@@saigonlawman68 I have something a little more meaningful to say than "Thank you for your service." I came of age between wars, and after the draft was ended. I never had to go to war, and for that I'm grateful. I've read a lot about the war in Vietnam, and seen two of the longer documentaries, and I'm especially grateful I didn't "see action" in *that* war. I was 11 in the summer of 1969.
This Group was so underrated...With voices and talent like this they should have been as Big as the Mamas and the Papas or Spanky and Our Gang.. They were just Magic on this Song.. I could listen to it over and over and over again...
I know exactly how you feel. Where have all the good times gone? Old songs, old girlfriends, old cars. I’m feeling pretty wistful right now. If we all could just have one more summer. One more thrill ride.
In 1969 I was in the Army and sometimes we would get a three day pass mostly for giving blood and I would fly home from Fort Bliss to the bay area in California to see my sweetheart , she would always ask in a funny way like the song "will you be staying after Sunday or go to the Army on Monday". This is a great song that will always last. PS..married to my sweetheart 50 years this June 4th.
Lon Reed, That is truly great that you two are still together after all this time, true love does last forever! And thank you for your service to our country!!!
My Close friend of 24 years- Al Kasha wrote this hit. Although he had 2 Oscars on his piano already, I told him, "Al, This Is the song that deserves an Oscar. It is Great!" He was such a humble man of God. He just smiled and said- Oh Thank You... He was NOT aware how great this song was. I'll not say more out of respect for HIM. You know it Ceil....
@@mrpurge9738 It checks on AllMusic, though there are a lot of other people also given a composer credit for that song. In those days it was often very tangled trying to figure out who did what.
I’m shocked that I didn’t hear this song in my youth! I was 17 years old and loved the music of the 60’s and 70’s. Real musicians, no auto tune, full orchestral arrangements! Nothing these days can touch this music!
So many memories! KIST radio in Santa Barbara and 9th grade. My first dance, my first kiss and my first horse. So magical. The other song that gripped my 9th grade class was "Leaving on a Jet Plane." This video playing floods me with memories of a time long gone on the Central Coast of California. Now 68, I still have my health, my marbles, a horse, and memories of exactly where everybody sat in our ninth grade class. So glad this song is not lost to history.
Hey Valery668......I'm your age....70 in Dec. '24 coming up. You wrote a great post. I'm plagued with so many memories of those days long gone, as you say. jbeinarizona
For delicious band names, don't forget the *Strawberry* Alarm Clock ("Incense and Peppermints") and the *Vanilla* Fudge ("Take Me For A Little While").
I was 11 too but I listened to the radio at least an hour every day religiously and remember this song well. And yes, being a kid in the 60's was a good time.
I would definitely imagine that. However, it does not matter what decade you were born in. Each decade will have a good and bad sound, but as long as you focus on your own personal taste in music, nothing can go wrong. Sunshine pop is my number one subgenre of pop, and I am currently trying to form a band of musicians who wish to revive this groovy sound. Will you reply if you choose?
Another Child of 60's. Got a radio in '62 (age 7) and spent a lot of time building model cars & listening to radio. Lived just outside of Philly and we had great radio stations. Motown, Beach Boy stuff, early rock, protest stuff, all good memories.
I turned 11 in 1969 also. I remember this song but I did not start listening to music regularly for at least another year or more. It is a great song. Great music. Great vocals.
i grad in 1967 and grew up with the music ever played, this song came out in '69' one of my all time favorites and the lead singer too!!, BONNIE!!!!!!!!
Beautiful song brings back memories of the day I was growing up when the world was at more ease and music had true meaning 👍👍Heard it for the first time on WFUN 680AM station Miami Beach Fla 1969 I was 13 yrs old I play this song every day and close my eyes and travel back to when life was simple beautiful and music had meaning 👍👍👍
I would so like to pass on my love for this song to them. It helped prepare me for a long career in Radio. I'm still in it. This song is in my Top 10 All Time Favorites. 12 year old me loves it so.
@joecomer8275 : Read the long comment I just posted to see what other songs held it back. This is a fantastic song, but there was a lot of other really good stuff out at the same time. We can only be thankful that in 2023, thanks to the Internet, the complete history of all the world's music is available to us.
@@tonescape1Yes, the #1 songs of 1969 tended to hold the top spot for multiple weeks. Also, there was plenty of good pop music in those days. Even the one-hit wonders were making good music.
Our generations put thought and emotion into music. That is why when I need an escape to those magical times when music really moved you I go back to the 60's and 70's!
I was twelve when this song was released. Listened to it on AM radio - WABC in NY. I liked it then but love it now because it comes with wonderful memories of all things possible.
I hear you Jim...I was 10 in 1965...I remember going into my sisters room (she was 4 years older than me) and I would listen to all those great 1960's hits, oh the Beatles, The Critters, Rascals....I could go on and on. Today's crap is autotuned or Rap Crap! Music is all but dead save just a few groups left to listen too and feel good in your soul.
@@bbmcrae I was thinking this too. The music was amazing - but what a decade: assassinations, riots, Vietnam, Nixon, drug deaths ... a real walk in the park.
@warren3427 Sad but true. I *would* say that the pace was a little slower and, of course, in the absence of technology, that the "human" factor had an adequate presence in our lives.
