After school, and often until late at night,
my friends and I satisfied our hunger for
good music in the Shady Dell dance hall.
We satisfied our hunger for good food and pleasant
conversation at Helen Ettline's snack counter.
Welcome to vol. 1
of my new series
that pays tribute
of my new series
that pays tribute
to another popular
York area hangout
for teenagers -
BUD'S
DRIVE-IN.
Bud's was located
on South George St.
extended, just across
the hill from the
Shady Dell.
on South George St.
extended, just across
the hill from the
Shady Dell.
Like the Dell, Bud's was a meeting place
for teens from various high schools.
Bud's offered good food
and a great selection of
tunes on the jukebox.
and a great selection of
tunes on the jukebox.
My new series is called This Bud's For You. In every edition my
assistants, Bud's Budding Blossoms aka The Budettes,
the cute girls seen hovering around Bud's jukebox, will play
records that were popular at Bud's Drive-in from the mid
60s to 1970, the years I spent hanging out there.
assistants, Bud's Budding Blossoms aka The Budettes,
the cute girls seen hovering around Bud's jukebox, will play
records that were popular at Bud's Drive-in from the mid
60s to 1970, the years I spent hanging out there.
This trio of Shady's
helpers represents the
teenagers who hung out
at Bud's in the mid 60s
(1963 thru early 1967).
Meet Christine, the
ponytailed redhead
now selecting a song,
Denise, the brunette
behind her, and blonde
Sharon on the right.
helpers represents the
teenagers who hung out
at Bud's in the mid 60s
(1963 thru early 1967).
Meet Christine, the
ponytailed redhead
now selecting a song,
Denise, the brunette
behind her, and blonde
Sharon on the right.
And here, representing Bud's
teenagers of the late 60s,
(mid 1967 thru 1970),
meet Janice at the
keyboard and her
friend Melissa
behind the box.
teenagers of the late 60s,
(mid 1967 thru 1970),
meet Janice at the
keyboard and her
friend Melissa
behind the box.
Now, here they are,
Bud's Budding Blossoms
to give you a taste of
the musical menu at
Bud's Drive-in.
the musical menu at
Bud's Drive-in.
THIS BUD'S
FOR YOU!
FOR YOU!
CHRISTINE: I'm picking C-4
to play a record that was hot
at Bud's in winter, the early
weeks of 1966 to be exact.
It's the second number one
charting hit by Motown's
child prodigy Stevie Wonder,
at Bud's in winter, the early
weeks of 1966 to be exact.
It's the second number one
charting hit by Motown's
child prodigy Stevie Wonder,
his first hit after dropping
the "Little" from his name.
This single crossed over
and reached the top 3 on
Billboard and Cash Box.
Listen now to Stevie
Wonder and-- "Uptight
(Everything's Alright)"
""Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder
(Jan./Feb. 1966, highest chart pos. #1 R&B, #3 Hot 100,
#3 Cash Box, perf. in UK on Top Of The Pops)
JANICE: It's the spring of 1967
at Bud's, and I'm choosing F-19
to play one of the best records
released by Frankie Valli and
The 4 Seasons, a song written
by group member Bob Gaudio
along with Peggy Santiglia,
lead singer of The Angels.
This single only reached
the top 15 at the time of its
at Bud's, and I'm choosing F-19
to play one of the best records
released by Frankie Valli and
The 4 Seasons, a song written
by group member Bob Gaudio
along with Peggy Santiglia,
lead singer of The Angels.
This single only reached
the top 15 at the time of its
release, but it was destined
to become a fan favorite in
the decades that followed
and a popular spin in the
Northern Soul clubs of
England in the '70s. Listen
to become a fan favorite in
the decades that followed
and a popular spin in the
Northern Soul clubs of
England in the '70s. Listen
to The 4 Seasons-- "Beggin'."
"Beggin'" - The 4 Seasons
(Mar./Apr. 1967, highest cht. pos. #12 Cash Box/#16 Hot 100)
MELISSA: I spotted one I wanna hear,
Janice. Please punch in L-12 for me...
because I'm excited about this record
by Elvis Presley, a story about a man
searching for his missing love. Penned
by Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard and
recorded in February, 1969, it took a
year for the song to be released as a
single and start climbing the chart.
Here's Elvis riding high during
his comeback period, making
the top 10 winner's circle
on Cash Box with a cool
country song about the
cold "Kentucky Rain."
