Gene McDaniels - Tower Of Strength

[hellorow]

Thankful to Adam for showing me this beautiful music.

[Jayhawks6]

Carolla

[attackofthezach]

and I'd WALK OUT... DA DOORRR!

[heat4yoass]

Adam Sandler keeps playing this song on his podcast

[heat4yoass]

@heat4yoass

I don't know why I said Sandler, I meant Carolla lol

[springcolley]

Another great song. wow.

[redsfan1221]

Great song Gene McDaniels is one of my favorites

[machiavelli99]

RIP Gene.

[RobinMCCC]

@kyplaya4lyfe I'm 17 and I love oldies just like this.

[KyplayaZ4lyfe]

Any other young folk in here besides me =D. I love Gene McDaniels.

[critchley3819]

This is beyond words, Im nearly 60 so I have known this singer for a long time and the older I get the better it sounds.He may of passed on but his talent will go on forever.

[alphonsemouzon]

Still missing you Eugene! I'm still in shock! The music that we recorded together on "Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse" will last through eternity! I will never erase your voicemail - glad I got to talk to you on the telephone one last time, 8 months ago. Heaven is a happier place with you there. RIP Gene.

[rascal211]

He died the way most of us wish to die, he fell asleep at night and never woke up in the morning.

[Alikah1]

@rascal211 That used to happen to my brother in law every Saturday night!

[pheildcorn]

peace ! RIP gene ! great music buddy !

[missmanju123]

smooth as silk.......

[andrenese7]

Cousin,

You will be missed by your family and so many others but your music will live forever. You are now in your heavenly home. Love You, Cousin Andrenese

[SerenaBay]

Gene...we will all miss you...but your songs will remain with us forever.  They are absolutely timeless and perfect. Please rest in peace.

[crabacake]

Another good singer gone.

[bufsolja]

R.I.P.

[softsummermover]

RIP

[TheArizonaghost]

R.I.P. Gene..still one of my all time favorites

[murf353]

Thanks Gene..for the music and memories..you were always one of my musical heros..RIP old friend.

[DetroitLives313]

Great song, great singer! Loved your work Gene Daniels. RIP and thank you!

[Xgen20o4fan]

Ahaha it's so old school I love it! RIP to this man. Obviously a great singer and songwriter.

[floopehobaloobie]

R.i.p. much respect!

[amberbriscoe]

RIP GENE!!!!  I LOVE YOU!!!

[JohnCandyFanChannel]

rip

[shydmples]

R.I.P., Gene!!!

[pigeontoucher]

LAUGH AT YOUR TEARS

[AjaDiamondBibi]

This is a great song. Heard it today at the diner, only it was done by someone else and nowhere as good. I had to come home and hear the original.

[jeesop]

wonderful ***** janine

[leftcoasttim]

There is a ver yrare song from the mid-60's I remember hearing via Wolfman Jack and a small Soul station in San Diego. "Don't Let the Door Hit Ya', Where the Dog Bit Ya'", and haven't heard it since then. Don't know the artist, sadly, but of a similar end of affair sentiments. "Now listen, girl, to what I say, with my heart, nearly every day, and I know you know it, but you don't care, you can go now, anywhere...Just gather your rags and just pack-up your bags...."

[xxEmmaLouiseexx]

my family thinks im not normal cause i LOVE this and im 13 (:

[AnnoyingLittleShit]

I heard this song in a movie and had to find out what it was, now I can't stop listening, I love it!

[moyboy1028]

One of the best singers of the early 60s

[whately47]

The sound on this video is excellent. WOW.....1961... 50 years ago....that's a long, long, long, long, time ago. ;)

[arizonaghost1]

Great song from the fall of 1961

[lyndloo]

Frankie Vaughan had the best version of this Great song (in my opinion anyway ) it got to number one in UK in 62' ? thanx for posting .. Lyndloo..

[DominiqueToretto70]

Let's hear "Stai lontana da me" by Adriano Celentano

[pilninggas]

Towering Song!

[TraumaSwitch]

I suggest using this as BGM while playing FFVIII. Please do not make questions, it is actually quite a weird story, but I've found that nothing puts you in the mood like Burt Bacharach when it comes to videogames.

[imadamsmom]

Wow, what memories.

[blueticecho]

To me this song and Buddy Holley's ( It doesn't matter any more) are the two greatest get the heck away from me songs ever made.

[John1948Five]

@blueticecho WHat about Billy Joel's Stiletto? youtube[DOT]com/watch?v=0CgigV­ZefWQ - just replace [DOT] with a period.

[jsbach15]

CHILLS!

[ONENataliaONLY]

Wow, now this is real music. This is the definition of a song... oh yeah, and a singer!

[TheProDoughnut]

???Is it weird that i love this song and im a 15 year old girl who loves heavy metal and scremo???

[hyulvinji]

@TheProDoughnut Good music is good music regardless of genre :D

[laurasia77]

Very nice performance ! i think this is the original but please listen the italian version of the song by ADRIANO CELENTANO - STAI LONTANA DA ME !!! It's great, very powerfull interpretation and Celentano was very good looking man!!!

[123brissie]

Does anyone know how to find the song 'Funny'. It was the flip side of one of Gene McDaniels hits. DJ Bill Gates used to play it at the Record Hop at the O'Connor Boathouse in Brisbane in the late 50s/early60s..

[tiranchula]

Remember my sis buying this album at the Sounds of Music in East L.A....

[Aiko0]

I love the chorus!