Music was so easy to listen to back then. Todays music sounds like it’s been dragged through the gutter and just brings me down. Glad I grew up when music like this was everywhere and made you feel glad to be alive.
I fell in love with this group the first time I heard them. The vocals were impeccable and the harmony was perfect. They could have been the east coast Mama's and the Papa's with a push.
Lead singer Bonnie Lamdin (Phipps) became president of St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta. She's in the Georgia State University Business School Hall of Fame. A life of achievement.
Most definitely, the music of the 1960’s & 1970’s was,is and always will be far & much better than the junk & garbage that is played on the vast majority y of the radio stations nationwide.
well dont forget our parents thought this music was "CRAP" and i like the new music. we had our time..let the kids have thier time.. dont shit on what is the "good old days"for them.
I just got the LP, and I am in love with Bonnie Lamdin's voice. It's a damn shame that there are no actual live tapings of this group. Thank you P. Rainbow for your joyous sound.
This is from a time a song could be number 1 without any vulgar words and you can even under stand what the artist is singing, .... Oh, How I miss those days....
I feel sorry for the kids of today-They'll NEVER know the simple joys of listening to jewels like this & 1000 more one hit 1ders that we grew up to...Overwrought, overbassed, over autotuned, vulgar lyrics-Damn glad I'm 62 & have my memories of THIS group & era !
Gotta say that I really love to hear this song. Nice harmonies, great melody, lyrics that actually mean something. Whenever I visit this site, I always play the song at least twice. I had forgotten about it and then heard it on a Delta Airlines flight years later. I've got several copies in my collection now!!!
They had such beautiful and mellow voices brings back memories of the 60s when life was so much better 👍Heard this song first time in radio AM station WQAM 580 Miami and WFUN 740 Fla I remember I was on Pier 1 Miami Beach spring 1969 I was only 12yrs old and still remember it like yesterday 👍🇵🇷
A great year for music, yes, and better yet the Top 40 included a little bit of everything: Pop, Rock n Roll (including a little "acid" rock), vocal music (e.g., Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Bobby Vinton), a little bit of Country (Roy Clark, Glen Campbell), Motown, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, instrumental music (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet), bubble-gum, gospel, and there was even a reggae song in the Top 40 that year ("Israelites" by Desmond Dekker). A complete musical education without turning the dial.
Wow, heard it today on a "true oldies station" . That was 1969? Because I was eight years old at that time and I distinctly remembered that song. Probably had not listened to it since 1969. Soft bubble gummish harmony, a bit fluffy too but a good song. Also the clothes and hair at the time were awful. I guess 1969 was a good year for music and being alive. That is, not so much if you were a male of draft age, possibly being sent to Nam to get your head blown off.
I think it would take too much planning & coordination. And probably TOO MUCH TALENT Steven. Many songs today feel slopped together, without any instruments, backboned by autotune, with "cleaned" vocals. Awesome.
Songs today are manufactured to have a certain commercial sound. There is no art in them at all. They are cranked out quickly to provide material for live shows, which account for about 80% of the revenues in the music business today. That is why a number of concert tickets cost thousands of dollars apiece.@@Mister8224
It is very strange that I don't remember this hit song-- sure , there were an awful lot of HITS in 1969 but come on (!?!), this is truly an outstandingly catchy tune by any measure, with unreal vocals and ultra full sound package !?! Someone must have dropped the ball when it came to promoting both this song and the band !?! MAN, THE HARMONY JUST FLIES !!! 😮😊❤😮😊❤😮😊❤
The 60s, early 70s... Those were the days. Sometimes one of those songs will pop into my head in my daily routines and I'll start singing them. But I forgot all about this song.
That song came out when I was a kid and I never forgot it and I was able to reacquire it with TH-cam as many times as I want it a great song and it reflected the life at that time it was quite significantly different than what you kids have today
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! I was having a sad day, Then l saw the peppermint rainbow video singing "Will you be staying after sunday". And .....happiness!!!!!!!!!! I was about ten when l bought this record. It got broken.... and l could never find it. So thanks to TH-cam , The Daydreamer 64 and Stopify....got got it...l played this song 10 times today.
What is really cool is that people actually dressed like this in the 60's and music was Awesome. You can't beat the 60's or 70's. Thank God I didn't miss those times. Woodstock, how great was that.
Yes, and I agree with you. However, it does not matter what decade you were born in. Nonetheless, ssunshine pop is my number one subgenre of pop. Currently trying to form a band of musicians who wish to revive the sunny sound; call us "Sunny Fun Playhouse".
Those empire waistlines came in about 1964. My mom, my aunt, and the neighbor lady wore them to a communion party they hosted because they were now 45 and getting a gut. And they liked that the empire waistline hid their belly. By 1969 those were quite out if I recall,.
I had completely, totally forgot about this song until I pulled up one hit wonders from the 60s. Hadn't heard it in, what 50 years? It was a feel good song then and it still is now. I LOVE TH-cam sometimes, especially when old farts of my generation post all the good old stuff. Thanks and bunch!
Beautifully crafted composition, words, meaning, phrasing and costuming all exceptional. Somebody was observing Mama's and Papa's leads and backgrounds and went to town on this one.
