I remember this song when I was around ten or eleven yrs old. I amazed that i still knew all the words. Now i know the name of the group. I love this song. does anyone remember how to do the philly dog or the shing a ling lol
JUST MISSED!!! "Get On Up" just missed making the Billboard's Hot Top 10 chart; it peaked at No. 11 and spent a total of 15 weeks in the Hot Top 100 in 1967!!!
I have loved this tune since it's release in the mid 60's. Thanks for posting! You know, I'm a big bass guitar sound lover....I think it adds power to any tune. I've always wondered how so many of these old mid-60's songs would sound like now if the same cats that recorded these tunes utilizing all the best cutting-edge equipment. This particular tune would become absolutely monstrous with modern equipment. Crank up that bass!! joel in tucson
In the '60's & '70's,Milwaukee had a great,thriving,& diversed music scene,plenty of live jazz,blues,soul, & rock& roll. The leading acts of soul music were ,of course, The Esquires, next it was Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds,both groups had major label record deals,The Esquires having the biggest hits.There were many popular singing groups & bands at that time.
My deepest sympathy to the Moorer Family,Alvis was a great friend & mentor to myself & young musicians & singers in Milwaukee at that time in soul music, The Esquires ,were hometown heroes, they sold over 1 million records of '"GET ON UP''within the first 6 weeks of it's release,& they had follow up hits,they are the only r&b act ,to date, that was a major label group that was based out of Milwaukee,their management base was Chicago.
@rmevans0309 My sympathies to the Moorer family. I was 8 years old when my older sister bought this song. I have never heard harmonies as tight as the Esquires.
I hope that one day soon THE ESQUIRES will get the recognition the deserve in music history.
shellybellysf..Super soul..fantastic song..damn glad I grew up in Detroit, so much going on the music scene. The sad thing is the 67 riots happened around the same time this was released. Things never the same back home. Thanks for the postin!
How can you sit yourself down for a rest, when you know that I'm trying my best to dance with you girl? YAY! Good times. I can say I was around when this song came out. Thank you for the memory
I went to an all White high school and when this song hit the charts, it was the absolute rage. Every pep rally and pom pom girl routine centered around it.
charles? i only remember charles moorer...heard that gil passed and perry, my big love in 1970, passed away on stage, doin' what he loved. do you know how to reach betty?
@alexismarydrake Charles Moorer played trumpet, I played guitar with The Esquires ,their backing band was The Navajo Train ,after them, we formed The FREE Mind band to back them.
''Hey you ova der, get on up,don't go no where!'' One of my all time favs from jr.high days. First place i ever heard of the dance called ''Da Philly Dog'' and by da sound of it I knew it HAD TO BE nasty!!! I heard it played heavy on CKLW (Windsor,Ontario/Detroit), WJMO & WIXY (Cleveland,Ohio) All 3 on da A,M, dial of course! :-)
November 2nd, 1965. Just got discharged from the US Army, stationed in Germany. Walked up to the "new corner" bar in Chester, PA and heard this piece for the first time. I had to get up and check the juke box to see who it was. I then met a "Super Freak" while there. She was 20 years older than I, bless you Helen.
man im just 30 yrs old.man you guys had and still have the best music ever i really wished that i was born during that era,because we aint got no type of good music by the way this is my jam you dig.
My mother said she used to play this song every morning to wake her brothers up for school. I played this song for her and she started doing the dances from back in the day. Love this song. Thanks for posting
@WickedWonder1979 lol I laugh every time I read this post...the song makes me laugh as it is..but it seems like your mom had so much personality & love ....it just cracks me up...I love it.
bigbiggityben....mrcsmall,myself and the rest of the montclairs band spent time in that area when we were'nt backing the esquires. a place called dirty gurtys'..do you know it? we opened for jackie wilson at king solomons mine,but i thought that was omaha...can you help me on this one ? was jackie wilson at that solomons mine around that time? there could be more than one...HELP.floydcheatham
A lesser known Esquires single was on Wand Records with "Bunky's" pick, I Don't Know. My favorite was (and still is) Part Angel, the flip side. Don't know what year that single was released. Get On Up is still a groove!
