Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter To Three

[lukechapter5]

I like the Go-Go dancers. Cool.

[ConcreteEstrella]

LMAO - this was too funny. The only reason I found it is because of a comment on Facebook about looking up the number one song when you were born... :)

[scoutchuck]

@ConcreteEstrella Me too!

[colonboy2]

Horrid sound quality...

[annie482000]

I'm surprised the girl giving it her all didn't end up suffering from whiplash!

[ibtheonlymarktoo]

we knew gary was not from 'motown'...but he had so much 'soul'....we officially adopted him as our own....he rocked the '60's like no one else..... :)

[TheStamplover]

Love it! Love Gary's energy and stamina. First time I saw him perform the song in a long time. This was in my sister's era.

[KSCrosby]

that girl was not drinking Rock Star, either.

[27jengirl]

cool my band is playing this song were doing a 50's show on Friday and I had it on my Ipod this is my favorite song I can't wait when we play it on Friday

[biglinguist]

Around 1:25, his hair gets Cab Calloway Syndrome.

[Alikah1]

@biglinguist Shows you what a little Dixie Peach can do!

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.8 in the world charts #gary #u #s #bonds

[fiddletownkid]

Thingswere fun ,but they have been a lot more fun if it wern't for segregation, Sorry for the thinking of the day Maveric. Thats the way thingg were.

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.6 in the world charts #gary #u #s #bonds

[tilog]

If you ever feel your energy flagging, put on a Gary US Bonds song - you'll perk up in no time.

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.9 in the world charts #gary #u #s #bonds

[Dmactds2]

It's difficult to think of these 'cute young things' as somebody's Granny today...., EEEEEkkkkkkk!!!!



[newaccountdebzbd]

By God, that poor child's on the dope. Lost her doggone mind.

[MrGotsquashed]

This is where hardcore dancing (mosh pit) started!

[TJCATLOVER]

Fantastic song!!!!!!!!

[Wagriffith]

The dancing girl on the right....funny she didn't blow a disk in her neck lol

[Dmactds2]

@Wagriffith It's difficult to think of these 'cute young things' as somebody's Granny today...., EEEEEkkkkkkk!!!!

[GoodNoteDJ]

Also, a funny moment - partway through a visible chunk of Gary Bond's carefully coifed hair falls out of place, he tries to brush it back into place .... In those days, the rock'n'roll guys try to have those perfect pompadours that stayed together no matter how much they moved around!

[GoodNoteDJ]

I'll have what that go-go girl dancer's having.

[maveric23100]

I always find it interesting during this era that all the "dancers" and audiences were white. Black rock and rollers singing their hearts out to homogenized groups. I guess this was progress as this music was considered "cross-over."

This is an observation and not an opinion.

[fiddletownkid]

@maveric23100 It was sad maveric, but those were the day of segration. it hurt everyone. Black and white.

[beatlejoos]

Great days. Bill Deal and the Rhondells right with 'em. May I?

[mec24609]

those girls must have hurt their brains jerking them like that!

[speedofc]

White people can't dance for shit!!!! Looks like theri having an epileptic seizure!!!

[newjerseybt]

@speedofc WTF? That's like saying black people can't play baseball based on the way Obama throws one.

[lindamartian]

I really love this song!! the vibe is go go go!!

[yarekhunt]

I think that chick to the right of Gary is having a seizure

[BAhern63]

very similar to "Runaround Sue".

[jasonerling]

@BAhern63 they are two of my favorite songs and i never noticed how similar they are before

[freddyscot]

a really great posting they don't make them like that any more!

[talktalk3]

'til you get hip with that jive, and dig a band like the church street five (;

[twinamp55]

Daddy G is Gene Barge, the sax player in the house band called the Church Street 5. Frank Guida was the owner of the record label and the producer of US Bonds, Jimmy Soul, etc.

[hxo20292]

Man Dig that cool pompadour

[RhythmAndSoul59]

@hxo20292 That toupee is so bad it looks like a weird hat.

[kickassfan]

haved always always loved it

[NoirFan01]

For some reason I never heard this song until around 2001. But, when I heard it on an oldies compilation I thought it was just about the greatest song ever. It's a fantastic party song.

[dumbbina]

I was born in '61 and when I was 4 I found this album in my brother's stax, and played it to death, which would have been my punishment if my brother caught me. Great memories. Thanks for posting.

[JUUNEBIG]

Gosh, I just took a chance to see if anyone had anything to post on this artist who as a child I was vicariously in love with. So good to see him perform...Thanks for posting...

[tornmask]

the Good Old Days! =o]

[johnnynocaster]

A lot of the great oldies, Doo Wop, Rock 'N Roll etc. came from the great black groups of the day. Thats when rock 'n roll was just good clean fun and you danced until you fell over or you cruised the town in your convertible with the radio blastin' out rock 'n roll. Man, now those were the days. God what memories.

[mhermanson49]

Happy birthday to Gary U. S. Bonds. Great idea, its late in the recording studio and people have been drinking a bit, turn on the recorders and jam, out come quarter to three one of the best rave ups ever. A few years later, Brian Wilson tries the same thing and out comes Barber Ann. You gotta do this video and see the early sixties head bangers.

[26highstreet]

approx 10 seconds in looks like an 80 year old man, grey hair glasses boris karloff lookalike

[Dougster58]

Believe it or not, there was a time when white girls COULD JAM...I know...I went to Chadsey High 63-67 with a bunch of them...

