Okay I'm glad people cleared up that he was lip-synching because my head was about to explode. I was sitting here thinking that there was no possible way that all this time I was listening to a dude at that part.
I love the song "Games People Play" by The Spinners, because it has a terrific beat. I also appreciate the female vocal of Barbara Ingram, because she sings well. It wasn't Henry Fambrough's sped-up male vocal; it was him, lipsynching the female voice of Barbara Ingram, so it's The Spinners with Barbara Ingram.
'1245 waiting for the subway home, so I took my time cause the bell was so along...not far away I heard found a sound sort, could see a thing...games people play , nite day they just cannot stop it. thinking of you, feeling really cool...and not to far ....
For all you people saying its a female singing the part that sounds like a womans voice please listen to "You make me feel brand new". Fambrough just has a unique voice and is part of the great sound that is the Spinners.
Ya'll fuss about who did the falsetto, this old white man's favorite singer in this one is Pervis Jackson who did the fantastic bass part. I have no idea who did the girls part but the salute Pervis who passed at age 70 back in August 2008. I my humble opinion, I think Pervis is right up there with Melvin Franklin, Paul Johnson, Paul Robeson, etc.
Read an interview online where Thom Bell said that it is actually Henry Fambrough doing what sounds like the female voice in this song. Bell said they had Henry sing it and then simply sped it up in the studio to sound like a female. Not saying I totally believe that, but that's what their producer said.
Lovely old philly soul from the best sweet soul group ever. The female vocal on this song was, in fact, the late Linda Creed who co-authored so many sweet soul classics with Thom Bell.
@TheRustone823 Dionne Warwick was never a member of the Spinners, she did a duet with them called Then Came You. However this is NOT Dionne on this song!!!!
@Msredhoney720 ---if you read my message to Briansong , i said " MY BAD , you are correct , it is Barbara " ...don't get all saddam hussien on me now ....
...Given the history between the Spinners and Stevie Wonder--Stevie gave them their first and only monster hit with Motown, "It's a Shame"--it makes perfect sense. So...let it be known that on today, July 12, 2011, Elizabeth C. of Madison, TN stated that it is my strong belief that the "female" voice in the Spinners' hit song "Games People Play" in fact belongs to Stevie Wonder.
...Thom Bell has said that the female voice of this song was done by a famous singer whose name he would never reveal. So, as "Games People Play" is going on in my head, it's overtaken by "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder. The second line of "Sunshine" sounds like it's being sung by a woman, but is in fact Stevie Wonder. Listen closely, and the "female" voices in these two songs sound eerily similar...
Ok, once and for all, I'm getting it off my chest and sounding off on who I believe is the elusive singer behind the sweet female voice. True story: back in February 2011, I was half-asleep in the car with my guy, on our way home to Tennessee from Florida, and "Games People Play" is playing in my head. And then, unbidden, another song by another well-known singer came on in its place, and my eyes kind of popped open in recognition...
how did they come out with one hit after another - then came u, i'll be around, could it be i'm fallling in love, might love, working my way back to u, etc. etc.
The Good Lord really blessed them with good voice, style, rhythm and beautiful personalities.
damm, how did they come out with so so many hits in the 70s - games people play, could it be i'm falling in love, might love, it's a shame, then came u, etc. etc.
The Good Lord really blessed them with voice, style, rhythm and great personalities.
Another Spinners timeless classic. Love both Bobbie Smith, who sang lead on some of their greatest hits (this one, I'll Be Around, Could it Be I'm Falling in Love). Some people are only giving Philippe credit for 2 hits when he was the lead, but he was the lead on many more (Mighty Love, One of a Kind Love Affair, Rubberband Man, Sadie, Love Don't Love Nobody). Philippe is my favorite Spinner for the "soul" he brought and the way he brought each song home, but Bobbie was almost as masterful
@briangsmooth I couldn't agree with you more. I remember watching the spinners do this song on Soul Train. I'm sure Henry Fambrough didn't mind lip-syncing Barbara Ingram's vocal.
@OohMitch And a little trivia here - LYNDA LAURENCE of The Supremes says he was the love of her life..! They were together for quite a while and you're right, Billy Spinner sure could make all the moves!
For what it's worth, Henry has recreated those parts live. I have to admitat knowing the history of this song & watching Henry smiling while lip-synching is hilarious. The next time that I see him, I'm going to have to ask him what he was thinking while he was doing it.
