Mitty Collier - I Had A Talk With My Man

[anointedot]

What a sweet love song. It makes my soul smile.  Thank you Mitty.

[presidentfrierson]

Haven't heard this song in a really long time. Now, this is some real soul singing.

[arwenestrellatarde]

I had a talk with my man last night too.

[2011aoc]

i used this song with a homemade video and came out to my family that i was getting married

[mansell357]

exquisite, pure inner soul vibrations. one of a kind .... a true love song

[patlovesW]

This is a breath-taking song.

[MzBelieveDat18]

My Beautiful Granny Is Truly a Blessing N my Life!!!!!!!!!

[shinobunyc]

Thanks for upload.

I can listen this music over & over again-endless.

I'm so glad I could witness this golden 60'-70' era.

Time was a lot kinder & gentler with soul & we all loved music!

I know so many of you miss those days.

[rlcope45]

Great looking lady! Great sounding song! They dont make songs like that anymore.

[bubblejomay]

Well, I'll tell you this, I worked as a station manager for metro at the Naylor Rd station. This young lady who in '07 was 19 or 20 can't remember her name would enter the station very often going to work. But I tell you this from this video and to see this young lady you would say she is the spitting image of Mitty Collier. This about all I can tell you.

[bubblejomay]

I see there are two dislikes to this video. Whomever they are they have some serious issues, because how can anyone dislike this song the way this lady sang it. This song was made for her. Noone can ever sing it the way she did.

[rhythmnsoulsymphony]

Blue lights in the basement... miss those times.

[meekinme]

Great music!

[ChancesMom17]

wtf is that girl with the green dress doing?!!

[saralouisetucker]

@ChancesMom17

yeah... what?

[VIOLARI]

@ChancesMom17 HAHAHAHAHAHA I was thinking the same thing!!

[gsmmns59]

I love this song I have it on a CD.

[jspive011]

James Cleveland redid this song entitled "I had a talk with God last night"

[myagirl7]

Great song! Reminds me of a more simple time. A classic!

[TheDaviddorita]

this song came out around 1965, a girl in jr high school sang it in a talent show and it brought down the house thank you for posting this for us old fuddy duddy's

[granprix49]

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, this was the jam back in the day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[SuperMusicWorld1]

It was a blessing to be around during that time frame, there was so much talent back then. those were the love days. wish they were here again.

[marksor123]

I felt the feelings of love within the tone of her voice...

[jbynum20154]

i need to stop talking to my man

[empressofthefrench]

@jbynum20154 Lol, that`s cute.

[taildragger53]

Killer song done by the gorgeous Mitty Collier. What a voice!

It has stood the test of time.

[empressofthefrench]

@taildragger53 Can anyone today match the singers of the 50's, 60's and 70's none. Diana is still a class act, Tina is timeless.

[CharlesBarry]

Sing your song lady !

[drpesky]

One of my fav songs why it was never a hit i dont know

[darchylde612]

all i can say is that THIS is true music; this tune will still be standing long after beyonce, rihanna, and any of the so-called 'singers' today are old haggard and with sagging silicone down to their knees and rumps of cottage cheese. back then a singer didn't need vulgar dance moves or to appear onstage damn near naked, they need only have true talent and mitty collier had it in spades!

[empressofthefrench]

@darchylde612 Well said. I remember my parents playing this song. She did not get the fame deserved to her bcs during that time whites were not into black music. However, as you stated many of the early stars did not get the recognition as deserved, such as Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Etta James, Tina Turner, Platters, so many deserving ppl and groups just stood on talent alone. No gimmicks, no vulgarity. God Bless them all.

[granprix49]

@darchylde612

you said it !!!!! no comparsions of yesterdays music to todays artist, NO WAY

[emilyc14911]

my mom song this song in a talent show when she was in the 6th grade an won

[Babs7718]

This song was written by James Cleveland the famous gospel singer.

[DYNODRUM]

Singers ? Today, Need to LISTEN to ones who paved a Road they cannot follow and are gettin paid millions for non Such Talent .What The ++++

[aggaikuni]

so so

[prim8667]

This is the shit i grew up on----it CAN"T be beat!!!

[CalypieAndroid]

i GUESS YALL WANT HER TO BE MIXED. OR LOOK LIKE A CLOWN WITH STRINGY HAIR. like How they want Halle Berry to be Theola Kilgore. look up this is my prayer, and see how some asshole want her to be Halle Berry.

[mrrk]

Dusty Springfield did a stunning cover of the song.

