the melody is J.S. Bach's from probaly around 300 years ago in 3/4 time. they changed it to 4/4 and made it into a song with lyrics. Music is timeless.
No doubt about it this was the sound of the 60's what a great ti9me to be growing up and in your teens never hear the like of it again, thanks for posting this fabulous song
I also played this song, I was 5 in suzuki class on th eviolin and the 1st time I heard it I thought it was Minuet in G by bach, thought "what? this has words?" of course if bach had words they would have been written in german of course :)
back in the days when people had the talent to sing live. If all you have is a publicistcand no talent (like everyone today) you wouldn't have the courage for live
great thing about growing up in the 50s and 60s is you had so many great songs,and great artists.plus various types of music that hadn't been compromised like today.from soul to rock from blues to country......it was pure.
I always thought this little song was precious ... but even moreso now that I have seen the girls perform it. The lead has a classically beautiful voice, and once the two others join her, it's clear they can ALL BRING IT -- and the SAX work is terrific ... so glad I found this !
Absolutely beautiful! Note that at the end, when the track fades before the voices, it's clear that they have all been singing live! What a nice surprise. I had assumed they were lip synching. Those pure voices are what we were hearing throughout. One of my favorite records!
@surfcityproductions i was listening hard after reading your comment and you are so right. the whole song sounds just a tiny bit different from the record, different inflections, etc. so refreshing when someone can actually sing.
first this is one awesome song, love this style of music!!! but, to bigger things, how do u all feel about how YT completely messed up our channels and took away from view our friends list and how we now have to go about contacting new and old friends!!! thats bull shit!!! i am so pissed off its not funny. we need to be heard out loud u all!!!! they didn't even consult us at all!!!!
This is one of those classic 60's pop songs that were too short. The sensation is like being bathed in honey, and bedding down on rose petals. The pubescence of the girls just complements the sweetness of the melody and of the portrait painted by the lyrics. It is like a rainbow pouring forth from your speakers. This would have worked well ten-years later in an FM-format, with an extended play version. Compare this to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen...see how the pendulum swung in one decade.
Well they must have had something because it went to number 2 in the US and number 5 in the UK,sold more than two million copies and was a gold record.
I love this song,it's classic 60's harmonies and really takes me back,shame they didn't last very long as a group but at least we have this to remind us of how good they were.
I must be missing something unless you all are just warped.
this is a classic 60s track that easily makes my top ten of all time. Just love those lead vocals.....so full of emotion..............under rated group only to be loistened to on vinyl for their raw soul
@TheSuperportero1 Who is this ass Superportero? Who are you, Superportero, you ass? Bend yourself and your "superport" over for your butt buddies. This has nothing to do with homosexuality, which apparently is either your preoccupation.or your occupation. This is about music, and if you don't like it, get lost.
@TheSuperportero1 You obviously have repressed feelings, it might be that your Daddy made you feel it was ok to fancy your brother or it might be that you spent too much time watching the other boys in the locker room, whichever way it is, don't fret you can come out of the closet and nowadays people will not laugh.
Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
This is one of my favorite hits from the 60's. The melody is from Bach's minuet in G from "The Musical Notebook for Anna Magdalena", his second wife (His first wife died after bearing 8 children.) with whom he had 15 children.
@jfficht When I first heard this song on the radio, I was thinking it was Bach's "Minuet in G," which was one of the songs I played when I took piano lessons.
i just can't help thinking, back in the 60's, life was quit diff.t , lol. seeing vids. in B&W and how technology both in broadcasting and the music industry was so undeveloped! but, you can not take away the true sense of god giving talent!!!! there was a time line where song writing/performing really meant something. thank GOD i am old school!!!!! what is so wrong with the world today? love this!!! :))
I played this 45 until it turned from its original black vinyl color to a whitish gray shade; I loved it that much. Might have driven my parents a tiny bit crazy. I still have the 45 and I still have a turntable, too. I don't really need to haul it out and play it because now I have YouTube! Thanks for posting this, FunkSoBrudda!
Watched PBS and love to see the groups and individuals after all these years. See how much they have changed. Some still have their voices like these gals. Great stuff.
Memories. One of the greatest things that ever was. You tube is the greatest site ever to enter the net. I was in the Panama canal zone when this song was
popular and it had much meaning. I just started a 4 year career and my
sweetheart started college. I knew she needed to be set free and I did.
