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! And then they decided to keep some on so theyd get more popular . Buddy noticed my eyes staring and said, Do the same eyes. And the camera got it. Kathy went even further. In 1950, he moved to Baltimore to WITH. At school, we were just one of the other kids, but we used to get fan mail. . Buddy Deane - IMDb The boys were picked on, because boys didnt dance then. Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of a Baltimore drugstore. The producers of Diner wanted to include Buddy Deane footage in their film, but most of the shows were live and any tapes of this local period piece have been erased. . Oddly enough, few of the Deaners Ive talked to went on to show biz. Some do remember a handful of kids getting high on cough medicine. But he was, and busted me courtesy of that close-up shot, seconds before my fragile teen-age ego was shattered by Pixie, or whatever her name was. 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. Im told there are 4,000 contracts for productions this year, said James Hunnicutt, artistic director for Cockpit in Court. After you sprayed it, youd get toilet paper and blot it. It was the times, most remember. John Waters: Theyre my idols in a way. On August 2, 1924, Winston Joseph Deane was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. And coming from John Waters, I thought, that is a really nice compliment! Id get letters saying, If you show up at this particular hop, youre gonna get your face pushed in. Both entities launched on September 9, 1957. His 1988 film Hairspray went on to inspire a Broadway musical of the same name. The Messy Truth of The Real 'Hairspray' - The Washington Post The dancers were known as the Committee. Marie Shapiro: I think we all kind of knew what was coming. Yet Joe was a dropout when he went on the show and then, once famous, went back to finish. Pictures Just Added Taken Nov. 1983. I used to get death threats on the show. 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. Its interesting that our paths have crossed at reunions and weve all chosen to stay friends. 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. That she has an affluent life-style surprises no one on the Committee. If you made the short list, you were required to bring in a letter of reference from your parish priest, minister, rabbi or a teacher. . Enjoy our. A big strong line!) up the hill to the famous dance party set, the one that now houses People Are Talking. For the rest of the time, the show's participants were all white. We really didnt want to go off the air. THE MADISON (BUDDY DEANE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS ADULTS) - YouTube They were more made fun of because they didnt fit in [and] because people would want to fight them. Friends now joke that Baltimore was the cha-cha capital of the world. To say that the Buddy Deane Show was the centerpiece of every teen's life in Baltimore would be a stretch. . For the past 17 years, theve owned a travel agency, Francesca & Company Travel. My black friends knew they could not be on the show because of segregation. When I was on, the kids at school were cool with it. Shake, Rattle and Roll: the Buddy Dean Scrapbook" On Saturdays, it was on in the afternoons until 5. Suite 320. I couldnt be bothered with education. Everywhere we went, people would say Theres Mary Lou. I wondered if she had just been released from the penitentiary.. The Committee to Honor Buddy Deane. I think the guys had a harder time at it. The star system was born. The one thing everyone seems to remember about The Buddy Deane Show is its ending: amid calls to integrate the almost all-white program (as in Hairspray, there was one day a month when African Americans could dance on the show), Buddy Deane was canceled. Committee members included Mike Miller, Charlie Bledsoe, Ron Osher, Mary Lou Raines, Pat(ricia) Tacey, and Cathy Schmink. Being a teenage star in Baltimore had its drawbacks. Very few "squares" or "Joe College" teen-agers were on the show. 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 faked a feud. We don't have any cast added to this TV Show. Bringing back the old rhythms - Baltimore Sun This production features a number of the committee members from the Deane program recalling those days. . On 'Hairspray's' 25th anniversary, 'Buddy Deane' Committee looks back My name is Connie and my e-mail address is connieone@aol.com..thanks. It aired for two and a half hours a day, six days a week. 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.. . To this day, Im reluctant to tell some of my black friends I was on Buddy Deane because they look at it as a terrible time.. Many years later they married. But the parents, I guess, back in the early 60s and late 50s, things were a lot different. Yeah it was Cosenel, says Joe. Even doing commercials was expected. I think Im honoring their great stardom. From then on, all bare shoulders were covered with a piece of net. 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. Deane's show is the foundation of the John Waters film Hairspray and the popular adaptation of it that's now on Broadway. . Culture shock - Baltimore Sun Everybody wanted to kick a Buddy Deaners a, says Gene, recalling thugs waiting to jump Deaners outside the studio. We got more mail: Oh, please dont break up! Somebody even sent us a miniature pair of boxing gloves. Or Snuggle Dolls? 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. 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. This undated photo shows dancers on "The Buddy Deane Show." '.