DeFranco Family: Heartbeat, Its A Lovebeat 1973

Girl,when I'm alone with you
I get a feelin' through and through
Tellin' me that love is comin' on
My head starts spinnin' round and round
And I don't care what's up or down
Cause deep in my soul, I'm out of control
When I start to hear the sound of
CHORUS :
A heartbeat, it's a lovebeat
And a lovebeat is a good vibration
Oh, a heartbeat is a lovebeat
And when we meet , it's a good sensation
Listen to my heart pound
Listen to my love sound
Feel it gettin' stronger
Can't hold back any longer
Heartbeat, it's a lovebeat
And a lovebeat is a good vibration
Oh a heartbeat it's a lovebeat
And when we meet, it's a good sensation
Listen
Pictures pass before my eyes
Like a vision in disguise
Tryin' to explain the way I feel
And there's a movement in my mind
Like a rhythm counting time
Breakin' down all my defenses
Overcomin' all of my senses
Listen to my heart pound
Listen to my love sound
Temp'rature is risin'
Girl, there's no disguisin'

[@Lushfan]

Don't get me wrong. I love the 70's, but the song is pretty lame, they can hardly dance, and the guy on the right has no rhythm at all.

[@clobbyhops]

Ed Dombrowski 🤣🤣🤣👏👏 you being mean and honest 👍

[@robertdipaola3447]

Yep

[@SimirJohnson]

Yes, but Tony is sooooooooo dreamy!!

[@Jay-vr9ir]

@@SimirJohnson A nightmare . He was my neighbour growing up , he and his family were okay , not bad people and they did without some things and they worked at music . Many of us thought , they went at it the wrong way , they grabbed a fast pay day . Maybe if they tried something else , it would have not worked at all , at least they did something with their lives . Ed what have you done? The funny thing is I do not find Paul or Ringo on here or Cher , Madonna , Led Zeppelin making nasty remarks ,it is always the people , that have not , that say the most negative things.

[@SimirJohnson]

Joseph Forest He was that bad?

[@KevinMcB]

I don't care about the faults. This is A childhood memory for me. It makes my heart smile.

[@dalehoward3704]

Mine too.....it's the bubblegum in me💖💫💫💫💫💖💖 It's too bad this group didn't go farther in their career. But I remember in an interview with Tony that they wanted him without his brother's and sisters. He was loyal and refused.

[@tightcamper]

That's exactly how I look at a lot of the late 60s and 70s music. Of course our music tastes mature but the memories do not. I love it!

[@davelee8961]

Me, too! I may head on from here to "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" or "The Night Chicago Died."

[@jujubegold]

@@davelee8961 makes me remember the days when we all looked goofy like that. No internet, no cellphones. Just bubble gum music, banana bikes and Saturday morning cartoons. I miss those days. We were lucky to have lived the last free generation.

[@davelee8961]

@@jujubegold If you get a chance, grab Joel Whitburn's "Pop Annual," which lists -- by year and then peak chart position -- all the hits of a given year -- all the ones you've always remembered *and* great ones you've forgotten.

[@jjzehob]

I’m Tony DeFrancos age (62). The 70’s were so much fun and simple. No internet, phones…etc etc. how does time fly this fast?!?

[@josephforest7605]

Prove it? What school did you first go to ?

[@valerienewsome3019]

@josephforest7605 Read it again. I don't think he is saying he is Tony DeFranco. I think he is saying he is the same age as Tony DeFranco. I took it the way you did the first time I read it though.

[@josephforest7605]

@@valerienewsome3019 I sat next to Tony in Kindergarten .

[@tcbep4157]

@@josephforest7605prove what? What’s the problem with people on the net?

[@Ron-zi3cg]

It was fun and simple in those days

[@karencharlier3136]

Who else is 60 years old and loving this like me? Tiger Beat teen beat anybody? The world of innocence.

[@patriciasloan5122]

I just really miss those days. I forgot about them. I love it.

[@almabenavides6664]

I’m 58, and love this kind of music 🎵

[@patriciasloan5122]

@@almabenavides6664 Your right in the age that would remember. I loved those days.

[@berthazuniga433]

It was Eric from The Bay City Rollers for me. ❤

[@Audhepfan1]

Went to the magazine stand after school to get the latest issues. There were several different heart throb mags. Then buying the posters too. That's where my allowance went.

[@sandyb2379]

Tony is a realtor in California and at 63yo is still handsome. Loved this song back in the day

[@wlswing]

He s got great hair!

[@scottswackhamer6413]

We sang this in music class when I was 9 at Flint Hill elementary in Fairfax Co, VA. Knew that kid had to be close to my age ( 60). We sang Heart of Gold and The Night the Drove Ol’ Dixie Down. Must have been a pretty hip teacher

[@dufunia8313]

@@wlswing his pubes are not bad either

[@Angela-jn7iv]

Yes he is very handsome now!

