Fantastics "Something Old Something New"

[shorelineboy]

saw this band in portsmouth before this was released ( i think it was about 1968ish at the brave new world portsmouth) THEY WERE BRILLIANT and more great times

[S4M434]

the lead singer has sat in my nans house grandads cousin goes out win him

[LoveTheTwilightSagas]

Old memories, still great, NEVER DIE!

[TDSouledOut1]

A memory to cherish. How blessed we were to be there in the day.

[ronnopoland]

One of my all time favourite songs.

[186lottie]

Simply lovley!!!!

[frantonio100]

is very nice,beautiful

[victoriarichdale]

I danced to this on my wedding night in a bar in Ayia Napa 5 years ago. What a beautiful song!

[56DOBO]

This is what u call music.....

[bonzobub]

so cool bring it on,do they have any cds out ????

[Geminitiger1969]

we(Vfranie) supported this band at the George ballroom in Hinckley around 68ish,great song

[ruggedouttechnicians]

LOVE THIS MELODY! 

[breeze2527]

Hi, this is Richie's partner. Presently Richie is a vocal coach at the University of Huddersfield. Before that, he was the visiting vocal tutor for Popular music at Leeds University.

Don's surname is actually spelt HAYWOODE. Hope that clears up the confusion for those who were unsure about his surname.

Take care everyone.

[ronnopoland]

one of my all time favourite songs

[CherryCakeLane]

You have to wear something old, something new,something borrowed and something blue on your wedding day for good luck! (or so it is said) :-)

[MrBewbie]

My Dad used to sing this all the time lol

[alneal100]

Great old song!

[drwhatson]

Youth Club UK Pop-Soul, ala Geno Washington's "My Little Chickadee". Fond memories though.

Their best Soul sides were probably with MGM, particularly "I'm Gonna Change" (as the Velours) and "Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music" b/w the Willie Hutch song "Who Could Be Loving You" - though the "Theme from Exodus" (Deram) was also popular in the UK at one time! Ritchie Pitts later had some solo success with "Every Couple's Not A Pair" on Contempo.

[angof1]

Not heard very much at all these days

That's our loss

[tigerfeet666]

oooooooooooo good days

[warriorvet]

My mate Ray Hussey was the bass player with them for 3 years, Don Haywood was the lead signer !

[alanvking]

Great song. Thanks

[nealthedude]

Thanks for uploading some great music rocketbrain2

[donny5018]

I saw them live at Leeds Queens Hall in about 1966. They were great but never got the recognition they deserved

[davylynne1]

My 2 friends and I hung around with them in the 70's around Manchester. Strange I cant find any video of them actually performing Something Old ?

[elisheni]

Mr.h.h3 ehh..i

[northerner50]

Batley Variety Club,Yorkshire.in the 70s...great memories.I think they shared the bill with Dana.

[safcp100]

wow just reminds me of youth club disco,s brierton youth club,hartlepool, england. 

[feederfil]

@safcp100 the group first toured as the Fabulous Temptations in England and were booked at the Sheffield City Hall by Peter Stringfellow.When he realised they weren't the Temptations he offered everybody their money back. The majority stopped ,and Pete then changed their name ,managed them and got a record deal.

[safcp100]

great song

[pbmpmc]

Many thanks, apologies for the spelling, don't think i was too sober at the time.

All the best.

Peter.

[pbmpmc]

Hi can you tell me when this great song was ewleased. thanks,

Peter.

[angof1]

@pbmpmc It was released in 1971

[newhalllass]

Pippin Club,Melbourne Derbyshire brilliant night one of the best,this brings back sooooooooooooo many memories

[jsmoothyboothy]

I used to play on the jukebox when I was (in 1954) 18.Happy Memories.

[MICHAEL33ify]

WHAT A DAY.....REMINDS ME OF THIS SONG.....I "KNOW SOMETHING OLD".....HAD TO BUY SOMETHING NEW, BORROWED SOMETHING AND WEARING SOMETHING BLUE! ~~~~BUT I STILL HAVE MEMORIES ......THANK GOODNESS~~~HA!

