American Bandstand 1967 - Mirage, Tommy James and the Shondells
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2019
- Airdate: May 6, 1967
Whether you prefer the song played forward as “I Think We’re Alone Now” or backwards as “Mirage”, both were big hits for Tommy James in ’67. “I Think We’re Alone Now” peaked at #4 just two weeks ago and “Mirage” is at #40 today and will peak at #10 next month. I really wish they hadn’t cut the last 30 seconds of the song to go to the Hotline. It looks the kids are surprised and disappointed as well.
The AB regulars dancing today: Famous Hooks & June Strode (in front of the podium at the opening at 0:05), Don Sanuskar & Roni Menacker (walking out of the stands at 1:15), Frank Vanderpuil & Peggy Waggoner (1:51), Marcia Silverman (2:03), John Pollard (2:04), Marcel Poitier (2:11), Judy Gordon (2:13), Michael Michaud (2:24), Frank Herrera (2:25), Barbara Prentiss (2:36), Steve Rodrick (3:05), and on the riser today are Stan Sobern & JoAnn Edmonds.
…..And in a few hours from this broadcast, the 93rd running of the Kentucky Derby will take place at Churchill Downs. Black citizens of Louisville, who had been protesting for months to get laws passed banning housing discrimination, had threatened to disrupt the race. The Ku Klux Klan also threatened to show up “in full regalia” to fight the protestors. After the governor sent in the National Guard and Martin Luther King came to Louisville and convinced organizers not to protest at Churchill Downs, there was no disruption. 30-to-1 shot “Proud Clarion”, with jockey Bobby Ussery, won the race and “The Roses” and Louisville would go on to pass a fair housing law in 1968.
(Enjoy today’s 145th Kentucky Derby @Jean Lankton!) 
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We were the luckiest generation ever......the best of everything, music, dance, freedom, respect, and discipline!!
I agree!
LUCKY ASSHOLES. I wish I was born in 54/64, rather than 94 😂
Amen!!!
Manners too. 😊
And what did you do with all that?
I'm 71, the 50s, 60s and early 70s, totally awesome! Downhill ever since.
Notice how well-dressed these teens were and how they appeared to acknowledge their own free spirit...Ahhhh the memories. ..
A/B had a strict dress code. If ya wanted to be on the show....you honored the dress code.
Dancing innocent and free- as youth should be...
Yes, we were.
I was 17 years old then what a time to be alive the greatest music ever
So glad I grew up before the internet, cell phones, etc!! :D
hhhunt777 Yes me too!!!!
But thanks to the Internet and cell phones and And iPads I can watch all the stuff I On the Internet It is like history
Philip Howard Yes your right. I hate technology but use it like crazy
@@SladesVWBeetle makes 2 of us it's a double edged sword
C. Haas Honestly it is, a double edged sword. I’m on RUclips way too much, trying to see the good times.
Young Men and Women
Dressed nicely
No tattoos or piercings
What a time in our Country
Absolutely correct in your comment.
Morals and honor as well 🙏
I love watching these People dance, brings back really nice memories....
Memories! I remember not knowing that there were “colors” on the dance floor. We were just having fun.
If you were listening to the radio during this time,right after "Mirage",you'd hear "Never My Love",then "Penny Lane",followed by "The Sound of Love"--and many more:"Just Dropped In","Somebody to Love" and "Light my Fire",
Too good.
You nailed it. Good music all night long.
I loved this song! Those was the best songs ever.
I miss those days!
So many laughs and so much fun!
Wish we could go back for a day.
The very best song that Tommy James and the Shondells ever did. I was a weekend jock in Lansing, MI. while going to Michigan State when this record came out. I played it often, got requests for it and gladly played it. This brings back great memories and I am now 74. Where did the time go?
Crystal blue persuasion for me, basic training for me, Fort Bragg⚔️⚔️
No, Crystal Blue Persuasion was the best song they ever did.
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The kids dancing to this song, if they're still with us, are now in their early 70's.
Life is short. Have a good time you're not here for a long time.
@@kencummings953 We’re still with you! And going strong.
oh lord take me back .......
