There isn't much better than late 60's to mid 70's American R & B.
@TPaine177610 ай бұрын
Amen
@renaissanceman165Ай бұрын
Exactly! The "Golden Era" of R&B. The instrumental music always set the mood and emotions even before the first vocal was sung. Prime examples, The Spinners" song, "How Could I Let You Get Away", and Billy Paul's " How Could I Let You Get Away". Check it Out! Ciao!!!
@KevinWatson-mz2os3 күн бұрын
Right On Brother 😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@brötzmannsax10 ай бұрын
This may be the one of the greatest live versions of this song, Bobby Smith at his peak on vocals and dancing steeps.
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Love is too-fantastic choreography, they move so smooothly and the “ voice’s “ oh my… am feeling “things” with this performance.
@karlfortuin57942 ай бұрын
Such a timeless of real soul music whos watching in 2024....
@jamesmack33148 ай бұрын
The last surviving member passed away February 7 at age 85 a bit sad, but so many great songs back in the day could it be I’m falling in love is a personal favorite
@kellyalkire15805 ай бұрын
The Midnight Special kept me happy in the early 70's. Perfect!
@jamesmack33145 ай бұрын
@@kellyalkire1580 and Don Kirshner
@jeffreyrichardson-fe4fw24 күн бұрын
my cousin melvin steals co-wrote this song.
@jamesmack331424 күн бұрын
@@jeffreyrichardson-fe4fw you mean the same guy that was frequently playing with Jerry Garcia?
@ElianeLemos-dr1qtКүн бұрын
QUE TRISTE, SORRY! BRASIL, RIO DE JANEIRO 2024.😢
@jtmichaelson10 ай бұрын
Imagine a band with 7 Top 10 hits, of which 6 of those were Top 5 with a #1 hit, selling over and yet, you never hear much about their contribution to the Rock era. Grew up loving every one of their hits.
@flazjsg10 ай бұрын
By most people's standards, this isn't rock music. In the 70s when it came out, it'd be a soul tune or pop tune.
@kevingoins985810 ай бұрын
@@flazjsg "Hot punk, cool funk....even if it's old junk, it's still rock & roll to me" - Billy Joel
@AdrianDeVore10 ай бұрын
They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year.🎉
@calvinwhitfield23154 ай бұрын
Luckily one of the original Spinners, was able to acknowledge for the late members their entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.
@snoops55812 күн бұрын
@@calvinwhitfield2315 I’m glad that’s one of the things that makes me angry is they wait until most members are gone. They’ve been adding so many hip hop artists when there’s so many deserving artists that members are dying off like the old Motown stars & some of the classic artists like America or Bread.
@that70sgirl9010 ай бұрын
The harmony is just so incredible. There will never be music made like this again. We were so blessed to have been exposed to the best. Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing! 💖 Happy Holidays! 🎄✨️🎁🦌🎅🤶🧑🎄
@timwebber863010 ай бұрын
Once in a lifetime. So precious! Looking back, those that were there and experienced the '70s first hand know what an incredible time it was.
@MarkChocolate10 ай бұрын
Amen, to that!😉
@KittyGrizGriz9 ай бұрын
Started in the 60’s, then 🚀!! 🎶❤️💃
@paultracy306210 ай бұрын
One of the Spinners all time great songs, the story of my life...
@eugenefirebird893810 ай бұрын
I suppose we all "bowed out gracefully" a few times along the way.
@banksbroad361714 күн бұрын
Man I always looked at this as a song about being there for someone (which is true) but listening to the words as an adult it’s after he lose his lover …Dude basically sayin we ain’t work out but I would try it all over again with you
@leetheaarceneaux81516 ай бұрын
Rest in peace to all of them 😢…
@harlemblues19674 ай бұрын
They are all gone! Wow! 😞
@leetheaarceneaux81514 ай бұрын
@@harlemblues1967 Yes . The last surviving one Henry Farmborough passed February 2024.
@michaelgregory223110 ай бұрын
The great Louis Shelton on guitar! He played on Valerie and Last Train to Clarksville by the Monkees, all the Seals and Crofts hits (because he also produced them), Lowdown by Boz Scaggs and Hello by Lionel Richie, just to name a few.
