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- People - I LOVE YOU #14 in 1968 --- Pop rock group from San Jose, California. Consists of Gene Mason and Larry Norman (vocals); Jeoff Levin (guitar); Albert Ribisi (keyboards); Robb Levin (bass); and Denny Friedkin (drums). Norman was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Norman died of heart failure on Feb 24, 2008 (age 60).
I still remember this great song from the Late Spring/Summer of 1968 when I was 12. What set it apart was the guitar and the repetition of the words ‘I Love You’. Listening to this now I feel like I’m back in that time with all its memories both good and bad…
You said it best my friend. .Simple, but Lasting ..Kinda like life should be.
Yes, OK, i Remember The Song, And Liked It Then, But There's Not Much Lyrically.
David G Zamora
Edinburg Texan
🎵 😐😐😐 🎶 🌠 🇺🇲 !
@@stevegraves6437 F*** yea
I heard the song when I was I don't remember but and I'm 75 and I still like it Beaumont California
nice to hear this defer back in the 60s into California and I was 15 16 years old maybe younger 759 I still like the song
Larry Norman was my guitar teacher for over two years. He taught me this song when he wrote it before they recorded it. Loved this song when it came out. He was a very good teacher and a nice guy. I saw him at a Creation Music Festival at The Gorge in Washington about a year or two before he passed away.
Wow what a great story. I met him when he came to Geelong. I've always been a massive Larry fan. Thanks for sharing this great story.
Thanks. Slight correction… I think the Zombies wrote I Love You, but People got a hit with it. Top 20 I think, but not a Top 10 hit.
À original é The Zombies
love this song
The song was written by Zombies bassist Chris White and their version came out 2 years earlier. This version was a cover.
One of the greatest one hit wonders
Amazing how much they sound like the Zombies, who, I believe, wrote the song. It's simple, but great, by both groups
I always thought it was the Zombies up until now !
@@juliant43 The Zombies also recorded it. And, yes, Chris White of the Zombies wrote it.
The definitive version of this song. Eclipses all others with one of the most urgent guitar hooks ever. The vocals have a presence and clarity of the highest magnitude. Listen to great music all day. The guitar riff from this one will be the last song wafting through your brain at the end of the day. That crazy Hammond organ solo adds the energy of a hungry tiger to the mix. Can't miss with this one!
@hello Jim how are you doing ?
I used to live across the street from these guys when i was in junior high school in San Jose. Used to watch them practice in the garage. They were our neighborhood rock stars. It was a huge deal when they got a recording contract and played this song on KLIV. It was a huge hit locally and i believe it got some nationwide exposure as well. What a thrill to hear this again after so many years. Brought back great memories of those happy times so long ago.
Greg Gillis Cool story/history ! Thank you for sharing 😊
OMG....I remember KLIV!! (I grew up in Campbell, Calif.)
Cool!
Gregg the song was a big hit in Va. As well 😃😃😃😃
Greg gillis, I remember this song being on kliv a lot, I was only 9, my reply on this thread is late, we lived across from Rogers jr.high in San Jose then
probably one of the greatest guitar intros to any song ever....
...Wow I'm 14 years old in 1968 and I still remember this classic song...Great Memories...Thank you
I was 11 and I still love this song.
Same here in Trenton. Enjoyed this song thoroughly. Tried to find it for years.
@hello Gary how are you doing ?
@@denissereyes1948 hello sweetie, I’m fine, how are you doing dear
@@garymigliacci2568 I am doing well, thanks for asking. i am here to make friends. get to meet new people to see if we could meet someday . where are you from ?
I was 20 when this gem came out. Now I am 71 and still love the heck out of it!
Same numbers for me, Jim. I had just met a girl named Lynn and this said it all. (where are you, Lynn?)