I still think of her and wonder what live would be like with her.
@gotch09 "Outdated" is not what you really mean; I think. What you really mean is that I dare use term that is not politically correct. That I don't reflexively defer to Negroes. The word colored is a polite referent to describe their racial/ethnic group, and an accurate one at that. I would encourage you to report me to the the federal government if you are an American or to the United Nations human rights commission for violating the civil rights of The Toys if you aren't. Live free or die!
@bjc1961bjc No, I'm serious. The term "colored people" is associated with ignorance, backwardness,stupidity and a total lack of education. In the south that's usually who uses that term. As far as reporting you to the UN or federal government-I'Il get right on that,. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
@gotch09 Frankly, I'm not surprised. Please use proper grammar and spelling. You must capitalize a direction when it is used to refer to a region of the country; hence the South or the West is the proper usage not "the south" as you so ignorantly put it. You degenerate baby boomers can't handle dissent. I will use what words I choose, and if "people" of your ilk don't like it so much the better.
@gotch09 You can't leave it alone can you? Not everyone has the same views or attitudes. A big surprise for you apparently. Pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for defending the "downtrodden" misfits and outcasts of society, and then send your donation to the NAACP or SPLC. Don't forget to feel smug and morally superior, not for any actions or deeds done, but for the ideas that you hold.
@bjc1961bjc Another brilliant argument I see. How can I possibly argue with such brilliance? Why, I'd have to dig Albert Einstein, to win any argument with you, wouldn't I??
@gotch09 First, I'm called ignorant and stupid then ridiculed for being "brilliant". You should make up your mind as consistency is a virtue. I don't expect anyone to agree with me. I for one will stand for free speech and liberty as opposed to the straight-jacket of political conformity. Give me liberty, or give me death!
@VeggieLover001 That's correct. When I first heard this song on the radio, I was thinking it was Bach's "Minuet in G." I knew because that was one of the songs I played when I took piano lessons.
when I see these vintage videos, my heart just long for those days of innocence and non complication, even in the "hood". I'll always will be true to the old school. I love everything (maybe not everything) about that era. How fortunate am I...
Man,.. inevitably when I've seen videos of GREAT COLOUR artist, I find hateful comments below... why??? Trying to define a winner for best musician, artist, president, teacher, priest, whatever by their skin colour is ABSURD! We are all humans, it's got nothing to do with the race... just with the talent one's born with... very MUCH regardless of our race...
@alexyalan it has everything to do with race black soul music is just that and white music is white music. black music is totally different from white music and it is nothing wrong with that. but if u check out the black music videos the white people are in the background looking like that they don't belong there or why they are there because black people were not allowed so that was racist. And we don't even wannan talk bout how some white artist stole black songs. so to each it's own!!!
I get what you are saying. However, I think that classifying music according to the singer's colour is sad... I believe it should only matter whether you have talent or not...
These three ladies really made this song a Concierto with their beautiful voices. I heard this song the other day for the first time in ages while I was at the grocery store, and I remembered to listen just now. Back then, you had to have real talent like these ladies. It's not like the stuff of today where voices are irrelevant. Great lyrics "You hold me in your arms and say once again you love me". They crescendo that, and it's beautiful! Thanks for posting this!
I remember this song from when I was about 3 years old, I remember seeing them on Ed Sullivan and they were wearing earrings made out of flash cubes, which was really hot back then.
I keep hearing this on the radio and never knew who sang it. It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Glad I was able to finally find the name of the song and the artist.
This is definitely not the recorded track of the voices--it is very different, inflections etc. The instrumentation might be played for them to sing to, but definitely 'live' singing. Still one of the treasured versions of a Bach work, the Menuet.
@voiceguy1 I can't say it was or wasn't recorded, but it's definitely not the original. It's a little less soulful and just a little more operatic. Having Johann Sebastia staring at them probably made made them a little more restrained. They sure don't look as if they're lip-synching; none of that goofy grinning and winking you see when there's no need to sing.
@lrd9999 Actually, in the 70s, it was proven that Bach did not write this minuet. This was in a second notebook presented to his wife which contained not only Bach's music, but other composers as well. This is now actually universally attributed to Christian Petzold. However, it keeps popping up on Bach cds.
