This was a regular on 93 KHJ AM radio Los Angeles in 1966 when it first came out. I loved it then and now. KHJ played some hip stuff for AM, it's where I first heard Hendrix, Love, the Doors, Capt. Beefheart, Cream, Steve Winwood....all on my little pocket transistor radio that my great granma give me. Wish I could go back in time....but who doesn't?
Also heard it in South Louisiana on local radio (KVOL AM), in fact while I was attending the Breaux Bridge crawfish festival in about 1966 or so. I have the 45 and was glad to be able to see her perform it. Thanks
Many of the big cities never gave this wonderful song any play time. I always heard it on our small town radio station in SW Louisiana...great programmers...I'm grateful for their appreciation of usual music from that time....
loved this song when it came out. off the wall. I was a big KRLA fan.. remember bob hudson? " off the freeway pheasents, your highness is coming!" that was his closing monologue.
Ok, 1966 or 67, inner city St. Louis. We find this stray dog. Name him Cat. Our auntie was upset. Said we would confuse the dog by calling him Cat. You know cat did not care. Just wanted dog food and to be scratch behind the ears.
@lakeseminole One of the youtube suggestions for this video (the ones to the right) is Dusty doing "I Only Want To Be With You". She and Norma would be a nice couple. If what you are repeating is factual.
I remember this from KHJ 930 AM Los Angeles in the early 60's.....I love it...they used to play it every now and again, and I was ecstatic every time I heard it. I am a cat person, though....
Love that sound of an acoustic guitar being played on a Gibson SG. Never knew what she looked like until now...She's hot in my book. Haven't heard this song since it came out.
I was a weekend disc jockey at WAHR-FM (99.1) in Huntsville, Alabama during the mid-1970's. This song was an "oldie" by the mid-70's, but I played it quite often when I was on the air. I got a big kick out of singing right along with Norma - especially the hook where she goes "Dog is a good old cat ... people what you think of that?" The scene in the movie "American Graffitti" where Richard Dreyfus's character goes to the radio station - the control board is identical to what WAHR was like.
In the late sixties and early seventies we had a place where everyone came late at night to hang out. The one album Norma made was one I'll never forget from that time. She had a wonderfully alternative and intelligent view on life. Killer songs also. Great to hear this and others by her here on YouTube.
This was my favorite song of 1966.somehow I think of Northern California when I hear this. Maybe Norma started the whole "flower power" movement with this song. Though I think less than 1% of my generation could remember the record. If she had other hits, things might have different. Thank you Norma, wherever you are.
Gotta love '60s TV producers. They handed her this unplugged SG and said "here, pretend to play while you're pretending to sing". And, being a folkie who typically played a nylon string acoustic, she thumb-picked and strummed like nobody's business.
Loved this tune. It got lots of air play in NorCal too.
im kinda stupid i didnt know this was an old tune...my bud told me about it n i thought it was brand new n i really luv it...i gotta cat named Fido who thinks hes a dog n we r listenin to this together...))
I have not thought of this song since 1964 or 65? I saw her perform it with Chad and Jeremy in New Haven. I was nine. My first live rock concert! I remember wearing green, knee high water proof boots. That was the coolest thing I had to put on I thought. I believe Chad and Jeremy were headlining, but I went to hear "walking my cat named dog."
I LOVED this song when I was a kid in the 60s; I was just CRAZY about it. I played it in my head all the time. One day they were advertising that Norma was going to play it on some TV show, and I was so excited. But when the time came, my sister said that she wanted to watch something else, so my dad said to flip a coin, and my sister won. Man, I am still pissed.
Norma, if you are still around, you rocked my world. And release an MP3 version of this song on iTunes!
@Fekmann Hey, I know you can't find this song on itunes, but you can turn this video into an mp3. That's what I do with most of my songs. I find the video and convert it into an mp3, which I then put on my itunes. Video2mp3(dot)net is a good converter. All you do is: press the share button, copy the url, paste the url into the video2mp3 site, wait until it converts, then download it. Now you can enjoy this song and maybe burn a couple others to a cd and enjoy. Hope this helps you.
Norma is still rocking, just no commercial hits. She was my first percussion teacher. 40 years after this video she is just as beautiful and her smile just as big. I'd never seen her in a dress or with long hair before. Norma is GREAT!!!!
@GurubachanKaur .I wish she had been my music teacher, I might have stayed at it. You are most fortunate to have learnt from such an excellent teacher :-)
@GurubachanKaur Tell her to pick up the guitar and start singing that West Coast Folk again. Glad to hear she's still vital, still inspired. She and we deserve it.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! Been searching for it for over 40 years, no one I asked remembered it! Was briefly on the radio here in Pittsburgh, PA then poof! It was gone!