WOW, and now ur 76 in 2024 or maybe going to turn. 🎉🎉🎉
I remember this song back in the good old days on 75 and I still love it read me some into California 2024 it's hot over here in Indio California 110 I hate it
Estoy de acuerdo contigo es una chulada de cancion y yo tengo 70 años, que tiempos aquellos al escucharla me entra la nostalgia
What a song that could symbolize the late 60's. I was 8 at the time, but I was happy to see American society still very sociable. The balance of the instruments is perfect, and creates a romantic nostalgia.
I ran into Gene Mason playing in a country band in Salt lake city. When I found out that he was in "People" I said I know it's not country but you should play this song. the next weekend the country band was playing this song. Thank you Gene Mason
That is so cool
All ♥ heart, all life all love and soul❤️I was 11 years old living in long Island New York in Suffolk County Port Jefferson ❤great song and lyrics ❤
I can't count the number of times I heard these guys practicing in the garage of a house around the corner.....
@hello Collins how are you doing ?
WOW, that awesome!!!✌✌🌈
This song. Brings back. Such a simple time. When love meant something special.
and love wasn't illegal...
Is that you Captain Kirk?
@@michaelwood875 Gay love is not real love its lust.
For no reason i was just laying here and this song popped up in my mind.. I'm 69 so it came out when i was young(er)
That was exactly what happened to me today, August 10, 2024. It just dropped into my head, man. I haven’t heard that in forever. A great song and got lots of air play
한국에서 저도 듣고있네요
My favorite song of 1968. And there were thousands of really good ones. Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
Alguien mas escucha esta bella cancion en este 2021?
Yes and now in 2024❤✌👍✌
En 2024 😊
Ya en 2024 y seguirá escuchandose.
Si!
Y en 24 también, qué tiempos
In Montreal, just as my first year of high school was about to end, "I Love You" was #1 on the radio charts in June and July of '68 and has always been one of my all-time favourites ever since.
same here
......This has to qualify as one of the most unknown unplayed 60's gems . i've been collecting records since the very early 60's and have never come across this album second hand at garage sales etc. But i still remember every note and word.........thanks
these aren't rock stars, they are just people
I was 14 years old when this song came out and I listened to it for hours and hours on the 45 rpm disc I love this song forever its the greatest love song ever forever I grew up in evergreen park illinois
Me too! Was a San Jose native and was attending my freshman year at Mitty High School😊
This was my 1st real boyfriend and my song. He chose it. Almost married him. Great memories. ❤❤❤
I remember this song when it came out. Awesome guitar riff! 'I Love You' has a haunting quality.
"haunting" is the perfect word/memory for this song! That organ in the background especially.
I remember this so well, in grammar school.
i sooo agree its my song for life !!!
Haunting - that’s a perfect word for it - I cannot describe the feeling every time i listen to it. So neat.
I remember visiting an aunt and uncle out of town and my cousin and I cruising the summer night in his convertible with this song blasting on the radio. That's what these songs are for...to draw up good memories out of the past...that's what they do.
Owow, loved this song❣️Hearing it again made me think of the starry-eyed, hope-filled young girl of 17 I was then…now I’m 70, and find, though the ‘stars’ have dimmed a bit because of the things life throws at you(we all have a story), I still feel quite hopeful❣️Great reminder. I’m not so bad off afterall😁🕊
I think I knew you ..
...I remember those Stars
My father asked me to download this for him off Napster back in 2001. At the time I was pining for my crush who had graduated and now I associate this song with her.
I remember this song from my high school years 50 years ago! God, I can't believe it!
This song is sacred to me as I saw the first 1968 Impala going down the street and my life in Gary Indiana. God Bless Us brother
Michael, my parental units bought a68 impala and I remember riding in it listening to this song!!
I remember this song so well. I was only 6 or 7 years old when it came out but my older brothers played this song and many other great hits from the 60s. This brings back so many memories of the summertime fun we had in the 60s and 70s.