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Oh. My. Thanks, for his background ! ! 😮
@unique74muzik9 ай бұрын
Incorrect. That's Norman Harris on lead guitar (SIP). Possibly Bobby Eli on rhythm guitar (SIP). Thom Bell (SIP) exclusively used MFSB on the recordings. Now the road band it could vary.
@jamesmack33145 ай бұрын
Who did the great guitar work on Seals and Crofts Best song …diamond girl?
@DianaLesueur4 ай бұрын
I am an old white lady who was married to a black man for 30 years and 2 days. These were the words he said to me when we separated when we signed divorce papers. We were bestfriends the last couple years of his life. I still miss the sound of his voice.
@LaurieMarieValdezRNCCRN10 ай бұрын
OUTSTANDING
@eugenefirebird893810 ай бұрын
This proves it. Life was better in 1973 -- way way way better better better. All were happier! And nobody was staring at phones back then either. We were living it up!!!!!
@vickihughes575110 ай бұрын
If we could only go back.
@TuckerSP201110 ай бұрын
The most beautiful song about a break up ever recorded. These guys arenext level, heart filling! ❤
@josephroman856810 ай бұрын
Keep on bringing this amazing 70's soul my way Midnight Special! I absolutely love it!
@sheevamatimbas430012 күн бұрын
This is how sing live, mind you you have to have unbelievable talent ❤
@dwightharrison94724 ай бұрын
No lip synching here! The Spinners singing with perfect harmony along with pin point choreographic dance moves!
@billgardner488610 күн бұрын
There's nothing like the amazing Bobby Smith and the rest of the original Spinners!
@theoak644 ай бұрын
This takes me back to being a kid. The 70's baby were alive. You can listen to any station on your radio and there would be a hit playing. Today i turned 60 and rejoice in my childhood and the music of the era.
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
I could watch them agsin and again. Great group! 😊💜
@Um_Pe_em_Tudo10 ай бұрын
@Stephanie_Jeanne You seem to be so fan of special midnight as much as I do! Always commenting. Really the midnight is very good! I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas! Michel, RS, Brazil
@StephanieJeanne10 ай бұрын
@@Um_Pe_em_Tudo Definitely am a big fan! Merry Christmas to you and yours, too!
@karlfortuin57942 ай бұрын
Such a timeless classic of soul music 🎶 🎵
@SM-qo6vs10 ай бұрын
An all time favorite group and song for me. Every decade in music had its greatness, but there was something magical happening in the 70’s in my opinion.
@williambekkala27 күн бұрын
Yes, kids, those vocals are live and RARE is the lead vocalist who can nail it - intonation and all - that well time after time. Touche.
@kevin666710 ай бұрын
Did you hear it?!?! There’s either an extra note in the “I’ll be around” harmonies or it’s just more forward in this mix.. but WOW! It’s like the flatted seventh or the upper octave.. or something! Whatever it is, I am awake now and will be listening to this at least a thousand more times today! 🎶 One of my all time favorites just got better! Thank you Midnight Special!!
@chrishuber837410 ай бұрын
Since you're a discerning listener, do you know who the musicians for The Spinners were, please?
@RetroMusicMan36910 ай бұрын
@@chrishuber8374MFSB
@kevin666710 ай бұрын
By “musicians” I’m guessing you’re referring to the singers? The lush backing track with strings and harpsichord is most likely a pre-recorded track from the original sessions or a special version (less likely in this instance) recorded for this and other television appearances. According to Wikipedia, this iteration of The Spinners included: Henry Famborough - baritone Pervis Jackson - bass Billy Henderson - tenor/baritone Philipeé Wynne - lead tenor Bobby Smith - co-lead tenor with the lead singer in this performance being Bobby (aka Bobbie) Smith (born Robert Steel Smith, April 10, 1936) Credits on recordings by Philadelphia producers like Thom Bell and Gamble & Huff can be difficult to pinpoint as often some producers preferred to work with the same voices in the studio and credits would later be arbitrarily assigned to the touring musicians, hired only to perform the songs. Not sure if that’s what you were looking for. This combination clearly was capable of producing magnificent melodies and heavenly harmonies!
