Lies Knickerbockers RESTORED Video TRUE 1965 STEREO HiQ Hybrid JARichardsFilm

** Some Kick-Ass, HARD Rock from the Mid-1960s
** DIGITALLY ReStored Video & ORIGINAL 1965 Stereo ReMixed By JARichardsFilm.
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* Music: "Lies" - The Knickerbockers
* Labels: Challenge Records, London American
* Writer(s): Beau Charles, Buddy Randell

[@cosybully]

My mother gave two of the Knickerbockers and Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders a ride to the Fairgrounds in Louisville with half a dozen kids in the back of the car after they missed the bus from the Holiday Inn to the concert back in 1966. A group of kids saw them in our car as we approached the coliseum and started running after us. I was ten years old at the time, and I felt like I was in "A Hard Day's Night."

[@KMK7355]

What a great story.

[@johnager9428]

Great story 😊

[@spikesmundranos3308]

Awesome! 🤪

[@heavnnnsent]

What a memory! That's a precious memory! Thx fer Sharon!

[@oldermusiclover]

lucky mom

[@helterskelter2927]

John said "I don't remember writing that one." They really do sound like The Beatles. A lot.

[@lesliebeacom4567]

I thought it WAS the Beatles at first! Had to look more closely. Wow!

[@wesleycook7687]

I thought it was the Beatles .too. Then the DJ said Knickerbockers. So , I bought it.The singer has John Lennon down pat.

[@jeffmorse645]

Better.

[@jesusvidal6044]

SÍ, DE HECHO TAMBIÉN YO PENSÉ QUE ERAN LOS BEATLES, LA PRIMERA VEZ QUE LOS ESCUCHÉ! MUY BUENA CANCIÓN!!!

[@nettiemac]

No kidding! 😱

[@5ourgang]

Around 1968 The Knickerbockers played a gig in Concord NC at a small teenage club. Remember it well ,several hundred kids packed like sardines. Great times to be a teenager.

[@jarichards99utube]

GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more Classic Music, youtube search for : JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL Playlist ( Enjoy 😊👍)

[@davidsalvia6294]

I heard them live in 1965. They were the tightest band I've ever heard. They could play The Beatles' and the Beach boys' songs note for note. They had great harmonies.

[@jarichards99utube]

YES, a GREAT TIGHT BAND - BUT Unfortunately- NO support/promotion from their dumb-ass record label : ( Glad you enjoyed the video : )

[@gtsteele6219]

I was an 11 year old kid in Pittsburgh when I heard this song for the first time. Blew me away. Thanks for telling me that they really were that good.

[@samwa3986]

Sad how you have a great band, but no help from the manager, label, or even encouragement from the parents. I think of so many like this, the Grape being just one. A monster album, then downhill fast.

[@turbinexman]

A song that should get more airplay, on "Oldies Stations", and the '60's channel, on Sirius XM radio!!

[@davidmaslow399]

Lucky You! Great tune and I was 15 in 65!

[@kennichols336]

It really was a great hit, can’t deny that, you can listen 100 💯 times and it doesn’t get old.

[@jarichards99utube]

Couldn't agree more! GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more classic music videos, do a youtube search for: JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL PLAYLIST (Enjoy 😊 👍)

[@oldiesgeek454]

I can see why some people thought this was a Beatles song when it first came out. 😉

[@petegregory517]

​@@oldiesgeek454I know I did.

[@SteveStalzle]

"Lies" is a song written by Beau Charles and Buddy Randell, performed by The Knickerbockers; the single was produced by Jerry Fuller. It reached #20 on the U.S. pop chart in 1965. It was featured on their 1966 album Lies and is famous for often being mistaken for a Beatles track due to its similarities to their style and harmonies. Here is what original Knickerbockers member Beau Charles said about the song's behind-the-scenes story: "We desperately tried to write something that sounded like the British Invasion'. We wrote 'Lies' in less than one half hour. We demo-ed it in New York." After a Jerry Fuller inspired re-arrangement, the track was recorded at Sunset Sound in West Hollywood with Bruce Botnick as the Engineer. Things were not quite right, so the multi-track master was taken to Leon Russell's house in Hollywood Hills. Jerry Fuller knew Leon and "Leon had this great little studio - just a four track". The band recorded the vocals there and overdubbed a new guitar part that was recorded from a beat up old Fender guitar amp that gave the guitar sound a meaty, edgy feel".

[@stevethomas760]

Thanks for the history nugget.

