I found this gem looking through the Newbeats' catalogue of pefomances here. I don't ever remember this - don't think it ever made it in the UK, but I'm glad I found it. Larry had a voice that could shatter glass, and just listen to the girls scream once he starts. Great doo-wop from the Mathis brothers. It has a lovely feel to it.
looking at some of the comments left here over the last couple months I think someone like me from those days could put things in proper perspective. the new beats weren't ment to be taken seriously. fun and humor were the major aim of their act.and people liked it. so much so that they had a major hit with "bread and butter". and they had a good groove to their tunes. silly pop songs for fun had always been around. groups like this were abit of a counter balance to the british invasion.
This group is one of the most disturbing musical entities I've ever become aware of. At first I thought it was a joke. They look awful, and sound even worse. All their songs sound the same. This is not music. I can't believe those girls are all screaming at these unattractive men with the worst hair styles of all time.
Its called Falsetto .. and there are several that can sing in falsetto.. in rock music, notably by Bon Iver, Rush, The Mars Volta, Coheed & Cambria, and Muse...Also Folks like Frankie Valli
Okay, while I won't deny talent when I see it, there is a threshold to my capacity for the strange and the absurd...This chicken-man breaches it in a few seconds...
Ah nostalgia...[He stares into space as a sentimental tear glistens in his eye] The song was popular away back in '64 when I was a wee lad of 10. I liked Bread and Butter as well but this song was better. Alas, until I searched diligently I had not heard it since '64. Isn't the internet just grand?
@jonathanprobber ...I'm in total agreement! Nowadays the words "unique" and "original" certainly can't be tagged onto what people try to pass off as "music". Henley didn't sound like anybody, and the great falsetto singers of that era (Valli, Henley, St. John, Christie...) all were unique in their style and sound.
this cracks me up- the lead singer has unique sound and the back up guys look like brothers Frank Sinatra lookalikes who are adverts for heroin addicts- nl flesh on the faces.
Other men who could sing like this? Lou Christie, for one, who was popular at the same time - actually, more popular than the Newbeats were.
I notice by looking at other YouTube videos of these guys that the brother on the left soon changed his hairstyle to cover up his receding hairline, by combing it forward in the British style.
Absolute utter perfection! And it's not even their best record. For my money, that honor goes to Break Away. The Newbeats called it quits far too early. They were great.
Edgar Winter...your "he"....and Cynthia Robinson (Sly and The Family Stone) can sing like Mr. Henley. They've done it dozens of times on recordings and in concert.
I like their choreography... I just realised... the two guys who are doing the backups look a LOT like the Everly Brothers... it must be that inbred-southern thing...
@deborahsuewho this is fairly new to me in a sense of watching it on youtube or any video to. but my uncle sings the bread and butter song to us once in awhile if he gets enough beer in him. lol. he can go realy high like the fellow in this. so freakin funny. everytime i watch this im amazed and laugh so hard tears come out. awsome band.
I'll tell you where the high voice and funny moves came from: WEED. All 3 of these guys were from Texas or Louisiana where weed grows wild. Kids started smoking it around age 6 or 7. In the old B-Westerns, people were always talking about "loco weed." Now you know what loco weed really was.
Falsetto singing was often done in those days. It is difficult to sing like that. I like the expression on Henleys face. Words and music John D. Loudermilk
I dont know, this video sounds like Larry Henley lost his balls a long time ago. Or the guy in the middle could be standing on them. Anythings possible.
Larry Henley wrote "Wind Beneath My WIngs"?!? That is unbelievable. An amazing song. Good for him. Squealing like a pig was just gettin' him warmed up!
Dean Mathis is retired and living in Minden, LA, Marc Mathis is living in Nashville, TN, (according to the Rockabilly Hall of Fame website), and I believe Larry Henley, who wrote "Wind Beneath My Wings" (recorded by Bette Midler and Gary Morris, among others) is living in Nashville, TN.
@cro44magnum Another 1960s group that had what I now think of as a Bill Clinton look-a-like was the Knickerbockers (best known for "Lies"). In fact, he played an instrument Clinton was known to play, the saxophone, so I sometimes wondered if he really was Bill Clinton!
