Colonel Abrams - I'm Not Gonna Let 12"

[laarbe]

We danced our behinds off to Colonel Abrams Music. He was the man. 

[hinson52]

they both were ahead of their time musicaly deceased or alive, would love to hear more music of his genre.

[Jamesha20]

fuck teddy, dude is the voice now,,,,,,,,,,,

[shellhear]

This brings me back to University of Maryland...with Howard University Radio as my favorite station. Gotta thank my Squan boy for getting me into the funky side of Kiss FM in NYC. Love this song! Speaking of HUR...looking for the name of the artisit who sang a really up-beat and funcky "Joy and Pain", not Rob Base, not the slower version....it had a really good tempo and funky beat. Who sings that? Anyone know? Been trying to find it. Thanks!

[sexymema1]

@shellhear , I think you are talkin about Maze w/ Frankie Beverly Joy & Pain

[shellhear]

This brings me back to University of Maryland...with Howard University Radio as my favorite station. Gotta thank my Squan boy for getting me into the funky side of Kiss FM in NYC. Love this song!

[raisin39]

Man I was in Boston clubs when House Music got started and you bet there was never a fight only the dance music. The floor was packed and everyone was moving for hours. I met the most beautiful women in the world on that dance floor and somewhere in the world I hope that you are still dancing.

[suleimanemke]

i use to play this track repeatedly for hours of everyday,thanks for sharing

[TheBigShel]

LOL Four people can't dance! Haters. :-)

[AWO1960]

MY TUNE 1986 WAS D YEAR!!

[mssquirrely]

Jammed to this in tha Chi....House music/mixes forever.

[marajax]

Thumbs up if your listening to this from the retirement home for aged disco dancers

like me

[loobycliff]

@marajax He he... well I'm 47 and it still does it for me!

[jeanrollan]

I saw him perform this at the Shadow night club. He rocked the vocals and danced his ass off! Love this jam!

"A decent woman doesnt stay out in the street, disrespecting her man, leaving him sad and lonely."

[ba1428]

@jeanrollan Saw him on Lansdowne in Boston.

[Tekstar61]

Thank you so much for posting! This is an awesome song!

[sometimes350]

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WAS TEDDY P..............HEY HEY HEY

[RockyFortune]

I grew up in the clubs of NYC in the 80's. nothing will touch that music. Glad to have been a part of it!

[sometimes350]

@RockyFortune

WHAT YOU SAID.........GREW UP IN THE D....DETROIT....

SAME HERE..

.THANKFUL 2HAVE BEEN THERE

[summerdiva1]

@RockyFortune AMEN.... and the 70's for me. WHEW! Still recovering...lol.

[bnnttderrick2]

Saboreane68!! WTF!! Are you kidding???? He was one dimensional!!! Wanna hear someone that can make that happen and have real chops??? Checkout my childhood friend and neighbor MIKE DAVIS!!!!! Don't get me wrong he was good at what he did, but to come back as a replacement of Teddy?? I don't want none of what you're smoking!!

[kmiles8176]

I just lost my F'ing mind! This is and always has been the Jam!!! I sooooo miss the 80's. and the club life in NYC!! I'm 47 now and I still remember this like it was yesterday!.

[djcoolcliff]

This dude and Miles Jaye don't the credit they deserve!

[chaliceofchange]

This is the one!! He needs to come back and put Justin Bieber back in his crib

[darktunez1]

GREW UP ON HOUSE MUSIC!! LOVIN IT. YOU PLAY THIS IN ANY CLUB IN NJ THE FLOOR WILL CROWD UP QUICK.

[oldskoolgirl54]

HI Colonel, if Charlie Wilson can do it...so can you... come on BACK!!!!!!

[25Sweetchocolate]

This is what I call real music.... I love this song!!!

[25Sweetchocolate]

This is what I call real music.... I love this song!!!

[GrandMasterGuess]

Spats Nightclub Waikiki 1986...Just watched a friend of mine tear up the dance floor to this song. I didn't dance because it was his moment and I didn't want to intrude in it. After 25 years his performance is still embedded in my mind with this song.

Glad I watched.

