She was the youngest female singer ever to reach number 1 in the uk charts in 1961 with this song. She was 14 , and still at school. The record still stands.
My mum has dementia and this was one of her favourite songs, we're sitting in the sun listening to this, and she starts singing along!! What a beautiful moment and what a beautiful song x
My mum taught me to sing all her songs when I was young she had dementia later in life and I would sing them to her she didn't know who I was then listening to her sing gives me a bit of my mum back
Any other sixteen year olds who sing along to her songs in 2020? It'd be so nice to know I'm not the only one here who hardly listens to the music from my own era :/
Her voice on this (she was only 15) was astonishing, so mature and emotional. She remains one of the UK's greatest-ever female pop stars. Such a sad, wistful song, you can hear the longing in her voice, and you just want to reach out and give her a big hug. Thanks for posting this - maybe a new generation will realise just what a great singer we had in Helen.
Do you feel like crying when you listen to those oldies, thinking of the People who were with us then, and now gone forever ? I do ! No shame to feel so sad !
1961----- she was 14 I was 16 and starting to find out what girls and young love was all about. This song takes me right back to those special teen years and I still get a thrill from hearing it at 74
Im 71yrs and still love him i was too yoyng never married he was my life but was 22 and he was 57 treated me with love and remained the nost great freiends forever sad i still spend a lonoless life witbout himm
@@junpet47 I believe Helen is still performing in a singing trio, at various concerts, and is heavily into her chosen religious belief’s….. I wish her well.
In 1961 I was a shy 12 year old boy who was just discovering the attraction of the opposite sex and this song spoke to my romantic soul in a deep way, and strangely enough it still does now as a not so shy and time weary 73 year old, good songs and music can do that to you, and can also carry you back in time to remind you of those young innocent, sensitive adolescent feelings, Helen's sexy and soothing voice compliment a wonderful song with sweet nostalgia.
hi Alan, I just saw googles tribute today to Dusty Springfield. Then by looking for her I found all the other female singers of the early 60ies. As a young german au-pair girl in London at the time I knew and admired them all. What a time that was, which never comes back. What an untroubled, easygoing life that has been. All comments here are full of those our age and I thought: Nostalgie once it grabs you........ ;o))
@@juttaweise Hi Jutta, I just found your message, thanks for taking the time and effort to reply, it would seem that you have had an interesting and adventurous life as a young person, and you most probably have some interesting stories to tell. Another UK singer from the same time period well worth checking out is Julie Grant, listen to "Count On Me" "When You Ask About Love" "So Many Ways" "Then, Only Then" they all have that wonderful special 1960s sound.
Word for word I identify with your comments Alan. I was also 12 in 1961 and this song touched me then, and still does all these years later. Powerfully nostalgic for this time weary 74 year old !
So you were still a teenager when this song came out. And I was in my early twenty and loved all those sixties songs. Take care Shelia, and keep going . !!
Hi Yvonee, well said, very true !, really pleased you've found youtube. I've been using it for some years now, it's an invaluable aid for discovering and researching music our 50s radio show as SO many have been uploaded, and so many wise people have contributed interesting facts and stories to support the tunes. Only trouble is its an easy way of "wasting" several hours..... but more fun than the pub and FAR cheaper and healthier too !!
Grew up on this every Sunday mam would come home drunk put the radio gram coffin thing on and play this and make us dance rest her soul lovely voice helen
She's the spitting image of my mum as I remember her best. Glamorous in the 60's and smiling constantly. I'd give anything to have both her and this kind of music back permanently. A happy and more innocent time.
Amazing how that voice came from a such a young woman. I marvel at Helen’s gift. I love her music, it is so joyful and hopeful even when she is singing of pain and loss.
Such a strong and powerful voice for one so young, I can play this over and over, just as fresh each time. Definitely her best song for me, better than "Walking back to Happiness".
In years to come, when powerful sentient AI computers analyse the history of the human voice, Helen Shapiro's voice will be revered for it's spiritual purity. Thank you for the joy Helen. Love.
It's a shame she was hardly known in the USA. I first heard her sing on Radio Caroline Flashback and was floored to learn she was only 14 at the time of this recording. Such a full and rich voice for someone her age.
