Wow! Great to see this video clip, even if it has deteriorated over the years. The show was broadcast in full "living" color but this tape is so washed out, you can only see the color reflected off an electric guitar now. I recall that the Smother Brothers Hour show was a top-rated variety show back in the '60s that frequently had millions of viewers each week-- it was part of the "groovy" scene back then. A kid growing up in the '60s most likely knew who Laurel and Hardy were, but that act is now about 100 years old! How many people under the age of 50 have ever heard of Laurel and Hardy? Not many, I am sure. Anyway, I laughed pretty hard watching this clip, as I now see the adult humor that made the Smother Brothers so funny with their straight guy and funny guy routine. I don't recall that I laughed so much back then as a kid watching this show. Great to see the Association perform one of their many hits-- this one being "Windy." Anyway, this was a treat to see, despite the poor condition of the recording-- at least the sound quality seems pretty good still although it seems mixed in with pre-recorded singing.
@Joe Carlton Yes, it's a shame this one didn't get cleaned up like a couple others did for release on dvd/rebroadcast. For the most part, this performance is definitely a lip-sync to the studio recording... although the lead vocals are mic'd for live. Thanks for commenting!
I could have done some nice restoration to this clip. It was recorded on ampex 2" tape machines. They were the amazement of the industry before the helical scans appeared.
Very sad to hear about Mr Ramos passing, brilliant singer, musician and all around nice guy with a very positive and great image. His memory lives on in our hearts through his music. RIP and Rest In Love Mr Ramos
Another one of their great hits. Takes me back to 1967 when I was dating a young lady at that time. Got married in 1968 and still married 55 and a half years later. 😀
Quick story, that no one cares to hear: Every Thursday I'd pick my adolescent daughter up from school to get lunch together. Played this song incessantly, much to her annoyance. She always complained. She's late 20's now--she told me it's her favorite song
"WINDY" was the most perfect song to be the US #1 hit through the entire Summer of Love! The Association was such a wonderful group. Their sound was definitely "lighter than air".
This song always reminds me of my Little Sister Gayle. They called her "Windy". She was 6 when this song came out. Sadly she passed in 1984 at only 23 from Complications to Friedrichs Ataxia, a rare muscle disorder. RIP Gayle......
I was surfing TH-cam recently and stumbled upon a live performance on which Brian Cole was singing lead. Wow! He was incredible! I’m astounded at what a great lead singer he was. A great talent gone way too soon.
My coming of age 'genesis' song that reached #1 for 4 weeks at the beginning of the magical and mythic summer of 1967! The sweet nectar and promise of youth, life and love playing out endlessly as the greatest collection of popular classics were birthed during that incandescent summer! RIP to the great Terry Kirkman of Association fame who started it all! They debuted as the opening act of the legendary Monterey Pop festival!
Nobody can touch the harmonies of this group I only wish I was a little younger to enjoy these when they were actually the hit songs in the 1960s rest in peace Larry Romas
I am back on an Association jag tonight.. What a fabulous group that I was fortunate enough to see 4 times in various stages of their evolution. From Rock Superstars in the late 60's to a college tour in 2019. Every once in a while I relive my late teens and twenties in never dying music TH-cam tour.
Interesting seeing the band members get “interviewed” prior to the great tune. Brian Cole’ life ended on a tragic note 5 years later. These original members stayed on and off. See their performance at the Monterey Pop Festival that summer.
What a tremendous sound. 50 years old in 2017. They never had a massive comeback hit during the 1980s like many 1960s era artists did. The best music, people and things are sadly mostly in the past now.
I don't think that you will see a five minute band introduction with today's comedies as it worked in 1967. However, it was a clever way to introduce a great song!
I was 11, and I still remember this exact show... the explanation of how they got their name stuck with me for some reason! Later, in college, I would get to see a live taping of the Smothers Brothers show when they tried to remount it in the mid-70s.
You know when you have a great piece of music when 40 years later this song is used in commercials many times to promote products. This song is timeless. I do not say this to demean this classic by the Association, listen to commercials with Beatles tunes, Lead Zepplin, etc. This is a timeless song forever.
