Always loved Frankie Avalon. He was handsome , charismatic and humble all at the same time. He connected with his audience. Sixty yrs later....his name is still known.
OMG this song brings back memories. My cousins name was Diane and we used to sing this to her from the time she was a cute little toddler to a mature teenager.
Just the other day I was reminded how GREAT 1959 was!! This song played at work...and when I looked out the front door at work, there was THE car that is my ultimate FAVORITE car...the 1959 Cadillac coupe convertible!!! When I saw it I was ELATED!! FRIGGIN AWESOME car!! LOVE IT!!! Also BARBIE came out that year!! GREAT year!!!!
Peggy here-from the first time I saw Frankie Avalon on American Bandstand and saw that gorgeous smile, I was hooked. Have had the awesome pleasure of meeting Frankie personally 2 years ago and then saw him again in concert last fall. Two of my lifetime thrills, for sure!
@ 2:00-2:07 mins. I like the brother and sister, and then the brush cut kid chewing the gum! I was just 6 when this was produced. Funny, I never heard the song before now! It IS a winner though! It's Oct. 26, 2023, and my mom's birthday! RIP mom! First SNOWfall of the season starting as I type this!
Another great selection NRRA!!!! We have made it our video pick of the week here at Rock-it Radio! Thank you for all you do keeping these vintage videos going!
OMG! Finally I found this earworm!!!! Listened on Partys to this tune via speakers and I never forgot about this song!!! Great but so old??? I think this music should be played again!!!!! :-) LOVE IT!!!!
Wow another sweetheart so anazing, u cannot get these singers like that they had swag, pizzazz, and style amazing guys they were it seemed back then the guys were clean cut, so manerley and respectful,love that, lm so happy l was raised in that back in the day, everthing was clean cut,, love love back in the day
Also,I see this was on Valentine's Day in 1959, so,being that it's a "love song," Feb 14 was,just the appropriate day for Frankie to sing it,live! And it just so happens,Valentine's day did indeed fall on a Saturday,in 1959!
Have some musician friends who worked with him about a month ago. They say he was great, still singing his ass off! The consummate professional, at 75 yrs. old or so! I'm impressed!!
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023 He have a soulful voice! This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
I was in the 6th grade in 59,60. At that time Pat Boone used to wear white bucks, it was the rage. I had a pair and they came along with a little rosin bag to dab on the shoes when the color faded..
Walkin' down Maringo Road in Ephrata, Washington on my way to junior high school in my...new white bucks...rosin bag in my jacket pocket...jus' a coupla' miles...no sweat...
Thought this was a cute song and of course, I had it. I remember sometimes American Bandstand would interview some of the singers at their homes and one time they interviewed Frankie Avalon at his home with his dog which is whom the song was about. Can't remember if his dog was a collie or a boarder collie as it's been so many years ago and I had forgotten about it. Don't recall if the dog's name was De De Dinah or just Dinah either. Just thought I'd throw in a bit of trivia.
It was definitely a pure breed collie. His collie escaped from his cherry hill home mated with a German shepherd and he gave me and my parents one of his collie puppies. The dog was very mean and we had to get rid of him.
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023 He have a soulful voice! This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
On this day in 1958 {March 28th} Frankie Avalon performed "DeDe Dinah"* on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'... At the time the song was at #36 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, seven weeks earlier it had peaked at #7 {for 1 week} and it spent fifteen weeks on the Top 100... Between 1958 and 1976 the Philadelphia native had twenty-five Top 100 records; seven made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Venus" for 5 weeks in 1959 and "Why?" for 1 week, also in 1959... His 25th and last Top 100 record was a disco version of "Venus", it peak at #46 on the Top 100 and on March 14th, 1976, it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart... Mr. Avalon, born Francis Thomas Avallone, will celebrate his 78th birthday this coming September 18th {2018}... * Some sites claim he also performed his next release, "You Excite Me", on this 'Bandstand' appearance, it reached #49 in late April of 1958... In addition, When "Why?" peaked at #1 on December 28th, 1959, it achieved the distinction of being the last #1 record of the 1950s...
