Keith, Chad and I (Clive Metcalfe) wrote this sixty years ago and as I approach my 80th birthday it's still wonderful to know so many people still love our song.
It's just a wonderful song. They say that all good things must end, someday. But this song will be played forever. I saw an interview you did (A Fleeting Glimpse) where you said the song is almost unknown in the UK. I am sad for them! I visited your art page, also. Lovely. I especially like the one of the old fence & gate, and one of the person riding the bicycle among pastel buildings. I hope this note finds you doing well.
Dear God.....can we please go back....just for an afternoon? Ohh...I loved this when I was 10 in 1965....still love it now. Those of us my age and perhaps a little older who might be reading this.....do you realize how absolutely great we had it musically then? Even though most all our cars had dinky little am radios only, with a horrible speaker upwards in the center of the dashboard's top...it just seemed like every song....one after another after another.....was a winner. We were so lucky. So very lucky.
Agree 2024 years fly by I’m suddenly older and feeling it. Sometimes the music can take me back even if only for a minute it’s still good to feel like I did before I wake up and remember it was fleeting like the years of my life. Oh the music and innocence how beautiful it was!
I remember my mom dancing by herself in the kitchen when I was 10 years old to this song. Shes almost 90 now and in a nursing home needing 24 hour professional care. This sparked a recessed memory of a wonderful time in my life. Although we can't go back, I just did. Tragically she doesn't know me sometimes. Miss you mom, you were a great dancer and an exceptional mom.
You must play this song for her, even if it's over the phone. Play a couple songs she loves whether she seems to remember or not. Music soothes, and maybe she will recognize something; never know- good luck.
Make a tape and take it with you when you visit your Mum next time. Music can create miracles on dementia. Maybe, just maybe, you'll get the chance for another dance with her. I will keep my fingers crossed. ❤
Chad and Jeremy were distinctly part of the "British Invasion" of the mid to late 1960s that brought fresh British Theatre and fashion trends to the streetwise American rock scene. It was often said by he British " saved rock & roll". Saved from what? Saved it from missing out on the gently, culturally artistic dimension of the performing arts.
The lyrics that capture the loss of a summer love in 1964 are followed by the the loss of sanity in 1968 Tune in turn on and drop out Dr Timothy Leary Riot and burn down your own cities to Build Back Better Sound familiar?
@@philbrowning3279Me too. I was 10 in 65 and would fall asleep listening to WLS in Chicago. My dad worked the second shift. He would come in to my room and turn off my transistor radio to conserve my 9 volt battery. I still enjoy listening to the radio. I listen to WXRT.
We children of the 1960's sure were lucky to experience this music first hand. Too many great bands of the 60's to name here. I am happy for subsequent generations that are able to hear this for the first time.
I remember this song as a kid. Summer seemed to last forever back then. Sitting on the porch reading comic books and eating dixie cups. Life was simpler.
I had a Chad & Jeremy CD that I played often when my three children were little. Every time this song came on, my littlest son (at age 3) would say, "Mama! It's our song!". To this day, so many years later, I still get happy tears in my eyes when I hear this beautiful song and remember those precious days.
I had just turned 16 on October 12th wow like the song , all those years ago, will you still need me when I’m 64 , I wish I was 64 I thank GOD I am still around I have 4 grandchildren I’m Blessed AMEN
Me, 72, makes me so happy to listen to your …..A Summer Song, …… everything was rather uncomplicated,falling in love, enjoying music…..listen to your band…. Those were the days…👏👏👏💫💫💫🙏
I was 8yrs old and this is what played in the background of my youth growing up in the 60s. Real MUSIC, with real TALENT, by real Artists. No hop garbage. ✌
This song is from waaay before my time, but I'm lucky to have discovered it somehow. So beautiful, peaceful, conforting, nostalgic... You know when you miss something that you have never lived, and that hurts in a sweet way? That's what this song does to me. Great music is timeless.
This was one of the songs I was blessed to hear in my teens. Music was actual music back then. You could sing along and harmonize with 60’s songs like this. I miss that time so much. 😢
I see what you're saying however I also feel there are some more recent and current songs out there which have those same qualities, you just have to look for them.
Soothing I will be 71 on Christmas this year I want to go back to those times thankyou Dear GOD for having those childhood memories and green apples on a tree.
