This is a 1962 video of Leroy Van Dyke singing the Auctioneer song and wow what a powerful song. Hope you enjoy the song too and as always thanks for watching.
I had a horrendous stutter when i was a kid and Dad had an idea. He bet me I couldn't learn and sing this song...... discovered I could sing and not stutter! All these years later i still love this song.
Challenge accepted!!! It's a fact that the part of the brain that controls speech and singing are in different areas. Mel TIllis was very famous singer who had a horrible stutter. He was in a film called Cannonball Run and the outtakes of him trying to say his lines were hilarious. Probably wouldn't have been able to make that film today... Cheers to your dad for the challenge and to you for running with it!
Most people with a stutter are breathing incorrectly and are hyperventilating. Instead of breathing 10 breaths per minute they are breathing approximately 30 breaths per minute. This is a problem of Psychology. They are breathing out too much CO2 and are getting the Suppressed Bohr Effect, discovered in 1902 by Dr C Bohr MD. Professor of Psychology. All they have to do is retrain their breathing to breath appropriately 10 breaths per minute.
Carly Simon along with Mel Tillis were two stutters who sang. Carly Simon got her start when her mother suggested she try singing - and she discovered she didn't stutter then.
When I was a child about six this came out and my uncle was enamored of it. He set to imitating it and was he was finished, said, I believe I have my new employment. He became an auctioneer and was well thought of in the community. He was sure fun to listen to.
Never heard a remake....never seen a person who could remotely sing it. The speed in this is off charts. Had Leroy been given any of todays rap or quick lyrical music he would kill it. He is way before my time but so far ahead of time.
❓ Where can you see a thumbs down? Anyway . . Back when we could see the dislikes (before TH-cam decided to hide the thousands of dislikes on Bidens....anything) people would wonder why dislike an obviously great video.. well, mostly because they may have liked it, they'd prefer not to have that type video showing up in their recommend feed.
You just gave yourself an answer to your question, you gave the thumbs down to EVERY song of a generation...and you wonder why someone would give one of your favs a thumbs down, In saying that I am from this generation and love this song but I don't feel it necessary to defend it against others who take the negative approach, who needs a double negative??? Just saying, don't worry, be happy!
@@georgemoore7186 no absolutely wrong Regardless of your age or generation Talent and uniqueness is measurable The music of the past all had an individualism to it As did the cars and everything else. You could not only distinguish the make but also the year of any car at just a glance Today everything is so generic you can't even tell if a car is American, Japanese or European at a glance And as for the music Every song not only sounds alike, but so do the singers Regardless of the music genre So yeah, the statement was entirely appropriate
I'm an OLD man who shut down his auction business a few years back..Everybody knows about Mel Tillis singing but don't know there are a number of stuttering auctioneers. I was one of them.. Sang and played fiddle in honky tonks for half a century too... All behind me now..
My stepfather was an Auctioneer in Western PA. He wanted to send me to school but I had other ideas. There was a point I wish I had of but looking at today and "real" auctions becoming rarer ....glad I didn't. Course if I would have, I would have been "Colonel Pappy" 😀 ( For those who read this post and do not know, a full fledged auctioneer that has went to school and served an apprenticeship uses the title "Colonel")
@@ericsprado4631 thank you for your service on both sides selling and playing for the people after they sold their heard a night on the town .thank you
My Dad had been an auctioneer for almost 20 years when I was born, so I literally grew up *IN* the business. When he opened his big auction house in SE Ohio the year before this video was filmed, one of the draws was having the oldest and youngest auctioneers in Ohio that first night. His partner, George, who was 85, and me at the tender age of 5. Dad's been gone for almost 40 years now but thanks to this song, I can always hear him calling for bids again.
Howdy, it's a really good Ole song. One of the songs that keeps me knowing my Old father who served in combat, and was also a farmer on our farm. He died when I was young. I remember him and his voice from this song.
