This is one if not the most beautiful, heart-stirring songs I've heard in my 58 years of life. The lyrics, background singers, orchestra are tight. Thank you for posting this wonderful, eloquent song.
Deniece Williama also blows this song so beautiful. This is such a wonderful, soul-stirring song and the lyrics are awesome. People we must get back to or should I say work on having genuine, heartfelt (not vagina and penis felt) lovemaking romance in our lives. So many get out of one relationship and jump forthwith into another. Why? Because they don't really know themselves and think they need another to complete themselves. Get to know SELF first before you launch into a relationship first!
If you look to the side the boy dressed in white is me, they were taping"Where The Action Is" a Dick Clark show down at the Brooklyn Promenade in the summer of 1966. others taping were the Four Season's. Keith Allison and others, the show was aired in August 1966 and had to wait a month or two to see it. Living downtown Brooklyn in those days I seen many perform with Murray the K at the Brooklyn Fox.
@listerone So true. Motown and Stax as well as the Brit invasion and even a lot of the country music of the time was so great that a lot of really good music (such as this) was lost in the shuffle.
Chevy64SSImpala..Yeah, I remember it too..I was 1 year old in my car seat...Oh crap..we didnt need them back then, didnt need color Tv , 400 channels, cell phones, microwave, were we better off then?
The ROYALETTES original is FAR better. The layered vocal harmonies, The Late Teddy Randazzo's rich orchestral production...PURE CLASS !! and FAR BETTER than ANY cover version I've heard . Sheila, Veronica, Terry and Anita have got Niecy BEAT on THIS one !!
Baltimore family group here- it only made it to #28 on the R&B. It should've been a bigger hit in 1965. In 1982 Neicy Williams took it to #1 for 2 weeks on the R&B chart. Great classic.
@SudYordLery Yes we were because we had to eat only a three course meal prepared by your parent which consisted of a protein carb and vegetable.All of us,..I remember my girlfriends singing this for hours in the playground back in the day in Jersey
I like hearing the harp right after they sing the chorus the first time "...crazy for you, oh." and after the bridge "...the same any more, you..." It comes through really clear. I love their short, mod hair styles.
some of the modern day stuff is okay.But why is at that these women were able to put me in a trance w/o all of the technical distractions and lights? Why is it that no one can put me in a trance today?
I remember this tune back when I was a kid living on Halsey Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn NY. They did another nice one called "I Want To Meet Him." Many don't realize that this was the original cover - Not Denise Williams ;)
This is the origianl version. I'm proud to say that they are from my Hometown, Baltimore MD in the early sixties. Their career started when they won a talent show on the (predjudice) Buddy Dean Dance show here in Baltimore by singing the Chantels tune "Maybe." they were assigned to an unpopular label (Chancellor Records) , their first release being "No Big Thing" which never charted. l can take nothing from Niecy Williams, I love her. As I listen t I realize the lead had great voice!
This is the origianl version. I'm proud to say that they are from my Hometown, Baltimore MD in the early sixties. Their career started when they won a talent show on the (predjudice) Buddy Dean Dance show here in Baltimore by singing the Chantels tune "Maybe." they were assigned to an unpopular label (Chancellor Records) , their first release being "No Big Thing" which never charted. l can take nothing from Niecy Williams, I love her. As I listen t I realize the lead had a great voice!
I saw Sheila Ross last night at the Silver Spring Jazz Festival. She's still got a beautiful voice; the audience applauded her version of "People" after the first verse! I was so shocked when she sang this song for an encore; I too didn't know she was the original artist. It brought a tear to my eye for more innocent days.
Beautiful soul ballad and just remember that in the evolution of music of black origin these 60's girls (and the boys) were a major part. The styling and choreography may seem all very twee now and manipulated by the corporations at the time, but boy were these people talented. Golden era 60's soul led to crossover, disco, rap and is still being sampled today - fact! Check out their Only When You're Lonely (also by Holly Maxwell) for another slab of soul balladry!!!
WOW, I thought I knew music, had no idea this group did the first cut of this great song, thanks a million for posting......classic Teddy Randazzo style and sound plus these girls could hold their own vocally.
Cut myself off. Anyway, this was shot here, in Manhattan. West side (Chrysler & Empire bldgs in the background). I'd say it's either the Brill Building, or close by. Anyone know?
Now that I think about it, that IS most likely the promenade over there. Good call!
By the way: at :13, you see part of a bridge. Yes, it's old, grainy kinescope, but, it looks like the Brooklyn Bridge (I can even make out (it looks like the Manhattan-side) the suspension cables.
@uszoninyc Thank you. I've been there many times( I'm from New York) and also the promenade has been featured in many movies, making it perhaps the best known part of Brooklyn outside New York.
The Black Youth, has responded to the War, against them, by all nations in America including Black Americans that sold them out, for their individual comforts. So Before all critize Black youth, who are now getting paid for their rap, trash. When Blacks got pennies, for Real music. tHIS IS WHY NOW THE YOUTH ARE MILLIONAIRES, FOR RAP TRASH. NOW STEAL THAT. SUCKAZ.AND before any accuse the Youth a being Classless. Look at your own Cowardly assed, and point the finger your way THIEVING SOCIETY.