[lennymac100]

SING IT COLONEL!!!!

[billyrayvalentine44]

starck club dallas texas-1986

[gsm73]

at last i have the this truck title good man

[aurra1962]

Colonel Abrams, Teddy Pendergrass & Christopher Williams,,,voices carry the same baritone...Great song!!

[dspatcher]

Lets not forget TheCasablanca, Al Monia, Buttermilk Bottom,The Loft,and The Liquid Smoke. If you remember these, hit me back

[chakafan2]

I remember seeing him on Soul Train dancing his you know what off. Tall, tall, tall and a singing fool!

[peaceman07651]

Yeah, i remember all those great clubs ..... Othellos, Pippins, LeMartinique, 2nd Floor, Tribeca, Silver Shadow and on an on. Those were the days that you could party all night until the early morning. Those were truly the good ole days.

[peaceman07651]

Yeah, i remember all those great clubs ..... Othellos, Pippins, LeMartinique, 2nd Floor, Silver Shadow and on an on. Those were the days that you could party all night until the early morning. Those were truly the good ole days.

[Dneise1]

I remember the red parrot!!!!!!! Roxy, Bentley's, The Garage, all the real clubs in the Big Apple. THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!!!!!! I miss them

[DJSMASH797]

classic....1986 was the year!!!!

[brown547]

1986 this was banger

[DARKNESSMEANPOOP]

kool



[719kai719]

Love Colonel Abrams voice.Saw him live!

[keymusic100]

yes, this is one of my all times favorite dance/club banger.YES!

[m19999]

Where is the original video??

[TheClassicTrax]

If you live in NYC, come down to Gallery Bar Downstairs this Friday night (June 11th, 2010 at 11pm). Spinning all the classic dance tracks from Paradise Garage.

[LEGSUDESIRE]

@TheClassicTrax The Gallery Holla

[norboinc]

This is a classic by all means! CA had/has his own very special style, so easy to reckogize. Where did he go - this dude need to get back into recording - i so miss his music - his records were so much bette than the "crap" we hear today. I especially remember the hot club remixes of this song with multipple overlays... those were the days, and I want them back! anybody else agree??

[hack1872]

Reminds of my childhood....14 and listening to KISS-FM in JC

[SABOREAME68]

Now that Teddy Pendergrass is no longer with us, Colonel should come out of hidding & record more music with that VOICE of his!!!

[finmyster]

@SABOREAME68, that sounds good, I just hope he's off drugs.

[Toodles1218]

@SABOREAME68

HE'S NOT HIDING...GO ON FACEBOOK, HE'S THERE & HE'S RECORDING, AS WELL....SMILE

[likkleyardii95]

If music be the food of love....play on

Brilliant

[Luis1vo]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssssssssssssssss

[JunsGurl4]

wow!!! 1980s i seen him live at a club called red parrot those were the good old days.... rekOnE Kog 4 ever

[bronsted123]

@JunsGurl4 I saw him at the red parrot too in 87, unreal, we were both there, how great was he

[hmg28]

@bronsted123 Gee, I was at the red parrot that night too. Great show. I am now 50 and l look back with fond memories. I tell my kids that those were the days when you dressed your best and went out to have fun. Not this sloppy dress and fighting like this generation is doing now. Such a shame. Thanks for sharing.

[mackdanny170]

The Colonel 2 me always sounded like Teddy Pendergrass. Great Song !!

[Tootz7200]

might be one of the most underrated songs of allllll time

[divasdiva27]

this is my music!!!

[tubez4izeg]

i jus sent dis vid to a friend to test her groov qualities way back..ha ha..dim dim!

[erespirata]

MY ANTHEM!!!!

[erespirata]

Col. Abrams says it best! i'm NOT gonna let...

[ahtnap]

1986, I was 17 and in love with House music and a 25 year old in Chicago. Got my heart broke on the dance floor of the Pavillion. This song got me over her, but I never got over House Music. I'm still in love.

[buddha74072]

@ahtnap aint we all

[BHDread]

@ahtnap ATTA BOY!!



[bhayes06]

This song really has a Teddy Pendergrass feel to it.

