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  • Beautiful song. Always loved it. I took my mom to hear them in Atlanta and the performance,vocials were outstanding. The background vocals..... amazing.

  • omg!! they still have the pipes!!! that was awesome!!

  • Yes!!!!!!! My jam!!

  • The real, royal thing. Pure music.

  • omg incredible!!!!!

  • One of the few that still sound as good as they did 'back in the day". Anthony still has the falsetto and the wonderful voice to go with it. Great control and lung capacity for a man his age. Love 'em!! Thanks for the posting.

  • undiminished.

    

  • Had the pleasure of seeing the group live, just amazing!!!!

  • AMAZING!!!

  • wow

    

  • I Can Describe This in One Word..." FANTASTIC " !!

  • What concert is this?

    -help-

  • What an amazing set of vocal chords!

  • wow!!! he sound the same as when he was a young man and look same just few more pounds and age. I love their music. talented and passionate.

  • Simply excellent!

  • I REALLY like this!

  • I really enjoyed this performance when I saw it showcased on PBS a few years ago (I went to the mall the next day and bought the album). What really impresses me is how he captivates the audience with power and class, regardless that he is an older man.

  • How old is Little Anthony still singing like this? Have Mercy!

  • Take THAT, Linda Ronstadt!

  • You better sing little black man! (yup I'm black too)

  • THE continuing LIVING LEGEND OF LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS, SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT...U CANT TOUCH THIS!!!!

  • ......and his voice has NOT changed.. I AM WHITE YALL.

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  • Played with a full orchestra...violins.....real music,not synthesizers...wish all the kids now could see, feel live what we did. Beautiful.

  • Both Anthony and Clarence are married to white ladies ...in fact, the girls are TWIN SISTERS.

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  • @2441883 So, of course people can marry whomever they WANT TO, regardless of race. I'm in total agreement with that. I was simply saying that as a rebuttal to those on this site that were saying Anthony was gay....because HE'S NOT.

  • @williamg2552 Hi, William. I was just wondering what race had to do with it? Half the time we say it doesnt matter, then the other half, we make sure to mark differences. It is wrong, I think, and confusing to some people who may not be as mature as you and I, like our young people. To see racism decline, we could start by not acknowledging inconsequential and otherwise basically meaningless observations. God Bless!

  • This is the same "Classic" IMPERIALS lineup.... that originally RECORDED this song in 1965: (L to R) SAMMY STRAIN (who left the O'Jays to return to his original group, THE IMPERIALS ) ERNEST WRIGHT, Group Founder CLARENCE COLLINS, and "LITTLE ANTHONY" GOURDINE.

  • These guys ROCK! Great showman .....all of them.

  • Time has taken nothing away from them!!

  • NDEGRATTOS@ YOU HAVE TO BE THE VERY BEST DARLING!!! YOU NEVER LOST IT GOD BLESS AND KEEP ON SINGING !!!!!!!!!.

  • Pure class....simples

  • Holy shit!!! i'm a grown ass man & i almost shed a tear to this..WAOW!!!!!

  • Please  no hate response. Take it as I mean it please. This performance is a part of black history as much as Rosie Parks. Why? Because it crosses all race barriers.White teenagers as well as young white adults bought into this music. i know I did. It was pure talent. No color. We enjoyed it. As a long retired artist, I only wish that newcomers, white and black alike, look to the past. What is put out today is, forgive me, pure crap. No heart or soul. Just Dollar Signs. And yu buy into it.

  • @starr522 Yeah, break the color lines! Who cares!? I mean Little Anthony didn't even care since he married a white lady. So, who cares? Marry who you love and just love your live treating all people as HUMAN, becuase that's what they are, no matter what color their skin is.

  • @superflyenglishvegan What color line? This white girl loves Little Anthony and The Imperials music and always has. 

  • Yes, this is even better than the studio version-50 years!!!

  • insane! he performs this better than the studio rendition 50 years later

  • what wonderful memory's !!!!!!! they sound even better than 50 yrs ago

  • what wonderful memory's !!!!!!!

  • Nothing less than the Real Deal. Just amazing.

    Thanks for this excellent post, LouCacc.

  • 50-60 later - no change.to nothing - his voice is still THERE! some of todays singers should watch the videos of the past to hear real singing.

    i always liked the tops vs the temps - RIP LEVI

  • @oldascosmicdust Agree 100%!

  • My God! Is this awesome or what? Geez, how old is Anthony now? These guys rock as hard now as they ever did! AWESOME!

