Monte Williams; Our sincere condolences to you in loss of your dear Father, legendary Soulful Singer Johnny Williams......I hadn't heard this song in years until I heard on the Radio last Saturday weekend.....I remember seeing your Father on Soul Train performing this song..... Very soulful singer he was....May he rest peacefully in GOD'S care......
@@pain4791; Hello, that's nice...... My sincere condolences to you loss of a great legendary Soulful Singer and Musician.....I remember this song......May Johnny Williams rest peacefully in GOD'S loving care 🎈🎈🎈🎈
Sorry i didnt get to see him my mother use to date your father for a short time in 1977 and your father helped my mother get back home to her mother funeral she was murdered and your father was so nice i remember him and as you can see he was stylish great voice and handsome.
Thanks to all who keeps my father's music alive. I can always watch him or hear his voice whenever I think about him because of technology...... Johnny (Immortal) Williams!
One thing I can say about Philadelphia they had some great musical geniuses from The Intruders, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Delfonics, Blue Magic, Billy Paul, Bunny Sigler, Jean Carne, LaBelle, The Three Degrees, First Choice, The O’Jays, The Stylistics, Barbara Mason, People’s Choice, MFSB, Lou Rawls, The Ebonys, Dexter Wansel, Archie Bell And The Drells, The Jones Girls, Phyllis Hyman, Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass and many more to name I’ll always have love for The Sound Of Philadelphia in my heart, mind, body, and spirit.
YES! The Chicago Sound/artist too (Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, The Impressions, Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Gene Chandler, Major Lance, The Staple Singers, Quincy Jones, Minnie Riperton, The Emotions, EWF (Maurice, Verdine & Fred White), The Chi-Lites, The Dells, The Five Stairsteps, Rufus & Chaka Khan and these are just some of the ones from the 60"s & 70"s; not to mention all the Blues singers. Detroit (Motown Sound), the Philly Sound and the Chicago Sound are all so unique but they ALL spun great artist. We are so blessed to have had all these great artist bestowed upon our ears, eyes and heart.
WORDS CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW LONG I'VE WAITED TO SEE THIS CLIP AGAIN. I saw it the day it aired and I never forgot that he wore hot pants. The only other male act that wore hot pants at the time - aside from the infamous pimped out early Soul Train Al Green clip, complete with buccaneer boots - was...you ready? SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES on their farewell tour with Smokey! But again..whatever happened to Johnny Williams? Does anyone know? One slice of funk and he fell off the face of the earth! Lord have mercy but what a slice he left behind! Somebody give me an update on this brother!
Sadly, brother Williams passed some years back..."Slow Motion" was A FUNKY FREAK OF NATURE for Philly International.Fit Johnny's style + voice perfectly.
@@michelledickerson7052 That is so true Michelle! He started in 1972 at the Wattstax festival and he wore them from that point on. The clip is here on TH-cam..check it out!
The Vintage Sound of Philadelphia that will live forever on !!! Thank you Gamble-Huff, Bobby Martin, Bunny Sigler, MFSB, and Johnny Williams. Your music will continue to be enjoyed now and forever!!!!
This song was played at a house party I attended with my boyfriend at the time. The young lady that lived there was about 16. She was so happy and free spirited. We had a great time.
I remember this song as a a 8 or 9 year old child. Watching soul train. Wow awesome music back then. I hated to see the 1970s go but will always remember those times
I've only heard this song not too long ago and of course it now lives in rotation on my Spotify. The Tom Moulton Mix with the stronger and clear bass is my favorite. 26 year old me love nothing but the classic oldies.
Johnny Williams. - Slow Motion. (Official Soul Train Video) Johnny certainly knows how to capture an audience and he does so with such gusto. This song lends itself fully to a jamming session. They’re all having a great time and he’s providing what they’re craving for a ‘Party Atmosphere.’ Well Done, Johnny. We’ll continue in party 🎊 mode. Lovely 🥰
This is probably my favorite Soul Train clip, up there with DaMita dancing with Joe Tex. But the dancers behind Johnny Williams and in front were killing it with that rock. And that snake skin trench is classic
Written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff --------- Lead Vocals: Johnny Williams ---------- Background Vocals: Johnny Williams Kenny Gamble Leon Huff Bunny Sigler --------- Instrumentation: Leon Huff and MFSB ----------- Arranger and Conductor: Bobby Martin ---------- Produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff --------- Year: 1973 --------- Album: From Philly With Love
I swear I do not remember this song. This is my first time seeing him and hearing this song. We had just come back from Okinawa. Never heard of him at all.