GREATEST SONG IN ALL POP ! 10,000 YEARS FROM NOT THEY WILL BE LISTENING TO THIS AND WILL BE WONDERING WHAT IT WAS LIFE DURING OUR TIME. THAT IS IF THEY DON"T HAVE TINE TRAVIL !
WINDY" WAS MY 1ST DOG(SHELTY/SHEPARD MIX), DRIVING HOME IN MY "1963 BRITISH RACING GREEN THUNDERBIRD W/390 C.I.WINDSOR ENGINE, TAPPED CAR IN FRONT AT LIGHT WHILE TALKING TO " WINDY" IN BACK(JUST "ADOPTED " HER FROM " BIDA WEE ANIMAL SHELTER, IN WANTAGH, LONG ISLAND.OF COURSE,"WINDY" WAS PLAYING ON THE RADIO-HENCE, HER NAME.
shuroom57 Totally. I figured that if he wouldn’t have stayed in the music industry, he could have gone on to something in television like an announcer or even a talk show host; Brian certainly had the speaking voice and the personality for those...
I like the cheezy quick one liner humor, oh and this song, its one I like its uplifting and happy, and kind of relaxing, one memorie I have of hearing this song is comming home from the west noble cross contry invitational in 1999 on the bus it was a nice day and we were all kind of tired experianceing a runners euphoria if you will, I remember hearing this one on the radio, and loved it, another pop song I like from highschool was when the band played dawning of the age of aquerious and let the sun shine in, during the half time show at the football game one year, I liked that one too, of course I grew up listining to oldies radio as that is what my perants had on when we would go anywhere in the car I learned to apreciate it , and like it, even saw the association this year though terry dont sing with them anymore and I was dissapponted by that, they still had three in the band and del ramos larrys brother plays with them as well so it made up for it a little bit, but they were only one of the 6 bands that did not sound like they used to, though mostly due to not having the 6 part harmonie anymore with soo many members gone. anyway if you like music like this from the sixties go see the happy togather tour when it comes near your town or city, it is well worth it, loved the grass roots, the turtles and the buckinhams, it was nice to see soo many ledgends in concert, oh and mark lindsey from paul revear and the raiders, as well as the association and the cowsills, they were good too, though many of the cowsills are passed away as well, but there are still three left right now, and as for mark lindsey you sware he was only 40 somthing the way he dances and bounces around on the stage, and the turtles well they are still full of comady after soo many years.
+manga12 Thanks for sharing your comments! You are so right about the Happy Together Tour. I've gone for quite a few years... and some of the recent live performances I have posted on this channel are from those shows... 2013 and 2015! Mark Lindsay's still got it! th-cam.com/users/bze2nlz4videos
Me encanta esta canción, cuando salio yo tenia 2 años y a pesar que tiene ya 51 años que se dio a conocer son canciones que no pasan de moda y son muy bonitas, yo soy mexicana y me gustan todas las canciones de los años 60s aunque no fue mi época
Well done for this post the banter before the song, they never made it in england apart from, a time for livin' . I think I recall it as a child, I love this band all credit to them and their unique way, it cost a fortune for my CDs from USA
My Gentle Pitt Bull That’s awesome! I’m a Morgantown native whom lives in Saint Albans, so I know completely about Spring Hill... especially Spring Hill Pastry (LOL). Love, LOVE their ‘hot dogs...’ 😜
The Association is my all time favorite band to come out of the 60's. My only album is the Association Live,recorded at the University of Utah in 1970. But that album is enough to love a great band. Wish I could have seen them live.
I saw them doing a benefit concert on an east end Long Island NY beach in the late 1990's. They were just great but their impeccable studio work really spoiled us!
the original song, written by a woman, Windy is a dude. On the original recording by the Association, they brought in a piccolo player to play, but Terry uses a recorder here. Everytime I drive thru Salina, Kansas on I-70, I think "hay, Terry Kirkland is from here." just a few notes from a great time with you guys years ago.
60s70sVintageRock I saw the unfortunate news on a Yahoo search & he was only 72. At least I got to see him with The Association during the summer of 1997 at Smith Point State Park in NY. Too bad, he was very talented.
velma Celeste There are plenty of us around! The 60's & 70's were the best and unfortunately the aura of excitement & excellence that era gave off will never be duplicated. We were a lucky group!