Trees swayin' in the summer breeze Showin' off their silver leaves As we walked by Soft kisses on a summer's day Laughing all our cares away Just you and I Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights Gazing at the distant lights In the starry sky They say that all good things must end someday Autumn leaves must fall But don't you know That it hurts me so To say goodbye to you? Wish you didn't have to go No, no, no, no, and when the rain Beats against my window pane I'll think of summer days again And dream of you They say that all good things must end someday Autumn leaves must fall But don't you know that it hurts me so To say goodbye to you? Wish you didn't have to go No, no, no, no, and when the rain Beats against my window pane I'll think of summer days again And dream of you And dream of you
This was released at about the time of our 1st anniversary(July, 1964). We were just beginning to understand that we had entered what would be the "good old days" of our lives. That began our 7-year honeymoon before our first baby arrived. And because of the beauty and goodness of Susan's spirit, those days went on for the 50 years we had together in our private world.. But the magic of the sixties, perfectly captured in the playful innocence and joyful harmonies of the music, could not last. A darkness began creeping over the land, driving our nation and much of the world into a fearful meanness that leaves its music harsh. In her last loving words of comfort, Susan told me, "Grief is natural, but let it be brief. The cure is remembrance and gratitude, for one another and all we've shared." So on lonely nights I turn here to relive Chad and Jeremy, The Momas and the Popas, Spanky and Our Gang, the Association and all those days of love and laughter. Thank you, TH-cam.
I had the enormous privilege of being taught at secondary school by Keith Noble (co-writer). An incredible teacher and a thoroughly, thoroughly decent man. Humble, giving and supportive throughout my schooldays. Loved hearing him talk about the creation of this song. A chart topper in the USA as I recall him saying with pride! Tremendously beautiful song. I'll never forget his kindness, care and support: it really made a difference. I hope all of you listeners enjoy. God bless you Mr Noble. I'll be forever grateful for having had you as a teacher. One in a million.
Interesting story, they're obscure and virtually unknown in the UK having charted just once in 1963 with their first release that made no.37, just about profitable enough to allow the record company to give them studio time and musicans to record an album, in the hope that it may pay for itself and allow a small profit, which it just about did.. Subsequent releases were made solely with the American Market in mind and were never promoted in the UK as they sold poorly
He was an interesting man to listen to. Had been involved in ‘The Screaming Abdabs’ who later evolved into Pink Floyd… “Tell us about your time in the band, Sir” was a bit of a recurring request, but he didn’t give too much away. Glad the studios made enough to keep them going. I listen to this song often - it’s timeless.
I was almost 14 when this song came out and to this day it is one of my favorites. Those were truly care free days and wonderful times, and every time I here this song, I stop, drift back, and smile. The British invasion including the Beatles also landed during this time period. What a great time to be alive. The only thing I had to do was mow my parents lawn, and fix flats on my bike~~everything else was pure gravy.
Yes, back then there was plenty of teen employment, free and very low cost college with options galore. Wealth Power and Privilege have shut off all those spiggots and blocked all the drains
I remember winning this album in a radio contest! Still have it! I still remember the winning question….the station would give a clue, and the caller would have to figure out a two word rhyming answer. Silly I know but I won this! Clue….insect, mat….answer…bug rug! 😂. It was worth playing getting music like this! I was in my early 20s and now 77! We had the best music!
As a young woman in the 90's and early 00's, this timeless song remind me that the spring and summer of youth is quickly fading fast. But God has granted me the chance to see early autumn. But oh it hurts to lose your youth and face regrets of yesteryear.
I was 6 yrs old then,,ill be 65 this year,boy those were the days,,i used to hear this song on the radio then,,i lived in san jose calif..when we had lots of fruit orchards and canneries,,and milk dairy down the street where we lived..we lived in a old house with trees all around,,and 2 laned streets, the age of innocence back then..good memories when i hear these songs..
Such special times and memories. a young girl in Love with a Young man that joined the Army, off he went my heart Broke. We married in Aug 1968, 3 children, military career, 9 Grandchildren and he passed away. 2009. Such wonderful memories sad good all wrapped into one. Love the song.
These guys, Peter and Gordon, Peter, Paul, and Mary, and, of course, The Beatles, made me want to learn to play the guitar (I was thirteen in 1964). Still playing and singing after all these years.
As a young 60's adult this was my favorite song. I'd lye in bed and move my Philco radio around for better recepton so I could hear this song clearly. Just a beautiful song today as it was back then. Where has the time gone? Been a blur!
+tom g Freakin A I ask myself the same thing lol It was a great time to be young. The music was phenomenal. I'm glad I was there even though I'm old now.
I remember all those years, but seemed to pass so quickly! I was a school teacher for 30 years, used to tell the kids to quit being in a hurry to grow up! Older lasts forever, youth is a one time journey!
