Junior Walker & the All Stars - What Does It Take

[misseva10]

my song for today

[petuniababi]

If heaven was music this would be it!!!!!

[njal1029]

Oh wow, I listen to this song and 40 years go away!

This was when music was music!

It was just a simpler time.. Thanks for posting legend.

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, njal1029-san!!

Otaku3 (*^o^)/

[mjjfan1ify]

Beautiful Music

[robphilll22]

I wish it was a little longer...Get me to next exit on the interstate!

[257jake]

brilliant song wish they could bring all this music back

[tiranchula]

Thanks for posting this one! Reminds of our family trips to Long Beach.... We'd leave early in the morning, and not go home till late.... Mom would make hotdogs on her little grill, and we'd eat watermelon.... Sand all over the stationwagon, fall asleep in the back and roll around like tamales in the back... You put a big smile on my face! Thanks!

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, tiranchula-san!!

Otaku3 d(^o^)b

[mustafahajj]

@tiranchula Talk about listening to this song on long trips.

I heard this record more than 1000x via a trip from Chicago to Long Beach.

My pops refuse to fly anywhere, so, 3000 miles we traveled.

I believe I can sing this song in reverse if i tried!

[tiranchula]

@mustafahajj Mustafahajj, yup... your long trips sure did beat mine.... and your Dad sounds like mine! We'd drive from L.A. to Port Lavaca TX straight through.. How he did the driving all by himself and get us there in a day and a half, I'll never know! We're lucky! And Thank you 60otaku3san, again for this wonderful post!

[Shalbs]

This saxaphone is Beautiful!!! Whenever will we hear the soulfulness of these songs in anything recorded today???

[MrCgon3188]

Mi respetos maestro.

[blackking53]

great music.. take me back to the the good old days when music was. our younger generation could learn deal about this beautiful music .thanks for keeping old school alive for our children to study what it takes to be a true artist of there craft. thank you my brother.

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, blackking53-san!!

Otaku3 d(^_^)b 

[DC5arctic]

What a great song! I'm 31 & discovered this song by hearing this on a radio station.

[DC5arctic]

What a great song! I'm 31 & discovered this song by hearing this on a radio station.

[jr55ful]

best sax ever played!

[MyJaySeven]

Memories of my mother dancing to this......and making me dance with her. RIP Mom

[petuniababi]

THANK YOU,THANK YOU!!!!! A TRUE CLASSIC!!!!!

[60otaku3]

You're very welcome, petuniababi-san!!

Otaku3 d(^o^)b 

[ladynaila1]

RIGHT BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH JR. WALKER AND THE ALL STARS.

[ejp42]

one of the greatest songs ever

[frkygoddess85]

i dont know to say. when i here this type of music. i try to picture all of our parents jamming to this. my parents your parents and whoever is readin this parents. by the way i am twenty six

[88ritchie]

I remeber back in 1998 when ABC premiered Motown 40 and i was 11 years old at the time and Diana Ross was the host and by the end of the program this song came on, and it wasn't until earlier this year that I found out who was the artist and the song and I haven't stopped listening since then. I always was soulfully inclined with great music and i wasn't immune to Motown,I'm just thankful that this song came to be.

[spareaxe]

This is the first time I got to see the band members off the album cover....thanks.

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, spareaxe-san!!

Otaku3 (^o^)/ 

[jake83777]

Reminds me of Phillies baseball in the 80s because in between innings they would play this song at least once a game heading to a commercial...Took me years to realize the name of the song & artist...Doesn't get much better than "What Does It Take"

[BluezGuitarz]

To everbody_san. The whole world needs more songs like this; after all, it's been over 40 years since this song came out, but there are no new songs to compare.

[jgclarkunc]

Summer of 1969  - WKIX in Raleigh, N.C.

[jgclarkunc]

Summer of 1969 = WKIX in Raleigh, N. C. What a great summer!

[Mmewster]

this sure takes me back, thanks so much for putting this song on here

[60otaku3]

You're very welcome, Mmewster-san!!

Otaku3 d(^o^)b

[MissWhisper2Me]

THIS was back in the days when girls and guys did something called "hand dancing"...today's dances look like mortal combat...and you need to be a gymnast to do them! If you were to ask today's kids about "slow dragging", they would look at you as if you came from another planet!!

[jr55ful]

anybody out there REALLY THANKFUL they were born at the right time to appreciate this when it was new?

[2009Denisem]

@jr55ful I am so proud to have been in the era and wouldn't change it for the world!!!

Peace my friend!

