Growing up in America I never heard of Helen back then but now, in my sixties I discovered her and I absolutely love her. Her unique music and voice just goes together perfectly. She is in a class of her own and to think she was only fourteen when she began all this!
Same here! I am in my sixties and just ran into her songs on TH-cam. She's amazing. I miss the old days when the girl singers had great voices and didn't have to dress like whores. Would a wonderful talent like Helen Shapiro have a chance in today's world?
I was thirteen when i discovered how wonderful she was and met her at the American base in South Ruislip in 1962. Got to know her through her fan club over the years and met her and her husband John many times. I never tire of listening to her and was sorry she never made it big Stateside...couldn't understand why not. It's sad that she has retired to the gospel circuit...she should still be making records. .. given my advancing years i would still buy her music.
I am in the same boat as you are in. I don't understand why American radio stations don't play her songs? It can't be an anti-British thing because the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. are played a lot. She has a beautiful voice and was so composed for a teenager back then. We Yanks missed out. Thank God for You Tube!
This is a clip from Columbia Pictures 1962 release "IT'S TRAD, DAD!", which had the distinction of being one of the first films showing that week at the cinema where I started my first job as a trainee cinema projectionist aged 15 and a half way back in November, 1962. The Monday to Wednesday show was "A KIND OF LOVING" (x) and "ATTEMPT TO KILL" (u), while the Thursday to Saturday show was "IT'S TRAD, DAD!" (u) and "BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE" (u) in TohoScope and Eastman Color. All fond memories of my mid-teenage years. I was real gone on Helen Shapiro. I thought she was totally gorgeous and such a great performer.
Such an awesome singer, first heard her when I was 14, I'm now 72 and still think she is totally awesome. God bless you Helen. Way ahead of your time. Blessings.
I'm 76, and I still have her first album from when it was released. How many other albums do I still possess from that era? Only two or three. Danny Williams still does it for me too.
*What a rich and resonant voice..., with such soulful phrasing...* *Helen Shapiro..., the last live headlining act that The Beatles ever opened for...* *You go girl!...*
@@jamescarson7532 Helen Shapiro did not open for the Beatles. She continued to close the show although it is undeniable that their star started to rise and hers waned. Happily she branched out successfully into several other aspects of the business and life (as did they) and continues to thrive until this day.
Happy Birthday Helen Shapiro born on September 28, 1946. She is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers.With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years", Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", when she was just 14 years old. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Shapiro
What a fabulous young British talent.. I think she was only about 15/16.. back then .These days the talentless Simon Cowell would say “You don’t know how good you really are”. And Louis whoever (the Irish man on the talent show) would say “your a pop star, ya look like a pop star you arrrrr a pop star”. She was a pop STAR.
Hi Henry. Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately US audiences were denied Helen's great talent from mid 1961 till the end of her UK chart career in late 1963. There was a bias against British acts then in the US until the dam finally broke with the the Beatles. Helen was swept away by the Mersey groups and it is only through TH-cam that many older pop fans are discovering what they missed back then. Happy New Year. Derek
Thank you for bringing her, Helen Shapiro , back to me !! This song brought tears to my eyes, Sounds like she is singing about my life! I appreciate your songs Helen Shapiro !!!
"Sometime Yesterday" Lovely tune, Beautiful lyrics, by an amazing beautiful singer. Ah.... teenage love, locked in the pages of our memories, that take some of us, way way back, where our hearts ... never forget our first love.
I've loved her voice from the first time I heard it. And just love her more as time goes by. Another American down South who wishes we'd heard more of her back in the '60's.
sorry to say she wouldn't win the X-factor. She is too much of lady, polite, and well mannered............people today appreciate the exact OPPOSIT now-, trashy loose moral, swearing, think drug use is great, free sex...you get the picture
I had a friend, who was writing a girl from England in 1962. She would send him 45s from English groups we never heard of. These included early Beatles but we nearly wore out those by Helen Shapiro. It's been real frustration as American stations wouldn't play her songs. Thank you, Helen, you have had some real life long Anerican fans since 1962. And, we are grateful for your wonderful talent and beauty.