[jobago52]

El incomparable Gene Mc Daniels y su "Inconquistable"

[karleyjaydemusic]

This is my one of my most favorite songs.

[emmakwall]

this is just super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT! 

[bossit55]

Understated but nice drumwork.

[muaythaiinamerica]

this is my great uncle

[VUX187]

STAI LONTANA DA ME_ADRIANO CELENTANO

[VUX187]

STAI LONTANA DA ME_ADRIANO CELENTANO

[beinzee]

A great song, unlike the (C)Rap we get nowdays.

[Dragonese1]

This is one I remember....one of the favorites...

[mikemikeyf]

Another Gene Mcdaniels favorite in NYC.

He had a few really big hits. Powerful songs all.

[paulibeva]

You're the best!

[kingfarticus]

This is the most effective "angry song" I've ever heard!

[soulstar1963]

try listening to chuck jacksons any day now another of burts and in my opinion the greatest song ever

[Shabannie]

I enjoyed this.

------Ellen

[pziebold]

Such a great tune from such an often overlooked talent. I may only be 24 but great music always transcends generations. I am constantly looking to the musical eras of the past for influence. In my opinion this is one of the best eras in musical history.

[ThyDarkstone]

Does anyone know where I can find sheet music to this song? I've looked everywhere.

[hyonrty]

This is the first time Ive heard this version, Ive only know it by Frankie Vaughan, but I do like this very much.

[carolinasmiler]

Why is it we dont get to hear classics like this anymore beats some of the new stuff that is out there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bbrannddX]

It's simple. Songwriters used to speak directly to your heart. Now they think they have to be cynical, childish and pseudo-sophisticated.

Try a search on these songwriters:

Cy Coleman

Hoagy Charmichael

Cole Porter

Harold Arlen

Check out anything by the Everly Brothers, Dion (and the Belmonts), Ray Charles, The Ronettes (that's Ronnie Specter, former wife of Phil Spector). Oh yeah, don't forget Marty Robbins.

Happy hunting!

I went out and bought this 45 rpm when i was a teen.

[John1948Five]

Excellent recommendations. And a good analysis.

[bbrannddX]

John, I think you, I and CanCook are in the same age group. I was born in '48.

I should have mentioned Johnny Cash, the bad boy of rockabilly.

Hey, was this really written by Burt Bacharach? (can't stand 'Alfie', the song or the movie...)

[John1948Five]

Yes, I was born in 48 - a great year! And yes, It was written by Bacharach. He also wrote: The Story of My Life - Marty Robbins Magic Moments - Perry Como The Blob - The Five Blobs Heavenly - Johnny Mathis Faithfully - Johnny Mathis With Open Arms - Jane Morgan Tower of Strength - Gene McDaniels Another Tear Falls - Gene McDaniels Baby It's You - The Shirelles Please Stay - The Drifters Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson Liberty Valance - Gene Pitney Only Love Can Break a Heart - Gene Pitney

[toddwindyhill]

and was married to Angie Dickinson.......

[toddwindyhill]

You can add all the Dionne Warwick cuts...........

[johnmorris008]

@John1948Five John, If you'll check it Burt Bacharach wrote the music for these

songs. Hal David was the lyrist and wrote the words to most, if not all, of them.

Thank you, John Morris. johnmorris008

[johnmorris008]

@bbrannddX How could you forget Johnny Mercer? IMO the greatest lyricist

of all. Thank you.

[bbrannddX]

@johnmorris008 Oh I am not forgetting Johnny Mercer! He wrote the lyrics for many songs by Hoagy, including Skylark, and for Harold Arlen, including 'Blues In The Night'.

Of course, the inimitable Cole Porter didn't need a lyricist!

[bbrannddX]

@johnmorris008 Oh I am not forgetting Johnny Mercer! He wrote the lyrics for many songs by Hoagy, including Skylark, and for Harold Arlen, including 'Blues In The Night'.

Of course, the inimitable Cole Porter didn't need a lyricist!

[johnmorris008]

@johnmorris008 I didn't mean to imply that Johnny Mercer was only a lyrist,

he was a great composer too. Incidently, I'm a 1941 product. I loved the

work of many of the Tin Pan Alley songwriters. Irving Berlin is a hero of mine

also.

[carlitose02]

eso era cantar, muy bueno...

[CanCook14]

another amazing song from Gene McDaniels. reminds me of junior high. love it!!!

[rentslave]

Funny how Gene's talent is almost totally forgotten today.He also wrote a No.1 song.

[Neptunesque]

Outstanding vocalist - Some Burt Bacharach tunes from the early 60's like `Baby It's You', `Anyone Who Had A Heart' and this song featured some very innovative instrumentation.

It's too bad they're hardly ever commented on.

[Weaselier]

This arrangement is a million times better than than the Frankie Vaughan one

[conradi100]

God, this guy could sing!

[gingerbread1231]

Great to hear this one again. Thx!

[KIWI897]

This song was featured in the film The Year My Voice Broke

[mrscjcsr]

i remember my father playing this and 100 pounds of clay when i was 12 years old hes gone now but ive always remembered this song and so many of the other great oldies i went through his old album collection and there it is the best of gene mcdaniels what a great voicethanks for the trip down memory lane

[1marceled]

Written by The One And Only Burt Bacharach!!

[philipclock]

Terrific voice, wonderful song, nothing like it today!

[paulibeva]

Thanks for the making my evening.

[bisl]

Best song of my evening

[webaroos]

Songs of my youth, great stuff.

[trampus321]

Doesn't get any better than this!

[Melzmum]

Thanks for the memories.