By the way.....after reading some comments....If there is another human being on earth that can sing like Lawrence Henley, I have not heard him in my lifetime, if there is one, he has not had the balls to do it, how we have digressed in the last few decades
digressed? you can compare any current music to this and it would be equally comparable. even though its not the same genre its the same. i dont wanna explain why use your head
@MrLoomboy I know 1 guy that can sing just like cotton top. I showed some guys at work this video and we were all surprised to find out that the singer was a white guy. then our buddy Brad that has been in local bands for years came out of nowhere with singing just like que tip head. I laughed so hard I dropped to the floor. Brad sounded just like him. I'll tell you something of a warning. You have a guy 4 feet away from you come out with that voice and volume, you might just crap your pants.
@MrLoomboy get over yourself, I can name a half dozen extremely popular singers like this off the top of my head, and that's not counting the several dozen international operatic counter-tenors that have sung in that time. Voices like this are rare, and you may like it, but there have been others and we haven't "digressed"
@MrLoomboy - The only man who can remotely sing close to Mr Henley could be Lou Christie. (I was going to say Frankie Valli but never heard Valli get quite as intense.) Henley & the Newbeats were in a class of their own. Great stylist. Those making the negative comments simply don't get it. "Bread & Butter," & "Run Baby Run," were excellent AM radio fodder. In those days a band & singer had to be different to get noticed. Henley did it. Even with The Beatles present.
If these Men are still with us, please let them reunite now, I will travel anywhere to see them do this live, so incredible, can you imagine the joy and excitement everybody felt when this came out in 1964.
Gives me goosebumps and tears of joy to see and hear on you tube, Thank You! for posting this
One of the Mathis brothers passed away a few yrs ago. However, there is, or was, a video of Henley singing 'Bread & Butter' for a benefit a year or so ago posted out here.
I only new the newbeats song "bread and butter". I first heard the song listening to one of my father records "20 rock 'n roll hits" from 'arcade records'. But since my turn table is damaged i decided to see if its on youtube. and it was. And it is only now i found out it was sung by a man. Wich only makes the voice more wonderfull.
PS: im 22 and first listened to the song when i was about 11.
Why would you say something like that you idot? Larry has a voice that we can only dream of having. You are an idiot, do some research on the guy before you make lame remarks like an idiot would.
Wonderful clip. I remember watching it the first time around! Larry Henley definitely sounds like a guy who must have completely shredded his vocal chords before the age of 30.
All kinds of things come to mind...I wonder what his speaking voice sounded like...How did the other guys keep from laughing...Do you think he was made fun of in school...Besides all that...This is a great video and I love the falsetto!
I found this gem looking through the Newbeats' catalogue of pefomances here. I don't ever remember this - don't think it ever made it in the UK, but I'm glad I found it. Larry had a voice that could shatter glass, and just listen to the girls scream once he starts. Great doo-wop from the Mathis brothers. It has a lovely feel to it.
B0LEND0 1 day ago
I think Brian Johnson must have been inspired by this guy
davehoward92 1 month ago
looking at some of the comments left here over the last couple months I think someone like me from those days could put things in proper perspective. the new beats weren't ment to be taken seriously. fun and humor were the major aim of their act.and people liked it. so much so that they had a major hit with "bread and butter". and they had a good groove to their tunes. silly pop songs for fun had always been around. groups like this were abit of a counter balance to the british invasion.
TheBabyboomkidof53 1 month ago
take a look at this of today. trashy mouth, monkey WHATEVER!
4lionking 2 months ago
I personally find this band really great.
MadisenRamos1 2 months ago
I like every Newbeats song except "Bread and Butter." I wish someone would post "Michelle Deann."
grammarita1 3 months ago
1964 was quite a transistional year for most American pop singers with the British Invasion coming on strong!
kkptU69 4 months ago
This is fuckin awesome!
MmhmItsJordan 4 months ago
This group is one of the most disturbing musical entities I've ever become aware of. At first I thought it was a joke. They look awful, and sound even worse. All their songs sound the same. This is not music. I can't believe those girls are all screaming at these unattractive men with the worst hair styles of all time.
organboi 4 months ago
This is just awful. Just awful. That is NOT singing by the lead guy.
organboi 4 months ago
@organboi I'm not joking when I say this, but I always thought that the lead singer was a very overweight short guy.
StanBennet 1 month ago
Lip Syncing. They also messed up at the end.
peterpeterification 4 months ago
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"Hold me tight"?
Sounds like someone held his nuts tight right before he started singing.
pauldavisfan 4 months ago
"Hold me tight"?
