The real appeal of this song for me is the beautiful orchestration of strings and percussive sounds. Lyrics fuse fantasy and prophetic mid-sixties reality of the future. As of now (2024), not literally "everyone has gone to the moon," but some have, reminiscing the astronauts Sunday, July 20th, 1969, moon landing, 5 days before I was honorably discharged from military service. This tune by Jonathan King is highly nostalgic for me, bringing back some happy and warm memories.
This song reminds me of driving with my Dad listening to the radio. My Mom was in hospital for a month and we went to see her every day. Both have passed but the memories remain. Beautiful song.
For the first time in a really long time, I bonded with my dad.... we were reworking on the spare room at his house. While we were working on the room’s ceiling, I had this 60s radio on my phone playing, and this song came on..... he hasn’t heard this song in 50 years..... it made me cry a little bit, realising that good music has touched my heart, and helped us bond..... God bless the artist, and God bless my father.
This song always remind's me of all the people I've loved (family & girlfriend's and plain old friend's) who've passed away. Can't hear it without getting little teary eyed. Thank you for sharing this.
What a very touching comment, Randy, and thanks for sharing! I sure feel the same. 1965 feels like only yesterday when I hear this song and I was 12 years old and innocent at that time. I have lost family, friends and especially my dear mom since that time and it always hurts when I think about that.....but alas, such is life in this world. At least, we have songs like this to cheer us up and make us feel today the positive vibes from almost 50 years ago! What a natural high!!!
Doug Celeste yes Doug I feel the same way , I heard this on our Lite rock station and I went back to my childhood days and couldn't wait to get home to download it , just soooooo Beautiful !!!
maukus57 Thanks for sharing your interesting comments! Jonathan's song is unforgettable and check out his album "Or Then Again" which had this gem and other great songs. I have the original album with the VERY colorful cover. Too bad, though, that his personal life has been anything but memorable with his sexual abuse of young boys that I found out about years later. And he did some time for that but unfortunately, his victims have been forever scarred in many ways. And not sure what Jonathan is doing today but hopefully will never again abuse young boys.
Check out his story on Wikipedia. I prefer to focus on the song. His personal life is for him to come to terms with. He's 69 and does some self producing and writing...much to do with his alleged offences...of which he still claim's he's innocent. Keep calm and get on with it.
***** Randy, I did read the story on Wikipedia long ago and it was quite interesting and revealing. I also love to focus on this memorable song and the other great tunes that he recorded and that should have been released as singles. However, by all the negative TH-cam comments about his sexual abuses of young boys, it seems that all that has greatly tarnished his music and that is sad but understandable. I can see this from both sides. As far as Jonathan saying that he is innocent, that is understandable since very rarely, someone in this position will ever claim guilt. Like I said, he served his time for his acts and I hope that he never abuses anyone again.
I'm taken back to being 5 yrs old again where have all them years gone ? Life back then was so simple I miss all the people from back then happy memories God bless them all lovely song.
This is a classic song, because of it's studio-produced sound, ca. 1965. No way would you see this live in a local club, back then. I also believe it was ahead of its time; the orchestra music and echo vocals sound very much like the synth-driven Pet Shop Boys of the 80's Plus, it has a very nice melody--something people seem to disregard nowadays.
With all due respect for your comment ; it was not that unusual in the 60's to hear real strings in the background of recorded popular tunes. No fake sounds although the "brains" already had it in the works.
This song reminds me of my Nan and grandad and all of the fantastic hours I spent with the.how lucky I was to have such fantastic grandparents, love you forever Mary and Arthur Lloyd.god bless you your now 50 year old grandson chris
Stunning! Bravo! thank you for a beautiful mix of song and photo of one the classic songs from our time..it was also the first time I saw what Jonathan looked like ...
I remember this song from the Black out we experienced back in the 60's. We listened to this on our portable radios. we thought it was the end...LOL...thanks for the memories..the visuals are the icing on the cake...keep them comin...joey/nyc
+vassili osipov As succintly as one could put it; and nothing has changed in terms of mankind "not giving a shit" since God kick- ed Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden!