[reolin777]

fantastic band, fantastic song, brings back great memories

[cristoforoantonio]

how come this song never charted on the POP or R&B charts??

[breeze2527]

@cristoforoantonio

It did chart in the british charts - reached number 9

[lottie6200]

LOvley old song brings back some memories for me thanks ,

[ellamou1]

Fabulous memories

[MsButterflyuk]

fantastic! the 70's were brilliant

[johngwalch1]

Had the privilege of seeing them at, [The Castle Hotel, Bangor North Wales] in the mid 80`s, When Diddy David Hamilton was the guest d.j,Great song and singer,Do you remember that night jimscotbox.

[goldheartbadge]

Penned by 3 Great British songwriters: Cook, Greenaway and Macaulay!

[xxpiggystardustxx]

fantastic ,,,have'nt heard this in eons

[speedwaysamuel]

Superb us 70s kids were a cut above the rest KTF everyone.

[djangiebaby]

fantastic tune :)

[philwasgood]

70's were the best for muisic without a doubt

[tarqogan]

Yet another truly brilliant song and such wonderful memories to cherish.

[ThePlank1991]

this song makes me feel all warm and toasty inside =)

[fanta1003]

What a classic!!!!! The best thing about it is they could do it live not like the over produced, voice boxed garbage we get today. Just love the simplicity of it. Showing my age...me thinks!

[colemoley666]

this is shit so you can fuck off

[ThePeanut6]

@colemoley666 so why listen to it brain dead twat

[urchin76]

Dee they really were the days,,,got up at a wedding 2 months ago to dance to a Northern soul record,,,spent the next two hours teaching the youngsters how to spin or do a back drop,,,couldent move next day,,, but it was bloody worth it lol,,, keep the faith

[DeeDennant]

can.t beat all them golden oldes can you, Northern soul is brill and so is Motown. it will go on forever, by the way l hope you are feeling much better.....!!!

[Quack3r]

St Patricks Day 1971 outside Frosses, Donegal

this song goes with me to my grave.

[georgios895]

i love this,you will never get a decade as good as the seventies!

[TheFalconracer]

A true classic from the Beach Music scene in North Carolina, thanks for the post.

[urchin76]

keep your swinging 60s your boring 80s your loved up 90s  this was the decade........ long live the 70s teenagers... we were different class

[DeeDennant]

you sure have got it right.....there was nothing that could compare to the 70s, we had motown,southern soul, and glam rock....yes we 70s teens were class..!!!!!!!

[1099797]

i no what u mean would love 2 go bk to those days just love the soul music

[cristalrosey]

ooooooooooh i love this!!!!!!

[DeeDennant]

Brill..... Brill.... this says it all about the 70s ..........its a real bobby dazler....... if you didt live in the 70s you havet lived at all......

[davesurfing]

Bought this in 1971 along with The Sweet's Funny Funny, heard them both on radio Luxy the week befor and they charted the same week, brilliant song TY

[armourgolf88]

great memories!!!! now i am old and grey

[lloyd349]

brilliant song love it

[JeanCass]

I was in London in the Studio when this was recorded....... now live in the USA they were wonderful what voices.........

[cuddleskay]

Ah memories, still an all time fav, brilliant

[1099797]

i still have this on a 45 take me bk i love it

[djdeitch]

Total class !!!,.ktf.

[weesuzi2]

this song brings me back to very young teenage years, wos always the last song played, still makes me smile!!!!!!

[stupidcow4]

wow.love it sitting here on lovely october day in sunny lincoln england

[alanvking]

Great song !

[ronnopoland]

Love this song. It's certainly in my top 10 of all time greats. A classic.

[David28570]

I have the same song by the same people but a much better version

[brumchic]

how fantastic is this!  anyone wanna dance with me??? lmao

[elusivejahnell]

Hey thanks for your kind words, I'll be sure to pass it on!

If anyone's interested, My Dad was telling me all the original members are gonna be performing in Sout Carolina this September (or could have been October!?)

[elusivejahnell]

haha...my Dad was in this band (Ritchie Pitts). He's still singing today!