[hermesan40]

Great song, i am glad for this music and others in YouTube. Tanks, post more! :)

[iosonoilcalcio]

Respect for The Colonel

[Krazy3912]

I had sex with an extremely freaky girl inside my dad's car back in early 1987....and were it not for this song that came on the radio....I would've quit before she reached the top of the mountain (hell...we went at it for about 2 hours and she wanted MORE...shit).

[Cristine0787]

LMAO! Wow!

[mfalmekali]

LMFAO!!! Lucky you

[willoughby605]

old westbury parties

[dvlady51]

He has such a strong sexy voice. so sexyyyyyy!

[loosestudios]

HE WAS SINGING AT THE MARK BALLROOM IN NYC MARCH 7 2009

he turn it out

Him, D Train and .Johnny Kemp will be Coop City

Bronx.NYC April 25,2009

[snrbaires]

Oh this used the "ish" back in the day. When did the music die?

Thanks for sharing!

[bk5307]

yo! I want this on my ipod.........no woman back then couldnt compete with this brother....it was a time when men had something to say cause women are always making songs about us...this is PAYBACK!!! we still love y'all tho...

[Torihope]

whatever, you. (lol)

[bk5307]

smooches...hehehehehehhe....( u know im right )

[bk5307]

im in Brooklyn, N.Y.

[zareh77]

yer man the best borough in the world. i wish i could live in coney island. stillwell ave. unfortunately i live in crappy london, england wish i could get a green card. respect bro.

[bk5307]

respect......whats the deal with ya green card?

[zareh77]

so i can live in the usa bro. the uk is bullshit, too expensive and british women are bitches. lol.

[1Mellodee]

Fo' Real?

[hypergiant]

This track is jackin. Vocal quality is best i've heard. Captures 80s but timeless at same time. One of my all time favs!!!

[jmwillacy]

Blast from the past !!!

[1Mellodee]

This was a hot record back in the day!!

Dee M

[huffnpuff2]

70s- 80s club was the hottest sounds around

[kyrakalu]

EXCELENTE...QUE BUENA ESTA CANCION

[anglfuegoestuya]

'I'M NOT GONNA LET U, GET THE BEST OF ME' - work it out!!!! jumping in my seat again!!!! he was underrated, shame...but not in mine eyes! 98.7 took him to the streets with IDRC

[m19999]

but where is the original video??????

[tkodahawk]

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

ohhooohhhhhhhhhhh

[jonjay59]

In the 80's I played & mixed several of his songs, this brotha was really th shit when it came to writing,the music was right on. His songs brings back memories...Jonjay >>>Ken Bouroughs "World Champion" nite club Okay bye !

[MAX753a]

teddy and the colonel, they should have made analbum together,two great vocals from the 80's.

[oldskoolgirl54]

Can you hear a voice range comparable to Teddy Pendergrast?

[jantamanta]

So true!

[zulubeat]

classic. he had a string of hits for a good 3 years straight

[oldskoolgirl54]

The Colonel!!!! this was the jam on'DAS 105.3 back in the 80's.

[zulubeat]

WBLS and 98.7 Kiss in NYC

[tdsafff]

@zulubeat

Yes, indeed!

[823260]

happys wot a great song , old school rocks . thankyou.

[9186SZ]

Great track , first heard it in 1986 on a compilation album called street sounds 16

Thanks sretratsrood for posting this classic track !!!

[sweetcaremami76]

i was looking for this song and i thought his name was kernal...all i kept getting in my searches was corn ...lol well i found it

[seelois]

I was at Club Vynal in NY club. He was there performing old and new jams. I was with my best friend Pete. The Colonel came by me and palmed my head. I was so embrassed! He tap my friend on the shoulder. My boy Pete said " You were just blessed by the Colonel!" Too funny. LOL!

[tcwiz]

This is a classic! So glad it was added. Have been searching for it for soooo long. The Colonel rocks!

[zyzyzy121212]

Simply the Best Damn Song !!

[worfdax]

As a former Chicago nightclub DJ on Divison Street in the 80's, I played this every night at PS Chicago located @ 8 W. Division!

Dr Dale