Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells - Over The Rainbow

[admouskee]

patti is beyond beautiful

[smokeyburke]

If I am not mistaken, the MC who introduces the group is none other than the late Otis Redding!!

[signforu]

You don't have to tell us how good it is (smile), but how about the year and date of the performance? She is ageless and I have no idea what year this would have been.  Thanks.

[SixtiesPopGold]

@signforu It's from a local Texas show called "The Beat". September 1966.

[TheCounslor]

@SixtiesPopGold A YEAR LATER CINDY WAS WITH THE SUPREMES

[CharlesBarry]

thank for shearing, Patti did a lot of good music and she is a Diva, what I really want to say is this song will always be hers !

[wonderboyjoy]

cindy!!! she looked fantastic as always. no wonder it was easy to see her as a supreme. i'm so glad she made the jump...smart move. i'd have done the same.

[CHARMEDAK]

@ihatedumbfakehoes: its live!:)

[mrjoshjones1]

Patti has the talent, Sarah Dash & Nona Hendrix are sexy as hell, but the real

stunner was 2nd from the right.

Gorgeous as a Bluebelle, extremely gorgeous as a Supreme.

[Drillin4Oil]

@mrjoshjones1 Absolutely! Even though Patti is the lead singer, the eye drifts straight to Cindy. A stunner indeed! I remember seeing her for the first time and said, "Who is THAT girl?"

[mrjoshjones1]

@Drillin4Oil From what I read over the years,CIndy Birdsong always got the attention from

the fella's.....taking nothing away from Patti,Nona or especially Sarah.

Big boned, voluptuous and approachable, with talent and desire to boot, what fella' wouldnta'

hit on her?

The Supremes never lost a beat when Cindy "replaced" the equally gorgeous Blondie Ballard.

[realness6940]

Somebody please upload more of patti live performances from the 1960's but this time do mabe two video's or some kind of tribute to her performances so they dont flag the video for copyright issues....thanks...I love this one...

[Vargo0071]

YOUNG PATTI!!!!!

[simon4186]

Patti LaBelle could have never have left the Bluebelles for the Supremes because Patti is a lead singer. Thank God for Nona, Sarah, Cindy, and of course PATTI> ROCK AND ROLL AND SOUL ARE HERE TO STAY!

[aqkenny04]

WOW, that's the true definition of harmonizing! I love me so Patti!

[Drillin4Oil]

Wow! Cindy Birdsong even way back then had a "supreme" quality.  It's no wonder she was chosen to be a future Supreme. You go, girl!

[TreKlub]

Classic

[TheOfficialKJOnDeck]

The Hair Dont Look Good, @ All.!

[spinderellafire]

Good Lord, that's BIG O! Otis Redding had a THREE-YEAR career... and he's a legend due to his dedication to the MUSIC and its message; not becoming a sex symbol, although he became one nonetheless. Male "singers" of today wouldn't be more than a whisper with a three-year career. I'm 15 btw.

[dieselheart001]

Thank you for this...

[cjserrot]

Wow what a classic!!!! Love to see Cindy Birdsong and all the girls. Love it!!!!

[jayb4321]

damn.. Patti look good

[Mcvideos92]

wow patti was 22? people back in those time sure looked older than what they really were.

[shagarri1589]

@Mcvideos92 she was 18 here!

[Bookworme95]

@Mcvideos92 People look older now too. LOL

[81kiema]

a small woman wit such a great big voice!!!!!

[ast131255]

Otis Redding introducing . Beyond price

[sonya3020]

Alright Patti!!!

[pigmonkeyandsuzi]

wow Patti looks so much better before her nosejob!

[tcw00]

Simply Amazing! Class

[thewordkeeper]

Goes to show you; you never stop learning new things. When Sam Harris was on Star Search in the late eighties he was the first one i had ever heard sing "Rainbow" in that fashion. Seems like everone started singing it like that after his debut. When i heard Patti sing it i said 'wow even Patti is singing it like Sam.' Boy was i wrong! Now here it is 2011 and i see this. I guess there are some things in this world i don't know.

[jamm210]

lol at 2.52 patti accidentally slaps the backup singers hand. I bet patti made burger patty's putta her after that lmfao!

[Bookworme95]

@jamm210 LOL She accidentally hit her a couple years ago too when they reunited. the same background singer. LOL

[tommiexander]

Patti has always had a powerful voice. But this was before they really found their niche into the big time.They went many years without a big hit. But "Lady Marmalade" did it for them. By that time Cindy Birdsong had left them for The Supremes, and Patti was devastated that Cindy left without telling them.

[shasha1096]

She sounded so natural Yes she did and she didnt mask the other singers

[STORMYB]

PATTI HAD SOME TALONS! I LOVE THEM!

[moxie96]

was this the lloyd thaxton show?

[SixtiesPopGold]

@moxie96 No, it's from a local Texas show called "The Beat" (early 1966). All 26 episodes have been released by the German company Bear Famiy Records.

[smokeemonkee]

@SixtiesPopGold I always thought it was a Houston, Texas show too, but I read recently that it was filmed in Nashville, Tennessee...anybody know which?

[DhangoMicheli]

¿Ain't that Otis Redding doing the presentation?

[Bookworme95]

I guess that was before she started throwing the mic stand. LOL!!

[MrPistolMason]

It's amazing how tall the ladies look, especially Miss Birdsong (who stands lower than my shoulders, and I'm 5' 9").

[kpitt1204]

Cindy is sooooo phyne! The others are sute too, but my eye is drawn to Cindy!

[mvyr]

Despues de tanto tiempo, me sigue poniendo los pelos como escarpias.

¿Porque ya no se canta asi? :-(((

[michellesvideosuk]

I just seen a clip of this song without Cindy on it, and it was not the same, it didn't seem like the Bluebelles at all without Cindy, I am glad this video is here so I can Cindy and the Bluebelles as they should be a quartet. Love Cindy. xxx

[proverbs1824]

I first became aware of the Bluebelles after Cindy joined the Supremes. So, for me it was a good thing she did. I might not of ever heard of them until the days of LaBelle if not for Cindy's defection. It's good to see her here, though, and the one other post from an earlier time where the girls sing "You'll Never Walk Alone". Pattie "LaBelle" Holt is absolutely awesome...and, Nona, Cindy, and Sarah compliment that awesomeness!! Grat post! Thank you!.

[davidw54]

no one has mentioned that it's Otis Redding who introduces them at the beginning!

[soulman66]

@davidw54 NO JOKE! THATS BIG O  DOING THE INTRO. DONT GET NO BETTER THAN THAT!

[sasababy14]

@davidw54 Lol @ how high his pants were

[13NJJACK]

Props to Sixties for finding and posting this video.Anyone who seen Patti and the Bluebells back in the day,knew this was the signature song that brought the house down.

[michellesvideosuk]

Cindy is just so beautiful,.xxx

[Nanadsyl]

Beautiful and the original BarKays backing them wow!!

[shagarri1589]

WOW love the color the other one was black and white....

[gordy7455]

This is the first time i,ve ever seen Cindy in the Bluebells....

[babybluemusic426]

I agree it's nothing more then wonderful thanks so much for posting this

[mewrth]

Wonderful! 1st view and certainly not my last!