Who controlled her contracts in England? There were some real thugs in the music business in those days, and the father of Mrs. Osbourne was one of them. Maybe the US distributor corporations wanted none of it?? They had their own "issues".
@@erossinema8797 sad, but true. I was a teen back then and would call local stations requesting her songs but were never played. One jock even laughed and said 'Walking Back' was the worst song ever. Then, I worked for a couple of oldies stations in the '70's and both had her 45's but were mint and unplayed. Plus, despite all the raving about the British Invasion, Helen was usually left out. 'Walking Back to Happiness' debuted at # 100 on the American Top 100 songs for one week in Dec 1961 and then it was gone and it seemed no one cared. Even last year I spoke with the owner of a local oldies station and he flat out refused to play anything by Helen. Sometimes I feel as if this has been a bad dream. I tried for many years to have her music played but its been very frustrating.
@@erossinema8797 THAT was always the question with no easy answers. I'm certainly not one that can answer that. The Beatle overshadowed her; the tabloids in Britain said her career was over at age 16; her record company refused to let her record the song the Beatles had written for her; since the Beatles were friends I hoped she could have toured with them but wasn't to be; the record company tried to market her as a British Brenda Lee, but she wasn't. She appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show but was treated more like a novelty act. She received little publicity in the states even though her best LP was cut in Nashville. And, radio stations aren't going to play 45s by artists that seem to be going nowhere especially if no one is phoning in requests. Other problems, poor management, lack of publicity and had the song by the Beatles been recorded, it may have brought the recognition she deserved. After all, several other British artists benefited from recording Beatle tunes. Sorry this is so lengthy but these are just some of the things I think caused her to be ignored here in the states.
JUST DISCOVERED HER TODAY, AT AGE 76! SHE IS PRESENTLY 75. GLAD WE ARE BOTH STILL ALIVE! WHAT A GORGEOUS CONTRALTO VOICE, MY FAVORITE RANGE FOR FEMALE VOCALISTS. KAREN CARPENTER, SARAH VAUGHAN, DELLA REESE AND LESLIE GORE WERE ALL CONTRALTOS. MY FAVORITE OPERA CONTRALTO IS MARIA CHIARA, THE ONLY VOCALIST AMONG THOSE LISTED HERE WHO IS STILL ALIVE. GOOGLE HER SINGING "LA MOMMA MORTA," ON THE TREBONIS CHANNEL. TRULY A HEAVEN-SENT OPERATIC VOICE!🌠💫
I just discovered another awesome hit by Helen Shapiro, thanks to the “Call the Midwife” show. I grew up in Los Angeles which I thought played all the hits like this. Apparently, the music moguls in the industry didn’t allow for it in the U.S. market. Well f^*k me, I just will have to go back to iTunes and buy another one of her songs. Maybe I’ll just buy her hits album if there’s one.
I went to the same school as Helen ,l never through she woul be as big as she is ,but l glad she has made it . Well done Helen, all the best..👍.Maggie.
Brenda Lee was a far better singer / performer than Shapiro, who was copy cat version of " Little miss dynamite" Elvis & Brenda were voted worlds number 1 solo artist by NME. (New musical express).. Cliff Richard & Shapiro came second...There was never any doubt that, Rock & roll music was Born in the USA.
Trevor Alfred l sorry helen is the best every song she sings is unreal better than brenda lee any day listen to every song she sings pure magic in her voice
Sorry, Tim Thompson, but I must disagree. I grew up listening to Elvis and Brenda. I 'discovered' Cliff Richard when I was station in Europe in 1963 and Helen when I watched "It's Trad Dad" on TCM a year or so ago. All the artists are equal in my book. Heck, I'll even throw in Wanda Jackson. Now she was Little Miss Dynamite! View "Let's Have a Party", which Elvis sang in Loving You, I think it was.
