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  • These Jamaican fellas really knew how to sing and dress

  • think these guys are from Brummy

  • a clear voice that cut like a knife! where did he go?

  • IAM SOMETIMES A SAD SWEET DREAMER.

  • Number one on the day I was born

  • What a voice this kid had

  • This was the number 1 song the day i was born

  • you gotta admit the song is great but the dress is totally crap! n that was style in the seventies! hope to god its not retro!

  • Hey the 70's lead the way, the 80's were magnificent. Remember SOUL is a way of life not just music...If it ai'nt SOUL I don't give a funk!

  • I'm a sad sweet dreamer with emphasis on the word 'sad'.

  • An absolute classic. RIP Marcel. Anyone want to argue the toss can see me outside (for a polite but very heated discussion).

  • great song..should have done better on the charts in America

  • sorry but the 70s were bloody awful, 80s rule

  • @Synthematix mmmmmmmmmmm no mate

  • fantastic moss side/whally range group from the 1970's

  • Lovely song from a special time

  • had to play this today cuz the tune kept spinning in my head thanks

  • its in the music, good times and good feelings,and great fun,life still goes on, just play those songs,and smile along.

  • sorry to all original posters, thought i was making an easy access list for me. refer to real geniuses for comments as i only dig this shi' when i've had a beer.

  • well done dad, taught me well

  • :))))

  • great this is it the soul from the 70' love them all give it back plz it will be only clips on you tube thank god for that

  • I was 16, just left home & joined the army, leaving family,friends & a special girl behind.. When this was released i nearly packed it all in & went home to the girl. I stayed put & went on to have a great career but everytime i hear this.... I'm 16 all over again... Great times & Great memories. Thanks for posting this. You made an old man very happy..

  • @1trufflepig Hey your only 53, in no way are you an old man. Your not old at all. No such thing as old, your just older than some people. But yeah excellent, excellent song, ironically I wasn't even born when this came out, I am 30.

  • i too was at school when it came out,i love this song.thank you

  • When music is as good as this it never seems to age. Just as fabulous today as when it was realeased.

  • I Saw them live AT March Cambridgeshire 1974, I Think they were at no.1 in the charts at the time..I must say they were amazing..The hall was packed out, and everyone went home happy. Deffo a nicer time to live in..so much more chilled..Love to go back to them days.Whats gone wrong today there not happy unless their causing problems

  • Brilliant! :) x

    

  • Used to love this tune

  • bloody good track !! thanks..!!

  • They do not make them like this anymore, bring back the 70,s

  • Gosh this makes me feel old

  • Those were the good old days man...this song always brings back tears of joy

  • this song brings back memories i was 13 and discoverd girls had 3 under my belt by the time i was 14 good times thought i was in love at the time.

  • @thestigg01 i guess (hope) you're not speaking literally, about the belt thing...;-D

  • @alcamus1973 Not literally under my belt more notches on the bed post,it was the best times back then not to many women around these days.

  • We all remember songs from our early years and whilst i try to be open minded, when i listen to these tunes i can't help feeling lucky to have grown up in the era i grew up in. When i listen to the Floaters singing 'Float on' it just about sums it up.

  • long hot summer nights of the 70s....gone forever but never forgotten xx

  • so glad I lived thru the 70's sooo much good music , wish could go bk there, do things diferrent ????? oh yes lol

  • Oh how I remember.  Beautiful.

  • So all these guys just disbanded and vanished into thin air? I heard that one of Marcel's sons died last year and one died two years after he did....anyone knows of that?

  • I was 17 and the singer in the resident band at Baileys Nightclub in Leicester when I met these guys.. They were fantastic, great guys and so professional. Insperational. All great personallities. The 70's will never die. Great memories.

  • OHHH MY SWEET SENSANTION..........U ..... SING FROM THE HEART I LOVE IT

  • Awww. I so wish I could go back in time. Music was so good then!!

