Little Dion & The Bantams - Little Soul Brother & Land of a Thousand Dances | 1970 | MDA Telethon
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Check out Little Dion & The Bantams as they perform, "Little Soul Brother" & "Land of a Thousand Drums" during the 1970 MDA Labor Day Telethon! This is a Little Dion performance that will have you wanting more and more!
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@michaeltiztisdale9422 3 жыл бұрын
I've Been Searching The Internet For Years For This Jackie Wilson Protege. This Is The Young Boy That Inspired Michael Jackson Watching Him From The Side Stage At The Apollo.He used To Drink A Glass Of Milk After Each Performance On Every Show. He Was Also On The Bobby Sherman Show And The Della Reese Show. He Also Made A Cameo Appearance On The Show Room 222 Way Before The Jackson 5 Were Discovered On The Miss Black America Pageant. This Young Kid Inspired Me Before Michael Jackson!!!
@thankthelord4536 3 жыл бұрын
I never heard of him. Wow!
@davidclark7770 5 жыл бұрын
I never this dude existed... he's amazing!!!
@dennislee4868 10 ай бұрын
Yeah before mike l saw him at the regal theater in Chicago need l say he toe it up
@constancejoiner4221 8 ай бұрын
Yes im 64 which would made me 7 or 8. I got an record player for Christmas and brougjt lonely teardrops he sang. Yes he was before the jacksons.
@PtolemyJones 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, lots of talent on display here. Awesome.
@lilmo7088 Жыл бұрын
He performed at the Apollo quite often in the 60s. Marlon Jackson referenced him as one of the performers he and his brothers watched at the Apollo before they broke through. He was discovered by Jackie Wilson and on American Bandstand at age 3.
@LBurner1 10 ай бұрын
Wait...if he was already on American Bandstand wasn't it too late for Jackie Wilson to discover him?
@psychnurse964 9 ай бұрын
Little Dion performed at my junior high school (Peter Burnett Jr. High in San Jose, CA) in 1969.
@VeeMac Жыл бұрын
Wow....wow....wow!!! Someone please give an update on Dion and the Bantoms.
@randyperdue52 3 жыл бұрын
I always wondered about Little Dion...saw him (IF I remember right) at an all night New Year's Eve bash hosted by Wolfman Jack at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds '68-'69...at least I remember the girl I took, ha! (Jo). He put on a fabulous act but never heard much about him after that. When Michael Jackson came on the scene I was reminded of him immensely...
@bradena.1194 4 ай бұрын
He played at Isy's Supper Club in Vancouver,, BC in the summer of 1968 - a couple years before this video was made. Isy's (Isy Walters) was the premier night and dinner club back then. You had dinner, drinks, watched musical acts with intermissions sprinkled with dancing girls wearing pasties. Little Richard also played there that summer.
@carmenhill4998 Жыл бұрын
I saw him on TikTok I had to come and see this😳
@suechantry Жыл бұрын
loved The Bantams back then! Great video!
@camper234 Жыл бұрын
That's some drummer 🥁
@jthyme7940 5 жыл бұрын
COOL!! I was in contact with Fritz (bass player) for a few years. I'll have to email him to let him know this is posted! THANK YOU!
@ceasarjohnson6258 11 ай бұрын
Wow!! I’ve might have heard of Dion and the Bantams growing up but there was never no footage of them. So for me any possible mention went into obscurity. I now see where Michael Jackson got his moves from when he was with the Jackson 5 as a kid. Dion’s singing might have struggled a little, but clearly he definitely mastered at a young age stage presence. That kid was good!
@travishylton6976 4 ай бұрын
no this kid like mike got there moves from james bown and jackie willams
@Tlu2000 4 жыл бұрын
Before Michael Jackson there was Little Dion
@alaza61 Жыл бұрын
This is 1970. The Jackson 5 were already out and had exploded. Little Dion wasn't a major name before them, and he looks younger than Michael was in 1970.
@ednoroirika Жыл бұрын
He was around in 1967. Jackie Wilson discovered him.