@Tim Thompson It's a competition is it? FFS ...let people have their happy memories. Typical American tosser with no concept of the planet outside his personal parochial 'universe'.
I must be honest.. I have never heard of this woman. And here it is 2011. What a voice! Imagine what she would have become with some excellent song writers, producers and promoters in her corner... What a shame. One can only hope for reincarnation to be true... Let's see her again.
I JUST WAS TURNED ON TO HELEN , FROM WATCHING " CALL THE MIDWIFE " .......HAD TO GOGGLE THE SEASON , TO FIND OUT WHO SUNG THIS . I LOVE HER VOICE.............THANK YOU , FOR SHARING XOXOXO.........
I just love Helen. She was, and still is, a fantastic singer. I once saw her in a play at the Sheffield Lyceum. It was called 'It's never too late'. God Bless Helen.
She has a very nice contralto voice!!!! She does NOT sound like a man to me. If a man sounded like that, his voice would pretty girly. People need to realize that not all girls have high pitched voices!
She comes from Hackney in East London I recently saw a programme about Marc Bolan the lead singer with T Rex and it was revealed that he and Helen Shapiro went to the same school
Did she ever tour in North America? Such an excellent voice from another time time. Todays music could learn a valuable lesson in that most people enjoy hearing the words of songs...
The song in this video is my very favorite song by Helen Shapiro, Helen looks very beautiful in this video. Regards: Henry W. Pope, Putnam Valley, New York
I don't think she ever did tour the USA. Certainly never during the period of her two year UK chart career. But she did go to Nashville to record an album in 1963 and there are some good tracks on it. She toured the UK in early 1963 and amazingly the Beatles were her supporting act. The writing was on the wall and the rest as they say is history. When she catapulted to the top of the UK charts in 1961 she was still only 14 years old.
Eddie Parker this little gal is so absolutely awesome singer such a sweet little gal a very unique voice I loved all her music what a gal brovo your music will live on 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹💐💕❤️🇺🇸😍
Thanks for the info. 1962Rebel. Having been a big Beatle's fan since 1976 I have recently become interested in pre-Beatles UK music. Also having been born in late 1961 I find it quite interesting view the footage of "Waking Back to Happiness" . John in Calgary,Alberta Canada
In the Beats, I would turn my amp off, with my transistor radio to my ear, and run backstage to hear this song ! I wanted to marry this woman so very badly !!!
Helen Shapiro is alive and well, we hope, but it is great that she has been archived like this for future generations who will see how great the Sixties were musically.
Somebody should do this like a Mexican thing, and voice two singers in Mexican Thirds. It's not Mexican Thirds, as such, but could feel it that way if we go that route.
Such a voice!...Who's listening (and like) in 2022?
Me always!
2023
I'm listening on 1/1/24
@@Reme_Agata Good Choice!
It's me for example. I don't like her, I love her! A long history to tell. Glad about that she found her way to Jesus, and I will follow, I hope.
I'm 32 and Helen Shapiro was so talented proper lovely songs with good lyrics better music then nowadays I was born in wrong era me
Growing up in America I never heard of Helen back then but now, in my sixties I discovered her and I absolutely love her. Her unique music and voice just goes together perfectly. She is in a class of her own and to think she was only fourteen when she began all this!
Me too. Such a beauty we missed out on here.
She was massive in the uk at the time.
Same here! I am in my sixties and just ran into her songs on TH-cam. She's amazing. I miss the old days when the girl singers had great voices and didn't have to dress like whores. Would a wonderful talent like Helen Shapiro have a chance in today's world?
I was thirteen when i discovered how wonderful she was and met her at the American base in South Ruislip in 1962. Got to know her through her fan club over the years and met her and her husband John many times.
I never tire of listening to her and was sorry she never made it big Stateside...couldn't understand why not.
It's sad that she has retired to the gospel circuit...she should still be making records. .. given my advancing years i would still buy her music.
@@littlemom2070 she wad brushed aside in the USA.