It was 1965 when I was in the USAF studying Russian at Syracuse Univ. and this song came on. Amazing! I had to stop studying and just listen. After it left Top 40 I never heard it again, but through the years I always had it in the back of my mind. Whenever I was buying music I unconsciously searched for it. Glad I finally found it. Thanks for posting it.
I like her eyes and smile. She seems to have a great soul and it shows on her face and in her expressions. Too bad she never did more. Thanks for posting this " Dan " !
This reached the top 10 in the UK I seem to recall. It takes me back to being 14 years old and walking my dog (not called cat!) by the sea at Dover. One of those songs which takes me back to a very specific place and time whenever I hear it, which is not often! Thanks for the memories!
This reached the top 10 in the UK I seem to recall. It takes me back to being 14 years old and walking my dog (not called cat!) by the sea at Dover. One of those songs which takes me back to a very specific place and time whenever I hear it, which is not often!
@andrewr62 Doesn't sound like you were there... or may be you just weren't tuned in. I was only about 11 and livin in a small Wyo. town and even I got this tune.
Frankly I think she had better style and more soul than many of the multi-hit performers of the time.
@veronicabean900 You're right. I posted the vidoe and I lived in OC back then and still do. Probably heard it on on 93KHJ with Humble Harve or Sam Riddle or The Real Don Steele
was beginning to think I dreamed up this song, (good old youtube, cant believe I found it) must have been a bit of a hit in GB in the early 60's, cos I remember really liking it!!
I remember hearing this song on the radio in 1966 and saw her sing it that summer on television.I don't know if this is on a program or just a film but I definitely liked this song.I thought she looked younger,but that was 44 years ago.She was 27 in 1966.
This takes me back to RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire UK where I was stationed with the USAF in the late 60s. How interesting that she plays a Gibson SG (ala AC/DC) using fingerpicks. She does have a wonderful, open face and obviously so thought Dusty Springfield, with whom she had a thing going. I like her and her work.
The tune just had a different take on tings, and a little bit of a lazy feelin' , which I though was pretty cool at the time, I can still appreciate it. I remember being "strangely" attracted to her voice, though I never knew what she looked like.
wow, I have not heard this screwy song in years. she was JUST lovely, I had never seen her. This song was out in '66. I was in Vietnam and had been over there and out of touch with the music scene back home for a year and one of the guys went on R and R and brought this 45 rpm back and we played it on a little wind up record player and were confused as hell. Help me Rhonda was a hit when we went overseas and now this stuff. Little did we know what was coming. Cool old song tho, thanx.
omg they are take this one away-- its too good- one will soon be forced to pay for a recording-- all the good stuff we force one to pay for... no joke
Norma was a dear friend of Dusty Springfield. I never thought I'd ever see this clip or hear the song again...what a wonderful 60's memory . Thanks for the post !!!
She is sooooo HOT !!!! I saw her sing this song on some TV show and she was completely dressed up like the most beautiful hippie chick. It was the first time I ever saw a woman dressed up like a hippie and she blew me away. This was '65, the year I saw the Beatles. I was 13.
@Aldebaron9 - I agree ... HOT!,,,, she has a timeless coolness. Her personality comes across so great. I get an eerie feeling that she's looking through time and sayin', "yeah .... it's cool"
BTW, she IS a bitchen guitarist as well. I dig the thumb technique :-)
thank you for sharing this video, it is a strange song indeed, pretty cute, i like it. I heard about Norma Tanega while doing some research on Blossom Dearie, who is one of my favorite artists.
I never forgot this song. Only heard it a few times on the pirate stations in holland and england. So strong after 45 (sic) years. Almost forgotten . Thnx very much FairDealDan for posting it. I now see for the first time Norma Tanega
Some listeners may see this as a simpleminded sillyditty, but it's an effective emotional snapshot of the feel of everyday streetlife told in simple language. Check out the Collectables CD reissue of her LP : "You're Dead", a dressing down of an unnamed sellout utilizes sarcasm to render its target a pile o'junk ; "A Street That Rhymes At 6AM" was the followup single that bombed when it deserved to be a hit. Maybe Dusty Springfield loved her for being a no-nonsense, intelligent lady!
This song always reminds me of a snowy winter in Boston as a kid....I always liked "off beat " stuff like this and to this day(im 56) I listen to college radio for new and unique sounds
This song was played alot on the local radio station in the mid-sixties. I always liked it. Was so different than anything else on the radio at that time.
