Freddie Garrity, lead singer and frontman for the British Invasion group Freddie & The Dreamers, was born on this day in 1936. His birth year was listed as 1940 to make him appear to be younger. His trademarks were his horn-rimmed glasses, his skinny body, his dancing and jumping around, often accompanied by maniacal laughter. "I’m Telling You Now" was a #1 hit in the US, Canada, and the UK in 1963. This performance was taken from the Merv Griffin Show.
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I don’t think I will do the Freddy dance any time soon but I liked this song and some others he did. He died too young.
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He’s a bit wacky but fun. I liked his music.
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It was simple, easy to dance to…
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It’s not often they changed the age of a man to make him younger. I wonder why they thought it was necessary?
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I haven’t seen the dance before. How funny. Wow. Merv sure looks young. And smoking on TV. Nothing like going through the way back machine!
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You can get a real workout doing that dance. No wonder he’s so skinny…
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I’m gonna have to steal this one.
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By all means! His other big hit was “Do The Freddie,” which was another dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVrT_uZOh2E
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I loved this group when they came out. The Freddy was quite a phenomena for a season. Even my father got a kick out of the silliness of the group and he was definitely not a rock music fan.
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They certainly looked like they were having fun.
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We always thought he was a bit nuts.
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Just a bit…
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Always loved the Freddie dance 💜🤗
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Mary just ran across it the other day, and had never seen it before, so she thought he was crazy.
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Lol not crazy just clever because the silly dance got them noticed 🤣🤣🤣
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It was fun to watch, for certain…
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Yes it was 💜
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I’ve only ever heard this on an album – so I’ve never witnessed the dance or the laugh… I’m not quite sure what to think now 🤔😂
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It’s probably best that you don’t think about it too much…
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