I am 50 in 2023 and have loved this song for as long as I can remember but it always makes me cry. So thankful to people that put clips like this on TH-cam. Superb song
I'm 54 i agree with you this is a very special song every time I listen to it I cry like a baby I don't know the story behind the song but I have to believe that it was written From a strong grief
My parents used to often play this song on the hifi when I was only 4 or 5 and in the last 15 years I have been searching for it with no luck because I didn’t know who the singers were and I had thought it was called Heaven fell last night! Which is one of the songs but not my favourite. I love this song brings back fond memories of my parents who are no longer around
I’m trying to imagine KISS covering this song. Pyrotechnics, thundering explosions, shouting (as opposed to singing), etc. So painfully bad, but still good for a laugh.
MY GOD, I used to cry when I was a little boy listening to this wonderful SAD song over RADO CEYLON in 1950's ..and now I am old weary and weak away from the island of Sri Lanka and I still cry listening to this great song. This will happen to me and to all of us. Please GOD Almighty when we die please allow us to be with all our loved ones once again PLEASE! IN PARADISE You promised my JESUS my loving GOD, please! GOOD DAYS ARE GONE///// Hope to see M. Jimmy Brown as well...I wanna cry more...
This song always reminded our mother of our father Jimmy whitsett. Little did we know that in his short life it would indeed fit his life. I listen to this with tears as both our mother and father have passed. He to met my mother in a small valley community and were married in a small country chruch. He became a preacher but at the age of 42 he was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and died five days later. His funeral was held in a small town chruch not any bigger than a village and many turned out to say their goodbyes. Our Mother passed away a few years back, and it won't be long before I too will go to join them . This song did cause my eyes to fiil with tears but yet at the same time it was heartwarming to listen to it, because it takes me back when both were here and all was happy. We didn't have a lot, never wanted a lot, but our valley called eagle creek was indeed the happiest times of my two sisters and myself lifes , and all the love and kindness shown from the people of eagle creek valley we could always know and feel from the people who lived there the love and caring for each other as well you could feel the goodness in each and everyone of them. It was the best days of our life's and we were very blessed to have them and to look back now sometimes its sad because everything changes but we will always cherish and treasure those memories.
I loved this song when I first heard it over 60 years ago and I still love it today. What a marvelous song and what marvelous voices. The Browns were magnificent! All three of them are now deceased but their music lives on...
This song very clearly explains the reality of life in this world. Absolutely brilliant and lovely to listen to repeatedly with no saturation at any point of time.
How beautiful is this. No wonder it was a big hit when I was young. I had tears n my eyes at the last verse. I wonder if it’s a relative they’re singing of
I remember when this song was first played on the radio. All we had was a radio, so it was on all the time. As a young child, I learned the lyrics quickly and was always singing along with it, but always cried at the end. I miss those songs that had stories of life, good and bad. Thank you for bringing back so many wonderful memories from the best years ever.
MET JIM ED AT A TRADE SHOW IN SOUTH TEXAS, (HE WAS THE ENTERTAINMENT) AND WE KNEW SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE, WHICH MADE IT VERY ENJOYABLE. ONE OF THE MOST ABSOLUTE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN YOU WILL EVER FIND! R.I.P. SIR !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was my favorite song when I was 8 years old. I just played it after all of these years and found, IT'S STILL MY FAVORITE SONG! The harmony and these sweet unforgettable words are a blessing to all, forever. THANK YOU, THE BROWNS!
This song came out the year I was born, I have love listening to it from the first time I heard it in the early 60's. I wish there was a heart instead of a like button.
This song could rightly be called a folk song - a song of the people. I saw a video of them from the 1950's and now this one. Almost like seeing Jimmy Brown going through time as he lived his life. Beautiful.