Didn't Norma Tanega compose or write lyrics for a number of songs from the Dusty Definitely period - No Stranger Am I, Morning (Bom Dia), The Colour of Your Eyes? I always thought her compositions really suited Dusty's 'soft' voice. She was interviewed in one of the Dusty tribute documentaries and came across as a really nice person - also remarkably unchanged from this clip.
Wrong. You all should check your facts. The incident you refer to happened many years after Dusty's relationship with Norma. Norma had nothing whatsoever to do with it. SHAME!
well i sincerely apologize, i was misinformed by someone. I checked on the internet and it was Tedda Bracci. again my apologies to all. I love Dusty and am sorry also to Norma.
She's a college professor and is still musically involved but with more experimental kinds of material. I agree. She's an exceptional, utterly unique talent--a great writer-- who I'm sure could whip out a killer "Cat Named Dog" anytime she was so inclined...
Yes, iowa61, I agree Norma and Dusty made a handsome couple. They lived together in London. But the press strangely ignored it. Sort of like with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. They did everything but announce it but the public wanted to pretend, I guess. Dusty Springfield fretted about telling her own parents she was a lesbian and when she did they flubbed it off say "Oh, our Mary (her real name) would say something like that!"
I LOVE this song;it was one of the very first British singles by a female that I can remember hearing as a child...this and "Girl Don't Come" by Sandie Shaw!
I remember Cat Stevens-now known as Yusuf Islam-saying this song helped to inspire him to change his name to "CAT Stevens"! =)
I hear that she's back in Cali, and is into artwork. I believe she was born in now bankrupt Vallejo, where the Zodiac killer once lived. But was living in upstate New York when this song was on the charts.
@ivycompton : re beautiful woman & great song, i totally agree. re good CD i had no ieda. amazing. i wonder what happened to keep her in 1-hit wonder land.
Have always enjoyed this fun loving song, she does a beautiful job and looks like she has fun doing it. She's wonderful.
69ssrszl1 1 week ago
Living in Redondo Bch. in '66.Probably heard it on KRLA. 7th grade at Hillcrest Jr. High on Prospect Ave. Just a cool song.
davidratcliffe1 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Norma Tanega
This was a regular on 93 KHJ AM radio Los Angeles in 1966 when it first came out. I loved it then and now. KHJ played some hip stuff for AM, it's where I first heard Hendrix, Love, the Doors, Capt. Beefheart, Cream, Steve Winwood....all on my little pocket transistor radio that my great granma give me. Wish I could go back in time....but who doesn't?
7echo 1 month ago
Oops, meant to say regular rotation on our AM radio station's song list...
jb2625 1 month ago
This song was in regular rotation in 1966 when I lived in Lynchburg, VA. Haven't heard it in 45 years! Damn I'm old!!
jb2625 1 month ago
@jb2625 age only matters if ur a cheese...))
Pauly69s 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
I got a similar SG
moxie96 1 month ago
Also heard it in South Louisiana on local radio (KVOL AM), in fact while I was attending the Breaux Bridge crawfish festival in about 1966 or so. I have the 45 and was glad to be able to see her perform it. Thanks
fubar3dac 1 month ago
Many of the big cities never gave this wonderful song any play time. I always heard it on our small town radio station in SW Louisiana...great programmers...I'm grateful for their appreciation of usual music from that time....
okrafeet 2 months ago
Beautiful! This was a hit in UK too. Check out the way Ms Tanega expertly mimes the guitar part, on an SG Junior!
Great to see this and thank you for posting:)
elgrandwazir1 2 months ago
In 1967! Living in Arica.. Chile I got this 45 rpm.. I was 12 years old!! Oh my God! What a memories.. Norma I love you!!
juan58102 3 months ago
loved this song when it came out. off the wall. I was a big KRLA fan.. remember bob hudson? " off the freeway pheasents, your highness is coming!" that was his closing monologue.
radicright 4 months ago
This must have been a regional hit in California... never heard it during the 60s here in NYC...
vootie99 4 months ago
@vootie99 i grew up in nyc and heard it all the time back then. have the single too.
oshesa1 1 month ago
Ok, 1966 or 67, inner city St. Louis. We find this stray dog. Name him Cat. Our auntie was upset. Said we would confuse the dog by calling him Cat. You know cat did not care. Just wanted dog food and to be scratch behind the ears.
brotherman10 4 months ago
@brotherman10 That's a great story brotherman.
smokeemonkee 4 months ago
Like if Tuning Signal sent you here
FranzMal15 4 months ago
one of my cats is named Dog
hoss73ford1 4 months ago
I've been reading this is Dusty Springfields lesbian lover.
lakeseminole 4 months ago
@lakeseminole One of the youtube suggestions for this video (the ones to the right) is Dusty doing "I Only Want To Be With You". She and Norma would be a nice couple. If what you are repeating is factual.
smokeemonkee 4 months ago
Thanks for posting this one. It has been on of my favorites since it came out.
fubar3dac 4 months ago
forgot to mention that was Beaufort, SC...those many years ago...
stuwrightfrom53 4 months ago
I remember my hometown top 40 (or some version of it) WSIB, where I got
my career start playing this...what a cool forgotten 45...
stuwrightfrom53 4 months ago
but did ya know she was a teacher?
justpat30643 5 months ago 2
Me too!
richyjohn 5 months ago
Flans sent me here.
