Davy Jones on Merv Griffin's Talent Scouts (1963)

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Time-Code free and no onscreen watermarks. Davy Jones' full first U.S. TV appearance.

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@markzappasodi Жыл бұрын

I was able to meet Davy about 5 times (1986-2002) in my life. He always had time to stop for fans and pose for pictures and sign autographs. One of the nicest celebrities that I ever met. I was heartbroken when I heard that he had passed. Been a fan since 1966. Let's get The Monkees into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame already!!!

@glamgal7106 6 ай бұрын

I also had the pleasure of meeting Davy-3 times. The first time I met him was in early 1988 when he was promoting his book “They Made a Monkee out of Me.” I was 17 then and I got a kiss on the cheek from him. Needless to say, I had the story to tell my classmates for a week. I agree that Davy was a very nice person, very genuine and it was obvious that he loved his fans. I also believe that he had this joie de vivre about him that he showed in his performing and in the way he presented himself. I was shocked and heartbroken when I heard about his passing. I remain grateful for the wonderful memories that Davy has provided me with. I’m glad that he gave you these memories.

@stechriswillgil3686 Жыл бұрын

For a small guy, he stands head and shoulders above the rest of us in talent stakes. His vocal range and feel for the song is very impressive for his age. In those days, fame had to be earned . Sadly, these days you hardly need any talent at all to be famous.

@df033153 Жыл бұрын

Until Merv came out I didn't realize how tiny he was! What an absolute doll! It's no wonder Georgia Brown can't keep her hands off him! 😄

@strafrag1 7 ай бұрын

I was SO LUCKY to have seen Davy in Oliver. RIP, Dear Davy.

@chazhernandez6933 Жыл бұрын

Too cool. I worked in the music biz many years in Hollywood. Ran into Davy at a pub. Had a beer with him. As i said too cool. A star!

@visionseeker68 Жыл бұрын

What a treat to see my favorite Monkee at such a young age before the Monkees! Love Davy.

@ddc7668 2 ай бұрын

How wonderful to see Davy as such an accomplished performer so young !! No wonder he won our hearts ❤

@freddyfurrah3789 Жыл бұрын

Davy appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show February 9th, 1964. The same night The Beatles first appeared.

@mrsbluesky8415 5 ай бұрын

His eyes are so expressive and beautiful. I think that’s what draws people in first, then his talent shines through. Rest in peace Davy.

@davidpellegrene1133 3 ай бұрын

I loved Davy Jones. A great talent.

@kentwood9821 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful song, great performance, well done young Davy!

@donaldauguston9740 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful clip. Who knew he'd be one of the most important singers of the sixties?

@dameaustel 7 ай бұрын

Introduced by my beautiful talented cousin Georgia Brown.

@zazuzazz5419 2 жыл бұрын

Davy Jones has such Command!! He was theatre perfection. He hooks right into my heart. 💔

@SallyCunningham-no6bo 10 ай бұрын

I met him backstage after a performance of "Oliver" I was smitten and 13.

@pattibrooks1907 Жыл бұрын

Ill love Davy forever !I love horses cats and dogs !Davy loved horses like I do !

@sherilewis4345 Жыл бұрын

He had cats also!

@brendajones7111 2 жыл бұрын

He's incredibly talented and I love him

@christopherhoward7753 Жыл бұрын

He was too young to join the Beatles or the Rolling Stones... But he really left a good mark on the world.

@larrywakeman4371 Жыл бұрын

WHY would he? HE was born to be a MONKEE forever!

@henrylares9269 Жыл бұрын

Incredibly talented. What memories!

@glamgal7106 6 ай бұрын

This was a wonderful find. Davy Jones was a talented singer, musician and performer. Who knew from this video that he would become a megastar? I had the pleasure of meeting him 3 times and seeing him in concert many times between 1986-2011. Davy showed a true love of performing and he truly loved his fans. He is sadly missed yet fondly remembered.

@yomamab2002 2 ай бұрын

Such a talent! As a fifth and sixth grader, I was so in love with Davy, as I'm sure were millions of others. He died way too young and even though I never met him, I cried when I heard the news about his death. RIP, Davy.❤

@scottmiller6495 8 ай бұрын

One of the greatest talents back then, handsome and brilliant as well !!!!!

@ahappyshow 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see the proper aspect ratio. Thanks for upoloading!

@iVenge 2 жыл бұрын

It’s like he went from 12 to 21 in four years.