This could be the theme song for many a TV soap opera.
IMHO, CBS's "The Young and the Restless" should ditch their theme music in favor of this Spinners classic. Everyone playing a game on one another, and someone's always left holding the bag when it's said and done.
@Palpatin77 "I'm embarrassed for the dude that had to pretend to lip-synch to the woman's singing in the song"
The dude lipsyncing this song on Soul Train is none other than Henry Fambrough, one of the the most underated voices of the golden age of Soul during the 1960s and 1970s. It is Fambrough's smooth melodic falsetto that fronted classic's such as "Toni My Love" from 1976's "Happiness Is Being With The Spinners" and "I'm Riding Your Shadow" from 1977's "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."
@briangsmooth G-d I respect people that know their music, that post was too hot, only group I know like that is Lennon/Beatles........ty for the trivia
@TheRustone823 No, The female voice is NOT Dionne Warwick. Dionne has a very unique voice, given her history with the Burt Bacharach & Hal David catalog, and I assure you this isn't Dionne's voice. The only songs Dionne did with the Spinners was "Then Came You" from the "New & Improved" Album (1975) and "Just As long" from 1975's "Pick of the Litter Album" which this song also appeared on. The Female voice on this song is the late, great Barbara Ingram from "Sigma Sweathearts" fame.
@briangsmooth you know henry fambrough sang that part he sang the same part when they were older so i dont know where people get that from and he also sang the part on could it be im falling in love
Hi citygal, When this song was made in 1974 - 1975, Phyllis wasn't around yet. Her first work was with Norman Connors 1976 album "You Are My Starship". The female part of Games People Play was sung by the late, great Barbara Ingram. Barbara along with her cousin Carla Benson and friend Evette Benton form the "Sigma Studios" sisters, studi singers who backed a lot of the MFSB & Philly International hits of the 1970s. Barbara died tragically at the age of 46 in 1994.
@briangsmooth Thank you so much for that info. All these years I JUST KNEW that dude couldnt possibly have a voice like that!! .Lol!! But you know Enchantment had EJ who sang lead on "Gloria" and "Where Do We Go From Here". That cat had vocals like a female and could hit some serious notes! But I'm glad I ran across your correction. Thank you.
I wish we can find out for certain that this is a lip syncing or not. I don't think Soul Train did that, listen to the clapping, and them clapping they have to be singing. Also it could very well be his voice. I wish we could get a confirmation from Don Cornelius himself on this video.
The guy doing the female's part is the one that lost that crucial game of Rock, Paper, Scissors that determined who would have to do it that night, that's all:)
Awwww yeah....JHS 135 in da bronx...I'm back with ya when I hear this jam with my baby Awilda making out at her house til her mom was about to come home. um um um...what ever happen to her?????
a really good song from a great group and really what band or singer dosnt lipsink on tv. rather have them lipsink and be able to hear the song loud and clear then them sing it live and it sound like shit.
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I see Oprah Winfry dancing near the stage!!! I believe she is wearing red pants and a pinkish blouse. What do you think? At 1:16 to 1:26 she is staring at the camera!! I'm telling you, it's her.
I can just see them all in the dressing room like, "Well, SOMEbody has to sing the girl's part." And then dude is like, ".........................that's fucked up, ya'll." LOL He looks like he wanted to laugh at first, but c'mon Soul Train! That's hella bootleg
@djsweethots I wish we can find out for certain that this is a lip syncing or not. I don't think Soul Train did that, listen to the clapping, and them clapping they have to be singing. Also it could very well be his voice. I wish we could get a confirmation from Don Cornelius himself on this video.
When I saw the beginning of this video and saw just men on the stage I wondered how they would perform the female vocals. It is amusing. Yet this is a great song.
to think at one time a very very long time ago this was hip, fresh and actually MUSIC people were feelin- REAL music- not the dumb down Bieber, Jones Bros wad of turd we have to deal with today
I remember listening to this song when i was a kid, it was one of my favorites. For some reason it has been sticking in my mind all day. Glad it was on here so I could listen to it.
Ok, The title said the guy was lip syncing and the recording was female but you still have to admit when that camera hit him and he started singing singing the woman part, that was funny. I knew that had to be a woman. I've heard of false setto but that couldn't have been that guy. Still laughin.