I wish I had been more outgoing when I was younger! Oh well we are where we are and that's ok.
Wish i could have seen these early Dick Clark American Bandstand Shows, im 48, my Mom n Dad grew up watching these !! Thats so cool!! Love you Mom n Dad!
Seeing Tommy James & The Shondells here in Southern California in a few weeks! Growing up in North Jersey, the band totally ruled 77WABC in the '60s - and Shondells drummer, Peter Lucia lived near my family, in Morristown. It was such a groovy time to be a teenager!
I need to buy a whole town up and make it all 60s living
@@hhhunt777 Just checked it out... looks fun.
Big Fish
@@hhhunt777 a retro chick,and kinda cute
@Julee Rowley .60s home prices and car prices..and medical services prices
Oh yes I would do the same
I love this song, and it sounds so much like I Think We're Alone Now, another one I love. I was 14. This is how I dressed in junior high and highschool. Dancing was just beginning to change, it wasn't couples dancing, it was groups of girls and guys all dancing together. Fun times! I seen a girl on here, I believe I had the dress she was wearing! lol!
Wish I can take a one way trip in a time machine to this era and have the machine bust.
And I'll go with you! I used to run home from high school to watch American Bandstand.
I totally agree with you
suuzq35 get with unkle Ricco from Napoleon Dynamite, I hear he's got 1 for sale
I would be right with you, and I would have done things differently. R.I.P., Danny. 💔
suuzq35 .....ME TOO 😳
My GOD--1967 before it all went to hell in handbasket! Ladies with skirts and guys with suit coat & tie,
I know....so true. Beautiful, simpler, more meaningful times. Ruby Red slippers....please take us back 💞📍🌈✨👠
@ Steven Torrey the one young lady had a hair ribbon , unbelievable , , I was 12 when this one aired .
Robert Westerman ....Yes we all wore ribbons or one hair bow. It was the style 😎
White clean cut rich males.. they got excluded from going to Vietnam. Poor whites and blacks went to Vietnam cause rich white people feel they are expendable.
War, Woodstock, STDs, Drugs , racism, sexism. So lucky.
Tommy James and the Shondells was one of my favorite groups. Thank you for this! xo
Mine, as well. Grew up with them and loved every song !!
Great
Thank you! I loved 1967... It's nice to see kids,, whatever the race and background, dancing together!
Things should still be that way!
Parents stay out of it grandparents the kids are fine
My first love so young
Platinum blond and.then
She was gone
This song was playing i thought she would be staying
She did through oceans of tears she has never
Left my heart in over 50
Years
pigurine She was assigned for you to have her in your heart but not in your life.
@@maquiavelo7157 You are so right
Had one of those. Saw her other day thought I was looking at Hulk Hoagan in drag. If she'd shaved off her mustache she wouldn't have look so much alike.
What a great time to be alive clean cut guys.....babes that were the envy of the world...fab music....glad i got to live then
Me encanta mostrar estos videos a los jóvenes, a ellos les sorprende mucho que en otra época también había jóvenes como ellos y que ahora son abuelos. Saludos desde Desamparados, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 🇨🇷.
we had it all,but we didnt realized !
These kids are in their 70's now!
Closer to 80...
yup i wish i could go back to at least 1964 and do it all again,getting rid of my mistakes and wonderin where in life would i be today
Great follow up to "I Think We're Alone Now".
Scott Burton Yes definitely
I like it better
Wow. All these folks dancing pushing 70 now. ;-)
71, but who's counting.
And still going:)
my sis is the tall blond--she will be 72 in june--still looks very nice
Oh Sweet youth....when I was young and the world was wide
❤
Man I wish this was still Today
A glimpse of Olivia is always a pleasure. Boy I wish I'd been a teenager in the late 60's. I was only 2 when this aired. Love all these clips.
Olivia?
@@CHaas-bn3xi Newton john the blonde
Well, I was six - old enough to watch it on TV (and thanks to teenage sisters I did).
I've always been a BIG Tommy James Fan :D. I saw them in person at the local ampitheataer here in 1968. (My FIRST live concert!) Their music will always DEFINE the Summer of Love and the late'1960's!!
