Joe Jeffrey - My pledge of love (stereo)

[stagf1]

buffalo ny...this guy played regulary at Punch Judys at Shaker Square in Cleveland

[firefieldmpt]

This song is as great as when it first came out love this song BG

[flamboyantnelson1]

I apologise because of having written "godd" it wasto have written "good". It was hurriedly.

[flamboyantnelson1]

I liked the music and the video, they bring godd memories of the past. Congratulations for the work oldclassics. A great embrace to you.

[fwdixon04]

Me likey!

[mrmsrv]

just a feel good song

peace

mrmsrv

[centralparocker]

Dynamite song....boom!!!!!

[firefieldmpt]

This a great song love the oldies I am stuck in 60s and 70s grew up on Miami Beach FL hearing these songs on my transister radio after school fishing and hearing all the best they dont make songs like this any more BG

[kurtmanerz1]

Great music, yes...but good old days? Nixon in the White House? The Manson Family looking for victims? My Lai happened the year before...in '68 Bobby Kennedy and Dr. King were both assassinated...the Zodiac was on the prowl...Altamont...the country was in the midst of a terrible division...Let's agree that the soundtrack was great, but maybe the movie was a little lacking...

[zipsrule]

@kurtmanerz1 Nixon was not conservative enough.

[centralparocker]

Yep, great song....

[SPARKLER628]

THIS SONG IS SO INCREDIBLE - HEARD ON HARRY'S LAW - BEEN SEARCHING - THANK YOU YOU TUBE AND JEFFREY - WHAT ELSE DOES THIS GROUP DO OR SING? CAN THIS STILL BE PURCHASED? - THIS IS JUST SO A W E S O M E.....SPARKLER

[MrsVanekkk]

SUPER!!

[mslia55]

MARAVILHOSO!!!!!!

BRASIL.

[Babyhowdy233]

He does such a warm and wonderful version of this classic! Why this mega talent didn't become a HUGE star still mystifies me to this day!

[thewalruswasrichard]

Awesome! Thanks for posting!

[ngengot123]

I miss my papa so much..this is his favorite song dedicated to my mother

[MONKEYPOO01]

Just a great song. Remember when guys called their girl Baby or Honey? Now they call them bitches or hos. I miss the old days and the great songs.

[SuperJuju1969]

You are all so right! The good old days.. what great music and fun!! Its great hearing this song again.. brings back alot of memories!! Love it!!

[BestMusicExpert]

My veetle dot com station plays a 60’s countdown every weekday. The week of July 4th, I’ll be doing a countdown from July 1969 with this song on it. (This week is 1967) Come join us under the music tab: Current & Classic Radio Shows!

[centralparocker]

Love the opening guitar intro----just a great song, baby!!!!

[TheLawvan]

What a great song, again, and again and again. Like spud1254, I was in high school when this song came out. A truly authentic "one hit wonder." I can listen to this song and be a teenager, all over again. Music is like a calendar for me. I'm 60 now, and I really like 60s music. For me, "They were the best of times...."

[spud1254]

Great song!  I was in high school when this song aired. Good ol' days!

[hippiehound68]

Memories...

[choirboy59]

The 60s were my childhood (I turned 1 in 1960 and was 10 the year this song came out), so the songs of the period are so magical -- this one was one of my favorites of the decade -- great song!

[Larabee738]

great song !!!

[flipside582]

I REMBER DRIVING IN SOUTH FLA.AT NIGHT LISTENING TO COUSIN BRUCE ON WABC 770 FROM NYC PLAYING THIS GREAT SONG.

[TheLawvan]

You guys with these posts must be about my age (60) and share the same great memories I have. Songs like this are just as good 40 years later as they were in the late 1960s. Those really were "the good old days." I'm not sure I'm up to going back to them now, but, with songs like this, I don't have to. All I have to do is listen, and I'm there. Those days were a lot of fun.

[327caprice]

This song was on the radio of my Dad's new 1969 Chevrolet Caprice as we drove it home from the dealer, Bob Bain Chevrolet on Transit road in Buffalo New York. Olympic gold two door Coupt with hideaway headlights, Oh the memories........

