Members of the group included John Batdorf (formerly of Batdorf & Rodney), lead vocals and guitar; Brent Mydland (later of the Grateful Dead), keyboards and vocals; Tom Leadon (brother of the Eagles' Bernie Leadon), bass guitar and vocals; Greg Collier, guitar and vocals; and Harry Stinson, drums and percussion.....
Also! check out John Batdorf 's new song "One Last Wish" pretty good tune.
Onset beach 1976.This song stands out and reminds me of my favorite beach.Too bad the magic has long since faded.This song puts the magic back for 3:33 seconds.It was great to grow up in the 70s
besides being really talented Silver were really cool guys. I knew some of them well and they were stand up guys. They just had so much competition and low funding back then and the one album was all they could manage in rough times. love them still
I had a hard time finding this song. Could not remember who sang it. This is one of those songs that I liked a lot when it came out but them it seemed like it just faded away. I tried to find it several times on line, but took me several attemps. It would make my top 20 favorite songs of all time.
I used to play Musician (It's not an easy life) from that album as a slow dance song in college at the weekend dances we'd have at the rec center. Nobody knew who it was but the girls would come up and ask me who so I guess they could go buy it.
I am originally from Cape Cod where I was born in 71 and also lived in Tucson Arizona in the late 70's early 80's. As a kid I remember hearing that song on the radio back then. It sure does bring back cool memories of my childhood. Now that I live in Wisconsin I sure do miss them days.
i'm from Vancouver.Canada.I used 2 spend my summers in Evanston.ILFirst time I heard this song was late 1976.I was 18 yrs old on a blind date (Shay! I still love you!) driving my aunt's 1976 Firebird Formula (like Jim Rockford).This song brings back great memories of Chicagoland summer of 76. I still have the 45! I love it!
I first heard this song at a bar called IN THE CITY in Kenosha, Wisconsin during September of 1976, 34 years later there's a prison built on that site...How times have changed.
i am born and raised in chicago area. those of us growing up in the seventies know what i mean. life was great, even without cable tv, microwaves, cell phones, labtops, internet, etc,.... a transister radio, listen to the cubs games, or wls , or wcfl and hearing your favorite songs like" wham bam "or "remenising "by little river band, was great.
@notmeforsure100 - Yeah, I did a lot of listening with my transistor radio under my pillow at night. I like to see how many far away AM stations I could get as well as for the music. 1976 was a bitterseet year for me, my parents divorced, but the BiCentennial celebration was a nice diversion that took out some of the sting for a while.
@mowm88 - Sometimes I still do listen to far away AM stations under my pillow, usually I use a Grundig G6 Aviator Buzz Aldrin edition radio for that, it tunes in longwave to shortwave and the VHF-Air band. It gets SSB so I can hear amateur radio operators and aircraft overseas. It is the same size as a transistor radio. I know that's a far cry from my old transistor radios then although I do have a 1965 8-transistor Magnavox, but my Mom bummed that off of me so the Grundig has to do.
@mowm88 - I know, there was a lot more variety then, but I still find a gem every now and then. I was in a car accident in late 1994 and was in pain so much, I could not sleep at night very well so I tuned around and found "Coast to Coast AM" with the (then) host, Art Bell. It's still on the air but Art no longer hosts. George Noory is OK, but I do miss Art. BTW, this song was, maybe still used as bumper music to "Coast to Coast AM"
This song is on the "Super Hits of the 70's" collection from Rhino Records. Volume 19. I had forgotten it existed until I heard it on that disc. Awesome.
@tsfanoh10 -- I have the MP3 & would be glad to E-mail it to you or anyone else who wants it. I just had to dig it up because my local classic hits station said it was hard to find so they weren't playing it but now they are. :-)
@DaveWollenberg It's all good, where did you get the chart positions from the AC charts, I notice that on Wikipedia and All Music Guide they never list the AC chart showings for some of the songs
@Doobie1975 I've got Joel Whitburn's Adult Contemporary hits 1961-2004 book. Not an AC fan, but, it is nice to see how the softer pop songs did on the AC chart. God bless!
can we please turn the clock back? do I miss WLS and WCFL in chicago from the 70's when every day and night you could here good music like this. And for the record I am a 51 year old african american man, and me and all of my black buddies listen to pop music then.....oh for those days again!!!!!!!
Boy, do I remember this song! My sister had the 45. I haven't heard this in 34 years and still was able to sing along. Silver deserved more hits than just to be relegated to forgotten one-hit wonder status. Music was terrific back then. Way better than the rap and disposable vocoder crap we have now. Jeesh, I'm starting to sound like my parents.
