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  • A great band , a wonderful singer, an unforgettable song, beautiful harmony, memories that will never fade away! I ''d love to borrow that drummer and keyboard player! They are right on time!  Edmondo ( etsonggalaxy)

  • No body can do it better than Jerry Butler! For Your Precious Love was his best ever! A song that will never die because the words are able to relate to all of us who are in love with someone.  Edmondo ( etsonggalaxy)

  • Music was so great and diversed in hose day. Every artis was so comletely differant. No one sounded the same or looked the same. Every thing would change every six month.

  • This one made me cry; I no longer have her precious love. Don't know what I'm going to do.

  • This is great !!! I'm Speakless !!!

    Thanx Jerry

  • Randmo, your last sentence is so correct. This guy is the best there is. This singing is serious business to Mr. Butler. His vocal craftsmanship is impeccable.

  • Belly rubbing and what a wonderful memoryof times that were simpler and my love for my wife of 45 years. when she was only 17. We still slow dance to this and request it from local bands.

  • Jerry Butler, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding the 3 best ever in my opinion unfortunately Sam Cooke and Otis Redding died young. Their music will live forever.

  • excellant

  • OMG!!!!! It almost made me scream, and I'm 77!!! I just spent the last half hour listening to every version of this song by Jerry Butler or Otis Redding that I could find and THIS one is, by far, the very best!! Jerry's voice is mellower and with so much feeling I could barely stand it!!! Brought tears to my eyes!

  • This has got to be one of the top 5 greatest doo-wop era songs that was ever recorded and by one of our greatest artists. Thanks Jerry

  • What a remarkable talent and man! Some folks are blessed - Well we all are really - we get to listen to Jerry and his blessed voice and we also get to experience his incredible humanity! The man has always worked for CHICAGO his hometown - what a humbke and wonderful man - A true role model.

  • bigquest Jerry,you're simply the BEST,everytime i play this song it brought back sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­o much memories even let me shed a tear or two ahhhhhhhhhhhhh oh world what is life ?? to everything there's a beginning and an end....much love to everyone.

  • A great video with excellent harmony and drums, etc...Jerry Butler , a perfect " Ice Man " that does it right on! Dynamite! This video, shows the best of him! Well done!

    Edmondo ( etsonggalaxy)

  • Jerry Butler originaly performed this song backed by a few of his close friends, the Impressions, Sam Goodedn Fred ash, and the great Curtis Mayfield. Through the years, The Iceman has continued to perform this, one of his signature pieces, with unsurpassed style, passion, cool, and gentleman-liness.

    Jerry Butler, The Iceman.

  • I think of my husband,when I hear this song..My stomach feels like I'm on a roller coaster going down.it hurts so much...But I love you super Ron...RIP we will be together again...

  • this is not open wide and take my SE$^^#en this is real love music to love the one you love or at least let him/her know you love her. wake up and feel the love.

    peace and love

  • There is simply nothing close even in the same room as this in todays music, awesome, totally awesome. Thank you Mr , Butler

  • This version is almost better than Otis Redding's version, or at least it comes very close. The wow factor is incredible, love it!

  • wow, this brings back so many memories

  • What an incredible man.

  • one of the prettiest songs ever written!!

  • PBS did it again!!

    Fantastic

  • Wow. What else can be said?!

  • I remember seeing this on the PBS Do Wop program back in what 2000 and haven't seen it in a long time. I keep watching not only for it's touching some feelings (the lyrics aren't quite right) but also its touching performance. Mr. Butler is singing for his life--although TG he has had many more years to perform this as the sidebar shows--and the back up group was new to a national audience. I love the way the group member at the far left looks to the others "as if he was thinking "we did it."

  • The "Ice Man Cometh". he is still as smooth as when I first heard him in 1963. This is the best of Jerry Butler.

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  • Guys check out garnet mimms version a look its also amazing

  • the ice man cometh, words that i would like to hear, what an awesome performer and performance. bravo, bravo

  • he sings better than the shit thats playing 2day at his age

  • R. -- today was an amazing day! I can see how you & I will be living a harmonious life right there along side your family. Your sisters are wonderful! You are an incredible person. You will be a dynamite lover when we cross that line. I love you and I adore you. You are the love of my life! J.