I completely agree! I was a boy at this time in the United States, We had Connie Francis and Brenda Lee back then. Helen Shapiro was clearly on par with the aforementioned. Such beauty, class, and talent- had she become well known in the U.S.A. her record company would have had a walking, talking, and an even bigger walking, talking, gold mine on their hands. She was fantastic!
It was a shame because I missed out on her talent and voice for nearly 60 years. Therefore it was NOT good enough from my end. No one ever claimed foreign acts had to become popular in the U.S.A.
Your songs were part of what built my romantic teenage memories. Now I’m 71, the years have flown away and I’m still remenecing those teenage memories when I hear your songs. I still love your voice and your songs. God bless you. Regards from Holland.
One of the greatest songs of the 60's sung by one of the finest female voices ever....wonderful. Haunting delivery which makes you shiver just listening to it. And to think she was only 14 at the time of recording - amazing!
A fine song of unrequited love. The lady has an erotic timbre to her voice, slightly husky, very steady, very feminine and confident and sincere. A superb song and a deal better than a lot of the Beatles.
This just has to be the absolute summum of the perfect controle Helen had over her sublimely beautiful voice. At times it's unbelievable how she manages the intonation required to sing this difficult text so incredibly well.
I am once again 14 walking past a Chez Fred's a coffee bar hoping to see a boy I had a crush on who had no idea I even existed !Sweet memory of teenage days xxx
All the best songs are from 50/60. Roy orbison Connie Francis Helen shapiro Billy Fury Roy orbison, ive always loved the old music. Also love 70s and most. I love Helen /Connie /orbison /and many others.
This reminds me of my pal , Isobel , unfortunately life changed I moved away from Edinburgh to Portsmouth we lost touched , and I later found out she had died , God bless darling XXX
I’ve just heard this song for the first time today and it just hit me, how beautiful it is. Young love & longing. We can all relate, no matter when we were born. The 60’s seemed like a great time to be young.
Love Helen. This is my favourite song of hers. As others say, transports my mind back to that moment in time. Shame it can't take the body with it! : )
boy oh boy. I just wish I could host a radio show and play the music we really want to hear. Lyrics we can understand, a tune that makes us happy and the return of memories that can never be taken away. Just one hour per week, every week.
Chucko hosted an oldies radio show out of Columbus, Ohio every week back in the 80's-90's, but the new generation type music pushed him off the air. There were several good dj's around that came out of this era. Dick Biondi was another one. I am afraid we won't ever see a comeback of this fabulous music.
You're absolutely right! And so does Karen Carpenter. They've all got this beautiful, powerful but expressionless tone. I like them all but they don't move me.
This song brings back so many memories of when I was a child, living in North London in the early 1960s, It's always been a favourite of mine and a reminder of much happier times of a very different life so long ago now. Many thanks for posting on TH-cam.
Helens voice is so haunting, forget any female singer after the 60's this lady with several others, Sandy Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black etc could outvoice any of today's women. Wish I was there are the time.
The Sixties - an era when singers did not have to be near naked on stage and covered with tattoos. A wonderful voice and a great song were quite enough.
I was infatuated by Helen Shapiro when she first arrived on the pop scene. I still have the biography "Pop Princess", and her photo hung on my bedroom wall for several years. Hearing her now still fills me with the same feelings,admiration for a fifteen year old girl who made the big time!
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My mom loves this song and she passed away from heart failure today she was my best friend R.I.P mommy
some great music in the 60s and 70s much better than all the crap music produced today
She was the youngest female singer ever to reach number 1 in the uk charts in 1961 with this song. She was 14 , and still at school. The record still stands.
Fantastic memories what a Voice
She she recorded Sands for Ever. A Great in British music
And if you close your eyes you would think it’s a 30 year old woman beautiful
I know, that iconic picture of her waving goodbye to her schoolpals.
Great lady great voice great song I was 11 when she sang this and i have been playing it eversince.
Helen Shapiro is now 75 and I am 85 and still enjoy Helen singing for many years to come.
The best song
@@pauchiongyu3326
Certainly, Helen's best song.
Hope you're still enjoying them, Joseph.