I was only 10 but how I remember all the great music. As a kid I got my first radio for Christmas at 7 years old. I grew up listing to the radio constantly. Everything from WFIL to WMMR. I love music from the 40's on up. But have to say the 70's and early 80's were my favoites. I still have all my K-Tel Records that I have converted to CD's
Wow! I'll bet I use to hear this every day on the radio in High school back in 1976 but I listen to it now and it really hit me hard. I guess the memories of those times are so sweet and I just yearn to go back to those days and be with all the people I loved and don't have anymore. It's nice to hear this after so long.... I wonder what my childhood sweetheart is doing these days??
An LA-based quintet with their lone major hit that climbed to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. Featured John Batdorff, formerly of Batdorff & Rodney. To me they sound like one of those UK pop groups, like Pilot or Bay City Rollers.
I definitely agree with the one poster's comment that the first half of the 1970s were the much better half of the 1970s music, while the late 1970s had a lot of great music it didn't have the magic like the early/mid 1970s did, I consider 1974-76 to be the best years of pop music of the 1970s
@1980pacecar Silver toured with America (also many other bands) as their opener...I saw them open for America at the Sahara Tahoe in the Spring of '76, awesome show! I've also gotten to know one of the band members over the net, wonderful guy and musician :)
What a great song. Brings me back to my childhood. I always associated this with a beautiful girl I knew in seventh grade. Songs have a funny way of doing that sometimes. Once in a while, in life, you hear a song at the moment your mind captures a scene/ person/ incident, creating an indelible link forever. I'm grateful I have so many good ones. What sweet memories. Thanks for posting.
This was before my time. I was born in 88, and I always ask myself why they don't make good music like that anymore. Can't stand the shit they call music these days!
@blindmotorhead It may give you some comfort to know that about 15% of your generation, Gen Y, feels the same way you do about today's music versus yesterday's. This was determined by the Arbitron radio ratings company. 15% of Generation Y prefers classic rock and oldies formats over the dominant Urban and Contemporary radio formats (which include rap, hip-hop, and what passes for rock these days.) (Tho I do single out Matchbox Twenty as an exceptional current pop-rock band.) You have good taste
@SIGNALSTAT isnt that the truth I miss the music of the 70's today's stuff sucks, I have this song on a 45 in which I played so much, but still have...glad to know someone else loves this great song.
@Blueeyedgirlie78 oh the 70s were so much fun.i have the 45 also .use to play this all the time dont like getting old but you know we came up in a whole lot better time and world than today.wish there really was such thing as a time machine because i would go back in a minute.lol
The 70s ROCK! Too bad we can't download this song from itunes! I visit You Tube every now and again just to listen to this song and keep it bookmarked.
Thank all of you for your kind comments. I was in this band along with Brent Mydland (later of the Greatful Dead), Tom Leadon (Mudcrutch), Harry Stinson (now with Marty Stuarts band) and John Batdorf still touring and doing his tunes. I currently have a band called "The Bowstring Soldiers" with some videos up on You Tube. I have a CD of new tunes almost completed to release soon. Those were some great times. We got to tour with some great bands. I still appreciate the magic. Thanks again. Greg
=] classic's are such a great thing even tho im only 9 mii daddie said when he was about 20 he would play football and listen to this and stormy and here comes that rainy day feeling again im almost 10 and ima make a cd of classic's because they r mii life i dont like that new crap 5* !!! =] ♥lauren
Starry nights, sunny days I always thought that love should be that way Then comes a time that you're ridden with doubt You've loved all you can and now you're all loved out Oooh-oooh baby, we've been a long, long way And who's to say where we'll be tomorrow Well my heart says, no But my mind says, it's so That we've got a love Is it a love to stay [Chorus] We've got a wham, bam shang-a-lang And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing Wham bam shang-a-lang And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing
Looking at you I wanted to say I think a little emotion goes a long, long way Careful now don't get caught in your dreams Look out baby this is not what it seems Oooh-oooh baby, you've been so good to me But please don't make it what it's not Well, I thought we agreed on what we need So listen to me and I'll tell you what we've got We've got a wham, bam shang-a-lang And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing Wham bam shang-a-lang And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing
I think you're seeing what I'm saying 'Cause I hear you singing to the tune I'm playing Now that it's said and we both understand Let's say our goodbyes before it gets out of hand Bye, bye baby, I'd really like to stay But we'll remember the best time in our lives We had a wham, bam shang-a-lang And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing Wham bam shang-a-lang And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing Wham bam shang-a-lang And a sha-la-la-la-la-la thing
I was listening to this tune on the radio when I was a college student in Tokyo. For a long time I had not known this title and players at all. Fortunately I get to know the its title. Thanks
I saw this band open for America in the fall of 76.They were very good but no one applauded at the end so they didnt come out for an encore.And they didnt do this song.I read the band really didnt like this song-it was forced on them.I liked it though!