[GlenAnne99]

Thank You :)

[cjthemusicman]

Great memories! One of those tunes that I couldn't get out of my head back in the day - pledging my love. :)

[miketheshanmanmangan]

One of the truly fantastic songs to come out of B town,Buffalo,N,Y,

[46razzledazzle]

One of those great gems that found it's way into the Top 40 ad then the group vanishes. I have never forgotten this song and still love hearing it today. Thanks for posting.

[StevenCarinci]

So simple, so pure, so beautiful!

[Drewster58]

Man, this song reminds of days as a kid in the backyard with the AM transistor radio - great memories!

[music4healings]

@Drewster58 ----I feel the same way, that radioand those simple tunes were the background to our life!!!!

[lovmytruck]

An all time hit Song, a One Hit Wonde,r Fantastic

[josehpdiadia]

Grande canção .....

[Jolie028]

wonderful!

[rokoping]

Good song......wow!!!!r

[krharcourt]

A great old school soul song! Takes me back.

[TXBluebird]

Does anyone know who the trumpet player was in this song. Listen carefully to the trumpet - that was amazing talent back then! If you listen close and you know your music, you'll agree with me when I say, it sounds just like the trumpets in Herb Albert and the Tiajuana Brass. I loved listening to him when I was 15/16 in between the Beatles and Herman's Hermit, of course! lol My range of music interest was so diverse back then - most kids were only focused on one sound - I loved many.

[Ideliver21]

brings me back to my teens...awesome

[nelson540840]

let´s dance ... all night looooooooooooooooooooong!

[Gerry50ify]

Another great song from the days when the AM wavelength ruled!

[magnocrap]

Awesome =) that's a nice music!!

[TheAngryzinha]

A música mais linda do mundo!! The world's most beautiful song!!!

[harptone55]

GREAT!

[danb101790]

Great song, lyrics and that ....drum......I still have the 45 record.....love this song !

[TXBluebird]

@danb101790 You have the 45?!?!?!? OMG - please make me a copy to disc and I will pay you for copying it for me! I would love to be able to play this in my car! My email is: weller1011@yahoo.com Let me know what you would charge. I LOVE this song! Thanks :)

[affectivity]

@TXBluebird The song is available for 99 cents on iTunes in an album called "My Pledge of Love." I could only hear the 1-minute preview but it sounded like the original to me as far as I could tell. I'm in my 50's, and I love this song (and your story too!)

[TXBluebird]

@affectivity Thanks, I will look into it. I've been out of town, so sorry I didn't answer you sooner. My bf isn't as romantic as I am, so we will see what happens. But I loved this when I heard it on the oldies cable channel. Listen to it quite often now. Keep in touch. I don't have any friends that love the oldies like I do. I'm 58.

[TXBluebird]

@TobeyAnne - Just wanted to say I'm sorry about your father being gone. It must have been so fun being his daughter listening to great music all your life. I know you must miss him a lot. I LOVE this Song!! You should gather all his music together and make a new CD for all of us to enjoy! My best wishes to you and your family.

[TXBluebird]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! I have an oldies channel on cable and when it came on about a month ago - I just flipped!! I had not heard it in so very many years - now I can't get enough of it. I'm dating someone that lives 6 hr away and he ALWAYS says "I woke up this morning thinking about you" and I pretty much do the same! lol - We're in our 50's and this is now "our song" forever. I had forgotten about this song since it's rarely played - so to all the people that made this song possible - Tk U!

[TOBEYANNE]

My dad Ron Browning was the drummer for the Joe Jeffrey Group. He died about 14 years ago. He was very talented and is missed.

[emjr65]

@TOBEYANNE hey tobeanne foreshame i am still listen'n every day still my favorite song ever made god bless your father/drummer that made it all possible for me to enjoy  thanks jr

[emjr65]

@TOBEYANNE 

[swanson6666]

sun beating down

waves rushing in

blanket on the sand

and Joe Jeffrey on the transistor radio

we thought those days of summer would

never end

[kamortella]

God I love this song...

And the covers don't do it any justice.

