Ciel That is wrong. While it is cute, I'm 48 &;a generation X'er. Baby boomers are dying out. It is our time. We're 80s & 90s music. 50s music is seen as very hokey now. The millennials will soon outnumber baby boomers & nonwhite will outnumber whites. This was representative of a bullshit era where women and other groups were silenced. Not fair!
I was born in 1939 and remember this one when it first came out. One thing this generation has missed out on is the authenticity of these songs and the pure emotion the singers had to put into their music, because they didn't have electronic instruments and autotune to make up for lack of talent. They don't make music like this nowadays. We would know how to listen to real music back then and knew how to party. I may be old now but I know how to dance and stay on my toes!
I'm 83 ( 1940 ) and loved this clever novelty song then, and still do now .. Can still RnR jive too, with the best of them ! ... As the UK's Cliff Richard ( - also still rockin' at 83 ! ) of that era says in his 1958 song .. well, just "Move it" .. !!
Oh it was NOT NOT so simple back then.... (I was there too) Why do you imagine that so many people were willing to try even the most terrible of changes???
I smiled all the way thru this. The 60s were my growing years, with 7 older siblings I was raised on everything from doo wop to standards, show tunes to the stones. I still love doo wop to this day.
My uncle sings bass in this song and does the solo speaking part (second from right). The only member of this group still living is Evan Fisher, second from left. This is such a great song.
Your uncle was the late Bill Reed? He passed away at least 3 years ago. This substitute isn't Bill Reed. He's miming Bill. This isn't the original lineup. Dave Summerfield died recently.
@@pamelafoley1527 Bill Reed rejoined the Diamonds for Do Wop 52. He was the bass singer on all the Diamonds Hits. Your uncle probably just did the playback on their hits.
@@wesleycook7687 - My uncle reformed The Diamonds in the early 1970s and remained the leader of that group until his untimely death in 1982. Thank you for your input.
I heard this song a lot on the oldies radio station when I was growing up in the 1990s. It's cool to see this video and observe how much fun the Diamonds were actually having on stage.
The Diamonds are/were better than many seem to give them credit for. This song IMHO is the best uptempo Doo Wop song ever made. Never get tired of hearing this fantastic song.
The same year my pops bought his brand new 59" Impala two door hardtop off the show room floor at Bill Jacobs Chevrolet in Joliet, IL in 1959. It was white with a red interior and a 348 4 brl 3 speed on the column and ran 14 flat in the quater.
Little Darlin when released in 1957, was #2 on the Billboard Charts right behind Elvis. Elvis admired this group as they were the seminole group of the 50's. Taken from Wiki~~~The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet that rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s with 16 Billboard hit records. The original members were Dave Somerville, Ted Kowalski, Phil Levitt, and Bill Reed. They were most noted for interpreting and introducing rhythm and blues vocal group music to the wider pop music audience.
Although I wasn't born in that era I still enjoy most all of the great 50s music.. especially the Diamonds and The Long Thank you Dick for the Greatest time of my life
Ah,join the club-I ,too,was,born after the oldies era(I was born in 1969),but,neverthless,I also enjoy 1950s oldies,especially doowop, far more enjoyable than today's taste in music.
James Crane NOT rock and roll. Too hokey. No electric guitar. Upholds white men & no one else's point of view. Cute, but barbershop quartetish. Unfair times.
Haven't heard this song since I was a kid- it kept on echoing in my mind the last few weeks! The spoken recitation just makes a classic out of an otherwise excellent song! Timeless!!!
This is music that just cannot be replaced by the stuff of today....this is when you knew the people were actually singing words and not screaming or whatever to get the audiences' attention....this is classy!
no long stringy hair, no tattoos, no ripped up clothes, no loud music - handsome, clean cut & can understand what they r singing...boy, that was the good old days!
Darlene Ferree Imagine....being able to sit and listen to music with your mother in the room and not be embarrassed either by the lyrics or the dress of the singers. What a concept!
+TheWaywardWind Plenty of people's parents disliked this kind of music at the time, though. A lot of the older generation will always be annoyed or embarrassed by the younger generation's taste. I think it's probably been that way as long as humans have existed.
+Violet Flower Different times and different attitudes. Do you think that 50 years from now, today's young "music" lovers will still be singing the hits of today? I sure don't.
TheWaywardWind Admittedly I can't even imagine 50 years from now. The 21st century is way different than I had guessed it would be! Things are very disposable now so I would guess most of today's music will be quickly forgotten. I'm certainly not arguing that music hasn't dropped in quality and content (it has, a lot.) Just that the older generation very rarely approves of the younger generation's entertainment, no matter how harmless or good quality it actually is.