Sounds like someone held his nus tight right before he started singing.
pauldavisfan 4 months ago
Yep
Actually have one of his albums from around 1977 or so
Good stuff
MrLoomboy 4 months ago
Sloth love Chunk.
HotLunchJen 4 months ago
Thank You for screwing my head on straight!
MrLoomboy 4 months ago
Hey, it's Bread and Butter with new lyrics.
knofle 5 months ago 2
Every song they sing sounds the same, AWFUL!!
jbarnes1960 5 months ago
@jbarnes1960 I dont agree with your comment, good day sir.
SeriouslyBr0 5 months ago
@jbarnes1960 then you are sadly deaf, they follow a formula however don't sound the same. LH has to solo as that was their selling point.
rearly62 5 months ago
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He sounds like a black woman
TheSerialHex 5 months ago
Its called Falsetto .. and there are several that can sing in falsetto.. in rock music, notably by Bon Iver, Rush, The Mars Volta, Coheed & Cambria, and Muse...Also Folks like Frankie Valli
Blanicair 5 months ago
@Blanicair Don't forget Barry Gibb of the BeeGees
bboston66 1 week ago
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rainwooda 6 months ago
Okay, while I won't deny talent when I see it, there is a threshold to my capacity for the strange and the absurd...This chicken-man breaches it in a few seconds...
KingOfCarrotflowers 7 months ago
wack jobs back then
valleychick6969 7 months ago
Ah nostalgia...[He stares into space as a sentimental tear glistens in his eye] The song was popular away back in '64 when I was a wee lad of 10. I liked Bread and Butter as well but this song was better. Alas, until I searched diligently I had not heard it since '64. Isn't the internet just grand?
Wayne92953 8 months ago
Forget the haters......Henley's fantastic.
jonathanprobber 8 months ago
@jonathanprobber ...I'm in total agreement! Nowadays the words "unique" and "original" certainly can't be tagged onto what people try to pass off as "music". Henley didn't sound like anybody, and the great falsetto singers of that era (Valli, Henley, St. John, Christie...) all were unique in their style and sound.
terryr55 8 months ago
This reminds me of what Gallagher (or was it George Carlin?) once commented regarding another song, "walk like a man, sing like a girl"
NaturalBornSkeptic 9 months ago
this cracks me up- the lead singer has unique sound and the back up guys look like brothers Frank Sinatra lookalikes who are adverts for heroin addicts- nl flesh on the faces.
penn65000cycling 9 months ago
He kinda sounds lik a cat...
mallardsrule162 10 months ago
In case anyone didn't know, Larry Henley, the lead singer, wrote the Bette Midler hit, Wind Beneath My Wings.
grandadjim 1 year ago
Other men who could sing like this? Lou Christie, for one, who was popular at the same time - actually, more popular than the Newbeats were.
I notice by looking at other YouTube videos of these guys that the brother on the left soon changed his hairstyle to cover up his receding hairline, by combing it forward in the British style.
hebneh 1 year ago
@hebneh Frankie Valli also sang falsetto, and the 4 Seasons were VERY popular.
shmuli9 1 year ago
Absolute utter perfection! And it's not even their best record. For my money, that honor goes to Break Away. The Newbeats called it quits far too early. They were great.
MikeBlitzMag 1 year ago
@MikeBlitzMag Indeed, amazing track.Hearing it without the distortion here,this comes into it's own.through a good hi-fi set.Great production.
PAULLONDEN 1 year ago
I have always thought he was doing a Little Millie Small riff.
holmsatlarge 1 year ago
One person doesn't enjoy good music. Vote up if you agree!
rjs500 1 year ago
cro44:
Edgar Winter...your "he"....and Cynthia Robinson (Sly and The Family Stone) can sing like Mr. Henley. They've done it dozens of times on recordings and in concert.
Blkojo 1 year ago
he sounds more like a woman than jutin bebr does
xanatos1231 1 year ago
How did he sound when he talked? Btw this question isnt meant to be rude... i just wanna know if he always sounded like that... :)
punkerjoe 1 year ago
Music just seemed more fun in the 60's!
