Handyman-Jimmy Jones-original song-1960

[bzflagkiller]

im on the hunt for mythbusters recient add for liek a new series or episodes so if anyone finds it link it to me please or tell me the artist name or the name of the song cheers

[oblivionmaster92]

I wish i could go back so i could grow up in the 1930-1970 :(

[cowboyinIndonesia]

We picked up KOMA at night on our farm in Idaho, 1950's . The DJ would sing "KOMA KOMA KOMA KOMA in Oklahoma " to this song when it played back then.

[pakmanishere]

I know this is the original one but, yALL know JAMES TAYLOR MADE THIS SONG WAT IT IS, ............DONT LIE.

[CL137626]

@pakmanishere Nah. Jimmy Jones was more Up-beat and more probably more successful.

[tthomaselli2]

Was this in the movie 'American Graffiti'?; As if the pictures wern't enough, putting that kind of information in the title/description box would be helpful.

[plasticweapon]

neville6000 because today sucks.

[antdigger]

This guy ripped off James Taylor.

[TheHeidi1998]

@antdigger I hope you're joking.



[CL137626]

@antdigger Uh.... James taylor ripped off this guy.

[Bandaids4ever]

@CL137626 It's called a cover, but OK. I mean... Del Shannon covered this song too. It's not like James Taylor is the first guy to "rip off" Jimmy Taylor.

[postmann1000]

yankee cars forever

[VIZIOE32]

great song to skate to

[blencathra11]

.....spot on Oldbrummie....they don't get it these days....tracks on the old jukebox were groundbreaking ....fantastic time to be young....and the women even looked female....lucky us

[Neville6000]

@blencathra11: Why should everything be like it used to? Why not live for today?

[MrTejano44]

Aivin from Mathis , Tx. is an excellent handyman .

[JEEPSTR78]

This kinda music never gets old.

[123thebandit]

@JEEPSTR78 sounds as good today as did back then if not better.

[blencathra11]

...radio luxembourg and radio caroline...magic days...and nights

[MrOldbrummie1]

@blencathra11 Great days listening to these songs on the juke box in the local coffee bar ( The Capola Arch) on the Dudley road, Birmingham, England.If I could go back I would.

[menabob5]

they just dont make amazing music like this anymore wheres that time machine??

[MrEdwardsean]

rip uncle tom 1954 - 2005

[BeardedPriest]

Music used to be fun...

[xxxtexanpa]

This little song was adopted by an Oklahoma City radio staion (KOMA) and the come ah come ah come ah was changed to KOMA KOMA KOMA 24 hours a day. How neat is that.

[MACJO63]

@xxxtexanpa I remember when KOMA and WLS were the most powerful stations out there. I used to pick up KOMA out in Arizona on a clear night,, Great station!

[xxxtexanpa]

@MACJO63 Oh yes! I was returning from Alaska after having traversed the ALCAN highway and started picking up KOMA somewhere along that Highway and again once I hit 66 long before I got to Amarillo and didn't get any closer to Oklahoma than that. It was mostly at night and I think KOMA was a Clear Channel 50KW station at night when they were allowed to kick their power level up. Plus they had popular music of the time!

[DaBashWun]

fuck pop music

[TheElfasour]

oh my god! I had been born in those years! too bad :/

[bebopola]

parents keep passing down good music :D

[MeGottaGo1]

One of the greatest songs ever . Does anyone know of a HQ video of this song ?

[hlchibororski]

dont you miss the easy day with harmless dances having fun girls wearin puddle skirts

[MrVoyager123]

SAME HERE BUT IM 68

[deviatea]

60's were goooooooood, today not so.

[namllof]

'49 Merc !!

[saxier1]

I really don't think there was as much shit music back then, it seemed like every week there was a great new song to look forward to. We get inundated with crap these days..I don't even get disappointed any more..I expect shit music, and that's all they ever bring out..constantly.

[alnjgove8uifjbkelbfg]

Why do people on here want to go back in time? The music still exists. I'm sure there was as much shit music back then as there in now. The key thing is that greatness lives on. In 50 years nobody will remember Justine Beaver.

[skaha77]

@alnjgove8uifjbkelbfg but they will still remember Connie Francis... and that will be 90 years later. Just who is this Justin Bieber punk anyhow? He hang with that Lady GAW ga?

[skaha77]

@skaha77 COW dung-Ga

[styrbjornful]

i had a friend with wealthy parents, they had a bar and jukebox in their basement, one day we turned out all the lights and listened to this tune over and over in the dark. i still think about her and this was more than fifty yrs ago

[MargotVoguey]

@styrbjornful What a wonderful picture.

[Hillary442]

to tell you the truth im 13 and i love this song and more oldies. i listen to so much songs from back then my sister says im an old woman on the inside

[ggggggggyea]

yo uhnoly ARBITER  we all feel that way no matter what time period. take the inspiration and make it your own, that's the artistic way.