  • jerry butler is still alive, folks!

  • J for your precious love i would do anything you are amazing after spending time with you at my sisters im more in love with you I can't believe how our love has grown I am speechless at times i am aglow with the memory of today :) i love you always R.

  • so cool.

  • a voice as smooth as silk and a presence as cool as the other side of the pillow

  • How many children were made!!!! Love the Ice Man!!!!

  • The Iceman is gone but will be remembered like this, I hope.

  • Sweet, as sweet can be!

  • Wow, Ice Man!!! JA es gefriert die (Gänse)-Haut! My Hairs stand up, very nice!

  • ...He is called the "ICE Man"...for songs like this!...Awesome voice,...and a...Great dance song!

  • The Master!!

    Thak you;

    Richard

  • @57chipie Naw, just calling it as I see it. My opinion, nothing more.

  • ...song of my youth....wonderful Jerry!!!!! thanks randmo

  • I saw Mr. Butler in concert in the late '90's in New Orleans. He was as good as ever on stage, I mean come on, he was never known to be a very animated performer. What struck me most was how loving and attentive he was of his wife. That was soooo sexy. You go Jerry, I love you back! I mean, as a performer,of course :)

  • @Monkmaster1969 Hahaha, you must work for Cook County. Dude, just retire and get it overwith. It's gonna be the same with or without Mr. Butler. I was there when they paid Arthur Anderson a gazillion dollars to tell them to let go of people, not hire new people and have one person do the job of 3 or more people. I called it the plantation mentality in an Annonymous servey and was called in the directors office. Just take your pension and go, that is if there is anything left. Good luck! And im

  • @mjones20054 are you listening to music or trying to get elected

  • smooooooooooth lol xx Now that is what you call singing lol x

  • This beautiful song was and is the ultimate love song from this era and beyond. Jerry Butler has improved year by year. This rendition is even better than the 1958 recording, and that one was terrific on it's own. I had the privilege to meet Mr Butler at a "meet and greet" for patrons of the PBS channel in Phoenix, during a DooWop show . He was very charming and as handsome as ever. What a performance from all of the musicians. Betty Everett and Jerry Butler stole the show deservedly.

  • Starting at 0.04 till 0.11 is as beautiful as the rest of the song.

  • what a voice !!!

  • thanx soso much for posting this beautiful song! i'm 62 and was there when all of the great soul singers and groups. and, guess what-my husband and i had the honor of meeting him and his gracious wife about 4 years ago at o'hare airport-a ling legend!!! thanx again for posting! 

  • 55doggs, i agree. i'm 25, and 99% of the music out today is crap. they just don't make things like this anymore. it makes me sad.

  • 2 people would not know good music if it pulled down there pants, laid them on it's knees and spanked them

  • ship me back to the 60's..with the real singers ...Wow!!! what this the kids of today miss out on.

  • @55doggs not me ^^

  • This song wil bring tears to your eyes.Truly a classic that has stood the test of time.Young people please take note fore this is how it is done.

  • Slow dancein with my woman memorys

  • One of my most favorite songs....Sooooo beautiful!! Thumbs up and **********'s! Thank you for sharing.

  • Can't sing anymore .....so he became a "Machine" democrat in Chicago. Amazing how some give up their natural talent!

  • @Monkmaster1969 Can't sing? I can't believe you just said that. His singing is wonderful and from the heart.

  • The Ice Man - because he's soooo cool....

  • divine brown old school love copie this song i like both songs

  • GREAT MEMORIES WITH THIS SONG!! <33

  • Jerry Butler I love You,Thanks for the music!!!

    Steve

  • This is so smooth,gentle, and calming. My husband has been trying to get me to listen to Jerry for a while and it was worth the wait. This is so nice.

  • Such a wonderful voice I love it, thanks Jerry Butler, thanks Randmo for sharing his clip...