Whammer79 1 year ago 4
I like their choreography... I just realised... the two guys who are doing the backups look a LOT like the Everly Brothers... it must be that inbred-southern thing...
shmuli9 1 year ago
This is new to me and I am speechless....I love when this happens.
deborahsuewho 1 year ago
@deborahsuewho this is fairly new to me in a sense of watching it on youtube or any video to. but my uncle sings the bread and butter song to us once in awhile if he gets enough beer in him. lol. he can go realy high like the fellow in this. so freakin funny. everytime i watch this im amazed and laugh so hard tears come out. awsome band.
trailbikerharo 1 year ago
@trailbikerharo Thank you for responding. It cracked me up as well. Once I was over the shock. :)
deborahsuewho 1 year ago
I'll tell you where the high voice and funny moves came from: WEED. All 3 of these guys were from Texas or Louisiana where weed grows wild. Kids started smoking it around age 6 or 7. In the old B-Westerns, people were always talking about "loco weed." Now you know what loco weed really was.
theoriginalbadbob 1 year ago
You have to admit, this group was unique! I love their songs,'Bread and Butter', 'Run, Baby, Run' and 'I'm Blue'! great stuff to listen to!
Titan52berg 1 year ago
Falsetto singing was often done in those days. It is difficult to sing like that. I like the expression on Henleys face. Words and music John D. Loudermilk
19dick68 1 year ago
Fine. Thanks very much.
13loomisst 1 year ago
Love the suits ... weren't people were a whole lot slimmer then!
eevissa 1 year ago
I dont know, this video sounds like Larry Henley lost his balls a long time ago. Or the guy in the middle could be standing on them. Anythings possible.
marklurie2 1 year ago
larry henleys way better than Don Henley
SmittyHeWasNumber1 1 year ago
MOAR!
Stupidman737 1 year ago
The original Brian Johnson on vocals.
baredd79 1 year ago
Larry Henley wrote "Wind Beneath My WIngs"?!? That is unbelievable. An amazing song. Good for him. Squealing like a pig was just gettin' him warmed up!
micro77s 2 years ago 3
You are so right
The Man was just getting warmed up!
We love Larry
MrLoomboy 2 years ago
Who is Larry Henley
dusty11111988 1 year ago
I believe both brothers are still alive-as far as I can find out one is retired and the other lives in nashville.
7tarn 2 years ago
Dean Mathis is retired and living in Minden, LA, Marc Mathis is living in Nashville, TN, (according to the Rockabilly Hall of Fame website), and I believe Larry Henley, who wrote "Wind Beneath My Wings" (recorded by Bette Midler and Gary Morris, among others) is living in Nashville, TN.
Jaybird1103 2 years ago
I didn't know that Bill Clinton could get his voice up so high.
cro44magnum 2 years ago 59
@cro44magnum Well that's the government for you, always suppressing it's politicians true potentials. v_v
DushanTorbjorn 1 year ago
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kustom85delta88 1 year ago
@cro44magnum I feel so bad, I originally thought that was a girl singing, maybe like how the girl sings in the Skyliners (in concept)
kustom85delta88 1 year ago
@cro44magnum Another 1960s group that had what I now think of as a Bill Clinton look-a-like was the Knickerbockers (best known for "Lies"). In fact, he played an instrument Clinton was known to play, the saxophone, so I sometimes wondered if he really was Bill Clinton!
rslitman 11 months ago
@cro44magnum And Bill didn't realize Monica could squeeze so hard. LOL
look4hiram 7 months ago
@cro44magnum LOL i just watched bread and butter and i was thinking the same thing. :)
wdr217 5 months ago
@cro44magnum It's hard to believe no one heard him with Monica...
tashload 5 months ago
I thought only the Beatles could get screams like that. Did everyone get screams in 1964?
Fuliginosus 2 years ago
Yes especially if the bands were from England , but a few bands from North America got the screams. I love the Newbeats I thought they were great.
SuperNikki1 2 years ago
By the way.....after reading some comments....If there is another human being on earth that can sing like Lawrence Henley, I have not heard him in my lifetime, if there is one, he has not had the balls to do it, how we have digressed in the last few decades
MrLoomboy 2 years ago 37
Well, anybody that sings that high pitched can't have much in the way of balls anyway! ZING!
S1bronnen 2 years ago
digressed? you can compare any current music to this and it would be equally comparable. even though its not the same genre its the same. i dont wanna explain why use your head
ToolWorshipper 2 years ago
@MrLoomboy I know 1 guy that can sing just like cotton top. I showed some guys at work this video and we were all surprised to find out that the singer was a white guy. then our buddy Brad that has been in local bands for years came out of nowhere with singing just like que tip head. I laughed so hard I dropped to the floor. Brad sounded just like him. I'll tell you something of a warning. You have a guy 4 feet away from you come out with that voice and volume, you might just crap your pants.
x2malandy 1 year ago
@MrLoomboy: Frogman Henry? He can sing like a girl AND a frog!
