LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN - Neil Sedaka at the Midnight Special

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  • @jeffreyamado5230
    @jeffreyamado5230 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    The 1970's music included better talent, songwriting, and live performances than any other era.

    • @Shopmyst
      @Shopmyst 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The 60's was just as good or better.

    • @ernestheron2008
      @ernestheron2008 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I soo agree. The singer song writer era..Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Carol King and Aretha Franklin ❤️

    • @timothymoore6341
      @timothymoore6341 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The 80s was a great decade for music too, especially with rock, r&b and soul music!

  • @bettyriley7295
    @bettyriley7295 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    I was so lucky to grow up in the 70's. We didn't realize at the time, just how lucky we were to have all this incredible music. There will never be another time when music is this good.

    • @TonyWeaving
      @TonyWeaving ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I also grew up in the 1970s. I was 10 in 1973, we lived through the BEST decade EVER for music. We Had Pop Glam Rock Punk etc etc. We were so lucky. Much better than the music around today. These songs will be played for years to come. Music today will be forgotten next week but our music will live on and on.

    • @SB-mm9zh
      @SB-mm9zh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Totally agree with you. In my opinion no other era had such diversity in music and such talent. Even most of the Christmas songs we hear every year date from the 70s.

    • @easyglider69
      @easyglider69 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You where happy and free to live in a free world. I was in the comunism, behind the iron curtain. We where starving. I did not know about "Live Aid" until recently when I saw the movie about Queen. But YES, despite the fact my music was recorded from illegal broadcast stations (VOA and Freedom Europe) on tapes, it was the best time for music.❤ Now I am equally happy that I can browse my streaming service, read the lyrics and find out about my dearest songs and musicians. And from time to time I DJ some oldies party where everyone come to hear those songs from golden music years.

    • @stephengossman9819
      @stephengossman9819 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Don't we know it... Glad I'm still around to listen to it. The the times...
      I feel sorry for the younger generations that I'll say big corporations that help them...
      $$$$

    • @crmsnmax
      @crmsnmax 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The late 70s and early 80s

  • @Totes59
    @Totes59 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    When musicians had to have talent, and could play live. Today’s “music” is a disgrace. Love ❤ the 70’s.

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My TH-cam Music playlist is pretty much all songs from 1966 to the mid-1980s with mostly songs from the 1970s. Late Gen Xer, yet my parents steered me into what they listened to back when they went to school, or in my Dad's case, the Army (including a tour in South Vietnam in 1970-1971).

    • @DDandrums
      @DDandrums 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A disgrace? Really? Are you insane?

  • @GStraitKISS1
    @GStraitKISS1 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Neil Sedaka underrated and a gentlemen.

    • @catirerubio
      @catirerubio ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Underrated? He is great!

    • @nigelwilliams9307
      @nigelwilliams9307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Underrated by who?

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An abomination that this man is not in the RnR HoF.

    • @loraa3873
      @loraa3873 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The pimped out 70s Neil ❤

  • @GStraitKISS1
    @GStraitKISS1 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    The 70s better music, better culture, better people!

    • @norbertwild6983
      @norbertwild6983 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      thats true

    • @gusvietnam5086
      @gusvietnam5086 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Great comment! Very true! 👍

    • @DavidThompsonlive
      @DavidThompsonlive 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ❤❤❤❤

    • @Sandoz-tq7qj
      @Sandoz-tq7qj 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sure

    • @rb10465
      @rb10465 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Amen to that! Well said! 🥰🙏🇵🇷

  • @ernestheron2008
    @ernestheron2008 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Neil Sedaka drained every last ounce of goodness of this song in this particular show! Other versions are good, none are this good!! He absolutely nailed it. LIVE!!

  • @LawnBunny777
    @LawnBunny777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    That's real talent. Someone who can actually sing and hit all the notes without autotune. Listening to him sing made me feel happy inside!

    • @grouchosays
      @grouchosays ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How about writing this great song? Incredible

    • @FayCreative
      @FayCreative ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. Back when celebrities had to have actual talent to be a celebrity!

  • @ronnyvonallmen6892
    @ronnyvonallmen6892 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Still one of my favorite Songs….

  • @fridaythe13thpartx
    @fridaythe13thpartx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    The 70s belonged to Neil Sedaka.I miss those great days of being a kid back then.No internet.No social media.No cell phone or internet bills.
    We all played outside and were active.When it rained we had our board games and record collections.
    Greatest time to be alive.