We couldn't get enough of this song and played the 45 all the time and requested bands to play it at dances in Wisconsin. Thank You !!!! This song is timeless.
The song ''Get On Up'', as I remember, had nothing to do with a doctor, catch phrase or balloons, it's simply asking a fine young lady to dance after she's been dancing with other guys & finally sits down for a rest, listen again.
I also want to mention that the Moorer family is A musical family generations of singers ,musicians, teir younger brother the late Perry Moorer ,a great sax player & bandleader.
All the honor goes to GOD and much of my gratitude to the Moorer family, Sam Pace also , I was a teenager when I auditioned for the gig, they saw potential in me & a strong desire to get it right, Gilbert, ALVIS ,& Sam taught me how to direct the band , how to run their show, we rehearsed everyday ,they picked me up for rehearsals 12 noon everyday,& they insisted I party with them everynight.
@MrCsmall Brother Small since you say that you were music director for the ESQUIRES in 1969++ I wonder do you remember coming from Milwaukee to Minneapolis to play at King Solomon's Mine downtown at the same time that the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul's) own FABULOUS AMAZERS would be performing over in Milwaukee. I always enjoyed being in the club when the ESQUIRES were in town, although my AMAZERS was some bad cats too.
@bigbiggityben Hey man, I do remember The Amazers ,they were great singers, the twin cities have always had a great music scene. We played Dirty Girty's wth the Esquires in 1970 ,in the summer before Jimi Hendrix passed away.
@MrCsmall Hello Charles, how are you? Did you grow up in Milwaukee? My brothers knew a couple of the guys who were The Esquires; my brothers went to school with the guys when they were just getting the band off of the ground. My name is Sharon.
@MrCsmall Cool!! Do you know the Cobb Brothers from Milwaukee? If you do, you know my brothers!!!! They went to Robert Fulton Middle School, and North Division High School in Milwaukee!! We need to talk more to see if we know each other!!!! i grew up in Milwaukee too, but I live in Texas now. My brothers are still in Milwaukee though.
@MrCsmall Hey, how are you? can u by chance recall a song titled "Sad, sad story" from around the same time as "Get On Up"? hopefully you can help me out. WVON played so many good songs. bilbo2shire
WOW peace of God many, many more blessings unto yourself and other members/families of you all. i was in elementary when this was out. the expression didn't exist i dont think, gettin my "groove on." i member wanting to express that n not knowin how. this played n all of us stopped what we were doin less u had the broom u danc w/the broom danced 2 your commands, instruments and we sang and smiled! i hope you/yall keep jamin tape your selves talkin, jammin n teach show us! upload amen
@MrCsmall THANKS CHARLES , THIS SONG MEANT ALOT TO ME AS A KID I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL , AND THIS WAS INSPIRING , THANK YOU BROTHER THATS ON A PERSONAL NOTE
@RUDETHEDUDE ,I'm glad the music inspired you ,all the credit goes to GOD for blessing us with the Esquires. I have a video on youtube playing jazz, THE BU CREW performing "SOFTLY GLANCING''
@MrCsmall THANK YOU CHARLES , THIS SONG MEANT ALOTTO ME AS A KID , I WAS N THE HOSPITAL IN 1967 AND THIS SONG WAS PLAYED OVER AND OVER BY THE PATIENTS N THE REC ROOM , THAT SONG WAS SO INSPIRING , THANK YOU AND THE BAND , GOD BLESS
@MrCsmall - wow! What wonderful music. It brings back memories of my childhood growing up in San Francisco. I remember doing the Boogaloo, the Jerk, the Philly Dog (which I can't describe to anyone), the Monkey, and the Sissy! I don''t think kids name their dances any more so there's nothing to pass along!
