It is now, & shall forever be known, as "Moody's Mood For Love", as it rightly Should Be. Anybody attempting to sing it must 1st acknowledge the Great Mr. Clarence Beeks aka "King Pleasure" ...
Man, listening to this song just brought a tear to my eye. I grew up in Brooklyn and as a kid, I ALWAYS listened to Frankie Crocker. Now I live in Baltimore, and I FIEND for shows like his. I.wish I could turn back the hands of time.......
there i go there i go thereeee i goooo … i'm a new 22 and this just makes me smile so much!!!! i feel like this song was made for me to smile… i know it wasn't smh but it's an instant fave anyway. it's great. it really is.
Like a lot of others, I grew up listening to Frankie Crocker on WBLS. One of the highlights of his show was knowing he would play Moody's Mood for Love at the end, and because of his show I learned the entire song. Thank you Frankie Crocker. You are sorely missed!!!!!!
Reminds me of the late, great Frankie Crocker. Now there was a DJ. The folks they have at WBLS now suck compare to Frankie. Nowadays, these jerks all want to have their own catch-phrase and talk way too much instead of playing music. Frankie Crocker was the best.
a very good friend of mine introduced me to jazz....I love this song,,,in the 50's people were so full of class and sooo romantic, I'm beginning to wish I grew up in these days:)
@srcourtofficer the song Moody was soloing on was I'm In The Mood For Love, that's the chord change. The solo is what Eddie Jefferson wrote the words to.
@ khmer0007 i have just watched the episode in which this song plays a role, when martin's partins come for a visit, i thought it was nice, mainly at the end, they were dancing to the song.
New York DJ legend Symphony Sid played the grooves out of this one in the early 1960s. It might have been a slightly different version, but quite similar.
This is one of my all-time favorites; I remember hearing it when I was about 10 years old and memorizing all the lyries. Great, great love song! thank you, You Tube. Still sound great after all these years!
Yeah, summer nights in the Bronx in the park (concrete park) talking to girls, Frankie Crocker, and singing along to this word for word....oh yeah...a quart and a j in each hand....
Yeah, summer nights in the Bronx in the park (concrete park) talking to girls, Frankie Crocker, and singing along to this word for word....oh yeah...a quart and j in each hand....
After my dad died I did not know who made this, but I was just watcing the Cosby show now and Mr. Cosby said who made this song; I am so gald I took a break from working on homework!!!
Clarence Beeks was a real headtripper......email me on : kevinherbert@bigpond.com if you want all his trax for FREE.......the King rox...4 eva.....he invented his own religion...as one does...
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, FRANKIE CROCKER & KING PLEASURE. THIS FROM AN ITALIAN KID OF 17, NOW 76 YRS. OLD. AND STILL ENJOYING IT. THANK U AND GOD BLESS.....................PAULIE
@capitalmindz DUH! where do you think pharcyde got that from? haha... but yes to answer your question. There are several other hip hop references to King Pleasure.
This one of the greatest bee bop jazz songs ever writen; It came from James Moody sax solo of this song.Re: Frankie Crocker: back in the early '70's I used to listen to him all the time ..he was dynamite.
@PassiveKaerenai My father just passed away and he had a cable program that played random jazz and had King PLeas.. and it reminds me of living with him and talking jazz. Being 24 and fatherless is kinda fucking crazy but i guess its the design that was put in place, its all meant to happen, i guess I dont know , i just listen to the BS the Gondi's tell us. LIfes a bitch and then you die , I think a biker came up with that.
@DrOCkABIEs i feel the same way. Like it came to me to look for it on youtube and i heard Queen Latifah's version, Amy Winehouse, Brian Mcknight but dont any of them come close to this orignal. It sounds so beautiful. Thanks Mr. Cosby
Sang this to my dad when he was dying in hospital - it made him smile, probably because I was flat. according to McGann I always painfully was but me Da loved it.
Do you guyz remember how the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker signed off back in the day. He had the show to put more dip in your hip, more cut in your strut, more glide in your stride, and if you don't dig it, you've got a hole in your soul
Do you guyz remember how the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker signed off back in the day. He also said he had the show to put more dip in your hip, more cut in your strut, more glide in your stride, and if you don't dig it, you've got a hole in your soul.
