"Bonnie & Clyde", Georgie Fame

This was Georgie's biggest hit, #1 in UK, #7 in USA in 1968.
Video was recorded for The Rick Shaw Show in 1968 in Miami. The production was a crude attempt at chroma-key, which just came out. Fame played organ on many Van Morrison tunes.

Birth name Clive Powell
Born 26 June 1943 (age 64)
Origin Leigh, Lancashire, England
Genre(s) rhythm and blues, jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, musical director
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano, keyboards
Associated acts Blue Fames
Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
....source: Wikipedia
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• oldies
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• sixties

[Yesimustbestupid]

Actually that's not true. The song (the actual title of it was "The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde") was written & recorded by Georgie Fame not realizing that Hollywood/Arthur Penn was about to release a movie about the same subject. It happened by lucky happenstance that Fame would release the song and it would become a hit on both sides of the Atlantic at the same time that the movie starring Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty in the leads was such a smash at the box office.

[rulala]

so it's such a no.1 song, i love it badly!

[nosgothgbr]

When my dad used to put this on, i always imaged laurel and hardy as Bonnie and Clyde...... ok, I didn't realise at the time it was a man and a woman. DON'T JUDGE ME D:

[anujoo4u]

what ever happened to Georgie Fame?  He had a great voice and was a very handsome young man

[kaznei]

Love it!

[impala3939]

It's great that people post videos of artist and what have you but if you guys who do post don't get both the beginning or the end then don't bother

[layde1]

Even in the 1960's this must have looked a bit stilted and awkward. I love Georgie's suit however, he looks handsome in it.

[haybee12]

georgie and his sons did a charity event at the miners recently all great musicians georgie gets better with age

[Babyhowdy233]

Damn, the stations NEVER play this song anymore! :(

[MehefinHeulog]

too bad we miss the ending on this

but thanks so much for posting this classic

rememeber it as a ground-breaking "pop video" from my youth

[MehefinHeulog]

crude attempt at chroma-key??

hey not so crude!! in fact great, and the machine gun shake effect also great

to bad we must the ending on this

the first time I saw this video I thought Georgie was the coolest guy ever

and, of course, he still is!

[galaxies352]

This song is in the vain of The New Vaudville Band's 'Winchester Cathedral'. In '67-68 ish, looking back to the '20's was cool for a couple of months in pop culture....