[@beaucharles9934]

One correction, my brother & I arranged “lies”! Jerry Fuller came in one night to the Red Velvet & told me that we were recording “lies” in 2 days & to put it together & make it about 2:30 minutes! The original demo we did in NY was only 1:30! So John & I worked on it & I added the guitar solo & another verse & chorus. The day of the session we ran it by Buddy & he adjusted the lyrics to the new arrangement. It worked!! That night as we listened to a rough mix it was obvious that we had something. What a moment to remember! Thanks for your comments!

[@binxbolling]

Yes. Essentially, they made a Beatles song with distortion before the Beatles did.

[@thomasholden3820]

John Lennon: "The Knickerbockers sound more like us than we do."

[@sylvainpaquette6485]

Hahahaha

[@MegaTriumph1]

They really sound Great!. John was Right!.

[@aaronlegresley9495]

Did he actually say that? lol

[@1godonlyone119]

@@aaronlegresley9495 No, but Ron Nasty said they sounded like the Rutles.

[@BarryMiller2956]

Aaron LeGresley doubt it but clever comment! 😀

[@kaa6734]

I'm 72 grew up with all the great bands in Chicago we could see him for very little they played at the YMCA. Another good one is Keith 98.6 for anybody who wants to reminisce❤

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@ppiper396]

I have always loved this song and how they sing it. Fantastic!

[@beaucharles9934]

Thank you for all the positive comments! This video sounds great! Also, thanks for the link to the “Grand gourmet” commercial that used “Lies”. I haven’t seen that since ‘87 & I never had a copy! The knickerbockers thank you all. It was a great time to be in a band!!

[@jarichards99utube]

Hey Beau, My pleasure and Thank You. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@beaucharles9934]

@@jarichards99utube thank you for the good sounds!

[@jarichards99utube]

@@beaucharles9934 Your GREAT "TIGHT" Band had a Great Rock Sound that deserves the BEST presentation possible. Stay Well : )

[@beaucharles9934]

@@jarichards99utube thank you so much & stay safe as well

[@pullmanjunction5854]

@Beau Charles - I would love to know the details of your guitar parts on this recording. I take it the solo was an overdub, correct? Was it just one guitar track other than that? Nice gritty tones!

[@fredpayne6260]

It might have been a one hit wonder, but what a hit !!! The Beatles would have been proud to own it.

[@jarichards99utube]

Oh Yes - In fact, John Lennon actually did praised THIS recording. GLAD you enjoyed the video. : )

[@user-ve2pd1xb3v]

Time won’t let me

[@johnkinge7788]

This song was it for them. They were a "one-hit wonder," but that one hit was pure dynamite!!

[@oldermusiclover]

was

[@barrysmith1202]

remember movie ''the wonders'', tom hanks; this sounds rather like their one hit wonder

[@wesleycook7687]

@@oldermusiclover Was what ???? This came out in 65. It's still played today.

[@jennifursun3303]

@@wesleycook7687 true but it was their ONE BIG HIT

[@wesleycook7687]

@@jennifursun3303 So ?? There are a lot of great one hit wonders

[@xtbum3339]

A great little song.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@tdrewke]

Guitar, bass and drums... and sax. Great stuff. Real rock.

[@thejenr8tr473]

It even has the Beatlesque bridge & tight harmonies. Great song!

[@kmslegal7808]

and the Paul imitation singing those counterpoint vocals

[@victorfuffa897]

When i first heard this song it reminded my of the best rock & roll band ever. GREAT JOB.

[@jarichards99utube]

Thanks, GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more Classic Music Videos, youtube search for: JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL PLAYLIST (Enjoy 😊 👍)

[@orinrehorst6188]

Of all the oldies to listen to, Lies may provide the most satisfaction. I met the group in Chicago during a lull in a weekend concert festival. The guys were friendly and down-to-earth communicators.

[@jarichards99utube]

Yea a GREAT Talent...!!! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes a Great Classic From a Great Artist. For more Classic Music Videos, youtube search for: JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL PLAYLIST (Enjoy 😊 👍)

[@USNVA-yn6cp]

Beau Charles damn good guy and heck of a guitar player ! Hes nice enough to take the time to answer questions and communicate with his fans here on KZbin,

[@beaucharles9934]

Always a pleasure!

[@USNVA-yn6cp]

@@beaucharles9934 Have a Merry Christmas and a happier New year 2023!