@chasmoor1 , The original members that recorded the hit records were Gilbert, Alvis Moorer, Sam Pace, Miller Edwards,there was another member named Sean,who also sang lead on the live shows,he would leave the group & return, after Miller left in 1970, Sean returned . The earlier members ,before the hits, included sister, Betty Moorer,& Harvey Scales.Now ,those are the people I knew & worked with in'69 thru '71.
Me and my crew of friends around 1968 we'd be on our bikes riding around our block singing this song.. God we loved this song! How i miss those days . Most of those friends have passed on. Thinking about it gives me a strange feeling and I'm astounded at how fast life went bye. Those were magical times and the music was soo good. I'm glad I'm not a kid today with the cheap crap they call music today.
I believe it was 1967, only 9 years old, and knew the every word to this song. Funny how time has past, when the kids know every curse word in Rap Music. Great Song, & sitll know the words
Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid to late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Unlike R&B and soul songs, which had many chord changes, funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord.
Funk and other r&b styles eventually got lost in the wasteland of Disco; and Disco had a few decent tunes but that boom boom boom boom beat carried over into 'watering-down' other styles of music.
It was often rumoured that The Esquires association with the eclectic Scottish psychiatrist and hot-air balloon enthusiast Dr. Charles Follen McKim Maloney had something to do with the title and lyrics of this song. "Get on Up" was what the famed doctor usually said before lift-off.
My home boys
MyWilmo 1 week ago
get on up and get away was the spin off of this song. im lovin it.
yewandeazziza 3 weeks ago
I remember this song when I was around ten or eleven yrs old. I amazed that i still knew all the words. Now i know the name of the group. I love this song. does anyone remember how to do the philly dog or the shing a ling lol
yewandeazziza 3 weeks ago
Herb Kent....WVON
alkebulan2012 3 weeks ago
They dont make songs like these anymore. It is a shame.
MrHchandle 1 month ago
They just dont make songs like these anymore! Darn shame.
MrHchandle 1 month ago
great song
ohtxin 1 month ago
JUST MISSED!!! "Get On Up" just missed making the Billboard's Hot Top 10 chart; it peaked at No. 11 and spent a total of 15 weeks in the Hot Top 100 in 1967!!!
sauquoit13456 1 month ago
Great rendition of this performed by the "Charades" from Canton, Ohio in the late 60's.
Danmckimm 1 month ago
Thank you SO much 4/posting
chubbie1954 1 month ago
We partied on this song for days....great song....I'm sitting down but this song make you want to "Get on Up" and I did....
ldaniels444 1 month ago
thank God they don't horns horribly out of tune
hamhockdoc 2 months ago
I had the priviledge of playing bass with these guys in 69'
Hisfunkness 2 months ago 3
i like how the one dude with the low voice keeps saying get on up, like a bullfrog. me likes
ultrakool 2 months ago 2
I have loved this tune since it's release in the mid 60's. Thanks for posting! You know, I'm a big bass guitar sound lover....I think it adds power to any tune. I've always wondered how so many of these old mid-60's songs would sound like now if the same cats that recorded these tunes utilizing all the best cutting-edge equipment. This particular tune would become absolutely monstrous with modern equipment. Crank up that bass!! joel in tucson
WickedTornado 3 months ago
these guys are from my city! i'm not kidding! Brewtown!
KoreanAspergel 3 months ago
Let's not forget they did a follow up to this; "And Get Away" Which was another jam. It is posted so check it out.
MIMI88998899 3 months ago
Get On Up!....there was no way you could sit down when this was being played. Now this is music.
MIMI88998899 3 months ago 2
im only 19 and ive been knowing this song forever i love the oldies music
Bogiegirl1 4 months ago 3
In the '60's & '70's,Milwaukee had a great,thriving,& diversed music scene,plenty of live jazz,blues,soul, & rock& roll. The leading acts of soul music were ,of course, The Esquires, next it was Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds,both groups had major label record deals,The Esquires having the biggest hits.There were many popular singing groups & bands at that time.