Actually, it's not the original... the music is by James Moody, but the writer of the lyrics is Eddie Jefferson... quite a lovely song, and Jefferson's deep, raspy voice adds a very interesting quality to the song... King's is probably still my favorite, but if you love lyricist, then definitiely give Eddie a look-see
that is the utimate love song of all times ! king ploeasure is a lyrical pimp he plays on word like that will touch a womans heart and every thing else !!!!!!! lol
Marc Anthony, this is what u do to me at concerts! listen to the lyrics, great song. I remember this from when WBLS 107.5 used to close out at 8pm everyday with this song, I just can find the original. This sounds like it.
george benson takes the back seat as far as who sang this the best. i remember as a kid when frankie croker wbls radio in ny would play this song every day at 8 p.m. so no matter where i was in the niehborhood when i heard that song i knew it was 8 time to go home, nice days
When I was a girl my parents had this on an LP by George Benson. They told me about this version, and this is the first time I've heard it.I love it !!!Thank you so much for posting this. I am adding it to my faves!
I danced to this record when I was a young lady and I am now 73 years old and still hum and sing it around the house.Love it just Love it.Brings back so many happy memories at the "HALL" on College street in Toronto.King Pleasure was the BOMB
I bought a car in 1977 that didn't have a radio in it because I didn't want the factory model. I sang this song hundreds of times during the few months it took for me to get the radio. Since then, so many great versions have been recorded and I love them all!!
I just saw the episode of The Cosby Show where they all sang this song at the end. It was wonderful, and I remember a GAP commercial using this song in one of their adverts a long long time ago. LOVE IT! I have the CD "Golden Days" and there's another album, "King Pleasure Sings Annie Ross." Great songs.
that's just a VERY short list. There is a nearly endless list of great artists in every one of those sub-categories, in many different sub-genres of jazz.
The 1st time I heard this was back in the 80's when I was a kid on the Cosby Show. I was 6 or 7 years old and I had never heard anything like it before. There used to be a DJ named frankie crocker who used to end his show with that song. I can remember my mom listening to it. It brings me back =)
thankyou! this is my favorite song of all time. i sold my old album collection off, and don't have this any more... so lovingit ! getting to hear it again.
I was ade aware of King Pleasure in the 1960's in London UK. A band called Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames did it with a wonderful baritone solo by Johnny Marshall.
I have the album your referring to, it belonged to my father - neo - tropical cover right? A brilliant body of work. The female singer on the album doesnt sound like this version if I recall correctly - sounded much better? From a different generation, but THIS is music.
The version of the albumn that I had many years ago was great, it had some other great songs like.... Don't Get Scared...Mean to Me. I looked everywhere, but I was unable to find that particular record I have another that I like, but not as much. This version of Moody's Mood For Love is my favorite.
The lady singing with him is Blossom Dearie. Please check her out too.Quite nites and I wish you love. Amazing improvisations lyrical by King Pleasure, spontaneous, fun, classic!
Damn, it would be nice if people could take the trouble to get the names of the songs they post correct! This song is called "Moody's Mood for Love." Show some respect for the artists and writers; get the names of the artists and songs right. Sheesh!
Talk about surreal moments in life..I once found myself in an elevator with Frankie Crocker and Don Cornelius. Only thing goin thru my head was "Damn how cool is my life right now" lmao
joed phillyguy heard it on cosby blew me away i played it a million times it felt like cosby was in my basementlistening to it clarence beeks was the name of a character in eddie murphys trading places
joed 51yrold phillyguy myfather played it for me when i was 16 i played it a million times my father recently passed away brings back great memories by the way i am a white guy
I just LOVE this style of singing & find it so hip and cool and I wish I could hear more of tis style of jazz singing. Anyone know of any other tunes wit this hip style? Please let me know. Thanks!
This is the song they played at the end of the night at the Nepentha Disco on 45th and Lexington Avenue NYC in the 1960's-1970's. You needed to stand outside the club and wait for an escort to get in so the hookers wouldn't try to get in alone. We would part ways after getting in. Everyone would sing this song as they were leaving the club at the end of the night. Great Days!
I wore out three 78's in the early fifties and I still can sing it word for word. My wife grins when I do and she now sings the female part (It always breaks us up). Just an amazing piece.
