On this date in 1979 {Jan. 27th} "Music Box Dancer" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; it would peaked at No. 3 and spent a total of 20 weeks in the Top 100!!!
What a shame that music like this cannot get into the top 40 charts any more. This instrumental hit the charts when I was in sixth grade and I remember it so well. Now all you have is the filth of the rap/hip hop music making the charts. How sad.
@JBFANFOREVER2012 I see people all the time bringing up how this song reminds them of times with deceased relatives, especially parents. My Dad passed in 2003, and I think that I develop thoughts of driving through the countryside, in peaceful settings with him, and if done as a video, this song would be great in the background. This is one of 5 songs that can make me cry on the spot.
I googled old Frank Mills music and found it. It's called 'The Traveller'. Another one I liked on an old cassette tape (mid 1990's) I had is "Rose Island Days'. I don't have the tape anymore but had downloaded onto a computer file, which I still have. I'll have to figure out how to upload 'The Traveller' with Pics.
Sorry, going off topic a bit. I have a favorite of mine from the mid 90's that I haven't found on here. Frank has a female singer with backup. It starts > On my love the days are shorter now. I'm a traveller and I must be on my way. Sail awayay, sail away. Anyone have this one??
@chuck8917 At least you know who sings it would be easier to know which song is the one looking ....Or if you could spend a little more than the lyrics of the song???
@TheKoga1955 I never did know her name. I had the song on a cassette tape I bought at that time, and which I now have on my computer. I'm gonna work on trying to make a video for here in the next few days. Thanks for the interest!!
Love it!!! I haven't played piano in so long! I use to love to play this, this is my fav, and most fun to play! Hearing this is making my fingers twitch, yearning to play this once more. Wish I had a piano and a place to put one!
LOVE LOVE LOVE, I cannot play the piano but absolutely love the sound of it and Frank does the most amazing job with this, I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. <3
love this tune, does anyone remember it as the theme tune to the 1978 world cup, probably only if u were in england at the time, but it has always remained with me from them and still send shivers down my spine x
This was the song my grandma used to play for me on the piano. Ever since she passed away I just burst into tears when I hear it. I only wish I could have told her I love you more. Rest In Peace Mema... I love you.
The first time I played this song on the radio our switchboard lite up like a Xmas tree! Drove our receptionest nuts! Frank charted on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 List 1/27/79 went to #3 and was a million seller. A suprise hit during the "Disco Era"
for those of you dying to know which simpsons episode had the music box dancer, it was season 9 episode 6 production code 5F03 called 'bart star' where homer has a flashback of him in high school, and he was in gymnastics, this song was playing in the background. have fun! ^_^
My stepdad loved this song. Used to listen to it on his dining room stereo when I was growing up in the 70's, as many other of you I'm sure. Brings lots of remembrances back.
@buttonmelip1 Hey, were you aware he did another piece called "The Happy Song" which sounds very similar? Look for it on the right hand side of this video! :-)
i hear that song and it always reminds me of my daughter, who dances and does cheerleading. as i sit in this shithole known as iraq, i think of all the recitals i've missed. and this song really hits home for me.
When I was a kid, my mom would always listen to "elevator music" type of radio stations and it was mostly pure torture! Except this song, I loved it! But it didn't come on enough!
Used this tune to welcome people at the disco in the late 70's....77/78 as far as I remember...a great instrumental tune....maybe I still have my record ??....have to look one day....
Remember hearing this blasting out of the Volkswagen Beetle my neighbor Jason's dad drove. Man, his dad was a DICK in every sense but possessing one and his mom always seemed like she was stoned. Being the late 70s/early 80s, 'tis possible. He was cool but his parents, yeah . . . assholes . . . completely.
I loved watching my daughters all dance to this song when they were toddlers. the jy and happiness it brought were so great to me. i is something I shall always remember and cherish.
Thank you for sharing this on YouTube! I have loved this song since I was a child. So much so that I used to annoy my dad playing it on the piano all the time. I only knew it as that music box song back then. So glad to finally know who played it & the actual name of the song!
My late dad was learning to play this song before he died 11 years ago, it was his favorite... We had a 1920's piano in the basement!! I can listen to this for hours!!
I remember my grandmother having this song on a record, that I absolutely loved listening to-way back when. I remembered the name of the song, but never knew who the song was by. Doing a YouTube search brough me to this link. THANK YOU to the one who posted this, I LOVE IT!!!