I love the song writing, along with frankie valli the beach boys and the beatles, among others, i used tommy iames to learnthe craft of song writing
Tha mamas and the papas also
We were multicultural in 1967 before it was cool. We lived together and now we seem to be more divided than ever. I see many cultures on the dance floor. What happened?
I've been wanting to see Tommy in concert for many years. In June I'll finally get to.
"Crimson And Clover" is my fav!
This was before my time but I know some of the music my generation was the 70's but I enjoy listening to some of the 60's music and also the 50's!
Thanks for the post. I love this episode, please post more of it!
Oh, to be backstage in '67 talking with The Electric Prunes and on the phone with Jeff Beck! "Mirage" is to The Shondells as "King Midas in Reverse" is to The Hollies: hooky psychedelic pop.
thank you for posting this. High School days. :D
hhhunt777 you are most welcome!
My high school days too, Long Island, NY.
@@frdjr2529 ft. lauderdale Flying Ls :D FLA
I was 17 in 1967 💖😎
I was 14
Happy Days the. 60s. Thank you !! May the 4th be with you!!!!
June Bermingham and with you!
RIP Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew
This song always reminds of being the 15 yr old that all of a sudden was interested in being alone with a girl!
The only thing you were alone with was a stiff one in Mom's bathroom. There's probably more DNA on that floor than cold case files has in the entire country. Lol 😂
My favorite by Tommy James. Love Frank and Peggy looking good.
I'd go with Hanky Panky
Innocent times of music, fun, and respect for your teachers, your neighbors, elders, police and each other! I'll ditto Sue Anne Wards comment about discipline! Without it, all you have is conflict and chaos ..... just like the world today! So glad to be a teen of the 60's!
If I have to choose.. this my favorite out of the 2 songs.. thanks for the news about the Kentucky Derby.
Just saw Tommy James in concert last night, Jan 2024. He sounded as good as ever.
Wow! I so miss American Bandstand, and all of the groups Dick Clark featured. Now he was a very nice guy as I met him on a buffet line once.
I loved this group. Loved growing up then. I miss it.
One of my favorite songs ever.
Fun Fact: This song came about when after recording I Think We're Alone Now, the recording engineer accidentally play it backwards. Then Tommy James made this song from hearing the reverse bass notes. True story.
I did not know that but I can hear it now.
Even knowing this is "I Think We're Alone Now" backwards, I love "Mirage" so much more. Just discovering your channel and I think I'll be a frequent visitor! I like how you provide a sort of context to this post by telling about things that were happening around the time of this broadcast. Fantastic!
I love Mirage so much more than I Think we're alome now too.
Sweaters, narrow ties, pretty girls, great music. Can't get much better then that.
Lucky generation as to how we were raised...
Yes you are so right!! We don't have any of that any more . But the memories
One of the things you can always depend on in these American shows - the naff dancing
I just saw a video in which Tommy James said they accidentally put the tape for a reel to reel in backwards while trying to play I Think We're Alone Now. They said to themselves "Hey, that sounds pretty good!" The chord progression for Mirage is I Think We're Alone Now played backwards!
Taking me back to when I was 18 years old. I rarely watched bandstand, I would try to catch some but I was working most of the time. What a fun time. I never heard this song by Tommy James etal. Maybe not one of their huge hits? It was nice though. :)
This is when America was SO GREAT
I keep watching this band stand since this is how we all loved like as teens in the 60's.
Remember hearing this early summer 67 wen I was 10. Heard on WFIL Philadelphias' Famous 56.
I was still in diapers in the summer of '67 but every radio in our home in Easton was tuned to THE FAMOUS 56! Dick Clark used to deejay at Frolics Ballroom in Allentown, where my parents met in 1957. Dad had an invitation to dance on Bandstand in December of that year. He had to take our cousin Patsy because my grandparents wouldn't let my Mom go to Philadelphia with a boy they barely knew - and with a reputation like his! But as fate would have it, a truck rear-ended his Mercury just before Doylestown and they never made it to the studio.
Charlie O, was cool. He made the show fun to be on.
