Shorty Long 1968 - "Here Comes The Judge" MOTOWN-121

[DuntoiRab]

This came out at the same time as Pigmeat Markham. Caused some confusion in the store! Both are very good.

[SashaMcCormick93]

I used to jam to this song so much as a kid! My grandma had it on vinyl and would play it on her phonograph all the time, im pretty sure this was one of the first songs i knew all the words too. 18 years later i still know all the words haha.

[enterprise1954]

Remember this and Pigmeat Markham's 'I Am The Judge' out that same summer. Too much of a coincidence, but both got heavy rotation on Radio Luxembourg.

[ushiwood]

OMFG XD Theme song for my school play last year XD Good memories of dancing back stage to this amazingness JUDGE M.HATTER RESIDES!

[bw920056]

i first heard this song in gary indiana at cartmans music shop on 5th ave. 1968

[spud1254]

I remember this song well when it came out! I was in the 9th grade at the time.

[jammer96]

Listen to this while driving a 1969 GTO Judge.

[Jennyluvsthe90s]

Oh haha they play this song for the little kids in kindergarten they love dancing to it, During carpet time. :D

[smilecal]

i first heard this in 1971 at the ripe old age of 15 yrs old , tried everywhere to buy it but couldn't .... i've not heard it in nearly 40 yrs !!! thanks for posting ... C A L ... uk

[KCKILLERCAT]

WOW ! Great memories. I was 16 and my parents bought me my first horse for $150.00 . That was alot of money back then .. I name him .. JUDGE .. after this great hit that was playing that summer ! Thanks for posting. ! Haven't heard it in years . It's my birthday in 3 hours ! lol!

[davedoom60]

@KCKILLERCAT A REAL soul-full life experience which fits GREAT with the soul-full Shorty

[larrrypa]

looking for greating this is uncle sam I need you ho.... ps who is it that song by!

[daylamont]

@larrrypa first version,by the valadiers,most popular version by the monitors w/richard street on lead

[b0mb0klat52100]

this flow brings u in an another f °°°°°°° dimension!! wanna that music in the discos NOW

[juanmitbol]

hahaha "Thirty days of Boogaloo...." priceless!

[silvervale1]

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!!!!

[mssquirrely]

AWESOME POST! Thx 4 Sharing

[OldMotownFan]

Thank you so much for posting.

[customkey]

Sammy Davis jr doing the "hear ye hear ye, the coats in session the coats in session" at the top of this.

[darling1two]

now this I like I remember this as a little girl I also remember looking at The Flip Wilson show and seeing him imitate this

[jeeperforlife]

What a great groove

[Meridian83West]

Shorty Long, gone but not forogtten (1940-1969)! A little trivia note: the voice of "The Judge" in the spoken segments is the late Pervis Jackson, who was the Spinners' bass singer.

[CalicoatMaker]

I remember it from a Sesame Street skit. Then again, I'm only 40 lol

[finylvinyl66]

So?

[arkypig12]

As I recall, from some 42 years ago there was a flip side to this record called "The Trail". It was very funny. Anyone have it and will post it?

[finylvinyl66]

You sure that wasn't the flip side to Pigmeat Markham's hit single with the same name as Shorty Long's hit?

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

@finylvinyl66: Pigmeat's single was on Chess and had the comedy bit "The Trial" on the B-side.

[finylvinyl66]

You're right. And I had that single and used to play the hell out of both sides.

I know I sound like an old fart, but pop music really was so much better back then. Growin up in the second half of the Sixties, AM radio provided a terrific soundtrack to your life and the music ranged from great R & B like this to some of the best pop and hard rock records ever made.

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

@arkypig12: Someone does have both sides of Pigmeat Markham's single (which was on Chess) posted on YT...

...you had the b-side to this Soul (Motown) label wrong...the instrumental version of this song is on Shorty Long's single.

[Sylar03]

I heard this referenced on Reboot and had to look this up.

[Natokowsky]

vinyl scratch an all. hope these guys got paid. this is holy great shit. tell your children.

[mirrejve]

Motown music = dancing in paradise.

Great song. Thanks!

[oneworks]

Hello SIR, welcome back to the Earth. It's been a very long time. I've missed you. I still have yet to see our Redwood Tree and visit the Land of the Midnight Sun. Like almost everybody, I'm still waiting for the cowards to stop being cowards. As you have commanded, they will reap in all Courts of Laws what they have sown. Truth and non-violence are still the greatest of all powers. Thank You. I Love You. 1:01 p.m. (EST) 10/8/2009 C.E., Thursday

[BikerMice2006]

& now inspired the Title of The Biker Mice From Mars cartoon Ep "Here Come The Judge" which won a 2009 Daytime Emmy for Jim Ward.

Great songs don't die young, pity Shorty didn't live long enough to have more hits and become as famous as he should be.

[Phabergetv]

Go Jamerson Go........Bassline is a Killer...The great James Jamerson on Bass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bookworm1818]

My dad is constantly singing the beginning of this song, I never even heard it until now and I can't help but laugh, thinking about my dad, haha. Thanks for posting this!

[bangzoom77]

I love this song.. it's a classic.

[infinera06]

Heard this song once when I was a very young kid; have been thinking about since. Now after hearing this, I don't want to ever hear it again!! What crap!