I was only 3 when this came out but I loved King Pleasure. Of course the 78 broke but I've never forgotten this song, or the flipside.. Exclamation Blues!
"Moody's Mood for Love" is jazz saxophonist James Moody's instrumental solo on the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
Later, jazz singer Eddie Jefferson wrote lyrics to this improvisation by Moody. This particular arrangement of the song did not come to be known by its now common title of "Moody's Mood for Love" until King Pleasure released a very popular vocal version in 1952.
The episode you are referring to has just been posted on You Tube. It is my favorite Cosby episode. When Nancy Wilson walked into the basement and started singing, I went crazy. If you really like this song, search You Tube for Brian McKnight on the Oprah show. He did it with Patti Austin and Take Six. Great version!!!
My father hipped me on to this song. He told me it was New York signing off song. Though the version he plays is slightly different, but it still King Pleasure!!!
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brain mc knight does a version of this song on This Christmas
Tearytee24 3 weeks ago
brain mc knight does a version of this song on This Christmas
Tearytee24 3 weeks ago
love this!!!! when i heard this i knew it was 8pm... Franky Crocker was signing off..wow..
looksrdeceivn 1 month ago
It is now, & shall forever be known, as "Moody's Mood For Love", as it rightly Should Be. Anybody attempting to sing it must 1st acknowledge the Great Mr. Clarence Beeks aka "King Pleasure" ...
TonyFunches64 2 months ago
Man, listening to this song just brought a tear to my eye. I grew up in Brooklyn and as a kid, I ALWAYS listened to Frankie Crocker. Now I live in Baltimore, and I FIEND for shows like his. I.wish I could turn back the hands of time.......
djtrakklaya 2 months ago
I'm only 21 and I'm really feeling this song
cedthecool 2 months ago
Who sings this song on the movie "This Christmas"
DodgeRamBoy11 2 months ago
there i go there i go thereeee i goooo … i'm a new 22 and this just makes me smile so much!!!! i feel like this song was made for me to smile… i know it wasn't smh but it's an instant fave anyway. it's great. it really is.
bubblebath88 3 months ago
My most favorite song EVER....and I'm from the Hip Hop/NeoSoul generation....
bohemia1355 4 months ago
Wrong title, but still a favorite song.
LMmccallL57 4 months ago
Love this song...can't help but think of the late, great Frankie Crocker every time I hear it....classic
DrCSB07 4 months ago
@DrCSB07 ....same here, growing up in NYC...they don't make em like Frankie anymore !!!!!
nystmind 3 months ago in playlist Moody's Mood For Love
Nice song. How about a video? (Thumbs up for videos only).
MrChirpsky 4 months ago
Like a lot of others, I grew up listening to Frankie Crocker on WBLS. One of the highlights of his show was knowing he would play Moody's Mood for Love at the end, and because of his show I learned the entire song. Thank you Frankie Crocker. You are sorely missed!!!!!!
clm4662 5 months ago 2
Reminds me of the late, great Frankie Crocker. Now there was a DJ. The folks they have at WBLS now suck compare to Frankie. Nowadays, these jerks all want to have their own catch-phrase and talk way too much instead of playing music. Frankie Crocker was the best.
crashrouge 6 months ago 3
frankie crocker thanks for playing this as your closing song.....
tressy170 6 months ago 3
this is not ,I'm in the mood for love" this is "Moody's Mood For Love jeez how sad people cant get it right .
ponkaton1 7 months ago
a very good friend of mine introduced me to jazz....I love this song,,,in the 50's people were so full of class and sooo romantic, I'm beginning to wish I grew up in these days:)
tiamarr 7 months ago
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATEAND INFO A GEAT SONG.
srcourtofficer 7 months ago
" There I go talking out of my head again."
dixiedog60 9 months ago
THIS SHOULD BE CALLED MOODY'S MOOD FOR LOVE SUNG BY KING PLEASURE
srcourtofficer 9 months ago 8
@srcourtofficer the song Moody was soloing on was I'm In The Mood For Love, that's the chord change. The solo is what Eddie Jefferson wrote the words to.
jaikwillis 7 months ago
@ khmer0007 i have just watched the episode in which this song plays a role, when martin's partins come for a visit, i thought it was nice, mainly at the end, they were dancing to the song.
metalboostable 9 months ago
THIS IS THE TICKET
MrJohnsanders1 9 months ago
New York DJ legend Symphony Sid played the grooves out of this one in the early 1960s. It might have been a slightly different version, but quite similar.
