The Unifics at The Attucks Theater

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ธ.ค. 2007
  • The Unifics are back and put on fab show at the refurbished historic Attucks Theater in Norfolk, VA (12/21/07). Legendary songwriter/producer, Al Johnson, sings The Beginning of My End, a Unifics classic. Band is Backbone
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  • @larrydebrew7862
    @larrydebrew7862 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best on stage dancers in the business.

  • @metropcs9079
    @metropcs9079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The unifics... had some of the best choreography... I mean their choreography was perfect.

  • @fretdoctor7
    @fretdoctor7 16 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a stirring and moving song. Every time that I hear this song, it reminds me to always keep things in perspective. Never take your loved ones for granted,always resolve disagreements, and live each day with purpose for you never know what the next second will bring. Thanks Unifics for keeping it real!

  • @dvlady51
    @dvlady51 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This still sounds good after all these years!

  • @nukeystik
    @nukeystik 15 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I remember seeing these cats at the Uptown in Philly.
    Next to the Temptations these were the steppingest cats EVER.
    It's good to these these brothers perform THE EXACT SAME choreography from back in the day.
    Another hard steppin group were the Ambassadores from Philly

  • @born2bmensch61
    @born2bmensch61 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That choreography tho!! So TIGHT!! The song. The song. Well done gentlemen. Thank you for living and performing during my lifetime 🙏🏽
    - Duke
    May 06, 2019
    🇺🇸🇿🇦

  • @Wdannygi
    @Wdannygi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They could tell a whole sad story in a beautiful 2 minute song.

  • @jdeaverdog4199
    @jdeaverdog4199 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nothing but the very best old skool. Such a deep song but it tells such a realistic story about losing someone you love.............tears in my eyes.

    • @ethelstevenslove2957
      @ethelstevenslove2957 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was really a true story in the song.... December 21st, 2014

  • @flemingfinancial
    @flemingfinancial 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Al Johnson is still in the D.C. area singing and producing. Saw him this past summer at the annual Peter Bug Academy day. He and Herb Fame (Peaches and Herb) sang a duet on the Temptations" Just My Imagination. Both still in great voice.

  • @patrickwashington3868
    @patrickwashington3868 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most beautiful & saddest songs ever recorded about losing a loved one. The Beginning Of My End The Unifics! Have Mercy! Have Mercy On Me! I' ve been there! Have You America! Holla Back at me!

  • @terryv62
    @terryv62 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just mind blowing fantastic showmanship master piece of greatness all the way around just doesn't get any better then this 👑👑👑👑🎩🎩🎩🎩🎵🎶📻🎷🎙💯💯💯💯

  • @joyceclark182
    @joyceclark182 ปีที่แล้ว

    A classic for sure

  • @metropcs9079
    @metropcs9079 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you never seen the unifics live... you have Miss phenomenal choreography

  • @jeannettareed2860
    @jeannettareed2860 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love you still!!!

  • @ethelstevenslove2957
    @ethelstevenslove2957 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You gotta love those steps..... December 21st, 2014

  • @barberawillaims3772
    @barberawillaims3772 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved it 😂😅😊 rip Mr Al Johnson

  • @rosbrownsugar1
    @rosbrownsugar1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow ! They sound the same.

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't know until I saw this TH-cam clip that The Unifics played at the Attucks Theater in Norfolk, VA back in 2007. Rest in Peace Brother Al Johnson.

  • @earlgoodlett7593
    @earlgoodlett7593 ปีที่แล้ว

    great song and a very true song the year 1969

  • @jerryj920
    @jerryj920 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Goin' back, back, back, back, back! Whew!

  • @Etten99
    @Etten99 15 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man, I was a New York City "Apollo Theater Princess" (Because a good friend of my musician dad was back-stage door security). me and friends met and hung-out with the Unifics on several occasions. I remember Red, Gregory, Harold & Michele. I still have a photo of me and Michele Standing together.

  • @tracydavis5253
    @tracydavis5253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    let me explain something to all those listening oooout oooof all the groups and there were good ones nut THE UNIFICS. had the BEST STEPS. OUT of ALL OF THEM im not talking bout who had the most hit records or who was more popular amongst the groups of that time but there goreography was way ahead of its time for that ERA hands down. and when i look at NEW EDITIONS STEPS. the cat that taught. them knew his stuff to me N E put me in mind of the UNIFICS. who in my opinion had the best steps EVER spot on i saw them serveral times at the Apollo theater as a kid they were DYNAMIC

  • @deezmiddle1348
    @deezmiddle1348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Melody sciences in action☯️🌎😎🎶🎤📻📺

  • @SewNSew2012
    @SewNSew2012 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stumbled on this site. Believe the singer named Red grew up with my husband in NC and always sang in the neighborhood. Said he had a real good voice. I think this is the group. I read where someone said his eyes always move and my hubsand said the same thing. I remember the song "The Beginning of My End," and it was a big hit. I hope he's the same one. If so, glad he's still out there singing. Good old days. They could dance; the white gloves were the bomb. That's where Mike got the idea.