Yes, it comes back to me now. "Run Joey run, the hounds are on your trail ... run Joey run, they're gonna send you off to jail."
Something like "Indiana Wants Me" !!
You're right. Today, the first half of the 70's seems like a treasure trove of great music. Try "As The Years Go By" by Mashmakhan. It's posted on YouTube.
I remember that one well. I was a radio-head in those days. As a matter of fact, when I was in 7th grade, the high-school band (who learned rock n roll songs too) played "Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me" and they did it great !!!
This band's keyboardist was Brent Mydland who would end up being the longest tenured keyboardist for the Grateful Dead when he joined them in 1979 till his death in 1990.
I think a little emotion goes a long, long way Careful now don't get caught in your dreams Look out baby this is not what it seems Oooh-oooh baby, you've been so good to me But please don't make it what it's not
My last summer at home and I had such a big crush on this cute blond with green eyes... Got a Dear John Letter while I was in Boot Camp and have roamed the world ever since; I am going to go home some day.
When this song was released, I had just turned 19, and I was in boot camp for the U.S. Navy. A good tune. I always wondered why Silver didn't have any other hits.
me and my dad made a hand shake i really ove this song i grew up with it.....and i still am!!! we got to wham bam shang a lang and a shal lalalala! :) ;)
A great memory of the Fall of 1976.
ftsjr 2 weeks ago
Members of the group included John Batdorf (formerly of Batdorf & Rodney), lead vocals and guitar; Brent Mydland (later of the Grateful Dead), keyboards and vocals; Tom Leadon (brother of the Eagles' Bernie Leadon), bass guitar and vocals; Greg Collier, guitar and vocals; and Harry Stinson, drums and percussion.....
Also! check out John Batdorf 's new song "One Last Wish" pretty good tune.
bfritz86 2 weeks ago
Fantastic! Great song from 1976!
MrMikeb1958 3 weeks ago
Recuerdos de las fiestas en mi colegio... SUPER ¡¡
royrock59 1 month ago
Onset beach 1976.This song stands out and reminds me of my favorite beach.Too bad the magic has long since faded.This song puts the magic back for 3:33 seconds.It was great to grow up in the 70s
rickenjoey 1 month ago 2
Wow! Thanks for the ride back Sun!!! :)
Evster2012 2 months ago
This song is just one of those "feel good" songs from the Mid 70s. I remember it well and I love it! Thank you for posting! :-)
SpecialK65 2 months ago
Quite good. Thanks for my great friend, W. Pedersen, for introducing me to the band!
diuga1 2 months ago
Im trying to figure if this song sounds like another song...
luhleever1266 2 months ago
Where has this kind of talent gone these days??
diefIater 3 months ago
This is awesome!
AndiAnimalFreak 4 months ago
My 2nd favorite song that year. Never tire of it.
grammarita1 4 months ago
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ba059023ba059023 5 months ago
besides being really talented Silver were really cool guys. I knew some of them well and they were stand up guys. They just had so much competition and low funding back then and the one album was all they could manage in rough times. love them still
bryanbrida 5 months ago
I had a hard time finding this song. Could not remember who sang it. This is one of those songs that I liked a lot when it came out but them it seemed like it just faded away. I tried to find it several times on line, but took me several attemps. It would make my top 20 favorite songs of all time.
sonofodin2011 6 months ago
Can't believe it's been 21 years. Rest in peace, Brent. We love you.
PATOMMM 6 months ago
Members of the band are now called "Bowstring Soldiers"
LittleRaggie 6 months ago
"Lookin' at you, I wanted to say I think a little emotion goes a long, long way..."