MROSEN62 10 months ago
This is one of my all-time favorites; I remember hearing it when I was about 10 years old and memorizing all the lyries. Great, great love song! thank you, You Tube. Still sound great after all these years!
TheMetty44 11 months ago
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Yeah, summer nights in the Bronx in the park (concrete park) talking to girls, Frankie Crocker, and singing along to this word for word....oh yeah...a quart and a j in each hand....
jujuman23 11 months ago
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Yeah, summer nights in the Bronx in the park (concrete park) talking to girls, Frankie Crocker, and singing along to this word for word....oh yeah...a quart and j in each hand....
jujuman23 11 months ago
After my dad died I did not know who made this, but I was just watcing the Cosby show now and Mr. Cosby said who made this song; I am so gald I took a break from working on homework!!!
khmer0007 11 months ago
I listened to King Pleasure James moody´s mood 1967, still breath taking!
Theknopf 11 months ago
this song makes my dark nipples melt <3
The43rdOnchan 1 year ago 9
This is the love song of all times now and in the future. moody's mood for love........
aud2369 1 year ago
Frankie Crocker,a NY Dj use too sign off with ths song every night. Thank you Frankie, May You Rest in Peace
reidjlewis 1 year ago
@reidjlewis haha is that true? what a legend!
McBane10 1 year ago
My goodness this is just good music!! My childhood! Thank you for posting!
Winner8092 1 year ago
I remember hearing the King for the first time in my teens and I can tell u I still get the same Pleasure 2day when the King is runnen' it down.
callonthesly 1 year ago
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083770 1 year ago
Frankie Crocker, the big, bad New York D.J. on WBLS used this
as his theme song. that was my introduction to this classic.
mitzigordon 1 year ago
i miss you dani,,,,this was our jam.
injunloco 1 year ago
Clarence Beeks was a real headtripper......email me on : kevinherbert@bigpond.com if you want all his trax for FREE.......the King rox...4 eva.....he invented his own religion...as one does...
kevinherbert 1 year ago
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, FRANKIE CROCKER & KING PLEASURE. THIS FROM AN ITALIAN KID OF 17, NOW 76 YRS. OLD. AND STILL ENJOYING IT. THANK U AND GOD BLESS.....................PAULIE
paultfarina 1 year ago
RIP James Moody
Thanks for giving us this way cool arrangement
sassyreggae 1 year ago 2
Does anyone else see the similarities between this and Fatlip's verse in Passing Me By?
capitalmindz 1 year ago
@capitalmindz DUH! where do you think pharcyde got that from? haha... but yes to answer your question. There are several other hip hop references to King Pleasure.
yoitsgiook 1 year ago
W-B-L-S!
abernam 1 year ago
My parents used to play this back in the 1970's. That is where I first heard of this wonderful song.
mrsam2009 1 year ago
This one of the greatest bee bop jazz songs ever writen; It came from James Moody sax solo of this song.Re: Frankie Crocker: back in the early '70's I used to listen to him all the time ..he was dynamite.
Sheikh51 1 year ago
@PassiveKaerenai My father just passed away and he had a cable program that played random jazz and had King PLeas.. and it reminds me of living with him and talking jazz. Being 24 and fatherless is kinda fucking crazy but i guess its the design that was put in place, its all meant to happen, i guess I dont know , i just listen to the BS the Gondi's tell us. LIfes a bitch and then you die , I think a biker came up with that.
PosterboyforPinatas 1 year ago
@DrOCkABIEs i feel the same way. Like it came to me to look for it on youtube and i heard Queen Latifah's version, Amy Winehouse, Brian Mcknight but dont any of them come close to this orignal. It sounds so beautiful. Thanks Mr. Cosby
2188ful 1 year ago
Makes me think I'm back listening Symphony Sid' on WADO radio.
kingpleasure 1 year ago
Frankie was the man!
SoulSister66 1 year ago
Wading in memories the sixties were good to me!