[sharonanony]

what a beautiful, souful, black woman

[tamla50]

Soul music sung at its best,awesome singing from Mitty

[rumpoose]

wow.....what a singer and what a song !

[3MEntertainment16]

For all Pastor Mitty Collier fans, she's gearing up for a new live cd/dvd recording on Friday, August 27 in Chicago. Check her out on Facebook.

[mrstep2me]

WOW! I'm sorry to say I'd never heard of her before I came across this video. So many talented people didn't even make it this far, spending their lives singing in obscurity in small clubs, or in church.

[Vincent50]

Ms Collier I have to say this song is absolutely fantastic. I was a kid in the 60s when this song came out and my mom, the queen of music in our household bought the record and played and had neighbors in our building loving it. I believe we saw you on a show on TV singing this song back in the day. I can't remember what show it was but I live in CT so I do remember. Keep on singing.

[violent0heart]

There are so many talented, soulful singers I've never heard of! I recently discovered a few, because I love this sort of music. Only a few are more widely known today; there were so many people that had this sort of talent back then, I guess only a few could. I wish even one of them was around to keep making this sort of music today!

[ike60miles1]

Mitty and I were classmates in college for one year. One of my favorite songs.

[4BellaHeike]

Just love it . . . .

Thx for posting it

BellaƸ̵̡Ӝ̵Ʒ

[barriobajaj]

Chess Records was cranking out an amazing body of work in the mid-sixties that many people forget including Mitty, Billy Stewart, Etta James, The Radiants, Fontella Bass, Jackie Ross, Tony Clarke and The Jaynettes. The list can go on.

[jor99912]

That's a Pretty Dress!

Wonder What She looks Like with it OFF?

[drob97]

the blue light in a friend basement a great song and special girl

[shonuffido]

You think of all the great voices over the years Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and more recently Mary J Blige. She may not be as well know as those ladies but boy does Mitty deserve to be up there with those greats. An awesome voice and fantastic post thanks ;D

[xunclexx]

Passing by the old Chess Record building on 21st and S. Michigan, I thought about Mitty Colliers "I Had A Talk With My Man". I heard it for the first time while visiting my cousins in Chicago back in 1964. I remember hearing it quite a bit at house parties back home in Detroit soon after. Man, what a song.

[jor99912]

Whenever I hear Mitty Collier, I always think of

Theola Kilgore and Vice Vrsa!

Great Era!

Great Music!

[MissBeejay]

Nice song. I miss this kind of music.

[ExistentiaDementia]

Why is the chick in the green dress daning SO offbeat?

[MrBlues2jazz]

Because in those days everything was shot with a rhythm click machine. They hear music. then they lay the audio track of the original record for broadcast. that's what we hear. 1960s dance shows were notorius for off beat dancing scenes.

[ExistentiaDementia]

@MrBlues2jazz I get that, but everybody else is doing okay. She's singing a ballad but homegirl is dancing to something very uptempo LOL!

[myboylollipop09]

Imagine its the mid 60s you turn on the radio and songs like this are playing. I can see my mom cleaning the house or doing the laundry and just enjoying the music. Somehow it doesn't feel the same today when I turn on the radio. But man when I get out the oldies and start playing the old songs my neighbors come out of the wood work and yell hey Dan turn that up! I doubt if most of todays music will stand up like this great performance by Miss Mitty Collier..

[MrBlues2jazz]

This song was big when I was in jr. high. one of my favorite slow jams, along with gene Chandler,Rainbow 65',Are You Ready-Barbra Mason

[kariebeez]

Real soul singer and music here..Not many (if any) can match her today.

[glasscitadel12]

@kariebeez none today can match Mitty...

[deedivah]

i LOVE THIS SONG..AND THIS VIDEO...THE DANCERS ARE CRACING ME UP THOUGH

[atrest503]

Thank you for posting this song...what a sweet way to send me to sleep.

[bluzyslim]

What a Haunting tune. This is a soul groove. This music is something from another world. Luv U - Aberdeen Slim

[roserrena]

I love love this song. She sings with such passion that it brings tears to my eyes...Now that is soul..

[MrPhillyrick1]

this is a classic on the r&b oldies stations in philly. you can hear this song every sunday night

[blurbarhouston]

I love this song, reminds me of my family playing the record player and just listening to records with friends all around. memories!!

[106732]

Another Geator golden. DJ Jerry Blavat in Philly plays this song to death. Great tune with a haunting sound.

[keithsmith1948]

The Geator with the Heater is still on the air? Still on WCAM? Whatever station he's on, can you hear it on the internet?

