Esther & Abi Ofarim - Cinderella Rockefella - אסתר עופרים

[EloiseDecember]

Love his dancing! hers, not so much..

[Maxshard]

The song was written by Mason Williams who also wrote Classical Gas.  Hard to believe.

[TheRichisoft]

hola yo soy ricardo estigarribia. de paarguay. quiero escuchar musica israelita



[MsPuddz]

it was number 1 the day i was born... i love it .....

[HughieDixon]

This was number one the day I was born. No wonder I'm one messed up individual.

[bobbyrosko]

Esther Ofarim is not only a superb singer but is an incredibly beautiful woman. Who also has a quality that is possibly rarer than both. True style. To be fair, that bloke with her is a pretty cool geezer to.

[crazycats50]

awesome

[mollymitch1]

They don't have the same sound as Anne and Johnny Hawker. I prefer them anyday, this sounds like a bad copy. But i don't know which was the original, can someone please help me? Gary

[taildragger53]

43 years old! Not merely 40 yrs as some on here say. I can't believe it !

[taildragger53]

43 years old! Not merely 40 yrs as some on here say. I can't believe it !

[aliciadavidson1]

Singing this in panto so i thought i would check it out;L

[Eyatn]

@penir Gil in not their son. Gil is Abi's son, Not Esther

[thelonelyslayer]

that dude is super cute.

[Maxshard]

Amazed to find this classic was written by Mason Williams of Classical Gas fame. Particularly as the pieces are so markedly different.

[michaelUNITEDKINGDOM]

thumbs up if still game brought you here :)

[yokai1968]

The best thing about the video is watching the half empty streets of London. Space to breath back then unlke today.

[hiphopjamz]

This is the first song I ever remember hearing, I must have been around 4 years old.

[vugreen]

My old favority song!

[autarchicflux]

This is nightmare fuel.

[NaturalBornSkeptic]

eek!

[dcconsi]

have we any vols for de rockerfellers gase manhatten imf etc peport

[arita2006]

A number 1 in the UK and quite possibly one of the most bizarre songs to make it to the top...

[pjvenner]

Awesome.. I was born the following year and until now I'd never heard of Esther & Obi but as a toddler I loved Pinky & Perky's version.

is the writer the same Mason Williams who did Classical Gas? The 2 tunes are worlds apart (but both great).

[reklessheart]

I was 6 and i had to bring it up as I cant stop singing it ,,,,,,,

[reklessheart]

ahhhhh thanks for posting this ,,i was a little girl and loved it,,,man I cant stop singing it,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,#

[playsurf]

@Eyatn Oops, I just looked at your profile, and I can't believe that it is you, the great Ester Ofarim, what an honor.

[playsurf]

@Eyatn Thanks so much, yes that was them, they were so funny doing this song.

I wasat the studio when they were filming it.

How did you know or remember?

Do you know if there is a clip of it online?

Toda

[playsurf]

I remember my dad, Mel Keller, played this song on the Israeli TV in the early 70'.

I just don't remember who sang it, I just remember 2 men did it.

Anyone remembers or knows?

[mikalover174]

I wasn't alive when this was made, but it's my favorite youtube video ever!

[pan42]

That skirt was short. Esther Ofarim was gorgeous. Gotta love those sexy Israeli girls

[berkelandmccarrell]

In case anyone cares, this was written by Mason Williams

[nickelback1955]

PURE CRAP!

[amsfranz1]

@nickelback1955

Where? In your head?

[Enogsyoutubification]

Great takes me back to my teens.

[redredreds100]

@paddyotay did not do well on the charts???? this was a big number one, in Britain, god knows where you live

[4bawbees]

@paddyotay didn't do well? amazingly, it got to number 1 on the british charts!

[reillyncullen]

@paddyotay itr didnt do very well in the charts ? it got to number one  how much better could it have done ?

[rulopotter1]

funny and sweet

[Avidcomp]

Maybe we should forget all the video effects and bling and make 'em like this again

[MrLawman10]

mason williams wrote this.

[rangvi]

For me too it was 41 years ago and I was 13 then !! youth memories !!!

[stratmentalist]

@paddyotay It got to number one in the charts and is the song that brought them to the public eye more than anything else they've done.