MrCsmall 5 months ago
@MrCsmall I first heard this song on WAWA-Am radio station in Milwaukee.
view4evah 1 month ago
My deepest sympathy to the Moorer Family,Alvis was a great friend & mentor to myself & young musicians & singers in Milwaukee at that time in soul music, The Esquires ,were hometown heroes, they sold over 1 million records of '"GET ON UP''within the first 6 weeks of it's release,& they had follow up hits,they are the only r&b act ,to date, that was a major label group that was based out of Milwaukee,their management base was Chicago.
MrCsmall 5 months ago 2
Going to introduce this song to my 5 year old grandniece cause she really loves oldies... I know this will be one of her favorites from today on!
trb0013 5 months ago 2
Rest in peace uncle alvis
Milkman1018 6 months ago 5
Alvis Moorer died this morning after a long illness.
rmevans0309 6 months ago
@rmevans0309 My sympathies to the Moorer family. I was 8 years old when my older sister bought this song. I have never heard harmonies as tight as the Esquires.
I hope that one day soon THE ESQUIRES will get the recognition the deserve in music history.
nutothis1 1 week ago
@nutothis1 The Esquired rocked this song, it has some of the best harmony. I can still hear my friend Frankie Graziano from Brooklyn singing this.
TheConsumerman 5 days ago
such a great tune. Milwaukee formed!
NVmyEJ8 6 months ago
WHAT A GREAT SONG! I GOTTA CRY CAUSE MY BIG BRO JOHN IS GONE N WE GREW LISTENING TO THIS.
ancienttravellar 7 months ago 2
Great post! This reminds of my older sister back in the day. I put this on and start doiing the sweep, the loop. Feel good music!
DB3691 7 months ago
shellybellysf..Super soul..fantastic song..damn glad I grew up in Detroit, so much going on the music scene. The sad thing is the 67 riots happened around the same time this was released. Things never the same back home. Thanks for the postin!
shellybellysf 8 months ago 2
great hit
scottybroker 8 months ago
My grandpa!
Gilbert Moorer
swc1girl 9 months ago
@swc1girl
Where is Gilbert from? We may be related!!!
chasmoor1 8 months ago
@chasmoor1
Milwaukee! His son Gilbert Moorer III is my stepdad
swc1girl 8 months ago 2
@swc1girl thats cool im a moorer too my cousin andre told me about them we may all be related
WundaTwinzTV 8 months ago
@swc1girl Is the musical talent still alive and well in the Moorer family?
nutothis1 1 week ago
How can you sit yourself down for a rest, when you know that I'm trying my best to dance with you girl? YAY! Good times. I can say I was around when this song came out. Thank you for the memory
amethystlady 9 months ago
I think that's my dad on the cover. Toby.
70enoz 9 months ago
Anyone wanna skate with me... Oh I love this record... Thanks for the posting.
Sangria3 9 months ago
esquires, detroit emeralds, patti drew - love utube
brandonandrewdad 9 months ago
Great.
kinkybeatle 9 months ago
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dlamaral 10 months ago
just let em try to make music like this....aint goin' happen.
1967......grade school...bought this 45 the week it came out....FANTASTIC
roostertrigger 10 months ago
Mr. Small: What I've wanted to know--for 44 years now--who in the world is the conga player on this date???!!!
cdiii1 10 months ago
Man, this record still gets me up and moving, and I'm too damned old for that. Bless you Mr. Small, and the rest of the Esquires.
jonathanprobber 10 months ago
i was a freshman in college when this came out. just love this song! thanks soso much for posting!!!!
dogcat126 10 months ago
Listen to that bass. Vintage Fender Bassing.
Ear4Beauty 10 months ago
This is really hip!!!