ALXXMaXX 5 months ago 18
I remember this from KHJ 930 AM Los Angeles in the early 60's.....I love it...they used to play it every now and again, and I was ecstatic every time I heard it. I am a cat person, though....
7echo 5 months ago
Love that sound of an acoustic guitar being played on a Gibson SG. Never knew what she looked like until now...She's hot in my book. Haven't heard this song since it came out.
Behutet93 6 months ago 2
This song is just wilful stupidity.
slamshotstudios 6 months ago
This video looked like it was from Lloyd Thaxton in the 60's. However, I have not heard this song in about 49 years!!! Thanks for posting it!
Gaylel1 6 months ago
real fine
animascat 7 months ago 2
I was a weekend disc jockey at WAHR-FM (99.1) in Huntsville, Alabama during the mid-1970's. This song was an "oldie" by the mid-70's, but I played it quite often when I was on the air. I got a big kick out of singing right along with Norma - especially the hook where she goes "Dog is a good old cat ... people what you think of that?" The scene in the movie "American Graffitti" where Richard Dreyfus's character goes to the radio station - the control board is identical to what WAHR was like.
cooplag4927 7 months ago 4
I loved this song as a kid. Thanks for posting. And thanks for solving the question my partner and I had today: Who sang Walking My Cat Named Dog?
erinmatt 7 months ago
Wow, thanks for posting this. I always loved this song and I was only 10 at the time! Remember it playing on the radio that was always on at home.
gregs66 8 months ago
ok, where's the acid? WHO'S HOLDIN'?
MrRcheek 9 months ago
@MrRcheek hilarious
saparmc 8 months ago
ok, where's the acid?
MrRcheek 9 months ago
Got a kick out of this when I first heard it. Heard it again, 40 years later, and liked it all over again!
Ursa3470 9 months ago
i keep kummin back to this tune...its got sum kinda hold on me...))
paulyvi 9 months ago
Dan: love your handle. I think its from a munster's episode. truely 60's
radicright 9 months ago
I used to listen to this in 1966 on Wonderful Radio London, Radio Caroline, Radio Essex and Radio City.
kofola1973 9 months ago
I used to listen to this on whyn the mighty win. I would make my models and listen to my brother,'s hi fi radio. thanks for the memories.
pblv112 10 months ago
I' loved this song as a teen . None of my friends remember it . You still have a small following Norma
pblv112 10 months ago
In the late sixties and early seventies we had a place where everyone came late at night to hang out. The one album Norma made was one I'll never forget from that time. She had a wonderfully alternative and intelligent view on life. Killer songs also. Great to hear this and others by her here on YouTube.
TheWoodlandGlade 10 months ago
@TheWoodlandGlade Oh so true!! Have the fun was the tunes on the juke box!!!!
Nickcat5 9 months ago
@TheWoodlandGlade Oh so true!! Half the fun was the tunes on the juke box!!!!( or in some cases,the stereo)
Nickcat5 9 months ago
This is certainly one from the pirate radio days!
GrahamSimons 10 months ago
Good NIght! I forgot About This Fun Song!!
Loved it!
I Didn't Know That She Was Dusty Springfields Partner!
Wow, Two Hot Ladies*****Very Intreging To Me!
47yesican 11 months ago
This song always reminds me of Radio Caroline, BIG L and the other offshore pirate radio stations in the cold winter of early 1966.
Well it was in Brighton (UK) anyway.
What a great song this is. Sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it!
johnniescarlett 11 months ago 2
This was my favorite song of 1966.somehow I think of Northern California when I hear this. Maybe Norma started the whole "flower power" movement with this song. Though I think less than 1% of my generation could remember the record. If she had other hits, things might have different. Thank you Norma, wherever you are.
radicright 11 months ago
I recall the song very well but didn't remember her name at all. It seems like this is the sound that every Indie soundtrack tries to capture.
lordkoos 11 months ago
Gotta love '60s TV producers. They handed her this unplugged SG and said "here, pretend to play while you're pretending to sing". And, being a folkie who typically played a nylon string acoustic, she thumb-picked and strummed like nobody's business.