+Darlene Ferree I just can't imagine in 20-30 or even 10 years today's generation looking back on today's music with the same nostalgia that we do with our songs.Things are so radically different today.The sex, profanity, occult symbols and the horrid way they(the artists) dress up like creatures from another planet or some Satanic message hidden and sometimes not so hidden is just so extreme. I know our parents didn't like Elvis and couldn't stand the Beatles, but these were still innocent times.I like music from the '50s '60s and '70s,including disco and still remember them .The guys started wearing long hair which I still don't like looking back at those videos,but I still like the music. Drugs became a problem but is even worse today.The'80s had some good hits,but nowhere near as many.I could stand the Beatniks and the Hippies were annoying as hell,but today girls wear tattoos,very ugly, and body piercings are just uncivilized.Things will continue to go downhill.The word gay had a happy, cheerful meaning and now the meaning it has now is being shoved down our throats. Same sex marriages? Who would even thought of such a thing,not to mention the Supreme Court forcing it on us. I don't like where this whole thing is taking us. At least for now, we can still remember these songs with that nostalgia and what we were doing in the good old days.In the '50s we didn't even lock our doors and nobody ever came in.
God, I miss Dick Clark - what a great time in the world. If only some of the great elements of those times could be restored ... revived! The romance and innocence ... so great!
This was one of my favorite tunes. I bought a 45 speed record of it for only $ .49 and played it over and over again on my small black and grey plastic record player. I still have the record, along with over 200 others from the 50's-60's in my collection. .This was an agen of innocence and simplicity !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks
@Fuert Neigt housing prices skyrocketing because of uncontrolled immigration, in 1960, the average house cost 98,000 in today's money, wages are down because of no minimum wage increase in too many years, government giving welfare to poor people who just spend it on more drugs, and yes, after the civil rights act of 1965, crime rates skyrocketted
@Fuert Neigt not sure if you realize this, but in the 60s, most women didn't work because you could support an entire family on a single minimum wage job, now, you struggle even with 2 minimum wage jobs
Electric and dramatic when this song first came out. I still remember my reaction, age, and where I was the first time I heard this song over my pickup truck's AM radio. During the latter 1950s each year saw a distinct shift in R&R style. Was surprising how fast "teenager" music was changing.
Sad! I'm a Babyboomer but this was my oldest Sister and Brothers era yet I grew up and know all these songs as my own. Great Talent and Music! God Bless America! Love Uncle Jeff!
Después de tantos años...por fin pude conocer a los que cantaban ésta canción!! Recuerdo de mis padres, tíos y abuelos..ellos oían éstas bellas melodías.!
The birth of Rock'n'Roll was here. The Beatles, Stones, Clapton, Hendrix and every band were on the way. God Bless the 1950s and early 60s music, you were the Key to all the great music we have today.
Lo mejor, no habrá ni hubo algo igual a esa canción, ni grupo, ni cantante, tampoco melodia coordinación,,, ese Bendito Dave Troy Somerville, gracioso, hermoso, humilde, esa sonrisa emocionante calmada, trasmitia a sus ojos esa emotiva actitud, donde quiera que esté debe de ser feliz, en el aire, en el perfume de las flores etc. Dios le consedio un espacio especial...
Gracious Thanks NRRArchives, for sharing this classic with us. Funny thing, how when this song was first released in 1957, a majority of the American public, believed it was sung by a black group, like the Platters and others with their distinctive style. I have had people tell me how it was this song, which turned them on to jazz, r&b, all a catharisis. A timeless song which transcends all ages. What the heck is wrong with wanting to have a good time? Sadly however, it must be really tough for some people, when upon awakening in the morning, they are deciding what to hate today. Contrast~~Every morning when I awaken, if I do not read about myself in the obits, gonna be an awesome day ~~~ Peace and Tranquility
ron cash Ooooh. Very ironic. Did you realize you just used a computer to type in that statement? If you hate modern tech that much then delete your youtube account. Do yourself a favor. Idiot
I love my computer and my old music, there is good and bad in all the years we have lived through. I love not having to run around all over town to pick up forms I have to fill out for the government etc. I love having any music we want at our fingertips. We can learn to embrace the old and the new, and to each their own, in tastes of music, movie's etc. etc. We should live and let live. We are the lucky ones who can look back and forward in our own homes. Thank you for youtube and my trusty computer. Eileen
I got to go to David’s home years ago as my boyfriend was good friends with him. He was the nicest most down to earth guy. I told him my parents song when they got married was, Little Darlin, he was so excited he came out to his guests to tell them, I was surprised.