@ccalll1 its not a woman, its actually that guys voice but when they recorded his vocal track in the studio, they sped the tape up to make him sound like a woman. if you listen carefully, you can actually hear that it sounds fake, but it was really well done. pretty funny though - it was really stupid of them to dub the studio track over this song, they should have just let them perform it live.
@handsmlake Actually, they did have the technology to do that. Many bands were experimenting with speeding up and slowing the tapes on songs back in the 70s. Case in point - 10cc's "I'm not in Love"
@handsmlake Actually, they did have the technology to do that. Many bands were experimenting with speeding up and slowing the tapes on songs back in the 70s. Case in point - 10cc's "I'm not in Love"
@rwyatt26 A true fool!! Read the posters info -(click on the down arrows for the full comment.) It would sound like the Chipmunks if they just sped it up for one thing, for another, as it's been pointed out: IT'S BARBARA INGRAM.
You all have to forgive me but everytime they showed that guy with the lady sounding voice, I'm just busting out laughing, I mean I can't stop laughing. I tried to watch it again but still, I started laughing. Great song, I remember this when I was a kid and always though it was a woman singing, even though I didn't know the lyric, we still tried to sing it. Come on now, yawl know you made up the wrong lyrics to this song. Instead of saying 12:45,you know you said" it cold outside"
If you read the longer version in the description from above, it TELLS you that the song was recorded with a female vocalist. Bands that appeared on Soul Train, Hullabaloo, Dick Clark, etc, did not sing, they all mouthed the words from their album releases- they weren't singing, nor, if a band; playing.
I will say this is one of the most feel good songs of all time!
KyleIngram123 1 week ago
feels so good ;] golden 70s
philrizzuto1 1 week ago
This is a great song..Always loved it from when I was a little kid. I love the verse when he says 12:45, awesome!!!
nyyankeefan09 1 month ago
check out a great program on the spinners its called unsung u can find it on you tube
allmaninphx 1 month ago
Henry Fambrough. What a f'n PRO. How he did that lipsynch without laughing is beyo.nd me. Deserved a special Grammy.
youngdrjung 1 month ago in playlist llll
Okay I'm glad people cleared up that he was lip-synching because my head was about to explode. I was sitting here thinking that there was no possible way that all this time I was listening to a dude at that part.
marcusallen26 2 months ago
I love the song "Games People Play" by The Spinners, because it has a terrific beat. I also appreciate the female vocal of Barbara Ingram, because she sings well. It wasn't Henry Fambrough's sped-up male vocal; it was him, lipsynching the female voice of Barbara Ingram, so it's The Spinners with Barbara Ingram.
lm2330 2 months ago
The woman's voice on the song is Barbara Ingram... it is not the guy lip syncing it... nice try thought, I thought it was kinda funny.
lilbunnyfooofooo 3 months ago in playlist The Spinners
Forget boy bands these are the ultimate!
laura19760 3 months ago
In spite of the Stylistics and Enchantment this is clearly a woman! It looks odd seeing that man lip syncing!
Elisabeth1903 4 months ago
The genius behind The Spinners success was the GREAT THOM BELL!!!
peppersax 4 months ago
The song just kind of makes me feel good. Todays noise makes people want to kill
skaha77 4 months ago 3
'1245 waiting for the subway home, so I took my time cause the bell was so along...not far away I heard found a sound sort, could see a thing...games people play , nite day they just cannot stop it. thinking of you, feeling really cool...and not to far ....
butifarra61 4 months ago
My Bad, confused the Stylistics with the Spinners.
tommygunn162 5 months ago
For all you people saying its a female singing the part that sounds like a womans voice please listen to "You make me feel brand new". Fambrough just has a unique voice and is part of the great sound that is the Spinners.
tommygunn162 5 months ago
I would gladly lip-synch to this song just to make about $500.00. Some of us have no shame.
oweneden 5 months ago in playlist The Spinners rubberband man
Barbara Ingram died October 20, 1994 at the age of 46....In Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.
What a voice this woman got! Rest In Peace Sweetheart!
MrFacebookhater 5 months ago
Barbara Ingram...... She is the one singing!
