Thursday, June 28, 2012

Where the Action Is, baby

Today in rock history, in 1965, Dick Clark's latest rock n' roll variety show, Where The Action Is, premieres on ABC-TV, featuring performances by Jan & Dean, Dee Dee Sharp and Linda Scott, (and lots of kids in swim trunks and bikinis) and also introducing a new house band called Paul Revere and the Raiders. This clip shows what a bunch of clowns these guys were, and how they made a joke out of the lip-syncing they were obviously doing and weren’t trying to hide. And, BTW, RIP, World’s Oldest Teen-Ager…Thanks to http://oldies.about.com/od/oldieshistory/a/Today-In-Oldies-Music-History-June-28.htm for the info, and keep on rockin’!

1 comment:

Who Am Us Anyway? said...

I swear i REMEMBER seeing that very episode! I also for some reason vividly recall seeing the show featuring the McCoys doing their hit single, "Hang On Sloopy," a fine garage rock song of course transmorgified by the ohio state marching band's tubas into a great fall football stadium anthem ...