[TheJenjen78]

Bad Ass Jam!!!

[jessicaperez66]

LOVE THIS ROLA

[cydcombs]

I still say that we boomers had the best of everything, especially music. I have to pity those who came after us.

[tootsiesdad]

Brilliant, straight up masterpiece!!!!!! TFP!!!!

[wolfmantip]

Not '69 ... '67. Great .

[60otaku3]

This song made it into the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer 1969.

Otaku3 (^_^;)

[wolfmantip]

@60otaku3 Sorry otaku, You are Right, I got my years mixed up. Thanks.

[60otaku3]

Never mind, wolfmantip-san!!

Otaku3 (*^_^)b 

[poorboy1954]

This has an incredible sax .Best I ever heard.

[cindygibbsbarfield]

@poorboy1954 Jr Walker also played on Foreigner's Urgent. so smooth I love this song..

[jr55ful]

the alltime great sax riff!

[2009Denisem]

I tried, I tried in ever way I could...to make you see how much I love you! Untouchable music from back in the day.. no music like this music ever..A time of some of the best music that ever was and ever will be! I miss those days!

great music, memories, friends and awesome times!

Thank you 60otaku3 for posting a great classic and memory!

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, 2009Denisem-san!!

Otaku3 (*^o^)/

[GRAHAM5020]

@2009Denisem Oh, this is quality...reaching for the hankies to dry my eyes...a song full of emotion...what we missed over here in the UK does not bear thinking about.

[2009Denisem]

@GRAHAM5020 AWWW...Let me dry your eyes!  :-)

[useverlastin]

@2009Denisem I just got to know,cause I love you so........ The jam.......blue light basement parties. Music n Memories there's nothing better!

[2009Denisem]

@useverlastin Hmm I thought you understoood...-the jam- Those were indeed the days well the nights in the basement lol..how about the block parties...starting early in the am and ending late late late playing the 45's until grooves wore out.. open the johnny pump (fire hydrant) to cool off...and hang lights from the trees and sides of the house... OMG what happened to those yesterdays! Peace my friend.. and cherish those fine memories...never 2 B 4gotten...

[balltoidie]

i play the same instrument as he does

[The01emoney]

I love this song!!I can hear it over and over again and wont get tired of it!!

[SuperCritter1]

wats that song by junior walker with lyrics like this,"sitting just looking at your picture,waiting for the call"?????????

[Jazsngr]

One of my all time favorite songs! LOVE Junior Walker and the All Stars!!!

[Fluff006]

Wow! Such Memories!

Back n da day!

What can I say?

[marita649]

Oh my god, this was the song back in the day when I was in love for the very first time...I can still see his face, damn, I didn't know I missed him as much as I do until I heard this again.

[eldo59]

Ultra-classique!!!

[23lokelani]

Oh this song so reminds me of my SISTER Tanya!!!! She is the Most Awesome Person I Know in this LIFE!!!

[matsiouxno]

Great audio on this Otaku. Thanks for sharing!

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, matsiouxno-san!!

Otaku3 d(^_^)b

[CharlesLuvsCrystal]

@60otaku3

Thanks for sharing these great memories!!!

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, CharlesLuvsCrystal-san!!

Otaku3 (*^_^)/

[soulgrinner]

brilliante tallento saxophono estupendo !

[lett1973]

que hermoso. me trae tantos recuerdos. casi lloro cuando lo descubri

[eutychusnarcissus762]

one of my favourites it evokes memories of my younger days, the best time to live in this world as young man,so long jr.walker

[tropicalpancake56]

Beautiful! One of my favorite Motown songs of ALL TIME...thank you, my friend.

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, tropicalpancake-san!!

Otaku3 (^_^)/

[brandybemyname]

nice

[ssebtze]

Where were you in '69 great memories tks Okaku san *****

[60otaku3]

Thank you, Sebastian-san!!

Otaku (*^_^)b

[fckcok]

i was less than a sperm cell, dont remeber this song but its good.

[BurkeDevlin66]

this song WAS the summer of 1969 in my opinion....thanks from California

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, BurkeDevlin-san!!

Otaku3 (^_^)/

[scratchysounds77]

いや～、めちゃくちゃ好きな曲です。堪らんです。泣きそうです(­爆）。

[60otaku3]

コメントありがとうございます！

喜んでいただけてこちらも嬉しいです。

モータウン関連はよく知られている有名曲ほど公開拒否されやすい­みたいですが、この歌は嘘のようにスンナリと公開されました（笑­）不思議ですね。