Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis

[16storiesHigh]

bellisimo!

[16storiesHigh]

depends on who you ask

[angeluvmwah]

i miss u geanie rip

[KhemuLuxons]

That is the mighty Dells doing the background vocals.

[Sandering8]

splendid

[prettyblue420]

aww this song reminds me of cruisin with my dad = [

[juicy76]

thats exactly how i first heard the song, in my dads car

[TacoPacoGuy]

actualy firme..

[arlingtonandy]

this a killer....

[selfesone]

kansas?

wtf that shits wack doesnt even compare to cali

[kaktoralagi]

my dejavu song..

[luiseliasq]

this song bring me a lot of recuerdos de mi homeboy ricky valdivia and his family from lathrop califas. god bless him in the heaven ill never forget how they made me feel like part of they family. su amigo de chicalie mexico forever

[koolbossjock]

Everytime I hear this song i think of NorthWest Jr High and my old neighborhood in Kansas City.Great feeling i get, and it always puts a smile on my face.Real Music.

[220yddash]

Yes its been too long. To hear music instead of the crap we here today. Todays female artist need to take some lesson from these "singers."

[nibs2lou]

Just magnificent - so soulful, so yearning, yet so effortless...you get the vibe that she just stepped up to the mic and nailed the song in one take without even thinking about it...it's a straight line from her heart.

[cali140425]

DA BEST OLDIE SONG EVER!!!!!!

[wilcalj2]

Queen Latifah did a nice cover of this

[petegroover]

top tunes dude love your taste proper !!

[gizzyx3]

I LUV IT

[erika1949]

i love this song so much erika

[LyzahRox]

Ive actually had the pleasure in meeting this woman.. Great talent , great person.. Thank you all for supporting her !

[gizzyx3]

i lov this song

[krim4142]

Golden oldies and Raider legends: Will live on, till the end of time,

[doowopper718]

Barbara's lead is just great but props to that great background too........

[squawk77hundred]

Gotta love the Hammond

[randy47501]

sings it the best never will b another barbra lewis

[ameena24]

para mi amor mina de su pelon el enano te amo

[GS455Stage1]

Hey Stubbie70, Hello Stranger, It's seems like a mighty long time. I'm so glad you are back in life. This record came out in 1962 I believe or if not it was 1963. I'm so happy that you're here again.

Love ya,

Sport67

[dkaylene]

Best stuff I heard in awhile lovin this. Debbie

[GS455Stage1]

Hey dkaylene-- This song transcends life, love, & time. It will always be a memory of a wonderful time with my girlfriend.

Sport67

[aberserk9]

1963

[GS455Stage1]

Hey Stubbie70, It's seems like a mighty long time 35 years. I'm so glad you are hear again. I still love you so, it's seems like a mighty long time & it is. Love ya girlfriend.

Sport67

[ssbbw00]

different strokes for differnet folks i love all kinds of music

[tustles]

Excellent Tune Thanks For posting Thanks Smilesweetness for sharing God Bless KTF

[57JHarris]

Old skool...NICE!

[tonypilki3]

Nice is this :) thx for the share Lavene x

[mjaauu]

ooooooohhiooouuuu shuapp shuapp seems like a mighty loong tiiimme shuapp shuap ....

[animepop2]

Both of you are idiots. But if you're really 40, then you're the bigger idiot. Grow up, losers.

[byurlve]

r u happy now?

[chulame84]

HELLO STRANGER love it <3

[1CoyoteSpirit]

I was still in diapers when this was popular in 1964. It just goes to show how a great song like this remains timeless.

[VinylLPs]

I am a local Mobile DJ and this tune will defintely go on my 50s slow dance list.

[robertclemon]

BARBARA SINGS IT LIKE SHE WROTE IT.

[hevyonez97]

shoo bop, shoo bop, my baby........

[victorcastillo1979]

SIMON .BAD ASSSSS.

[CPT310]

if you feel down this will make you more down...lmao

[magnescencja]

hey, that's not true! ;) i'm down and this song helps me... ;]

[Descendone]

yo this is true...her voice makes you just feel sadder

[sheabo77]

shit prtty much but man i love this song tooo much

[bitty88]

Good song! Queen Latifah actually has a pretty good version of it too! :)

[oldcountrytunes]

A different version than the ones in my collection but a ***** one,for sure. Thanks to sailor for sharing.

[CKENNER]

Wow!!! you blew the dust off this one lol

thanks

[belamenina109]

this song is so true to my boyfriend if he ever comes back to me...

[STARBARDD]

Just feeling a little bit down and felt that I needed to check in.

