The Casuals - Jesamine (1968)

The Casuals were a British pop group from Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. They are best known for their 1968 No. 2 UK hit, "Jesamine".

[@Rose06091]

The only people who gives this song a thumbs up is people who knows a great song

[@Mark-td5ux]

Yes Ise a knows it

[@zoki-kj3ox]

Agree...

[@jeannedeutrom8373]

And who were around then!😁

[@Anythinggoes-1999]

And I still have the original 45rpm with sleeve … priceless

[@beverleyr2625]

And people who lived through this decade - the best ever decade for music!

[@1969presley]

Is it me or was the music in the 50’s , 60’s and 70’s just so much better than what we have today

[@vordman]

No, it is not only you!

[@essexlad301]

My dear mum used to play this when I was younger, now I would do almost anything to hear her sing along to this song again. Always in my heart mum

[@user-py5ct1go2s]

I spent 12 months in hospital as a 12/ 13 year old boy. And The hospital radio would collect request from the youngsters. This was one of my favourites along with. Silence is golden, Massachussets, Hey Jude. And a few others. The 60s and 70s were the greatest days for music.

[@ianevans7291]

My mam did as well 😢

[@hilarybromley3064]

Pity we can't relive the 60s I'm 75 and it was magical

[@marilyngable398]

Suffer with insomnia, so looking through youtube, my favourite pastime! I'm the same age as yourself, and the memories this song conjures up is fantastic! So pleased I was the age I was in the 60s. London where I lived, and still do, was just buzzing at night, and the atmosphere was magical really. The restaurants, clubs, discos, music and fashion, everything brings back great memories. What a time to be alive!

[@johng1181]

I'm 75 golden age 4 music

[@ianlivingston5802]

60s were fantastic Best music Wish I could relive it all again 78yrs old now, but can still remember it all.

[@beverlyshaw3218]

This song was my husband’s and my special song. Sadly he can’t quite remember that now in our mid 70s. But I have brought it back into our lives. Love it!

[@thomasthomsen4902]

Ich war 1968 achtzehn Jahre alt und wir lebten in einem "Rausch"! Was für eine magische Zeit!!!! Nun bin ich bald 73 und höre diese Musik immer noch....sie hält mich am Leben!!!!

[@jeannedeutrom8373]

Hear! Hear!!!!😁

[@MrFoxboy7]

I think music is the only thing keeping us sane

[@thomasthomsen4902]

Ich war damals 1968 ebenfalls 18 Jahre alt! Und ja, es stimmt, es war wie im Rausch......unglaubliche intensive Zeit....ich zehre noch heute davon! In 4 Tagen werde ich nun 74 und höre immer noch fast täglich die Musik von damals!

[@IvanaSimunovic-zw4fl]

1968 - magic year ❤

[@thomasthomsen4902]

@@IvanaSimunovic-zw4fl oh jes!!!!!

[@henrywilloughby8333]

In the sixties we were spoilt for choice

[@murraywood7480]

Great Era .Great Music. Great times. Only those of us who grew up during this time know what real music really is ..Peggy Wood (Aotearoa)

[@diden3527]

absolutely...I was a 12 year old Waikato lad, and loved cool music like this...wow - these guys would probably be in their late 70's - 80's......I'm 68....hope that they've enjoyed the fruits of their great music. Cheers from NZ.

[@murraywood7480]

@@diden3527 Agree. As well as the British invasion, we had our own greats here in Kiwi Land.. Chics, Shane, Formulya etc etc etc... Peggy W. (Same era, I am 70)

[@Suezeerose]

I was thinking of this song the other day when looking at some holiday photos from 1968 when I had been going out with my husband for 3 months. I was 16 and he was 18 and he came with us on our family holiday to Yorkshire, a few weeks later we heard this song on the radio and he said that he remembered it playing as we walked past the pier and I was surprised that he remembered that. He passed away last year after 50 years of marriage and I suddenly thought of this song and came here to listen to it again.

[@marielaortiz4018]

❤

[@koconnor1963]

❤

[@alex737777]

How beautiful were the 60s. Still now in 2022 listen to nothing else.

[@dradia1983]

I'm in my 60 s now but listening to this song for a while made me a teenage once again.. hhmm that beautiful feeling

[@nedkelly4207]

Same

[@leighvanzyl7045]

Me too

[@bassman1ism]

well said my friend, regards arthur.

