The Three Suns - Beyond the Blue Horizon - Early Exotica

[madamerotten]

This piece of music was the inspiration for Alexander Courage's "Star Trek" theme.

[MrGoosegossage]

MAN! this song is amazing... I wish Artie would have sang on more of their songs. This video is such a rare gem. So enjoyable.

[ScottShuster]

Actually he sang "morning sun", not "rolling sun"...but anyway that's interesting about "rising sun." Kinda like "Freedom Fries" in 2003....

[DAALBR78]

que lindo tema no me canso de escucharlo

[mrshiggs1]

Love it. Gooey organ rocks. Although not its intent - this video feels very David Lynch-ish. lol

[11weinstein]

this is a first generation Hammond organ model A...not a B3. you can tell by the location of the music desk and the shape of the bench and organ legs.

[eyeliketowatch101]

Imagine my surprise - I misread the title as "Early Erotica" Nevertheless this rocks. That is a sweet Hammond B3

[EricJamesHanson]

My older sister Marga Hanson played harp on many cuts with the Three Suns, including 8 cuts on the album My Reverie. She was awesome. (was NBC Symphony harpist too) They were all great. This was before my time but I love it. BTW, I teach music too, and my daughter is a high school choral director and operatic soprano who has little use for any pop singing. I'm glad that the classically trained Marga played often with them and their (1950ish) pop hits.

[cyryczy15]

imagine The Three Suns VEVO with lady gaga in the background...

[ArmyJames]

@cyryczy15 It's not inconceivable.

[chuckyboots60]

Great fun.

[MegaWilland]

Fantastic! Let us get more of this kind! Nice to see the very first Hammond model A too. Greetings from Norway!

[bobprompter]

I think the sound mixer must have been a friend of the organist.

[M4tan]

morning sun indeed

[fromthesidelines]

"The Three Suns" recorded for over 20 years (most of them for RCA Victor). Al Nevins later became a music publisher [co-owner of "Aldon Music" with Don Kirshner- they sold out to Screen Gems/Columbia in 1966].

[MrTedodell]

ROTFLMAO! This is what America needs. Good wholesome entertainment!

[ilikeyouallot]

HOW nice, and IDEAL world. We so many wish that instead all that Hip Hop was not so angry, BUT HIP HOP, and RAP has to BE. Is the poetry of these times, we can't do nice things any more because the system created this rebellious, and angry stuff. ANARCHISM is the end of this, because the system with its WEALTH, and super poverty in the world, oppressive, some people get allot, and some nothing, i speak for dignity, and the young kids and our selves we are ignorant. very. to be continued....

[HailSagan4Realz]

@ilikeyouallot Nonsense. You get what you give.... and what you FOCUS on has a way of seeming to get bigger and bigger. Put your FOCUS on positivity, give positivity...and you will get more out of life. Believe me it's true.

[zamyas2003]

was this song ever pressed onto vinyl? I have bought a bunch of Three Suns records but I can't seem to find this song on vinyl. I really want it. It's an awesome song.

[NCFB4Life33]

jfk enjoyed this song

[RangerRob2009]

Was that tony Lovello on the accordion? Hard to tell.

[8cccpeevostokzempf]

Great Hair!

Great Shoes!

These guys must have another gig for money because it looks like they're eating well.

BTW--where was Jeanette MacDonald while all this was going on? Probably stuck in a train compartment somewhere in a Lubitsch movie.

[jinfuuu]

Notice they sing "rolling sun" rather than "rising sun" at the end of the song... this is because after pearl harbour, "rising sun" signifyied the Japanese flag... so eveyone changed the last words of the song for about 20 years....

[Polyphemus47]

@jinfuuu Lipreading the lyric, I see 'morning sun'.

[bluehazer]

Lip sycned. Nobody is matching the chords or notes whatsoever. Still, great song and arrangement!

[ralph058]

Union recording agreements prohibited that practice at the time of the recording. What you are seeing is a difference in film loop over the sound drum.

[MarkEdwardSpeer]

Great spot! Love the Three Suns but how about that great melody by Richard Whiting?

[RRaquello]

The clock on the wall sez 9:30. I wonder if it was morning or night! I never knew what these guys looked like. I have a couple of LP's and they never had their pictures on the record cover. Made me wonder if they were a real act or just different studio musicians put together on each record. But the Three Suns rule.

[CrackerJackLee]

Tarnation... i pluck their LP's out of the bargain flea bins every chance i get... their albums don't sound cheesy like this video with the overheated hammond... i've learned a lot of rhythm guitar by playing along with them. (they were smart... they always put a picture of a pretty girl on the cover...)

[3investigators]

Very catchy!

[bawdybill]

I believe they also did a versin of Moonlight and Roses but I haven't found it yet.

[generationll]

I have Twilight Time on tape by these guys.

