Darlin' Darlin' Baby(Sweet,Tender,Love)- The O'Jays

[organicallysweet20]

My 3 year old daughter loves this song because of her grandmother

[YaowaKR96]

big pun- not a player

[nosey32]

@gierillasoul..so true! Nothing to add to that...

[iam21brittany]

this is one of my favorite songs from the ojays, love the beat too

[heatherfetch]

This is one of my ultimate all time favorites...they just don't make good music like this anymore! I grew up in the 70's and 80's, and will always adore music especially from the 1970's...not so sure about the 80's lol...it just makes me smile every time I hear this song!

[Juicyy094]

I Gotta Say, Growinq Up Detroit Sure Does Exposed Me to Oldies at ah Younq Age

[vernon42]

Man I love this song so much I could almost cry take's me way back!!!

[Thurstonsfunfair]

Yummy.yummy

[FolksJohnson7414]

I LOVE THIS SONG AND THIS GROUP... THEY DNT MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS NO MORE...SMH..

[FolksJohnson7414]

@FolksJohnson7414 AND THE GROUP HAD THE BEST AND SMOOTHEST DANCE MOVES.... FROM A YOUNG 29 YEAR OLD MAN TO THE WORLD.....

[5171967cafk]

Simply Beautiful ! LOVE ;)

[Harlem139Convent1]

Yes!!!!!

[1TICKHAND]

MY WIFE IS MY DARLING BABY

[EdhuviJuni]

Aleluya!!!



[puffycat2525]

my friend loves this song he is paying me 30 bucks to sing it in front of my whole school well he is my fav teacher guy'

[seanswinn11]

one of the best vocal groups ever.all great singers,perfect harmonies,pushed along by that great philly sound.my favourite o,jays song.pure class

[ThePatreese]

A special someone dedicated this record to me so many year's ago and i will alway's remember him And 15 yrs later we are still going strong.

[livezlyfe09]

I couldn't help but to hear Pun after the cut saying, "Yo, I'm not a playa I just fck a lot" lol Genius the way they sampled this track!!!!

[wholetruf]

Everything works in perfect harmony in this song, the rythm, the rhyme, the lyrics, the voicing, the orchestration, the beat, the groove, you name it--most of all-the story line. Loving It forever.

[dtowntexg]

@wholetruf true!

[eclipsepatent]

What a super song and these guys were so tallented. Black, White, who cares as everyone can relate to pure class like this.

[Ironkid444]

Big Pun - I'm not a player sample. Yeah....!

[MistaJonesD]

Another classic thats still bumpin decades later. As a producer that music gives me goosebumps I get hype off dat shit like Three 6 Mafia when dey was TRIPLE 6 MAFIA.

[10lilrip]

I'm glad I had soulful parents to introduce me to this kind of music.

[nocutesayn]

I'm glad I'm black.

[RP4EVR]

Yeah I needed this

[juceecherry]

Your my darlin darlin baby!

[totalsoulUK]

This is why 'UK talent shows' i.e X Factor ,Britains Got Talent ,etc and all manufactured Boybands have no musical credibilty ,whilst the O'jays have a discograhphy with songs like this .Agree?

[2granddaughtersIlove]

I always loved the OJAYS ... Period !!!! NICE ...

[FlatbushNyc033]

Thanks Dad R.I.P

[vondramoore123]

Outstanding!

[wholetruf]

THE O'JAY'S!!!

[wholetruf]

@KUKO6923--5 DAY A AGO-and your point is? You're high on something, maybe.

[MrBadassc8]

you're my sweet and tender love... a very special lady.. darling darling.

[hustlehard564]

let me pause this song.......WHAT 13 ASSHOLES DISLIKED THIS SONG????!!!!! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE THE CRAZIEST MUTHAFUCKN PEOPLE ON EARTH! THIS SONG DAMN NEAR MADE ME DROP TO MY KNEES WHEN I HEARD IT.....N YOU GOT THE NERVE TO DISLIKE IT??? I WISH I COULD GET MY HANDS ON YOU......

[kuko6923]

Your my garlic garlic baybay your my sweet and tender rub. your a very special dish yeah. sweet and tender. very special mayonaise.

[Dancer810]

Great song from an era when music was REALLY music! Love it, thanks!

[jason1978625]

Make that 3 times if u still haven't got it

[mistah40]

One of the best songs period!

[amnesh]

Its the message for all who dont get it.

[MzB305]

@guerrillasoul I second that!

[dvdcraighead]

All this negative comments about the quality and sound structure of the music is just sound and good ole music for which most of the comments are pretty much coming from uninformed people who probably where even around at the time of the creation of the music and the times of the era...just please enjoy the lyrics and appreciation of the product!.