I love that line.
zytxuy 6 months ago 2
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triva teaser....Hall and Oats were very young members of this band and went on to sucess in the 80s.....
btlfn723 7 months ago
Haven't heard this one in a long time! Thanks for posting!
bigsbz 7 months ago
Sllver hit #16 in Bilboard, 10-2-76. Written by Rick Giles, who became a country songwriter. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
DaveWollenberg 8 months ago
Love it
philtheduck09 8 months ago
I feel sooo old right now! LOL Thanx fror finding this !!!
hoodoowoman 9 months ago
I love this song too
salaya55 9 months ago
mak74019 how did you get that text???
wondershannon1 10 months ago
I used to play Musician (It's not an easy life) from that album as a slow dance song in college at the weekend dances we'd have at the rec center. Nobody knew who it was but the girls would come up and ask me who so I guess they could go buy it.
harp99 11 months ago
1976 was definitely the definitive year of 1970s music, most of my favorite pop songs came out from the year of 1976
Doobie1975 11 months ago
boy this song brings back memories!
mmjj2 11 months ago
I love it!!! The 70s were the Best Ever!!!
Snipervx2 1 year ago
Unbelievably great song, I had totally forgotten about this one! One of the very few things about the 7th grade that DIDN'T suck!
Bensmom90 1 year ago
Another great 'lost song' that I remember, I would have turned 10 that year. Always liked this one, thanks for posting it!
mowm88 1 year ago
I am originally from Cape Cod where I was born in 71 and also lived in Tucson Arizona in the late 70's early 80's. As a kid I remember hearing that song on the radio back then. It sure does bring back cool memories of my childhood. Now that I live in Wisconsin I sure do miss them days.
KB9TKB 1 year ago
i'm from Vancouver.Canada.I used 2 spend my summers in Evanston.ILFirst time I heard this song was late 1976.I was 18 yrs old on a blind date (Shay! I still love you!) driving my aunt's 1976 Firebird Formula (like Jim Rockford).This song brings back great memories of Chicagoland summer of 76. I still have the 45! I love it!
58etown 1 year ago 4
I first heard this song at a bar called IN THE CITY in Kenosha, Wisconsin during September of 1976, 34 years later there's a prison built on that site...How times have changed.
JimRotunda 1 year ago
I lived in Chicagoland too (Aurora), mid-'70s to early '80s, & WLS was the best ever!
Lujack, Edwards, Sirott, Landecker, Davis & Daniels was an awesome DJ line-up.
My local '70s-'80s station in Pittsburg Kansas has revived the old WLS jingles & made them their own. :-)
rin3guy 1 year ago
i am born and raised in chicago area. those of us growing up in the seventies know what i mean. life was great, even without cable tv, microwaves, cell phones, labtops, internet, etc,.... a transister radio, listen to the cubs games, or wls , or wcfl and hearing your favorite songs like" wham bam "or "remenising "by little river band, was great.
notmeforsure100 1 year ago 2
@notmeforsure100 - Yeah, I did a lot of listening with my transistor radio under my pillow at night. I like to see how many far away AM stations I could get as well as for the music. 1976 was a bitterseet year for me, my parents divorced, but the BiCentennial celebration was a nice diversion that took out some of the sting for a while.
NowhereMan1966 1 year ago
@NowhereMan1966 I did the exact same thing!
mowm88 1 year ago
@mowm88 - Sometimes I still do listen to far away AM stations under my pillow, usually I use a Grundig G6 Aviator Buzz Aldrin edition radio for that, it tunes in longwave to shortwave and the VHF-Air band. It gets SSB so I can hear amateur radio operators and aircraft overseas. It is the same size as a transistor radio. I know that's a far cry from my old transistor radios then although I do have a 1965 8-transistor Magnavox, but my Mom bummed that off of me so the Grundig has to do.
NowhereMan1966 1 year ago
@NowhereMan1966 very cool. It was fun to do that back when.
mowm88 9 months ago
@mowm88 - I know, there was a lot more variety then, but I still find a gem every now and then. I was in a car accident in late 1994 and was in pain so much, I could not sleep at night very well so I tuned around and found "Coast to Coast AM" with the (then) host, Art Bell. It's still on the air but Art no longer hosts. George Noory is OK, but I do miss Art. BTW, this song was, maybe still used as bumper music to "Coast to Coast AM"
NowhereMan1966 8 months ago
This song is on the "Super Hits of the 70's" collection from Rhino Records. Volume 19. I had forgotten it existed until I heard it on that disc. Awesome.
b5anteros 1 year ago
what a wonderfull song from 1976 it's to listen this song and remember those times past
palomopicon1977 1 year ago
I love this! Wish it was available on iTunes; I'd love to put this on my iPod.
