Elbow Bones And The Racketeers - A Night In New York • TopPop

Elbow Bones and the Racketeers was an American big band-era styled male/female vocal group, created by August Darnell, and best known for their hit single "A Night in New York", written by Ron Rogers and Deborah Clarkin, and released on the EMI label. It was sung by Stephanie Fuller. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 14 January 1984. It remained in there for nine weeks, reaching #33. The single reached #15 in the Dutch Top 40 on 17 March 1984.
Elbow Bones was the alter ego of writer/photographer John Rynski, who had become friendly with Darnell after working as his stage and lighting man on the Kid Creole and the Coconuts tours. Rynski believed Darnell had given him his nickname as he had "elbowed" his way into Darnell's entourage: he said, "I did anything for them just to be there and hang out".
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Broadcast date: 2 February 1984
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[@christianmaheu9565]

still listening 40 years later...always loved this track. I just don't understand why it was not a bigger hit back then

[@mrfreeze5524]

It was big mostly in night clubs

[@Buckblacket]

Probably because it was in mono.

[@Tiffany.1970]

You have superb taste in fine music especially this song by Stephanie Fuller n the group elbow Bones and the racketeers.... A cool song 👍😁😍

[@dannybuyse]

Ik was 18 en ben er al altijd en nog steeds dol op.

[@ЮрийЕгоров-п3б]

Великолепно! Одна из моих самых любимых песен!

[@dreasbn]

the list of splendid 80's music is really endless and this is one of them.... sigh

[@NigelNige]

Amen! 87 for me…. What a year

[@cravendubose8179]

The 80s was some of the best years of my life.

[@dreasbn]

@@cravendubose8179 dito age 15 to 25… sigh hier encore j‘avais vingt ans…

[@keithholderness1345]

Just playing this for the umpteenth time! and I'm Stunned by everything about it! Especially Stephanie's Vocals, Brings a tingle to my spine, just wish I had a time machine to transport me back I'd Definitely take her up on her offer!😂

[@scribe56]

One of the best songs of the seventies. I saw it on a video show and I fell in love with it.And I went up to the record store and they ordered it for me. The single has long been lost. Thank god for the invention of the internet where I can find anything and enjoy it again. I know there's a lot of drawbacks in the internet.But it has preserved a lot of wonderful things.Wonderful movies, videos, videos, live performances.Good music good comedy you name it

[@榎原毅]

声もメロディーもすごくかわいい！40年以上前から忘れられない曲です。

[@斉藤好広-p5z]

社会人となってから今日迄、この曲は永遠の青春の曲です。MIKA

[@shemstock]

1984 commuting to New York and as a Young Employee working hard...remember this song on my walkman!!

[@johnobrien3179]

Long time since I heard of a Walkman ❤❤

[@MichealBrown-l7b]

Dedicated to my beautiful spirited jasmine ,which passed away on April 2, 2020. Missing you so much love.

[@scribe56]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@tanpopo8673]

懐かしいです。 あの頃のドキドキ、ワクワクがよみがえってきます。

[@Reeree6947]

One of my all time favorite songs. Elbow Bones and the Racketeers really had a great sound. Of course the group was created by August Darnell (Browder) who was also the nucleus of the bands Kid Creole and the Coconuts and Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (with his brother Stony Browder), each of which had this great big band sound. The mix of genres was such a cool break from the norm back then. Stephanie Fuller was perfect for the vocals.

[@KitCurranRadioShow]

I met Kid Creole after a show once, he was really nice, but I wish I'd suggested that his new Coconuts do a version of this song on his future tours, it would be perfect with the vibe!

[@warpedspeed8930]

Amen to that. A person in the know.

[@ミリオンシークレッツ]

やっと、やっと見つけたー　　　😂😂😂😂😂 子供のとき聞いて以来、この曲をどれだけ探したことか　　　いい曲ですね

[@NineDeadlyVenoms]

August Darnell was so unique and severely underrated.

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

I wouldn't say he was underrated. He caught the attention of Prince and Barry Manilow. But in my opinion he didn't have as much commercial success as he deserved.