[congaplayera]

It was while searching for an audio rendition of this awesome, precious, and beautiful masterpiece that I got turned out by these YouTube music offerings. Now I'm hooked and spend countless hours listening. This has got to be one of the world's most extensive catalogs of music. Thank you reyesm13 for this posting, from a 63 year-old musician who is blown by all this music, literally at my fingertips - which is what I'm going to listen to next. "Fingertips" that is.

[hernan1551]

barbara lewis my favorite song for ever...

[conradsdad]

Awesome voice.

[Leondi]

incredibly romantic song

[sbaker8493]

i am a romantic

[huerocub23]

i love her voice from 146-148

[ImFetch]

me too, thats my favorite part =]]

[iccarman]

I remember when this was a new release. The voice and the Hammond B3 organ blend perfectly.

[TurnOffTard]

Classic; how is this song anything but perfection? Easily my favorite version, the background vocals are wonderful, the guitar and bass and drums and superb, and there's a feeling and sensuality that are in Barbara's vocals that are missing from any other version

[tosborn59]

I love this song thankyou for putting on youtube. I play this several times aday.

[johnandlat]

me too

[ShortieQue]

Barbara Lewis did do a good job, but check out Carrie Lucas version.

SHORTIEQUE

[2396168]

I remember walking home from summer school in 65 singing along with Barbara on the radio. Super song!!!

[westpoint64]

Correction: Barbara Lewis wrote this song. I didn't know that. That makes her original all the more impressive. I love how much room the music gives her, the simple backup that sounds like what you'd hear given a diva at a club. Barbara's vocal is so clear, well-delivered, and emotional (on some CDs you can actually hear her reaching for air, the mike is so close). Yvonne Elliman's cover is a reverent knockout to me, but this original is the real deal, nobody could've done it better.

[perfect1976j]

Who realy did this first?

[johnandlat]

Barabara Lewis wrote this song herself in 1963. Many other groups have covered it, but no one can sing it like she can.

[Sohrob1]

A true jem of a song. Just beautiul. From a time that music was indeed MUSIC

[GS455Stage1]

I can remember this song when I was growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina listening to the famous "Jacko" DJ on the local Black radio station. It's seem like a mighty time, I will always love you DJR.

[STARBARDD]

This is a favorite GRIND song of mine!

[anye76]

Starbardd what is a grind song??? This is such a good song. I love this version as well as the version by Yvonne Elliman. Good music never fades or gets old. Nice post

[STARBARDD]

A GRIND song is a sensual song. It starts with your shoulders moving slowly up and down and back and forth, and writhing your back into an 'S' curve.

More than likely, you are sitting down reading this, so I will give you the sitting version.

From the 'S' curve movement in your back to the archings of your waist, and undulating movements of your abdomen and lower pelvis, this is called grinding. Incorporate the movements from side to side with that of your hips and you have arrived!

[anye76]

Thanks for explaining this to me. I got a full picture now. Well done.

Smooches

[robertr121]

This rola takes me back to my youth ese. Es de aquellas. Thanks for posting it Reyes.

[2643031]

man this song goes good wit me && this fool i know:]

cys i talked to him again in 4 months:]

hello stranger,,,

[55Medusa]

Queen Latifah redid this oldie, and it also has a great beat.

[Kelski1998]

Before her it was Yvonne Elliman in the 70's who did this song

[55Medusa]

Thanks for that bit of info, I don't remember her remaking this one. I did look her up and listen to her version, I prefer Q.L.'s version.

[westpoint64]

Barbara Lewis did this wonderful version way, way before Yvonne Elliman did hers.

[TurnOffTard]

this is such a good song- just saw an episode of Homicide: Life on the street, this song is used perfectly in it

[MtzCris12]

damn good song takes me back to the hoodin chi town

[1482chelsea]

love this song aaaaaaaaaaaah

[tonylad999]

voice as smooth and sweet as honey.and love the music as well.

[caraphyllis]

One of the best songs ever on the radio.

[tomcat1234beale]

great video

love this song

thanks

thanks Paul for the video

TC

[amd77j]

Ahhh, the Hammond organ, smooth vocals and harmony, and a simple, yet unforgettable arrangement. My, my, my, this is music from a great era. Thanks for posting.

[cherrialbum]

Good night my friend!!

Thanks for sharing with me!!

[FuShengAlex]

barbara lewis......often imitated, but never duplicated.

[mssmokey13]

bad ass rola.

[godfugitive]

too bad it's on this mexican lowrider bullshit. great song.

[cds10690]

it does seem like a mighty long time.....

[yaofengchen]

Is there an automatic replay button? I want to listen to this song all day. Thanks for uploading.

[tajwhite]

This is music. It brings back such memories. Easy-A-Man, OOOH...., it seems like a mighty long time, but my my my, I am so happy that u are here again.