If I am wrong, I'll be thrilled! I looked for Frank Mills obit online, but could'nt find anything! If you're still with us, Frank, hurray! My apologies! I definitely heard SOMETHING on television. I wonder if it could have been Frank WILLS, who reported the Watergate burglary?
@immunocop Thanks, Immunocop! It's nice to know that at least SOME of the people from my past are still with us. Every year, I lose more of them, and one day, THEY will lose ME! Such is life and death. Some day, everyone that knew and remembered us will be gone also. Then, unless we're famous, only a gravestone will tell people that we ever lived!
We lost Frank Mills about 15 or 20 years ago. Early this year, I lost MY Music Box Dancer in her sleep. In my mind, I picture a celestial piano being played by Frank. My own angel is bedecked in gossamer wings, and listening intently, as Frank plays Music Box Dancer in her honor. Two angels, one a musical genius, and one a beautiful princess! Each gave joy and love to many. RIP, dear ones!
Ohh that's right, it's a common ice cream truck song LOL. I always used to think the blasted tune was so annoying as the truck would play it again and again and again, but in moderation it's a very nice song :)
This song caught my attention in the first ep. of Winter Sonata(Korean drama). I don't recall having heard it before but I knew the tune, I'd love to be able to play this on the piano someday although I don't play at all lol.
I was in 3rd grade when this was on FM radio; I had just started taking piano lessons, and I had an "easy" version of this classic. So I learned it and decided to show off at school one day ... and another girl came right behind me with this, the original Frank Mills version, which she had picked out flawlessly by ear. (And she was only a 1st grader!) ... That was my first brush with the critics
@Merely That's funny... I live in Bourne and I just heard this song today from the ice cream man. It's been a long time since I heard this song so I had to go on hear it again.
Actually, it was originally recorded as an album cut back in 1974; but not until late 1978 was it re-released as a single. It peaked at #3 on the "Billboard Hot 100" chart in April, 1979; hence the date of 1979 here (even though it was originally recorded five years earlier).
DL, your story literally brought tears to my eyes.
Elsa, I too have been searching for this music. I've always known the name as I loved it so much as a child. I think I may have even had it on a music box. :)
I actually have this music box! It has a little horse that goes up and down on a mini platform that you see at carnivals. It's all white with pink and blue flowers on its saddle with yellow ribbons and right behind it stands a little mirror. My mother got it for me when I was just a little girl. I'm glad to know that I found out what the song is called :D Thanks for putting it up!
had to look this song up.....in Fargo ND the ice cream man (the dude in the little truck) cruises neighborhoods ......always tuned.....always playing this song.....have to wonder about the psychological damage that may be occurring to the young drivers.....holy cocoa puffs.
As a child, I dreamed of being a ballerina. I saw this in a ballet and it moved me. It is my favorite music box tune. I have three, all Music Box Dancers!
"All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us."
This was one of my grandma's favourite songs. She died here at home Tuesday night, June 28, 2011. Thank you for your posting, now we can play it for her at her funeral. Your story is wonderful and so strangs how it relates to mine. Blessings to you.
Meine Omili hat dieses Lied immer wieder auf Platte gespielt. Ach was war das für eine schöne unbeschwerte Zeit.... Da fühlt man sich so geborgen (bin BJ 1973).
It was on a CD which is forever lost within the depths of my mom's car. My friend Mina and I never knew the name of Music Box Dancer, and we loved it so much, so I'd always ask my mom to "play the piano song again." :') Oh, sweet memories...
Mina now lives in a different state. I haven't seen her in so long...
Thanks for uploading this. It was my favorite song from childhood and it just represents eveything good about being a child to me. I used to dance to it with my sisters. I haven't seen my sisters in years and this made me cry.
Thanks for uploading this. It was my favorite song from childhood and it just represents eveything good about being a child to me. I used to dance to it with my sisters. I haven't seen my sisters in years and this made me cry.
I LOVE this tune. My sweet grandma used to play this for me when I was a baby and small child. She played it so well and put her own spunky personality into playing it. Unfortunately she's 90 years old now and can't play. She hasn't been able to play in 10 years and then over a year ago she had a stroke and it affected her musical memory. So sad. I'll always think of her whenever I hear this. :) Lots of good memories.
@ACWillis79 I think about my late father when I hear this song. When your grandmother eventually passes on, how about this at her funeral? If somebody can peacefully pass on, this may be a soothing song.
