The Rockin' Berries - He's In Town (1965)_HQ

[wideernie]

Only song that makes me cry, and I'm 6ft2 and 16 stone.

[gregorycrumb]

@wideernie you're a big lass

[threshold60]

What beautiful harmonies.

[summerstone7]

fucken awesome shit

[pilninggas]

Awesome song, just awesome

[steverut47]

didn't mike berry star in 'are you being served' after trevor banister left?

[lucas07700]

RIP Jimmy Savile

Copy and paste if u liked that old man!

[bonniejamie]

Aww, RIP Jimmy Saville

[1LoveM1Music]

Wow, what a voice! Could break your heart in a few notes! Yummy! And yes, I do remember it - I was eight!

[PitaLeCatt001]

@1LoveM1Music

The guy with the tambourine was the original 'Lead' the focus of the group.But was more of a comedian. This song which established their 2-year rocklife, was switched to a minor player in the group- who girls loved - and established them as a serious pop band at last.

[1LoveM1Music]

Wow, what a voice! Could break your heart in a few notes! Yummy!

[kayfabeable]

i was in the 11th grade, always loved this song, underated group

[valtojos]

Nice to see Sir Jim at the end R.I.P

[goose1056]

I live in Turves Green B'ham and this will remain my anthem

[blencathra11]

...spot on ICBB....hope his trousers arte on the washin line and the 1000 dogs ate the prats dinner

[johnnypoker46]

Slight edge to the Tokens, but this is still gorgeous, and a very faithful cover.

[chrisjmarr]

Check out Chris j marr's Tribute song to John Lennon and the Beatles,called

Everlasting Memory,Written and performed by Chris J Marr in the sixties style.

Chris J marr Channel.

[markf043]

I really love this type of music...Im in my 30's but honestly cannot find anything newer that I like as much. The innocence of the songs combined with fantastic harmonies gives a thoroughly enjoyable music experience...would love to set up a band to play these tunes for those who love them too...

[99Quench]

If you like this - listen to The Rockin' Berries singing 'Talking in Your Sleep' - it's mindblowing.

[philipm06]

Jimmy Saville gives him the once over at the end - nice boy.

[myepiphone]

This comes from the film Pop Gear,thats why the quality is so good,love those 60's guitars/suits/hairstyles.

[Howieshet]

Man this lead singer does Jay Siegal right

[Topper954]

Not as good as the orginal by THE TOKENS

[ICBBZZ]

Always one shithead who votes 'dislike'. May a 1000 dogs piss up your leg.

[inhighspeed]

@ICBBZZ Why do you care if someone dislikes it? And then to wish them ill on top of it? I don't understand the world anymore. inhighspeed is using hostility to instill civility, one video at a time.

[davekerrguitar]

just lovely

[kiwigirl49]

never new Carole King wrote this.

[rorigiles]

Logging in from Wellington, New Zealand. I bought this 45 the day it was released in NZ. Great song by a very under rated group.

[1945npp]

wonderful trip down memory Lane. What was the name of the film- 'concert' that also included The Animals around '65?

[wanderjahren]

@1945npp

Pop Gear, and it's here on YouTube.

[Smiley9486]

I don't remember this group, but they and the Tokens do a fantastic job with this song! I play each one a couple of times, and then still can't decide which vewrsion is better.

[shmuli9]

@Smiley9486 They were a British group, but they also had a few hits in North America... I think this was their biggest hit...

[Popeye4678]

This was the first 45 I ever bought - on the black and red Piccadilly label. Saw the Rockin' Berries years later at Stockport's Poco a Poco club. Always a big fan.

[MrByrdbath]

Fantastic upload quality. My fave was Poor man's son.....wonder if Stanley Kubrick ever saw this vid....think colours in 2001 a Space Odyssey.

[pookerella]

LOL. No cords!

[august251976]

Beautiful song. Ive loved it since i was about 10 years old in the 80's - my mum used to play it all the time.

[computerrage]

Doesn't Jimmy Saville look creepy!!!

[pookerella]

@computerrage LOL I just wrote that to someone! Marty Feldman kinda creepy.

[zipkilowatt]

Fantastic video. One of two songs (the other being "The Water is Over My Head") sung by both the Rockin' Berries and Tokens!

[boardey]

Anybody see them at Altrincham Stamford Hall, I did.

[reneecalling]

This is a pretty good production.  Looks like it was done just recently. Thank you.