  • Marcel was born in Manchester, youngest member of "The Sweet Sensation", who won "New Faces."Sad Sweet Dreamer"reached Number One in the U.K. charts in October 1974.Constantly ripped off by the industry he beacme a shadow of his former self.In 1991Marcel recorded "Reach for Love" for factory Records.Four years after that, he died of a cerebral haemorrhage.His son Zeus was tragically a victim of manchester gangs wars,they rest in peace together in manchester southern cemetery

    ......

  • @jadespics so sad......didn,t know that, thanks for your info. may they rest in peace...xxxx

  • @jadespics So sad. I have been trying to do some research on Marcel King but the internet is no help....really not a lot about him online. I am curious about the group considering most of them were from the Caribbean. I also heard that Marcel has another son who died pretty recently. Do you know anything about this or his existing family?

  • @kingstonja1970 i was brought up with all these guys,still in contact with some:)

  • @colourworksdesigns .....I knew St Clair Palmer back then.. He lived in Whalley Range I lived in Bristol, Are you in contact with him atall?

  • this song inspired me to land my first top single pick song called

    'get into the love groove,' in billboard magazine 4 june 1983 on page 64. four years after arriving in the states in 1979. i was in nevis where i was born. i was in my last year of high school in st. kitts in 1972, started writing at age 16. my name is calvin hodge lake. you can find part 1 & 11 of my song on amazon.com

    and part 1 on youtube.com

  • Love it. This was my time.

  • wish i had a time machine to take me back to my era

  • This song was amazing then...seems even better now...respect.

  • A great song from the `70`s, and when performers sang on stage or tv they knew how to dress, no pants saggin trying to look sexual, and underwear hangin out all over the place. They looked classy. GOD, how I miss that era

  • @amberola1b spot on ..i wish i was back then?

  • @amberola1b You are right, (about the dress code). A couple of these guys lived in Moss Side, I knew the lead singer and went to the same school.

  • @amberola1b Me too. Couldn't have put it better. Why are so many of the youngsters of today such slags?

  • @amberola1b i grew up with these lads. marcel was fab in them days. i was seeing the drummer but he prob wont remember. sad young guys die. he was 1 of the few that should have been. glad i knew u marcel.xx

  • me encanta  simplemente bonita.

  • Yeah - I can relate to the posts, great days. Sad thinking about them now, good times, one love!

  • Still loving it! x

  • Dem SUITS!!!!!!!!!  Peuwk!!!!

  • can help a bit I new Marcel as a young bot as he kept racing pigeons like myself i new him when we lived in a place called Whalley range in Manchester dont know if he dad was from Jamacia they won a talent competition her in England I think

  • WOW ANOTHER TEARJERKER,SPECALY THIS ONE, SAD SWEET DREAMER ITS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT GO DOWN TO EXPERIENCE. WHAT A LINE THAT IS OH SO TRUE. I REMEMBER THIS SONG FROM THE SEVENDIES. WHEN I WAS JUST A KID, AND THE MEMORIES WERE VERY GOOD. NOW THERE SAD, BUT NOT ALL THE TIME.WISH THE TIME MACHINE STILL WORKED.PEACE,IAM OUT.

  • @nicoya204 nice comment so true

  • This kid could sing.. the note he held in the bridge, his control of dynamics and that looooong note in the bridge, brilliant... Always wondered what they looked like, this was a massive hit in the States... RIP dude...

  • I grew up in the 60's and was hooked on what was then called Tamla Mowtown, you had to have heart and soul to sing these kinda songs, something you dont hear often today.

  • met the boys in ireland in the 70s great boy band

    

  • I had no idea what they looked like till now, always loved this song. Greetings from sunny Jamaica.

  • Does anyone know anything about Marcel? Like where he was from? Was his father a Jamaican? Was his mom from the UK [it's obvious he was mixed and that was the most probable combination], about his wife? his kids? I am so curious because I can't believe that someone with such a beautiful voice could have died so young

  • i loved this song R.I.P. marcel

  • Saw these live at Baileys in Leicester when I was about 16!!!!