[@irminezzahri12]

😊

[@scribe56]

Which one is august.

[@HarryFlowerrs]

Underrated to you not to those who know talent!

[@jayskywalker5049]

IN THE MIDST OF PRINCE AND MICHAELS TERROR OF THE ERA I STILL LOVED THIS...I LOVE! THIS!!SONG !!!!!!!!

[@jmsmurfy9]

Me too!!❤

[@paulembleton3087]

Another forgotten 80s classic great music

[@joefavorule8814]

Back in those fabulous 80's up in New York it seemed like whenever we had a party this one found it's way onto the turntable. Love it!

[@stephenloughlin6968]

Love the song and the name of the group. Good memories of when I was married in 1984.

[@TheHiggybabe]

Going on 40 years , great track sounds good still, what a great name the band had - 🎸🥁

[@anthonysegarra6240]

Nice jam

[@gabriellehenner6656]

Superbe morceau . Entendu la première fois à Hambourg, ville que j'adore. Restera tjrs lié à cette billet et cette époque de ma vie😢

[@gabriellehenner6656]

Ville

[@allanjelenjelen7559]

This is the real American stuff,I luv it you will never hear this nowhere,great song and vocals beautiful charming.

[@christophehuaulme3038]

Souvenir d'un après-midi aux Nouvelles Galeries de Laval en Mayenne lorsque j'étais enfant. Ce titre restera pour moi associé à ce commerce de centre-ville qui a malheureusement disparu. Peut-être la fin d'une époque où l'insouciance et la légèreté rythmaient nos journées. Merci pour ce rappel musical. Christophe

[@messdfedeiudfe2539]

1:49 oui les nouvelles galeries enfants j y allais c était un paradis ouvert, même si c était trop cher, moi j ai eu la même expérience au rayon k7 vidéo et vidéo d horreur et la chanson 'boys town gang' and cant take my eyes en version maxi, des souvenirs du haut de mes 8 ans ou la vendeuse voulait que je dégage hahaha😂

[@SdmAngeL]

Brilliant groovy song & she has a sexy voice. I wish I could sing like that ! Great video . I could dance to this all day xx

[@marios2620]

Super excellent song , rythm, music , magic!!.. it was...

[@chomito44]

That's a really beautiful video, song and a most beautiful, even, singer.

[@timcrowther8475]

I'm quite glad i didnt appreciate this song at the time because it's nice discovering in retrospect how great something is ❤

[@michelhalusac5541]

This song is wonderful... and for the eternity 😊... 👌

[@JM-tz1np]

Sometimes you just know that some song is amazing after couple of seconds from beginning. That juicy drum beat is wery striking.

[@gaetanfaik]

Excellent ❤

[@rhondamckay5925]

43 comments? This song is sublime...🖤

[@StephenDedalus74]

Absolutely !! Pure joy... :)

[@bzvieira]

Eu procurei esta música por uns 15 anos até que encontrei!!!!

[@euskedyzestoa2008]

You are One of US now!!!!

[@ThePolding]

I was brought up on Northern Soul coming from St helens Nr Wigan and this track is all about the beat and tempo ... Brilliant

[@musiclover5023]

One big favourite of mine from 1983

[@dlhackwell]

Absolute nostalgia! Brilliant big band sound with great vocals and great solos on sax and drums to name but a few. The video is also brilliant and atmospheric. Shame there are no credits for all the musicians. actors and production team. I have played this to my friend and colleagues, (mostly musicians) they all say this is so mind-blowing that it should be released again. My wife is adamant that the lead woman in the hat is Diana Rigg or her daughter. Thank heaven for KZbin.

[@kevinpriest2668]

Sorry, I don’t think it’s Diana Rigg but she does look very similar.