Loved this tune. It got lots of air play in NorCal too.
beachdog67 11 months ago
I remember hearing this song on KRLA back in the early so cal days. Thanks for a great memory!
socaltrisha2004 11 months ago
wow..wicked good!!!!!!!!!!!
obamaican 11 months ago
im kinda stupid i didnt know this was an old tune...my bud told me about it n i thought it was brand new n i really luv it...i gotta cat named Fido who thinks hes a dog n we r listenin to this together...))
paulyvi 11 months ago
The B/side "Im The Sky" is great also if you flip it over
drpesky 11 months ago
I have not thought of this song since 1964 or 65? I saw her perform it with Chad and Jeremy in New Haven. I was nine. My first live rock concert! I remember wearing green, knee high water proof boots. That was the coolest thing I had to put on I thought. I believe Chad and Jeremy were headlining, but I went to hear "walking my cat named dog."
kpbyers1 1 year ago
I LOVED this song when I was a kid in the 60s; I was just CRAZY about it. I played it in my head all the time. One day they were advertising that Norma was going to play it on some TV show, and I was so excited. But when the time came, my sister said that she wanted to watch something else, so my dad said to flip a coin, and my sister won. Man, I am still pissed.
Norma, if you are still around, you rocked my world. And release an MP3 version of this song on iTunes!
Fekmann 1 year ago
@Fekmann Hey, I know you can't find this song on itunes, but you can turn this video into an mp3. That's what I do with most of my songs. I find the video and convert it into an mp3, which I then put on my itunes. Video2mp3(dot)net is a good converter. All you do is: press the share button, copy the url, paste the url into the video2mp3 site, wait until it converts, then download it. Now you can enjoy this song and maybe burn a couple others to a cd and enjoy. Hope this helps you.
trackstaar 11 months ago
Back in the day when the world made a little more sense.
Redskin1040 1 year ago
she's playing a friggen SG !!! With snazzy short cuts.....
Aldebaron9 1 year ago
Norma is still rocking, just no commercial hits. She was my first percussion teacher. 40 years after this video she is just as beautiful and her smile just as big. I'd never seen her in a dress or with long hair before. Norma is GREAT!!!!
GurubachanKaur 1 year ago
@GurubachanKaur .I wish she had been my music teacher, I might have stayed at it. You are most fortunate to have learnt from such an excellent teacher :-)
DSVOP 1 year ago
@GurubachanKaur Tell her to pick up the guitar and start singing that West Coast Folk again. Glad to hear she's still vital, still inspired. She and we deserve it.
iowa61 1 year ago
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! Been searching for it for over 40 years, no one I asked remembered it! Was briefly on the radio here in Pittsburgh, PA then poof! It was gone!
Duirate 1 year ago
She is sofa king cool.
PsychoticPianist 1 year ago
This song popped into my head just now (don't know why) and had to look it up. Great to hear it again. :)
toyotaphil54 1 year ago
It was 1965 when I was in the USAF studying Russian at Syracuse Univ. and this song came on. Amazing! I had to stop studying and just listen. After it left Top 40 I never heard it again, but through the years I always had it in the back of my mind. Whenever I was buying music I unconsciously searched for it. Glad I finally found it. Thanks for posting it.
elayca 1 year ago 2
I played my 45 of this over and over. I loved it to pieces. I named my cat "Dog", too.
Starshadow 1 year ago
I like her eyes and smile. She seems to have a great soul and it shows on her face and in her expressions. Too bad she never did more. Thanks for posting this " Dan " !
gringo4x4do 1 year ago
This reached the top 10 in the UK I seem to recall. It takes me back to being 14 years old and walking my dog (not called cat!) by the sea at Dover. One of those songs which takes me back to a very specific place and time whenever I hear it, which is not often! Thanks for the memories!
badger4647 1 year ago
This reached the top 10 in the UK I seem to recall. It takes me back to being 14 years old and walking my dog (not called cat!) by the sea at Dover. One of those songs which takes me back to a very specific place and time whenever I hear it, which is not often!
badger4647 1 year ago
Truly strange arrangement and lyrics. Not surprised she was a one hit wonder.
andrewr62 1 year ago
@andrewr62 Doesn't sound like you were there... or may be you just weren't tuned in. I was only about 11 and livin in a small Wyo. town and even I got this tune.
