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  • last donut of the night <3

  • i dont think there are any entertainers now a days that put on a show like that and have the women just loosing there dayum minds lol them females in the background was 'on it' lol i would have loved to see someone of his caliber then

  • I tink that one of the TV Networks should do a Big tribute show for the remaining R & B performers of the "60's and 70's ! they are leaving here so fast! Gene Chandler, Ben E. King, Chuck Jackson, Lenny Williams, Bobby Blue Bland And B. B. King are still with us and we should play homage to them! Who should I be telling this to? I want it done, soon!

  • @JazzyJ1318 And Add William Bell to the list to be honored!

  • when I was a teenager this was the last song played at house parties because you got a chance to slow dance (grind) with the girl you been watching all nite but was afraid to ask a dance from.You knew this was your last chance..ha..ha..ha!!

  • Wow. I thought I had the only copy of this still in existence. Very surprised to find it on youtube.

    This is such a tremedous thing on youtube, that younger generations can here these great songs. You didnt in 1965 and you wont ever hear this on the radio.

    Not this live version anyway. This is the way it was. This is history.

  • I was at the regal theater also. I remember seeing many great recording artists for $1.90 I believe. My dear sister took me. Later on she said we could have stayed for the next show. I saw Walter Jackson singing "Welcome Home";  The Four Tops, etc.

  • and im astin u baby and im astin u baby please please please baby baby hahaha!!! sometimes when i look out atcha baby i just wanna reach out and bite cha hahaha and i just wanna ask you one thing baby  where is gene chandler??!

  • He had the ladies yelling like nothing else :)

  • Do people slow dance anymore? This one was the bomb on the dance floor! so many years so many memories!

  • Yes I do rember!!!

  • luv only come once, and when it comes you betta grab, cuz it may not come no more, talking bout keith sweat, and lennie williams begging, shid it came from the duke, i just wanne ask you one thing babay, wont you stop, stop this rainbow in my heart,

  • rainbow 65, and 80, dam he went and did it again, this is my mommie fav, oldie but goodie, she was so old school, right up until the lord called her home on 12/17/06, R.I.P. sweet-lady, i am the youngest of five, all by her husband, our father, 47, and know this song from the back of my head, cause she luv it so well, i am the splitting image of mommie, i want/need her so much, mommie, please listen to my plee, i am looking up above, praying for more of ur luv, i just wanne reach out in about

  • I was humming this today doing some sheet rock. Don't know why, it just came to me and so I thought I'd check to see if I could find it on here. I am absolutely THRILLED and grateful to have found it!!!

    Thank You for posting this. I first heard this at the St. Albans Theater in Jamaica Queens, NYC in 1965 when @jbreezy I was 15!

    I'm now 60 and still spontaneously jump up to do my moves (air mic) with waves of goose bumps running through me, and the volume set at 8 on my 200 watt amp!

  • @miiiishaohmisha i first heard this song in st. albans queens...blew me away! did you go to andrew jackson? i am 62...its nice to see someone who remembers good music from back in the day.

  • @bronze1914 Hey MAN! I'm 61 and went to the HS of Art&Design in the city, but went to summer school at AJ summer of 67!!!.. Ever hear of the Omega 8? We used to stage parties all over Queens from 65 thru 69 church basements town halls even Manhattan Center in the city. Man now you got me thinking about Paisly Park and all kinds of chicks in my past, heh, heh..

  • Classic soul from one of the stars of R&B. His delivery is so passionate it must have been inspired by personal experience. Long live soul music, krxn11

  • first of all i'd like to say that i usually dont like live versions of ANYTHING unless im at the concert, but THIS jam right here is the shit live!!!! For all you younger generation, im so fucking glad ya'll are keeping this real music going... share it with everyone you know, because this is music before it became "the game"!!!!

  • Can i ask the person who posted this, if this is a Gene Chandler record, what was a picture of Ben E. King doing there at 1:34?

  • My mother turned me on to this song last week. I been listening to it everyday since. This is a classic. There might be a rainbow in my heart :)

  • I KNOW I WAS ON;Y ONE WHEN THIS CAME OUT BUT NOW I WISH I WAS GROWN WHEN HE WAS IN CONCERT WITH THIS!! SCREAM SCREAMING ME!!!

  • Im Down On My Knees..