My mum has dementia and this was one of her favourite songs, we're sitting in the sun listening to this, and she starts singing along!! What a beautiful moment and what a beautiful song x
Mark Mahoney lovely song a d one I would also like to listen to with my mother .
A lovely song..!! And please send my warmest regards to your mum..
Beautiful story
Lovely!
My mum taught me to sing all her songs when I was young she had dementia later in life and I would sing them to her she didn't know who I was then listening to her sing gives me a bit of my mum back
Can't stop playing this .wish we could go back in time .
Hi Harry ! Somebody told me " You cannot bring back the past ! " The Past is still here in the Present, isn't it ? Cheers and Blessings !
Yes you're so right, our music was fantastic romantic and wonderful, nothing today comes close.
俺も俺も💓😍💓
I have fond memories when I was a child at our local agricultural show. They played the song quite regularly. Wish I could have it back again.
I wish I was born in her time
I was born in the 60s and just discovered this song last year.
Any other sixteen year olds who sing along to her songs in 2020? It'd be so nice to know I'm not the only one here who hardly listens to the music from my own era :/
It's been 55 years since Helen sang this song and no 14 year old has come close to her pure and strong voice. Love her. Lynda
Lynda Whiteout uy
I agree and am proud enough to have known her. When i played this song to my nephew he could not believe how young she was.
This song by Helen Shapiro will be 57 years old next month.
Lynda Whiteout Mike bolton
Brenda Lee
Her voice on this (she was only 15) was astonishing, so mature and emotional. She remains one of the UK's greatest-ever female pop stars. Such a sad, wistful song, you can hear the longing in her voice, and you just want to reach out and give her a big hug. Thanks for posting this - maybe a new generation will realise just what a great singer we had in Helen.
Hellen sapiro
Kaars
Be careful she’s only 15 😂
@@williamhenry4986 She was 14, actually 😂
Sunday night at the London Palladium on TV watching her sing this song , wonderful memories of a bygone day !!
At 14 to have such a mature voice so rich and full of depth no wonder she still holds that record
Do you feel like crying when you listen to those oldies, thinking of the People who were with us then, and now gone forever ? I do ! No shame to feel so sad !
ééé.. esse sentimento é o melhor da vida ! a emoção o prazer de ouvir a melodia com esss acordes só faz a gente feliz !!!!!!!
***** Indeed ! Those People we still love and love still, who are gone forever live in our Memory Lane. A mixed feeling of joy and sadness !
Cheers !
jamil lucas da silva Yes indeed ! Pure emotions !
although I'm not the same with your generation, but I was listening to the fans and this song is my heart warm ...
Ha My Bui Those oldies always keep our hearts warm, don't they ? Realbeautiful memories to the older generation of the 60's.
Cheers !
Always loved her voice and still do at the age of 73
i agree im seventy five music was so good in them days
Who's in 2019 listening to this and feeling every word
me
How did she get her hair so high, and still at school...!!!
Helen voice touches me deeply on every song but particularly this one
And hearing every word!
Me
Wow this takes me back to when I was about 9 in 63 my mum bought this 45 , I wish I could go back to that time
The good ol' days...Da war die Welt noch in Ordnung. Macht mich immer wehmütig...
I’m only a teenager and I found this song on Instagram, I love it :)
The innocence, the beauty and of course the voice.
That was Helen Shapiro.❤
The only one next to her was alma cogan
1961----- she was 14 I was 16 and starting to find out what girls and young love was all about. This song takes me right back to those special teen years and I still get a thrill from hearing it at 74
Im 71yrs and still love him i was too yoyng never married he was my life but was 22 and he was 57 treated me with love and remained the nost great freiends forever sad i still spend a lonoless life witbout himm
OMG her voice still gives me goosebumps, just like when I was a teenager. Brings back so many memories.
Cornish Susie, Hello Cornish, how are you?
