The Hi-lo's - Goody, Goody

[LOMBARDISPACKERS1]

THIS IS MUSIC !

[minpinned]

The Hi-Los were a vocal jazz ensemble as we've come to know it. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross were another kind of vocal jazz ensemble that didn't catch on as much, but both were innovators in distinct traditions. Hi-Los, close-harmony tradition: harmonic virtuosity and precision; LHR, bebop tradition: musical freedom, lyrical creativity and melodic spontaneity in the bebop tradition.

[prezglick4]

I have listened to just about every vocal group ,from the Boswell Sisters to Take 6,and almost everyone in between. The Hi Lo's are the greatest. Never before or since have 4 people stood together before a mic, open their months,and produced such beautiful music. The Hi Lo's are a group of 4 musicians that had such a sound that we will never experience again live. Thank god they have left us some great documents to hear them. And their arrangements were VERY hard. True genius.

[NormDoneg5]

EVERY BODY FOR GETS ABOUT THE GROUP CALLED, LAMBERT HENDRICKS &

ROSS. THERE WERE ONLY THREE OF THEM AND THEY WERE STRONG.

[Abillywoprocker]

Foda essa versão 40's !

[RIMSHOTSON2AND4]

Anybody else catch Clark Burroughs' little error at 1:10...he sings "Goody, Goody f..." I'm guessing he was only supposed to sing "Goody, Goody for Me" with Bob Morse as an answer to Gene Puerling and Bob Strasen's "Goody, Goody for Him"

[jibcraip]

@RIMSHOTSON2AND4 Nice catch !! haha Love their smile just after that "incident" lol

[gymer15]

they sure hit some hi and low notes

[damone77]

Of course I have more to say! The high lo's make their harmonies seem effortless. Well, take it from me whoever I am, those harmonies are very difficult to achieve. The Hi-lo's were so adept at doing these incredible vocal charts!

[Rayvontae]

@damone77 I agree! What they do is nothing short of magical. I'm always on the lookout for albums by the Hi-Lo's.

[damone77]

The Hi-lo's are an incredible group! Thank you so much for this post:)

[790graham]

the hell is this shit some stoudio made shit

[denverexec2000]

Great great great.

But I hate the new youtube format, too much work. Put the stats at the end, do'nt make us scroll to enter comments you boobs!

[adamcook6]

People gotta stop hating. I think it stems from a shortage of talent and surplus of envy (although in saying this I guess I am hating the haters)

THESE MUSICIANS ARE OBVIOUSLY ALL RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED!

[esroberto1]

Ask the best vocal group in the world today about the Hi Lo's and they'll tell you they're not a 10th as good on their best day as the Hi Lo's on their worst. Take 6 is only one group who's said so publicly, repeatedly.

And to you worthless flamers who just live to stir up comment wars, fuck off and die. These guys did this WAY before ANY other groups tried, and did it better than all of them, regardless of color or anything else.

[tuzwol]

@esroberto1 ,the Hi-Lo's are great,but actually the Mills Brothers came before the Hi-Lo's,there were other groups who came before them as well.

[esroberto1]

@tuzwol So? The Mills Brothers were to the Hi-Lo's what Lady Gaga is to Ella Fitzgerald -- ok singers with decent schtick, but nowhere near the same class of talent.

[tuzwol]

@esroberto1 ,the fact is the Mills Brothers came before,so it cant be said that they did this before everybody,Mills Brothers are great singers,arguably better than the Hi Lo's,but its a matter of opinion.as for the comparison it should probably be flipped around,but personally they were both great groups

[esroberto1]

@tuzwol The Mills Brothers sang. The Hi-Lo's, specfically Gene Puerling, INVENTED. In terms of the sheer difficulty of that kind of singing, arranging, and pulling off harmonies that are next to impossible, the Mills Brothers aren't even a blip on the radar. This is not an opinion -- the Hi-Lo's are to the Mills Brothers what the internet is to a chalkboard. Maybe you like chalk dust. Maybe nothing replaces the 'clack' of a piece of chalk on a board in your world, I dunno, and I don't care.

[gregoryagogo]

Too bad the copy is so gray!

[LittleLordLoftin]

Well that was ejoyable and entertaining. As for any criticism I always heard - first to criticize last to accomplish.

[MrDavenn]

Let's hear the hip hop version by 50 percent.

[Diamond4life15]

wow white people always loved to steal other people credit especially another race

[jibcraip]

A Special note to People who don't like it or think they are not good : TRY to transcribe their vocal arrangements and then if you managed, try to find 3 others people and sing it like them !! GOOD LUCK !! they are the best !

[theRKINGshow]

@jibcraip I can transcribe it! This is maestro btw from the Take 6 message board. lol.

[dorfnack]

You people that are putting the Hi-Lo's down should try and open your mind about these incredible performers.

Pay attention to the blend and perfection of every single note these guys sang, there was no Autotune or Protools to fix them back then, it's all real singing and real talent!!

[croninuscg]

Benny lived in Stamford !!

[Youngapostle007]

I don't understand why there's so much hating going on. Frankie Lymon sure did do an great job but so did the Hi-Lo's. And Lymon DIDN'T write it. He just sang it.