[mcreminisce1]

soul much soul

[bmunypimp]

THIS IS THE FIRST CHI-TOWN 2 STEP SONG.......

[vocalstar]

a legendary classic rnb please stand UP

[guerrillasoul]

Here is the science.....

Pre MTV artists had to rely on talent and abilities to get and stay on. Post MTV performers (I use that term loosely) rely on promotion, image, and market saturation.

The state of the mainstream musical climate in the U.S. is both the faults of the corporate interests who could give a shit about quality, and the ignorant masses who blindly accept and support anything that's put in front of them. People get what they deserve. If the masses wise up, culture will reflect

[Dsingh50]

@guerrillasoul Man that is soo true..agree with you 100%

[trooper40below]

@guerrillasoul No doubt! Nicely put.

[NThomp26]

@guerrillasoul Last Time I Checked Barry Gordy Innovated The Usage of Promotion, Image, and Most Definitely Market Saturation...He Would Step On Any and Everyone To Only Have Motown On The Radio. I Wish You Guys That Bad Mouth Today's Music Would Simply Just Ignore It and Just Comment On The Music In The Video. Or At Least Give Some of It A Fair Chance

[JeraldMcClane]

@guerrillasoul I agree. My generation will only celebrate true talent if it has a pretty face. We tend to reward mediocrity which is how Jersey Shore became a phenomenon.

[casperlok2dbrain]

@guerrillasoul Amen!

[SoNoFTheMoSt]

@guerrillasoul amen brother



[joe24tenfifty8]

@guerrillasoul - Good post. Have to totally agree with your comments.

[Discovios]

Total Class! True Music!

[CommonGood2001]

This song was arranged by Bobby Martin one of the greats. He also produced LTD. He has a style I like to call "charging". Check out his work and hear what I mean.

[summerbabetoo]

WAITING FOR THE DAY SOMEONE SINGS THIS TO ME, AND MEANS IT.

[PhillyCopsAreCorrupt]

@TDSouledOut1 G&H are the greatest songwriting team ever. That is coming from a lily white person! I have every Teddy, Harold, and O'Jay's hit on CD, even though those artists were before my time. Check out Brian Tarquin's electrifying, goose-bump producing, spine tingling, tears causing, mind-blowing, heart-stopping version of this incredible song.

[TDSouledOut1]

The vocal interplay here is simply out of this world. Further proof of the writing and production genius of Gamble & Huff. Let the immortal O'Jays wash over you for time and all eternity. Sweet and Tender? You better believe it.

[socute2live4]

This is hot shit right here. Real talk. 10 Thumbs up to all the old classic. Music like this really touches hearts.

[jodymeach]

THIZ IZ REAL "LOVE MUSIC" RIGHT HERE....

[babyboy2365]

this is my love song, i dedicate this to my loving wife , i luv more now than i have ever loved you baby, you are my darlin, darlin baby, my sweet and tender love, everything i want in a woman, love always babyboy!!

[MegatronMaK0]

my 6 month old daughter was fussy all morning. i didn't know what else to do so i picked her up and sung this song to her. she was fine from then on. thumbs up if u feel me!

[LyricLove101]

Driving piano and horns push this right on through!! This timeless, classic is a dance yer ass off or road trip song. Beautiful and poetic.  Can't be beat!!

HUGE O'jays fan!!

[cat977loader]

Really 11 people don't like this song? Go crawl back under the rock you came from! This is a classic, so don't be mad cause you got dumped and she was playing this song with her new dude! lol.

[cooldjyoungn]

@cat977loader ..lmao

[VanityBee729]

this was the era of REAL instruments being played in the studio while artists recorded their vocals!!

[emmettk]

Classic Gamble & Huff: They were huge in the early 70's (Philly International) and don't get the credit they deserve. They helped make the disco era bearable for many of us.

[1badworld]

What a great song. I love those old school jams. Thanks mom & dad for teaching me music.

[lukejeter7]

im not a player i just fuck alot

[6ossRaliegh]

I LOVE OLD SCHOOL SOUL CLASSICS

[kjchicago1]

This is from 1976

[kazooo1950]

NEGRO NATIONAL ANTHEM!



[slapbush]

love it ,love it!!!

[BlackPride1000]

The Greatest Ara Of BlackMusic 60s 70s 80s Today's Music Aint Got Shit On This

[nunayobiz]

Was there something in the water THEN or something lacking in the water NOW to account for the huge discrepancy of great music then vs shit music of today?

Someone has to have the answer. Wikki'd it. No available info on the subject.

Maybe it's just a reflection of our overall societal decline. Whatever. BEAUTIFUL song!

