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THE BIRDIES- "THE HUCKLEBUCK '65" (1965)

"Start a little movement in your WOH-WOH-WOH!" "The Hucklebuck" was a Big Band and Jump Jive standard from the 40's. Everybody had a variation of it in their repertoire. The reason was that 'hucklebuck' was a euphemism for something the latter part of it rhymed with. When couples trysted to it on the dancefloor, band leaders knew how to swing that sexual energy. It survived into Rock'n'Roll through versions like Chubby Checker's, which may be where the Birdies learned to shake a tailfeather. The "Girls In the Garage" CD I culled it from was no help for any info about them. (Where are Alec Palao or Lois Wilson when you need them? Hopefully making the all-girls NUGGETS box set of my dreams!) But a fan informed me they were another guise of Darlene Love & the Blossoms! Ms. Love is legendary for her chameleonic turns behind the mike under different names: The Crystals ("He's a Rebel"); Bobb B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans; and the K-C-Ettes, behind guitarist Al Casey ("Surfin' Hootenanny"). Darlene had a funny story of evading producer Phil Spector when he was mad at her for working other studios under aliases, but now that story sounds really ominous. Darlene is also famous for portraying Danny Glover's wife in the 'Lethal Weapon' movies, and is just as potent a performer today. To have a Movement, ya gotta move first. Rock propelled the hips before it prodded people to be hip in awareness. As Feminism would soon declare, "the personal is political". Just the act of freeing your body, your inhibitions, your appearance, your choice of partner, or your choice of music was tantamount to a political action. In a turbulent time when the youth were starting to question everything about any arbitrary boundaries, every move they made away from these was rebellion. No neat little boxes for them. More like a spectrum of rooms to explore and exceed. In this moment, the air is electric with the tension of possibility... Check out more of my Herstory Of Rock videos on my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/funknro... A great site about 60's women rockers to check out is: http://www.myspace.com/girlgar... (All rights reserved, Fan-made video for promotion of the artist.) Tym Stevens

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: funknroll

Length: 02:12
Rating: 4.76
Views: 53559

Tags: Bangles Beatles BeatMusic DarleneLove GarageRock GoGos Liverbirds Pandoras ShonenKnife SmallFaces SwingingLondon TheWho

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ShoeiBoy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Makes me feel i was born 25 years too late :o(

nilground (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Funknroll A WAY OF LIFE!!! ;-D

sap59red (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Rocked-up version by Coast to Coast was a big hit in the eighties - also on You Tube if anyone wants to compare

jaynez31 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Slipping into yesterday.

dudeypupu69 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah I think it was '48 the first version...

mugsymalon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Love this version and your vid is great thanks

carlos1424 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

no, I didn;t say this song is garbage, what i said is that the 50's fashions and conservative attitude is real garbage. i love the 60's so i also love this song. i am sorry for the misunderstanding

Freyja1133 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

50s garbage? the searchers covered a late 50s song Called love potion Number Nine...thi song isn't garbage!

hebneh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"The Hucklebuck" was first recorded around 1950 - at this moment I can't think of the exact year or the original performer. In the dance craze of the early '60s, it was one of the older dance songs that was resurrected. This version is tad later, shading into the go-go years. And it is FAB - or, as George said in "A Hard Day's Night", it's GEAR.

carlos1424 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

nothing like mid 60's beats. they really put all that 50's garbage out of business, and that was great

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