[caraphyllis]

Since it seems to matter to some people, let's set the record straight. This song is a true "oldie." It was written by two white guys, Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Matty Malneck (music) in 1936. There's a great recording of it from the late 30's or early 40's by Ella Fitzgerald that I used to listen to as a kid. Everybody and their mother/father/brother has recorded it. Franklie Lymon was one of those people. The Hi-Lo's were a major, influential vocal group. Facts are a wonderful thing.

[damienca2ga]

the arangement is not too bad, its just boring. i just watched Marie Adams and the Three Tons of Joy do it and it was way more entertaining.

[Bgod74]

the musical theivery begins!! and they sounded terrible.

[horny88]

Why do things have to be about stealing and racial hatred? You should view it as them paying homage to a great song and composer by performing it themselves.

[eightball919]

Totally brutal these guys blow and if you heard Frankie Lymon sing this i'm sure u would all agree that these guys lick balls

[Rayvontae]

The Hi-Lo's are AWESOME!!

[kodomotim]

SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! But it's best to be shown to all on youtube how whites stole ideas & credit from black entertainers back in the day. This certainly is NOT the case anymore. GOODIE GODDIE!

[Nosseka]

As I have said before: Jackie Lymon didn't write this song. It was written in 1935 by Johnny Mercer and Matt Malneck.

[sondemery]

the white man stole this song from

frankie lymon who sang and wrote this song

[InflatablePlane]

OMFG!!!! Awesome vocal harmonies. I wish I could sing that good :(

[JazzRocks]

My favorite group, along with the Four Freshmen!

[19321214]

Please, don't forget the Clark sisters (1958).

You can find them here on you tube. And to listen to them is a real pleasure, too!

[lorrrence]

see where taxe 6 gets there harmonies!!!

[Benayrunyon]

Gong!

[lukehusky]

RAW TALENT!

[stepped31415]

I dont like this version its plain!

[bxblackboy38]

boooo love you Frankie Lymon

[filcomp]

gotta love Clark Burroughs on all this stuff!

[SingInTune]

Man that's some Mad Blending Skills. Wow

[Lengo67]

Great tune! And the Hi-Lo's do a great job! I have a few of their tracks. Thanks to you, I now know what they look like. Thanks for sharing this morsal of history!

[mocha0030]

Boooooo!

what a lame version in comparison to frankie lymon's. ick!

[Pinkll]

i no that was a loud of crap

[tessasset]

i'm always so impressed at how dense these chords sound with only four voices. gene puerling was an exceptional arranger. he will be missed.

[mharbaugh]

He was the best vocal arranger of all time. His work is timeless.

[boopydad]

yo''nosseka'' it was frankie lymon

[rmo52]

Don Shelton is also a great clarinet and sax player and a very nice guy; last I heard he was still playing with Bob Florence.

[mwb970]

There is also an Ella Fitzgerald version from 1952 - I just downloaded it from iTunes.

[Nosseka]

Jackie Lymon made a good version too, but it's not correct to call it THE ORIGINAL. The song was written in 1935 by Johnny Mercer and Matt Malneck and was recorded in 1936 by Mercer himself. Is it black or white music? Mercer and Malneck were white, but who cares?

[catdogg]

this is a perfect example of a race record. white people were afraid of what would happen if their children were exposed to black music and as a result a perfectly good song was murdered.

[vocalman81]

Maybe you should know what you're talking about before posting. Just a thought.

[TheheirtoEarth]

All four of them put together pail in comparison to the original version by Frankie Lymon. Don't forget that. Check out the ORIGINAL and see if I'm wrong.

[recquilt]

Nobody does it like the Hi-Lo's

[drdalet]

Great arrangement. The vocal arrangements where always from Gene Puerling, who also did the vocal arrangements for the Singers Unlimited. More Hi-Lo's please!

[Piratebreadstick]

I don't think there's been a better vocal group since, even allowing for style.

[mharbaugh]

The Hi-Lo's are the best of all time.

[jaydance44]

this is why sum blacks don't like whites. 1 day blacks gon make a #1 hit, da next day sum group like dis gon take it n fuk it up. da original one of goodie goodie had more everything in it den dis dip shit. R.I.P FRANKIE LYMON

[normster21]

First of all, this song is a standard. Secondly, Frankie Lymon's version of this song isn't the original. Besides, this song has been covered by lots of artists before Frankie Lymon recorded it. If you don't like the Hi-Lo's version, that's your right, but you shouldn't make this a racial issue because it's not. Lastly, I strongly suggest that you do your homework on this song before making an ignorant statement about something that you know nothing about!!!

[Nosseka]

The line-up on this video shows only one Singers Unlimited member: Gene Puerling(to the left). Don Shelton, of the SU, joined the Hi-Lo's in 1959. This clip is from an earlier date.

[buckoj]

Fantastic. Thanks for the post. I didn't know that 2 of them became Singers Unlimited.

[ronjazz69]

I have this hwole concert on dvd!!!!

They're my favorite vocal-group!! Know that 2 of them became later 2 of the Singers Unlimited. I love the Hi-Lo's!!!!