[@beaucharles9934]

@@USNVA-yn6cp thankyou & happy holidays to you!

[@KMK7355]

You guys were absolutely the balls here!!!

[@Beatlefish]

Dedicated to Politicians everywhere

[@jennifursun3303]

true

[@riceboy1701e]

And definitely to Donald Trump.

[@whateverlolawants]

@@riceboy1701e Truth! My dad just sent me this song, saying it was about Trump. 😄

[@sgold989]

@@riceboy1701e Hmmm unlike Biden, right?

[@richardortiz8704]

2021

[@user-pw2kz9py5k]

Tolle Nummer, musste erst 72 Jahre werden um sie zu hören ❤

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@appledoreman]

Just love the sax playing on this...

[@JamesBond-ml3zp]

Yeah, why was this GUY HOLDING A SAX ?

[@1godonlyone119]

@@JamesBond-ml3zp Just wait until the sax solo, near the end. That explains it all.

[@Frisbieinstein]

I hear that the estate of John Cage sued the Knickerbockers for infringement of the 4'33" copyright.

[@tcorman]

@@JamesBond-ml3zp If you show a sax in act 1...

[@artdeco5464]

@@JamesBond-ml3zp Watch for the sax at 1:25

[@sharonwarren4479]

Seems like this song will Always be relevant, but I love this performance!! #Lies #Knickerbockers ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@linmiller8147]

The few times over the years that I would hear this on the radio, I thought it was the Beatles, which is the greatest compliment I can pay a group. (I also think that part of this song sounds like "That Thing You Do.")

[@jarichards99utube]

Hey Lin, Even John Lennon famously said he like it and that he thought they sounded like The Beatles. GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more Classic Music, youtube search for: JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL PLAYLIST ( ENJOY😊)

[@eyesuckle]

Agree completely-- *especially* about the resemblance (in one part) to "That Thing You Do." Another great tribute to the Beatles.

[@islandnites]

I think I was in 6th grade when this came out / was my fav song for about 10 days - a record amount of time for a fav back then bc so many great artists & songs! I particularly liked the unusual segway cord & strumming b4 the title lyrics sung.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@donaldmorrow3096]

This song out-Beatle'd the Beatles in 1965. While the fab four were testing the limits of the studio, these relatively clean-cut American boys were all loud and proud with this timeless chunk of rock and roll abandon. Not much even today is this much fun to listen to.

[@KMK7355]

Song has a frenetic quality to it.

[@georgeralph8031]

The best Beatles 'impersonators' to Ever Take the Stage. The lead singer even achieved the exacting nasal intonation of John Lennon's vocals.

[@xrxs1020]

''The lead singer even achieved the exacting nasal intonation of John Lennon's vocals.....,'' including "gull" for "girl."

[@generalyellor8188]

He's not an impersonator. He's doing an impression, so if anything, he's an impressionist. An impersonator is someone who is trying to be someone else, typically with a criminal motive.

[@yvonnejones8544]

When i was kid in Oakland,i remember this song sounded like the Beatles,Ilove it!

[@johnager9428]

I live in Urmston Manchester U.K and in 1965 l thought it was the beatles singing 😶🤭

[@oilwellholdings3301]

Masterpiece!!! 1960`S Rock For Ever!!! One of the most nice rock songs of all times!!!

[@andyinoregon]

This song fooled a lot of Beatles fans the first time they heard it on A.M. radio. Great John Lennon vocal impression.

[@PAULLONDEN]

Yeah...this came right out of the "I Want To Hold Your Hand" songbook.....friggin brilliant...shame it was a one off...

[@USCG.Brennan]

I thought the same thing back then....

[@alexmolina3682]

never fooled me. By 1965, the Bealtes were doing much more sophisticated stuff than this. Don't get me wrong .. it's a good song for sure . Question .. why is that guy holding a sax that he's never playing??

[@BarryMiller2956]

Alex Molina sure, but c’mon! This song is freakn good! And, it just might be The Beatles.. 😼

[@andyinoregon]

@@alexmolina3682 Good point. And why bother copying The Beatles' sound if you're gonna dress and look like The Four Seasons onstage.

[@brucelevy5603]

Terrific tune. The Knickerbockers were clearly punching above their weight on this one.