Brings back memories, and still a great song to listen to. Little story about the People on tour in 1968.The band was to appear at the Montréal pop festival July 17, they and procal harum got busted at the border and never made it to Montreal. Silver lining to the story is that the Who stepped up to play a second set that day to fill the time slot.
was 17 and this song got tons of airplay in Canada I still have their album
I was 15 when the song was playing on the radio. I could play it on the guitar, I thought I was groovy. I was playing the guitar tonight and I somehow started playing this song. Had to find it. First time I've heard it in 45 years or so. Man I'm getting old, but thanks for posting.
woodcutterdude Yeah, we're getting old man. I was 16 when this came out and I hadn't heard it in at least probably 20 years. I just heard it twice today on TV as the background music for a strange new 'Got Milk?' commercial and I had to find it. th-cam.com/video/zDxQC9X2CKo/w-d-xo.html
The milk ad music is the original recording played a little faster and chopped up. You can tell by the piano solo instead of the People's version with the organ.
The song was originally written and recorded by The Zombies - th-cam.com/video/o6c1k_26T3k/w-d-xo.html but the People version is longer and the vocals are better. I found many versions of the song by both bands and I was surprised to find a concert video from about 5 years ago of The Zombies and they do the People's cover version of their song in concert!!
I have the People album in my vinyl collection and I'm gonna have to dig this out now.
A great song for those of us who remember. Yet for some reason it just popped into my head. I thought I would check it out. The guitar is so good especially the begining. But it's the memories it brings and whatever the hell made me think of it after more than 20 years that make it so special.
Lindy Primo just a small piece of a great music generation. Getting old sucks but having been a part of such a time in history.
Born in March of 54.
i have loved it sinc 1968 its a beautiful somg!!
At last!!!! Fourty years have passed for hearing this version... Thank you, futykoolz.
I listened to this albums so many times as a kid. This band performed at my brother's high school prom. He said they played this song multiple times. I guess they didn't have a huge repertoire.
This is so beautifully psychedelic--oddly enough, my father who grew up on sixties music has never heard of this one.
I grew up on 60s music, and it was vaguely familiar when I heard it on the radio a week ago. I thought it was The Zombies. Very much in their style.
@67psych32 , that explains everything.
@67psych32 It was a 'B' side for the Zombies in 65'
People made it a ""A" side in 68' and a "Hit"......
It was big in San Jose- where The People originated.
I grew up the same music on the oldies station and heard this song occasionally but not as often as a lot of other songs.
one thing i really love about this old stuff is they werent afraid to have an excellent keyboardist. Organ are an excellent example here. Such freedom with music!
YES! Ssssweet wicked B-3 action to the max! essential in great garage sound, Cheers!
Lovely ❤
Ya' but where did that solo come from! A whole ton of notes out of nowhere!
Con estas melodías y otras comencé a tocar guitarra.
Tenía 12 años y aún las sigo disfrutando 👍
❤I was born in 1961 and I absolutely love this song, it just speaks to me!!!
What a brilliant bit of songwriting! I just came over here after listening to Geoff Levin on Leah Remini's podcast.
Chris White from the Zombies wrote this one. The Zombies version is also fantastic
@@VirreFriberg I can't agree on the Zombies' version - except for Rod Argent's keyboard solo.
OMG the MEMORIES!!!!! This song takes me back to that time quicker than most any of the others from that era. Love this song. I never heard the Zombie's version..this was the one I always heard on the radio.
I've been listening to the Zombie's version for years... never knew that it was actually made into a hit by People. I can see why the People version was a bigger success... the production is great on this. But what a shame that the Zombies couldn't get it to chart. Zombies was without a doubt the most underrated band of all time. Geniuses that were as good as the Beatles or the Beach Boys, but somehow didn't prove it to the masses until it was already too late.
to me Zombies beats Beatles, and beach boys...
Zombies were truly unique, but I wouldn't elevate them that highly.
I like both but think Zombie vocal is better. Think the Z version played most in CA , think they dod OK :>}
al hamble idk why they~ Zombies and The Hollies shared the same fate of being underrated forever. Both are right uo there with Beatles, Beach Boys and even more
Please, don't compare anybody to the Beatles.