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023 He have a soulful voice! This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
If I ever get to NYC I really need to visit the "Helen Hays Theater" formerly the "little theater on broadway" where this show was done live on Saturday nights!!
On this day in 1974 {May 17th} Frankie Avalon appeared on the NBC-TV program 'The Midnight Special'... He performed a medley of his hits; "Why" {#1 for 1 week in 1959}, "Just Ask Your Heart" {#7 in 1959}, "De De Dinah {#7 in 1958}, "Gingerbread {#9 in 1958}, "Bobby Sox to Stockings {#8 in 1959}, and "Venus {#1 for 5 weeks in 1959}... R.I.P. Robert Weston Smith {aka Wolfman Jack; 1938 - 1995} and Mr. Avalon will celebrate his 74th birthday this coming September 18th...
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023 He have a soulful voice! This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
I see this took place eleven days after "the day the music died,"when the trio of The Big Bopper,Buddy Holly,and Ritchie Valens were taken away too soon. Frankie himself must have felt badly about their untimely ends. Still,even if he was still sad about it,that sure did not stop him from having a marvelous time,singing his big hit "Dede Dinah"live,on American Bandstand! Very reminiscent of,the 1958, this song is,that's for sure!
Frankie, in an interview, confessed that this song was the worst song he ever recorded and hated it. "Venus" was his favorite and knew it was going to be his signature song that would last a lifetime, even before he recorded it. He was right!
@@judypasqualone3819 That's because Beech-Nut (sponsor of the show) produced and made different brands of chewing gum and passed out sticks of gum to all in attendance. It was a gassssss!!!
He said on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast he intentionally sang it through his nose when he recorded it because he thought it was a stupid novelty song. That's why he sounds so different.
50s musical show documentary about biography history books years before New DVDs really remember review movies on Lulu Wilson she was new girl friend Derek Llewellyn and I have been there since 2017
Just watching him reawakens those teenaged hormones! An absaloutely gorgeous young man. I got to see him up close at a ringside table at nightclub about a year after Venus hit the charts. A far cry from Justin Bieber, this man was smooth, suave & sophisticated. I wish he'd been able to do more challenging material, like Broadway.
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023 He have a soulful voice! This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023 He have a soulful voice! This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
I've often thought that Frankie Avalon and Frank Sinatra looked alike in their early years..... skinny with similar mouths, and the way they hold their arms out when they sing on stage during the slow songs!
According to the Press of late 50's, he was always being promoted as the next "Frank Sinatra". While Frankie was suave & sophisticated, he was also a very sweet person devoted to his wife. Frank Sinatra was a very powerful man, he was uber talented, but not "Mr. Nice Guy". Frankie A did not have it within him to want that kind of power.
didn't he sing this holding his nose? at least thats what it sounds like. He is one of my favorite singers from back than, wish my mom didn't toss all my records, I had over 500 of all sizes in the covers they came with. A lot of money and even more now.
Always loved Frankie Avalon. He was handsome , charismatic and humble all at the same time. He connected with his audience. Sixty yrs later....his name is still known.
What a legend Frankie Avalon
Frankie Avalon, he is great! Great love songs too, and great memories, Jesus bless us all :)
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1959 we need you, please come back....
I second that, and I think I am younger than you are.
Absolutely 💯% agree !!!!
Haven't heard this in years. Thought it was good then. But its great now.
OMG this song brings back memories.
My cousins name was Diane and we used to sing this to her from the time she was a cute little toddler to a mature teenager.
Just the other day I was reminded how GREAT 1959 was!! This song played at work...and when I looked out the front door at work, there was THE car that is my ultimate FAVORITE car...the 1959 Cadillac coupe convertible!!! When I saw it I was ELATED!! FRIGGIN AWESOME car!! LOVE IT!!! Also BARBIE came out that year!! GREAT year!!!!
Love his music and I am happy him and his wife are together God bless them both. 😊😊😊🎉
Peggy here-from the first time I saw Frankie Avalon on American Bandstand and saw that gorgeous smile, I was hooked. Have had the awesome pleasure of meeting Frankie personally 2 years ago and then saw him again in concert last fall. Two of my lifetime thrills, for sure!