MrFacebookhater 5 months ago
12:45
tjsbigidea 5 months ago
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The " Woman " is Dionne warwick
TheRustone823 5 months ago
Ya'll fuss about who did the falsetto, this old white man's favorite singer in this one is Pervis Jackson who did the fantastic bass part. I have no idea who did the girls part but the salute Pervis who passed at age 70 back in August 2008. I my humble opinion, I think Pervis is right up there with Melvin Franklin, Paul Johnson, Paul Robeson, etc.
lookingback62 6 months ago
I loved the age of the Afro.
mingacorre 6 months ago
what the funk...I guess the dude is steppin in for dionne..ugggghhhh
teena82 6 months ago
Read an interview online where Thom Bell said that it is actually Henry Fambrough doing what sounds like the female voice in this song. Bell said they had Henry sing it and then simply sped it up in the studio to sound like a female. Not saying I totally believe that, but that's what their producer said.
ewiz06 6 months ago
Lovely old philly soul from the best sweet soul group ever. The female vocal on this song was, in fact, the late Linda Creed who co-authored so many sweet soul classics with Thom Bell.
adam1416able 6 months ago
The female voice is none other than Dionne Warwick
clarkekent3000 6 months ago in playlist spinners 6 6
@clarkekent3000 That is NOT Dionne Warwick, it is the late Barbara Ingram!!!
Msredhoney720 5 months ago
Where do you get your info ?? Dionne Warwick was the onl;y female member of The Spinners !!
TheRustone823 5 months ago
@TheRustone823 Dionne Warwick was never a member of the Spinners, she did a duet with them called Then Came You. However this is NOT Dionne on this song!!!!
Msredhoney720 5 months ago
@Msredhoney720 ---if you read my message to Briansong , i said " MY BAD , you are correct , it is Barbara " ...don't get all saddam hussien on me now ....
TheRustone823 5 months ago
....My bad, it's July 11, 2011. lol
SleepyBrownEyes1 6 months ago
...Given the history between the Spinners and Stevie Wonder--Stevie gave them their first and only monster hit with Motown, "It's a Shame"--it makes perfect sense. So...let it be known that on today, July 12, 2011, Elizabeth C. of Madison, TN stated that it is my strong belief that the "female" voice in the Spinners' hit song "Games People Play" in fact belongs to Stevie Wonder.
SleepyBrownEyes1 6 months ago
...Thom Bell has said that the female voice of this song was done by a famous singer whose name he would never reveal. So, as "Games People Play" is going on in my head, it's overtaken by "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder. The second line of "Sunshine" sounds like it's being sung by a woman, but is in fact Stevie Wonder. Listen closely, and the "female" voices in these two songs sound eerily similar...
SleepyBrownEyes1 6 months ago
Ok, once and for all, I'm getting it off my chest and sounding off on who I believe is the elusive singer behind the sweet female voice. True story: back in February 2011, I was half-asleep in the car with my guy, on our way home to Tennessee from Florida, and "Games People Play" is playing in my head. And then, unbidden, another song by another well-known singer came on in its place, and my eyes kind of popped open in recognition...
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how did they come out with one hit after another - then came u, i'll be around, could it be i'm fallling in love, might love, working my way back to u, etc. etc.
The Good Lord really blessed them with good voice, style, rhythm and beautiful personalities.
wangtub43 6 months ago
damm, how did they come out with so so many hits in the 70s - games people play, could it be i'm falling in love, might love, it's a shame, then came u, etc. etc.
The Good Lord really blessed them with voice, style, rhythm and great personalities.
wangtub43 6 months ago
One of my favorite groups - one of the BEST!!!
januarypeace 6 months ago
Thom Bell (composer of this and many classics) is genius.
Pirate7X 7 months ago 2
Another Spinners timeless classic. Love both Bobbie Smith, who sang lead on some of their greatest hits (this one, I'll Be Around, Could it Be I'm Falling in Love). Some people are only giving Philippe credit for 2 hits when he was the lead, but he was the lead on many more (Mighty Love, One of a Kind Love Affair, Rubberband Man, Sadie, Love Don't Love Nobody). Philippe is my favorite Spinner for the "soul" he brought and the way he brought each song home, but Bobbie was almost as masterful
ewiz06 7 months ago 3
WISH I COULD GO BACK AT LEAS T ONCE, TO SEE MY PARENTS DANCING TO THIS. I LONG FOR THE GOOD OLE DAYS. SIGH!
summerbabetoo 7 months ago
2:08 Always my favorite part of this song
jrcarter9175 7 months ago
they could dance fo real
kolense 7 months ago 2
@briangsmooth I couldn't agree with you more. I remember watching the spinners do this song on Soul Train. I'm sure Henry Fambrough didn't mind lip-syncing Barbara Ingram's vocal.
eric2181965 7 months ago
I remember this song from when I was little in the late 70s, heard it on the car radio a lot
Anglynn74 7 months ago 2
@Anglynn74 Exactly my experience. Would hear this before I knew who the artists or titles were, just "I like this song Daddy!" and sing along.
