American Bandstand 1968 -Rate A Record- Love In Every Room, Paul Mauriat

Описание: Neither of the two songs rated today ever charted and there isn’t much out there on Lee Jones (And the Unforgotten Two) - I Got To See My Baby or Bobby Brelyn - Bits and Pieces. Before they go to commercial break the kids dance to “Love In Every Room” which charted at #60 and was the follow up to Paul Mauriat’s #1 hit instrumental from earlier this year, “Love Is Blue”. (I kept it in after the “Rate A Record” segment because I liked the dancing of the few couples that stayed and well….I just thought the song was pretty 🙂)

Dancers: AB regular Frank Herrera, along with Patty Boyer, judge today’s songs while Kris Almanzan tallies the scores. Watch for Kris’s concerned look when she has to figure out the average of 50 and 75 after the first song. Other AB regulars dancing here include Buddy Schwimmer, Famous Hooks, Jenny Nichols, Theodosia Dayton and Frank Vanderpuil.

Incidentally, I asked Don Sanuskar (AB regular 1965-74) about the AM/FM portable phonograph often given as a prize for rating the record. With all due respect to the good people of Ross Electronics, (which no longer exists) as you might have guessed by the arm that pops off every time Dick opens it, it was “a piece of junk”.

…..And today toymaker Mattel introduced “Hot Wheels” toy cars in America. There were 16 original “tricked out” type cars introduced today. They were so wildly successful that Matchbox (and others) had to rethink their entire product line, which up until now had only been more city or "real life" type cars. Here are the Hot Wheels ”original sweet 16” from May of ’68:

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Airdate: May 18, 1968