Always loved this song, even though the singer was pretty much a well-acknowledged pedo. Yep. I'll be 70 this Dec. '24.....fully and easily remember watching this guy sing this on Shindig or Hullabaloo maybe on our little black-white TV set with the rabbit ears wi/the tin toil crimped around the top of them for better reception. On our Arizona ranch land north of Tucson that's all we had......and were glad to have it. We Boomers......wouldn't you agree we grew up in the most incredible musical time?? Those British Invasion years (musically) were pure magic.......so much great music and rock coming at us from every which way. It made me the man I am today......still in shape and rockin' hard at 70.....or almost 70...lol. God Bless us all. jbeinarizona
I was walking my dog this morning just before sunrise when we stopped at a neighbor's house as they were having coffee and reading their morning paper. My little dog, now much stronger and healthier after her brush with a near fatal illness, veered off the sidewalk and entered their garage where they were sitting, greeting them with her wagging flag. She got a cookie from them for her politeness, given to her one piece at a time as all Pomeranians prefer. As we continued on into the brightening dawn this old song suddenly came to me. I had to post.
One of the BEST "extended versions" I have ever heard on TH-cam and thanks for sharing! Nice audio quality job on one of my very favorite songs of the 1960's. It is too bad, though, that Jonathan's personal life has not been as nearly perfect as his memorable tune.
Good version of this song. This is the sort of thing I have done with several songs in my collection. This is the version I have saved to my "Music - 1960s" playlist. The other version I found was the complete Top Of The Pops version but had that dreadful Jimmy Saville introducing it so I wasn't going to save that one!
The man made himself a bloody fool what he had done in the past unforgivable but this hit is absolutely brilliant i remember this as an 8 year old on my nans yes! Radiogram now unfortunately 62 now Pompey Tex.
FUN FACT: Did you know that WABC radio in New York was playing this song just moments before the the big power blackout of 1965 hit. Just before the blackout, a brownout started causing the turntables at the station to slow down and DAN INGRAM, the DJ at the time, notice that this song was playing a little slower then normal speed. He made a comment about it being played in the key of "R". what ever that means.
2 of the biggest things British people have done, fighting the Germans with everything they had, till we joined them, and giving us great music, especially in the 60's
Interesting that Jonathan King was a student @ Charter House in England, a few years before some other students who would go on to fame in their own right...Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. He actually claims to have given them their band name Genesis, also.
This is the song that New York Radio legend Dan Ingram was playing on WABC when it suddenly slowed down as the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 was beginning. Dan noticed it but at the time didn't realize everyone was losing power that November 9. 1965.
An amazing song from a talented pedophile. Though he still maintains his innocence, he served seven years in prison for practicing his ocarina solos on teenage boys. The song seems appropriate right now with Chang'e on the moon and the western narrative of "Only us in the space race" changed to reflect their new observer status. It could be "Every One Else Has Gone to the Moon". My how things change. Thanks for posting this great song.
I need to make a correction on the title of this beautiful song on my previous comment. There is no "has" in the title, and the word everyone should be possessive [?] "everyone's" as shown on the TH-cam page for this video. (So much for English lyrics grammar and punctuation in a song title that seems out of place, that's so nostalgic for me, and in a pretty melody.)
Again another correction I must make for my mistake : the "e" in "everyone's" should be uppercase, large, or capital "E" for the word's beginning spelling. My apologies and no confusion intended on my part in the English language.
He was with Hedgehopper's Annonymous.."Good News Week". Check it out. Memories of that song: A young girl, first love. He broke up with me with me. I was the "good girl" ...the kind you married. He liked them wild. Sadness, sadness, a cold autumn wind blowing around my suede booted feet as I walked down Allen Street in the city, the leaves blowing, "Let's Hang On" was high on the charts by the Four Seasons. The great blackout of 1965 happened...Days later I see him with Arlene, his new "bad girl". Devastation. Then I run into him, we get back together. Success. He married me.Everyone's Gone to the Moon was a beautiful song to a beautiful time in America, when even sadness turned into something very good.
Beth, I recognised those three songs you mentioned, I have 2 of them in my collection (not "Good News Week"). Nice story with a good ending. I turned seven in 1965.