  • Ah man!! Love this vodeo. I played it in class for my college students on Friday.. Maybe I created some new fands for Little Anthony. Thanks so much for posting this.

  • this group is still kickin'!!! it is an awesome group, and has been for the last 50 somewhat years!!!!! the voice they have, is remarkleable, and so smooth. you would think after 50 years they would be tired and vocaless. but amazingly they are still rockin'. as a matter of fact they were on the 25th anniversarry of rock & roll hall of fame, and they did an outstanding job!! im 19, and this type of music is way before my time, bt it is better than what todays "music" is thats for sure!!!!

  • Yes Life has hurt me sooo many ways...but these melodies bring me back to life....Thanks to people like Little Anthony and the ones before him!

  • Saw them in person last fall and they were amazing. Anthony's voice has gotten better with age if that is possible as it always was amazing. Incredible range and a great stage presence. One of the best live acts I have seen.

  • IT HURT SOOO GOOOOD

  • justin timerlake,usher,etc... NOT ONE of these young guys today could carry this guys

    jock strap !!! youtube- CHI LITES HAVE YOU SEEN HER the one featuring eugene record. watch four 70 yr old guys sound EXACTLY like they did on their record in 72'

    none of these over paid under talented punks today can compete, they'd be blown off the stage !!!

  • This was when we knew music. This was when groups like this were truly truly talented.

    Awesome.

  • my grandma used to be in love with little anthony unto this days....wow

  • This Song & This Group Are Classics, Anthony & The Guys Are Just As great If Not Better Then They Were 50 Years Ago, They Are Like a Bottle Of Fine wine, It gets Better With Age!! Keep Singing Guys We Love Ya!!!

  • Yea it hurts so bad you old fart

  • The BEST part of his singing starts at 1:59...Plus he sings this song better than the oringinal back in the day...Anthony just got better with age..! Dont you all agree?

  • @DROly1 You Got That Right I Totally Agree!!!

  • The best part of the video is at 1:98...they do this song better than the recorded original back in the day plus Anthony even sings it better....he got better with age.!

  • I thought this was Gary Coleman!

  • Just amazing, over fifty years,original group and still sounding spectacular .

  • Who today can perform like these men? Unbelievable harmony. I can't help it....I watch this clip over and over.

  • Awesome.

  • Hurts-Hurts so bad-Its gonna hurt so baaaddd-When you leave this world Anthony, when God takes you with him to heaven.

    We sure need good people, good artist, good music and a better understanding in this cruel world to make us better as humans.

    I do really feel this song my fav. Thanks!

  • cracking 

  • just watched this about 20 times i have it on vinyl and cd but this is FANTASTIC music at it BEST!!!!!!!!!

  • What a show, even if you dont connect with the music the Imperials still sound great and professional as always. I cant get over Little Anthonys voice, what power. He looks good and hasnt even got a wig on. Marvellous, great post.

  • love this - sounds brilliant - quality lasts

  • Nothing less than brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

  • still after decades got it after decades - class survives

  • Fantastic, nothing else to say.

  • The talent remains. Now a-days you don't need talent in music to be successful. Look at all the top charts, it's a shame, all this advancement it technology, all these years of music knowledge and we come up with people like Lil Wayne (ref top comment),GaGa etc... It's a shame when real musicians don't get the big bucks these trendy "Artists" get. I guess people will buy any modern music that has the words "body, hard, club, sexy, dance" ... Shame true talent is so rare yet so disregarded now.

  • Real singers. Real music. It just gets better. Thanks, guys!

  • THIS MY SONG YALL!!!!!!! ^_^

  • Lou

    WOW........This is great......Baby Boomers appriciate you posting this quality content.

    Does it get better than this? No Way.

    Lou thanks again

    Mike

  • One time in life, that it . Little Antony, how much we love you here, in CHILE!!!!!!!

  • simple tears!..awwww man....

  • AWESOME song . Great to see someone put there heart and soul into a song. BRAVO!

  • Classy music, classy arrangement, beautiful music--moves the soul.

  • great.

  • this was super!

    

  • Anthony,

    Man, you still GOT IT! I only wish I was in the audience that evening.

    Thanks for posting this for all to see and hear HOW IT USED TO BE and what it sounded like. This is classic!

  • @Tinsby no doowop lead singer can touch him ,,,to this day, A miracle from the Lord Jesus Christ.....