Rhonda Boncutter Yes so true!! My older sister used to say, when I was young,(18yrs. difference) youth is wasted on the young!! I didn't really "get it" back then, I do now😘
WOW! They could really play guitar!!! And SING too. What lovelies.💕 I agree with Dick Clark, this has got to be one of the most beautiful secular songs ever written. I could listen to it over and over and over again.
I'm off from work tonight @ VA Hospital and listening the SMX Radio they play the song .I remember those days I was a little 9 yrs old.Its nice to listen the 70's songs.I love it.
Chad Stuart, of the English singing duo of Chad & Jeremy, died on December 20th, 2020 at his home in Hailey, Idaho of pneumonia. He was 79 years old... Between 1963 and 1966 the duo had eleven records on Billboard's Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10, "A Summer Song", it peaked at #7 {for 2 weeks} in October of 1964... They had two Top 20 records, "Willow Weep For Me" {#15 in 1964} and "Before and After" {#17 in 1965}... Surprisingly, they had only one charted record in their native England, "Yesterday's Gone", it reached #37 in 1963... May Mr. Stuart R.I.P. Note: Their above performance is from the November 28th, 1964 episode of 'American Bandstand'...
Yessiree, we have no choice growing older but I refuse to Grow Up and that doesn't mean being childish or foolish. I just never stop learning and adapting
Trees, swayin' in the summer breeze, Showin' off their silver leaves, as we walk by. Soft kisses on a summer's day, Laughing all our cares away, Just you and I. Sweet, sleepy warmth of summer nights, Gazing at the distant lights In the starlit sky. They say that all good things must end, some day; Autumn leaves must fall. But don't you know, that it hurts me so, To say goodbye to you? Wish you didn't have to go; No, no, no no! And when the rain, Beats against my window pane, I think of summer days again - And dream of you. They say that all good things must end, some day; Autumn leaves must fall. But don't you know, that it hurts me so, To say goodbye to you? Wish you didn't have to go; No, no, no no! And when the rain, Beats against my window pane, I think of summer days again. And dream of you. And dream of you...
@@druidprincess9942 I appreciate that someone does - very much. I'm a shower singer. I like knowing the words to those songs in my repertoire. I only just realized that Eli's coming and the cards say a broken heart. I have sung it for many, many years as . . . and God save a broken heart. Having this courtesy allows me to at least disturb my neighbors with the right words. The lyrics are the first thing I look for in the comment section. So a much deserved thank you from me.
Beautiful harmonies with their voices, enticing accents with brass and strings and the final pièce de résistance of ending the ballad on a picardy third. This was truly music for the soul.
Keith, Chad and I (Clive Metcalfe) wrote this sixty years ago and as I approach my 80th birthday it's still wonderful to know so many people still love our song.
God bless ❤
love the song & still have the album in 2024.
Such a lovely song.❤
Thank you so much for this beautiful song. I’m 69 and instantly go back to a better place when I hear it.
It's just a wonderful song. They say that all good things must end, someday. But this song will be played forever. I saw an interview you did (A Fleeting Glimpse) where you said the song is almost unknown in the UK. I am sad for them! I visited your art page, also. Lovely. I especially like the one of the old fence & gate, and one of the person riding the bicycle among pastel buildings. I hope this note finds you doing well.
Dear God.....can we please go back....just for an afternoon? Ohh...I loved this when I was 10 in 1965....still love it now. Those of us my age and perhaps a little older who might be reading this.....do you realize how absolutely great we had it musically then? Even though most all our cars had dinky little am radios only, with a horrible speaker upwards in the center of the dashboard's top...it just seemed like every song....one after another after another.....was a winner. We were so lucky. So very lucky.
i'm your age, find me a time machine, you can send me back permanently, as the age i am right now...
@@greg33770 I hear 'ya Greg. We could go back together and split the gas fee....lol.
@@joelewing4498 🙂👍
I was 14 going on 15. Sure beats Illuminati Corporate Rock.
Yeah. I hear you. I was there. Lucky we were.
I miss the music of those days, the innocence... we've lost a lot.
Completely in 2016.
Agree 2024 years fly by I’m suddenly older and feeling it. Sometimes the music can take me back even if only for a minute it’s still good to feel like I did before I wake up and remember it was fleeting like the years of my life. Oh the music and innocence how beautiful it was!
Amen
Agree, such a beautiful timeless song.
I am SO GLAD that I grew up in that era.
Me too. The BEST! (Except for Vietnam). 👍
Amen
Me too ✌️
Me too. I loved growing up with music and still fill the air with vintage vinyl a bit too loud.