The real appeal of this song for me is the beautiful orchestration of strings and percussive sounds. Lyrics fuse fantasy and prophetic mid-sixties reality of the future. As of now (2024), not literally "everyone has gone to the moon," but some have, reminiscing the astronauts Sunday, July 20th, 1969, moon landing, 5 days before I was honorably discharged from military service. This tune by Jonathan King is highly nostalgic for me, bringing back some happy and warm memories.
Always loved this song......a real classic!!!
This song reminds me of driving with my Dad listening to the radio. My Mom was in hospital for a month and we went to see her every day. Both have passed but the memories remain. Beautiful song.
For the first time in a really long time, I bonded with my dad.... we were reworking on the spare room at his house. While we were working on the room’s ceiling, I had this 60s radio on my phone playing, and this song came on..... he hasn’t heard this song in 50 years..... it made me cry a little bit, realising that good music has touched my heart, and helped us bond.....
God bless the artist, and God bless my father.
Jay Schweetz Thanks for sharing that story, Happy for both of you.My Friend.
Such an amazing song with music and lyrics in harmony.
1965! Seems like yesterday heading for tomorrow...
This song always remind's me of all the people I've loved (family & girlfriend's and plain old friend's) who've passed away. Can't hear it without getting little teary eyed. Thank you for sharing this.
What a very touching comment, Randy, and thanks for sharing! I sure feel the same. 1965 feels like only yesterday when I hear this song and I was 12 years old and innocent at that time. I have lost family, friends and especially my dear mom since that time and it always hurts when I think about that.....but alas, such is life in this world. At least, we have songs like this to cheer us up and make us feel today the positive vibes from almost 50 years ago! What a natural high!!!
Doug Celeste
yes Doug I feel the same way , I heard this on our Lite rock station and I went back to my childhood days and couldn't wait to get home to download it , just soooooo Beautiful !!!
maukus57 Thanks for sharing your interesting comments! Jonathan's song is unforgettable and check out his album "Or Then Again" which had this gem and other great songs. I have the original album with the VERY colorful cover. Too bad, though, that his personal life has been anything but memorable with his sexual abuse of young boys that I found out about years later. And he did some time for that but unfortunately, his victims have been forever scarred in many ways. And not sure what Jonathan is doing today but hopefully will never again abuse young boys.
Check out his story on Wikipedia. I prefer to focus on the song. His personal life is for him to come to terms with. He's 69 and does some self producing and writing...much to do with his alleged offences...of which he still claim's he's innocent. Keep calm and get on with it.
***** Randy, I did read the story on Wikipedia long ago and it was quite interesting and revealing. I also love to focus on this memorable song and the other great tunes that he recorded and that should have been released as singles. However, by all the negative TH-cam comments about his sexual abuses of young boys, it seems that all that has greatly tarnished his music and that is sad but understandable. I can see this from both sides. As far as Jonathan saying that he is innocent, that is understandable since very rarely, someone in this position will ever claim guilt. Like I said, he served his time for his acts and I hope that he never abuses anyone again.
I'm taken back to being 5 yrs old again where have all them years gone ? Life back then was so simple I miss all the people from back then happy memories God bless them all lovely song.
It was simple gary, those great 60s and 70s..long gone and we were free in those days
This is a classic song, because of it's studio-produced sound, ca. 1965. No way would you see this live in a local club, back then. I also believe it was ahead of its time; the orchestra music and echo vocals sound very much like the synth-driven Pet Shop Boys of the 80's Plus, it has a very nice melody--something people seem to disregard nowadays.
With all due respect for your comment ; it was not that unusual in the 60's to hear real strings in the background of recorded popular tunes. No fake sounds although the "brains" already had it in the works.
Reminds me of my childhood brings back good memories miss those days
Reminds me of listening to the radio in the 60s with my beloved mum.
That is beautiful.
One of those haunting songs from my youth that you've made even better. Thank you!
always loved this classic from my childhood....beautiful images of the moon, thanks for making it!
This song got me crying, it's so good
Makes me want to drink....
