Excellent! I second the Elvis comment, he was actually a big fan of vocal groups both gospel and secular and both black (including the mills Bros.) and white (the Blackwood Bros.) so it's likely he did hear of this group.
just an incredible performance here! WOW WEE,what an effort. boy oh boy were they ever versatile and immensely talented. thank you sooooo much for this truely great "view". tom d brick,nj
All of the great black gospel groups could light their fires and heat their skillets with very minimal accompaniment. A guitar or a piano--if that much--was all they needed to cook. And some sang a capella, of course.
No , Ray Charles got 'Hit The Road' from Percy Mayfield , who wrote it and recorded an early demo. Similar feel to this , like a thousand other tunes.
Love this. Any one knows if this has been released on record . Just getting better better each time you listen to it. Look at the sheer fun they are having.
Actually there was a third group,called the Larks,a caucasian group.This is a great version of Shadrach,Meshach and Abednigo,the 3 Hebrew children who were placed in a boiling cauldron by Nebuchadnezzar for failing to worship his pagan Gods,yet they failed to burn!This was one of the earliest miracles recorded in the Bible.
You are Correct Allen Bunn sand lead on the Apollo record released in 1952 This version from the Filmcame out in 1954 and it is Orville Brooks doing lead
@doowopsylv Stolen Love by the Larks was just posted by "TheNickNicola" Enjoy! BTW, I agree with you that this is a great song, but I've always preferred "My Reverie" with Gene Mumford on lead.
@HeywoodJadumi Hi, thanks for the notify!! Have found it. Absoloutely Love *Stolen Love' - my all time fav. Doo Wop classic. Yeah, like My Reverie as well!! Thanks for letting me know!!
@HeywoodJadumi My Reverie is the best song I've heard by this great group but I must admit I haven't heard many of their songs more than a few times (except for 'Reverie'). This one is really good and quite different from others I've heard by the Larks.
This was a very popular song during the 1960's. Several quartets covered it, as well as groups like the Clara Ward Singers, and soloists like Louis Armstrong (as some people have already mentioned), Brooke Benton and Cleophus Robinson.
I am so glad I found this song! Thank you for posting it. I typed in the title and got the Beastie Boys. How is that possible? I got religious talks and other stuff. I almost gave up when I thought I should try one more time. There it is. Thank You! Not the version I grew up listening to, but wonderful in its own right.
I was refering to the fact that the Beastie Boys are not known for religious songs so it caught me off guard. Glad I didn't give up because it was worth the time.
I love hearing different people sing songs that I love. I grew up with Brooke Benton's version. That version is also on You tube. Both versions are fabulous.
It is amazing. I will pay more attention to a well dressed group than one that isn't. I didn't realize how sharp they looked until you pointed it out because they sang so well. (I agree with you)
I am not the poster, but I first saw this on the USA Network as part of the "Night Flight" program. They used to show the old "Showtime At the Apollo/Harlem Revue" shows which were a combination of studio performances and Snader Telescriptions (when it's a Snader clip, look closely; you will see a short cartoon of curtains parting). There is no audience, but the performances are live in the studio. I have not seen this for over twenty years, so thank you very, very much Fair DealDan!
would make the GOLDEN GATE QUARTET proud...tenor eugene mumford would briefly join THE GATES in their adopted Eupopean homebase....gene sang a stunning version of white christmas that appears on numerous GATES albums that were issued and reissued for decades throught europe....a briilant quartet it is wonderful to have this pricelees footage that captures their AWESOME talent
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Say wait a minute Dan - are you talking about Gene Mumford's Larks or Don Julian's Larks? Two separate groups. This looks like Mumford's Larks and nothing to do with Don Julian, or do I have this backwards?
great to see you still here FairDealDan. Everyone else is being wiped out. What the f*** happened to the extraordinary archive put together by innercalm? everything, Sandra King, the Impressions, Barbara Lynn, The Spidells... everything gone, closed down. What's going on?
I was good friends w/ the late Don Julian. His group-"Larks" --backing him on his 1965 song and album-The Jerk-- was a COMPLETELY unrelated group- I don't think Don even knew of the original Larks.