@Kaat1220 I guess that means that some still believed it was Bach when this was recorded. It's good to know who the real composer was, but, to be honest, I'll probably remember this as the song that supposed to be by Back but wasn't; unless Christian Petzold becomes a household name. Now I'm bracing myself for the news that "Joy" by Appolo 100 was actually written by Bach's man-servant or something like that ;- )) .
1960s US girl groups rule - or do they? How about Japan's The Nenes and their 1970s hit 'Bye Bye Okinawa', but why can't I find it on Youtube? Oh please someone locate it for all of us out here. Let's start the search now for this Okinawan girl group's hit 'BYE BYE OKINAWA' . Get it on!
Too bad they didn't start the harmony sooner in the song. I never watched Hullabaloo back then. I was only 9 at the time. It's great that I can now see these performances. Thanks for posting it!
Minuet in G major - not written by Bach as most folks believe but probably by Christian Petzold. Still, a great tune written long before rock and roll was ever thought of. (I play it on classical guitar.) Thanks for posting.
The Toys -- Barbara Harris, June Montiero and Barbara Parritt -- got together in Queens in 1961. Discovered at a talent show by manager Vince Marc, the girls became proteges of songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, who wrote The Toys' two hits (this one, which reached #2 and sold a million in the fall of 1965, and "Attack," which reached #18 a few months later). The ladies appeared in one 1967 beach movie, "The Girls In Daddy's Bikini," and then broke up in 1968.
For those who does not know,they're singing the melody of Johann Sebastian Bach's Minuet.
rockinrodney5000 1 day ago
omg
vikki8181 5 days ago
Thanks for posting this. Barbara Harris and the girls could belt it out with the best of them. Great voices!!
ArnoldLayne19 1 week ago
the melody is J.S. Bach's from probaly around 300 years ago in 3/4 time. they changed it to 4/4 and made it into a song with lyrics. Music is timeless.
Timlinthomasp 1 week ago
Great melody,great lyrics,great song!!!
The lead vocalist has such a sweet,
heavenly voice!!! Nothing but class!!!
loungerenownrecords 1 week ago 2
Great song!
Even my mum humming away....
xdecepticon 1 week ago
No doubt about it this was the sound of the 60's what a great ti9me to be growing up and in your teens never hear the like of it again, thanks for posting this fabulous song
brickmakersarms 2 weeks ago
Fantastic song , my mother used to sing it to me and brothers when we kids . Great memories
east9915 2 weeks ago
What man wouldn't love a woman forever who thought like these lyrics!
uplinkz 2 weeks ago
I also played this song, I was 5 in suzuki class on th eviolin and the 1st time I heard it I thought it was Minuet in G by bach, thought "what? this has words?" of course if bach had words they would have been written in german of course :)
Marutkowski 3 weeks ago
Thanks does not seem enough for bringing back special times,Great Girl Groups that deserved more than they got.
vva4844 3 weeks ago
great song!
vally339 3 weeks ago
What do you get when combine Bach's minuet in G with a smooth MoTown sound and The Toys' melodic voices???
A 1965 Classic!!
oneputtsteven 3 weeks ago
i love this song :) it's nice to see them perform it
honeyxlatte 3 weeks ago
Beautiful - thanks for giving it to us.
lelboy 3 weeks ago
This brings back memories of sitting in Sr.Mary Therese's 7th grade class at Saints Joseph & Paul School In Owensboro, KY in 1966.
msmelby1979 3 weeks ago
backup singers were hot hot hot
JesseTheRef 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Toys
never realised the toys were three girls
minidave54 1 month ago
I love this song but it sounds like the lead has a nasal problem!! lol
Unkydunky2u 1 month ago
I listened to this song directly after losing my virginity. It is now my personal virginity loss anthem.
kq1039 1 month ago
It`s Great groups like these ladies that paved the way for the crap we have today.............
MrAstroboy1997 1 month ago
Thanks Mr. Holland's Opus for drilling this song into my brain.
quietpopcorn 1 month ago
my sweetheart used to cruise Lahaina listening to this and other great 60s girl group love songs. one of my favorites
damanfrom808 1 month ago
back in the days when people had the talent to sing live. If all you have is a publicistcand no talent (like everyone today) you wouldn't have the courage for live
BernardProfitendieu 1 month ago
great thing about growing up in the 50s and 60s is you had so many great songs,and great artists.plus various types of music that hadn't been compromised like today.from soul to rock from blues to country......it was pure.