[larjanus]

oh my! I was 9 when this came out and remember it being a HUGE hit. Music was great in those days.

[MrRippJay]

beatifull song! greetings from Argentina!

[timmopie]

i remember i was 5 and having my breakfast and this came on the radio,it is the first song i can recall hearing,BIZZARE

[1manfactory]

I wonder what they somked :-)

[lambsey11]

Ha...i WAS 7 AND LOVED IT AND REMEMBER GOING OUT WITH MY MOTHER AND SINGING IT OUT LOUD IN MARKS & SPENCERS GETTING A BIT OF A REACTION !! AND MY POOR MOTHER WAS JUST SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EMBARESSED !!

[Eyatn]

@lambsey11 Sounds cute :) she shouldn't have been

[TheMarkc]

@lambsey11 im sure i was there when you sung that in m+s .

[veerleke]

@lambsey11 hehe, i can So imagine that. Thanks for teh smile!

[fallonbayliss]

OMG what the hell is this on about

[jemmaaaaaaaaM]

This song is played at our finale of our schools play called Cinderella and Rockerfella xD

[SeldomSheBoredMe]

The first single I ever bought!

[Brijones1968]

This was #1 on the day i was born

[carolineamber]

I love this song/thanks for posting it.

[jonboybcn]

Number one the day I was born, why do they look like they are wearing masks?

[matthewakisan]

Classic.

[oitzinger]

Great song. And now I found the lyrics.

I always thought it means "Yodel-Lady" instead of "You're the lady" - so it was rather difficult to find it. ;-)

[luciferin1]

beautiful :D shalom shalom to everyone :)

[TheTara8]

great song learning it at my school!

[thecitizens]

london before it was over taken .. :(

[ZXC5000]

I think she's gorgeous

[MrKingtiger007]

creepy alright he looks like the adams family butler !!!!!!

[vugreen]

Dobra stara melodija!

[MeeowChaan]

love it ! can't get enough of it xD I just heard it in walk on water!

[ginwo]

Ein Super-Paar. Sie haben sehr gute Musik gemacht. Schade, dass sie sich getrennt haben.

[alecahauf]

They where man and wife , not brother and sister. This thing went to no 1 in the UK. The funny thing about all the married couples who topped the UK charts is that up until at least the mid 1980's all of them never stayed together

[nickymitch]

Me too! Number one on my birthday....they were brother and sister....creepy!

[yvonne5919]

eehhuuhhh brother&sister ,ooww for this they divorce after .

[penguinmoondust]

@nickymitch Mine too!!

[wharfman]

haha number one the day i was born - love it!

[hopacross]

Danke, danke für das tolle Video!!! Gorgeous!!!

[BaronOfHell93]

geez...! Does it serieus???

[aGlowingTeapot]

I love this xD

It's quirky and different. Interesting, and I think it's cute.

[GirlyBabex]

omg, this is so CATCHY! i've had it in my mind all day!!

[bardalinokid]

I absolutly hate this song,, really dont like it.. but iv to do it for panto.. yuk yuk yuk. x

[Pitfossil]

I absolutely hate it, too. You hear it in the morning, it stays in your head all the day long - and no girl you see has eyes as beatiful as Esther´s. GRRRR!

[A310fan]

@bardalinokid

Why are you looking for it on youtube?

[bilou1955]

I forget the other groups. it's the same reaction for the New Vaudeville band and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beacky, Mick and Tich, The Equals, Manfred Mann, Herman Hermits, David Mc Williams, georgie Fame an of course The Beatles, The Shadows and Cliff Richard.

[bilou1955]

forty-one years back. I was just 13 years old when i listened it . Thank you youtube

[MissJCbabii]

@bilou1955

I'm 13 now and I've just found this... I love it!

[drwinkle101]

@bilou1955

Why do these idiots on TV and radio keep saying the pop video was invented in the 1970s with Bohemian Rhapsody! Here is a simple pop vid for "Cinderella", and there are plenty more in the 1960s, some quite arty, like the Beatles' Strawberry Fields

[xbloodybitchx]

so much fun, i love it

[glassspider23]

fabulous used to dance round the house to this for some reason found it even better speeded up hehe

[jessilu]

This was in the charts when I was in school, I remember it with great affection!