The song I LOVE YOU BY THE PEOPLE BRING BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES FROM THE SUMMER OF 68 THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT SONG LOVE IT
First time I've heard this since the 1960s. It's never left my memory though, something about this song's haunting chorus makes it unforgettable. Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for sharing this! Very interesting! I grew up in San Jose and used to listen to KLIV in San Jose and KYA and KFRC in San Francisco. The Syndicate of Sound and Count Five were also from San Jose but my favorite group was the SOS! People's hit song naturally got alot of airplay here but it was never a favorite of mine. But glad it did very well on the charts. (Local radio today is dominated by Spanish and Asian stations and the golden days of local radio are gone forever. VERY sad!!)
I was 12 when this song came out. I had the 45. What a great sound they had and lots of great memories of simpler times. ☮
I believe I was 14 or 15 when I saw this band live in some little building in San Jose, California. Maybe it was a school gym....my memory won't quite kick in. The room was small and all the overhead lights were on. My friend and I were sitting cross-legged on the floor - right in front- when the guys in the band came in and sort of "milled about" before starting the show. I remember feeling like I was a part of one of THE greatest experiences EVER, LOL. Those were the days, my friend......
they were great live
J.....wow...thank you for your story....I always remember this song...listening to it on my AM radio when I was 11......this song should be rated higher than it was....Billboard rated it as #53 for the year 1968....shows you how good the music was back then....Hey Jude was #1 for the year, Jumping Jack Flash was #50, Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay was #4 and #97 was Suzie Q by CCR.
@@rickflood8360 How do you know the ratings for all that music? That's impressive! :-)
@@jburdick8611 J....I used to listen to the top 100 songs every year on a New York radio station called WABC...
Do you love the 60s?
Remember this psychedelic song from the 60s! It's a good one! I know the feeling of those words!
This group played at our family's amusement park in the late 60's (HANSONS PARK, HARVEYS LAKE, PA ) Great bunch of guys - they stayed the whole weekend water sking with me & friends - WHAT A GREAT TIME & MEMORIY - Dan Hanson
daniel hanson Very cool 😎💜👍🏼
DAMN! I LOVED Hansons Park!! Used to go there during my teen years with any and every girl I could take... saw SO many shows/concerts!! This was '65-'75. Forgot all about it til
I read your post! Lived in Mountaintop, PA, Dan! Great times!! Great place!!
!968 and I was 12 years old when I first heard this song on the radio. Just so happened, that it was this year when I also got hit by Cupid at the same time. Yes, this song reminds me of my very first crush for a girl as a kid and after all these years, the fund memories linger on. Thanks for posting this song that bring such wonderful memories from back then.
I bought a 45 rpm of this record as a teen, when it first came out. I loved it. I had a garage sale, and this beautiful neighbor asked me to play it over and over. I moved to Hawaii as an adult, and a DJ on the radio was taking requests for forgotten classics. He played this, and then threw it out the window (you could hear a crash -- I guess a sound effect.) I thought, what an idiot!
i was 14 and living in san jose in 1968. what a place to be back then and the music was the best in '68!
So, question...Do you know the way to.........? LOL N/M!!!
I grew up in Fremont, Calif...the rest is history! I know the bay area bands well. Hi CCR! (:
In 1975 when I was 12 and at a friend's house, she played an obscure record that I had never heard before. Her older sister made fun of the song because the lyrics weren't very....original, I guess. That strange song got stuck in my head all those years and I never knew who sang it, but I never forgot its repetitious tune.
This was the song.
I was 17 and in love when this came out. It was always a favorite
I remember them playing at our High school in Mission San Jose. I Loved them!
Geoff at Moyer Bros Music on Stevens Creek was teaching my buddy Chris the bass.