[@neilmcgrory39]

Yeah

[@philhunt6456]

We had the times born in 56 we had all the best music. Never to be repeated

[@christinespain6751]

I'm 72 now I love the 60s so much,so glad I lived through them

[@brian.7966]

well done Christine, A woman of culture.

[@jeffstevens8025]

I’m in my 70’s now and as a teenager I was into all the heavy stuff..Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath etc so had no time for songs like this. But now I’m really enjoying songs such as Jesamine. It’s like a whole new era of great music. It’s almost unbelievable that the 60’s produced such a huge range of music. Never to be repeated.

[@lovescatsthing]

I too was into the heavy stuff...but now it's like rediscovering things like finally seeing what being a mod might have been like....instead of choosing to be a rocker x

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Me to Jeff , and stuff my parents loved and I hated at the time .When I hear Roger Whittaker's ' The Last Farewell ' must admit to welling up a bit !.There's no doubt ' Jesamine ' is a classic and I think penned by Marty Wilde

[@robcameron1001]

I too am in my 70's, enjoying this music. We had so much to choose from back then. We were very spoiled by today's so called talent

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

The 1960s was the zenith of musical creativity.

[@jiggsborah7041]

I say the same thing. My period is 65 to 75. The eighties sucked ❤

[@kevinmurphy8857]

I love this song. One of my favourite songs from the 1960s.

[@keithchow556]

In the 60's when pop music circle was dominated by the Beatles, Bee Gees, etc., it was amazing this beautiful song could stand above the crowd. After half a century, this song remains great ine listening.

[@ianlivingston5802]

The 60s were fantastic. 78yrs old now. I can remember it all like it was yesterday. How I wish that I could relive it all again. Great Music Great times.

[@michaelteale6386]

I was 13 when this came out. Beautiful memories

[@buzzard3515]

Really good to see people recognising musical talent from the 1960s. Beautiful song !

[@6lr6ak6]

Absolutely love this track, One of the best 60s tracks ever.

[@helenakatic1690]

Music of 60's is so magic.

[@carolebarker2195]

Life was better when there were songs in the charts like this one.

[@any1younger]

Straight back to 1968 - when life was perfect........

[@sophiezett7560]

Definitely not for everyone. :-) Not for gay people. Not for women. I can see why you say that though. Many probably were better back then.

[@alexanderboche7867]

@@sophiezett7560 the Music was better in that Time!

[@barrycalvillo2466]

yes it was great in detroit with all the riots..

[@colindobson4002]

When life was so much simpler and everyone thought that things would keep getting better, how wrong we were

[@barrycalvillo2466]

maybe if you were lighter in skin color and lived in the suburbs.....

[@royzee28]

Just turned 60 so I was 7 when this was around. As fresh now as it was then!

[@Parasmunt]

One of the greatest one hit wonders of all time.

[@brianhiggins3090]

When music was really worth listening to a great era too.

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

This is apparently Paul Wellers favourite song. For that alone, I applaude Paul Weller!

[@gerhardanton8759]

long long long time I was trying to find this Song.... what a great Time... full Energy and Dreams... I have realized all my Dreams ...!!!! Thanks to GOD... ....

[@bluey7007]

71 now .still love this song .takes me back

[@linbassett8232]

I was 15 when this song came out, love it, beautiful memories when life was perfect x

[@jayweiss4378]

He's singing about you ..butterfly child etc... How cool?

[@brightlitewright5134]

So true..I was only Ten at the time, and I always wondered why my Late, Mum used to turn this song up & sing along in perfect harmony when it was on the Radio in our house?.. I'd give anything to hear her singing that now. It reminds me I should have loved her more than I did then, I'm totally ashamed to say..😢All these years on, I now know why she sang it with such passion.. And i do the same. But not to her Perfection.. 👍

[@jayweiss4378]

@@brightlitewright5134 the song is timeless and nice to hear people still relate to it today

[@geoffcorker6882]

Like you i was also 15 in 1968. Lots of good songs in the 60s....this is very best. Timeless classic from better times - oh for a time machine.