@doowopit /tumsabai1 you seem to have a strange obsession with Royalettes. Every Royalettes video you leave a comment about Black women being fat and ugly. Trying to compensate for your own short comings? That big moon head, pie face, buck teeth and ultra flat ass of yours making you feel inadequate compared to these beautiful sisters?
I love this good old song, "It's Gonna Take A Miracle" (1965) by The Royalettes! This amazing group (whose lead singer was the fantastic Sheila Ross) consisted of four very beautiful and talented women (two cousins and two sisters) from Baltimore, Maryland. This is *real* music, exactly as it was meant to be!!
OMG! LOOK AT THESE GORGEOUS, LADYLIKE,SCRUMPTIOUS,CLASSY WOMEN! PULLEASE BRING BACK CLASS AND FEMININITY BLACK SISTERS. THIS STUFF TODAY IS SO LOW AND SOUL DRAINING!
@CalypieAndroid You have some meanassed issues,but you are trying to make point. Problem is that you are incoherant outside of being just angry. How about expressing yourself in a more intelligent and accessible way? You wouldn't have posted if you didn't have a point.and the fact that you listened to this sweet,beautiful music tells that you have a heart.
denice williams did a great version, but cannot top the original..always loved this song and have the 45 from back in the day. A real "grind" for a slow dance...and the lead singer..whatta cutie!
Class is class, 60's soul music is unsurpassed in quality,i got 1000's of records from the era by long forgotten about artists on long defunct labels. Artists poured their heart and souls into their craft then and not sex and trashy dance routines to cover their lack of talent.
That women today dress in ways some consider trashy is a reflection on how males still view women and how women view themselves. Sex objects, IMO. The lessons and voices of the women's movement have mostly been ignored by both sexes. Too bad because there were great values that were promoted at the time that would have led to a higher degree of self respect.
@cjf11962 You have to account for the time- mid sixties. This was how "girl" (women's) were portrayed and presented in the day. This was before there was any notion of Women's rights or the idea of women as sex objects were a part of America's conscience. This is how black groups were "sold" to the public. It was a time of desegregation where to assimilate into the white world was a major hurdle. These images, these groups were presentable at the time. Very few were sucessful.
@22v68 This comes from the music industry itself. The White male elite who run the companies dictate the images (sex and objectification of women) because it sales. They are about profit and careless about exploiting young rappers and Black Women. We as a community need to rise up and stand against it. Ist and primary-don't buy their junk and 2nd support and promote positive images of Black women like, Dr. Rice, Maj. Kimbell the 1st Black Female fighter pilot, or Dr. Jammeson the astronaut.
Thank you, 0002rojama, and YouTube for letting us be a "click" away for good, old REAL music! We don't have to go searching through records to get carried away to the past! GOOD MUSIC!
@fanbutton There were no such things as music videos per say back in 1965. I don`t recall ever seeing a performer playing videos on stage at a performance in those days either. I`m just glad somebody decided to break out the Kodak Brownie and record this lip sync performance. They were way ahead of their time.
@knightd12 Well as much as I hate to disagree with you, there were standup shows on television back in the 60s and 70s, like the Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, and Soul Train, which had all sorts of entertainers on them. Those entertainers, like the Jackson Five, James Brown, etc, performed on a stage, on national television. Although there was no video tape back then, there was TV and movie film. Excerpts from the films were used to make historic records.
Wow I feel like i understand how simple and extraordinary talent was when my parents were young.I can see them gathering around the ole black and white tube and watchin Tv when it was a limited form of entertainment.I remember this song from when i was a kid,the version denice williams did.Had no idea that was a re-make.Liked it but wasn't a favorite of mine as a kid.But i Love this version!!!!.Love original performances esp.when the artist was current.THANK You for posting this:)
@picpeige02 Didn't have tv in my house when I was kid...had radio though! This song was a phenomenal blockbuster back in the day. This song made the top 100 on both the U.S. and R&B charts in '65 or was it '66? Oh well...LOL.
I thought Deniece Williams was the original singer of this song in the seventies. I like this version better, but i do not recall this group in the sixties. How did these beautiful sisters slip pass me, especially that cute lead singer.
@marshell55 You are probably right that Little Anthony and the Imperials recorded this song, after all look who wrote this. Teddy Randazzo wrote so many of the Imperial's biggest hits.
They were much too good not to have gone any further. I wish they were singing now, I love their music and Sheila Ross had a marvelous voice. All of them were classy. KUDOS to my new favorite girls group of the 60's, I am now trying to purchase some of their music. I listen to them everyday since I discovered them. Are any of the ladies on facebook? Would love to chat with them.
I've never heard of this group or heard this version until now. I really like it. I saw Teddy Randazzo in one of last shows in Hawaii and he sang this.
