I have to disagree with you. They were all great singers. There harmony and talent will never be matched. Lew just had a unique tenor voice. But I think Phil was the glue that made them all sound great. Don was the best lead singer ever. I guess this shows I was a huge fan of the Statlers. Guess we should not compare Lew and Jimmy because they were both great tenors in their own way. .
This IS, without the least doubt, THE quintessential song for the aging EARLY baby boomers, of which I am one. No, my life wasn't like the one they describe; but the events and things they mention about the decades since, do indeed succinctly do
Weren't they great.? Yes this is Lew singing. There will never be another Lew. Jimmy was very good and filled some mighty big shoes. But no one will ever be as good as Lew.
Depends on your tastes. Jimmy was by FAR the most talented singer in the Statler line-up. His voice was so much better than Lew's it was ridiculous. Lew was the most talented singer of the original group. The rest had little vocal talent (though Harold was a brilliant comic & Don was a wonderful song writer).
That being said, I liked the lineup with Lew a bit better, primarily b/c I liked Lew's preference for 40s-50s standards and rockabilly better than Jimmy's slow ballads.
I have to disagree with you. They were all great singers. There harmony and talent will never be matched. Lew just had a unique tenor voice. But I think Phil was the glue that made them all sound great. Don was the best lead singer ever. I guess this shows I was a huge fan of the Statlers. Guess we should not compare Lew and Jimmy because they were both great tenors in their own way. .
mssandy90 2 months ago
"When Elvis died we knew we would too" The Statlers knew how we felt. They sang about real life of the 50s generation.
arkyron1947 7 months ago
Anybody have one called "The Kids Last Fight" off of their 10th Anniversary Album?
JimmyWyatt4931 7 months ago
I have this same cd. It has both Lew And Jimmy from different times. The cover is misleading, however it is Lew in this song.
davidbouns 8 months ago
This IS, without the least doubt, THE quintessential song for the aging EARLY baby boomers, of which I am one. No, my life wasn't like the one they describe; but the events and things they mention about the decades since, do indeed succinctly do
the whole "theme" justice, IMO.
34Packardphaeton 1 year ago
oh what wonderful memories I have being a teenager in the 50's love this song!
mammie64 1 year ago
HIt #17 in Billboard, 1-8-83. God bless y'all, Statlers!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
Lew and Jimmy were/ are very great tenors .... each had/have a very distinct voice and I could pick either voice out of a million singers
imdmpimdmp 1 year ago
This song reminds me of my parents. Daddy 1938, Mommy 1940. they love the Statlers and so do I.
davavill 1 year ago
Weren't they great.? Yes this is Lew singing. There will never be another Lew. Jimmy was very good and filled some mighty big shoes. But no one will ever be as good as Lew.
mssandy90 2 years ago
Fantastic, picked up this LP at a Flea Market,
I thought I had most of their records, etc,
but this one I had missed.
QWZXM 2 years ago
@mssandy90
Depends on your tastes. Jimmy was by FAR the most talented singer in the Statler line-up. His voice was so much better than Lew's it was ridiculous. Lew was the most talented singer of the original group. The rest had little vocal talent (though Harold was a brilliant comic & Don was a wonderful song writer).
That being said, I liked the lineup with Lew a bit better, primarily b/c I liked Lew's preference for 40s-50s standards and rockabilly better than Jimmy's slow ballads.
mfdesq 2 months ago
that is LEW SINGING thanks for sharing love the STATLERS
MegaThatgirl 2 years ago 3
No i do believe that is Jimmy singing
meghanswanner 3 years ago
The part that begins, "The 70's were 10 years of reruns" is the stanza LEW DEWITT is singing. Jimmy and Lew have very distinct voices.
faronfan 3 years ago 5
I apoligize for my error now that I have listened to it again I can tell
meghanswanner 3 years ago
sorry, but your wrong.. its Lew Dewitt
elfgirl3 2 years ago
Wrong picture! Jimmy Fortune , on the left, is not singing on this song. The late Lew DeWitt is. Love the Statler Brothers..thanks for posting!
faronfan 3 years ago 4
I put this picture up because it was the CD that I got the song from.
packfan1999 3 years ago 2