ME TOO
JUST NOW SAMG IT WITH THEM
" JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD 3:30 AM
I remember my mom dancing by herself in the kitchen when I was 10 years old to this song. Shes almost 90 now and in a nursing home needing 24 hour professional care. This sparked a recessed memory of a wonderful time in my life. Although we can't go back, I just did. Tragically she doesn't know me sometimes. Miss you mom, you were a great dancer and an exceptional mom.
People weren't such assholes then.
You must play this song for her, even if it's over the phone. Play a couple songs she loves whether she seems to remember or not. Music soothes, and maybe she will recognize something; never know- good luck.
@@Katy-ye1zr Thank you. I visit her in the nursing home often. I'll do that.
Make a tape and take it with you when you visit your Mum next time. Music can create miracles on dementia. Maybe, just maybe, you'll get the chance for another dance with her. I will keep my fingers crossed. ❤
@@Pia-ou1cc You are very kind. Thank you for the suggestion. I will.
I’m 70 years old, and was about 12 when this came out. Velvety smooth and lyrical, a beautiful song!
I'm 68 and weren't those the days? Wish we could have gotten better instead of what we have today. ❤
@@mollylittlewolf9192 I'm 68 too Molly and I totally agree with you. Those were the carefree days when life was a lot simpler.
@@delby66 the music these days seems angry to me. I don't like rap either 🤣
I was 13! 😊
@@mollylittlewolf9192 In many ways we did get better as a country, then we rapidly descended just as a elevator does going down.
I think we all wish time would always be stuck in the 60’s ❤
Love that song! Am 71 now and have always bee a music buff; 60-80’’ are the best.
71 also! 😊
@@wasabe591Me too!
Don and Phil( Everly Brothers), Simon and Garfunkle, Peter and Gordon,Chad and Jeremy- the 60's sure had some top notch duos!
Chad and Jeremy were distinctly part of the "British Invasion" of the mid to late 1960s that brought fresh British Theatre and fashion trends to the streetwise American rock scene.
It was often said by he British " saved rock & roll". Saved from what? Saved it from missing out on the gently, culturally artistic dimension of the performing arts.
Also Seals and Crofts.
The lyrics that capture the loss of a summer love in 1964 are followed by the the loss of sanity in 1968
Tune in turn on and drop out Dr Timothy Leary
Riot and burn down your own cities to Build Back Better
Sound familiar?
Sonny & Cher, too. I'd put Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra up there, too.
@@georgecarini345 They were pretty unknown until 1972 but are one of my favorite duos with a LOT of great album cuts.
This song has been pleasantly stuck in my head for over fifty years.
Well put and same here. Not that there is anything bad about it being stuck in my head.
It has been stuck in my head for 59 yrs! Beautiful and relaxing ……🧑🏻🦰🇨🇦🌺
Thank you Chad and Jeremy for a lovely song so soft and get gentle. The world needs more kindness.
. . Indeed!
AMEN!!!!
Ditto
More love and kindness
I am so happy to be part of that generation. They made music so beautifully.
Today October 12h 2022
Born in the 50's and grew up with best of music! Miss it!
Absolutely true.@@rhondaboncutter5812
2024 and beautiful than ever
Remember transistor radios? That's where I first heard this song! It will last forever!
And it always sounded better!
I used my transistor radio to listen to WLS in Chicago. Kept it under my pillow so my parents wouldn't hear.
What great memories.
@@philbrowning3279Me too. I was 10 in 65 and would fall asleep listening to WLS in Chicago. My dad worked the second shift. He would come in to my room and turn off my transistor radio to conserve my 9 volt battery. I still enjoy listening to the radio. I listen to WXRT.
Yes! They sounded so tinny!!
Remember? I still kind of have one. Although in the garage shed. But to be honest. Don't know if it works. Good song.
They say that all good things must end someday, but beautiful music lives forever. Rest in Peace, Chad Stuart.
RIP
Rip. You beautiful soul.
RIP
Frank, I didn’t even know Chad died until New Year’s Eve. I was hoping to meet him and Jeremy Clyde someday.
The memories from back then were just wonderful.
Takes me back to summer 1964 in England. I am 77 now
I am curious. In 1964 was Beatlemania as big in England, as it was in the States?
I'm 76, and it takes me back to basic training.
We children of the 1960's sure were lucky to experience this music first hand. Too many great bands of the 60's to name here. I am happy for subsequent generations that are able to hear this for the first time.
we had better drugs
Wouldn't know. I have never taken any drugs, nor ever tried marijuana.
admirable restraint
lovely song though, only heard it for the first time a few months ago on wfmu.org
Yes, we the children of the 60s were lucky. But what we left for our kids and grandkids is so tragic.