These Baltimore girls were GREAT!! The lead was just SO effortless and yet soulful. No 500 note runs, she had a great straight delivery that can never be topped to this day!!! What happened to soul music?? I love love love this record and their follow up "Meet Him!!!!"
there is a movie, with this song in the soundtrack. When it plays this song the scene shows a mother smoking pot with her son and a friend. Any clues? Weird movie by the way.
is this "performance" not a classic? Their choreography is just perfect, relaxed, subtle.Of course it became cliche, but separate if ott to the focus of a computer screen and it's just great. I wonder will hip hop gyrations have that impact 40 years from now?
This song was written by the same composes who wrote for Little Anthony & The Imperials- might have even been written for them but was given to the Royalettes.
Hey, 0002! Absolutely spectacular sound quality! This is what a videoclip should sound like coming out of your computer speakers! This is the first time I've heard the ORIGINAL. I always knew Deniece's version was a remake.
@onlyamanzad yes the elegance of the black men and women then. The women "working" their wigs and the brothers with their processed hair. Everyone dressed to the tee. Now look at our black youth today, sagging pants, which sagging spelled backwards means "niggas". It is not the KKK or the skinheads who we should be afraid of, it the black youth male and females in our black communities terrorizing. Oh how I wish times past would return, but we individually can relive this with our love ones!
@onlyamanzad I think because a small minority of black artists, hip hop artists, affected a "ghetto" style, it somehow became cool to look talk and act like a moron with no elegance or taste....sadlly those people have the face of our race for too many white people.....Hey, we don't all go around saying "hey yo motherfucker nigga" and putting silver grids on our teeth...contrary to what bill o'reilly thinks...
@nicodagger I've been telling my niece, who's in her early 20's that it's one thing to have someone aim a hose at you, firing water with such force, that is saturates the ground beneath you into mud, and you can't help yourself, but slip and fall down into it. It's something else when you go, ON YOUR OWN, to find a puddle of mud and throw YOURSELF down into it! I'm trying to get her to see SELF RESPECT and CLEAR ENGLISH as part of being HUMAN not ACTING WHITE!
@themirrorsofmymind yes exactly....the example of Malcom X, Dr. King, Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass are some of the many many examples of how the absolute HEIGHTS of eloquence have been reached, and have always CONTINUED to have been reached, by African-Americans, so your example is very important, thank you! By the way, I spent the first 15 years of my life in Oxford, Miss., and some of the poorest examples of "English" came from the mouths of my good white neighbors...
@themirrorsofmymind I thank you for this comment and I resoundingly co-sign it. I keep telling my son an daughter,early 20's the same thing. They don't think they have to listen, oh,Mom, u are old,things r different,none of my friends r racist.Ok, keep living and get deep, u will see. God bless u.
I had no idea this song was a remade! All these years I had only heard the Deneice Williams' version, but this was is equally, if not more, beautiful.
This group is from Baltimore MD. Royalettes are named after the Royal Theater in B-More, this theater, The Apollo in New york, the Uptown in Philly, the Howard in DC is where the all the groups from our community played. listen to their other songs they were a great group.
I had no idea this song was originally done by this group and not Deniece Williams...and thats why I love youtube because you learn something new just browsing around. Thanks for the post
@Taharah007 sorry does are your days old fart, Respect the new if you want the old to be respected. Plus some new artist tries to keep the classics a live by sampling them. On top of that imaging the new eras keep repeating it self? wouldn't it be boring?.
This song was ahead of its time in one sense by at least 10 years. Or did someone copy the song in the 70's. Beautiful lead singer, beautiful voice.
vabization 18 hours ago
Love it...Thumbs up... :)
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Class-pure classic....x
TheNEK1995 2 days ago
This is one if not the most beautiful, heart-stirring songs I've heard in my 58 years of life. The lyrics, background singers, orchestra are tight. Thank you for posting this wonderful, eloquent song.
truth1disciple 2 days ago
Deniece Williama also blows this song so beautiful. This is such a wonderful, soul-stirring song and the lyrics are awesome. People we must get back to or should I say work on having genuine, heartfelt (not vagina and penis felt) lovemaking romance in our lives. So many get out of one relationship and jump forthwith into another. Why? Because they don't really know themselves and think they need another to complete themselves. Get to know SELF first before you launch into a relationship first!
truth1disciple 2 days ago
lead singer looks like Condi Rice.
EagleEyeGolfer 2 days ago
I love this song . is this one the original i know some one else sings it too . betty boop gh
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lolwut8898 4 days ago
FABULOUS. GORGEOUS SINGER. REALLY FEMININE,LOVELY GALS.
ToeIn2194 6 days ago
they were one of the best girl groups around. this song is beautiful.
bichonn10 1 week ago
this where denise williams got this song from.
jazzyfayy1983 1 week ago
somebody give me a ride..just so I can play this tune while the wind in blowing in my afro,lol
salkis 2 weeks ago 7
an awesome favorite ..