"Kentucky Rain" - Elvis Presley
(Feb./Mar. 1970, highest chart pos. #10 Cash Box/#16 Hot 100)
TIME TO EAT!
DENISE: I love records
inspired by dance crazes,
and I'm gonna play S-11,
"The Jerk" by The Larks,
an R&B vocal group led
by Don Julian that was
known in the 50s as
The Meadowlarks.
In the early weeks
The Meadowlarks.
In the early weeks
of '65, this ditty was
hot on the Bud Box
and, thru the magic of
this SPMM simulcast,
you'll see The Larks
perform their hit on
Hollywood A Go-Go!
"The Jerk" - The Larks
(Jan. 1965, highest chart pos. #6 Cash Box/#7 Hot 100,
#9 R&B, perf. on April 17, 1965 ep. of Hollywood A Go-Go)
SHARON: Hey Deenie, do me
a favor and press in number
G-14. I love Johnny Rivers,
and I wanna hear his version
of a rhythm and blues song
written in the mid 50s by
blues great Willie Dixon.
G-14. I love Johnny Rivers,
and I wanna hear his version
of a rhythm and blues song
written in the mid 50s by
blues great Willie Dixon.
It's the summer of '65
and Johnny Rivers is
climbing the chart and
nearing the top 5 with
-- "Seventh Son!"
"Seventh Son" - Johnny Rivers"
(June/July 1965, highest chart pos. #7 Hot 100 & Cash Box)
That does it for vol. 1 of our series
This Bud's For You. Many thanks
to Bud's Budding Blossoms aka
The Budettes: Melissa, Janice,
Denise, Sharon and Christine,
Denise, Sharon and Christine,
for feeding the old jukebox and
playing the top tunes from the
golden years at Bud's Drive-in.
I leave you with one last nugget
from the Bud Box, a song
written and recorded by
Houston born reggae
and pop singer
Johnny Nash.
In the fall of 1968, "Hold Me Tight" went top 5 in the U.S.
and in the UK and topped the Canadian chart, making it
Johnny's second biggest hit after "I Can See Clearly Now."
CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!
I can see clearly now that my time's up, so for the whole
gang at Bud's, this is grandmaster emcee Shady saying
so long and remember our famous slogan--
This Bud's For You!
"Hold me Tight" - Johnny Nash
(Oct./Nov. 1968, highest chart pos. #5 Hot 100/#7 Cash Box,
#21 R&B, perf. on Oct. 12, 1968, ep. of American Bandstand)
The Jerk - what a song title.
ReplyDeleteLook at those food prices. One could eat good for just two bucks.
Hi, Alex!
DeleteWelcome back over, good buddy! You take the coveted Early Bird trophy this week!
Yes, "The Jerk" was a mid 60s dance craze, not to be confused with the 1979 comedy movie starring Steve Martin. :)
Yep, those old menus surprise us with their modest prices. If you recall, I have also posted the Shady's Dell's old food and drink menu which lists equally cheap goodies.
Thanks again for stopping by, good buddy Alex, and have a terrific week!
Hi Shady! How fun was this post! It's cool that you had 2 places to go and hang out and check out the girls and the girls checking out the guys...because that's the real reason for "hanging out" even though the food was pretty good! Love those prices! Here in Ashland Jack said the place to cruise was The Dairy Dolly and of course the A&W rootbeer stand which still has curb service. The Dairy Dolly closed about 25yrs ago. The tunes today are all familiar except 'Beggin". Look how young Elvis was in that video. And the Jerk was a fun favorite of mine to dance too as a little teeny bopper of 12! Thanks for the memories and the wish that a burger was still .45 cents! Take care Shady!
ReplyDeleteHi, YaYa!
DeleteThanks for coming, dear friend! Thousands rushed the main entrance at the same time, but you and Annabelle managed to squirt through to become this week's silver medalists! :)
I'm glad you had fun visiting another of my old haunts in York, Bud's Drive-in. Yessum, there was lots of girl watching and boy watching going on at Bud's and at the Dell. There actually was a brunette from my high school named Denise who hung out at Bud's. I guess you could say this series is dedicated to her. It is also dedicated to Janice, one of my high school classmates, to a girl at my school named Sharon that I fancied, and one named Melissa, who is somehow loosely related to me, although I never quite figured it out.
The Dairy Dolly sounds like our Avalong Dairy store in York, another popular hangout for young people. We also had "Tommy's" ice cream parlor, Rutter Bros. dairy store and the Jolly Cow at the mall.
