One of the biggest differences between music of the 70's and today's music is harmony. What group today can even come close to what the Ebonys are doing on this record? The soprano and the baritone are absolutely wicked on this song (in the 70's all the groups sang like this). Another factor is that the Ebonys are singing in key. Long live soul music and all it's practitioners.
Can't have harmony without a group. There aren't any more male singing groups. It's either rappers rapping, or a solo person singing who sounds just like all the rest of the soloist artist out there. How sad that the art of harmonizing is gone.
i get so caught up when the songs come on i sometimes forget to even comment and thats a ararity for me i just love to comment especially about the ol jams but sometimes words j ust can never explain when you caught up in the moment of these songs and im a happy guy and these songs are the reasons why
Interesting how music like this stirs so many emotions in so many. On one hand sad because many have left us from this time period in life...very happy because music like this reminds us of how it used to be.
I remember this song from June, 1971....very big hit here in Detroit, the "D". I had just graduated from high school....sigh! To be in the early 70's again...
Man, I Haven't Heard This Since The 70's!!! I've Been Humming This Song Recently, No One Knew What It Was, Shoot I Didn't Even Know Who Made This, But Thanks To You I Do Now!!! Love This Song & Thanks For Posting! (You Brought Back Some Memories!
Nothing can explain how real soul music feel... all I know is you feel it in the gut of stomach.....I love this jam...it will not saty in my favorites
Amen to the glory of the 70's I bare witness that this was the best time for real R&B music that had real meaning with the intent of expressing ones love for that special beautiful woman. Just Because Of You, I'm a Happy Guy, You're The Reason Why. Where did it go? I'm just glad I was there during that time. The music back then was the BOMB!
remember waist line party's slow dancing basment parties the first time you kissed , those funny butter fly feeling in your stomack the moistness you didn't understan it but it felt grown up , and this song playing .you are hoping the guy you are dancing with feels like the guy singing this song about you ,young girl dreams that's what this wonderful music is about LOVE
i remember when i hung out with the ebonys back in centerville in camden nj.. they were real good times in my life............... rest n peace BOOTY T.
@hedonotlikeme The Ebonys use to appear in 2 south jersey night clubs called "Club Harlem" and the other nightclub was the "WonderGarden" they always partied with the local people-
This one of the greatest love songs of all time.I was in high chool when this song came out i have heard them all and this one is most relatable to 1 man and 1 woman if you know what i mean.
This is why I became a musician. I used to hang out at Sigma Sound Studio and am glad to be a small part of the Sound of Philadelphia. ggbluam, go to oldies.com Collectable records should have their greatest hits on CD. They are not the best in assembling soul music, but they compile the most popular songs most of the time.
I have goosebumps and I am crying my eyes red. BUT, they are happy tears because it is bringing back so many good memories. In all the years I've visited Utube I never think to look up the old tunes. Now i don't listen to anything else but the old jams.
Wow! I remember this slow jam during my teens! I'll have to search somewhere to find the Ebony's greatest hits on CD. Right now I only have "Forever" and "I Believe" (flip side) on a 45 record. Thanks for posting. What a blast!!!
The Ebonys' "You're The Reason Why" was the first single on Gamble & Huff's Philly International label to chart (two previous singles did not). It entered Bilboard's R&B chart on 5/22/1971 and peaked at #10. It peaked on the pop chart at #51.
tell yo momma that I met her over thirty years ago with Suzette Dorsey and Barbara Best. I also went to a wedding of one of the group members. Tell yo momma I STILL love her and always loved and will love THE FABULOUS EBONYS....FOEVER!!!!!
Tell yo momma I met her over thirty years ago with Suzette Dorsey and Barbara Best. I went to one of the members wedding with them too. Tell yo momma I STILL love her and have ALWAYS loved The Ebonys...FOREVER!!!!!!!
MrBama21 I'm from Detroit too. Yes I agree that Philly pretty much kept pace with Motown, but we never had anyone at least a male singer with the power of this guy. His voice blows you away with power. He's a blower for sure. Yes I do miss them so very much. Anyone knows what they're doing now. And CoilsKinksCurls how is your momma doing. She was so cute in these pictures.