Thanks for making me bawl like a baby early evening, Saturday July 16, 2016. Just heard that his remaining sister died today at age 77. I was 11 years old when Little Jimmy Brown was a hit in Los Angeles. About the same time as great oldies but goodies were beginning to churn out, of every genre of music. I absolutely LOVE this song. Before The Beatles. Before the Rolling Stones. About the time the Four Seasons were singing Sherry Baby. My mommy died when I was not quite six years old in 1957. She was only 27; a Mississipian. I saw her beautiful body, spirit and soul in an open casket in Culver City, California. Somehow, when Little Jimmy Brown played on the radio in LA on the Top 40, I fell in love with this song. It comforted me so much. I went on to become a rock and roller; singing solo on the same stage at Pacoima Jr High as Ritchie Valens had, six years before, recording live versions of La Bamba and Donna. At age 12. Had the same Home Room number 21 aa Ritchie, and same Home Room Teacher, Mr. Webb. (a kind black teacher, by color). The Valens family lived four blocks from me on Artesia Ave. I picked up my first guitar at age 15; really learned how to play at age 20. And have been playing guitar now for 45 years. But The Browns was my first spiritual, musical awakening. Then came George Harrison, musically speaking. God Bless the entire Brown Family, and friends. R.I.P., dear Sister Brown. Much love, and many, many things. You have a great new family, happily waiting for you in Heaven. DR
When I was a teen I was a Nanny for 3 little boys. One was named Jimmy Brown. Everytime I hear this song I think of him. Love the song. Loved little Jimmy.
This man has the most beautiful voice and he made my night at Grand Ole Opry tonight. His voice is about the same as it was back then. I am 52 and remember this song so very well. Thank you for the performance.
I was baptized in the Methodist Church and had my wedding bells inside the church in Las Vegas when I die the little congregation will sing the last hymn before they bury me... Amen
I heard country music for the first time when I was around ten years old in NYC. ,I was born and need in NYC.soon as I heard it stuck to me like bees to honey in 80 years old never left me.💘
It’s a French song written in 1939 there ´s nothing country about it except the French countryside. It’s actually much better by EDITH PIAF and se Compagnons of ze chanson
@@jean-marieboucherit4716 - well I took you up on your comment and heard Ms. Piaf's version. Still beautiful but the rendering had the tone of a mob storming the Bastille. The Browns owe a debt to Ms. Piaf but the beauty of the Browns version is almost divine.
Yes it is two of my favorite entertainers Jim Ed and DeForest Kelley "Dr.McCoy" both passed away on this day. R.I.P Jim Ed and De. They both made the world a little brighter!
My mother in law sang with her brother and sister (the Singing Beavers) on The Big D Jamboree in Dallas. They met the Browns and became good friends with them. Even though there were years where they didn't see each other Judy remained good friends with them. Sadly all 6 of them are gone now. I never got to hear Judy and her siblings sing together but I have loved the Browns ever since I heard this song for the first time as a youngster.
The thing l hate most is time. When we are young we think there is no end of youth. But time is like a tiger stalking pray. We , all of us are the pray of time. Unrelenting, unfeeling, uncaring time, marching us all to the end. I love this song and these beautiful, talented people. I am so sorry that they are all gone. Rest in peace golden voice , song birds, we miss you.
when my Dad was little he thought this song was about him, his name is Jim Brown , yesterday we said good night for the last time love you loads Dad R.I.P xxxx
So sorry for all of you and your losses! I was introduced to this wonder tune back in the 70’s by my great Uncle Don. May he Rest In Peace. Could never get this song out of my head, such an amazing voice!
About 10 years ago my folks were fortunate to see Jim Ed Brown and his sisters perform. My parents ran into Jim as everyone was leaving. Mom and Jim began talking and found out that they were from the same area of their youth. Mr. Brown was so kind to my folks and invited them to have supper in a small diner with he and his sisters. My folks and the Browns ended up talking most of the night away. My mom passed away on Aug 11, 2016. She frequently spoke of that evening and this song was played for her funeral. I find myself smiling at the thought of them talking each other’s ears off now.