  • @strodogg130
    @strodogg130 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was an old song in '77 when Audrey and our baby girl, April died in a crash long ago. I just got home from work,when I saw the police waiting on my porch waiting for me. They walked me inside and he told me the news. I was never the same again. I have remarried and have teenagers again now. I will always love Audrey. Thanks for this post, it made me cry for her and the love we had once again.

    • @sonyapinkard1791
      @sonyapinkard1791 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Stroman

    • @cozycool3505
      @cozycool3505 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope.....sorry this song came out in early early 70'S not late 70'S !

    • @williamwatt7874
      @williamwatt7874 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      1968 to be exact

    • @sheiladavis6523
      @sheiladavis6523 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@williamwatt7874 exacly ☺1968 November 15. 2019

  • @Mita069
    @Mita069 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Harold is my late uncle I miss him so much. I was young when he passed so I had no idea what his passion for music was.

  • @ThaBrooklynHurricane2
    @ThaBrooklynHurricane2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Life used to be about love, and not sex and violence, and the music spoke to what was happening at the time. We were hungry, so we were willing to do what was right to get fed. Now that we are full, the music is lacking and the message in the music of today, well, no thanks! This music is life to me!

  • @Judeaben
    @Judeaben 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "The artists no others wanted to follow"

  • @MrToclever4u
    @MrToclever4u 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Gregory Cook was one of the originals. And also is my father. He is currently in DC and can still blow. I've heard a lot about him but was to young to see him perform

    • @ethelstevenslove2957
      @ethelstevenslove2957 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's great... "GOD" bless him.. They had some "BAD" steps back in the day.... I remember this group... I remember seeing them perform "Beginning of my end".... One of the members stated that was really a true story in that song..... It supposedly happened to the lead singer.... Nevertheless, I tuned in to see them perform this great classic and watch those bad steps they had back then..... December 21st, 2014

    • @knightrider1755
      @knightrider1755 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Greg had a great falsetto. I met Greg many years ago when I lived in DC and will always consider him a friend. Great talent and stage presence.

    • @charleswalton9796
      @charleswalton9796 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thy an no to IQ all

    • @robertbright-jc3sd
      @robertbright-jc3sd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stamp Dat I REMEMBER SEEING HIM WITH THE UNIFICS WHEN I YOUNG AT THE APOLLO THEATER THEY COULD NOT BE BE TOPPED I KNOW YOU ARE PROUD OF YOUR DAD I AM GLAD I GOT TOO EXPERIENCE THEM WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR PERFORMANCE PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR DAD THANKS FOR SHARING HIM WITH THE WORLD.

    • @williamwatt7874
      @williamwatt7874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The thing is that they are not telling you what happened in the Apollo every girl in that audience was crying and screaming and when those lights went out all you hear is crying this was in 1968 i married the girl that i took with me and we were married for fifty years but now I'm alone but i got 4 grown kids and 17 grandkids and five great grands

  • @drummerc1795
    @drummerc1795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the things that made them so different from other groups was that their drummer was integral to their choreography. Every move made with precision in tandem with the drummer. Several other groups tried to copy their style

    • @robertbright2057
      @robertbright2057 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Drummer C their drummer back in the day was none other than Mr. Jerome Bigfoot Brailey, who was also the drummer for The Five Stairsteps, The Chamber Brothers and Parliament Funkadelic 🎼🥁🎼

  • @MADDIEMAX58
    @MADDIEMAX58 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    IT HAPPEN TO ONE OF THE UNIFICS.

  • @Mita069
    @Mita069 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    T@oclever As soon as I can get to a computer instead of this iPod thingy I would love to get in touch with him. I still get chills when my grandmother (his birth sister) sings this to me and my sisters. :-)

  • @MADDIEMAX58
    @MADDIEMAX58 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ITS A TRUE STORY.

  • @lfcurtis1
    @lfcurtis1 14 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great, greater, greatest, but where is Greg Cook. Does anyone know where Al is today. They all look great, but that was 2 years ago, where are they now. Would love to see my old pals.

  • @Docsmooth50
    @Docsmooth50 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    R I P Al Johnson ". Up drove the hearst"

  • @mrstanbmw
    @mrstanbmw 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    can't think the name of the Church but the Pastor name is Dr. Earl Ross on 44th and Douglas ne Greg is a member of that church.

  • @Crudeoil794
    @Crudeoil794 ปีที่แล้ว

    EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT BUT THE ACOUSTIC WASEN'T GOOD BECAUSE OF THE ROOM OR THE ENGERNEER.YOUR BASS GUITAR 🎸 PLAYER DAVE HERE.RIP

  • @cozycool3505
    @cozycool3505 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry...but Baltimore's own group First Class did it better , Tony Yaborough sang lead in their 1975 version in Bmore ! Check out First Class version and be the judge !