  • wot a fab song makes me so warm inside , i was only 15 at the time this was in the charts

  • I used to hang around with these guys in the 70's lived away from Manchester for a long time and only just found out Marcel died, never forgot that name Marcel RIP

  • Marcel king so under rated, great singer and top song!

  • One of the best songs of all time.

  • theres more soul,,touch your heart,,hair stand up on back of your neck in this song than all the jackson songs put together,,these guys were raw tallent and not manufactured,,thats what happens some times in life if your not part of the machine you don,t get on,,,,,,

  • beautiful song

  • Ca fait méchament penser à du Michaël Jackson dans sa jeunesse, non?

  • i have a question..is he leo sayer????

  • a super classic video r.i.p my friend xx

  • They performed at R.A.F Abingdon one night, great never forget the night this tune and the memories it brings Thanks

  • Beautiful beautiful legend songs never be fprgptten. He would have been my age. Were both born in the year of the classic.... Another beautiful soul gone to early. RIP

  • beautiful song and lovely voice,brings tears to my eyes hearing this again.What a waste of great talent .

  • The music goes straight to your soul.

  • @windgather1

    So true. This really does go straight to your soul. The Jacksons Could only have wished to have recorded a song this good! Still sounds great after all these years, with string arrangements to die for. Sad really does describe the plight of some of this UK band's members. Beautiful music. Peace!

  • one of my ALL TIME favorites!! ..this soothing fabulous voice NEVER fails to put the hairs straight up up my back ..... this is music from the HEART !! 

  • awww how sad he had a beautiful voice xx

    

  • Fabulous song....dated but still great video....!!!!

  • my mate loves this song on her work cd....starting to grow on me

    

  • Bad lyrics, lazy tune. Just generally really rubbish.

  • @glenquagmire1984b  what u waiting for a reaction you sad bastard

  • Una bonita canción para dejarte llevar por los recuerdos FANTÁSTICA

  • great song were is on itunes?

  • wonderful sad song, that i have related with the one and only big love of my life. unrequited even though i tried so hard...it´s just one of those things you put down to experience!

  • Fantastic soft soul voice yum!

  • SS hit #14 in Billboard, 3-22-75. Went all the way to #1 in the UK. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! RIP, Marcel King (lead singer).

  • You welcome! Take care

  • i met this group as they were recording this song. they were lovely. and we pinched there gaurd dog shep,,lol

  • if we dressed like that now we would be sectioned lol! but back in the day it was who had the widest lionel blairs (flaires)!!!

  • Fantastic, my 8 yo daughter loves this song...so do I

  • Beautiful song and would grace any music list today.

  • The lead singer has a slight sound of a young Michael Jackson.

  • This song was always on the radio when I was a kid. I have a strong memory of me singing it to a packed waiting room in the local doctors' when I was about 3 years old!! Good times, and like @fredericpaulandre says below, innocent times and lovely songs.

  • OMG just gone back in summertime of the 70s and its a magical song

  • I miss that time. We were so inocents and .... happy with just friends, nice weather and good lovely songs

  • And to correct you, he didn't die until 2009

  • Awful. He had a big picture of his son in his living room. Was really proud of him. I still find it shocking that he is dead. A person you could always depend on. My best memory is when he invited me down to the Cafe Bar he was playing in Sale. His talent was completely lost on them, but I felt so proud to be his friend.

  • Does anyone know what happened to Leroy? I just came on here to see him once again, only to find he has passed on. I lived by him and was a good friend from 82-98. So sad, he was a brilliant keyboard player/singer/ composer/songwriter. A lovely gentleman. Viv Needle.

  • My Mum went out with one of the guys from this band before she met my Dad!