NordtBleu 2 weeks ago
this is one of the rare pieces of music where the laura nyro version is really good as is this
buggeringon 3 weeks ago
I am in love with the lead singer!
barryonedrop1 3 weeks ago 6
True they were Hot!
barryonedrop1 3 weeks ago
If you look to the side the boy dressed in white is me, they were taping"Where The Action Is" a Dick Clark show down at the Brooklyn Promenade in the summer of 1966. others taping were the Four Season's. Keith Allison and others, the show was aired in August 1966 and had to wait a month or two to see it. Living downtown Brooklyn in those days I seen many perform with Murray the K at the Brooklyn Fox.
barryonedrop1 3 weeks ago 3
@barryonedrop1 How awesome! Lucky you!
mangarda 5 days ago
Those others was who, Diana Ross and the Say Whats? These girls rock! Class, total 60s divas. Yeah baby!
scostatisciagurato 3 weeks ago
I'm almost finished with my time machine so i can travel back
compules 1 month ago 2
A true 60's classic...sadly under-rated.So much great stuff came out in the 60's!
listerone 1 month ago
@listerone So true. Motown and Stax as well as the Brit invasion and even a lot of the country music of the time was so great that a lot of really good music (such as this) was lost in the shuffle.
Themaddprof 4 weeks ago
Enough said.....you did your job...proud of yourself?
robinsnest6 1 month ago
Loved this video. What a great song, too. Thanks.
mayBmax82 1 month ago
Baltimore group. Brooklyn writer/producer. And somehow, they manage to fall right in between and create the ultimate Philly soul sound.
hooptyhee1 1 month ago
I had to settle for the 45 because I could never find the record in Stereo. MGM used to be the worst about releasing anything in stereo.
professordumbledorf 1 month ago
lead singer =HOT!!!
brandini5000 1 month ago
Chevy64SSImpala..Yeah, I remember it too..I was 1 year old in my car seat...Oh crap..we didnt need them back then, didnt need color Tv , 400 channels, cell phones, microwave, were we better off then?
madmikey721 1 month ago
wonderful footage!!! i looooove it!!!!
lazeezee 1 month ago in playlist oldie footage
Thank You for Sharing!
Flick1 1 month ago
Just great!!!!
Nickie0016 1 month ago
WOW, where the hell did you get this clip?
latinsoulrecords 1 month ago
@latinsoulrecords laura nyro is better singing this with patty labelle
kluxman45 1 month ago
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The ROYALETTES original is FAR better. The layered vocal harmonies, The Late Teddy Randazzo's rich orchestral production...PURE CLASS !! and FAR BETTER than ANY cover version I've heard . Sheila, Veronica, Terry and Anita have got Niecy BEAT on THIS one !!
williamg2552 2 months ago
Looks like the B'klyn Hgts Promenade.
scag15 2 months ago 2
@SudYordLery
Became arfrican-americans. Too Bad. Black is beautiful.
boomp 2 months ago
Great song and Video. What a great time to grow up in.
Today's kids don't know what they missed.
1956HarleyGuy 2 months ago
I was 12 yrs when this came out and it was my first 'slow song' that I absolutely LOVED!!!! still do
gayle2020 2 months ago
I use to listen to this song all the time while cruising in my 1964 Chevy SS Impala.
Sure miss those days from the past.
Chevy64SSImapala 2 months ago 8
Baltimore family group here- it only made it to #28 on the R&B. It should've been a bigger hit in 1965. In 1982 Neicy Williams took it to #1 for 2 weeks on the R&B chart. Great classic.
carlanthony62 2 months ago
@SudYordLery junk food, cool aid
zenileon 2 months ago
@SudYordLery Yes we were because we had to eat only a three course meal prepared by your parent which consisted of a protein carb and vegetable.All of us,..I remember my girlfriends singing this for hours in the playground back in the day in Jersey
shop4sue 2 months ago
I like hearing the harp right after they sing the chorus the first time "...crazy for you, oh." and after the bridge "...the same any more, you..." It comes through really clear. I love their short, mod hair styles.
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What a tune.. never heard it before.. just superb.
MrCudderz 3 months ago
What a tune.. never heard it before.. just superb.
MrCudderz 3 months ago
some of the modern day stuff is okay.But why is at that these women were able to put me in a trance w/o all of the technical distractions and lights? Why is it that no one can put me in a trance today?
diodoro73 3 months ago
These young ladies tear this ballad up. Incredible voices and a great arrangement to boot
stanich054 3 months ago
I could not get enough of this song when I was a teenager. They are so good...
snazzyjazzyshar 3 months ago
I was 13 when this song was released. In this case,i hope history repeats itself.
However, modesty, class, and true beauty cannot be duplicated or replaced.
Ladies, I salute you all!!
hottamalegrandma 3 months ago
I seriously wish i was born back then. They had all the great music, with no auto or gimick just pure raw talent.
txasgal22 3 months ago
I remember this tune back when I was a kid living on Halsey Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn NY. They did another nice one called "I Want To Meet Him." Many don't realize that this was the original cover - Not Denise Williams ;)
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StreetCornerMemories 4 months ago
Great, original version!