Jef R 😄
i agree
I was in Helen’s fan club back in the 1960s, I’m 79 now, and still play her songs today…… thank you Helen!😀
does any one know what happend to her
@@junpet47 I believe Helen is still performing in a singing trio, at various concerts, and is heavily into her chosen religious belief’s….. I wish her well.
what happend to her is she still alive realy hope so
In 1961 I was a shy 12 year old boy who was just discovering the attraction of the opposite sex and this song spoke to my romantic soul in a deep way, and strangely enough it still does now as a not so shy and time weary 73 year old, good songs and music can do that to you, and can also carry you back in time to remind you of those young innocent, sensitive adolescent feelings, Helen's sexy and soothing voice compliment a wonderful song with sweet nostalgia.
hi Alan, I just saw googles tribute today to Dusty Springfield. Then by looking for her I found all the other
female singers of the early 60ies. As a young german au-pair girl in London at the time I knew and admired
them all. What a time that was, which never comes back. What an untroubled, easygoing life that has been.
All comments here are full of those our age and I thought: Nostalgie once it grabs you........ ;o))
@@juttaweise Hi Jutta, I just found your message, thanks for taking the time and effort to reply, it would seem that you have had an interesting and adventurous life as a young person, and you most probably have some interesting stories to tell.
Another UK singer from the same time period well worth checking out is Julie Grant, listen to "Count On Me" "When You Ask About Love" "So Many Ways" "Then, Only Then" they all have that wonderful special 1960s sound.
Word for word I identify with your comments Alan. I was also 12 in 1961 and this song touched me then, and still does all these years later. Powerfully nostalgic for this time weary 74 year old !
i will be 70 in april 2015 i had some grear time with all of the oldies ,,,,oh happy days
Shelia Graham Happy days indeed - this song really brings it all back doesn't it. Happy birthday for whenever it is in April.
So you were still a teenager when this song came out. And I was in my early twenty and loved all those sixties songs. Take care Shelia, and keep going . !!
I was in my 21. How many beautiful memories! We were so romantic...
me too Shelia, great music..
I am so glad I found u tube at 63 and can enjoy all of these old songs it makes me so so happy
Hi Yvonee, well said, very true !, really pleased you've found youtube. I've been using it for some years now, it's an invaluable aid for discovering and researching music our 50s radio show as SO many have been uploaded, and so many wise people have contributed interesting facts and stories to support the tunes. Only trouble is its an easy way of "wasting" several hours..... but more fun than the pub and FAR cheaper and healthier too !!
I agree
I just found this song . Being American I heard of Helen but never heard this song . I must have listened to it a 100 times since
also agree!
Agree with you Yvonne, youtube is a great escape back to the 60s - great memories and pure nostalgia.
What a song and what a talent at that young age. Her voice truly was magic. A Legend.
The English Brenda Lee
Grew up on this every Sunday mam would come home drunk put the radio gram coffin thing on and play this and make us dance rest her soul lovely voice helen
They don't make them like this anymore. Superb voice and every single word can be heard.. She is brilliant.
Kathy Jankovic, Hello Kathy, how are you?
It reminds of my mum passed last year 93 she love this song missing you love TONY SIMMONS i London north
She's the spitting image of my mum as I remember her best. Glamorous in the 60's and smiling constantly. I'd give anything to have both her and this kind of music back permanently. A happy and more innocent time.
I am still listening to this in 2022. What memories ... Thanks.
Helen never made a better record and her voice is incredible. Absolute perfection!
I've been singing this song all my life - was in school the same time as Helen - that generation will never grow old - thank God!
Hello 👋, How are you doing?
Amazing how that voice came from a such a young woman. I marvel at Helen’s gift. I love her music, it is so joyful and hopeful even when she is singing of pain and loss.
Such a strong and powerful voice for one so young, I can play this over and over, just as fresh each time. Definitely her best song for me, better than "Walking back to Happiness".
Wish i was born in the 50S love that music,,,,its time the world turned and it comes back the words in the songs have meaning unlike to day
You can never get tired of hearing this.
I like to listen to this song 60 years after 1961 in 2021
Me!! and I'm 68 now but one can still dream..memory is great sad but happy at the same time
Hello Jennie, How are you doing?
She was only 14 years old, I was 15 years old, so sad at how things have changed😢
...i was 11...just started secondary school educacion.Remember this song well...and all the memories that went with it.☺
Everything about this song is first class from the vocals to the musical production. outstanding. thanks for posting
I’m 19 years old and this is one of my y favorite songs
It gives me goosebumps
A young lady with class then 😊
She simply makes the [X-Factor] -look stupid.