TheBabyboomkidof53 1 month ago 3
Bach arrainged with a MoTown sound, classic!
oneputtsteven 1 month ago
Some songs are like an old friend.
ejcm55 1 month ago
this song has heart and soul thnx for posting
archie977 1 month ago
Took 9 years since i was 8 and I finally found this song thank for posting this
KidShark99 1 month ago
I always thought this little song was precious ... but even moreso now that I have seen the girls perform it. The lead has a classically beautiful voice, and once the two others join her, it's clear they can ALL BRING IT -- and the SAX work is terrific ... so glad I found this !
raiderdanCA 1 month ago
i listen 2 this once a day
bobo4890 1 month ago
love this, proper 60's tune, reminds me of Mr Holland's Opus x
hoddyste 2 months ago
That, is one beautiful song.
thejazzman210 2 months ago
Absolutely beautiful! Note that at the end, when the track fades before the voices, it's clear that they have all been singing live! What a nice surprise. I had assumed they were lip synching. Those pure voices are what we were hearing throughout. One of my favorite records!
surfcityproductions 2 months ago
@surfcityproductions i was listening hard after reading your comment and you are so right. the whole song sounds just a tiny bit different from the record, different inflections, etc. so refreshing when someone can actually sing.
eydie57 1 month ago
class soul isent soul without the voice
fubargilligan 2 months ago
One of the greatest, sweetest songs...
Time2BLoving 2 months ago
first this is one awesome song, love this style of music!!! but, to bigger things, how do u all feel about how YT completely messed up our channels and took away from view our friends list and how we now have to go about contacting new and old friends!!! thats bull shit!!! i am so pissed off its not funny. we need to be heard out loud u all!!!! they didn't even consult us at all!!!!
pacman13434 2 months ago
Great tune. I'm not sure why I like it, but I do. Reminds me of driving alone at night...
muldoon1919 2 months ago
LOVE it !
swampzoid 2 months ago
yes thats what the song is adapted from
psychedelicsam1 2 months ago in playlist nothin but 60s ( 4 )
It IS Bach's "Minuet in G"
Johnk662561 2 months ago
This is one of those classic 60's pop songs that were too short. The sensation is like being bathed in honey, and bedding down on rose petals. The pubescence of the girls just complements the sweetness of the melody and of the portrait painted by the lyrics. It is like a rainbow pouring forth from your speakers. This would have worked well ten-years later in an FM-format, with an extended play version. Compare this to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen...see how the pendulum swung in one decade.
1firevan1 2 months ago
our charmin negrises...wigs & all..
edisonoside 2 months ago
@edisonoside Spoken like a true loser. Congrats.
MattWhatsGoinOn 2 months ago in playlist Toys
This is a great video. Thanks for posting it.
BigSkyShooter 2 months ago
How gentle is the rain
That Bob f*ucked me on the ladder
(Misheard lyrics)
CANNOT UNHEAR IT
CygnusMedia 2 months ago
@CygnusMedia Try. If you can hear that, you can hear the real thing. Lol. I heard what you're talking about, and I didn't want to!
MattWhatsGoinOn 2 months ago in playlist Toys
What a beautiful voice.
CFMD28 3 months ago
Banned by the BBC!
trogoz2001 3 months ago
A lot of the "stars" of today (Li' Kim, Ke$hia, Courtney Love, et al) could take a lesson on class, beauty, and talent from these women.
chaplinfan48 3 months ago in playlist fight scenes 11
Boy, saw these gals in Sattahip, Thailand
in 1969 while stationed there in US Army.
maddadram1 3 months ago
is it me, or does the chick on the left have ridiculously huge hands
stifmystyrbry 3 months ago
@stifmystyrbry It's you.
bluespiral58 3 months ago
@stifmystyrbry It must be an optical illusion. Man, do you have to ruin everything? Lol.
MattWhatsGoinOn 2 months ago in playlist Toys
Well they must have had something because it went to number 2 in the US and number 5 in the UK,sold more than two million copies and was a gold record.
