THE JARMELS A LIL BIT OF SOAP

[juan58102]

The singer is Alive?

[KIZERVONZINGER]

Dammmm baby can still sing! I love it thanks for posting it.

[eyesrbest80]

this is the first 45 i ever bought -- a long time ago. Still sounds as good as ever.

[Retslu]

While I respect everything you all are saying and yes, I do like this video, its the original that takes me back to '61. Thanks

[Jeepster46]

I see Ray Barnett and Tom Eldridge the original members of the Jarmels. These faces bring back some great memories. They are now gone but their music and images live on and the fact that I knew them is wonderful and they will be remembered until I'm gone. Funny, I know most of the lyrics to their songs without reading them anywhere, wow.

[rattpoison1]

Been singin' this one to myself today as I rode the lawnmower, LOL. Great tune.

[Geraldine224]

this is fabulous :)

[jerri4u2]

i hate to be the one to bust y'all bubble , but this is not the original Jarmels at least the lead singer isn't. listen to the original doo-woop version and you will see what i'm saying, he does a good job , but I'm use to the original one. I saw the Jarmels on the doo-woop program this month and they really sound better now than they did back in the day

[gilltorres]

@jerri4u2 Obviously you don't know JACK!

Do your research and you will see Mr.Paul Burnett is in fact The Original lead singer of The Jarmels..

The Jarmels are a doo wop/rhythm and blues group officially formed in 1959 in Richmond, Virginia. They were composed of Nathaniel Ruff (1939-1990s), Paul Burnett (1942-23 March 2001), Ray Smith (born 1941), Earl Christian (1940-1960s), and Tom Eldridge (1941-19 June 2000).

[131T3M3]

i fkin love the bass singer that comes in during the bridges or w.e

[brickbats]

A true soul classic. Just saw them on a PBS special - they are a direct link to great music from Ben E King to Willy Deville. Where has this been all my life?? Thanks for posting.

[harberguk]

If you can sound as great as this nearly 50 years after the first recording you have proven to be up there with the very best. I can not see this being done by any of nowadays "artists" and I would like to use this label very lightly.

True artists the Jarmels are!!!!!!

[radiotubes]

Wish i can find a quality video of the group.Ahh i see the guitarest of the Inquizators there.Cool Very underated group.

[troopcom]

absolutely awesome!!!! this is real music

[troopcom]

absolutely awesome!!!!

[loyaldude10]

wonder what yr this video was---all except 1 of the original band members, including lead singer, have passed on. what a great classic song

[panamasrose]

My late mother's fave group. Brings tears to my eyes hearing it. Just missed them in concert near me last month. So nice that they're still around and sounding better than ever. Won't miss them next time that's for sure!!!

[bobrich1QEDJ5]

Stripemister said it perfectly. Man this sounds so great! I remember this record and this performance is even better than the record.

[spenser330]

God this is so smooth.

[emb1st]

if you want to hear a great album buy the Jarmels. All there songs got better with each release....i cannot understand that took place in the radio field, but this group

had IT and each song was a masterpiece.........

[dggd]

I've loved that song since I was 6 years old.

[loungepianoman]

These groups from the 50's and early 60's sang because they loved to sing..money came second to most of those groups and like everything else in life many were screwed out of most of their earnings. Many earned less in a lifetime of performing than one concert date for the groups today that have to have their music censored. Horrible but true and that is the difference. Those groups will live on forever and today's groups are only as good as their last song.....

[lcar4000]

It's kind of sad that doo wop -- or any 50's and early 60's music -- is pretty much gone from radio station playlist. This music, the close vocal harmonies, can be appreciated by everyone--not just those of us who grew up with it.

[janimarie]

Sorry, but I dont think it is better than the original...

[casusc]

They sound great but def. not "better than original" Take it from this musician, when you do your hit one whole tone lower key and leave out the 2nd verse yet repeat the 3rd, it ain't great. all in all, these guys do sound very good for 47 yrs. later. Just the'fact they're still alive, let alone together

is a hard feat to match.

[ionlyspeaktruth]

that is called a song stylist. SMH! Paul never sang songs the same way twice. That is the difference between good and great!

[beefoneeto]

Skinny on Johnny Gale.He was in a Jersey band with Bobby Rondinelli in the late 70's when Richie Blackmore hired Bobby as his drummer in Rainbow.Johnny's real name is Neil Posner.He is currently in Kenny Vance and the Planetones.

[ubabe01]

Paul Burnett was a great vocalist and friend. I knew him well. His heart was always in the music.

[nestorelito112152]

I dedicate this song to a long-lost friend Eleazar Perla Sansolis who lives now somewhere in New York. Hope to see you sometime classmate.

[Wacokid48]

looks like Keith Richard moonlighting as the guitar player in back ??

[kuda1552]

Thats Johnny Gale

[atletico45]

One of the best doo wop songs ever

although it almost didn't score

[jonn1070]

Can't get enough of those background vocals - total classic.

[northlight1908]

That's Paul Burnett on lead vocal, right, as in the original hit? I believe he is deceased now... what happened to the other original members???

[2morticia]

Stumbled on this a few weeks ago. Awesome!

[doowoprichie]

another classic

[pamsiek]

what a sweet sweet song!

[motowngirl65]

Cool! So nice to see some of these guys are still around, looking good and still sounding good.

[usaearthling]

"Now this is original,you can't beat that. I am so glad to know they are still singing.God bless every one of them"

[drnili]

This sure takes me back--I enjoyed it--thanks for posting.

[doowop4eva]

Exquisite

[CanadaAstro]

excellent! Nice job, and great harmonies....

[gilltorres]

Thank you!!

[jameycruz]

The original lead.I know that voice.You guys made a record that will last forever.Thanks

[dwtslvr]

What I think is best is that the backup music doesn't overwhelm the featured singer. It just compliments. Not like the music today, sometimes you can't hear the featured singer at all.

[clamdraggin]

WOW! Some of the old groups have lost alot

of their abilities...not these guys. Im with

whoever said sounds better than the original

shows their raw talent I think..THANKS for posting this.

[barrygioportmorien1]

Great song.

[hah13]

still sounds as good as the day it was recorded..if not better

[poopoomonster]

agreed!!

[DooWopFanatic]

What a great era in music. I love it!

[flm7672]

thanks so much for this old but great number...

[shaftinmtl]

Where was this????

[NipkowDisk]

Though I prefer the original studio version (as I almost always do with any song), this really does sound quite good indeed!

[marlanmcdonald]

thanks

[beefoneeto]

Haha-Gil that's me with the cut sleeve shirt in the back.

[beefoneeto]

Haha-Gil that's me with the cut sleeves in the back!!!

[saturdayskids]

NICE!

[stripemister]

What more can one state---"outstanding." Forty seven years later, and it's like the Jarmels recording, "A Little Bit Of Soap" is being heard for the first time. Doo-Wop, the greatest souding music to one's ear.

[gilltorres]

YES!!

[phillydog17]

GREAT!!!

[williamp303]

Thanks!!!