Lightia 1 year ago
Yes!! thanks you HerbertDennard !
bigsaladin5 1 year ago
Real nice
artlach 1 year ago
Amy Wineshouse's version is great as is her version of Lullaby of birdland.
195477 1 year ago
Sang this to my dad when he was dying in hospital - it made him smile, probably because I was flat. according to McGann I always painfully was but me Da loved it.
PassiveKaerenai 1 year ago
I sang this to my dad when he was dying in hosp....I miss him so much
PassiveKaerenai 1 year ago
Thanks my theme song 1967, still know all the words! thanks You Make me feel so good! This and Charlie Parker!
Theknopf 1 year ago
Thanks my theme song 1967, still know all the words! thanks You Make me feel so good!
Theknopf 1 year ago
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Do you guyz remember how the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker signed off back in the day. He had the show to put more dip in your hip, more cut in your strut, more glide in your stride, and if you don't dig it, you've got a hole in your soul
hddet102 1 year ago
Do you guyz remember how the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker signed off back in the day. He also said he had the show to put more dip in your hip, more cut in your strut, more glide in your stride, and if you don't dig it, you've got a hole in your soul.
hddet102 1 year ago
Nice!!! When r u back on I and I island??? The princess and I r heading back shortly!
mrhurt6262 1 year ago
wow, amazing
i cant wait to see king pleasure at the pigalle club in london on the 13th of november
hopfarmpress 1 year ago
Actually, it's not the original... the music is by James Moody, but the writer of the lyrics is Eddie Jefferson... quite a lovely song, and Jefferson's deep, raspy voice adds a very interesting quality to the song... King's is probably still my favorite, but if you love lyricist, then definitiely give Eddie a look-see
86crazy8ts 1 year ago
This was the original.
DocFuzzB3 1 year ago
Frankie "Hollywood' Crocker may his soul R.I.P.The Chief,my idol,the greatest radio man ever!!!!!
jaylynbob 1 year ago
I never would have known of this amazing song if it wasn't for Bill Cosby on TV last night :D
MDGeorge18 1 year ago 2
a beautiful song i heard for the first time as a kid back in the 1970's.
mrsam2009 1 year ago
There will never be another "Chief Rocker"!
TonyMnj 1 year ago
that is the utimate love song of all times ! king ploeasure is a lyrical pimp he plays on word like that will touch a womans heart and every thing else !!!!!!! lol
tori218 1 year ago 3
Marc Anthony, this is what u do to me at concerts! listen to the lyrics, great song. I remember this from when WBLS 107.5 used to close out at 8pm everyday with this song, I just can find the original. This sounds like it.
angelheart7 1 year ago
is there an extended version (live or something) it's soooooooo short
DjDedan 2 years ago
great song ..frankie crockers theme song
unto789 2 years ago 3
there's nothing like having a connection to the past...wbls - frankie crocker...back in the day...damn..
robinjoyc 2 years ago
robinjoy: yeah those were some sweet times, growing in crown hieghts. what city did u live in at the time?
blackgirlsrhot1 2 years ago
george benson takes the back seat as far as who sang this the best. i remember as a kid when frankie croker wbls radio in ny would play this song every day at 8 p.m. so no matter where i was in the niehborhood when i heard that song i knew it was 8 time to go home, nice days
blackgirlsrhot1 2 years ago 3
When I was a girl my parents had this on an LP by George Benson. They told me about this version, and this is the first time I've heard it.I love it !!!Thank you so much for posting this. I am adding it to my faves!
denienec123 2 years ago
I danced to this record when I was a young lady and I am now 73 years old and still hum and sing it around the house.Love it just Love it.Brings back so many happy memories at the "HALL" on College street in Toronto.King Pleasure was the BOMB
wesley65081 2 years ago
dear wesley: never stop babe, i,ll think of you from now on when i hear this
blackgirlsrhot1 2 years ago
I bought a car in 1977 that didn't have a radio in it because I didn't want the factory model. I sang this song hundreds of times during the few months it took for me to get the radio. Since then, so many great versions have been recorded and I love them all!!
lazydave51 2 years ago
wow! finally found the song that i vaguely remember from 1974 It is great. My ex had the 'LP' and we played it endlessly. a good memory.
lovemyintegra 2 years ago
I like George Benson's version too.