  • This song went all the way to #1 in UK. It was written by none other than

    Tony Hatch - who penned most of Petula Clark's big hits (ie Downtown, etc.)

    This song is

    one of my all-time favorites -- even heard it not too long ago on LOVE105 FM

    here in Minneapolis. Thanks for posting this beautiful song!

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  • @t0mme1981 Yea you can only think of raping since NO one will bend ova for you except your momma.....isn't that the thing that farted you out....a wet fart no doubt....you limeee fuckface....by the way keep on pissing yourself wet each time you hear a knock at the door.....you cum gargling expert.....Man You are one funny fuck up....lol

  • Heard the lead singer died recently recently. RIP

    

  • @ThenurVraxJam Not so recently actually, he died in '95, at age 38.. Two years later, his son died in a gangwar dispute!

  • amo essa musica

  • i just had to look for this song on you tube because i was convinced it was Michael Jackson .

  • Anyone knows what is the name of this Group??

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  • @bee52mitch sweet sensation.

  • @bee52mitch Sweet Sensation is the Name of the Group.

  • Man! What a great song! I was a high school senior in '75. How could I not have heard or remember this tune? Anyway, thanks, vanquisamon! One of my new favorite songs, 36 years after it hit the charts!

  • This is so Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 like. Still a very good song! Brings back so many memories of times long gone!

  • A little village just North of Birmingham called Manchester:)

  • still have their lp from 74.

  • San Luis Potosi (Mexico) 1974.

    tema del unico canal de telivision local en blanco y negro.

    Que tiempos aquellos.

    TEC de SLP "el viejo"

  • I was 16 when this was in the charts. Loved this track, but all my mates were into Led Zepp and Deep Purple, so I had to keep it quiet or they would have took turns in beating the crap out of me. :)

  • Great to finally find it. Great song!

  • cracker. bonnie and clyde episode.

  • right people i,m 49 too and also gratefull to have been a teenager in the great seventies,life was so much easy then.

  • @klaascarlover i couldn't agree more chopper's disco's and good times !!!!!!!!!!!

  • ....builds largely upon the unsettlingly intimate "Pillow Talk" by Sylvia 1 year before in a lot of ways, but significantly improves upon it......

  • My Dad used to go to school with Marcell. Apparently he annoyed the fuck out of everyone, singing all the time. Lol, love the song though.

  • @dancinginmyslippers My twin brother was a good friend of his - knew the whole family. Yeah.... the stresses of surviving the music business took Marcel really too soon. Nice memories of very happy times. Thanks for posting Vanquisamon

  • Oh, my, the memories... I will be 48 soon...I remember thinking of this song every morning while crossing the common on the way to school, (Bishop Chandlers, I think), Birmingham - and again, on the way back from school. I LOVED this song and all the sounds, harps, etc, in the background . I always had an ear for the background sounds...always absorbed all the nounces :>)

    Sweet memories :>)

  • Yoiks! The lead singer looks like a miniature Don Cornelius (presenter of the popular music programme "Soul Train")

  • Marcel had such a sweet voice. Although he did`nt look as good as M jackson (back then) :P

  • I`m 49 now but this song takes me back to time. I feel like I`m 12 again. Thx for posting such a beautiful souvenir of 70s.

  • What a catchy 70's ttune; can't believe I've only just heard this on the radio.

  • @rochstan123he sounds like michael when he was little dont u think ??

    thats who i thought it was at first lol

  • Marcel Was never an addict of substance abuse. His only One - addiction was his Love of Music. I should know, I am his younger Brother.

    Birthday Love to you big bro - (Born 4/1/57 - passed - 5/10/95 Rip)

  • @powerofIove Right on! Keep standing up for your brother! He was a great singer and entertainer.