[@dufunia8313]

@@Angela-jn7iv you aint bad yourself

[@teresadeller1427]

I was 13 when this song came out. That time of innocence can never be repeated.. how sad. I am glad I grew up during the 70s.. Todays world way too crazy for kids.

[@alanz3497]

The 70's wasn't a time of innocence. It was a time of ignorance. There was an insane amount of evil shit going on. You just didn't know about it.

[@evelyndaly29]

I am glad I grew up in the 70's as well, but I agree that it was a truly terrible decade. Although compared to all the decades that followed, the 70's were innocent.

[@ana-marieeallens4150]

I was only 8 yrs old ,I was parading around the house 🏡 what a blast !!!

[@magneto7930]

@@alanz3497 a time of innocence for a child is what I assumed was meant. But yes, terrible things going on, though many of us were too young to know.

[@reddragon3733]

Amen. I'd love to go back and do the 60s & 70s all over again. Innocence, learning, experiencing new music, hanging with my friends. Talking about our dreams and goals. Meeting new girlfriends. Loved that time.

[@adriennesanders4703]

Too bad all this innocence is gone. Glad I grew up in this era. Priceless.

[@tonyruiz2390]

It's all gone after the 70'DS

[@evanmiller9316]

yea the jackson 5 was super innocent, the way they were beaten into stardom

[@martindriver6026]

Ya I grew up in this era as well but it reminds me of how old I am now. The only thing i am glad about is opening night at the Chinese theater to watch starwars.

[@abbeyjane1306]

I saw them sing this at Magic Mountain in '74. I was a 19 y.o. Marine stationed at El Toro...it was a blink of an eye ago.

[@public3nemy_191]

This song sucks & the performance is even worse lol. I don't see how anyone with hearing finds this pleasant.

[@unhinderedliving]

As a thirteen year old girl with hormones raging, it doesn’t matter how bad the music was. I was in heaven when they sang. I am now 62 years old, and I still get a thrill watching them.

[@bradgarrett7790]

Hey if I invented a magic potion that would take us both back to 13 when your hormones were raging do you think maybe I might get lucky?..LOL

[@maxsonfamilyhomestead3538]

Same here! I'm 60 and still have this album!

[@brightsmiles1962]

I’m 61 and feel the same! Ohio

[@kbkelbil2928]

I used to call in to the radio station and request it non-stop

[@DianaYanez-us9ir]

Yes! I was so in love ❤️ with Tony. Now at at 62, I still love ❤️ it!

[@buddylove346]

If you got to grow up anytime in the 50's through the 80's with all the classic movies & music, YOU were blessed!

[@dufunia8313]

the 80s sucked, movies and music being gay was popular back then

[@chadwik4000]

You got that from this video?

[@gilliancampbell6759]

@@dufunia8313 I was an 80s child, the 80s were the best decade!

[@reed311]

This music is like a fever dream nightmare. I’m lucky I didn’t have to grow up with this.

[@LADrummin]

I said the exact same thing to my wife!!!! I’m 59 and I told her I am so glad to be born when I was because , like you said, THE BEST SONGS ,THE BEST MOVIES , movies today are 👍🏼 ok(my favorites are from Quentin Tarantino) But growing up we had movies with some originality!!!! And today’s music is only good when it’s played by the OLD HEADS “ that were there when we were kids 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤

[@kbobdonahue1966]

Growing up in the 1970s was awesome, the music, clothes, trends, etc.... . I ❤ the 70s. 🙂

[@eddieharrison3801]

I totally agree with you 70s was best😊

[@huliovidales4883]

Hell ya

[@accavanos]

Best time. Dased and confused described it the best. Everyone hung out together. Jocks, nerds, antisocial. 80s f everything up.

[@cjm5979]

California was also great then.

[@maggiegoethals4557]

Oh but the 70s what we wouldn’t give to go back there again just for a day!

[@scotabot7826]

If you can fins a time machine, I'll go back with you right now!!

[@myfairlahey5738]

for a lifetime

[@pappyroxx1841]

I'm in!!

[@vietnamvet4533]

Yea feel the same about the 50s and early 60s, sadly that country is in my rear view mirror never to return.

[@meritz59]

I would trade a month of my life left for each day, if I could relive my days back then.

[@kona1967]

It's like someone took a dash of the Osmonds and threw in a sprinkle of the Partridge Family and mixed until Italian.

[@jdbaes]

Very well put. 😎

[@rwboa22]

Actually Italian-Canadian, as they're from Port Colborne, Ontario.

[@johnlaforge8273]

Was this from the episode where Peter's voice was changing?