That’s a wonderful story, thank you so much for sharing it with us. We tend to forget that so many of the country music artists are “ just plain folks, at heart ♥️ “. Thankfully so.😊 It is great for that highlight in your mom’s life. ♥️
I’m 73 and when I was little my older sisters used to sit out on the attic balcony and sing this song, I have always loved it is a tearjerker, but I still love it
I just heard of Jim Ed's passing. He was an incredible singer, the "epitome" of a classy southern Gentleman. I never had the honor of meeting Jim Ed but I'll really miss him. My sincere condolences to Maxine, Bonnie & everyone that was close to him. Rest in peace 'Sir'. We love you and we'll miss you. Will not forget you.
I grew up around the Browns in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and our paths crossed many time during the years. I remember them appearing on a local TV show called the Hay Ride, they were always good to hear. Miss those times
From my earliest recollections as a young child, I have loved this song and own the CD. The Old Lamplighter is another beautiful song they did. When you have the time, listen to it; you won't be disappointed. They had a sound that has never been, nor will ever be imitated by anyone ever.
I am sad this day when both the Rock & Roll & Country Music Hall of Fame have lost one of the true legends. I am sad today, because I have lost one of the truly awesome voices of all time. Rest In Peace Jim Ed Brown.
In their time was the last golden grate era of music that will ever exist. This is when music was at it's purest form. Simple meaningful lyrics and song that moved the soul in way's you can't put into words. This is absolute greatness right here, the masters of thair craft.
Is this really a song or is it one of world wonders? I ve heard this a million times and still I want to hear this one more time❤Love from India🇮🇳Jim Ed Brown is truly a masterpiece🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Aug 29, 2020 ~ There was a small group of us that used to hang out at swimming hole pond called Lake View, Foxboro, "Ma. My class of 1962 was under a 100. I visited it Lake View back in 1991. It was no longer a popular swimming hole. It was just another Mud bottom Mill Pond of yesteryear. This song 3 Bells helps me see the ghosts of my teenage past. Thanks Ms GlenBill1 for the memories
Thanks MsGB1 & youtube for saving this classic. Great to see it live. Beautiful, but haunting harmonies still give me chills. Surely one of the top ten Country Hits of all time. Long Live Jim Ed & Siss's.
I am going on 64 in 2 months and grew up in Brooklyn in New York City. Back then in the 50s and 60s, New York City had no country music station as it wasn't a popular music genre for most New Yorkers. It was considered Southern or hillbilly music. We had 4 pop stations in New York. They played all the top popular songs of almost all genres and sometimes a country song that was so popular was played on these stations. The Browns had 3 songs that made it on the NYC stations, The 3 Bells, The Old Lamplighter and Scarlet Ribbons. I was a young New Yorker who happened to like folk and country music whenever I heard it. I believe I still have the original 45 of Scarlet Ribbons. Of those 4 stations, WMCA, WMGM and WABC are gone now and WINS became all news radio in 1964 and remains so today. WMGM became WHN and switched to talk radio and then country radio in the 70s. It morphed into religious broadcasting for a time and by then, most folks switched over from AM stations to FM stations with stereo. I'm not sure if NYC still has a country music station now as I moved to Florida at the end of 2013. I do know that I was fond of the Browns music and am sad at Jim Ed's passing. RIP Jimmy.
This is great.even after all the years they never lost the the charm and feel for this song,the voice never really changes if you can sing thats a God given gift that never leaves you,one of my favorite songs of all time..i love the browns..
I remember this song playing on my parents' 78 RPM record when I was 4 years old. Sixty-five years later, they still sound the same and I still love them as much.
What is it about this song that makes me tear up every time. It take me somewhere in the past. I can never skip over this one. I think I insert myself into the story. I need more music like this.
I am remembering this song from my childhood. When we visited a great uncle’s house I used to play this record over and over. I memorized the words and loved the story. Beautiful song!