I heard this song on the 60s channel on satellite radio this morning on the way to work and it had been, literally, decades since I'd heard it! What an absolute blast from the past! The nostalgic feeling brought a tear to my eye. I've been humming it all morning at work. I really miss great music like that.
I don't know if I've said this before, but this is one of my Fav songs of all-time, and it's message is clear, and I play it every time I "fire-up" my 'Puter".
1965, the Beach sound, Motown, and the British invasion coming together followed shortly by the protest and peace movement songs, from "San Francisco" to "Lay Down Candles in the Rain" to Simon and Garfunkel, to the Glen Campbell Jimmy Webb songs to the incredible Joni Mitchell., what an amazing creative environment and what a joy to hear what was next on the radio charts. I agree with you 100%.
@mwngw and Kevin Osborne - That's true and good, but, it did have one flaw...there was 'so much' great music and 'so much' talent and competition that even the songs that charted low were great. There was so much of it and not enough radio stations to continually give it all airplay; no MTV; no VH-1; etc. For instance, this song in the US and Canada charted #21 and #7, respectively. This is great given the competition. With more radio stations, who knows. I have this album (vinyl), and, that's the only time I ever heard it until TH-cam came along!? If the garbage of today can get passed-off as hits because of all the media, imagine how well great songs like this would have done given the same publicity!? It's a bummer, but, I grew up in a time where every song on an album was good or great...not just the one or 2 hits that the radio played all day.
I heard this on the radio yesterday, and forgot that it WASN"T Spanky. The DeeJay gave some background about Peppermint Rainbow, and I made a point of checking them out. Nice to hear an upbeat song once again!
James F. Harrington Credit the heavy drums by none other than group promoter Paul Leka who introduced not only The Peppermint Rainbow, but The Lemon Pipers and Steam
haven't heard this song in bout 40 years ..... seem to enjoy listening to this one over and over ...... thanks youtube for making life more enjoyable! (in 4 years this song will have it's 50th. anniversary .... good Lord!)
A sound that has wonderful atmosphere.And one with a very glorious beautiful one at that.I love how Peppermint Rainbow Vocal Harmonizes this song. - All for one and one for all seems to say how the brilliant ways they created,perfromed and engeniously presented this fabulous 1960s most beloved music work. - Teamwork An amazing,warm,friendly true Love song music production;Demonstrating why we love having great persons as our friends,Via ideals and strong emotional feeling reach both magnificent towering mammoth height,and with lovingly roots reaching truely so immeasureable deep and very far❤.
Is there just not a bad song from the 1960's? I litterally just discoverd this song and band a few minutes ago and im glad I did. Im 19 and listen to all the music from before I was born. I especially love the "Sunshine Pop" music sound of the mid to late 60's. Being 19, there's no way that I could have been around in the 1960's, however I feel nostalgia for a time that I didn't get to experience.
Other "sunshine pop" from that year: "Love Can Make You Happy" by Mercy "Morning Girl" by the Neon Philharmonic "In Those Bad, Bad Old Days" by the Foundations "California Soul" by the Fifth Dimension "Hair" by the Cowsills "My Pledge of Love" by the Joe Jeffrey Group "Things I'd To Say" by the New Colony Six "Every Day With You, Girl" by the Classics Four
That's awesome!! I was a child in the 60s wonderful time. I sometimes feel the way you do about the 40s and 50s, I get nostalgic about those days and wish I was alive at that time.
There was lots of horrible music in the '60's. But you never heard much of it because every radio station had a music director, and every music director had an office equipped with a turntable and a large trash can. I'd occasionally poke through the discarded records and try to find anything I thought was good. There was nothing.
@@markkinsler4333 I hope life gets better for you , you sound sooo depressed. Hang in there, life will get better, just try to stay positive if you can, every cloud can have a silver lining, or every cloud can mean a flood is coming. Its totally up to you..👍
Yet the idea is almost the same as in Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ? "The next two days you hold me tight But when it's done, you always run, and I'm alone. Will you be staying after Sunday or go home on Monday"
Their second single, "Will You Be Staying After Sunday",[3] reached No. 4 on KHJ on 2 April 1969[4] and No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on 3 May 1969, selling over one million copies and receiving a gold disc.
@Mathew - are you talking about 93 KHJ in L.A.? That was THE station to listen to. I used to send in for the Top 93 songs of the year. I was 14 when this song came out. What great memories.
This song is older than me! However, I love music through the 1960s/1970s. The music is just timeless! So "beautifully" expressed by all those that made music back then.
These guys played at the opening of a local dance and music club (The Hullabaloo Club which I suppose was a franchise from the television show). I shot the breeze with the bass player as I played bass at the time. He was playing a Gibson EB0 at the time which he liked although he is seen with (an unplugged ) Fender Telecaster Bass in this video. As you can see here, they more of a pop group than a rock group. They seemed easy going and just trying to get a break like hundreds of other bands in the late sixties.
I love it too,,, I come here all the time and play it,, just a fantastic song with great vocals and everything you mentioned,, one of my all time favorite songs!!!
Great harmonies! A current group, "It's My Party" does a wonderful rendition of the original. I applaud them for sticking to the original recording - especially with their back-up band.
