this was 1 of my mothers favorite songs iv'e known this song from a lil girl the words and all RESTIN PEACE MOM FRANCES ELIZABETH MERKISON LOVE YOUR BABY GIRL CHETTA
Oh my goodness, this song blows my mind. The love of my life always makes me want to make sure that he understands I am that "sweet girl" I love you MAN!!!! My lion King!!!
The year was 1969, I was driving a White 1964 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors (I know I was Kool) I pulled up to the front of Seaway Nat'l bank In Chicago Lake Meadows, But then... Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield Pulls up a 1969 Lincoln Mark V , It was Grey with a 1/2 Black Landau top, and sun roof , All of a sudden I didn't feel so kool... I moved my Lil funky car and did not go into the bank untill they left , "The Ice Man Cometh"
Interestingly, JERRY BUTLER was THE ORIGINAL lead singer of The Impressions.At that time, Curtis Mayfield was there, but sang background (and played guitar) ,with the group. This song was recorded with The Impressions AFTER Jerry went solo.
wow I just heard this I love it, the times when men expressed the truth about their feelings about a woman and love and life and kids and GOD are almost obsolete why can someonne tell my why?
Curtis Mayfield and Smokey Robinson are the greatest black songwriters. This is just one example of the do-it-all Mayfield, who wrote, produced,sang and played on most of Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Major Lance, Walter Jackson and the Impressions songs from this period. Chi-Town in the house!
@MrDwb721 I hear you! Nothing like those Gentlemen today - far as I can see. Boys from the projects who held their own and surpassed greatness to become Legendary!! Can't get enough.
@MrDwb721 So true. His floating, wobbling guitar work was a strong influence on Jimi Hendrix, both on his ballads and rhythm guitar playing. As an owner producer, CM was also going where JMH was going: Owning and controlling his cultural productions. Hendrix also invested in his own state of the art studio, and started his own production company as a springboard to project his own music and own himself. CM was a leader who created space for others. His melodic intuition is uncanny.
On the Guitar is the Great Curtis Mayfield who played the guitar different than most. If you listen to the Chicago Soul of that period, you would get the same killer chops in those songs and it is Curtis Mayfield, who doesnt get enough credit for what he did which is bring soul to the masses.
Thanks for the info....I LOVE Curtis Mayfield's work...when he was with the Impressions (when he was alive, of course) I bought every single record they made!
To everyone who likes good quality music, this song was sampled/rehashed in a song called "Up All Night" by a canadian hip hop artist called Classified.... and no its not that "yo yo pop a cap" hip hop. It's amazing how an amazing classic like this can inspire people of today, and take music back to its roots. Peace and Love from Minneapolis.
I have no words to express how this song makes me feel. This is how a man tells a woman that he wants her! "I wanna belong to somebody just like you"...my, my!!
I was 11.. when this song was out ...watching(sneakin) my older Bros/sis and their friends dancing in the basement to this...sooo awesome..Jerry is still the man !!!
A younger Jerry Butler looks like that actor who played Melvin Franklin in The Temptations movie. He also played the president's brother and the president in 24 the tv show.
@susej1able Thanks For That Comment,You Know I've Got Over 300 Videos Uploaded,And Out Of All Of Them,This One Has The Most Views,And The Most Comments,So Its Gotta Be A Good One,Glad I Could Stir Up Some Memories
@chess1458 i love his every effort,- his is the best moon river- but this one suits his phrasing, earnest sentiment and mellifluous voice. he is not so much singing as praying. perhaps that accounts for its broad appeal. thanks again.
Wow what a timeless classic being a 74 baby is tough because i got teased with all the great music of the earlier generations music and the beginning stages of real hip hop and the late great michael jackson. Now days I refuse to listen to the crap on the radio. None of them can actually sing live and the rappers have sold out to corporate greed and it makes me suffer from nausea
@theeMrpopeye You forgot to mention the best sounding instrument in the mix. The sweet pipes of the "ICE MAN"....they sound so cool don't you agree? This guy used to be one of the back up singers for the Impressions behind Curtis Mayfield. I would pay dearly to see him in concert anytime any where!!!
I see what you mean. I am a 59 year old Black woman and let me tell you, we still had fun and this music gave us a common language. The kids were getting together behind the music. That is why rock and roll was considered the devil's music that and, Oh yes, the SEX LOL!
holla at maewest 123 atl i'm still here skaing it at the club on sunday for old heads and we have a good time like in the old days here in the atl soon iwill get some footage and let you take a look at how we get down on sunday at 4pm for blues in the city with mr R baily cause he is still playing the music but just on cd;s now ,i say keep on singing jerry b.