tsfanoh10 1 year ago
@tsfanoh10 it's on i-tunes,look under "That 70's show" soundtrack. :)
dawnpatrol82 1 year ago
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rin3guy 1 year ago
@tsfanoh10 -- I have the MP3 & would be glad to E-mail it to you or anyone else who wants it. I just had to dig it up because my local classic hits station said it was hard to find so they weren't playing it but now they are. :-)
rin3guy 1 year ago
Billboard's #69 song of '76. Silver hit #17 pop,#22 AC in Billboard. Written by Rick Giles, who was more famous as a country songwriter. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
@DaveWollenberg I thought this song charted at #16 Pop
Doobie1975 11 months ago
@Doobie1975 You're absolutely right. My bad! God bless!
DaveWollenberg 11 months ago
@DaveWollenberg It's all good, where did you get the chart positions from the AC charts, I notice that on Wikipedia and All Music Guide they never list the AC chart showings for some of the songs
Doobie1975 11 months ago
@Doobie1975 I've got Joel Whitburn's Adult Contemporary hits 1961-2004 book. Not an AC fan, but, it is nice to see how the softer pop songs did on the AC chart. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 11 months ago
can we please turn the clock back? do I miss WLS and WCFL in chicago from the 70's when every day and night you could here good music like this. And for the record I am a 51 year old african american man, and me and all of my black buddies listen to pop music then.....oh for those days again!!!!!!!
notmeforsure100 1 year ago
@notmeforsure100 Are you a fellow Chicago area resident, like me. I'm from Wheaton, IL. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
boy, guys got it all figured out, don't they??
SantaBarbaraDianne 1 year ago
Boy, do I remember this song! My sister had the 45. I haven't heard this in 34 years and still was able to sing along. Silver deserved more hits than just to be relegated to forgotten one-hit wonder status. Music was terrific back then. Way better than the rap and disposable vocoder crap we have now. Jeesh, I'm starting to sound like my parents.
hoffenpot 1 year ago
素晴らしい
ba059023ba059023 1 year ago
Great song and i was 10 also when this song came out a forgotten oldie.
decteke 1 year ago
I was only 10 but how I remember all the great music. As a kid I got my first radio for Christmas at 7 years old. I grew up listing to the radio constantly. Everything from WFIL to WMMR. I love music from the 40's on up. But have to say the 70's and early 80's were my favoites. I still have all my K-Tel Records that I have converted to CD's
jr2201 1 year ago
graduated in 76. thanks for the memory.
krpainting 1 year ago
I LOVE this tune so much...had it on one of those Ronco compilations! LOL
great music!
msOctober12 1 year ago
This is from a magical time when all was possible! Love was real. The beer was cold. The smokes were rightious!!
btlfn723 1 year ago
Wow! This takes me back to the summer of '76 and my first love - How can I buy this 0 cant find it o iTunes!!
BeingPoz 1 year ago
@BeingPoz You can get this song on Super Hits of the 1970s: Have a Nice Day Volume 19, I'm not sure if the album is in print or not though
Doobie1975 11 months ago
great pictures of los angeles and the beach!! love the song and the pix!
JimfromPaloAlto 1 year ago
Wow! I'll bet I use to hear this every day on the radio in High school back in 1976 but I listen to it now and it really hit me hard. I guess the memories of those times are so sweet and I just yearn to go back to those days and be with all the people I loved and don't have anymore. It's nice to hear this after so long.... I wonder what my childhood sweetheart is doing these days??
LosAngeleno1959 1 year ago
An LA-based quintet with their lone major hit that climbed to #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. Featured John Batdorff, formerly of Batdorff & Rodney. To me they sound like one of those UK pop groups, like Pilot or Bay City Rollers.
pgh45rpms 1 year ago
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pgh45rpms 1 year ago
Have the 45...still love it!!
ashle04 1 year ago
I definitely agree with the one poster's comment that the first half of the 1970s were the much better half of the 1970s music, while the late 1970s had a lot of great music it didn't have the magic like the early/mid 1970s did, I consider 1974-76 to be the best years of pop music of the 1970s
Doobie1975 1 year ago
@Doobie1975 That '76 was a helluva year all the way around.
StanBennet 1 year ago
@StanBennet Oh it sure was friend, my friends, my old car,partying in Los Angeles,the music ,the movies,my family. Oh man it was so good!