[NicoBellic97]

Ist lol

[pwittygeek]

the new lady gaga and akon :D

[spudbeau]

classic

[britelite2657]

i luv ur chin chinny chin chin hehe

[ZombiexRylo]

I love this song and video. It's so quarky! Proves to me even more that I was definitely born in the wrong generations.

Let me live in the 60s, please.

[lexo30]

Don't worry, they'll probably come around again soon.

[ciaobuddha]

this was number 1 when i was born

what a crap welcome to the world

[sheisgreatest]

This is soooooooooooooooooooooo adorable!!!!

[anglocub]

Oh I remember this, it was very popular when I was at school. Lovely.

[indah007]

Sang this song with a young lady many years ago - she was beautiful and had a superb voice. I think I did my part ok.

Wonder who she was!

[QueenFelicityIV]

Love this song. <3

[Nicollete22]

I LOVE IT!!!!

Claasic!!!

[Eyatn]

It was 13 weeks on the chart, 3 weeks at #1

[chevychase]

Classic 1960's fun

[orlando531]

this is blast from past childhood, my friend and i used to sing this in the classroom before the teacher came in, my friend being a girl, ha ha, fun times

[ReikoYubikiri]

Hilarious, pretty hilarious. LOL!

[egorlike]

not bad

[OrTheGirl]

Israel!!!!

she is from Israel pepole!

:DDDDDDDD

[GoodauldBadwolf]

UK no1 when I was born...

well at least it wan't xanado(missed by a day)

[kznte]

Fantastic!!! I picked this 45rpm up at a record show and never dreamed that it went big. Love It! Love It! Love It! Whatever happend to them?

[hiphopjamz]

This is the first song I remember hearing!!

[gerrykea]

BRILLIANT with a capital B and what fantastic legs

[maarteng1]

terrible

[will4861]

fantastic my sister and her husband perfomed this at a talent comp !! for Queens silver jubilee and won !!! we want to recreate it for the grand children but hav,nt got the song on dvd can ant one help ?

[kznte]

What is your email address?  If possible, we need to talk, please.

[evenpete67]

My god...memories....my mum playing this on the radiogram...with the multi 45 'adaptor' that made the records skid if you put too many on......cracking it is!

[mynameismrwoo]

I love this! my aunt got married, same year this came out in a very similar outfit - shame it was fluorescent green! oh, and that she was, shall we say, not quite the same size or shape as Esther!

[DANILISHINA]

lovely! they are superb !

[Lynvild]

The first song *I* ever wanted to buy!!! Oh My God...I am so old...:-(

[sheilaskelly]

ur not alone ive also bought it omg ah well still nice to hear nown again

[FG94]

hahahahaha xD

[2AlkAlina2]

She's really a little and cute lady.

Very nice song :]

[bodynhomau]

Adoro!

[sheisgreatest]

lol this is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eet ♥♥

[regentv980]

not a bad song,even better with the Routemasters!

[kabogga]

Apparently, one of the main reasons Esther married Abi was so she could get out of the Israeli army. Still, their musical combo was fantastic. In this clip she looks a bit like Alma Cogan with all that big hair, the fancy outfit and the make-up. Thanks for posting this gem Eyatn. Much appreciated. ;-)

[ZombiexRylo]

They're so cute together n_n

[connieutube]

Great song by Esther and Abi Ofarim

[45r2d2]

I heard this song only one very short time on the radio and this was like 11 years ago... but somehow it got stuck in mind forever. This is the first time since then that i hear it again!

[pinkpolyanthus]

OMG - cant believe I found this! My cousin and I used to have to do our Christmas turn to this -- dressed up exactly like them!! Says a lot ... for how I turned out! hehehe!

[Eyatn]

Cute :-)

[mobyboy]

@Eyatn they are both Israelies who lived then in London

[redredreds100]

@pinkpolyanthus are you a cross dressing cutie!!!!

[pinkpolyanthus]

From a very early age it would appear! It explains a lot!! ;)

[LaVerne37]

God how I wish I was in London!!! This song was actually played in the U.S. Thanks for posting this seldom heard gem.

[mobyboy]

they are both Israeilies

[ZombiexRylo]

"I love your touch!" "Thank you so much!"

so aodrbale <3

[ZombiexRylo]

Hmm they look so familiar...

