Gene Chandler - "Duke Of Earl"

[JokerLXIX]

quiksilver1155 I strongly agree with what you just said

I love oldies

I grew up with em

It was so innocent

and so pure

just an amazing feeling when I listen to oldies

[aintpluggedin]

oh oh!

[quiksilver1155]

This song is great, I only wish that the shit that comes out nowadays like "yooouuuulll solja boy shoot ya up" or whatever the fuck he says....i just wish it was as good as this guy. He basically invented r&b..im stuck in the classics...like eric clapton and jimi Hendrix and older.. I like this guy.. he is good. He is oldschool 2.....One of my favorites. =D...lil wayne and that shit represents everything thats wrong with the world...all they talk about it bentleys,money,chicks,and drugs/alcohol.

[livy61594]

i am probably the only teenager who knows and loves this song. my music taste is way ahead of my age

[asow7]

Wow, yeah you're they only teenager who does...

[thesilvershields]

I grew up on this myself. While I'm 30 now, this was one of my favorites from the time I was 6 years old.

[enrique489]

no you're not. im 15 and i grew up on this stuff

[BrendenWR]

No microphone buddy this guy goes oldschool

and actually uses his lungs

[cronicjhonez]

wheres the microphone duke?

[megansbeast]

i love this song

[USA817]

now this is music not like that shit that comes out of lil wayne and all those annoying ignorant entertainers of today.

[huggies193]

really.....really good song

[increpar]

Great , my generation (im 22) sucks

[ermerstudio]

I might be developing a serious addiction to this song! It's so FU*#%NG GOOD! Pardon my french.

[timeeks]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this song!! So much emotion in his voice.. great, great song..

[kkadfadfae]

his hands are white, shame his head aint lol

[timeeks]

You're dumb..

[Arsher]

Here's a good example of what actual RnB is. Nothing to do with Rihanna or other shits.

[fallenskater104]

its all about what hes wearing

[joeyd1957]

I'm the Duke of Earl !

[taylornottyler]

lol dukedom

[intellaricovision]

this should have more than 500k views...Great song...

[mattisha34]

One of my favorite Oldies of all time, Classic! Look at that dead audience, they don't DESERVE this performance!

[xionalmanzas]

yes 800th comment

best music ever created!

[jaymoua1]

u know wats a good song 2 the temptation

[Panbaccha]

If you like 'The Duke of Earl' by Gene Chandler, then you will like 'RAINBOW' by him too.

[unitedva]

I love this song! I wish they still made music like this.

thanks for posting =D A++++++++++

[jingsaw112]

the old music is the best. i love this song

[Ankost66]

Timeless! Masterpiece!

[playboy652]

this song is the best

[chalan24dgo]

i love this song,

bt the movie is fucking wack.

i hate cholos and cholas,

i never wanted to be a fucken cholo.

i dont need that shit in my life.

[blindreaper1408]

I love this song! Awesome sound! Classic!

[Etemp]

Nothing can stop the Duke of Earl!!

[SEETER1]

this is the real music!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

[xkcashx]

I like this,. His voice is awesome.

[maximusjones1]

love this video, but what is with the description? lol speak english much?

[joko9395]

LOL. Duke is a pimp. Him and his dukedom.

[sydswirl]

hahaha...fuk yea. that fool pimps hard. this jam is tight.

[joko9395]

Did u see him break down LOL!

[InowOwn3Hammonds]

my friend Foster was throwing up after getting drunk and I played this for him as he examined the porcelain - and sang "the Duke of Hurl"

[joeyd1957]

I love it.

[AntnyMichlHallnOats]

Growing up...I was the Duke Of Earl.

[joeyd1957]

Me too !

[nikegolf817]

God... I love BLack People

[blizzy63]

Duke, Duke, Duke, cha-cha-cha.

Great doo-wop. I've loved this song forever it seems.

[thelife4her]

The guys chorus at my school sang this song, and they were actually pretty good!

[ElMalvado]

Crusing oldie reminds of goodtimes

[p207001]

I wanna be the Dutchess Of Earl x

[Blaze4530]

i luv the song and my name is duke!

[LovesLonerGuys18]

LONG LIVE THE OLDIES!!!! I should have been born in the era of oldies.... THEY NEED TO BRING BACK TO GOOD STUFF!

