Rock Me Baby - Sugar Pie Desanto

[cynthia6637]

Rock Me Baby!!

yes!!

01-26-12

[thejenyus]

she has so much style and attitude. damn.

[DSAK55]

Smokin'

[tsvc2010]

holy shit! that was awesome! she's cute and innocent and then that voice comes!

[TSCherryGirl]

Someone call the morgue and tell them we've got six people with no pulse. ;P

[citizenoftheearth6]

Now I see where Mick Jager got his moves!

[flaminfedora]

damn that's a tight band. 

[Boombatze]

Whooooooo brillant!

[RocknLester2011]

WOW!!!!lost for words!!

[MrWilliejamehuff]

wow wasn't aware of how dirty this song was, till just now.

[MrBottleneckbob]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar Hubert's playing there. I've seen him playing it a few times

[realfoo]

@MrBottleneckbob

Huberts Guitar question?

It's a Bartolini. Made by the Italian Bartolini Accordian Company. Hubert went to Europe with Howlin' Wolf in the mid-60s to play the American Folk Blues Festivals and likely picked it up there.

Pretty sharp looking machine. Check Google Images for pics.

[toobytoob214]

4 all those people who believe or say Bueaty is in the eyes of the beholder when it comes to This Great Talent... I Agree totally !! But not in the negative way your portraying her to seem... She's is Beautiful in her Talent As She Is 2 The Eye.!! U all see the ugly in ur Selves. But 4 us who SEE TRUE, well Nuff Said! She could've " Rocked Me All Night Long ". 4 Reelsz

[Joseline1975]

Those six people need to get their ears cleaned!

[shadx2012]

I need a towel.

[MisssTeee75]

what a performance she ROCKS!!!!

[marti29ish]

you can rock me and roll me all night longggggg

[AntGoesRawr99]

my last name is DeSanto :D this is the first thing that popped up when i searched up my last name ;)

[joehiggs100]

Great, thanks, possibly recorded Granada TV Studios, Manchester UK. Willie Dixon and pals did several shows for the station. NIce that once the aptly named Ms Sugar enquired what tune she supposed to do and was gently reminded she just went with her foot and rocked. I disagree vehemently with the comment by Mr Carspray from a week ago, or Kev as his Mum and Dad and his few blind mates call him. Beauty being in the eye of the beholder.

[tonethebone13yt]

@joehiggs100 Totally agree. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder etc. Sugar Pie is still performing as sexily (if not more) today as ever! Now in her 70's, her voice and appearance has hardly changed at all. Check out her 'performance' at Porretta this summer!

[joehiggs100]

@meamichael Yes,but drunk! Once she was gently advised of the tune she kicked it in. A great act and wonderful to view. I missed this gig but saw similar but smaller TV studio recordings in Manchester UK at the time, one including Victoria Spivey, similarly illuminated.

[toobytoob214]

I tried 2 find it in iTunes .com but can't find it.. Could sm1 plse teach me how I could do I couldnt the u enuff if u would

[toobytoob214]

Fucking song iZ HoT

[toobytoob214]

Can someone plse tell me how could I dwnld this song into my touch.

[kevcarspray]

God she's ugly!

[Trendmunger]

yeah, she rocks me indeed!

[neilembo55]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaa



[keymankeys1960]

man o man I would have rocked her all night long

[vdeferens]

@keymankeys1960 And then again in the morning.

[STRAIGHTAHEAD1970]

Excellent !

[mrtvsmith]

this is so cool

[valdoblues]

absolute blues

[Neequu78]

This is so icky sticky ooey gooey good. Uhh I feel it all over.

[cammoguy2]

Tough crowd. I didn't see one toe tapping! ;->

[maddy091]

Goddd! What a lady! One hell of a voice! Howlin' Wolf tendencies.

[JandritoBlues]

I wouldn't mind rocking her.

[shorelineboy]

i love this lady what a great vidio clip well done and thanks for putting this on

[crusTodd]

WOW! Yeah, great voice, fantastic gritty timbre to it.

[ThomasDeLello]

Cliff James. Hubert Sumlin and Willy Dixon. What more could you ask for...?

[keymankeys1960]

Sugar Pie is fantastic ! Man I wish she would come out and tour.

[mrstanbmw]

she and Etta are related

[TheRyry84]

wow a real sanger and again another lady that has been not as appreciated as she should have been. she is one of the staples in our music today without here there would be something missing today.