@RetroMusicMan36910 ай бұрын
@@kevin6667 Singers are singers and musicians play instruments The musicians on that album were known as Mother Father Sister Brother. Studio musicians from Sigma Sound. The backbone to every Gamble Huff hits of the 70’s. Look them up if you want to know who they were individually I knew a couple of them. Great guys.
@kevin666710 ай бұрын
@@RetroMusicMan369 where were you when I was working in a CD store, fielding questions from people with zero musical knowledge to grammy winning artists - asking questions like “I’m looking for the song by the singer who sings like the wind?” and in that time I learned not to be too judgmental about the specific terms they used as everyone was coming from their own history of musical education. While I appreciate you pointing out the difference between musicians and singers, in my personal case it’s unnecessary. It’s great that you know that the recording they were performing to was recorded at Sigma and they certainly had an impressive roster on hand in the early 70s. After watching documentaries like Standing in The Shadows of Motown, The Wrecking Crew and the very recent Immediate Family and others, often times the musicians themselves don’t necessarily have 100% accurate recall as to who was who or where on particular sessions.
@Oklahoma-Dreaming10 ай бұрын
I’ve always loved this song. It’s nearly perfect. I’ll bet that Phillip Bailey was a big fan of “The Spinners.” I saw Earth, Wind and Fire a couple times and I think Phillip performed the first time. But the second concert, on the pier in Seattle (?) he was retired but in the crowd. But it was like Phillip took what the Spinners did and ran with it, and added that incredible falsetto. But when Bailey retired it was a sad day.
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
Love THIS song!! 🥰 Talk about ROMANTIC lyrics … the sound production is fantastic too! I’m dancing along … 💃 ~Kitty
@lg31161Ай бұрын
August 2024 ❤
@skaman20017 күн бұрын
October 2024
@SanJo-f7w2 күн бұрын
To every one I Love in San Jose,Cali.408.from Miss.Linda Martinez,from San Jose,Cali.North-Sider,I Love You All.Linda.
@fernandopassuelo10 ай бұрын
Legends...👏👏🔊🔊
@bhilburn053 ай бұрын
How can they just sit there? Best era of music!
@HermanHall-z3l26 күн бұрын
One of the greatest black groups of all time ❤😢
@mikedrown272110 ай бұрын
1972 🎼🎶👏❤️😊👍💯
@patwaters4962Ай бұрын
Some of the CLASSIEST GUYS EVER KNOWN!! Hands down!
@anthonyjones548610 ай бұрын
That’s my jam
@stevenpricela7 ай бұрын
Great Moves & Singing and those matching suits by Harvey Krantz!
@porkfied18 күн бұрын
You will never hear this great music anymore a shame.
@Um_Pe_em_Tudo10 ай бұрын
Very good!!!! Merry Christmas to all! Michel, RS, Brazil
@paulcook788810 ай бұрын
Awesome ❤
@MarkChocolate10 ай бұрын
Nothing like this, to make me feel GOOD and put a smile in my Soul. A time when singers Could and actually Would SING LIVE on a tv show! Now it’s all lip-syncing, and autotune garbage. Nothing currently on the charts, will ever be as good, or have the lasting power this song has had. 💜😉
@almacavazos21132 ай бұрын
Sigo st 2024 escuchando mi bella calidad de musica q fue es y sera parte de mi vida lo q mas amo mis hijos mis nietos mi bisnieto y mi musica muchas gracias x compartir
@editorgyrl1710 ай бұрын
SO good
@kevinrichard54682 ай бұрын
There is some with a good voice. But he has a great voice
@Barracuda71-ln3jr3 ай бұрын
The Spinners were such a great group .✌👍👍
@KittyGrizGriz9 ай бұрын
She,,,holds the 🔑 to his ♥️,,,
@gregoryduncan306710 ай бұрын
That's a swell clip 😊.
@wilsondassumpcao20894 ай бұрын
When Detroit meets Philadelphia, The Spinners and Gamble and Huff it sure sounds good!
