Sometime Yesterday - Helen Shapiro (1962)

[@aviationlover1998]

I'm 32 and Helen Shapiro was so talented proper lovely songs with good lyrics better music then nowadays I was born in wrong era me

[@bobs182]

Her music is still here so enjoy.

[@blueboy680]

If only 'Britains Got Talent' could turn up somebody as gorgeous and as talented. Beautiful !!

[@philippevalois381]

Such a voice!...Who's listening (and like) in 2022?

[@liam-ashton1]

Me always!

[@suchagrace]

2023

[@Reme_Agata]

I'm listening on 1/1/24

[@philippevalois381]

@@Reme_Agata Good Choice!

[@GerdFriedrich-h4q]

It's me for example. I don't like her, I love her! A long history to tell. Glad about that she found her way to Jesus, and I will follow, I hope.

[@grahameden2391]

Such an awesome singer, first heard her when I was 14, I'm now 72 and still think she is totally awesome. God bless you Helen. Way ahead of your time. Blessings.

[@bobs182]

I was a teenage when this song came out and am amazed that I have never heard of Helen as I was in love with the music of the 60s especially the British invasion.

[@ginkaas]

I am in the same boat as you are in. I don't understand why American radio stations don't play her songs? It can't be an anti-British thing because the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. are played a lot. She has a beautiful voice and was so composed for a teenager back then. We Yanks missed out. Thank God for You Tube!

[@nataliewinstanley]

This is what I call a singer and fantastic music

[@russellwilson845]

Growing up in America I never heard of Helen back then but now, in my sixties I discovered her and I absolutely love her. Her unique music and voice just goes together perfectly. She is in a class of her own and to think she was only fourteen when she began all this!

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Me too. Such a beauty we missed out on here.

[@nickpalmer3076]

She was massive in the uk at the time.

[@littlemom2070]

Same here! I am in my sixties and just ran into her songs on KZbin. She's amazing. I miss the old days when the girl singers had great voices and didn't have to dress like whores. Would a wonderful talent like Helen Shapiro have a chance in today's world?

[@zordanaj1498]

I was thirteen when i discovered how wonderful she was and met her at the American base in South Ruislip in 1962. Got to know her through her fan club over the years and met her and her husband John many times. I never tire of listening to her and was sorry she never made it big Stateside...couldn't understand why not. It's sad that she has retired to the gospel circuit...she should still be making records. .. given my advancing years i would still buy her music.

[@barrygattenhof9903]

@@littlemom2070 she wad brushed aside in the USA.

[@jamese1992]

I had a friend, who was writing a girl from England in 1962. She would send him 45s from English groups we never heard of. These included early Beatles but we nearly wore out those by Helen Shapiro. It's been real frustration as American stations wouldn't play her songs. Thank you, Helen, you have had some real life long Anerican fans since 1962. And, we are grateful for your wonderful talent and beauty.

[@thedwightguy]

Who controlled her contracts in England? There were some real thugs in the music business in those days, and the father of Mrs. Osbourne was one of them. Maybe the US distributor corporations wanted none of it?? They had their own "issues".

[@erossinema8797]

Why would they not play her songs? I don't get it.

[@jamese1992]

@@erossinema8797 sad, but true. I was a teen back then and would call local stations requesting her songs but were never played. One jock even laughed and said 'Walking Back' was the worst song ever. Then, I worked for a couple of oldies stations in the '70's and both had her 45's but were mint and unplayed. Plus, despite all the raving about the British Invasion, Helen was usually left out. 'Walking Back to Happiness' debuted at # 100 on the American Top 100 songs for one week in Dec 1961 and then it was gone and it seemed no one cared. Even last year I spoke with the owner of a local oldies station and he flat out refused to play anything by Helen. Sometimes I feel as if this has been a bad dream. I tried for many years to have her music played but its been very frustrating.

[@erossinema8797]

@@jamese1992 But what was the reason they wouldn't play her records. ?

