I was totally star-struck and had as much fun that night as I did at the Cannes Film Festival. You had to be 14 to 18 to get on. He was to have been the host of the first Buddy Deane Fan Fair and Dance in September at the Fairgrounds in Timonium, an event that is still scheduled. He didnt talk with us a whole lot. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. To those of my generation, Deane left a lasting legacy in both culture and memory. If you could claim that you were a Buddy Deaner -- a member of the regular committee that appeared on the daily show and attended weekend record hops of Deane, who died Wednesday at 78 after a stroke -- the social status attached to that was substantial. TheCommitteeToHonorBuddyDeane@gmail.com. And the guys had to wear a coat and tie, so wed keep stuff in the car. And there was a big problem with that. Last spring, five hundred people quickly snapped up the $23 tickets to the third Buddy Deane Reunion, held at the Eastwind, in Essex, to raise money for the Baltimore Burn Center. Joe Cash has Jonas Cash Promotions, in Columbia and Silver Spring.. (my own promotional firmwe represent Warner Brothers, Columbia, Motown85 percent you hear in this market)and Active Industry Research, in Columbia (a research firmIm chairman of the board). I got these letters from the Naval Academy, Helen remembers, so I went there one day, and all the midshipmen were hanging out the windows. You had to wear nylons. To be selected you had to bring a character reference letter from your pastor, priest, or rabbi, qualify in a dance audition, and show in an interview (the Spotlight) that you had personality. At first the Committee had a revolving membership with no one serving longer than three months. On Saturdays, it was on in the afternoons until 5. Art Space: The Drawing Zoo Combines the Joys of Art and Nature, How to Build an Art Collection, According to Local Experts, First-Ever Waverly Book Festival Set for This Weekend, Baltimore Photo Space Makes Room for Art Photography in Remington, Movie Review: Are You There God? If I have one regret in life, its that I wasnt a Buddy Deaner. Marie Shapiro: I remember sometimes there would be African Americans at the hops, and it was frowned upon to dance with an African American if you were a Committee member. . It was the era of rock n roll - ducktails, pegged pants and beehive dos. It aired for two and a half hours a day, six days a week. . The dancers were known as the Committee. and my version of it is very different from theirs. Buddy Deane, whose popular Baltimore television dance show for teenagers became the basis for the John Waters movie "Hairspray," died here on July 16. Recollections differ as to whether it was Deane, the station or the parents of the Committee members who refused to allow the show to be integrated. And when we sprayed it, we had to blot it so it didnt leave residue. Hi all. They all thought all the girls were pregnant by Buddy Deane, remember several. I was aggressive. The Buddy Deane Show was a teen dance television show, created by Zvi Shoubin, hosted by Winston "Buddy" Deane . Once a month the show was all black; there was no black Committee. 2003. At school, we were just one of the other kids, but we used to get fan mail. Eating the refreshments (Ameches Powerhouses, the premiere teenage hangouts forerunner of the Big Mac), which were for guests only. Buddy returns on a pilgrimage from St. Charles, Arkansas, where he owns a hunting and fishing lodge and sometimes appears on TV, to spin the hits and announce multiplication dances, ladies choice, or even, after a few drinks, the Limbo. But being a Buddy Deaner, or even a guest, moved a kid into a fantasyland, a world of teased hair, pointy-toed shoes and fashions by Lee's of Broadway. They wanted to know something about your religious affiliation. Acts that appeared on the show first were reportedly barred from appearing on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, but if they had been on Bandstand first they could still be on The Buddy Deane Show. It was a real kick! Her fame even brought an offer to join the circus. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. We all watched that and the Mickey Mouse Club. [At my audition], I was not quite 14. Buddy offered to have three or even four days a week all black, but that wasnt it. The show was taken off the air because home station WJZ was unable to integrate black and white dancers. The pictures I've just posted are of the reunion dance for the Buddy Deane Committee Members with Buddy Deane playing the records. The star system was born. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. In [Hairspray], Ricki Lakes character goes down to audition and they all make fun of her. Corky,My name was Judy Kerr and I was on the committee in1958/59. He went steady with committee member Bobbie Lanham, a heartthrob to legions, and got lots of telegrams inviting him and Bobbie to lead dances. It was over at 5. Or Snuggle Dolls? This is a home for all of the dancers from the Buddy Deane Era (1957 - 1964) to meet up and keep in touch. I couldnt go to a mall without somebody going Oh my God, its Mary Lou! . . Phone: (410) 494-4490 Fax: (410) 494-4492 In the early 1980s at a Buddy Deane Show reunion, Waters approached former Committee members about a movie he wanted to make inspired by the program. My email is bigsales@aol.com, cell number is 410-365-6569. Some kids on the show went a little nuts, with stars in their eyes; they thought they were going to go to Hollywood and be moviestars.. Was it really twenty years ago? I took off my steady ring and threw it down. . Both entities launche. Buddy Deane and his kids flashed into our living rooms nearly 40 years ago. . Mary Lou Barber: I used to receive 100 letters a week, all fan mail. There were a lot of obscene phone calls., And the rumors, God, the rumors. READ: What happened to the teen stars of The Buddy Deane Show after the program went off the air? And, yes, they were actually "records" in 1983. My mother wanted me to go, she took me down to the tryouts. . Even today Gene and Linda are the quintessential Deaner couple, still socializing with many Committee members, very protective of the memory, and among the first to lead a dance at the emotion-packed reunions. . She smelled like a garden of flowers and could crack her chewing gum discreetly. What the heck, we were all going to school with black kids for a decade by then. Vicki Defeo: My favorite was James Brown. Now: The two were married in 1962, had two sons and six grandchildren. And there were a bunch of us on the rock-and-roll fence, eyes on Buddy Deane's show and ears on Paul "Fat Daddy" Johnson, the gifted and wild Baltimore radio disc jockey who introduced frenetic free-association poetry at unusual times. Larry tried searching Facebook for you. To this day, I don't know why my late father, then in his 60s, was watching the Buddy Deane Show. Before long I started getting lots of fan mail: I think youre neat. We really sprayed it, remembers Mary Lou today from her home in Pennsylvania. So was Aqua Net. Boy - do I wish I had. By what name was The Buddy Deane Show (1957) officially released in Canada in English? Pictures Just Added Taken Nov. 1983. So the NAACP targeted the show for protests. He had this dark olive green suit and I was thinking, Thats not what I expected, and then he opened up the jacket and it had red lining! With the show beginning at 2:30 in some years, cutting out of school early was common. And none are bitter. John Waters, writer and director of Hairspray: I was always obsessed by it. The Buddy Deane Show was a teen dance television show, similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand, that was created by Zvi Shoubin and aired on WJZTV in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 until 1964. . 410-783-8000. Bob Mathers, who worked with Deane on three radio stations, was a close friend of Deanes and is an unofficial historian of The Buddy Deane Show.. The show was a teen dance and music show and ran from 1957 to until 1964 on WJZ-TV until the show was canceled. His name was Nelson Ray Shiflett. Deane helped numerous black record artists in their careers -- James Brown among them. Deane's show was one of the highest rated local television shows in the nation and girls didn't care as much for my corner jump shot as they did my ability to cha-cha or do the bop. The uncertain life of a high-schooler became more tolerable. When Barry Levinson, another Baltimore native, requested video from the show for his film Diner, the station told him it had no footage.[2]. It aired for two and a half hours a day, six days a week. An then there was teased hair, replacing the 50s drape with a Buddy Deane look that so pervaded Baltimore culture (especially in East and South Baltimore) that its effect is still seen in certain neighborhoods of this great Hairdo Capital of the World. Helen Crist Swift 1943 - 2007. My email: frani@francescatravel.com I saw the show as a vehicle to make something of myself, remembers Joe. Why not do The Deane Show on TV again? In the years following The Buddy Deane Show, quite a few Deaners have gotten hitched, including Linda Warehime and Gene Snyder, Concetta Comi and John Sankonis, Anne Boyer and Richard Tempera, Shirley Temes and Jim Joyce, Frani Nedeloff and Wayne Hahn, Joe Loverde and Joyce Tucker. It was horrible/ says Joe. . Then and now: Remember Bruce Hutchinson? The kids became celebrities. ". It was 1961 and I was on television, successfully building my teen-aged reputation. And the whole concept of the Committee changed. Bill Haley and the Comets made their premiere performance of "Rock Around the Clock" on Deane's show. . I had to get up there on time. '.Watch this and go back in time to the Baltimore of the late 50's and early 60'sand how those memories remain as vivid as ever to the thousands who lived it.Special thanks to Larry Bridge \u0026 Marc Solomon of LARMAR Video and Joe \u0026 Cindy Loverde for the creation and production of the project, and of courseto the many members of the Buddy Deane Committee who provided a generation of Baltimoreans with a ton of great reminisces from the early days of rock and roll! I was dancing out at Giovannis Restaurant, in Harford County, just the other night, Parks said, and a woman says to me, Arent you Carl Parks? Frani & Wayne. At first I was so shy I hid behind the Coke machines., But Evanne used to come right home and head for the TV. Debuting at a mere 11 years of age, taking three buses every day to get to the show, wearing that wonderful white DA (created by her hairdresser father), and causing the first real sensation. It was the top-rated local TV show in Baltimore and, for several years, the highest rated local TV program in the country. And who could forget those great ads for the plastic furniture slipcovers that opened with the kids jumping up and down on the sofa and Royal Parker screaming, Hey kids! Im serious. . Get off that furniture!? It was hilarious., Some of the rumors were fanned on purpose. Although he never appeared on Deane's show, Waters attended high school with a "Buddy Deaner" and later gave Deane a cameo in the film, in which Deane played a TV reporter who tried to interview the governor who was besieged by integration protesters. There was no sexiness in dress for the girls. Deane, Kozak, Cahan, the . Hope life has been good to you! People laugh and I go, I remember that, I remember that.. But we all had the same reaction: My parents arent gonna go for it. He eventually became one of the most respected programmers in the country and was even written up in Time magazine. He said they asked each member of the show's committee . They would drive me nuts when theyd come in the door, and Id say Man, youre gone. Its interesting that our paths have crossed at reunions and weve all chosen to stay friends. . These kids developed a huge following of fans and hangers-on in Baltimore who emulated their dance moves, followed their life stories, and copied their look. It was difficult with your peers, recalls Peanuts. Im told there are 4,000 contracts for productions this year, said James Hunnicutt, artistic director for Cockpit in Court. . "Buddy" Deane was a broadcaster for more than 50 years, beginning his career in Little Rock, Arkansas, then moving to the Memphis, Tennessee market, before moving on to Baltimore, where he worked at WITH radio. Deane began his broadcasting career at KLXR in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was one of the chosen few who went to New York to learn how to demonstrate the Madison, and was selected for the exchange committee that represented Baltimores best on American Bandstand. I was really mad. . [citation needed] In several instances, the show went on location to the Milford Mill swim club on the westside of suburban Baltimore County. The Deaners didnt mind. It was a target maybe of people who didnt even watch the show. The popular television Baltimore dance show aired from 1957 until 1964. . Romance was one thing; sex was another. but Arlene [Kozak, his production assistant], actually did all the work. Other vices were likewise eschewed. And coming from John Waters, I thought, that is a really nice compliment! I watched and fantasized about it and made up stories about it in my brain. When "The Buddy Deane Show" debuted on Baltimore's WJZ-13 on Sept. 9, 1957, it was an instant hit. I have two mixed-race grandchildren whom I adore. Hairspray came to CCBC Essex's Cockpit in Court theater, and so did the real original castthose Committee members from the old Buddy Deane Show, whose moment in history became the premise for the hit Broadway musical about rock 'n' roll and racial tension in Baltimore half a century ago. Baltimore, MD 21286. I was with this guy named Jeff. Frani Hahn: I can remember times when we would go downtown shopping and wed stop in at Reads Drug Store and have Cokes, and people came up for our autographs! His childhood nickname was Buddy. my father inquired as I walked into our rowhouse. Besides, he never discovered that