Pirate7X 7 months ago
ahh yes ...when lyp synching was still allowed!
bradshaweric 8 months ago
When Life Was Best Understood and the
Simpler Times. Were Around Us.
mrcrystal1217 9 months ago 3
MELODY!!! Where did it go?????
oneluv72 9 months ago 3
@oneluv72 : AMEN!!!
DRUMTOY2002 8 months ago
although it's a pitch higher than the original, they are still flawless no matter what.
Zorbus101 10 months ago
the actually identity of the female voice on this song has never been revealed, Thom Bell wont say who she is, some think its his wife
MotownMaster 10 months ago
@MotownMaster the female singer in this song is Barbara Ingram.....she died in 1994....
HistoryofTek 10 months ago
absolutely smooth WOW!
jrichy3699 10 months ago
2:07 Colt 45
TheMick26 10 months ago
ROCK... SCISSORS... PAPER... You the woman today!!! Gotta hate the luck uh duh draw! Great music though!!!
TheMick26 10 months ago
A true classic...
LandserV 11 months ago
I love Billy Henderson!! Big men CAN MOVE!!!
OohMitch 11 months ago 12
@OohMitch And a little trivia here - LYNDA LAURENCE of The Supremes says he was the love of her life..! They were together for quite a while and you're right, Billy Spinner sure could make all the moves!
ivyfield 10 months ago
For what it's worth, Henry has recreated those parts live. I have to admitat knowing the history of this song & watching Henry smiling while lip-synching is hilarious. The next time that I see him, I'm going to have to ask him what he was thinking while he was doing it.
DatSoulBoss 11 months ago
This could be the theme song for many a TV soap opera.
IMHO, CBS's "The Young and the Restless" should ditch their theme music in favor of this Spinners classic. Everyone playing a game on one another, and someone's always left holding the bag when it's said and done.
StukInBuf 11 months ago
I'm embarrassed for the dude that had to pretend to lip-synch to the woman's singing in the song. But regardless, it's such a great song! I love it.
Palpatin77 1 year ago
@Palpatin77 "I'm embarrassed for the dude that had to pretend to lip-synch to the woman's singing in the song"
The dude lipsyncing this song on Soul Train is none other than Henry Fambrough, one of the the most underated voices of the golden age of Soul during the 1960s and 1970s. It is Fambrough's smooth melodic falsetto that fronted classic's such as "Toni My Love" from 1976's "Happiness Is Being With The Spinners" and "I'm Riding Your Shadow" from 1977's "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."
briangsmooth 1 year ago 26
@briangsmooth G-d I respect people that know their music, that post was too hot, only group I know like that is Lennon/Beatles........ty for the trivia
sirwob 9 months ago
@briangsmooth @Palpatin77 He's lip-synching the female part to the song, but he sure owned it in the performance! LOL
mescfish 7 months ago 2
The " woman " was Dionne Warwick
TheRustone823 5 months ago
@TheRustone823 No, The female voice is NOT Dionne Warwick. Dionne has a very unique voice, given her history with the Burt Bacharach & Hal David catalog, and I assure you this isn't Dionne's voice. The only songs Dionne did with the Spinners was "Then Came You" from the "New & Improved" Album (1975) and "Just As long" from 1975's "Pick of the Litter Album" which this song also appeared on. The Female voice on this song is the late, great Barbara Ingram from "Sigma Sweathearts" fame.
briangsmooth 5 months ago
@briangsmooth ..you are correct my friend thank you for the correction ( feel like a fool now LOL! )
TheRustone823 5 months ago
@TheRustone823 Anyone that knows anything about music, knows that is not , IDionne Warrick.