[@jamese1992]

@@erossinema8797 THAT was always the question with no easy answers. I'm certainly not one that can answer that. The Beatle overshadowed her; the tabloids in Britain said her career was over at age 16; her record company refused to let her record the song the Beatles had written for her; since the Beatles were friends I hoped she could have toured with them but wasn't to be; the record company tried to market her as a British Brenda Lee, but she wasn't. She appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show but was treated more like a novelty act. She received little publicity in the states even though her best LP was cut in Nashville. And, radio stations aren't going to play 45s by artists that seem to be going nowhere especially if no one is phoning in requests. Other problems, poor management, lack of publicity and had the song by the Beatles been recorded, it may have brought the recognition she deserved. After all, several other British artists benefited from recording Beatle tunes. Sorry this is so lengthy but these are just some of the things I think caused her to be ignored here in the states.

[@juliocostaaltenfeldersilva2639]

I can watch this performance over and over again. Helen you are The best. Thanks a lot.

[@christiannauwelaers2918]

YES she is !

[@chriswatts1680]

I can never tire of listening to Helen❤

[@goneoverboard2]

"Sometime Yesterday" Lovely tune, Beautiful lyrics, by an amazing beautiful singer. Ah.... teenage love, locked in the pages of our memories, that take some of us, way way back, where our hearts ... never forget our first love.

[@davidrayner9376]

This is a clip from Columbia Pictures 1962 release "IT'S TRAD, DAD!", which had the distinction of being one of the first films showing that week at the cinema where I started my first job as a trainee cinema projectionist aged 15 and a half way back in November, 1962. The Monday to Wednesday show was "A KIND OF LOVING" (x) and "ATTEMPT TO KILL" (u), while the Thursday to Saturday show was "IT'S TRAD, DAD!" (u) and "BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE" (u) in TohoScope and Eastman Color. All fond memories of my mid-teenage years. I was real gone on Helen Shapiro. I thought she was totally gorgeous and such a great performer.

[@Kreln1221]

*What a rich and resonant voice..., with such soulful phrasing...* *Helen Shapiro..., the last live headlining act that The Beatles ever opened for...* *You go girl!...*

[@jamescarson7532]

Actually, Helen opened for the beatles! There was a time a little girl was bigger than the beatles, even to Helen that's weird to say

[@Kreln1221]

@@jamescarson7532 Yes... She opened for them, but at first, The Beatles opened for her..., before their careers rocketed past hers...

[@christopherpatefield6150]

@@jamescarson7532 She started as the headliner and they hsd to change it as the Beatle's fans took over the tour. She was just unlucky.

[@dans9463]

@@christopherpatefield6150 If the Beatles upstaged me, I would still feel lucky.

[@fritzfrostick6910]

@@jamescarson7532 Helen Shapiro did not open for the Beatles. She continued to close the show although it is undeniable that their star started to rise and hers waned. Happily she branched out successfully into several other aspects of the business and life (as did they) and continues to thrive until this day.

[@yutehube4468]

We don't witness talent like this anymore.

[@TheGrowler55]

Helen Shapiro, best of British, just saying from Glasgow 😊🇬🇧😎👍

[@fredtom9506]

what a voice, can listen all day to her singing. sure brings back memories of the 50's n 60's thanks for sharing. aloha

[@billk9856]

Indeed, the fact that that sound could come out a child is as staggering today as it was sixty years ago.

[@CJ-hc9ud]

British music so wonderful ❤️😊

[@bobs182]

British music awakened my love of music in my early teens. WLS in 890 clear channel radio Chicago at nite and WMPS 680 Memphis in the daytime. AM radio was great for tracking thunderstorms.

[@nachodaddy]

I've loved her voice from the first time I heard it. And just love her more as time goes by. Another American down South who wishes we'd heard more of her back in the '60's.

[@marktwain380]

60s resonance, melody and innocence, cherish, cherish, thanks Helen

[@williamschlenger1518]

Fantastic voice.❤❤ I'm 80years old & back then we had Brenda Lee but I love this girl.