[TheREALJudgeJUDY]

L0L COOOOOOOL : )

[CheckMate657879]

Yes - this Shorty Long song was funky enough - but---

Shortry Long took funk to---

another-herrrrrrrrrrrr

level in "Function at the Junction."

[Bizarronumber4]

Classic stuff! I'd love to see all of Shorty Long's albums released on cd.

[SuperUrocks]

i love the ' no ur honor '

[Tkbill]

Sotomayors' theme song!

[PAULLONDEN]

Fucking great funk FUN ♫

[pgh45rpms]

Here Comes the Judge started as a sketch on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and Sammy Davis Jr. was often featured on that popular comedy show. In the summer of 1968, when Shorty's record came out, there were two other songs released as "Here Comes the Judge" -- one by the Magistrates, the other by the Buena Vistas. (My favorite Shorty Long hit is Function at the Junction.)

[JPfromFlint]

Here come the judge was a sketch done by comedian Pigmeat Markham long before Laugh-In. He also recorded the original "Here come the Judge" song before Shorty Long

[paulthepill]

great, thanks for posting, heard a hip hop version today, nothing on the original.

[Alexjhs]

Thanks for posting! Awesome days

[churdoi]

James Jamerson, what more to say!

Awesome

[bellabinti]

I just love tamla motown.

[KellyInMaryland]

Gosh...when music was good!!! and soulful!!! I just love motown...ty for this post!!!!!!!!!

[strongrj]

Lawd! Taking me waaaaaaay back to my kindergarten days! Awesome!!

[timmy841212]

Y'all do know that that's Sammy Davis speaking on the intro?

[PrinceOfSoulMusic]

yes sir that is the late great Sammy Davis Jr. and the Judges voice is none other than the late great bass singer for the Spinners Pervis Jackson.

[whispperson]

Wicked Song

[pabc]

Loved this!!!

[cdf19699]

this song has a good beat.

[WallyPlumstead]

long lost, I bought this single after watching the Here Come the Judge bits on Laugh In. I believe I purchased this Shorty Long 45 down at Singer's. Yes, the same Singer's that sold sewing machines. They had a top 40 section at the rear of the store. Cool, huh! Sewing machines AND phonograph records!! You don't find much of that anymore.

[MotownMagic1959]

That's unusual, we didn't ever have Singer shops here in Brighton, UK, but in the 60's I used to get my Motown 45 rpm singles in a large store called Bellmonds, they were called "Tamla Motown" label then as we didn't have all the separate labels of Motown as in the US, great times eh?

John

[Pinkpegasus]

Nice, firt time I heard it with the Ventures, but that's better, I guess

[jaredlovr99]

Yes I agree with you. I also remember the Singer shops having records. When I was little I remember going with my Mom, she was buying stuff for the machine and we bought a Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass record also.

[thinkbck]

Wally, you're right! Singer Sewing Machines did sell records. When I was a little girl back in the 60s my family lived in Morristown, New Jersey and I can remember my older sister and myself walking to Singer Sewing Machines Shop which was located in an area called "The Green" or more commonly known as Park Place, to specifically buy this record. Wow! Brought back memories.....

[ClydetheCamel99]

Yeah! I used to buy records at Singer too. They were a big draw because they cost only 67 cents each, compared with 89 or 99 cents everywhere else. I'd make a special trip over there every week and pick up three or four records. It was only singles; no LPs. The kids looking for records would come into a store where little old ladies typically shopped.

[bigjoet54]

@ClydetheCamel99 WOW,I can remember only paying 44 cents a record at singers in Philadelphia,Pa.

[bigjoet54]

@WallyPlumstead Yup,Your right.I also bought records at singers in Philadelphia,Pa.When i was 14 years old.

[Farrah300]

RIP Shorty Long.

[aldiakaroofus]

Put down that fudge!

[mrbrian1965]

Amazing to think that 4 versions of that song hit the top 100 in 1968, only "Unchained Melody" which also had 4 versions in 1955 has done that i think.

[Bargle5]

MrBrian, could you tell me who the other 3 were?

I briefly had a copy of it, but I don't recall it sounding like this version and I'd like to figure out which one it was.

[mobotix]

SICK BASS LINE. RIP JAMERSON

[phantomempire]

i believe this song ..caused ROWAN and MARTIN'S LAUGH IN...TO start using the phrase ''here comes the judge''

[howlinblues]

AGHHHH I REMEBER THIS TUNE WHEN IT CAME OUT IN 1968 WOW I FOUND IT HERE ON YOU TUBE RIGHT ON FAR OUT YOOOH I WAS 16 WHEN THIS CAME OUT IN NEW ZEALAND AND YES IT WAS THE SOUL ERA IN MUSIC THE MOTOWN HITS WERE COMMIN THICK N FAST NOW ITS 2008 HELL A 40 YEAR OLD SONG NOW ...NOW OM 56 AGHHHH TY FOR THE POSTING ON SHORTY LONG TY

Aoeteroa

New Zealand

Dave Penetana.

[23creative]

ooh classic.. more shorty long

[dancingnature]

remebered those lines

I'd rather be lost in the jungles of brazil

than to face the judge this morning the way he feels

every time i go to traffic court

[davesharon5747]

Pigmeat Markham has the better version of this novelty hit!