While Motown & Barry Gordy was doing their thing, The Philidelphia Sound was doing theirs. I'm from Detroit and I can say that they both were neck and neck. Philly would hit em with " You're the reason why" by The Ebony's and Motown would come back with the Tempts. feating David Ruffin in " I could never love another." Overall, they had this nation rockin. They will be missed dearly.
I probably was in kindergarten when this song came out, but remember hearing it. I just found it on youtube. i don't know much about thisgroup, but they sound great! Please tell me the 2 lead players on this song, including the song, its Forever. (like a tag team Ruffin and Kendrick) This group is great. The lead mans voice is very sexy. Any woman would love him to sing with that rugged, sexy voice.
@196465 Jenny Holmes and David Beasley were the lead singers out of Camden, New Jersey. They were produced by Kenny Gamble and leon Huff. The Philly Sound. POWERFUL!!
Loved this melody when growing up in the late 70's early 80's. Nice and smooth. I certainly miss the sound of music that made you want to love somebody!
i slow danced to this in Our Lady of Sorrows church dance (NYC lower east side) with a girl named Vanessa, lord have mercy lol that was a steamy moment, how could i ever forget this song lol
@CoilsKinksCurls TELL YOUR MOM HI FOR ME !!! I PLAYED KEYBOARDS WITH "THE SOFTONES" WE TOURED A FEW TIMES WITH THE EBONYS... MUCH LOVE, BILLY NUNN .....
@wayne6969able you got it right in the kisser dude...nothing will ever be compared to that era...the 70s are the best of the best...nothing ever comes close....
Maybe its is because my mom raised me on music like this but i love songs like this and im 18 years old not to many people from my generation even know this music exists right on
I remember this from back in 1973 and I was on the bus coming out of class in high school and another kid had a radio on with this awesome jam blasting. What sweet days those were in East Los Angeles. If I had a time machine,i'd go back in a heartbeat to be with all my loved family and friends,most of them gone now. Funny how a song can trigger such a flood of memories.
I have been searching for this for so long.Then I decided to just try ..You're the reason why..and I got it!!!!!WoW!!!! So so beautiful...These songs today are unromantic and deny men and women the beauty of all this tenderness.respect and warmth.
I also remember checking the Ebonys out at the Uptown on Broad street in Phila. I think we used to get off on Dauphin on the Broad street line. I remember young ladies would run on the stage, grab and throughly kiss the lead singer! Especially if he sang falsetto! I said to my mother, "mommy that is what I want to be when I grow up!" I was only 10 or 11 at the time!
Sweet High School days back in'73. How I wish I had a time machine to go back to my hood in East Los Angeles and see all my loved ones who have passed on and experience those wonderful days again.
This song is funny! The way that dude be screamin' and the other guy yelling BABY BABY BABY BABY!!! I can't take this song. The first time I heard it I was hysterical. But it's an awesome song!!!
This song popped in my mind and I found it here. For some reason, I remembered the screaming and the baby, baby, and the line "Im a happy guy, you're the reason why", vividly. All these years I hadn't thought about it that way. LOL. Quite funny it is. Such a beautiful lovesong. I guess most of us ladies would love to have the proper young man sing this song to us.
Yes, it would be nice to hear our husbands sing a love song to us. However if my husband starting screaming at the top of his lungs and yelling "Baby, baby, baby, baby" over and over again it would make me laugh just a little
I was fortunate to see the Ebonys in April 1971 at the Uptown in Philly. I was all of 9 years old. Also on the show were the Whatnauts, Chee Chee & Pepe, and Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. What a night. Thanx mom and dad!!
I was beginning to noticed guys. I got my first letter from a guy when this song was out. I memorized that letter in one day. Things were so pure and sweet in those days.
For all you "Sound Of Philadelphia" lovers...I've compiled some SUPER playlists of MASTERPIECES JUST LIKE THIS (on my humble channel)...ripe and ready for the picking! ENJOY!!!