I loved this song in the late 60's and I still love it and sing it today. My 2 year old grandson sits on my knee and lets me sing to him. Very delightful.
Was a Junior going on Senior in High School. Listened to this while cruising in my 56 chevy belair,
i was in my 64 chevy ss still love it
Saw these guys when I was about 15 at the local skating rink. They put on a fantastic show. I mean they rocked out. This song was by far the mellowest song they played that night.
Did they play the in. tro?most radio sta. did not.
@@richardmetzler5328 Yes they did. Our local radio station played the long version with the intro also.
My band in high school played this song when it came out. Years later, I discovered Larry Norman’s great, great album “In Another Land.” Larry, the blond guy in People, went on to become an early Contemporary Christian music artist. A friend of mine did sound for a concert of his in the late 80’s and told me, “Larry Norman is without question, the strangest human being I have ever met.”
I remember this song back in Aug 1968 in my 1963 Ford Fairlaine with my then girlfriend. A time I will never forget as long as I live!
George Smith l listened in my 58 Ford cruising nw Oregon
Flash...Back...* Wow... When Love was Innocent-ish. Thank you for the memories.
This song reminds me when I had just come to US, fantastic song.
This song has been in my head all day. So on my way to work this morning. I seen a very Beautiful person walking and smiled waved and this song started to sing in my mind. It has been over 35 years sense the last time i have listed to this song, just out of Nowhere and that is why I'm here. BTW Thank you very much with all of my Heart for posting this Great Song..
I was 10. watching the
Cool teenagers outside. across the street. Listening to the
newest hits. I love this
song. super cool teens
hanging out. Summer
68. ✌️and ❤.
Oct 23, 2024
This beautiful song reminds me of my first beer at the age of fifteen. We fell in love then and are still together after all these years.
I just found this song and i love it. here are the lyrics
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say
I should tell you I love you, I do
The words should explain but the words won't come
I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come
I should tell you just how I feel and I keep try-y-y-in'
But something holds me back when I try to tell you
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do-o-o
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say
I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come
If you could see what you mean to me
The words should explain but the words won't come
And oh, how hard I try to tell you I lo-o-ove you
But something holds me back when I try to tell you
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do-o-o
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say, yeah!
I should tell you I love you, I do
The words should explain but the words won't come
I shouldn't hide my love deep inside
The words should explain but the words won't come
And oh, how hard I try to tell you I lo-o-ove you
But something holds me back when I try to tell you
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do-o-o
I love you, I love you, I love you
Yes I do but the words won't come
And I don't know what to say
I love you
Enzo, thank you for the lyrics, 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
¡Me encanta!
Marzo del 2022, ¡Gracias Enzo! Tenía como 35 años sin escucharla!
Muchas gracias por compartir recordar es vivir ...
This IS the best by FAR collection I've ever heard,it's like I did it myself,nothing like it,some songs I like better than others.
Had this 45.. it was also the first tune I heard on my brand new transistor radio.. Great upload... Bless !
my parents bought myself and my 2 older brothers am transistor radios for Christmas back in 67 when I was 10.......the days of rocking to only am radio stations......
This song reached #4 on June 24, 1968
Reached no 1 in Australia!
Coolest band around in the 60's and early 70's. They traveled with the Who and played many, many gigs in the Los Angeles area to a full, packed crowd that adored them. So glad they got back together for the 2007 appearance.
Did Larry Norman play then or was he too I'll?
Great song and great lyrics! Love this song back in the day. Fredo Rodriguez WFH 1970 !
This was one of the 45's my dad gave me when i got my first real record player.Thanks for posting.
Always loved this from the first day it hit the radio.
When I was nine years old I said to myself that that this was my favorite song and always will be. 54 years later I have to look it up on TH-cam.
What a lovely memory! Thanks for sharing.
56 now in 2024🎉
I was eight years old when this song came out. I had an older sister and brother that turned me on to the cool music of the Sixties. This song was one of them. I remember seeing this band on American Bandstand perform this very song. The B-side to "I Love You" was another great song, "Somebody Tell Me My Name".