[@robertfontaine356]

Thw chorus of this great song bears a striking resemblance to the song That Thing You Do played by the fictitious band The Wonders in the Tom Hanks film. Striking resemblance. Love the harmonies.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@LarsDcCase]

WE had such great rock and roll music back then. 😀

[@jarichards99utube]

Yes, For SURE..! GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more Classic Music, youtube search for : JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL Playlist ( Enjoy 😊👍)

[@jarichards99utube]

Some Kick-Ass, HARD Rock from the Mid-1960s.

[@l3tt3rbox]

Kick ass for sure!! Love this 🎵 song!

[@JazzJonnie]

I kept waiting for him to play that sax...

[@cszalankiewicz]

There's another video on KZbin that shows him actually playing the sax during the chorus.

[@MichaelKentSmith]

This video just might have launched a movement of "air sax" but alas, it did not.

[@vestibulate]

Jon Dann He strummed it throughout.

[@rockandrollsax]

"Short Shorts" by The Royal Teens (1958 #3) features Billy playing a lot of sax.

[@tomt.3089]

If I didn’t see this video, I would think it was the Beatles!😊 very spirited, playing for sure! So prim and proper, but they could groove!🔥 these guys were probably a little too sharp for the teeny bopper girls at the time, but I’m sure the musicians were thinking, we better watch are back!

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@kmcallen]

They had another hit "One track mind" This still kicks ass.

[@RavenThom]

yes, I bought it too

[@auntbarky]

I was 12 when that song came out. I still love it. I'll be 70 next month.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@appledoreman]

I was 14 when it came out but didn't hear it till it appeared on the Nuggets album (it was never a hit here in UK). Tracks with this amount of energy never grow old, they just mature like fine wine.

[@sharonwarren4479]

Great song…and true!

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@142horizon]

People believed it was The Beatles - but it was all Lies :) PS: Look! - It's a Knickerbocker playing a Rickenbacker! . . . Hmmmmm...or is it a Rickerbocker playing a Knickenbacker?????? Ok, now I'm confused.🤕

[@jarichards99utube]

GLAD you enjoyed the video : )

[@HemiVic]

One great tune from Bergenfield, New Jersey’s Knickerbockers!

[@olivercrangle7160]

This should be played wherever Murphy goes.Of course,he doesn't know about them because he's a Commonwealth Carpetbagger from Massachusetts.

[@international360]

this song takes me back, thanks for the memories....

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@bradleyallen533]

Well, in my humble opinion, "Mid-1960's hard rock" is a term more applicable to bands like Cream, but this was a tasty little pop song. I still enjoy it.

[@BrownstoneKingcom]

Thank you WFUV for playing & introducing me to this song

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@johnmaer]

These guys, the Beatles, the Byrds were the first bands to use the Rickebacker guitar for their sound and to mimic the sound of other bands of the era. This dude is playing a 360 series Rick, so easy for Beatles to hear a similar sound to their own....same type of short, tight, punchy, lyrical, distinctive guitar hook, etc. Love those Ricks.

[@beaucharles9934]

I wish I still had it!!

[@KMK7355]

Are you the "Beau"?

[@beaucharles9934]

@@KMK7355 if you mean of the knickerbockers, yes. I sold the “ric”many moons ago & regret it! Live & learn, right? Thanks for your comment!

[@carlomiller1984]

Great song. I think a lot of people thought that this song was done by the Beatles, because the Knickerbocker's sounded just like them in this song.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@DD-ts5oj]

OMG!!! I always thought it was The Beatles until I discovered otherwise on the radio today & I'm nearly 70!!! It fits in sooo well with their early songs & sounds Just Like them!!😂🙎🙋🙌🙎🎸🎶🎸🎵😂

[@gfxd621]

This band nails The Beatles vibes especially John's voice and guitar playing.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@tbamagic]

Great tune in every way!!!!!! right up there with the Beatles

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@nancymcmullen2300]

Always loved this song - TOTALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! Still do!!!

[@jarichards99utube]

Hey Nancy, Yes a Great One-Hit-Wonder by a cool band. Even John Lennon commented on how much HE liked it...! GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more Classic Music, youtube search for: JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL PLAYLIST ( ENJOY😊)

[@mikespencer3518]

and the guy almost nailed the reversed Elmore James licks. wow. damn incredible for that era. even for this era. noboday wants to rockn roll like this anymore,. they did but they called it punk, but this is stolen rhythm blues stepped up double 4/4 time rock n roll.

[@SylentEcho]

I just got The Challenge Recordings 4 CD box by these guys and it's freakin' insanely good!