Great to see/hear this. I wasn't familiar with it, only have the easly available reissues of Don Julian (& The Larks) stuff - Shorty The Pimp and Savage soundtracks.
Until now, the only version I was familiar with was the late Bobby Scott's (of "A Taste of Honey" and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" fame) - his recording was the flip of "Chain Gang" (not the Sam Cooke song, alas) which was released as a single in late 1955 on the then-new ABC-Paramount label.
really love this
octopoli 1 month ago
Very distinctive sound ~ powerful!
59cadcoupe 2 months ago
Oh yea!! Turn it up!
jimarojfm 3 months ago
Only heard this song by Brook Benton before. The Larks make his version (which I always loved) seem like bubble gum music.
jimarojfm 5 months ago
This is GREAT!!
KEVIN557GRUNT 7 months ago
Some long legged madonna keeps calling me Shadrack.
stevecav1138 7 months ago
This is BRILLIANT! .......LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
coolfool60 8 months ago
Excellent! I second the Elvis comment, he was actually a big fan of vocal groups both gospel and secular and both black (including the mills Bros.) and white (the Blackwood Bros.) so it's likely he did hear of this group.
moondogsballroom 9 months ago
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moondogsballroom 9 months ago
just an incredible performance here! WOW WEE,what an effort. boy oh boy were they ever versatile and immensely talented. thank you sooooo much for this truely great "view". tom d brick,nj
doowopman49 10 months ago
they're so beautiful
ardentepatience 10 months ago
how can u not love this?
ducktube2000 1 year ago
Probably the best version of this tune. Awesome.
frankiehiyo 1 year ago
oh, thanks for posting this-they are great-right on!!!
dogcat126 1 year ago
in the house.....cool
respect
kaskapubenfu 1 year ago
All of the great black gospel groups could light their fires and heat their skillets with very minimal accompaniment. A guitar or a piano--if that much--was all they needed to cook. And some sang a capella, of course.
hookalakah 1 year ago
You can grab the audio-mp3 of this tune at grabyouraudio doht cohm.
GabbyMulkern990728 1 year ago
No , Ray Charles got 'Hit The Road' from Percy Mayfield , who wrote it and recorded an early demo. Similar feel to this , like a thousand other tunes.
motekhall 1 year ago
OK, I may have found a new obsession.
JohnDCutright 1 year ago
still looking for the original. this is the closest.
wrybred 1 year ago
god they do remind me of elvis !!
narlapop 1 year ago
too cool! and yes, it's no secret that elvis was greatly influenced by church and gospel singing.
JAZZWOLFEN 1 year ago 3
there is a record that has this song its called "up with the larks"
dieterdick 1 year ago
killer harmony...............
quelch666 2 years ago 2
Love this. Any one knows if this has been released on record . Just getting better better each time you listen to it. Look at the sheer fun they are having.
killerdillr 2 years ago 4
This track is cookin
TheQuietCenter 2 years ago 13
awesome
Grovehomiezz 2 years ago
don julian was the meadowlarks,.the was another group called the larks
hah13 2 years ago
This group evolved out of the amazing "Selah Jubilee Singers" and later formed the core of the equally stunning "5 Royales"...
skypanther1 2 years ago 2
A Capella group "Cadence" from Toronto Canada does an unbelievable cover on their frost free album!
phulan32 2 years ago
Is it me or do I hear the birth of the Elvis singing style here?
threadgillb 2 years ago 37
@threadgillb nice suggestion.[observation here]! if this dosn't move ya', you may need a labotamy. tom d brick,nj
doowopman49 10 months ago
@doowopman49 Too right.
threadgillb 8 months ago
@threadgillb I believe you are Correct, sir!!! I mean, madame.... ; )
phemohilia 8 months ago
@phemohilia Thank you!
threadgillb 8 months ago
@phemohilia Thank you!
threadgillb 8 months ago
Actually there was a third group,called the Larks,a caucasian group.This is a great version of Shadrach,Meshach and Abednigo,the 3 Hebrew children who were placed in a boiling cauldron by Nebuchadnezzar for failing to worship his pagan Gods,yet they failed to burn!This was one of the earliest miracles recorded in the Bible.
thebigfist 2 years ago 2
repris par Louis Armstrong ça donne pas aussi bien finalement !
mimidumb 3 years ago
who is the one actually singint the lead on shadrack. I know it's not eugene mumford
Kxtreme 3 years ago
your are right that is not Gene Mumford singing lead that is Allen Bunn
nipsipone 3 years ago
I think that he is Orville Brooks. He was member of Golden Gate Quartet.