[@sheribates2569]

I had the biggest crush on Tony

[@js5665]

LOL! :)

[@quintinrice2733]

You know, when I was young, I used to sing this song in my room at the top of my lungs. The Defranco's, The Jackson's, and The Osmonds were all played on my 45 record player.

[@January.]

*The DeFrancos *The Jacksons

[@joedauterman216]

The Italian (Osmonds) the black (Osmonds)

[@joedauterman216]

Life was good until Michael went pedifile

[@mlang20]

MeToo😶

[@lilpoohbear653]

YEP!!!

[@anotherblownengine]

Ok, here’s what I like about this song: 1) They’re all actual siblings 2) They’re Canadian 3) The song’s composition is a brain tickler 4) It contains a building progression 5) It has a catchy chorus : Result: A True Pop Gem.

[@AnnMFS]

They’re from Ontario, Canada, not the Bronx, lol.

[@cbabick]

@crazymonkey651 They're from Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada.

[@ED80s]

Didn't know they were Canadian. I loved this song so much growing up

[@dorothypaetzke1371]

My Brother gave me this album for my 10th Birthday. I still have both the Defranco's albums and treasure them. My Brother has gone for many years now and it is an awesome memory to have.

[@markchoma9822]

Would'nt you have had Black Sabbath Paranoid instead?

[@mccaffreybeverley450]

Yes, my brother would circle the block a couple of times so I could finish listening to their songs

[@thomasmagnum3588]

They had TWO albums?!?

[@janinec4444]

@@markchoma9822 oh hell no! 😱

[@lindamaemullins5151]

❤😔🙏

[@rhondashinn4952]

this song always cheers me up when i get nostaligc, we grew up in a great generation,

[@ecouture33]

Yes we did!!

[@brendamensi455]

Sent this to my sister the other day, Simple times, miss those days!!

[@jeffa1961]

I was 12 years old when this came out and remember we only had AM Radio. This is actually the first time I have heard this in about 50 years. I have wonderful memories growing up in the 70's, then transitioning to the 80's in my 20's. Life was good.

[@jeffa1961]

@@cxg174 I could not agree more. What a great time to grow up. Music brings back so many great memories of our childhood.

[@SUGAR_XYLER]

50 Year Star Award 🌟 🏆 Congratulations Tony

[@scottswackhamer6413]

Me too. Heard it mentioned in the movie Reservoir Dogs and had to hear it again. Wonderful memories. I was 9

[@russs7574]

I'm just a little older than that. (Born in 1956)...I remember seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Where I lived, Album Oriented Rock stations were just getting up and running. The big Top 40 stations in Pittsburgh were 1410 KQV (now defunct...sigh) and 1320 WKTQ (also known as 13Q, it's now a Music of Your Life Station...double sigh). And you had to learn where the "big hit" stations from other cities were, because KQV and 13Q had to cut back their power at sundown, and their signal evaporated. Ah, memories.

[@hillbilly9804]

Today we have everything at our fingertips with cell phones. I am so glad I was able to come up in the 70’s and 80’s. Kids today will never know what it was like. I wish they could. I think our world would be a better place.

[@ToriSavage]

I was a teenager when I first heard this song

[@dianehawkins1596]

I agree…I am 63 years old and remember this yesterday…love them and remember them in tiger beat and one of the sisters had a special column for each month…would love to know how they are doing now ..

[@tonysloan892]

Say what you want about them and this song, but this was the #1 best selling single of 1973, 3 million physical copies sold. A historic accomplishment.

[@laurirogers1193]

They were my favorite! I had two albums, one even had a cardboard cutout of Tony’s head 😂. Tiger Beat magazine did a spread on them and I was CAPTIVATED ❤

[@mf-qi8gn]

Me too!

[@USNWaveRet]

OMG TIGER BEAT! That brings a memory back!!!

[@johnschaeffer369]

I sent this to my pregnant daughter a day before she had her baby. And she heard his heart beat and then got to see him. ❤God Bless them. 🙏😍

[@gilliancampbell6759]

I never even heard of the Defranco family until seeing this video. I was born in 1976. Had I been a teen in 1973 I think I would have found Tony Defranco kind of cute.

[@TralfazConstruction]

How about a round of applause for the great Jack Benny?!

[@dallyx66]

I think Poor Jack died a year or two after this.

[@TralfazConstruction]

@@dallyx66 That he did. I knew him from my parents and grandparents' affection for his radio, movie and TV appearances. I discovered Jack Benny for myself listening to Greg Bell's Radio Classics on Sirius-XM Radio dating back nearly eighteen years. Jack Benny was a consummate performer.

[@dallyx66]

@@TralfazConstruction Cool -- I saw his TV show on local TV in the 80s. Never laughed so hard. Been a fan since then. Love his radio show.