[diopian1]

Mitti, I was just talking about you earlier today! What I said to a friend of mine and long-time radio DJ was that "I had a talk with my Man" is a timeless recording that does not in any way reveal its age. It's one of the most superbly produced cuts of all time. It was ahead of its time. In fact, I'll be playing it on my next show. Let me know how I can reach you and I'll remind you. You can listen online, but I don't want to broadcast it here.

[kpitt1204]

She sings like they plucked her straight out the choir. SUch great emotion in this song. I usually try not to say anything bad, but the go go girls are doing some sad dancing to this song. Maybe I just had to be there and can't understand, but the dancing is right pitiful in my eyes and humble opinion.

[JazzyJ1318]

Can anybody find and post LET THEM TALK? She does it beatifully!!!

[leonardokloot]

Linda e maravilhosa...

[jesoby]

It Looks Like Rain is a great song too.

[nostalgiahistoria67]

Amazing singer & song! Mitty is originally from Birmingham, Alabama, which is my home state & she should be inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame ( if she hasn't been inducted already). She and Alabama deserves this honor for recognizition of such an awesome vocalist!

[jo22338601]

I totallly agree with you but if you haven't heard she died about 3 years ago she was living in my home town Gary Indiana and head a church with her husband. She was a great person and wonderful soulful singer, and truly missed.

[mittycollier]

I am not dead, but very much alive. I have never lived in Gary, IN and my husband, who is deceased was never in ministry with me. I live in Chicago, IL and am the pastor of More Like Christ Ministries located at 8201 S. Dobson, Chicago. Come and see for yourself! I am alive preaching, singing, and living a totally Christian life. Hope this information gav eyou soon joy (smiles).

[jo22338601]

Well hello, noone could be more happier than I to know that you are alive an well. There was article in The Gary Post Tribune, about Mitty Collier deceased about 3 years ago I still have the article. Never the less I most happy that you are fine and will surely come to visit your church. I must let Herb Kent know this news. I still say you're one of the industry best singers and I know you're really powerful in the church. Much more joy now !

Be Bless,Jo

[mittycollier]

Herb Kent knows that I am alive. He has done an interview with me on his show. I saw him a few weeks ago at a friend of ours homegoing. Thanks for your love

[jo22338601]

I've not talk with Herb in over a year and we hadn't had a conversation where I could have discuss much but I surely will make sure that we have that great conversation about the "GREAT MITTY COLLIER" Alive and well and highly blessed, take care much love to you and yours.

JoAnn

[mittycollier]

Hope you'll come by for our 6th year anniversary celebration Oct 30, 7:00 p.m., Oct. 31, 5:00 p.m. Nov. 1, 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. -

[jo22338601]

Thank yoou I will try my hardest that a crazy day for me but I will try thanks for the invite.

Be Bless Jo

[laminage]

Hey guys, if you want to hear some amazing "obscure" Soul, try to get Mojo Magazine. Every other Month, they have a CD where they feature the best of R & B. It's a British Mag and as you know, they've been die hard fans of Black Artists.

[bubblejomay]

Hey I missed this but I would sure like to meet you.

[ikedirty318]

Her voice! Amazing

[black64riv]

very nice,even thoe its be for my time i was born in 67,but i grew up to this music.

[miniturecabriolet]

great song.I am an hetreosexual,God fearing totally abstaining man & it's still great!

[drdeik]

What that Got to do with anything... Was that introductory statement needed....

[mittycollier]

I, Pastor Mitty Collier, am God-fearing also, and I still think the song that I did back in 1964 is still great too!

[niteowl147]

Great footage of this talented Lady. Thanks for posting this gem!!

[kellydoll14]

thankyou david for sharing such a beautiful vid and such a talented singer.

love kellyxx

[nostalgiahistoria67]

Amazing song by an amazing and gifted singer! It's a crying shame that this fab song and lots of other songs by Mitty and other artists sadly "slipped through the cracks" and didn't become the big hits they should have been.

[nostalgiahistoria67]

100% fab song by an amazing voice! A soul classic!

[t40onbass]

Chess records...1964. Based on Rev. James Cleveland's "I Had a Talk with the Lord". I think it went to #52 on the Billboard Hot 100. At the time the magazine didn't publish a seperate R&B chart (from 11/63 to 1/65). At the time there were so many records crossing back & forth from both charts Billboard simply surmised they didn't need an R&B chart. However, it was later determined that some singles were "slipping through the cracks" so in January '65 the R&B/Soul chart was reinstated.