Frankly I think she had better style and more soul than many of the multi-hit performers of the time.
snaedwiev 1 year ago
CHOKING UP MY MIND WITH PERPETUAL MOTION I CAN DO THAT LOL
carew388 1 year ago
wow i never knew this was from 60s
i really thought it was from today
n i LUV this tune!
ty...))
paulyvi 1 year ago
LSD !!
martinmagmaneben 1 year ago
One of my all time favs a small hit in the UK
drpesky 1 year ago
loved this song as a teen, it got some air play in orange county california. My dad loved it too.
veronicabean900 1 year ago 7
@veronicabean900 You're right. I posted the vidoe and I lived in OC back then and still do. Probably heard it on on 93KHJ with Humble Harve or Sam Riddle or The Real Don Steele
FairDealDan 1 year ago 5
@FairDealDan Yeh, I remembe listening t this on KHJ with Humble Harv.
Kevin19700 5 months ago
@veronicabean900 # cheers for OC back in the '50's and 60's. It was paradise!
KOACAINE 8 months ago
one of the earliest of dope reference songs. "walking high against the fog" "perpetual wonder"...all referencing one's first REAL high on weed
sevenonpaper1 1 year ago
They played this often on Boston's WBZ.
bearriver666 1 year ago
was beginning to think I dreamed up this song, (good old youtube, cant believe I found it) must have been a bit of a hit in GB in the early 60's, cos I remember really liking it!!
MothersHour 1 year ago
what a great song!The coolest & weirdest song from the 1960's.her guitar work in the video looked so believable!
y0utubemetube 1 year ago
I remember hearing this song on the radio in 1966 and saw her sing it that summer on television.I don't know if this is on a program or just a film but I definitely liked this song.I thought she looked younger,but that was 44 years ago.She was 27 in 1966.
GGE47 1 year ago
This takes me back to RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire UK where I was stationed with the USAF in the late 60s. How interesting that she plays a Gibson SG (ala AC/DC) using fingerpicks. She does have a wonderful, open face and obviously so thought Dusty Springfield, with whom she had a thing going. I like her and her work.
dchester47 1 year ago 3
This mostly sounds like Spanky and Our Gang.
StanBennet 1 year ago
Poetry Man would've been tailor made for her.
StanBennet 1 year ago
If I had only one channel on a deserted island, Youtube would be it. I haven't watched regular TV in over five years since.
StanBennet 1 year ago
I'm trying to think off hand what other female up to this time in '66 and for a while after played electric guitar and sang?
StanBennet 1 year ago
She has such a beautiful open face...and she looks so much fun. Its weird that she wasnt /isnt better know. Love the song. its COOOOOL MAN! xx
tyjeffries 1 year ago
I was just asking a friend of mine if they remembered this dog. I remember my mom and dad had this record and I listened to it as a little girl.
snrachavez 1 year ago
Weird?? It's exquisite.
seckhoffable 1 year ago
@seckhoffable I didn't have to do any drugs to enjoy it.
StanBennet 1 year ago
@seckhoffable Ain't it the truth my friend :-)
The tune just had a different take on tings, and a little bit of a lazy feelin' , which I though was pretty cool at the time, I can still appreciate it. I remember being "strangely" attracted to her voice, though I never knew what she looked like.
snaedwiev 1 year ago
wow, I have not heard this screwy song in years. she was JUST lovely, I had never seen her. This song was out in '66. I was in Vietnam and had been over there and out of touch with the music scene back home for a year and one of the guys went on R and R and brought this 45 rpm back and we played it on a little wind up record player and were confused as hell. Help me Rhonda was a hit when we went overseas and now this stuff. Little did we know what was coming. Cool old song tho, thanx.
larrydh2 1 year ago
@larrydh2 Great story!!!
AndrewwwJackson 1 year ago
and playing bass as well...who else did that back then?? what talent!
TheWaltbird 1 year ago
1966. I was in 8th grade. Used to (and still do) love this song!!!
eoj2495 1 year ago
omg they are take this one away-- its too good- one will soon be forced to pay for a recording-- all the good stuff we force one to pay for... no joke
cshargeit 1 year ago
Norma was a dear friend of Dusty Springfield. I never thought I'd ever see this clip or hear the song again...what a wonderful 60's memory . Thanks for the post !!!
vtyesfan 1 year ago
remember a snowy winters day watchin the drifting snow in Boston & luvin this tune always a fav om mine.
Dannoga 1 year ago
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She seems like she'd be fun to hang out with.
MaceMn 1 year ago
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MaceMn 1 year ago
i don't know who the hell this person is but who ever she was. She had the skills of an awesome guitarist.
1happyspacecadet 1 year ago
I have the album on vinyl this came from. Need to dig it out again.
Thanks for posting this video.
patches53 1 year ago
Brings back memories of high school. Surf, girls, not a care in the world.
TigerWould1 1 year ago
So I'm curious, where is she now? Anyone know?
