New Colony Six - I Will Always Think About You

[@garys585]

I grew up in the Midwest and remember listening to songs like this on AM WLS and WCFL from Chicago late at night when the signals were more powerful. I listened on one of those small leather cased transistor radios. I knew the jingles the stations played to advertise their call letters. So there is a lot of nostalgia for those days and yes I admit that part of that was because I was young then.

[@jamepena658]

What a great time to be alive in the 1960s I miss those beautiful days.

[@richardrodriguez4229]

I agree! The best time for music.

[@johnparker8588]

I’m a sophomore in high school in 1968 and a senior invited me to the prom. This song played the first time we danced. I’ll never forget the education I got that night 😳

[@danwaller5312]

Especially if you were in high school

[@ericbond5276]

@@johnparker8588 Not sure what the kids listen to at the prom these days. I never went. Graduated in '78.

[@DougCeleste]

@@ericbond5276 You can be sure it is NOT this LOVELY and memorable song by the New Colony Six! 😞

[@mikcall54]

The 60s-70s. The clothes The hair The girls The greatest time of my life.

[@garryford1216]

I agree with you 100%. Also, the MUSIC🎵🎶🎙🎸🎹

[@stringalongmike1953]

You forgot the cars.

[@garryford1216]

@@stringalongmike1953 I agree, the cars were awesome as well. The 60's and 70's. What a time to be alive.

[@johnsampson1096]

1968 had some of the best music from the decade! We didn't appreciate it at the time.

[@garryford1216]

@@johnsampson1096John, I believe the 60's and 70's had the greatest music.

[@petercrowl9467]

It occurred to me recently ... something that never happens anymore. Remember sitting at a light and a car would pull up next to you and you'd hear one of your favorite songs so you'd start hitting your buttons to find the station playing it? Good times.

[@kevinmcneely7983]

I remember doing that

[@stephenindc9102]

Yes. Good times. I did that too. Sadly .... We now live in chaos, with few shared thoughts or feelings.

[@sandy5548]

That put a smile on my face,yes I remember doing that!

[@kevincosgrove9311]

I had people ask what station and I had to tell them it's an 8 track. Lol

[@Doreen7777]

😂@@kevincosgrove9311

[@phantomblott1]

So glad I was of that era. I'm 80 now, just listening to and looking at these pictures, erases all those years, thank you for making me young again.

[@johnsampson1096]

I was nineteen when this was released. It stirs a lot of memories of better times, despite the Vietnam war. You're right about those photos..............

[@Okanagan48]

I'm nipping at your heals at 76 and loved the times and music back then.

[@evanjones7314]

I'm 73 and your thoughts nailed how I feel perfectly. Thanks so much! Where did the years go????

[@richardrodriguez4229]

If you were a teenager in the middle 1960's, you remember the New Colony Six. This song reminds me of a Girl named Donna Plestina. We met senior year in high school and became good friends and I grew to like her a lot. I wanted to ask her to the senior prom but couldn't work up the nerve. I landed up not going and later found out neither did she because no one asked her! I could have died knowing that. At graduation we gave each other a hug and kiss, and wished one another well. That's the last time I saw Donna. She didn't come to the 10 year reunion in 1979. I never forgot about her but hearing this song brings back those memories of her.

[@jimtownsend7899]

For me, the girl's name was Donna Fletcher. I was just so shy in high school, but I know we liked each other. The last time I saw her was at graduation. I often wonder whatever happened to her.

[@DougCeleste]

I LOVE how the young women back then dressed so nicely in these photos. Very modest clothing and NO tattoos! They knew what REAL femininity was and I miss that with the women of today. GREAT song also by the New Colony Six to capture so well all of these memories! 😎😍

[@JamesKerwin-k5p]

So true. This irks me as well. Same for us guys though too! I have asked my wife numerous times to pick up a skirt or a sun dress, but instead it's unflattering, baggy pants. No tattoos, ever, sorry ladies.

[@DougCeleste]

@@JamesKerwin-k5p Yes, I LOVED the women back in the day who were VERY feminine and did NOT have tattoos ruining their precious skin. I am almost 71 and cherish those women of yesteryear who were MUCH MORE modest in their dressing and looks. They did NOT need all the Botox and breast implants to impress and find a man like too many women of today do.