SyberkaPL 2 years ago 2
You are Correct Allen Bunn sand lead on the Apollo record released in 1952 This version from the Filmcame out in 1954 and it is Orville Brooks doing lead
nipsipone 2 years ago
according to uncle marv's this killer thing never got into record, did it? has some crazy people ever got this into a record??
alnitemike 2 years ago
Oh yesss!!! This is so great!! I love the Golden Gate Quartet version, but this is also really fantastic! Thank you VERY much for sharing this :).
cuttingheads 3 years ago
This is my introduction to these guys and I can highly recommend them. Such style.
GReYSTOKE2012 3 years ago
Nice, a rich sound!!
robbieware 3 years ago
Does anybody have 'Stolen Love' by the Larks,
that they could put on youtube for me plse??
Its my all time fav. song
doowopsylv 3 years ago
@doowopsylv Stolen Love by the Larks was just posted by "TheNickNicola" Enjoy! BTW, I agree with you that this is a great song, but I've always preferred "My Reverie" with Gene Mumford on lead.
HeywoodJadumi 7 months ago
@HeywoodJadumi Hi, thanks for the notify!! Have found it. Absoloutely Love *Stolen Love' - my all time fav. Doo Wop classic. Yeah, like My Reverie as well!! Thanks for letting me know!!
doowopsylv 7 months ago
@HeywoodJadumi My Reverie is the best song I've heard by this great group but I must admit I haven't heard many of their songs more than a few times (except for 'Reverie'). This one is really good and quite different from others I've heard by the Larks.
CrisVangel1958 1 month ago
This was a very popular song during the 1960's. Several quartets covered it, as well as groups like the Clara Ward Singers, and soloists like Louis Armstrong (as some people have already mentioned), Brooke Benton and Cleophus Robinson.
Rowoches 3 years ago
Love it
swizzybee 3 years ago
I've got The Larks singing 'Shadrack' on the old Apollo label. Never imagined that there'd actually be footage of them singing it. Five solid stars!
EagerBoy59 3 years ago
I would say the exact words that have been said by Scarlett24ca... I would listen to Louis' version all day through!
Thanks for the upload.
heaven17 3 years ago
I enjoyed that!
TheSoulgirl 3 years ago
I am so glad I found this song! Thank you for posting it. I typed in the title and got the Beastie Boys. How is that possible? I got religious talks and other stuff. I almost gave up when I thought I should try one more time. There it is. Thank You! Not the version I grew up listening to, but wonderful in its own right.
jenbanter 3 years ago
Jen, uh... because the Beastie Boys have a song called "Shadraq Meshaq and Abendigo", perhaps?
bettiepagestyle 3 years ago
I was refering to the fact that the Beastie Boys are not known for religious songs so it caught me off guard. Glad I didn't give up because it was worth the time.
jenbanter 3 years ago
I love hearing different people sing songs that I love. I grew up with Brooke Benton's version. That version is also on You tube. Both versions are fabulous.
jenbanter 3 years ago
damn! that was good and they dressed sharp to
sixbebig 3 years ago
It is amazing. I will pay more attention to a well dressed group than one that isn't. I didn't realize how sharp they looked until you pointed it out because they sang so well. (I agree with you)
jenbanter 3 years ago
where did you find the footage?
vczerniak 4 years ago 2
I am not the poster, but I first saw this on the USA Network as part of the "Night Flight" program. They used to show the old "Showtime At the Apollo/Harlem Revue" shows which were a combination of studio performances and Snader Telescriptions (when it's a Snader clip, look closely; you will see a short cartoon of curtains parting). There is no audience, but the performances are live in the studio. I have not seen this for over twenty years, so thank you very, very much Fair DealDan!