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I am 50 in 2023 and have loved this song for as long as I can remember but it always makes me cry. So thankful to people that put clips like this on TH-cam. Superb song
Me to
74 here. Same about the song.
I'll have it played at my funeral
The clancy
I'm 54 i agree with you this is a very special song every time I listen to it I cry like a baby I don't know the story behind the song but I have to believe that it was written From a strong grief
I love this song, I heard it Many Mnay years ago and have always loved it.
My parents used to often play this song on the hifi when I was only 4 or 5 and in the last 15 years I have been searching for it with no luck because I didn’t know who the singers were and I had thought it was called Heaven fell last night! Which is one of the songs but not my favourite. I love this song brings back fond memories of my parents who are no longer around
I 74 years old and I love this 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 song and so beautiful was sing by the Brown. Today I still love ❤️
HEY SHIRLEY - IF YOU ARE 74, THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS CORRECT TITLE IS: "THE THREE BELLS"
Same here, always loved this song.
No stupid smoke and mirrors, fireworks, dancers, etc. Just great singers and a beautiful song.
I’m trying to imagine KISS covering this song. Pyrotechnics, thundering explosions, shouting (as opposed to singing), etc. So painfully bad, but still good for a laugh.
so sad that we can not find this type of music in 2024
U just found it DS
Our Mom taught us kids every song by The Browns. I can still see her in the kitchen with her radio on.
MY GOD, I used to cry when I was a little boy listening to this wonderful SAD song over RADO CEYLON in 1950's ..and now I am old weary and weak away from the island of Sri Lanka and I still cry listening to this great song. This will happen to me and to all of us. Please GOD Almighty when we die please allow us to be with all our loved ones once again PLEASE! IN PARADISE You promised my JESUS my loving GOD, please! GOOD DAYS ARE GONE///// Hope to see M. Jimmy Brown as well...I wanna cry more...
This song always reminded our mother of our father Jimmy whitsett. Little did we know that in his short life it would indeed fit his life. I listen to this with tears as both our mother and father have passed. He to met my mother in a small valley community and were married in a small country chruch. He became a preacher but at the age of 42 he was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer and died five days later. His funeral was held in a small town chruch not any bigger than a village and many turned out to say their goodbyes. Our Mother passed away a few years back, and it won't be long before I too will go to join them . This song did cause my eyes to fiil with tears but yet at the same time it was heartwarming to listen to it, because it takes me back when both were here and all was happy. We didn't have a lot, never wanted a lot, but our valley called eagle creek was indeed the happiest times of my two sisters and myself lifes , and all the love and kindness shown from the people of eagle creek valley we could always know and feel from the people who lived there the love and caring for each other as well you could feel the goodness in each and everyone of them. It was the best days of our life's and we were very blessed to have them and to look back now sometimes its sad because everything changes but we will always cherish and treasure those memories.
This country royality to me. I really miss these folks!
I loved this song when I first heard it over 60 years ago and I still love it today. What a marvelous song and what marvelous voices. The Browns were magnificent! All three of them are now deceased but their music lives on...
All three are gone now but will live on through their music. Rest in peace, Jim Ed, Bonnie and Maxine. Thanks for all the wonderful songs.
Oh no that’s so sad but what a beautiful song
This song was a big hit in 1959. Still a great song.
I was a high school senior that year(1959), I loved the song then, I am still around, & I still love it ♥️🙏🏼
I was nine years old. I loved it. Still do.
I was born in 97 this slaps
This song very clearly explains the reality of life in this world. Absolutely brilliant and lovely to listen to repeatedly with no saturation at any point of time.
Really? I thought it was about the longevity of masterly crafted chapel bells.
@@patman0250 Interesting, a Weisendummy.
How beautiful is this. No wonder it was a big hit when I was young. I had tears n my eyes at the last verse. I wonder if it’s a relative they’re singing of
@@patman0250 😳???