[@garrysnett7688]

I.so.miss.hearing.this.song....​@@JamesKerwin-k5p

[@boblewis1227]

Beautiful women comfortable in their own skin. All shapes and sizes, no tattoos, no body shaming! God Bless them! Great song! Rock On!

[@genesylvester5680]

Yes no tattoos to me very big turn off takes away from a woman's amenity completely

[@genesylvester5680]

I totally agree tattoos just turn me off on a lady it takes away their from there women look.

[@pajamamar2011]

And no implants!!!🤢

[@johnparker8588]

And no smoking.

[@tommercury4974]

This song and video needs to be put in a time capsule to open in 2050.

[@tomwertz5915]

This song is from an era long gone but never forgotten. When music was music. Not the stuff they play today. I can listen to it every hour of every day.

[@Kinseydsp]

Tom Wertz Right on Real music not Crap!

[@mudwater9140]

We grew up during the best period of music ever. The 60's and early 70's was amazing times for music

[@janetjanito]

@@mudwater9140 Best music ever! I grew up in 60's early 70's.

[@johnparker8588]

You could safely park on a road outside of town, turn the radio on WLS Chicago am and smooch to some great music last this. I fell in love the first time listening to Wishin and Hopin during intermission at the drive in. On the first kiss.

[@wizkidd53]

You are so right ! An era long gone but not forgotten by me.

[@libertyone5853]

SIMPLER times...gone forever. BUT, precious for those who appreciate that time!

[@Tom-iw3zh]

Great song I loved from the first time I heard it and saw NC6 in 1966 in Chicago's Grant Park Bandshell. And, Pamela, even though God took you to Heaven too soon for me. "I will always think about you," and the wonderful marriage we had for 23 years+!. So loving, So caring, you were and still are. I look forward to seeing you soon and holding you again.

[@DaveSS-xi4pn]

This was one of the most under-rated bands/vocalists of the day. Loved em, still do!!!!

[@VideoRanger]

Ronnie Rice is an incredible talent.

[@jmharris-l8f]

The Left Banke, The Beau Brummels and The New Colony Six sang the most beautiful songs of my youth...If only the youth of today could hear these songs instead of the "music" they hear today...

[@sawnose4775]

So true!!

[@ivanhicks887]

I am 91 - thankyou for the Reminder of the "Good Old Days" - Yes there were problems - But they were the "Good" Days

[@joebelle3487]

I became a teenager in 1967 and i am glad i got to experience the simple beauty that women of that day possessed. It was a great time to be young.

[@tomwertz5915]

Amen. Even though I found true love. This song brings back memories of first love I cant forget.

[@albundyforprez1788]

I feel so sorry for today's kids, they can't even imagine the magic of life then.😊

[@mudwater9140]

The Class of '72 still rules!

[@Robconnors7253]

I miss those beautiful Women of the 60s - 70s

[@ronaldrime5286]

The 1960's; an era of beautiful cars and beautiful women. Wish they still made them that way.

[@dennisowen4410]

A special time in my life. Brings back special memories of the beautiful girl I loved for four years but did not have the courage to tell her. This wonderful song helped me get thru these tough times. We will be married 53 years 08/02/21 I am a very blessed man. We are still very much in love Thank you "New Colony Six".

[@jimdonovan5520]

Nice story Dennis

[@dennismclaurin1487]

@@jimdonovan5520( If I must say so myself)

[@Tom-iw3zh]

I lost having someone who was beautiful in heart and mind as well as physical beauty. I too was afraid to say Can I get to know you and love you. But thank Jesus, that He brought me the perfect wife for me thirty years later at my age of 44 to bless me for 23+ years. Last week she went home to Heaven. I look forward to seeing her very soon as my best friend again. Remember, no one is married in Heaven. But don't be disheartened, you will really feel and experience perfect love with everyone in Heaven, especially God. There is one prerequisite to heaven. You have to love God and His Son, Jesus. And accept the free gift of Salvation for your sinfulness(of not always loving everyone) by trusting Jesus and following Him in faith. If you think you lack faith, you can easily get faith by reading God's Bible He has given us. Going to a Bible believing church too with Godly people sharing themselves with you too will work. Ask Jesus right now to forgive and accept you even with your past sins and He forgive all of them. You must now though surrender every sinful thought to God. And try to sin no more.