@@kendayton Both Dan and Paw Paw's home farms were located in Racine. Paw Paw was Ohio State Champion Square dance caller in 1952, which is the year he and Dan graduated High School
@@RustyCarnahan ~ Okay...down near Pomeroy which makes you an "Ohio River Rat" too. They were near the same age as my oldest (now late) brother who graduated in 1954. My Dad was born in 1910, so he was older but I'm sure he knew almost all the auctioneers in that corner of Ohio since he opened the very first auction house in SE Ohio in 1948 and called his last auction in 1982 shortly before he died. He was such an "old-timer" that he went to auction school with Dick Kiko who owned Kiko Auctions in Canton for a thousand years!
My brothers (3) and I have been singing a 4-part version for decades. We sing it a bit faster, and always get a standing ovation! Great song. PS: My cousin, who taught me the "patter" (beginning and ending) became an auctioneer as a result of this song).
I remember going to the OKC stockyards in the 1970s. They had three full time auctioneers and when the cattle were coming in from the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, feeder cattle receipts could run 20,000 head per day with the auction running 24 hours a day on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Now that was an auction.
I heard this the first time around 1963. Summer of 1964, between my Junior and Senior year in high school, attended Auction School in Mason City Iowa. Still at it.
I have to admit, that was a tough song to sing. My dad was a musician from age 14 until he died at age 62 and that is one song I never heard him do. He also never played the song Piano Man ( he played the key boards) and one year for my daughters piano recital she had bought the music and learned it. My dad always said the left hand was very hard to play. My daughter personally invited my dad and mom to her piano recital. They actually showed up. She played piano man on the grand piano and when she was done my dad stood up and and started a standing ovation. Them my daughter played the song " music box dancer" for her younger brother who still loves that song, and again, my dad started a standing ovation. After the piano recital my dad talked to my daughter's piano teacher and him play the grand piano. My dad was thrilled. My daughter also plays the drums and before he died, he got to hear her play with the rock band she is part of and he was again impressed.❤ What great memories 😊
I was born in 19 52!! I Remember this song And Loved it Then And I never thought I'd Ever hear this Song Ever Again!! And Now I Still Love this song! Absolutely Marvellous to hear this once Again ❤
Mr. Van Dyke gave up a promising future as a fast talking, double-talking political and instead pursued a successful career as a musician. He obviously made the right choice.
@@petertaylor3600 As a politician Mr. Van Dyke could have switched positions faster than he could say to his contributors: "Do I hear another bid". ;-)
Used to take my daughter to the local livestock auction - and she loved to watch and listen. We had a great time singing along to this song going to and from the auction.
I first heard this song at about 6 or 7 years old, and I have loved it ever since. At about the same time, my Dad was in auctioneer school, and I remember him doing the tongue twisters that were a part of learning how to be an auctioneer. The one I remember the most is 'Rubber Baby Bumper'. God, I love this song! It is on my mp3 player, and I listen to it regularly here on youtube, as well. Dad cannot do his auction cries anymore due to cognitive issues. I miss that so much. I know that no one will see this, but I still felt the need to try to let Leroy know how much this song means to me. 🙂
We had never seen Auctioneers, but I love your story. Now we did live out in the country, and across from local cattle milkers. We had horses, but I never saw an auction.
I was born in 63 and I remember this song quite well. Brings back memories of when I was young. I was amazed then and still amazed today. This song will live forever.
Today I was driving and thinking about my friend who passed away recently. Then this song came on. Michael was a gifted Auctioneer and Michael recently received a revelation of who Jesus is. The timing is reassurance he's in heaven.
This was my grandpas favourite song, and he died 3 months before i was born, my dad showed me this song the other day and now im absolutely in love with it
DAD loved, played, and sang this, just not as well. My Dad was a person that was always asked why he didn't go to Nashville, he would say, well, I don't have any reason to leave my family I guess. Bless his heart. he would have put anyone to shame with hs guitar. He was so great. His name was Sylvan White. GOD REST YOUR SOUL NOW DADDY', BEST DAD AND MUSICIAN EVER.