Man this sounds like a great ska song, very upbeat love it..
It's a great jiving tune!
The boy had moves!!! I think I’ve watched this a dozen times at least..just love it. Great entertainer even though still so young. Hi Frankie! ❤
Yup! He's got natural rhythm which adds to the entertainment quality here!
Good shot of Pat Molittieri and some cute boy next to her. Such memories!
@ 2:00-2:07 mins. I like the brother and sister, and then the brush cut kid chewing the gum! I was just 6 when this was produced. Funny, I never heard the song before now! It IS a winner though! It's Oct. 26, 2023, and my mom's birthday! RIP mom! First SNOWfall of the season starting as I type this!
Thrilling. It was just like that.... but every day!
WOW!!! Fabulous. I absolutely love the song and the video. He was quite young and handsome then and with so much talent.
Another great selection NRRA!!!! We have made it our video pick of the week here at Rock-it Radio! Thank you for all you do keeping these vintage videos going!
OMG! Finally I found this earworm!!!! Listened on Partys to this tune via speakers and I never forgot about this song!!! Great but so old??? I think this music should be played again!!!!! :-) LOVE IT!!!!
Million dollar smile!
Wow another sweetheart so anazing, u cannot get these singers like that they had swag, pizzazz, and style amazing guys they were it seemed back then the guys were clean cut, so manerley and respectful,love that, lm so happy l was raised in that back in the day, everthing was clean cut,, love love back in the day
This, You Excite Me, and Gingerbread, all three mid 1958 hits, loved all three
WHO loved???
@@mr.blackhawk142 Well that would be me, a child of the 50's
Great song and superstar
Also,I see this was on Valentine's Day in 1959, so,being that it's a "love song," Feb 14 was,just the appropriate day for Frankie to sing it,live! And it just so happens,Valentine's day did indeed fall on a Saturday,in 1959!
Still listening 2024
One little in my family name "DE DE," because of this our favourite song❤️2021
Have some musician friends who worked with him about a month ago. They say he was great, still singing his ass off! The consummate professional, at 75 yrs. old or so! I'm impressed!!
God I miss these days! We had superstars.
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023
He have a soulful voice!
This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
The late 50s- early 60s was a GLUT for great music!
I love Frankie
With a FABULOUS tenor solo by Buddy Savitt.
I always Loved Frankie Avalon. So Handsome!
I came from my Country 1957 , this was the first song I 👂 and I love 💘 it. Until ((N.O.W.))
Rock on, Frankie, my man!
Saw him in concert a few years ago loved it
Great dancer too. Nice :)
Thank to Serius XM for introducing me to this great song. I always find myself dancing to this....well at least trying to dance!!! Haha
I had a blast last night listening to this song by Frankie A. while eating 3 durians just for myself. :)~
Loved it!
I was in the 6th grade in 59,60. At that time Pat Boone used to wear white bucks, it was the rage. I had a pair and they came along with a little rosin bag to dab on the shoes when the color faded..
Walkin' down Maringo Road in Ephrata, Washington on my way to junior high school in my...new white bucks...rosin bag in my jacket pocket...jus' a coupla' miles...no sweat...
@@millicentsquirrelhole582 Those were the day's!!!
Very cool.
Thought this was a cute song and of course, I had it. I remember sometimes American Bandstand would interview some of the singers at their homes and one time they interviewed Frankie Avalon at his home with his dog which is whom the song was about. Can't remember if his dog was a collie or a boarder collie as it's been so many years ago and I had forgotten about it. Don't recall if the dog's name was De De Dinah or just Dinah either. Just thought I'd throw in a bit of trivia.
Frankie Avalon was my first crush. I was a very young; but thought he was quite handsome.
It was definitely a pure breed collie. His collie escaped from his cherry hill home mated with a German shepherd and he gave me and my parents one of his collie puppies. The dog was very mean and we had to get rid of him.