[TheHustlehustle09]

@nunayobiz I agree, People are no longer in love no more especially in the black community!

[babaloula]

@TheHustlehustle09 So sad...imagine going through life without knowing real love.

[LLeluco1]

a classic from the great 70´s!

[rickribz1]

absolute killer tune by the MIGHTY O JAYS!!!!

[DialovesMikeforever]

I can't listen to this song without having someone in my mind...hopefully time will heal the pain,beautiful classic!

[evelyngrif59]

@DialovesMikeforever I feel the same way!

[LyricLove101]

on and on and on and the dance don't stop 'til the break of dawn...O'jays are the one the best !!! REPRESENTING that famous PHILLY SOUND> 'nugh said. Check out It's Time To Get DOwn....short, sweet and tho the point.

[FlyTim100]

this song is a classic.anybody who doesnt like this doesnt know music.

[kingGokthe1st]

wonderful song, wonderful lyrics... this is the way a man should talk to a woman! Their all very special ladies!! remember that..

[misspriss304]

Makes me think of me and my Daisy...

[laweezyana09]

This song can be perfect for a wedding!!!

[TracieBLovely]

oh yes!

[nickydeelite]

december 18 1975 was the dayi was born in harlem nyc, my moms always tells me this song came outthen & was #1!!!....she tells me my grandma r.i.p always was in the livingroom mirrors singing this tome....miss u mamas! xoxoxo

[Tinaorangeful]

The O'Jays are true to the heart, just as real birds fly around everyone checking everyone out, I love people, animals and especially the O'Jays, they make you Love!

[RAV52]

Saw them perform this song live back in 96... Still as superb today as it was then!

[TheSexii77]

LOve them so mUch!!!

[ForseyMr]

"I'm not a player, I just fuck a lot!"

[manujarel]

love this song!!!!!!



[jdpatterson100]

This was (is)the jam. I remember skating at The Aloha Rink,and of course Stienberg in St.Louis..It's a midwest thang ya'll......

[lenoxroad]

One of my favorites.

[lovvi]

sup zhinto

[bluecuttiiee]

i love this song with all my heart

[Sprafikk]

@bluecuttiiee I swear this almost made me loose my job cause I was jammin' to this not giving F*** at work, like What!!

[KevFromHouston]

@bluecuttiiee I'm right along with ya!!!

[Q123Susie]

@bluecuttiiee me too

[hustlehard564]

@bluecuttiiee

Preach..

[tishia123]

WOW! BRINGS BACK MEMORIES-1978(SARASOTA FLA.NEWTOWN),NOT ALL GOOD.THIS SONG GOT ME BUSTED,(NOT THE POLICE),MY THEN GIRL FRIEND CAUGHT ME,WONT GO INTO DETAILS,BUT IT IT WASNT NICE-SARSOTA,RIVERVIEW HIGH '74/75

[sherylsworld]

Very special song...

[Pocahontus0423]

their songs make me feel so good 

[alexanderdiaz1]

I have always loved this group, but after watching their Unsung story on TVONE, it just made me love and appreciate them even more...Go 'head OJAYS...Walt, William, Eddie

[racourdav]

What a great song! The arrangement is beautiful..

[NewNew692]

A return to when poetry was set to music and delivered to us the OJays. Loving it!

[snoopchewy1]

I love everything these guys have done, but this is perhaps my favorite.

[zhane67]

oh how i love this song, it just makes me feel special that i'm a woman, and someone out there thinks i'm his very special lady

[summerbabetoo]

MY FAVORITE BY THEM

[Nira601]

@TI994A1984 Thank you!

[MrHandsallover]

Just put this on the Ipod today found the CD in my mama and daddy gararge

[keishakim]

tune

[Nira601]

My daddy used to sing this song to me when I was little :-)

[summerbabetoo]

@Nira601 AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[5712bklyn]

Another Gamble & Huff classic. Major props for MFSP. Strings & horns A #1

[foxypat08]

Brilliant loads of memories...

[RideLXbindings]

im not a player i just fuck alot

[sjr10011]

Turn it up!!!

[denden844]

i looove this song ojay,s

[TheChrissiewissie]

This fantastic tune still gives me goose bumps after more than 30 years! wow

[nic21f]

who hit dislike hel naw

[murdok620]

IM SOO HOOD 30 INCHES ON THE CHEVROLET

[thabill]

Yall remeber the chick in the audience of the bet awards groovin to dis if so like dis song

[1blessedbrotha]

there's definitely a message in this music!!!

[msstaks205]

this song reminds me of a hot summer day in Alabama... when all the family come together a bbq, drink, dance, and the older people talk a lot of ish! lol # goodtimes

[hustlehard564]

THIS IS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SONG!!! OVER ALL RAP OR ANYTHING ELSE!

