Goodnight, Irene - The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra

[QJHNBK38]

Yes, Goodnight Irene! Love Irene..

[concord1946]

This charted in CASHBOX in july 1950

[MemoriesOnTheMoon]

makes me wanna wear a 50's style dress and dance and twirl around :O)

[memorylanefrank]

This group started the folk music craze in 1951. Gordon Jenkins heard them in Greenwich Village and insisted they cut this record. It went gold. A folk music craze was underway, and still exists today.

[rakshawestlife]

Just beautiful, soulful music.

[7lloyd777]

Been one of my all time favorites since I was a kid when this song first came out by the Weavers.

[PalerLaze]

I've never listened to old music but I've got to say, this is a pretty good song! I've been listening to it a lot the past few days. New music can't compete with stuff like this.

[robertsewellca]

used to listen to this when I was a youngster . . . my mother told me: "You turn off that record player before your father gets home! You know he doesn't like that fast, modern music of yours!

[naikabalexis]

Goodniiightt Ireenee, GOodnight irene , i'll see you in my dreams <3

[matrich1983]

*RIP nan france* (Irene France) this was played this at her funeral today, such a beautiful song :)

[TheWaarivzrach]

A simple song from a bygone era.

[oldskol101]

been listening to this song since i was a kid.. and 10 years later, i still do and still one of my favorites..

[100pureirish]

pogues do it best



[MissplacedMouse]

I love this song. It's been in the background for me for a while, but the first time I really noticed it was at a camp out a few years back. The grandfather and uncle of a friend of mine were playing it on guitar and accordion and singing. I just remembered the song a few weeks ago and am now going to learn it. and to something 200, there are many good contemporary artists out there, just maybe not mainstream.

[MissplacedMouse]

I love this song. It's been in the background for me for a while, but the first time I really noticed it was at a camp out a few years back. The grandfather and uncle of a friend of mine were playing it on guitar and accordion and singing. I just remembered the song a few weeks ago and am now going to learn it. and to something 200, there are many good contemporary artists out there, just maybe not mainstream. Also, make now a time your grandchildren would wish to live.

[latykai]

so great to hear these songs that i grew up with thax for the post

[sethrothe]

My grandfather used to sing this growing up during our "songfests". Now I am in charge of his part... Leading "Alouette" and "The Green Grass Grows All Around", "Enjoy Yourself", etc.

[hlrothe]

One of my Papaw's favorite songs. He just passed away this morning...can't stop listening to this.

[sethrothe]

@hlrothe hey, found the same version you listened to. Wow!

[HoboGus]

The Weavers were the first group of American Folk Singers. They paved the way for Peter Paul and Mary and all the others.

[SjaanK85]

Even my shoes have goosebumps.

MY GOD, this is beautiful!

[vinatchou83]

superbe version qui ajoute encore plus de nostalgie dans cette music !

MAGNIFIQUE !!

[mrblindfreddy9999]

first song i recall as a little tacker

[aniri310]

this song is amazing and their voices are so clear and beautiful. those were the times.

[Lenalives]

Anyone who didn't experence the forties and the fifties really missed out.

[timjmccarth]

The old days. Wonderful memories. This is a lovely rendition of an oldie.  Takes me back. Like "See the pyramids along the Nile". "Confidentially". "Old Man River". "Mocking Bird Hill". Remember those?

[bobaloo47]

LOVE THIS TUNE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH

[bearcub410]

how beautiful , makes me think of my dad this came out the year he graduated from high school , then right off to Korea , my poor dad . just wonderful !!!! what talent . i remember pete seeger on tv in the 60's had his own tv show in black and white . great memories

[HGBJR1955]

We always sang songs like this on the bus going to our basketball games in Five Points, Alabama. GOOD OLE 50s!!!

Kinda makes me want to suit-up again.

[nancyfloressantos]

A US no. 1 song in 1950. Nostalgic.........

[jblth]

i like Jim Reeves version better, this one would be ok to listen too, but the old man at the end kina lets the team down abit, not good at holding his notes.

[billydeeuk]

My mum used to sing this to me to get me to sleep. She used to change the name to Billy, though.

[IISEPHIROTHII]

This song was played at my gran irene's funeral... :)

[Itsukami]

love this song. You can usually hear it every other night or so on KEZW, AM1430 radio station. Good stuff <3

[AngelaRed]

The young man with the Banjo there..is Pete Seeger...and in the year 2010 he's still rolling along!!

[designermite]

The Weavers -Folk Music - 1948 1952, 1955-1964, sporadically thereafter.