THIS SONG is just too much! I LOVE IT
Wisewoman77 2 years ago
damn excellent....beautiful music. sing along dont matter how you sound.
injunloco 2 years ago
Dang! Frankie Crocker's sign off song on WBLS in NYC, every night @ 8:00pm. Big time great memories. Thanks for the post.
LICHBKLYN 2 years ago
I just saw the episode of The Cosby Show where they all sang this song at the end. It was wonderful, and I remember a GAP commercial using this song in one of their adverts a long long time ago. LOVE IT! I have the CD "Golden Days" and there's another album, "King Pleasure Sings Annie Ross." Great songs.
Tony211169 2 years ago 2
come do with me any lil thing u want to anything babe let me just get next to youuuu!...i never ever tire of hearing this song!
Billie03 2 years ago
Amazing and lovely!!! Very difficult song to sing!!!
I sing it very very badly LOL
KasiaGliwski 2 years ago 2
it is a VERY hard song to sing! I'm trying to learn it now & i'm having such a difficult time! lol
PrincessJazzmine715 2 years ago
I loved this song growing up listening to Frankie Crocker - WBLS! As a kid my mother and I used to sing this together - hilarious!
pudddingnpie 2 years ago 2
Me too. iwould sing this song as i was getting ready for bed. then iwould listen to the quiet storm. dream my life away. those were good times
ladylove326 2 years ago
Great! Last time I heard it was on Symphony Syd Jazz hour in 1968. Good to hear it again!
thelundian 2 years ago
Thank you so much! The song has been ringing in my ears since 1968 -- the last times I heard it on the Symphony Syd Jazz hour in NYC. Bless You.
Mads
thelundian 2 years ago
superbe......merci!
zebulette1 2 years ago
Love it, thanks for posting
2Tall2BAShorty 2 years ago
heard this on the Cosby Show today...Had to hear it again...thanks for posting it!!!! Im knew to this kind of genre of music. Any suggestions?
romaindawkins 2 years ago
new*
romaindawkins 2 years ago
Vocal (solo): Frank Sinatra, Kurt Elling, Michael Buble, Mel Torme, Chet Baker, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bobby McFerrin, Lizz Wright
Vocal (group): New York Voices, The Real Group, m-pact, Sixth Wave, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Instrumental (small): John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk
Instrumental (large): Pat Metheny, LA big band, Bob Florence, Maria Schneider, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
supersingerevan 2 years ago
that's just a VERY short list. There is a nearly endless list of great artists in every one of those sub-categories, in many different sub-genres of jazz.
supersingerevan 2 years ago
The 1st time I heard this was back in the 80's when I was a kid on the Cosby Show. I was 6 or 7 years old and I had never heard anything like it before. There used to be a DJ named frankie crocker who used to end his show with that song. I can remember my mom listening to it. It brings me back =)
OneLiveRound 2 years ago 3
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4854derrida 2 years ago
Thank you! Thank you ! Thank you for posting this! It brings back such happy memories for me.
spacekait 2 years ago
thankyou! this is my favorite song of all time. i sold my old album collection off, and don't have this any more... so lovingit ! getting to hear it again.
Blessings.
Leota713 2 years ago
I was ade aware of King Pleasure in the 1960's in London UK. A band called Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames did it with a wonderful baritone solo by Johnny Marshall.
MAJORSNODGRASS 2 years ago
My wife and I uses this as our first dance at our wedding. People loved it!
ddddaly 2 years ago
ahhhhhhhhhhhh, listening to this is like drinkin a fine wine, indeed a great jam.
injunloco 2 years ago
That is Annie Ross in this version -- but the classic 1952 Prestige recording *is * with Blossom Dearie.
arentap1 2 years ago
thanks bill cosby for bringing me to hear this amazing song
DrOCkABlEs 2 years ago 71
@DrOCkABlEs Me too!! :)
oObabyyenOo 1 year ago
@DrOCkABlEs I thank him,also. I heard it on his show.
sideshowmama 1 year ago
@DrOCkABlEs exact same story.
The Cosby episode where they're talking in the basement and Claire comes down singing.
rjkoolraul 1 year ago
@DrOCkABlEs I hear you!! Me tooo, I would've never heard this song otherwise!