TheCalebson 10 months ago
NOW THIS IS REAL MUSIC. REMINDS ME OF MY CHILDHOOD. LOVE THE DANCES.
TheBrutus50 10 months ago
loved you guys..i tore this 45 UP.. still have it on my cd mix
MrVicunas 11 months ago
I went to an all White high school and when this song hit the charts, it was the absolute rage. Every pep rally and pom pom girl routine centered around it.
Thanks for the post. Many good memories.
rogerrodd 11 months ago
The Esquires, living in harmony.
GeneralParadigm 1 year ago
charles? i only remember charles moorer...heard that gil passed and perry, my big love in 1970, passed away on stage, doin' what he loved. do you know how to reach betty?
alexismarydrake 1 year ago
@alexismarydrake Charles Moorer played trumpet, I played guitar with The Esquires ,their backing band was The Navajo Train ,after them, we formed The FREE Mind band to back them.
MrCsmall 11 months ago
the moorer family was truly blessed...still lookin' for their sister betty, aka, tori.
alexismarydrake 1 year ago
I was in Chicago doing the funky broadway to this song back in the day,
obastan 1 year ago
funky lil jam keep yr ass jiggln any time a day
botvinnik64 1 year ago
''Hey you ova der, get on up,don't go no where!'' One of my all time favs from jr.high days. First place i ever heard of the dance called ''Da Philly Dog'' and by da sound of it I knew it HAD TO BE nasty!!! I heard it played heavy on CKLW (Windsor,Ontario/Detroit), WJMO & WIXY (Cleveland,Ohio) All 3 on da A,M, dial of course! :-)
luvblkjcks 1 year ago
remember this song on KAYC Beaumont TX back in the 60's .. great song !
airplaneguy53 1 year ago
I was 7yrs old and danced everytime I heard this song. My brothers were doo-wopping and this was my favorite
MrReminisce78 1 year ago
@comanchegirl1 Do the Funky Broadway dance to this.
Persian1Cat 1 year ago
One of the greatest 45's ever!
phillydog17 1 year ago
An all-time classic, sooo great. Immortal 60's music............
kinkybeatle 1 year ago
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RockaCha1 1 year ago
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Oh My! I am searching for "You've Got The Power" by the Esquires on you tube...lol.
RockaCha1 1 year ago
Oh My! I am searching for "You've Got The Power" by the Enquires on you tube...lol.
RockaCha1 1 year ago
Mr Small, sincere koudos to you and the whole group for being an integral part of a great music genre.
texxbee 1 year ago
November 2nd, 1965. Just got discharged from the US Army, stationed in Germany. Walked up to the "new corner" bar in Chester, PA and heard this piece for the first time. I had to get up and check the juke box to see who it was. I then met a "Super Freak" while there. She was 20 years older than I, bless you Helen.
TheCaptHank 1 year ago
Awsome song!
BigTurtlemama 1 year ago
Awsome!
BigTurtlemama 1 year ago
this jam was hot
froggyhoover 1 year ago
i was 8 when this song came out Iloved it then and I still love it
froggyhoover 1 year ago
MARIO GREEEEAAAAAT CHOICE , TAKES ME BACK
RUDETHEDUDE 1 year ago
This song still sounds GREAT. Used to hear it in High School.
prettycountrygirl2 1 year ago
the basement parties is where I first heard this song and evrybody was on the dance floor
GGS06SM 1 year ago
get on up.. get on up n go back2school lol
msmocha1967 1 year ago
''Lollllll !!!1
regina830 1 year ago
Wow.. I havent heard this song since my brother was in high school and I was in grade school. I love motown..and this was such a fun song!!
moonlit81 1 year ago
Hello charles. I was witj bill sheppad back at that time we were the Impalas. Going back is nice!
davidj7951 1 year ago
@comanchegirl1 - No PUN intended? LOL (Get on up)
joltinjack 1 year ago
man im just 30 yrs old.man you guys had and still have the best music ever i really wished that i was born during that era,because we aint got no type of good music by the way this is my jam you dig.
