My daughter lives near Pittsburgh, though I can’t remember the exact city/town. And I also know this song by heart due to hearing it and singing it while growing up. Still love the song and The Vogues.
I was 13 when this was released. My 15 year old sis brought the 45 home one day and almost wore the needle out on her record player. Great song with the outstanding vocals and harmonies of The Vogues.
This song was the original creation of African American Saxophonist, Clyde Dickerson. He wrote the song for my mother and vowed never to marry until she married him. Clyde also known as (Mr. Watergate), first sang this song to my mother when I was a little girl in Olean, NY. about 1958. Clyde died in 2003 and never received credit for the son.
Formed in high school in 1960 in Pennsylvania, their original name was The Val-Aires. This original was written by Jerry Capehart and Glen Campbell who wasn't credited for his part. The Vogues beautiful harmonies are mesmerizing, the orchestral backing just blends to perfection to make a great memory, a fantastic production.. It reached Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100's. They had other great hits such as Five O'clock World and You're The One. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Daniel. I knew it was your pick.👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks Mary for the thorough and very nice comments. I was just getting ready to write a comment about Glen Campbell co-writing this but you beat me to it. 👍😉🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🤴
Another great rock & roll group from the 60's. They are best known for their hits "Your The One", "Five O'Clock World", "Magic Town", "Turn Around, Look At Me" etc.
This would be called my jam some high school friends from Turtle Creek , Pennsylvania via my hometown of Pittsburgh. We used to listen to it on the radio and know they were locals. Only Chuck Blasko of the original 4 is alive and singing.
Great request Daniel. This was a popular song at our dances. They sounded so great. Loved the music of the 60s. Thanks Daniel for the request and thanks Harri forr the nice reaction. 😊
Using an orchestra in a rock/R&B song is a fine art. For pop songs it's easily done and can produce a masterpiece such as "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey in 1957 or "Chanson d'Amour" by Dot and Artie Todd in 1959. With rock/R&B songs it was often used to make the record more palatable to the mainstream buying public but when used well it could elevate a rock/R&B song into a power ballad such as "Lonely Teardrops" and "She's So Fine" by Jackie Wilson which lost none of their soul but gained power by contrast and dynamic emphasis.
Picture it : Dark night at the lake...just him and his girl. Young man cannot say what he really wants to say to the girl....plays this song...gives her a ring...and she says...yes
@@dianegoldeneye7207 Wow thanks for the nice comments and what a "cool school" A jukebox!! We did have dances but we also had old Nuns as Chaperones. 😱 Thanks again Diane. 👍🙃🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🤴
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It is because of the vocals, the harmony but also how it builds to such a stunning beautiful climax. And my friends all know how much I love a great climax!!!!!
They were fantastic.... You have done You're the One and Turn Around, Look At Me..... You can also listen to My Special Angel .... right up there with the other two....
One of these guys went to my high school. They were from Turtle Creek, Pa. and were named after the Vogue Terrace, a local club in the Pittsburgh area.
Daniel - Another excellent submission by you. This song's release occurred when I was eight years old. Whew, finally, I have a reason not to recall a song from my youth. Very nice review, Harri.
Sir-----------ALL credit for how great the guys sound, goes to the legendary Ernie Freeman , who arranged & orchestrated this, & all of The Vogues music from the late 60's, on. -----------------Hugh Geyer is the tenor voice. Bill Burkette is the high baritone. ---MJL< 77 y/o
They are like the Lettermen but in some ways even better. I loved their music because on dates we would take our girls to a drive in movie, turn the movie speaker off, slip music like this in the 8 track player or just turn the radio on WLS Chicago and get close and romance our date.
5: o'clock World is so cool, too! There is a video they did with workers doing robotic-style moves, symbolically showing their assembly line- type lives.
From the Fall of '68, One of MY all-time favorites ! I saw them in Denver in early '70, & they were fantastic ! --------------Great arrangement & production. ----------------MJL< 76 y/o
Several people here have correctly stated that Glen Campbell co-wrote this great song, but a few have incorrectly stated that Glen also covered this song. Glen recorded the ORIGINAL version in 1961 and released it as a single. This version by the Vogues is a COVER recorded in 1968.