I thought that the Smothers Brothers' TV show was broadcast live to the East Coast during it's first season and a half (January, 1967-May, 1968), and seen on the West Coast in a three hour delay, going to tape for it's final season (September, 1968-April, 1969) so that CBS censors could preview episodes and demand cuts.
That was a great song, I loved it in the 60s and it's just as good now. The Smothers Bros were also my fave TV show until they were canceled for being too controversial.
What a blast from the past, both the Smother's Brothers and the Association. I wonder if Ruthann Friedman ever thought her song would be that successful?
Wow! Great to see this video clip, even if it has deteriorated over the years. The show was broadcast in full "living" color but this tape is so washed out, you can only see the color reflected off an electric guitar now. I recall that the Smother Brothers Hour show was a top-rated variety show back in the '60s that frequently had millions of viewers each week-- it was part of the "groovy" scene back then. A kid growing up in the '60s most likely knew who Laurel and Hardy were, but that act is now about 100 years old! How many people under the age of 50 have ever heard of Laurel and Hardy? Not many, I am sure. Anyway, I laughed pretty hard watching this clip, as I now see the adult humor that made the Smother Brothers so funny with their straight guy and funny guy routine. I don't recall that I laughed so much back then as a kid watching this show. Great to see the Association perform one of their many hits-- this one being "Windy." Anyway, this was a treat to see, despite the poor condition of the recording-- at least the sound quality seems pretty good still although it seems mixed in with pre-recorded singing.
@Joe Carlton Yes, it's a shame this one didn't get cleaned up like a couple others did for release on dvd/rebroadcast. For the most part, this performance is definitely a lip-sync to the studio recording... although the lead vocals are mic'd for live. Thanks for commenting!
Thank you !!
Enjoyed this even though back then many shows were lip synced.
You can really tell with the piccolo not being played.
The full clip in higher quality can be seen here: th-cam.com/video/X-0JIaaZK-U/w-d-xo.html
(It starts at 4:06)
I could have done some nice restoration to this clip. It was recorded on ampex 2" tape machines. They were the amazement of the industry before the helical scans appeared.
Proud to know that there is one from hawai Larry Ramos and I think he comes from a
Filipino descent.
Ramos is Filipino
Ramos, NO. He's OBVIOUSLYSlavic, Ramosnik.
Very sad to hear about Mr Ramos passing, brilliant singer, musician and all around nice guy with a very positive and great image. His memory lives on in our hearts through his music. RIP and Rest In Love Mr Ramos
Another one of their great hits. Takes me back to 1967 when I was dating a young lady at that time. Got married in 1968 and still married 55 and a half years later. 😀
Quick story, that no one cares to hear: Every Thursday I'd pick my adolescent daughter up from school to get lunch together. Played this song incessantly, much to her annoyance. She always complained. She's late 20's now--she told me it's her favorite song
"WINDY" was the most perfect song to be the US #1 hit through the entire Summer of Love! The Association was such a wonderful group. Their sound was definitely "lighter than air".
This song always reminds me of my Little Sister Gayle. They called her "Windy". She was 6 when this song came out. Sadly she passed in 1984 at only 23 from Complications to Friedrichs Ataxia, a rare muscle disorder. RIP Gayle......
RIP Terry Kirkman 😞😞😞
The Association band is AMAZING and I love, love, love Brian Cole. I hope he is resting in eternal peace!
I was surfing TH-cam recently and stumbled upon a live performance on which Brian Cole was singing lead. Wow! He was incredible! I’m astounded at what a great lead singer he was. A great talent gone way too soon.
The band of my life : The Association. Fan since 1965.
My coming of age 'genesis' song that reached #1 for 4 weeks at the beginning of the magical and mythic summer of 1967! The sweet nectar and promise of youth, life and love playing out endlessly as the greatest collection of popular classics were birthed during that incandescent summer! RIP to the great Terry Kirkman of Association fame who started it all! They debuted as the opening act of the legendary Monterey Pop festival!