  • Their music and lyrics let me enjoy a period in my life that would have been considered hard if it wasn't because these artist connected with me.

  • Who can ask for anymore!

  • who can resist a good love song …not me ha ha sing along with Jakey

  • i love that song!!!! is nice!!! beutifful

  • Damn he is great

  • SOUL 2 SOUL :) THANK YOU NAMASTE LOVE & LIGHT

  • Oh , , , Jerry you are definitely 'The Ice Man'! I feel goosebumps!

  • Man...

  • One of the best songs to slow dance to with your loved one! Just make sure to get a room afterwards.

  • The Ice Man does it so smoothly.  gives me goose bumps listening to this song and hearing his voice.

  • i get goose pimples when i listen to this song

  • Amazing...When I listen this song, I feel like in Haeven

  • my husband and i got to meet jerry at o'hare airport! we'd been listening to him and loving him and it was so great to get to meet him! a living legend. he was so sweet and his wife ,too. thanx for posting!

  • brings tears to my eyes but such a beautiful song..verry deep

  • its because of guys like this why simon cowell is so harsh on reasonably good singers that he gets on his shows

  • "The Ice Man" still Melts me!

    Just look at him, what a Cutie!

    Jerry,Your 70?? Are you kidding me:)

    Thank you sir for helping out Mr. Redding when you co-wrote his 1965 hit... ~ I've Been Loving You Too Long ~

    Oh my goodness, Otis really Tore it up!!

    Chanye.. San Diego, California

  • Jerry Butler still has it!!!!!. You know the Orignal Impressions were Jerry Butler Sam Gooden Curtis Mayfield Richard and Arthur Brooks. This song is timeless and a classic forever and ever

  • i so wish i woz born in " the days " when it made sense...the music

  • This is the best version i have ever heard. Great song and a great singer. Thanks!!!

  • Fabulous!!! So much soul. Great Song and a Great Singer.

  • OMG! This is so beautiful. 

  • could have posted the original from '58, but oh how much more soulful this version is from an older Jerry Butler. Can you feel it baby?

  • I Sandra dedicate this wonderful song to my husband Gary Indio Calac who I love with all my heart and soul, and he knows this ! Indio is everything to me, he's my life.. I Love You Babe !!!!

  • This is such a beautiful song

  • Of all the hits from my era I must say that this was the ultimate slow song!

  • yes, yes, yes.

  • This is a Great song. " For Your precious Love "

    Thanks!

  • Damn, this man still sounding as good as he did back in 58. What a great man, with a great enduring voice. Nobody could sing like the "Ice Man" from Chi-Town.

  • The Baddest !!!!!!!

  • Priscilla,i love you my darling,my precious love,you always will be,Love your Stevexoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox­oxoxoxoxxo

  • xoxoxoxoxoxoYES, I WILL, MY DARLING STEVExoxoxoxoxo

  • "AND OF ALL THE THINGS I WANT IN THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD,IS JUST FOR YOU TO SAY "YOU'LL BE MY GIRL" MY DARLING PRISCILLAXOXOXOXOXOXO

  • xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxYESMYLOVExoxoxo­xoxoxoxoxox

  • second dance my darlingxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

  • Steve, I love you with all my heart, your Priscilla xoxoxoxox

  • Priscilla i love you,your Stevexoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

  • Er singt den Song so gefühlvoll ( ich bekomme Gänsehaut )fantastisch!!!!

    Ich verstehe nicht, warum er den Namen Ice Man hat?

  • @Super1652

    weil er so cooooooooooooooooooooooool ist! ; )

  • The Ice Man 's still got IT!!! An absolutely smash hit......OMG I LOVE THIS SONG AND HAVE LOVED SINCE IT CAME OUT!!!

    WOW!

  • i watched this special when it came on like...two years ago...i really liked all the artists

  • What a wonderful song!

    And love Jerry Butler ( es ist gut zusehen, das es noch Stars gibt die live singen )

  • Does anyone know where I could find a very good version of this to download? I mean the live version... It sounds 10x better!!!

  • @CubeLuda This is from a PBS special. You might have to order the DVD.