@larrywakeman4371 Жыл бұрын

He was 19 when he was on the Monkees in 1966

@Hevva67 5 ай бұрын

He was 21! In 1966. He was born in 1945.

@Dan0__ Ай бұрын

He didn't look old enough to have those sideburns.

@anitamariao.g.5736 Жыл бұрын

Lo amo por siempre...que hombre tan encantador y adorable

@glendaschulte2340 2 жыл бұрын

I wish there was a dvd of Oliver w/Davy.

@andreaberryhill6654 2 ай бұрын

This is adorable! He would've won a Tony Award & been a Broadway sensation, if not a Monkee.

@kathleenerins2451 11 күн бұрын

I never would have heard of him if not for the Monkees.

@janeriebe7797 3 жыл бұрын

Just love him....

@anitashaw9090 Жыл бұрын

dear heart.

@karenfield7980 Жыл бұрын

Brings back great memories of a very charismatic guy. He went on to steal the show as Sam Weller in "Pickwick!"

@debbiehyland5821 3 жыл бұрын

Wow.thank you for uploading this video.davy was only 17 years old here.so cute.he was always handsome.very talented sweet and down to earth.davy is missed.i can't believe it has been 9 years since he passed.davy was one of a kind.nice guy.awesome singer actor dad jockey businessman.i wish I could have met davy.i saw him in concert with Peter and Micky in 1986 at their 20th reunion concert. As foxboro stadium in foxboro mass.it was an outdoor show.mike was not there.i was 26 then.what a fun show.hermans hermits Gary puckett and the union gap and another group were the opening acts.i enjoyed seeing Davy and the monkees on their TV show in 1966.i was only 6.wow..where does the time go...

@joeconner2231 3 жыл бұрын

I was his bodyguard for a performance in 2010. He always treated his fans with the up most respect, and he had the greatest sense of humor!

@lonerose99 2 жыл бұрын

In 2001 Davy did a solo concert at a local music fest here in NWI. Afterwards, he sat under a canopy at a table and greeted the fans. Well, next day he had a great write up in the local paper - I was smack in the middle of a line of at least 500 people, and he stayed till he met every one! Friendly to us all, never got tired throughout. RIP

@andrewarce8624 Жыл бұрын

@@joeconner2231 Not much to guard

@markzappasodi Жыл бұрын

It was The Grassroots.

@tcconnection Ай бұрын

Such a wonderful guy, sorely missed

@carollambies4281 3 жыл бұрын

Sweetheart Boy !!

@fromthesidelines 3 жыл бұрын

Georgia Brown, who was appearing in the original Broadway version of "Oliver!" at the time, introduced her "talent discovery" {Davy} to Merv.

@hadlockjudith 3 жыл бұрын

Love this so much!!

@MrJoeybabe25 Жыл бұрын

This is great! Thanks so much. Imagine a Monkee on US TV before any Beatles. This shows that Davy was so much more that a Monkee (as great a band and troupe they were). I wonder if he was on the way to major stage stardom before TV intervened.

@larrywakeman4371 Жыл бұрын

That is because the US is the GREATESTand the MONKEES are the greatest!

@brendajones7111 2 жыл бұрын

A star already?❤️

@annriley4437 2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing this when it was broadcast! I was 13 and had such a crush on him. Lol

@lindsaywarden1746 3 ай бұрын

Bloody brilliant county accent!!

@lindaziella3212 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍 So cool.

@haydeegonzalez9458 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@just4music687 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this! I love to see performances of Oliver with talented youth. What a great musical! Does anyone know if there is a live recording on vinyl, from the original West End or Broadway that actually features Davy's voice as Artful Dodger?

@fromthesidelines 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. The tracks are posted on KZfaq.

@just4music687 3 жыл бұрын

@@fromthesidelines But on vinyl? With Davy's voice? That's what I'd like to have.

@fromthesidelines 3 жыл бұрын

Sure. Any good record shop, thrift store or garage/yard sale has at least ONE "Oliver!" cast album.

@just4music687 3 жыл бұрын

@@fromthesidelines Of course they do, I understand. I'm trying to find out if there are any recordings on vinyl with Davy's vocals. I don't think there is; he's not on the Broadway or West end recordings that I know of; I was just hoping idk?

@seatonsmithy436 Жыл бұрын

@@fromthesidelines - The voice of the Artful Dodger on the original West End cast album is Steve Marriott of Small Faces & Humble Pie fame.

@kathleenerins2451 11 күн бұрын

The Monkees were wonderful. My entire family's favorite.