I'm surprised you don't remember "Beggin', one of the most popular and requested songs by the Four Seasons. It is the quintessential Bud's Drive-in song, because I remember it being played on that jukebox more often than anyplace else, including the Dell.
Yessum, that's a great custom made video interpreting Elvis Presley's version of "KY Rain," the song composed by Eddie Rabbitt and Dick Heard and a big part of The King's comeback that started in the late 60s. It's a great song, and one of my favorites by Elvis.
I'm pleased that you do remember "The Jerk" by The Larks. By the way, the blonde Gazzarri dancer featured in that video is Roberta Tennes, who danced in Elvis movies and was a regular member of that famous dance troupe on Hollywood A Go-Go. Shortly after taping this episode of H-wood A Go Go, Roberta joined the cast of Dick Clark's Where The Action Is and became one of my favorite Action Kids dancers on that show over the three years that followed.
Thanks again for coming to the Budettes' platter party, dear friend YaYa. Have a wonderful week!
I'm pretty picky about which Elvis or Little Stevie Wonder songs I want to hear, but both of these are good choices. I always appreciate Johnny Rivers. :)
ReplyDeleteHi, Kelly!
DeleteI'm so glad you could make it, dear friend. How are you and my buddy Pat this evening? Thanks for joining the gang at Bud's Drive-in for some authentic jukebox jive of the 60s and very early 70s!
I'm thrilled that you give thumbs up (and Pat gives paws up) to these selections by Stevie and Elvis the Pelvis. They are two of my faves by the respective artists. I was excited to find that homemade concept video of "Kentucky Rain" and the nicely restored clip of Stevie performing in London on Top of The Pops.
I could listen all day to Johnny Rivers sing and play his guitar and never get tired of the sound. I especially love his albums recorded live at the Whisky a Go-Go.
Thanks again for joining the fun, dear friend Kelly. Have a safe and happy week in Arkansas!
Hiya Shady,
ReplyDeleteThese songs are new to me, even though I've heard about these artists. I'm still recovering from my trip, so I just listened to the music. Tomorrow morning, when I have fresh eyes, I will read everything. I dig the music and this will be the perfect soundtrack for an early morning scrapbook session.
Hi, Jessica Marie!
DeleteThanks for taking a trip back in time and over to the other side of Violet Hill where the gang at Bud's was waiting for you.
I've been thinking about you, dear friend, and wondering if you read about, knew about, or perhaps even witnessed the shooting incident that took place at Coney Island while you were there at a beach. That's twice in the last few months that you've been near ground zero when violence erupted.
I'm glad you recognize most of the artist names in the post and are curious to read about them when you listen again tamale. These are some of the biggest hits of the 60s and 1970, nothing obscure in this batch, and they are 100% guaranteed to be Budworthy - the records that actually played at the popular restaurant the years I hung out there.
I hope you'll tune in again tomorrow as you do your scrapbooking. Remember: "This Bud's for you!"
Have a wonderful week, dear friend JM!
Those places always seem like they would be fun to go to.
ReplyDeleteOf course I know the Stevie Wonder song. I think it has probably been played in some movies.
I remember my mom having Frankie Valli records. I can still remember the record player too. I'm sure she probably had a few Four Season's records and that's where I might have heard that song.
My grandma had so many Elvis records and I know that's where I heard that song...all his songs. lol
Oh my goodness, the prices on those menus are so good. I remember going to a place called Pup N Taco with my grandma in California and a chili cheese dog was like .49 You couldn't get that now a days.
I hadn't heard The Jerk, Seventh Son or Hold Me Tight before though.
I hope you have a good week.
Hi, Mary!
DeleteWe're cookin' now, dear friend, because your comment was published right away again this time! Thanks for coming to the Budettes' first official platter party!
Yessum, Stevie Wonder's early 1966 hit "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" has been used on several occasions. Nancy Wilson charted a cover of the song later that same year. Comedian Bill Cosby used the song for the comedy novelty single "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)" which cracked the top 5 around Halloween, 1967. Stevie's recording was used in the OST of the 1995 movie Mr. Holland's Opus, in the TV series Glee and as a commercial jingle for Bank of America.
It's cool that your mom might have introduced you to "Beggin'," my favorite hit by the 4 Seasons, and you grandma was an Elvis fan and might have introduced you to one of his comeback hits "KY Rain."