Coolcat379 1 year ago 2
get on up u have to get on up baby
carmen415 1 year ago
Man, do I love and have memories of THIS song. 1967 in Detroit. Wow...
What a great tune!
waysideone 1 year ago
Good Morning..everyone.
barbaralyne1951 1 year ago 2
This was and still is one of my all time favorite songs! I remember lip synching and dancing to this by the hi-fi! Those were the days!
FunkInDaPocket47 1 year ago
My mother said she used to play this song every morning to wake her brothers up for school. I played this song for her and she started doing the dances from back in the day. Love this song. Thanks for posting
WickedWonder1979 1 year ago 16
@WickedWonder1979 - I like that - that's really cool. I envisioned that. Just great.
joltinjack 1 year ago
@WickedWonder1979 lol I laugh every time I read this post...the song makes me laugh as it is..but it seems like your mom had so much personality & love ....it just cracks me up...I love it.
shydmples 1 year ago
bigbiggityben....mrcsmall,myself and the rest of the montclairs band spent time in that area when we were'nt backing the esquires. a place called dirty gurtys'..do you know it? we opened for jackie wilson at king solomons mine,but i thought that was omaha...can you help me on this one ? was jackie wilson at that solomons mine around that time? there could be more than one...HELP.floydcheatham
floydcheatham 1 year ago
the montclairs were the esquires favorite back-up band i'm floyd cheatham ...alto sax..mrcsmall and i were in the pocket.
floydcheatham 1 year ago
i'm floyd cheatham.alto sax and choreographer for the montclairs ...69-71,72w/my good brother mrcsmall.
floydcheatham 1 year ago
i always thought this was the impressions....wow, a whole new group to get into. awesome. time to start downloading!
Putaspellonyou 1 year ago
I remember dancing 2 this song at hous parties
flydiva53 1 year ago
l love good falsetto cuts.....ol school magic.
MICKEYSMONKEY 1 year ago
this song is dynamite. i remember dancing to it, and loving every minute. so much good music back then. ah, those were the days. mb.
msmaze05 1 year ago
@msmaze05 Dynamite - oh yes! Still sounds fantastic - we're gonna dance, dance, dance the boogaloo :) Loving it - saved to favorites!
coyne12543 1 year ago
A lesser known Esquires single was on Wand Records with "Bunky's" pick, I Don't Know. My favorite was (and still is) Part Angel, the flip side. Don't know what year that single was released. Get On Up is still a groove!
mrbe5a1r 1 year ago
Great track, still the bomb after 40+ years.
DVRBS 1 year ago
Does anyone know if this is a Motown RsG [trk]
cartoonist1975 2 years ago
@cartoonist1975 they were part of stax i still have my 45
Moxxie202 1 year ago
When we heard this play'n it was time to boggaloo.
jazjett 2 years ago 4
absolutely beautiful and awesome...thank you so much for posting this timeless classic!!!
pinkandtight3 2 years ago 9
I love this song. This song is JOY.
fistofate 2 years ago 7
Listen to that Fender Bass Guitar player. That is not easy to play Fender Bass like that.
Ear4Beauty 2 years ago 5
congratulations on being 14-across in today's NYTimes crossword puzzle.
estebancdlm 2 years ago 5
I'm sorry, but these guys harmonies blow a lot of them away.
nutothis1 2 years ago 4
We couldn't get enough of this song and played the 45 all the time and requested bands to play it at dances in Wisconsin. Thank You !!!! This song is timeless.
view4evah 2 years ago 7
Man ...What memories this brings back from when I was a child. Where did all of this good music go? Love this song!
~Hippie Niecey~
HippieNiecey 2 years ago 9
The song ''Get On Up'', as I remember, had nothing to do with a doctor, catch phrase or balloons, it's simply asking a fine young lady to dance after she's been dancing with other guys & finally sits down for a rest, listen again.