[@henriknedermark5107]

Dear Helene! You are a real Lady, , and your voice are worlds class. You belong to my teenage years. God bless you!😃

[@donnamjoe6985]

Love you Helen shapiro I was born 1962 my dad learned me ur songs liverpool girl I am ur amazing helen xxx

[@jussix48]

Excellent...!! ❤️🎶👍🏿👍🏿

[@dangallagher364]

Still listening to this amazingly beautiful singer. Love her music!!!

[@jackhaggerty1066]

Helen Shapiro is alive and well, we hope, but it is great that she has been archived like this for future generations who will see how great the Sixties were musically.

[@antoniadiaz7609]

Thank you for bringing her, Helen Shapiro , back to me !! This song brought tears to my eyes, Sounds like she is singing about my life! I appreciate your songs Helen Shapiro !!!

[@allanwells4886]

How come we haven't heard of this kid? What an amazing voice; quite unique much like Judith Durham.

[@davewallace8219]

how true!

[@maggiehoulbrook3641]

I went to the same school as Helen ,l never through she woul be as big as she is ,but l glad she has made it . Well done Helen, all the best..👍.Maggie.

[@DennisSinnott]

Another superb recording from the phenomenal and timeless Helen Shapiro.

[@christiannauwelaers2918]

She is a genius !

[@Edinburgh-sc8ih]

What a fantastic voice.

[@nigellewis6279]

Fabulous song sung by our Helen with that great voice xx

[@nigelwomersley2478]

I just love Helen. She was, and still is, a fantastic singer. I once saw her in a play at the Sheffield Lyceum. It was called 'It's never too late'. God Bless Helen.

[@henrywpope1]

The song in this video "Sometime Yesterday" is my very favorite song by Helen Shapiro. I am an american that has a deep appreciation of her enormous talent that she possesses. In the early 1960's we americans were deprived of her talent, so we must make up for lost time. The british people have educated us americans in regard to her talent and for this I am very grateful. God bless Helen Shapiro. Henry W. Pope, Putnam Valley, New York

[@ginkaas]

I also am an American and in complete agreement with you. She was not only a great singer but very pretty!

[@peterlatham206]

Totally besotted with this lady and her velvet voice.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Whatever "besotted" means, I agree!!!

[@barrygattenhof9903]

@@MoMoMyPup10 try google it will tell you....i could but it is more fun looking up words you do not know...it will stick in your mind longer.

[@john111257]

dead right

[@780special]

Totally agree. Love her voice and looks.

[@1962Rebel]

Hi Henry. Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately US audiences were denied Helen's great talent from mid 1961 till the end of her UK chart career in late 1963. There was a bias against British acts then in the US until the dam finally broke with the the Beatles. Helen was swept away by the Mersey groups and it is only through KZbin that many older pop fans are discovering what they missed back then. Happy New Year. Derek

[@davewallace8219]

I believe this to be true...also. there are many forces within the music buisness it self!!! there are more examples of this...ex.= timi yuro!

[@джекбулкин]

уже как целый год слушаю ее . , какая прелесть !

[@508donna]

Helen u r beautiful amazing voice I love so much what a legend xx

[@mizfrenchtwist]

I JUST WAS TURNED ON TO HELEN , FROM WATCHING " CALL THE MIDWIFE " .......HAD TO GOGGLE THE SEASON , TO FIND OUT WHO SUNG THIS . I LOVE HER VOICE.............THANK YOU , FOR SHARING XOXOXO.........

[@mariaginasonia]

Could you tell me what the title of her song?

[@mizfrenchtwist]

@@mariaginasonia ..... hello it is ............Sometime Yesterday - Helen Shapiro (1962)....a really great song............

[@mariaginasonia]

@@mizfrenchtwist oh thank you😁

[@mizfrenchtwist]

@@mariaginasonia ....you're welcome , enjoy..........

[@exmeasententia5528]

In 1962 she would have been 16 years old. She had remarkable talent for someone that age -- voice, poise, phrasing, stage presence.

[@gwine9087]

And I was 15 and madly in love with her.