  • music is love and it knocks down all differences and doors.It is like this, black soul singers over came racial hate because the younger white kids loved the soul music so much.Now that is true love.That was it the race battle ended right there.God jerry is such a blessed man in every way.Thanks for posting.

  • Sorry, but I want to see The Knight Brothers... and ,by the way, in 60-es James Diggs could sing like J.Butler and still do his own, and now I like much more J.Diggs singing...

  • i would love for jerry to sing this at my daughter wedding

  • A song my uncle Lawrence "Duff" Brown (Annapolis Md.) wrote but this bamma stole and made a hit.

  • @DoomCity202

    Your uncle?

  • I was a teenager in 1958 when Jerry introduced this song, The first time you heard the song you were stopped dead in your tracks. You understood that you were listening to an instant hit. One of the most beautiful love songs ever. Jerry Butler carries himself like such a gentleman HE IS PURE CLASS!

  • TOTALLY FREAKIN BEAUTIFUL!!!

  • brngs back peaceful times, bring him back in concert

  • I remember sitting at the VFW post one afternoon and this song suddenly came to me out of the blue. It was several years later before I actually ran across it after all these years. This place is a virtual gold mine of the music I grew up with. Rediscovering this stuff then buying it and making up my own "Golden Oldies" Cd's.

  • Don't make them like this anymore. Such a classic.

  • Why does this man get better with time? I fall in love every time I hear him!  Sigh!

  • well la raza loved this chango and it will not love another

  • the outstanding Mr. Jerry Butler.

  • I love this song it really brings back so many happy memories.

  • It doesn't get any better.....

  • a lot of emotion in this song....completely beautiful...not like this music nowadays...not saying i dont like it, but this here is REAL

  • A true singer. He hasn't lost his voice or touch throughout his 50 years.

  • Its so beatiful my tears are running......

  • Just how good is this song, it's an absolute classic.

    I've got about 20 different versions of this song, Southside Johnny, Gene Vincent, Otis Redding but Jerry was and still is the best

  • love it, love that melody

  • Jerry is a rare one. Thanks for posting. I just saw this for the first time. The Iceman is as smooth as silk.

  • So many memories and who else to bring them back but the ice man..what a voice..remeber dancing to this back in the 60's and still do..thank you Jerry U da Man

  • This was what I called the ultimate 'grind' song, baby..! And only the 'Ice Man' could do it..Yea..!

  • What memories this song brings back. Sung as only one man could, the great Jerry Butler. We remember.

  • this is the one most beautiful song i've ever heard

  • you guys who were able to experince these outstanding singers are so lucky !!! this is real music .

  • I love The IceMan..I want the kind of love I feel when I hear this song...MY LORD...

  • wow,wow,wow what a guy.come from stockport,only 20 miles from wigan. just missed it because my mum would not let me go.bummer!!

  • Wogo came from, not "come from"

  • @Goblinshead no ! you muppet. i come from stockport. how can i came from stockport? just a misunderstanding because i rarely use full stops,comma's etc

  • Great Randmo! i love this man so much! Wish I could dance with him at least once!!! they don't make music like this anymore!

  • great song. otis redding sings a great version too.

  • untouchedable only jerry could sing this i dedicate it to JANET REEVES THE QUEEN OF THE TWISTED WHEEL RIP JANET WE ALL LOVE YOU

  • That's one of the prettiest songs in the world!

  • This song says it all for the past 47 years of the original sound track. I was in the 8th grade when this record came out. I recorded it off the radio onto my portable tape player and would play it over and over. Jerry Butler is the best!!

    Sport67

  • Great!

  • i always get the chills with this song,much love n respect for this man.

  • Thank you "randmo" for this beautiful post!

    I was all in goosebumps and almost fogot about you :) the poster!!

    I am sorry! Forgive me?

  • Precious, Class Man!

    I love Jerry !!

  • just smooth!

  • There is just no better for this song,than the Iceman.

  • " Only The Iceman"!

  • this is what music is supposed to be like no better.doo wop.