This song gets played occasionally on many oldies stations from time to time.
I live 25 miles from Baltimore. We have no oldies station anymore:( i have to go on you tube on make my own mps etc just to hear old music. They have classic rock stations but they don’t play 60’s rock unless it’t Beatles or some Doors. Seldom hear Hendrix too.
It's probably a good idea to play it as little as possible. This way you don't get tired of it a lot faster.
I lived on a Navy Base in 71-73. This was a jukebox favorite. These girls were as beautiful as the girls on that base!
i am glad i was born with rythum. i'm dancing and using my keyboard at the same time. i was in junior high and dancing up a storm
Tommy James said this song is the melody of "I Think We're Alone Now" played backwards.
Someone put ITWAN in the reel to reel the wrong way and they liked how it sounded so much that they wrote down the chords and built a new song over it.
Best time ever !!!!
Wow!! I can’t believe it! In 1967 I was 21 years old and in Vietnam dodging 6 foot Russian made rockets! I missed out on this show!
Thank you for your service.
I graduated from High School that year. Let's turn back the clock!
John Pollard alert at 1:37! Again 1:47. Close up at 1:58. He’s there again at 2:04. Full flight at 2:33. Ya gotta luv this guy.
No Way!
@@DrJohnPollard : Great to hear from you Dr John. Still living in Sydney, Australia? Big fanboy here, many more out in cyberspace.
@@Vinnie101a yes sir! Contemplating a move
@@DrJohnPollard : Great. American Bandstand is making a comeback? Can't wait to see some of those famous moves again John. 🕺
I wonder if these people ever thought they would be on RUclips dancing. Now their kids can see them dancing. How funny.
Their kids, grandkids, and in some cases their great-grandkids like my parents who were both 17 in 1967 and have great- grandchildren.
@@craigsmith157 Quite a few early marriages and pregnancies there.
I graduated from grammar school in 1967. Good memories.
My God they still touched. Where has THAT gone?
it is funny to see your sister dancing in this-tall blonde on the platform--she was 17
thank you ''
Memo to today's teens: See those strange garments worn on AB? They were called jackets and ties!
Happy big 6-0 to Gayle Lecus!!! I've been waiting all week to tell her! 🎂🌹
Loved Tommy James! The dancers were groovin' good when the music ended. Frank V. had his head boppin' and movin' with Peggy. Stan is always energetic especially on the riser. I wonder if this was the end of taping day. Our kids look a bit tired.
Yup....its DERBY DAY IN KENTUCKY. The greatest 2min in sports. You probably know the favorite Omaha Beach, had breathing problems earlier in the week and has been scratched as well as a horse called Haikal. Post position no.1 will be empty for the race. The weather although relatively dry and overcast at the moment, is not predicted to be so around the 6:30p Eastern post time. There are hats hats and more hats, men and women. One of our local newscasters looks like she is wearing a drone...others appear to have some derivation of a swamp on their noggins. It's hard to believe men's sport coats are produced in some of those colors.
If you really want to be swanky, buy yourself a $1000 mint julep. Comes in a gold cup with the Derby emblem AND a real sprig of mint (not the syrupy mint served to the normal folks).
The infield hasn't fired up just yet, but its early. For future reference to Sodom and Gomorrah, think Derby infield. If you ain't seen it there, you DON'T need to see it. I'm leaning toward Tacitus as my favorite but track conditions will change some odds today. So whether you are wagering, going to a Derby party and picking a name out of a hat....or like me you're planning on sitting back and watching a great horse race steeped in tradition......good luck to all! May all the horses and riders have a safe ride. ☂️🏇🏇🏇🏇🌹🌹🌹🤞🎺
Did you turn the tv off as soon as the race was over or if you were at the race track did you leave immediately LOL?
@@keithidota oh no....I was watching from Lake Cumberland. The Stewards probably HATED that. To have to disqualify a win in the Derby is horrible. But the horse did step directly into the path of the one racing behind him and just a hair to the side. I guess it was a good call....but it sure takes the fun from the Derby. I hated to see it, I really did.