gilgamess 3 years ago
good gawd!!! this is makin' me shake my ass and I'm WHITE!!!!!!HALLELOOOOYAHHHHHJEEEZUS
tradertom 4 years ago
A devine spirit moving among us...my great-aunts song this kind of gospel.=> Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!
kaffirinqu 4 years ago
What WONDERFUL singing! I've never heard anyone sing this song better than the Larks.
doowopgal 4 years ago
How about Louis Armstrong; that version is just awesome.
Tenderness6 4 years ago
OMG! I love the Louis Armstrong version, he sang it 2 perfection. Okay- the legend sang the best version. But these guys where pretty good.
scarlett24ca 3 years ago
I totally agree with you. Do you also have the Louis Armstrong album with all the swinging spirituals?
Tenderness6 3 years ago
No but, I will own it soon:)
scarlett24ca 3 years ago
If I am not mistaken, this group sang background vocals on some of Mahalia Jackson's biggest hits on the Apollo label. They're smoooooooooooooth!
BashaaniN 4 years ago
Fantastic!!!!!modern & actual!!
wolwerone 4 years ago
would make the GOLDEN GATE QUARTET proud...tenor eugene mumford would briefly join THE GATES in their adopted Eupopean homebase....gene sang a stunning version of white christmas that appears on numerous GATES albums that were issued and reissued for decades throught europe....a briilant quartet it is wonderful to have this pricelees footage that captures their AWESOME talent
kieransoul 4 years ago
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weshowteambruce 4 years ago
i love it!!
alnitemike 4 years ago
quality
xxmdmaxx 4 years ago
This is INCREDIBLE! What artistry. (by the way...kinda sounds like Elvis bit sumthin off of these singers. Hmmmm) Just incredible.
ChevyDude65 4 years ago
oh wow, i'm in heaven
scarlett24ca 4 years ago
Say wait a minute Dan - are you talking about Gene Mumford's Larks or Don Julian's Larks? Two separate groups. This looks like Mumford's Larks and nothing to do with Don Julian, or do I have this backwards?
PhillySouth 4 years ago
great to see you still here FairDealDan. Everyone else is being wiped out. What the f*** happened to the extraordinary archive put together by innercalm? everything, Sandra King, the Impressions, Barbara Lynn, The Spidells... everything gone, closed down. What's going on?
ant18 4 years ago
1954 at the Apollo Theater
Gene Mumford
Orville Brooks
David "Boots" Bowers
Isaiah Bing
Pianist Glenn Burgess
Rawlfie 4 years ago
I was good friends w/ the late Don Julian. His group-"Larks" --backing him on his 1965 song and album-The Jerk-- was a COMPLETELY unrelated group- I don't think Don even knew of the original Larks.
doctordoowop 4 years ago
My favourite version of Shadrack is the one from Louis Armstrong. Try to find it; it's just great
Tenderness6 5 years ago
I have it on CD, Columbia House has it under Louis Armstrong complete hits. It's pricy but worth it for any Louis fan
scarlett24ca 4 years ago
totally excellent, and try the version by brooke benton on p2p if you fancy another twist.
ftaet 5 years ago
Great to see/hear this. I wasn't familiar with it, only have the easly available reissues of Don Julian (& The Larks) stuff - Shorty The Pimp and Savage soundtracks.
stewarthome 5 years ago
Thanks this is great!
haleyfan 5 years ago
HIP!!!
funkpill 5 years ago
Great to see this! If you ever have the chance to hear The Ames Brothers version of this song, it's an AMAZING rendition! I highly recommend it!
TVGord 5 years ago
Until now, the only version I was familiar with was the late Bobby Scott's (of "A Taste of Honey" and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" fame) - his recording was the flip of "Chain Gang" (not the Sam Cooke song, alas) which was released as a single in late 1955 on the then-new ABC-Paramount label.
wmbrown6 4 years ago