1st RECORDING OF: Dancing In The Moonlight - Boffalongo (1970) 

Not Buffalo.

I went to IHS too and saw them play this song at the youth center. Loved it then and still do. I was surprised when I heard the King Harvest version later. Prefer the rocking original.

Yeah

I am discovering this tonight! It is an awesome song.

@𝓥𝓾𝓵𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓲𝔃𝓮𝓭 𝓜𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓦𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓻 but boffolango recorded this in 1970, and King harvest’s was in 1972. Besides, boffolango brought this to king harvest. I don’t think 2 yrs are a generation

You forgot Alison Stoner

Boffalongo and king harvest used the same singer who was also the writer of the song Wells Kelly

Agree

Agree 100%.

🤷🏾‍♀️❤️absolutely 🫶🏾

This group tried to make their fortunes in France. One of the members brought it here (David Kelly) and recorded it with King Harvest. Didn't matter what I was doing at the time, when the unmistakeable first few key board notes were heard at my local roller skating rink, I couldn't get out there fast enough!

​@@davidterry9997 I sent this to a friend who was (blindly) convinced KIng Harvest was the only/best version, I quote: "I hate you. Definitely the best version!". oh joy.

@@therealpils I like them both equally. Would never replace one for the other.

@@davidterry9997 yes, my apologies, I didn't mean to imply that other versions shouldn't exist or aren't as good (though I have a personal preference for Boffalongo in it's 'rawness'.) - it's more that my friend is almost as opinionated as I am... :] joytotheworld.

@@therealpils in my opinion, king harvest did it best. This is way to raw for me. Probably because the recording may not be the best and king harvest had their version preserved in progressively better audio quality. I am super pissed off at how many people treat top loader like messiah’s for *remixing* the song, not knowing that they didn’t write it. And that in my opinion toploader did it the worse, so seeing it everywhere as the definitive dancing in the moonlight annoys the hell off of me. Consider my opinion a third strong one. Our battle will be legendary.

This was the '70s, and we called it Rock, this crap they're passing off as classic rock today sucks, at least in New England

Interesting! Adds a new flavor

Honestly that's a big part of what keeps me coming back to this version, shame it's not on Spotify! I'd love to add it to my classic rock playlist.

virgin. That aside, I agree!

Always more cowbell :P

Its the only prescription.

May I ask where you read this… interesting

Yipes! These guys sound horrible. 😁 I definitely prefer King Harvest's version of this song.

Doc Robinson played bass and sang lower harmony on this one.

nope, I do also love the toploader version though!

@@TychoVan It's not too bad.

Love those woo-oos at the end - will have to listen for that chord change…

Thanks for the info. Sherman Kelly wrote the song after him and girlfriend were attacked on St. Thomas Island. Genius

they werent at all french

@@atombomb31458 yes but they were still a French band. The background of all the members don’t members don’t one sidedly change where the band is from. It’s like if a charity group was made in America, I’m sure that for most atleast one person from their either weren’t born in America or had there parents born there, but that doesn’t mean the whole charity suddenly isn’t American.

From Wikipedia: "Dancing in the Moonlight" is a song written by Sherman Kelly, originally recorded in 1970 by Kelly's band Boffalongo, and then a hit single by King Harvest in 1972

But this is the ORGINAL

Unusual to find someone else whe remembers the High Broom version. I used to work with someone who's wife was related to a band member. Took their name from the village they were associated with.

Yea, one of the ugly parts of the 70's

The crudeness of this version is what I find appealing. It has a garage band vibe.

Well, this is the original recording written by Boffalongo's Sherman Kelly.

​@@spankynater4242 same