I was in the 8th grade listening to this on a Chicago station every night. The only station I could get on the radio and wow was it a great station. Played all the great songs like this one. Love it............
why is this song so great when i listen to it at 11 in "58.....at 21 in '68....at 31 in '78
at 41 in '88 at 51 in '98 at 61' in '08 and most likely will be great when i listen to it at 71 in '18..and hopefully at 81 in '28...and if i can still hear at '91 in '38...and perhaps on my death bed at 101 in '48...would you say that i love this song all my life...and beyond....
Teddy Bears consisted of: Phil Spector, Marshall Leib, Harvey Goldstein (who left the group early on), lead singer Annette Kleinbard,last minute recruit, drummer Sandy Nelson Spector played all of the instruments for the recording, but couldn't get the drums right. He recruited Sandy Nelson (before he called himself Sandy Nelson) to play the drums. They recorded the song at Gold Star Studios at a cost of $75. By the time Spector was out of his teens, he was already a millionair.
I love this song, and how you can almost instantly hear a Phil Spector song. So many have tried to imitate, even steal from him, but nobody can come close. Such talent, and such a waste.
@wildemouse sorry you're wrong. phil spectre wrote this song and wanted to record it. there were more people in this group but i don't know who. i believe sandy nelson was a last minute addition at recording time. the guitar player is defininately phil spector
I've been a Phil Spector fan for nearly 30 years and have never seen a filmed performance of the Teddy Bears.The simplicity,honesty and sheer beauty of this song is what great pop music is all about.Also my mom grew up in the fifties and fondly remembers this song
so you see, parental violence carries over to the children. he is a genius and that is only a hair away from insanity. but i love his music and if you flip this song over,
you can see he was years ahead of himself with music. DONT YOU WORRY MY LITTLE PET was unexplanable at the time.
The shrimpy little guy on the right side of the video playing the guitar is PHIL SPECTOR!
Stop asking if that it Phil Spector! Yes, Yes, Yes, it's Phil Spector. If you must ask again just repeat to yourself 100 times - that is Phil Spector. It's not too much to ask is it? If anybody else asks if that is Phil Spector I swear I'm gonna throw my damn computer against the wall.
The title to know him is to love him comes from the inscription on the grave of phil spector's father, who committed suicide when spector was nine years old. Phils mother, Bertha, used to scream 'Your father killed himself because you were a bad child' as she chased him round the kitchen with a carving knife" lol
@Propylnitrite ...Spector got the title from the words on his father's gravestone. His father committed suicide when Spector was a very young boy. His parents were first cousins and during an interview in the late 60's he expressed concern that such a close marriage may have passed problems on to him.
I realize Phil Spector is no saint. This song however is quite lovely. Amy Winehouse did a remake of this song, and it is terrible. Phil Spector and I will most likely never meet, and I suppose that is ultimately for the best.
@eddieeish ... I had the same experience with a boy who sat in front of me in 4th grade -- 1959, John. B. Allen Elementary in Seattle -- Paul Erickson. Paul - if you're out there, I never forgot you, my first boy crush! Dianne (missdeal07 on youTube)
He was a weasel then. He cheated the others out of their money. Neither made a dime from this mega-hit. He did the same thing to the Paris Sisters and many other groups. He was always a sociopath.
is everyone aware that this song is about phils dad who committed suicide? its a incredibly beautiful song even considering the content and the pain involved.
@themoshmenace My understanding is that he formed the 'Teddy Bear's' while still at, or just recently graduated from Fairfax High School and did perform on some recordings during that time. Also, the guy on the right sure does look like a very young Phil Spector.
I first heard this song when I had the most massive crush on a boy at swimming, that was 50+ years ago. Whe dated for about 18 months and then moved on. We have just made contact again. Also just won a competition on the year this song was released, how amazing.
This song is indeed 50 years old (in 2006). Actually now it is 56 years old. I was 12 when I listened to this song in sixth grade. This song went along with my crush on Mary Ann Millar who sat behind me and to the left in the back row. Mary if you get on YouTube, I'm still here. I never did have the nerve to say anything to you then. I was thinking you too pretty for me...how sadly funny this is now.