[melissa990]

is not bad

[illplayguitar4u]

sur rats

[BytteBob]

Wow what year is tis from? Sounds almost like ska :P

[johnandlat]

This song came out in 1963.

[viviannamartinez]

&hearts; i HATE THiS SONG &hearts;

[dminze52]

you should hear Queen Latifah/dana owens sing this one!

[BadBopco]

stumbled upon this while browsing... Sure is a shame they don't make music like this anymore!!! I remember when music had feeling and you could here the emotion in the artist's voice, unlike a screaming Mariah Carey...

[pataphysician66]

I hear ya!

[BadBopco]

Sad, but it's true, isn't it....

[hernan1551]

yes i thinks like you, this song barbara lewis and yvonne elliman make two style and the same sweet...

[y00sta]

i rank her with the late mary wells,which is the best compliment i could give ,what talent  mrwarmth ty

[2643031]

HEllO STRANgER!?:D

YOU STOPPED BY TO SAY HELLO!IT SEEM LIKE AMIGHT LONG TIME SINCE I HEARD FROM HiM:(

[JileeSmells]

my uncle tony used to love this song. R.I.P to Uncle Tony

[jo22338601]

Hello stranger just take me back to 1964 and leave My Ass where the real music was.Thanks for posting.

[2buffalo5]

Hello Strangers. Its been a mighty long time. How about that? Sugar's talking some sweet shit.

Go on and talk to em Baby Girl. Its been a mighty long time.

[Pfunkhtown]

oh my god it has been a mighty long time since i heard this one.

[reedog1977]

this song reminds of back in the days wen i was living that crazy life alot of painfull memories alot of dead homboys and my brother rest in peace but wen i hear these songs i remember the good times we had

[clucer]

This song was popular just before my wife and I got married 42 years ago. Yes I am old but still rock in my mind. Hail Hail Rock & Roll. Does anybody like this shit that passes for Rock music today? Lewis is wonderful isn't she? Yvonne Elleman is great on Lewis remakes.

[hernan1551]

hi, you have reason clucer this song is wonderfull and yvonne elliman too

isn`t she? any way this song we are go ahead.

[DJDisco7eight]

You know the jams.

[motown250]

nice track

[79943]

barbara wrote her entire first album. she is from salem, michigan. a very small community outside south lyon, michigan and not far from ann arbor. she never recorded with motown. she came into my classroom when i was in about the 4th grade, (she would have been in junior high) and played a guitar and sang for our class. she had an amazing voice and she still does.

[sweetgoose86]

DEScribes my boyfriend's and I love story!!!

[DanielJ408]

firme ass song

[2020Hoodrat]

didnt mary wells write it?

[alohabyana]

Barbara wrote "Hello Stranger", which went to #1 R & B and #3 Pop on the Billboard charts in 1963. It also received a Grammy nomination. There is a Barbara Lewis fan club at squidoo(dot)com(slash)barbaral­ewis and I have a Barbara Lewis fan page at myspace(dot)com (slash)barbaralewisfan with lots of pictures (a slide show) & lots of information. She came out of retirement and performs in Oldies shows with other Oldies artists. Please visit both sites.

[jimmyhd1969]

Was she from philly?

[luvureally]

she was from Michigan. She was on the Atco/Atlantic labe.

[ladj]

classic!

[tesam16]

this song is dedicated to tha 1 & only man that could put a smile on my face just by reading a couple words i will never forget you!!! for you... "mr.lazy" tha one & only "Tesa"! arizona baby!!!

[2643031]

OOOOOOOOOO iT SEEMS LiKE A MigHtY |0NG tiME.

[tonnyosmond]

had to hear it again .

[apachejctaz]

I miss all the teenage romance, crushes, cruising all the friends school had to offer the good old days I think it's called old school...lol...

[nhgranite1]

dancin' dancin' dancin' in love and seventeen, what precious memories, bought this album, always wanted more.

[barbaralewisfan]

Barbara Lewis at her best. Oh what memories this brings back of my high school days and "reuniting" with my boyfriend (my future husband) after not dating for over a year.

[ZionNeo1]

1963 >>>> OOOooooooo it seems like a mighty long time...Chubap chubap my baby OOooooooo

[HighGradeFever2000]

Reyesm13, thank you for taking your time to post many of the great songs from years gone by. These songs bring back a lot of happy and sad memories that have been revisited thanks to your kindness in posting them.

[seellama]

Thank you for posting! never gets old...

[jivefyve]

The Mighty Mighty DELLS are doing the backing vocals in this song.

[herhandez73]

makes u wish we were back in these days!

[vintageagnes]

THATS the stuff... AWE yeah!