[polishbroadcast]

Can anyone ID Al Nevins' guitar? D'Angelico?

[PaulinaRena]

What a beautiful version of this old classic. The Three Suns are fantastic musicians. I play this one each morning when I get up and it really starts my day out like gang busters. Just today I heard this song by Lou Christie in the movie "Dutch" that was on TV. The lyrics and music are so lovely that it practically stands by itself. Thank you for posting. - Paula

[TheRealFrankSanazi]

Have you heard Mike Nesmiths version ?

[755sed]

Yes. I thought it was great. Love the farm animals! What a different version of a classic.

[tikiatomica]

The original Power Trio!

[LittleIsidore]

This is Little Isidore's favorite video.

[limegreenmuumuu]

It would be cool if all the ruthless ganstas would listen to this music. Imagine if you heard this from a car blaring this out instead of Hip Hop.

[MrBuckwilliam]

@limegreenmuumuu your message conjurs up some pretty freaky visions of a drive-by... :)

[king7wood]

This is so funky weird to see today, and yet, strangely enough, it makes me feel good to watch it.

[schmuserin]

Habe immer drauf gewartet, daß die Schwulis aufhören zu spielen und sich küßen :))

[1eddyvegas]

Go Morty Go!!!!!!!

[MrSvlad]

Does anyone else have the sudden urge to kill radscorpions?

[kdegru]

I have fond memories of the 3 suns because when I was born in 1954 I think my Dad used to play their records on his HIFI and it is very possible my brain in some manner processed this music while I was still in the womb. At any rate I still enjoy them now and then from my Dads record collection. Check out their Xmas record called the Sounds of Christmas. It is truly an achievement and for me it always helped make it Christmas each year and got you in the mood.

[pigjamelectric]

thanks for posting this. this is gold. The Three Suns are my favorite exotica, or space pop, bands. I never knew their names. Thanks for the info.

I have a bunch of their LP's. My friends think I'm nuts. Glad to see some other people on here who get it :)

[Gianthogweed]

These guys are great.

[ChubbyCheckerChannel]

I used to own the same model A Hammond organ.

[toddehill]

Pretty amazed at the timbral changes they managed with such an unwieldy combination of instruments. The only time that accordians are not offensive: Marty Nevins, Art Van Damme and the fantastic Ernie Felice. Other than them USE AN ACCORDIAN - GO TO JAIL. IT'S THE LAW...

[hhhhcccceeee]

accordions are great >:(

[joseharmonies]

gran composición, con una cierta presencia del acorde aumentado. Me imagino con quién lo estoy compartiendo. Gracias, pero sigue ahí, sin acercarte más a mí. Un saludo.

[psychoweird]

Originally, the producers of 'The Lone Ranger',

when it started as a radio series, wanted this

song for the series' theme. They had to settle

for 'The William Tell Overture' when they were

unable to purchase the rights to that other

song. psy ch o we ird

[bangfarang]

Spectacularly hokey, but that's okay; it is, after all, civilized (and what else is, today?). I still have an old Christmas album of the Three Suns that includes "The Carol of the Birds," the best arrangement of the piece I have ever heard. What a delicious, dark-evening mood!

[LMUli]

This was the inspiration for the Star Trek theme! They said it on the ST Remastered DVD...

[canaryquack]

very good

[MusicMike2]

Excellent. 5 Stars!

[Rollin558]

Thanks for this post. Do you have "Just One More Chance?" It's my favorite Three Suns song.

[VASINGER]

They Rock !

[SicilianoStefano]

No this is the real Three Suns! All other later incarnations with other musicians (Accordiionists Lovello, Vento, except Magnante) were inferior!

[PANBELLO]

R.I.P. Al Nevins!! Long live Don Kirshner!! Aldon Music at the Brill Building was an epicenter of pop in that late-50s and early-60s period after the first wave of rock and roll, but Kirshner sold out (in 1963) to Columbia Pictures, right before The Beatles turned the equation around again. :(

[najishow]

fantastic footage. Great sound! Thank you!

[cryptrider]

I actually have the album that includes this song!

Never thought I would get to see it on video.

Wonderful!

[NorbertZF]

What a total surprise! I grew up with my dad playing their records and listening to them on his favorite radio station. This is when popular music was STILL music! Not the nihilistic crapola that exists today.

[bearcub410]

wonderful love the 1940's thanks so low tech love it. thanks !!!!

[Rbigraff]

The Three Suns were a big influence on me musically. They originally wrote the hit song Twilight Time which is a staple in my play list.

[patanywhere]

Go Morty!

[eclecticstars]

Oh fantastic or should I say cheesetastic.. or maybe tat-tastic.

[revbeni]

I love this!! The Hammond Organ sounds so powerful and beautiful, nothing can touch it. THANKS FOR POSTING!

[iluvmyb3]

Hammond organ rules!