How could a 7 year old love these songs back in 64............thanks Transistor radio.
I was 9-my older sister got a transister radio as as gift. We 3 sisters are all such music heads to this day from listening to radio back in the 60s..
8 or 9 year old me was able to love this song
I never realized so many of us were listening back then...I had to hide my radio...
Ken Morgan Same here, Transistor radio was my best friend back then and still is lol..
Why did you hide your radio Scott?
I remember this song as a kid. Summer seemed to last forever back then. Sitting on the porch reading comic books and eating dixie cups. Life was simpler.
I never thought it would end 😥 I want to go back 🙏☮️💞🌹🎼
So much simpler. Less complicated. I miss it and so much beautiful music like this.
It was awesome!
sure was
@@cathymooney7498 unfortunately we can't go back in time.
My mama always had a radio playing in the kitchen.... these songs are ingrained in the fabric of my life.
Feb2,2024 I love Chad and Jeremy since 1965 and 2024 yes!😂😂😅😊
Feb 12, 2024 and I agree
2/17/2024 Ditto!
I used to stop whatever I was doing to listen to this song. Since I lost my wife, it makes me cry. It hurt me so to say goodbye to her!
Hang in there buddy.
johnnyd63 Thank You!
You must love her very much. Bless you.
absue Yes I do! Thank You!
Hope it's easier now, Clarence.
I had a Chad & Jeremy CD that I played often when my three children were little. Every time this song came on, my littlest son (at age 3) would say, "Mama! It's our song!". To this day, so many years later, I still get happy tears in my eyes when I hear this beautiful song and remember those precious days.
I had just turned 16 on October 12th wow like the song , all those years ago, will you still need me when I’m 64 , I wish I was 64 I thank GOD I am still around I have 4 grandchildren I’m Blessed AMEN
Shockingly beautiful in its gentle harmonies and violin accompaniments - was a huge Summer hit.
Me, 72, makes me so happy to listen to your …..A Summer Song, …… everything was rather uncomplicated,falling in love, enjoying music…..listen to your band…. Those were the days…👏👏👏💫💫💫🙏
I was 8yrs old and this is what played in the background of my youth growing up in the 60s. Real MUSIC, with real TALENT, by real Artists. No hop garbage. ✌
Wow l remember the same....thanks
Haven't heard this song in many years. Brings back childhood memories.
The world seemed so much younger back in the 60's!! What a beautiful song!
And tamer!!
Not the world, just us. = ]
I'm in Brazil ... I was born in 71... and I'm listening for the first time today !... So lovely !
Thank You Chad ! Thank You Jeremy !
This song is from waaay before my time, but I'm lucky to have discovered it somehow. So beautiful, peaceful, conforting, nostalgic... You know when you miss something that you have never lived, and that hurts in a sweet way? That's what this song does to me. Great music is timeless.
Who is still listening in 2024?!
Thankfully Coors Light decided to use this in a Commercial. More thankfully, people like ourselves know of this song.
Lots of people. Lovely music that was easy to sing with and listen to. Wish we had more like it today.
reminds me of back then, listening to a transister radio....lovely thing really....
Me
my 1 time i listen to this song was back in 88 i use to have the LP and i love this song
This is a pretty and sad song , nice to be a teenager in the 60s.
Yes it sure was!!!!
Young innocent love ... heartbreaking 💔
Except for the war.
It was even more fun being in your twentys...
Even sadder nowadays. What a slap in the face.
I loved this song in my young days and still do. There was a time when singers could sing. RIP, Chad Stuart.
This was one of the songs I was blessed to hear in my teens. Music was actual music back then. You could sing along and harmonize with 60’s songs like this. I miss that time so much. 😢
As soon as they had to start having "attitude" in music, it went straight down the toilet.
I see what you're saying however I also feel there are some more recent and current songs out there which have those same qualities, you just have to look for them.
@@bingohhhhhhhhhhhh And get past all the woke perversion and nonsense
Soothing I will be 71 on Christmas this year I want to go back to those times thankyou Dear GOD for having those childhood memories and green apples on a tree.
Still beautiful to listen to. Harmony is gorgeous, so soft and gentle.
Trees swayin' in the summer breeze
Showin' off their silver leaves
As we walked by
Soft kisses on a summer's day
Laughing all our cares away
Just you and I
Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights
Gazing at the distant lights
In the starry sky
They say that all good things must end someday
Autumn leaves must fall
But don't you know
That it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you?
Wish you didn't have to go
No, no, no, no, and when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you
They say that all good things must end someday
Autumn leaves must fall
But don't you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you?