Heard this in Vietnam when 20 years old. Truly wonderful song. Through the fog of war it was a lifeline back to the States.
Thank you for your service!
Thank you for your service!!
Welcome home brother...
Many thanks to all✌️
@@saigonlawman68 I have something a little more meaningful to say than "Thank you for your service." I came of age between wars, and after the draft was ended. I never had to go to war, and for that I'm grateful. I've read a lot about the war in Vietnam, and seen two of the longer documentaries, and I'm especially grateful I didn't "see action" in *that* war.
I was 11 in the summer of 1969.
Nothing like the 60’s for great music! Thank God I grew up in the 60’s!
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Song released 1969
I grew up in the 1960s too. Great time!
We lived in the best decade…totally agree!!!
Ditto 👍👍
This Group was so underrated...With voices and talent like this they should have been as Big as the Mamas and the Papas or Spanky and Our Gang.. They were just Magic on this Song.. I could listen to it over and over and over again...
Exactly. For years (over 50) thought this was Spanky and Our Gang.
They do resemble Spanky...
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@@samuelgates5935 You're not the only one.
I miss those good ole days...I almost wanna cry...!!
I miss the good ole days too!😀
Brings back a more innocent time ❤
I know exactly how you feel. Where have all the good times gone? Old songs, old girlfriends, old cars. I’m feeling pretty wistful right now. If we all could just have one more summer. One more thrill ride.
Reminds me of "Sunday Will Never Be The Same." Such timeless tunes....
Me too. Also loved that song 🎵!!😊
yes
Copied --- sort of !!!
It was called sunshine rock,it developed into the soft rock of Bread and the Carpenters.
Also kind of like Monday Monday by Mamas and Papas 😅
I was 16 when I heard this song. Loved it to the max. I am 70 now still love it.
me too really loved the drummer
In 1969 I was in the Army and sometimes we would get a three day pass mostly for giving blood and I would fly home from Fort Bliss to the bay area in California to see my sweetheart , she would always ask in a funny way like the song "will you be staying after Sunday or go to the Army on Monday". This is a great song that will always last. PS..married to my sweetheart 50 years this June 4th.
Cool AM radio rules growing up in the 70s
Lon Reed, That is truly great that you two are still together after all this time, true love does last forever! And thank you for your service to our country!!!
Well, it looks like you stayed after ALL of those Sundays after all. Congrats on your first 50 years together your Sweetheart and you. ;-)
Lon Reed USN.... San Francisco... CVN 65.... 19 and all alone! Lansing , Michigan!
Great story, thanks for sharing.
Every time I hear this song, I have it in my head for weeks at a time!! Love this sweet song ♡
Ya I agree 😊
You are not the only one. This song, and their harmony, make for quite an ear worm.
@wmden1: Yes! That title line is one hell of a hook! I was a little kid when it came out, and recognized it immediately after 55 years!
i thought it was just me!
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You're not alone
I just adore American Sunshine pop. Nothing like it..
agreed! sunshine pop and bubblegum pop
My Close friend of 24 years- Al Kasha wrote this hit. Although he had 2 Oscars on his piano already, I told him, "Al, This Is the song that deserves an Oscar. It is Great!" He was such a humble man of God. He just smiled and said- Oh Thank You... He was NOT aware how great this song was. I'll not say more out of respect for HIM. You know it Ceil....
Wow .. thats very nice and you are fortunate ...Its a great 70s sound ..I love it
I don't believe that for a second my uncle skip was the bass player for this band. I've never heard that name before in my life.
@@mrpurge9738 It checks on AllMusic, though there are a lot of other people also given a composer credit for that song. In those days it was often very tangled trying to figure out who did what.
I wish he knew how much this song means to me.
great tune if he is still alive please tell him thank you
THE PEPPERMINT RAINBOW WAS A GOOD BAND AND THEY DESERVED MORE RECOGNITION! 😄😀😃😁😂🤣🥰😍💋❣
they did good and were played all over the country not so bad really
I never tire of hearing this song.
I’m shocked that I didn’t hear this song in my youth! I was 17 years old and loved the music of the 60’s and 70’s. Real musicians, no auto tune, full orchestral arrangements! Nothing these days can touch this music!
It didn't get enough play by the big time disc Jacquees a lot of those guys were paid off
Just their great voices, their instruments, and a microphone.
So many memories! KIST radio in Santa Barbara and 9th grade. My first dance, my first kiss and my first horse. So magical. The other song that gripped my 9th grade class was "Leaving on a Jet Plane." This video playing floods me with memories of a time long gone on the Central Coast of California. Now 68, I still have my health, my marbles, a horse, and memories of exactly where everybody sat in our ninth grade class. So glad this song is not lost to history.
Cool nice great old days
Hey Valery668......I'm your age....70 in Dec. '24 coming up. You wrote a great post. I'm plagued with so many memories of those days long gone, as you say. jbeinarizona
I enjoyed reading this Valery!
The optimism, enthusiasm in the songs from the 1960s. Never going to see that again 😪
Always loved this song, so beautiful, so sad. Always loved the name Peppermint Rainbow.
For delicious band names, don't forget the *Strawberry* Alarm Clock ("Incense and Peppermints") and the *Vanilla* Fudge ("Take Me For A Little While").