[tm48328]

この ディオン&ベルモンツの｢浮気なスー｣と対をなすような曲が大好­きでずーっとYouTubeで探してました ありがとう

[1946Valentino]

Hi! I live in Brazil. In the early sixties in São Paulo city there was a radio program for teenagers by a man named Miguel Vaccaro Netto and he used this song as an introduction and a background for his program. Now thanks to youtube I can see the guy singing not only hear! Good memories from a nice time! I was about 15 - 16 years old! Now I am 64 and very happy to see this video! I have one question: Gary US Bonds was a group or just this guy?

[smokey1255]

Gary "US" Bonds is just the guy, but the was asked that question a lot. I was born in '48 and growing up in LA in the late 50s and 60s was the best possible place and time to enjoy great music.

[paschat55]

@smokey1255 Thanks. My favorite video, especially the dancer to the right of Gary.

[oldandintheway]

Not a toupee. It's a 60's hair process. Fried, dyed and laid to the side

[PrettyBonesArt]

Love this song! I'm surprised those backup dancers didn't get whiplash...lol.

[dybbuk4640]

nice toupee ,,,good thing it didnt fly off

[rocking1960ray]

Great Singer Great song wonderful memories

[savamac]

Nah - make that 40 years !!

[savamac]

Absolutely superb - this has taken 20 years off me (I'm 61 !!) !!!!!

[CPSJSMSUUMUGA]

@savamac I met Bonds at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ, in 2005.

In Bruce Springsteen's early days, he closed many shows with 20 minute versions of Quarter to Three, with 4, 5, & 6 or more false endings - this coming at the end of a 3 1/2 to 4 hour show. Band members would drag Bruce from the stage again and again, only to have him reappear playing the song.

As payback, Bruce found Bonds, wrote songs for him, and produced an album that set Bonds up for life. He's very fond of Bruce.

[FyreWyngz]

I had a 45 single of this and played and played and played it!!!

[SOULINTEGRITY]

BRILLIANT

[sportsaddict1942]

It sounds like he is singing in a well...so much echo to cover the flaws,its how they did it back in the day...now days better sound systems .

[otahg]

Well you don't know what's coming in future times... people then will probably say how corny the 2009 sound was.

[chaplinfan48]

According to a rumor I hears on the radio, the song was recorded at a party on a cheap cassette player, and was released straight off of that. Given the quality of the sound I can believe it.

(Could be just a rumor though, maybe someone was embarrassed about how bad it sounded)

[ptlover2000]

Actually, it was recorded in a studio, tho with (by today's standards, pretty basic, primitive equipment. The singers were very nervous, so the producer brought in a couple of bottles of wine (Ripple? Mad Dog 20/20? Thunderbird?) which were passed around to the singers and the bystanders in the studio -- after everyone was feeling good, this version was taped.

[tumsabai1]

What no "Ripple" wine????

what would Fred Sanford said??

[twinamp55]

I played in a band backing Gary US Bonds in the late 1960s...Peabody's Warehouse in Virginia Beach. Gary was from Norfolk, VA. We knew all his songs..."Quarter To Three," "New Orleans," "School Is Out," "Dear Lady Twist," etc. In "Quarter To Three" Gary mentions "a night with Daddy G" and "I dig a band like the Church Street 5"...We all knew he was referring to Gene Barge (Daddy G), the great tenor sax player and the band who played on all of Gary's records.

[ItsudemoAibon]

@twinamp55 Did you know that Daddy Gene Barge is still around and playing with the Chicago Rhythm and Blues Kings?

[RhythmAndSoul59]

@twinamp55 I was thinking "Daddy G" was Frank Guida, no?

[thinkbigor]

Mom had a music store called Figaro's in Charleston SC. Gary came to the grand opening and signed records with his hit song quarter to three. Gary called mom 45 years later at the hospital in Palm Springs on her last days on earth and she shared some of her finale memories. Thanks Gary..Still love ya..

[caswellbay01]

Saw Gary last night (Nov 09, 2009) with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. Great show and Gary was in great voice - audience on their feet etc. Go catch the Rhythm Kings if you can.

[toffoman]

Just bought tickets for the show in Harrogate, Tues 24/11

[caswellbay01]

Did you enjoy the gig? Hope so!

[shinotora1X]

First record I ever bought!

How old does that make me?

[Renato88hun]

Fantastic!!!

[hdwell]

Something about Gary-he really is enjoyable to listen to.

[biglinguist]

Cab Calloway wants his hair back!

[sbchelldiver]

he DOES look like Tom Ridge LOL!!!

[phillydog17]

Feels like A Night With Daddy G!!

[mausolos8]

Looks like a good time:)

[roamer61]

Recorded the year I was born, 1961, and its one of my all time classic songs.

[DukeofOldies]

What a rocking song! The dancing is great too!

[nodice333]

wish i could of grew up back then

[tumsabai1]

I did grow up back then.  It was fun.

[JET997u]

Those go-go girls are great! Love how their hair completely obliterates their forward vision.

[jtn2002]

When I worked at an oldies station I ended my show at 2:45 PM with this song every day! Thanks a lot!

[kickassfan]

An old time fave of mine since I was 14 and Im 29.....

[ltlieu61]

another great hollywood a go go clip....

[smego36]

WOW...takes me back to the Cavern early 60s.

TYVM....Keep Music Live..

[martinsoto84]

damn... great!

[2639007]

Hi BenKarbie, thanks for the video, I was hoping you might have the record to download of Gary US Bonds singing 'What a dream'

[mcoldskool]

Ditto bergkamp48!!! :-) Thanks from me too!!

[bergkamp48]

Thanks from someone old enough to remember racing home from high school every afternoon to catch American Bandstand...

[smokey1255]

That was me. ABS was outta site. It was where I learned the new dances, the hits, and got to see the artists. Dick Clark was amazing. I know he had a stroke a couple of years ago but did he really ever age?