Wish you didn't have to go
No, no, no, no, and when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you
And dream of you
I dedicate this song to Patti, Rick ,and John, for my everlasting memory of our day at a CT beach, summer of '69❤
I was 15 years old when I first heard this song; now I’m an old man... I still love this song!
You had to be there❤️I can't or don't want to imagine my life without the Classics of the 50's and 60's throw in some 70's also.
🙌🏼🙇🏽♂️🙇🏽♂️🙇🏽♂️❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙💙💙🥲🥲🥲
This was released at about the time of our 1st anniversary(July, 1964). We were just beginning to understand that we had entered what would be the "good old days" of our lives. That began our 7-year honeymoon before our first baby arrived. And because of the beauty and goodness of Susan's spirit, those days went on for the 50 years we had together in our private world..
But the magic of the sixties, perfectly captured in the playful innocence and joyful harmonies of the music, could not last. A darkness began creeping over the land, driving our nation and much of the world into a fearful meanness that leaves its music harsh.
In her last loving words of comfort, Susan told me, "Grief is natural, but let it be brief. The cure is remembrance and gratitude, for one another and all we've shared." So on lonely nights I turn here to relive Chad and Jeremy, The Momas and the Popas, Spanky and Our Gang, the Association and all those days of love and laughter.
Thank you, TH-cam.
+Kirk Bready That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read. Your words went right to my heart
+elleboucher agreed I'm sobbing rn
+Kirk Bready "the magic of the sixties, perfectly captured in the playful innocence and joyful harmonies"Couldn't have been said any better...
+Kirk Bready Susan and Kirk, a great love story. As long as love exists, so will the both of you.
+Kirk Bready I'm confused, Dick's podium says AB '65?
Sitting behind the stadium at lunch listening to this song on my little pocket radio. Simple times, simple pleasures.
I remember this so well from my high school days. As a matter of fact I still have the 45 record I bought back around 1966! So many memories.❤❤❤
I feel so lucky and blessed to have been alive to hear all the great songs of the 60's! This song ranks right up there as one of the many best!
Ah, didn't we think those days would just go on forever?
Oh how I wish they had!
No, not with the stinking Vietnam conflict.
@@thomaspick4123 Ah, Mr. Bitterman. Or is that Donny Downer? Try dipping your toe in 2019...
Casey m... Too true
We took it all for granted.
We need time travel back in the days of great music,great governments, schools, store's. 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤
I had the enormous privilege of being taught at secondary school by Keith Noble (co-writer). An incredible teacher and a thoroughly, thoroughly decent man. Humble, giving and supportive throughout my schooldays. Loved hearing him talk about the creation of this song. A chart topper in the USA as I recall him saying with pride! Tremendously beautiful song. I'll never forget his kindness, care and support: it really made a difference. I hope all of you listeners enjoy. God bless you Mr Noble. I'll be forever grateful for having had you as a teacher. One in a million.
Interesting story, they're obscure and virtually unknown in the UK having charted just once in 1963 with their first release that made no.37, just about profitable enough to allow the record company to give them studio time and musicans to record an album, in the hope that it may pay for itself and allow a small profit, which it just about did..
Subsequent releases were made solely with the American Market in mind and were never promoted in the UK as they sold poorly
He was an interesting man to listen to. Had been involved in ‘The Screaming Abdabs’ who later evolved into Pink Floyd… “Tell us about your time in the band, Sir” was a bit of a recurring request, but he didn’t give too much away. Glad the studios made enough to keep them going. I listen to this song often - it’s timeless.
Rest in peace Chad Stuart... "They say that all good things must end someday, autumn leaves must fall."
Great music never ends my friend.
@@worseto1 and the
So true so very very true 😞😞😭😭.
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Rich, captivating sound delightfully augmented by delicate lyrics with rich, harmonic vocals. I was enchanted by this duo in the mid-1960s.
I was almost 14 when this song came out and to this day it is one of my favorites. Those were truly care free days and wonderful times, and every time I here this song, I stop, drift back, and smile. The British invasion including the Beatles also landed during this time period. What a great time to be alive. The only thing I had to do was mow my parents lawn, and fix flats on my bike~~everything else was pure gravy.
Yep!
dang you're old
Named my first two sons Chad and Jeremy in honor of these two musicians...
I was 1.
Yes, back then there was plenty of teen employment, free and very low cost college with options galore. Wealth Power and Privilege have shut off all those spiggots and blocked all the drains
A masterpiece.. Thank you Chad and Jeremy.
Never get enough of listening this old song , I keep always my memories during my younger days..
Just love this song and remember as a little boy feeling the summer breeze and listening to this song !
