als dieser Song raus kam war ich 18 Jahre alt und habe genau so darauf getanzt.War eine tolle Zeit.
Every gig I've ever done had this song as a staple ‼️😱🥰😁
tells you a lot, huh? Fun music that just makes you wanna dance and feel good.
There's a bloke on here called James who is trying to chat up the women who comment on this song ... Take yourself far away (or words to that effect 🤢)
It's music like this that makes me wish I was still a kid Really great song.
Во фигачат, ваще круто!👍Сейчас так не умеют.😘😂
This was a great song from back in the day !!!!!!
We need to bring swing dancing back; it had a resurgence a few years back. Loved Disco Dancing in the late 70’s best shape of my life & didn’t gain the “freshman 15” in college. Dance like nobody’s looking people it helps to keeps all our parts in working order & feels great!! 🎉🎉🎉
Es ist einfach nur traumhaft schön. Das war der Rhythmus meiner Jugendzeit. Ganz lieben Dank ❤
I call this my favorite era that l never lived through. I'm 40 and l always loved this music
Simple arrangement..simple lyric.but somehow packs one hell of a punch..this from an era of great popular music...when less meant more..if you let yourself go there..
We made up some pretty great dirty lyrics for this song at the time too! LOL
A wonderful blend of the instruments ,organ and vocals
All you folks out there watching this this is your grandma your grandpa and your aunts and uncles this is them having a whole lot of fun
Now that’s talent.
Soon as the pounding of the drums starts off, I feel 12 again and I start to shimmy. 😅 Way more fun than a boring aerobics class.
❤
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF ROCK'N'ROLL 😪
Ezekiel Christopher Montañez is his real name, the record company wanted it shorter so Chris asked his mother and she approved the change. I saw him in concert with other 60's artists, at half time he went to the foyer to meet people and sign autographs. A true gent.
I love this video. The way they used to dance was so cool. I remember when America was Great.
Good music is forever!! Thanks for posting.
Sanchez my friend , Sanchez , good luck from Spain/España ( Europa) .
Love the guy toward the end who looks like a blend of Abraham Lincoln and Lurch!
Me to mate. Funny.🇬🇧
Great song fabulous dancing . Listening to that is like a shot of happy juice .
Awesome, the 60's were no bloody joke!!!! Defintely however it "takes two" to "twist and shout" like this, fifty years later, as I sit alone on my rock I know I am "daydream believing" as a happy and wise Monkee always will ❤❤❤❤❤............
Smiles, hi Esther 👋
Remember dancing with my beautiful mother to this song ❤
Let's celebrate having fun with our wonderful Mums. My abiding memory is actually belting out ' Memory' from 'Cats' in our kitchen. Neither of us had voices like Elaine Page but it didn't matter, we just loved the moment. How I miss my beautiful, beautiful Mum 🥰❤️
What an amazing clip! Chris Montez's "Let's Dance" is perfect.
Great 👍 classic 👌 I will sing 🎶 😀 and dance 🕺 to this classic forever, thank you 😊.
Chris Montez was one of the performers at the Surf Ballroom’s Winter Dance Party a few years ago. I got his autograph and he kissed my cheek.
Great music never dies.Brings back wonderful memories of family weddings and parties back in the 60,s and 70,s when we would watch mesmorised as our Mum and Dad and Aunties and Uncles would get up and jive.They were all honestly as good as any on RUclips.And that was after a fair few drinks!!..Used to particularly love watching the females spinning,because let,s face it,they do most of the dancing
love this classic stuff. anytime anywhere!!
🌾🍑 This song!! Oh, this fabulous dance song! The very first black vinyl 45rpm record my sister and I bought in the early 60's 🤗 I think I learned how to dance with this wild & crazy song! 🎶🎶🎶☺️💕🇺🇸💕---by the way I'm 73 now🥰
Fantastická hudba, ešte lepšie video, to boli moje začiatky, samozrejme nie až také divoké.
Hey how are you doing today…?
Im 76yrs and i remember this song when i used to go to the youth club with my friends
It’s so great to watch make me smile 😊
I remember doing that dance in the 60s so much fun and energy
Great tune by Chris Montez from the greatest musical era ever '60s
When Chris Montez toured England, where "Let's Dance" was a massive hit, his opening act was this band called The Beatles. They liked the collarless jacket he wore on stage so much that they had their tailor copy it.
@Baba Ganush .with tony sheridan
They teased him cruelly, as he really was a one hit wonder. He hated that tour, couldn't cope with them
The musics, the clothes, the dances, the romance, the whole thing was much better. Everything from that era became a classic, and inspired a masterpiece of cinema, full of future stars: (Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyffus, Ron Howard)"American Graffiti"... "As I walk alone I wonder, what went wrong with our love, a love that was so strong..." Del Shannon. Thank God I came to live, at least, the end of this era.
großartig, man kann die wahre Lebensfreude sehen
When I was a little boy back in early 1960's it one of my favorite songs and I was born in 1957.