[@WytZox1]

* Perpetually age 39 Jack Benny often tried to appeal to audience of all ages! He gave many young performers a break on his TV show! ☺ ♥

[@michelletaylor5691]

@@dallyx66 1974 of pancretic cancer

[@jarmstead5998]

Jack Freaking Benny?? Could it really be that old? This song is so good. The kid absolutely sings his heart out. It never fails to remind me of when my mom bought her new car. I went along with her to pick it up. When we were driving home in the new car, this song came on the radio. We were singing along with it. Great times. RIP Mom :(

[@jehobden]

Jack Benny died the next year. :(

[@joycearmstead7306]

@@jehobden That's so sad; he was a true entertainer.

[@RAG1060]

👍♥️

[@kennethlatham3133]

Yeah, if it makes you feel any better, Jack Benny died a year later.

[@charityproctor627]

This is such a good song! Sad, they don't make music like this anymore. So pure and innocent. I hate the music that we have nowadays. I may have been born in the 90s, but music before my time knew what respect was. That's why I'll always stick to this kind of music.

[@tj921able]

I miss the 70s so much, and I miss the innocence and decency our country used to have. The state our world has become now is really sad.

[@amierichan1428]

Please see my post, above. It was NOT an innocent time, and it was NOT a time of decency. Things were not good in 1973.

[@Sammo421]

Vietnam race riots

[@birsay123]

It WAS a time of decency and innocence! Make America Great Again!

[@kazza5599]

How could anyone NOT love this?? My 6 year old self is in heaven. Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@samanthagrantpopsoulrbdoow115]

I love it I'm 17 turning 18 next Saturday

[@vcoaster]

Love the song - yes. The cheesy, lip-synch performance - not so much.

[@SoLaRe60]

How could anyone not love this? The answer is simple. It's garbage. Get yourself a Ray Charles record and listen to some real soul.

[@vcoaster]

@@SoLaRe60 It's okay if you don't like it. Some things are unable to grasp for stuffy folks.

[@melissag3919]

These are the happiest memories of my youth. Tony was such a DOLL. I'm 11 again watching this.

[@elainel.1285]

Wow...listening to this takes me back to when I played my K-Tel records on my Radio Shack record player and my 12-year-old heart swooned for Tony DeFranco! Where did 44 years go?!! :D

[@JANsEffectHouse]

Do you still remember the colors or designs of the 45s when you hear the songs? I know I still do. Mine were so worn and horrible sounding in the middle from playing so much. LOL

[@mariemcadams8408]

I got this record single from a friend for my 14th birthday!

[@suellynrobinson9498]

My brother and I got K-Tel records for every birthday and Christmas and played them every night on an old fold up plastic record player such incredible collections of hits.

[@melvinpruitt3907]

Man,time waits for no one...it just disappears like sands through the hour glass. What a wonderful childhood we had!!

[@sianharrison2866]

Defunkfamily

[@ozzymd1]

10 years old when this was new , 61 now and loving it !

[@vampfashions]

Exactly, and it was the first song where I knew that drums and a bit of rock and roll would make me love music that wasn't the big band and bossa nova my parents were dancing to.

[@brayb9834]

Same here!!

[@daisyflowers9334]

This was such a huge hit for the Defranco Family. Tony was so cute!. I still have the record after all these years.

[@pinkfreud62]

Yea. I was only 9 when this came out, but I really liked the song. I do remember my older cousin having lots of teeny bopper mags like Tiger Beat with all the heart throbs on the the covers, lol.

[@WytZox1]

@@pinkfreud62 ~> Age 24 in 1973 I fell in love with Tony's sisters! ☺ ♥

[@Jay-vr9ir]

Johnny Bravo .

[@carynscheffer6299]

Me too!

[@jamespfitz]

"such A hit"? As if they had two or more

[@jflaugher]

If you took every ounce of soul out of the Jackson 5 the result would be the DeFranco Family.

[@packratcollector]

This was my favorite song at age 12. I had the 45 and drove my family crazy playing it over and over. I'm 62 and I still like it.

[@luiscisneros202]

I was 11 at this time and it was a giant hit. Sure some say it's a weird song but it was around at a great time and lot of memories for me.

[@beyondonethousand]

I was 9. Remember them singing this on Saturday morning Supershow.

[@juliereminiec4937]

Same here. Tony Defranco was my preteen idol

[@Lori-lp6uc]

My very first 45❤

[@eric7922]

Saturday Night Fever stole little Tony DeFranco’s moves man...

[@Rick123691]

This song 🎶 made my roller skates 🛼 go faster ! 😂❤️

[@diamondjoop6542]

I was 10 and they came from Port Colborne Ontario so we were all goo goo over TONY! We danced to this song over and over and over ........God Bless you Tony and your Family!