This song reminds me of my Nan and grandad and all of the fantastic hours I spent with the.how lucky I was to have such fantastic grandparents, love you forever Mary and Arthur Lloyd.god bless you your now 50 year old grandson chris
A Solid Gold Classic !
Beautiful song, beautifully made extended version
Beautiful song loved it from day one. Thank you for sharing this. Oh the memories. I was a teenager in early sixties. From usa. British rock!!!!¡
Hauntingly beautiful, coupled with that superb British studio production. Wonderful!!
Stunning! Bravo! thank you for a beautiful mix of song and photo of one the classic songs from our time..it was also the first time I saw what Jonathan looked like ...
Superb song after all these years.
Great song! All the rap hip-hop and so called "country" music of today can't compare to this
You can say that again!!!!
Just listen to the beautiful orchestration, it's breathtaking.
I remember this song from the Black out we experienced back in the 60's. We listened to this on our portable radios. we thought it was the end...LOL...thanks for the memories..the visuals are the icing on the cake...keep them comin...joey/nyc
A classic from Johnathan king 😂😂😂😂
Good memories to remember, sad and beautiful. Nice song.
+Ramon Lopez
This was the time when everyone was watching Apollo 11 and the first Moon landing...
wrong, this was 1966 spring.
he'a singing that no one gives a shit.
+vassili osipov As succintly as
one could put
it; and nothing has
changed in terms of mankind "not
giving a shit"
since God kick-
ed Adam and Eve out of the
Garden of Eden!
Fantastic music from Johnathan 😂
Beautiful! Seems like yesterday instantly again! Thanks for sharing!
Love this song, just became reacquainted with it thanks to Netflix movie In the shadow of the moon !
Steve.....thank you...I appreciate it!
Classic 60s, oldies
Just gotta love it
Whenever I lose someone family or friends, this song comes up.I
have to stay in the house.
The glory days of AM radio and you've created another " Come And Get These Memories " moment and I love it.
love this song, anytime it can be extended, it is a good thing, thanks
Heading to Vietnam when I heard this, just graduated high school....many moons ago..
Beautiful song
Hi John,
You've done it again. Beautiful music with very fitting photos. You have one incredible imagination!
Nice song, SICK MAN
Beautiful song.
Always loved this song, even though the singer was pretty much a well-acknowledged pedo. Yep. I'll be 70 this Dec. '24.....fully and easily remember watching this guy sing this on Shindig or Hullabaloo maybe on our little black-white TV set with the rabbit ears wi/the tin toil crimped around the top of them for better reception. On our Arizona ranch land north of Tucson that's all we had......and were glad to have it. We Boomers......wouldn't you agree we grew up in the most incredible musical time?? Those British Invasion years (musically) were pure magic.......so much great music and rock coming at us from every which way. It made me the man I am today......still in shape and rockin' hard at 70.....or almost 70...lol. God Bless us all. jbeinarizona
I remember hearing WSAI radio play that just before Neil set foot on the moon. Very cool!
Classic 60s oldies
Just love it!
Released in 1965...got to #17 on Billboards "Hot 100" chart....
Great song
Bella melodía....
Extended version of this '65 classic English classic better than original.
Just as nice as when first came out
Beautiful!
I was walking my dog this morning just before sunrise when we stopped at a neighbor's house as they were having coffee and reading their morning paper. My little dog, now much stronger and healthier after her brush with a near fatal illness, veered off the sidewalk and entered their garage where they were sitting, greeting them with her wagging flag. She got a cookie from them for her politeness, given to her one piece at a time as all Pomeranians prefer. As we continued on into the brightening dawn this old song suddenly came to me. I had to post.
One of the BEST "extended versions" I have ever heard on TH-cam and thanks for sharing! Nice audio quality job on one of my very favorite songs of the 1960's. It is too bad, though, that Jonathan's personal life has not been as nearly perfect as his memorable tune.
Good version of this song. This is the sort of thing I have done with several songs in my collection.
This is the version I have saved to my "Music - 1960s" playlist. The other version I found was the complete Top Of The Pops version but had that dreadful Jimmy Saville introducing it so I wasn't going to save that one!