[gerritt0420]

LOVE IT

ITS SO TRIPPYY

hahaha

[DavesCarWash]

to the youngsters above: you have stumbled on one of the great talents of this era and I fully understand your loving this song (as I did when I first heard it in 8th grade in 1961-62!!). Take no grief from any friends who may criticize your tastes; they are the ones lacking. Seek out the countless treasures from this period: Del Shannon, Dion, Jackie Wilson, Ben E. King, Bobby Darin, the Crystals (girl group as are the Marvelettes)..list is endless. You will have the time of your young lives

[grimbo114944182]

they should bring dawoop back. i love it. i am not showing my age-but im a teenager. people think im weird for liking this. I LOVE IT!

[irishkid19]

music died after this era

I am 21 and I can't stand today's music.

I was born in the wrong generation.

This country is different now

our culture is failing us

I love the oldies

[grimleonez]

one of the best songs ever. and im only 14 years old. they should totally bring doowop back

[lightning494]

Check out the YouTube vids of Groundstone 1, they sing acappella on the streets of NYC as good as any of the old groups they cover. They also cover Duke of Earl.

[lkjhgfdsa321]

Great song!!! I hadn't heard it in a long time. Glad I found this.

[clintcat]

Woo I love it!!!

[InowOwn3Hammonds]

who played on this record anyway ? I know there is a Hammond Organ in there - great backing vocals - sweet sax and I hear brushes on the drums and a super bass line...thats just getting started ! Does anyone know where you can look up the session stats?

[monkeylard35]

does anyone know where he is singing this cuz theres a lot of other videos of people singing in here is it like a show or something

[delalone]

you would have been even more cool if u would have included Otis who was the best ever

[othajr23]

he was the foundation my dad always told me he and ray charles,smokey,the ruffin bros. and stevie..i was born cool

[gumheels4life]

today was the first time i had heard this, a guys vocal group with female lead is doing it at school, which sounds amazing. i loved the song so have come home and looked it up. great song.

[SiaMaat]

Everytime I hear this song, I think of the original "Hairspray" movie! Tracy Turnbland dancing to this during the Ladies Choice scene, I believe!

[jarabie]

Me too! Loved it then and love it now...I can just see her glide gracefully with Link. lol

[remy1976remy]

Great. Gene Chandler is one of the best voice of all times.

Youtube search for ELVIS ROCK DISCO 45 and you will see an honoring to many rock and roll's songs.

[DoctorDoubleX]

I'm the Duke of Earl

[DBowie1983]

This is one of my favorite songs to play on saxophone. Duke of Earl rox my sox!!!!!

[Salad714]

this song waz from the movie duke of earl

towkerz town vs 14 street

[GreenChild7]

i luv this song. when i was younger my dad usta sing all these old songs all the time n this was one of them:)

[crazyeye124]

i love this song!eversince i listened to it i just couldnt get it out of my head!I LOVE IT!!!

[Oscar301]

quite literally glorious vocals

[nikegolf817]

My name is Chandler Gene and my Dad's name is Earl Duke! Crazy I know. Anyways BAMF song. This is truly great

[Smashly2869]

Loved this song growing up, I am 56. Never seen the video untill today. FANTASTIC. What a powerfull voice he had.Loved the religious thing with claping hands, How powerfull that is...

Kaptain Rolly Spark

[rryan1123]

nice song, nothing beats the classics!!!

[cultcat0711]

right on

[movieone67]

the audience is typical of this type of film...first of all the director did not know how to direct audience reaction to this type of song,remember rock and roll was still considered race music, so with that being said the audience is only doing what they are being directed...they may very well want to jump on stage and hug him,but not in the fifties.

[walstreetpro]

wow you can tell the times have changed the music is a reflection of the good times people were having not all the strees we have now and i wasnt even around in the 60' 70's but i wish i was

[opntheirhartzJesus]

i used to sing this into the mirror in my bedroom, wow i loved this song.

God bless

Peace all

[Oriente7]

This song fuckin awesome just learned it in guitar class.

[briguy1093]

ahahahahahha matt you bastard!!

[Croatoan91]

This was the song used in that shampoo commercial...

"As I.... Shampoo My Hair..."

Great Song

[hawai109]

dumdumdum....and my pentis is wet hahahaha.lol

[judie77]

its a very lovely song1

[milkblackcoffee]

I like this song very much.

[badacyborg]

Can't get enough of the Golden Oldies!

[dayooh]

this has always been a favorite of mine, but when I listened to it with one of my best friends at work, she made me love it even more..........love this song, nothing but good memories.......xo

[jrlh67]

I was lucky enough to see this great man in an Oldies Show with the Marvelettes, the Shangri La's, and a few more that I can't think  of at the moment. Can you believe that the concert took place about twenty years ago in a public high school cafeteria.