@Eddieeish Hey snap,i was exactly the same age with the same sort of memory,i was in Blackburn Lancashire England UK,i was deeply in love with a girl called Muriel Monk i would follow her to school make sure i caught the same bus,i was absoloutly besotted with her and you know i doubt she even noticed me lol ,tunes are great memory jerkers they are,i am now married with a great wife of 40years,but a memory is revived tonight, great song.,,Thank you..pheldon
@Eddieeish Wow,parralell lives i would say here,,lol i am same age as you and when i was 12 i was besotted with a girl called Muriel Monk,i lived in Blackburn Lancashire England,i would sit beind her in class i would be sure to catch the same bus to school as her and the same bus home,amd ya know i dont think she even noticed me..lol,tunes are great memory jerkers and this one for sure along with your comment jerked mine,great song,thank you pheldon for posting it,,
@friding999 What a small world this is. To think that when you are having a soulful experience, someone, somewhere is having a similar experience! I am awed by knowing you could identify with this. Mary Ann drove me to delirium and kept me awake nights...at the tender age of 12 :)
@Eddieeish I feel your pain sir,,lol,i really do feel your pain lol,,teenage crushes are unbelievable when we look back,like you i couldnt sleep very well either,i delivered papers to her house and at times she wold be sat in her front room just reading i would take my papers then just go back and stare at her,frozen to death some nights,it would be classed as stalking now lol,i looking back it was better then ,we were in truth all innocents most of us were honourable and truthfull ,nice meeting
@Eddieeish Wow,parralell lives i would say here,,lol i am same age as you and when i was 12 i was besotted with a girl called Muriel Monk,i lived in Blackburn Lancashire England,i would sit beind her in class i would be sure to catch the same bus to school as her and the same bus home,amd ya know i dont think she even noticed me..lol,tunes are great memory jerkers and this one for sure along with your comment jerked mine,great song,thank you pheldon for posting it,,
molly ann rice. i use to watch you sing that song 50 years ago in school. it's been 50 years since i saw you. i have spent the last 50 years trying to find you and now i have. it seen only yesterday when you sang that song.
@iw32 No it's his clone. Puleze people what part of Phil Spector playing the guitar and writing the song in memory of his father don't you compehend.
Phil was just a short shrimpy guy who eventually let his success make him one of the most narcisstic men on the planet.
His fortuitous rise to the top ended with his fall to the depths of evil. Remember when you climb the ladder of succes be prepared to meet those who you stepped on when you fall off that ladder.
And sometimes.....to know, know, know him.......is to get the hell, hell, away from HIM!! I mean, sometimes WHAT you see...is NOT what you get. YIKES!
@makalavena Oh, Phil's not dead...he is just doing time in prison. Of course, I guess a 19 yr sentence at his age he might as well be dead, But he is alive and kicking, last I heard.
Me quedo lejos con la version de Amy winehouse,le da un toque mas moderno .un ritmo envolvente y mucho muy romantico expresa feacientemente el titulo del tema conocerlo es amarlo.a esta version le faltan esos atributos.
@2007superange sigo prefiriendo a los Beatles a Amy, aunque estoy de acuerdo contigo en que esta no transmite tanto como la versión de Winehouse, ten el cuenta el sonido
A Musical Genius, But Jeez What a Scumbag in his Personal Life..." "Outstretch Thy Slimy Hand PS, From Your Cold & Clammy Cell....Satan Demands a Hefty Price, When to Him Your Soul U Sell.......
You Realize Now, The Maddening Steel Bars Are Nothing New You'll Find...
They Only Rival The Fuckin Steel Bars...That Encapsulate Your Mind.......
Erm. And who was the FIRST person Christ decided to bring up to Paradise with him? Jesus, you Christians really ought to try behaving a little more like Christ.
Hard to believe such a piece of human detritus was capable of writing such a beautiful song-- taken from his late father's epitaph, as the story goes. Off-topic, perhaps: Eva Duarte-Peron's epitaph is "Do not cry, Argentina." Sorry, those are the only headstone inspirations I know of.
Perhaps Spector only wanted to remind of his father? Think about Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World" she wrote in memory of her best friend's fatal car accident? Or Dolly Parton's wonderful "I Will Always Love You" about her splitting with Porter Wagoner? Would you blame them, too?
@LancetTrooper I meant that Phil Spector, at one time, long ago, was capable of writing a beautiful song commemorating his father, whose untimely death obviously hit Phil very hard, and Phil was able to channel his feelings into the song. I didn't mean to imply Phil was a ghoul. However, he soon turned into a douche bag whose enablers let him become the monster he became.
our SKATING RINK DAYS !!!! we would skate for an hour or so then..... we would take off our skates and go in the bathroom comb our hair freshen our lipstick and "THE DANCE" would start !!!! every Friday nite ! in good ole Pa !
eeek when he goes ahhh ahh ahh ahh ahhh looking into the camera , wonder what he's thinking, maybe one day im gonna be famous for music and infamous for killing some random woman i picked up who tried to nick my wig
this song and the way it was sung was a very big part of what i like about the fifties..
the songs were understandable to me at least...and the singers were clean cut and pure looking regardless of what they did on the side..its was not broadcast like it is today..we just wanted to hear them sing and perform....all the crap you hear about todays singers and actors...mostly made up....just sells mags and makes someone rich...when will we ever learn....stop giving your money away to these people.
i love this song...today when i was at school... this song came at me out of nowhere in my head...i kept humming it but i didnt know what the name was but then eventuallY!! i got it...lol.... love this song.... so sweet....
The perfect love song. Beautiful singing from all three. I think the ones who have given the thumbs down to this are doing so more as a 'two fingers' to Spector. Whatever he has done (and it doesn't get much worse than what he's done!) you can't deny this is a great song.
I agree 100% with you. If today's singer and their music last as long as this music the world will still be filled with violence, agressive sex, agressive words and disrespect, whith some laudable exceptions of course.