One of the biggest differences between music of the 70's and today's music is harmony. What group today can even come close to what the Ebonys are doing on this record? The soprano and the baritone are absolutely wicked on this song (in the 70's all the groups sang like this). Another factor is that the Ebonys are singing in key. Long live soul music and all it's practitioners.
rievans57 3 weeks ago in playlist Play That Again (Soul)
@rievans57
Can't have harmony without a group. There aren't any more male singing groups. It's either rappers rapping, or a solo person singing who sounds just like all the rest of the soloist artist out there. How sad that the art of harmonizing is gone.
gina72916 11 hours ago
all you have to do is listen to the opening of this song to realize it's a classic!
jrzj 2 months ago 3
R.I.P. Daddy A.S.Jr. 4 jammin great music as I grew up with dis bein 1 of such a great collection.
JuiceeAnn 2 months ago
i get so caught up when the songs come on i sometimes forget to even comment and thats a ararity for me i just love to comment especially about the ol jams but sometimes words j ust can never explain when you caught up in the moment of these songs and im a happy guy and these songs are the reasons why
tawheedization 2 months ago
@tawheedization
I could not have said it better!
gina72916 11 hours ago
Oh my gosh, this just gave me chills. "BABY BABY BAAAAAABY!!!"
brandooo87 2 months ago
Interesting how music like this stirs so many emotions in so many. On one hand sad because many have left us from this time period in life...very happy because music like this reminds us of how it used to be.
ccth22 2 months ago 2
I remember this song from June, 1971....very big hit here in Detroit, the "D". I had just graduated from high school....sigh! To be in the early 70's again...
BillyT531 2 months ago
They just don't sing it like this anymore.
SuperJohnnysoul1 2 months ago 2
Man, I Haven't Heard This Since The 70's!!! I've Been Humming This Song Recently, No One Knew What It Was, Shoot I Didn't Even Know Who Made This, But Thanks To You I Do Now!!! Love This Song & Thanks For Posting! (You Brought Back Some Memories!
ghostdacious 2 months ago
young artists take note, this is how you do it!
oleoo29 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Ebonys
Just awesome.
SuperJohnnysoul1 3 months ago
soul to soul. Hats off to the cat in that hat
craigo56 3 months ago
Nothing can explain how real soul music feel... all I know is you feel it in the gut of stomach.....I love this jam...it will not saty in my favorites
darling1two 3 months ago
real music for your soul
coudadog 3 months ago
Help me Jebbus!!!! I love this song!
MsEtherial 3 months ago
Pure soul! I hope y'all feel it like I do. Don't make them like this anymore. Blessed to have been part of that generation.
Drlindaluvsbabies 4 months ago 6
I LOVE this song!!!!!!! Thank you for posting..!!!
itchycoopark2 4 months ago
@itchycoopark2 ..you welcome..good music will always play deep in my heart!
cooldjyoungn 3 months ago in playlist my oldies vol.2
pure pure pure awesome tune
008BUCKINSSR 4 months ago
CoilsKinksCurlsTHAT SOUNDS SO SWEET OF YOU TO SAY THAT WHEN YOU SEE YOUR MOM.. ALWAYS LOVE YOUR MOM.
MrBonessd 5 months ago
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MrBonessd 5 months ago
camden nj finest
1024thurmanst 6 months ago
Amen to the glory of the 70's I bare witness that this was the best time for real R&B music that had real meaning with the intent of expressing ones love for that special beautiful woman. Just Because Of You, I'm a Happy Guy, You're The Reason Why. Where did it go? I'm just glad I was there during that time. The music back then was the BOMB!