[andypandywright]

memories of the sixties on the forest ground in nottingham - and what a great usage of the switch from normal to falsetto.

[thecountofbasie]

Always great to see a perfomance clip of an obscure fave...thanks for posting

[nettieheartful]

crazy ole jimmy saville!

[nettieheartful]

soulful singer!

[huskyjerk]

This might be my favorite YouTube song. Love it !!!

[bailey507]

Saw them about ten years ago brilliant

[azhans263]

I like this version best, but also check out 'The Tokens' version.

[thecountofbasie]

@azhans263 Have to agree...just a bit better than the Tokens...

[boothl232]

The UK's Beach Boys????

[rorigiles]

Quite big in New Zealand. Very big with me.

[Babyhowdy233]

FANTASTIC song and underrated great band!

[squirrel1612]

Heard this on the radio the other day & just had to find it on here. Thanks ........super singer super song.

[TheGent2]

One of the truly great songs that did not chart in this country. It deserved to, but there you are. Great song.

[nostromoau]

and 'ow's about that then guys and gals? Did sir Jim just check out the singer as he walked by? LOL

[astralislux]

@nostromoau Yes he did.

[legalzinho12]

why all the so much bans in that times cut of some notes of the chords?

i see John lennon doing much this too

[legalzinho12]

why all the so much banda in that times cut of some notes of the chords?

i see John lennon doing much this too

[huskyjerk]

A brilliant keeper !!!

[TheDutch1949]

brilliant great harmonies

[nigelloflaveo]

One of the loveliest melodies of all time. Didn't know Carole King wrote it - knocks Tapestry for six . Thanks so much for sharing.

[47docrock]

wow! thats 2 in a row. In the 60s I wondered what these guys sounded like. I had a penpal in Liverpool. Had I heard this I would have asked her to send a couple of songs by these guys. Oh well, better late then never.

[thefotoguy2009]

The Tokens did this song same group that did the Lion Sleeps Tonight

[kjclarke56]

@thefotoguy2009 Correct!

[thomascow1]

Great video, classic thumbs up

[ShockDoc]

Did the 4 Seasons record this too?

[friding999]

Simply fantastic great words and very good example of the time.

[sidplicity]

nyrainbow has best collection of all 60's music all the channels bar none.

[stuzeviews]

Don't know what made me recall this record but spent ages googling it as I thought it said "she's in Town". Following Sir Jim's eyes at the end made me fall about laughing.

[iw32]

The lead singer is Ron Howard? :)

[Tezzaem]

Great, another classic from my brummie friends, we make the best music in the world !!!

[mrsoo1]

great

[silverlink14]

Fantastic record way ahead of it`s time.Brilliant band I`ve seen them live with the original line up and they were even better live.

[mark22160]

one of the sixties best songs

[123456734459]

This song was so cool, I hop the boys kept those guitars....Tezza the manch.

[bluehairspaz]

woah thats a really good looking video for this time period and for youtube!

[boardey]

Saw them in Altrincham in the sixties, with a girl I still see now. Good days.

[CottferLAD22]

Listen to the words - should be sung by one person, as in Rockin's Berries version.

[charlieflint]

Jingle-jangle, jewellery-jewellery! Check out Sir Jimmy Saville (not a 'Sir' then of course!) being all 'out there' and mad a the start! brilliant stuff, straight out of 'The Prisoner' in my mind for some reason!

Top quality 60s sounds and awesome quality too!

[Floppyblondehair]

Superb video quality for 1965 Thanks .... and such happy memories :-)

[ChivaInvencible]

"the look that you have when you're thinking of him..."

[ftsjr]

I'd never heard of these guys until recently. I was looking through a 44 year old issue of TV Guide, and I read that they'd be appearing on the Red Skelton Show. So I came to youtube to see what I could find. I'm glad I did. They sounded great.

[Grifiki]

"I saw these guys in Bradford Yorkshire ."

[gremlingrump]

remember listening to this in 1965, aged 11,

and absolutely adored it. great to find it here.

still have the single somewhere....

not nice, ageing!

[ntgorry1]

great memories thanks

[terser]

Jangly guitars and falsetto embellishments - just what music needs today.

[lindylou381]

oh hell I was 5 not three. Who cares It just goes to show. old mis gold an im happy to turn 50 wit these guys . Thanks 4 gettin me there

[Lacelean]

ah those were the days, was a day girl at a boarding school and some evening i'd go back after school and we'd play records in the hall,that being one of them.

