Don't Let The Rain Come Down - Serendipity Singers

Serendipity Singers video

[@marygiles1185]

I sang this song over and over again to my baby sister when she was sick with the whooping cough! I guess she was about 18 months old, and I was 9 years old. I carried her and walked up and down the hallway, into my bedroom, and back to hall way, singing, and singing, to calm her down. Oh, what sweet memories! If I had a hammer too! Wish I could remember the other songs I sang to her while she was sick.

[@pt68picaso]

Beth, your sister's name isn't Beth by any chance?

[@christopherkuechmann9774]

I first heard this song 56 plus years ago. Have always loved it. Brings back wonderful memories as I am now 71 years old.

[@johnrodriguez6185]

I liked the song as a youngster .I still like it today.

[@Kevin_Lurette]

May Matthew Perry rest in peace. Have started his book and have cried three times already

[@roosje48]

Me too

[@felicitycreatesitall]

Same!

[@BeautifulGirl735]

Here because of Matthew Perry :)

[@terrihall3402]

Me too!

[@danetterivera]

Lost Matty yesterday…lost a friend 😢

[@stephensoldner]

same here!

[@edgarmanuelluzuriagabricen4745]

Me too

[@monaturrell9992]

Same

[@pangaea90]

I remember this song from Captain Kangaroo when I was 5 years old. I'm 62 years old now and I still remember and love song. Memories

[@tonylaspina3419]

This was a GREAT SONG! back in the 60's. Wow! And, it's just as good today as it was in the 60s.

[@slimeysatisfies881]

Wish all foreigners would leave and so all the tech co's and return MY USA YO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

[@charlesscatola5488]

The crackling in the beginning brings back memories of listening to this on 45 RPM record. Loved this song back then, and still enjoy it now.

[@LordCyberaxx]

This song makes me think that this is how it feels to be old.

[@stevek6921]

My folks had this album when I was a wee lad. Some of the lyrics still echo in my head, which is why I'm here. Thank you for putting this up!

[@jawnmj]

Don’t have the vinyl anymore, was given to me by my late dad, with other vinyl. I used to listen to this one a lot as an 11yr old, mid 80’s. Ty for this vinyl memory.

[@lisamurray3079]

Dont let the rain come down was such a calming tune to me...

[@yappygm7433]

I just love the sound of a vinyl recording.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

Instant recognition on hearing the tune - my childhood in the 60s - the greatest decade.

[@nadnee4041]

just heard this song on a folk music show, (NPR of course), and had flash back memories of it playing on the radio when I was only 3 years old. funny how some songs just stick in your memory. Great song.

[@alanstrong55]

Love that tune. Ah ah!

[@lainekaye7495]

My mother used to sing this song when I was little. I had forgotten that it existed until I heard it playing in the background of a scene in Supernatural.

[@dianeolsen1993]

3 Little granddaughters and a silly Grandma thank you for this!!! Have fun - dance, sing, be silly!!!

[@judedavis-goff7023]

Another silly grandma singing this as a true story..coz my roof has a hole in it😂

[@alanstrong3295]

Heard this on KWWL radio 1330 Waterloo, IA back in '64.

[@andrewjwheelerjrwheeler4475]

Folk singers rock I love this song.

[@joshdance9959]

Folk singers DON'T rock.

[@tigerland50]

very pleased to find this droll old song i loved singing and still do

[@dougmontgomery1868]

This song was played on the air in Spring 1964. We lived in an old house in Hermosa Beach, California, at the time, and there was some rain that season; but no problems with a leaky roof. I now live in a mobile home some five miles or so away in Gardena and we have problems with the roof leaking at the rare times we have rain in Southern California.

[@bmlgordon]

You know it never rains in Southern California.

[@nonstopdoowop1]

it's raining very hard and there are power failures ..so this song popped into my head, because I am positively prehistoric.

[@tessamcleaund9071]

Love the video and song. Used to sing it to my little brother during thunder storms then my own kids

[@virginiasemple5553]

This song brought back happy memories! Thank you!

[@richardskola3570]

They sound as good as ever.. Sad that fun music has disappeared.

[@johndii2194]

disappeared? I just heard it.

[@Labaron26]

Music of today is Noise, Not Real Music.