Jqau 6 months ago 2
I performed at a show with the Ebonys in the early mid 70;s with my group the
Authentics (Boston, MA) I believe Jennifer was pregnant at that time, they put on a real great show.
buddysinger 6 months ago
Long live Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
jjaniero 6 months ago 2
today's music SUXXX !
btinsley1 6 months ago
remember waist line party's slow dancing basment parties the first time you kissed , those funny butter fly feeling in your stomack the moistness you didn't understan it but it felt grown up , and this song playing .you are hoping the guy you are dancing with feels like the guy singing this song about you ,young girl dreams that's what this wonderful music is about LOVE
hymanandhyman 6 months ago
i remember when i hung out with the ebonys back in centerville in camden nj.. they were real good times in my life............... rest n peace BOOTY T.
hedonotlikeme 7 months ago
@hedonotlikeme The Ebonys use to appear in 2 south jersey night clubs called "Club Harlem" and the other nightclub was the "WonderGarden" they always partied with the local people-
curtisjones400 5 months ago
NOW THIS IS OLD SCHOOL!!!!!CHECK OUT THE VOICES THEY HAD BACK THEN...... I LOVE IT AND MISS IT......
Michele3808 1 year ago
This one of the greatest love songs of all time.I was in high chool when this song came out i have heard them all and this one is most relatable to 1 man and 1 woman if you know what i mean.
777mtd 1 year ago
omg!! blue light basement clothes burning actions
shirletta314 1 year ago
This is REAL music!
ctdcrew 1 year ago
WOW ! Praise God for their contribution to REAL MUSIC and LOVE .
nuttyprofessor64 1 year ago
@nuttyprofessor64
YES I AGREE. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF IT WERE NOT FOR GROUPS SINGING SONGS LIKE THIS.
WE ARE REALLY BLESSED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED SUCH BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.
MIMI88998899 1 year ago
Thank you for this!
Phlexxon 1 year ago
This is why I became a musician. I used to hang out at Sigma Sound Studio and am glad to be a small part of the Sound of Philadelphia. ggbluam, go to oldies.com Collectable records should have their greatest hits on CD. They are not the best in assembling soul music, but they compile the most popular songs most of the time.
clubtough 1 year ago
This is the first time I ever heard of this group, They are badass. Stacks & Applejacks
mrslideinsideu2 1 year ago
Dip Set.
ImperialSpades 1 year ago
Dip Set
ImperialSpades 1 year ago
LOVE IT!!!!
MIMI88998899 1 year ago
Great song it made the pains of growing up ease. I played it so such much and it cracked but I still played it crack and all.
hushyourfuss 1 year ago 2
this is one of the best r&b groups out of jersey.love this old school stuff.long live the 70s.peace.
SIGNALSTAT 1 year ago
I have goosebumps and I am crying my eyes red. BUT, they are happy tears because it is bringing back so many good memories. In all the years I've visited Utube I never think to look up the old tunes. Now i don't listen to anything else but the old jams.
purplesista57 1 year ago
Wow! I remember this slow jam during my teens! I'll have to search somewhere to find the Ebony's greatest hits on CD. Right now I only have "Forever" and "I Believe" (flip side) on a 45 record. Thanks for posting. What a blast!!!
ggblueam 1 year ago
The Ebonys' "You're The Reason Why" was the first single on Gamble & Huff's Philly International label to chart (two previous singles did not). It entered Bilboard's R&B chart on 5/22/1971 and peaked at #10. It peaked on the pop chart at #51.
Meridian83West 1 year ago
PURE CLASSIC!!!!!!
kob1068 1 year ago
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kob1068 1 year ago
Taken it back to the glory days of 70's soulful lovers traxs!!
Nothing like quality tunes...puttin ya in the mood to chill with ya lady or man!
port2344chester 1 year ago
one of the badest jams ever made . it was the sht back in the day
HDKMusic 1 year ago
Eat your heart out Philip Bailey......
mybigbluetoad 1 year ago
tell yo momma that I met her over thirty years ago with Suzette Dorsey and Barbara Best. I also went to a wedding of one of the group members. Tell yo momma I STILL love her and always loved and will love THE FABULOUS EBONYS....FOEVER!!!!!
My name is Lawrence
nukeystik 1 year ago
@nukeystik I will pass the message on. Wow, i didn't know so many people remembered her.
CoilsKinksCurls 1 year ago
Hey Ms. Coils!
Tell yo momma I met her over thirty years ago with Suzette Dorsey and Barbara Best. I went to one of the members wedding with them too. Tell yo momma I STILL love her and have ALWAYS loved The Ebonys...FOREVER!!!!!!!