I have been looking for this for 25 years, I had it on one of my tapes from childhood but never knew the name. Today I found it. Can anyone believe how happy i am?
@ElseSand Same with me! I'm 38 in 2011, first heard this when I was 5, and it wasn't until I was 34 when somebody was able to match the NAME with the TUNE! Now, if I die in 10 years, I'm going to request this as my funeral song.
@ElseSand Yes, I can. I went thru' the same thing almost 20 years ago when I wanted the music box to put in a bear I was making, but couldn't find it...ya gotta have a name to look for a song. LOL!
@ElseSand I know EXACTLY how you feel! I'm 38, never could match the name with the tune (first heard it at 5 years old). By chance, I was able to get somebody in 2007 to match the name with the tune. I've been all over MBD Youtubes since, with a heavy heart.
@ElseSand I know exactly what u mean. Randomly heard it in the 3rd or 2nd grade in the mid '80s on the radio, never forgot about it and tried desperately for hours on several occasions to track it down on the net with no luck. In summer 2008 I heard it on the radio in Port Elgin and my friend managed to hear Frank Mills name and the title after and I felt like I had put together a 20 year-old puzzle =)
@davehaze712 I know I tried all sorts of combinations on the net to find it :-) In the end it was on a Compilation CD that had a title like "Greatest Piano Themes" or something.
@ElseSand I can! I'm 38 and have wondered about the name of this song since I was 10, and it was in 2007 when I was 34, that I was able to find it played somewhere else on Youtube, give it to somebody, and he was able to tell me what the name of the song is. He said that it's his mother's favorite song.
I just heard this on the radio in the Philippines while driving to work this morning. First time in over 20 years. What an amazing musical score. Wish I had three hands to give this 3 thumbs up!
This song reminds me of younger days, when I still had my beautiful Mother with me! Love you Mom, and one day soon I will join you in Heaven, where there are no "good-byes"!
I think this is one of the best songs EVER. It's actually one of the best solos to learn how to play...and trust me; it wouldn't torture me to play this all day long...
It was in April, 1979 that it peaked as a single at #3; it was originally published as part of an album back in 1974.
rayandreina 53 minutes ago
On this date in 1979 {Jan. 27th} "Music Box Dancer" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; it would peaked at No. 3 and spent a total of 20 weeks in the Top 100!!!
sauquoit13456 1 day ago
What a shame that music like this cannot get into the top 40 charts any more. This instrumental hit the charts when I was in sixth grade and I remember it so well. Now all you have is the filth of the rap/hip hop music making the charts. How sad.
TheWroxton 2 days ago
this song should be taught to all beginning piano players.
artfay69 5 days ago
awesome!!!
jesuspsr13 5 days ago
Wow!
contactbg2 6 days ago
One of my fav songs of all time. Brilliant.
MusiCizzLife1729 6 days ago
Omg growing up my mom would play that music piece all the time.It brings back memories.She passed away 2 yrs ago.Rest in piece mom love Amanda.
JBFANFOREVER2012 1 week ago
@JBFANFOREVER2012 omg i meant peace.
JBFANFOREVER2012 1 week ago
@JBFANFOREVER2012 I see people all the time bringing up how this song reminds them of times with deceased relatives, especially parents. My Dad passed in 2003, and I think that I develop thoughts of driving through the countryside, in peaceful settings with him, and if done as a video, this song would be great in the background. This is one of 5 songs that can make me cry on the spot.
abysmalatrocious 1 week ago
nice video :
Dananeeri 1 week ago
@Dananeeri I appreciate your comment ...
ELCIDVIVAR 1 week ago
@Dananeeri I had sheet music to this way back then in school I played the flute. I loved playing this song over and over
sghorse1 6 days ago
One of the most beautiful instrumental music I've ever heard.
Seattlecarnut 2 weeks ago
This is absolutely amazing. I love it!
iloveicarly9899 2 weeks ago
Hi, I made of a video of it 'Frank Mills- - The Traveler', and uploaded it. It did upload but I can't find it. (first time doing this)
chuck8917 2 weeks ago
I googled old Frank Mills music and found it. It's called 'The Traveller'. Another one I liked on an old cassette tape (mid 1990's) I had is "Rose Island Days'. I don't have the tape anymore but had downloaded onto a computer file, which I still have. I'll have to figure out how to upload 'The Traveller' with Pics.
kookaibrian1 3 weeks ago
I have this song on my iPod
maddy2410113 3 weeks ago 2
@maddy2410113 Thanks for your comment
ELCIDVIVAR 3 weeks ago 2
Sorry, going off topic a bit. I have a favorite of mine from the mid 90's that I haven't found on here. Frank has a female singer with backup. It starts > On my love the days are shorter now. I'm a traveller and I must be on my way. Sail awayay, sail away. Anyone have this one??
chuck8917 3 weeks ago
@chuck8917 At least you know who sings it would be easier to know which song is the one looking ....Or if you could spend a little more than the lyrics of the song???