Nickie0016 4 months ago
This is the origianl version. I'm proud to say that they are from my Hometown, Baltimore MD in the early sixties. Their career started when they won a talent show on the (predjudice) Buddy Dean Dance show here in Baltimore by singing the Chantels tune "Maybe." they were assigned to an unpopular label (Chancellor Records) , their first release being "No Big Thing" which never charted. l can take nothing from Niecy Williams, I love her. As I listen t I realize the lead had great voice!
ThePrevis2001 4 months ago
This is the origianl version. I'm proud to say that they are from my Hometown, Baltimore MD in the early sixties. Their career started when they won a talent show on the (predjudice) Buddy Dean Dance show here in Baltimore by singing the Chantels tune "Maybe." they were assigned to an unpopular label (Chancellor Records) , their first release being "No Big Thing" which never charted. l can take nothing from Niecy Williams, I love her. As I listen t I realize the lead had a great voice!
ThePrevis2001 4 months ago
A treasure indeed!
GoldenEagle469 4 months ago
One of those 'gems' that is easily overlooked but not forgotten. Deniece was really hot. A great pop love song.
MARILLIONROCKER45 4 months ago
What an INSANITY CHUNE!!!!
Rufskin13 4 months ago
One of the best oldies ever! This song holds so much meaning and memories for me, esp. 1965. Thank you for posting,
proudgram61 4 months ago
More Miraculous Music.
Sixties Supreme.
AbeniSisterSnake 4 months ago
I saw Sheila Ross last night at the Silver Spring Jazz Festival. She's still got a beautiful voice; the audience applauded her version of "People" after the first verse! I was so shocked when she sang this song for an encore; I too didn't know she was the original artist. It brought a tear to my eye for more innocent days.
MikeDial 4 months ago
Badass jam...memories of that Anaheim sur life.
ladron775 4 months ago
0:47 MAKES YOU MELT!!!!!
louisbrains 4 months ago
i remember laura nyro doing a tribute to this group on her album with patti labelle and the bluebelles. so beautiful by all the women who did it.
motown1diva 4 months ago
Beautiful soul ballad and just remember that in the evolution of music of black origin these 60's girls (and the boys) were a major part. The styling and choreography may seem all very twee now and manipulated by the corporations at the time, but boy were these people talented. Golden era 60's soul led to crossover, disco, rap and is still being sampled today - fact! Check out their Only When You're Lonely (also by Holly Maxwell) for another slab of soul balladry!!!
SOULNUFC 4 months ago
WOW, I thought I knew music, had no idea this group did the first cut of this great song, thanks a million for posting......classic Teddy Randazzo style and sound plus these girls could hold their own vocally.
crazyromanian1 4 months ago
Cut myself off. Anyway, this was shot here, in Manhattan. West side (Chrysler & Empire bldgs in the background). I'd say it's either the Brill Building, or close by. Anyone know?
uszoninyc 5 months ago
@uszoninyc looks like it was shot in Heights, looking toward Manhattan. Don't know about the buildings though.
taino20 4 months ago
@taino20 You know what? I think your right!
Now that I think about it, that IS most likely the promenade over there. Good call!
By the way: at :13, you see part of a bridge. Yes, it's old, grainy kinescope, but, it looks like the Brooklyn Bridge (I can even make out (it looks like the Manhattan-side) the suspension cables.
uszoninyc 4 months ago
@uszoninyc Thank you. I've been there many times( I'm from New York) and also the promenade has been featured in many movies, making it perhaps the best known part of Brooklyn outside New York.
taino20 4 months ago
Aren't these SUPPOSED to be moments about the ROYALETTES - GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE?
uszoninyc 5 months ago
I can't believe it but I had forgotten that the Royalettes had done this song first...thanks for bringing this wonderful version back to mind...
charris156 5 months ago
Natural beauty with a naturally beautiful voice. I've always loved this.
raincoatriver 5 months ago
Was this Song on a Motown Label????Great song,
mizzfoxy9 5 months ago
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GREAT SONG GREAT LYRICS AND A CLASSY BUNCH OF YOUNG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
THE WAY MUSIC SHOULD BE
donbeppie 5 months ago
GREAT SONG GREAT LYRICS AND A CLASSY BUNCH OF YOUNG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
donbeppie 5 months ago
It doesn't get better than this as one poster said!!
young1s4u4 5 months ago
this a really cool old video i was 5 yrs old wow goodie goodie days i
baybay101000 6 months ago
The Black Youth, has responded to the War, against them, by all nations in America including Black Americans that sold them out, for their individual comforts. So Before all critize Black youth, who are now getting paid for their rap, trash. When Blacks got pennies, for Real music. tHIS IS WHY NOW THE YOUTH ARE MILLIONAIRES, FOR RAP TRASH. NOW STEAL THAT. SUCKAZ.AND before any accuse the Youth a being Classless. Look at your own Cowardly assed, and point the finger your way THIEVING SOCIETY.
CalypieAndroid 6 months ago
It doesnt really get better than this !
123kingkongphoto 6 months ago 14
@123kingkongphoto I remember this song when first came out and I'm familiar with Halsey st.. Those were great times.
matizaph 2 months ago
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!!