[kamortella]

Why can't I find the original Joe Jeffrey "My Pledge of Love" song to download?

I have found covers, I want the real one : (

[spaceark]

@kamortella ,There`s one on ebay on Orig wand,$7.99 bin...

[chuckthecarpenter]

one of my favorite songs and i'm a headbanger

[igottheblues54]

This song is covered and kept alive by The Nightwalkers in Cleveland, Ohio. An excellent tune with an upbeat and soulful groove. It does have a feel and touch of Otis Redding in there.

[Quaaludedude714]

I had the 45 cut , sorry for your loss , that's a great beat , Love the Song - :)) QC

[NiagaraUSA2009]

To those wondering, I am pretty sure that he died. I think it was in the early '70's. His death was caused due to either a fire or carbon monoxide (can't remember exactly which) from a faulty space heater. He was staying at a motel/hotel. Again, not exactly sure.

[jp97rock]

My friend produced this record.

[cuff1957]

nice toe tapper

[NiagaraUSA2009]

Joe Jeffrey used to play at the Three Coins on Niagara Falls Blvd in Amherst. He was soooooooo good!

[johnnysongdujour]

NIIAAAAAGARA FALLS! Slowly I turned ...

[dowcushmanclark]

thanks for giving me the laugh of the week. amazing the vaudeville a lot of us learned through the stooges and warner brothers cartoons.

[Building529]

The last verse reminds me of Otis Redding.

[mystictraveler17]

great tune, always puts a smile on my face. Love to sing it. Great lyrics. :)

[rokoping]

love this song......r a

[wildwillywong]

Awesome guitar work. It really drives this song. I wish I was sitting in front of the amplifer when they made this. Lead guitar parts get all the glory but the guitar playing in this song is just great.

Valentine's Day is coming up and this song says it all.

[jameycruz]

Greatest song ever. A guy requested this song to his dying wife. He and Wolfman Jack cried as Wolfman played it.

[pilesovinyl]

@jameycruz Great story, awesome song...I`m sorry I didn`t get to see this guy when he was in his heyday.

[VenusBlue4u]

Love Love Love this song!

[rickygeorge77]

gr8t tune by the Joe Jeffrey Group,luv it.king$

[music4healings]

Love this oldies tune i remember hearing on the background radio thank you so much for sharing and posting this!!!

Blessings to you and lots of good karma for your post

[Ramona817]

A great song, awesome

[walterskidmore]

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I love to sing and play it.

[handinside]

Great Song. One of my favorite one-hit wonders "Where is he now?"

[MusicDude86]

are you or were from the Western New york area?

[rickygeorge77]

yes I was from wny MusicDude86. I'm originally from Batavia,more n likely we know each other.

[MusicDude86]

I don't think we know each other...I'm from Niagara Falls lol.

[091053JG]

@TOBEYANNE

Sorry to hear about your Dad. R.I.P.

This was a really nice song he played on.

[emjr65]

@TOBEYANNE hey u u'r right allmost it's the greatest song ever play'd i listen to it every day no fail just listen to each inst. @ each verse till the end the build up is the greatest & the drumms took them there aint it great !!!! p.s. any info would be great thanks

[emjr65]

@TOBEYANNE hey i'd to talk shit with you - my dads uncle was bill haley's manager & family were rodes - i still listen to this song 3'4'5'-times a day allways been my faverite hands down - thanks !

[emjr65]

@TOBEYANNE hey tobeyanne, i've changed my mind about talking with you -- enjoy your mems i'll enjoy mine - - - jr .

[glenzhere2]

Epitomizes the '60's feel...

[ejslurb2007]

WDRC? Big D? That takes me back to my one year in Hartford when I went to college there. That station is still around? Wowee!

[Cavall123]

An incredible song--is Joe Jeffrey still alive?

[pigurine]

The music of my youth and first love

[ondrea56]

I heard this on the oldies station today--wondering who the good singer was--how could I have not heard this song before?

[SteveArpo]

What a very natural record with a terriffic groove. A great find!

[liassantist]

Que clássico, maravilha!!

[goldtentee]

Heard the song this afternoon on WDRC in Hartford. Brought back that majic of the old days. A happy tune indeed.