[@sandrastreifel6452]

How do I remember the lyrics to this song from my High School days, and I don’t remember what I came into the kitchen for?

[@antrolly]

It's how the brain works. Your memory imprints from a younger age stays imprinted for far longer. Last memories into your brain at an older age are the first to go. First memories are the last to leave the brain. An easy way to describe is: last in/first out & first in/last out

[@tangerinerose3724]

dementia.livebetterwith.com/blogs/advice/short-term-vs-long-term-memory-loss-whats-the-difference

[@rockcande]

Same here lol

[@discbreakrecords3311]

Personally, I'm blaming it on the statins.

[@ZainaDancer]

Amen! (me, too!)

[@grahamrickit5608]

What a great era to grow up in. I so miss it!

[@Payton20ADZ]

I love this. Reminds me of the k-tel records and fun summers days growing up

[@marksark1119]

Don't forget about good 'ol Ronco Records. I've got some of those as well as K-Tel Records. Just call 1-800....

[@jjh1899]

They was trying to be the Osmond lol

[@robinmarrapese4296]

Same here

[@kimkochel6754]

I have a K-tel album "Jukebox Jive". It crackles when I put it on my stereo turntable. Pretty groovy 👍

[@mayloo2137]

I still have my K-Tel records-sadly with no record player to play them!

[@timothywalters2614]

I was listening to this with 15 yr old ears , now I just heard it with 60 yr old ears and it makes me feel just as good now as it did then , Sure it's a bit cheesy but it was my time and I wouldn't trade it for anything .

[@thisplaceisazoo]

I literally haven't heard this song in 50 years until today. wow

[@vonniedemers5683]

I'm 58 and haven't heard this since I was a kid in the 70s,once again I can't remember what I had for dinner but I remember the lyrics still.

[@suellynrobinson9498]

I drove my older brother INSANE with this 45 😬 Sweet Loretta was on the flip side. I broke his full album with “Wipe Out” on it in retaliation. I regret nothing! He was Second only to Donny Osmond

[@puppycat58]

Love this song..love the 70s....carefree years...wish we were there again

[@garydelecce9129]

I saw them perform at a mall in New Jersey 1973 they were awesome they signed my album of them I had it for a very long time. Love this song no matter how old it is.

[@cchoff2543]

I had their picture on my wall. I had such a crush on him...he was soon cute!

[@cathymckay3784]

Time stood still, we forgot all of our problems when we listened to their music....Music will never be forgotten. Cat from Miss. Ontario! I am 63 years young. Yes I lived through the Spice Girls too!

[@ginawhite8636]

Oh My God! Where has this been?! I was 8 yrs old. This just made me cry my mom and dad came to my mind. Love and miss my parents

[@lynettenasseri753]

So loved this song. We had no videos then and as a 13 year old could not wait to hear this song come on the radio. Catchy and fun!

[@tinahealy-leather1772]

And suddenly I’m 11 years old again…I’ll never forget the first time I heard this song. A girl brought it to school and played it at a party we were having in French class. I loved it from the first time we heard it! We played it over and over and over…and I remember them appearing on this show, i recorded it on my tape recorder! I bet if I went through my old cassette tapes I’d find it! They also performed AbraCa Dabra , loved that one too. I remember buying all the Tiger Beat mags; Tony was always in it! Such a fun time to be a kid❤️

[@rogerallen3478]

It’s a catchy tune & I like the lyrics, it’s definitely what a teenager is thinking when they have their first sweetheart.

[@TheHandymanQld]

How gorgeous are the girls, and the song, bloody brilliant. It was the '70s when life was the best.

[@sunsetcaptiva8573]

Really great microphones back in the day... he was singing as he held the mic near his hip and it sounded just as good as when he put close to his mouth...

[@chasinthewind1198]

The seventies where a great time to be growing up

[@oldgordo61]

It was a simpler more innocent time that's for sure. Boys were boys and girls were girls.. No iphones no internet no social media and no cancel culture and everyone got along regardless of race or ethnic background.

[@mxrider5201]

YEP, NOTHING LIKE THE 70'S. LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AS THE 60'S AMD THE 70'S GROWING UP. TIMES WHERE SO EASY AND SIMPLE GOING. NO STRESS. JUST ALOT OF FUN.. NOW PEOPLE JUST HATE EACH OTHER. IN MY OPINION, TH8 GS ARE ONLY GONNA GET WORSE FROM HERE. WHAT A SHAME. KIDS ARE BEI G BROUGHT UP Today with no respect

[@davidloken9632]

You got that right. Nothing can touch it

[@elliemay7569]

@@mxrider5201 Agree

[@cstepansky5681]

Absolutely 🥰

[@donnahenson612]

I still have my original DeFranco album at my parent's home. 57 years old and holding as a DeFranco fan! Memories! Osmonds Jacksons DeFrancos BayCity Rollers

[@maria7689]

I loved this song as a little girl in the 70’s! I remember playing with my dolls and listening to this song!