[@drinking6314]

We're all doomed

[@katemidddletonisawesome]

Yes, the oldies from the 50s, 60s, and 70s need to make a comeback. Modern music is not that good. Rap and hip-hop are my least favorite genres, by the way. Silly lyrics and percussive beats... Yuk to the umpteen-zillionth degree. Yes, the oldies from 50s, 60s, and 70s need to have a resurgence. (BTW I'm Gen X but I'm old fashioned about the arts. Especially music!)

[@katemidddletonisawesome]

@@Labaron26 thank you so much for understanding how I feel. The other day a new friend asked me if I'm a "Swifty" and I said no way in a zillion years, I'm an oldies fan!

[@tracynation2820]

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

[@markmccummins8049]

A great memory of my mum, and Captain Kangaroo.

[@user-wi6sh6vh8u]

Apparently.

[@giggiddy]

​@@user-wi6sh6vh8uwhat kind of comment is that?

[@giggiddy]

​@@user-wi6sh6vh8ujust to let you know. You accomplished your goal of posting the stupidest comment on here. Appearantly

[@Betsilou]

As I was exiting my sunroom during a heavy rain, I noticed the there was a leak in the ceiling. The first thing I thought of was this song. thanks for posting

[@keithwebb9005]

Wow I remember that one growing up.

[@lonicarpenter3378]

Love this ❤️ I almost forgot this song we use to sing this in grade school ❤️❤️❤️

[@carolynkunkle7139]

Sure does bring back a lot of memories. thanks!

[@kellycombs4208]

Another great one? I smell blossoms but the trees are bare. I hear music, but there's no one there... Ya don't Need analizin...

[@halearly3749]

Was on YT the other day and one of those silly little things shows up - Name songs that have precipitation in the title. I did not use this song but it came to mind a few days later. I have not heard this tune for a long time. Glad that someone posted it . . . . . Thank you!!!!!

[@garyvandecar2580]

1964 Don't Let The Rain Come Down ( Crooked Little Man ) By the Serendipity Singers an American Folk Group that originated at the University of Colorado back in the early 1960's.

[@scottreplogle2568]

One of the best of 50 RAIN songs to celebrate the Colorado flooding of '13

[@watcherwlc53]

Even though recorded just a little before my time, this rendition was one of my childhood favorites. My grandparents had a copy and played it often.

[@melinalack6224]

This needs to be in the next Guardians of the Galaxy movie!!!

[@G8GT364CI]

I remember from when I was a kid, was a hit at the same time as The Beatles hit in the U.S. in early 1964. I was 11.

[@colleenknapp8626]

😊 I was 5 and it took me 55 years to learn the group's name. I remember watching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan... At that time, I had a sister 15, a sister 13 and a brother 11. 😊 We listened to all the best songs. And they still are! 😂

[@otravez3916]

Thank you for this upload. Love it. Wish the world hadn't moved on, but, alas, it has.

[@katemidddletonisawesome]

I also wish the world hadn't moved on. BTW I'm Gen X but I prefer the oldies anyway.

[@JLHunter61]

When I was a kid, I used to listen to this and many other songs on my dad's two Sony reel-to-reel tape players that he got while he was in Okinawa in the early 60s. He had quite an eclectic collection of tapes: Nat King Cole, Mitch Miller, Frank Sinatra, Andy Rodger Miller, and many many others, but my favorite by far was always the album The Serendipity Singers, which, naturally, included this song. I was only about three or four years old and I just loved it. I was just thinking about my mom and dad who have now both passed, and specifically thought about this song immediately, so I came to KZbin to search for it and was not disappointed. Thank you so much for posting this song, it was a rare treat to hear a song that I probably hadn't even thought about for over forty or more years, even though it was such a large part of my early years growing up. Thanks for playing it for me mom! I could never have queued up that tape myself at that young age. And now I'm left with the memories.

[@pt68picaso]

Ace H -- check out the Don't Let the Rain Come Down pantomimes that others make to coinside with lyrics. There's families with friends acting it out.

[@jeanninecallan6079]

Singing it to today the roof inspector put a shingle over it today for me ! They got my business 😅.

[@PerplexiaX]

My sis had this album, so, needless to say, one of the many songs I grew up with. Thank you so much for posting this wonderful little tune. Definitely bookmarking this.

[@windymoore4009]

Love that song! Had it years ago on a 45 record. The video was awesome. Fit the song perfectly. Thanks so much for posting.