ELCIDVIVAR 3 weeks ago
@chuck8917 Enya ?
TheKoga1955 3 weeks ago
@TheKoga1955 I never did know her name. I had the song on a cassette tape I bought at that time, and which I now have on my computer. I'm gonna work on trying to make a video for here in the next few days. Thanks for the interest!!
chuck8917 3 weeks ago
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rayandreina 27 minutes ago
Love this song!
vparonto 4 weeks ago
Love it!!! I haven't played piano in so long! I use to love to play this, this is my fav, and most fun to play! Hearing this is making my fingers twitch, yearning to play this once more. Wish I had a piano and a place to put one!
daberdo57 1 month ago 2
I can just imagin young little balarenias danceing to this all in yellows ,blues,and greens.
7466309change 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
I heard a little bit of this in the Simpsons and for years I've always wanted to to find out the name of the song, this is going straight on my ipod
tullyDT 1 month ago
Played this at my grandfathers funeral
alpinerider50 1 month ago
LOVE LOVE LOVE, I cannot play the piano but absolutely love the sound of it and Frank does the most amazing job with this, I fell in love with it the first time I heard it. <3
kathybarthe 1 month ago
it reminds me of every child that took ballerna dances.
7466309change 1 month ago
love this tune, does anyone remember it as the theme tune to the 1978 world cup, probably only if u were in england at the time, but it has always remained with me from them and still send shivers down my spine x
hoddyste 1 month ago
This was the song my grandma used to play for me on the piano. Ever since she passed away I just burst into tears when I hear it. I only wish I could have told her I love you more. Rest In Peace Mema... I love you.
UltralightDye 1 month ago
Love the piano high notes, different.
1vdn992 1 month ago
To me, this is the most beautiful music I've ever heard. I've told my husband that when I die, I want this played by Frank Mills.
nala3690 1 month ago
The first time I played this song on the radio our switchboard lite up like a Xmas tree! Drove our receptionest nuts! Frank charted on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 List 1/27/79 went to #3 and was a million seller. A suprise hit during the "Disco Era"
RDK860 1 month ago
for those of you dying to know which simpsons episode had the music box dancer, it was season 9 episode 6 production code 5F03 called 'bart star' where homer has a flashback of him in high school, and he was in gymnastics, this song was playing in the background. have fun! ^_^
steveparok00 2 months ago
Gf
nitroN28 2 months ago
My stepdad loved this song. Used to listen to it on his dining room stereo when I was growing up in the 70's, as many other of you I'm sure. Brings lots of remembrances back.
emailcircular 2 months ago
One of my favourite pieces for the piano, brings back happy memories from my childhood. :)
SuperSmokeMachine 2 months ago
Perfect song. Three minutes to forget about your responsibilities in the present day and remember innocent good times from 30 years ago.
odaibaman 2 months ago
Simply~Beautiful...
marlexarbuckle3 2 months ago
this song is sooooo fun to play on the piano. sometimes i play it at the highest octive REALLY fast
1825114super 2 months ago
I'm learning this on piano
firebudflame 2 months ago
@firebudflame Thanks for your comment and I am happy to bring you good times ....
ELCIDVIVAR 2 months ago
Thank you for posting this wonderful piece ;)
mamut0106 2 months ago
@timtaylor97044 when did it come out on the simpsons?
I first and have only heard it on Big Business.
catcat62804 2 months ago
Such a beautiful song. There's a part that sounds like background vocals - one place is right around :37 - what is that?
pogotwister 2 months ago
Frank Mills is a genius!
Bandtrip50 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Frank Mills 5
My first crush on Heidi Cook took my hand as we roller skated to this song!!!! Thank you for posting this treasure! Thank you Heidi ... MP
MP14236133 3 months ago
beautiful melody
hallohallo499 3 months ago 2
I love this song. It is so pretty. My Grandpa loves it too.
lairmorefamily1 3 months ago
Thank you for putting this on U-tube.
louisbunch 3 months ago
I can play this (slower) on the piano.