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      People today want fast (disposable) music as well as fast food, and record companies are only too happy to offer it up, that’s why people are stuck with fat arses and shit music.

    • @mrob75
      @mrob75 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Eleventhearlofmars oh, yes...spot on!

    • @franciscovalladolid1370
      @franciscovalladolid1370 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Eleventhearlofmars 😩🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃😝🤭

    • @coltzgurl0319
      @coltzgurl0319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So true. I miss it for sure.

    • @joeferguson2606
      @joeferguson2606 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats what our parents said about 70s music

  • @ADAMSIXTIES
    @ADAMSIXTIES ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1975 was the year of Sedaka: Bad Blood, Laughter in the Rain, and Love will Keep us together.

    • @elizabethhill908
      @elizabethhill908 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Actually, " Love will Keep us Together" was Captain and Teneille (sp?) you know, of "Muskrat Love" fame, 😊 but I like your taste in music.
      Edit... Well I just learned that he wrote for C.and T., not a surprise 😊 they were all great! ❤ I still smile so much when I hear any of their music.

  • @88Beccca
    @88Beccca ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Man, how I miss music like this...if only we could pack up & go back to the 70's, when things were so much simpler & so much happier...we had it made back then.

    • @TheLAGopher
      @TheLAGopher 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The 70s were the 70s because of the 60s. American society had gone through the seismic social shifts of Vietnam,Civil Rights,and student protests.
      The upheaval carried over into the 70s with the fall of Saigon and Watergate. By 1975,when this song was released,America just wanted to take a
      break and feel good about itself. It was a time to enjoy peace and greater personal freedom.

  • @Tickbryan
    @Tickbryan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    The seventies. When a 36 year old man with a comb over could have a number one record. I miss those days.

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Tick Bryan miss those days too. I was in the Marine Corps stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC. Transport me back to the 70s.

    • @Tickbryan
      @Tickbryan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thank-you for your service to our country.

    • @usmc-veteran73-77
      @usmc-veteran73-77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Tick Bryan Thank you
      it was an honor to sevre our great nation.

    • @offthewallproductionsltd6326
      @offthewallproductionsltd6326 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Neil didn't need a combover- he had him a pimp hat!

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The only thing missing is the ostrich feather in the hatband!

  • @ianman15
    @ianman15 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    One of the best comebacks in music history. Sedaka was mostly forgotten as a hitmaker and singer for a decade before this release although notable people did cover his songs. A hasbeen at 26 and a number one artist in the 70’s. It’s never too late and you’re never too old. Just ask Tina Turner!

  • @todd8109
    @todd8109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Simply timeless. I grew up in the 70’s and this music never gets old

  • @t40onbass
    @t40onbass 15 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    The hat worn on his 1974 LP "Sedaka's Back" was given to him by Al Pacino

  • @porgy
    @porgy ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'm so glad I grew up listening to music from the 70's. They had everything. Why do you think so many movies use music from that decade in their soundtracks. 🎶🎶🎶

  • @bjsc67
    @bjsc67 10 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    Mr. Sedaka is so talented-all those songs he wrote and recorded! No music like his anymore, and that's a shame.

    • @luisacardet5907
      @luisacardet5907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No more,.. The patty is OVER!!!!! We had the BEST!!!!!

    • @ericbgordon1575
      @ericbgordon1575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I won't stop saying this until it happens; industry insiders need to be scouting for musicians that are expressly attempting to measure up to musicians like Neil Sedaka. It has to happen at a moment when at least one of them discovers how how bored out of their skulls everyone is with predictable stuff that's supposed to represent an instant sell.

    • @AllenMichael
      @AllenMichael ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ericbgordon1575 they wont because their agenda is to make our culture ROT. The moral decay of society started in the 60s but it has finally reached its peak. Its only a matter of a few years and we will see America die.

    • @ericbgordon1575
      @ericbgordon1575 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not giving up hope though, @@AllenMichael. I'm not giving up hope for this country or for the human race. That's why my latest solo recording is named Hope. Here it is.
      th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_m6ESo4nFuzzSfF1Pkdc4007Lk1JAv-6_4.html

    • @AllenMichael
      @AllenMichael ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ericbgordon1575 nice! We both do music. Good to know someone is on the same page as I.