MandoMama1 1 year ago
@MandoMama1
She's still around. Google her name to find her Web site.
mikal9000 1 year ago
I've tried to find this as an mp3 EVERYWHERE!
affectivity 1 year ago
This was one of my all time favorite songs as a kid!
soundbodycenter 1 year ago
She is sooooo HOT !!!! I saw her sing this song on some TV show and she was completely dressed up like the most beautiful hippie chick. It was the first time I ever saw a woman dressed up like a hippie and she blew me away. This was '65, the year I saw the Beatles. I was 13.
Aldebaron9 1 year ago
@Aldebaron9 - I agree ... HOT!,,,, she has a timeless coolness. Her personality comes across so great. I get an eerie feeling that she's looking through time and sayin', "yeah .... it's cool"
BTW, she IS a bitchen guitarist as well. I dig the thumb technique :-)
snaedwiev 1 year ago
Well done FairDealDan for sharing this. Did Norma release this song in the UK under the name Billie Bonds?
jiffy017 1 year ago
LOVE this! Quirky, catchy. great song. And so amazing someone had a clip of it. THANK YOU!
TheKoalaChannel 1 year ago
Marysue is pretty darn cute. too
TheDragline288 1 year ago
thank you for sharing this video, it is a strange song indeed, pretty cute, i like it. I heard about Norma Tanega while doing some research on Blossom Dearie, who is one of my favorite artists.
soflasof 1 year ago
Such a happy song ...and I love watching this sweet woman performing it : )
959kismet959 1 year ago
great song, remember it from the 60s
MerleOberon 1 year ago
I want that SG
s0undch4ser 1 year ago
The back-up vocals sound like the Blossoms (Jeanie King, Fannita James, & Darlene Love).
SouLoveReal 1 year ago
someone please cover this song!!
robodoll 1 year ago
never heard this before,but I agree this would be a great song to cover.
I think Brandi Carlyle would be a pretty fit for this tune.
s0undch4ser 1 year ago
@s0undch4ser
i'm thinking Charlotte Gainsbourg or She and Him :)
robodoll 1 year ago
I loved this in the 60s ... nobody I know even remembers this song, but I never forgot it!
estraven2008 1 year ago 7
@estraven2008 I remember it!! I was 8 I think!
elliott021 9 months ago
Where's the harmonica player in this video?
vividwatch47 1 year ago
They used to have this song on iTunes. Why was it removed?
vividwatch47 1 year ago
I never heard this song before. Love her voice! This is why Youtube is so great!
hendrixzilla 1 year ago
ha ha....BUST EYES!
bunkosquad2000 2 years ago
love the cool SG gibson guitar.
she's a "rebel"... that girl.
ic3ok1969 2 years ago 3
I never forgot this song. Only heard it a few times on the pirate stations in holland and england. So strong after 45 (sic) years. Almost forgotten . Thnx very much FairDealDan for posting it. I now see for the first time Norma Tanega
dusty11111988 2 years ago
Some listeners may see this as a simpleminded sillyditty, but it's an effective emotional snapshot of the feel of everyday streetlife told in simple language. Check out the Collectables CD reissue of her LP : "You're Dead", a dressing down of an unnamed sellout utilizes sarcasm to render its target a pile o'junk ; "A Street That Rhymes At 6AM" was the followup single that bombed when it deserved to be a hit. Maybe Dusty Springfield loved her for being a no-nonsense, intelligent lady!
MrJamesrnolan 2 years ago
This song always reminds me of a snowy winter in Boston as a kid....I always liked "off beat " stuff like this and to this day(im 56) I listen to college radio for new and unique sounds
Dannoga 2 years ago
This song was played alot on the local radio station in the mid-sixties. I always liked it. Was so different than anything else on the radio at that time.
markess48 2 years ago
This was a very elusive record to find in Portland, Oregon in the late 60's. I do have the 45 AND the CD now. Have always loved this song.
Solarshoji 2 years ago 5
Didn't Norma Tanega compose or write lyrics for a number of songs from the Dusty Definitely period - No Stranger Am I, Morning (Bom Dia), The Colour of Your Eyes? I always thought her compositions really suited Dusty's 'soft' voice. She was interviewed in one of the Dusty tribute documentaries and came across as a really nice person - also remarkably unchanged from this clip.
Nicklas4500 2 years ago
weirder song that i thought possible. and really shit rhyming lyrics imo.
alicetheactress 2 years ago
Heck, ATA, you just ain't never ever heard my recordin's or else you'd know what weird REALLY is.
This is a wonderfully beautiful song.