[MsMimi49]

now this is music!!! it takes me back whn teens would hang out in front of the building steps,, nd listen, to this kind of soul classic,, waht great memories!! thx 4 posting!!!

[grlzonly68]

I love this song. It reminds me of hot summer days in Los Angeles.... Plus it feels good to be some ones darling darling baby :0)

[sweetlove1171]

u should have everything a queen sits on a throne should have....

u deserve to have it all,,,,!

what woman doesn't wanna hear these words?

[mjjfan1ify]

I love this song it is so romantic.

[CAB4SHO]

I miss my DADDY!!!!

[florida60100]

reminds me of younger days and going to Scamps, in Liverpool , happy days and lots of happy memories

[winjinsinjon]

this just comes close to how i feel about my wife, great tune and even my wife that doesnt like good music like it.

[alexispooh2]

man.... da gud old days......

[mjjcng8958]

my favorite ojays song. the words touch me so hard.

[ctmw1]

One of my Fav or ite songs!!!!! :):)

[magicfan12321]

greates oldies song ever!

[kuzy03UM]

I love good music, old or new, as long as they can genuinely sing and it touches my heart. 

[DerfAwake]

Big Pun 4Ever!

[shoepicker]

This is one of my daughter Sarahs favorite songs, she is 21 so glad I played all kind of music around her when she was little.

[74muffins]

Music just isn't the same. What a lovely song to honor a woman

[Janeyre101]

What I am reading here shows, what I already knew... We have some very insightful young people. Music unites us in a way, nothing else can. Except of course The Creator... Who endowed us with the ability to hear, appreciate beauty and share it. All who come here, please enjoy life. Sooth the Savage Beast...

[Tcc80s]

The ojays remind me of chicago in the summer time grillin up some food

[YESENIA930]

@Tcc80s hell yea

[rockersd]

There are nine fools in the world.

[Jambaxzi]

Nimefurahia sana ngoma hii.

Yanipendeza kweli.

Ahsanta.

Jambaxzi,

Nairobi.

Afrika.

[Jambaxzi]

Niiiiiice.

Nimefurahia sana ngoma hii.

Yanipendeza kweli.

Ahsanta.

Jambaxzi,

Nairobi.

Afrika.

[meppsims]

A song that I feel every woman should hear.

[Martyemar]

I could listen to Walter sing all day long! No one moans like Walt!!!

[topnetworkersgroup]

shout out to Kim McCoy who posted this video link on a social network, we call CrazyGood ... no links here; but this is the JAM ::: and I wanted to give a SHOUT out to her for sharing! (for info on C.G. visit my channel) ::: and shout out to youngofasho2 for putting this JAM online; Nobody puts it down like the O'Jays

[illmatic826]

1976

[MrKevin619ism]

My favorite O'Jays song!

[jdpatterson100]

Well,it's Thursday so I'll grab my skates and go to the rink for "Oldies"nite and get on the time machine and ask one of my favorite ladies to skate,and for moment I'm lost in space and time.I realize that everything must change,but how can you transition from Darling,Darling Baby to..."from the windows to the wall,till the sweat runs down my balls"? It's as if the evolution of music is going backwards when man dragged his "woman" back to the cave by her hair!! God bless the young people today

[izzyizzyahhhh]

No type of music during any era is trash.

[izzyizzyahhhh]

@izzyizzyahhhh Ps, I wouldn't even be here, if it weren't for A Gucci Mane Remake lol.

[abqlover]

The Ojays=sheer perfection

MFSB Orchestra=sheer perfection

Philadelphia Internatioinal Records=sheer perfection

KENNY GAMBLE and LEON HUFF-Thank God for you both!!!

[martha9918]

they say with age comes wisdom,,,,,, well some time age comes alone

[lebrontophx2010]

in order to appreciate this you gotta grow up

[WRX1217]

@lebrontophx2010 true statement

[BigLTheDevilsSon]

@souljjah1234 Fuck you nigga

[PeanutButterSkillet]

Dam! The O'Jays are so bad ass. I'm 17 and when I get my license I will be bumping the shit out of this in my car all day.

[MrJayra210]

im not a player... !

haha damn right good jam here

[rozzythomas1]

SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!­!

[jules16el50]

pure soul .. class... love it

[MissWhisper2Me]

@andersonmom4ever1: It's probably just as well that you CAN'T understand the words to today's "songs"...it's no doubt just a bunch of spewed out vulgarity anyway. (sigh)

[broccolihart1]

Wow those bongos just bring this song to life.....i love how they incorporated the violins in this tune without being overwhelming.

[rrivers36]

great song!