When the Temperance Severn appeared at the Savoy Hotel, at the height of their fame, in the 1960's. Paul McDowell said: Ladies and Gentlemen it is wonderful to be back here after an absence of 40 years. And it was true. They had a wonderful success with recreating dance orchestra music from the 1920's and, most remarkably, appealing to a young audience who had never heard this stuff before. "Your Driving Me Crazy" was their first, sentational, No 1 hit record.
This Song was also a hit for the Comedian Harmonists in Germany 1930.German version was called "Hallo - Was machst Du heut, Daisy?"(Hallo, what you´re doing tonight,Daisy?")
they visited RAF Cosford in '62/'63. They had a played in our cinema. Someone left, we believe, a lighted cigarette on stage which led to the cinema burning down. Great concert though.
Can anyone tell me what the temperance seven song which has the lyrics "He wants to be happy, but he can't be happy, till he's made you happy too!", "Spiffing wheeze", "the boundah's dancing now!" etc etc is please? Cheers!
I remember seeing the T7 on the old Regal Cinema in Gloucester in 1963-4ish. At the time everyone in our gang, including me was mad on the Beatles but i got addicted to "trad Jazz" and couldnt shake it off. i made some excuse about not being in the pub and slunk away to watch em, they were, and, thanks to posts like this, still are greatI thought Mr "Whispering" Paul Mc Dowell was far cooler than any of the Pop stars of the time. Oh happy Days.
A few years ago, our band of Balkan musicians (That's British people playing Balkan music) played at a party at the Chelsea Arts Club and the main band there was the "Temperance Seven " which were really the New Temperance Seven,, and in the audience were some of the original members. Apart from these young musicians, who played like the originals , everyone in the room must have been over 50 and some in their 60s and 70s, but , boy, did they know how to party !! Most impressive !!
indeed it was - how clever to combine old music with monochrome filming, It had me fooled for a while, but then I saw what people were wearing... and on looking even more closely realised that the place looked too familiar!
The Temperance Seven were formed at the Royal College of Art during 1957. The band usually had nine members and dressed in the style appropriate to the late 1920s jazz they played.
The members generally gave themselves fictitious titles. John R.T. Davies used the pseudonym Sheik Wadi El Yadounir and wore a fez. On the first hit numbers vocals were provided by 'Whispering' Paul McDowell who was replaced later by Allan Moody Mitchell.
I saw these guys 40 years ago or more at The Cinese jazz cub in Brightion and at the Downs Hotel, Hassocks and possibly other places. This was a time of rock and roll on the one hand and Traditional Jazz on the other. But it seemed to me that we all loved the Temperance Seven regardless!!
@jimmychipper bring back leroy brown is at least 3 genre mash up isn't it? lyrics tribute jim croce's folk song, melody is music hall, mapped out partly in T7-style swing jazz.
this is Crich tram museum near Derby- I went there on a school trip, very early 60's. I think the quarry over the back of the museum is still in use- we used it for folk-fests. lovely memories which shock my children- thank you!!
It was George Martin's first number one as a producer. A year later four lads from Liverpool came down to Abbey Road to audition, and the rest is history...
I think you may of meant the sneaky ending on the track Pasadena,there are 2 false endings,realy screwed any DJ that wasn't aware......Love this track too,thanks for posting!
Loved this song. Remember the last of the trams too! Think I was about 5 years old when the last trams ran in Edinburgh! hey now we're getting them back again. Who says we don't make progress? Thanks for posting.
"I'm burning like a flame, dear. I'll never be the same, dear. I'll always place the blame dear with no one but you!
Ah yes, dear, you're driving me crazy what did I do?, what did I do, my tears for you, dear, make everything hazy.".Ah dear dear! How true. Marvellous.
Thanks so much for putting this on YouTube! I still have the 45 of Pasadena which I got in my teens and love to this day. It is great that you have given me a chance to hear more of their music.
Well according to my sources the New York 12 had a hit with it in 1930 suggesting it was written no later than 1930. Still I'm not going to quibble as I like 1920s and 1930s music.