Their hit songs "Magic Town" from '66 (Best post by: MusicMike's) and "Green Fields" from '69 are great tunes too. Speaking of doo wop, check out the awesome song "Denise" by Randy And The Rainbows.
Always loved this tune. But, after not hearing it for many years. I thought to myself, this could be a stalker song. I mean that's what they said about "I'll be watching you." Police.
I understand some people who react to songs interrupt the song, I myself don't like it, but what annoys me is when they interrupt the songs with 30 seconds or less left to the song
You are wrong, it is easy listening and like you said tells a story and I will take this kind of music over any of the music that we hear now a days. ❤
Sorry Daniel, Harri, I much prefer the Glen Campbell version from 1961 th-cam.com/video/JHer5geYLd4/w-d-xo.html I don't think the song is strong enough for the big production on this version. Glen's is more accessible. His voice is better too. Glen recorded another version in 1968 th-cam.com/video/fNTTDOGiGBA/w-d-xo.html which may have inspired The Vogues version
As much as I like Glen's version to say he has a better voice is a bit of a reach. Glen's voice has a distinct twang that sounds kind of tinny. The Vogues are in the Vocalists Hall of Fame along with The Association who are also fantastic vocalists. People have their own opinions and I like both versions but Glen's version did not even crack the Top 40 so obviously more people liked the Vogues version which cracked the Top Ten. There is a song I like 3 versions of, "I heard it through the grapevine." I love Marvin Gaye's version, Gladys Knight, and finally CCR's. All great versions that I enjoy. Sorry for carrying on so long. Thanks for you comment. 😊
I remember this song. I now hear it as pretty creepy. The protagonist begins describing following an oblivious object of his affection who can fulfil HIS needs. Rather than actually trying to gain her attention in an open way, he is in his own self-centred world fantasising that his mental wish for her to notice him will somehow magically come true, just because that is what he wants. He then goes on to thinking, without consulting her, that she needs someone who'll love and GUIDE her. And this is coming from a guy who cannot even manage a normal greeting and interaction. Just no.
My friend, this song is SUPREME- WONDERFUL - AMAZING - FULL OF FELLING - THE LYRICS IS SO SO POWERFUL, I CAN HEARD OVER AND OVER. AGAIN. ❤❤❤❤❤ - MAKES ME CRY BECAUSE ALL THESE YEARS HE IS BESIDE ME !!!!! EXCUSE MY POOR ENGLISH ...
I'm from Pittsburgh, I could sing this song forward and backwards, that's how much I heard it growing up.
Same. 😂
My daughter lives near Pittsburgh, though I can’t remember the exact city/town. And I also know this song by heart due to hearing it and singing it while growing up. Still love the song and The Vogues.
Me too, it used to play in the air
Do you remember "High On A Hill" By Scott English out of McKeesport Pa
Yep...our hometown guys.
I've always loved this song. There were so many of these groups in the 1960's.
Me too, Loved the Vogues
This is another wonderful song from the time I was a teenager. Thanks for the reaction, the request, and the memories.
Easy to see why the "Vogues" are in the Vocalists Hall of Fame.
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I was 13 when this was released. My 15 year old sis brought the 45 home one day and almost wore the needle out on her record player. Great song with the outstanding vocals and harmonies of The Vogues.
This song was the original creation of African American Saxophonist, Clyde Dickerson. He wrote the song for my mother and vowed never to marry until she married him. Clyde also known as (Mr. Watergate), first sang this song to my mother when I was a little girl in Olean, NY. about 1958. Clyde died in 2003 and never received credit for the son.
Glenn Campbell wrote this song with some assistance.
Formed in high school in 1960 in Pennsylvania, their original name was The Val-Aires.
This original was written by Jerry Capehart and Glen Campbell who wasn't credited for his part.