  • @NationalistRussian
    @NationalistRussian 14 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I first heard this song working in TJ Maxx. They would play it on their little retail radio station and I fell in live with it. The way that chorus falls in like a heart melting. Well, I've gotta say that was one good thing that came from that job, being introduced to Sedaka.

    • @chrish9155
      @chrish9155 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow what compliments

  • @truelies3690
    @truelies3690 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1975! Different time different music different styles different values different cars different era different people different country never to return again ever. Whoever was alive and well in 1975, just be grateful you were there like I was.

  • @mikejimenez5518
    @mikejimenez5518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    No fancy pyrotechnics or stage shows. Just artists and musicians doing what they did best and it was enough!

  • @mustangjane1610
    @mustangjane1610 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I loved this song as a teenager and now as a grandmother. A timeless tune. Mvto to Mr Sedaka.

  • @gumby2412
    @gumby2412 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I was 13 in 1970..70s were great..the 80s were awesome! Then the 90s changed everything..life was simple as a teenager in the 70s.

  • @vrldc8966
    @vrldc8966 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    In his own way this man was a straight up dawg. He is part of rock and roll's first generation and was still relevant 50 years later. RESPECT!

  • @spiritof76forever81
    @spiritof76forever81 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The absolute best version of this song Mr. Sedaka ever did! Great work by all on this.

    • @TheScribe114
      @TheScribe114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Like the depth in this vocal singing live, versus the studio version where he is in his higher register.

    • @spiritof76forever81
      @spiritof76forever81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And the saxophone solo is amazing, too.

    • @stevenedwardmaylott6078
      @stevenedwardmaylott6078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always love a come back story , the guy paid his dues after the first part of career, when he had to make a living playing the club circuit in England in the late sixties early seventies. As well as writing for other artists. The song represents and its success was was so well deserved.

    • @brucerodgershimself
      @brucerodgershimself 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In addition to the outstanding vocals, I LOVE the bass player’s groove - SO smooth… 😎🎸

    • @franciscovalladolid1370
      @franciscovalladolid1370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😩🙃🙃🙃🙃😝🤭

  • @venderstrat
    @venderstrat 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A musical and songwriting genius.

  • @sheiladaniels9552
    @sheiladaniels9552 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Loved The Midnight Special!

  • @brucep9729
    @brucep9729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great singer,great songwriter, great song, man where did it all go wrong today

  • @angelivangeli
    @angelivangeli 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    God! This beautiful song is soooo PERFECT!
    I can hear it again again and many times!
    Neil Sedaka have many beautiful songs but this song for me is my #1 💖
    I love it a lot! 😍😍😍

  • @BlakeGildaphish76
    @BlakeGildaphish76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    i love Neil’s voice. It’s so smooth, so sweet and gentle, but strong. A very happy and genuine sound.
    Man, what happened to us as a species??

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good question, but I'm quite happy to have been born when I was and to be able to live through all this wonderful music!

  • @paulinesmead6749
    @paulinesmead6749 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I totally agree that he should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They do not make music like that anymore. They are winners in my book.

  • @kattiamirabello4180
    @kattiamirabello4180 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Não se fazem mais músicas maravilhosas como essa!!! Que tempos e artistas maravilhosos!!

  • @lyndonbell5796
    @lyndonbell5796 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of my all time favorite songs. Been singing this all my life!!!

  • @dannychin3208
    @dannychin3208 10 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    wow this is one singer that sounds the same recorded or live. Awesome !

    • @grouchosays
      @grouchosays ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mega talent. Effortless for him. Talent and Julliard plus time at Brill Building

    • @barryhowell7904
      @barryhowell7904 ปีที่แล้ว

      So true!

  • @mikepreston-engel8869
    @mikepreston-engel8869 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This reminds me so much of the June weekend in 1979 when my special lady at the time and I spent an unforgettable weekend in Toronto. I was done high school and heading out west to British Columbia to take work with my uncles' construction company and she had a year to go. It was doubtful we'd get back together due to moving on in our lives, so we decided to celebrate our high school romance with a long weekend in the city.
    The Friday we arrived, we checked in to the Chelsea Inn downtown Toronto, and headed out in the pouring rain to walk along harbourfront. We walked hand in hand, sometimes stopping under an awning or tree just to hug, kiss, and savor the moments.
    It's a time I will never forget. We stayed close friends, yet drifted apart when we both found other lovers.
    It was a beautiful weekend...four days later we said goodbye through the window of the train I was taking to the Toronto airport...