This song reminds me of my mother, who passed in 2017. Beautiful song and beautiful woman.
❤❤❤
I am!!!! 2024. I absolutely love this song ❤️❤️❤️❤️
A timeless soft rock classic. Anyone else remember when Chad & Jeremy appeared on the Dick Van Dyke Show as "The Redcoats?"
I remember it.
patty duke show too
Sure do, they were great
Of course, I just watched the episode 10 minutes ago. One of my favorite episodes. They also were on Batman. Catwoman stole their voices!!
@@garryford1216
How did I miss that one?
I've seen that Dick VanDyke episode a bunch of times, but never Batman. Thanks! I'll look out for it.
I remember winning this album in a radio contest! Still have it! I still remember the winning question….the station would give a clue, and the caller would have to figure out a two word rhyming answer. Silly I know but I won this! Clue….insect, mat….answer…bug rug! 😂. It was worth playing getting music like this! I was in my early 20s and now 77! We had the best music!
Im 66 and still listening and will keep on!👂
I am still listening after all these,it brings back a lot of memories.❤
Always loved this song......and most everything else Chad and Jeremy came out with. Thanks for posting!!
My all-time favorite #1 song! The images and emotions and memories that this wonderful song evokes are simply timeless...
I agree with the lady below. We had the most beautiful music. This is one of them. I miss these two--love the songs!
A big “Thank You” to Dick Clark for all the years he spent entertaining us (teenagers in general) and showcasing the wonderful music of our youth.❤️
Love This song brings good happy and sad memories 💔😢🙇🏻♂️💙❤️
I could not sing that song without choking up; too beautiful and melancholy.
Brings me back to the summers in the 60's ,one of my favorite songs
and first loves
First heartbreak ... 💔
They were on batman tv show
And The Munsters, The Patty Duke Show, and The Dick van Dyke Show...
@@heatherremlin8607 To this day, 57 years later I remember & miss my first love, Lindy Lopez
No foul language. Just beautiful music. It has meaning
Some great music came across the pond and thank you ladies for not screaming.
As a young woman in the 90's and early 00's, this timeless song remind me that the spring and summer of youth is quickly fading fast. But God has granted me the chance to see early autumn. But oh it hurts to lose your youth and face regrets of yesteryear.
Totally agree with you.
I was 6 yrs old then,,ill be 65 this year,boy those were the days,,i used to hear this song on the radio then,,i lived in san jose calif..when we had lots of fruit orchards and canneries,,and milk dairy down the street where we lived..we lived in a old house with trees all around,,and 2 laned streets, the age of innocence back then..good memories when i hear these songs..
Such special times and memories. a young girl in Love with a Young man that joined the Army, off he went my heart Broke.
We married in Aug 1968, 3 children, military career, 9 Grandchildren and he passed away. 2009. Such wonderful memories sad good all wrapped into one. Love the song.
Always loved that song ….still do.
I love it. I remember when I was a little girl my older Brother & older sisters play the song.
These guys, Peter and Gordon, Peter, Paul, and Mary, and, of course, The Beatles, made me want to learn to play the guitar (I was thirteen in 1964). Still playing and singing after all these years.
I was 14 years Old and Skipped School and laying in Tall Grass listening to this song on my Transistor Radio :-)
I wish that I could go back to my day the 1940s
You're still there man 😎
I loved my transistor Radio!
Was Eric Burdon next to you?
the transistor radio was relatively new and allowed us to bring the fabulous music of the 60s with us wherever we went
Remember listening to this in 64from one of the pirate radio stations loved then still do in 2023 a lovely song.
Takes me back to a time forever gone, what a time to have been able to hear such great music.
BEAUTIFUL! 1964's CLASSIC.
Lyrics and harmony that can speak to some heartstrings.
This is such a beautiful song! It never gets old. CLASSIC ! !
As a young 60's adult this was my favorite song. I'd lye in bed and move my Philco radio around for better recepton so I could hear this song clearly. Just a beautiful song today as it was back then. Where has the time gone? Been a blur!
+tom g Freakin A I ask myself the same thing lol It was a great time to be young. The music was phenomenal. I'm glad I was there even though I'm old now.
I remember all those years, but seemed to pass so quickly! I was a school teacher for 30 years, used to tell the kids to quit being in a hurry to grow up! Older lasts forever, youth is a one time journey!
Rhonda Boncutter Yes so true!! My older sister used to say, when I was young,(18yrs. difference) youth is wasted on the young!! I didn't really "get it" back then, I do now😘
@@rhondaboncutter5812 Another great observation by Rhonda !