LosAngeleno1959 1 year ago
I'd like to have this song but I can't find a MP3 on Napster.
wolfdog406 1 year ago
just a great great song....brings me way back...."Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson is also another classic.
hwonk80 1 year ago 6
Ummm...ok...
imagesherd 1 year ago
blinding song
rouens 1 year ago 2
just gonna say what everyone else is saying its brilliant, a time when music was at its best, i love the 70's
bedfordcf 1 year ago 13
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mak74019 1 year ago 12
They sound a bit like " America" to me. Good stuff, brings back better times.
1980pacecar 1 year ago 4
@1980pacecar I definitely agree that this group does sound a bit like "America" with Dewey Bunnell on lead vocals
Doobie1975 1 year ago
@1980pacecar Silver toured with America (also many other bands) as their opener...I saw them open for America at the Sahara Tahoe in the Spring of '76, awesome show! I've also gotten to know one of the band members over the net, wonderful guy and musician :)
WildAngelJoy 11 months ago
One of the last true bubblegum songs before disco took over.
tja2729 1 year ago 5
What a great song during a great time. What memories!
dabazzz1 1 year ago 5
Awsome song. Was this band created by a former Greatful Dead member?
deadpuppys777 1 year ago
What a great song. Brings me back to my childhood. I always associated this with a beautiful girl I knew in seventh grade. Songs have a funny way of doing that sometimes. Once in a while, in life, you hear a song at the moment your mind captures a scene/ person/ incident, creating an indelible link forever. I'm grateful I have so many good ones. What sweet memories. Thanks for posting.
clockworktim 1 year ago 5
very cool song~i love this!
kokosmom1 1 year ago
It's one of my favourite song!!
1688ding 1 year ago
I still have this 45.
ashle04 1 year ago
This was before my time. I was born in 88, and I always ask myself why they don't make good music like that anymore. Can't stand the shit they call music these days!
blindmotorhead 1 year ago
@blindmotorhead It may give you some comfort to know that about 15% of your generation, Gen Y, feels the same way you do about today's music versus yesterday's. This was determined by the Arbitron radio ratings company. 15% of Generation Y prefers classic rock and oldies formats over the dominant Urban and Contemporary radio formats (which include rap, hip-hop, and what passes for rock these days.) (Tho I do single out Matchbox Twenty as an exceptional current pop-rock band.) You have good taste
souldeep69 1 year ago
God I love this song and the songs from the 70's. High School and College memories. Life was less complicated. Thanks for posting this. :)
debiam2003 1 year ago
Anything for you Dario*
acdeucee 1 year ago
This tune always outs me in a great mood~~~
acdeucee 1 year ago
me to.
SIGNALSTAT 1 year ago
Love this song, brings back lots of memories of the 70's when I was a teenager and turning 50 this year doesnt change my mind at all..
Blueeyedgirlie78 1 year ago
@Blueeyedgirlie78 im 48 i still remember this song like yesterday the 70s were the good ole days.great memories.
SIGNALSTAT 1 year ago 2
@SIGNALSTAT isnt that the truth I miss the music of the 70's today's stuff sucks, I have this song on a 45 in which I played so much, but still have...glad to know someone else loves this great song.
Blueeyedgirlie78 1 year ago
@Blueeyedgirlie78 oh the 70s were so much fun.i have the 45 also .use to play this all the time dont like getting old but you know we came up in a whole lot better time and world than today.wish there really was such thing as a time machine because i would go back in a minute.lol
SIGNALSTAT 1 year ago
We need this time back, this song on the radio, the bad news bears on the big screen, and eight track tapes. "Quick" someone build a time machine!!!!
musicof70s 2 years ago
@musicof70s i am with you man!
bishop2553 2 years ago
Im with you...like the song says .'We'll remember the best times in our lives'
acdeucee 2 years ago
33 years later and this song still brings a smile to my face...and relaxes me at the end of a long day....thanks for the wonderful memories....
bpexaminernc 2 years ago
Very peaceful, soothing feel...
acdeucee 2 years ago
California 1976' Skateboarding....Santa Monica....POP!!!!4-EVER
acdeucee 2 years ago
Ok after hearing this for the millionth time...everythings cool
acdeucee 2 years ago
I'm 19 but I love this song! I'm a retro baby sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong era. :P
jamcraise 2 years ago
If you feel that way ....your probably right. Im from the 70's.....
acdeucee 2 years ago
The 70s ROCK! Too bad we can't download this song from itunes! I visit You Tube every now and again just to listen to this song and keep it bookmarked.