[@Tiffany.1970]

Absolutely love this art deco style video n the band tune by elbow bones and the racketeers and the beautiful voice of stephanie fuller a timeless classic xx 😘😍🤩🤗👍😀😎

[@etpslick100]

Man I loved that tune! A friend of mine who’s a great drummer LOVED playing that beat in the basement! The 80’s had a lot of great music! I can listen to that ALL DAY LONG!😌❤️🎶👍🏾

[@jmsmurfy9]

❤makes me feel free!!😂

[@imagine650]

I love this song quite sad that they don't make nice classics like this in this new era

[@J.R.1919]

A song that can live in any era, and truly amazing singer "Stephanie Fuller" and im so hooked on this song that i searched for the Album it came from, and cant wait to listen to it ..... There should be more of this style of song

[@dandyhiphop]

Some amazing dancers...! ! !

[@johnholmes8173]

🎶Show tune sound!❤ (sounds like downtown NYC)

[@hervemuriel6994]

C'etait très bon, très classe, grandiose et avec une pointe de nostalgie :-)

[@giorgiocanaliwithlove1919]

Je m’en souviens parfaitement étant ado en 1983 (38 ans déjà...). Je suivais le Hit RTL (et le Hit des clubs WRTL) tous les dimanches avec Bernard SCHU 🥲

[@stephaniegrove977]

Great swing beat, fantastic timing!

[@mjohnsmcj]

An absolute Daimond of a song....Marvellous!!!!!! Take me for a night in Nu Yawk !!!! 😀

[@keithholderness1345]

I had this 12" back then, I too thought it should have been a bigger hit, Just love the 1940's big band feel to it and Stephanie's Voice.. What a tune!❤🎉

[@nikilloyd-butler8133]

Just love this so much. Makes you feel happy and gets you dancing. What a voice!

[@angelicaramirez6005]

39 AÑOS DE SU LANZAMIENTO, MUY ADELANTADA A SU EPOCA, LINDA CANCION

[@blobbyphill1]

Need more like this fantastic song 😘😊

[@TooSkinnyKenny]

this song always makes me feel so good, the classic Savannah Band sound. I wished the rest of the album had been this good but only "Other Guys" grabbed my ears.

[@stevenburns4296]

This tune has the lot!

[@SdmAngeL]

Fabulous. X what a gorgeous voice

[@LuisGamboa-jn4ko]

Excelente melodía para tus oídos

[@710-e9f]

永久保存の曲👍

[@Danielvnzl.]

😊❤Más finooo

[@that70sgirl90]

She has a Beautiful voice. Thank you for sharing! 💖

[@paulainsworth9811]

So cool. Brilliant song. Brilliant video. I just so want to go to that club

[@mikelynn4754]

such a catchy tune 🕺

[@Sonorworld]

Awesome one Hit Wonder! Love this song!

[@anthonysegarra6240]

Great song still to this day

[@brunodeschamp9244]

Superbe mise en scène, quelle époque...👍

[@alvarojavierrondonmartinez1375]

Amo esta melodía😍.. Simplemente asi

[@mariembuyumwenge6382]

Magnifique des souvenirs si nostalgiques si enfant 💕😍

[@kenkenne9293]

So schön Danke für das schöne Video da war ich ein ander Mensch so unbeschwert nur glücklich noch einmal die Zeit 😢😢

[@UncleBoogieRF]

Love this song.

[@Djfranklincisneros]

...genial pieza,un clasico...

[@eddiehoffman3980]

Me fascinan este tema ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 todo el lujo,y glamour de los suntuosos 80!!!!!!!!!!!!!me mata ❤

[@estebanj.deharopoch1528]

beautiful time excellent dancers

[@Survivorv23]

Timeless 💙

[@Inglese001]

Hello to all you New Yorkers !

[@HeloyRibeiroR1]

The essence of life ... It is knowing how to accept and understand what life gives us ... Nothing happens by chance in this life, everything has a purpose and a why. Everything has its meaning, nothing happens, for it just happens ... The sun rises for everyone, but each one receives it in a different way. Every moment, however simple, they taught you something ... The best day of our life, it is always the one, that we are living. Because, only in the present we have the possibility, to fix past mistakes, and the opportunity to prepare a better future ... There is nothing better, than feeling fulfilled, and for that we must enjoy, of all moments of life ... Show! ... An Excellent Video, Beautiful Music. It rocked. Beautiful work. Great Post. Congratulations. Thanks! ... A great afternoon...