[ricksbabe2]

Another of my growing u[p songs and Betty Everett and the Ice Man

[shoboi19]

this song is so mezmerizing it will put you in a trans beLieve me... everytime i hear this song it make's me think about this women whom i sadly had to remove myself from because of certain issue's that we had... and each time i hear this song it give's me knot's in my stomach as a reminder of her

[msval57]

rev mitty what a surprise!  i enjoyed singing with you at Calvary i heard you when you came to Texas remember? msval57

[pennridgeboy]

I'm just a white dude from the Pittsburgh suburbs but me and the fellas wore the grooves off this one back in the day. Sir Walter , Hal Brown and the DJ's on WAMO

made sure that Mittie Collier got plenty of play!

[mittycollier]

Well thanks - but it's Mitty not Mittie. Thanks for your love - back in the day!

[mittycollier]

Who are you? I don't know anybody names Micheal Jackson in my family. So tell lme your roots.

[MrPhillyrick1]

i love this song. i grew up on songs like this. it was before my time (im 38), but songs like this have been planted in my head my whole life!

[colsnake331]

Rev. Mitty Collier. Bumped into her about a year ago. She's got a church somewhere on the southside of Chicago. She was lookin' GOOOD! But then again....I'm pretty old too.

[mittycollier]

More Like Christ Christian Fellowship / 8201 South Dobson, Chicago

[colsnake331]

I'll make it a point to stop by. Les Brown (old) W.Y.N.R.

[mittycollier]

You were supposed to reach for me when you got back in the city about 7 months ago. I'll certainly be looking out for you.

[bubblejomay]

@mittycollier In Marlow Heights Maryland there is a young lady that could pass for your twin, if you were the same age, and I mean Identical. I first saw this video about three years or so ago and it was the first time I saw an image of you after all these years. And when I saw this video I asked this young lady if she was related to you because of the age difference, she said no, but the resemblence is uncanny. If there is ever a movie made about you she should have the part, find her.

[mayaboy1906]

what is up with those dancers? LOL

[mssdustysss]

I STILL LOVE DUSTY'S

MAARY

[giano56]

This is a much better recording than the oirginal 45. Still one of the best RnB songs ever.

[blackathena1950]

Love you Reverend Mitty!! Also loved directing your life story on stage in Chicago in the 90's. As you always say...love you to pieces...you and your daughter, Alicia who sings as well as you. Love, Barbara Green Chicago memories.

[Dcblkluv]

She is now a great gospel singer. I've seen her many times on the Bobby jones Gospel show.what's wrong with the go-go girls? lol

[stldevil]

what is this incredible show!

[nanrekr]

I bought this record in England 44 years ago [and still have it] and this the first time I've ever seen Mitty. Those were the days when records were bought for their music, not hype or video

[3811iberis]

That's a cool story, it's profoundly sad how it has come to just what you said.

[Torihope]

Isn't that the TRUTH!??? I was a sophomore in high school when this came out. I bought the 45 and wore the grooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvves off. This was such pure music; no fluff, no filler... It's what's lacking today...purity.

[mmangum4444]

so true.

[roserrena]

Thanks for posting..(sure wish I had a man that could have had this talk with me..2009.

[RXmusic4YOU]

...come on now, this song can make a lot of women wail and cry like a baby...men don't talk like they use to..if they did, things sure could be different.....

[MADAMEARIES]

Amen to that Sister.

[dajkptwinna]

Oh the memories.FYI Mitty rerecorded this

(I Had A Talk With My GOD...) Thanks for the post. Now check out Linda Jones' 'For Your Precious' and you just might loose it. One Time For Chicago,we've been producing a long time.

[mittycollier]

Yep, after becoming a Christian, I took it back to the original. Will be singing I had a talk with God in Tokyo Japan in January.

[lvndreamz]

Thanks for posting this one. I remember discovering this in my parent's collection...I would sing this song using a hairbrush as my mic...I was 6 or 7.

[Bilbaiti]

The Gogogirl is gigantic!!

[106harlem232]

James Cleaveland sang a similar song; "I had a talk with God last night".

[mittycollier]

The song was originally I had a talk with God by Rev. James Cleveland. I was asked by Leonard Caston, the pianist at Chess to help him with the song. I did. My producer, Billy Davis came in and hear it - changed the words to "..with my man...and the rest is history.

[teenmajor]

I went to my 40th class reunion last night, the first time i danced to this song was December 1965. When they played this song i danced again with the same guy. Thanks for the memory

[mjcutie1]

Love this song but im like most..what is the girl with the green on...on top of the box doing? lol but anyway,,,great song!!