I was 11 too but I listened to the radio at least an hour every day religiously and remember this song well. And yes, being a kid in the 60's was a good time.
I would definitely imagine that. However, it does not matter what decade you were born in. Each decade will have a good and bad sound, but as long as you focus on your own personal taste in music, nothing can go wrong. Sunshine pop is my number one subgenre of pop, and I am currently trying to form a band of musicians who wish to revive this groovy sound. Will you reply if you choose?
Another Child of 60's. Got a radio in '62 (age 7) and spent a lot of time building model cars & listening to radio. Lived just outside of Philly and we had great radio stations. Motown, Beach Boy stuff, early rock, protest stuff, all good memories.
I turned 11 in 1969 also. I remember this song but I did not start listening to music regularly for at least another year or more.
It is a great song. Great music. Great vocals.
@@mikefeil3568 WFIL was big then.
unless one had a draft card
i grad in 1967 and grew up with the music ever played, this song came out in '69' one of my all time favorites and the lead singer too!!, BONNIE!!!!!!!!
I also graduated in 1967 -- the best of years! The sixties music were the greatest!🥰 Is your last name Mann?
1967, another awesome year!!!
Friggin' awesome song.. I have always loved this group...
Beautiful song brings back memories of the day I was growing up when the world was at more ease and music had true meaning 👍👍Heard it for the first time on WFUN 680AM station Miami Beach Fla 1969 I was 13 yrs old I play this song every day and close my eyes and travel back to when life was simple beautiful and music had meaning 👍👍👍
Those are sweet sentiments!❤
The two women are Bonnie and Patty Lamdin. I had the great good fortune to have Bonnie sing Happy Birthday to me on my 56th birthday.
wow that's so cool...lucky you...what a great song and they look great!!!!
Thank you for share. Lucky you!
I would so like to pass on my love for this song to them. It helped prepare me for a long career in Radio. I'm still in it. This song is in my Top 10 All Time Favorites. 12 year old me loves it so.
Bob Brown i know the Guitarist Doug Lewis, he works on my Guitars at his home in MD, great guy..
How great!!! What a treat!
The two ladies harmonize beautifully.!!!!!
Bonnie and Patty Lamdin. 👍
Hard to believe that this catchy, beautifully produced and arranged record only hit no. 32 on Billboard's Hot 100. Just a lovely song!!
@joecomer8275 : Read the long comment I just posted to see what other songs held it back. This is a fantastic song, but there was a lot of other really good stuff out at the same time. We can only be thankful that in 2023, thanks to the Internet, the complete history of all the world's music is available to us.
@@tonescape1Yes, the #1 songs of 1969 tended to hold the top spot for multiple weeks. Also, there was plenty of good pop music in those days. Even the one-hit wonders were making good music.
Our generations put thought and emotion into music. That is why when I need an escape to those magical times when music really moved you I go back to the 60's and 70's!
I was twelve when this song was released. Listened to it on AM radio - WABC in NY. I liked it then but love it now because it comes with wonderful memories of all things possible.
Music 🎶 radio 77 WABC 🎶👍‼️
I listened to it on 1050 CHUM in Toronto. Wonderful song....terrific memories.
I was eleven (almost twelve) ... WBBF 950 AM, Rochester, NY
harry harrison ron lundy i remember them well
@@kennedyntommy COUSIN BRUUUUUUCCCCCIIIIIIEEEEE!!!
Love the sixties. best decade for music
Worst decade, apparently, for clothing!
This takes me back to a time when things were so much better. I would give anything to be back to this time. Life was so much simpler and innocent...
I hear you Jim...I was 10 in 1965...I remember going into my sisters room (she was 4 years older than me) and I would listen to all those great 1960's hits, oh the Beatles, The Critters, Rascals....I could go on and on. Today's crap is autotuned or Rap Crap! Music is all but dead save just a few groups left to listen too and feel good in your soul.
Um. What 1960s did you grow in?
@@bbmcrae I was thinking this too. The music was amazing - but what a decade: assassinations, riots, Vietnam, Nixon, drug deaths ... a real walk in the park.
@warren3427 Sad but true. I *would* say that the pace was a little slower and, of course, in the absence of technology, that the "human" factor had an adequate presence in our lives.
I've heard to talk there is someone building a time machine. When I discovered I'll send a mensage for you!
I can never get tired of watching this
Listening to this golden lost and found hit you'd swear it was the Mamas and the Papas! Great song!
Music was so easy to listen to back then.
Todays music sounds like it’s been dragged through the gutter and just brings me down. Glad I grew up when music like this was everywhere and made you feel glad to be alive.
I was 14 years old in 1969, in high school. I love this song, beautiful voices💕
Me too
Me three!
Me 4😊😊😊😊😊😊
I fell in love with this group the first time I heard them. The vocals were impeccable and the harmony was perfect. They could have been the east coast Mama's and the Papa's with a push.
they were actually "discovered" by Mama Cass when she saw them perform in a club in Baltimore.
Bonnie Lamdin actually sounds a _lot_ like Mama Cass ... which is definitely a positive compliment to her!
Great Song...The 60's and 70's was a great time to grow up...I miss those days a lot.