@PlumbPitiful Жыл бұрын

17 years old and his voice still hadn't changed yet! Talk about a late bloomer!

@larrywakeman4371 Жыл бұрын

He was younger than that because he was 19 when he was signed for the Monkees for 1966. I heard he was 17 here. That fits better with his birthdate of 1945

@PlumbPitiful Жыл бұрын

@@larrywakeman4371 ...He was born at the very end of 1945; December 30th to be exact. That means he was 17 for nearly all of 1963 (when this show aired). Yes, he was 19 two years later when the Monkees was cast and the pilot filmed in November 1965

@Sunnygirl-hx5wr 3 жыл бұрын

I have a newspaper article from back then were apparently 17 year old Davy was dating his co star the 30ish Georgia Brown.

@Seaturtle008 Жыл бұрын

totally cheeky!

@halfbreed4life62 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't doubt it. Knowing Davy

@dameaustel 7 ай бұрын

I doubt it.

@wendystewart1867 5 ай бұрын

Merv Griffith was really good looking

@Lauren-vd4qe 5 күн бұрын

HINT: what was his MAIN job in his youth? he was a JOCKEY for race horses!!! he was on his horse farm in florida when he got into his farm truck, and passed away in the drivers seat.

@amandabell8775 5 ай бұрын

So Cute

@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know he was in Oliver. Artful dodger. How funny. I love Jones, he was so cute.

@terryzobeck3978 Жыл бұрын

The cast of Oliver, with Davy, was on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, the same show with an obscure British group from a city upstream from Manchester. They had a nice career too.

@chumdog90 2 жыл бұрын

He has the stage presence of a young Wayne Newton.

@cameroncooper4175 4 ай бұрын

He may look 12 years old, but he is 18 here.

@nostalgik._ 4 ай бұрын

He was 17.

@fromthesidelines 3 жыл бұрын

Merv hosted a summer revival of Arthur Godfrey's "TALENT SCOUTS" (also produced by Irving Mansfield, Jacqueline Susann's husband) as Red Skelton's summer replacement that year.

@octobersun221 3 ай бұрын

My favourite monkee...the beginning of this song he sings is a lip biter. Same spirit as I wanna be free.

@georgeshelton6281 Ай бұрын

We're still feeling sorry for Davy Jones, knowing that he lived a short life. 😢

@wendystewart1867 5 ай бұрын

Awwwwwww

@teastrainer3604 6 ай бұрын

I don't think his voice had even changed yet. He could sing though.

@ahappyshow 3 жыл бұрын

Just a wild shot... Would you also happen to have a nice quality version of "Hair" by The Cowsills that was performed on the Carl Reiner TV special "Wonderful World of Pizazz"? The only high resolution version on KZfaq has a huge, honkin', annoying watermark by "Revolver TV" plastered over it. Thanks in any event.

@I....l....I 4 ай бұрын

He has similar singing mannerisms to young Paul McCartney

@clapoutloudclapoutloud Жыл бұрын

He had a nice voice, and was one of the favorites of the ladies when a member of the group The Monkeys, sad in his later years.

@markzappasodi Жыл бұрын

Monkees

@markzappasodi Жыл бұрын

Why sad in his later years?

@josephconner3742 5 ай бұрын

I performed bodyguard duties for him for a performance he did in NYC 15 months before he passed away! His talent was not only still in tact, but he was extremely kind with a great sense of humor! There's also a KZfaq video of him performing at BB Kings in NYC, 10 days before he passed away. His talent remained, even then.

@lindagrible3235 Ай бұрын

Love the British accent ~ : )

@TM-zj1xt Ай бұрын

Was Davey full grown here? I think he grew a few inches in his mid-late teens.

@carlahubbs8833 Жыл бұрын

I think he was a teenager he's singing a song from the movie Oliver

@TheDriftwoodlover 4 ай бұрын

From the Broadway stage production he was appearing in.

@rebeccajones4stories 5 ай бұрын

I wanted to marry Davy Jones

@TheDriftwoodlover 4 ай бұрын

Who didn’t?

@yomamab2002 2 ай бұрын

You and me and millions of others. He was a great human being who is missed by many. RIP, Davy. ❤

@denisemayosky1955 2 ай бұрын

He was probably my first crush!❤

@hyacinth4368 23 күн бұрын

So cute and adorable, and he even stayed that way! He always had those twinkling dark eyes, and great hair. But the sweetness and charm was there beneath the good looks.