I clearly remember this superior "Girl Group" and I looked forever to finally find this, found it on a compilation of 1960s Girl Groups.
Pure class, in every way!
If there had been any justice they would have gone on to become one of the greatest female groups of all time;they had everything going for them.
THANKS so much for sharing this!! :)
Babyhowdy233 6 months ago 2
Just makes me smile .....
MelloKings 6 months ago
a home at the end of the world got me into this original
Lashaun732 6 months ago
@doowopit /tumsabai1 you seem to have a strange obsession with Royalettes. Every Royalettes video you leave a comment about Black women being fat and ugly. Trying to compensate for your own short comings? That big moon head, pie face, buck teeth and ultra flat ass of yours making you feel inadequate compared to these beautiful sisters?
luvureally 6 months ago
SO GREAT!!!!
blackberyable 6 months ago 2
I LOVE THE ORIGINAL! YOU CAN'T BEAT THIS VERSION!!!
blackberyable 6 months ago
I love this good old song, "It's Gonna Take A Miracle" (1965) by The Royalettes! This amazing group (whose lead singer was the fantastic Sheila Ross) consisted of four very beautiful and talented women (two cousins and two sisters) from Baltimore, Maryland. This is *real* music, exactly as it was meant to be!!
mmcgarrett48 6 months ago
i be cruisin this shit in my 84" blazer dropped low hitting witches with my firme hyna on the side serrio
Puppetpawn13 6 months ago
I swear, where did this era of incredible music go?
NupeWD1993 7 months ago 2
@NupeWD1993 nowhere!!!! for peeps like you and me and rest o us, IT KEEP SECRETLY DEEP INSIDE OUR HEARTS!!! heee hee heee!!!
amaiznme222 6 months ago
Wow, I thought this was a Mighty Diamonds song.
smokeemonkee 7 months ago
WOW I thought this was Denise Williams song
SOOT710 7 months ago
LOVED THIS SONG IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE 60'S
JAYDOBBS1 7 months ago
nikkie503 the girles groups had this spical sound when thay sing and if you have any soul it just stays with you
nikkie503 7 months ago
OMG! LOOK AT THESE GORGEOUS, LADYLIKE,SCRUMPTIOUS,CLASSY WOMEN! PULLEASE BRING BACK CLASS AND FEMININITY BLACK SISTERS. THIS STUFF TODAY IS SO LOW AND SOUL DRAINING!
ToeIn2194 7 months ago
@ToeIn2194 SO ARE YOU DRAINING WITH YOUR FAKE PERFECTIONS.
CalypieAndroid 6 months ago
@CalypieAndroid You have some meanassed issues,but you are trying to make point. Problem is that you are incoherant outside of being just angry. How about expressing yourself in a more intelligent and accessible way? You wouldn't have posted if you didn't have a point.and the fact that you listened to this sweet,beautiful music tells that you have a heart.
ToeIn2194 6 months ago
denice williams did a great version, but cannot top the original..always loved this song and have the 45 from back in the day. A real "grind" for a slow dance...and the lead singer..whatta cutie!
jazzbass25 7 months ago
Class is class, 60's soul music is unsurpassed in quality,i got 1000's of records from the era by long forgotten about artists on long defunct labels. Artists poured their heart and souls into their craft then and not sex and trashy dance routines to cover their lack of talent.
edge78a 7 months ago
This is BEAUTIFUL!! And so are the ladies, and the NYCity Skyline!! Yeah!!!!
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22v68 7 months ago
That women today dress in ways some consider trashy is a reflection on how males still view women and how women view themselves. Sex objects, IMO. The lessons and voices of the women's movement have mostly been ignored by both sexes. Too bad because there were great values that were promoted at the time that would have led to a higher degree of self respect.
sfmarklh 7 months ago
@cjf11962 You have to account for the time- mid sixties. This was how "girl" (women's) were portrayed and presented in the day. This was before there was any notion of Women's rights or the idea of women as sex objects were a part of America's conscience. This is how black groups were "sold" to the public. It was a time of desegregation where to assimilate into the white world was a major hurdle. These images, these groups were presentable at the time. Very few were sucessful.
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@22v68 This comes from the music industry itself. The White male elite who run the companies dictate the images (sex and objectification of women) because it sales. They are about profit and careless about exploiting young rappers and Black Women. We as a community need to rise up and stand against it. Ist and primary-don't buy their junk and 2nd support and promote positive images of Black women like, Dr. Rice, Maj. Kimbell the 1st Black Female fighter pilot, or Dr. Jammeson the astronaut.
cjfl1962 7 months ago
Thank you, 0002rojama, and YouTube for letting us be a "click" away for good, old REAL music! We don't have to go searching through records to get carried away to the past! GOOD MUSIC!
jojamful 7 months ago
I didn`t even know they made music videos back in 65. Love it!
knightd12 8 months ago
@knightd12 This was not meant to be a music video per say. This was part of an on tour segment in which they performed.