[FG94]

lmao

[JimShadyUK]

Another one of my dad's records that I listened to endlessly as a child. Wonderful memories - and look at the complete lack of traffic and people!

[Detroit1967]

as it was shot in the early moning hours ;)

[jonny7dreamin]

I agree with you at the lack of traffic and people, and the wonderful memories, being an ex-Londoner I am puzzled as to what time of day this was really filmed? Fun though..thanks for posting this video

[martins797]

Einfach klasse!!! Danke!

[Austin24468]

Great to see this video! What a classic song!

[spriggsjeem]

Please don't let us lose this priceless video!

[tuktukskagal]

im so glad this is on you tube. i bought this on vinyl the week it came out. the film brings back memories.thanks a lot

[Perranporth]

Weirdly arty film. Black and white with colours splashed in here and there! Like something out of experimental Expressionist cinema!

Oh yes, great song as well!

[KelendriaBeyonce]

Brings back memories, used to love this song!

[dothebillydance]

I also first heard this in "Walk on Water"! I love it.

[KatzenKraut]

Klasse, erinnert mich an so gute Zeiten die

nie wieder kehren!Ich mochte die Ofarims zu

gerne!

[spriggsjeem]

Great to see genuine 60's traffic and weren't those miniskirts the greatest! I was 21 when this song made its debut and am still deeply in love with my Cinderella. It was wonderful to find this video and song after all these years. Thank you!!

[amyliisa]

My ex-boyfriend wanted us to sing this at our wedding. Ah well.

[babycham0612]

Wow what memories, me and my brother used to mime to this!!

[philita01]

This brings back memories. Great! Thanks for putting this video on.

[fluxgenerator]

love this song.look at songs now!

[redsonyaJ]

This was the first song that i ever sang

[wolfyjournalism]

I first hear this song from the movie

" Walk on Water "

amazing !

[LynneCarol2008]

My 2 brothers used to sing this in Leyton Trades Working Mens Club in London, my eldest brother used to be the "girl" and put on a wig. They used to often do this type of comedy act.

[Vauzzy]

Esther, sensational looks, sensational voice. Thank you for posting this clip Eyatn

[eflabb]

Hi Esther & Abi - long time, no hear. I love your touch, not that I felt it, but thanks very much for the thought. The sixties scenery is great, almost as if we were World Soccer Champions. Shame marriage is so unopopular now and everyone's so cynical; I can imagine the lyrics of a 21st Century version:

"You're the lady, you're the lady that I shagged.." It just doesn't sound right.

Great song, though.

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

Thanks for this posting.I remember singing this song when I was about 10 years old.I sang it with my friend in a duet at our end og term party.We got dressed up to copy Esther and Abi.What a voice Esther!

[dxxkelly]

Is this realy Stephen and Irene Schmideg of Caulfield Victoria...I think so!!

[ConnieT2008]

Glad to finally find this. People thought I was crazy when I told them about this song.I might be crazy but I knew that I didn't make up this song. A really fun song!

[54spiritedwill54]

very nice video, muy bien gracias!

[dginette]

excellent, contente de les revoir, en effet revus recemment dans tu marcheras sur l'eau, magnifique

[orpailleuse]

Magnifique! J'avais perdu l'espoir de revoir un jour ce merveileux duo. Merci infiniment

[fedroger]

This song is in Walk on Water, a must see movie.

[jacidemo]

i was about 4 and this was one of my favourite songs !

infact,my mother or aunt bought it for me on 45...

well then-

thank you for sharing this,

this is indeed a treat

[ngi1]

lol i sang this on karaoke last night its was so funny. its very katchy

[eternalvsop]

Groovetabulous

[doverdocks]

this is so good

[redredwine58]

Wow, that brought back memories of a wonderful time in the late 60's in England. Thanks

[donks63]

FANTASTIC

[TheresonlyoneGwen]

What everyone has failed to mention is this was inspired by RAGTIME. Keith Moon should have been inthat video.

[Rock74]

Very cool and quirky.

[purelyshameless]

I love this - it's timeless besides the 20ies vibe. thank you so much for sharing this with us!

[hmcathie]

Abi looks very much like Engelbert Humperdink. The B side of this record was slightly better than the A side, i can't remember the title of it.

[Eyatn]

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