bzickgraf 2 years ago
This great song reached #16 in 1976.
rin3guy 2 years ago 3
76' the best times in our lives
acdeucee 2 years ago
Thank all of you for your kind comments. I was in this band along with Brent Mydland (later of the Greatful Dead), Tom Leadon (Mudcrutch), Harry Stinson (now with Marty Stuarts band) and John Batdorf still touring and doing his tunes. I currently have a band called "The Bowstring Soldiers" with some videos up on You Tube. I have a CD of new tunes almost completed to release soon. Those were some great times. We got to tour with some great bands. I still appreciate the magic. Thanks again. Greg
lonehawk69 2 years ago 5
Anyone know where you can get the mp3 to this song?
morticia93 2 years ago
Limewire, I had to hunt for a long time, but finally found it!
LOYT1210 2 years ago
wow................GREAT song
philtheduck09 2 years ago 2
76' and a drive-in and this song
acdeucee 2 years ago
thank you uraniamarple for the words of this song god bless you
urlich17 2 years ago
muchisimas gracias uraniamarple que detallaso por la letra de esta cancion
urlich17 2 years ago
De nada = )
Uraniamarple 2 years ago
=] classic's are such a great thing even tho im only 9 mii daddie said when he was about 20 he would play football and listen to this and stormy and here comes that rainy day feeling again im almost 10 and ima make a cd of classic's because they r mii life i dont like that new crap 5* !!! =] ♥lauren
partytimegirl101 2 years ago
so many memoriesof 1975 great summer the movie was JAWS and this was the hit song.
melysaful 2 years ago
you're off by a year, this was a hit in the late summer/early fall of '76...(at least in the U.S.)
VirginiaHighlander 2 years ago
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Uraniamarple 2 years ago
EXCELENTE CANCION !!! con esta canción me temple de una flaquita allá por 1976
temposaylor 2 years ago
I was listening to this tune on the radio when I was a college student in Tokyo. For a long time I had not known this title and players at all. Fortunately I get to know the its title. Thanks
Ken16622 2 years ago
lost classic !!!!!!
conanconquer 2 years ago 19
@conanconquer Not to mention the guitarist wasn't too shabby either.
StanBennet 1 year ago
A time when we had REAL music!!!
hardlines4 2 years ago 19
@hardlines4 - Aint that the truth!
NYYankeeFanInNJ 1 year ago 3
I saw this band open for America in the fall of 76.They were very good but no one applauded at the end so they didnt come out for an encore.And they didnt do this song.I read the band really didnt like this song-it was forced on them.I liked it though!
bleach1958 2 years ago 2
Oh KIller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
acdeucee 2 years ago
I need the words of this song anybody can send them to me ? please thanks
urlich17 2 years ago
nesecito la letra de esta cancion alguien puede enviarmela ? por favor en ingles gracias
urlich17 2 years ago
Thousand thanks Sunnychopper, I was looking for this song long ago. I love this song.
Uraniamarple 2 years ago
a real fun summer in chicago 4 me. 16 years old.
truth2masses 2 years ago
Me too. I was 16 just starting High School, in the Chicago suburbs. Not many people remember this song. Except those of us who loved it.
acdeucee 2 years ago
DO YOU REMEMBER "RUN JOEY RUN?"
truth2masses 2 years ago
I sure do!
acdeucee 2 years ago
Was that "Run Joey Run, the hounds are on your trail" ?
57highland 2 years ago
yeah, "daddy please don't, i wasn't his fault. he means so much to me." run joey run. i miss the mid to early 70's.
truth2masses 2 years ago
Yes, it comes back to me now. "Run Joey run, the hounds are on your trail ... run Joey run, they're gonna send you off to jail."
Something like "Indiana Wants Me" !!
You're right. Today, the first half of the 70's seems like a treasure trove of great music. Try "As The Years Go By" by Mashmakhan. It's posted on YouTube.
57highland 2 years ago
check out "evil woman don't play your games with me" by crow. it was 1969 but it spilled over to '70.
truth2masses 2 years ago
I remember that one well. I was a radio-head in those days. As a matter of fact, when I was in 7th grade, the high-school band (who learned rock n roll songs too) played "Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me" and they did it great !!!
57highland 2 years ago
Summer of 76,I remember building shacks,Swimming in my friends pool,And playing release,Kids today need to do more of that.
musicof70s 2 years ago 2
Some trivia.