[@pedrogamez4165]

The first time I heard the song I liked it.The memory of it is beautiful and priceless.We can never return to our innocent past but at least we can cherish the memories.

[@tameramares5785]

I LOVE this song!! I close my eyes and re-live sitting on our giant stereo console and playing this 45 record and played it over and over!! I was only about 10, but had such a crush on Tony! Aww...the memories! Ty!!!

[@sheenamarie2498]

I was 13, it was a happy and good feeling song, great memories and it still makes me smile 😊

[@merricat3025]

I was 9. I loved this song as kid

[@HAVEAGREATDAYize]

I was 9

[@Lori-lp6uc]

He had such smooth vocals ❤

[@blueeyedsquirrel2]

It’s a time I wish I can go back to!!

[@sleepingwithcats5121]

Brings me back to my bedroom in Ohio.... I was in love with Tony!! And, wanted to look like his sisters! A terrific song! What a mature voice for his age.... gorgeous family.

[@victoralvarez8457]

For the times, they were rocking it, no doubt. Everyone loved this song.

[@lianelayman6584]

This song was all over the radio.

[@LettersFromTheAbyss]

I am from this era, and while watching this video it's true that I am reminded of just how cheesy the 70s could get, there is something more powerful going on. Listening to this song now, I am transported back to a time that I might never really be able to re-live otherwise. Magical, innocent, glorious (of course, I'm talking about my 11 year old appreciation of it. Your own experience may differ, and that's fine). This is the power of music: its ability to carry us effortlessly from where we are to where we used to be. Arguments about who is better or who imitated whom or whatever, are completely irrelevant. If, 40 years from now, my young son hears a cheesy pop ballad from 2015 and is overcome by a wave of nostalgia for some mythic moment in his own personal timeline, then it doesn't matter if it's Justin Bieber or the greatest musician the world has ever known. In the moment of remembrance, every song is our favourite song. This is true in every era and for every generation.

[@judylaro1957]

So very true songs that put us in time me to:-)

[@tommieturner23]

LettersFromTheAbyss it transplants me back to being 11 too; hate to admit i loved this

[@judylaro1957]

Thomas Turner yes its great to put songs to times of error but a lot of the song of today have so much hate drugs sex and not in away with cuth time needs to brought forward conversation put on ur dancing shoes !!!

[@donnamiddleton4743]

+LettersFromTheAbyss My poor mother,I made jer take me everywhere the De franco family was playing.Tower records on Sunset in Hollywood,So many time at Knotts Berry Farm.I also made her take me to see the Osmonds.I can remember that young frenzy feeling screaming.Good times for sure.

[@carrychris2010]

Well said !. Thoughts exactly.

[@jhardwick1969]

oh the 70's so amazing,

[@lisaperry5999]

Growing up in the 70s was awesome 👌

[@pizzaguy1966]

Could it get anymore seventies than this?

[@tvtimetravel]

I think not!

[@jimmydcap]

pizzaguy1966 far out man. man I miss the 70's music.

[@Gabby9292K1]

No. It cannot!

[@markyurko6541]

Yes it can - Paper Roses!

[@bobsilver3983]

Even the 70's call this a "70's song"

[@ImZiraTheFirst]

I played this 45 over and over and over back in the day…… 51 years ago when this aired I was ten. I still remember every word! ❤️

[@sallykean9067]

What I like about this music is... you never see the singers grabbing themselves (I think to days performers are searching for their talent, opps they have none) or sticking out their body parts, God I'm glad I like the oldies

[@lisasantiago5627]

There was the Osmond family... the Jacksons.. and then the Defranco family.. being a 💯 Italian girl.. this family was so much pride for me.. we didn’t have anything like this. They looked like me and everyone I knew.. as I had the biggest crush on Tony.

[@demarcomarkey7649]

I’m sorry Lisa! I AM marrying Tony! Lol

[@kevc21]

Hold up... The WORLD knows Michael. The U.S. knows Donny. Italians from New York know Tony. That'sa nice.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

actually the DeFranco's are CANADIAN

[@engine2truck6]

@@iHeartsNostalgiaPit You're not Italian descent, because to us...if you're Italian descent....YOU'RE ITALIAN. Menge.

[@hankluvsdagny]

Why are people proud of their heritage? It's not an accomplishment. We're all accidents of birth.

[@ellalaplume4317]

How have I never heard this?! Incredible. Made me smile all the way through.