I love this song, I could listen to it on repeat for hours. The female lead is amazing, her vocals are pitch perfect. Incidentally I have just listened to Amy Winehouse sing this, out of curiosity, well if you take a listen, Im sure you will come to the same conclusion as me!!!!!!!
The background singers really make this song work. She has a wonderful voice but the two guys shouldn't be discounted. When she pours on the power they are right there with her not getting drowned out. What a wonderful performance I truly love this song and have for ever!
@corcurezo Your right, how can 56 people not like this. They have probably listened to Amy Winehouses's version and think it should be sung slurred through drink and drugs. The Teddy Bears sing this to absolute perfection. As Jhardy133 says this is when singers WERE singers and could sing
I was going to say, "As wholesome and American as baseball and apple pie." but then again, with all the corruption and drugs in baseball these days and scientists messing around with the genetic enginerring of our fruits and vegetables, it's difficult to find that old America anymore. Still, what a great song.
I was not even born yet but grew up to these awesome oldies...always sang this as a lil kid....this is when music was music, while being enjoyable to the ear, hopeful, smooth, and style..unlike the majority of todays attempts...well, that rap crap anyway lol...
I agree, this music and era is a solid part of music history. like you said, today there is too much gimmickery. Strip the over produced and over processed vocals and you have nothing The words megastar and superstar are FAR OVERUSED now. Im willing to bet Sinatra didn't hear those words for many years, and he (and others)had to earn it and when he did, it was well deserved. I would pay $10 to see a group like this in a club way before I would take a free ticket to see that Brittny chick or gaga
Sue "B" you did it again. HOW can a human being choose--1 or 2 out of such gems sent on your e-mails? Your 45 plus sometimes at at time; 'Whelmed me. THIS is a sample of "MEMORIES-PAST + magnificent." It was too much to bear daily makeing the decisions I had to make; clicking away. IT is tortureous for sure. Forgive my faltering on the Sacred space that I am pulling away from that has been hampering my work I must do completeing my contract with Mother Gaia.(OMG this tune 1st time in eons.:) <3
Fantastic video and no lip-sinking, although good lip-sinking was an art unto itself!!! Wow Annette Kleinbard was a total looker. Did she not record under the name of Annette Bard ? Great vocals from all.
I dedicated this song to my husband at our wedding. It was the last song of the evening, & everyone gathered around us in a circle holding hands. That was 22years ago this July, & knowing my husband all those years has only made me love him more! xoxo
Amy Whinehouse ruined this song
glennbez 3 days ago
great song
mike31657 4 days ago
I was in the 8th grade listening to this on a Chicago station every night. The only station I could get on the radio and wow was it a great station. Played all the great songs like this one. Love it............
midnightems1201 5 days ago
@midnightems1201
that may have been WIND in Chicago.. Rod Strom was the DeeJay
maggie60559 4 days ago
@maggie60559 Thanks. I don't remember the station now but you could be right. Wish I could go back and listen again. :)
midnightems1201 3 days ago
Como eu queria ter vivido essa época. Andando de Bel-Air e ouvindo isso alto. Classic 4ever, from: Brazil.
alamopala 6 days ago
Awwww......so sweet! I was born when this song made it to number one!
MiamiRaven13 1 week ago
why is this song so great when i listen to it at 11 in "58.....at 21 in '68....at 31 in '78
at 41 in '88 at 51 in '98 at 61' in '08 and most likely will be great when i listen to it at 71 in '18..and hopefully at 81 in '28...and if i can still hear at '91 in '38...and perhaps on my death bed at 101 in '48...would you say that i love this song all my life...and beyond....
billythedoggie 1 week ago
Sandy got $15.00 of the $75.00 while the creep Specter was eating steak
DETROITBULLET 1 week ago
Wonderfully Cheesy
apuzyr 1 week ago
Teddy Bears consisted of: Phil Spector, Marshall Leib, Harvey Goldstein (who left the group early on), lead singer Annette Kleinbard,last minute recruit, drummer Sandy Nelson Spector played all of the instruments for the recording, but couldn't get the drums right. He recruited Sandy Nelson (before he called himself Sandy Nelson) to play the drums. They recorded the song at Gold Star Studios at a cost of $75. By the time Spector was out of his teens, he was already a millionair.
1nhman 1 week ago
thank you for posting this....what fond and endearing memories!
ctmale1956 2 weeks ago
which person is phil spector?
ctmale1956 2 weeks ago
Annette Kleibard was the singer-------she could sing really lovely
MrBrianjames45 2 weeks ago
I was sixteen in '58 and this with others of that era were what we grew up with, thanks youtube.
1busybeekeeper 2 weeks ago
@1busybeekeeper i was in the 8th grade then dancing with my girl friend to this song and now she is my wife of 47 yrs.
1ED2DD 2 weeks ago 12
i was 21 back in 1958 this song used to play over the radio at night i loved it
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paulmaccarocks 2 weeks ago
Im 15....oh if only people my age treasured this music as ido3
serranonative49 2 weeks ago
@serranonative49 This is a treasure too!! One of many classics from 50's and 60's. In my opinion, THE best decades.