I saw Leroy in the 1970s at one of the State Fairs in Colorado, slingin' & singin' with the best of 'em. Best part is you could chat with the artists after the show & get an album signed with no problem
As a very young kid I remember hearing this on the radio in the UK and really had trouble understanding all the words!! First time I've seen the chap who sang this. Great video.
I have no idea how in this world he could sing this Auctioneer song. I get so tongue tied just trying to start. Yeats nothing but pure talent. Thanks Leroy.
Brings back so many memories............. Heard this as a young boy and fell in love with it. What got me started going to auctions...... First just to listen to the Auctioneer. Then I started buying as time went on. One man's trash, another man's treasure.
His home town of Sedalia, Missouri loves him still today, I hear he still raises cattle and sings in his 90's also I loved his song ... Just Walk On By
I used to have this 45. I was 8 or 9 years old and I bought a bunch of 45 singles at a local thrift shop and listened to this all the time. I had forgotten about it, thanks for posting.
When I was a kid, I about played the grooves off a 45 record with this track on one side. The strange coincidence is that I've recently been humming the small fragment that I remembered. Listening now, I'm as amazed at the singing/cadence as I was when I was a kid.
I have a cousin ten years older than me. As an only child, I relished whatever time he'd spend with me. I was disheartened when he was supposed to be visiting me one day - I guess I was somewhere around 6, 7, or maybe 8 - and he decided he wanted to walk to his girlfriend's house (ditching me). BUT, as a bribe, he gave me his copy of this song on a 45 record. I still have it someplace, although like you, just about played the grooves off it. Yes, true talent, and an amazing song. Heard Mr. Van Dyke in another TH-cam video point out that the song was actually a true story (about his cousin?).
Standing tall, Trace has everything to be one of the best songs ever to come down the pike. The lyrics are well written, the music is off the chart. I enjoy listening to it everyday!
My Dad was also an auctioneer, in central Minnesota. He was very good at it, and he enjoyed the attention of the bidders at the farm sales he worked back in the 50s and 60s. He passed away in 1999.
I’ve been a fan of Johnny Hortons for 30 plus years. I enjoy just about everything Johnny sang. Raised my kids on Johnny and now I’m raising my grandkids on Johnny Horton.
Brings back some great old memories. One of those songs you'll never forget. Another old goodie and a classic is his "Just Walk on By.... (wait on the corner...") A great singer and tasteful songs, aye.
Somewhere on YT is an auction where a farmers equipment is being sold by the bank. There are hundreds of people there. On expensive tractors trucks etc, the previous owner bids one dollar. Another bids two. The original owner bids three. No more bids. The farmer bought back all his stuff. Not a single person of the hundreds presents took advantage of him.
I was in high school when this came out. It caught my attention and it still does today. I'd never seen a picture of Leroy before now. Handsome young man!
Such a classic. Gordon Lightfoot often sang this at his concerts, quite an honor to Leroy since Gordon had dozens of his own songs to choose at his concerts.
I grew up on a working tobacco farm, and saw a lot of sales at the local ware house. It would be hundreds of "piles" of tobacco sold. It would be the auctioner and a few people helping, then it was the buyers, and the guys that would tag the sheets as they were sold. It was always a good show.
Outstanding! I haven't heard this is a long time. I'm glad to have stumbled into it, I saved it so now I'm gonna be able to let people see and hear what song I've been talkin' about.
Always have loved this song. Have always had a fascination with the auctioneer trade. Wish I could do it, but I was a Registered Nurse and Paramedic so guess I did some good helping folks in need.
I saw Gordon Lightfoot do this in concert long ago. It didn't really compete with the original, but it was a fine effort - and I love this song anyway.
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This song was played at my grandads funeral, he ran auctions for over 25+ years. We were all laughing when it came on.
I grew up enjoying this song at our hometown street dance in Dumont Minnesota
That’s a great , fun memory .😅
What a great way to honor him! Much love from Texas!
That's awesome!
One HREAT tribute to your grandfather!
I had a horrendous stutter when i was a kid and Dad had an idea. He bet me I couldn't learn and sing this song...... discovered I could sing and not stutter! All these years later i still love this song.
you have a great father and he has a great son.