  • Good to see so many of us that grew up and lived through the 60's appreciating one of the many Greats of our generation.

    Some of you have mentioned that what's missing today is this kind of talent. To a degree, that may be so. But what I think we find sorely lacking today is the EMOTION that these groups put into each and every song. That, and the great songwriting today is hardly great.

    I watch this video and go right back to 1964.

  • @tonewheel I agree 100 % With You

  • We used to dance to this at the sock hops in Detroit...... what happened. This has always been awesume.

  • Perfect example of what today's music just doesn't have: Talent and class. This song is practically 50 years old and it still stands the test of time. I'm sorry, because I could be wrong, but I don't believe people will embrace today's music, 50 years from now.

  • What year was this concert.

  • Simply Put......Amazing !!

  • i wam so moved to tears each time i hear this song.my,my

  • old school rules. anything done today is nothing but a repeat. that goes for music notes and all. there's nothing that has not been done before. just arrainge different.

    R&R -R&B- SOUL- JAZZ- POPULAR. EARLY PEOPLE DID NOT GET THE CREDIT

    THAT THEY DESERVED.TODAY IT'S COPYCAT TIME. HOW MANY SONGS DO YOU THINK IS ON THE SHELF'S OF RECORD COMPANY? MANY MORE THAN YOU THINK.KNOW .

  • THEY NAILED IT!!! THEY KILT IT!! now THIS is music not this crap we have today like the new age whore gaga who is replacing the aging whore madonna

  • I have just watched this video 4 times, and I still want to watch it more. Time less song performed by a special group, led by a truly gifted lead singer. If you're not moved by this performance, I'm not sure that your heart is beating.

  • Awesome! Pure Class and sounding better than ever!!!

  • I MISS the Motown sound. These guys were second only to the Temps for all of you kiddies out there. 

  • @splitfingr

    HOW CAN THEY BE SECOND WHEN THEY WERE OUT THERE

    FRIST. MANY MORE YEARS THEN THE TEMPS. THEY HAD 10

    HITS BEFORE MOTOWN. ANTHONY IS 69 YRS AND VOICE HAS NOT CHANGED.

  • Damm this song still fits my life to a "T". Thanks man..great stuff and great group!

  • awesome! thanks so much for posting this. Anthony was born to sing these Teddy Randazzo songs.

  • One of the best voices ever!

  • I feel sorry for the kids of today listening to the rubbish they do. We were so lucky

  • @detaweescooter123

    i agree

    i am so jealous that i missed out.

  • Turned 69 years old today. Found this.  Thanks for giving me 3 minutes of being 15 again!!

  • this song is hot!

  • Just NICE!

  • which concert is this from?

  • Nice tune one of my favs.

  • saw this live performance, incredible.

  • very beutiful....without words..thank you for this unforgettable memory

  • OMG He can sing anything for me!

  • Little Anthony still has it!!!!! Bravo, indeed!!

  • They just get better and better! Bravo!!!!!

  • Sorry, but does music actually get any better than this ?

  • @mrbillhicks nope.... :)

  • Man! What a voice and with Feeling!!!..THis guy performed this live version BETTER!! than his original years ago when he was a whole lot younger....Anthony just got BETTER with age.....it's usually the other way around as singers get older....they cannot hit that note...like they use to and just change the key...but NOT Anthony...Great Job!!

  • They are stil great, so many were, check out the Johnny Maestro, crests, could this be magic acapella

  • Sammy left the O'Jays , and came back to The Imperials. He was with them first.

  • Can't believe I could actually hit these notes one upon a time. Anthony still can, what a talent!!

  • Great. Fabulous. no tengo las palabras para decir lo que siente escuchando este cancion, me quedo sin voz......thanks a lot

  • OMG!! I couldn't move for the entire 3 min 7 seconds. Amazing!!! Let's see Lil Wayne (or what ever his name is) do that!!!

  • They are as good now as they were over 50 years ago :)

  • Touche. You know you have chops when you sound just as strong, live, as you did when you originally recorded a song.

  • @pjerrett RIGHT - DAMN RIGHT!!

  • @pjerrett What's with all the Lill Wayne bashing on every single Imperials video on Youtube? Little Anythony himself said he likes much of today's music and that back then people called his music trash and old people of the 60's thought kids that sang acappella in the streets and parks were thugs. Of course you can't compare a HOF group to any new kid with a record deal as most won't pan out, but no need to say music of the past is better than today cause it's not true.