If only 'Britains Got Talent' could turn up somebody as gorgeous and as talented.
Beautiful !!
I am in the same boat as you are in. I don't understand why American radio stations don't play her songs? It can't be an anti-British thing because the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. are played a lot. She has a beautiful voice and was so composed for a teenager back then. We Yanks
missed out. Thank God for You Tube!
I can watch this performance over and over again. Helen you are The best. Thanks a lot.
YES she is !
This is a clip from Columbia Pictures 1962 release "IT'S TRAD, DAD!", which had the distinction of being one of the first films showing that week at the cinema where I started my first job as a trainee cinema projectionist aged 15 and a half way back in November, 1962. The Monday to Wednesday show was "A KIND OF LOVING" (x) and "ATTEMPT TO KILL" (u), while the Thursday to Saturday show was "IT'S TRAD, DAD!" (u) and "BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE" (u) in TohoScope and Eastman Color. All fond memories of my mid-teenage years. I was real gone on Helen Shapiro. I thought she was totally gorgeous and such a great performer.
Such an awesome singer, first heard her when I was 14, I'm now 72 and still think she is totally awesome. God bless you Helen. Way ahead of your time. Blessings.
I'm 76, and I still have her first album from when it was released. How many other albums do I still possess from that era? Only two or three. Danny Williams still does it for me too.
Me too, and I'm 82. Agree with Danny Williams too. Still have that. Don't know whether to flog 'em, or take 'em to the Crem with me. :D
You are a lucky man to still have her LP's!
Боже, как это красиво.... God, how beautiful it is
Helen Shapiro, best of British, just saying from Glasgow 😊🇬🇧😎👍
what a voice, can listen all day to her singing. sure brings back memories of the 50's n 60's thanks for sharing. aloha
*What a rich and resonant voice..., with such soulful phrasing...*
*Helen Shapiro..., the last live headlining act that The Beatles ever opened for...*
*You go girl!...*
Actually, Helen opened for the beatles! There was a time a little girl was bigger than the beatles, even to Helen that's weird to say
@@jamescarson7532 Yes... She opened for them, but at first, The Beatles opened for her..., before their careers rocketed past hers...
@@jamescarson7532 She started as the headliner and they hsd to change it as the Beatle's fans took over the tour. She was just unlucky.
@@christopherpatefield6150
If the Beatles upstaged me, I would still feel lucky.
@@jamescarson7532 Helen Shapiro did not open for the Beatles. She continued to close the show although it is undeniable that their star started to rise and hers waned. Happily she branched out successfully into several other aspects of the business and life (as did they) and continues to thrive until this day.
Happy Birthday Helen Shapiro born on September 28, 1946. She is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers.With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years", Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", when she was just 14 years old. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Shapiro
This is what I call a singer and fantastic music
How come we haven't heard of this kid? What an amazing voice; quite unique much like Judith Durham.
how true!
In 1962 she would have been 16 years old. She had remarkable talent for someone that age -- voice, poise, phrasing, stage presence.
And I was 15 and madly in love with her.
I love her music very beautiful voice 💖
The Young Girl with her Golden Voice .
What a fabulous young British talent.. I think she was only about 15/16.. back then .These days the talentless Simon Cowell would say “You don’t know how good you really are”. And Louis whoever (the Irish man on the talent show) would say “your a pop star, ya look like a pop star you arrrrr a pop star”. She was a pop STAR.
What a fantastic voice.
There are no female singers around today in the same class as Helen.
No.
Very true.
Absolutely superb singer
@@MJC1124 agreed
You NAILED it!! Absolutely true... INCREDIBLE voice
from that breif little interlude in the early 60s before we all went beatle mad
Hi Henry. Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately US audiences were denied Helen's great talent from mid 1961 till the end of her UK chart career in late 1963. There was a bias against British acts then in the US until the dam finally broke with the the Beatles. Helen was swept away by the Mersey groups and it is only through TH-cam that many older pop fans are discovering what they missed back then. Happy New Year. Derek
I believe this to be true...also. there are many forces within the music buisness it self!!! there are more examples of this...ex.= timi yuro!