TooBoss4Sauce 3 months ago
A girl I liked in g.s. played this at a talent show in 8th grade. Makes me think about her every time I hear it.
kilraven44 3 months ago
Thumbs if Kill Bill brought you here. and you expected to here the sirens @0:21
ALM8990 3 months ago
I remember this music I was only 12 at the time
ssrabs 3 months ago
My kids loved this song and insisted it was "The Happy Piano" lol
buttonmelip1 3 months ago
@buttonmelip1 Hey, were you aware he did another piece called "The Happy Song" which sounds very similar? Look for it on the right hand side of this video! :-)
blown22 3 months ago
,...please continue to hold until next available line..... *insert music* lol
xwulfd 3 months ago
simpelt hen en kanon melodi. ren magi for mine trommehinder :-)
2plet 3 months ago
i played it in VOS
2auhsoj2 3 months ago
This was on the simpsons?
Zrelia 3 months ago
Thumbs up if you heard this on the Simpsons :D
clashes101 4 months ago 2
I remember when mom bought this record when it came out new ..
boevil6619 4 months ago
i hear that song and it always reminds me of my daughter, who dances and does cheerleading. as i sit in this shithole known as iraq, i think of all the recitals i've missed. and this song really hits home for me.
throttlejockey34 4 months ago 5
i hear that song and it always reminds me of my daughter, who dances and does cheerleading.
throttlejockey34 4 months ago
When I was a kid, my mom would always listen to "elevator music" type of radio stations and it was mostly pure torture! Except this song, I loved it! But it didn't come on enough!
litew8 4 months ago in playlist slow songs
@pblindsey9 You mean the one that appears after 15 seconds???, Send a private message with your mail and send you the picture .... greetings!
ELCIDVIVAR 4 months ago
Sure does take me back to my childhood, growing up in the 70's. I sure miss it, and I love this instrumental.
lvgal2010 4 months ago
Used this tune to welcome people at the disco in the late 70's....77/78 as far as I remember...a great instrumental tune....maybe I still have my record ??....have to look one day....
rohneburg 4 months ago
One of my alltime favourites! Beauty in sound:)
Pakadeva 4 months ago
Remember hearing this blasting out of the Volkswagen Beetle my neighbor Jason's dad drove. Man, his dad was a DICK in every sense but possessing one and his mom always seemed like she was stoned. Being the late 70s/early 80s, 'tis possible. He was cool but his parents, yeah . . . assholes . . . completely.
epsteinsmutha1 4 months ago
Such a great song (:
ZoeMusicProductions 4 months ago
Our cat of 18 years passed away on Saturday, and I think about her, the good times with her, and am tearing up as I listen to this.
abysmalatrocious 4 months ago
all I can say is, I love this song
bigguy2208 4 months ago
LOL DEWEY!
AAAAAAAARRGHH 4 months ago
this never gets old
olacop 4 months ago
Would like to hear a live version of this classic?
zepfan1919 4 months ago
This song makes me happy.
taratkd 4 months ago
@taratkd Me too, yet it also makes me cry! GREAT song!
danbeatless 4 months ago
must of sold a lot.
7466309change 4 months ago in playlist 7466309change's Favorited Videos
Love it!!!!!!!
louisbunch 5 months ago in playlist playlist2
ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
mykki72 5 months ago
immer wieder schööööööön
barschmeister 5 months ago
one word...CLASSIC
djweldable 5 months ago
This song makes me laugh and cry at the same time!!
danbeatless 5 months ago 8
LOL THIS IS THE ICE CREAM TRUCK SONG
Tim92G 5 months ago
Some things come & go. Music like this is timeless.
usaruss 5 months ago 2
I loved watching my daughters all dance to this song when they were toddlers. the jy and happiness it brought were so great to me. i is something I shall always remember and cherish.
Monkeywrench542 5 months ago 2
Thank you for sharing this on YouTube! I have loved this song since I was a child. So much so that I used to annoy my dad playing it on the piano all the time. I only knew it as that music box song back then. So glad to finally know who played it & the actual name of the song!
pixygiggles 5 months ago
HEY, THIS IS THE SONG THAT DEWEY PLAYS IN THE EISODE: REESE JOINS THE ARMY! I FOUND IT!!
AAAAAAAARRGHH 5 months ago
Ice cream anyone?