EatinCactus 1 year ago
@DrOCkABlEs amen to that. that show will put you up on so much game. shoot its on tonight lol.
acedaface954 1 year ago
@DrOCkABlEs heh =) i just watched that episode. what i would give for that collection of music he had.
bladex2056 1 year ago
I have the album your referring to, it belonged to my father - neo - tropical cover right? A brilliant body of work. The female singer on the album doesnt sound like this version if I recall correctly - sounded much better? From a different generation, but THIS is music.
PenberthyRoni 2 years ago
In the 60s, a radio DJ named Symphony Sid used to end his show every night with this fabulous song!
DylanGirl63 2 years ago
dylangirl63 it was frankie crocker
tinkerbell1138 2 years ago 2
The version of the albumn that I had many years ago was great, it had some other great songs like.... Don't Get Scared...Mean to Me. I looked everywhere, but I was unable to find that particular record I have another that I like, but not as much. This version of Moody's Mood For Love is my favorite.
njvarella007 2 years ago
The lady singing with him is Blossom Dearie. Please check her out too.Quite nites and I wish you love. Amazing improvisations lyrical by King Pleasure, spontaneous, fun, classic!
angelialvares 2 years ago
angel
The lady singing with King Pleasure on this song isn't Blossom Dearie. It's Annie Ross of " Lambert, Hendricks and Ross" fame.
beeshor1 2 years ago
Damn, it would be nice if people could take the trouble to get the names of the songs they post correct! This song is called "Moody's Mood for Love." Show some respect for the artists and writers; get the names of the artists and songs right. Sheesh!
ceeaitchtube 2 years ago
agreed^^^^
orakle357 2 years ago 2
njvarella007
Great song. I have a different version, but this is the one I've been looking for.
njvarella007 2 years ago
go on let it rain i am sure our love will endure a hurricane. the king was dynamite!!
wally9404 2 years ago
This song was playing the first time I had a serious conversation with a certain girl. Good times!
istgone 2 years ago
"If Frankie Crocker's in the house he can get two peices!"
orakle357 2 years ago 2
AHHH THREE PIECES
aLgProduction 2 years ago
Talk about surreal moments in life..I once found myself in an elevator with Frankie Crocker and Don Cornelius. Only thing goin thru my head was "Damn how cool is my life right now" lmao
orakle357 2 years ago 5
wow......lol....thanks for sharing....i'm a big Frankie Crocker fan....
aLgProduction 2 years ago 3
theres no video clips?
shaspassren 2 years ago
Frankie Crocker would sign off with this song saying " may you live to be 100 and me
100 minus a day so ill never know that cool people like you have ever passed away" I MISS YOU FRANKIE :(
djdredwhitehead 2 years ago 16
YEP.....I MISS HIM
aLgProduction 2 years ago
me too
aLgProduction 2 years ago
@djdredwhitehead he'd always sign off with this and then say hello to "size 9"
cuneo1950 1 year ago
Talk about taking me back, awsome is right... and I can remember when it first came out.
postofc 2 years ago
6:53 M-F on WBLS 107.5 New York, Frankie Crocker
delite7 2 years ago 4
Yes, they played it when he was signing off. Boy am I showing my age, I loved this song when I was a child and still do!
tanyatmr 2 years ago 4
THE BEST RADIO EVER....
aLgProduction 2 years ago
Yes! This is my favorite favorite version of the song and I had no idea who sang it. Thanks for posting. :)
Voyagersguidebook 2 years ago 2
same here
Beloved1xXxX 2 years ago
"Am I insane or do I really see heaven in your eyes?"
Ah, great man, great music.
elleshaylor 2 years ago 4
just fucking awsome!, anything elese need to be said?,,,,nope!, yeah!
injunloco 2 years ago 2
The King heard Eddy Jefferson loud & clear
kevinherbert 2 years ago
joed phillyguy heard it on cosby blew me away i played it a million times it felt like cosby was in my basementlistening to it clarence beeks was the name of a character in eddie murphys trading places
caryarthur 2 years ago
joed 51yrold phillyguy myfather played it for me when i was 16 i played it a million times my father recently passed away brings back great memories by the way i am a white guy
caryarthur 2 years ago
I never can behave, yes, tell it!