[@hazeldaniels5028]

I love her music very beautiful voice 💖

[@ЛунтикЛунаходов-ь9н]

Боже, как это красиво.... God, how beautiful it is

[@lorenzomastromarino8982]

Absolument fan de la voix de cette magnifique chanteuse des sixties 💕 👍

[@christiannauwelaers2918]

Et moi donc ! Fabuleuse artiste !

[@littletwinburn9754]

I listened for the first time about 2 weeks ago and haven't stopped

[@clockvetchrono6146]

I have been in love with Helen since 1964 when I was 11 years old.

[@andym1742]

A great voice on a lovely song.

[@moragrobertson1027]

A very lovely singer, was good to listen to her songs again, she still has a great voice.

[@giuseppebonica6148]

Brilliant and so very young.

[@bosatsu76]

I must be honest.. I have never heard of this woman. And here it is 2011. What a voice! Imagine what she would have become with some excellent song writers, producers and promoters in her corner... What a shame. One can only hope for reincarnation to be true... Let's see her again.

[@margitayrjola707]

Jeeess you wher my favorit singer on the 60,ties! Your song's are so beautiful and still are! Thank you for your lovely song's You shared whit us!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@denhardy7238]

There will never be another like Helen 😎Dennis

[@richardwawrzyk2385]

She is AMAZING....❤🇨🇦

[@colinbirks5403]

I'm 76, and I still have her first album from when it was released. How many other albums do I still possess from that era? Only two or three. Danny Williams still does it for me too.

[@colinbirks5403]

Me too, and I'm 82. Agree with Danny Williams too. Still have that. Don't know whether to flog 'em, or take 'em to the Crem with me. :D

[@davidoverholt251]

You are a lucky man to still have her LP's!

[@wareidav]

love it. love it love it what a voice and what an arrangement

[@hitcher177]

I could not remember the title; but as soon as the music started, wonderful old thoughts came back - thanks for the chance to relive this track

[@dangallagher364]

My personal favorite of Helen's. So talented and so pretty!!!

[@toddlear9073]

I just love her VOICE everything she sings

[@814265]

lovely helen really sings this song so good..brings back memories..she was such a sweetie in the 60s....taylor oz

[@davewallace8219]

helen really feels these songs as she sings them...thank you

[@Durge56]

Never knew Helen in her prime, I was a bit young I guess. But have discovered these great testaments to her sound and talent. Her look and sound, that rare vocal quality is strangely compelling and now I watch these videos regularly. Never too late i guess...great stuff.

[@相宗守]

I absolutely agree with you.

[@lylecosmopolite]

Her British label declined to market her in the USA. KZbin is full of copies of her 1960s hits, which were not released in the USA, mostly this century, until her British label released CD compilations of her work.

[@john111257]

beautiful voice..a great talent

[@GU199]

Wow, she is so beautifull and what a voice.

[@henrywpope1]

The song in this video is my very favorite song by Helen Shapiro, Helen looks very beautiful in this video. Regards: Henry W. Pope, Putnam Valley, New York

[@eddieparker5114]

She has a voice of a angel so gorgeous 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍👍💐❤️🌹

[@dangallagher6995]

Awesome lady, love this song. What a talent and so pretty!!!

[@rogeralsop3479]

Magnificent voice.

[@trailboyus66]

Helen looks like my cousin Beverly did in 1962 when she was 16. Bev and I are the youngest in the family. I am several years younger; but I do have memories of those priceless days of the early and mid 1960's. Thanks for those awesome memories.

[@anamariapeixoto9528]

Beautiful song, and what an amazing voice. Thanks.

[@billmcgarry5474]

There are no female singers around today in the same class as Helen.

[@jesusfernandezgarcia9449]

No.

[@jaydynnelson8406]

Very true.

[@MJC1124]

Absolutely superb singer

[@jaydynnelson8406]

@@MJC1124 agreed

[@daveusn1694]

You NAILED it!! Absolutely true... INCREDIBLE voice

[@jeffj9322]

Happy Birthday Helen Shapiro born on September 28, 1946. She is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain's most successful female singers.With a voice described by AllMusic as possessing "the maturity and sensibilities of someone far beyond their teen years", Shapiro recorded two 1961 UK chart toppers, "You Don't Know" and "Walkin' Back to Happiness", when she was just 14 years old. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Shapiro

[@marciliobretas4574]

Adoro Helen Shapiro...