Nor was Aaron but he manages to find 1920s images for his videos and he's not the only one. Don't get me wrong I love this record and thanks for posting it.
Just delightful...I am practicing that tomorrow night for our dixeyland band...I love the walk in verse...they don't write songs that way anymore..with those opening verses...that say so much!
you will find that thew banjo player is John Gieves Watson who plays nowadays with Bill Posters will be band. First Thursday of each month at the Bulls Head in Barnes
OMG.. I remember " eel pie island," and all the mud. Paul McDowell in his brilliant white suit, you still see Brian Innes ( percussionist ) pop up on TV.
Hey there below it was actually John R.T Davies who did all the arrangements and really led the band.
I am sure it was a tenor banjo played by John Watson, but not really 100% positive.
I remember seeing these at a live performance at Cardiff during the Sixties. How time flies! 'Course, everything was in black & white back then. Captain Cephas Howard was the band leader, as I recall.
Fabulous. I played banjo at Your Fathers Mustache for many years... can anyone tell me about the banjo that the player in the Seven is playing. Thanks, Jeff Ollswang
Great. The trams combine beautifully with the music. I play in a jazz band in Australia and You're Driving Me Crazy is one of the tunes we play. Great to hear it again on youtube. Keep up the good work. Roy Burton
Easily done - a very damage prone instrument. I used to play 2nd trombone in Rowntrees Cocoa Works Band (before it became Nescafé.) I was a tool-setter at Armstrong's when this was popular - great memories. Al
When the Temperance Severn appeared at the Savoy Hotel, at the height of their fame, in the 1960's. Paul McDowell said: Ladies and Gentlemen it is wonderful to be back here after an absence of 40 years. And it was true. They had a wonderful success with recreating dance orchestra music from the 1920's and, most remarkably, appealing to a young audience who had never heard this stuff before. "Your Driving Me Crazy" was their first, sentational, No 1 hit record.
Chrich is great but I think
Nojnotpu 3 weeks ago
This was my Mum's fave song, every time I hear it I think of her and have a bit of a cry. It is a classic
265Feral 1 month ago
Well said vicar!
Zeegold75 4 months ago
@Zeegold75 What does that mean??
Nojnotpu 3 weeks ago
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Kevin107ish 4 months ago
I preferred the vocal stylings of Allan Moody Mitchell Q.C. Brown Eyes Should Never Be Blue ...
radstainforth 6 months ago
hey Bonzo Dogs- you got competition here!
mravantgarde123 7 months ago
@mravantgarde123 Or inspiration :P
BazLazarus80 3 months ago
Anyone remember the Bolton arts ball at Rivington Barn? I won the fancy dress.
waferthin99 7 months ago
iLuv this kind of music & IM A HIP HOP FANATIC! =)
DigitalPimp480 8 months ago
Wonderful job - thanks.
jazzfanjohn 9 months ago
Been to this place quite a few times - It's a great day out
It's called The Tramway Village (formerly National Tramway Museum) at Crich near Matlock Derbyshire.
eurocharter 10 months ago
This influenced Queen in their early albums. Roger Taylor loves this!!!
Inigobalboa 10 months ago
I love them. Their music makes me wish I´d been around during the flapper era. Doo doobee doo...Charleston anyone?
TheRetro60s 11 months ago
This Song was also a hit for the Comedian Harmonists in Germany 1930.German version was called "Hallo - Was machst Du heut, Daisy?"(Hallo, what you´re doing tonight,Daisy?")
EkkehardBusch 1 year ago
I'm pretty sure it was "Vocal Refrain By Mr Paul McDowell"
clivegb1 1 year ago
Four people were the ones that drove the writer of this song crazy
Madhatter1903 1 year ago
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Paul McDowell appeared years later quite ofen on TV as one of the supporting characters on the Dave Allen show
haardaarss 1 year ago
Paul McDowell appeared years later quite ofen on TV as one of thesupporting characters on the Dave Allen show
haardaarss 1 year ago
Fucking Kick ass... PG Wodehouse Death Metal!
