Eternity's Children - Mrs. Bluebird

[Khultan]

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[sstalent20012001]

Hi.

I was on the air at WLOX years ago doing night show just before Val Jenson....Chuck Scarborough was my roomate .. Spent a lot of time doing commercials. Air Force at Keesler.

Steve Sammons

[robertwbingo]

@sstalent20012001 Steve Sammons? What the hey! After you went over to WBIL, I did evenings on WLOX just ahead of Val Jensen. You also did a Keesler newscast of some sort on Channel 13. You and I partied a lot during the summer of '69 along with a huge cast of characters. Remember Dan Gallo? Alive and well in Houston for the last 40+ years.

[robertwbingo]

@robertwbingo Also forgot to mention that, after Hurricane Camille, band member, Roy Whittaker was the PD at WLOX. Great guy and fun to work for.

[sstalent20012001]

@robertwbingo

HEY. This is Steve Sammons, Columbus, Ohio. Great to hear from you. My e mail is stevesammons@gmail.com

[mikemcgann07]

I used to play this when it was a "new" song on WLOX-Biloxi at night in 1968. Always liked the song and the band were all very nice people. Brings back memories of the Fiesta and Vapors night clubs. Drivibng down Hwy 90 late at night with roof down.

[MrWonderful46220]

should be an anthem for birdwatchers

[deanslist101]

WOW and DOUBLE WOW!! Hadn't heard this song in over 40 years till yesterday and I must have replayed it at least 20 times since then. Fantastic tune that I remember from that wonderful summer of '68 between high school and college and hadn't heard since then. Great harmony and a super guitar solo that sounds like Robin Trower of Procol Harum at the time. Baa buh-buh-buh-baa buh-buh-buh-bup-buh-baa . . . . . WOW! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrMickeybitzko]

Like daisies exploding in your mind or pouring pure golden honey down your shirt before jumping onto the biggest feather bed in the world. Right up there with Dicey and Paprika's version of "Everyday People."

[mdumas43073]

Richbro Radio sent me here by playing this a few minutes ago. I'd never heard of it before, but ye gods, what a fantastic record!

[maddadram1]

Remember this song very well. It did get

a little airplay here in Southern New England.

[chicotower]

This song got a lot of airplay an WGH (August 1968) in Tidewater, VA, then on WLOX (September 1968) in Biloxi, MS! Great song by a one-hit wonder group!

[mikemcgann07]

@chicotower I was a dj at WLOX when this came out....great song and arrangement

[Freebyrd975]

I remember seeing Eternity's Children on American Bandstand and it was the only time I saw them. I think it was the only time I heard this song. For years I couldn't remember what show it was I saw them on.

I loved this song the first time I heard it. This song reminds me so much of the times back in the turbulent and far out 60's. Wild In The Streets!! I was glad I was there.

[rexowens1000]

This one of the greatest song's of the 60's, Ioved it then as much as I do now, great song by a great group!, thank you PabloWeston88 for the memories!.

[mikemcgann07]

I was on the air at WLOX in Biloxi (67-68) and played this song every night when it first came out. Shame they didn't go farther, maybe sounded too much like the Mamas and Papas, nice peple tho, met them at The Vapors or Gus Stevens once.

[deltajjj]

From Greenville, Mississippi

[rickdenson]

I was in a Local Band called Rush around the time EC were popular. Used to see them at F&M Patio and Jamies's. I was always amazed at how tight they were

and how "professional " they sounded. The harmonies were second to none!

Great Musicianship as well. Thanks for the song. Hadnt heard this one in many years and it still sounds Great!

[skynyrdfan56]

"paleblue498" - You`re so right. I share each word of you and agree with your comment. Germany is speaking ...

[BbearWARRIOR]

Excellent sound and song from the sixties... it says it all.

This was on the radio in the summer of 68, when rock and popular music was undergoing a huge transition. One of my favorites of all time.

[Drblooter99]

@BbearWARRIOR

Yeh, the main guys in this band later formed Starbuck and did Moonlight Feels Right, a great summer hit in 1976

[fuzzysteppenwolf]

I didn't realise this was a Curt Boettcher production, but should've known: spine tingling harmonies and such a lusciously rich sound. The first time I heard this I almost wept. Not for everyone, but I think this is a real gem. I also recommend 'the Millenium' album 'Begin'. A lost treasury of Boettcher brilliance.

[timfranskane]

This is absolutely one of the greatest songs ever, i love it!!!!

[cofycats]

EC is one of my favorite groups of all times. I read about how great they were live. It's a shame there is no film of them performing. I have everything available by them and never tire of listening to them.

[TuneInTurnOnDropOutt]

I heard they performed on American Bandstand but I, too, cannot find any footage.

[willssonline]

@TuneInTurnOnDropOutt

The first time I heard this gem was on American Bandstand. I'd love to see that footage myself. I seem to remember them performing two songs. I was blown away! It took me 32 years to find their first album. It was worth the wait!