    • @jacyborreaux919
      @jacyborreaux919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s such a beautiful story! Thanks for sharing it. I miss how feminine women were 20, 30, and 40 years ago!

    • @mmillerssn
      @mmillerssn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beautiful memory, tinged with longing and sadness. Makes my heart ache for my youthful love. Thanks for sharing.

    • @Blondiee10
      @Blondiee10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Made me cry, but in a good way

    • @hollistevens1700
      @hollistevens1700 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @mikejacobson14
    @mikejacobson14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a great song! I was a teenager when it was on the radio and didn't really appreciate it. Life makes you see things differently.

  • @robertgardner1498
    @robertgardner1498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hell of an artist. He was songwriter, musician, singer... Was a helluva time to be a kid.

  • @Shred_The_Weapon
    @Shred_The_Weapon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    He seems so jolly during this performance. I enjoy this more than the studio version.

  • @irishmermaid4
    @irishmermaid4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I feel joy when I listen to Neil sing. ❤🎶🎵❤🎶🎵❤

    • @luisacardet5907
      @luisacardet5907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel very happy, when I listen this song, beautifully voice, I love him, and much respect.

  • @tmcmurra63
    @tmcmurra63 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Me and my sister watched this live...what a great time for music!

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would say bring it back, but music this day and age stinks.

    • @sierria64
      @sierria64 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes I did too...I love this song......

    • @roytee3127
      @roytee3127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At the time we had no idea how magical this show was. And the legendary performers and performances they had every week.

    • @coltzgurl0319
      @coltzgurl0319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I never missed an episode! I miss those days.

  • @laquitajones3276
    @laquitajones3276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You gotta love the 70s! So glad I was blessed to grow up in that era!

  • @johnsrabe
    @johnsrabe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:58 how he turns to the camera so perfectly!

  • @DA90027
    @DA90027 14 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    He always sounds as good live as he does on his records, not many can pull that off.

  • @Buelligan88
    @Buelligan88 15 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This song must have been played in every roller skating rink in the 70's. That's why I really remember it.

  • @mikewagner8169
    @mikewagner8169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fantastic song writer and he was great live. No lip sync! Genius!

  • @exitstageleft6070
    @exitstageleft6070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There isn't a speck of talent like this in the world today

  • @rosaliesamporna8047
    @rosaliesamporna8047 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Old people were so lucky to grow up with this kind of music.. ❤❤

  • @elainehernen286
    @elainehernen286 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonderful talent as a songwriter great song takes you back to a lot of memories ❤😊

  • @iggypopbowie2073
    @iggypopbowie2073 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Whenever im stress and depressed, i listened to this song to cheer me up and to lift my spirit

  • @marybaker1715
    @marybaker1715 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw him in Lake Tahoe. He was amazing!!

  • @Metfan1986
    @Metfan1986 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This songs feels like sunshine on your face on a quiet afternoon walk. No worry and nothing to worry about. Just living and embracing the moment.

  • @TheNYHITTINGACADEMY
    @TheNYHITTINGACADEMY 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    why is this great singer and song writer not in the Hall of Fame even people in Harlem like me want to know

    • @Eleventhearlofmars
      @Eleventhearlofmars 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He’s not a rock singer per se.

    • @luisacardet5907
      @luisacardet5907 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like to know, why!!!!!

    • @milescoburn1845
      @milescoburn1845 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Eleventhearlofmars And acts like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, Donna Summer, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, N.W.A., Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., etc. ARE "rock singers, per se"?

  • @Esqurl
    @Esqurl 14 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Russ Kunkell on drums! He played on hundreds of big hits in the 70's and 80's. He recently toured with James Taylor and Carol King. He was the drummer on all of their big hits.

  • @mytube77126
    @mytube77126 11 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He is one of the Greatest! Even today, he sings beautifully!

  • @luisacardet5907
    @luisacardet5907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is time for Neil Sedaka to be in the ROCK and ROll HALL OF FAME. I got the petition 7 years later. SO SAD.

  • @rcrcunha1549
    @rcrcunha1549 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anos 70 , foi uma explosão de acontecimentos e músicas maravilhosas, que deixaram saudades e muitas lembranças

  • @atp1962
    @atp1962 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite songs !