I think this came out in 62 so you would have been 5. You had great taste for one so young.
Well always loves Chris montez Jose feliciano always had great for us to enjoy. And let's not forget the great nostalgic videos that accompany these songs thank you very much for the song and the video clips. By the way the cute nerdy guy that corny hat, he looks chip from' My 3 sons'
This was the first single record i bought with my paper round money. I still have it to this day. Still play it occasionally.
A fanstastic singing and dancing song!
Cannot get over how impressively creative and joyous the Choreography is here! Well worth the listen and the view.😂💃🎤🎼🎵🎸🎹🥁🎥B.W.
because they were all professional dancers
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!
I was a teenager in the 60's, best decade ever, no other decade has been anywhere near it.
I barely remember the late 60s but did notice at such a young age that there was a special vibe that wasn't there later on.
@@miggans21012 You are right, no other decade has had that vibe, it's difficult to explain, you would have had to be there.
My Mum used to go to Scottish dances, and she said they were as wild as anything - this one on YT is tame from what she tells me! She never says what she really got up to at these dances!
This video was the peak of Mamie Van Doren's career.
Great rock n' roll song !
Okay this is just freakin awesome!!!!!
That was having so much fun! and that was dancing! Loved it Thanks for sharing the the fun! P..I'm 73 I agree never give it up!
I am 67, handicapped, started livingroomdance!❤😂
Marvellous Chris Montez.
I loved this song as a child, still do😂
love the guy in the hat
This comes from a time when people could write songs and learn to play an instrument...back in the day when people actually had talent.
And entertainers...ENTERTAINED!
Ah, I'm 62 but even I recognise that lots of people have talent nowadays especially the likes of Taylor Swift. Billie Eilish attracts a lot of scorn but she is also very talented.
Haha. That's what every generation has said. The best music is whatever you bonded with as a teenager. It's how it has always been. Especially since the 1950's when teenagers became a market force. But its funny because this song is exceptionally simple, silly, and childish.
I don’t think you can say that. I’ve been watching some very talented musicians on RUclips. Mind blowing talent.
Brilliant music 😉
Have to argue about the 60's decade being the best. It was the 50's and early 60's. The 50's were so much more innocent.
I think you can hear a genuine and unquestioned optimism in the music from the 50s and early 60s. Why it's so very hard to recreate that sound and feeling today is because of the heavier times. You can't fake that kind of optimism.
Saw Chris Montez at DeMontfort Hall Leicester in the sixties as a teenager. Let's Dance!!!!
Was 13 when this came out,
Was fortunate to See the
Tail end of Du Hop,into
Pop,then Motown,eventualy
To the Beatles that revolutionized rock music
And let's not forget folk
music"
Sadly today's music is
Nothing but high tech,
Auto tune,and a Vegas style
concerts!
Thank God I grew up with
The very train of music"
Hello how are you doing?
They were amazing.
Superb & very nostalgic
Wow. That was really cool dancing
Hello how are you doing?
The quintessential combo organ song, played beautifully.
That and the Baby Cortez hit Happy Organ.
Love this song!
Beautifull day it's very good Gyönyörű nap ez nagyon jó
Se divertiam aquele tempo e nem precisavam ser vulgares
Gostei do video
Great times!!!!! Great music.
Hello beautiful
You just can't sit still listening to this song, you got to dance!
Pra mim nao basta ouvir...preciso passar pra frente...e minhas filhas amam anos 50..60..70...80...90... conhecem o melhor do cenário musical e disso eu me orgulho...
❤❤❤❤❤el otro día hicimos una fiesta y la música era de los 50,60,70,80 y 90 y lo pasamos genial
❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
Loved this song as a kid…. And still do! ❤
Had it on a 45 rpm
@@suenewell7769 That's awesome. I knew a Susan Newell a few years back!
if you don't get up and dance to this, you're either dead or in a coma (only kidding) BOY, COULD I DANCE TO THIS, TOO! "Back in the day", kids danced somewhere; at a 'rec' center, high school gym, a pavilion in the summer..
what a time and what fun we had..... Rock on ya'll!!!
Loved this when it was released
So very true. Was my teen years also. Loving the oldies✨️
I love this song!
Chris Montez had a couple hits in the early 60’s. He was buddies with the late rocker Richie Valens in Los Angeles as I recall.
@@kimmorrison9169 I didn’t know that he and Richie Valens were buddies!
WOW THAT'S A GREAT SONG FROM 1962. SOUNDS 50'S ISH AND GREAT TO DANCE TO
Just another one of those obnoxiously happy songs that will cheer you up no matter how down you are!
Why " obnoxious"?
Uy qué buena rolaaaaaaaaa saludos desde Querétaro México