Thank you for posting. Back in the days you didn't have to talk to women a lot...just ask them to dance to the right song..and the song spoke for you. Good times.
So....Jerry never really left THE IMPRESSIONS... because they're BACKING him on THIS song !!!
williamg2552 5 days ago
Driving his 1964 Lincoln in 1969.....What's the point?..This awsome song came out in 1963.
I guess this brother was trippin
davidbuttram 3 weeks ago
this was 1 of my mothers favorite songs iv'e known this song from a lil girl the words and all RESTIN PEACE MOM FRANCES ELIZABETH MERKISON LOVE YOUR BABY GIRL CHETTA
chettahalo 1 month ago
AS A WOMAN I FEEL THE EXACT SAME WAY....I NEED TO BELONG TO SOMEONE.
JudyGale1 1 month ago
@JudyGale1 Many women say this until someone claims them - then all of a sudden they want to belong to someone else
jonsavant 2 weeks ago in playlist Jonsavant
Oh my goodness, this song blows my mind. The love of my life always makes me want to make sure that he understands I am that "sweet girl" I love you MAN!!!! My lion King!!!
forgive47 3 months ago
The Ice Man Cometh,
The year was 1969, I was driving a White 1964 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors (I know I was Kool) I pulled up to the front of Seaway Nat'l bank In Chicago Lake Meadows, But then... Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield Pulls up a 1969 Lincoln Mark V , It was Grey with a 1/2 Black Landau top, and sun roof , All of a sudden I didn't feel so kool... I moved my Lil funky car and did not go into the bank untill they left , "The Ice Man Cometh"
unclebud09 3 months ago 3
@unclebud09 Ha ha....very cool story and memories...thanks 4 sharing them....
chess1458 3 months ago 2
@chess1458
My pleasure Chess (No pun intended)
unclebud09 3 months ago
@chess1458 looking back ,Glad to share
unclebud09 3 months ago
@chess1458 looking back ,Glad to share
unclebud09 3 months ago
Wow what a magical voice,thank you
whatsthisall 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Jerry Butler
This song blows my mind. Makes me believe in love again. Yes this song tells when a man does want a woman's heart! Melted my soul!!!
forgive47 4 months ago
pure soul and harmony with the impression in background.
sweetrob51 4 months ago
FANTASTIC!
LOVE THE VERSE OF THIS SONG!
I NEED TO BELONG TO SOME-ONE!
cynthia6637 5 months ago in playlist More videos from chess1458
Interestingly, JERRY BUTLER was THE ORIGINAL lead singer of The Impressions.At that time, Curtis Mayfield was there, but sang background (and played guitar) ,with the group. This song was recorded with The Impressions AFTER Jerry went solo.
williamg2552 6 months ago
The ice man at his best. I really love this song!!!
ThunderMr308 7 months ago
This always makes me cry.
blewis9505 7 months ago
wow I just heard this I love it, the times when men expressed the truth about their feelings about a woman and love and life and kids and GOD are almost obsolete why can someonne tell my why?
lhdollbaby 8 months ago 2
Curtis Mayfield and Smokey Robinson are the greatest black songwriters. This is just one example of the do-it-all Mayfield, who wrote, produced,sang and played on most of Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Major Lance, Walter Jackson and the Impressions songs from this period. Chi-Town in the house!
MrDwb721 9 months ago 9
@MrDwb721 Glad You Enjoy It Bro!!!!!
chess1458 9 months ago
@chess1458 i just love it when the history of these masters is revealed to teach the young who are not aware
Thanks
EVER4MJ 5 months ago
@MrDwb721 I hear you! Nothing like those Gentlemen today - far as I can see. Boys from the projects who held their own and surpassed greatness to become Legendary!! Can't get enough.
RBLover1949 8 months ago
@MrDwb721 So true. His floating, wobbling guitar work was a strong influence on Jimi Hendrix, both on his ballads and rhythm guitar playing. As an owner producer, CM was also going where JMH was going: Owning and controlling his cultural productions. Hendrix also invested in his own state of the art studio, and started his own production company as a springboard to project his own music and own himself. CM was a leader who created space for others. His melodic intuition is uncanny.
drjimiboy69 7 months ago
@MrDwb721 Yes You Are 100% Right On That Comment.
donibegood 1 month ago
@MrDwb721 Sam Cook did that also.
cajanwitch60 4 weeks ago
Who does that KILLER Guitar?
jolvare 10 months ago
@jolvare
On the Guitar is the Great Curtis Mayfield who played the guitar different than most. If you listen to the Chicago Soul of that period, you would get the same killer chops in those songs and it is Curtis Mayfield, who doesnt get enough credit for what he did which is bring soul to the masses.
