Shindig! Presents: Groovy Gals (1964)

Shindig Presents Groovy Gals Video

Songs Include :
Ketty Lester - "Love Letters"
Aretha Franklin - "Shoop Shoop Song"
Leslie Gore - "Judy's Turn To Cry"
Toys - "Lover's Concerto"
Fontella Bass - "Rescue Me"
The Supremes - "Baby Love"
Shangri-Las - "Give Him A Great Big Kiss"
Petula Clark - "Downtown"
The Blossoms - "I Like It Like That"
Tina Turner - "Ooh Poo Pah Do"
Jackie DeShannon - "What The World Needs Now" September 27, 2008

Classic Music Television!

All I got to say is watch Aretha sing The Shoop Shoop song to death! Better still, watch Darlene Love react to her.....WOW! All good, Tina in rare form also. Waiting for this to hit DVD format. May 22, 2007

How Could They Leave out PATTY DUKE?

If one were doing a SHINDIG compilation featuring themost popular Gal singers of the mid 60's I don't understand how they could omit PATTY DUKE. She did two appearances on the short-lived albeit very popular SHINDIG TV program and introduced two Hit records, "Don't Just Stand There" and "Say Something Funny". She was, without a doubt, the most Popular young female Teen Star of that time. Perhaps she couldn't warble to the same vocal level of Pet Clark or Aretha Franklin, but herabsence here is clearly an oversight.If this show is ever repackaged in DVD format, one would hope that Patty Duke's two appearances on this showwould not be over-looked. January 17, 2005

Give us a DVD of Shindig.

Given that there are now DVDs of The Ed Sullivan Show,Hullabaloo and Music Scene,how about putting Shindig out on DVD?
International audiences that cannot buy NTSC videos will snap up DVDs of these shows,as will the US audience due to the better picture and sound.
These videos have some great 60's acts on them and deserve DVD release. May 6, 2003

Not Exactly All "Groovy" Gals, But Never Mind For It's Great

"Shindig" might have been less famous and short-lived unlike much famous "Ed Sullivan Show", but could offer much variety of artists. And of course, singing girls are not forgotten.

As another reviewer gave us a complete list of artists you can see on this video, I will not repeat it, but I think I am allowed to add several other things. First, the video' title is a little misleading; there are 11 acts by talented girl singers and groups, but some of them should be found in another volume of this series. (Why must The Supremes be here when Rhino Company got another volume called "Motown" ?) Or, I think Ketty Lester singing "Love Letters" is closer to jazz vocal even though her footage might be rare. Well, but I don't complain, because her song is certainly great.

So, let me tell you several of my favorite acts; Tina is always fantastic (she appears in another volume of the series, check it out), but more delightful is Aretha Franklin singing "Shoop Shoop Song," which Cher also sang in the soundtrack of "The Mermaids," which is, incidentally, Christina Ricci"s debut film. The Blossoms, regular band of Shindig, again sings "I Like it Like That," classic Chris Kenner song with Darlene Love (later regular of "Lethal Weapon" series), and Leslie Gore "Judy's Turn to Cry," sings her follow-up song to her superhit "It's My Party." But why Judy? Oh, listen to "It's My Party" first, please. I happen to have seen her act live in Japan around 1990 when she came with Del Shannon and Johnny Tillotson, and I remebered that time... sorry, I digressed. A little disappointment is Patula Clark's "Downtown," which you heard on the soundtrack of "Girl, Interrupted" because this is clearly lip-sync. A pity.

But the greatest treasure to me is Shangri-Las's "Give Him a Great Big Kiss." Do you believe they do this song LIVE here? And with the dialogue section in the middle of the song? And the lead singer actually doing the gesture of looking up when she says "I gotta look up!!!" But they do all, and this part only compensates for anything. It is interesting to note that, though you might be looking the picture of the group when they were threesome, the live act shows full four members. This means the program was shot in 1965 before member Marge Ganser left the group. Another interesting thing is the fact that the group consists two sets of sisters from New York -- Mary Ann & Margie Ganser, and Mary & Betty Weiss -- and the former set was a twin. Look closer, you may notice it. January 16, 2002

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