MrCsmall 2 years ago 8
I also want to mention that the Moorer family is A musical family generations of singers ,musicians, teir younger brother the late Perry Moorer ,a great sax player & bandleader.
MrCsmall 2 years ago 5
All the honor goes to GOD and much of my gratitude to the Moorer family, Sam Pace also , I was a teenager when I auditioned for the gig, they saw potential in me & a strong desire to get it right, Gilbert, ALVIS ,& Sam taught me how to direct the band , how to run their show, we rehearsed everyday ,they picked me up for rehearsals 12 noon everyday,& they insisted I party with them everynight.
MrCsmall 2 years ago 4
I'm Charles Small ,lead guitarist, music director for THE ESQUIRES 1969-1971,72 this group is part of my musical heritage,& education,my family.
MrCsmall 2 years ago 34
It's an honor, and indeed a pleasure, to have you listen to my post, and have you comment here.
Blessings to you. You were a part of American Entertainment History.
joltinjack 2 years ago 4
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tomsnet 2 years ago
@MrCsmall Brother Small since you say that you were music director for the ESQUIRES in 1969++ I wonder do you remember coming from Milwaukee to Minneapolis to play at King Solomon's Mine downtown at the same time that the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul's) own FABULOUS AMAZERS would be performing over in Milwaukee. I always enjoyed being in the club when the ESQUIRES were in town, although my AMAZERS was some bad cats too.
bigbiggityben 1 year ago
@bigbiggityben Hey man, I do remember The Amazers ,they were great singers, the twin cities have always had a great music scene. We played Dirty Girty's wth the Esquires in 1970 ,in the summer before Jimi Hendrix passed away.
MrCsmall 1 year ago
@MrCsmall Hello Charles, how are you? Did you grow up in Milwaukee? My brothers knew a couple of the guys who were The Esquires; my brothers went to school with the guys when they were just getting the band off of the ground. My name is Sharon.
shorty1ification 1 year ago
@shorty1ification Yes I did grow up in Milwaukee
MrCsmall 1 year ago
@MrCsmall Cool!! Do you know the Cobb Brothers from Milwaukee? If you do, you know my brothers!!!! They went to Robert Fulton Middle School, and North Division High School in Milwaukee!! We need to talk more to see if we know each other!!!! i grew up in Milwaukee too, but I live in Texas now. My brothers are still in Milwaukee though.
shorty1ification 1 year ago
@MrCsmall Hey, how are you? can u by chance recall a song titled "Sad, sad story" from around the same time as "Get On Up"? hopefully you can help me out. WVON played so many good songs. bilbo2shire
bilbo2shire 1 year ago
@bilbo2shire Sorry ,I don't remember that one
MrCsmall 1 year ago
@MrCsmall
WOW peace of God many, many more blessings unto yourself and other members/families of you all. i was in elementary when this was out. the expression didn't exist i dont think, gettin my "groove on." i member wanting to express that n not knowin how. this played n all of us stopped what we were doin less u had the broom u danc w/the broom danced 2 your commands, instruments and we sang and smiled! i hope you/yall keep jamin tape your selves talkin, jammin n teach show us! upload amen
wibo08 1 year ago
@MrCsmall THANKS CHARLES , THIS SONG MEANT ALOT TO ME AS A KID I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL , AND THIS WAS INSPIRING , THANK YOU BROTHER THATS ON A PERSONAL NOTE
RUDY MORENO
RUDETHEDUDE 1 year ago
@RUDETHEDUDE ,I'm glad the music inspired you ,all the credit goes to GOD for blessing us with the Esquires. I have a video on youtube playing jazz, THE BU CREW performing "SOFTLY GLANCING''
MrCsmall 1 year ago
@MrCsmall THANK YOU CHARLES , THIS SONG MEANT ALOTTO ME AS A KID , I WAS N THE HOSPITAL IN 1967 AND THIS SONG WAS PLAYED OVER AND OVER BY THE PATIENTS N THE REC ROOM , THAT SONG WAS SO INSPIRING , THANK YOU AND THE BAND , GOD BLESS
RUDETHEDUDE 1 year ago
@MrCsmall One of the coolest records ever! Bravo Charles!