@chrisutley28594 ай бұрын
Thom Bell produced The Spinners, not Gamble & Huff
@martinfrye652724 күн бұрын
We need a time machine, to go back to the 60s, my childhood, was the greatest. Westside of Chicago, during the early 70s. Lol.
@drm5432110 ай бұрын
Pure classic!
@MyHumanWreckage10 ай бұрын
Such a brilliant song.
@Bluemagic723 ай бұрын
Golden memories of a better time.
@elvis-jj1sc3 ай бұрын
real music i no you no unlike today
@joesimonetti5 ай бұрын
God this song is so smooth....
@grady87687610 ай бұрын
Great memories
@shashaduke870010 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤❤
@ricksaunders80742 ай бұрын
Mom said nothing good comes after midnight So Friday night I was home in time for the Midnight Special
@TheeRockerАй бұрын
Are ya kiddin'??? midnight shines its ever lovin' light on you... and... after midnight... we gonna let it all hang out.......(after midnight,,, after midnight)
@stargazer135910 ай бұрын
❤️🎼❤️
@HoursaDay10 ай бұрын
❤ So damn good.
@GarySixSixty10 ай бұрын
saweeeet
@michaelnorman996210 ай бұрын
Absolutely superb!
@westwasbest2 ай бұрын
Best song ever! The audience looks like they're drugged
@lorraineaisth0rpe824 ай бұрын
Love this song ❤
@richardhastings8619Ай бұрын
timeless
@Jbones7210 ай бұрын
So good. Can you reup Games People Play? Keep the great vids coming!
@catserver857710 ай бұрын
Best ever.
@FleagleSangria10 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff MS!!👍🏻👍🏻💯
@lg31161Ай бұрын
Saw them at Disneyland back in the day 💜🎵😁
@Walid-bu4klАй бұрын
Beautiful Voice
@bene.divinocordeiro619610 ай бұрын
Éramos felizes e sabíamos
@alanhenrique7175 ай бұрын
Love this song!❤
@lilinglopez99403 ай бұрын
Love this❤ honey GS jr❤❤❤😘🥰💞
@daviddaniels10010 ай бұрын
They don't write them or sing them like this anymore.
@unique74muzik9 ай бұрын
3:23 C'mon wit it Wynne!! Making up for not being on the recording!!
@KittyGrizGriz9 ай бұрын
Yes! Sounded fantastic, here.
@billv107210 ай бұрын
😊😊😊
@ElisaG.-fx4ir4 ай бұрын
Um nível elevadíssimo de música 👏🏻👏🏻
@ElisaG.-fx4ir5 ай бұрын
Essa introdução é de acelerar o coração ♥ ♥️
@raysantos15555 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@gregoryduncan306710 ай бұрын
The clip is so good, Paul Cook posted his comment twice.
@martysmith526010 ай бұрын
If you ask members of R+B groups like the Spinners what took them off the radio, they will often say it was DISCO. So, there you have at least one good reason to hate Disco!
@eugenefirebird893810 ай бұрын
All good music is good.
@curtisphilumalee144710 ай бұрын
As an angst teenager of the 70’s used to have a t-shirt that said Disco Sucks in yellow letters. Lmao. My mom hated that t-shirt along with my Black Sabbath album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. She thought I was going down the wrong run. Now we can laugh about them days as I’ve turned into a respectable citizen. 😂
@KittyGrizGriz10 ай бұрын
I loved and danced to Disco music back then; and still do 💃 😉
@curtisphilumalee144710 ай бұрын
Naw not me, the only time I listened to Disco was at the skating rink cause they piped it in over the PA system and that’s been forty five Donna Summer years.
@crlaw7510 ай бұрын
I'm surprised Phillip Wynne did not sing lead on this great song.
@IPlayOneOnT.V.10 ай бұрын
I don't think they're lip syncing.
@jamesmack33148 ай бұрын
The midnight special all the acts I believe were not lip syncing they were playing live
@Walid-bu4klАй бұрын
Phillips could improvise.👍
@michiganman534110 ай бұрын
Where’s the love button?❤
@botrrun93995 ай бұрын
The audience was dead and could not appreciate what they were seeing.
@kellyalkire15805 ай бұрын
How can they just sit there? Great music, audience awful.