  • The Ice Man at his best. One of the greatest love songs ever recorded. Even today Jerry still has that GOD given voice of his.

  • @bmx....isn't it amazing that at 70 years old, he still has basically the same chops (i.e., vocal ability) he had as a young man? Incredible. On this one (PBS Special) as well as on the Gamble & Huff special where he sings "Never Gonna Give You Up"....voice as strong as it ever was. With Teddy's passing, makes you treasure the Ice Man even more.

  • i bet this guy would be a fun guy to hang out with.

  • I'm going to see Jerry Butler in San Francisco this weekend - I can't wait. I think I'll just die and go straight to heaven!!

  • Oh my GOD!!!! this music is to Die For!!!!!

  • C'est tout simplement magique, superbe. thank's

  • The Iceman cometh... As A young teen taught to dance by my grammy and aunts, I loved holding the ladies close and surprising them that a young Irish trash boy could be a gentleman. Twas the good years

  • jerry butler estaba bien pesado para cantar con esta rola cuantas veces hicimos el amor yo y mi esposa.-

  • i am only 23 years old and i listen to music

  • I'm only 32 and enjoy the Good old Oldies TODAYS Music is crap most of it. I was raised on it had a Record Player beside my crib and bed. I DIDN'T HAVE STORIES READ TOO ME I ALWAYS ASKED FOR the American Graffiti Album and play "Goodnight, Sweetheart,

    Goodnight" by The Spaniels (1953)

    and THEN put on Jerrry's for your Precious Love at 4 & 5 my Doctors thought me really smart and know more about these artist than they DID and they were 40 & 60 they asked what did u do to this boy.

  • I first met jerry when I was 7 when my dad was doing a reunion with his band. They Played for him at 1 time on a certain son don't remember which.

    christopher chiles

  • Timeless, ageless, magical, the most beautiful, soulful song ever sung. Thank you for sharing.

  • @morning2stars sorry I do a mistake with my vote. I want to say you are right, it's magical. ++++

  • I was working on my car this afternoon - put this song in my cd player and pressed "repeat." It must have played 50 times, and I never got tired of it. I agree with blueblazer64... I'm only 62, and this IS real music! ;-) Thanks randmo!

  • I was around in the 50's and 60's raised in East Los Angeles, times and things have changed and not for the better.Things changed for me when I came back from VietNam..But this song that Mr. Butler sings makes things better and everything much more innocent..This song was always a song that I would dance to especially when a dance would be ending they would play this song and "goodnite my love".Those were the days.When you would dance so close and enjoyed what dancing was really about.

  • Once upon a time, Route 66 stretched all the way to LA. UNtil I-40 broke the hearts of the hundreds of thousands who traveled R-66. Once upon a Time, American was Free. People worked for a living, honesty was the best policy and we never started a war but we certainly learned to fight. Now, R-66 is gone, thievery,is rampant. Ten -Commandments in schools are replaced by Metal Detectors to try and keep out the guns. Now, we wring our hands and wonder why We bury children and Kinfolk Cry.

    X

  • Yes. I was around in the 1950s/60s/70s all the way to now. This is a great love song and believe me I wish I had $10 bucks for every time I sang this song on stage. It brings out the best in people. Great message for anyone to whisper or speak to another. As for me, I sang it for my loving wife and family.

  • Those of us who were around in the 50"s and 60's fondly remember this and wonder about the music today.  It's our job to share "our music" with todays kids. Even if they only like one or two of these great songs, they will hear some of the greatest artists ever. Also listen to Frankie Lane, Johnny Ray, Billy Eckstine, the Four Preps and on and on and on.

  • Can never pass this in my favorites without playing it......This one gets under your skin and stays there......

  • do we know great music

    damn right

  • Now this is my shit!!!

  • One of the best.....thanks Jerry......

  • I'm only 64, and this is real music.

  • Once upon a time people really sang, and music was very emotional and had meaning! Once upon a time!

  • GOD I love this song. This is the song I want to sing whenever I get married.

  • Wouldn't it be totally awesome if Jerry sang it at your wedding... Imagine!