MrDwb721 9 months ago in playlist impressions
@MrDwb721
Thanks for the info....I LOVE Curtis Mayfield's work...when he was with the Impressions (when he was alive, of course) I bought every single record they made!
jolvare 9 months ago
thi sssss s isssss the one...slow dancing two step swing..in the student union at PSC...summer 67...<:) with florence...
4MYNATHEGRATE 11 months ago
To everyone who likes good quality music, this song was sampled/rehashed in a song called "Up All Night" by a canadian hip hop artist called Classified.... and no its not that "yo yo pop a cap" hip hop. It's amazing how an amazing classic like this can inspire people of today, and take music back to its roots. Peace and Love from Minneapolis.
Loc2LocBeatz 11 months ago
@Loc2LocBeatz
That is a good sample on that track. Just listened to it.
MrDwb721 9 months ago
Great song. Thanks for posting it.
pa017064 1 year ago 3
@pa017064 Glad you enjoyed it.Thanks 4 Stopping By:)
chess1458 1 year ago
@SunshineSuperman0999 southern black church feedback sorry i was in agreement with u ;)
lenoxbred 1 year ago
@SunshineSuperman0999 huh? u better speak on it!
lenoxbred 1 year ago
The Ice Man & Smokey, both crooner emeritus.
MegaGoldenleaf 1 year ago
I love this
lenoxbred 1 year ago
This song is so deep and meaningful. It's hard for me to put into words but here they are.
slapbassboy1 1 year ago
I have no words to express how this song makes me feel. This is how a man tells a woman that he wants her! "I wanna belong to somebody just like you"...my, my!!
musicheir73 1 year ago
the name of this song is "Need To Belong." Beautiful and soulful, think he was still a teenager when he recorded this. My favorite Jerry Butler song.
calwaite 1 year ago
This is a classic.
XxXxLETHALXxXx 1 year ago
he just had concert in Il, on 10/3/10 it was pretty good. got to meet him back stage...
NGG4lyfe 1 year ago
I was 11.. when this song was out ...watching(sneakin) my older Bros/sis and their friends dancing in the basement to this...sooo awesome..Jerry is still the man !!!
Thanks Chess1458
diamonduch09 1 year ago 4
@diamonduch09 No Problem,And Thank You For Sharing That Memory!!!!
chess1458 1 year ago
ahhhh... :'D
voodoowop45s 1 year ago
He is still the ICEMAN!!!!
redskindiva1 1 year ago 2
I remember learning to slow dance to this song. It still makes me feel the same way I felt then. WOW!!!! Thanks for the memories.
cybabe02000 1 year ago
@cybabe02000 Thanks For That Comment,Glad You Enjoy!!!!
chess1458 1 year ago
aaaa the days when a man wanted a women's heart, not just her body. where did the love songs go?
sandhilldiva 1 year ago 17
@sandhilldiva Tell me about it! And I'm a man!
gjohnsoningary 1 year ago
CHILLY COLD song...Some hot passion can thaw out a cold heart
chillysardine 1 year ago
"Yes, that is it!!!
Jazzbenzo 1 year ago
Love it, Love it! Thank You!
askanditsbg2008 1 year ago
First time ever hearing this... Very good
repdale 1 year ago
@repdale Thanks!!!!!!!
chess1458 1 year ago
Jerry Butler is just cool as can be.....The Ice man fits.
takemeback2 1 year ago
A younger Jerry Butler looks like that actor who played Melvin Franklin in The Temptations movie. He also played the president's brother and the president in 24 the tv show.
chakafan2 1 year ago
To Bruce N...thank you for sharing this beautiful song.
duvall3636 1 year ago
Everyone needs to belong to someone. I love this easy flow of this song. It allows the meaning to seep into your soull
alaskandream1 1 year ago
thank you for this
bogohoboho 1 year ago
@bogohoboho I'm Glad You Like It!!!!
chess1458 1 year ago
awesome!!!!!!! real music,' i hide my needs from the world with a smile, but understand i am only a man' incredible
keizer05 1 year ago 2
@keizer05 I Agree Totally With You,These Old Lyrics Have Meanings That Music Today Does Not Have,Thanks 4 The Comment!!!!!!!!!
chess1458 1 year ago
Jerry butler.
deac1246 1 year ago
AYEEE . this is my cousin no lie
lovelyuser001 1 year ago
@lovelyuser001 Very Cool,He And I Actually Speak On The Phone Here And There
chess1458 1 year ago
Love playing this song on my guitar
One of my favorite songs
Thank for the upload
rasdennis 1 year ago
This is one of the songs of my youth, real smooth. Well done Jerry....Thanx for the memories chess1458
susej1able 1 year ago
@susej1able Thanks For That Comment,You Know I've Got Over 300 Videos Uploaded,And Out Of All Of Them,This One Has The Most Views,And The Most Comments,So Its Gotta Be A Good One,Glad I Could Stir Up Some Memories
chess1458 1 year ago
@chess1458 i love his every effort,- his is the best moon river- but this one suits his phrasing, earnest sentiment and mellifluous voice. he is not so much singing as praying. perhaps that accounts for its broad appeal. thanks again.
bogohoboho 1 year ago
This is one of the songs of my youth, real smooth. Well done Jerry. Thanx for the memories chess1458
susej1able 1 year ago
Educated. Thanks for that post.