Do you still have a Stutter
Challenge accepted!!! It's a fact that the part of the brain that controls speech and singing are in different areas. Mel TIllis was very famous singer who had a horrible stutter. He was in a film called Cannonball Run and the outtakes of him trying to say his lines were hilarious.
Probably wouldn't have been able to make that film today...
Cheers to your dad for the challenge and to you for running with it!
Most people with a stutter are breathing incorrectly and are hyperventilating. Instead of breathing 10 breaths per minute they are breathing approximately 30 breaths per minute. This is a problem of Psychology. They are breathing out too much CO2 and are getting the Suppressed Bohr Effect, discovered in 1902 by Dr C Bohr MD. Professor of Psychology. All they have to do is retrain their breathing to breath appropriately 10 breaths per minute.
Carly Simon along with Mel Tillis were two stutters who sang. Carly Simon got her start when her mother suggested she try singing - and she discovered she didn't stutter then.
Toughest karaoke song ever
Sorry but the song by Reunion, “Life is a rock” is harder I think😁😁
@@coolbear6441 , ha ha, you made a valid argument with that comment. I like both songs , but I don't do karaoke. So I am safe.
@@Huskerliving 🤣🤣
Especially when you're drunker than Cooter Brown/
I got to meet the guy
Leroy has an incredible voice, and is still with us at the young age of 92….👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Wow i was just thinkin rip talented guy
I saw him live about 15 years ago. Got to see a lot of great grandmothers be teenagers again. Was a great show.
That right there is the coolest part of it all. This would be an amazing interview.
Thank You Leroy! Hope you see this and it brings a smile ☺️
Sold to the man with 100bi
When I was a child about six this came out and my uncle was enamored of it. He set to imitating it and was he was finished, said, I believe I have my new employment. He became an auctioneer and was well thought of in the community. He was sure fun to listen to.
Never heard a remake....never seen a person who could remotely sing it. The speed in this is off charts. Had Leroy been given any of todays rap or quick lyrical music he would kill it. He is way before my time but so far ahead of time.
@nickmacintosh6726 - Leroy Van Dyke was an actual auctioneer, and this song was written by him for his cousin.
Gordon Lightfoot did a cover. He did this song justice and it’s on a good album. Can’t remember album name.
@@TimothySweeney-k1u The Kody Norris Show does a cover. It was on Song of the Mountains.
Dave Stamey!
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How could anyone give this man a Thumbs Down. Folks, This is from a time when music was real. not the Crap they push on us today. God Bless, Jim
❓ Where can you see a thumbs down?
Anyway . . Back when we could see the dislikes (before TH-cam decided to hide the thousands of dislikes on Bidens....anything) people would wonder why dislike an obviously great video.. well, mostly because they may have liked it, they'd prefer not to have that type video showing up in their recommend feed.
It's called
They have no class and a jealous
A$$
This is when country music was real 👍👍👍👍👍
You got it right!
You just gave yourself an answer to your question, you gave the thumbs down to EVERY song of a generation...and you wonder why someone would give one of your favs a thumbs down,
In saying that I am from this generation and love this song but I don't feel it necessary to defend it against others who take the negative approach, who needs a double negative???
Just saying, don't worry, be happy!
@@georgemoore7186 no absolutely wrong
Regardless of your age or generation
Talent and uniqueness is measurable
The music of the past all had an individualism to it
As did the cars and everything else. You could not only distinguish the make but also the year of any car at just a glance
Today everything is so generic you can't even tell if a car is American, Japanese or European at a glance
And as for the music
Every song not only sounds alike, but so do the singers
Regardless of the music genre
So yeah, the statement was entirely appropriate
I remember it so well. My dad was an auctioneer. It makes me smile. He died in 1995. Wonderful memories.☺️
My dad died in 1995 as well, at 74 years old. Good memories for sure!
I'm an OLD man who shut down his auction business a few years back..Everybody knows about Mel Tillis singing but don't know there are a number of stuttering auctioneers. I was one of them.. Sang and played fiddle in honky tonks for half a century too... All behind me now..