Like a fine wine, his voice got better with age. Compare this performance to one on here from 1965 of the same song and you will likely agree.
I remember when this song was first played on the radio. All we had was a radio, so it was on all the time. As a young child, I learned the lyrics quickly and was always singing along with it, but always cried at the end. I miss those songs that had stories of life, good and bad. Thank you for bringing back so many wonderful memories from the best years ever.
MET JIM ED AT A TRADE SHOW IN SOUTH TEXAS, (HE WAS THE ENTERTAINMENT) AND WE KNEW SOME OF THE SAME PEOPLE, WHICH MADE IT VERY ENJOYABLE. ONE OF THE MOST ABSOLUTE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN YOU WILL EVER FIND! R.I.P. SIR !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was my favorite song when I was 8 years old. I just played it after all of these years and found, IT'S STILL MY FAVORITE SONG! The harmony and these sweet unforgettable words are a blessing to all, forever. THANK YOU, THE BROWNS!
Jim Ed's voice has lost none of its richness over the years and unlike some other singers it has really stood the test of time.
shesay diamonds
I think Jim Ed's voice improved with the passage of time.
over the years he even improved as his voice matured. :-)
I noticed that as well.
A song with mean in and remembering for a lot of things for people NJ
Heard this song for the 1st time in 1959, when I was 11 years old. Beautiful song then, even more beautiful now. A real timeless classic by the Browns
I just played many decades of them singing this together..... Still the same joy!!!!
My Grandpa died in 1959, just as this song came out. I always think of Pa when I hear this beautiful song.
To have that incredible voice at his age, absolutely leaves me speechless!
A real STORY song. Just a sweet, heart felt, song from a simpler time.
My mom listened to the Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night. I remember hearing this song. Still love it.
This song came out the year I was born, I have love listening to it from the first time I heard it in the early 60's. I wish there was a heart instead of a like button.
This song was made in 1959.
A good year to be born in the same year as this song.
I can't listen too many times to this song. It's one of the best songs that has ben recorded
Amen to that.
I 100% AGREE!! ♥️♥️♥️
Just AWESOME! Thx so much for posting! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 👍🏻👍🏻 ♥️
Yes, it is super , but don't you believe (or think) there are thousands super compositions? I do believe that.. greetings (Belgium).
The very best in country music history
this was one of my mothers favorite songs when i was achild over 70 years ago.
He still sang like an angel . Rest in Peace Jim Ed Brown
I just heard this song for the first time. It brought tears to my eyes. God bless these talented people.
Time has not touched their voices at all. Still amazingly beautiful.
Beautifully sung, unforgettable, brings home to all just how fleeting our lives are. Truly will always a landmark in my life. Thank you The Browns
Fantastic remember this when I was about 5 my mother played it on the radio I am now 70 still sounds good.
2024 stll listen to these lovely songs 😍 fabulous
This song could rightly be called a folk song - a song of the people. I saw a video of them from the 1950's and now this one. Almost like seeing Jimmy Brown going through time as he lived his life. Beautiful.
Edith Piaf originally did this, in French. Look up that recording from long ago. Just as beautiful even if we do not speak French.
This is definitely folk music.
Thank you, Sopranos! For this beautiful song. Respect from Bodrum, Türkiye. ❤😊
I believe that was the song that hooked me for country music, as a child.,💯👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
this what music should be , not the crap they call country music today
Amen, Amen, and AMEN !!!