PooPoo2U 7 months ago
@MrLoomboy I think he just had it figured out. listen to those girls screaming. ;)
wdr217 5 months ago
@MrLoomboy get over yourself, I can name a half dozen extremely popular singers like this off the top of my head, and that's not counting the several dozen international operatic counter-tenors that have sung in that time. Voices like this are rare, and you may like it, but there have been others and we haven't "digressed"
bigpoppabball 4 months ago
@MrLoomboy have you heard of Leo Sayer?
himbysc 4 months ago
@MrLoomboy - The only man who can remotely sing close to Mr Henley could be Lou Christie. (I was going to say Frankie Valli but never heard Valli get quite as intense.) Henley & the Newbeats were in a class of their own. Great stylist. Those making the negative comments simply don't get it. "Bread & Butter," & "Run Baby Run," were excellent AM radio fodder. In those days a band & singer had to be different to get noticed. Henley did it. Even with The Beatles present.
lastrada52 4 months ago
If these Men are still with us, please let them reunite now, I will travel anywhere to see them do this live, so incredible, can you imagine the joy and excitement everybody felt when this came out in 1964.
Gives me goosebumps and tears of joy to see and hear on you tube, Thank You! for posting this
MrLoomboy 2 years ago
One of the Mathis brothers passed away a few yrs ago. However, there is, or was, a video of Henley singing 'Bread & Butter' for a benefit a year or so ago posted out here.
therealcoolbert 2 years ago
Thanks
I found it
Long live Larry Henley
MrLoomboy 2 years ago
absolutely superb.
the lead singer had a stunning voice.
the newbeats were certainly different thats for sure.
HITTHESKINS 2 years ago 5
One of THE great front man vocals ever.
Larry has a totally unique and pure top end - absolutely fantastic.
I loved this 40 years ago and I think I like (and appreciate it) even better today.
PTP11 2 years ago 2
I only new the newbeats song "bread and butter". I first heard the song listening to one of my father records "20 rock 'n roll hits" from 'arcade records'. But since my turn table is damaged i decided to see if its on youtube. and it was. And it is only now i found out it was sung by a man. Wich only makes the voice more wonderfull.
PS: im 22 and first listened to the song when i was about 11.
fritspas 2 years ago
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Larry Henley sounds like a castrato. Check out Alessandro Moreschi.
beepsqueek 2 years ago
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beepsqueek 2 years ago
the man is good ,aint ya ever heard i like bread and butter
y00sta 2 years ago
This is when music was great, times were fun & living was easy, I love the video!!!!!!!
mikestheman3 3 years ago
Another one that was a real flash in the pan-they did play it on WING in Datyon OH. Real late '64. Have NOT heard it since then.
bellbrookbob 3 years ago
This is awesome. Where in the world do people find these videos to be able to post them? I'm so happy they do.
matthewrolnick 3 years ago
FYI, he is not gay (He's my fiance) and he doesn't talk in a falsetto voice! And he's still cute!
laurienorton 3 years ago
Loved The Newbeats,as a kid!
They had a sound like no other group.
zentaur 2 years ago
Yes. 1/3 of them sound like women.
S1bronnen 2 years ago
he aint gay by any chance
shamanofsexy90 3 years ago
Why would you say something like that you idot? Larry has a voice that we can only dream of having. You are an idiot, do some research on the guy before you make lame remarks like an idiot would.
mikestheman3 3 years ago
wow. in 2009? that's your comment?
zentaur 2 years ago
Yeah, they might have had bigger hits, but this is by far the best one they ever recorded. Great song. Thanks for the post.
therealcoolbert 3 years ago
Wonderful clip. I remember watching it the first time around! Larry Henley definitely sounds like a guy who must have completely shredded his vocal chords before the age of 30.
speedy45rpm 3 years ago 2
All kinds of things come to mind...I wonder what his speaking voice sounded like...How did the other guys keep from laughing...Do you think he was made fun of in school...Besides all that...This is a great video and I love the falsetto!
rtupin1956 3 years ago
The guy's name is Larry Henley...he went on to write the hit, "Wind Beneath My Wings", which Bette Midler made a huge hit out of.
pianorman 3 years ago