  • @pjerrett Little Anthony & The Imperials

  • I am so happy this type of talent is still around to entertain and educate us all.

  • GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!!

  • he still got it!!!

  • sang the song tony! sang the song man! damn sang the song!

  • Fantastic!

  • Thanks!

  • Like Pet Clark, Anthony has maintained a voice that is unable to describe in words!

  • EXCELLENT WITHOUT WORDS

  • Amazing!, Amazing!, Amazing!, Amazing!,

    These guys still sound as good even after 50 YEARS!..In fact this live version is better than the original song when it first came out...Anthony still has an Fantastic voice even after 50 years..They are truly BLESSED...to still be singing..Bravo!!

  • Ya I agree!!! You should also check out Gene Chandler's Duke of Earl performance! His recent performance is also amazing!!!

  • So good. I can't believe that He has been singing this Hit for 50 years. Holy Cow that is amazing and Good stuff.... !!

  • These guys are smooth as silk, every thing is perfect. Anthony u da man !!! I bowl my head with respect you deserve a standing ovation !!!!

  • saw these guys at a casino in PA last year OMG they were awesome..

  • just wanted to say "HI" to you Lou... i havent been here in a minute... (been busy).. sorry... but just to let u know.. this vid is the first i view.. when i come here :)

    kisses sweets!! :D

  • Thanks, Nice to see you back :)

  • OOh and I love the extended version. The original is only like 2:30. This is a real treat and going straight to my MP3. He sounds so good!

  • what's a MP3?? and where can i get one? and how can i put this on there?

  • My respects for all this musicians, his music lives forever.

    Greetings From Tijuana Mexico.

  • Little Anthony sounds as good on this vid as he did when the record was originally released. Absolutely amazing!!!!

  • He sure does!

  • FANTASTIC!!! and the lead singer's voice is still amazing after all these years. Love it.

  • lou.. please.. dont ever take this video away.. it will hurt so bad.. lol.. but for real.. i love this.. i know i prob said it before.. but i really love this (live version)..

  • Thanks, I won't. Only this site does :(

  • And THIS pperformance is EPIC

  • This song is f-ing timeless!!!!

  • master sound performers with exceptional consistent song selection. writers also deserve credit well done

  • Love this song, especially with the sax work beginning at the 2:00 minute mark and continuing to the end of the clip. Also note the guitar player closing his eyes and sort of swayin to the music.

  • Man! It is amazing that these guys are in their 70"s and STILL sound FABULOUS! in fact little Anthony in this live version sounds better than his original recording of Hurt so bad, These guys are Blessed by GOD.

  • Anthony gets better with age. This is a PBS set, I had to make a donation to get the VHS, utterly amazing.Some one tell me why it took until 2009 to get them in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ?

    Note to ringtalk3, thanks for the Vegas headsup...

  • FrankieD92: I also had to make the donation but it was well worth it. I constantly play the DVD on my Bose system and the quality is amazing.

  • Anthony will be in Vegas in July. I'm going to try and make it!

  • What a beauitful meaningful song, this songs means as much to me today, as it did 44 years ago. Wonder if there is any current so called "Hits" of "Today' that will be played and watched 44 years from now ?

  • blame it on the alcohol. naw just joking. lol

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  • I agree 100%

  • WOW!

    Thank you for the post Lou

  • My pleasure :)

  • Lou:

    Thank you so much for a good clean post of this timeless classic

  • hell yea! sang it tough tony!! thanks for posting this...

  • I guess you know him also, calling him "Tough Tony"  :)

  • FANTASTIC

  • CONGRATS TO LITTLE ANTHONY, ERNEST, CLARENCE and SAMMY on your INDUCTION into the 2009 class of THE ROCK and ROLL HALL OF FAME !!!

  • It's the BEST version because THEY MADE THE ORIGINAL....AND THE ORIGINAL is ALWAYS THE BEST !!

  • Your right there!

  • lip singing

  • hell no you crazy!!

  • this is the BEST version i've heard of this song!! GREAT clip!!

  • Thanks!

  • Saw these guys in concert last year. AWSOME ! they sound as good as they ever have. the energy the have is amazing

  • Thank You

  • "Aww, man!!" 3:03

    LOL

  • Terrific!!

  • It's amazing how Little Anthony can change his voice.

  • I agree they are awesome,Thanks.

  • Excellent I Love It Thanks Another one for My Favorites God Bless KTF

  • Thank You