[snubbs741]

whoa my first time seeing a live video of Desanto... I never knew she did blues too, especially with the Wolfs guitar man.. Hubert kills it in his solo!!

[Bikossie]

imean she can sing and all but she ugly

[jonny86121]

@Bikossie have you not noticed that talented it ugly... and beautiful is talentless...

Give me ugly anyday bro.

[KiraHari]

@Bikossie And ur point is....?

[Bikossie]

she ugly

[jonny86121]

I'm 23... two words... FUCK... BEYONCE.

Today I realise that I was born.

Check out Big Mamma Thortons version to this.

[anthanihargrove]

@jonny86121 Im 19 and im so into this ... Big Mamma Thorton aint no joke

[Clayblues]

Great!!!

[snakeskin2u2]

Terrific performance from a real artist. Great footage too ! - I wonder what the fun with Wiillie Dixon was all about at the start. I never realised he was so tall .Hubert Sumlin was also good (as always).

Many thanks for posting this piece. Magnificent !!

[huskymuscles]

Also just heard this incredible woman for first time today. I may have a new favorite singer.

[467290]

Hehehe... She's dressed and made up like a real lady, but when she starts to sing, you know that she's something else too :-D

[highlandcommando]

heard her today for the first time, awsome talent.

[11181001]

Nice job, keep it up. New music from Brandon Jarod coming soon, great sounds!

[RockHistoryTube]

AWESOME VID!!!

[DonitaJakear]

Hi brother needs to chat a, Asian women busizz4me.info

[rysim1984]

wow b4 i read her auto i thought mmmmm who does she remind me offf but back wayythen her and Etta wa friends and they sound like sisters... wow i aplaud cause you girls still got it going on. xxxxxxx UK

[sachakpb]

lo que si es que la degracia e fea pero canta bien... Lol

[NauticalNots]

she owns that stage!

[Moneypenny9971]

Well slap my face....this has got to be the closest thing to cool that I have heard in a long time. Nah, I just looked it up in Webster's..this is the definition of cool..I'm hooked!

[robinhoodelittlemafi]

So a warm and powerful voice!!!!

[vootee1]

This is one of the most wonderful people in the world !

[jksonic111]

how can human beings in 1964 just sit there and not flip out on this music.... wierd.

[lorraineedmay]

exceellent!!!!

[MrCollins11]

who happen to the way people use to sing... really dig this style betta.... gud music!

[starlitsky222]

WOW!!!! Never heard her version!! DAMN good =)

[keymankeys1960]

what a concert !! Man ,fun,sexy, is there anything close to it today ? That is a real show.

[Joseline1975]

Yay! Pinay power!

[acmeseed]

She's got some serious stomach pains ;~)

This is great.

[italamarques06]

THIS IS REAALLLLLLLLLLL MUSIC what a singer ... amazing

[MrCaribbean]

the great hubert on guitar!

[bassbob42]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah! This is the real deal.

[mmathenia660]

Is that Willie Dixon on bass?

[chiron8839]

@mmathenia660 - Yeah, that's Willie.

[chiron8839]

@mmathenia660 - Yeah, that's Willie.

[vikingbones]

Groovy sounds. Is there any more footage from this concert?

[freddychiva]

sugar pie #1. most underrated singers. she's better than lady day

[hapzap13]

SUGAR PIE !!!!!!!!!!!

[tbonewalk]

Whoa! what can you say... she's great, and Hubert, in his prime... my goodness! I wouldn't mess w Willie...

[LooMinn]

WOW!

...and I thought Jimi Hendrix @ Monterrey Pop Festival 1967 had the best version.

(Sorry Jim,i this has you beat by 3 years)

Dig those long black gloves!!!!

[Lilyjazzsinger]

I loved it. Brazilian Heart. lol

[sparkescadman]

If she was better promoted then, she would have mopped up the floor with the Beatles and Stones....This is the real thing!

[flaminfedora]

@sparkescadman True dat, true dat!

[Okaydeano]

wow!

[imharpo]

God I love this. Fantistk !!!! 5******

[Accordguyintake]

listening to this... Even through my crappy laptop speakers... I felt everything. I dont know a damn thing about her but my goodness, Her persona really got to me. This is music in it's rawest form, the closest you can get music to directly translate a thought, feeling or idea. Marvelous.