Thank you for bringing her,
Helen Shapiro , back to me !!
This song brought tears to my eyes,
Sounds like she is singing about my life!
I appreciate your songs Helen Shapiro !!!
"Sometime Yesterday" Lovely tune, Beautiful lyrics, by an amazing beautiful singer. Ah.... teenage love, locked in the pages of our memories, that take some of us, way way back, where our hearts ... never forget our first love.
I can never tire of listening to Helen❤
I've loved her voice from the first time I heard it. And just love her more as time goes by.
Another American down South who wishes we'd heard more of her back in the '60's.
Dear Helene! You are a real Lady, , and your voice are worlds class. You belong to my teenage years. God bless you!😃
Helen would walk away with the title on the X-Factor. First week.
Doubt it. She doesn't have a hard-luck story and is just a great singer.
sorry to say she wouldn't win the X-factor. She is too much of lady, polite, and well mannered............people today appreciate the exact OPPOSIT now-, trashy loose moral, swearing, think drug use is great, free sex...you get the picture
I had a friend, who was writing a girl from England in 1962.
She would send him 45s from English groups we never heard of. These included early Beatles but we nearly wore out those by Helen Shapiro. It's been real frustration as American stations wouldn't play her songs. Thank you, Helen, you have had some real life long Anerican fans since 1962. And, we are grateful for your wonderful talent and beauty.
Who controlled her contracts in England? There were some real thugs in the music business in those days, and the father of Mrs. Osbourne was one of them. Maybe the US distributor corporations wanted none of it?? They had their own "issues".
Why would they not play her songs? I don't get it.
@@erossinema8797 sad, but true. I was a teen back then and would call local stations requesting her songs but were never played. One jock even laughed and said 'Walking Back' was the worst song ever. Then, I worked for a couple of oldies stations in the '70's and both had her 45's but were mint and unplayed. Plus, despite all the raving about the British Invasion, Helen was usually left out. 'Walking Back to Happiness' debuted at # 100 on the American Top 100 songs for one week in Dec 1961 and then it was gone and it seemed no one cared. Even last year I spoke with the owner of a local oldies station and he flat out refused to play anything by Helen. Sometimes I feel as if this has been a bad dream. I tried for many years to have her music played but its been very frustrating.
@@jamese1992 But what was the reason they wouldn't play her records. ?
@@erossinema8797 THAT was always the question with no easy answers. I'm certainly not one that can answer that. The Beatle overshadowed her; the tabloids in Britain said her career was over at age 16; her record company refused to let her record the song the Beatles had written for her; since the Beatles were friends I hoped she could have toured with them but wasn't to be; the record company tried to market her as a British Brenda Lee, but she wasn't. She appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show but was treated more like a novelty act. She received little publicity in the states even though her best LP was cut in Nashville. And, radio stations aren't going to play 45s by artists that seem to be going nowhere especially if no one is phoning in requests. Other problems, poor management, lack of publicity and had the song by the Beatles been recorded, it may have brought the recognition she deserved. After all, several other British artists benefited from recording Beatle tunes. Sorry this is so lengthy but these are just some of the things I think caused her to be ignored here in the states.
JUST DISCOVERED HER TODAY, AT AGE 76!
SHE IS PRESENTLY 75.
GLAD WE ARE BOTH STILL ALIVE!
WHAT A GORGEOUS CONTRALTO VOICE, MY FAVORITE RANGE FOR FEMALE VOCALISTS.
KAREN CARPENTER, SARAH VAUGHAN, DELLA REESE AND
LESLIE GORE WERE ALL CONTRALTOS. MY FAVORITE OPERA CONTRALTO IS MARIA CHIARA, THE ONLY VOCALIST AMONG THOSE LISTED HERE WHO IS STILL ALIVE.