Former members: Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, Fred Hellerman, Erik Darling, Frank Hamilton and Bernie Krause. The group had a big hit in 1950 with Leadbelly's "Goodnight, Irene".

[PublicRadioWorldWide]

The original recording of ''Goodnight, Irene'' by Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers hit no. 1 on the charts in the third week of August 1950 -- and stayed in the no 1. position for 13 consecutive weeks.

[JbrickM100A]

The Weavers were great!!!! Best folk group I've ever heard. How could anyone think they were radicals???? This song is a classic, I remember my mom singing this to me in our apartment when she heard it on the radio. I was a year old.

[CabrelFan]

When I was a little kid, my mom had the crank Victrola on the table playing this song while we ate. I hope she wasn't that sad!

[vinylsingleman]

Actually, in 1940 Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" was #1 for 13 weeks. In 1943, Harry James' "I've Heard That Song Before" also held the top for 13 weeks. In the 1920s, Ben Selvin's "Dardanella" (1920) and Gene Austin's "My Blue Heaven" (1927) did the same. But no one's done that again since the Weavers, not counting anything arrived at through the contorted chart methodology Billboard's been using since the 1990s

[adebarde1]

Haunting sound.

[26best]

VERY NICE....

[gertomaniac]

yeah, jump in the river.

[dianao53]

This was the Billboard #1 song the day I was born 59 years ago....lol. Funny how its always been a fav of mine.

[hackberryflat]

I enjoyed this song by any and all who sang it - a story told with short couplets. this is a song from my childhood - at 65, i still feel that emotional empathy when I hear it, just as I did in 1950s - by the way Eddie Arnold did an excellent cover of it.

[theblackferret]

Re the 13 weeks at number one;

not only had no one done that before-nobody's even equalled it in 59 years since!!!

Still a masterpiece to listen to as well.

[mtlgirl]

Thank you of this. This was my Mom's favorite song & her name was Irene :-) She also had this on '78

[something200]

i'm just 16 i just found this but honestly i would rather listen to this than the mainstream stuff that doesn't even compare when it comes to talent.... i really wish i was alive when this was popular

[Dogote82]

people dont know what talent is anymore. they are like pets doing tricks for treats. there is rarely any passion in the art anymore.... which is why this old stuff is so good. and why actors back then could both sing AND dance.

[vulcanswork]

@Dogote82

How well said!!!

[indah007]

@vulcanswork well hell when I sing a song I get so uptight because the words are meaningful - so why else sing

[7lloyd777]

@Dogote82

You sure have that right! This CRAP they put out today isn't fit to listen to!

[etbella3]

@Dogote82 My pets knew good music.

[scarypowers]

@something200 ... this was number 1 when i was born november 10, 1950...i'm 59 now but i'd rather be 16....wanna trade?

[chkjns]

@something200 Impressed by your good taste, hope you'll check out my 500 playlists of music from around the world all displaying REAL talent. 300 artists each have playlists & there's a list for every year since 1900 - just added this to 1950. Over 11,000 songs so far!

[renew2day]

It was the #1 bestselling record of 1950!

It was a huge favorite in taverns. When one walked by, you could hear the drinkers sing this. What a pleasure!

[Grisbi6]

Raan, these 'radicals' were only dangerous in the minds of people like Joe McCarthy and the HUAC.

[TheJukeboxGirl]

My father Loved This Song and Always Sang it when he had a couple of beers,and he could really sing,should have been a professional. Miss you Dad & Mom, more than you will ever know.But when I join you in Heaven we will all sing this together. Love You Dad and Mom,Rest In Peace Together. Patricia and Peter & Families. !

[gertomaniac]

No, he was really bad at singing.

[RaananVolesPianist]

I thought these guys were supposed to be radicals! This was just the typical middle-of-the road early 1950s stuff, like "Shrimp Boats" or "That's Amore."

[hackberryflat]

There are people who consider others too "weak-minded" to see, hear, read certain information - look what's going around now - e.g. American politicians of both parties. It goes on every day - every year - "Politically Correct" isn't something new. It's practiced by all arrogant social engineers.

[Saugekaktus]

in 1950/51, the song was #1 in USA for 13 (!) weeks - no song before ever had done this!

[MexGurly]

i'm 18, but i loveee this version!

[latykai]

back then this song was on everyones lips. ahhhhhhhh these oldies bring back them good ole days. ty for posting

[fromthesidelines]

This was recorded early in 1950, and became a #1 that summer.

[pierluigibaglioni]

Stupenda collezione di video per un recupero dall'oblio di pezzi indimenticaili.

Bravo.

[grummeper]

GREAT!

... and thanks!