Thanks for making me bawl like a baby early evening, Saturday July 16, 2016. Just heard that his remaining sister died today at age 77. I was 11 years old when Little Jimmy Brown was a hit in Los Angeles. About the same time as great oldies but goodies were beginning to churn out, of every genre of music. I absolutely LOVE this song. Before The Beatles. Before the Rolling Stones. About the time the Four Seasons were singing Sherry Baby. My mommy died when I was not quite six years old in 1957. She was only 27; a Mississipian. I saw her beautiful body, spirit and soul in an open casket in Culver City, California. Somehow, when Little Jimmy Brown played on the radio in LA on the Top 40, I fell in love with this song. It comforted me so much. I went on to become a rock and roller; singing solo on the same stage at Pacoima Jr High as Ritchie Valens had, six years before, recording live versions of La Bamba and Donna. At age 12. Had the same Home Room number 21 aa Ritchie, and same Home Room Teacher, Mr. Webb. (a kind black teacher, by color). The Valens family lived four blocks from me on Artesia Ave. I picked up my first guitar at age 15; really learned how to play at age 20. And have been playing guitar now for 45 years. But The Browns was my first spiritual, musical awakening. Then came George Harrison, musically speaking. God Bless the entire Brown Family, and friends. R.I.P., dear Sister Brown. Much love, and many, many things. You have a great new family, happily waiting for you in Heaven. DR
Don, Maxine is still with us, the only living Bell now :( so sad, they are a gift to us all.
Thank you Sheryl Smiles that Maxine is still with us. I never knew their individual names. What a gift, indeed. Much love to you and the Bells.
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don riley Awesome story☺
don riley .. Four Seasons sang Sherry Baby around 1963 or 4...not 1957.. you may have seen Elvis doing Don't Be Cruel on Ed Sullivan in 57
I love this song. Jim Brown voice has never changed. Beautiful voice.
Have loved the Browns since I was 10. Now I am 80 still loving this.
I'm glad this song gets stuck in my head from time to time. Rest in peace Jimmy Brown.
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When I was a teen I was a Nanny for 3 little boys. One was named Jimmy Brown. Everytime I hear this song I think of him. Love the song. Loved little Jimmy.
So sweet ♥️
This man has the most beautiful voice and he made my night at Grand Ole Opry tonight. His voice is about the same as it was back then. I am 52 and remember this song so very well. Thank you for the performance.
I was baptized in the Methodist Church and had my wedding bells inside the church in Las Vegas when I die the little congregation will sing the last hymn before they bury me... Amen
3 Bells are now ringing for The Browns RIP
One of the best country vocal groups ever! Back when country was country . Now its just POP with a cheap cowboy hat! RIP Jim ED!
I heard country music for the first time when I was around ten years old in NYC. ,I was born and need in NYC.soon as I heard it stuck to me like bees to honey in 80 years old never left me.💘
It’s a French song written in 1939 there ´s nothing country about it except the French countryside. It’s actually much better by EDITH PIAF and se Compagnons of ze chanson
James D. Wheeler Don Williams was always my favorite!
But most of The Browns music was popcountry?
@@jean-marieboucherit4716 - well I took you up on your comment and heard Ms. Piaf's version. Still beautiful but the rendering had the tone of a mob storming the Bastille. The Browns owe a debt to Ms. Piaf but the beauty of the Browns version is almost divine.
My beloved mom wanted it played at my dad's memorial. He was Jimmie Albert.
Heard this as a child. I'm 81, funnily enough I find I remember every word. Not one if my usual talents!
If you don't soften when you listen to this, NO PULSE!
R.I.P., Jim Ed Brown. June 11 is turning out to be a very sad day.
Yes it is two of my favorite entertainers Jim Ed and DeForest Kelley "Dr.McCoy" both passed away on this day. R.I.P Jim Ed and De. They both made the world a little brighter!
@@cherylatkinson7479 Very Sad.. I think all the Browns are gone..Is that true.. Love that song..
@JohnTooth Yes they are, Bonnie died in 2016 & Maxine in January. DeForest Kelley in 1999
But he is reunited with his sisters!
Sad day for us, but a happy and blessed one for them!
My mother in law sang with her brother and sister (the Singing Beavers) on The Big D Jamboree in Dallas. They met the Browns and became good friends with them. Even though there were years where they didn't see each other Judy remained good friends with them. Sadly all 6 of them are gone now. I never got to hear Judy and her siblings sing together but I have loved the Browns ever since I heard this song for the first time as a youngster.