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Eat your heart out Philip Bailey.....
mybigbluetoad 1 year ago
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mybigbluetoad 1 year ago
You have a lot to be proud of.
ToeIn2194 1 year ago
wow this is real music
TheYebjack 1 year ago
MrBama21 I'm from Detroit too. Yes I agree that Philly pretty much kept pace with Motown, but we never had anyone at least a male singer with the power of this guy. His voice blows you away with power. He's a blower for sure. Yes I do miss them so very much. Anyone knows what they're doing now. And CoilsKinksCurls how is your momma doing. She was so cute in these pictures.
robsylspiller 1 year ago
MY FIRST LOVE/OUR SONG
razstas 1 year ago
Great Job "impacking" and thanks for bringing back the great memories.
tam2075 1 year ago
While Motown & Barry Gordy was doing their thing, The Philidelphia Sound was doing theirs. I'm from Detroit and I can say that they both were neck and neck. Philly would hit em with " You're the reason why" by The Ebony's and Motown would come back with the Tempts. feating David Ruffin in " I could never love another." Overall, they had this nation rockin. They will be missed dearly.
MrBama27 1 year ago
FYI~This group is from Camden, NJ. LOVE IT!! I'm a native!!
BooderButt1 1 year ago
The reason why? Is because this music era was just wonderful.nuff said.
JAA2090 1 year ago
Well, your mama was in one of the most underrated groups in r&b history!! Give her my best...
e37a 1 year ago
I probably was in kindergarten when this song came out, but remember hearing it. I just found it on youtube. i don't know much about thisgroup, but they sound great! Please tell me the 2 lead players on this song, including the song, its Forever. (like a tag team Ruffin and Kendrick) This group is great. The lead mans voice is very sexy. Any woman would love him to sing with that rugged, sexy voice.
196465 1 year ago
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MrBama27 1 year ago
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@196465 Jenny Holmes and David Beasley were the lead singers out of Camden, New Jersey. They were produced by Kenny Gamble and leon Huff. The Philly Sound. POWERFUL!!
MrBama27 1 year ago
From summer of 1971
TheBoxtop 1 year ago
Never enough ole skool love songs!
taquanrocks 1 year ago
Wow! That song beings warm memories to my heart. One of my first 45s!
eaaifiwate 2 years ago
DZBM...quezon city
bacheck 2 years ago
The very first hit on Philadelphia International Records (#10 R&B, #51 POP)
hughesjr 2 years ago 23
Loved this melody when growing up in the late 70's early 80's. Nice and smooth. I certainly miss the sound of music that made you want to love somebody!
kgreen1964 2 years ago
OMG! I have this song on 45 one of the first songs that I ever bought back in the day. I swear they just don't write music like this anymore. VC
MsVanillaqueen 2 years ago
i slow danced to this in Our Lady of Sorrows church dance (NYC lower east side) with a girl named Vanessa, lord have mercy lol that was a steamy moment, how could i ever forget this song lol
mustbelyrical 2 years ago
There is my mommy!! Jennifer is my mom!
CoilsKinksCurls 2 years ago 50
@CoilsKinksCurls Tell your mommy-lol (how proud, I would be too), she is AWESOME and thank you for such wonderful soul music!!!
Phirestar579 2 years ago
@Phirestar579 I passed on the message!
CoilsKinksCurls 1 year ago
@CoilsKinksCurls She sung that song. You ought to be proud!!!
MrBama27 1 year ago
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@MrBama27 Believe me I am!
CoilsKinksCurls 1 year ago
@CoilsKinksCurls how many of the group members are still alive today besides ur mom?
highpriestess100 1 year ago
@highpriestess100 Only 3, Jingles, Mrs. Beasly and my mom. Booty died over 10 years ago.