[@tommyross1872]

Memories, brilliant..

[@jorgearturomontoyaz9600]

Que buena musica y tan infravalorada..

[@ClaudioBritoPlaylist61]

A música pop era outro nível.

[@jeanayrtonmichael9742]

On pourrait croire ce morceau ringard....il n en est rien.....et de loin !!!!!!! Quel GÉNIAL morceau !!!!!! RYTHMÉ à souhait !!!!! Et dansant !!!!!!

[@messdfedeiudfe2539]

Un diamant🎉😂😂 j ai du l écouter a k époque au moins 10000 fois en l enregistrant sur mon k7 walkman, avec holiday de Madonna, je pensais que c était elle ai début d ailleurs, la construction de cette chanson est superbe et elle a une voix sexy et puissante que n a plus Madonna 😊

[@櫻井カレソ]

Happyなきぶんになれる わたしの好きな曲です ありがとう。。。

[@keyontedollison8547]

Love the song

[@gouvyrock]

great music and video

[@MacStoker]

3:10 big lad with the moves lol

[@ЮрийЕгоров-п3б]

Великолепная приджазованная вещь!

[@高谷弘-g4s]

ナイス💃💃💃💃💃👍

[@koukimonzta]

Late 40s to1950s ! Awesome time !

[@raygermano3749]

I love this music and the video. ❤❤❤

[@JamesBermingham]

I loved this song. It kind of flopped though in the Uk (peaked at #33)

[@musiclover5023]

I loved it, I actually was in the states on holiday when i heard it in 83.

[@graemefarquharson465]

I think the English are bias. If it does well goes to Top 10 in the States then I guarantee that it would barely get in the top 40 in England.

[@delicate28]

Nice 👌👍

[@ИльдусГиматутдинов]

Стефани фуллер отличная певица

[@blobbyphill1]

Love it 👍

[@TECKMASSE]

oh really great song THX !

[@christianchris3623]

Sensacional!! Tem uma versão house bem legal dessa música🎵🎤📀🔥

[@luiscavalcanti3431]

Wowwww. What a nice voice

[@danielmarshall4587]

LOVE THIS SONG THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING IT.

[@piotrnatalczuk8769]

super fun smash

[@luizhonorio9917]

Bravo, Super dance 🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽👑👍

[@billieholidays1]

Really love this. Just doubt why they issued only this single.

[@bobdavis4848]

I have the whole "New York At Dawn" album on US LP and Japanese CD.

[@MegaTempo22]

I had the album. It was very similar to the original Dr. Buzzard & the Original Savannah Band, but with more eighties touches.

[@demm6968]

August Darnell is Kid Creole.

[@greggderbyshire6847]

Fab!

[@claudiaramirez6132]

adelantada a su tiempo esta canción.

[@Tiffany.1970]

This somg by elbow Bones and the racketeers... Its got a cool vibe to this song ... Cruising down Manhattan in a 1973 Pontiac firebird trans a ❤😁🎵😁m with a few buddies on to a cool Manhattan club n just enjoy the night dancing away... To cool songs

[@hilarioph]

I remember this when they played this music video on MTV2 on BBC 2 and Video Hit Parade

[@yarbles67]

Feel good song like native New Yorker and loves theme.

[@PAULOSOM]

Very Nice!

[@deliverypro9748]

Mortalllll❤

[@Inglese001]

Really like the brass section on this song.

[@jimbotron70]

I won this disc in a radio contest in 1984.

[@ToTo-xl6cs]

ナイトドライブで彼女と聴きたい曲です😊 メリハリ感あって好きです✨🎶✨

[@KSHeinz-rz8sv]

Came here after Hiromi's "Casanova L". Both versions are too perfect.👌

[@christophecoimbrapaulo9480]

Tree bon hits de LA sagat 80 s bien classes Dans les clubs et les discoth avec son rythme good music good you tube