Yes! I listened to that one as much as the A side.
this was never on the radio in my area but i had a superhits album with this on it;
and this tune grabbed me.
I have unforgettable memories of this song while living in San Diego CA. Bravo !!!! this Rock group is from my home town San Jose California where I was born. Aauuuh! the nostalgia is killing me.
Its 2022, March 5. My great niece Adyson is 11years young today! When she was an infant I would sing this song to her! I was 11 when it came out! I'm 64 a d still love the words to this song!
Love this song heard it on radio on my way home..Oh my Gosh I loved this song way back when
Meeting Larry Norman was a highlight of my life.
Did you know Randy Stonehill, too?
@@TheDivayenta Met many of the CCM artists of the 70s/80s/ and early 90s but never met Uncle Rand.
Rick Schwartz we went to HS together and created a folk rock band - Randy was already a brilliant singer and guitarist.
I remember this one hit wonder from 68 when things were groovy! They were really quite good!
I really like this awesome song thanks to the music enhancement network for uploading this fantastic song I love it 💝💋🦋🌻👍👍👍🦋👍🦋👍🦋👍🦋👍
Just popped to say that I'm loving your music selection and your video working!
People this song bring great memories since i was a little boy iwas in sixth grade in1967 i am 61 so you can imagine
+Frank Hernandez Yeah, I remember hearing this on a transistor radio while riding on a school bus......some kind of Jr. High Band trip....I always did like this tune. Later on, when Larry came out with "Only visiting this Planet" I saw him live my freshman year in college....
+Frank Hernandez I thought sixth graders were about 11 years old. If you're 61 you were born around 1954. Were you 13 in the sixth grade?
+thegonz9 lol
I love this song from the teenage years in the 1960's
Love this Song , played it on the 45 so many times as a Kid
OMG this is the group I was looking for?I really love this song by People I didn't remember the name of this guys Classic song my opinion 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
Love this song. I can't believe I haven't heard it, maybe I did, of course I was just 4 years old when it came out.
Im too young to have any nostalgia from when this song came out, but damn was it a big part of growing up for me.
I spent 1 week with this group at Hanson's Park, Harveys Lake, pa - got lots of pictures - went water sking and spent days togeather - Dan Hanson
Loved it at 9 and still do!
I went to high school with a couple of the members of "People" ... good guys and the royalties made 'em rich! LOL! But, they've been quite philanthropic.
OMG...can't believe I found this! finally....I am 59 and rem this. Was young but always liked this song! Great times, weren't they!!
Cool cats oldies station brought this song back to me! I was thrilled, I'd forgotten.
Found this in my cousin’s box of old 45s he gave to me - listening to this 45 on a stereo record player was amazing - I played it multiple times and now on pandora in the car…
I still have all my vinal collection. And now music is being made on it again. There have actually been some ' Record' stores opening. The return of turntabes. Still have 2 of mine. Saw a band on late night releasing their new single on 45 rpm only. How cool is that 😀🤗
I like this song by this great group People 🦋🥀🦋🥀🦋 I like the words and the sounds of the instruments 🌻🌷🌹💋🦋👍🦋
Las escucho desde que era joven pura música hippy música psicodelica de los 1968 pura chingoneria saludos de Chicago I'll cuidense I love that music
I simply LOVE this song. Always have.
Seahawkwes. Being a Washington native, I was a kid when this came out and listened to it on KJR Seattle..channel 95. 🎶
And btw.... GO HAWKS! 🏈
Dan, the other Dan and I requested this so many times on KPAM-FM in Portland, Oregon that the DJ said we were creating an ASCAP problem. This was 1970. Surprised that I still know all the lyrics!
Great song
This song and Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan and You Keep Me Hangin' On by Vanilla Fudge send chills done my spine in a good way. I was 5 when these songs came out and they somehow frightened me. Thanks for posting!