1234tric 5 months ago
@briangsmooth you know henry fambrough sang that part he sang the same part when they were older so i dont know where people get that from and he also sang the part on could it be im falling in love
trevanismith 1 month ago
ahhhhh, I had always thought the part sung @ 0:54 was by a woman. Great song anyway.
dhucke4assembly 1 year ago
Phylis Hymen sang the female part in the original recording!
citygal226 1 year ago
@citygal226
Hi citygal, When this song was made in 1974 - 1975, Phyllis wasn't around yet. Her first work was with Norman Connors 1976 album "You Are My Starship". The female part of Games People Play was sung by the late, great Barbara Ingram. Barbara along with her cousin Carla Benson and friend Evette Benton form the "Sigma Studios" sisters, studi singers who backed a lot of the MFSB & Philly International hits of the 1970s. Barbara died tragically at the age of 46 in 1994.
briangsmooth 1 year ago
@briangsmooth Thank you so much for that info. All these years I JUST KNEW that dude couldnt possibly have a voice like that!! .Lol!! But you know Enchantment had EJ who sang lead on "Gloria" and "Where Do We Go From Here". That cat had vocals like a female and could hit some serious notes! But I'm glad I ran across your correction. Thank you.
jd7779311 10 months ago
@citygal226 thans not Phyllis, she's one of my favorites and id recognize her voice anywhere
MotownMaster 10 months ago
LOVED IT.
springcolley 1 year ago
Why AM radio still exists.
JLizard 1 year ago
Does it get better then The Spinners?
Myrolex 1 year ago
Almost all Soul Train performances were lip synchs of the original recordings.
robaronin 1 year ago
That chic has a mustache!
headley62 1 year ago
I'm am so proud to be black.... We bring music to the world....
rod11672000 1 year ago
@rod11672000 and I'm proud to be a white boy that loves this music
sirwob 1 year ago 2
Buckwheat sounds like a girl. His underwear or maybe I should say panties must be too tight.
headley62 1 year ago
i heard this song n my dentist office and i thought of this video
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
SING IT BILLY!!!!
lvn4life 1 year ago
I wish we can find out for certain that this is a lip syncing or not. I don't think Soul Train did that, listen to the clapping, and them clapping they have to be singing. Also it could very well be his voice. I wish we could get a confirmation from Don Cornelius himself on this video.
DanielSchmidt94521 1 year ago
OMG, I love this song but the guy mouthing over the female part took me completely off guard... LMFAO, too funny!!!!
BJohnsonSimms 1 year ago
The guy doing the female's part is the one that lost that crucial game of Rock, Paper, Scissors that determined who would have to do it that night, that's all:)
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BOSSDIZ 1 year ago
With no sistah in the group performing this one live must have presented some challenges
crossbronx63 1 year ago
What a shame today's music dont sound like this.
Garjaya 1 year ago
Awwww yeah....JHS 135 in da bronx...I'm back with ya when I hear this jam with my baby Awilda making out at her house til her mom was about to come home. um um um...what ever happen to her?????
QueUnlimited 1 year ago
The singer is Henry Fambrough , an original member, not a women. In other words its his real voice. Amazing isn't it?
Knen62 1 year ago
@Knen62-the female voice is Barbara Ingram.
Umishiru 1 year ago
Miss this show. Everyone looked liked they were having fun.
Tesiay 1 year ago
one of the best shows that was, loved it.
i wanted to be on there too.
fanofgerryb 1 year ago
a really good song from a great group and really what band or singer dosnt lipsink on tv. rather have them lipsink and be able to hear the song loud and clear then them sing it live and it sound like shit.
bigmusic39 1 year ago
Dude shouldnt have sung the womans part. just looked stupid when he did. haha
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Disco Ball 9 @ trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort Atlantic City NJ on sat oct 16, 2010. the biggest 70s live disco concert in the world. 13 classic disco acts.
larrytheeight 1 year ago
I see Oprah Winfry dancing near the stage!!! I believe she is wearing red pants and a pinkish blouse. What do you think? At 1:16 to 1:26 she is staring at the camera!! I'm telling you, it's her.
Rock123 1 year ago
@Rock123 I think so too...LMAO
januarypeace 6 months ago
I see Oprah Winfry dancing near the stage!!! I believe she is wearing red pants and a pinkish blouse. What do you think?
Rock123 1 year ago
70s last decade of good black music.
veeseee128 1 year ago
oh my goodness that was funny because i read the comments first/ youtube comments are comediac gold!! lol
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
They were lip syncing but who cares. Great song. How long was Soul Train on? It was on forever!
kristell9 1 year ago
I can just see them all in the dressing room like, "Well, SOMEbody has to sing the girl's part." And then dude is like, ".........................that's fucked up, ya'll." LOL He looks like he wanted to laugh at first, but c'mon Soul Train! That's hella bootleg
djsweethots 1 year ago
@djsweethots I wish we can find out for certain that this is a lip syncing or not. I don't think Soul Train did that, listen to the clapping, and them clapping they have to be singing. Also it could very well be his voice. I wish we could get a confirmation from Don Cornelius himself on this video.