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paulmaccarocks 2 weeks ago
@serranonative49 Check out The Poni Tails 'Born too Late' and Skeeter Davis 'End of The World'.
Both in the same vein.
paulmaccarocks 2 weeks ago
Look at Phil Spector ,y god he has changed.
englishsandy 3 weeks ago
Boy,she sure can sing! Wow!
ginah50 3 weeks ago
It was the number one song the day I was born 12/23/58
mjardeen 3 weeks ago
Darauf ging früher die große Schmuse ab.
schabernac1 3 weeks ago
I swear that's Phil Lesh on the right, not Phil Spector. You people have it all mixed up!
wildemouse 1 month ago
@wildemouse you´re right there. people are so weird these days, man.
Modestoney 3 weeks ago
Phil Spector now is an immensely sad part of the sixties.Ive loved this song for years,so many thanks to pheldon for posting
MrBirchmoor33 1 month ago
I love this song, and how you can almost instantly hear a Phil Spector song. So many have tried to imitate, even steal from him, but nobody can come close. Such talent, and such a waste.
JeepRuby101 1 month ago
Wait a minute... this isn't Teddybears STHLM!
madshoejer 1 month ago
Phil Spector wrote this song, as a dedication to his father...
cmf1965 1 month ago in playlist Phil Spector
That;s not Phil Spector, that's Phil Lesh!
wildemouse 1 month ago
@wildemouse sorry you're wrong. phil spectre wrote this song and wanted to record it. there were more people in this group but i don't know who. i believe sandy nelson was a last minute addition at recording time. the guitar player is defininately phil spector
denisjl100 1 month ago
How can you NOT like MUSIC like this. that is superb.
mollymitch1 1 month ago
Always loved this song but never knew Phil Spector was in Teddy Bears.Lovely voice, lovely lady,
ukmaturemale 1 month ago
I've been a Phil Spector fan for nearly 30 years and have never seen a filmed performance of the Teddy Bears.The simplicity,honesty and sheer beauty of this song is what great pop music is all about.Also my mom grew up in the fifties and fondly remembers this song
jshalom65 1 month ago
Why did the producers of the video think it was necessary to give the song a big band ending? Sounds stupid.
themoshmenace 1 month ago
Seriously, what did Ronnie ever see in Phil Spector??? I do love this song and his talent though!
TravieAviary 1 month ago
Who's Phil specter?
goobers6922 1 month ago
The title was the inscription his mother had etched into his (Spector's) father's grave.
bammbamm12 1 month ago
so you see, parental violence carries over to the children. he is a genius and that is only a hair away from insanity. but i love his music and if you flip this song over,
you can see he was years ahead of himself with music. DONT YOU WORRY MY LITTLE PET was unexplanable at the time.
emb1st 2 months ago
THIS IS THE FINAL TIME PEOPLE!!!!!!
The shrimpy little guy on the right side of the video playing the guitar is PHIL SPECTOR!
Stop asking if that it Phil Spector! Yes, Yes, Yes, it's Phil Spector. If you must ask again just repeat to yourself 100 times - that is Phil Spector. It's not too much to ask is it? If anybody else asks if that is Phil Spector I swear I'm gonna throw my damn computer against the wall.
net144 2 months ago
@net144 is that phil spector on the right?
cairnsfisherman 2 months ago
The title to know him is to love him comes from the inscription on the grave of phil spector's father, who committed suicide when spector was nine years old. Phils mother, Bertha, used to scream 'Your father killed himself because you were a bad child' as she chased him round the kitchen with a carving knife" lol
redorocker 2 months ago
Spitting image of Phil Spector on the right.
JohnnyCxviii 2 months ago
Screw these commercials
nucleuscontour 2 months ago
Yes, a young Phil Spector ,with a freaky haircut,on the left. The composer was suppiosed to have got the title from words carved on a gravestone!
Hell, that man (Spector) was associated with some great songs!! Great pity he's now a guest of the US Government!!
Propylnitrite 2 months ago
@Propylnitrite ...Spector got the title from the words on his father's gravestone. His father committed suicide when Spector was a very young boy. His parents were first cousins and during an interview in the late 60's he expressed concern that such a close marriage may have passed problems on to him.
ronetteloverz 1 month ago
Is that Phil Spector on the right ?
kskk9368 2 months ago
I didn't know Pee-Wee Herman could play guitar.
JohnnyCxviii 2 months ago
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rebelVHS 2 months ago
That guy on the right playing the guitar, he reminds me of Phil Spector.
heyo825 2 months ago
This song topped out in December,1958, and being a March '58 baby, I know I'll be 56 in 3 yrs. Do your subtraction :)
signorgelato 2 months ago
That's Phil Spector playing the guitar...
computerneck 2 months ago
I realize Phil Spector is no saint. This song however is quite lovely. Amy Winehouse did a remake of this song, and it is terrible. Phil Spector and I will most likely never meet, and I suppose that is ultimately for the best.