Love this song, love watching these old TV shows. I was fortunate to have a Dad who loved The Diamonds and all the doo wop groups, I'm 33 years old and jam this song cause my Dad played it for me, still Jamming it now a days, going to teach my son about them and all the groups like them, just like I got taught.
I have to politely disagree. If you were anything other than a straight, white male back then it was less than ideal. I do, however, agree that shows like this are nice and wholesome. :)
@@s-h7015 many blacks feel that their entitled to a free ride and make little effort to succeed and when they don't they cry racism.there's no affirmed action for poor whites and little help for them.
hillary ilinsky this is true in some cases, but not all. There are some people that feel entitled because they're a minority, which is super frustrating, but it's also a little bit naïve to believe that it's easy to be black. I understand why one would think that though, lots of us believe to an extent that if we don't see the problems that are going on, they don't exist. Though not as obvious as in the past since there's no more segregation and the KKK isn't openly burning crosses and killing black people left and right any more, there is still actual racism going on out there. Police brutality towards minorities, for example, is a serious problem going on right now as we speak. I know that since you're viewing this from the outside, it's likely that you think that people are being dramatic when they bring this up... and I understand why you'd think that... but minorities young and old die from it all the time. And many people don't care because they're either desensitized from how often this happens or it doesn't bother them because "it's not happening to us, so it's not our problem." Believe me Hillary, I understand your perspective on this situation, but this is some scary stuff. Also, I couldn't agree more with that last thing you said! There are so many poverty-stricken people all over the place-many of which are white-and it's absolutely terrible. I myself grew up in a low income family (there was even a period where we had to live in a motel because our house got foreclosed on), so I have very strong feelings about this subject. This is very serious problem and people are doing practically nothing to help out! In fact, the way the economy works, it is designed to keep the poor poor and it's absolutely infuriating... there's enough there to talk about for a whole new conversation though. To sum up what I'm trying to say, both groups-black people and poor whites-are getting the short end of the stick. Both problems talked about here are very serious problems that are running rampant in America. It sucks so much, but we can always hope that there will be a time when we come together and reduce these problems a bit.
@@s-h7015 people that try to better themselves have almost always been able to get ahead in america. there seems to be a war on straight white males in this country and that's by design of the left to divide us even more. i have to ask what kind of treatment do you think these protesters would be getting from the chinese military ? because that's what we're headed for .many people in this country , mostly on the left, hate america but if these people don't wake up they'll have a lot more killings here after we fall.funny thing about freedom , like they say, you don't what you had until it's gone. of course the have always been bad cops and hopefully that will finally be corrected. but there is an element on the left that will never be satisfied until america is destroyed because they believe it's evil.
Yes, Saturday afternoon, in preparing to meet the Boyfriend, hair, nails, clothes ready, the shortest skirt I could find, usually in Biba. Men took real pride in those days, they all wore a suit, immaculately dressed, no cheap tracksuit, trainers,, everything revolved round music, at home, as loud as possible., meet up with friends in the Pub, and onto the Discos,, when they shut, ended up in coffee shops,, I was 21 in,1972,' never saw drugs,never saw knives, didn't know anyone who was taken into hospital drunk., so pleased,to have been part of that time,,great jobs,,great money, great fun.
@@janemills1839 OMG! Wasn't Biba clothing the most wondrous stuff you ever saw? In Australia there was only one outlet that had their stuff, in Sydney, Merivale. All gone now.
Born in the 50s but grew up hearing the music , which carried on for years and years. I watched bandstand in the 60s, so i loved the history and this clip.Thank you for your time.
@@Spartan51692 i worked right along side blacks as my father did in his job and they were treated the same or better because the boss knew they would cry racism the first chance they could. whites didn't have that option.
@@Spartan51692 In certain places, yes, probably in the south. But my grandma actually went to school with people of other races and they got along just fine. Nothing was segregated there.
I grew up listening to this song along with tons of mid to late 1950’s songs at my grandparents house ever since I was a toddler. Sadly my grandfather is no longer alive, he passed away back in September unexpectedly to a stoke, but he introduced me to some great catchy timeless tunes. :’) (This was one of his top favorite songs.)
You are correct when I new them at Issy;s Supper club they sang with heart an enjoyed what they did. I became close friends with the tall Baritone I believe named George . The short singer I believe he went by the name of Alvin or something similar. . When I was working at the club at night I had little sleep as I was in a number of TV productions and four movies over a few years.working from 6 am during the day The best TV show was produced at Panorama film Studios in West Vancouver BC The show was called the littlest Hobo a German Shepherd dog that went from town to town helping people in need. Only in the last 6 months I returned back to show business after many years of Law enforcement . I portrayed aid a person who was killed by a mob of people . I was the stand in for the principal actor . Sonny Raines nelson.manor.house@gmail.com