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! They wanted to know something about your religious affiliation. Check out the latest from the Deaners and get the full behind the scenes story of Buddy Deane and Hairspray here. . This Committees committee, under the watchful eye of Arlene, chose new members, taught the dance steps, and enforced the demerit system, which could result in suspension or expulsion. I run into Gene and Linda every now and then but have lost touch with mostly every one. The best little jitterbugger in Baltimore. (One female committee member supposedly teased and sprayed her hair so much it caught fire one night as she slept. They kept their figures, look nice, and are very kind people, says Marie in her lovely home on Falls Road before taking off for the University of Maryland, where she attends law school. The Buddy Deane Show went on the air on Sept. 9, 1957 and became the most popular local show in the United States. www.bsomusic.org. We have a telegram, Buddy would shout almost daily, for Mary Lou to lead a dance, and the cameraman seemed to love her. Come share the songs & dances of the Buddy Deane Show with us! When you dance you'll squeeze her, yes, with all your might. She was his right-hand man and she picked out all the kids for the show. This undated photo shows dancers on "The Buddy Deane Show." Thursday at the Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda; Jan. 25-27 at the Meyerhoff, 1212 Cathedral St. Baltimore. If the Contours or James Brown came on, some would stop games of basketball, pinochle or pitching nickels and start dancing. They had a contract we had to sign, because they were using our image for free. The Buddy Deane Show ended in early 1964, a victim of "insolvable" integration problems, Mr. Deane said in an article in The Sun at that time. Gene was a captain of the Baltimore City Fire Department and retired in 2000; Linda worked in advertising and retired in 2004. He was mad because I was as popular as he was. 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! We appreciate your interest. Five kids in my neighborhood were on the committee -- Concetta Comi, Georgia Ann Richter, Peggy Keaton, Joan Darby and Billy Pritchard. . Ten seconds to airtime. Marie Shapiro: I think they even asked for a note from my minister. 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. It was Reads, not Reeds. 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. Mary Lou Barber: Ive only been able to watch [Hairspray] a couple of times because so much of it hits home. To those of my generation, Deane left a lasting legacy in both culture and memory. He was one of the first to showcase rock and roll music on a continual basis. 8600 LaSalle Road . 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. Deane died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 16, 2003, after suffering a stroke. . But my mother and father wont let me come down if you do that. In early December, Buddy Deane met with station officials and they said, Weve decided to cancel the program. And Buddy said, So it has to do with integration? And the station said, Thats correct. On the air before Dick Clark debuted, the show was a hit from the beginning, says Arlene today. Chaseman had this idea for a dance party show, with Buddy as the disc jockey, and Buddy asked Arlene to go to work for him. . She attended Goucher College and then went to law school at the University of Maryland; shes currently a practicing attorney in Baltimore. Deane and Kozak were advised by a small group of committee members on final cuts. Oh, my God, its Evanne! Autograph books, cameras, this is what they lived for. My father was very strict. . . Deaners seem to come out of the woodwork, drawn by the memory of their stardom. The protesters wanted the races to mix. Every major Rock and Roll performer (save Elvis and Ricky Nelson) appeared on his show. Dance was a brief connection with home for us, time out from the insanity of war. They were the Mouseketeers! I watched it for the fashion and for the drama, because Buddy Deane encouraged them to [date and] break up on film. To this day, I don't know why my late father, then in his 60s, was watching the Buddy Deane Show. Buddy Deane Committee - Facebook Im a typical housewife, says Peanuts. Deane was named the No. Do you miss show biz? I ask her. You are history. On the last day of the show, January 4, 1964, all the most popular Committee members through the years came back for one last appearance. Like many couples, Joe and Joan met through the show and became an item for their fans. There I was under the burning lights of the WJZ-TV studio, slow-dancing with a Buddy Deane Show committee member. Marie Shapiro (then Fischer): The first thing, theyd kind of look you over. Some of the really dedicated Committee members get tears in their eyes. The first stars I could identify with. From pinnacle to the pits in a few short seconds. . 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. (The Washington Post), Almost 20 of the original stars of The Buddy Deane Show show off their signature dance, The Madison. (Jessica Goldstein/The Washington Post). Register for a user account. John Waters: Certainly all the stuff in Hairspray didnt happen for real, but it was my fantasy of how I wished it would be, not what really happened. All on Pulaski Highway. Teenagers who appeared on the show every day were known as "The Committee". Come share the songs & dances of the Buddy Deane Show with us! It was a target maybe of people who didnt even watch the show. . Marie Shapiro: I couldnt wear knee-highs or desert boots. . 