[Linkzcap]

Dang I had to go through like 6 blocked songs in a row on the American Graffitti playlist to get here.

[TheJoecool1972]

i love 50s music, its so much better then today music, and im 15. i wanna have lived back then!!!

[Mr32ducecoupe]

@TheJoecool1972 me too and im 16 i try my best to relive that era we build cars and i am building a 32 like the 1 on american graffiti

[TheJoecool1972]

@Mr32ducecoupe oh cool! piss yellow? haha jk, but awesome though!

[Mr32ducecoupe]

@TheJoecool1972 haha yes my coupe will be piss yellow haha



[Mr32ducecoupe]

@TheJoecool1972 

[Mr32ducecoupe]

thanks for sharing my enthusiam i love all old music it is the bomb.

[Mr32ducecoupe]

thank you man or woman lolu have alot of common sence thanks for sharing my enthuseasim at least i know someone that loves this stuff.

[Mr32ducecoupe]

i love this song what happend to music? music today SUCKS! and im 16 yrs old lol thanks for submitting this video.

[texas3056]

I'm 3 yrs. old and like this song.

[colindaleradiosutch]

THIS TAKES ME BACK ?. JIMMY IS RITE ON THE MONEY WITH THIS CLASSIC. colindaleradiosutch

[pipacoleman]

i know my mum bought this tune, am gonna remind her, we can have a good remeniss

[flammasherman]

The first 45 I ever bought, heard this on a late Saturday night radio programme hosted by David Jacobs, ' Pick Of The Pops ', and went crazy over it !

[jamesmcrews]

I'm mad that the worst generation of Americans, the ones you can point at directly and blame for the economic crisis of today, are the ones who got to enjoy this music as new. Their shortsightedness has cost the younger generations dearly.

[pt1gard]

type in... "1959: lost coastlines" to YT ... if you like the 50s :) ... its a TV series Im trying to make, read the synopsis too... thanks :)'

[geebeeman1]

This is one of my favorite Punctuation songs: a comma, comma, comma, etc. Get it? ha

[tumsabai1]

Yea!! If you could sing a good falsetto back then, you were cool.

[apinasdasd]

I wish I could live in 60's :( I was born in 1997 and it sucks

[cynthia6637]

I love the pictures in this video and also this song!

[Kalkas53]

I like Conway Twitty's version better

[uplatette43]

@Kalkas53 You got your wires crossed. The big revival hit was by Del Shannon.

[lazur1]

@uplatette43 Handy Man: Jimmy Jones '60. Conway Twitty '61. Del Shannon '64, James Taylor '77.

[joe9879]

Im 17, and this music just inspires me, all of my friends and family think i was born in the wrong decade, i loveeee these songs and could listen to them all day.

[samanthaplz10]

as i have always said I was born in the wrong time period... "music" these days isn't music!! the ppl, the love, america in general was so different back then and yes thank God for progress these day but i just wish the attitude, the mind set, the values and virtues of us ppl today were as they were back then!!

for ever live this music!! :)

[malehollywoodfan]

All I can think about is DeWayne singing on What's Happening

[207nkf]

13 then...butch hair cut in the summer, taps on my shoes, engineer boots, little transistor radio, and outside all day playing...Different time than now, and thank God I can still listen to the tunes!!!

[lovdanig]

I was born in 1951 turned 60 TOOOO day:). I Burned this up on my little transistor radio and my recrod player and RCA that played only 45's I got my first 4 speed record changer when I got a Beah Boys album

[Pkr]

@lovdanig I was born in '41 and happy about that... the music was great... and so were the people.

[unholyARBITER]

I'm 15 and born in the wrong time period

[woodzo40]

@unholyARBITER Me to. Naw we have all the crap to look forward to lol.

[zjbeast]

@unholyARBITER I am in the same boat. I am 25 and grew up listening to oldies going with my friends to car shows and checking out classic cars. Needless to say my friends all grew up in the 50-60s. So I am a 25 yr old hanging out with guys who are much older but I like to say I am a 50's greaser stuck in a 25 yr olds body. In the wrong century.

[BullworthPinUpGirl]

@unholyARBITER Someone put us in a goverment time machine and sent us into the future!!! :O

[adb140275]

@unholyARBITER me too, weren't we all

[JBfanforlife]

@unholyARBITER Same here but I'm 24 lol

[mllean0nyme]

@unholyARBITER we can built ours, it will be better ;)

[hlchibororski]

@unholyARBITER  dito i'm 14

[collieman4202]

@unholyARBITER me too!!!! i agree!!!

[19501960music]

@unholyARBITER

haha i am 15 and i was born in the wrong time period too :D

[DXHmaster0000]

@unholyARBITER Same here

[ab240867]

great music.