My stepfather was an Auctioneer in Western PA. He wanted to send me to school but I had other ideas.
There was a point I wish I had of but looking at today and "real" auctions becoming rarer ....glad I didn't.
Course if I would have, I would have been "Colonel Pappy" 😀
( For those who read this post and do not know, a full fledged auctioneer that has went to school and served an apprenticeship uses the title "Colonel")
@@ericsprado4631 thank you for your service on both sides selling and playing for the people after they sold their heard a night on the town .thank you
God bless you and yours still with us
My Dad had been an auctioneer for almost 20 years when I was born, so I literally grew up *IN* the business. When he opened his big auction house in SE Ohio the year before this video was filmed, one of the draws was having the oldest and youngest auctioneers in Ohio that first night. His partner, George, who was 85, and me at the tender age of 5. Dad's been gone for almost 40 years now but thanks to this song, I can always hear him calling for bids again.
Howdy, it's a really good Ole song. One of the songs that keeps me knowing my Old father who served in combat, and was also a farmer on our farm. He died when I was young. I remember him and his voice from this song.
That's so interesting. I'm willing to bet your dad knew my late Paw Paw Jim Carnahan, and or his partner Dan Smith also from southeast Ohio.
@@RustyCarnahan Both those names sound really familiar. What city were they located in? I grew up in Marietta.
@@kendayton Both Dan and Paw Paw's home farms were located in Racine. Paw Paw was Ohio State Champion Square dance caller in 1952, which is the year he and Dan graduated High School
@@RustyCarnahan ~ Okay...down near Pomeroy which makes you an "Ohio River Rat" too. They were near the same age as my oldest (now late) brother who graduated in 1954. My Dad was born in 1910, so he was older but I'm sure he knew almost all the auctioneers in that corner of Ohio since he opened the very first auction house in SE Ohio in 1948 and called his last auction in 1982 shortly before he died. He was such an "old-timer" that he went to auction school with Dick Kiko who owned Kiko Auctions in Canton for a thousand years!
This song brings happiness back when I was a child going to auctions with momma and daddy I’m 65 now and love this song.
My brothers (3) and I have been singing a 4-part version for decades. We sing it a bit faster, and always get a standing ovation! Great song.
PS: My cousin, who taught me the "patter" (beginning and ending) became an auctioneer as a result of this song).
My dad, born and raised in Nebraska cattle country...wanted to be an Auctioneer, said this a song favorite. Dad passed away recently at age 96
Please accept my deepest sympathies!
My Dad at 86 was just put in a hospice rehab, so I feel your sadness.
@karenshafer234 - I am so sorry for your loss. 😥
First time SEEING it performed, I am blown away, what a talent!
I remember going to the OKC stockyards in the 1970s. They had three full time auctioneers and when the cattle were coming in from the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles, feeder cattle receipts could run 20,000 head per day with the auction running 24 hours a day on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Now that was an auction.
I heard this the first time around 1963. Summer of 1964, between my Junior and Senior year in high school, attended Auction School in Mason City Iowa. Still at it.
I can't believe this, I say this today, wow, I can remember listening to that song many moons ago...LOL. It's still a great song.
Yep
I remember that song from many moons ago also, and now I am 64. My Dad introduced it to me.
I'm a Brit and was 9 when this came out - it totally amazed me, and still does in 2004. Thanks for uploading.
Only proves that a creative composition well executed is timeless!
That's exactly right!
Too bad Leroy BLOWED UP my subtitles app with dat song!!! Sue yah later Leroy! 😉
True
I have to admit, that was a tough song to sing. My dad was a musician from age 14 until he died at age 62 and that is one song I never heard him do. He also never played the song Piano Man ( he played the key boards) and one year for my daughters piano recital she had bought the music and learned it. My dad always said the left hand was very hard to play. My daughter personally invited my dad and mom to her piano recital. They actually showed up. She played piano man on the grand piano and when she was done my dad stood up and and started a standing ovation. Them my daughter played the song " music box dancer" for her younger brother who still loves that song, and again, my dad started a standing ovation.