  • i love this song

  • R Kelly reminds me so much of Gene, Maybe because they both Chicago's own but Gene was a headliner in the 60's and he is a great showman, anytime the Chicago Revue came to DC with him as the healiner, the late Barbar Acklin, the Chilites, The Artistics, Lee Charles, and the 5 Stairsteps you were in for a great show.

  • Im only 15 and I can honestly say this is better than the nonsense my generation is playing !

  • @jbreezy37 You have taste jbreezy! Hope you enjoy more! Luv BB x

  • @jbreezy37: If you like stuff like this, you are definitely a soul brother (regardless of color)!

  • I am still hoarse, NEVA got my voice back!

  • theres a rainbow in my heart. Gonna miss my baby i just lost to someone else. love this song today as well as back in the day.

  • Last Donut of The Nite!

  • hey, what can i say? love it!!!

  • MARCUS BROWN: CALICO BAY, NC....JUST INCASE YOU WHERE WONDERING

  • Taking u Way back

  • Shout out to my Brother Michael. His Favorite song.

    Hi YOUTUBE listeners: If your reading this please say a prayer for my brother, for a better tomorrow. Tuff times.

    This is his favorite song.

  • @bchacon21 Prayers on the way. Sure hope he gets better. Tell him to sit down and listen to some good ol music. It will help him. Sure hope times get better. Later

  • What a classic.....so much better than the "music" of today.

    Best music ever!

  • i was there when this was made 47th and SouthPark great times music will never be like this AGAIN!!!! WHAT A SHAME!!!!!!!

  • my girlfriend Patty use to love this song use to sing alll the time, she was 16 i was 15 we've lost contact wish we could reconnect. Where r u girl?

  • Rainbow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw him in person

  • Rainbow!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw him in person

  • OMG This takes me back this man sang ain't the word for it.

  • I JUST WANNA REACH OUT AND BUCK YAAAAA

  • j dilla....

  • I Juss Wanna Reach Out And BITE CHAAAA!

  • mann let me tell u, i love this song, especially part 2, im only 23, man these youngins these days dont have any soul, i put this song on sand sang it to my gurl and she looks at me crazy, man i think i need me a older woman wit some soul, some one who can stop this rainbow in my eyes!

  • &hearts;

    

  • OMG....at the basement parties with the bluelights... grinding with your "the one"

  • OMG....at the basement parties with the bluelights... grinding with your "the one"....

  • the most interesting song and 'no live video'? I'm White and I protest. Gene saved my life.

  • AW SHIT-MY GRANDMA USED TO WEAR THIS OUT!!!!

  • can i get a amen

  • can i get a aman

  • good times at a. wettermark high, we had fun.

  • i LOVE this live version of this song..omg u can imagine how the women was acting at that concert lol im sure they had panties thrown everywhere the way they were screaming and hollaring thru the song haha..

  • @swurvegirl29 i like the girl screaming up front calling him daddy

  • That's wat Imma talkin about!!!!

  • my father used to have this recorded on cassette tape from a 45 with a crack in it...so, you could hear it...but it popped sometimes...lol...I used to think that this cat must of been the man...

    My dad played that tape when we went on fishing trips.....thanks for this one...

  • this is still the bomb many people like myself enjoy it all the time and its very good to listen to when your with that special somebody enjoy the past because the music the play now is all from there just mixed differently they cant seem to come up with anything original maybe because this is the original stuff

  • This song will make a single man want to go and fall in love...Damn I miss good music....

  • I absolutely Love this jon' ri'cheare This cant be rehearsed!

  • Got my heart broken for the first time by an ninth grader. My mother had to stop the rainbow in my heart. She said, "Boy! There will be plenty women where you are going (Bethune-Cookman)."

    -wjw

  • Now that's what you call "SANGIN....."!!!

  • '' plllllllllleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaa­assssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!­......

  • Dilla(Last Donut of tonight)

  • This is my jam!

  • I was in Fort Gordon and used to sing this song in shower. I was new there and a platoon leader who used to call caidance herd me and he asked me to sing it again the next day. I said man, I was singing just feeling it at that time. Homesick. He cut hair and was good at it. He said he woucut my hair for free if I did. The next day, " ther er eres a rainbow in my heart.

  • my cousin came and picked me up to see this performance i was 5 never forgot her or this performance,love you ERMA

  • you make me want to bitcha is what i tell all of the ladies today they just die laughing!!!!!

