The Five Stairsteps- Dear Prudence

[otario401]

Lennon tenía la magia..

[fwapcom]

My favorite part is when they cover Dear Prudence.

[randyreal574]

What Memories of Junior High School!!

[tawheedization]

love yall where yall at

[deadheadland]

Oooh child, what a nice surprise!

[djrtc1]

I bought the single because I was such a Beatle fan and was only 10 years old when the White Album came out was too much money for me. They really do a nice job on this. Played the single a lot back then.

[jangelcastro109764]

los grandes haciendo covers de grandes...que buen cover!!!!!!

[AleekahTV]

ohh This is fresh! very nice

[ejslurb2007]

Oh, I remember when the Stairsteps came out with this one. But the New York radio stations were so hooked on the Beatles, this solid cover version remained virtually unnoticed. Glad you found it and uploaded it, HeyRoz!

[TheScottrocks9]

Blow mind

[brenjac59]

I have`nt heard this in more than thirty years.As beautiful as the Beatles original was,this version almost surpasses it.Glad to know others loved it as much as I did

[PetePeterkin]

Hey gang DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS THE A SIDE and Ooh Child was the B side!!!

They flipped it (LOL)

[drwhatson]

@PetePeterkin Yes, I knew that...

[tonybklyn]

@PetePeterkin I most certainly did...because the "B" side is the one I played the most.

[clysoniko]

Flash!.

[TheCalebson]

What a beautiful family!

[memeexclusive]

Very impressive, I've played this song at least twice daily for the last year. Never gets old.

[nursedjones]

great memories of my childhood

[usmelly]

This cover is so strong, it kicks its own ass.

[endless441]

five stairsteps and the Cheetah night club 

[MrDecal]

This could have been us Anthony, Ya Qub, Greg, Jim

[nosleep62]

Thanks for posting!

[BLACKNINJA1]

This song is off the hook I never heard this song before before

[themtb2003]

this group signed with george harrison's lable, and also was down with billy preston. Likely thats how this song happened.

[tljones9]

Since the Beatles used to cover Motown songs on their first two albums, it's only fair that a R&B group cover one of their songs.....besides this is the best version of "Dear Prudence" i've heard.

[rantburg1]

@tljones9

if you liked this one, check out Al Green's "I want to hold your hand". It blows the Beatles version away.

[Sendmommy0524]

This is from a great album released in 1970. OOh Child was on it too, but I am looking for a couple of other really great songs from the album. If anyone can post them, I would love to have them. They were a favorite of one my dearest friends who has since passed away. But he sang them all the time: Sweet as a Peach and Up and Down.

Great to hear Dear Prudence again!

[bretadounitedfc]

The best Dear prudence cover....no doubt!

[LittleMissCooper]

Does anyone know where I can download this? This version is amazing.

[blkshepherd]

Actually both versions Music is what makes the song..the lyrics are a little play groundy..but the music is very erie and different..the beatles were good for very strange sounding songs...ie a day in the Life, mind games(John Lennon) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..yes the beatles really really took you to another place

[blkshepherd]

@blkshepherd

[Jnkdog]

Cool...

[lyfejay]

I love this song!!!!!!

[lwmson]

Very nice cover of this Beatle song. The song was never really considered a Beatle classic, but it was one of my favorite Lennon-McCartney tunes nonetheless.

[tonybklyn]

@lwmson Funny thing, I've always considered this among the best of the Beatles work. There is such a pureness, non-stock sound to this song, after hearing how the song was devised it made sense. I have on vinyl and .mp3 probably every cover made of this song, and...it's my all time favorite. This is actually my favorite version (including the Beatles which is actually 3rd behind Doug Parkinson's version).

[mystkpizza]

2009herbie - WHO the hell are you talking about, its definate that you have the wrong group... hahaha the oldest member of the Stairsteps in was sister Alohe Burke followed by Clarence Burke Jr, James Burke, Kenneth Burke (Keni Burke), Dennis Burke but they were on George Harrison's Dark Horse Label for a stint - Clarence went on to form The InvisibleMan Band while Kenny (Keni) enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist and producer.

[mystkpizza]

ok i have come to the realization the 2009herbie is really a phycholtic lunatic who is prone to random ficticious writings without a clue to that which he is writing - therefore i close the book on this chapter and 2009herbie continue writing that which makes you happy....

[gmercado]

what lp is this on?

[modelmanagerdude]

@gmercado It is on the ohh child LP Buddah records very hard to find I wish you luck it will be very hard to find I guarantee its not even on Cd thankg god I have 2 original LPS from the 70`s I held on to them for dear life

[jor99912]

Is "That The MOMMA' or BIG SIS "WOW"

[cheeseboy421]

anyone know what the beetles wrote this song aboute ?

[raponte1955]

If I recall well this song was written by Lennon regarding Mia Farrow's sister Prudence, when traveling to India in their spiritual quest voyage to visit the Maharishi. (I guess was 1968).

[WashingtonBeUpInThis]

Mia Farrow's sister Prudence. Google it.

[cheeseboy421]

wow sweet nice thx

4 sharing

[timmy841212]

The Five Stairsteps in their psychedelic soul phase.

[Macclenn]

They didn't change much at all. That's the key cuz changing a Beatles song to much is just WRONG!

[Khultan]

YOU, Macclenn, and probably others are very wrong for having this view pointand I will never give a statement like that a thumbs up. You do not know everything there is to know about.

[Adolphus91788]

I would have to disagree, I heard a country spead up version of Norwegian Wood and it was AMAZING!

[Atomank68]

Hey, people if you post Ramsey Lewis's instrumental "Dear Prudence",of the Batles's originalI I believe it would be an anchor to every rendition of this classic. (It is a classic by dint of it being covered by so many different artists.)

[cofey718]

i too have been looking for the footage of the show called soul i use to go to it all the time it was played on t.v the following week i ment so many real great singers i would love to see it again

[M6i56]

Dear Prudence was the A-Side, the B-Side was 'Oooh-Child'. A DJ in NYC turned the single over and the rest is history. Just a li'l Stairstep info. The Stairsteps did another Bealtes cover called 'Getting Better'.

[mystkpizza]

M6i56 - Sorry but OOH CHILD was the "A" side per Buddah Records .

[LoveFromMel]

oh my god this song is just phenominal

[justwatching1980]

this is awesome

[BobHousewitz]

@justwatching1980 I said the same thing in my Will Farrell voice

[PetePeterkin]

In Brooklyn there was a show called "SOUL" starring Ellis Hazlip as host. The Stairsteps did this song and a bunch of other songs and they KILLED!!

Somebody needs to find that footage so that the Steps can take their rightful place among the all time great performing groups!

[heyroz27]

Me too! This is an undiscovered gem

[kissmysweetsoul]

ha! i never knew the 5 stair steps sang this. they probably wrote it and the beatles and siouxsie and the banshees covered it! i love this version!

[feistymama1970]

Love this song