We love you Sheila!
fanbutton 8 months ago
@fanbutton There were no such things as music videos per say back in 1965. I don`t recall ever seeing a performer playing videos on stage at a performance in those days either. I`m just glad somebody decided to break out the Kodak Brownie and record this lip sync performance. They were way ahead of their time.
knightd12 7 months ago
@knightd12 Well as much as I hate to disagree with you, there were standup shows on television back in the 60s and 70s, like the Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, and Soul Train, which had all sorts of entertainers on them. Those entertainers, like the Jackson Five, James Brown, etc, performed on a stage, on national television. Although there was no video tape back then, there was TV and movie film. Excerpts from the films were used to make historic records.
fanbutton 7 months ago
wow so poised so classy, so restrained and intelligent. please young ladies take note.
blitzgreg1 8 months ago
Awesome talent and song .
MrTejano44 8 months ago
never heard of the Royalettes before! this is the best version imo.
sukisuki59 8 months ago
Wow I feel like i understand how simple and extraordinary talent was when my parents were young.I can see them gathering around the ole black and white tube and watchin Tv when it was a limited form of entertainment.I remember this song from when i was a kid,the version denice williams did.Had no idea that was a re-make.Liked it but wasn't a favorite of mine as a kid.But i Love this version!!!!.Love original performances esp.when the artist was current.THANK You for posting this:)
picpeige02 8 months ago
@picpeige02 Didn't have tv in my house when I was kid...had radio though! This song was a phenomenal blockbuster back in the day. This song made the top 100 on both the U.S. and R&B charts in '65 or was it '66? Oh well...LOL.
fanbutton 8 months ago
I thought Deniece Williams was the original singer of this song in the seventies. I like this version better, but i do not recall this group in the sixties. How did these beautiful sisters slip pass me, especially that cute lead singer.
theintruder42 8 months ago 16
@theintruder42 another group (a male group) I think Little Anthony and the Imperials did this also waaay befire Deniece. I'll get back to you.....
marshell55 5 months ago
@marshell55 You are probably right that Little Anthony and the Imperials recorded this song, after all look who wrote this. Teddy Randazzo wrote so many of the Imperial's biggest hits.
theintruder42 5 months ago
She's great!!! I still think it's Condoleeza Rice at a young age!
PetePeterkin 8 months ago
Sounds like the Royalettes were a very big influence on the Delfonics.
luvureally 9 months ago
They were much too good not to have gone any further. I wish they were singing now, I love their music and Sheila Ross had a marvelous voice. All of them were classy. KUDOS to my new favorite girls group of the 60's, I am now trying to purchase some of their music. I listen to them everyday since I discovered them. Are any of the ladies on facebook? Would love to chat with them.
tu2wah 9 months ago
@tu2wah I echo every word you say. I can't believe I never discovered them sooner but I did and that's all that matters.
skypilot722 9 months ago
badass jam
MrCastellamarese 9 months ago
love these 60s beats , classy
will012467 9 months ago
QUICK,WHO KNEW THAT THIS WASN'T A NIECY WILLIAMS ORIGINAL.HIT ME UP IF YOU DID.ONLY REALLY IF YOU DID THOUGH.DON'T LIE TO ME.
MrTrackfreek 9 months ago
I've never heard of this group or heard this version until now. I really like it. I saw Teddy Randazzo in one of last shows in Hawaii and he sang this.
pewmanfustudios 9 months ago
i didn't know they sung this song first im shocked i thought it was deniece williams wow!!
leslle00 9 months ago
@leslle00 I didn't know that this was a remake either!
Fbaise1 9 months ago
I think I'm crazy for Ms. Sheila Ross. What a set of eyes! It's amazing how beautiful she looks with such old footage but she does.
skypilot722 9 months ago
@skypilot722 OK, I thought this was just me. She is totally awesome. I am smitten.
tu2wah 9 months ago
Oops lead singer of Royalettes was Sheila Ross. Not Shari.
marcellomimi 10 months ago
Her name is Shari Ross. All their songs are superb especially I want to meet him and only when you're lonely. Great ladies with do much class.
marcellomimi 10 months ago
@marcellomimi Thanks very much. These ladies are awesome!
skypilot722 9 months ago
Can somebody tell me the name of the beautiful lead singer?
skypilot722 10 months ago
These Baltimore girls were GREAT!! The lead was just SO effortless and yet soulful. No 500 note runs, she had a great straight delivery that can never be topped to this day!!! What happened to soul music?? I love love love this record and their follow up "Meet Him!!!!"
fncz 10 months ago
this is a wonderful song I will never ever forget!
npenciso 11 months ago
Their old enough to be my grannies, but i like this song!
marcussatterwhite 11 months ago
love this!
gyellowmoon 11 months ago
Are they from the Islands? The lead singer sounds like she got an accent.
rondmc44 11 months ago
there is a movie, with this song in the soundtrack. When it plays this song the scene shows a mother smoking pot with her son and a friend. Any clues? Weird movie by the way.
laxcano 11 months ago
@laxcano "A Home at The End of The World." It uses Laura Nyro's version, though.
sofiendish 11 months ago
iLove This Song , iWish They Would Still Play Music Like This Here o:
samanthaa12341 1 year ago
is this "performance" not a classic? Their choreography is just perfect, relaxed, subtle.Of course it became cliche, but separate if ott to the focus of a computer screen and it's just great. I wonder will hip hop gyrations have that impact 40 years from now?
daveysan 1 year ago
This song was written by the same composes who wrote for Little Anthony & The Imperials- might have even been written for them but was given to the Royalettes.
cynthiamwade 1 year ago
Hey, 0002! Absolutely spectacular sound quality! This is what a videoclip should sound like coming out of your computer speakers! This is the first time I've heard the ORIGINAL. I always knew Deniece's version was a remake.