[woodzo40]

My dad was 12. Idk where i was. wished i was 17 in 1962.

[6615tom1]

what a great voice

[peteboy1113]

when i was a moovin and a groovin,

[nycboo]

One of the first records i bought greatttttttttttt

[SuperPellan]

en 62 j'avais 1 an mais mes parents mon bercés sur cette musique trop génial

[joe196798]

I as one of the lucky ones, I was 20 in 1962 and had 55 Chevy Hotrod and hung around Bob's Big Boy in Phoenix AZ cruising Central ave

[peteboy1113]

@joe196798 - i was 5 in 62, had a bike, and no money. ok so if i went to bobs big boy, someone had to buy. still i loved this song. use to dance to it in 1st grade.

[mewakittay]

In 62... I was waiting 2 years for my grandparents to meet, get married in 64, have my father in 66, meet my mother in 86 and born in 88!! But i still LOVE this era's music!

[thelastleaf66]

james taylor is a toy.

[cubsvoice]

i was a teenager in iaeger wv and cruised the streets and what a wonderful time to grow up in. music we could understand and music with a meaning, never be nothing like those days again

[gastro137]

Loll he barely says. Handy man. In this song

[KSCrosby]

James taylor ruined this song

[marksoutof10]

@KSCrosby He did indeed. One of the radio stations I listen to only ever plays the James Taylor version. Shame on them.

[mkl62]

A Top 5 hit for Jimmy Jones in February 1960.

[MrGotsquashed]

I like death metal and other bizarre music, But I love this music just as much-it's a bizarre combination. The '50s and early '60's music were my favorite before the other stuff- it goes better with the classic cars I like.

[Bigbitgirl]

my god thats cool!!!

[Thearl]

I kinda prefer James Taylor's version, though.

[KSCrosby]

@Thearl you're KIDDING!

[Thearl]

Thanks for the post.

[gazovbolton07]

My god i envy all u guys who lived it back then,,,, come on scientist invent time travel for christ sake.

[JulieBug424]

@gazovbolton07 I feel the same way!!!

[TheMusicismylife56]

@gazovbolton07 rap didnt exist in these days. idont understand how people were racist in this time period and not racist now...it should be the exact opposite...

[BullworthPinUpGirl]

@TheMusicismylife56 There's still racism today...

[TheMusicismylife56]

@BullworthPinUpGirl yeah, mostly black people racist against white people....

[SwetonQ]

Man it feels like im the only 16 years old that listens to music like this. everyone else listens to heavy metal and crap like that. They dont know waht they are missing =D

[MrSoulSamCooke]

@SwetonQ

Im With ya buddy!!

Im 16 and Love this music the most

rock n roll soothes my soul

this is a classic!!

[sean991000]

Doesn't anyone out there know what happened to this great talent?

[hajune]

@sean991000 He is retired. His son is on Facebook and will respond to messages. He was amazing. Had he just had a few more hits he would be Hall of Fame material. This and Good Timing are at the very top of old time Roch and Roll. I never get get tired of hearing him.

[sean991000]

@hajune My band opened for him in The Catskills shortly after he recorded THAT'S WHEN I CRIED. He was very versatile doing a wide range of material in his show. What name does his son go by on Facebook?

[fjbutch]

I was eight and catching frogs at the local swamp.

[kennbix]

I was 16 when this song was out and I love it just as much today as I did in 1960...

[MrSoulSamCooke]

@kennbix

Im 16 now and have this very Vinyl Record

in my room!

and I know when im at your current age

i'll still love it too,

it lives on :)

[Desi5218]

Where was i in 1962? I was negative 32 years old in my mom's stomach, not being sarcastic at all im serious.

[tumsabai1]

@Desi5218

That's too bad. You missed the best times of the 20th century!!!

[briartlaw]

Still great after 50 years thanks for posting ..

[123thebandit]

im only 30 but so wish i was around when this came out.

im in to rock n roll big time you cant beat it. cars. girls. music.

[bealtespip123]

Man,girls were much cuter back then. WHY WAS I BORN IN THIS TIME PERIOD!?

[mikemikeyf]

Just another monster hit in NYC, back then.

Imagine a competition between him and Lou Christie !

[pillroller88]

And in just five short years the Rolling Stones were singing Paint It Black...who knew it would end so fast?

[DorisDayFanatic]

@pillroller88 How true. It's so sad.  =(

[dakotabillyone]

Tigermoon1950: Porky's was the greatest!

[1uptospeed]

old school COOL hand me this song

[arkyron1947]

I lived in this era it was magical. We might not have truly known this , but there was a feeling that you knew was special when you heard your" song". The 60s were special.

!

[MinnieMouseRoks]

I'm 14 and I love this song!!! I am so popular at school, everyone has copied me :)

[a68rebel]

Best movie EVER !!!!