[ejgenerette]

u see the racist white people in the croud lol wow haters

[tashaluvsthetemps]

lol yeah at 1:46. How can they have such a miserable look on their faces when such an amazing song is being performed?

[FN308]

Wow - and you can tell all this from seeing a glimpse of them on an old video.... That would probably explain why they came to the show in the first place, huh? You're a legend in your own mind, you know that?

[The301Kid]

What makes you say they're racist? Just because they aren't crowd-surfing or throwing roses on stage? This obviously takes place at a nicer restaurant/club and they're sitting back and letting this man do what he does best. The clapping at the end also disproves your statement. If they were racist or haters at all they would have either booed him or stayed completely silent.

[LovinThe50s]

lol me 2.

[LovinThe50s]

haha im nt 8 if thats wat u thought i ment haha nvrmind

[CharlestonTheBear]

Im only 8 and i like this song, lol jk...this song is a clasic and will neevr be forgotten, the oldies are the best!

[CarlDeanFansite]

I'm only 17 & I luv this music! This is an awesome song!!!!

[Faness0010]

AWW. i'M GOONA CRY, MY 4 YEAR BDAY WAS TAPED AND MY DAD AND HIS FRIENDS SUNG THIS SONG... AND i FINALLY HERE IT TODAY AFTER MY FATHER DIED WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, I FEEL LIKE CRYING (;

[barrypilling]

OMG, this is a brilliant song.  Never heard it before, and it's made my day!

[NMZD68]

de de de decore de de decore de de. That was a shampoo add in Australia in the 80's. lol no guessing where they got the song inspiration from.

[roytboga]

what the fuck? i was waiting for him to pull a bunny out of his hat

[Steveiemoney98]

This guy looks like a pimp

[rmhm73]

lol I think he looks more like a fuckin magician than a pimp!

[rryan1123]

he,he,he, regardless of the look however funny it seems, you cant deny the fact that it sounded pretty cool...lol

[Cindymrsh]

I luv this song! we were talking about it in choir the other day :D

[LaurenJayneDiamond]

This song sounds good, but all of your comments are a real scream. Thanks cause

the way the world is lately we need all the laughs we can get.

Perhaps some of you should think of a career in comedy.

Best,

[katherinesaint]

yea you guys are really funny lololo

[Arsher]

Usher can go to Hell !

[nickg421]

that has got to be the earliest pimp suit i've ever seen

[pimpdaddy316]

I play this song as I leave a room to go take a shit. its great

[LogansRunning]

That's the funniest shit I have read all day! lol

[pimpdaddy316]

haha, well its true. Think of how it starts. Duke duke duke...which can also mean Doo doo. All I know is, when my friends hear the Duke of Earls kick on and see me stand up with my newspaper neatly folded under my right arm, they clear outta my house.

[katherinesaint]

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa thats a good one

[TheOutsidersloover]

AMAZING!

[stencil666]

you, you, you....you cabron!!

hahahaah

i love this song

[spoonyluv31]

This song is the shiznit man :-)

[shunk63]

this video clip is from a movie he stared in with chubby checker and dion..dion doing the majestic and chubby doin the fly...ahh...they were great ...long live the golden oldies..

[Hayley2045]

LOVE THIS SONG:D its in pound puppies too lol but changed lmao :D

[vegeta9o]

the best song ever :]

[colopity]

Wow, amazing, thanks for posting!

[rockabillygirl96]

great song

[kittycatspawz]

I've never seen him do this in a video. Thank you so much for posting this vid. Even though I wasn't born when this song was out, I still love it!!

[ProfCrom12]

fuck!

I love this song to put it bluntly haha

:)

[centralguy08]

The men in my choir at school are singing Duke of Earl this saturday and i have the solo. Im gonna fucking rock that place...im tellin yall.

[celly32000]

am answering u b\with u own ignorance i got on to ur level .. so please grow upp stop arguing stop wasting ur time with me in front of everybody here HELLOO WHO CARE if u get MAD .. U HAVE TO 2 THINGS DONT GET MAD AND GET MAD.. THATS NORMAL FOR A HUMAN BEING.. OK BABY .. ENJOY THE MUSICCCCCCCCC..