This Lady sings like a bird...
Totally agree
Robert Davis wonder what Simon Cowell would say about her xxx
X factor is shit! Just a cowell vehicle!
Preach
I was in love with Helen Shapiro when I was 14 (and 63 years later and having met and married the true love of my life) she still sounds great!
In years to come, when powerful sentient AI computers analyse the history of the human voice, Helen Shapiro's voice will be revered for it's spiritual purity. Thank you for the joy Helen. Love.
I know it sounds corny,but this is simply beautiful.
It's an one of the most underrated songs ever.
this song smacks of innocence....love it
Magiicos recuerdos para mi.corazon gracias. Ello xxx
Best female singer of all time
It's a shame she was hardly known in the USA. I first heard her sing on Radio Caroline Flashback and was floored to learn she was only 14 at the time of this recording. Such a full and rich voice for someone her age.
I completely agree! I was a boy at this time in the United States, We had Connie Francis and Brenda Lee back then. Helen Shapiro was clearly on par with the aforementioned. Such beauty, class, and talent- had she become well known in the U.S.A. her record company would have had a walking, talking, and an even bigger walking, talking, gold mine on their hands. She was fantastic!
Why was it a shame? Not all foreign acts HAD to hit over here. As long as they hit where they came from - good enough.
It was a shame because I missed out on her talent and voice for nearly 60 years. Therefore it was NOT good enough from my end. No one ever claimed foreign acts had to become popular in the U.S.A.
@@ginkaas The original post wrote that it was a SHAME that she was hardly known in the USA, as if she HAD to be.
Your songs were part of what built my romantic teenage memories. Now I’m 71, the years have flown away and I’m still remenecing those teenage memories when I hear your songs. I still love your voice and your songs. God bless you.
Regards from Holland.
This young lady had a wonderful voice and gave us some great hits from those 60s , you don’t know, walking back to happiness and more
One of the greatest songs of the 60's sung by one of the finest female voices ever....wonderful. Haunting delivery which makes you shiver just listening to it. And to think she was only 14 at the time of recording - amazing!
My husband Hamizi Razali enjoys listening to old songs and now he is 64 years old.
Thanks to TH-cam.
What an absolutely superb voice she had.......what a talent.
She still has!
CLASS! Something these days is hard to find!
What a beautiful voice, like honey, rich and smooth. Wonderful!
Hugely, hugely underrated.
Superb voice and song
Helen was 14 when this was recoreded Great voice so natural. No attitude with her a very nice young lady.
A fine song of unrequited love. The lady has an erotic timbre to her voice, slightly husky, very steady, very feminine and confident and sincere. A superb song and a deal better than a lot of the Beatles.
This just has to be the absolute summum of the perfect controle Helen had over her sublimely beautiful voice.
At times it's unbelievable how she manages the intonation required to sing this difficult text so incredibly well.
I am once again 14 walking past a Chez Fred's a coffee bar hoping to see a boy I had a crush on who had no idea I even existed !Sweet memory of teenage days xxx
All the best songs are from 50/60. Roy orbison Connie Francis Helen shapiro Billy Fury Roy orbison, ive always loved the old music. Also love 70s and most. I love Helen /Connie /orbison /and many others.
Brilliant and adorable! Perfect!
中学1年でしたね、タイプではない娘に好かれ夢中な娘に無視されていた複雑で不安定な青春の想い出、懐かしいです。
Love Helen.Great voice and a lovely person.
She was lovely xxx
This lady is a legend l love her music
This is the very best pop song of the 60s. Timeless, quality words and music, and the greatest girl singer ever. Thanks for posting this.
I could not express this music,this singer,any other way.....Yes TIMELESS 4EVA...!!!!!!!
Such a beautiful song and so hypnotizing!
Also the intro to Call the Midwife is the same tune as this song.
Nice song, nice singing voice. I love the songs of this era.
This reminds me of my pal , Isobel , unfortunately life changed I moved away from Edinburgh to Portsmouth we lost touched , and I later found out she had died , God bless darling XXX
I’ve just heard this song for the first time today and it just hit me, how beautiful it is. Young love & longing. We can all relate, no matter when we were born. The 60’s seemed like a great time to be young.