Don't recall if he had another hit single, but this was hot in Late '72 - early '73. it got a lot of play in Philly and Gamble - Huff had a direct pipeline to Don Cornelius
Love this song!! My brother would have loved to have seen this video. We both was Soul Train fastnatic !! Sadly, my brother passed away ( 2015) before this was posted. 😥❤️ Classic!!
my mom dated Johnny and he was so nice i remember when i was a kid and he took us to an music event this song was big too. My mom met him at the Philly Studios a friend of hers Jean Huntley was a writer she was a close friend of my mother ad she wrote for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Is Johnny still alive?
Rufus Thomas had on a pink short set and white boots and a cape at a concert back in the day similar to Johnny Williams outfit. And he ask the audience ain't I'm clean y'all?🤣🤣🤣🤣
There are some wrong lyrics printed here. Trust me , believe me - I've been listening to this song since I first purchased the 45 and and I play it EVERY day on TH-cam. Aside from Bobby Rush's "DO THE DO" and Archie Bell and the Drells, "STRATEGY" - "Slow Motion" is the funkiest thing ever released by Philly In'tl. They usually had the Bobby Martin power glide approach to their music - but these three records just stank with pure funk! CORRECT LYRICS: First verse:'" ...your good living is JUST too good to waste..." CORRECT LYRICS: Second verse: "...baby when you out your lips on mine, don't JERK 'em back too fast..." I LOVE Y'ALL! I used to fill out those cards that were in every Philly int'l album released and I'd mail them back in. They were about unity and community.
Lawd! I haven't heard this in a VERY long time. So I'm trying to remember, was the dance they (Soul Train dancers) were doing, in the background called the Push and Pull? This song has James Brown vibes.
So we not gone talk about them dancers throwing down in the back!!!
HAPPY 81ST BIRTHDAY
LEGENDARY SONGWRITER/PRODUCER
KENNETH "KENNY" GAMBLE
(AUGUST 11, 2024)
That was my father. He passed on in 1986. I miss him
Monte Williams; Our sincere condolences to you in loss of your dear Father, legendary Soulful Singer Johnny Williams......I hadn't heard this song in years until I heard on the Radio last Saturday weekend.....I remember seeing your Father on Soul Train performing this song..... Very soulful singer he was....May he rest peacefully in GOD'S care......
@@ethelstevenslove3165 this is my mother father as well i was trying to reach @ monte williams but never got a reply !
@@pain4791;
Hello, that's nice...... My sincere condolences to you loss of a great legendary Soulful Singer and Musician.....I remember this song......May Johnny Williams rest peacefully in GOD'S loving care 🎈🎈🎈🎈
Sorry i didnt get to see him my mother use to date your father for a short time in 1977 and your father helped my mother get back home to her mother funeral she was murdered and your father was so nice i remember him and as you can see he was stylish great voice and handsome.
May Johnny Williams rest in peace. Were is he buried?
Thanks to all who keeps my father's music alive. I can always watch him or hear his voice whenever I think about him because of technology...... Johnny (Immortal) Williams!
Hey is your mother name betty?
This song was an early Soul Train favorite!
Great .
I played behind Johnny back in the sixties in Chicago at the Bonanza Club and others, also when he went on tour with Alvin Cash.
this is my all time fav from that label
This song is the TRUE essence of what SOUL music was all about, and I am absolutely positive that I've played this song over 800 times to date!
One thing I can say about Philadelphia they had some great musical geniuses from The Intruders, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Delfonics, Blue Magic, Billy Paul, Bunny Sigler, Jean Carne, LaBelle, The Three Degrees, First Choice, The O’Jays, The Stylistics, Barbara Mason, People’s Choice, MFSB, Lou Rawls, The Ebonys, Dexter Wansel, Archie Bell And The Drells, The Jones Girls, Phyllis Hyman, Patti LaBelle, Teddy Pendergrass and many more to name I’ll always have love for The Sound Of Philadelphia in my heart, mind, body, and spirit.
I love, love, love TSOP, however, I can't get beyond that outfit.
@@dsteph2789 by
Dionne Warwick and The Jacksons even recorded for them. Been a fan forever of TSOP.
YES! The Chicago Sound/artist too (Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, The Impressions, Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Gene Chandler, Major Lance, The Staple Singers, Quincy Jones, Minnie Riperton, The Emotions, EWF (Maurice, Verdine & Fred White), The Chi-Lites, The Dells, The Five Stairsteps, Rufus & Chaka Khan and these are just some of the ones from the 60"s & 70"s; not to mention all the Blues singers. Detroit (Motown Sound), the Philly Sound and the Chicago Sound are all so unique but they ALL spun great artist. We are so blessed to have had all these great artist bestowed upon our ears, eyes and heart.