Loobs666 1 year ago
this is why i listen to 70's music
joezetank 1 year ago
they visited RAF Cosford in '62/'63. They had a played in our cinema. Someone left, we believe, a lighted cigarette on stage which led to the cinema burning down. Great concert though.
rafhenlow 1 year ago
Mr Hathouse, it's called 'I Want to Be Happy' and it comes from a 1920's musical, I think called 'No No Nannette but I could be wrong.
DENISMURRELL 1 year ago
Sir George Martin's first number 1 and this band were a big influence on Brian May, believe it or not.
gary0768 1 year ago
Sir George Martin's first number 1 and this band were a big influence on Brian May, believe it or not.
gary0768 1 year ago
Can anyone tell me what the temperance seven song which has the lyrics "He wants to be happy, but he can't be happy, till he's made you happy too!", "Spiffing wheeze", "the boundah's dancing now!" etc etc is please? Cheers!
MrHathouse 1 year ago
Anyone got the chords for this song please?
Lowdenjim 1 year ago
Anyone got the chords for this song please?
Lowdenjim 1 year ago
ALADDIN GEE--I think you have a wonderful channel i love it ans i sub so please sub back
aladdingee 1 year ago
Went here again this summer - 25 years later! Several improvements.
DADRENO 1 year ago 2
Does this group ever visit the American colonies? This music is timeless.
ronaldseto 1 year ago
We were there last weekend - 14 trams working!
PMDVD 1 year ago
I remember seeing the T7 on the old Regal Cinema in Gloucester in 1963-4ish. At the time everyone in our gang, including me was mad on the Beatles but i got addicted to "trad Jazz" and couldnt shake it off. i made some excuse about not being in the pub and slunk away to watch em, they were, and, thanks to posts like this, still are greatI thought Mr "Whispering" Paul Mc Dowell was far cooler than any of the Pop stars of the time. Oh happy Days.
falconoilcompany 1 year ago
This is just up the road from my Aunt's house in Belper.
Georgiahulse 1 year ago
I love this version! Well done!!!!
glamourgirl1938 1 year ago
briiliant!
TheNeckCuttah 1 year ago
Oh ... wonderful !! What a classic !!
Jarrahnut 1 year ago
A few years ago, our band of Balkan musicians (That's British people playing Balkan music) played at a party at the Chelsea Arts Club and the main band there was the "Temperance Seven " which were really the New Temperance Seven,, and in the audience were some of the original members. Apart from these young musicians, who played like the originals , everyone in the room must have been over 50 and some in their 60s and 70s, but , boy, did they know how to party !! Most impressive !!
dunavuk 1 year ago
Awesome!
sbd650 1 year ago
Whispering Paul McDowell was my first schoolgirl crush - wonderful, just wonderful!
lorsujan 1 year ago
wonderful playing, grea!
swallin19 1 year ago
wow the year I was born...
AndyJCrowder 2 years ago
was this video taken at Critch derbyshire
moodyblues41 2 years ago
indeed it was - how clever to combine old music with monochrome filming, It had me fooled for a while, but then I saw what people were wearing... and on looking even more closely realised that the place looked too familiar!
citytransportinfo 1 year ago
The Temperance Seven were formed at the Royal College of Art during 1957. The band usually had nine members and dressed in the style appropriate to the late 1920s jazz they played.
The members generally gave themselves fictitious titles. John R.T. Davies used the pseudonym Sheik Wadi El Yadounir and wore a fez. On the first hit numbers vocals were provided by 'Whispering' Paul McDowell who was replaced later by Allan Moody Mitchell.
MrGrowser 2 years ago
FANTASTIC!!!!!!
redhead50001 2 years ago 3
I saw these guys 40 years ago or more at The Cinese jazz cub in Brightion and at the Downs Hotel, Hassocks and possibly other places. This was a time of rock and roll on the one hand and Traditional Jazz on the other. But it seemed to me that we all loved the Temperance Seven regardless!!
Nojnotpu 2 years ago 2
LOVELY THANK SO MUCH
bearcub410 2 years ago
An amazing band, calm and sweet.
Toastwithmarmelade 2 years ago
Great track and superb video... thanks for that.
idbagoko 2 years ago
cool
E1U51V3 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this great track, it is years since I heard them.Saw them live once over 40 years ago in Swansea.