[@trailboyus66]

@1962Rebel Yes I have and it's very touching. These artists have a special touch that will never be duplicated. I had the honor of meeting the late Skeeter Davis in Sep of 1973 when she came to Salem Mo. to perform @ our Fall Festival. She was rained out but moved to Salem City Hall. I spoke with her after her performance. The nicest person I have ever met. There is a move to get her inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. We are hoping someday.

[@J-50s60smusic]

Such a beautiful song by an incredibly talented young girl. Thank you for posting this.

[@normanheslop2067]

now thats a song for your voice helen lol ...lush singing xx

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Totally. Ravishing.

[@tomekpy]

Happy Birthday Helen on September 28 !

[@bigbirdandsnuffyfan]

One of my favourite Helen Shapiro tunes, simply beautiful!!!!!! thanks for posting!

[@barbaraharris7004]

Not heard Helen Shapiro singing this song before. Love the title and how her vocals take you back . I remember her hit in the UK in the 60''s ''Don't Treat Me Like A Child'' Rebel ,powerful teenage statement, title and lyrics with timeless meaning.

[@davewallace8219]

Captivating!

[@wufwufwufwuf]

her face expressions when she sings make this video beautiful

[@dixiedoos3512]

2022 still enjoy Helens singing

[@robertdode2822]

Until Next Time Remember This Time. O How I Miss This Era.

[@paulblack2157]

Better believe it you can't beat the oldies

[@MyDitchdigger]

I remember her back when I first started listening to music. She was awesome then and still is.

[@antoniadiaz7609]

I had never heard Helen Shapiro growing up. I am blessed to have found her here, maybe 3 or. 4. Years ago. Love your songs Helen !!! Antonia

[@jamesbarclay8805]

As a mod and northern man, Helen spapiro was dynamite gorgeous 😍

[@martinreddy3823]

She was only about 15 or 16 when this was done. Brilliant.

[@martm216]

Yes indeed.

[@grahameden2391]

im in my sixties too but Helen has been one of my all time top singers. she is totally awesome.

[@trailboyus66]

Love you Helen. It would be a great testimony to perform your old songs along with your gospel music..

[@martm216]

Extraordinary voice and performance for one so young. Helen was probably just 15 here.

[@ivanbrady6050]

The Great Helen shapiro love this song

[@TigerGraze]

This kind of voice only comes 'once in a century'

[@InformarcaoUniverseHome]

When something is good, is good, there is no explanation... one takes to another, I came here thanks a video with her and the Beatles...

[@rgarcia2418]

I just discovered another awesome hit by Helen Shapiro, thanks to the “Call the Midwife” show. I grew up in Los Angeles which I thought played all the hits like this. Apparently, the music moguls in the industry didn’t allow for it in the U.S. market. Well f^*k me, I just will have to go back to iTunes and buy another one of her songs. Maybe I’ll just buy her hits album if there’s one.

[@veldacorbin2421]

Just heard her beautiful voice singing this song, on Talking Pictures Freeview 82

[@永山ゆかり]

sometime、Yesterday🎉もイイ歌ですね!!!若い👩👩頃に歌ってる映像🎞が沢山出てきましたよ。 毎日このyoutubeで聞いて楽しんでますよ!

[@waltergeldof4923]

The Young Girl with her Golden Voice .

[@IK-so2bm]

Beauty and talent rolled in one!

[@LeeAshby]

So love Helem Shapiro. Grew up listening to her Music 🎶

[@perrycarpenter7095]

What a voice

[@LeniArianna]

The more I hear of her, the more I like her. I love this song.

[@mick62able]

for a B side song this is absolutely magic as only Helen could do it

[@bigbirdandsnuffyfan]

very nice song!!!! thanks for posting!