Chris Andrews - Yesterday Man (1967)_HQ

[LentilMcMental]

Mental ... but I love it

[Ps3Guida]

very good song 

[coupland82]

i made a comment a few days ago...n couldnt resist another i was born in the 80s but this shit is sooo gd i had to comment agen lol i LOVE U SIXTIES

[SuperPanda1971]

Love this, and he's from Romford, as well. Cool

[coupland82]

what a hero

[FuckStaub]

the crowd in the background is looking very strange ...

[MrLawman10]

has the guy on his right 01.52 just come off the star trek set .

[gibson1973100]

great song one of my faves!!!!!!!!!!!

[gibson1973100]

english sandy as far as i know he wrote a lot of sandie shaws biggest hits

[englishsandy]

I believe he had something to do with Sandie Shaw musically is whqat I mean yes/no?

[fossie32]

Brill!

[RedRhonnie]

Wow Chris Andrews was damn cute wasn't he! Used to hate this song when my mum played it when I was little. Now I find I like it!

[jarvsie]

is this boy a natural mover ?...or a mincing little faggot ?

[FuckStaub]

@jarvsie thats what i ask me too

[kittycats517]

i think his moves are kind of quirky and fun to watch. he's being real. he's cute.

[howzdgoin]

i usta hate this music when my dad played it on the sterio years ago.. now i have my own child and i find im doing the exact same, singin dancin and making a holy show of myself..

great song

[howzdgoin]

some funky dancing at 0.53

[Terascon]

Please activate the option for mobile phones, so that this great song is also viewable on android mobile phones and especially on android tablet PCs (Youtube: "My uploaded videos - Edit - Broadcasting and Sharing Options - Syndication – Yes, make this video available on mobile phones and TV … - Save Changes").

[SCOTTISHFILMFAN]

great song , snappy dresser :)

[SuperVinny55]

he might be stiff as a board -but great song

[rakinny]

this song is so catchy... great music here! those were the best music years...

[TinaB1990]

Love the song, but his dance moves need work lol.

[TheJoe023]

@TinaB1990-I agree with you on his dance moves. It is a catchy song.

[colindaleradiosutch]

CHRIS ANDREWS, NEVER GOT HIS DUES, IN MY OPINION. colindaleradiosutch

[DancingSpiderman]

Gawd, those kids are so lame in the foreground. Where did they get this collection of butt-munches? NIce song, never heard it before. The vid obviously never got much airplay, what with all the screwballs in the audience.

[BiggySn1p3r]

@DancingSpiderman its 1967

[DancingSpiderman]

@BiggySn1p3r Yes, I read the video's description, it's a song from 1967. I was born in 1962, and I remember hearing many of the hit songs played on the radio and TV as a kid; I don't remember hearing this song.

[lrd9999]

@DancingSpiderman At first, they looked a bit inattentive (German crowd, maybe??), then it was obvious that he was singing in front of a screen, hence his apparently supernatural ability to move without hitting people (who were obviously not looking). Love the way the camera zooms in on the crowd just before the screen fakery begins; a not quit successful attempt to make it look as if it had found him in the crowd. Rocky Horror Picture Show stuff, we've since been spoiled by modern technology.

[DancingSpiderman]

@lrd9999 Wow, pre-green-screen trickery, eh? I did not know that is what was going on here. I thot the kids were just from an odd neighborhood. OH OH I SEE NOW... at the very end, the girl in the striped shirt PASSES HER RIGHT HAND THROUGH CHRIS ANDREWS!! BWAAhahaha

He was definitely lip-syncing that one. Have you seen more recent live clips of him here on our YourTube? He can still hit those high tones, he's gotta be mid-sixties maybe?

watch?v=H4bnoX3ub7E&feature=re­lated

[lrd9999]

@DancingSpiderman That wasn't bad, but watch?v=7G9XN5cUj08&NR=1 was amazing. If it was really recorded in '08, his voice hasn't changed much at all. His hair has moved back an inch or two, though. The girl in the striped shirt perplexed me a little; I'll bet they saw her on the tape/film and had her step in just as that guy blocked the view at 2:30. That's the only time I saw anyone from the crowd obscure or impede him. The rest of the time, it was almost like some informal queue behind him.

[DancingSpiderman]

@lrd9999 I watched the vid you saw, and Chris is lip-syncing it. The song is not the same as the one playing in this clip, but I saw Chris pull the mic away from his mouth while the recording was still singing.

[moorlock2003]

I read somewhere that Chris Andrews and Sandie Shaw were both denied visas for The United States; otherwise he would have come over here to promote it, and Sandie could have properly promoted her great "Girl Don't Come", which only got to No. 47 here but hit No. 3 in England.

[flacofuente]

Charlie Sheen and Emily Mortimer are in this vid. Crazy. 01:50.

[subfusion01]

Grüße Fräulein, Sturm-Verbot-Führer, They are so allegro for this man

[Teaser0424]

This song was definitely 1965.

[jumpinghigherthanu]

he dances funny xD

[beadsstitcher]

OH,HE IS VERY HANDSOME TOOOOOO.

[beadsstitcher]

LOVE ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

[ronaldinhollew]

Sh*t dancing!

Great song!

[penrhyndeundraeth]

I definitely remember being a first year in 1965 when this was a hit on our (UK) side of the pond.

[animegirl4226]

hey nice song i like it thumbs up ^_^

[bodoildi1]

Ó boldog ifjúságom! Szalagos magnó....

[trossachs2003]

He's a chubby faced little cutie with great camera personality. good stuff.