Nobody can touch the harmonies of this group I only wish I was a little younger to enjoy these when they were actually the hit songs in the 1960s rest in peace Larry Romas
The Beach Boys
Brings back so many wonderful memories..
Larry Ramos really improved the Association sound from 1966 to his joining in 1967. I usually sat 8 feet away in their Ice House performances.
Must've been awesome.
Everything was so great back then.
Agreed, sadly its miserable now.
Anyone else remember listening to songs like this back when WLS AM was (Chicago's original rock station) before FM was even around!
Me! 😊 Grew up in Chicagoland. Check out my other channel, 60s70sChicagoRock!
I hope there are bands like the Association in Heaven.
I am back on an Association jag tonight.. What a fabulous group that I was fortunate enough to see 4 times in various stages of their evolution. From Rock Superstars in the late 60's to a college tour in 2019. Every once in a while I relive my late teens and twenties in never dying music TH-cam tour.
Why is it when I hear the Association i both smile and get the chills?
I so recall, seeing this on CBS in the late 60's. The Association were 6 guys who could seriously, & for-real, sing . ----------MJL< 75 y/o
Interesting seeing the band members get “interviewed” prior to the great tune. Brian Cole’ life ended on a tragic note 5 years later. These original members stayed on and off. See their performance at the Monterey Pop Festival that summer.
this one all i can say is i love the association all songs
The Smothers Brothers, CLASSIC!
Larry Ramos is so cute! I would have had a big crush on him if my heart hadn't already belonged to Paul and John...lol
This group is amazing and I love Brian Cole.
The maj7 chords of the vocals are, and always will be, amazing.
What a tremendous sound. 50 years old in 2017. They never had a massive comeback hit during the 1980s like many 1960s era artists did. The best music, people and things are sadly mostly in the past now.
DAVIN GLADWELL are u SURE about EVERYTHING!!! you ve just written. see u on the next 1,dont be late!!!!
Ed Sheeran’s music is awesome.
Very cool ....I remember them well.
FYI to Comments: the intros were trying to be Beatlesesque / Monkeesesque, which worked for American audiences...in 1967. :) Thanks for this!
We used to play this some in Jr High school band. Still loving it.
Most likely saw that episode when it aired. Not alot of other things were on T.V. back then. I like the hawaiian's footwork!
I definitely watched it live. Remember the hum drummer and “cherries”.
Thank u this was awesome
I love this song
My dad and i were big fans of The Smothers Brothers. He passed on in '83. I always think of him when i see the S.B.
Ditto. ‘73.
Those jokes are funny as hell! In 2020! Cool dudes!
Today, the bass player is long gone (O.D. in 1980s), and Larry the Hawaiian died in 2014.
Thank you so much, friend, so posting this wonderful clip from the very Summer I was born, 1967. Love and respect, Kurt from Massachusetts.
You are welcome :)
Not a huge library of songs but great harmonies. Great songs attached to fun memories of attending grade school in 1967.
I really enjoy the introduction . . . memorable one !!
Such a wonderfully happy and joyous pop song, one of the best of the sixties, and perfectly performed. A scrumptious confection!
Remind of my childhood, I think I was 8 listening to this just bring back those years, classics...
I would play their songs on my record player. 17 years old in 1972❤️💙😘
RIP Larry and Brian.
My The Association favorite song
I was 8 then, and these memories never fade, fantastic!
I was 9 when it was number one during mid to late July 1967 but was still 8 when they first released it & I still love it today!
beautiful layered arrangements within the song, a pop masterpiece. Amazing chorals as well.
Love that motown drumbeat!
Hal Blain was the drummer on the recording.
I don't think that you will see a five minute band introduction with today's comedies as it worked in 1967. However, it was a clever way to introduce a great song!
I was 11, and I still remember this exact show... the explanation of how they got their name stuck with me for some reason! Later, in college, I would get to see a live taping of the Smothers Brothers show when they tried to remount it in the mid-70s.
Such a great era
You know when you have a great piece of music when 40 years later this song is used in commercials many times to promote products. This song is timeless. I do not say this to demean this classic by the Association, listen to commercials with Beatles tunes, Lead Zepplin, etc. This is a timeless song forever.