[BajanGirlSharon15]

this is my favorite oldie goldie song.lol.i have others but this 1 stands out.XD

[rollizard]

dj muggs sampled this on the song hand on the pump

[liliomerta]

I love it :D

[usus9us]

Tey don't make them like this no more.Even they should

[tacomang]

gene chandler and ben e. king are rnb gods

[BablyonsKing]

I guess I'll never find my Penny Padgent from Dallas Texas, the woman who loved this song so much. If anyone knows her in Alaska please tell her I still miss her so very much...

[emilyice]

Best song every love this song!

[Arsher]

That is true RHYTHM & BLUES, not that crappy RnB like Rihanna and Kanye West ...

[Veggieman87]

YES! There IS a difference! The term has lost all meaning now! It's just "R"!

[balz2dewalz]

I follow Ringo Starrs motto, "Peace and love baby"

[groovybeth18]

sooo cool! i love this song! if you like this song watch my the boys of my choir sing it...they are pretty amazing as well!

[celly32000]

why those comments thats so stupid america is for everybody .. songs,homes ... people should stop saying Go back to mexico.. DAMN thats the saying if some one said go back where ur ancestor came. we all immigrant.. and live in a Free Country.. Thank GOD!.

WHY WE ARGUING FOR SOMETHING STUPID. U dont want others to listen to ur songs if their mexican? so stop eating italian food or even bread. we did not make that. and saying we..cuz am african american..it hurts to theirs still ignorant people.

[grimleonez]

one of the best songs ever

[alanblack435667]

greta song

[MaxSense]

this song is still hip. some music never dies

[mpsoldier0788]

what year was this song recorded? I love it lol

[usus9us]

1962

[rhpositive2002]

Nothing can stop the Duke of Earl. How true.

[kcirtap911]

they need to bring duwop music back

music these days have a bunch of hoodlums

spittin into a microphone

[Arsher]

This has nothing to do with modern tasteless RnB ... I'm on Rock 'n' Roll, though I'm very attracted by such kind of oldies .

[Moonbabe1989]

I am too :D its fun to listen to

[makeupchica79]

Aw, I love this song! When I was about nine.. me, my sister and three cousins lip synched this song in a talent show at our local mall. LOL, good memories!

[LittleMsLaughsALot]

Oh my gosh!!!!!!!

I can't get enough of this song!!!

Why can't music still sound like this???

[theVideogamefinatic]

This song is the bomb I wish they still had the oldies but goodies still on the radio.

[mikij1988]

this song iz da best

[19temper87]

simon thats rite only (((oldies rules fuk all that shit nigger hip pop an nigger rap oldies rules))) an chicano rap rules like lil rob an them chicano rappers

[harlemboy413]

get your own music if you feel that way and stop trying to be black by imitating us stupid ass small dick mexican

[mossdefb1r]

i waz born 93 n i noe lotz bout music i hear evry type out there i mean evry time but i love oldies the quality of the singerz n the lyrics r so simple but yet enjoyable

[DIRTDOGSSSS]

they play this song at knotts soak city in anaheim ca

[87crownvic]

they play this song at six flags over georgia!!!!!

[miggalo786]

This song is so awesome!!! This song was on one of the CD's that played where I used to work, and many classic songs like this. I dont work there anymore, =[

[jhniscol]

this song is such an amazing song

i am 16 years old and I listen to oldies and this has to be one of my favorites

[GhostSniper1981]

Its amazing to hear that one of today's youth is listening to one of the best songs from back then. I'm 27 and grew up with these sweet songs.

[FortressRidge]

Ha theres alot of us out there who are young and listen to these songs. I was born in 92' and were raised listening to these songs.

I actually wish I could of been growing up in the 50's and such. I liked everything about the 50's 60's and 70's

[RCharkot]

Same. =)

I was born in 92 as well and(like you said) I love music from the 50's-70's=).

[1991gunit]

i was born in 91 and i didnt know what this was and when it started i was like wtf then when the guy started singing i was starting to like it

[animeiscool724]

I'm 13, and I grew up in elementary school listening to oldies.

This is a great song. :)

[IAmTheRealBragi]

was born 91 and luv it =)

probably one of my favourites

[Zelarpie]

i'm also 16 and i love alot of older songs, i might be due to the fact my dad played them all the time XD

[altonzee]

the man who made this record a hit....was his backing singer.....and thats is fact.. Genes voice is not that great.

[oofarfoo]

thats louis hamilton, lol

[1967MOD]

the man ace

[AZZYX2009]

great song timeless...

[NovemberReign]

That audience is dead, this is the song!