[esti0esti]

Now, just go listen to Sugar Pie singing "Soulful Dress" which was a big hit for her. As I said, she sang that number at this concert too. I seem to remember that her dress was a rockin vibrant red ! Just listen to those backing musicians and know that those were the men who influenced the fledgling sound of the Rolling Stones !!! When these men came over to Europe in the Sixties it was just tremendous - we owe them the deepest debt.

[brenco100]

wow this makes me feel gggoooood.

[africanrudieboy]

(L)

[esti0esti]

I too wasone of the lucky ones to see Sugar Pie back in '64 when she came to the Free TradeHall in Manchester with the great bluesmen : Sonny Boy, Lightnin' Hopkins, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker . . . . an evening I have never forgotten ! Sugar Pie sang her terrific "Put on your red dress, baby, cos we're goin' out tonight. Don't you girls go to gettin' jealous, when I round up all a' your fellas . . . " would love to see THAT on the Tube ! Anyone have it to share ?

[wallisblud]

willy dixon on the double bass........

[PeterTarshisRealtor]

rock me babyyyy

[mycalling52]

I like this version...never heard of Sugar Pie De Santo..Hey, now!!!!

[LuigiLee1961]

A wonderul, sexy lady with a big voice.

She is up there with the best of them.

[Margoil]

@LuigiLee1961 No, she's still alive and kicking!!

[tosha723]

I am ashamed to say that this is the first time that I have heard her voice!! She is incredible and WOW!!! I cannot believe this is my first time hearing her sing. I was born in the late 70's so cut me some slack..lol.

[vdeferens]

@tosha723 Slack cut.

[TheBoogaloos]

hey

There all cool great Band great singer.She got lot a soul keep rockin.

Jeffrey Noll

Sax Player.OZ

[catheyeluvsmusic]

rhythmbluessoul--NO TRUER WORDS HAVE BEEN SAID...THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD MISS DE SANTO WAS ON A DUET WITH ETTA JAMES CALLED "IN THE BASEMENT" IT IS FEATURED ON MISS JAMES' CD BOX SET. THE WHOLE PACKAGE IS WONDERFUL--CHECK IT OUT--YOU'LL LOVE IT!!

[1951DDR]

Excellent. Sugar Pie really had those Junior Wells manerisms down. Is that Hubert Sumlin on guitar?

[slimloo]

Yes It's Hubert Sumlin on the guitar .

[bobbybluz1]

@slimloo I discovered Sugar Pie Desanto years ago when I was going through Hubert's vinyl and CD collection, he had a few 45's of hers that he was on.

[TheBluesfan12]

@1951DDR yes

[WoodeytheBigEyedOne]

Sugar Pie knows what she doing !

[dreamingmicky]

Such a good year 1964!!

very good....

[diamant7799]

Love it ,thank you 4 sharing kElvis and thank slimloo to upload that video

[allyoursElvis]

Thx KE for this share simply awesome........

[ty73us]

I cant help but think of the gospel song this originated from. Both are great songs but this one's sexy. :) (rockin and rollin and whatnot)

[sebash07]

This is AWESOME !!!!

Thanks kE for the share.

Love it my friend.

Susan xox :)

[qlenda]

Excellent!

☆☆☆☆☆

TY for sharing knowingElvis

[AdemPresley]

Excellent 10 **********

Thank knowingElvis for sharing

[queenlovestheking]

now that's what I call music.

Thanks for recommending this Knowing Elvis. It truly is great.

[annemaree]

Great rhythm and singing...

thanks for this share KnowingElvis.

[elvistheking1935]

Great job my friend. Love it.

TCB. Jan.

[sheltiepaws1]

Wow! my parents used to listen to this:0

This is so great:)

Thankyou so much for sharing, I also wanna thank my friend KnowingE for this great treasure:)

I just love it:)

[XxMyStErIoUsShAdOwxX]

Now thats music :]

The golden years back then?

I think so =D

10+ stars for this

The woman has much talent

Peace

[knowingElvis]

Fantastic Erika thanks for this share baby...Great voice great music.

[MsMoodyBlue]

Great voice thanks Erika!

[isisgaleeh888]

beautiful vibrant woman

loved the beat too

thank you StarPresley77 for this share..

Very sad about her husband...

[ginarosegina]

Love this passion! ha!

[mangeldeth]

Awesome.

[agitoto]

Sugar Pie's Apartment got burned down last year and her husband went back in to save their pet and was killed by smoke inhilation. Sugar Pie is underrated. She should be given some kind of recognition. She needs our help.

[nicoliomytoe]

where can we send donations?