his youngest son had been on the show a dozen other times, further solidifying my stock among my peers. We answered everything back then, except people like Mary Lou, who got bags of fan mail. This is a home for all of the dancers from the Buddy Deane Era (1957 - 1964) to meet up and keep in touch. In reality, integration spelled the demise of The Buddy Deane Show, which ran from 1957 to 1964. Deane and Kozak were advised by a small group of committee members on final cuts. Do you miss show biz? I ask her. Eva Anne and Mike Marcellino were my favories. Linda Snyder: We were on the show Monday through Saturday, six days a week. Perhaps the highest bouffants of all belonged to the Committee member who was my personal favorite: Pixie (who died several years later from a drug overdose). . And they all came together on "The Buddy Deane Show," Baltimore s legendary teen dance show. . But it went something like this: Buddy Deane was an exclusively white show. Some do remember a handful of kids getting high on cough medicine. Helen was my idol when I started watching the Buddy Deane show with my sister in 1958. No long hair, only pompadours, hurriedly combed during commercials. You learned how to be a teenager from the show. The big garage-type door they remember would open, and theyd all pile in, past George and Mom, the Pinkerton guards who used to keep attendance, and crowd into Arlenes office to comb their hair, confide their problems, and touch up their make-up. On August 2, 1924, Winston Joseph Deane was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. In mixed marriages (with non-Deaners), many of the outsiders resented their spouses pasts. Plus they used us for commercials. . . Sections of this page She lives in Baltimore County. John Waters: [The Deaners] were the most important people I wanted to like the movie. Deane organized and disc-jockeyed dances in public venues across the WJZ-TV broadcast area, including much of central Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania where tens of thousands of teenagers were exposed to live recording artists and TV personalities. Committee members included Mike Miller, Charlie Bledsoe, Ron Osher, Mary Lou Raines, Pat(ricia) Tacey, and Cathy Schmink. "Uhhh, I had a long basketball practice and I had to take extra foul shots," I lied. If the boys dared to sport chino pants, the crease had to be razor sharp. John Waters: The most amazing thing about The Buddy Deane stardom was they would show up not knowing if they would fight or sign autographs. Want to post on Patch? They still get together and they still do a pretty sharp Madison. Some of the really dedicated Committee members get tears in their eyes. Many regulars, with nicknames like "Termite" and "Peanuts," converted the short-lived glory of local television stardom into success later in life. We don't have any cast added to this TV Show. Its host was Winston "Buddy" Deane, who died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas after suffering a stroke, July 16, 2003. The film would spawn a 2002 Broadway musical adaptation starring Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur, and a 2007 film adaptation of the musical starring John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky. It didnt have a happy ending. This was the adults, who didnt know what to do, so they shut the whole thing down.. . "Jesus, I can be anywhere, like a funeral parlor, and people will introduce me as 'this is Concetta, she was on Buddy Deane.' I dont know if we were ready or not; whos to say? You could throw her down on the ground, and her hair would crack, recalls Gene. And according to Arlene, Buddy encouraged one popular Committee member (Buzzy Bennet) to teach himself to read so he could realize his dream of being a disc jockey. The main thing was your hair was flat, the antithesis of Buddy Deane, she says, chuckling. When you think about it, its funny. After saying goodbye to the Committee members . Participants dressed in "country" style, and danced to country and western music as well as pop. What happened to the teen stars of The Buddy Deane Show after the program that made them famous went off the air? His 1988 film Hairspray went on to inspire a Broadway musical of the same name. The old Buddy Deane gang is still a hit, too, still getting recognized on the street, and still remembered with affection by a generation that spanned the Eisenhower and Kennedy years. and later on, growing up, it was a definite blow: reality. I still have a whole box of fan mail, says Evanne. As Marie puts it, The rewards were so great emotionally that you didnt have to ask for a monetary award., Many had difficulties dealing with the void when the show went off the air. Teenagers who appeared on the show every day were known as "The Committee". When the show was over, I caught the city bus near TV hill and it dumped me off as dusk gathered in my Belair Road neighborhood near Erdman Avenue. And on the weekends wed go to record hops. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. I would see this again years later, stinky and scared young guys dancing to candlelight in a sandbagged Vietnam bunker, serenaded by a tropically-warped Temptations album. Buddy Deane, 78, the impresario of Baltimore's dance show from 1957-1964, died Wednesday of complications from a stroke near his home in Pine Bluff, Ark. Deane died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 16, 2003, after suffering a stroke. . Its Me, Margaret. . . Fran Nedeloff (debuting at 14 in 61, Mervo, cha-cha) remembers the look: Straight skirt to the knee, cardigan sweater buttoned up the back, cha-cha heels, lots of heavy black eyeliner, definitely Clearasil on the lips, white nail polish. He was one of the first to showcase rock and roll music on a continual basis. We all considered it a privilege, even though they never paid our bus fare.. Its made more money playing all over the country than it did on Broadway, where it was a huge hit.". Many came away from the movie Hairspray thinking that Buddy Deane, and not WJZ's management, was responsible keeping black teen-agers off the show. . This town just wasnt ready for that. There were threats and bomb scares; integrationists smuggled whites into the all-black shows to dance cheek to cheek on camera with blacks, and that was it. I had a lot of black friends at the time, so for me this was an awkward thing, says Marie. There wasnt a person against it. Former committee leader Mary Lou Barber (nee Raines) remains dumbfounded that she received 100 letters a week from fans, some of whom resided at the state penitentiary, but mostly from lovestruck boys who fell in love with the girl with the bow in her hair. ', Although many parents and WJZ insisted that Committee members had to keep up their grades to stay on the show, the reality could be quite different. He just didnt understand., But some have dealt with the problems in good humor. Vicki Defeo: Ive tried to think this through, because it sounds ridiculous, but [integration] was a non-issue to us. The guys who wore sport coats with belts in the back from Lees of Broadway (10 percent discount for Committee members), pegged pants, pointy-toe shoes with the great buckles on the side, and drape (greaser) haircuts that my parents would never allow. From then on, all bare shoulders were covered with a piece of net. In Baltimore, Buddy Deane was so strong in his time slot. . Linda Snyder: After you made the dance audition, you went to an interview with the Committee members. Special Thanks to Linda Snyder (committee member from the Buddy Deane Show) who shares many stories from the TV show, Richard Powers who provided the amazing photo from the set of the Buddy Dean Show, Lance Benishek (dance historian) who provided some ample questions and motivation when we began researching these dances in 2005. . I had trunks of it. Could it be? Its like anything you see today. I even won the twist contest with Mary Lou Raines (one of the queens of The Buddy Deane Show) at the Valley Country Club. Girl Scout leader, very active in my kids school. Mary Lou is still a star. There I was under the burning lights of the WJZ-TV studio, slow-dancing with a Buddy Deane Show committee member. Wayne Hahn: If you were late, you couldnt get in the door. And we became very close to Arlene. The final episode aired on Jan. 4, 1964. But something unforeseen happened: The home audience soon grew attached to some of these kids. Joe started working for Buddy as teen assistant and, along with Arlene, oversaw the Committee and enforced the strict rules. In fall of 63, Buddy called in the Committee members and said . Suite 320. Some teens in the suburbs like John Waters might have watched the show on the sly, and danced with the refrigerator door, because for many in his Towson community, Deaners were not individuals to admire. (One female committee member supposedly teased and sprayed her hair so much it caught fire one night as she slept. We usually hang out at: http://www.facebook.com/buddydeanecommittee I had always studied dance, and I wanted to go on [the show]. Buddy himself, the high priest, returned for the event. I just loved meeting him. And we were so sad. John Waters: I never purposely thought I was making a movie that was any more commercial than any of the other ones. But the parents, the society.
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