peterzang 1 year ago
@MrCsmall - wow! What wonderful music. It brings back memories of my childhood growing up in San Francisco. I remember doing the Boogaloo, the Jerk, the Philly Dog (which I can't describe to anyone), the Monkey, and the Sissy! I don''t think kids name their dances any more so there's nothing to pass along!
moviechick007 11 months ago
@MrCsmall
Who were the original members of the group?
chasmoor1 8 months ago
@chasmoor1 , The original members that recorded the hit records were Gilbert, Alvis Moorer, Sam Pace, Miller Edwards,there was another member named Sean,who also sang lead on the live shows,he would leave the group & return, after Miller left in 1970, Sean returned . The earlier members ,before the hits, included sister, Betty Moorer,& Harvey Scales.Now ,those are the people I knew & worked with in'69 thru '71.
MrCsmall 3 months ago 3
@MrCsmall
Who were the original members of the group?
chasmoor1 8 months ago
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misformayhem 2 years ago
I was a little kid. This brings tears to my eyes.
CoOlTy3000 2 years ago
Me and my crew of friends around 1968 we'd be on our bikes riding around our block singing this song.. God we loved this song! How i miss those days . Most of those friends have passed on. Thinking about it gives me a strange feeling and I'm astounded at how fast life went bye. Those were magical times and the music was soo good. I'm glad I'm not a kid today with the cheap crap they call music today.
LosAngeleno1959 2 years ago 12
I agree with you 100%.
joltinjack 2 years ago
Did you know they were from my town, Milwaukee? Love it.
heavymetalrulz123 2 years ago
I believe it was 1967, only 9 years old, and knew the every word to this song. Funny how time has past, when the kids know every curse word in Rap Music. Great Song, & sitll know the words
bkwiley 3 years ago 5
they used to wake us up at the youth house with this one
demonrho 3 years ago 6
Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid to late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. Unlike R&B and soul songs, which had many chord changes, funk songs are often based on an extended vamp on a single chord.
nickybadboy50 3 years ago 7
Thanks for clarifying for "those people".
Funk and other r&b styles eventually got lost in the wasteland of Disco; and Disco had a few decent tunes but that boom boom boom boom beat carried over into 'watering-down' other styles of music.
Yes James Brown, The Meters too....!
madero111 3 years ago 3
great track
motown250 3 years ago 2
Lovely!
bluesgirl62 3 years ago 2
Yes! I was a child, but know the song, & have the CD finally, I knew this song forward/backward.
bkwiley 3 years ago 2
Freaking good....although I was only 8 years old when it came out.
amlcdguy 3 years ago 2
Same here.
joltinjack 3 years ago
Now this was the jam right here. Good stuff man. Do you have "And Get Away."
TheRealCodeBlack 3 years ago 2
It was often rumoured that The Esquires association with the eclectic Scottish psychiatrist and hot-air balloon enthusiast Dr. Charles Follen McKim Maloney had something to do with the title and lyrics of this song. "Get on Up" was what the famed doctor usually said before lift-off.
locobuick 3 years ago
いーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーね
naramati 3 years ago
そうですよね！
freddypknight 3 years ago 2
You're welcome.
joltinjack 3 years ago
great 60s sound ! love it ! many thanks
ogvenicegirl 3 years ago 2
incred thinking only an old wheeler like me would graze this one in any 10 years.respect
blooooo11 3 years ago 2
How nice to listen again to these great artists. Too bad they only allow up to FIVE STARS for this ALL TIME FAVOURITE. Thank you so much JoltinJack.
JSB103 3 years ago 3
My pleasure.
joltinjack 3 years ago