Marvin Gaye - You're A Wonderful One, 1965
I had to put this up because it was so cool. The last years of innocence in America. I loved the Lloyd Thaxton Show as a kid. The Jackets and ties disappeared soon for the men and the women traded skirts for Blue jeans in coming years.
Impressive that hyou remember Thaxton from the 60s? His show originated at KCOP in LA and I wonder if it was seen in many markets? Provide more information about Thaxton. Lie Dick Clark??
ReplyDeleteI like the ultra-bright colors on the set, designed to look good on early color TV sets. Too bad there wasn't much color in the audience.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if that was an appropriate comment. That makes a hint of racism out of what was meant to be a fun and feel good post.
ReplyDeleteNo racism was intended. Merely pointing out that while variety shows of the mid-sixties welcomed African-American entertainers, they were more reluctant to show non-white studio audience members. That doesn't take away from the clip, which is a truly delightful performance from a young Marvin Gaye; or from your entertaining reminisces in the post.
ReplyDeleteOk! It's funny that just 2 years later in 1967, it would have been much harder to get a well dressed, well mannered crowd together like that.
ReplyDeleteIt's like in the 60s, every year was like 5 years is now in changing the culture.