[@robertkaplan5325]

God I wish I could go back to the 70s 💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@debbiesattgast8536]

This was a cool song in the 70’s.

[@LanceABoyle]

No, Generation Landslide by Alice Cooper was a great song. Not this milk and cookies crap.

[@lisaedenshaw-krieger4241]

I was 10 years old. Watched TV as a family back then. Miss those days.

[@geraldinman5633]

Those days were the best..no cells no video games..pure innocence

[@tolfan4438]

Pinball machines pool tables and a payphone on the corner

[@debratucker5076]

Gerald Inman Makes me want to break out the LP’s🤟 I have a few k tel records😎

[@antoniodelgado9233]

No Covid-19

[@mikeandhisdogs]

Innocence? You weren't in Austin Texas, then! Can you say dime bags and nickel beer? :)

[@tolfan4438]

@@mikeandhisdogs we used to get nickel bags. Colombian gold and you got about seven or eight nice Big Fatty's out of it

[@Unclescoot03]

God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.

[@KimSmith-p8w]

My uncle was their manager. He manage Donny Osmond as well!

[@DJSteve59]

I am the same age as Tony and from the same home town but never met him or the family. This song was huge in it's day. I was very proud this pop song became such a big hit. I still love this song and I am not afraid to admit it. This brings back so many memories as a kid in the 70's. We all wore bellbottom pants and platforms shoes in the early to mid 70's like they are wearing in the video. Looks funny now but in those days that was the style.

[@DJSteve59]

victorwasright LOL None of us dressed in outfits like that. Plus we are talking 1973, not 1975. Clothes styles changed dramatically during the 70's.One year was this, a few years later, no one was dressing like that. But most of us did wear bellbottom jeans and some wearing elevated or platform shoes, oh and t-shirts. The outfits that they wear in this video I am guessing was Hollywood's influence. The band was sent to LA when things started happening for them.

[@mommyontheedge]

DJSteve59 At St. Mary's Church in Welland, Tony used to spit on the girls coats in the winter when they had spaghetti dinner nights...we'd go outside and it would freeze...lol

[@nursehell1583]

+martine mackenzie well that's a disturbing comment, it taints the ability to like this video. for some reason I believe you. I recently saw hey where are they now of Tony DeFranco, and he sang a couple of bars from the song, and honestly, he looked and sounded ridiculous, like he was trying to prove something or prove that he had something or never lost something or was one thing something or had never wanted something and was trying to prove it, but either way he looked and sounded very 4 stand very insincere, and very pathetic. In my opinion.

[@nursehell1583]

+martine mackenzie and that you would take lol on to the end of your comment, is either almost or equally as disturbing as your comment and I believe both of them. Your comment about Tony and your lol comment about your character. I am very glad that I am neither of you. lol, lol, lol, lol, lol, lol! do you hear the sound of your heartbeat? Do you get it? For some stupid reason I like to crank that song though, and it's got a semi pleasing melody line but the heightened voice singing the meaningful words of a relationship or the longing of a relationship between a man and a woman or a male and female, sounds not only stupid and ridiculous, being sung from a preteen or an early team, but also sounds just as ridiculous and meaningless song from early Jackson 5 orderly Osmond Brothers, any early young uninformed voice that has never been in a relationship or even understands one singing the words of questioning and commitment and wondering, and philosophical type of reaching out, they are just so ridiculously stupid sounding, that that besides the melodic possible pleasantry of the actual too, the thought and the sound are ridiculously, let's just say stupid that might encompass pretty much of it. So anyway anybody who doesn't agree with me, hit me with your best poison dart blow gun shot.

[@DJSteve59]

+Nurse Hell It is a corny pop song for sure. I think no one should really takes the lyrics to these pops songs too seriously anyway. Most pure pop songs are like that. Listen to the lyrics to Silly Little Love Songs by Paul McCartney. Just as corny. If you compare pop songs from the 60's and 70's to pop songs today, many lyrics in pop songs today are just as corny. Today you have Justin Bieber with Where Are You Now and One Direction with Love You Goodbye. 15 years ago it was NSYNC with Dirty Pop, Before that NKOTB with You Got It (The Right Stuff) , in the 80's you had Lionel Richie with Say You, Say Me which has sophomoric lyrics The point of Pop music is to allow it to give you a good feeling. That's all it was really intended to do besides make tons of money for the record execs. Stop reading too much into pop music

[@jc2345able]

I loved this song when I was growing up. Tony was a little cutie and his sisters were so pretty. You should see Tony now. Hes still adorable today.

[@kazza5599]

This song was released when I was six years old. It was the first 45 I ever owned! ❤

[@NCsupercade]

The Italian Osmonds.