The ages take their total, but their voices remain as beautiful as ever.
Beautiful song, it’s hard to find this kind of wholesomeness in todays popular culture.
What a Voice and the ladies who harmonize with JIM Ed///God bless you all!
Still brings a tear to your eyes. What a marvelous trio. Memories flooded back.
I too get tears.
The thing l hate most is time. When we are young we think there is no end of youth. But time is like a tiger stalking pray. We , all of us are the pray of time. Unrelenting, unfeeling, uncaring time, marching us all to the end.
I love this song and these beautiful, talented people. I am so sorry that they are all gone. Rest in peace golden voice , song birds, we miss you.
You are so right, Linda Fox!
I heard this song when I was younger and now nearly 80 am still loving it.
when my Dad was little he thought this song was about him, his name is Jim Brown , yesterday we said good night for the last time love you loads Dad R.I.P xxxx
+Tracey Brown so sorry for your loss, you will see him in heaven, my mom loved the bells she passed 6 weeks ago God Bless
+Roxana Hodgin Sorry for your loss , our Dad passed away on the march 1st, but he was layed to rest 23rd march
So sorry for all of you and your losses! I was introduced to this wonder tune back in the 70’s by my great Uncle Don. May he Rest In Peace. Could never get this song out of my head, such an amazing voice!
So much depth to a seemingly simple song
Hey how are you doing today?
When I was young this song was very popular. This was my dad's favorite song and often you would see tears in hi eyes when we heard it. Love it.
Hello how are you doing today?
I had the honor of seeing Jim Brown at the Grand ole Opery about 2001. He was fantastic. What a voice.
My uncle had this record and he played it for every time I was at his house, I was 6. I am now 70 and have never forgot the song.
That’s Awesome 👍🏼
About 10 years ago my folks were fortunate to see Jim Ed Brown and his sisters perform. My parents ran into Jim as everyone was leaving. Mom and Jim began talking and found out that they were from the same area of their youth. Mr. Brown was so kind to my folks and invited them to have supper in a small diner with he and his sisters. My folks and the Browns ended up talking most of the night away. My mom passed away on Aug 11, 2016. She frequently spoke of that evening and this song was played for her funeral. I find myself smiling at the thought of them talking each other’s ears off now.
Rhonda Fredricks. ..What a really beautiful story. ..Thank you for sharing
That’s a wonderful story, thank you so much for sharing it with us. We tend to forget that so many of the country music artists are “ just plain folks, at heart ♥️ “. Thankfully so.😊
It is great for that highlight in your mom’s life. ♥️
I am 64 and grew up with this music...for all the memories and tears bless you all!!
Perry in Toronto
I’m 73 and when I was little my older sisters used to sit out on the attic balcony and sing this song, I have always loved it is a tearjerker, but I still love it
I just heard of Jim Ed's passing. He was an incredible singer, the "epitome" of a classy southern Gentleman. I never had the honor of meeting Jim Ed but I'll really miss him. My sincere condolences to Maxine, Bonnie & everyone that was close to him. Rest in peace 'Sir'. We love you and we'll miss you. Will not forget you.
I used to hear this when I was a litle kid. I always loved it. Now at seventy three , I still love to hear it. But it makes me tear up.
A soul wings it's way to Heaven, Good Ol' Jimmy Brown has passed away
:(
I grew up around the Browns in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and our paths crossed many time during the years. I remember them appearing on a local TV show called the Hay Ride, they were always good to hear. Miss those times
From my earliest recollections as a young child, I have loved this song and own the CD. The Old Lamplighter is another beautiful song they did. When you have the time, listen to it; you won't be disappointed. They had a sound that has never been, nor will ever be imitated by anyone ever.
His voice had not missed a beat. He sang just like it was his first time.
I am sad this day when both the Rock & Roll & Country Music Hall of Fame have lost one of the true legends. I am sad today, because I have lost one of the truly awesome voices of all time. Rest In Peace Jim Ed Brown.