Wayne92953 2 months ago
Lol it only says "starring Phil Spector"
anyways this song <3 x) ahaha
zuko1020 2 months ago
I could be wrong here,its just a guess,but could the guy playing the guitar possibly be Phil Spector ?
myepiphone 2 months ago
Yes, today he is a monster, back then he was just an asshole, i've been told
RennyGd 2 months ago
nice song, but Amy Winehouse's performance is supeiour imho... but we live in different times now...
DuistereDarthVader 2 months ago
@eddieeish ... I had the same experience with a boy who sat in front of me in 4th grade -- 1959, John. B. Allen Elementary in Seattle -- Paul Erickson. Paul - if you're out there, I never forgot you, my first boy crush! Dianne (missdeal07 on youTube)
missdeal07 2 months ago
wish i could walk along side of him.........
Orbisonlover 2 months ago
wat where r da electronic beatz
SpoonsForks 3 months ago
He was a weasel then. He cheated the others out of their money. Neither made a dime from this mega-hit. He did the same thing to the Paris Sisters and many other groups. He was always a sociopath.
countofla 3 months ago
wrote for phil spectors dad, the words were on his grave stone, his father commited suicide when spector was 11 or 12
downhillspill 3 months ago
is everyone aware that this song is about phils dad who committed suicide? its a incredibly beautiful song even considering the content and the pain involved.
K1ngTam 3 months ago
Annette, the girl here, became Elvis' lover for several years, and later wrote "Gonna Fly Now", the theme for "Rocky".
ViceroyCDR 3 months ago
This is to all that knows me and my love gerald. To know him is to love him and i do.....
TheTooblue33 3 months ago
great song and has Sandy Nelson on drums!!!!
theaznlvr 3 months ago
"Teddy Bear's video promo starring Phil Spector."
I didn't see Spector anywhere in the video.
I hate the big band sound at the end. It really destroys the mood.
themoshmenace 3 months ago
@themoshmenace You didn't recognize him. Look at the guy on the right!
Regards,
Wiltent
wiltent 3 months ago
@wiltent Are you sure?! I knew he wrote the song, but I never knew he also sang it as one of the Teddy Bears.
themoshmenace 3 months ago
@themoshmenace My understanding is that he formed the 'Teddy Bear's' while still at, or just recently graduated from Fairfax High School and did perform on some recordings during that time. Also, the guy on the right sure does look like a very young Phil Spector.
Regards,
Wiltent
wiltent 3 months ago
@wiltent It is Phil Spector. You are correct
oldbiddie 3 months ago
I first heard this song when I had the most massive crush on a boy at swimming, that was 50+ years ago. Whe dated for about 18 months and then moved on. We have just made contact again. Also just won a competition on the year this song was released, how amazing.
nannaspain1 4 months ago
HI, WHAT A GREAT TUNE. YOUNG LOVE AT IT'S MOST INNOCENT! THANK YOU FOR THE MEMORIES,TOM D. BRICK,NJ. {AT THE SHORE}.
doowopman49 4 months ago
Wow, it's kind of weird to see Phil Spector looking and acting so normal.
KitchensLady 4 months ago
@dahsuerk....I'm an old man and loved this since I was not an old man .
...I thought "The wall of Sound" came later .
...Please "Come Back" .....(That's old C.B.talk ) and set me right .
cuteoldguy 4 months ago
@cuteoldguy yes,the wall of sound came a little bit later... at least a couple of years later
Freyja1133 4 months ago
My name is Mary, but not Mary Ann Millar, I loved this song, I had so many boyfriends in the 60;s and can remember dancing to this GREAT
Charleymar 4 months ago
The Wall of Sound.
dahsuerk 4 months ago
Would have loved if Elvis sung this song.
loughrey101 4 months ago
The Beatles and Dolly Parton's Trio versions are the best by far.
loughrey101 4 months ago
Should also add that Phil Spector's dad committed suicide and guess that had a bad effect on him for the rest of his life.
net144 4 months ago
This song is indeed 50 years old (in 2006). Actually now it is 56 years old. I was 12 when I listened to this song in sixth grade. This song went along with my crush on Mary Ann Millar who sat behind me and to the left in the back row. Mary if you get on YouTube, I'm still here. I never did have the nerve to say anything to you then. I was thinking you too pretty for me...how sadly funny this is now.
Eddieeish 4 months ago 57
@Eddieeish find Mary Ann...google her, ask old classmates...have the nerve to find her out now...you never know......good luck.