After the piano recital my dad talked to my daughter's piano teacher and him play the grand piano. My dad was thrilled. My daughter also plays the drums and before he died, he got to hear her play with the rock band she is part of and he was again impressed.❤
What great memories 😊
Your memories made my day much better. I'm happy for you. I'm sure your dad was a wholesome man ♥
I am 71 and i remember this song.
Haven't heard this one in a long time ! We need more music like this !
We need more shows like this on TV. All they were interested in was quality shows that centered only on music.
I agree
You got that right
Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Chapter by Chapter / Verse by Verse !!!!!!! Amen
Music like this doesn't exist nowadays :(
His was the first "celeb" autograph I ever got.
Will always remember that evening with my Dad!
I was born in 19 52!! I Remember this song And Loved it Then And I never thought I'd Ever hear this Song Ever Again!! And Now I Still Love this song! Absolutely Marvellous to hear this once Again ❤
Mr. Van Dyke gave up a promising future as a fast talking, double-talking political and instead pursued a successful career as a musician. He obviously made the right choice.
Ye Gods! A second alternative career if he needed one. Of course! A politician! Silly me for just listing an auctioneer.
@@petertaylor3600 As a politician Mr. Van Dyke could have switched positions faster than he could say to his contributors: "Do I hear another bid". ;-)
Praise Almighty God he did!
You got it... Better to be remembered as the one who sang The Auctioneer's Song than as just another crooked politician.
He actually was an auctioneer, he became a musician later
Used to take my daughter to the local livestock auction - and she loved to watch and listen. We had a great time singing along to this song going to and from the auction.
One of the best.
As of 2024 thank you for this live version!! Fantastic!!!
I was 12 yrs old and I remember trying so hard to sing it with him! Never could!😁
I first heard this song at about 6 or 7 years old, and I have loved it ever since. At about the same time, my Dad was in auctioneer school, and I remember him doing the tongue twisters that were a part of learning how to be an auctioneer. The one I remember the most is 'Rubber Baby Bumper'. God, I love this song! It is on my mp3 player, and I listen to it regularly here on youtube, as well. Dad cannot do his auction cries anymore due to cognitive issues. I miss that so much. I know that no one will see this, but I still felt the need to try to let Leroy know how much this song means to me. 🙂
I learned it as "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers" !!! Lol😂😂😂
We had never seen Auctioneers, but I love your story. Now we did live out in the country, and across from local cattle milkers. We had horses, but I never saw an auction.
Liked your story. Dad's are the coolest ❤
@@TheListOf You are absolutely right! Thank you for the correction!
@@debbiebalnaves4842 Thank you. Yes, they are!
I always love this, it's the best kind of music anyone could possibly ever listen to.
I was born in 63 and I remember this song quite well. Brings back memories of when I was young. I was amazed then and still amazed today. This song will live forever.
I agree, reminds me of my youth with my father. I went to the Woodburn Auction (Oregon) every week with my mother.
As someone who was born in 97' it'll live for quite a while with me. Thoroughly enjoy this tune.
I’m a farmer here in Ireland and would often go to cattle marts and this guy is top class 👍
I was always amazed by this song. He's as good as any auctioneer. But, "Just Walk on by" (wait on the corner) is still pretty terrific too.
He was a auctioneer
😂
Today I was driving and thinking about my friend who passed away recently. Then this song came on. Michael was a gifted Auctioneer and Michael recently received a revelation of who Jesus is. The timing is reassurance he's in heaven.
Puts today’s rappers to shame! I love this song almost as much as going to an auction.
This was my grandpas favourite song, and he died 3 months before i was born, my dad showed me this song the other day and now im absolutely in love with it
This man was fifty years ahead of his time.
Could've taken out most of the rap chumps nowadays lol
DAD loved, played, and sang this, just not as well. My Dad was a person that was always asked why he didn't go to Nashville, he would say, well, I don't have any reason to leave my family I guess. Bless his heart. he would have put anyone to shame with hs guitar. He was so great. His name was Sylvan White.