CoilsKinksCurls 1 year ago
@highpriestess100 i still love the Ebonys, big ups to the remaining members and thank you much for responding, and thank you Phirestar579
highpriestess100 1 year ago
@CoilsKinksCurls TELL YOUR MOM HI FOR ME !!! I PLAYED KEYBOARDS WITH "THE SOFTONES" WE TOURED A FEW TIMES WITH THE EBONYS... MUCH LOVE, BILLY NUNN
billynunn 1 year ago
@billynunn I certainly will. She is on FB if you wanna look her up. The name is Jennifer Rossi now.
CoilsKinksCurls 1 year ago
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@CoilsKinksCurls TELL YOUR MOM HI FOR ME !!! I PLAYED KEYBOARDS WITH "THE SOFTONES" WE TOURED A FEW TIMES WITH THE EBONYS... MUCH LOVE, BILLY NUNN .....
billynunn 1 year ago
@CoilsKinksCurls Wow! Too cool!
K.
magirecords2004 7 months ago
@CoilsKinksCurls I know that you're proud! That's great to have a mom who played such a role in vintage R&B.
PhyllisShepherd 6 months ago
now that's pure Soul Music at its best right there....the glory of the early 1970's....i thank God for being a witness to it.....
wayne6969able 2 years ago 37
@wayne6969able you got it right in the kisser dude...nothing will ever be compared to that era...the 70s are the best of the best...nothing ever comes close....
mybigbluetoad 5 months ago 18
Sanity in music,finally
ToeIn2194 2 years ago 2
Maybe its is because my mom raised me on music like this but i love songs like this and im 18 years old not to many people from my generation even know this music exists right on
BoyfromDaTown 2 years ago 6
same im 16
yungirie619 2 years ago
I saw them at the Apollo back when I was a teenager. Love this song.
flydiva53 2 years ago 9
All I can say is WOW! One of my favorite songs from back in the days, and there were many others. Makes you want to fall in love again !!!!!!!!
aftdrk 2 years ago 4
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MacMillion06 2 years ago
I absolutely love this song. Oh my...
ImNotYourFriend212 2 years ago
I was born too late!
Hazakim 2 years ago 3
A Soul CLASSIC from 1971!
TheBoxtop 2 years ago 4
I saw them when they were just starting out in Woodstown,N.J. what a tight show. they sound good live. i love this Jam!!!!!!
ladyceetee 2 years ago
I remember this from back in 1973 and I was on the bus coming out of class in high school and another kid had a radio on with this awesome jam blasting. What sweet days those were in East Los Angeles. If I had a time machine,i'd go back in a heartbeat to be with all my loved family and friends,most of them gone now. Funny how a song can trigger such a flood of memories.
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago 9
I have been searching for this for so long.Then I decided to just try ..You're the reason why..and I got it!!!!!WoW!!!! So so beautiful...These songs today are unromantic and deny men and women the beauty of all this tenderness.respect and warmth.
ToeIn2194 2 years ago 7
the dells would have mashed this song lol
mrg21659 2 years ago 3
DREAM WONDERLAND !
AllyouNeedisFaith 2 years ago
I'm only 27 and I must say that there needs to be more songs like this! I would love to have lived during the 70's for the music.
DeeConyers35 2 years ago 4
Takes me all the way back. Bay area, San Francisco/Oakland Calif 1970's
mumbleora 2 years ago
I also remember checking the Ebonys out at the Uptown on Broad street in Phila. I think we used to get off on Dauphin on the Broad street line. I remember young ladies would run on the stage, grab and throughly kiss the lead singer! Especially if he sang falsetto! I said to my mother, "mommy that is what I want to be when I grow up!" I was only 10 or 11 at the time!
oforiperry 2 years ago
amerie sampled this
dantoine93 2 years ago
the remix
taylor4660 2 years ago
Wow! 4x later... let me play this again...
SectorAnalyst 2 years ago 2
Rich Harrison used it for her remix
taylor4660 2 years ago 2
Really? Do you know the name of that song? Id love to hear it.