Interesting, didn’t know this!
light on his feet
Thought the song was about a girl.
Saw him in Caine Oark Cleveland Ohio what a crush I had on him!
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023
He have a soulful voice!
This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
This recird came out in 1961 year of my birth
Sounds Wonderful
On this day in 1958 {March 28th} Frankie Avalon performed "DeDe Dinah"* on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
At the time the song was at #36 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, seven weeks earlier it had peaked at #7 {for 1 week} and it spent fifteen weeks on the Top 100...
Between 1958 and 1976 the Philadelphia native had twenty-five Top 100 records; seven made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "Venus" for 5 weeks in 1959 and "Why?" for 1 week, also in 1959...
His 25th and last Top 100 record was a disco version of "Venus", it peak at #46 on the Top 100 and on March 14th, 1976, it reached #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
Mr. Avalon, born Francis Thomas Avallone, will celebrate his 78th birthday this coming September 18th {2018}...
* Some sites claim he also performed his next release, "You Excite Me", on this 'Bandstand' appearance, it reached #49 in late April of 1958...
In addition, When "Why?" peaked at #1 on December 28th, 1959, it achieved the distinction of being the last #1 record of the 1950s...
This is before my time but love the song. Pure rock & roll.
❤️❤️
glad to see patty m she is so beautiful imiss her a lot still the best dancer
I dated a guy who looked like Frankie. Very handsome!
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023
He have a soulful voice!
This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
If I ever get to NYC I really need to visit the "Helen Hays Theater" formerly the "little theater on broadway" where this show was done live on Saturday nights!!
oooo-frankie had moves
Yes he did
He can shuffle
I remember seeing him do this on American Bandstand 'back in the day' in the late 50's.
On this day in 1974 {May 17th} Frankie Avalon appeared on the NBC-TV program 'The Midnight Special'...
He performed a medley of his hits; "Why" {#1 for 1 week in 1959}, "Just Ask Your Heart" {#7 in 1959}, "De De Dinah {#7 in 1958}, "Gingerbread {#9 in 1958}, "Bobby Sox to Stockings {#8 in 1959}, and "Venus {#1 for 5 weeks in 1959}...
R.I.P. Robert Weston Smith {aka Wolfman Jack; 1938 - 1995} and Mr. Avalon will celebrate his 74th birthday this coming September 18th...
Smooth footwork there.
Cute memorable song
Man! Dig that tenor solo (by Bobby Savit).
Hit the Top 30 On 1/20/58, Peaked at No. 7, On the Chart 15 Weeks!
Avery nice vid.
Muzica lindiscima boa gosto e gostei
the guys wore white buckskin shoes back then-awesome
+Sandra Preston lot of the younger set wore them .
i know
I pat a regular and a great dancer.
Very Cool
love patmollittrei so much miss you so much
lol. They all lipsynked back then. I love how cuts the rug. That's those Philly guys for you. I really enjoy watching this.
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023
He have a soulful voice!
This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
Top ten hit
I see this took place eleven days after "the day the music died,"when the trio of The Big Bopper,Buddy Holly,and Ritchie Valens were taken away too soon. Frankie himself must have felt badly about their untimely ends. Still,even if he was still sad about it,that sure did not stop him from having a marvelous time,singing his big hit "Dede Dinah"live,on American Bandstand! Very reminiscent of,the 1958, this song is,that's for sure!
In the biz... professionals know that the show must go on... even in the shadow of tragedy....
Where are the clean-cut, suit-wearing teen idols these days? What a shame this music is lost on generations post-1950s & 60s.
TeamKilday Now they wear filthy rags, are horribly scarred with tattoos, and can't sing.
It got progressively worse over the decades...totally horrible now
@@injamtown I was born very late 70s ...almost in the 80s ;-)
FRANKIE ROCKIN
🎶🎶🎶🎙️💓🎶🎶🎶
Muzica lindiscima boa gosto
Just fun music................
Excelente Frankie Avalon
Look at those hip clothes and shoes!
Frankie, in an interview, confessed that this song was the worst song he ever recorded and hated it. "Venus" was his favorite and knew it was going to be his signature song that would last a lifetime, even before he recorded it. He was right!