[hooplemott]

Then tell your Dad that this song still makes a white mans skin go all goosey! Its such a fantastic song, it does not age! Respect to him!

[st4dabeach]

sounds like Carolina Beach Music to me I Love it lol

[nidumite]

Saw them in Swansea Wales back in the seventies at a nightclub, on the same bill as Doris Troy, a great show.

[beanbag6969]

Love this. It brings tears to my eyes.

[stupidcow4]

love this song,thanks for posting it.sam from england

[MTTASA]

Are you still out there Jeanette? You were mine between 1971 & 1974 before I became a stupid, selfish, unfaithful idiot. I still miss you like crazy and think about you most every day, especially your birthday on 19th March and our anniversary on 11th April. XXX

[scott28golf]

Right then - let me set the record str8. The Fantastics (actually just "Fantastics") was a U.S 4 piece group originally called the Velours. They released Something Old Something New back in 1971. The band members were Jerome "Romeo" Ramos, John Cheetom, Donald Heywood and Richard Pitts. The group you are all referring to in previous posts is 4 blokes doing karaoke......poorly ! I take that back - the one with a decent voice - vince fontayne (I ask you) is quality - he must be about 20 yrs old!

[beautifulbute]

Hi Scott, just a few amendments. The group was called 'The Fantastics' and consisted of John Cheatdom, Donald Heywoode, Richard(Richie)Pitts and Jerome(Romie)Ramos. They are all well although doing different things. Romie is back in New York (I still speak to him occasionally), Don and John still work together I believe (there was some talk of the group reforming but I don't know for sure)and Richie lives in Yorkshire. I know this because I was married to Richie for 29 yrs & we have 3 kids.

[scott28golf]

Hiya beauti - I bow down to your superior knowledge, thanks for the info, appreciate it. What I was trying to get across was to let people know that they weren't in fact seeing the Fantastics (by the way, I just went on what they were listed as in the guiness book of british hit singles "fantastics") as they were, but a completely different 4 piece who (in my opinion) are a poor karaoke act, with the exception of vince fontayne (Kai Taylor - as I have since found out). Is UR Richie involved ?

[beautifulbute]

Hi Scott

I thought that as a fan of The Fantastics you'd be interested to know that two of the original group are here on YouTube performing 'I'm Gonna Change' under their US name, The Velours. I saw the video just below this one. Donald is the tall, darker guy to the right of John, who is the shorter of the three. So a bit of a treat for the fans of The Fantastics known in the USA, before coming to the UK, as The Velours.

[sandymouthbay]

Great info. - from the horses mouth as it were! But which one of them is actually singing lead here? By the way, this was the first record l ever bought in 1971. Still think of it as great. Got married in November last year, of course l had to play this on my wedding day. Let the guys know that their recordings are still very much appreciated!

[beautifulbute]

Hi Sandy

It's Donald singing lead on this song. It was very appropriate for your wedding, congratulations. I'll pass on your message and say thanks on their behalf because I'm certain they would appreciate knowing they still have loyal fans.

L. (Beaut)

[jimscottxxx]

I was one of the musicians they used while they were based over here. When I was in the band, it was Don, his Daughter Emma, and Elvin Hayes. Best time of my life.

[alexandermcbride]

Just found out that they are appearing at the cocked hat in scunthorpe, north lincolnshire on the 16th may 08

[salstream]

hiya steve yes this group is still alive and kicking mate.. im from rotherham and have seen them a few times there round the wmc now...

[alexandermcbride]

Seen them a few times. Brilliant.Hope they are still going strong.any info?.

[stevezodiakxl5]

Many years ago back in 1980 i went along to a very small venue in barnsley (Antonios) to see this group they were doing the club and night spots at that time! Does anybody know if they are still around or have they just retired - Thanks for posting!

[chechelle1]

i use to work at antonios as bar manager i have posted some videos of the fantastics as they are now any info just ask

[jimscottxxx]

I played bass in this band. That's not me on the single though.

[Strongsong]

Song written by Roger Cook-Roger Greenaway-Tony Macaulay. The Fantastics had also another good song penned by the same authors: "Sad Eyed Romany Woman."