The Beau Brummels on ‘The Flintstones’ Or make that the " Beau Brummelstones, " performing the 1965 hit "Laugh, Laugh" on the "Shindig"-inspired dance show "Shinrock-a-Go-Go." The Beau Brummels were an American rock band that formed in 1964 and originally consisted of singer Sal Valentino, lead guitarist Ron Elliott, bassist Ron Meagher, rhythm guitarist Declan Mulligan and drummer John Petersen.Local radio disc jockeys Tom Donahue and Bobby Mitchell discovered the band at a club near San Francisco. Their sound was influenced by the Beatles and other British bands of the era, as well as by such American groups as the Kingston Trio and the Everly Brothers. The Brummels even have the added distinction of being animated by Hanna-Barbera, for an episode of The Flintstones called "Shinrock A Go-Go," as the Beau Brummelstones (Wilma and Betty just love them). Petersen left the group after their third album, Beau Brummels '66, to join Harpers Bizarre. / David Pescovitz / 12:36 pm Thu Jan 24, 2013 The Beau Brummels(tones) on the Flintstones At one time he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but after the two quarrelled, and Brummell got into debt, he had to take refuge in France.Eventually he died shabby and insane in Caen. Hanna-Barbera sticks it to teen novelty dances as Fred hurts his foot and later sits on a pin, only to … The Beau Brummels was a successful 1960s American rock band, formed in San Francisco in 1963. George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) was an iconic figure in Regency England and for many years the arbiter of men's fashion. The Beau Brummels guest star as the Beau Brummelstones on The Flintstones. The band took its name from a 19th Century English dandy, Beau Brummell, as a way of identifying with the British music scene. Initially, … The Beau Brummelstones are a fictional band and one-time characters of the episode, "Shinrock A Go-Go", featured in the sixth and final season of the original series, The Flintstones. They wear primrose-plum short-sleeved turtlenecked loin cloths that hangs on to their knees. Then popular dance show Shindig and host Jimmy O'Neill are caricatured with typical Flintstones naming flair as "Shinrock" and "Jimmy O'Neillstone." In 1994, "Laugh, Laugh" was selected to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll exhibit.

All the perks of pop stardom c. 1965. The Beau Brummels promoted the single by appearing on several television shows, including a 1965 episode of The Flintstones in which the band gave an animated performance as the Beau Brummelstones. Or make that the "Beau Brummelstones," performing the 1965 hit "Laugh, Laugh" on the "Shindig"-inspired dance show "Shinrock-a-Go-Go."