[FFplayerUK]

fab, fab, fab - now anyone tell me what these women on those boxes are supposed to be? Annoying? Decoration? Chorist? Talented? Answers on a postcard, please ....

[fannycraddock99]

Oh this is a rare treat indeed. Thanks for posting.

[pminner]

Great song! ..but exactly what is miss thing doing on the box up there?

[Mission94110]

LOL

At one point the one in blue looked liked she was doing Tai-Chi!

[vanessaethedragon]

oh i was searching that since i was fifteen!! i heard it on the radio and the speaker told her name and the title of the song. but i wasn't able to understand the spelling, and so i waited ... since now!! i'm so glad thank you!!!

[jungleray]

what a beautiful song and great singer

[LysiaLoc]

i LuV THiS esp. "O YeS HE DiD, YeS HE DiD, YeS He DiD"--->[[CHuNK]] THiS HaWT=]

[PiscesPrince1958]

There's a version of this song by Linda Clifford.....I have the album.

[SangoFett]

I'm searching The Dolls - Reason Why

Sang in this TV SHOW.

Thanks for helping me to find it

[areme357]

This video is such a misrepentation of the song because of the times...

[mitzigordon]

The bomb of all time!

[jazzyazzv]

This song reminds me of my grandmother and my father who are passed away-RIP-They used to love her music and when I got older I started to appreciate their love of the classics like this. I used to hear this song everytime My friends and I used to go back to school on Sundays to Alcorn State Unv.

[browngal1709]

lovely

[cbw5355]

Yes, Yes, Yes, I have been looking for this song. thanks for posting it. I thought it was Etta James. It was one of my mother's favorite and now one of my mines.

[barriobajaj]

Mitty and Etta were label mates at Chess Records around the same time. If you can get your hands on Mitty's best of, buy it. You won't be disappointed.

[lon7057wil]

lon7057wil

I love mitty voice and most of her songs but i

am looking for the song sharing you if you could find it i sure would be happy i will

keep watching for it thanks

[levtron2]

There's a new Cd on Chess of her hits etc from the 60's......just released!

[toledo3045]

HeHe. Luv the white boot girls just floating around in the background

[billricub]

Mitty's such a great singer/stylist - if anyone can find her 1961 "I Gotta Get Away From It All", it's a classic!! (although an obscure one) - I've got the Chess single but don't know how to upload it on here.

[BadNewzBlues]

Amazing song! I think it would sound even more amazing! If you add classical guitar to the mix. I mean Nylon string solos would be a nice touch!

[LEEBEY]

What a great song. She was a minister in Chicago in recent years.--probably still is. Great woman, too.

[barpypardlo]

God's own music

[Whatever175]

Another record one would hear on WTMP...

SLS

2.2

[lindamae2410]

Did you ever hear JACKIE ROSS sing I Had a Talk with MY Man?

Check that out!

[pieroangelo1]

yeah, real soul cassics 60's, THE BEST!

THIS IS MUSIC!

[MENCADO]

Before my time. Luck for me, I never let that stop me! Always looking for those special voices. Excellent selection. Thanks for the post.

P.S.- I hope you don't mind if I plug a couple of other names here. I hate to think that so few people nowadays know about them - Esther Philips, Ruby Johnson, Ella Washington. Happy listening!

[pieroangelo1]

thanks friend for send me this terrifc song!!

really fantastics!!!

piero

[MENCADO]

My pleasure. I will forward any others that I come across, and which I think that you would also like.

[57Will]

All three excellent soul singers! Have records by all three of them, and they're exceptional!

[3811iberis]

Now this is some serious R&B from the 60's. Always have enjoyed this song, that I think is relativly unknown to a lot of people. Mitty had to have been in love with someone to sing this song the way she sang it, classic!!

[gfaman7]

Lawd ha' mercy!  Mitty, Mitty, Mitty! I remember having this 45 back in the day! Thanks for the memories....

[msanne4u]

You said it all. This was real music. Yes, yes, yes.

[laron214]

where did you find this? this is one of my favorites. what station was this, it looks like the same one where patti and the bluebelles perfromed. what about the white gogo boots and the lipsynching? the man wasn't even playing the piano, why would they have all those people onstage and not do it live. still so beautiful?

[MrBlues2jazz]

They were limited in technology, more importantly, these shows were very low budget too. cutting corners was rabid. the music soared regardless. it was not a lot of pay for a 2 min. TV appearance in those days. No Ed Sullivan Budgets.limited, square TV producers too.