lalatutu123 4 months ago
@Eddieeish Hey snap,i was exactly the same age with the same sort of memory,i was in Blackburn Lancashire England UK,i was deeply in love with a girl called Muriel Monk i would follow her to school make sure i caught the same bus,i was absoloutly besotted with her and you know i doubt she even noticed me lol ,tunes are great memory jerkers they are,i am now married with a great wife of 40years,but a memory is revived tonight, great song.,,Thank you..pheldon
friding999 4 months ago
@Eddieeish Wow,parralell lives i would say here,,lol i am same age as you and when i was 12 i was besotted with a girl called Muriel Monk,i lived in Blackburn Lancashire England,i would sit beind her in class i would be sure to catch the same bus to school as her and the same bus home,amd ya know i dont think she even noticed me..lol,tunes are great memory jerkers and this one for sure along with your comment jerked mine,great song,thank you pheldon for posting it,,
friding999 4 months ago
@friding999 What a small world this is. To think that when you are having a soulful experience, someone, somewhere is having a similar experience! I am awed by knowing you could identify with this. Mary Ann drove me to delirium and kept me awake nights...at the tender age of 12 :)
Eddieeish 4 months ago
@Eddieeish I feel your pain sir,,lol,i really do feel your pain lol,,teenage crushes are unbelievable when we look back,like you i couldnt sleep very well either,i delivered papers to her house and at times she wold be sat in her front room just reading i would take my papers then just go back and stare at her,frozen to death some nights,it would be classed as stalking now lol,i looking back it was better then ,we were in truth all innocents most of us were honourable and truthfull ,nice meeting
friding999 4 months ago
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@Eddieeish Wow,parralell lives i would say here,,lol i am same age as you and when i was 12 i was besotted with a girl called Muriel Monk,i lived in Blackburn Lancashire England,i would sit beind her in class i would be sure to catch the same bus to school as her and the same bus home,amd ya know i dont think she even noticed me..lol,tunes are great memory jerkers and this one for sure along with your comment jerked mine,great song,thank you pheldon for posting it,,
friding999 4 months ago
@Eddieeish: how sweet! Yes, I am sure we all have similar memories when listening to some of that 50s and early 60s stuff.
tomhits 1 month ago
@Eddieeish
...You need to find her!
grappledog2007 3 weeks ago
@Eddieeish
this song came out in 1958... not 56
lemala 3 weeks ago
Holy jacking jack jesus. This is right on 50 years old! How old am I?
B52sguy 4 months ago
molly ann rice. i use to watch you sing that song 50 years ago in school. it's been 50 years since i saw you. i have spent the last 50 years trying to find you and now i have. it seen only yesterday when you sang that song.
hacksaw8214 5 months ago
@hacksaw8214 Put your pants on.
3rdPR 5 months ago
@3rdPR THAT IS IT? THAT IS ALL YOU GOT? OH I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN YOUR MEDS YET. SO TAKE YOUR MED AND RUN ALONG.
hacksaw8214 5 months ago
To everyone who keeps asking - YES THAT IS PHIL SPECTOR! It is him before he became a monster.
The guy on the right playing the guitar is PHIL SPECTOR. Yes, it's PHIL SPECTOR!
Please stop asking. It's PHIL SPECTOR, get it?
net144 5 months ago 8
@net144 Just one question,Is that Phil Spector?
iw32 2 months ago
@iw32 No it's his clone. Puleze people what part of Phil Spector playing the guitar and writing the song in memory of his father don't you compehend.
Phil was just a short shrimpy guy who eventually let his success make him one of the most narcisstic men on the planet.
His fortuitous rise to the top ended with his fall to the depths of evil. Remember when you climb the ladder of succes be prepared to meet those who you stepped on when you fall off that ladder.
net144 2 months ago
@net144 I was just kidding with you....
iw32 2 months ago
I knew that it was Spector before he became the monster ronnie spector knew him as
Freyja1133 5 months ago
IS that a teenage Phil spector on the guitar?
Freyja1133 5 months ago
@Freyja1133 Yes, it is...I think he is around 18 at this time.
whatanightmare1 5 months ago
And sometimes.....to know, know, know him.......is to get the hell, hell, away from HIM!! I mean, sometimes WHAT you see...is NOT what you get. YIKES!
Sauceywalker 5 months ago
phil rip
makalavena 5 months ago
@makalavena Oh, Phil's not dead...he is just doing time in prison. Of course, I guess a 19 yr sentence at his age he might as well be dead, But he is alive and kicking, last I heard.
whatanightmare1 5 months ago
This was the first record that I ever owned. I only had one and played it over and over until I had saved enough for another.
WaiChameleon 5 months ago
To my wonderful friend Tony B. To know you was to love you and I do. From Donna
donnarama1 5 months ago
Me quedo lejos con la version de Amy winehouse,le da un toque mas moderno .un ritmo envolvente y mucho muy romantico expresa feacientemente el titulo del tema conocerlo es amarlo.a esta version le faltan esos atributos.
2007superange 5 months ago
@2007superange sigo prefiriendo a los Beatles a Amy, aunque estoy de acuerdo contigo en que esta no transmite tanto como la versión de Winehouse, ten el cuenta el sonido
MsAintshesweet 5 months ago
I love this song, I understand that Elvis loved Carol Connors voice and wished to meet her. Her voice is perfection x
jacqui4elvis 5 months ago
So the guy with the guitar was Phil Spector...
LancetTrooper 5 months ago
Check out The Legend of Super Green for some intense teddy bear action!
xekit 5 months ago
A Musical Genius, But Jeez What a Scumbag in his Personal Life..." "Outstretch Thy Slimy Hand PS, From Your Cold & Clammy Cell....Satan Demands a Hefty Price, When to Him Your Soul U Sell.......