[lorrainegate]

Song does it to me everytime..

Ohh the memories!!!!

Thanks for posting...

[proggoth]

Listen to Barbara stretch and bend that one note....one breath....from 00:47 to 00:57. What style! Gives me goosebumps!

[jo22338601]

Hello Stranger,yet that was ages ago now I'm divorced and I think I'd like to hear and feel thoses old feeling of love.I'll go back to innocent times,nothing like the first time over again.But just want to get it right!memories.

[oldrockfreak]

what a women,what a voice. I only wish they could bring back fhe real stars of rock&roll. So if you're listening Mr. gordy,look back not what you did but what they did.

[jo22338601]

Yes another great slow jam anyone want to BOP?

That was the dance along with the Walk in the 60's I'm lovin it

[amd77j]

Yes, I remember those dances and days. I get misty-eyed when I hear this music and think back to being young and feeling that the world was somehow opening up to me. And I love the beautiful organ in this song that you rarely hear these days. What a sound!

[dseanc]

instink!?!?!?!?!?!?! phew!!!!

[lorrainegate]

Some of the most special memories of my life accompany this wonderful sound...thanks for posting....and the memories!!!

[Fraggle31]

Oldies rule forever! My late, great Tio introduced this one to me over 20 years ago. Love it!!!!

[HouseCat08]

This song just does something to me!! I can't explain but I love it!!

[rpageio]

This reminds of high school. Sweet, bitter times. The elation and heartbreak of first love. 48 years and it is still a great tune.

[rock962000]

i love this song and im only 16... oldies make me think of my gurl

[Aiiwolf]

Yeah I like making movies..and iw ant to bring the old stuff BACK. I hate the new shit with CGI and no story thats always comign out. What ever happen to character development? that what i ask people..it great to progress...but dont forget where music and these different genres came from. indeed bro...indeed!

[shothroughtheart]

Even though i'm 17 this song somehow reminds me of my brother's high school days.

and it's pretty damn funny cause he's 13 years older.

[alohabyana]

A true classic "soul" song from the 60's. It takes me back to my high school days.

Ann Adams

[leenhaw]

Still a great song after all these years. Brings back a lot of happy memories.

Thank you!

[shoopdj]

Seems like a mighty long time since I've heard a kool organ like this one!

[Shelly1419]

Thank You.

[bretechg]

Oh yeah this is a great version..

[latashadouglas]

this is a classic!

[Keezie27]

What a great song

[romeroenrique]

I 'member 'Monte.. El Monte, California! Oldiesville,USA! Long live Art Laboe!

[STARBARDD]

HELLO STRANGER...I'M SO HAPPY!

To the old (some have gone before us), and to the new! It seems like a mighty long time.

[brayton34]

I like the organ on this. This background organ really made a lot of the old R&B and rock tunes. In the video of "A Tibute to George" Billy Preston (RIP) showed how it's done.

[rpageio]

It's called a Hammond B3 and ( a long time ago) I owned one. Kick ass, gutsy and growlin'  It was a mechanical organ and hasn't been mfg in years but you will still them on concerts.

[brayton34]

My friend , Ray, and I just recalled the "Leslie" speaker which we heard at 60-70's concerts. Wonder if your B-3 was so equipped.

[rpageio]

Actually the B3 required a tone cabinet but no one ever used the Hammond speakers we usually used Leslies turned around backward so the T/C horns were visible spinning. We used either Mod 147 or Mod 122RV with reverb. One tone cabinet was usually enough but some guys used 2. The guy who probaby popularized the B3 with other musicians the most was the jazz artist Jimmy Smith. Anyway that was years ago.

[Billy44472]

BEAUTIFUL soul! I'm only 35 years old, and white too. However, had I been an adult in the 60s, it wouldnt have been psychedelic rock that I dug; it would have been SOUL. I love this song; and GOOD QUALITY download too. THANKS FOR SHARING!

[MICKEYSMONKEY]

Another must have cut on any Ol School Soul collection.........MASTERPIECE­.

[STARBARDD]

Everybody has their own sad song. This has been a thirty odd song for me. I grew up with these girls. I was brainless. All I cared about was a fuck. Yeh, that's right, I longed to get laid since I was three year old. This song as well as other slow songs did nothing but to stoke the fire that was burning in me.

This is a HATE AND LOVE SONG. But, I have grown past the hate and I Love The Song for the melody and the inspiration that Barbara Lewis has perveyed through her music.

[GurlzCanPimp2Mayne]

um jajaj yuh lie!!!! lmao and wow a rola like diz fuckin reminds yuh of that shit? then yuh got sum problemas ese lol

[d0L0R951]

lol

[proggoth]

Man oh man Barbara is drippin' with soul.