  • C'mon - who (can) sing(s) like this anymore? Guy was amazing! Who has the video of the performance?

  • i was only 15 years old when i hear this wonderful song,it's still my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • That was a beggin' brotha'!!!

  • @soulgriot Where do you think Keith Sweat got it from? LOL!!!!

  • This is my dad it make you wonder where R kelly got his inspiration for his new song a womans love

  • This was my mother-in-law and father-in-law's wedding song. They have been married 39 years!!!

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  • super musique j adore

  • The only person i know who sampled this is J Dilla on his song"Last Donut of The Night" on his Album "DONUTS". he sampled the beginning of this song, when he was talking

  • gene has got the women screamin their asses off don't he, hope my mom wasn't in this crowd 'cause that means she woulda' been acting a fool too........all joken aside gene sung the hell outta this

  • my song of affirmation.....wasn't a little kid anymore.... :-)

  • I was a sophomore in high school when this hit the air waves. Is just as good now as it was then!

  • I love this.........thanks!!!!!!!

  • grew up on this song

  • I still remember every word of this song. Can't believe it was 45 years ago. Still sounds good.

  • @NoMoreBickering Me too!!

  • maaaaannnnn!!!! i was about 12 or 13 when i first heard this song.. it really changed my perception of music. 18 years later it still ROCKS!!! tell me bout someone that can say PLEEEEEEASE! better than Gene Chandler... I dare you!!

  • one of my favorites....love this song

  • one of my all time favorites..saw him sing this at the regal and this girl jumped on the stage and held on to him for most of the song..i was soooo jealous...thanks for the memories..

  • PEOPLE LOVED THIS SOO MUCH HE PERFORMED THIS SONG MOST OF HIS CAREER. POWERFUL LOVE SONG.

  • I...ESPECIALLY LOVED THIS SONG

  • In the dictionary, the word "Soul" should just have this performance next to. Enough said.

  • I know that he brought the women to their knees!!!!! Because he's doing it to me just by singing this song. Thank goodnexs he's singing on youtube and not in person.LOL!!!!

  • DATZ MY STEP GRANDDAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • jesus- he drove the girls crazy. am sure atleast 1 or 2 must have had an orgasm.

  • You better sing it Gene. I even like his 80's remake of this song.lol

  • I was there

  • Hello father I'm home.

  • I love this song, and get a kick out of hearing the girls scream with such passion :)

  • my mom had me n my twin brother as her personal dj's from the age of 5, we r makin 37, i love all the oldies but goodies, n my 14yr old daughter love lots of the old school her friends think she is weird of course because i taught her the right music, n e way i love gene, he had me lmmfao at this live version i say man.

  • Those girls in the background probably all throw their panites up on stage before they passed out

  • u r so correct, every time i hear the live version when i play it i mock the girl dat scream, i know they had nasty panties everywhere lol damn it was a nasty day.

  • @504GAYWOMAN37 thats the duke of earl for you baby. no body can stop the duke

  • It seems like you can pick a '60s song at random and it will be good.

  • ooh lawd my mom would play this all the time.. nd now i love it lol

  • an I'm askin you baby, an im askin you baby, Please. I just want to reach out and BITE

    LAWDY, LAWDY, LAWDY GET THE THE DEPENDS. where is part two )-; I must have gone over the rainbow (-; Thank You for Posting

  • im only 16 and my mom got me hooked to this!!

  • Love this song! There was a group call "The Boogie Kings" that Jerry "count" Jackson sang this OMG he did it justice. And A band out of Houston The Gratful Geezers Henry knows he can do this song with Soul.

  • JAM

  • Now, That is real MUSIC.

  • AHH he can sing it!

  • Still sounds the same today!

  • I love this version. I love this song.

    There's a rainbow. I hear this song just about every Friday on KTSU 90.9 FM

    in Houston, Texas

  • listen to me please!!!!! i luv it

  • This man can still hit those notes!!! Need Depends for us MATURE women that listen to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Im hear at 56 and rem him and this song crusin in my hubbys 56 chey belair back then ouch you go Gene........................

  • Chicago Westside 1975!

    15th/Kedzie....Party, party, party!!!!

  • ma mama told me how the girls used to fall apart over him. i couldn't understand why then. but i hear you now mama

  • i juss wanna ask u one thinggg on thingggggggggg

    stoppp this rainbow

  • lol!!!!! I love this rainbow!!!!