This band's keyboardist was Brent Mydland who would end up being the longest tenured keyboardist for the Grateful Dead when he joined them in 1979 till his death in 1990.
knuteboy36 2 years ago
Sat with my best friend in his apartment 27 years ago with my best girl. Lost her 25 years ago and lost him 3 months ago. I love you "mag"
rph16forever 2 years ago 3
Wow, so sad. I lost my best friend in 79' ... all 79' tunes kill me
acdeucee 2 years ago
i lost a friend in '76. what happened?
truth2masses 2 years ago
sorry for your losses. they live thru these songs and in your heart.
truth2masses 2 years ago
This is for my best friend who loves music as much as I do ,you are missed,Bear! R.I.P.
phaethonkirk 2 years ago
I love this song ! Great memories. I was 15 years old and was just discovering music and AM/FM radio. The good 'ol days for sure !!!
DISCOVEGASGUY 2 years ago
This song actually gives me a chill and takes my breath away. It takes you back to 76' like it was yesterday
acdeucee 2 years ago 2
This song sure brings back alot of memories!!
debloo61 2 years ago
Well, I thought we agreed on what we need
So listen to me and I'll tell you what we've got
I think you're seeing what I'm saying
'Cause I hear you singing to the tune I'm playing
Now that it's said and we both understand
Let's say our goodbyes before it gets out of hand
Bye, bye baby, I'd really like to stay
But we'll remember the best time in our lives
jcoleman200743 2 years ago
You may enjoy this song as much as me. Greatest 76 song...' along with Cliff's Devil Woman. Man those were the days
acdeucee 2 years ago
Looking at you I wanted to say
I think a little emotion goes a long, long way Careful now don't get caught in your dreams Look out baby this is not what it seems Oooh-oooh baby, you've been so good to me But please don't make it what it's not
jcoleman200743 2 years ago
Chorus
We've got a wham bam shang-a-lang and a sha-la-la-la-la baby (2 times
jcoleman200743 2 years ago
Starry nights, sunny days
I always thought that love should be that way
Then comes a time that you're ridden with doubt
You've loved all you can and now you're all loved out
Oooh-oooh baby, we've been a long, long way
And who's to say where we'll be tomorrow
Well my heart says, no
But my mind says, it's so
That we've got a love
Is it a love to stay
jcoleman200743 2 years ago
Great tune OOOOHHHH OHHH my heart says no Wham Bam Shang a lang Sha LA La little emotion goes a long way Baby you been so good to me!
Great guitar solo
jcoleman200743 2 years ago
SUMMER OF 76, LETS GO BACK!
musicof70s 2 years ago
I'll join ! Where do I sign up! This was my all time Fav 76' tune
acdeucee 2 years ago
Oh my god, it in youtube, I love tjhis song so much, thank sooooooo much.
tc323232 2 years ago 2
Quite possibly the finest single ever.
RecordWarped 2 years ago
You may be right.
acdeucee 2 years ago
A time when we had REAL music!!!!
hardlines4 2 years ago
My last summer at home and I had such a big crush on this cute blond with green eyes... Got a Dear John Letter while I was in Boot Camp and have roamed the world ever since; I am going to go home some day.
tonjim13 2 years ago 2
When this song was released, I had just turned 19, and I was in boot camp for the U.S. Navy. A good tune. I always wondered why Silver didn't have any other hits.
ftsjr 2 years ago
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That is KnoW shit head...sorry I'm an english language purist!!
SRCOS45 2 years ago
i no this song by heart!!!!!
partytimegirl64 2 years ago 4
me and my dad made a hand shake i really ove this song i grew up with it.....and i still am!!! we got to wham bam shang a lang and a shal lalalala! :) ;)
partytimegirl64 2 years ago
Excellent! Thank you so much, Chopper :-)
Libi17 2 years ago 2
I was born in 1973, but I love the music of the decade!!
naturalpro2003 2 years ago 3
WOW ... I remember this song ... one of those mellow AM radio grooves. I was 10 years old. Southern California, skateboarding, blue skies.
Ah, growing up in the '70s ... what a great time to be a kid.
soneil00 3 years ago 6
Yeah, the 70's were a great time to be a kid weren't they? Think we could make a time machine and go back?lol
interveningangel 2 years ago 4
my dad play this song!!!
partytimegirl64 2 years ago
I was 14years old,
sweet memory・・・・
wildflower8878japan 3 years ago 5
oh and.... this on 8 trtack lol
phantom4x4 3 years ago 2
1976 my first car oh soooo many good times!!
phantom4x4 3 years ago 4