I love this song,it's classic 60's harmonies and really takes me back,shame they didn't last very long as a group but at least we have this to remind us of how good they were.
TheNigelinoz 3 months ago 14
This captures my mood perfectly, Tlly you know what mean
turner6161 4 days ago
Cutie-pie alert: 2:12 - 2:18. I'm a bit partial to that doll.
MattWhatsGoinOn 3 months ago in playlist Toys
@MattWhatsGoinOn she IS the cutest one!
cubanbach 3 months ago
This is a beautiful, uplifting song.
plojka1 3 months ago
I must be missing something unless you all are just warped.
this is a classic 60s track that easily makes my top ten of all time. Just love those lead vocals.....so full of emotion..............under rated group only to be loistened to on vinyl for their raw soul
chrisnottmblanca 3 months ago
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IF U READ THIS UR GAY
TheSuperportero1 3 months ago
@TheSuperportero1 Who is this ass Superportero? Who are you, Superportero, you ass? Bend yourself and your "superport" over for your butt buddies. This has nothing to do with homosexuality, which apparently is either your preoccupation.or your occupation. This is about music, and if you don't like it, get lost.
MattWhatsGoinOn 3 months ago in playlist Toys
@TheSuperportero1 wow thanks for letting me know! I can go ON with my life now!
cubanbach 3 months ago
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who ever invented this song LICK MY PENUS!
TheSuperportero1 3 months ago
@TheSuperportero1 wow a new spelling champ!
cubanbach 3 months ago
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this song so gay that it even makes the gayness look bad
TheSuperportero1 3 months ago
@TheSuperportero1 You obviously have repressed feelings, it might be that your Daddy made you feel it was ok to fancy your brother or it might be that you spent too much time watching the other boys in the locker room, whichever way it is, don't fret you can come out of the closet and nowadays people will not laugh.
rearly62 3 months ago
See below for a much better rendition:
Cilla Black - Lover's concerto (1966)
WistfulnessLonging 3 months ago
could do with some singing lessons.
6/10
WistfulnessLonging 3 months ago
I goyour reference Veggie, I love Mr Holland!
lipplady 3 months ago
What a fantastic sound....so so beautiful
TheHitDetector 3 months ago
Is this song from Fall of 1964?
MrGoldenseal75 4 months ago
@MrGoldenseal75
fall of 1965 i have a book on top 40 and this song entered the charts in October of 1965
0TheSeeker 4 months ago
@MrGoldenseal75 it was released in1965 but I dont know the exact period
Frank332666 3 months ago
Gotta dig that fuzz bass line in the intro!!
AllBobsAllTheTime 4 months ago
@AllBobsAllTheTime That's a sax.
MattWhatsGoinOn 3 months ago in playlist Toys
@MattWhatsGoinOn Even better!!!
AllBobsAllTheTime 3 months ago
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Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!
robertoamor2011 4 months ago
THIS is THE GAY WEDDING SONG!!!!!
MrAaaarrrrgggghhhh 4 months ago in playlist the toys
I love this group
peppatoys 4 months ago
Brings back some lovely memories
WisecrackH37 4 months ago
Beautiful!!!!!!!
elias01 4 months ago
This is one of my favorite hits from the 60's. The melody is from Bach's minuet in G from "The Musical Notebook for Anna Magdalena", his second wife (His first wife died after bearing 8 children.) with whom he had 15 children.
jfficht 4 months ago
@jfficht That is the average family size for a couple living on state handouts on Manchester's finest council housing estates.
nickbaldeagle01 4 months ago
@jfficht When I first heard this song on the radio, I was thinking it was Bach's "Minuet in G," which was one of the songs I played when I took piano lessons.
fishy071 4 months ago in playlist fishy071's favorites 12
@fishy071 It must have been going around--same here with the piano lesson--in fact my teacher Incy Lucas showed me how it was like Minuet in g
88888Rob 1 month ago
Good old video- I like it. That Bach character just might make it big someday.
LOCKED121 4 months ago
@LOCKED121 She did; she married Ringo Starr.
Alikah1 4 months ago
i just can't help thinking, back in the 60's, life was quit diff.t , lol. seeing vids. in B&W and how technology both in broadcasting and the music industry was so undeveloped! but, you can not take away the true sense of god giving talent!!!! there was a time line where song writing/performing really meant something. thank GOD i am old school!!!!! what is so wrong with the world today? love this!!! :))
pacman13434 4 months ago
Back in 1965, my mother bought my older sister a record player (remember those?) and a stack of records.