ImNotYourFriend212 2 years ago
Home town Favorites, seen them and played with some of there familys
yojubproduction 2 years ago
excellent song of the Ebonys very good group...thank you for this posting
fernandez1330 2 years ago 2
Summer of '71. This song was played constantly on the Big 8, CKLW.
ozell1992 2 years ago
a favorite of mine...very nicely done
glo1947777 2 years ago
Sweet High School days back in'73. How I wish I had a time machine to go back to my hood in East Los Angeles and see all my loved ones who have passed on and experience those wonderful days again.
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago
this song was nice-you had to be around back then to appreciate this song-i was 16 years old hanging out at the sub shop
curtisjones400 2 years ago
This song is funny! The way that dude be screamin' and the other guy yelling BABY BABY BABY BABY!!! I can't take this song. The first time I heard it I was hysterical. But it's an awesome song!!!
MJRookieRook 2 years ago
it is kind of funny I never thought about it that way
kariebeez 2 years ago
Thank you. At least someone else sees there's a little humor in this song. But I find humor in many odd things ;-)
Peace!
MJRookieRook 2 years ago
Peace be with you also. A sense of humor is so necessary for living this life. I've always liked to laugh.
kariebeez 2 years ago
This song popped in my mind and I found it here. For some reason, I remembered the screaming and the baby, baby, and the line "Im a happy guy, you're the reason why", vividly. All these years I hadn't thought about it that way. LOL. Quite funny it is. Such a beautiful lovesong. I guess most of us ladies would love to have the proper young man sing this song to us.
prettycountrygirl2 2 years ago 2
Yes, it would be nice to hear our husbands sing a love song to us. However if my husband starting screaming at the top of his lungs and yelling "Baby, baby, baby, baby" over and over again it would make me laugh just a little
MJRookieRook 2 years ago
amerie - why dont we fall in love richcraft remix
iILMeeL 2 years ago
Thanx for posting brings back happy years when i was young and carefree!!!
artistsixteen 2 years ago
Damn, I loved this song, reminds me of the boyfriend I had then...........sweet memories.
distantlovr 2 years ago
the ebonys fine as wine
solproviders 3 years ago
mrbbwluva what a catchy name
ssbbw00 3 years ago
wow i havent heard this in s long omg i loved this song
ssbbw00 3 years ago 3
if you think this one is tight try the Ebony;s song "i'll try" a true underated classic
mrbbwluva 3 years ago
Yes I was a young lad seeing them on the SoulTrain back N the daysssssssssss.What a MEMORY..
tkeitt43 3 years ago
This was the First Single Released on Philadelphia International Records. Its what Put Gamble and Huff on the Map.
mrbbwluva 3 years ago
Wow! This is the sample to Amerie's "Richcraft Remix" of "Why Don't We Fall in Love?" Great joint on its own merit!
timmy841212 3 years ago
I was fortunate to see the Ebonys in April 1971 at the Uptown in Philly. I was all of 9 years old. Also on the show were the Whatnauts, Chee Chee & Pepe, and Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. What a night. Thanx mom and dad!!
strongrj 3 years ago 2
what memories.....man oh man. Slow draggin and grinding and all of that. In Jr High school....
ioxxd90 3 years ago
When we were kids we use to sing. "I'm a housewife, you're the reason why".
dtwgirl 3 years ago 2
roflmho
Torihope 3 years ago
dtwgirl, you are so funny! I never thought of it that way. LOL
LosAngeleno1959 3 years ago
I was beginning to noticed guys. I got my first letter from a guy when this song was out. I memorized that letter in one day. Things were so pure and sweet in those days.
observant1971 3 years ago
i love this song...i wish i could see them perform this . thx 4 the post
shyne752 3 years ago
This was the first single released on Philadelphia International Records in 1971, The beginning of the Gamble and Huff/ MFSB Dynasty!
mrbbwluva 3 years ago
I've been wanting to hear some Ebonys' tunes. I was pleased to find this posted. Thank you so much.
jonesyl15 3 years ago
For all you "Sound Of Philadelphia" lovers...I've compiled some SUPER playlists of MASTERPIECES JUST LIKE THIS (on my humble channel)...ripe and ready for the picking! ENJOY!!!
spyce11 3 years ago
I'll check it out....
freein2339 3 years ago
So will I !
retawdee 2 years ago