[@robertmclernon4836]

We all thought this was a Beatles song when it first came out. This is the first time I have seen film of them. I have never heard another song from them.

[@andreacloyd3672]

So Beatlesques! So many peo mistook this 4 the Beatles 1st time out hearing it. Luv it

[@pamelamays4186]

I want to go see The Beatles! We've got The Beatles at home.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@joseizquierdo566]

"They sounded more like The Beatles than The Beatles themselves" ... 😋

[@Kittylick69]

They are totally awesome he's so happy playing that 5000$ Rickenbacker and the bass totally awesome

[@kevinkhoy7171]

Back in 1965 on the radio. I always thought this song was by The Beatles!

[@jarichards99utube]

So Did John Lennon...! TRUE Story...!!! 😁🤣 GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more Classic Music Videos, youtube search for: JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL PLAYLIST (Enjoy 😊 👍)

[@kevinkhoy7171]

​@@jarichards99utube Excellent 👍🏻

[@davidrody9544]

Always love these musical appearances where the band sounds SO great, then you look and see- they don't have any mics!

[@christophermiller4068]

This song speaks volumes. It's so true today

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@turbinexman]

This song was used in a dog food commercial, "Grand Gourmet", in 1987. A Dalmation; a Golden Retriever; and an Irish Setter, were singing:"Lies...Lies...We Can't Believe A Word You Say..."!! I still laugh, thinking about that commercial!! Also Dokken covered this song, as well as The Hollies "Bus Stop", in the 1990's, which both sound killer!!

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@RBAILEY57]

I was 8 and in the third grade, loved it!

[@jarichards99utube]

GLAD you enjoyed the video : )

[@markvahlkamp5443]

Me too!!

[@paulkuehn5133]

I saw them perform live in San Francisco in May 1968. They were in a dance hall with a lot of single young women who liked to dance.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@thomasarmbruster1743]

Great record, it fooled me when I was a kid. The bass player looks like Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers.

[@josephbenne3798]

WTF... how can a great song like this have only 129K views??? What an underrated and underplayed GEM/classic of a song from the best decade of rock and roll music... the 60's. Did not know these guys were from North Jersey... my home state... although I reside in the Southern region. They do actually sound quite a bit like the Beatles... and the lead vocalist's voice does sound pretty close to John Lennon's voice at times. Thank you jarichards 99 tube for posting this outstanding You Tube video of the Nickerbockers circa 1966. America is the greatest nation on the face of the planet... you and I are making it better... that is... if we vote the right way... and get rid of the Socialist/Marxist Democrats... including Biden and Harris... and vote the Republican Conservatives to gain control of the House and Senate in 2022... and re-elect Trump or DeSantis as President in 2014. God Bless the USA!

[@jlonzoy]

They sound perfectly like early Beatles...But they are... "Some Other Guys now.... They're makin' my past seem oh so bad, oh now..."

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@Noomz-of-Earl]

Stands on its own as a brilliant, original mid-'60's rock & roll song. The Beatles in this era were still performing some cover versions of American songs which had inspired their own great originals.

[@audioinsanity]

Still kinda kicks ass, 60+ years later.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@bigdog4273]

There fellows really are having fun too!

[@philstearn6929]

With Joe Pesci on sax and Adrian Zmed on guitar!

[@craigbecker2112]

Definitely, without a doubt, the greatest song The Beatles never recorded! In the word's of John Lennon when he first this song on the radio... Apocryphal or not, it's believed that the first time John Lennon heard it he quipped “I don't remember recording this” followed by “They sound more like us than we do”

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@audioinsanity]

One of The inspirations for the fictional group, The Wonders, as portrayed in the 1996 film, "That Thing You Do".

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@lauriewalker90]

The best Beatle song never recorded by the Beatles

[@wylier]

along with "That Thing You Do"! :-P

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

Nor written by the Beatles…

[@dagnabbit6187]

Lately I am obsessed with Rickenbackers !

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@Smedley61]

Starts out just like "I want to hold your hand".

[@albertmusco]

Unfortunately they don't make songs like this anymore . How can you not just get up and move !

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@albertmusco]

@@jarichards99utube Thanks so much !

[@KevinDoyle149]

Dumont NJ finest contribution to R&R

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@tomphillips5290]

We magically hear them sing today though 50 years ago this was recorded with no microphones.

[@numbat0072]

huh , " no mics " ? they had mics 50 years ago ( & before that ) , how else would recordings be made ? this was mimed from their recording however ( like most TV appearances in those days) . PS what was the sax for ? he never " played " it & it wasn't on the recording either .