1 talking about this. My name is Tom Lowe, I went by the name of "Corky" while on the committe in 58 & 59, maybe into early 1960. Frani Hahn: I think it was easier for the girls. What happened Buddy Dean? I must have had ten different phone numbers, says Helen, and somehow it would get out. We usually hang out at: http://www.facebook.com/buddydeanecommittee Wayne Hahn: If you were late, you couldnt get in the door. 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. "None of my friends dressed in the Continental style, it was uncool to be a Buddy Deaner," said Waters, whose movie Hairspray is based on that era in Baltimore and was adapted into the successful Broadway musical. How do you feel about that? And the kids said, Mr. Linda Snyder: After you made the dance audition, you went to an interview with the Committee members. Deane, I dont mind at all. [citation needed] With an ear for music seasoned by many more years as a disc jockey than Clark, Deane also brought to his audience a wider array of white musical acts than were seen on American Bandstand. Buddy said to me, Well, heres my little girl whos been with me the longest. I hardly ever cried, but I just broke down on camera. 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). ". She lives in Baltimore County. This man approached me, telegrammed me, showed up at the show. Gene calls it a big loss. It was living in a fantasy world, says Helen. There were a lot of obscene phone calls., And the rumors, God, the rumors. It was hilarious., Some of the rumors were fanned on purpose. They sent cakes on my birthday. The main thing was your hair was flat, the antithesis of Buddy Deane, she says, chuckling. On the show: Gene joined in February 1958; Linda was on from September 1958 to February 1961. Deane also played songs that other disc jockeys, including Dick Clark, refused to present to mostly white teen TV audiences because the acts sounded "too black" (e.g. In her home, near Allentown, Pennsylvania, she serves me a beautiful brunch, models her fur coats, and poses with her Mercedes. It was a fluke. . For many of us, Deane will always be there, standing ramrod-straight, an electronic maestro with a microphone, introducing Brenda Lee or hyping sponsors like Kit-Kat and the Etta Gown Shop. I know he would love hearing from you! And if you dared to dance the obscene Bodie Green (the Dirty Boogie), you were immediately a goner. But the parents, the society. If you couldnt do the Buddy Dean jitterbug, (always identifiable by the girls ever-so-subtle dip of her head each time she was twirled around), you were a social outcast. I was just accidentally obsessed with something that was appealing to more people. Oh sure, if you were Joe College [pre-preppie], you just didnt do The Deane Show. Did you ever tum into a Joe College? I ask innocently. 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. Before long I started getting lots of fan mail: I think youre neat. Id get hate mail. In reality, integration spelled the demise of The Buddy Deane Show, which ran from 1957 to 1964. The Buddy Deane Show - Wikipedia Committee Member 1961 Billy Givens Little Italy. Just once. Such was life in Baltimore. Eating the refreshments (Ameches Powerhouses, the premiere teenage hangouts forerunner of the Big Mac), which were for guests only. I dont know if we were ready or not; whos to say? Wayne Hahn: Dick Clark [and American Bandstand], that wasnt a big thing here. . They set the style for teens throughout Baltimore. Deane also presented British artist Helen Shapiro, who sang her Baltimore hit, "Tell Me What He Said," at about the time that she was touring England with The Beatles as one of her support acts. It reminds me of the way people think now of gay marriage, how so many people are shocked about it and they dont agree with it. He was one of the first disc jockeys in the area to regularly feature rock-and-roll. The Buddy Deane Show was over. Im Joe, too. There was a change in the works., Part of that change was the racial integration movement. Youre going to put it on TV? It was maddening: the Mashed Potatoes, the Stroll, the Pony, the Waddle, the Locomotion, the Bug, the Handjive, the New Continental, and, most important, the Madison, a complicated line dance that started here and later swept the country. My mother used to pick me up after school to make sure nobody hassled me., The adoring fans could also be a hassle. Because they didnt integrate in reality. My email: frani@francescatravel.com . Over lunch at the Thunderball Lounge, in East Baltimore, Kathy remembers, I could never get used to signing autographs. The 25th anniversary of the movie "Hairspray" provides an opportunity for members of the dance group of Baltimore's "The Buddy Deane Show" to get back . Corky,My name was Judy Kerr and I was on the committee in1958/59. Im the biggest ham. Although she denies being conscious of the camera, she admits, I did try to dance up front. The Committee members became Baltimore celebrities they were recognized on the street and received fan mail and they got to meet some of the biggest stars in music. Hundreds of thousands of teens learned the latest dances by watching Committee members on the show, copying their personal style, and following their life stories and interactions. The worlds oldest teenagers gathered Sunday in Baltimore County to illustrate once again that even the most uncomfortable moments in American history can be turned into something musical, good-natured, and profitable beyond imagination. If anyone knew him and could share some memories or even pictures that would be great. Helen was my idol when I started watching the Buddy Deane show with my sister in 1958. Mary Lou Barber: I used to receive 100 letters a week, all fan mail. If you [broke any rules], you got the points taken off. For those too young to remember this iconic show broadcast in Baltimore in 1957-1964, you certainly have heard of the movie inspired by the Buddy Deane Show known as 'Hairspray! "When you dance be sure to hold her, hold her tight. Buddy himself, the high priest, returned for the event. There wasnt a person against it. The committee members could dance with each other only every third or fourth dance: the other songs were reserved for dancing with the guests, 30 or so of whom appeared on the show every day. "Do You Love Me" by The Contours, or "Hide and Go Seek" by Bunker Hill). Truth is, the era wasn't as innocent as some might contend. Mary Lou, the Annette Funicello of the show, was the talk of teenage Baltimore. Im still a fana Deaner groupie. 