  • @jkeegan154
    @jkeegan154 11 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    This song puts me in a good mood, even when my life turns to shit.

    • @masterb5683
      @masterb5683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I just realised it has the same effect on me. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 😃😃😃

    • @zahnbuerste
      @zahnbuerste 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you are still alive, i love you.

    • @jkeegan154
      @jkeegan154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zahnbuerste I love you too.

    • @zahnbuerste
      @zahnbuerste 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jkeegan154 Hooray. Thank you so much for the reply. That's so great, that's the internet. It can spread love. I wish you the best for the rest of your life.

    • @jkeegan154
      @jkeegan154 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zahnbuersteThanks

  • @fredfrenchy
    @fredfrenchy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Another amazing song ...this period is incomparable

  • @franciscofjcdl
    @franciscofjcdl 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Incredible performance of "LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN". GOD BLESS MR. SEDAKA.

  • @raphaellima2431
    @raphaellima2431 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This song is amazing! I love rain days!

  • @Frankiarmz
    @Frankiarmz 15 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What an incredible talent, to be able to write such lyrics, and put them to music. His voice is perfect, fantastic performance.Thanks

  • @TheProfessorOfLife
    @TheProfessorOfLife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great song. Sedaka is GROSSLY underrated and DEFINITELY belongs in the R&R HOF!

  • @grouchosays
    @grouchosays ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I saw him live in Sarasota maybe 12 years ago. Great musician and great guy. He does a few shows on Sirius/XM where he discusses his songs. Great, great song, Flawless pitch, beautiful lyrical voice, intricate piano classical piano licks from Julliard training.

  • @magneto7930
    @magneto7930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Always loved this song, absolutely gorgeous!

  • @davidpanetta6400
    @davidpanetta6400 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best singers / songwriters of all time...and still singing to this day! HEY!...here's a FUN FACT! He went to school with Carly Simon and they both became great singers and songwriters! I also read somewhere that they dated when they were in high school and always remained friends.

  • @Enid2Sacramento
    @Enid2Sacramento 11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Sounds as good live as it did in the studio. I miss those days.

  • @joeyconvery2055
    @joeyconvery2055 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Neil Sedaka's voice is flawless.

  • @mikeymaff8074
    @mikeymaff8074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So talented and so very underrated as both a musician and a songwriter.

  • @stephenlokey6711
    @stephenlokey6711 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can honestly say his singing this song moves me everytime always always.

  • @fastfoodreviewandelvistoo
    @fastfoodreviewandelvistoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Someone asked me the other day who had the best voice in the 70’s I said Neil Sedaka. It brought me here to double check. Yup no doubt

  • @kaipeterson
    @kaipeterson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Neil is a really good singer. I never realized that before.
    And his song writing is stellar!

  • @Rusty3659
    @Rusty3659 11 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    What about those two back up singers? That's Brian and Brenda Russell who were married at the time. They co-wrote some of gthe songs on Cheryl Ladd's first album (which is quite good) and then he left her for Cheryl Ladd, while Brenda Russell recorded the magnificent Piano In The Dark.
    Both Cheryl Ladd and Brenda Ruseell were both too good to end being 1 hit wonders. And before you say anythjing - Cheryl Ladd wad a singer before she took up acting.

    • @panhead55
      @panhead55 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Who was the bass player? Judging by the (chart reading), he was maybe a session player or (hired gun)? Dude is bad ass! Wish I knew his name. So many fantastic bass players from the 1970s!

    • @MeMe4882
      @MeMe4882 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Rusty Wolfe, Thanks for sharing!! I love learning these kinds of things!!

    • @rwboa22
      @rwboa22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rusty Wolfe, if you look closely, Brian Russell looks a little like Johnny Holmes.

    • @TSquared2001
      @TSquared2001 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually Brenda is a two hit wonder

    • @helenfoster1088
      @helenfoster1088 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rusty Wolfe k

  • @darrellwalker5203
    @darrellwalker5203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sadakas back.im glad he came back after 10years no songs on the radio but he scored a number with this great song.

  • @raulyduenas6898
    @raulyduenas6898 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    You the MAN Neil Sedaka!

  • @kristxlaw
    @kristxlaw 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This song brings back great memories of my mom listening to this song when I was a kid.