[@momatomic]

You didn't really mean that, did you? No microphones? That really is magic!

[@scottermatinger5925]

@@momatomic They were lip syncing to their record.

[@cml513]

Tom--I got what you meant immediately and thought it was funny!

[@justinherbert9146]

This was my wedding song.

[@weksheddweller]

lol what? 😆

[@eyesuckle]

Not sure that was your best choice, but it should play well at the divorce!

[@Swamie55]

Awesome Rock N Roll scream by the lead singer!

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@beaucharles9934]

If you mean the scream before the guitar solo, that’s me, the guitar player! I did most of the screams on our rock songs. I was a screamer! It’s fun!!

[@Gitman333]

LOL! Man Remember that? I'm going to bet when you first heard it you thought it was the new Beatle record. I think we all experienced it. What a song!

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@MickeyMaguire]

The Jersey Guidos! Loved it then, love it now!

[@KMK7355]

Yep, Crandall was in the Royal Teens with Bob Gaudio and Am Kooper.

[@jimroveto1543]

They out Beatled the Beatles.

[@sylvainpaquette6485]

Inside your tiny little head. LMAO

[@xrxs1020]

"They out Beatled the Beatles.....," for one song ;-)

[@xrxs1020]

Besides, who says a slightly chubby guy with a sax can't sing like Lennon?! ;-)

[@djcharliecimino]

@@xrxs1020 right!? and never played a note!!lol

[@wesleycook7687]

@@xrxs1020 Actually, the guy isn't that chubby. If they had Beatle haircuts, they would actually resemble the Beatles.

[@TheBluesnbob]

Wow, takes me back to 10th grade! I didnt know anything!

[@lvbjblond]

THAT ALL I GOT LIES LISTEN I WILL B HAPPY SOON FREE FRON YU N

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@1godonlyone119]

Ron Nasty: "Who the fook are the Knickerbockers, and when did I write that tune?"

[@KevinDoyle149]

Mama lived on Knickerbocker Road 🎷🎸🥁🎤

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[@cml513]

Beau, I'm glad you are getting some well-deserved recognition through these comments. I imagine it might be frustrating sometimes, in your mundane, everyday interactions, when (for example) the convenience store clerk says to you "Move aside, buddy, there are other customers waiting." I know you would comply, but be tempted to think (but not say) "Hey, man, I was in a band that was huge around here. People stood up and cheered for us! We had hit records that I wrote! And I can still play the heck out of a guitar!"

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[@bryanb6821]

I was 9 and scored my first pair of Beatle boots!

[@glennhfriedman4571]

Jerry Fuller who wrote and produced this just died .. Jerry had many hits .

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[@generalyellor8188]

You gotta appreciate the lead's commitment to his lip syncing performance. He's really belting out his nothing.

[@douglaskendall7488]

He also wields that saxophone well...lol

[@steveeagel1917]

This song was more like a Beatles song, than the Beatles could ever do .INCREDIBLE.

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@moodyguymick]

Nonsense !

[@danlower7834]

The Wonders took some inspiration from these guys! Wow!

[@jarichards99utube]

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[@johnvastola7748]

1963 era Lennon-inspired lead vocal and Four Seasons-inspired backing vocals. Great track.

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[@Ray-vq2jc]

What a great band !!!! Better than these bands in 2024.

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[@gtsteele6219]

I remember this one fondly. That's rock n' roll, kids.

[@MickeyMaguire]

That's Joe Pesci's cousin Rocco singing lead.

[@kcuhc84]

Wise Guy huh?

[@wildbill7267]

I was today years old when I realized this song was not by the Beatles 😂

[@jarichards99utube]

Yes even John Lennon said he thought so... LOL x MAX...! GLAD you enjoyed the video. For more Classic Music, youtube search for : JARichardsFilm HiQ FULL Playlist ( Enjoy 😊👍)

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

I would say lies if I tell you that I don't like this song ....👍👏🎷🎸

[@denieledwards6893]

I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS STILL PLAYING MUSIC IN 2022.

[@juliebrown4760]

AWESOME!!!

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[@anthonybevilacqua3074]

Smoking rocker. This is one of those very rare occasions where resemblance to another band doesn’t in any way limit the quality of the song or power of the recording/performance.

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[@beaucharles9934]

Thankyou Anthony, I think it’s a smokin’ rocker too!