Tori1012 5 months ago 33
THIS REMINDS ME OF MY CHILDHOOD SO MUCH. THIS SONG MAKES ME WANT TO CRY AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY TOO. AHHHHH. THE MEMORIES.
lavindana 5 months ago 3
I love it too!!
louisbunch 5 months ago
Everyone has their own story to this song, I love it <3
thejimmylanz 5 months ago 2
college memory....driving to san antonio with friends
sx42day 5 months ago
this song is one of those that you cant stop listening to, no matter what genre of music you like
TheDurden34 5 months ago 2
this song makes my soul happy. I wonder why?
debbieglo 5 months ago in playlist deb's faves 2
My late dad was learning to play this song before he died 11 years ago, it was his favorite... We had a 1920's piano in the basement!! I can listen to this for hours!!
ukieman65 5 months ago
I remember my grandmother having this song on a record, that I absolutely loved listening to-way back when. I remembered the name of the song, but never knew who the song was by. Doing a YouTube search brough me to this link. THANK YOU to the one who posted this, I LOVE IT!!!
SpeedyRoadRunner55 5 months ago
Amazing what music can do !
SirChezarie 5 months ago
Yes that is what I was looking for that the Ice Cream Trucks keep playing. Thank you!
nellie2581 5 months ago
30 somethng years later and it still makes me feel light. It's like a little fantasy in 180 seconds.
QMaster9064 5 months ago
This was one of the first songs I learned to play on the piano as a girl, and I have always loved it.
dkstewart1 5 months ago
If I am wrong, I'll be thrilled! I looked for Frank Mills obit online, but could'nt find anything! If you're still with us, Frank, hurray! My apologies! I definitely heard SOMETHING on television. I wonder if it could have been Frank WILLS, who reported the Watergate burglary?
sixtiesrockboy 6 months ago
@sixtiesrockboy Frank Mills is still around and performing. He turned 69 on June 27, and last year he performed in several Canadian Christmas shows.
immunocop 6 months ago 2
@immunocop Thanks, Immunocop! It's nice to know that at least SOME of the people from my past are still with us. Every year, I lose more of them, and one day, THEY will lose ME! Such is life and death. Some day, everyone that knew and remembered us will be gone also. Then, unless we're famous, only a gravestone will tell people that we ever lived!
sixtiesrockboy 6 months ago
We lost Frank Mills about 15 or 20 years ago. Early this year, I lost MY Music Box Dancer in her sleep. In my mind, I picture a celestial piano being played by Frank. My own angel is bedecked in gossamer wings, and listening intently, as Frank plays Music Box Dancer in her honor. Two angels, one a musical genius, and one a beautiful princess! Each gave joy and love to many. RIP, dear ones!
sixtiesrockboy 6 months ago 2
I was always told the ice cream truck played the music when it had run out of ice cream...
54MURAI 6 months ago
@54MURAI I think your parents made it up to not buy you some.
lccwebservices 4 months ago
What an awesome, catchy tune.
Suvorov928 6 months ago
Ice Cream Truck music!
sunflower46553 6 months ago
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wolfacula 6 months ago
Is very pretty.
7466309change 6 months ago
i prefer it over "turkey in the straw" as far as ice cream trucks go.
Merely 6 months ago
This song was a huge hit in the eighties on the rock and roll charts no less.
rjloop42 6 months ago
Ohh that's right, it's a common ice cream truck song LOL. I always used to think the blasted tune was so annoying as the truck would play it again and again and again, but in moderation it's a very nice song :)
Xcurior 6 months ago
This song caught my attention in the first ep. of Winter Sonata(Korean drama). I don't recall having heard it before but I knew the tune, I'd love to be able to play this on the piano someday although I don't play at all lol.
Xcurior 6 months ago
I was in 3rd grade when this was on FM radio; I had just started taking piano lessons, and I had an "easy" version of this classic. So I learned it and decided to show off at school one day ... and another girl came right behind me with this, the original Frank Mills version, which she had picked out flawlessly by ear. (And she was only a 1st grader!) ... That was my first brush with the critics
ThomasJamesAlford 6 months ago
やっと見つけた保留音。
clossload246 6 months ago
the ice cream man on cape cod plays this. everyday.
Merely 6 months ago
@Merely That's funny... I live in Bourne and I just heard this song today from the ice cream man. It's been a long time since I heard this song so I had to go on hear it again.
CapeCodGirl77 6 months ago
@CapeCodGirl77 funnier STILL is i watched "kill bill" (vol.1) last night and guess what? ice cream man plays this song.