You Realize Now, The Maddening Steel Bars Are Nothing New You'll Find...
They Only Rival The Fuckin Steel Bars...That Encapsulate Your Mind.......
CelticBadBoyPoet7 5 months ago
@CelticBadBoyPoet7
Erm. And who was the FIRST person Christ decided to bring up to Paradise with him? Jesus, you Christians really ought to try behaving a little more like Christ.
votemiles 5 months ago
@votemiles
And end up being crucified? Are you nuts?
tonywsmith2 5 months ago
@votemiles Ok So Whats Ur Point????...U Get What U Give in Life....And That Applies to The Rothchilds on Down.......
CelticBadBoyPoet7 4 months ago
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CelticBadBoyPoet7 5 months ago
Hard to believe such a piece of human detritus was capable of writing such a beautiful song-- taken from his late father's epitaph, as the story goes. Off-topic, perhaps: Eva Duarte-Peron's epitaph is "Do not cry, Argentina." Sorry, those are the only headstone inspirations I know of.
therealjoebloggs 5 months ago
@therealjoebloggs
Making a song from his Old Man's epitaph...
Perhaps Spector only wanted to remind of his father? Think about Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World" she wrote in memory of her best friend's fatal car accident? Or Dolly Parton's wonderful "I Will Always Love You" about her splitting with Porter Wagoner? Would you blame them, too?
Nope!
LancetTrooper 5 months ago
@LancetTrooper I meant that Phil Spector, at one time, long ago, was capable of writing a beautiful song commemorating his father, whose untimely death obviously hit Phil very hard, and Phil was able to channel his feelings into the song. I didn't mean to imply Phil was a ghoul. However, he soon turned into a douche bag whose enablers let him become the monster he became.
therealjoebloggs 4 months ago
Amy Winehouse live version on Jonathon Ross is amazing
jake27990 5 months ago
our SKATING RINK DAYS !!!! we would skate for an hour or so then..... we would take off our skates and go in the bathroom comb our hair freshen our lipstick and "THE DANCE" would start !!!! every Friday nite ! in good ole Pa !
mumy1dear 5 months ago
すげーかっこいい
maboroshisou 6 months ago
eeek when he goes ahhh ahh ahh ahh ahhh looking into the camera , wonder what he's thinking, maybe one day im gonna be famous for music and infamous for killing some random woman i picked up who tried to nick my wig
the3aremine1 6 months ago
Sorry, meant to say Annette Kleinbard!
Lloydhl 6 months ago
this is linda fuller.
betweenholidays1 6 months ago
@betweenholidays1 This is Annette Kleinrard.
Lloydhl 6 months ago
Phil looks so wonderfully creepy in this, like a minor character in a David Lynch film
killerpatio 6 months ago
sweet
geofflorimer 6 months ago
hahaha a crush on someone always seems to me to hurt just as bad as a romantic bond to someone HEAVY LOL OHHH FARDENXXOO
MrLions49 6 months ago
yes you dont mess with best,cos the best don't mess,,and these were the best better than dolly twatt face,,
allenparsons31 6 months ago
Such a sweet, sweet song.
badbob1946 6 months ago
this song and the way it was sung was a very big part of what i like about the fifties..
the songs were understandable to me at least...and the singers were clean cut and pure looking regardless of what they did on the side..its was not broadcast like it is today..we just wanted to hear them sing and perform....all the crap you hear about todays singers and actors...mostly made up....just sells mags and makes someone rich...when will we ever learn....stop giving your money away to these people.
billythedoggie 6 months ago
my first romantic dance was to this charming track which still sounds just as fresh and sweet as it did all those years ago.
WorldView50 6 months ago
i love this song...today when i was at school... this song came at me out of nowhere in my head...i kept humming it but i didnt know what the name was but then eventuallY!! i got it...lol.... love this song.... so sweet....
XDAnImEkRaZe3D 6 months ago
The perfect love song. Beautiful singing from all three. I think the ones who have given the thumbs down to this are doing so more as a 'two fingers' to Spector. Whatever he has done (and it doesn't get much worse than what he's done!) you can't deny this is a great song.
allanscot1 6 months ago
beautiful voice form a very beautiful lady, thanks for the memories
ukmaturemale 6 months ago
Do you think Phil Spector regrets killing Lana Clarkson ??
johnhharley48 6 months ago
@johnhharley48 No, he was a manipulating psycho from day one.
ClyneDDW 5 months ago
I agree 100% with you. If today's singer and their music last as long as this music the world will still be filled with violence, agressive sex, agressive words and disrespect, whith some laudable exceptions of course.
Luissbr 7 months ago
I love this song, I could listen to it on repeat for hours. The female lead is amazing, her vocals are pitch perfect. Incidentally I have just listened to Amy Winehouse sing this, out of curiosity, well if you take a listen, Im sure you will come to the same conclusion as me!!!!!!!
elvismysacredspirit 7 months ago 2
The background singers really make this song work. She has a wonderful voice but the two guys shouldn't be discounted. When she pours on the power they are right there with her not getting drowned out. What a wonderful performance I truly love this song and have for ever!