'Buddy Deaners' Reunite, Reminisce at CCBC Essex This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 19:01. While the rest of the nation grew up on Dick Clarks American Bandstand, (which was not even shown here because Channel 13 already had Buddy Deane), Baltimoreans, true to form, had their own eccentric version. Many regulars, with nicknames like "Termite" and "Peanuts," converted the short-lived glory of local television stardom into success later in life. It's so nice that we all have great friendships to remember & it's so great to sta y in touch. Why not do The Deane Show on TV again? "A Buddy Deane Scrapbook: Shake . . The show was the highest-rated local program in the country. Tom Wheeler Didnt you dance on the Buddy Deane Show? This is 50 years later.. If I have one regret in life, its that I wasnt a Buddy Deaner. The Buddy Deane Show aired on WJZ-TV in Baltimore, MD, from 1957 to 1964. And I see Mary Lou, and I see Gene and Linda do the cha-cha, and I think: no one can do it like them. The core group of teenagers who appeared on the show every day were known as the "Committee." September 17,2011 Parkville American Legion Hall Putty Hill Rd & Old Harford Rd 8PM til' Midnite $25.00 per ticket But we all had the same reaction: My parents arent gonna go for it. I was totally star-struck and had as much fun that night as I did at the Cannes Film Festival. (It's featured in Waters' film. I was able after a while to afford some clothes from Lees of Broadway (whose selection of belted coats and pegged pants made it the Saks Fifth Avenue of Deaners). Buddy Deane and his kids flashed into our living rooms nearly 40 years ago. Today, Concetta is married to another former committee member, John Sankonis. It was a family: Buddy was the father, Arlene was the mother.. TheCommitteeToHonorBuddyDeane@gmail.com. Mary Lou laughs at the memory of doing a pimple medicine spot on camera. It was a different time, and a different generation, thats all., We had no problem with it, added Gene Snyder, who sat with his wife, whose maiden name was Linda Warehime. He was one of the first disc jockeys in the area to regularly feature rock and roll. I was a misfit. Still dreaming of being a Deaner - Baltimore Sun There was no sexiness in dress for the girls. I couldnt go to a mall without somebody going Oh my God, its Mary Lou! . Helen Crist Swift 1943 - 2007. "Where you been, boy?" We (DC Hand Dance Club of Delmarva) (www.dchanddanceclub.com) meet currently Monday nights starting at 5 pm. Was it really twenty years ago? She smelled like a garden of flowers and could crack her chewing gum discreetly. I guess Helen Crist was the first drapette: the DA, the ballet shoes, oogies [tulle scarves], eye shadoweyeliner was big thenand pink lipstick., Helen Crist. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . I was nervous because I was celebrating a great moment in their youth, but I was bringing up something theyve swept under the rug, because they were kids. The Deaners didnt mind. If you were a Buddy Deane Committee member, you were on TV six days a week for as many as three hours a dayenough media exposure to make Marshall McLuhans head spin. Dance was the thing. The Committee is back in session - The Washington Post . Could it be? There were riots! 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. "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. 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. And the whole concept of the Committee changed. . Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin, all of them. But something unforeseen happened: The home audience soon grew attached to some of these kids. . Integration ended The Buddy Deane Show. I will be moving near Ocean City in July.Do you remember me. Frani Hahn: I remember being called into a meeting and [being asked] if our parents would allow us, if they integrated the show, to dance with a black person. Eva Anne and Mike Marcellino were my favories. But in a lot of corners of Baltimore and beyond, getting on the show was equivalent to stardom and instant popularity. The dancers were known as the Committee. If you were a teenager in Baltimore in the late 1950s and early 1960s, you watched The Buddy Deane Show. When the final bell rang you sprinted home from school, saddle shoes smacking the sidewalk, knee socks sliding down your shins, until you skidded to a stop in front of your black-and-white TV and turned to WJZ Channel 13 to watch Marylands answer to American Bandstand. Chances are you wanted to be on The Buddy Deane Show, whose stars were ordinary teens turned local celebrities. Sometimes youd wrap your hair at night. Sections of this page (They gave her a diamond watch at the last reunion.) Most Deaner girls wouldnt even tongue-kiss, claims Arlene, remembering the ruckus caused by a Catholic priest when the Committee modeled strapless Etta gowns on TV. The boys had to wear coats and ties, dressing in the aforementioned "Continental" style.
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