[@norwichnorfolk1584]

Yep I was 15 also and left school now I’m 69 still listening to this song and many others x

[@lynneagar7272]

Fab song, I was 15 and music was so good - sweet reminders

[@paulringwood8065]

snap i was the same age fab song fab days lynne

[@colindobson4002]

And me and life was great

[@ernsthannover4011]

Wunderschöner Song mit traurigem Text wie ich mich eben damals in den 60 ern gefühlt habe als ich unglücklich verliebt war..... Aufgepasst! Aber auch die B-Seite ist hörenswert!!!

[@gibson1973100]

I wasn't born until 1973 but with music like this I wish I was. Absolute classic

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

The Casuals was a British band that was unfairly overlooked in the 60s, although Jesamine became a UK Top 2 in 1968, they released a string of fine pop singles which sadly went largely unnoticed. They were massive in Italy however, having spent many years there prior to returning to England in early 1968.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

I agree-I was only a young boy when this was a hit but thought that some of their other rec part Toy should have been big hits-Toy was a top 10 hit here in NZ and has always been one of my all-time favorites,still listening to both these two Auckland New Zealand 2021

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

@@bryanpalmer9660 Hi, Bryan! Toy is another fine one by The Casuals, albeit more jolly and Bubblegummy than Jesamine. Toyland, Hello Its Me and Sunflower Eyes are other gems. Sunflower Eyes was written by the same team who wrote Jesamine (Manston/Gellar aka Marty Wilde/ Ronnie Scott) and is the closest they came to duplicate the sound and feel of Jesamine. John Tebb had a stellar voice. I think he passed away a couple of years ago. No doubt, Jesamine and Sunflower Eyes hold pretty well up against similar musical creations by The Bee Gees and Honeybus!

[@paulkenneally789]

From my hometown,Lincoln, England. Pretty much forgotten,however.

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

@@paulkenneally789 I really love The Casuals! They had a sound that was a blend of early Bee Gees and Honeybus. Jesamine is on my Top 10 list of the finest songs of the 60s! Too bad Mary Hopkins Those Were The Days prevented The Casuals from reaching number one with Jesamine in late 68. I really hope Cherry Red Records releases a proper Complete Decca Recordings CD box in the not too distant future. They deserve a comprehensive anthology.

[@dannyboy6114]

The bystanders originally released this song. I like both versions.

[@lukehallinan9966]

Every time this is played on the radio it picks you up😀

[@johnhuffinley5757]

this simply blows me away.remember it well i was 22 when came out

[@pegg3754]

Another great find! British pop stole my heart in the 60's. I have never recovered. I am a British wanna be. TY my luv Mark

[@BradBrassman]

Being from Lincolnshire this always takes me back to a family holiday at Butlins, Skegness when It was played on local radio that summer.

[@pusteblumepetra]

Soviel Schmerz verbindet mich mit diesem Song ,der unendlich schön war und ist .🥺🥺🥺

[@oddbod8655]

This is definitely in my 10 ten favourite songs of all time.I haven't been able to put into words for the last 53 years ,why? Its a perfect pop song for me.

[@bridgetswift6274]

Always loved this song

[@jonsmum5552]

I was ten and my brother was 15. He had this single, he played it over and over again. Love this song.

[@jayweiss4378]

This on a record would have been so cool. I wish I grew up in that time

[@jonsmum5552]

@@jayweiss4378 My older brother now 68 and he has all his singles and LPs, he has hundreds of them.

[@kevinmurphy8857]

I love this song. One of my all time favourites.

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Kevin i like your comment , these very handsome guys did a splendid job on this very romantic song of a special era , the 60s were some thing else im so happy to have lived through it xxWOW THANK YOU YOU TUBE LOTS OF LOVE jANE XX

[@colingeddes2172]

@@oughtonoughton2634 never tire of listening to this tune, even if it is as old as i am. Born in the 60s.👍

[@sandraoyns-wilson6098]

Oh the memories,thank you Casuals.Happy memories.

[@topquark22]

I first heard this song in a pub in Wexford, Ireland, in 2018. It was never played much in North America, nor sure why. It is as good as any Beatles song.

[@juantooth3622]

I love Jesamine. It's the best song i have ever heard. Beautiful lyrics and music, takes me back to being à kid.

[@haraldssongs264]

Was für ein schönes Lied!

[@jiggsborah7041]

Ever since I found it here on KZbin I have to listen to it again and again. KZbin says that my playlist reflects upbeat music and I just love this song from my childhood ❤❤❤❤

[@steveyoung5920]

Such an amazing song, love this, the singer is the spitting image of my dad when I was a kid....brings a tear to my eyes.