FredCDobbs00 7 months ago 23
@FredCDobbs00 she carries this song, the other guys are along for the ride. I'd like to hear her have sung it alone, no doubt it would be fantastic
ITILII 5 months ago
Temazo , feliz dia a todos los papas.
pizzaconmigo 7 months ago
this song is GREAT i love this song. It means so much to me :))
penguin3food 7 months ago in playlist Old songs
Great song. thanks for posting.
birdwatcherdee1 7 months ago
56 doesn't know him
trx182 7 months ago
How 56 people can dislike that?
corcurezo 7 months ago
@corcurezo Your right, how can 56 people not like this. They have probably listened to Amy Winehouses's version and think it should be sung slurred through drink and drugs. The Teddy Bears sing this to absolute perfection. As Jhardy133 says this is when singers WERE singers and could sing
elvismysacredspirit 7 months ago
The "him " in this song is Phil Spector's father. And as I understand "To know him was to love him" is on his father's grave.
MegaGayjesus 7 months ago
I remember roller skating back wards with my partner those were the days
biskiers 7 months ago
@biskiers eh?
dazzini82 7 months ago
@biskiers What an incredibly simple but infinitely sweet memory that must be for you. Bravo!!
coyotesong 6 months ago
I was going to say, "As wholesome and American as baseball and apple pie." but then again, with all the corruption and drugs in baseball these days and scientists messing around with the genetic enginerring of our fruits and vegetables, it's difficult to find that old America anymore. Still, what a great song.
Indianart1 7 months ago
I was not even born yet but grew up to these awesome oldies...always sang this as a lil kid....this is when music was music, while being enjoyable to the ear, hopeful, smooth, and style..unlike the majority of todays attempts...well, that rap crap anyway lol...
Oldiesbuff925 8 months ago
@Oldiesbuff925 a lot of people hate on rap but there isnt much quality being put out in any genre these days
meeknation 8 months ago
Wow. I have liked this song ever since I heard it for the first time. So sweet. And I had never seen this clip before. Until now. So sweet.
RockinMichel 8 months ago
lovely song
marklindsayfan1 8 months ago
I agree, this music and era is a solid part of music history. like you said, today there is too much gimmickery. Strip the over produced and over processed vocals and you have nothing The words megastar and superstar are FAR OVERUSED now. Im willing to bet Sinatra didn't hear those words for many years, and he (and others)had to earn it and when he did, it was well deserved. I would pay $10 to see a group like this in a club way before I would take a free ticket to see that Brittny chick or gaga
handymanm 8 months ago
If not for this we would not have had Be my baby
pbesmer 8 months ago
Sue "B" you did it again. HOW can a human being choose--1 or 2 out of such gems sent on your e-mails? Your 45 plus sometimes at at time; 'Whelmed me. THIS is a sample of "MEMORIES-PAST + magnificent." It was too much to bear daily makeing the decisions I had to make; clicking away. IT is tortureous for sure. Forgive my faltering on the Sacred space that I am pulling away from that has been hampering my work I must do completeing my contract with Mother Gaia.(OMG this tune 1st time in eons.:) <3
nancyl2 8 months ago
Written by Phil Spector, inspired by the words on his father's tombstone. Sorta puts a different spin on the lyrics.
shizzy35 8 months ago 5
Shucks, even pretty Chinese girl know that.
AWTD 8 months ago
Needs auto-tune and a meat dress
rbmeyers 8 months ago 3
WONDERFUL SONG ! I LOVE IT <3
MrThebarneystinson 8 months ago
Fantastic video and no lip-sinking, although good lip-sinking was an art unto itself!!! Wow Annette Kleinbard was a total looker. Did she not record under the name of Annette Bard ? Great vocals from all.
errolflynn451 8 months ago
@errolflynn451 She became Carol Connors. Check out her web site. She has a ton of hits to her credit.
handymanm 8 months ago
Spector was a genious
the guy could write and arrange
TheLadandLass 8 months ago
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Get your 45's out of the basement and don't put them in the attic either. put them in plastic bin and in sleeves in a cool dry space.
johnnieonenote1 8 months ago
Get your 45's out of the basement and don't put them in the attic either. put them in plastic bind in sleeves in a cool dry space.
johnnieonenote1 8 months ago
I too was 11 and had the same crush! Fantastic - still sounds great!
raf4282619 9 months ago
Phil Spector is icon on rock n roll , he's my idol !
MrThebarneystinson 9 months ago
I dedicated this song to my husband at our wedding. It was the last song of the evening, & everyone gathered around us in a circle holding hands. That was 22years ago this July, & knowing my husband all those years has only made me love him more! xoxo
xmasbaby1968 9 months ago 2
Great song, - Ajax, (Toronto) ONTARIO, CANADA
nkdillon3 9 months ago
Today you never have a chance to find a Girl like this.
koledapt 9 months ago 3
and sandy nelson playing drums
theaznlvr 9 months ago