TOR1Hershman 2 years ago
yes that's the one....lovely huh? NOT
marydbest1 2 years ago
Wrong. You all should check your facts. The incident you refer to happened many years after Dusty's relationship with Norma. Norma had nothing whatsoever to do with it. SHAME!
iowa61 2 years ago
well i sincerely apologize, i was misinformed by someone. I checked on the internet and it was Tedda Bracci. again my apologies to all. I love Dusty and am sorry also to Norma.
marydbest1 2 years ago
Good for you. Thanks!! By all accounts, Norma is a very accomplished soul who continues to teach in the arts after all these years...
iowa61 2 years ago
Glad to hear Norman still contributes to the arts. Wish she would record some songs!!!
marydbest1 2 years ago
She's a college professor and is still musically involved but with more experimental kinds of material. I agree. She's an exceptional, utterly unique talent--a great writer-- who I'm sure could whip out a killer "Cat Named Dog" anytime she was so inclined...
iowa61 2 years ago
isn't this the woman who smacked Dusty in the face with a sauce pan and sent her to the hospital knocking out her teeth?
49Jaydee 2 years ago
nup. some other lover from the mid 70 or something apparently.
alicetheactress 2 years ago
yes my mistake it was teddi bracci
marydbest1 2 years ago
A real rare gem from the sixites a real classic
tagbop 2 years ago
I have wonderful memories of this song.
Thanks for posting!
wahhradio 2 years ago
Babyhowdy233 : She originally was from Vallejo, Cali;
pbullock52 2 years ago
Yes, iowa61, I agree Norma and Dusty made a handsome couple. They lived together in London. But the press strangely ignored it. Sort of like with Cary Grant and Randolph Scott. They did everything but announce it but the public wanted to pretend, I guess. Dusty Springfield fretted about telling her own parents she was a lesbian and when she did they flubbed it off say "Oh, our Mary (her real name) would say something like that!"
ZarahLean 2 years ago
Her lover was Dusty Springfield for years
ZarahLean 2 years ago
Good taste on both their parts...
iowa61 2 years ago
I LOVE this song;it was one of the very first British singles by a female that I can remember hearing as a child...this and "Girl Don't Come" by Sandie Shaw!
I remember Cat Stevens-now known as Yusuf Islam-saying this song helped to inspire him to change his name to "CAT Stevens"! =)
Babyhowdy233 2 years ago
This song chokes up my mind with perpetual dreamin'.
clucaspik 2 years ago
Oh yeah, I remember this one from its original release. I always thought it was Ian Whitcomb; has that same quirkiness as You Turn Me On.
TedskiTX 2 years ago
Funny thing is she seems something like Kaki King Hokuto Jedi Master and you can't even hear a guitar in the song. Nice song anyway...
zondasights 2 years ago
love, love love it1
iloveyoupirates 2 years ago
This little guilty pleasure is worth a visit every few months--it's total fluff, but the song is catchy and NT is cute, TOO.
raiderdan05 2 years ago 2
No fluff here whatsover. Just great, original, delicious music.
iowa61 2 years ago
This is a funky song! Who said pop music can't be really, really strange!
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DoubleDutchBust 2 years ago
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makeinstall 2 years ago
1966. Yea banged up..lovely song.
dogsbreath101 2 years ago
I remeber this song in my teena nd never did hear it again till just recently. It sounds great.
lainamorris 2 years ago
Cat Stevens says he partly got his name from this tune.
petey1892 2 years ago
Spring 1966. How could I forget?
mikieJim 2 years ago 2
Weird is right, but I loved it. I was in grade 5 when it came out...fabulous memories.
paleblue498 2 years ago
Separated at birth? Compare this tune and vocal with
Canned Heat - (BEST QUALITY) Going Up The Country
Hmmm...
tuxguys 2 years ago
LOL!! You're so right!! Hey, it was the times. The 60's right. I'll never forget 'em.
Kevierae 2 years ago
I hear that she's back in Cali, and is into artwork. I believe she was born in now bankrupt Vallejo, where the Zodiac killer once lived. But was living in upstate New York when this song was on the charts.
pbullock52 2 years ago 2
It really sucks that so much music on TV was lip-synced. Nice guitar, though.
cbrzyx 2 years ago
What a beautiful woman, and a great song. The LP (now on CD) is consistently good, too. She should not have been a one-hit wonder.
ivycompton 2 years ago 9
I so agree! Fabulous voice. If I remember right, she's a painter too. Yep, check out Wikipedia and her own site.
lyricessence 2 years ago
@ivycompton : re beautiful woman & great song, i totally agree. re good CD i had no ieda. amazing. i wonder what happened to keep her in 1-hit wonder land.
pcbrown373 1 year ago
@ivycompton yes, she was Dusty Springfield's lover at one time.
Jeannenyc57 1 year ago
Where is Norma today? love you!
MerleOberon 2 years ago