He was so cute doing this..so long ago. Loved DeDe Dinah…he had some smooth moves didn’t he? ❤️
Oh wow, the gum chewers!
@@judypasqualone3819 That's because Beech-Nut (sponsor of the show) produced and made different brands of chewing gum and passed out sticks of gum to all in attendance. It was a gassssss!!!
@@gabrielhalston6726 oh…ok…so they pretty much got loads of gum at the door. Now I get it. 🙂
He said on Gilbert Gottfried's podcast he intentionally sang it through his nose when he recorded it because he thought it was a stupid novelty song. That's why he sounds so different.
Where are they getting these films. They are superior quality. They must have the complete shows and are re-mastering them.
henry dicarlo Thankfully someone had the foresight to preserve these classics.
Tim Liddell Its too bad they didn't preserve more of the original American Bandstand
People who say only modern musicians lip sink to tracks.
Me: Pulls up video
His hermones were very active later on, with 8 kids
Lindo
Think I heard someplace that that was the name of his collie dog. Pretty neat..
+Mary Ann Eaton band stand was cool never missed it .
Hehehe... weird-ass song. I can totally see myself doing the most, wild'n out to this jam!
Cool
fucking outrageous
And only 4 years later he was the "Big Kahuna"
"Nothin' is greater than the sand surf and salt air'
Rackin' our boards just a soon as we get there...."
I think Cliff Robertson was the Big Kahuna in Gidget and James Darren was Moondoggie.
50s musical show documentary about biography history books years before New DVDs really remember review movies on Lulu Wilson she was new girl friend Derek Llewellyn and I have been there since 2017
Just watching him reawakens those teenaged hormones! An absaloutely gorgeous young man. I got to see him up close at a ringside table at nightclub about a year after Venus hit the charts. A far cry from Justin Bieber, this man was smooth, suave & sophisticated. I wish he'd been able to do more challenging material, like Broadway.
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023
He have a soulful voice!
This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
Que época más bonita pero vivir en América
Much heavier--but still looks like Frankie Avalon.
This song 🎶 bring back old memories, still listening in 2023
He have a soulful voice!
This is my favorite song 🎶 so tell me are you a fan of Frankie Avalon…?
In some ways he kind of looks and does the moves like David Bowie in this song.
When I thought of this song, I recalled it as being rather lame. But, upon further listening, it really rocks!
Silly little song, but it IS fun to sing
+urdivine sal mineo sounds just like him
00:15 start
You know wot they say...BIG EARS LITTLE ...........
Documenty New view history intrvew 50s music
Cover: Los Teen Tops - Comelona.
I was born way too late... I wish I got to experience America before the rot had become terminal...
I was wonder who sang this lol
I love how hes lip syncing this song lol great performance tho. ty for uploading
+Vintageart1994 Any artist on "American Bandstand" had to. At that time it was quite common for TV programs having artists lip sync their songs.
Did that kid just winked at Frankie in 2:01? hehe
Doesn't he kind of look like Sinatra in Sinatra's younger days. But I like Frankie Avalon better!
I've often thought that Frankie Avalon and Frank Sinatra looked alike in their early years..... skinny with similar mouths, and the way they hold their arms out when they sing on stage during the slow songs!
According to the Press of late 50's, he was always being promoted as the next "Frank Sinatra". While Frankie was suave & sophisticated, he was also a very sweet person devoted to his wife. Frank Sinatra was a very powerful man, he was uber talented, but not "Mr. Nice Guy". Frankie A did not have it within him to want that kind of power.
you are right... i never thought about it, but he do look like Sinatra...
didn't he sing this holding his nose? at least thats what it sounds like. He is one of my favorite singers from back than, wish my mom didn't toss all my records, I had over 500 of all sizes in the covers they came with. A lot of money and even more now.
He did hold his nose, as he stated, in recording studio.. this of course, was lip sync'd, so there was no need to do so.
It was on the single Gingerbread were he held his nose.
They used a record this isn't sung live.