[@neilmcgrory39]

Sweet

[@jameswilson-cf7cy]

When you hear this again from the sixties you realize the Beatles etc., no matter how brilliant in their way, could never have come up with a fab classic like this. Just emphasizes how indispensable all the outriders were in the '60s movement.

[@petef7323]

I adore this song, but who could have come up with the many classics the Beatles had tho?

[@muckyfootace4687]

Kann mich noch genau an diesen Beatclub-Auftritt erinnern. War ein fescher Teenager..... Heute eine Oma... Aber noch fit und ziemlich crazy!

[@marytresham9164]

This is my favourite song ...... Jesamine

[@KeithMS]

Jesamine was co-written by Marty Wilde and Ronnie Scott (under the pseudonyms of Manston and Gellar) . Marty still performs the song at his gigs.

[@jackiemreekie4637]

I never knew that!! It's one of my all time favourite tunes I was 8 when it went in the charts xxx

[@ethelbooth84]

Remember it like it was yesterday.

[@gehanoates294]

I love this song. A child of the 60s and early 70s music was great then.

[@roniron1358]

D

[@roniron1358]

Me too born 1960 sisters 10 years older. I put on all there songs so they could dance. I got to know all the 60s songs great memories

[@BarbaraSchmidt-yw2yo]

'So full of life & so full of giving' my darling Wayne Singh. We danced to this song slowly, the first night we met 1968... How exquisitely full of life & love you were dearest Wayne. Clever funny & sensitive. You died so young. I love you..the children love you....& we get lost in those emotions every time we hear Jesamine sung by these young men. The song feels like you in every way. 🥀❤❤

[@carstenhohmann2955]

A butterfly child so free & so wild

[@susanmcclean1590]

Music makes me alive..and I love yours x I’m 63 ..can’t beet this era Xx

[@stevanwarburton5501]

Another wonderful song from the year of my birth

[@tendaichibanda6781]

When this song was a hit I was nine and it makes me feel sentimental. Beautiful music

[@judithpearce1584]

Reminds me of my teenage years and a special person.

[@sharonastill1027]

i love this song i discovered whilst watching spotlight tv they have 60s songs in the afternoon on for an hour.Its a classic pop song.from shaz in the uk.

[@lawrencereid2056]

I was 15. This played on the radio at the paper factory great memory’s

[@neilmcgrory39]

Born in '63, ... always with me apparently ✌️❤️

[@lordsmithy364]

Brings back so many memories. Love this song.

[@user-mt7tx2iu8m]

This music was from my 2 older brothers era & ive not long lost my oldest brother so u listen to this music & remember him with love

[@ameersahabfaruki3215]

I grew listening to this play by my parents Today I burst out into tears listening to it. I yearning for a perfect time of my life. my only concern was to build that swimming pool... I used a teaspoon to dig up the place to install said pool. Today I own a house with a pool.... My heart yearns for happier times.

[@karencrookshank4971]

I saw these when I was 10, at the Empire Pool Wembley. It was a FAB 208 show, with ALL the popular groups, Status Quo in their Matchstick men days, Amen Corner, Love Affair, Marmalade etc etc. But the Casuals, with John Tebb quietly playing piano and singing this song totally mesmerised me. It was so beautiful to see. RIP John.

[@JasonArnold-bx7dq]

One of the most underrated and underplayed songs of the 60's.

[@alanhesketh9265]

Bought the single when it was released in 1968. Still a great song.

[@lesleyjuniper4179]

Johnny Tebb, knew him well, he went onto play withBig Johns Rock N Roll Circus with my brother-in-law, Sadly passed away in 2020

[@paulmillen7331]

Beautiful song. I loved it when I was 9 and love it at 62.

[@lloydsmith8662]

This is one record that takes me back to my childhood in the 60's "love the lyrics"

[@lesleyjuniper4179]

Keyboard player John went on to play with Big Johns Rock And Roll Circus with my brother-in-law

[@nicolaann41]

21.09 I was born in 1969 so i was brought up with 70s music. I am now discovering the 60s era which i absolutely love and this song is one of my favourites ❤

[@fs.pureblood]

Such a beautiful song.