Great song
Wow..Tommy Smothers aka Smothers Comedy Hour. 💘 This song!
absolutely fantastic. i love the smothers brothers and i always loved the association. great video. thanks for sharing
I have heard this as a child but wonder why they were not really recognized in the UK. Maybe I am wrong? I hope I am. Nice tune.
I sometimes wonder if I am the only British Association fan. It's lonely out here!
GREATEST SONG IN ALL POP ! 10,000 YEARS FROM NOT THEY WILL BE LISTENING TO THIS AND WILL BE WONDERING WHAT IT WAS LIFE DURING OUR TIME. THAT IS IF THEY DON"T HAVE TINE TRAVIL !
You don't get out much, do you?
They'll also love it too! You should listen to Ruthann Friedman's version made a year earlier while you're at it. She is the songwriter who wrote it.
WINDY" WAS MY 1ST DOG(SHELTY/SHEPARD MIX), DRIVING HOME IN MY "1963 BRITISH RACING GREEN THUNDERBIRD W/390 C.I.WINDSOR ENGINE, TAPPED CAR IN FRONT AT LIGHT WHILE TALKING TO " WINDY" IN BACK(JUST "ADOPTED " HER FROM " BIDA WEE ANIMAL SHELTER, IN WANTAGH, LONG ISLAND.OF COURSE,"WINDY" WAS PLAYING ON THE RADIO-HENCE, HER NAME.
390 is the big block FE, not the Windsor.
Fantastic 😂
These guys were awesome!
Thank you for putting this up.
"........the seeds of its own destruction." Unfortunately prophetic words from and about Brian Cole. What a shame.
shuroom57 Totally. I figured that if he wouldn’t have stayed in the music industry, he could have gone on to something in television like an announcer or even a talk show host; Brian certainly had the speaking voice and the personality for those...
I like the cheezy quick one liner humor, oh and this song, its one I like its uplifting and happy, and kind of relaxing, one memorie I have of hearing this song is comming home from the west noble cross contry invitational in 1999 on the bus it was a nice day and we were all kind of tired experianceing a runners euphoria if you will, I remember hearing this one on the radio, and loved it, another pop song I like from highschool was when the band played dawning of the age of aquerious and let the sun shine in, during the half time show at the football game one year, I liked that one too, of course I grew up listining to oldies radio as that is what my perants had on when we would go anywhere in the car I learned to apreciate it , and like it, even saw the association this year though terry dont sing with them anymore and I was dissapponted by that, they still had three in the band and del ramos larrys brother plays with them as well so it made up for it a little bit, but they were only one of the 6 bands that did not sound like they used to, though mostly due to not having the 6 part harmonie anymore with soo many members gone.
anyway if you like music like this from the sixties go see the happy togather tour when it comes near your town or city, it is well worth it, loved the grass roots, the turtles and the buckinhams, it was nice to see soo many ledgends in concert, oh and mark lindsey from paul revear and the raiders, as well as the association and the cowsills, they were good too, though many of the cowsills are passed away as well, but there are still three left right now, and as for mark lindsey you sware he was only 40 somthing the way he dances and bounces around on the stage, and the turtles well they are still full of comady after soo many years.
+manga12 Thanks for sharing your comments! You are so right about the Happy Together Tour. I've gone for quite a few years... and some of the recent live performances I have posted on this channel are from those shows... 2013 and 2015! Mark Lindsay's still got it! th-cam.com/users/bze2nlz4videos
+60s70sVintageRock yes I saw it first hand, he bounces around like a guy from van halen in the 80's
manga12 great band.
I use to listen to this as a teenager. Great song!
That was my birth year, Thanks
🙂
Me encanta esta canción, cuando salio yo tenia 2 años y a pesar que tiene ya 51 años que se dio a conocer son canciones que no pasan de moda y son muy bonitas, yo soy mexicana y me gustan todas las canciones de los años 60s aunque no fue mi época
Wonderful !!! Time to please !!!
God bless you Tom.
Thanks so much, Brought back great memories. :)
Didn't even mention that Larry Ramos plays guitar and sings. Great Proto-Psychedelic Sunshine Pop gem of a tune.