WOW! They could really play guitar!!! And SING too. What lovelies.💕 I agree with Dick Clark, this has got to be one of the most beautiful secular songs ever written. I could listen to it over and over and over again.
They still can. Google for the Chad & Jeremy site. Jeremy has a sight I was just on.😁
I saw Jeremy in 'Conduct Unbecoming' in 1969.
Lip synching.
They were miming, nut.
I honestly don't know exactly how to describe why I love this song so very, very much. Suffice it to say, I LOVE THIS SONG SO VERY, VERY MUCH.
Chad &Jeremy's songs always remind me of those years of my youth ... years full of dreams. Love this duo. RIP Mr..Chad Stuart.
I'm off from work tonight @ VA Hospital and listening the SMX Radio they play the song .I remember those days I was a little 9 yrs old.Its nice to listen the 70's songs.I love it.
Back in the days when Music was just good music no swearing no bullshit just good music
Chad Stuart, of the English singing duo of Chad & Jeremy, died on December 20th, 2020 at his home in Hailey, Idaho of pneumonia. He was 79 years old...
Between 1963 and 1966 the duo had eleven records on Billboard's Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10, "A Summer Song", it peaked at #7 {for 2 weeks} in October of 1964...
They had two Top 20 records, "Willow Weep For Me" {#15 in 1964} and "Before and After" {#17 in 1965}...
Surprisingly, they had only one charted record in their native England, "Yesterday's Gone", it reached #37 in 1963...
May Mr. Stuart R.I.P.
Note: Their above performance is from the November 28th, 1964 episode of 'American Bandstand'...
Thank you for what you posted here.
RIP Chad......Thank you for the Beautiful music.
So glad this masterpiece is preserved on here. Beautiful. :_)
This song was played at Ocean Breeze Water Park in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I worked there for ten summers and I loved to sing along to it.
This song always hits me to the soul. Growing up in the Bronx , listening to my little transistor radio which was my best friend.
I just read what Susan said to you. If you don’t mind I will copy it and save it. My husband died in April and this said much to me.
I think a lot of people had that same best friend.
I was a high school senior in 1964.....I loved them so much I named one of my sons Jeremy ❤.
Nice anecdote, Emillie
So did I🙂
A certain innocence that is unfortunately non existent today. What a joy they are to watch and listen.
Definitely
innocence is what we have to create for our children, curse the groomer satanic pedo movement now
People of today have no clue the magic we listened to back then fabulous
We didn't know what we had. That was a generation to be cherished forever.
I was so in love with them! The songs were beautiful and so innocent. Yes how I wish we could go back!
I never thought I would grow old but I have. Then music like makes me think I could be wrong.
Thanks, for your uplifting comment.
Well said.
What a nice comment.
Yessiree, we have no choice growing older but I refuse to Grow Up and that doesn't mean being childish or foolish. I just never stop learning and adapting
Music helps me escape.
Trees, swayin' in the summer breeze,
Showin' off their silver leaves, as we walk by.
Soft kisses on a summer's day,
Laughing all our cares away,
Just you and I.
Sweet, sleepy warmth of summer nights,
Gazing at the distant lights
In the starlit sky.
They say that all good things must end, some day;
Autumn leaves must fall.
But don't you know, that it hurts me so,
To say goodbye to you?
Wish you didn't have to go;
No, no, no no!
And when the rain,
Beats against my window pane,
I think of summer days again -
And dream of you.
They say that all good things must end, some day;
Autumn leaves must fall.
But don't you know, that it hurts me so,
To say goodbye to you?
Wish you didn't have to go;
No, no, no no!
And when the rain,
Beats against my window pane,
I think of summer days again.
And dream of you.
And dream of you...
Why do people write the songs out... we can hear it!!!
@@druidprincess9942 I appreciate that someone does - very much. I'm a shower singer. I like knowing the words to those songs in my repertoire. I only just realized that Eli's coming and the cards say a broken heart. I have sung it for many, many years as . . . and God save a broken heart. Having this courtesy allows me to at least disturb my neighbors with the right words. The lyrics are the first thing I look for in the comment section. So a much deserved thank you from me.
@@druidprincess9942 this is what you choose to complain about? 🙄
I didn’t realize Debby Downer hung out on TH-cam...smdh
@@barbaramack2897 Sorry. Don't you just know the words from hearing g it?
I loved this song, born in 1953! I lived through the best of the best of music! Loved this song then and now in 2019!
1953 here too. Miss those days. 😔
Bring back great memories as a kid.
Beautiful harmonies with their voices, enticing accents with brass and strings and the final pièce de résistance of ending the ballad on a picardy third. This was truly music for the soul.