Lead singer Bonnie Lamdin (Phipps) became president of St. Joseph Hospital in Atlanta. She's in the Georgia State University Business School Hall of Fame. A life of achievement.
It’s the guy’s outfits that do it for me. Priceless.
Got to one of the best "Sunshine" songs of late 60's! Mama Cass Elliot found them playing in a DC bar for change. Thanks for posting!!
I love their harmonies and their outfits. 😊
This music is way better than today's music in my opinion
This music better by a mile
Most definitely, the music of the 1960’s & 1970’s was,is and always will be far & much better than the junk & garbage that is played on the vast majority y of the radio stations nationwide.
I ,say ,, bee good happy and , Ki wee, xx, bee
I heard that friend
well dont forget our parents thought this music was "CRAP" and i like the new music. we had our time..let the kids have thier time.. dont shit on what is the "good old days"for them.
great song that rarely gets played on the radio today.
Because it's not corporate auto tuned crap.
I just got the LP, and I am in love with Bonnie Lamdin's voice. It's a damn shame that there are no actual live tapings of this group. Thank you P. Rainbow for your joyous sound.
i actually saw a live version on youtube it didnt sound as good but it was live
Can you provide us the link? It's so hard to find any 60s pop groups that aren't lip-synced.
This is from a time a song could be number 1 without any vulgar words and you can even under stand what the artist is singing, .... Oh, How I miss those days....
A forgotten gem. Marvelous harmony,!
Gotta love those 1960’s invisible microphones and cordless instruments. 🤣 Great Song! 👍
One of my earliest music memories, I was 4 or 5 and we would play records in the playroom at my cousins house, this was one of my favorites.
I feel sorry for the kids of today-They'll NEVER know the simple joys of listening to jewels like this & 1000 more one hit 1ders that we grew up to...Overwrought, overbassed, over autotuned, vulgar lyrics-Damn glad I'm 62 & have my memories of THIS group & era !
Oh man! Such an forgotten and underrated song from back in the day! Love it.
Gotta say that I really love to hear this song. Nice harmonies, great melody, lyrics that actually mean something. Whenever I visit this site, I always play the song at least twice. I had forgotten about it and then heard it on a Delta Airlines flight years later. I've got several copies in my collection now!!!
Cool ending sir! . God bless you both! I was in the Army too( Captain). After graduating Columbia University. Great song, love it.
When I first heard this, I swear this was Spanky & our gang. They did a couple of 'Sunday' song hits.
They had such beautiful and mellow voices brings back memories of the 60s when life was so much better 👍Heard this song first time in radio AM station WQAM 580 Miami and WFUN 740 Fla I remember I was on Pier 1 Miami Beach spring 1969 I was only 12yrs old and still remember it like yesterday 👍🇵🇷
John Mendez John Mendez I was swimming in our pool in April 69 in marathon Florida just turned 14 good memories
1969 was such a great year for music. This seldom heard classic is a fine example.
A great year for music, yes, and better yet the Top 40 included a little bit of everything: Pop, Rock n Roll (including a little "acid" rock), vocal music (e.g., Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Bobby Vinton), a little bit of Country (Roy Clark, Glen Campbell), Motown, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, instrumental music (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet), bubble-gum, gospel, and there was even a reggae song in the Top 40 that year ("Israelites" by Desmond Dekker). A complete musical education without turning the dial.
Wow, heard it today on a "true oldies station" . That was 1969? Because I was eight years old at that time and I distinctly remembered that song. Probably had not listened to it since 1969. Soft bubble gummish harmony, a bit fluffy too but a good song. Also the clothes and hair at the time were awful. I guess 1969 was a good year for music and being alive. That is, not so much if you were a male of draft age, possibly being sent to Nam to get your head blown off.
turned 16 in 69 and one of my favorite years of my life so far
That's the reason this didn't chart higher. There was so much good music and only so much room on the chart.
1969 and 1970 was the height of this type of pop music.
The songwriting in the 60's was top notch. Love these harmonies. No one sings like this today.
I think it would take too much planning & coordination. And probably TOO MUCH TALENT Steven. Many songs today feel slopped together, without any instruments, backboned by autotune, with "cleaned" vocals. Awesome.
Songs today are manufactured to have a certain commercial sound. There is no art in them at all. They are cranked out quickly to provide material for live shows, which account for about 80% of the revenues in the music business today. That is why a number of concert tickets cost thousands of dollars apiece.@@Mister8224
I find myself coming back time and time again, to hear/watch these kids play this great sing along song! One of my all time favorites!
The scary thing is that these "kids" are in their 70s now.
Another great song that gives me that happy and positive feeling back when I was a kid.
It is very strange that I don't remember this hit song-- sure , there were an awful lot of HITS in 1969 but come on (!?!), this is truly an outstandingly catchy tune by any measure, with unreal vocals and ultra full sound package !?! Someone must have dropped the ball when it came to promoting both this song and the band !?! MAN, THE HARMONY JUST FLIES !!! 😮😊❤😮😊❤😮😊❤
Great song and 2 healthy girls. Always come back to visit.
The tight harmonies are superb Thank you Mama Cass for discovering them😎👌👍🏻
The 60s, early 70s... Those were the days. Sometimes one of those songs will pop into my head in my daily routines and I'll start singing them.