@@thefirstMrsLankton That's the craziest KY Derby I've seen in my life! My pick gets disqualified, but fortunately I didn't have any 💰 on him. If I had, I might not be replying to you right now... Lol 🏇🥃
I don't think I EVER caught the title of this song back in the day & hadn't heard it since.
Aaaahahahahaha 😂! What kinda dancing was that? Oh my goodness! The only couple with any rythem we're those two dancing on the platform. Whoo whee! 😂
Good quality black and white early video tape. Much better video quality than the crude kinescope recordings of the 1950's and early to mid-1960's. Even with the advent of video tape invented by Ampex in the late 1940's, kinescopes (a 16mm camera photographing a television monitor) were still in use well into the 1960's as early video tape recorders were very expensive and many stations could not afford their costs. My local NBC station (WBRE, channel 28 UHF) did not have a video tape recorder until 1964.
When good music was fun.
There are some good lookers dancing..
I think we're alone now backwards
I can’t see a tattoo anywhere
Man, the chicks in their minis, dang!
Always enjoy listening to this Tommy James and the Shondells song. Thank you Aaron for another great clip today from this very cool 1967 AB episode. Possible Correction: I've been in recent contact with the dancer at 2:04 and his name is actually John (instead of Don) as is now known as Dr. John Pollard. - Jeff
ABdancers I swear I have heard him say it both ways, Don vs. John as he was in several QOTD and RAR segments in ‘67. Thank you for that correction Jeff. Much appreciated!
Wow Jeff ... all these years later. Thanks for updating us all. ~~ Don
Aaron \ Don You're welcome. I was confused on his name as well. I'll let John know we're discussing this topic and suggest he leave a comment here. - Jeff
Poignant descriptor of the backstory to the 93rd "Run for the Roses" today Aaron. Soggy track today for the 145th run. The jockeys really need to pull out all their skills. Jean, keep the juleps flowing! ;--)
Thank you Don! I’m going with “Improbable” today because I like the name and based on my race betting history this is as good a reason as any, lol.
@@YCDTI hahaha Aaron I assure you you'll have as much luck as anyone. Great history on the Derby. I did not know about the racial issues at Derby '67. As an adult, I once had a short encounter with the KKK. Scared the bejesus out of me, and made me angry and nauseous. I'll share the story sometime.
@@YCDTI Hunch is on Maximum Security, but with my track record my money is just as good on the long shot Bodexpress. Ha!
Dick Clark and American Bandstand thank you and you Tommy James and the Shondels my imagination is so strong and I see you coming into me to ?
Suits and ties. When people respected themselves.
Dancing could be better but the song is banging.
This aired on May 6, 1967.. and on May 26, The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and music changed yet again…
Tommy James and the Shondells are from Pittsburgh, PA, which is the area I'm fromey
Tommy james and the shondells are from Pittsburgh, Pa, which is the area I'm from. They're great!
@Gayle Lecus have a Happy Birthday today!
dancer don why thank you my friend!! Finally in the 60’s. now and almost in retirement age, lol!’
@@Gaylel1 You're very popular here if other people know it's your birthday. Only 44 years older than Stevie G! It's only been 3 years but I hardly remember my 60th year.
Keith Idota ha!! But Jackie Jackson of the Jackson 5 and his mom are older than me,lol..a lot of fun remembering these programs on a Saturday afternoon. That was our music of our life!!
Uncle Peter was 20 years old
Far better times in the USA. They definitely are having some good clean fun dancing.
God bless 🙏
God bless the founding fathers 🙏
No professional dancers just every day kids doing their thing.
I was a part of this generation, but I never heard this song.
Tommy said they accidentally ran 'I Think We're Alone Now" backwards on a tape machine and discovered it sounded just as good. So they wrote some new lyrics and called it Mirage. nd it climbed the charts. Weird
I also though the same I love this Song sounds a little bit like I'd think we're alone now ,maybe the same happened with Tommy Roe with hits like Sweet Peas and Hooray For Hazel similar sound but great Songs
Wow, The Queers really did a good cover of this
We also had the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and the shooting of several great leaders. It wasn't all fun and games.
I just click on to watch that interracial couple. It’s a perfect couple