[gremlingrump]

@Lacelean .......and the nuns used to 'surprise' us to

check if we were smoking. wonderful memories, so long

ago. feel ancient listening to this - loved it, and Gene Pitney

'It hurts to be in love', and the Vogues 'You're the One'..........

all coming back to me now. Youtube is so great...

[lindylou381]

I was 3yrs old when this came out. Have searched for it all my adult life. someone out there just made my day. An it sounds just as good today. OLD IS GOLD.

[cricketbat08]

Blimey, I didn't know Carole King wrote this classic! The band harmonise superbly.

[wado1942]

@cricketbat08

She didn't, Goffin and King wrote it.

[RalphMcGuttsout]

@wado1942 - Right on. Carole was barely born when this came out.....

[nuipret]

this is MARVELLOUS....considering they forgot to connect their guitars to the amps

great track though,almost as good as poor man's son, but not quite..

[marzichan]

love love love. his voice just cuts me in two.

[SteveResin]

A lost 60s classic. Fantastic stuff.

[TheGolfman84]

Classic clip from a great 60s group, I luv it!

[colbluvsmusic]

Saw the Berries a few years back.. live.. and the lead guy can still hit those notes! I love this song.

[fntime]

@colbluvsmusic When I saw him, he tried to hit those notes, but only

shit his pants, he was extremely embarssed, but, he gave his all

for his art!

[pocketsledge]

This was autobiographica for me. I was always being dumped for a cool and trendy guy. Now I'm 60 I'm the cool and trendy one!!!

[fntime]

Somehow, pocketsledge, I doubt it !!!!!!!!

[teendude16]

I like this tune too. Thx.

[9erfandex]

I absolutley loved this song by The Tokens, The Berries did it o k , but the lead singer for the Tokens was much better vocally, believe it or not, but until their version shows up on You Tube, this version will have to suffice! Thanks: YT for the available space as usual, nyrainbow5 for the upload, and to The Rockin' Berries nice cover boys you make me Rock on Shindiggers!

[SirBasildeBrush]

Always enjoyed singing along to this. Falsetto was easier as a teenager!

[angelofbebop]

5 stars/favs! OMG - I forgot how much I loved this song! Thanks to hrpman for sharing and to nyrainbow5 for posting!

[Kittielips]

@angelofbebop

The tambourine player's good looking isn't he?

Jennie.

[angelofbebop]

Yes he is!!!!

[Kittielips]

@angelofbebop

Another virtual husband??

[angelofbebop]

Go for it!!!! LAUGHTER!!!!!

[Kittielips]

@angelofbebop

Who are you having?

The drummer's not bad, either.....

[mrrayjd]

You're right 'hedge', 'The Water is Over My Head' was a Number One waiting to happen. I have spent the last 40 years putting it on compilations for people, often those who think they know 60's music.I could fill many CD's with potential classics, keeps me amused for hours. How little these people really know !!

[Ynot1666]

The Berries only had one real hit, this one, but they were never at their best on record.

I was lucky enough to hear them live in about 1965, and they were the complete showmen including some very funny banter in between songs. They really knew how to capture their audience. The occasion was a university student's end-of-year hop, and we just wouldn't let them go. We kept applauding and cheering them so loudly and so long that they ended up playing for an extra hour!

Really good guys!

[gazzymodo]

The 'Berries' other main hit record was "Poor Man's Son". The Ivy League wrote "Funny How Love Can Be" for them, but ended up having success their selves with the song. The Berries version made it as an album track.

[silverlink14]

Fantastic ! This was my favourite record of this era. I have seen them twice live and they were brilliant.

[arizonaghost1]

this version was not played on the radio too much because of the tokens version

[nicodagger]

Carol King wrote this? I love this song! My admiration for her grows. I always thought this was by the Four Seasons. Did the Rockin Berries have any other hits?

[hedgehopperray]

They could certainly turn out some catchy stuff, 'Your My Girl' & 'The Water Is Over My Head' were great singles that didn't achieve the success they deserved.

[brownhole452]

My kidderminster town hall, the groups and the last bus home,. these guys were good.Pity about that prat jimmy savile spoiling the intro.

[ian0194]

GREAT VOCAL RANGE..FANTASTIC

[bendak]

foda

[littleorvey]

Thanks for this. Beautiful song and really captures the era

[wightroutemaster]

Only 300 views? Where are you?

[TheGent2]

Great song. Written by Carole King. Thanks for putting it up.