[@janika1208]

I love love love this song

[@lisamcdonald1014]

Don’t Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)

[@onines1]

This was written in reference to the Village of Lavenham, Suffolk, UK. The workers weren't stupid or shoddy, they were using wood salvaged from ship wrecks from the North Sea.

[@markburnett7500]

1st time i heard this song was on Captain Kangaroo oh soooo many years ago! Bless you for posting,wonderful memory. :)

[@kennethrojas8469]

Dear Mark: I remember watching that episode of Captain Kangaroo. Weren't those the days, buddy?

[@markmccummins8049]

@Servant Ron I, too, remember it on Captain Kangaroo! In fact, my mum sang it with him, and I learned the song. Whenever it was on the radio, mum and I would sing along.

[@JonSchappell]

Yes! That's where I heard it first too.

[@pt68picaso]

Captain Kangaroo, that brings back memories to GenX / late baby boomers!😊

[@luvmyrecords]

Me, too!

[@kellycombs4208]

4 PT harmony... Lead singer...its a good experience.

[@pt68picaso]

2:43 5 seconds on repeat is nice.🎉

[@thesquareroute6650]

I heard this song in the early seventies on "Kookla Fran and Ollie!!!

[@user-wi6sh6vh8u]

Then why did they get cancelled in 1955?

[@Earthgal063]

😊Sweet childhood memories of safe and happy times

[@stevevilinsky7464]

GREAT SONG FROM THE EARLY SPRING OF 1964, THE BEGINNING OF THE BRITISH INVASION. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY ERSEL HICKEY, WHO BACK IN 1958 HAD THE HIT, "BLUE BIRDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN.

[@shirleyjennings5787]

Awesome!!

[@Kharkovkid]

55 years gone....and so am I....

[@joshuamendlsohn4430]

I love it. Brings back memories. thanks :)

[@frankiereinares8892]

in my playlist.great 60's sound.

[@kimkochel6754]

Nothing better than a rain storm on a tin roof.

[@sidemoorefreeport]

i remember my mum singing this when I was little, thanks for posting

[@larrygibson4859]

Enjoyed it. Brought back a lot of good memories. Good video, too!

[@TralfazConstruction]

The toast of very early-'70s adult contemporary listening on early FM radio. That sound! 1:30

[@fossilsue]

I love this!!

[@kevindavis2217]

Used to listen to this with my granny

[@Usr.lennox]

My baby nephew who’s 2 years old sang this it was so funny

[@user-wi6sh6vh8u]

Just a good song, and no talk about MP under the circumstances.

[@gillian4683]

okay so i feel like I've heard this song once in my entire life (and not recently) and all of a sudden when i woke up this morning i felt like it had just been playing. like it was in my dream or something idk. but i vividly remember hearing it. i don't know why.

[@gillian4683]

but only the very beginning

[@gillian4683]

@Raider Ron no I actually realized about a year ago that it was playing in the background of an episode of supernatural that I watched the night before lmao

[@pt68picaso]

Also, you might had heard this if you fell asleep with the TV on late one night stations filling with infomercials by TIME Life music or music from the '60's by TIME Life.

[@91Kingscrib84]

Disappointed that a song we used to sing when i was a kid, is'unavailable to mobile devices'. Time to get into the 21st. Century!

[@straightface60]

I remember this song believe it or not it was added to Columbia records movie soundtrack album for Mary Popins . My dad brought it home from RCA in Camden NJ

[@alanstrong55]

Heard that tune on KWWL 1330 Waterloo, IOWA in the summer of '64.

[@clintonearlwalker]

It's raining, reminded me of this one.

[@kevinfan726]

John Bennett Perry was part of this group. He is the father of Matthew Perry.

[@user-wi6sh6vh8u]

Too bad that his son wasn’t smart enough to avoid the casting call for the sitcom “FRIENDS”, otherwise he would have learned a few good lessons.

[@kerryschlegel1317]

This group is kool!

[@aboyer854]

Just heard this on a Supernatural episode from 2016.

[@stevevilinsky7464]

TO GARY VAN DECAR ,NO, GUY MITCHELL DID NOT WRITE " SINGING THE BLUES ". A FELLOW FROM ARKANSAS BY THE NAME OF MELVIN ENDSLEY PENNED IT AND HE ALSO PENNED THE SONG " I LIKE YOUR KIND OF LOVE " FOR ANDY WILLIAMS IN THE SPRING OF 1957.