Brilliant voice, brilliant track.
I only knew his northern soul stuff. Now I see the wider picture.
louisrocca55 1 year ago
Wow what a timeless classic being a 74 baby is tough because i got teased with all the great music of the earlier generations music and the beginning stages of real hip hop and the late great michael jackson. Now days I refuse to listen to the crap on the radio. None of them can actually sing live and the rappers have sold out to corporate greed and it makes me suffer from nausea
kaiyeem 1 year ago
Timeless song. This is what I call real music. Thanks so much for this soulful upload!
polishblacksoul 1 year ago
This was a popular hit in the Fall of '63. I remember it was on the radio at the time of the Kennedy Assasination.
DetroitLives313 1 year ago
Can you hear how much you can do with so little? ORGAN,GUITAR,BASS AND ONLY A SNARE AND HI-HAT. Beautiful!
theeMrpopeye 2 years ago 3
@theeMrpopeye You forgot to mention the best sounding instrument in the mix. The sweet pipes of the "ICE MAN"....they sound so cool don't you agree? This guy used to be one of the back up singers for the Impressions behind Curtis Mayfield. I would pay dearly to see him in concert anytime any where!!!
ballisticafr 1 year ago
I was in Greenville Mississippi when this song came out. brings back memories.
jearlg 2 years ago 5
Classified - Up All Night
kintazcity 2 years ago
Aye yo Ninth Wondra
Austinwordup 2 years ago
this is good music
champion341 2 years ago 3
Isaac Hayes' version is great with the horns but this makes me almost wish i was born in the 50s, if it wasn't for the racism.
TBullets85 2 years ago 3
I'm Glad You Enjoy It,Thanks 4 The Comment
chess1458 2 years ago
@TBullets85 1950's racism vs. 21st century racism. *****Such a nice picture of young Jerry Butler
MusicalLyrica 2 years ago
I see what you mean. I am a 59 year old Black woman and let me tell you, we still had fun and this music gave us a common language. The kids were getting together behind the music. That is why rock and roll was considered the devil's music that and, Oh yes, the SEX LOL!
oldbiddie 2 years ago
It was A-6 on the juke box at Williams Diner in Scotlandville Louisiana (north Baton Rouge now).
matthewmckines 2 years ago 2
I Must Say Matt,You Have One Hell Of A Good Memory.
chess1458 2 years ago
matthewmckines...Great memory. I was a senior at Capitol High (soon to enter Southern Univ) and remember this as one of the Great Songs of that era.
buddyroe1 2 years ago
holla at maewest 123 atl i'm still here skaing it at the club on sunday for old heads and we have a good time like in the old days here in the atl soon iwill get some footage and let you take a look at how we get down on sunday at 4pm for blues in the city with mr R baily cause he is still playing the music but just on cd;s now ,i say keep on singing jerry b.
maewest123atl 2 years ago
tiger feat lionel crig sing over it in reggae
gohan865 2 years ago
Noone better than the iceman. Sing for us Jerry.
gjdlld 2 years ago 3
this is one of my all time favorite. truly a chicago classic with the impressions in the background. perfect for walkin.
dusty1390 2 years ago
Glad You Enjoy It,Thanks For Commenting
chess1458 2 years ago
Thank you for posting. Back in the days you didn't have to talk to women a lot...just ask them to dance to the right song..and the song spoke for you. Good times.
Pacoroban994 2 years ago
The Songs Back Then Had Meaning Didn't They?Thanks For The Comment,I'm Glad You Enjoy It
chess1458 2 years ago
I so loving this song all over again after all these years!
DetroitD60 2 years ago 2
Wonderful soul the Iceman always made some real fine jams. thanks for posting this one
soul60sand70s 2 years ago
Thanks For The Comment Soul,Glad You Enjoy
chess1458 2 years ago
thank you, thank you everything the Iceman song was great.
Ttown26 2 years ago
This is one of my all time favorites and one of my earliest memories of listening to the radio. Thanks so much for posting it here.
DetroitD60 2 years ago
Wonderfull song.
Thanks.
ocmar0415 3 years ago