538921 3 years ago 2
Great song, Great video!
xevcosmo 3 years ago 2
this is really good, a happy feeling to it... you can really hear why Brian May liked this stuff!
tonicmass 3 years ago 2
Wow. Now I see where Queen got Good Company, Bad, Bad Leroy Brown...Brian May is always going on about these guys. So cool.
jimmychipper 3 years ago 9
Yesterday I watched my new A Night At The Opera DVD. Where Brian (on the audio commentary) talked about it. He recommended it to anybody.
Way to go curly one! Rock on.
Keijz74 2 years ago
@jimmychipper bring back leroy brown is at least 3 genre mash up isn't it? lyrics tribute jim croce's folk song, melody is music hall, mapped out partly in T7-style swing jazz.
edmame 10 months ago
this is Crich tram museum near Derby- I went there on a school trip, very early 60's. I think the quarry over the back of the museum is still in use- we used it for folk-fests. lovely memories which shock my children- thank you!!
peasmouldia 3 years ago 3
nice song
Liverpoolboy13 3 years ago 2
Miss the wonderful old street cars - a lot quieter and clerner then the Deieal Busses of today.......
HarborGuy 3 years ago 3
Trams?? All over Europe still, yet the Brits scraped them, OLD FASHIONED! A bit like this music, thank heavens they didn't scrap that.
PANORAMA1815 3 years ago 4
This was actually Number 1 in the charts in 1961!their music was actually very popular.
tardistuner 3 years ago 7
It was George Martin's first number one as a producer. A year later four lads from Liverpool came down to Abbey Road to audition, and the rest is history...
45collector 2 years ago
History indeed......... And what those four Liverpool lads did still reverberates in music today.
Keijz74 2 years ago
Martin later wrote in his autobigoraphy that they were neither temperate nor seven. But they were a lot of fun to work with.
proken58 2 years ago
nice 20's style track, cool and chill-easy.
depoty 3 years ago 3
Nice one! But shouldn't there be an extra da-da, da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da, bom at the end of it?
Glenmed 3 years ago
I think you may of meant the sneaky ending on the track Pasadena,there are 2 false endings,realy screwed any DJ that wasn't aware......Love this track too,thanks for posting!
mo4formm 3 years ago 2
Loved this song. Remember the last of the trams too! Think I was about 5 years old when the last trams ran in Edinburgh! hey now we're getting them back again. Who says we don't make progress? Thanks for posting.
aliwhitwell 3 years ago 2
that euphonieum playin is just sexy
SassiTheKitty 3 years ago 2
Spent the night on a park bench in Luton after a midnight matinee at the Odeon. 1961.
sadoldemilio 3 years ago 2
"I'm burning like a flame, dear. I'll never be the same, dear. I'll always place the blame dear with no one but you!
Ah yes, dear, you're driving me crazy what did I do?, what did I do, my tears for you, dear, make everything hazy.".Ah dear dear! How true. Marvellous.
junkjudi 3 years ago 4
Just joking dear ... honest!
Jarrahnut 3 years ago
APSdR - as soon as I can get rid of the girlfriend ... I'll wake up the wife ... and then we can both dance to it! Jazz Jive?
Jarrahnut 3 years ago 2
Dear Dadreno - many thanks. As soon as my wife goes to bed I'll play it again and dance!
Best wishes.
APSdR 3 years ago 2
the beggining ahh good times rofl
kaliberr021 3 years ago 4
Thanks so much for putting this on YouTube! I still have the 45 of Pasadena which I got in my teens and love to this day. It is great that you have given me a chance to hear more of their music.
Jellylava 3 years ago 2
Would love to see them perform hard hearted Hannah
aimeemanddn 4 years ago 2
aimeemandn,
Your wish has been granted! 'MoleDFigg' has uploaded that very anthem to the: "Vamp of
Savanna", the quintessential femme fatale!
Remember the immortal refrain: "Making love to Hannah in a big armchair, is like strolling through Alaska in your underwear!".
Great bloke 'Figg, he uploaded it the day after I requested it.
Anyway, enjoy.