GOD REST YOUR SOUL NOW DADDY', BEST DAD AND MUSICIAN EVER.
I'm out of breath just watching this.
Same
I saw Leroy in the 1970s at one of the State Fairs in Colorado, slingin' & singin' with the best of 'em. Best part is you could chat with the artists after the show & get an album signed with no problem
One of the things I love more than anything is just sitting at the livestock auction and listen to the auctioneer.
Hello how are you doing today…?
This song is a real hand clapper! 😊
Love this song. Thanks for posting. LeRoy was born Oct. 4, 1929
Why can't I give 600 thumbs ups? I've watched this millions of time (okay, I exaggerate a little) but I never tire of it.
As a very young kid I remember hearing this on the radio in the UK and really had trouble understanding all the words!! First time I've seen the chap who sang this. Great video.
Remember that song from my youth. Loved it then and still love it. Thank you so much.
Love this song. My father was an auctioneer, and we played this song at his funeral. At the end of the song, my nephew said "Sold!"
Cool.
Man, havent heard this song since the 70's back in Mo. Brings back memories, I'm tellin' ya'!
Heard this song 1 million times on my mom‘s old albums. I never saw the video until now Mom would have loved that she had great taste in music😢
@Oscar Landrum I’ll be fine I had two of the greatest parents in the world
Listening again. Can't stop since Dad passed away.
I have no idea how in this world he could sing this Auctioneer song. I get so tongue tied just trying to start. Yeats nothing but pure talent. Thanks Leroy.
Leroy van Dyke was a real auctioneer
Yep
It's a gift that some of us are blessed with. And it takes practice.
Brings back so many memories............. Heard this as a young boy and fell in love with it. What got me started going to auctions...... First just to listen to the Auctioneer. Then I started buying as time went on. One man's trash, another man's treasure.
Wow what a great song !!😊
His home town of Sedalia, Missouri loves him still today, I hear he still raises cattle and sings in his 90's also I loved his song ... Just Walk On By
I used to have this 45. I was 8 or 9 years old and I bought a bunch of 45 singles at a local thrift shop and listened to this all the time. I had forgotten about it, thanks for posting.
I remember this song. I never could sing along, though. 😆
Hey how are you doing today..?😊
He speaks faster than I can think. What a performance! Great old music.
When I was a kid, I about played the grooves off a 45 record with this track on one side. The strange coincidence is that I've recently been humming the small fragment that I remembered. Listening now, I'm as amazed at the singing/cadence as I was when I was a kid.
I have a cousin ten years older than me. As an only child, I relished whatever time he'd spend with me. I was disheartened when he was supposed to be visiting me one day - I guess I was somewhere around 6, 7, or maybe 8 - and he decided he wanted to walk to his girlfriend's house (ditching me). BUT, as a bribe, he gave me his copy of this song on a 45 record. I still have it someplace, although like you, just about played the grooves off it. Yes, true talent, and an amazing song. Heard Mr. Van Dyke in another TH-cam video point out that the song was actually a true story (about his cousin?).
A kid? U must be an old GOAT now? L0L
This was a favorite at our Malt Shop. The boys would stand around and bid.
GREAT TIMES BACK THEN.
Standing tall, Trace has everything to be one of the best songs ever to come down the pike. The lyrics are well written, the music is off the chart. I enjoy listening to it everyday!
Back in 70 I took my first airplane flight from Nebraska to San Francisco. Leroy was on the flight.
this is one of my faverit songs
God bless you and your dad.
6 years before I was born 23rd May 1968, just like this song,! God Bless from northern Ireland UK, 🤝🇬🇧
This and Guitar Boogie were my teenage songs 60 years ago
. Loved them both.
Hey how are you doing today..?😊
Absolutely one of the best country songs ever written , I enjoy it so much
My Dad was also an auctioneer, in central Minnesota. He was very good at it, and he enjoyed the attention of the bidders at the farm sales he worked back in the 50s and 60s. He passed away in 1999.
His name ? I work with auctioneers . Didn't go to school but do a little bit of it to help out .