Love that dance they were doing. All you see is Afro's everywhere.
I wish they would bring big Afros back. Who remembers the blowout kit?
Earlier roots of the " Electric Slide"!
DAMN my ppl were the SH*T,I truly love Soul Train!!
"The Little Big Man", Johnny Williams R.I.P.
That horn section is amazing!
MFSB like a MF!!!
The horns were a big part of 70's music. I miss them so in today's music😭
WORDS CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPRESS HOW LONG I'VE WAITED TO SEE THIS CLIP AGAIN. I saw it the day it aired and I never forgot that he wore hot pants. The only other male act that wore hot pants at the time - aside from the infamous pimped out early Soul Train Al Green clip, complete with buccaneer boots - was...you ready? SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES on their farewell tour with Smokey! But again..whatever happened to Johnny Williams? Does anyone know? One slice of funk and he fell off the face of the earth! Lord have mercy but what a slice he left behind! Somebody give me an update on this brother!
Sadly, brother Williams passed some years back..."Slow Motion" was A FUNKY FREAK OF NATURE for Philly International.Fit Johnny's style + voice perfectly.
@@carouselred8994 Johnny Williams passed away at the age of 44 in 1986.
@@a1artist Thanks. Wow...didn't realize it was that long ago. Gone too soon.
Rufus Thomas was also known to wear hot pants
@@michelledickerson7052 That is so true Michelle! He started in 1972 at the Wattstax festival and he wore them from that point on. The clip is here on TH-cam..check it out!
America had a throw down house party, every Saturday afternoon!!
The Vintage Sound of Philadelphia that will live forever on !!! Thank you Gamble-Huff, Bobby Martin, Bunny Sigler, MFSB, and Johnny Williams. Your music will continue to be enjoyed now and forever!!!!
Don’t forget Thom Bell.
@@jaylene.turner6524 Absolutely!!! Thank you for the info on the song. I was focusing just on Williams song. But, again, yes, Thom Bell is a giant!!!
Demita Jo Freeman in the pink knicker outfit was dancing better than everybody else.
DamitaJo was and still is a beast ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Of course. DaMita was the best. Period. But that WHOLE back row made this performance Epic
She always did.
Yes! Jimmy Scoo B Doo, Jackie Ervin, Perry Brown
OH NO!! It's 70s KINKY BOOTS!! Me and my sister as teens used to love to dance to this song!💃💃💃🤗🤗
HAPPY 79TH BIRTHDAY
SONGWRITER/PRODUCER
KENNETH "KENNY" GAMBLE
(AUGUST 11, 2022)
This song was played at a house party I attended with my boyfriend at the time. The young lady that lived there was about 16. She was so happy and free spirited. We had a great time.
Wow. I always loved this song. Great to see it "live".
I remember this song as a a 8 or 9 year old child. Watching soul train. Wow awesome music back then. I hated to see the 1970s go but will always remember those times
I've only heard this song not too long ago and of course it now lives in rotation on my Spotify. The Tom Moulton Mix with the stronger and clear bass is my favorite. 26 year old me love nothing but the classic oldies.
The Sounds Of Philadelphia defines what true Soul Music is all about. Thank you Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff. ❤🙏🏾 🎶🎶
Johnny Williams. - Slow Motion. (Official Soul Train Video)
Johnny certainly knows how to capture an audience and he does so with such gusto.
This song lends itself fully to a jamming session. They’re all having a great time and he’s providing what they’re craving for a ‘Party Atmosphere.’
Well Done, Johnny.
We’ll continue in party 🎊 mode.
Lovely 🥰
Thank you Thank you Thank you very much. Been waiting to see this one for a long time.
Me and you both! I wish it included the interview he did with Don!
Awesome bass line
Love this old school jam! Haven't heard this in 50yrs. Thanks youtube.
This is probably my favorite Soul Train clip, up there with DaMita dancing with Joe Tex. But the dancers behind Johnny Williams and in front were killing it with that rock. And that snake skin trench is classic
Written by
Kenny Gamble
and
Leon Huff
---------
Lead Vocals:
Johnny Williams
----------
Background Vocals:
Johnny Williams
Kenny Gamble
Leon Huff
Bunny Sigler
---------
Instrumentation:
Leon Huff and
MFSB
-----------
Arranger and
Conductor:
Bobby Martin
----------
Produced by
Kenny Gamble
and
Leon Huff
---------
Year:
1973
---------
Album:
From Philly With Love
@@besorahgospel3101
Good morning!
The Real Soul of Philly Sound!! MFSB more funky!!!
Yeah 🔥
One of the baadest jams "comin" outta philly. The Tom Moulton extended remix has knockout power.