[Lawley50]

@TuneInTurnOnDropOutt

My sister was Linda Lawley and before she died Dick Clark gave her a copy of the American Bandstand show.

[TuneInTurnOnDropOutt]

What did Linda do in the years following EC? I think people would love to hear her story. I once searched for her when I was in Biloxi (1986) . I had my EC album in hand looking for an autograph!

[moorlock2003]

It would be wonderful to see that clip from American Bandstand. What other song did they do on the show?

[jfs356]

Has a dreamy sound, very nice...

[pgh45rpms]

Mrs. Bluebird was written by band member Bruce Blackman. Unscrupulous record producers took songwriting credit for the tune under the fictional name of Karl Marion.

In the 70's Bruce and one of the other EC band members went on to form Starbuck (of "Moonlight Feels Right" fame).

I haven't seen/heard "Alone Again" by Eternity's Children on YT -- yet.

[dogear409]

Great production by Curt Boettcher!

[miker7456]

I still love this song. It was one of the great songs the summer of '68. A perfect psychedelic song of the late '60's.

[cruiser1947]

Awesome song!!! Thanks for posting!!

[lthrart]

It's great to hear this again! I saw Eternity's Children play this song at the Purple Pickle in Slidell, LA in 1968. Thanks for adding it to YouiTube

[tuskedbeast]

Incredible that they turned into Starbuck!

[stuckinnebraska]

@tuskedbeast - only blackman and walker were in Starbuck, but your point is well taken.

[WagnerHealthCare]

@stuckinnebraska A slight correction. There were three members of EC that were in Starbuck. Blackman, Walker and Bo Wagner the marimba player.

[WagnerHealthCare]

@stuckinnebraska A slight correction. There were three members of EC that were in Starbuck. Blackman, Walker and Bo Wagner the marimba player.

[DRIVEIN101]

"Mrs. Bluebird" is such a wonderful tune; I've had the single since I was a kid in the 70's; it should have definitely gone higher on the charts. Like all EC fans, I was also crushed when I found out that lovely Linda Lawley is no longer with us. She was so beautiful and talented.

[karlbaton]

Thanks for the great memories. I lived in SC when this song came out and no station around here played it. I discovered it on out-of-town radio stations...I think it was WOWO in Fort Wayne but I'm not sure.. Then went to a local record shop that stocked every song that hit the Billboard Hot 100.and found it.. Glad to know there are some other fans out there and what a shame this group didn't have more success. Thank you again!!

[astrodog23]

Wow... this is so great!!!!!!! Thank you for posting!

[davidg8223]

Great Song - I"ve been looking for it for a while - Glad I finally found it here on You Tube.

[alldaymusicman]

A beautiful song that will always be one of my all-time favorites. Glad I found it on this site.

[paleblue498]

Pure 60's...peace and love, flower power, make love-not war, all you need is love...Where the hell did it all go wrong? Now it's rap drug-dealers, gangs, ho's and bitches, guns, drugs and violence. I feel so sorry for teenagers today having to grow up surrounded by hate and violence, and they missed out on the greatest music of all time...bummer

[RoyFive]

I couldn't have said it myself, paleblue.

[renecrod3]

used to listen to this song on WTIX " The Mighty 690AM " in New Orleans, La when i was 6 years old and in Kindergarten at ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI school in uptown New Orleans. Those were the days.

[davidg8223]

Cool - I grew up on TIX myself on the Mississippi coast - Now there's a TIX FM that plays oldies like these - 94.3 FM

[moorlock2003]

One of the greatest pop singles of all time (even though this is the LP version; the single version is slightly shorter.)

[cruiser1947]

Thanks for posting this awesome song!! I remember hearing it and loving it back when I was in Vo tec school in the 60's

[Trying00]

I was a teenage DJ when this song was popular in Louisiana. A great great song. I still can listen to it all day long.

[sakka0]

I'm 22 and I love this song!! Please let the band know that their music is still being discovered :)

[oleander156]

sakka0, you'll be sad to hear the female singer, Linda Lawler, died about a year ago.

[GodivaAddict]

Linda Lawley died? That's too bad - I tried for years to locate her. How did you hear about this?

[popsheba]

The frist time I heard Mr's Blue bird was when I lived in Detroit 1968 late at night siting in my frist car a 1963 Ford Galaxie I was 18 and was working at Ford motor Co. in Wixom Mich. now close like everwhere.They just don't make songs like they use to.

[pgh45rpms]

I remember hearing Mrs. Bluebird on the radio while stationed at Keesler AFB, outside Biloxi MS. This and their ballad, "Alone Again". Great songs by a great band.

[gregw98]

Use to see Eternity's Children at the Dynasty Lounge in Monroe, La. Yes, I too was madly in love with Linda. Whatever happened to Big Johnny, saw him playing on Bourbon Street years later. Mr. Bluebird will never get old.