The Vogues beautiful harmonies are mesmerizing, the orchestral backing just blends to perfection to make a great memory, a fantastic production.. It reached Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100's.
They had other great hits such as Five O'clock World and You're The One. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Daniel. I knew it was your pick.👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks Mary for the thorough and very nice comments. I was just getting ready to write a comment about Glen Campbell co-writing this but you beat me to it. 👍😉🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🤴
@Daniel Volk Great choice Daniel. ✌️👍😊🇨🇦👏🇺🇲
Never knew that Glen Campbell played a part in this !
Five O'Clock World was the opening song for the Drew Carey Show....
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The song was written by Glen Campbell and Jerry Capehart. Great song!
Try Vouges, "Five o'clock World!"
Another great rock & roll group from the 60's. They are best known for their hits "Your The One", "Five O'Clock World", "Magic Town", "Turn Around, Look At Me" etc.
"You are My Special Angel" is another of their great songs.
I wouldn't categorize this group as R&R. They're Pop, definitely Easy Listening.
Haven't heard this in yrs. Thanks. ❤❤❤❤❤
Beautiful....they do not make music like this anymore
Thanx Hari
Another great group of my era. Lovely song!
Another song from my generation-a favorite, and I love your take on it, Harri!
You said the perfect and concise term for this song. Sultry. There's snow on the roof but I ain't finished yet!.
Thanks for playing a decent copy of this. I had the original 40 years ago from Tower records, but we ended up wearing it out!
My Mother loved this song and always said it reminded her of the Lord who was always walking behind her looking after her.
That big production was the legendary Wrecking Crew and Phil Spector's famous "Wall of Sound".
This would be called my jam some high school friends from Turtle Creek , Pennsylvania via my hometown of Pittsburgh. We used to listen to it on the radio and know they were locals. Only Chuck Blasko of the original 4 is alive and singing.
The wall of sound you find from great songs in this era, so well mixed and mastered, truly an artform.
Great request Daniel. This was a popular song at our dances. They sounded so great. Loved the music of the 60s. Thanks Daniel for the request and thanks Harri forr the nice reaction. 😊
Thanks for the kind comments Carol. Oh yeah I remember the dances. If only I could have gotten rid of the Nuns. 😉🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧
@@DanielVolk-jm4nt OMG. I was thinking the same thing. I don’t know why they had to be there. They didn’t enjoy themselves. LOL 🇨🇦😊
One if the most uplifting and melodic songs from the 60's. So beautiful.
Very nice song. Glen Campbell did an excellent cover of it as well.
Glen Campbell also co-wrote the song, although uncredited.
Glen didn't cover this song. Glen's was the original in 1961! The Vogues version is the COVER, lol.
Hooks you from the very first drum beat, but my God, the harmonies and especially that finish. A true 60s auditory gem.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Hal Blaine on drums.
Ah Saturday night dances back then I always loved with a slow song came on.
I love this song 🎵 ❤️
Originally done by Glenn Campbell, this version peaked at #7 on Billboards Hot 100, by my hometown Vogues 😮
Glen Campbell co-wrote this song, uncredited.
It certainly builds to a stunningly beautiful conclusion.
Thanks for this great memory Daniel. It’s been many years since I heard this. Love Harri’s comments too 🌺✌️
Thanks Debbie for the kind comments. 👍🙃🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🤴
Since I first heard this song I have loved it. Good request Daniel. What a wonderful reaction Harri. Great analysis!
Thanks DSusan for the kind comments😊
This song makes you warm even in a NY winter.
they are from turtle creek pa outside of pittsburgh...
One of my favorites
I am grabbing because my youth is in this music. Where are the voices that can do this today
Five O'clock World is another song of theirs you should check out.
Just an amazing song that takes me back every time I hear it. If only...............
Using an orchestra in a rock/R&B song is a fine art. For pop songs it's easily done and can produce a masterpiece such as "So Rare" by Jimmy Dorsey in 1957 or "Chanson d'Amour" by Dot and Artie Todd in 1959. With rock/R&B songs it was often used to make the record more palatable to the mainstream buying public but when used well it could elevate a rock/R&B song into a power ballad such as "Lonely Teardrops" and "She's So Fine" by Jackie Wilson which lost none of their soul but gained power by contrast and dynamic emphasis.