But I forgot all about this song.
I haven’t heard this song in 50+ years oh my gosh. I love it.
I heard this song as a child in late 1960's, and liked it then, as well as now.
That song came out when I was a kid and I never forgot it and I was able to reacquire it with TH-cam as many times as I want it a great song and it reflected the life at that time it was quite significantly different than what you kids have today
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! I was having a sad day, Then l saw the peppermint rainbow video singing "Will you be staying after sunday". And .....happiness!!!!!!!!!! I was about ten when l bought this record. It got broken.... and l could never find it. So thanks to TH-cam , The Daydreamer 64 and Stopify....got got it...l played this song 10 times today.
The 60’s and 70’s was the best era. The music couldn’t be beat. What happened?
We lost the great songwriters. Simple.
We lost the great songwriters. Simple.
Terrific song from over 50 years ago...LOVE the clothes!! Such fun!
What is really cool is that people actually dressed like this in the 60's and music was Awesome. You can't beat the 60's or 70's. Thank God I didn't miss those times. Woodstock, how great was that.
Yes, and I agree with you. However, it does not matter what decade you were born in. Nonetheless, ssunshine pop is my number one subgenre of pop. Currently trying to form a band of musicians who wish to revive the sunny sound; call us "Sunny Fun Playhouse".
Those empire waistlines came in about 1964. My mom, my aunt, and the neighbor lady wore them to a communion party they hosted because they were now 45 and getting a gut. And they liked that the empire waistline hid their belly. By 1969 those were quite out if I recall,.
I had completely, totally forgot about this song until I pulled up one hit wonders from the 60s. Hadn't heard it in, what 50 years? It was a feel good song then and it still is now. I LOVE TH-cam sometimes, especially when old farts of my generation post all the good old stuff. Thanks and bunch!
Damn same here😱😱😱 thought this was Spanky and Our Gang. Hadn't heard this in over 50 years too😱😱😱😁😁😁
Beautifully crafted composition, words, meaning, phrasing and costuming all exceptional. Somebody was observing Mama's and Papa's leads and backgrounds and went to town on this one.
Not mamas and the papas - Spanky and Our Gang.
I heard this song on the 60s channel on satellite radio this morning on the way to work and it had been, literally, decades since I'd heard it! What an absolute blast from the past! The nostalgic feeling brought a tear to my eye. I've been humming it all morning at work. I really miss great music like that.
Just heard it today. Didn't realize how great a song it was.
I'm from Australia and had never heard this before a few days ago. What a great tune, brilliant pop.
I don't know if I've said this before, but this is one of my Fav songs of all-time, and it's message is clear, and I play it every time I "fire-up" my 'Puter".
Very 60's...the greatest music era, and the greatest explosion of musical creativity in modern history.
1965, the Beach sound, Motown, and the British invasion coming together followed shortly by the protest and peace movement songs, from "San Francisco" to "Lay Down Candles in the Rain" to Simon and Garfunkel, to the Glen Campbell Jimmy Webb songs to the incredible Joni Mitchell., what an amazing creative environment and what a joy to hear what was next on the radio charts. I agree with you 100%.
@mwngw and Kevin Osborne - That's true and good, but, it did have one flaw...there was 'so much' great music and 'so much' talent and competition that even the songs that charted low were great. There was so much of it and not enough radio stations to continually give it all airplay; no MTV; no VH-1; etc. For instance, this song in the US and Canada charted #21 and #7, respectively. This is great given the competition. With more radio stations, who knows. I have this album (vinyl), and, that's the only time I ever heard it until TH-cam came along!? If the garbage of today can get passed-off as hits because of all the media, imagine how well great songs like this would have done given the same publicity!? It's a bummer, but, I grew up in a time where every song on an album was good or great...not just the one or 2 hits that the radio played all day.
Could I heartily agree with all three of the above comments? :)
There were other eras that were just as good. The 60s were great though
I don't know about that. It is great though.
One of the very best from that era. I loved listening to this song on the car radio turned up loud as those old AM car radios would go then.
I'm a 60's music fanatic, and I just discovered them today! What beautiful harmonies! Life sure was happy back then!
I heard this on the radio yesterday, and forgot that it WASN"T Spanky. The DeeJay gave some background about Peppermint Rainbow, and I made a point of checking them out. Nice to hear an upbeat song once again!
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS FROM THE GROOVY OUTFIT'S TO THE FABULOUS HAIR DO'S. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WITH GORGEOUS HARMONIES, FOLK POP AT ITS BEST.
I really luv the drum roll at the beginning. Super song from the good ol' days.
James F. Harrington Credit the heavy drums by none other than group promoter Paul Leka who introduced not only The Peppermint Rainbow, but The Lemon Pipers and Steam
They had beautiful harmony. First class song.
Mama Cass found them in a bar in Maryland and got them a contract....she had a great nose for finding talent
haven't heard this song in bout 40 years ..... seem to enjoy listening to this one over and over ...... thanks youtube for making life more enjoyable! (in 4 years this song will have it's 50th. anniversary .... good Lord!)