[acotw67]

ANY woman who sings a Muddy Waters song and does it well is cool. Etta James can, she's magnificent.

I think Christina Aguilera, Amy Winehouse,or Joss Stone could do so fairly well.

[artiechavez]

Love Me Some Sugar Pie !

[jvlieta]

como amo a esta  mujer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rhythmbluessoul]

Sugar Pie was a little lady but with a big voice, soul, energy, and humor. Its a surprise she didn't make it bigger. She could have been a Queen of Soul. Some people make it and some people don't. A lot of times its not about talent but being at the right place. Any true soul music fan is familar with Sugar Pie. Sugar was a rare gem, not too many singers have that natural great timing, humor, and life that she has. She was a natural! She could give Aretha Franklin a run for her money.

[rhythmbluessoul]

I'm in my 20's and the female singers today can never match singers like Sugar Pie. Sugar Pie and the other female singers of the 50's, 60's, and 70's use their talented voices, personality, energy, and soul to move audiences, they didn't have to turn around and show their behinds. Beyonce, Rihanna, Ciara, Ashanti, Christina Milan, Cassie, and all the rest can't touch Sugar Pie, Etta James, Gladys Knight, Patti Drew, and all the rest of the soul sisters.

[Ibalon2012]

FILIPINOS BACK IN THE 20s to the 50s AND BEYOND DUNE BEEN LIVIN IN WESTERN ADDITION FILLMOE,MAYNE!!!!

[miniturecabriolet]

not many singers today could match that power!

[ShayaGotRhymes]

This is my grandaunt. She's my grandmother's older sister of 23 kids. My greatgrandfather brought 13 to San Francisco Bay and left 10 there. We're 1/2 black & 1/2 filipino. My aunt still got skills!

[vidnut222]

She doesn't really look it, but she's half Asian....."Sugar Pie DeSanto a popular rhythm and blues songstress of the 1950s and 1960's. She was born Umpeylia Balinton in Brooklyn, New York on October 16, 1935 to an African American mother and Filipino father." (wiki)

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[Mongo76]

Right she is also Etta James' cousin. They grew up together.

[ShayaGotRhymes]

naw etta james and her came up together. but no relation. my aunt helped pen her best shongs though. and never got her credit.

[stillavril]

Great footage.

Where on earth did you find it?

[tacopokey]

it is on a DVD of American blues.Found it at the library.Muddy,Howlin',John lee,Sonny boy,etc..etc

[obikmig]

fantastic Voice, fantastic style! :D

[hianksiety]

i LOVE what she does with her face!

[Gordieiati]

I Love that Face...

[elena2115]

That look like my face

[Gordieiati]

LOL...You are so Cute Elena!!

[ExtremeKeiko37]

Haha Elena you want this face

ok I can image you like that

thank you elena for sharing this awsome video MAUH to you

Happy Valentine to you and Peter

[Gordieiati]

Out Of Sight!!

[Keyeme]

amazong voice\m/

[jaegere05]

you go girl!!

[1947white]

By the way if there's any Stones fans out there this IS the birth of the Stones. Mick Jagger would not exist without Sugar Pie and Keef would not exist without Hubert Sumlin. I bet there out there in the audience sponging this up and scheming....

[1947white]

Wow this is such an amazing piece of history! Not only one of the all time greatest blues singers but THE greatest blues band. That is the poet laureate of blues Willie Dixon on bass who wrote pretty much every modern blues song worth knowing and Hubert Sumlin on guitar. Sumlin is one of the best and most underrated guitar players. He played on all of Howlin' Wolf's material and has the sickest guitar tone and finger pickin' style (which Wolf made him learn by the way).

[strfruit]

i love sugar pie !!!! thank you for this rarity !!!

[fnkyolsol]

Nice clip, she is one of my favorites, go Sugar Pie! Maybe You'll Be There is a great ballad from her, and Use What You Got a classic rocker. Any chance of having more of Sugar Pie?

[alantoalan]

It's great to see this old footage of Sugar Pie, keep it coming. Come Oct 16th she will be 73 and still singing.

[oldmanriber]

Oh my God, I recorded his off the telly at the time (1964) - I never thought I'd actually get to see it again. What a wonderful performance - she was a great singer and very sexy as well - how come she never made it big? I saw her on the San Francisco Blues Festival last year and she's still got a powerful voice. I presume that's Hubert Sumlin on guitar (and what a guitar). Thanks for posting this - five stars just isn't enough...

[blues4sale]

Great show!