S'later.
QUANTUMLORD18 3 years ago
aimeemanddn,
Check out my comments above, and go to: MoleDFigg's main channel page. He's got "Hard Hearted Hannah" posted there.
QUANTUMLORD18 3 years ago
Great! are they still going?
aimeemanddn 4 years ago
Like me they are 47 years older - if like me they survived!
DADRENO 4 years ago
Well according to my sources the New York 12 had a hit with it in 1930 suggesting it was written no later than 1930. Still I'm not going to quibble as I like 1920s and 1930s music.
MANFROMMARS46 4 years ago
I wish I had been young in the 1920s. I would have loved to live then but sadly I was born in 1946 quite some time after the 1920s expired.
MANFROMMARS46 4 years ago
Nor was Aaron but he manages to find 1920s images for his videos and he's not the only one. Don't get me wrong I love this record and thanks for posting it.
MANFROMMARS46 4 years ago
why Leicester trams?
pandacoll 4 years ago
Think taken at Crich Tramway Museum in Derbyshire
sealemaster 4 years ago
Just delightful...I am practicing that tomorrow night for our dixeyland band...I love the walk in verse...they don't write songs that way anymore..with those opening verses...that say so much!
Thanks
mamamialove 4 years ago
Terrific, didn't they do 'home in pasadena as well'
walkabout16 4 years ago
They most certainly did.
MANFROMMARS46 4 years ago
you will find that thew banjo player is John Gieves Watson who plays nowadays with Bill Posters will be band. First Thursday of each month at the Bulls Head in Barnes
tommyrockon 4 years ago
OMG.. I remember " eel pie island," and all the mud. Paul McDowell in his brilliant white suit, you still see Brian Innes ( percussionist ) pop up on TV.
Hey there below it was actually John R.T Davies who did all the arrangements and really led the band.
I am sure it was a tenor banjo played by John Watson, but not really 100% positive.
jazzjohn2004 4 years ago 2
John Watson's cello banjo is in Plectrum tuning
troublington 4 years ago
I remember seeing these at a live performance at Cardiff during the Sixties. How time flies! 'Course, everything was in black & white back then. Captain Cephas Howard was the band leader, as I recall.
davidlmitchell 4 years ago 2
Fabulous. I played banjo at Your Fathers Mustache for many years... can anyone tell me about the banjo that the player in the Seven is playing. Thanks, Jeff Ollswang
jeo53140 4 years ago 3
Yes..... But where's 'Letkiss'?
throovest 4 years ago
The singer is named MacDowell, I believe.
Wcross34 4 years ago 2
You're quite correct! NOT McDonald!
The three founder members were Paul McDowell who originally played trombone, Philip Harrison (originally played banjo) and Brian Innes.
DADRENO 4 years ago
@DADRENO I think he was billed as 'Whispering Paul Mac Dowell'.
rafhenlow 1 year ago
i just love the temperance seven, thankyou for this, paul from bury .
SWEETHUGGYBEAR 4 years ago 3
Great. The trams combine beautifully with the music. I play in a jazz band in Australia and You're Driving Me Crazy is one of the tunes we play. Great to hear it again on youtube. Keep up the good work. Roy Burton
willietheweeper 4 years ago 3
I remember Willie The Weeper, too. He made his livin' as a chimney sweeper, etc! Good to hear all this stuff again, good luck with the jazzband.
challismiller 4 years ago 3
Great, thanks for reminding me of this I bought it as a kid one of my first records.
cuzinkevin 4 years ago 2
What fabulous footage of Crich Tramway Museum
bulwellboi 4 years ago 3
Yipes. Takes me back. I once owned a trombone which I couldn't play. But after a night out I could always play it to this. Great days. Many thanks.
PS. The trombone got broke and died when a friend and I had a fight on top of it. :-)
maolchalium 4 years ago 2
Easily done - a very damage prone instrument. I used to play 2nd trombone in Rowntrees Cocoa Works Band (before it became Nescafé.) I was a tool-setter at Armstrong's when this was popular - great memories. Al
DADRENO 4 years ago
Thank you.
FritzieCarney 4 years ago 2