GOOGLE HER SINGING "LA MOMMA MORTA,"
ON THE TREBONIS CHANNEL.
TRULY A HEAVEN-SENT
OPERATIC VOICE!🌠💫
She has a voice of a angel so gorgeous 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍💐❤️🌹
Totally besotted with this lady and her velvet voice.
Whatever "besotted" means, I agree!!!
@@MoMoMyPup10 try google it will tell you....i could but it is more fun looking up words you do not know...it will stick in your mind longer.
dead right
Totally agree. Love her voice and looks.
I just discovered another awesome hit by Helen Shapiro, thanks to the “Call the Midwife” show. I grew up in Los Angeles which I thought played all the hits like this. Apparently, the music moguls in the industry didn’t allow for it in the U.S. market. Well f^*k me, I just will have to go back to iTunes and buy another one of her songs. Maybe I’ll just buy her hits album if there’s one.
We don't witness talent like this anymore.
Helen u r beautiful amazing voice I love so much what a legend xx
I went to the same school as Helen ,l never through she woul be as big as she is ,but l glad she has made it . Well done Helen, all the best..👍.Maggie.
Another superb recording from the phenomenal and timeless Helen Shapiro.
She is a genius !
Helen is the British version of America's Brenda Lee...what a good voice!
Brenda Lee was a far better singer / performer than Shapiro, who was copy cat version of " Little miss dynamite" Elvis & Brenda were voted worlds number 1 solo artist by NME. (New musical express).. Cliff Richard & Shapiro came second...There was never any doubt that, Rock & roll music was Born in the USA.
Trevor Alfred l sorry helen is the best every song she sings is unreal better than brenda lee any day listen to every song she sings pure magic in her voice
Sorry, Tim Thompson, but I must disagree. I grew up listening to Elvis and Brenda. I 'discovered' Cliff Richard when I was station in Europe in 1963 and Helen when I watched "It's Trad Dad" on TCM a year or so ago. All the artists are equal in my book. Heck, I'll even throw in Wanda Jackson. Now she was Little Miss Dynamite! View "Let's Have a Party", which Elvis sang in Loving You, I think it was.
@Tim Thompson It's a competition is it? FFS ...let people have their happy memories. Typical American tosser with no concept of the planet outside his personal parochial 'universe'.
Better
The Great Helen shapiro love this song
60s resonance, melody and innocence, cherish, cherish, thanks Helen
She is AMAZING....❤🇨🇦
Love you Helen shapiro I was born 1962 my dad learned me ur songs liverpool girl I am ur amazing helen xxx
Fantastic voice.❤❤ I'm 80years old & back then we had Brenda Lee but I love this girl.
I listened for the first time about 2 weeks ago and haven't stopped
уже как целый год слушаю ее .
, какая прелесть !
This kind of voice only comes 'once in a century'
❤❤❤❤❤Her voice🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Excellent...!! ❤️🎶👍🏿👍🏿
Happy Birthday Helen on September 28 !
I must be honest.. I have never heard of this woman. And here it is 2011. What a voice! Imagine what she would have become with some excellent song writers, producers and promoters in her corner... What a shame. One can only hope for reincarnation to be true... Let's see her again.
I JUST WAS TURNED ON TO HELEN , FROM WATCHING " CALL THE MIDWIFE " .......HAD TO GOGGLE THE SEASON , TO FIND OUT WHO SUNG THIS . I LOVE HER VOICE.............THANK YOU , FOR SHARING XOXOXO.........
Could you tell me what the title of her song?
@@mariaginasonia ..... hello it is ............Sometime Yesterday - Helen Shapiro (1962)....a really great song............
@@mizfrenchtwist oh thank you😁
@@mariaginasonia ....you're welcome , enjoy..........
How did I miss her she is wonderful should have been part of the English Invasion.
Helen shaprino was brilliant
A great voice on a lovely song.
There will never be another like Helen 😎Dennis
her face expressions when she sings make this video beautiful
British music so wonderful ❤️😊
@jjacobs891 she's certainly a sweetheart...