[jusrap]

MARAVILHA !!!

[shhshh76]

Joe Jeffrey - you rock! (and of course

roll too!!)

[lancetop]

This is a damn STRONG tune!  Why has someone not covered this in the last 40 years? What fun!!! 1:45-1:58 is a BLAST!

[RonaldVaughan]

Just heard this again on DARRYL EVANS'

"Best of The Oldies" show on KCRW

(Los Angeles + Internet).

Only one thing wrong: it's in mono...

can't get stereo...:?

Perhaps nobody should cover this

song....nobody else could do it this good!

[FalsonIce]

Baby, I got to have all your lovin' Yeah

[1kithyparyuo1]

ah... que saudades !

[pendragonshaw]

TO MY LOVE NANCY !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pandabearmadness]

thanks alot for posting :D. wikipedia has shit for details about the Joe Jeffrey band. were they very popular?. Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh i like that song also. this song and the Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh song took me forever to figure out the names and who sang them :D i'm so glad i knew the names :D

[Pandabearmadness]

hearing all the great classic which top the billboards how and the hell did this song not get #1 at one time or another :(. this song is a instance classic

[hiller4]

crusin' in my Chevy Nova convertible. This song blasting...sweet.

[rogerrodd]

Prom night with "The One That Got Away".

[mylittledecoy77]

This song had just peaked on the Billboard charts exactly 40 years ago, the same week as the U.S. Moon landing.

[johnbernardneumann]

aiaiaiaiai Fatima my love this is truly for us I love you so much.

Thank you loved one.

John

[fatimarfonseca]

I dedicate this song to my true love John

[77pintoboy]

1969,i was 8 and had my tonsils taken out that summer,this song reminds me of the girl next door who i had an early crush on,heres to you sheila b

[zirdamarilda]

booom

[DannyHHyde]

Emotionally provoking song. Congratulations to all involved.

[Kevinsniff]

This is the real hit, I know it is Cuz I know all

[thePharoah90086]

sounds-like a Latter-Day Re-Make of the Original ... lacks the Energy of the Wand Records 45.

[videodudejulco]

I really like this song! hey what program did you use to make the photos move and transition like that?

[1962Telstar]

Great song from the best year of my life! Thanks for posting!

[cuff1957]

what does all this bullshit comment have to do with a comment on this fantastic song.

[robertweschsr]

Just heard this great song on all places Cox Cable Music Choice on the tv, what memories

[eddieveda]

we lived in cleveland in the late 60s. joe was playing at a club on the east side. wild times. heard he paseed years ago

[74sodapop]

Where did he go like in the 70's.?Such a marvelous vocal.I always said this was one of the greatest records ever made.R.I.P. Joe

[nickellodeon55]

I was told by my now-deceased record-collecting partner that Joe Jeffrey played clubs and bars in the Idaho Falls, Idaho area under the name "Joel Jeffery".

[ricoproductions1]

Glad I found this. I used to watch Joe and his group sing this at place called "INN The Woods in Bedford, Ohio. This was their only hit. It got em the Rock Hall as one hit wonders.

[mfrmorrobay]

this song rolls

[pacertmh]

wow, haven't heard this one in years! Jammin' at 7:33AM yeah I'm up for it!

[elbeserked]

What an incredible song. I listened to this while hanging out at Lake Erie just east of Cleveland.

[LoveMusic720]

Wow, I had forgotten all about this song. It was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Wonderful to hear it again after all this time. Thank you for posting it. <3

[BigIronOnHipMan]

Driving to Brooklyn going to work everyday under the elevated old West Side Highway in Manhattan then sitting in traffic watching as the Iron Workers built The World Trade Center this song would blast out of my truck radio. DAAANG, I miss those times...and ALL my Family & Friends who are no longer here. It feels like I'm ~ walking with the ghosts.......

[robertweschsr]

Mr BIOHM...I was born in raised in Brooklyn, and I want to say, how much I respect people like you who have helped put things back together. All I can say is this song and you are classic...God Bless you

[yrahcazwolf]

for some reason I like it more when a woman sings this song..