  • @powerofIove I meet all the boys many years ago in harpenden and later on in watford at the top rank what a great night marcel said hello to me while on stage singing what a big head i had that night , i am so sad to hear of marcels early demise, bet he is still singing in heaven, god bless x angie

  • @lalalas6 Beautiful Angie, hugs & blesses (♡) warm regards, Lee

  • @powerofIove can i ask you what happend to marcel , since reading about him i feel very sad

  • just heard sad sweet dreamer on the radio,  some things never die xxxxx

  • @powerofIove I am  FDR's brother

  • @powerofIove

    wtg i love that remark

  • @powerofIove Respectfully, who was Marcel? Was he the dynamic lead singer on this cut?

  • @powerofIove Your brother was one bad dude - and over here in the States, that means "good." What I want to know is how in the world can 17 people say they "dislike" this beautiful song.

  • @powerofIove sorry to hear of your loss of your brother this is a classic my friend may he rest in peace

  • @powerofIove I only discovered yesterday of Marcels tragic death, this song is a classic and will never be forgotton,really feel sad today

  • @powerofIove I love this song, and Marcel.....God bless him xx

  • @powerofIove

    sorry to hear of your brothers passing , incredible talent and a wonderful song

  • @powerofIove I grew up listening to The Jacksons and The Sylvers and never heard of this group. Your brother had a great voice and equally great stage presence. I'm glad I heard this song.

  • So true..we all have choices but we have to be strong and put up resistance to all the evil that's going on in the world. Sometimes I watch the news and I see all the suffering and sometimes I wish there is something more I could do, especially when I see young children suffering,it pains my heart so much, most of our suffering stems from choices we make, sometimes it makes you stronger, sometimes it breaks us down....and yes there are selfish people out there who could care less ...

  • my bald mate rossy loves this song dances about like a big fairy on heat everytime he hears it and he just turned 49.

  • Reminds me of my sissy Tima when we grew up. She loved this song ... with lots of love Shidie

  • Reminds me of my sissy Tima when we grew up. She loved this song ... with lots of love Shidie

  • My grandad brought me their LP in about 1977 when I was a kid, am I the only one with their LP stil??

  • Terrific song from a different day and time. Forget hip-hop: Enjoy this excellent performance of SOUL music, down to every little move. Sorry kids, but things really did used to be better in the 'olden' days. Ah, the memories! :-)

  • @TejMulen

    they are Jamaicans...you are so right...Marcel is of Jamaican heritage but most were born in JA

  • @VALENCIAE65 Jamaican Heritage; they grew up in Manchester, England

  • @poitrenaud Sorry but 4 of the actual members were born in Jamaica......

  • @VALENCIAE65 Thanks for the Correction. But when they were organized here, they were operating out of Britain; yes? And the young boy there, Maurice King, didn't he pass away young from a sudden brain embolism?

    Too bad.

    Sad ending.

  • @poitrenaud Yes it is really sad and such a beautiful song. I heard folks said Marcel King became an addict...thats so sad, so many lives are messed up because others simply put money and selfishness before not thinking what drugs can do to someone..I mean we all make choices but when promising lives are destroyed it hurts me to the core...

  • @VALENCIAE65 You have a kind heart. It seems that people as my parents, who lived through WW2 in France, and upheaval and crisis, they somehow didn't allow that to cause them to be alcoholics or nasty nor bitter-

    In fact, France NOW is prosperous, and we are full of Ego, Arrogance, Suicide, and Godless-

    but one thing destructive people all have in common: they are all about themselves.

    That's why I don't cry for stupid self-centered people who live recklessly and leave behind wreckage-

  • such very very nice song love -it still.... 49 years now...

  • wow, it brings me back to a sweet period of my life when I was discovering the world, I'm 52 now and I'm still a sad sweet dreamer...

  • wow, it brings me back to a sweet period of my life when I was discovering the world, I'm 52 now and I'm still a sad sweet dreamer...

  • Good tune !! Take me back to being a young boy

  • good old 70s classic!

  • another great song sung by black musicians...somehow blacks got lost and confused in the music business as the years passed....

  • @senseswide WTF are you talking about?