[@jamesogrady6612]

Nathan Cox Donny & Marie just played at a Casino 2 hours from Buffalo, NY. I wonder if Osmond kids can keep the signing BIZ going.That Buffalo called SNOW CAPITAL OF USA because of 1977 Blizzard. We deserve that name 19 feet of snow feel in that storm City & Schools were closed for 3 weeks Even now we get 10-12 feet from Lake Erie

[@dr.elvis.h.christ]

And every bit as awful.

[@tangerinerose3724]

From Canada.

[@jessiem276]

@@dr.elvis.h.christ The Osmonds were way better than this group!

[@juliereminiec4937]

Nope.. Better than The Osmonds.. who's couldn't dance with those stupid karate moves

[@rickarnold7778]

I always thought that this was a pretty good song. It was a *huge* hit in 1973. For example, it came in at #13 in the Top 100 Hits of 1973 for 77 WABC in New York which at the time, was the most listened to station in the USA. It's my understanding that since the DeFranco Family came from Ontario Province, they were especially popular in Canada and as such, their songs received a lot of play on Canadian stations.

[@gnipgnop-yn6ox]

I was 12 years old when this song came out and I remember all of the girls in my class had posters from Tiger Beat magazine of Tony DeFranco and pledged their undying love for him. 🤣🤣! But in my female schoolmate's defense, I had a crush on both DeFranco sisters. 🤣🤣! Oh, to be young and innocent in the 1970's.

[@theresamacdonald3551]

❤ Hit Record ❤ Happy Valentines Day. ❤

[@truthb4ureyesgoodgrl911]

I was young when this song came out ,at the time it was awesome, and I still ❤ it! Great memories 👌

[@COOLKITTY1995]

I almost wore this 45 out on my record player from playing so often. Such good memories.

[@michelleconway4868]

Aawwww loved hearing this again. Takes me back to my childhood. What a beautiful innocent time to have been a child. Made my heart smile. ❤️

[@paulweber3962]

This came out during my sophomore year of high school. EVERY. SINGLE. GIRL. in my school went nuts for this guilty pleasure!

[@alfrednewman7737]

I loved this song,I was 10yrs old

[@davemathews7890]

I'd forgotten all about this song for 50 years. So why, when it began playing, did I suddenly remember all of the lyrics?

[@suzannerobbins6293]

My daughter is now 56….took her to see the DeFranco’s! What fun I had going to these fun concerts! Another one…The Osmonds….including Donny! She went on to get a degree in Music Therapy! Fun times with her taking her out for fun!

[@mikearreola2609]

I was a very young boy and this song was right down my alley. The Jackson Five, the Osmonds the Carpenters … puppy love and Pepsi Summers.

[@apfelprincess45]

It is my guilty pleasure to revisit this song, I loved it as a kid :) I still love it now. Tony DeFranco on the cover of Tiger Beat :) There was no better way to spend one's pocket money.

[@CCATT2007]

I would have to agree with you apfelprincess45, I had that Tiger Beat issue back then. We played that 45 so many times.

[@keithnoriego6465]

I was into (Tiger Beat!),Kristy McNickel..

[@steveblaugh2180]

@@CCATT2007 Can you tell me what the song was on the flip side of that 45? Tony really hit the high notes on that song!!

[@CCATT2007]

Steve Blaugh no idea. It’s been too long. I don’t have that 45 any longer.

[@sherigere1337]

OMG...Yes! I had forgot about the Tiger Beat cover. I had it taped on my wall. Shamlessly I admit to loosing count as to how many times I kissed his picture as I when I passed by. Oh, those were the days.

[@carolgroff591]

This song brings back so many memories from when I was in grade school. We danced to this at recess when we couldn't go outside! We girls thought we were so hot dancing to this song!! Lol yes we had a special dance!! The good old days ❤️

[@davidtomes5301]

I want to tell you something I'm 68 years old when I heard this record for the very first time I fell in love with it you got to be there and you got to listen to these guys for the very first time use kids were fantastic back in the day and they still are every time I hear this song I share it why you got to listen to the lyrics if you don't you don't understand the song most of you don't know this I was with the Michigan Jaycees I did a lot of Jerry Lewis for MDA I'll tell you what these kids are a lot of money in for Jerry and I still really appreciate it just listen to the song mostly young people on here right now you say it's lame you got to live back in my day you wouldn't say that

[@marybrennan4702]

Tony's a great dancer and singer I remember this song from the 70's❤️❤️🎶🎼🎵👍

[@hughgabbard5116]

You can talk about the faults, clothes, etc but this song carries memories for me. The girls are cute as can be especially the one with the pig tails and I think that Tony can sing. Pop and candy coated as it may be, it has a bounce and flair that is uplifting!!!

[@mmommo10]

I was so in love with this kid and family growing up....my heart would just feel like it was gonna pump out of my chest when I saw them on TV