Fontella Bass and Bobby McClure " Don't Mess with a Good Thing" 1965

[oldschoolgirlful]

Love watching clips that were one when i was growing up! Congrats Michael! Love your Grandpa!

[soln4suhreborn]

Wow,I never knew there was filmed footage of this song. My parents had this 45 on Checker Records, I remember it because the 45 had the checkerboard with Checker spelled out with the red and black checkers. They said people use do a dance called the Uncle Willie to this. I don't know where you dug this artifact up from but it really made my day!!

[MissJackieM]

I love them!!!

[OldGoldSoul]

BOBBY MCCLURE DIED IN 1992  R.I.P.

[avadiane3]

My brother had an awesome voice along with his two older brothers. Miss you Bobby! Love your baby sister!

[tomovox]

What a trememdous clip! Fontella is such a beautiful woman and she and Bobby McClure certainly have chemestry; it really appears they're have such a good time doing this. I'm afraid like too many others, I only pretty much knew "Rescue Me." I'm learning of the other songs Fontella did and this is going on my favorites list. Thanks for posting!

[jkeyes1000]

WORLD'S BIGGEST FONTELLA BASS FAN, HERE. THANKS FOR THIS PRECIOUS CLIP!

[freak858]

sooooo coooollllll!!!!!

[TheSoowhatsup]

To Micheal your grandpa was no joke with his voice, I had the pleasure of knowing him here in Cali and he was the best entertainer around.

[MICHEAL7478]

cant belive this is my grandpa



[BobbyColePopMusic]

@MICHEAL7478

That is so cool. Is this the only video you have of him?

[allytron]

@MICHEAL7478

Mate is this really ur grandpa. I need something signed by him.

[honeycone71]

@MICHEAL7478: SERIOUSLY??? Bobby McClure is your grandpa...how cool is that!!!!

[cristaco]

@MICHEAL7478 really? is he ur grandpa?

[allytron]

@MICHEAL7478 FUCKIN LIAR

[SteveArpo]

Great video!

[lordkoos]

Ry Cooder cut this with Chaka Khan doing Fontella's part.

[glomo86]

Michael McDonald does this with one of his background singers in the Dukes of Sept. concert. They did a wonderful job but this is over the top. The more I see and hear it the more I love it.

[glomo86]

This is the original and it is so cool! I love these moves from the 60's. Fontella was a doll.

[rorygg1]

gregg allman did a great version of this tune on his 74 tour lp

[lookinside1980]

Me encantaaaaaaaa !!!!!

[aoldone57]

I used to deliver news papers to Bobby McClure in 1966 Orr Weathers Housing Complex

[ajtforbes]

A small clip of this was shown on (BBC?) TV in the UK as part of a "history of soul" series a few years back. Never thought I'd see the whole thing. They look & sound fantastic. Thanks a lot for this post.

[veadlsteak]

I'm so glad you put this up. they're both from St.Louis, my husband knows them both he was

a musician also. It is so good and lets us see

how pretty Fontella was when she was young, not

to mention their tremendous talent