A sound that has wonderful atmosphere.And one with a very glorious beautiful one at that.I love how Peppermint Rainbow Vocal Harmonizes this song. - All for one and one for all seems to say how the brilliant ways they created,perfromed and engeniously presented this fabulous 1960s most beloved music work. - Teamwork An amazing,warm,friendly true Love song music production;Demonstrating why we love having great persons as our friends,Via ideals and strong emotional feeling reach both magnificent towering mammoth height,and with lovingly roots reaching truely so immeasureable deep and very far❤.
Loved the song.
One of the best songs from the greatest era rock music has ever known....
I absolutely LOVE that chicks voice----strong and crystal clear!
Is there just not a bad song from the 1960's? I litterally just discoverd this song and band a few minutes ago and im glad I did. Im 19 and listen to all the music from before I was born. I especially love the "Sunshine Pop" music sound of the mid to late 60's. Being 19, there's no way that I could have been around in the 1960's, however I feel nostalgia for a time that I didn't get to experience.
Other "sunshine pop" from that year:
"Love Can Make You Happy" by Mercy
"Morning Girl" by the Neon Philharmonic
"In Those Bad, Bad Old Days" by the Foundations
"California Soul" by the Fifth Dimension
"Hair" by the Cowsills
"My Pledge of Love" by the Joe Jeffrey Group
"Things I'd To Say" by the New Colony Six
"Every Day With You, Girl" by the Classics Four
That's awesome!! I was a child in the 60s wonderful time. I sometimes feel the way you do about the 40s and 50s, I get nostalgic about those days and wish I was alive at that time.
There was lots of horrible music in the '60's. But you never heard much of it because every radio station had a music director, and every music director had an office equipped with a turntable and a large trash can. I'd occasionally poke through the discarded records and try to find anything I thought was good. There was nothing.
@@markkinsler4333 I hope life gets better for you , you sound sooo depressed. Hang in there, life will get better, just try to stay positive if you can, every cloud can have a silver lining, or every cloud can mean a flood is coming. Its totally up to you..👍
@@chuckf6163 Thank you, but I'm fine. I am, however, glad that I did not stay in broadcasting as a career.
Sunshine pop. A great trend for 1969, when I was eight and just starting to notice music.
OMG, my high school graduation dress looked exactly like the dresses worn by the female singers in this band, lol.🤣
It’s 9/14/24 in Austin, Tx! Great song! Seniors were great in ‘68! I’m 75 and still rockin to the ‘60s today🎶🥳
this is a song that just makes you happy to have grown up the 60s and 70s
Yet the idea is almost the same as in Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow ?
"The next two days you hold me tight
But when it's done, you always run, and I'm alone.
Will you be staying after Sunday or go home on Monday"
Your right Stephen so right.
Late 70s actually, but you point is well taken.
Their second single, "Will You Be Staying After Sunday",[3] reached No. 4 on KHJ on 2 April 1969[4] and No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on 3 May 1969, selling over one million copies and receiving a gold disc.
@Mathew - are you talking about 93 KHJ in L.A.? That was THE station to listen to. I used to send in for the Top 93 songs of the year. I was 14 when this song came out. What great memories.
The word "Wholesome" really comes to mind here!
Warm mellow days of youth.
Different world. Different values.
This song takes me back to carefree days of the '60's when I was a teenager. I get chills! Never get tired of hearing this song. One of my favorites.
This song has really grown on me recently. Thanks for posting this!
RIP Skip Harris.
@@speedfanguitar8586 I’m not 100% sure. But I read that he had problems with drugs and alcohol. Sad in any case.
He Died Yesterday ?
Lung cancer?
Rest Skip Harris With Angles in heaven 😃
This song makes me happy and wish i was a kid again.. Summertime my bike.. coming home to my mother in her curlers ha ha... those were good days
Yup, same here.
Pool-hopping all summer ...
You should not have been wearing your mother's curlers, especially whilst riding a bicycle!!
This song is older than me! However, I love music through the 1960s/1970s. The music is just timeless! So "beautifully" expressed by all those that made music back then.
I loved this period of music - late 60s, early to mid 70s. The memories this song brings such sweet sadness.
boomerang905 Well said my friend so true.
It really began in 1964.
A magically, wondrous time in pop music!
I was just growing up and didn't know...now I do.
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These guys played at the opening of a local dance and music club (The Hullabaloo Club which I suppose was a franchise from the television show). I shot the breeze with the bass player as I played bass at the time. He was playing a Gibson EB0 at the time which he liked although he is seen with (an unplugged ) Fender Telecaster Bass in this video. As you can see here, they more of a pop group than a rock group. They seemed easy going and just trying to get a break like hundreds of other bands in the late sixties.
"sunshine pop" genre
Such lovely music . Brings back so many memories.
I love it too,,, I come here all the time and play it,, just a fantastic song with great vocals and everything you mentioned,, one of my all time favorite songs!!!
Great memories from the 60’s.
Great harmonies! A current group, "It's My Party" does a wonderful rendition of the original. I applaud them for sticking to the original recording - especially with their back-up band.
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The drummer has it down pat. Wouldn't be surprised if he was the one who suggested they do it.
Reminds me of the Mamas and Papas. Nice song. Thanks for posting.
Small wonder, they're from Baltimore and so was Cass Elliott
They really where good singers first time I have heard of them did they do anything else 🎉🎉🎉😊