  • Please tell me why you mix Ben E. King's photo 4:33 up with Gene Chandler? GET IT TOGETHER IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT, DO IT RIGHT!

  • Them girls goin' crazy!

  • This reminds me of hookey parties in N.Y.C. , and grinding in the corner.... LOL

  • takes me back

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  • its may carnals rola,takes me back to 92

  • can you grind

  • Wish I was in that audience. I would be the loudest one there. Such a hot song.

  • been looking for this song so long!!! it has alot of memories good and bad but its still one of my favs ;]

  • dilllllllllla

  • all i got to say .. it's in oldie but goodie. def give me chills.. l love this song!!

  • damb this song iz bad ass and im young.i love oldies and when me and my girl are making love u know this has got 2 be the song to play.Classic

  • there's a rainbow in my heart. dam this song is sooooo much of an oldies but goodies . i remember this song way back in the 80tys. i am 34 now.. this is music thdey can not re make this not now or ever.

  • This song brings back a lot of good memories. Lots of parties with the lights turned down when they played this; and it lasted what seemed like forever, but we didn't care.

  • The BESt song EVER..My FAVE...

  • absolutely one of the truly GREAT songs. Takes me back many years.

  • thanks so much for posting

  • in holland aswell takes my back in time

  • Lord, this takes me back! Alot of people don't even know of this song and I think it was one of his best. Thanks so much for uploading it! :-)

  • This was the bomb back in the day

  • classic

  • If you are NEW SCHOOL and you don't know about th OLD SCHOOL, then you ain't NO SCHOOL.

  • This is one of my favorite 60's R&B slow songs ever, it didn't get much better than this one, a 60's R&B classic!!

  • Oh yeah,slow dancing at the garage parties.Monkey Man swore he wrote this song.

  • one of the greatest old school cuts of all time. GBH

  • J DILLA

  • Oh Yeah!

    I was 13, Mr Chandler was in town to perform. I was too young to go and I loved this song. Ran into him as he was coming to the concert site - (yes it was a coincidence I was not stalking) He stopped and gave me an autograph and I (feared? hoped?) he was going to reach out and uhh "BITE ME!" Glad to report he was a gentleman who gave me a life time thrill and memory and no bites. thank you for this track.

  • @Denisepage28 I can relate. I saw him in concert at age 14, I think. Reached across a car giving him my "something" to autograph. He gave me a once-over look and seemed to be saying "she's too young" (At 14, I could pass for 17 or so)

  • "young man went out there and made a name for himself"

    that cut is killer

  • i like te 2e one more, there's more soul in it !!

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  • i saw Gene sing this song at the Appollo when the song first came out amazing that I play it now and it still brings chills this song will live forever

  • I will never forget the day that I played this for my Mom and some of her friends and relatives at a family gathering. I believe they thought they were back in the 60s. I myself who was born in 1963 love this song.

  • love part 4:21-4:40

  • saw him in concert around 1965 at cow palace in san francisco. great performer

  • dam i love this song

  • OMG! I haven't heard this song in years. Sure brings back memories. Also checked out the 80's version.

  • where is the man,gene chandller now?do anyone know?

  • @net20273 still touring and KNOCKING 'EM DEAD at the age of 74 !!!

  • i knew this song word for word when i was 11 and im 28 now. groovin with the old folks! still love the oldies better than current music

  • @smilealot80

    so now ur 30 :P

    im 19 and i also like this ! my dad listen to this all the time im glad i love this type of music alot of young folks disslike it sadly enough! but NP ill teach my kind's how to listen not with your ears but with their soul !

  • thanks sounds so so good to the ears

  • sorry to hear that much love

  • Old School Fire!!

  • I was raised on this!!! Love it!

  • sexy music. makes me wish i had a man by my side

  • i love this shit.....thnx 4 the vid....i bumbed this at 9 or 10 yrs old..

  • This is my JOINT!!!! (makes me wanna ignore current music)

  • didn't know of this song till I saw him in person in Vegas in the 90's. great song and to see and hear the women scream and act that way was a show its self. thanks for the song.

  • I used to love this song i was 3 years old this was making women shrink in there drawls especially my aunts didnt understand it then

    but as i grew older u guys were freakin the air when this song came on.

  • aw hell yeah!!!!!!! that's the jam!!!

  • hahahaha i laugh every time i hear that girl in this song