[tnicolemtzhector]

i love this song

[bestlineever]

i'm only 18 now but still loved this movie and all the songs that go with it. Thanks to my dad for making me watch this when i was 8.

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.9 in the world charts

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.7 in the world charts

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.5 in the world charts

[cmulwee001]

Actually, this is not the original version. That honor goes to The Sparks Of Rhythm who was the first to record it. Their original rendition is a slower bluesy song that bears little resemblence to the covers by Jimmy Jones and James Taylor. The Sparks of Rhythm[ original{recoded in 1956, 3 years before Jones's}is the closing track on Before They Were Hits vol.1

[SergeantPaenzer]

GREAT !!!

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.3 in the world charts

[Jibjub80]

What about "dash dash dash dash dash dash?"

[Jibjub80]

Yes, I was being silly. I was born in 1980.

[Jibjub80]

I wish someone would treat me like a human being, let alone marry me. :(

[clyffe347]

Hey Jibbyjub. I'm too young to think of marriage (born 1943), but anyone who can ask a question like "Why does he sing comma..as opposed to hyphen?" I would love to have for a pet. You made my day!

[Jibjub80]

@clyffe347 Thanks for the kind words. I know you responded quite some time ago, but it made MY day to know that someone is amused by my sense of humor. Add me as a friend on here if you like.

Jim

[Jibjub80]

I'm curious about something. Why does he sing "comma comma comma comma" as opposed to "hyphen hyphen hyphen hyphen" or "period period period period" or "semicolon semicolon semicolon semicolon???" Does anyone know

[heartsfrozensolid]

Marry me?

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.3 in the world charts

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.7 in the world charts

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago on no.10 in the world charts

[laurenjaynecoffeeice]

Wow, this is so good.

Great voice, and love the background singers!!!!

Many thanks.

[drestamc]

60s fo life

[horsesflu]

holy crap, Debbie is so hot. I'd kill to meet a girl like her

[bph11224]

i love this music and listening to this when i'm home and in my sisters car :)

i'm noly sixteen but oh how i love it!

[qb63]

continued..hearing music from this time is great..this was super.

[qb63]

I was born in 1945 and thank goodness..this was one I used to try to sing..hearing music from

[turkeybonger]

congrats for keeping up with technology...

[WOODBINEXX]

i was born in 1959 how i wish to god it had been 1943 and id been a teenager when music like this was around!

[christgmas]

@WOODBINEXX

[peabo12]

At least you were old nenough to enjoy the music of the late '60s and into the '70s. I was born in 86, so music has been bad for most of my life

[ranmae57]

yes, but michael jackson was the bomb!

[peabo12]

Michael Jackson was the bomb but I was not old enough to enjoy his greatest songs. Thriller came out three years before I was born, Bad was released when I was one. At least I a old enough to remeber "Do you rember the Tie"

[fntime]

"Remember the Tie" YES, I have ties older

than YOU! (lol) Please, don't put me in the

position that I have to explain Thriller

and Bad, to you!

[woodzo40]

@WOODBINEXX I was born in 1980. People need to carry it on.

[slappy10524]

@WOODBINEXX i hope you were fortunate enough to not have been involved in Vietnam good sir.

[SHEMEANzEVRyTHANG2ME]

@WOODBINEXX

You and Mr. GOLDMAN8073 are so lucky !

[zaaritha]

Good oldie!

[silverton55]

lovely song

[goldman8073]

What an era. I was 17 when this was a smash hit. Still a smash hit to me almost 50 years on. They don't do it like they used to and thats a pity.

[dec3421]

lol im only 16 years old and i am blasting this music out my bedroom window, kinda weird for a 21st century teenager haha

[MrSlantsix]

well done keep listening & youre not wierd just a good taste in music go & educate ya mates ; i play the music everytime i drive my '62 valiant

[dec3421]

kool 62 valiant there gawjuss cars. Im into jacked pick-ups myself lol

[nietsmmar2]

It has a kickass catchy beat^^

[kielego]

@dec3421 its not wierd, if youre a big fan of the sixties, u would see others commenting like this, im 13, its not wierd, trust me

[TheHyde55]

@dec3421 Believe me, it's not in the least bit weird. :)

[TheJoecool1972]

@goldman8073 you are so lucky! i was born in 1996 and love this stuff

[srfeev]

All of your videos are what I would call White Young Girl songs from the time, top 40 stuff. . No mention of Wolf Man or any black singers which most of us white guys / girls were into in 1962.

[aimvet57]

thats funny! ur right, tho'!

[jason75]

Takes me back as a kid.

[gretzle]

Where was I? Till May, i was still in Korea and after that in Ft Benning, Ga. Was a magical time then.

where was i in '62? I was still a twinkle in my dad's eye! I didn't turn up till '64!