CookyMonzta 1 year ago
Just ordered their CD - can't wait for it to arrive.
thesaintafterdark 1 year ago
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tyrone181able 1 year ago
This is a great, great piece of film. Thank you so much for sharing it.
keithsmd 1 year ago
BLACK MUSIC, DANCE, DRESS, USED TO BE ELEGANT BUT THAT LACKS TODAY ! (:>( WHY?
onlyamanzad 1 year ago 13
@onlyamanzad yes the elegance of the black men and women then. The women "working" their wigs and the brothers with their processed hair. Everyone dressed to the tee. Now look at our black youth today, sagging pants, which sagging spelled backwards means "niggas". It is not the KKK or the skinheads who we should be afraid of, it the black youth male and females in our black communities terrorizing. Oh how I wish times past would return, but we individually can relive this with our love ones!
truth1disciple 7 months ago 2
@onlyamanzad I think because a small minority of black artists, hip hop artists, affected a "ghetto" style, it somehow became cool to look talk and act like a moron with no elegance or taste....sadlly those people have the face of our race for too many white people.....Hey, we don't all go around saying "hey yo motherfucker nigga" and putting silver grids on our teeth...contrary to what bill o'reilly thinks...
nicodagger 6 months ago 2
@nicodagger I've been telling my niece, who's in her early 20's that it's one thing to have someone aim a hose at you, firing water with such force, that is saturates the ground beneath you into mud, and you can't help yourself, but slip and fall down into it. It's something else when you go, ON YOUR OWN, to find a puddle of mud and throw YOURSELF down into it! I'm trying to get her to see SELF RESPECT and CLEAR ENGLISH as part of being HUMAN not ACTING WHITE!
themirrorsofmymind 5 months ago
@themirrorsofmymind yes exactly....the example of Malcom X, Dr. King, Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass are some of the many many examples of how the absolute HEIGHTS of eloquence have been reached, and have always CONTINUED to have been reached, by African-Americans, so your example is very important, thank you! By the way, I spent the first 15 years of my life in Oxford, Miss., and some of the poorest examples of "English" came from the mouths of my good white neighbors...
nicodagger 5 months ago
@themirrorsofmymind I thank you for this comment and I resoundingly co-sign it. I keep telling my son an daughter,early 20's the same thing. They don't think they have to listen, oh,Mom, u are old,things r different,none of my friends r racist.Ok, keep living and get deep, u will see. God bless u.
valreshel 5 months ago
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onlyamanzad 1 year ago
Great video! Thanks for putting this video up....they should have been more popular. The lead singer sings beautifully and looks great.
Teaser0424 1 year ago
im falling in love with the song... :)
tristanrexs 1 year ago
The Best !!!!!
Phil
p042344 1 year ago
great voices, talented girl group, one of many that makes the 1960s R&B hang on for other generations to enjoy.
fasx56 1 year ago
Oh yes this is just graet!!!
Floydalbert 1 year ago
Teddy Randazzo. Beautifully lush. Thanks!
uszoninyc 1 year ago
I had no idea this song was a remade! All these years I had only heard the Deneice Williams' version, but this was is equally, if not more, beautiful.
qjwilson 1 year ago
This group is from Baltimore MD. Royalettes are named after the Royal Theater in B-More, this theater, The Apollo in New york, the Uptown in Philly, the Howard in DC is where the all the groups from our community played. listen to their other songs they were a great group.
mrstanbmw 1 year ago
A time when people, talented people, could ACTUALLY SING! They needed nothing more than a microphone!
hatchetfac 1 year ago
the lead singer is really beautiful
brandini5000 1 year ago
I had no idea this song was originally done by this group and not Deniece Williams...and thats why I love youtube because you learn something new just browsing around. Thanks for the post
diggum117 1 year ago
I agree the Lead Singer is Very Beautiful:)
tcw00 1 year ago
@Taharah007 sorry does are your days old fart, Respect the new if you want the old to be respected. Plus some new artist tries to keep the classics a live by sampling them. On top of that imaging the new eras keep repeating it self? wouldn't it be boring?.
SoldMySoul4Rich 1 year ago
Hey....that's Condoleeza Rice on lead!! No kidding!
DavisNetPromos5550 1 year ago
I miss this music so much. What happened to those great days and wonderful music?
Nutmeg1038 1 year ago
Wow! And all along I've only heard Denice williams' version....I definitely love this one...