Well done for this post the banter before the song, they never made it in england apart from, a time for livin' . I think I recall it as a child, I love this band all credit to them and their unique way, it cost a fortune for my CDs from USA
Thanks that was great !
Smothers Bros were so cool and funny ..I made sure to watch and record the music with my little Sony reel to reel
I liked the show when it was on TV 🙂😁
I remember watching this on Sunday night, then discussing the show the next day in class (Doc.Wylies class)
Knew a Windy at Spring Hill Jr in South Charleston, WV. Windy McP.....was so cute.
My Gentle Pitt Bull That’s awesome! I’m a Morgantown native whom lives in Saint Albans, so I know completely about Spring Hill... especially Spring Hill Pastry (LOL). Love, LOVE their ‘hot dogs...’ 😜
I'll always delight in this song!
The Association is my all time favorite band to come out of the 60's. My only album is the Association Live,recorded at the University of Utah in 1970. But that album is enough to love a great band. Wish I could have seen them live.
I saw them doing a benefit concert on an east end Long Island NY beach in the late 1990's. They were just great but their impeccable studio work really spoiled us!
Thanks for this video. I had no idea that the Association was a band; I thought they only sang whilst other people played instruments.
Wendy or Windy! Thanks for the upload xd
what an amazing band, a terrific discovery
Damn, I squealed like a little girl when this popped up. I thought I had more dignity.
LOL. 😄
i love this song
GREAT FUN
great clip! I believe the Association used to play at Disneyland before they were famous.
the original song, written by a woman, Windy is a dude. On the original recording by the Association, they brought in a piccolo player to play, but Terry uses a recorder here. Everytime I drive thru Salina, Kansas on I-70, I think "hay, Terry Kirkland is from here." just a few notes from a great time with you guys years ago.
A LITTLE MAGIC IN THE HEART .
An utter travesty that they're not in the bogus Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
I want that bass
who doesn't?!!
THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO (GALAXY MUSICPLUS)
THANKS AGAIN TO "VINTAGE ROCK" FOR POSTING VIDEO.
GALAXY MUSICPLUS You're welcome, thanks for watching!
not many API's got that kind of airtime on u.s. national tv in the mid/late60s. someone's seriously got to write a full-length bio on larry ramos.
Good arrangement
Larry Ramos RIP!
He didn't pass on..
Edward Anthony
Sorry, Larry Ramos did pass away on April 30th from cancer.
Edward Anthony
Thanks for your reply, it's nice to meet someone similar. Peace and all the best.
60s70sVintageRock I saw the unfortunate news on a Yahoo search & he was only 72. At least I got to see him with The Association during the summer of 1997 at Smith Point State Park in NY. Too bad, he was very talented.
velma Celeste There are plenty of us around! The 60's & 70's were the best and unfortunately the aura of excitement & excellence that era gave off will never be duplicated. We were a lucky group!
In the 50-odd years since this was broadcast, music has got much worse. But thankfully comedy has improved immeasurably.
Danny Fenris no kidding the music was awesome but God that comedy was horrible
beloog99 I don't think that being comedians were the Association's strengths. However, I always found the Smothers Brothers to be funny.
Larry Ramos looked the most comfortable, but he had already done a season on The Andy Williams Show.
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I thought that the Smothers Brothers' TV show was broadcast live to the East Coast during it's first season and a half (January, 1967-May, 1968), and seen on the West Coast in a three hour delay, going to tape for it's final season (September, 1968-April, 1969) so that CBS censors could preview episodes and demand cuts.
DEAR LARRY RAMOS , GOODBYE MY FRIEND
Lip-syncing this appearance, but they were quite capable of doing justice (and then some) to all of their songs live.
The drummer was CUTE!
That was a great song, I loved it in the 60s and it's just as good now. The Smothers Bros were also my fave TV show until they were canceled for being too controversial.
Smothers brothers had a great show. No cords to the guitars, live?
Smothers Brothers...thanks commenters! LOVE TO HEAR ON THE RADIO!
What a blast from the past, both the Smother's Brothers and the Association. I wonder if Ruthann Friedman ever thought her song would be that successful?