No one else can sing it. His voice is perfect for it. His signature song as far as I'm concerned
Real country music right there.☝️
I would like to hear more of Leroy Van Dyke. The "Auctioneer" was a very good song and he had to really practice on singing that song
Leroy is 93 year old now I bet he is still doing great 👍
I’ve been a fan of Johnny Hortons for 30 plus years. I enjoy just about everything Johnny sang. Raised my kids on Johnny and now I’m raising my grandkids on Johnny Horton.
This is Leroy Van Dyke
Brings back some great old memories. One of those songs you'll never forget. Another old goodie and a classic is his "Just Walk on By.... (wait on the corner...") A great singer and tasteful songs, aye.
Freaking Awesome!
Somewhere on YT is an auction where a farmers equipment is being sold by the bank. There are hundreds of people there. On expensive tractors trucks etc, the previous owner bids one dollar. Another bids two. The original owner bids three. No more bids. The farmer bought back all his stuff. Not a single person of the hundreds presents took advantage of him.
RFD-TV has farm equipment auctions with tractors, steam tractors, restored trucks, etc. Brings back a lot of memories of the days on the farm.
As a kid we went to a lot of auctions, I was so fascinated and loved it when everything fell into a fast rhythm almost like they were singing a song.
I was in high school when this came out. It caught my attention and it still does today. I'd never seen a picture of Leroy before now. Handsome young man!
This is AWESOME. I have always loved this song and performance.
Actual singing talent ! So very nice to hear these days
Plenty of singing talent still around if you bother to look for it
Where is it ?
My Dad took me to a Wharton, Tx barn auction for herefords . My first in late 60's and loved it. Drove home with a few calves in the wagon.
Such a classic.
Gordon Lightfoot often sang this at his concerts, quite an honor to Leroy since Gordon had dozens of his own songs to choose at his concerts.
I don't know about anyone else but I thought that was pretty cool.
I grew up on a working tobacco farm, and saw a lot of sales at the local ware house. It would be hundreds of "piles" of tobacco sold. It would be the auctioner and a few people helping, then it was the buyers, and the guys that would tag the sheets as they were sold. It was always a good show.
I played my Dad's 45 record about 5 10 15 20 then 25 times when I first played and heard it. I was 12 and it was 1978.🙄🎶🎼✌
I haven't heard this song in close to sixty years. It always intrigued me as a child.
Got to hear him back around 1980. Still love this song.
Hello how are you? So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song.
That is the first and only(so far) You Tube Video that I EVER applauded....That guy had talent.....
@Oscar Landrum Just whomping my dong...whays you up to?.....:>)
Outstanding! I haven't heard this is a long time. I'm glad to have stumbled into it, I saved it so now I'm gonna be able to let people see and hear what song I've been talkin' about.
I remember this song and boy, did I LOVE it! I was about 12 years old when it come out!!!
I dont think today's modern computers can process faster than Leroy Van Dyke can sing! Highly underrated country music star!
Always have loved this song. Have always had a fascination with the auctioneer trade. Wish I could do it, but I was a Registered Nurse and Paramedic so guess I did some good helping folks in need.
Always loved this song. Reminds me of my Dad's best friend who was livestock auctioneer and going there weekly to either buy or sell.
I absolutely loved this when I was young! It's still an awesome song!
long ago and far away I recall listening to this song with my father, wish I could do that today.
I used to hear my parents play this occasionally growing up now here I am 21 years later and I finally found it.
I saw Gordon Lightfoot do this in concert long ago. It didn't really compete with the original, but it was a fine effort - and I love this song anyway.
Yes. I saw GL do the same "Autioner". Gordon did a good job.
He's playing in Kalamazoo this month. Maybe I can yell loud enough he'll try it.
@@hemiacplurge3572 I hope so,,,, saw him 10 years ago!
Absolutely awesome song and superb performance!
I was 6 when this came out and I still love it
Love leroy
Always loved this.
My dad died 12 18 98 buried him 12 22 98 3 days before chrismas love my dad and miss him