[22KingRat]

Former band member, Charlie Ross, is a very popular morning disc jockey on radio station WDMS in his native Greenville, Mississippi.

He has a very popular 'solid gold rock 'n' roll' band called the Krackerjacks, known as "The Party Band of the South". It's very active, as it performs over 100 shows a year!

As I live in Greenville and know Charlie, I'm sure he would 'love' to hear from you, his old band's fans!

Eternity's Children music can still be purchased too!!!

[youset1983]

best baroque pop song ever!

[kempersl]

A marvelous piece. It is a mystery that it got so little play in '68. In my all time top ten.

[nosedrip007]

I first picked up the ET album back in 1988 at a used record dealer. It is one of the best albums I ever had. Sadly Linda Lawley died from cancer about a year ago at the age of 58.

[raymar316]

In the 60's I was in a band called the "Swingin" Vines" and we would all go to a place called "Jamie's" on the corner of Canal and Claiborne in downtown New Orleans every Wednesday night to hear Eternity's Children. They were awesome and we were all madly in love with Linda Lawley. What great memories!

[renecrod3]

I used to listen to this song on WTIX " The Mighty 690AM " in New Orleans, La when i was 6 years old and in Kindergarten at ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI school in uptown New Orleans. Those were the days.

[Carlito1988]

Wow- I also used to hear this on WTIX in N.O. back in the 60's when I was still in grade school (Incarnate Word). Never forget the great vocals on that song...60's were great time for music.

[renecrod3]

I played cabbage ball against (Incarnate Word) when i was in 8th grade at St. Francis Of Assisi.I lived on Webster St. , 2 houses off the corner of Constance Street 3 blocks from Audubon Park.

[Carlito1988]

Small world- I went to Incarnate Word from 1st-8th grade, I was in 8th grade 1969-70, although by that time my family had moved out to Jefferson, but I kept going to IW. I think we also played St. Francis in flag football during those years.

[emilyim252]

Long ago and far away, the year was 1967!

[dwdelcam]

Wow what memories ! I used to sit on stage watching these guys down in Lafayette Louisiana - Don Norman, Charlie Ross,Linda Lawley - I was too young to get in so I would sneak in while they set up and stayed on or near the stage for the concert - Francis MaGee, if youre reading this .....

[hankyhoyo]

One of my all time favorite songs. I still have the 45 in like new condition. Pull it out every so often and bring back the memories of a better time!Glad to see it posted!

[BAG649]

One of my all time favorite songs.I could listen to it all day long but it didnt get all that much play time around here in 1968.I probably heard it on WHB radio out of KC,MO.

It sure seems impossible that 40 years has gone by.Thanks for bringing back the memories.Its too bad that we didnt hear lots more from Eternity's Children.

Now if I could only find "Walk An Autumn Day" from The Johnny Mann Singers.

[moorlock2003]

This is sheer brillance. Their album has other fine tunes as well.

[henripwatson]

Oh how I loved that tune when I was in Jackson, MS !

[crapasaurs]

My 45 turned white I played this so much in the 8th grade. And I thought I NEVER hear it again!!! Great chord structure and melody. Wow! Now, how about some Starbuck live!!!

[youset1983]

masterpiece. better than any beach boys song.

[yesand2004]

Oops, sorry - the Eternity's Children / Starbuck connection probably isn't such a surprise (except to me).

[yesand2004]

I probably only heard this song once or twice on the radio back in '67 and had it tucked away in the far recesses of my mind ... and, wow, it just all came rushing back. Of course, what did I know from Curt Boettcher back then? - but now I can hear his handiwork all over it. (And I did some checking and saw that it was written by Bruce Blackman, whose later group was Starbuck of "Moonlight Feels Right" fame.)

[nobodynose]

youtube has everything EXCEPT footage of Eternity's Children and Starbuck. Why is that?

[TuneInTurnOnDropOut]

I agree, why bother posting a blank video?

[moorlock2003]

I would so love to see an Eternity's Children TV performance. I know they did American Bandstand and Hugh Hefner's Playboy After Dark, but where are they?

[elo9005]

Thank for bringing back the mr.blubird song i have not heard in years i use to have an album call instant reply from tower records which had various artists and that song was on there.

[BbearWARRIOR]

Never forgot this song, even though it didnt get much air play......from the summer of 1968

[aujuma]

I still have my 45 but this sounds MUCH better!

[poefanatic]

Thank you so much, Pablo. You made my day. I had this record on 45 in the 60s and then, of course, sold my 45s. I loved this song and never expected to hear it again. Thanks, again.

[poefanatic]

I can't believe this is actually posted. I've waited, waited and waited for this. I had it on 45, but then sold my 45s. Much to my regret, I miss these songs. Thank you so much Pablo for posting. You made my day!

[RoyFive]

A song that really deserved more airplay than it got (at least in my hometown of Fresno).

[Homan48]

Great song from the 60's.

in my top top 10 of the decade.

thanks,

Larry