I swear I do not remember this song. This is my first time seeing him and hearing this song. We had just come back from Okinawa. Never heard of him at all.
Don't recall if he had another hit single, but this was hot in Late '72 - early '73. it got a lot of play in Philly and Gamble - Huff had a direct pipeline to Don Cornelius
Philly sounds where's at back of the soul train sign they was dancing 💃 get it
Seriously funky!
HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY
LEGENDARY SONGWRITER/PRODUCER
KENNETH "KENNY" GAMBLE
(AUGUST 11, 2023)
[08/12/2023]
Great .
What a song.!!!!
Love this song!! My brother would have loved to have seen this video. We both was Soul Train fastnatic !! Sadly, my brother passed away ( 2015) before this was posted. 😥❤️ Classic!!
this a feel good classic Sidney Dunbar
Oh man! I forgot all about this song!
my mom dated Johnny and he was so nice i remember when i was a kid and he took us to an music event this song was big too. My mom met him at the Philly Studios a friend of hers Jean Huntley was a writer she was a close friend of my mother ad she wrote for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Is Johnny still alive?
I remember that moment!!
Much Appreciation.
This a beautiful sight😍😍😍😍
Wow early Soul Train with the red stage. Cool
Classic
They getting downnnn
what a great song... it just make u feel good... i cant imagine how good be dance on soul train to this tune
Rufus Thomas had on a pink short set and white boots and a cape at a concert back in the day similar to Johnny Williams outfit. And he ask the audience ain't I'm clean y'all?🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, that’s in the concert film Wattstax
I Love This South Africa Songs Music Video
I just noticed Demita Jo Freeman in the background in the pink outfit.
DaMita had it rocking
I would like this several times if possible...in slow motion
Black excellence
Merci génial👍👍👍👍🇫🇷
There are some wrong lyrics printed here. Trust me , believe me - I've been listening to this song since I first purchased the 45 and and I play it EVERY day on TH-cam. Aside from Bobby Rush's "DO THE DO" and Archie Bell and the Drells, "STRATEGY" - "Slow Motion" is the funkiest thing ever released by Philly In'tl. They usually had the Bobby Martin power glide approach to their music - but these three records just stank with pure funk!
CORRECT LYRICS: First verse:'" ...your good living is JUST too good to waste..."
CORRECT LYRICS: Second verse: "...baby when you out your lips on mine, don't JERK 'em back too fast..."
I LOVE Y'ALL! I used to fill out those cards that were in every Philly int'l album released and I'd mail them back in. They were about unity and community.
What year did this come out? Enjoyed your post.
Omg 😱. The beat is a distraction from the lyrics its a nasty song.
@@charissew4798 LOL!!!
@@evangelasmith8849 Hello sister Smith...blessings to you. This came out in 1973! Did you go and listen to "Strategy" and "Do The Do"?
@@MrCarltonjsmith yes sir! Great recommendations thanks! Right on!
Kinda got a Johnnie Taylor vibe and he's dressed like Joe Tex. 😁
Damita Jo Freeman in the pink outfit doing the dam thing......
Discazo!!
Lawd! I haven't heard this in a VERY long time. So I'm trying to remember, was the dance they (Soul Train dancers) were doing, in the background called the Push and Pull? This song has James Brown vibes.
I remember this one ☝️ long time, but still sounds great ! Too bad he was a 1 hit wonder! But historically great!
Group behind him is cutting a rug!
brotha man wearing hot pants!!😆. …he had no shame in his game…song was classic tho!
WHERE can I find myself some white knee boots and a hot pants outfit?
forgot about that dance
What was the name of that dance?
when you find out, let me know!
The name of the dance is Slow Motion! That’s why so many were doing it to this wonderful song!
Me and my sister as teens (12 and 13) watched Soul Train and copied that dance and so many others every Saturday. I don't know if that one had a name.
@@lisae9958 there is a video where Don said people called in and asked about the dance they did to Slow Motion. I think Pat Davis was dancing
This was MJB, Misa's, & Puffy's wardrobe reference... 🧥🩳👢
Please post the interview
And the broadcasting date❓
Oct 28th 1972
The outfit! OMGGGG.. NOOO NOOO NOOOOOOOOOO
Kevin Hart brought me here.
It's cool and all that, but what happened to his pants?? 😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
WTF is he wearing? LMFAO. Russell Westbrook's role model.
Just enjoy!. Classic!❤️😊
Look... His song was 🔥
The 7️⃣0️⃣s explains the attire.
You not need to explain.l was there during that time .he was a extremely well dressed man.
And opened the door for all black entertainers in today's music 2024 and still being discovered.🎉
Good song. The clothes have to go.