DanielSchmidt94521 1 year ago
That was Henry Fambrough singing the high part. Thom Bell said that he sped up
Henry's voice to make his pitch higher. He sure was feelin' it though! LOL!
esseen100 1 year ago
@esseen100 well he should of just let him sing regular--he has a mellow voice
tigerbull77 1 year ago
they could of at least hired a lady to stand in the back with a cold mic to lip sync.....but they didn't even bother to do that!!
oLdSkOoLkisS 1 year ago
Nothing like Soul Train in the 1970s!
TCall2004 1 year ago
The male lip syncing a female vocal was hilarious! I needed that laugh.
TheBbinca 1 year ago
When I saw the beginning of this video and saw just men on the stage I wondered how they would perform the female vocals. It is amusing. Yet this is a great song.
mikee1999 1 year ago
here we gooooooooooooo...........
DipBlawgs 1 year ago
to think at one time a very very long time ago this was hip, fresh and actually MUSIC people were feelin- REAL music- not the dumb down Bieber, Jones Bros wad of turd we have to deal with today
Jako32 1 year ago
What a great era of music
trainingday47 1 year ago
I remember listening to this song when i was a kid, it was one of my favorites. For some reason it has been sticking in my mind all day. Glad it was on here so I could listen to it.
Anlushac11 1 year ago
LMAO-That's a DUDE!? AHAHAHA! (Good tune, I like it.)
JACKTHETRIXTER 1 year ago
@JACKTHETRIXTER LOL!!! I had to look it up, too cause I was like "No way!". It's actually Barbara Ingram who sings that part....
jetaime1982 1 year ago
classic Spinners......
HistoryofTek 1 year ago
Love love LOVE the Spinners...smartly dressed, beautiful Black men singing timeless songs!
SleepyBrownEyes1 1 year ago
I thought that was a woman singing, too. I just can't believe that's a man!
antij1 1 year ago
@antij1 It is a woman's voice on the original song - Soul Train just used the guy from the Spinners - The voice was Barbara Ingram
2phillysangel 1 year ago
The dude with the mustache singing a woman's range. LOL.
Krazy3912 1 year ago
this is what you call music
robertwillie8 1 year ago
KLAJFKLJAHAHAHAHAHHAKDAHKLD AT THE LIP SYNC!!!!!!!!
Clutchisback1 1 year ago
for anyone who missed it "those were the days"
turtles11756 1 year ago
He having fun with the ladies part...sweet!
rlawton002 1 year ago
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WOW this all N|GGER club sucks!!!
marvelstryfe 1 year ago
@marvelstryfe
solive1 1 year ago
@marvelstryfe you should probably consider killing yourself.
snowstormcan 1 year ago
hi you need a with lyrics cd transfer
joeystrab 1 year ago
LOVE this song!!!
CaptEoNinja83 1 year ago
Hey dudes and dudetts...there were some great music in '75...black or white...this song was played at least 10 times in a day on pop radio in '75.
terrystud99 1 year ago
@terrystud99
Yes, in the carpool going to swim team practice back then, I remember it played all the time. Love that song!
MrUnc82alum 1 year ago
He's singing Dioone Warwicks part? LOL!
1ociejr1 1 year ago
hell we grew up with some pretty cool music ,,,,,,SWEET ♫
archiewawa 1 year ago 7
this is music
robertwillie8 1 year ago
R.I.P. Pervis (12:45) Jackson...
megaladon73 1 year ago
i love this song..makes one heart feel good
randellg45 1 year ago 2
What a sweet 70s memory, thanks...
TheSanityInspector 1 year ago
Ok, The title said the guy was lip syncing and the recording was female but you still have to admit when that camera hit him and he started singing singing the woman part, that was funny. I knew that had to be a woman. I've heard of false setto but that couldn't have been that guy. Still laughin.
ccalll1 1 year ago 20
@ccalll1 he did the best he could
handsmlake 1 year ago 2
the singer has a high pitched voice and
it is not a woman singing. It does sound like one'but
its not.
kgconstrictors 1 year ago
@handsmlake - WAS it a woman's part....or just a part of the song that called for falsetto?