This was one of the records. What a grand time my sister and I had dancing that day.
I still have the record. It's worn out, but I wouldn't give it up for the world.
ShanghaiJill 4 months ago
@ShanghaiJill How many of those records were from "The Supremes." How many were from "The Beatles" Which did you like best.
oweneden 4 months ago
nice song for the era, this song was made 18 years before i was born, but im still jamming to it now. 2011
BobDorton27 5 months ago
love it
Nance112 5 months ago
I played this 45 until it turned from its original black vinyl color to a whitish gray shade; I loved it that much. Might have driven my parents a tiny bit crazy. I still have the 45 and I still have a turntable, too. I don't really need to haul it out and play it because now I have YouTube! Thanks for posting this, FunkSoBrudda!
violetjm 5 months ago
This takes me back to my teenage years those were the day`s
scarbeytail 5 months ago
superb find !!!
drstevie 5 months ago
I heard a male voiced R & B band on muzak doing something similar with Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, but I've never been able to find it.
scottandrewhutchins 5 months ago
great cha-cha song!!!
just fantastic song here!
cynthia6637 5 months ago
Watched PBS and love to see the groups and individuals after all these years. See how much they have changed. Some still have their voices like these gals. Great stuff.
TheAznative101 5 months ago
I miss those days when musical talent mattered much more than physical appearance.
AdmrlLocke 5 months ago in playlist First Playlist
Memories. One of the greatest things that ever was. You tube is the greatest site ever to enter the net. I was in the Panama canal zone when this song was
popular and it had much meaning. I just started a 4 year career and my
sweetheart started college. I knew she needed to be set free and I did.
I still think of her and wonder what live would be like with her.
4golfable 6 months ago
the great 60s!
msmora921 6 months ago
I had no idea that "The Toys" were a colored group.
bjc1961bjc 6 months ago
@bjc1961bjc What the hell do you mean "colored"? I'm almost 61. And that's a term my GRANDPARENTS used down south.
gotch09 5 months ago
@gotch09 Just trying to be polite.
bjc1961bjc 5 months ago
@bjc1961bjc How would using a outdated word be polite?
gotch09 5 months ago
@gotch09 "Outdated" is not what you really mean; I think. What you really mean is that I dare use term that is not politically correct. That I don't reflexively defer to Negroes. The word colored is a polite referent to describe their racial/ethnic group, and an accurate one at that. I would encourage you to report me to the the federal government if you are an American or to the United Nations human rights commission for violating the civil rights of The Toys if you aren't. Live free or die!
bjc1961bjc 5 months ago
@bjc1961bjc No, I'm serious. The term "colored people" is associated with ignorance, backwardness,stupidity and a total lack of education. In the south that's usually who uses that term. As far as reporting you to the UN or federal government-I'Il get right on that,. Thank you and have a wonderful day.
gotch09 5 months ago
@gotch09 Frankly, I'm not surprised. Please use proper grammar and spelling. You must capitalize a direction when it is used to refer to a region of the country; hence the South or the West is the proper usage not "the south" as you so ignorantly put it. You degenerate baby boomers can't handle dissent. I will use what words I choose, and if "people" of your ilk don't like it so much the better.
bjc1961bjc 5 months ago
@bjc1961bjc Aren't you just brilliant? What else can I say except just brilliant..................
gotch09 5 months ago
@gotch09 You can't leave it alone can you? Not everyone has the same views or attitudes. A big surprise for you apparently. Pat yourself on the back and congratulate yourself for defending the "downtrodden" misfits and outcasts of society, and then send your donation to the NAACP or SPLC. Don't forget to feel smug and morally superior, not for any actions or deeds done, but for the ideas that you hold.
bjc1961bjc 5 months ago
@bjc1961bjc Another brilliant argument I see. How can I possibly argue with such brilliance? Why, I'd have to dig Albert Einstein, to win any argument with you, wouldn't I??
gotch09 5 months ago
@gotch09 First, I'm called ignorant and stupid then ridiculed for being "brilliant". You should make up your mind as consistency is a virtue. I don't expect anyone to agree with me. I for one will stand for free speech and liberty as opposed to the straight-jacket of political conformity. Give me liberty, or give me death!
bjc1961bjc 5 months ago
@bjc1961bjc I rest my case.
gotch09 5 months ago
Mr. Holland was right! Lover's Concerto is Bach's Minuet in G Major~! (like if you get the reference)
VeggieLover001 6 months ago 37
@VeggieLover001 It started off as a piano student's exercise apparently.
gnash555 5 months ago
@VeggieLover001 I only just heard about this a few days ago. It's also in 4/4 instead of 3/4
Wolfan00 4 months ago
@VeggieLover001 That's correct. When I first heard this song on the radio, I was thinking it was Bach's "Minuet in G." I knew because that was one of the songs I played when I took piano lessons.
fishy071 4 months ago in playlist fishy071's favorites
What a great tune.Reminds me of the Scene club in Ham Yard w1 in the mid 60,s
julyarchives 6 months ago
que bien
eDuArDiTozZ 6 months ago
@fairfax17 though im young and i wasnt in the times of the oldies u are correct
MsAwesomeness253 6 months ago
I think the one on the right is a guy, maybe Little Richard.
angriffeins 6 months ago
N.C. GIRLS
reveilleforradicals 6 months ago
when I see these vintage videos, my heart just long for those days of innocence and non complication, even in the "hood". I'll always will be true to the old school. I love everything (maybe not everything) about that era. How fortunate am I...
GOD BLESS
fairfax17 6 months ago
Whoa! That young lady to the lead singer's right is a doll!
MattWhatsGoinOn 6 months ago 8
@MattWhatsGoinOn They're all pretty good lookin'!
SvenDansk7 4 months ago
Still is my the best song ever
ventures64 6 months ago in playlist stephens music
The lead singer looks like Aunt Esther.
bertmustin 6 months ago
Man,.. inevitably when I've seen videos of GREAT COLOUR artist, I find hateful comments below... why??? Trying to define a winner for best musician, artist, president, teacher, priest, whatever by their skin colour is ABSURD! We are all humans, it's got nothing to do with the race... just with the talent one's born with... very MUCH regardless of our race...
alexyalan 6 months ago
@alexyalan it has everything to do with race black soul music is just that and white music is white music. black music is totally different from white music and it is nothing wrong with that. but if u check out the black music videos the white people are in the background looking like that they don't belong there or why they are there because black people were not allowed so that was racist. And we don't even wannan talk bout how some white artist stole black songs. so to each it's own!!!
SuperPeaches58 6 months ago
@SuperPeaches58
I get what you are saying. However, I think that classifying music according to the singer's colour is sad... I believe it should only matter whether you have talent or not...
alexyalan 6 months ago
@SuperPeaches58 No ,it has nothing to do with race of teh person..Onlt with their talent!
What year is this?
Freyja1133 6 months ago
@SuperPeaches58 Pat Boone was notorious about that. He'd rip off songs by black singers and rerecord it.
gotch09 5 months ago
These three ladies really made this song a Concierto with their beautiful voices. I heard this song the other day for the first time in ages while I was at the grocery store, and I remembered to listen just now. Back then, you had to have real talent like these ladies. It's not like the stuff of today where voices are irrelevant. Great lyrics "You hold me in your arms and say once again you love me". They crescendo that, and it's beautiful! Thanks for posting this!
Beautifulmusiclistnr 6 months ago
Superb
ii4uic 6 months ago
I JUST LOVE THIS SONG TODAY, YESTERDAY, TOMORROW,
GREAT MEMORIES
cynthia6637 7 months ago
Im not old, Im a classic :p
marilync6 7 months ago
@marilync6 Please say that again Marilync6
dmissbee 6 months ago
Ahead of their time. Awesome.
Jakefreeway 7 months ago
I remember this song from when I was about 3 years old, I remember seeing them on Ed Sullivan and they were wearing earrings made out of flash cubes, which was really hot back then.
marilync6 7 months ago
@marilync6 wow, u r pretty old, don't you?
GonzaGnR4ever 7 months ago
Ahhhh. Chadsey High School. Detroit, Michigan, 10th Grade. Desperately in love with Cathy Williams. Who didn't know I was alive....LOL
Dougster58 7 months ago
I keep hearing this on the radio and never knew who sang it. It's one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Glad I was able to finally find the name of the song and the artist.
XanderZane 7 months ago 2
11/10
fourkoff 7 months ago
most beutiful song amongst top 10
tawheedization 7 months ago
Man, I hardly remember Hullabaloo, but it was popular way back then.
bargaintiger 7 months ago
This is definitely not the recorded track of the voices--it is very different, inflections etc. The instrumentation might be played for them to sing to, but definitely 'live' singing. Still one of the treasured versions of a Bach work, the Menuet.
biegel88 7 months ago
def' lipsynching. but the are so sweet
floridaboardchick 7 months ago
def' lipsynching.
floridaboardchick 7 months ago
山崎が また美味い。1953年生まれ、
fsg67974 7 months ago
Good stuff!
JoeClawsy 8 months ago
No, Voice guy, listen again to the original. Not even close.
1955tilly 8 months ago
Don't kid yourself. They're good singers, but they ARE lipsynching...that is the original mix.
voiceguy1 8 months ago
@voiceguy1 I can't say it was or wasn't recorded, but it's definitely not the original. It's a little less soulful and just a little more operatic. Having Johann Sebastia staring at them probably made made them a little more restrained. They sure don't look as if they're lip-synching; none of that goofy grinning and winking you see when there's no need to sing.
lrd9999 7 months ago
@lrd9999 Actually, in the 70s, it was proven that Bach did not write this minuet. This was in a second notebook presented to his wife which contained not only Bach's music, but other composers as well. This is now actually universally attributed to Christian Petzold. However, it keeps popping up on Bach cds.
Kaat1220 6 months ago
@Kaat1220 I guess that means that some still believed it was Bach when this was recorded. It's good to know who the real composer was, but, to be honest, I'll probably remember this as the song that supposed to be by Back but wasn't; unless Christian Petzold becomes a household name. Now I'm bracing myself for the news that "Joy" by Appolo 100 was actually written by Bach's man-servant or something like that ;- )) .
lrd9999 6 months ago
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1960s US girl groups rule - or do they? How about Japan's The Nenes and their 1970s hit 'Bye Bye Okinawa', but why can't I find it on Youtube? Oh please someone locate it for all of us out here. Let's start the search now for this Okinawan girl group's hit 'BYE BYE OKINAWA' . Get it on!
ClydeandLavern 8 months ago
I call these real singers ;)
hollydazetribute 8 months ago 2
Too bad they didn't start the harmony sooner in the song. I never watched Hullabaloo back then. I was only 9 at the time. It's great that I can now see these performances. Thanks for posting it!
MrTrashcan1 8 months ago
They were a lovely Trio! Cute Dolls.
franklindavid 8 months ago
forget the doom and gloom that the uk has to offer us just listen to pure quality like this
mrtoptenatten 8 months ago
Minuet in G major - not written by Bach as most folks believe but probably by Christian Petzold. Still, a great tune written long before rock and roll was ever thought of. (I play it on classical guitar.) Thanks for posting.
freddiemesquit1 8 months ago
One of all time favs!!!!!
downdeep35 8 months ago
Love this song!
Becizzle 8 months ago
i love this song when i was a kid...still love it!!
yamsalim1 8 months ago
Take Bach's minuet in G mix it with a Motown swing. What a lovely combination.
oneputtsteven 9 months ago
the best of times for all whom grew up in this era
endless441 9 months ago
The Toys -- Barbara Harris, June Montiero and Barbara Parritt -- got together in Queens in 1961. Discovered at a talent show by manager Vince Marc, the girls became proteges of songwriters Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, who wrote The Toys' two hits (this one, which reached #2 and sold a million in the fall of 1965, and "Attack," which reached #18 a few months later). The ladies appeared in one 1967 beach movie, "The Girls In Daddy's Bikini," and then broke up in 1968.
horarwgt 9 months ago 2
The singer is pretty.
IKSIRB68 9 months ago 2
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destroyed a classical piece :/
Perrygallo 9 months ago
I WAS QUITE YOUNG AT THE TIME BUT I THOUGHT THIS SONG WAS SO BEAUTIFUL,I NEVER KNEW WHO THE SINGERS WERE. IT BRINGS BACK SO MANY GOOD THOUGHTS.
susie13989 9 months ago