I am addicted to this performance.
Boy what harmony they had back then and still appear to have now. My Friends this is talent?
In their time was the last golden grate era of music that will ever exist. This is when music was at it's purest form. Simple meaningful lyrics and song that moved the soul in way's you can't put into words. This is absolute greatness right here, the masters of thair craft.
Wow, everytime I hear this song it always takes me back to my childhood days... This song is Timeless...
Is this really a song or is it one of world wonders? I ve heard this a million times and still I want to hear this one more time❤Love from India🇮🇳Jim Ed Brown is truly a masterpiece🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
They don't make songs like that anymore,that was one of the greatest.thanks for posting it.
I first heard this song as a little boy. Loved it then and love it now. Thanks.
He still had a great voice after all those years!
Aug 29, 2020 ~ There was a small group of us that used to hang out at swimming hole pond called Lake View, Foxboro, "Ma. My class of 1962 was under a 100.
I visited it Lake View back in 1991. It was no longer a popular swimming hole. It was just another Mud bottom Mill Pond of yesteryear.
This song 3 Bells helps me see the ghosts of my teenage past. Thanks Ms GlenBill1 for the memories
I cry every time. My father was Jimmy Black.
Hey how are you doing today?
Thanks MsGB1 & youtube for saving this classic. Great to see it live. Beautiful, but haunting harmonies still give me chills. Surely one of the top ten Country Hits of all time. Long Live Jim Ed & Siss's.
Who's gonna fill his shoes? Amazing Jim Ed Brown. RIP, and thank you for the beautiful music.
What great lovely voice he had 👍🇬🇧
I am going on 64 in 2 months and grew up in Brooklyn in New York City. Back then in the 50s and 60s, New York City had no country music station as it wasn't a popular music genre for most New Yorkers. It was considered Southern or hillbilly music. We had 4 pop stations in New York. They played all the top popular songs of almost all genres and sometimes a country song that was so popular was played on these stations. The Browns had 3 songs that made it on the NYC stations, The 3 Bells, The Old Lamplighter and Scarlet Ribbons. I was a young New Yorker who happened to like folk and country music whenever I heard it. I believe I still have the original 45 of Scarlet Ribbons. Of those 4 stations, WMCA, WMGM and WABC are gone now and WINS became all news radio in 1964 and remains so today. WMGM became WHN and switched to talk radio and then country radio in the 70s. It morphed into religious broadcasting for a time and by then, most folks switched over from AM stations to FM stations with stereo. I'm not sure if NYC still has a country music station now as I moved to Florida at the end of 2013. I do know that I was fond of the Browns music and am sad at Jim Ed's passing. RIP Jimmy.
This is great.even after all the years they never lost the the charm and feel for this song,the voice never really changes if you can sing thats a God given gift that never leaves you,one of my favorite songs of all time..i love the browns..
I remember this song playing on my parents' 78 RPM record when I was 4 years old. Sixty-five years later, they still sound the same and I still love them as much.
Hello how are you doing today?😊
What is it about this song that makes me tear up every time. It take me somewhere in the past. I can never skip over this one. I think I insert myself into the story. I need more music like this.
Exactly, that’s what I was thinking as well.😊
absolutely fantastic, they sound as good now as they did many years ago, and brings a tear to my eye
Beautiful song! I have always have loved it. Their harmony is unbeatable!
I am remembering this song from my childhood. When we visited a great uncle’s house I used to play this record over and over. I memorized the words and loved the story. Beautiful song!
Have always loved this song.. BEAUTIFUL ❤️
Wonderful Clear Song of Life, Blessed by God
I love this song even now all these years
Them some pretty powerful bom,bom,boms have held up a lot of years.
I just turned 69 and have been alone for 35 years now; but this tune turned on the water works. Must be getting old. lol TKS
they've all aged so well. and still sing it great.