Love Helen. This is my favourite song of hers. As others say, transports my mind back to that moment in time. Shame it can't take the body with it! : )
Helen Shapiro, and Judith Durham (Seekers) - captivating voices from my past, still as wondrous as ever. God bless you both.
Cannot remember the year this came out but I loved it then....and love it now
boy oh boy. I just wish I could host a radio show and play the music we really want to hear. Lyrics we can understand, a tune that makes us happy and the return of memories that can never be taken away. Just one hour per week, every week.
Try My gold radio
Chucko hosted an oldies radio show out of Columbus, Ohio every week back in the 80's-90's, but the new generation type music pushed him off the air. There were several good dj's around that came out of this era. Dick Biondi was another one. I am afraid we won't ever see a comeback of this fabulous music.
Wonderful song, pity there's no one like her around any more:
Unforgetable sixties in mauritius island...
This song was number 1 when i was born on 18.8.1961 and what a great song to come into the world to.
Her voice was amazing. She was only about 14 when she sang this! To my mind the most beautiful of all her recordings
+Adrian Larkins Unusual for such a young lady to show such emotion and maturity in her voice. She was wonderful!
Agree wholeheartedly - I was a teenage airman in Singapore when I first heard this - bliss!
David Lloyd Wow, what memories she must conjure up. Music truly is the soundtrack of our lives.
Rufus Wainwright sounds a lot like this.
You're absolutely right! And so does Karen Carpenter. They've all got this beautiful, powerful but expressionless tone. I like them all but they don't move me.
She’s the reason I fell in love with music at an early age (in the 80’s)
This is mind-boggling. Why has 541 people so far disliked this beautiful song?
The living legend that is Helen Shapiro
When life gets too intense listening to her calm you down.
This song brings back so many memories of when I was a child, living in North London in the early 1960s, It's always been a favourite of mine and a reminder of much happier times of a very different life so long ago now. Many thanks for posting on TH-cam.
She has a wonderful voice. No wonder the Beatles were fans of her.
Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) has also mentioned her as someone he listened to when he was growing up. For Helen, a gold record at age 15…
mathgeek2718
I absolutely agree with you.
Tango I expect the Animals from Newcastle were fans of Helen Shapiro as well as the Beatles from Liverpool.
The Beatles were her opening act in 1962
What an amazing singing performance from a magnificent singer of superb singing quality,so utterly talented,tony1961🎶🎵🎼⭐️💃
Helens voice is so haunting, forget any female singer after the 60's this lady with several others, Sandy Shaw, Dusty Springfield, Cilla Black etc could outvoice any of today's women. Wish I was there are the time.
Don’t forget Petula Clark!
The Sixties - an era when singers did not have to be near naked on stage and covered with tattoos. A wonderful voice and a great song were quite enough.
I agree totally
MJC1124 esp helen
whats wrong with having tatoos? you ignorant
Riff G. Dog rough!
Riff G. Looking like trailer trash HaHa!
Oh, Helen you are one year older than me but the best bet i know you have the most infectious voice anyone can fall for it. YOU DON'T KNOW!
This little lady had and still has class... what a fantastic voice. In my top 10 favourites. Helen my heart soars!
Rita Hornby, Hello Rita, how are you?
Rita, you hit the nail on the head when you said she had class . . . that and style Way beyond her years ❗
First time I heard this song.What a lovely voice.
Amazing!! Love this song, Helen Shapiro was a brilliant singer 💜
60s magical music and good times gone but never forgoten.
Memories come from far and fill my heart with good warmth.
I'm not sure we will ever have a decade quite like this.
Hello Carol, how are you?
What a wonderful voice! Brings me back to 1961.
Love Helen Shapiro from day one. A superstar, I love all her songs
My favourite song of hers.
What a voice she had for her age.
I was infatuated by Helen Shapiro when she first arrived on the pop scene. I still have the biography "Pop Princess", and her photo hung on my bedroom wall for several years. Hearing her now still fills me with the same feelings,admiration for a fifteen year old girl who made the big time!
As real today as when it first played in the 60s. Love her music and I am nearly 70
This has been one of my special favourite songs