[@garyvandecar2580]

I've never said that Guy Mitchell ever wrote Singing The Blues, He just recorded it back in 1956 Guy Mitchell was never a song writer just had the god given voice.

[@RevrnDale]

Cute Song !

[@user-wr1hy2pg2d]

This Song is so silly, LOVE IT!

[@surferpam1]

John Bennett Perry, lead singer of this group, was father to the late Matthew Perry.

[@user-wi6sh6vh8u]

So what?

[@sauquoit13456]

On this date in 1964 {Feb. 29th} "Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart; eventually it would peaked at #6 and spent 14 weeks in the Top 100... Ranked 32nd on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1964 chart... Was based on an English nursery rhyme; "There Was A Crooked Man"... The group formed at the University of Colorado; and had nine members...

[@wasabe591]

I remember it well! 😊💜

[@richardpaczynski5486]

Many thanks to whomever posted this. Just finished listening to Matthew Perry’s memoir, and couldn’t help myself. What a beautiful piece of ‘60s folk. “Don’t let the rain come down”, said Puff the Magic Dragon. “I’ve got got a smile cookin’, and don’t want to frown”.

[@user-wi6sh6vh8u]

Good grief.

[@artshere100]

I am a crooked old guy who is a super of a crooked house and one of the tenants has a hole in her roof so I told her I will fix it and sent her this video to put a smile on her face while she waits ☔

[@OtterGirli]

;-) I thought it was Peter, Paul and Mary. I was just just singing it lol

[@rachaelmishka8446]

Also here because of Matthew Perry❤️

[@user-wi6sh6vh8u]

That figures.

[@rebeccaplumlee9601]

My dad came in & was trying to remember this ditty

[@penty264]

Now I need to go watch A Mighty Wind....😂😂

[@elmatheron4301]

Love your music

[@simonmoves]

excellent job on this clip--havent heard this for a while--5*****

[@marilyncarrier]

Such a fun song.

[@PhillipCreeper]

FANTASTIC!

[@patrickdocherty4439]

A SONG FOR TODAY LONG STORY

[@stocktonperry6172]

listening to this while uh, its raining and hailing and

[@stocktonperry6172]

thunder and lighning

[@davidcole5183]

I may be sending this song to the individual who designed our new house. Maybe it will get him off the dime.

[@AfroDeesiac]

Captain Kangaroo played this song on his show back in the late 1960's.

[@timmyj7092]

I feel crooked right now.

[@Xanatos21]

"Supernatural" brought me here.

[@magnusskata8196]

#MeToo

[@raintolley3229]

@@magnusskata8196 me too lmaoooo

[@CeciliaEG]

Same xD

[@imjustfckingflossing6254]

Cheer!

[@richard6869]

Matthew Perry's book, anyone?

[@katemidddletonisawesome]

I like this song. I even wrote a parody of it. Uh-oh! COVID ate up my brain! Uh-oh! COVID ate up my brain! My memory is faulty now, my brain cells drowned! My memory is faulty now, my brain cells drowned!

[@joeoconnor8106]

👍

[@TheBigjohn527]

Rumor has it they had a great softball team then, too. Their nine stacked up pretty well against the other groups in The Folk Scene League. Just kidding. Hmm, you never know though. (; Great timeless song!

[@toniavandersluis160]

Ik ken dit liedje uit mijn jeugd maar wie er toen de zanger van was weet ik niet en ook niet of de tekst inmiddels is veranderd, bij die regen dacht ik altijd aan tranen omdat een oom altijd begon te huilen bij dit liedje.

[@corinacalderon5432]

Me and my brother found a random tape in the house we moved in...and this was the song on it. We thought it was funny and would sing it. Then we wanted to show our mom the song...so we played it in the car for her and sang along...then she abruptly stopped the car, made us get out, and throw it in our apartment dumpster....good times

[@pamelahenri3131]

Too bad your mom threw it away. Glad you & your bro got to enjoy it! :)

[@maureenhanratty7388]

Nice harmony.

[@johntate5722]

Over here in the uk this song was covered by ronnie hilton with backing by...was it mike sammes? This is great too!! Didnt the serendipity singers also do "beans in your ears"?

[@djrychlak4443]

Folk music gives me the trots.