Merely 6 months ago
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Actually, it was originally recorded as an album cut back in 1974; but not until late 1978 was it re-released as a single. It peaked at #3 on the "Billboard Hot 100" chart in April, 1979; hence the date of 1979 here (even though it was originally recorded five years earlier).
rayandreina 6 months ago
Great piano melody - remember learning to play this as a kid :)
CrusaderBeach 6 months ago
This song brings back many fond memories of my childhood!!
chelseane2007 6 months ago
@chelseane2007 Me too :)
CrusaderBeach 6 months ago
DL, your story literally brought tears to my eyes.
Elsa, I too have been searching for this music. I've always known the name as I loved it so much as a child. I think I may have even had it on a music box. :)
Thank you for uploading.
lissastube 6 months ago
I actually have this music box! It has a little horse that goes up and down on a mini platform that you see at carnivals. It's all white with pink and blue flowers on its saddle with yellow ribbons and right behind it stands a little mirror. My mother got it for me when I was just a little girl. I'm glad to know that I found out what the song is called :D Thanks for putting it up!
CheroNika 6 months ago
One of my mom's favorite songs.She passed away last March.Everytime I hear it,I think of her.Still miss her so much.I'm 45 and it's still not easy.
mcherpak1 6 months ago 2
I thank my MOM for introducing this song when I was a young child
It was a FAVOURITE of hers and QUICKLY became a FAVOURITE of mine
I LOVE the PIANO
rodweisel 6 months ago
had to look this song up.....in Fargo ND the ice cream man (the dude in the little truck) cruises neighborhoods ......always tuned.....always playing this song.....have to wonder about the psychological damage that may be occurring to the young drivers.....holy cocoa puffs.
RBj
roadmasterrod 6 months ago
This song always takes me back. There is something about it that just makes you feel good inside.
leshenry1 6 months ago
At 2:46, the poor dog having to wear a tutu :P. But great song!
gagadream111 6 months ago
As a child, I dreamed of being a ballerina. I saw this in a ballet and it moved me. It is my favorite music box tune. I have three, all Music Box Dancers!
romans83839yes 6 months ago
SHUT UP!
Lillaskinkan1 6 months ago
man. that tune would bring a tear to a glass eye...its pure magic.
tomahawkbungle 7 months ago 29
@tomahawkbungle Couldn't agree more! I'm 38, and male, and this is one of five songs in the world that can tear me up.
abysmalatrocious 4 months ago
"All these weirdos, and me getting a little better every day right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us."
— Denis Johnson
neonatalpenguin 7 months ago
This was one of my grandma's favourite songs. She died here at home Tuesday night, June 28, 2011. Thank you for your posting, now we can play it for her at her funeral. Your story is wonderful and so strangs how it relates to mine. Blessings to you.
jenlovesclassicrock 7 months ago 3
Just beautiful.
JDF0700 7 months ago
Meine Omili hat dieses Lied immer wieder auf Platte gespielt. Ach was war das für eine schöne unbeschwerte Zeit.... Da fühlt man sich so geborgen (bin BJ 1973).
Loewenmarki 7 months ago
I love this song. It was hitting the Top 40 charts when I was 8 years old.
ucfanbigben1971 7 months ago
My grandpa used to tell all his kids and grandkids if they could play this song he'd buy them a piano. I love this song!
toribug23jesus16 7 months ago
this used to be my favorite song...
It was on a CD which is forever lost within the depths of my mom's car. My friend Mina and I never knew the name of Music Box Dancer, and we loved it so much, so I'd always ask my mom to "play the piano song again." :') Oh, sweet memories...
Mina now lives in a different state. I haven't seen her in so long...
AppleA113 7 months ago
My son (when he was a small child) and I would dance to this all the time, every time I hear it the wonderful memory comes back to me. He is now 43.
bigmikeathome 7 months ago
gosh this song is so happy for many of you.... on the other hand this song signifies school bells to me.... haiz..............