[@oughtonoughton2634]

These guys were so lovely ,,,The 60s era had so many fantastic groups and singer,, It was a pleasure being their lol to all fans xx

[@alancaunce3199]

Had The Privilege Of Being In The Company Of A Member Of This Amazing Group A Few Years Ago. When I Got To Talk With Him. A Few Days Later A 💿 Arrived In The Post. Cheers For This Unbelievable Memory.

[@danielhanney3326]

I was in my early teens when this song hit the charts..loved it, just started meeting up with girls, first relationship...just loving the era..Magic..my favourite part of growing up..and all these fantastic songs from the 60's bring back the memories ❤️ .

[@vincentmpande1741]

Yes, the older we grow the slower our music choices become. Grand Funk, CCR, Beatles music, Bee Gees, Bread Band etc still mesmerise me. In old age we appreciate music more than when we were young, we are now even able to get meaning from the lyrics

[@jeanhopman5659]

i hav recently discovered the speed metal of X Japan - i'm 66

[@terryjohnson7389]

All Lincoln lads from my home town.

[@ronnie237]

Never heard this song until today.

[@carolmarr6607]

Beautiful song so reminiscent of the 60's tender and lovely sentiments

[@RussellMarsh1967]

The best song of the 60's

[@paulrichardson5286]

I can rember in 1968 dancing cheek to cheek with pain to this record

[@paulrichardson5286]

That should have read cheek to cheek with pam

[@Orimile]

the first song I've ever heard in my three years old age......I remember we've moving to a new house....and saw my dad signing a paper....on a table......I dont know what...but surely....this song....brings back....that memory again.......

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes. How memory works is a mystery. Why should a random , even trivial , incident like that stick in your mind . Life is a mystery !!

[@user-rr6gr7og9q]

It summed up the late 1960’s for me. I get the impression of a beautiful ethereal woman ‘a butterfly child so free and so wild’ who is out of reach ‘what can you say when a girl doesn’t want to know’ I did my GCE exams in 1969 Here I am now at nearly 71 years old with terminal cancer just reminiscing.

[@phillipmellor8648]

We had the best of times !

[@t.r.g441]

My late mum and I used to listen to this song and she'd say it was like me. I always thought I'd call my daughter Jessamine, so wish I had now. It fits her perfectly❤️

[@any1younger]

This actually gets better, and better. Why do we not hear this anymore?

[@barrypinkerton5685]

Call me cynical, but perhaps for that very reason

[@musson13]

Thankyou for your kind compliment.

[@lisasmith77785]

This song moves me to tears..gives me goosebumps. My parents era...the best.

[@Candolad]

You can. Listen to Boom Radio in the UK on DAB or online. This track was voted number 194 in their listener Top 200 Chart over Easter.

[@bluebirdlinda7746]

Beautiful melody!🤗🤗

[@vincentpage6872]

Man this tacks me back when I use to work in Bedford I played this on my tape player in my tractor

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Should have been The Wurzels surely ?!

[@lindastanley229]

Beautiful song.thankyou.

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

Great song. No-one writes songs like this today.

[@Ben_Zinka-Nister]

Oh yeah, that is a true word. I was 17 and had just started my apprenticeship. A wonderful song and i still like to listen to it today.

[@joeblack8915]

Thank Marty Wilde for writing it.

[@ianz9916]

@@joeblack8915 He still performs it in concert.

[@stephendent3058]

Paul Weller said it is in his top 10 records of all time

[@cleoregia1103]

I am so fortunate to hear this beautiful song :)))

[@MrAnditwins]

40 years already when I first listening till today I never got bored... Make me goosebumps 😭 great song

[@jokonugroho1661]

Teringat saat masih sekolah di SMP Negeri I Yogya tahun 1969-1972. Lagu ini mengingatkanku kepada seseorang yang 50 tahun kemudian bertemu kembali. JN

[@christianfischer9388]

Das Teil hab ich so lange gesucht. Gehört zu den schönsten Harmonien der Popmusik

[@tracybuxton]

I discovered this song due to Gold radio and had to look it up on here as I had never heard it before, now I love it.

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles,hi Tracy 🤗

[@jiggsborah7041]

I love it. More than 40 years passed and I had even forgotten about it. Now it's on my playlist and thanks very much ❤😊

[@greencheeks6287]

Take me back ! The very best music ever, 17 years old without a care in the world.....oh my where did the time go

[@colinchaves9285]

This song brings back memories for me as I was just starting secondary school and the warm days of late summer of1968 .oh what memories.