Their big hit was of course "5 o'clock World," my favorite song when it came out. Harri--you need to hear that one, if you haven't already.
It’s beautiful
From my hometown of Pittsburgh, this was there first Reprise Record release it peaked at #7 in the U.S., beautiful harmonies ❤
Picture it : Dark night at the lake...just him and his girl. Young man cannot say what he really wants to say to the girl....plays this song...gives her a ring...and she says...yes
Great work, Harri, and splendid request, Daniel!!
Thanks JK for the kind comment. 👍😉🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🤴
High School dances. First boyfriend ❤ thanks for the memories you two 😊
Thanks for the kind comments. I remember those dances too. 👍🙃🇨🇦🇺🇸
@@DanielVolk-jm4nt we had a big room at school with a jukebox. This song played a lot. Thanks Daniel.
@@dianegoldeneye7207 Wow thanks for the nice comments and what a "cool school" A jukebox!!
We did have dances but we also had old Nuns
as Chaperones. 😱 Thanks again Diane. 👍🙃🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🤴
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It is because of the vocals, the harmony but also how it builds to such a stunning beautiful climax. And my friends all know how much I love a great climax!!!!!
Beautifal song lovely voice
This is one of my favorite 60s pop songs, so lush, yet so much emphasizing the vocals and harmonies. Great song to sing to while driving in one's car.
Love it love it love it.. ❤️ 😍
This was released in 1968. They were around the same time as The Righteous Brothers.
They're excellent too. 👏
Definitely heard this on the “easy listening” stations that my parents would listen to in the 60s!
They were fantastic.... You have done You're the One and Turn Around, Look
At Me..... You can also listen to My Special Angel .... right up there with the other
two....
This song just builds and builds and builds.
I do like this song... I love “ your the one, thanks for reminding me of this one also.
Another winner Daniel,, you have great taste. ✌ Nice reaction Harri.
Cyn you have a lotta room talking about great taste. 😉🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🤴. Thanks Cyn.
LOVELOVELOVE❣️❣️❣️
One of these guys went to my high school. They were from Turtle Creek, Pa. and were named after the Vogue Terrace, a local club in the Pittsburgh area.
Daniel - Another excellent submission by you. This song's release occurred when I was eight years old. Whew, finally, I have a reason not to recall a song from my youth. Very nice review, Harri.
😂 Thanks DaveBZen. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🤴🙃👍
That ending. That ending.
Excellent Stalker Song. Hope he got her. :-)
Sir-----------ALL credit for how great the guys sound, goes to the legendary Ernie Freeman , who arranged & orchestrated this, & all of The Vogues music from the late 60's, on. -----------------Hugh Geyer is the tenor voice. Bill Burkette is the high baritone. ---MJL< 77 y/o
The build up in the song as it goes on has always reminded me of Gerry and the Pacemakers "You'll Never walk alone"
Song is new to me 😊 but ❤ it 👍 It went streight into my playlist 🎉 Thank you Daniel and Harri
Thanks Agnete for the nice comments.m👍🙃🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🤴
@@DanielVolk-jm4nt 😍😇😀
I had the band at my daughter's wedding play this for the father / daughter dance. Brings tears to my eyes thinking about that beautiful moment.
That ending slays me every time.
Glenn Campbell is listed as one of the writers of this song and it was his first recording.
When I was a kid I played this song so much I nearly wore out the 45.
They are like the Lettermen but in some ways even better. I loved their music because on dates we would take our girls to a drive in movie, turn the movie speaker off, slip music like this in the 8 track player or just turn the radio on WLS Chicago and get close and romance our date.
What a finish!!!
5: o'clock World is so cool, too! There is a video they did with workers doing robotic-style moves, symbolically showing their assembly line- type lives.
I always thought this was The Lettermen.
Beautiful.
5 o'clock world is also very good
From the Fall of '68, One of MY all-time favorites ! I saw them in Denver in early '70, & they were fantastic ! --------------Great arrangement & production. ----------------MJL< 76 y/o
Harri, you shold check out The Lttermen Greatest Hits for some Easy Listening.
Seventh grade, slow dancing with my first crush.
Several people here have correctly stated that Glen Campbell co-wrote this great song, but a few have incorrectly stated that Glen also covered this song. Glen recorded the ORIGINAL version in 1961 and released it as a single. This version by the Vogues is a COVER recorded in 1968.
i havent lived in the UK for 25 years, but i tune in to your channel to hear a bit of Caribbean brummie from time to time 😇
Pittsburgh Pa. 60s
Their hit songs "Magic Town" from '66 (Best post by: MusicMike's) and "Green Fields" from '69 are great tunes too. Speaking of doo wop, check out the
awesome song "Denise" by Randy And The Rainbows.
Always loved this tune. But, after not hearing it for many years. I thought to myself, this could be a stalker song. I mean that's what they said
about "I'll be watching you." Police.
co-written by Jerry Capehart and Glen Campbell, though Campbell is not officially credited.
FYI,,,, Glen Camble wrote this song
reminds me of a girl I wanted to date when I was a Junior in high school
If you like this one, check out songs of theirs like Magic Town and My Special Angel.
I understand some people who react to songs interrupt the song, I myself don't like it, but what annoys me is when they interrupt the songs with 30 seconds or less left to the song
You are wrong, it is easy listening and like you said tells a story and I will take this kind of music over any of the music that we hear now a days. ❤
This would make a great song straight accapella. No instruments. What do ya'll think????
Do "High On A Hill" By Scott English
Peter and Gordon -Woman th-cam.com/video/NFkkdmMgmpY/w-d-xo.html
Loved this as a kid. In today’s world it kind of has a creepy stalker vibe to it.
I loved this recording as a kid. I am big on true love, but is it now stalking?
Theyre a VOCAL GROUP, not a Band
Don't make them like that anymore...reminds me of the Lettermen
not as creepy as "I'll be watching you",
Sorry Daniel, Harri, I much prefer the Glen Campbell version from 1961 th-cam.com/video/JHer5geYLd4/w-d-xo.html I don't think the song is strong enough for the big production on this version. Glen's is more accessible. His voice is better too. Glen recorded another version in 1968 th-cam.com/video/fNTTDOGiGBA/w-d-xo.html which may have inspired The Vogues version
As much as I like Glen's version to say he has a better voice is a bit of a reach. Glen's voice has a distinct twang that sounds kind of tinny. The Vogues are in the Vocalists Hall of Fame along with The Association who are also fantastic vocalists. People have their own opinions and I like both versions but Glen's version did not even crack the Top 40 so obviously more people liked the Vogues version which cracked the Top Ten. There is a song I like 3 versions of, "I heard it through the grapevine." I love Marvin Gaye's version, Gladys Knight, and finally CCR's. All great versions that I enjoy.
Sorry for carrying on so long. Thanks for you comment. 😊
I remember this song. I now hear it as pretty creepy. The protagonist begins describing following an oblivious object of his affection who can fulfil HIS needs. Rather than actually trying to gain her attention in an open way, he is in his own self-centred world fantasising that his mental wish for her to notice him will somehow magically come true, just because that is what he wants. He then goes on to thinking, without consulting her, that she needs someone who'll love and GUIDE her. And this is coming from a guy who cannot even manage a normal greeting and interaction.
Just no.
The lyrics suggest a stalker
My friend, this song is SUPREME- WONDERFUL - AMAZING - FULL OF FELLING - THE LYRICS IS SO SO POWERFUL, I CAN HEARD OVER AND OVER. AGAIN. ❤❤❤❤❤ - MAKES ME CRY BECAUSE ALL THESE YEARS HE IS BESIDE ME !!!!! EXCUSE MY POOR ENGLISH ...