Thanks for sharing memories of dining on a dollar back in the day at a place called Pup N Taco. Your grandma must have been a wonderful influence on you.
I'm happy to introduce you to three other songs in the post, the ones by The Larks, Johnny Rivers and Johnny Nash, all substantial hits of the mid and late 60s.
Thanks again for making time for a visit and for your great comment, dear friend Mary. Please give my buddy Falcor some huggins and lubbins and enjoy the rest of your week!
Hello Mr. Shady and his goldilocks team. I always wanted a jukebox and play the tunes this way.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea Stevie sang this song. I love this song. I enjoyed the 4 Seasons' song too but I never heard that one before.
Elvis the pelvis could never go to church doing that but he can with this country diddy even if it's not my fav.
It's not OK to dance like a jerk...even though some do, but dance the jerk is cool and I have danced that myself...mind you when my hands went down they accidentally hit a man's ..um.. jewels so I guess I danced the jerk like a jerkess.
I really loved listening to Johnny Rivers which is my style.
Your last song has a real island vibe to it. I great way to end this post.
Enjoy your eve and let me know why my Harley will put his nose up to his nice dog food but will grab onto a decaying, large mussel and want to eat that Thing! On the beach and it took me 4 tries before I got that thing out if his mouth and away from him
Hi, Birgit!
DeleteThanks so much for being a Second Day Suzy this time, dear friend! I'm glad you dropped in to munch on a Budburger and fries and listen to some authentic tuneage played on the Bud box at one of my favorite hangouts, Bud's Drive-in, York, PA, located just across Violet Hill from the Shady Dell. You could make the drive between the two joints in three minutes, and that's what I often did.
I'm delighted that you found so much to like in this musical menu. Yessum, "Uptight" was one of Stevie's biggest early career hits, and I remember it playing often at Bud's. Another of his 60s hits, "I Was Made To Love Her," was big at the Dell. It's safe to say that Stevie was no one-hit Wonder. (See what I did there?)
You are the second friend to remark that "Beggin'" is new to you. That's surprising, but I'm happy to introduce you to the song. It's my favorite by the 4 Seasons, and was another frequent flyer on the jukebox at Bud's.
How about that Elvis the Pelvis, lookin' for love in all the wrong places? I love your anecdote about how you used to do a variation of The Jerk out on the dance floor. Given your innovative technique of accidentally touching your partner's junk, I can imagine that you were quite popular with the boys. :) I wish you had been a Dellette when I was hanging out there. :)
Johnny Rivers won me over the first time I heard him, and I have remained a huge fan all these years. One day in the mid 60s when I was visiting my cousin Bill, he played for me three of Johnny's albums recorded live at the Whisky. It was an exciting sound and I was sold on Johnny from that moment on.
Yessum, that showender song played by Shady Del Knight is a major hit by Johnny Nash, the reggae-pop singer who died at age 80 less than two years ago.
Your Harley's my kind of pooch! He reminds me of my Toto who always wanted to chew on gross stuff and roll on dead lizards and the dung of neighborhood dogs. It must have been Toto's way of wearing perfume. Maybe Harley's sniffer says the same thing to him.
Thanks again for being a great friend and for coming by mid-week and early in the post's run, dear friend BB. (I'm happy to know you finally saw Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder.) Have a good evening and I'll be over to check out your tunes at the BBC tamale!
Okay, I knew every one of these songs and really enjoyed hearing them again. Your pictures and stories about the Dell and the drive-in make me jealous because we didn't have anything like that around when I was a teen. It makes me think of American Graffiti and Grease. Although truthfully I am not sure I would have hung out there since I worked at the library after school almost every day and so didn't have much time for that. We did go to the drive-in movies a lot though. I'll be listening to these songs as I craft later. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi, Janet!
DeleteIt was very kind of you to pull double duty today and go back to hear the Joe Niagara show and also comment on this post.
BINGO! I am pleased that you know and like every song in this "Bud block" - the records that I remember hearing at Bud's Drive-in, another York area hangout that was a haven for teens in the 60s and 70s. I am truly sorry that you didn't have anything like Bud's or the Shady Dell when you were growing up on the West Coast. It makes me all the more thankful that I was at the right place at the right time - a teenager of the 1960s living in York, PA. I wouldn't have wanted to miss all of that great music and all of those memory-making good times. Yessum, 60s teens in my area resembled the kids in American Graffiti, and we had similar experiences. Keep in mind that Graffiti was set in Modesto, not that far from where you live. It makes me wonder why you didn't have similar drive-ins and hangouts in your vicinity. Maybe they had vanished by the 70s and 80s when you were coming of age.