TCall2004 1 year ago
@handsmlake
There is no woman in this group.
skipper8257 1 year ago
@handsmlake ....LMAO!!! I can't believe he sang lip sync that! LOL!
Love1979 1 year ago
@ccalll1 What DIFFERENCE would it have made ANYWAY!!!!! This is EXCELLENT music that I will always ENJOY and APPRECIATE!!!GET OVER IT!!!!!
farwayout 1 year ago
@ccalll1 its not a woman, its actually that guys voice but when they recorded his vocal track in the studio, they sped the tape up to make him sound like a woman. if you listen carefully, you can actually hear that it sounds fake, but it was really well done. pretty funny though - it was really stupid of them to dub the studio track over this song, they should have just let them perform it live.
ACDC7369 1 year ago
@ccalll1
If you see them in concert Henry actually sings that part. It sounds better in my opinion.
JakeJax 1 year ago
@ccalll1 LOL! iDied! Too funny!
Ms1Kitty 1 year ago
A true fact!! Thom Bell admitted that he took Henry's voice and sped up the tape on his vocal part. Definitely not a woman singing that part.
rwyatt26 1 year ago
@rwyatt26 You presumethat they had the technology back then to do that...It was Barbarah Ingram who sang the female parts
handsmlake 1 year ago
@handsmlake Actually, they did have the technology to do that. Many bands were experimenting with speeding up and slowing the tapes on songs back in the 70s. Case in point - 10cc's "I'm not in Love"
fonduedaredevil 1 year ago
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@handsmlake Actually, they did have the technology to do that. Many bands were experimenting with speeding up and slowing the tapes on songs back in the 70s. Case in point - 10cc's "I'm not in Love"
fonduedaredevil 1 year ago
@rwyatt26 A true fool!! Read the posters info -(click on the down arrows for the full comment.) It would sound like the Chipmunks if they just sped it up for one thing, for another, as it's been pointed out: IT'S BARBARA INGRAM.
Triton1051 1 year ago
@rwyatt26 No no, That why I'm here, to see her face, you know, that girl? That's a real mind fart this morning. no no, please, say its not so.
hangemhigh2000 1 year ago
@rwyatt26
100% incorrect.
beowulven 1 year ago
@ccalll1 Was it really?
dancinonasmoothedge 1 year ago
@ccalll1 look at them singing years later
trevanismith 1 year ago
You all have to forgive me but everytime they showed that guy with the lady sounding voice, I'm just busting out laughing, I mean I can't stop laughing. I tried to watch it again but still, I started laughing. Great song, I remember this when I was a kid and always though it was a woman singing, even though I didn't know the lyric, we still tried to sing it. Come on now, yawl know you made up the wrong lyrics to this song. Instead of saying 12:45,you know you said" it cold outside"
ccalll1 1 year ago
Man I hated this song when I was a kid... NO I LOVE IT!
Ragtubecom 1 year ago
Love the song, but I always assumed it was a woman singing that one part.
mackhine 1 year ago
love those spinners--make u feel good
tigerbull77 1 year ago
this TOTALLY RULES
spiritualaccent 1 year ago
great forgotten classic...
csebrigh 1 year ago
SMOOTH and COOL!
Kwarner722 1 year ago
Barbara Ingram looks different than I expected!
BurtFurnace 1 year ago 7
@BurtFurnace exactly!! lol
unique74muzik 1 year ago
dude that one guy sounds like a chick! like no joke
103094a 1 year ago 2
Just a great classic from the great Spinners!
TheNuwaver 1 year ago
this song is sweet!! the man with the woman voice is just wrong though.......
lLambsie 1 year ago
@lLambsie
If you read the longer version in the description from above, it TELLS you that the song was recorded with a female vocalist. Bands that appeared on Soul Train, Hullabaloo, Dick Clark, etc, did not sing, they all mouthed the words from their album releases- they weren't singing, nor, if a band; playing.
yeahitsme58 1 year ago
@lLambsie
He must have drawn the short straw...
beowulven 1 year ago
one of the best of the spinners love soul train too great tunes!
dhughes59 1 year ago
Looked like a white Spinner in the back round I'm just sayin'.
jimbamboozled 1 year ago
classic 70's
csebrigh 1 year ago
Hit #1 soul, #5 pop in Billboard. RIP, Phillipe and Pervis. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago