# Name that song: Asian band on US tv in '60s. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song-asian-band-on-us-tv-in-60s/682175 "2014-02-25T00:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song-asian-band-on-us-tv-in-60s/682175/1 "2014-02-25T00:20:39Z")
I was watching a channel of late and they had a Best Of Ed Sullivan show on and they had a band from either Hawaii or somewhere in the Far East playing a rock and roll song. I thought the main lyrical hook was “blue moon, blue shadow” but I couldn’t find anything when I googled that term. The footage seemed to be from the mid-1960s and it wasn’t clear to me whether they were singing in heavily accented English or some Asian language. It was rock, sorta surfy and very melodic and I kinda suspected the band was from Japan but that was only a guess on my part. Anyone know what the heck I am talking about? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song-asian-band-on-us-tv-in-60s/682175/2 "2014-02-25T01:17:12Z")
Could it have been [The Association doing “Never My Love” (Ed Sullivan, 1968)?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjessON4Uo4)One of the lead singers is of Asian extraction – I think maybe Hawaiian (or Filipino?). ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song-asian-band-on-us-tv-in-60s/682175/3 "2014-02-25T01:37:35Z")
The Tielman Brothers - Dutch Indonesian rockers? Mobile link: [- YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=STa3GOLnf7E) They totally rock… ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song-asian-band-on-us-tv-in-60s/682175/4 "2014-02-25T02:10:17Z")
Santana’s “Jingo” ??? ---
**Author:** ![baronsabato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@baronsabato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baronsabato)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song-asian-band-on-us-tv-in-60s/682175/5 "2014-02-25T05:24:09Z")
I bet it’s this band- [The Blue Comets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDocr7nVB1I)- a pretty rockin’ Japanese band from the 60s. They wrote/performed a song called “Blue Chateau”. I can’t find a recording of it from the Ed Sullivan Show, but there are much later performances by the Blue Comets available, including [this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbLN7zzBN8) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-song-asian-band-on-us-tv-in-60s/682175/6 "2014-02-26T10:02:35Z")
> [@baronsabato](#): > > I bet it’s this band- [The Blue Comets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDocr7nVB1I)- a pretty rockin’ Japanese band from the 60s. They wrote/performed a song called “Blue Chateau”. I can’t find a recording of it from the Ed Sullivan Show, but there are much later performances by the Blue Comets available, including [this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbLN7zzBN8) Yes, this is the one. Thanks everyone!