The Raspberries no It's Cold Outside The Choir

[6828Lu]

Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I loved these guys!!

[jmen4ever]

I never heard this until I listioned to the nuggets collection.Its as good as anything from the mid 60s era.Just never got good promo.

[RT31gang]

Saw them on our local TV dance show in Syracuse, New York, mid sixties. Heard the song once, remembered the lyric all these years, heard it again 6/5/11 on Little Stevens Underground Garage and recognised the tune before I heard the lyric

[RT31gang]

Saw them on our local TV dance show in Syracuse, New York, mid sixties. Heard the song once, remembered the lyric all these years, heard it again 6/5/11 on Little Stevens Underground Garage and recognised the tune before I heard the lyric

[choosing2lookeast]

I remember hearing this song as a kid, but had no clue there was a tie in with Eric Carmen and the Raspberries! Very cool...

[bopfan]

Wow! I remember this song from the mid-60's. The Choir played it at the Chesterland Hullabaloo. Perfect blend of the early Beatles and the Beach Boys. Definitely not the Raspberries....they didn't even exist when this was recorded.

[lonemirage2seeme]

@bopfan

You're right! But I believe Eric Carmen was in the band that wrote this song for a short time.

[jmen4ever]

First heard this on the nuggets lp set, and loved it right away.

[heroinecherie]

hi !

i love this song but i just can't find it. so if you can help me it would be so cool.

thanks :)

[rktbusinc]

@heroinecherie You can find it on either the 4 disc Nuggets CD by Rhino, or on Bob Stroud's rock and roll roots - I think volume 8.

[imdeanam]

Yep, one of my favorites from way back! Thank you!

[joanieizready]

I've been looking all over for the Choirs version. Thank you youtube! Love it!

[dddaaayyy]

A Cleveland classic. I don't think this got much play beyond WIXY, but I could be wrong.

[BigBishop1]

wls chicago played it deadboys covered it

[dddaaayyy]

wls was great back then.

[rorygg1]

i first heard it on a jukebox in a diner called clyde's cafe in chinquapin, nc about 33 miles from topsail beach. i never knew who did it until 1978 when it came on best of the 60s homemade cassette tape, that a friend loaned me to listen to on my drive to delaware. i almost flipped my 1964 volvo 544 over when it came on. awesome tune. one of the best ever.

[dddaaayyy]

There are always songs that you can never pin down. One of my favorites that took me a couple of years to nail down is "Lack of Water" by the Why Store, a band from Indiana. KFOG in San Francisco played it a fair amount in the mid-90s, and I never seemed to be able to catch it. :)

[rorygg1]

wally bryson and thom mooney of NAZZ fame did a slow ballad version in the late 70s. their group was called tatto. such an uptempo sad song. i clould hear it a 100 times in a row and never tire of it. after 27 yrs, my wife wants a divorce, but baby it will be cold outside when i'm gone

[sgtbarone]

Right from Mentor, OHIO!

[ShellTrek]

Cool Tune: Like Lezgon mentioned... "I too; never heard this song before"? I like it!

[songramonesthesame]

First time ive heard this, its awesome wish id heard it years ago....

[30lovemusic]

love it :) cool !

[lezgon]

Far-out man! First time I'm hearing it in almost 40 years! Hail youtube!!!!

[zatorsky]

I saw them at the Painesville Armory and they did this. supposedly Eric Carmen (from Mentor) was in the audience, was so inspired, he wanted to join them and eventually joined the Raspberries with some of the original Choir members when the bass player quit. You know the rest o the story

[lehooper]

Cool! Mike Mad Dog Adams did this song at the Super Bowl Party in Port Clinton. Its near the 3/4 of the vdeo that I'm going to put on Video Responce

[Silvershotzero]

It would have been fantastic if "THE RAMONES" had the chance to cover this song when they were around. They took such great songs and put their own punk spin on it.

[DIEHALLZ]

yep but THE QUEERS have one great version ;)

[hunterjc1]

i was in high school when i first heard this song and i loved to play it and sing it, wow what so old time memories

[bwworld]

Never heard this before--great sound!

[pappanorm]

Anyone who saw the "Choir" LIVE had to come away impressed with the musicmanship of five gifted performers together at one time. -- Wally, Dann, Dave S., Dave B. and Jim were so good in 1966. Goose bump city their sound was so alive!! -- Norm.

[stuka52]

Interesting, Tim, brother of Dave passed away 2 weeks ago. I still read the Obits from the Lake County newspaper.

[C4Toalla]

Yea I believe this tune was number ONE during the summer of either 1967 or 1966 on the WIXY 1260 tunedex?

[xalamac]

WIXY 1260 Man, what memories!

[thepresh]

You know I heard this when I was about 7 years old or I heard it somewhere else because I lived in the NJ/NYC area - I wonder if they played it on the radio there - it's a great tune but then it's 3 of the Raspberries lol - enough said.

[xalamac]

I've only heard this song twice in 30 years. I used to live in Mentor, Ohio where this group is from. Fantastic memories! :-)

[georgiegirl1]

I used to live in Mentor also....and yes, this song is great!!! Great memories for me!!

[xalamac]

Where in Mentor did you live? I lived in Little Mountain Rd.

[georgiegirl1]

I lived right off Lake Shore Blvd. on Links Rd.

[conuregirl007]

Did you know the Darone's on Little Mountain?

I lived off Lake Shore.

[Triangularthree]

"Triangularthree" covers Northeastern Ohio and Western Pa.s Rock n Roll History...... Enjoy.....also....... google "youngstownsrocknrollhistory"

[lushta]

I remember this song, from the summer of '67...it was a hit locally in Johnstown,Pa on WCRO-Radio. The DJ's used to introduce this song by saying that the drummer in The Choir, Jim Bonfanti, has a lot of relatives in suburban Beaverdale,Pa.

[brfox549]

I will always remember this song band and others from the Cleveland area.

[jeanlotus]

Terrific song. A "real video" would be great.

[Socrates103]

Great tune. I remember when it was brand new!

[Corri2223]

I listened to this song on the radio in Cleveland. I always remembered it and wondered why it never became more popular. This cut still has that all-too-rare quality that seems to be extinct...freshness.

[ivanack]

I stumbled on this song listening to it as a sample track (Amazon.com). Never heard it before, but it's AWESOME! Definitely 5-stars !

[jgower]

Definitely get the CD "Choir Practice" by The Choir - it is one of my favorite albums ever - just plain-'n'-good '60s pop, albeit low-fi. Definitely hear pre-Raspberries elements from Bryson, Smalley, Bonfante, et al..

[4owls]

i'll be waiting for that

thanks

[hollies65]

Well the song gets five stars.

[vincentvanvideo]

Well I'd love to do a real video, black and white, 1960's look and feel, a High School dance, jilted lover. What do you think?

[GBS1043]

WOW... I remember seeing the Choir do this live at Maple Heights High School (Maple Heights Ohio) in 1967. Quite a treat