  • @English_for_the_world
    @English_for_the_world 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Neil Sedaka is undoubtfuly one of the best song writers from all times!!!!

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY NEIL SEDAKA (MARCH 13, 2015)

  • @victorkreitner754
    @victorkreitner754 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was the kind of stuff I was exposed to throughout the 70s as a kid when my parents were playing stuff on the turntable. Sedaka, Captain and Tenille, Paul Simon, and then in 1979 my father brought home The Wall album by Pink Floyd and my life changed forever.

    • @elizabethhill908
      @elizabethhill908 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The house rule (when I was a little-bitty kid) was that if I could stay awake on my own, I could watch "The Midnight Special" with my dad.😊 I'm so glad that I got to see the acts that you mentioned.
      I will also never forget when he brought home "The Wall". I was a little older and when he was at work, I would blast it on his " sound system" . Those were the days! Lol

  • @richatlarge462
    @richatlarge462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was an excellent live performance, with great vocal choices and a nice ending.

  • @douglasj53
    @douglasj53 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great song and great live performance!

  • @bva5362
    @bva5362 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    one of my favorite songs of all times!

  • @valambiguous
    @valambiguous 15 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Neil's got a special place in my heart, rain or shine! Thank you for posting this one!

  • @rosegarden1846
    @rosegarden1846 14 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Neil Sedaka is awesome!!! Love, love Laughter in the Rain!!!

  • @hildat8000
    @hildat8000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Classic live version, without lip syncing or overdubbing. Believe it’s also most of the original musicians on the actual studio recording as well. At least Russ Kunkel on drums and Brian and Brenda Russell doing background vocals. Superb!

    • @Wowurka
      @Wowurka 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leland Sklar played the bass on the studio recording, the bass player here looks like David Hungate of Toto.

    • @MultiEviscerator
      @MultiEviscerator ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Wowurka You might be right, and it wouldn't surprise me as every member of Toto was so talented and did studio work for many other groups.

  • @williammichael176
    @williammichael176 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    The most underrated and brilliant songwriter,just awsome. ....

  • @kiddprinceton
    @kiddprinceton 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    always has his voice HES THE MAN no matter the age

  • @starkid77
    @starkid77 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've heard this song over and over through the years, and I always loved it, now I know where the magic came from, and I couldn't be happier. Thanks to Neil and the uploader.

  • @SB-mm9zh
    @SB-mm9zh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A real talent and still putting up little concerts from home on You Tube. There are few like him.

  • @MinnMorke
    @MinnMorke ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow..excellent live performance!!!!

  • @SoulinPhoto
    @SoulinPhoto 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wonderful all time love song! Still loving it after so many years!

  • @ffejbboc
    @ffejbboc 16 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man, Neil could wail. Great voice. Spot on, he and the band sound great live. I think Neil, Paul Anka, Frankie Valli, even Wayne Newton to a degree, have always gotten crap that wasn't deserved. They are an important part of the history of American music.

  • @Uncara253
    @Uncara253 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel nostalgic. I was in junior high. Miss those days. Great song. Come to the Florida Theatre asap🎸

  • @martinaregia95martinez71
    @martinaregia95martinez71 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I miss those days!!!!!!!!l
    Soul and soul!!!!! Love Mr. Sedaka!!!!

  • @DeborahGilchrease
    @DeborahGilchrease 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    HIS GREATEST SONG....THE ESSENCE OF MUSICAL JOY!!!!.THANK YOU MR. SEDAKA❤️‍🔥

  • @chrish9155
    @chrish9155 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect performance and touch many people’s hearts ❤️

  • @frankho99
    @frankho99 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That sound blows me away!!

  • @TurboPumperX
    @TurboPumperX 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So effortless with the singing and playing.

  • @gianellaantepara4752
    @gianellaantepara4752 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sigo amando está canción y todas aquellas con. Hermosas letras hechas poesía. Soy una romántica ochentera y trato de educar a mis hijos en esta epoca en la se perdió el romanticismo

  • @thomasmarthinussen8978
    @thomasmarthinussen8978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A massive influence on the 70s singer/ songwriter movement and Elton John is a massive fan. Ironic that Neil Sedaka himself became one of the most popular mid 70s Soft Rock artist. As a singer and writer he's untouchable.

  • @PowersDave1966
    @PowersDave1966 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That's Brenda Russel who sang "Piano in the Dark" singing back up.