She was only about 15 or 16 when this was done. Brilliant.
Yes indeed.
Queen of the sixtees
now thats a song for your voice helen lol ...lush singing xx
Totally. Ravishing.
this is fantastic...it rivals edie gormet...and streisand!
I just love Helen. She was, and still is, a fantastic singer. I once saw her in a play at the Sheffield Lyceum. It was called 'It's never too late'. God Bless Helen.
beautiful voice..a great talent
She has a very nice contralto voice!!!! She does NOT sound like a man to me. If a man sounded like that, his voice would pretty girly. People need to realize that not all girls have high pitched voices!
Still listening to this amazingly beautiful singer. Love her music!!!
She comes from Hackney in East London I recently saw a programme about Marc Bolan the lead singer with T Rex and it was revealed that he and Helen Shapiro went to the same school
Did she ever tour in North America? Such an excellent voice from another time time. Todays music could learn a valuable lesson in that most people enjoy hearing the words of songs...
I just love her VOICE everything she sings
Wow, she is so beautifull and what a voice.
Strong voice and character female singer at her past era
I have been in love with Helen since 1964 when I was 11 years old.
The song in this video is my very favorite song by Helen Shapiro, Helen looks very beautiful in this video. Regards: Henry W. Pope, Putnam Valley, New York
I don't think she ever did tour the USA. Certainly never during the period of her two year UK chart career. But she did go to Nashville to record an album in 1963 and there are some good tracks on it. She toured the UK in early 1963 and amazingly the Beatles were her supporting act. The writing was on the wall and the rest as they say is history. When she catapulted to the top of the UK charts in 1961 she was still only 14 years old.
Her voice was different class 👏
As a mod and northern man, Helen spapiro was dynamite gorgeous 😍
just heard this song on call the midwife, had to find out who it was, as it's really good
love it.
love it
love it
what a voice and what an arrangement
That moment when you seriously wish you had been born some years earlier.
Eddie Parker this little gal is so absolutely awesome singer such a sweet little gal a very unique voice I loved all her music what a gal brovo your music will live on 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌹💐💕❤️🇺🇸😍
SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE ....... it must be the wonderful Helen Shapiro.
Thanks for the info. 1962Rebel. Having been a big Beatle's fan since 1976 I have recently become interested in pre-Beatles UK music. Also having been born in late 1961 I find it quite interesting view the footage of "Waking Back to Happiness" . John in Calgary,Alberta Canada
Magnificent voice.
In the Beats, I would turn my amp off, with my transistor radio to my ear, and run backstage to hear this song ! I wanted to marry this woman so very badly !!!
I could not remember the title; but as soon as the music started, wonderful old thoughts came back - thanks for the chance to relive this track
Extraordinary voice and performance for one so young. Helen was probably just 15 here.
sometime、Yesterday🎉もイイ歌ですね!!!若い👩👩頃に歌ってる映像🎞が沢山出てきましたよ。
毎日このyoutubeで聞いて楽しんでますよ!
Helen Shapiro is alive and well, we hope, but it is great that she has been archived like this for future generations who will see how great the Sixties were musically.
Her records are so meaningful
Brilliant.
ヘレン、シャピロ👩👩さんのsometime、Yesterday🎉😂❤♪♫🎵🎸🎸聞いてますよ。１４才🎵？若い👩頃に、この声、ボイスが出るなんて凄くイイ🎉歌ですね!
Superb.
Absolument fan de la voix de cette magnifique chanteuse des sixties 💕 👍
Et moi donc ! Fabuleuse artiste !
We love you Helen. A legend.
Just heard her beautiful voice singing this song, on Talking Pictures Freeview 82
She's only around 15 here
Our very best no question
A very lovely singer, was good to listen to her songs again, she still has a great voice.
Somebody should do this like a Mexican thing, and voice two singers in Mexican Thirds.
It's not Mexican Thirds, as such, but could feel it that way if we go that route.