[moorlock2003]

I don't see the "chubby" there, but I agree with the rest of what you said.

[danmanutd1]

wen i was 6 years old this was my favourite song still play it on my record player on the decca label good song of the 60s

[gertel1986]

ich liebe das lied :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Baskerville22]

Sounds a lot like Len Barry

[SamllWonda]

This was just what it was like - audience participation till this date was more along the lines of The Good Ole Days - where you guffawed whilst firmly ensconced in your SEAT! Feel for the poor performers of this time - compare & contrast his later performance, I guess on ToTP or similar when he was free to gyrate & the audience knew to dance not gawk! Always a great dance tune! Great post! :)

[koutsoumbos]

good job man, love this song and I stop to just listern

[JChangful]

Thanks leoseries. It sounds right.

[freqazoidiac]

This is actually from 1965.

I love that they used a Skank beat behind him. Who plays this? it sounds like a rhythm track hijacked from the Islands..!

[flacofuente]

That's cool Ari Gold from Entourage went back and time to sing swinging 60s brit-pop.

[JChangful]

Love this song and video. Have been trying to figure out the lyrics of the backing girls after the chorus. Can anybody help?

[leoseries]

@JChangful I always thought they were singing something like "You know that love comes once in a lifetime." Chris repeats "I know that. I know that" at the end, as if in reply.

[leoseries]

Great sound by Chris. Sort of "Ska meets German Oompah!

[freqazoidiac]

Cool, a ska beat! I have a canadian 1965 cover of this, it's more of a motown affair. Cool

[iMaGiiCzZz]

Sooo Catchy.

[Diddlify]

i love it (:

[NelsonsHat]

Ghris Andrews was a great songwriter, he wrote a few good songs for Sandy Shaw too, great stuff!

[hellosuzie123]

I was 12 years old watching this song on Top of the Pops on the television in Black and white. Great song

[norrisonthespot]

Wonderfully catchy song. Sounds like it had a Ska/reggae influence especially on the beat. (?) Perhaps that is just my imagination.

[MannaMachine69]

Great vocalist, fab track. Nuff said.

[delboy8000]

Cool song and a great vocal!

[TheAbbothen]

I love this song but please listen to

Whom it concernes

[singlouder08]

I love how the kid on the right at 1:48 comes in like:

"oh hey guy's what's goin' on?....Wtf is that a camera?" haha

[TheNoob131]

@singlouder08 Can u remeber that u made a comment here a year ago!

[singlouder08]

@TheNoob131 no....but now i did.

[HOTBOY739]

i can remember this in the charts! as good to listen to now as it was then

[VM1946]

I remember Chris Andrews. The song from my youth. What charming!

[luvleah1]

Love this!

[delboy8000]

Catchy tune,still a favourite now!

[russ7510]

What a great catchy little tune this is

[Bronteboy67]

Chris should kept his clean cut look instead of groing his hair.CLASSIC

[htech16]

all the crowd is doing is pushing to get into the camera view

[myfanwyivy]

Wrong Crowd :)

[MrsMeiwes]

I reely luvs dis hier song <3

[lyndloo]

loved this song !!! Chris was a total fox !!! this song was a big hit in UK!!! bak in the 60s'!! thanx for a great post ... Lyndloo..

[laffs]

how can they just stand there and not move

[moorlock2003]

One of the BEST records of a great year in pop music history, "Yesterday Man" by Chris Andrews from 1965.

[nyrainbow4]

Maybe it was recorded in 1965, but this clip is from the show that was aired on January 1st, 1967.

[nsmnsi]

I remember this vividly... it hit the charts in late November, 1965.

nyrainbow4 - are you sure that you don't have January 1st, 1967 confused with January 1st, 1966?  It would make a lot of sense for this to be on some sort of New Year 1966 show reviewing the songs of 1965.

But if it really was 1967 (as you say) then maybe it was held back for some reason.... (???)

[nsmnsi]

On second thoughts, maybe I have a solution:

It is likely that this great record didn't hit the USA market until early 1966.

As a result, any "look back" program on January 1, 1967 would feature the greatest songs of 1966 (in the USA) and hence the appearance of this on 1/1/67!

I suspect that the "hr" seen in the top right hand corner may refer to "Hullabaloo Replay" or "Hullabaloo Remembers" or something like that!

[hollies65]

@moorlock2003 Right there Moorlock...White man Ska!

[penrhyndeundraeth]

@moorlock2003 Definitely 1965, I was a first year when this was a hit.

[moorlock2003]

I've got the US Atco single, both stock and promo copies. Brilliant record from 1965, barely made our charts (#94) but went to No. 1 in Germany and No. 3 in England.

[geocs58]

@moorlock2003 Hit #5 in San Jose, CA. ,(KLIV) in February, 1966!

I was totally shocked to find out that it wasn't a national hit, years later!

[moorlock2003]

Hooray for San Jose! Wasn't local radio the best? DJs would actually play what they wanted to play! I grew up in Los Angeles and radio was the bomb back in the '60s. Lots of records that were monster hits here were barely heard elsewhere. Another fave from 1965: "The Way of Love" by Kathy Kirby. Big hit here, but only #88 nationally. Cher did her mediocre version in 1972. I believe "Yesterday Man" hit No. 94 on Billboard. Such a great record should have done better. Lots of competition.

[Diddlify]

i like this song

[Perranporth]

The audience could perk up a bit. They don't appear to realise they're in the presence of greatness!

[privatjacobs]

OMFG O_O

[Mark747]

thanks for posting such a great oldie and good video from way back.