MatuArt 3 years ago
king pleasure made the non instrumental version famous. Eddie Jefferson wrote the lyrics so i guess that was the first recording with lyrics
ninalaralaura1234567 3 years ago 2
I just LOVE this style of singing & find it so hip and cool and I wish I could hear more of tis style of jazz singing. Anyone know of any other tunes wit this hip style? Please let me know. Thanks!
ManagerGuy1 3 years ago 3
This version is not the original.
Is the real original version on YouTube anywhere?
swangonce 3 years ago
I have a couple of renditions of the same song posted but this is my favorite.
firemutt178 3 years ago 2
WHERES MY GLASS OF WINE AT?
injunloco 3 years ago
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This is the song they played at the end of the night at the Nepentha Disco on 45th and Lexington Avenue NYC in the 1960's-1970's. You needed to stand outside the club and wait for an escort to get in so the hookers wouldn't try to get in alone. We would part ways after getting in. Everyone would sing this song as they were leaving the club at the end of the night. Great Days!
dkriese 3 years ago
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dkriese 3 years ago
I wore out three 78's in the early fifties and I still can sing it word for word. My wife grins when I do and she now sings the female part (It always breaks us up). Just an amazing piece.
LouisRosendoMarquez 3 years ago 5
bad ass!
injunloco 3 years ago
I was only 3 when this came out but I loved King Pleasure. Of course the 78 broke but I've never forgotten this song, or the flipside.. Exclamation Blues!
CAF1234 3 years ago 2
I'm in N.Y.C. it must be 8:00 p.m. We still miss Frankie Crocker RIP
ret23867 3 years ago 3
Definitely. Frankie Crocker (WBLS).
He used to say: "May you live to be 100 but me 100 but minus a day so I'll never know what good people like you have passed away."
Greatest radio personality ever.
khaliamoon 3 years ago 4
l'm from the bronx now in las vegas i miss him too ! WBLS
tinkerbell1138 2 years ago 3
try Annie Ross....
sep2890 3 years ago
A lot of people covered this, not to mention Eddie Jefferson who wrote these lyrics, but this is it. Go no further.
macvoutie 3 years ago
One of the greatest vocalist of all time. Unfortunately King Pleasure like to ride that white horse.
DeLeeJay12 3 years ago 3
Frankie Crocker's sign out song. A masterpiece.
tubesteakZ 3 years ago 5
You must be from the east coast. or from Cali.
WorldWideTVShow 3 years ago
Yes. NY area. WBLS was the NY station and it's soul roots were deep. Much less commercialized than today's format.
tubesteakZ 3 years ago
Nice video, great singing talent 5 *****..Marc Jones-Vocalist..Los Angeles,U.S.A.
glennmach 3 years ago
Wiki:
"Moody's Mood for Love" is jazz saxophonist James Moody's instrumental solo on the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
Later, jazz singer Eddie Jefferson wrote lyrics to this improvisation by Moody. This particular arrangement of the song did not come to be known by its now common title of "Moody's Mood for Love" until King Pleasure released a very popular vocal version in 1952.
StephanAOTTO1 3 years ago
(cont'd) King Pleasure's version included vocals by Blossom Dearie as well as instrumental contributions from Teacho and Band.
StephanAOTTO1 3 years ago
According to Wiki, it was Blossom dearie, not Sarah Vaughan.
I can't believe it!
You missed one!!LOL
StephanAOTTO1 3 years ago
I just saw this on The Cosby Show & I had to hear the recording for myself. Wonderful!
BTW, who's the female singer?
StephanAOTTO1 3 years ago 2
The episode you are referring to has just been posted on You Tube. It is my favorite Cosby episode. When Nancy Wilson walked into the basement and started singing, I went crazy. If you really like this song, search You Tube for Brian McKnight on the Oprah show. He did it with Patti Austin and Take Six. Great version!!!
Twinb1953 3 years ago 2
Thanks so much for the update.:)
Have a great week.
StephanAOTTO1 3 years ago
My father hipped me on to this song. He told me it was New York signing off song. Though the version he plays is slightly different, but it still King Pleasure!!!
mzoreo216 3 years ago