BEAU -TA-FUL,!!
The man made himself a bloody fool what he had done in the past unforgivable but this hit is absolutely brilliant i remember this as an 8 year old on my nans yes! Radiogram now unfortunately 62 now Pompey Tex.
I have a critical ear. This is great mix! Thank you much!!
This song has a haunting, ghostly mystery bout it...
I am glad you like it, QQ...thanks!!!
Better than the rubbish of today 😂
FUN FACT: Did you know that WABC radio in New York was playing this song just moments before the the big power blackout of 1965 hit. Just before the blackout, a brownout started causing the turntables at the station to slow down and DAN INGRAM, the DJ at the time, notice that this song was playing a little slower then normal speed. He made a comment about it being played in the key of "R". what ever that means.
Thanks so much, MsJune!
2 of the biggest things British people have done, fighting the Germans with everything they had, till we joined them, and giving us great music, especially in the 60's
*****
thanks Mark
You were so dull to join that late, the Soviets did all the work as always.
If the British didn't think they owned the world, WWI & WW2 wouldn't have happened. Get real.
The arrangement and strings almost make you forget the nonsensical lyrics. A musical Quaalude that returns us to better times in the past.
Dr. Akbar, please write me a prescription for Quaaludes....Thank you
Better than the rubbish of today 😂😂😂😂
Interesting that Jonathan King was a student @ Charter House in England, a few years before some other students who would go on to fame in their own right...Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford. He actually claims to have given them their band name Genesis, also.
This is the song that New York Radio legend Dan Ingram was playing on WABC when it suddenly slowed down as the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 was beginning. Dan noticed it but at the time didn't realize everyone was losing power that November 9. 1965.
Nice Mix Bro !
retour en 1964 ,,,,genial.
Wonderful job!
Two further song classics which are far too short:
THE BYRDS
Mr Tambourine Man and
All I Really Wanna Do.
This a Song that I Played When I Was "Lonely."
This reminds me of the Twilight Zone "To Serve Man".
Outstanding! Its always nice to remember a time without Obama
1965年のジョナサンキングの隠れた名曲が 後の 1969年人類初の月面到着の歴史的瞬間にバックグラウンドで流されていたのは さすが アメリカらしいな と高校生時代に感じました🎵
An amazing song from a talented pedophile. Though he still maintains his innocence, he served seven years in prison for practicing his ocarina solos on teenage boys. The song seems appropriate right now with Chang'e on the moon and the western narrative of "Only us in the space race" changed to reflect their new observer status. It could be "Every One Else Has Gone to the Moon". My how things change. Thanks for posting this great song.
Happy days in the UK as a kid not like now 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁
👍❤️❤️❤️
NIce !
I need to make a correction on the title of this beautiful song on my previous comment. There is no "has" in the title, and the word everyone should be possessive [?] "everyone's" as shown on the TH-cam page for this video. (So much for English lyrics grammar and punctuation in a song title that seems out of place, that's so nostalgic for me, and in a pretty melody.)
Buddy Holly Glasses.
Better than the trash of today 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Again another correction I must make for my mistake : the "e" in "everyone's" should be uppercase, large, or capital "E" for the word's beginning spelling. My apologies and no confusion intended on my part in the English language.
British invasion one hit wonder
He was with Hedgehopper's Annonymous.."Good News Week". Check it out. Memories of that song: A young girl, first love. He broke up with me with me. I was the "good girl" ...the kind you married. He liked them wild. Sadness, sadness, a cold autumn wind blowing around my suede booted feet as I walked down Allen Street in the city, the leaves blowing, "Let's Hang On" was high on the charts by the Four Seasons. The great blackout of 1965 happened...Days later I see him with Arlene, his new "bad girl". Devastation. Then I run into him, we get back together. Success. He married me.Everyone's Gone to the Moon was a beautiful song to a beautiful time in America, when even sadness turned into something very good.
Beth, I recognised those three songs you mentioned, I have 2 of them in my collection (not "Good News Week").
Nice story with a good ending.
I turned seven in 1965.
Paedopile in prison