SadflameX 7 months ago
DL you are an inspiration. Keep smiling :)
cgbg2ace 7 months ago in playlist mellow 2
Thanks for uploading this. It was my favorite song from childhood and it just represents eveything good about being a child to me. I used to dance to it with my sisters. I haven't seen my sisters in years and this made me cry.
lizbyu 7 months ago
Thanks for uploading this. It was my favorite song from childhood and it just represents eveything good about being a child to me. I used to dance to it with my sisters. I haven't seen my sisters in years and this made me cry.
lizbyu 7 months ago
nice music
WeltonFamily 7 months ago
This makes me so happy (:
TheDanyellebrooke 7 months ago
my mom thinks this is sooo pretty. me does too. :)))) *giggle*
TheDingBat47 7 months ago
I LOVE this tune. My sweet grandma used to play this for me when I was a baby and small child. She played it so well and put her own spunky personality into playing it. Unfortunately she's 90 years old now and can't play. She hasn't been able to play in 10 years and then over a year ago she had a stroke and it affected her musical memory. So sad. I'll always think of her whenever I hear this. :) Lots of good memories.
ACWillis79 7 months ago 2
@ACWillis79 I think about my late father when I hear this song. When your grandmother eventually passes on, how about this at her funeral? If somebody can peacefully pass on, this may be a soothing song.
abysmalatrocious 7 months ago
There's an ice truck outside. Playing this song. :D
ReadingWeirdo 7 months ago 10
@ReadingWeirdo lol
TheDingBat47 7 months ago
@ReadingWeirdo I've been hearing it from the Ice cream truck too and I decided to ask my husband and he knew the title:) I'm glad I asked.
TheRagdollcat 7 months ago
My best friend use to tourture me with this song.. Now that I lost him this and a few other songs reminds me of his lessons
TheArtsyTuber 7 months ago
I WANT ICE CREAM!!!
Madfoot713 7 months ago
@Madfoot713 me tooooo!!!!
TheDingBat47 7 months ago
esa rola me hacia llorar me iagino a homero sipson comiendo una rosquilla jejeje que tonto
terryandross 8 months ago
How many girls of the late 70's and early 80's wanted to become ballerinas after hearing this song? I know I did, but never got the opportunity.
roseanne74 8 months ago
I have been looking for this for 25 years, I had it on one of my tapes from childhood but never knew the name. Today I found it. Can anyone believe how happy i am?
ElseSand 8 months ago 45
@ElseSand Same with me! I'm 38 in 2011, first heard this when I was 5, and it wasn't until I was 34 when somebody was able to match the NAME with the TUNE! Now, if I die in 10 years, I'm going to request this as my funeral song.
abysmalatrocious 7 months ago
@abysmalatrocious I should hope that you don`t die in 10 years! But I think it would be a nice song to havw at the service
ElseSand 7 months ago
@ElseSand Yes, I can. I went thru' the same thing almost 20 years ago when I wanted the music box to put in a bear I was making, but couldn't find it...ya gotta have a name to look for a song. LOL!
Gingerjake2 6 months ago
@ElseSand I know EXACTLY how you feel! I'm 38, never could match the name with the tune (first heard it at 5 years old). By chance, I was able to get somebody in 2007 to match the name with the tune. I've been all over MBD Youtubes since, with a heavy heart.
abysmalatrocious 6 months ago
@ElseSand I know exactly what u mean. Randomly heard it in the 3rd or 2nd grade in the mid '80s on the radio, never forgot about it and tried desperately for hours on several occasions to track it down on the net with no luck. In summer 2008 I heard it on the radio in Port Elgin and my friend managed to hear Frank Mills name and the title after and I felt like I had put together a 20 year-old puzzle =)
davehaze712 6 months ago
@davehaze712 I know I tried all sorts of combinations on the net to find it :-) In the end it was on a Compilation CD that had a title like "Greatest Piano Themes" or something.
ElseSand 6 months ago
@ElseSand I can! I'm 38 and have wondered about the name of this song since I was 10, and it was in 2007 when I was 34, that I was able to find it played somewhere else on Youtube, give it to somebody, and he was able to tell me what the name of the song is. He said that it's his mother's favorite song.
abysmalatrocious 6 months ago
@ElseSand Me too..closer to 30 years
any12u 5 months ago
@ElseSand It is one of the pretties pieces of music indeed
Dys1970 5 months ago 2
I just heard this on the radio in the Philippines while driving to work this morning. First time in over 20 years. What an amazing musical score. Wish I had three hands to give this 3 thumbs up!
TheSlot1942 8 months ago
This song reminds me of younger days, when I still had my beautiful Mother with me! Love you Mom, and one day soon I will join you in Heaven, where there are no "good-byes"!
Rejectednes 8 months ago 3
I love musics in piano
TheNamelessUser1 8 months ago
I think this is one of the best songs EVER. It's actually one of the best solos to learn how to play...and trust me; it wouldn't torture me to play this all day long...