I admire you for working at the library after school. Serous-minded bookworms are my type of people. :)
Thanks again for dropping in for both posts, dear friend Janet. I hope you will let the Budettes entertain you with their song selections as you do your crafting. Enjoy the rest of your week!
Hey Tom,
ReplyDeleteThis is a blast from the past with some great music from the 60s. I was surprised that I don't know most of them. "Uptight" & "Kentucky Rain" are the only ones I'm familiar with in this set. We're catching up on this AGT this season. Do you watch the show? There's an artist Drake Milligan who's a country version of Elvis - fabulous singer! If you don't find Drake's AGT audition on YT of the song he wrote, "Sounds Like Something I'd Do". That boy is the real deal and already a superstar in my opinion. Thanks for dropping by to vote in my newest BOTB, my friend!
Hi, Cathy!
DeleteThanks for making it over, dear friend! I'm happy to see you and to welcome you to the official launch of my new series This Bud's For You! starring Bud's Budding Blossoms.
I think you are the third friend to state that you don't know the 4 Seasons' biggie "Beggin." That really surprises me, because it has become one of their signature songs in the decades since it first charted.
We don't watch AGT, but WOW, thanks for tipping me off about Drake Milligan. At your urging, I just watched the official mewsic video for "Sounds Like Something I'd Do." Like Elvis the Pelvis, Drake is a good lookin' masculine guy with lots of charisma, a deep, rich voice and a winning smile. He's also a gifted songwriter, because that song is a winner with a catchy melody and interesting lyrics. I liked how he won over the crowd as he sang the song and turned the head of some other guys' girlfriend. Thanks again for that introduction!
I'm pleased that you appreciated The Budettes' jukebox selections. Thanks again for dropping by and enjoy the rest of your week, dear friend Cathy!
Nice collection of tunes here. Always liked that Stevie Wonder song. Too lazy to look it up, but I'm thinking he was still in high school when he did that.
ReplyDeleteGlad you included "Kentucky Rain". It may have been a hit in its day, but I think since his death it tends to get overshadowed by the other late-Presley classics "Suspicious Minds" and "Burning Love". This is possibly Elvis' own fault, as I don't think you hear it in that era's two concert films or the Hawaiian Special. Maybe it was more of a studio recording that couldn't easily be replicated on stage. The clips of Elvis in the makeshift video are from his last fiction film A Change of Habit with Mary Tyler Moore. I've been wracking my brain trying to figure who that woman is. She looks familiar, but she was in no Elvis movie. Maybe I've seen her in an old Columbo. She looks like she might be trying to hide a murder.
Finally, even though Bud's is a Drive-In, it must have had a dining room. Either that or the jukebox was located in the parking lot.
Hi, Kirk!
DeleteThanks for coming to the Budettes' blast at Bud's, good buddy! I'm pleased that you liked the girls' jukebox picks.
Yes, Stevie Wonder was age 15 when he scored that major crossover hit with "Uptight." The UK music TV show Top Of The Pops made its debut on the first day of 1964, and this nicely restored clip shows Stevie performing the song, most likely in 1966, as London teenagers danced.
Thanks for confirming that the clips of Elvis used in that homemade YouTube video are taken from Change Of Habit, the 31st and final Elvis movie released in November, 1969, with Mary Tyler Moore as his leading lady. As Wiki points out: "Change of Habit holds a 10% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on ten reviews, making it Presley's worst-received film on Rotten Tomatoes." Like you, I can't place the "it girl" in that custom video for "Kentucky Rain."
Bud's Drive-In actually had both an indoor dining area and an outdoor section to the rear. Music played on the jukebox was piped outdoors through remote loudspeakers, similar to the setup at the Shady Dell.
In my new Nancy Wheeler post which started this morning, I know you will notice on the first video, a Kiss performance, that the caption embedded on the video reads "Scottish teevee." That is apparently an error on the part of the uploader who synced fresh remastered sound over the existing video footage. The band was actually appearing on Swedish TV unveiling their latest hit, "Heaven's On Fire." I double checked again this morning.
Thanks again for making it here in time to enjoy This Bud's For You. Have a great weekend, good buddy Kirk!