But, of course, this version is excellent too!

[emjr65]

listen to each instrament that adds in with each verse ---- great!!!

[jhugenroth]

One of my favorite '60's songs. Wish it was available on CD. Sad story associated with this. From what I've heard Joe Jeffrey disappeared soon after this was released, and it is unknown what happened to him.

[74sodapop]

You mean kidnapped? One of the greatest records ever made.

[emjr65]

ived looked also - theres nothing --- there was someone on line saying they were the drummers daughter - i dont know i never got answers back ---- you find any info please - please let me know ---- thanks - emjr65

[norjop]

When I first heard the song, I thought it was The Animals with Eric Burdon.

[ScallywagTV]

Ha ha, what a coincidence. I live in Newcastle Upon Tyne in the UK, where the Animals came from. Believe it or not they still tour, though without Burdon obviously.

[ScallywagTV]

Im from England and had never heard this song before. It isnt known over here.

What a fantasitic song. It sounds a bit Jackie Wilson to me. Great.

[2buffalo5]

What you know about Jackie Wilson in England?

Just kidding you. I know you guys are pretty hip to the music scene. You have given the world a wealth of first class talent. Beatles, Stones,

Sir Douglas, Lulu and the up coming Leona Lewis just to name a few. Sent a little time in London. Loved it.

[2buffalo5]

That should read..... spent a little time in London.

Yes, I loved it.

[ScallywagTV]

I mean the general sound, obviously not the singing.

[norjop]

The guitar strumming is awsome.

[1jtv]

Got a lot on my mind right now, music like this takes me back to a much better time....

Thank you so very much for the posting, its helps more than youll ever realize.

[emjr65]

i know the feelin -- aint it great we have this to take us away for just a few min. !!!!

[emjr65]

still the greatest - first thing i listen to every day - makes the start of my day so much better!

[60sClaret]

Great record , still waiting to see Cd of their 60s stuff, come on Ace records how about a compilation?

[rslitman]

This has got to be one of my all-time favorites!

[dtwgirl]

Cleveland's own.

[valniragasparri]

Gostaria de ver aqui a linda "My baby loves loving", de J. Jeffrey.

[emjr65]

my alltime favorite song of songs - cant believe you's had the origanal recording - it's been so hard to find thanks a million!

[TheSnorlaxian]

I've been looking for an MP3 of this song for months. Great song!

[beefoneeto]

Tobeyanne,

So sorry to hear about your dad-he was still a very young man.

[Dee530]

Oh my G-d, I can't believe I found this GEM,

by accident, only on YouTube... where else??

Great memories, and a song that puts a smile

on my face, Love it. Thanks for posting this

really cool blast from the, oh, you know...

well enjoy ya'all.

Best, Marcie B.-- Feel so good, like I smoked

some---- never mind!!!

[rich56ca]

1969 produced so many classic pop songs. This is one of my faves. Hard to find, so glad I can hear it on youtube.

[Ramona817]

Pretty well brilliant isn't it

[gorgon53]

Nothing like listening to the man who throws me into thrills.

[mamatwatty]

OH! YOU BETCHA!

[econoni]

I really enjoy this song.

I hope All Ya'll People do too!

[nailclippers3]

Primeralives,damn,ya took the words right out of my mouth,only i was 8.

[Roger11733]

Does anyone know the chords (guitar)?

[boosgrammy]

I so totally love this song. I used to have it on a 45 record. Geez I aint heard this since sand was discovered! Thanx for the memories

[primeralives]

Sweet memories from the summer of 1969. How I wished I could go back in a time machine to my neighborhood and home and all the people I loved back then. Life seemed so simple back then. A great time to be an 11 yr old kid.

[sphmusak]

It was indeed a great time. Life was simpler, people were more civil and kind.

And the music was awesome. My next door neighbor use to take us to the beach in her Valiant and blast this song on the radio. What a great time to be a kid.

[primeralives]

Hey sphmusak, Those Plymouth Valiants were some great cars. They were made to last. Great memories. Where did you grow up at?

[sphmusak]

beautiful, sunny Southern California.

[econoni]

Nice