@alberthenley2988 Жыл бұрын
@@alaza61 He's about 2 years younger than Michael because here in 1970 he was only 10
@shemar3572 Жыл бұрын
Jackson 5 came out in 1968-69. They’d started before then though
@antonioalghul9498 Жыл бұрын
Michael was before him
@Bozmusic1 3 жыл бұрын
I saw him on the old David Frost Show. He was playing the heck out of the Hammond B-3 organ and singing.
@EveTrowsdell 2 жыл бұрын
Wow,, thanks for sharing he’s really a talented little fellow for certain and natural with his talents! Jerry Lewis was a great guy and funny too!!!🥰♥️💝
@MrMelgibstein 11 ай бұрын
The Jacksons ran Lil Dion and The Bantams out of town and were told never to return.
@alberthenley2988 Жыл бұрын
He's younger than Michael Jackson. But that band was funkier than the Jackson 5
@obalorrius9219 10 ай бұрын
No where near funkier. This is first grade. Jackson 5 is university level. Cute.
@peterholsapple1320 2 жыл бұрын
There are comments here about "1234" and playing a Hammond--I think that's the late Lucky Peterson the commenters mean. Lucky was on a lot of TV shows and released "1234" on Today Records. He also had a great career as a blues guitarist for many years, dying at 55 in 2020.
@petejanettpittman7085 3 жыл бұрын
I remember him singing a song "1234, lucille i love you" the ol' folks were crazy about him....memories...thx.(he favors john legend)
@dang2443 5 жыл бұрын
with his band of funky 16 year old white kids
@jazmaan 5 жыл бұрын
I remember when Little Dion was all over 60's TV shows like "Where The Action Is" and "Groovy". In fact, I saw him live on the beach in Santa Monica when they filmed an episode of "Groovy" hosted by Michael Blodgett. Back then Little Dion was more of a Jackie Wilson protege. But in this clip he's doing more of a James Brown thing. I guess he kind of got lost in the dust when Michael Jackson hit the scene.
@sierria64 5 жыл бұрын
looks like jackie wilson who discovered him was making him into a micheal ..too bas he did not make it he is good
@ruizstudioproduction5 5 жыл бұрын
Where is he now. I look all over the internet but nothing
@mistab-lo 2 жыл бұрын
This video here has been made way before the Jackson 5 came on the scene, and then has a natural singing voice, it's not like Michael Jackson a few years later... He got the James Brown dances that when he gets out on the stage....
@triviaone1628 Жыл бұрын
This is 1970. The J-5 were just starting at Motown. I read somewhere that the J-5 used to watch his showmanship at the Apollo.
@alaza61 Жыл бұрын
It's not way before. The Jackson 5 made their first 3 television appearances in 1969 as well as their first album. By 1970, they had 4 number one hits consecutively on the R&B/Pop charts.
@rihannaimvu8834 10 ай бұрын
@@alaza61it is way before…lil dion came out in 1967
@shemar3572 Жыл бұрын
Jackson 5 was first but I never heard of this kid. Talented though
@MikeyJae777 2 жыл бұрын
Wonder if him & Michael ever met
@frankielymon757 Жыл бұрын
Yea they did...Marlon Jackson mentioned his name as one of the acts they would work with before Motown in a interview in a Mj documentary..
@conniegarrett507 Жыл бұрын
Where is he now?
@carmenhill4998 Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to find out let me know if you find out thanks 😊
@conniegarrett507 Жыл бұрын
@@carmenhill4998 will do
@kevinbrown6072 Жыл бұрын
Probably dead
@javonnejohnson5232 11 ай бұрын
I believe he’s still in Oakland, Ca
@sunnymwhite2161 2 жыл бұрын
Used to love watching the bantams on Jerry Lewis is muscular dystrophy telethons never got to see them with their little Dion Not too bad But not like when they first came from Milwaukee and they went to Venice Beach and Santa Monica beach Fritz with the maracas Jeff on bongos and Mike on guitar I first saw them on the engineer Bill show in the afternoon when I came home from school and I was hooked from that minute on
@DaWiz581 3 жыл бұрын
Another phenom from Oakland that “shoulda woulda coulda” been another Jackie Wilson, MJ, etc…
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