[@margaretcortez3900]

WOW SWEET!!!! 56YRS NOW😮😊

[@pkappel006]

AHHHHH.....................the 60's, nothing better. The way we were, Amen.

[@jgstargazer]

Our clothes were rather stylish and colorful back then along with the hair styles compare to today.

[@lenspaulding]

yes Peter you old drug addict I agree

[@charlesaracich5377]

A Great Sixties Band!

[@bernieulincy4244]

Pure fun, nothing made up, clean living, beautiful people. What a fun time, the 60's. How I wish to go back. This child of the 50's remembers these days well.

[@darrellepickering8433]

I was in a Denny's not long ago. A couple came in, the girl dressed to the 9s, the guy looked like he had just crawled out from under a car, talk about changing times! I remember that song well! 75 now, divorced a long time, a great grand g'pa several times over but still young enough to remember.

[@margaretcortez3900]

Yeah, what about whole familys now out and about with their dirty stinky looking pajamas😮😝😝🤢🤢DISGUSTING!!!

[@StillRockinat71]

My band… The Field of Content, opened for them in the 60’s, at the Indiana, PA, “Red Rooster”. They were great! Sounded just like their recordings… which didn’t always happen with groups we opened for, back then.

[@smokeyjensen3135]

Theses women are not models or celebrities, just "ordinary" women of the day. They were stunning without tattoos, piercings, or anorexia. The song is a simple love song free of hooks and engineering tricks. Together they are superb.

[@sawnose4775]

Well, Amen to that!!

[@ronaldrime5286]

I was born in 1967, but watching this video with all these beautiful young women makes me wish I were born 20 years sooner:)

[@benbissell4025]

Beautiful song and a great band from Chitown. Reminds me of my high school days.

[@mstyles50]

Beautiful!

[@pajamamar2011]

Most women's appearance of today are to the point that I can't even look at them anymore....🤮🤢😟

[@wallacegeller2111]

This was when the ladies were beautiful, no nose rings and no damn tatoos.

[@RonPeltz]

AMEN

[@AdullFiddler-ez7tm]

Wearing skirts, not pants.

[@daviddragona1853]

WOMEN WERE LADIES THEN NO PANTS 👖 SUITES

[@billsoderholm3125]

And not overweight

[@boco1951]

The transmitter for WCFL was a couple blocks away from my folks house. It used to come in on the radio, a lamp in my room and the pipes in the bathroom. I was glad they played great tunes!

[@wallacegeller2111]

When I was a senior in high school I was lead singer in a great band. We were the house band on a local TV show called 21 A Go Go WPTA Channel 31 ABC Fort Wayne, Indiana. That was in 1965 to 1966. Our lead guitar player was drafted and myself and the rythem guitar player joined the Marines. I still sing and I'm 76 years old. I do covers from the 50s and 60s.

[@russgammon1979]

This one did me in, I'm building a time machine and going back to my youth, I do not belong here now. Anyone want to go?

[@kurtgernett3995]

I'm in!

[@noivalencia]

Lets go....👍🇵🇭

[@tommercury4974]

The girls were so much prettier, wholesome and sweet

[@joeblow1638]

I am so with you brother. The ladies were so lovely back then.

[@judiesims6402]

Me. I live in the past a lot. I have anxiety now thinking about how I want to go back.

[@fscap811]

So reminds of my first, my only love. Went to my senior prom 1969, next year hers. We always knew that we would get married...but she married someone else and 38 years later I still can't believe she did it. Walked away from our almost 12 year relationship and never looked back. I couldn't do it and still think of her every day and probably will until about 10 seconds after I die.

[@Kinseydsp]

I know that feeling friend you are not alone.

[@patriciadaley1838]

I lost my first love too. But I married a good man and am very happy. You never forget your first love!

[@jimsatery4263]

I share you pain, 55 years now, every day.

[@fscap811]

@@jimsatery4263 Jim, isn't it strange when you actually say out loud how many years that have passed and yet it all seems like yesterday. Be well my friend

[@jimsatery4263]

@@fscap811 Where did the years go? I often wonder how many relationships I squandered pining over my first love at 17, comparing them to her, and none quite measuring up. Such a tragedy to have wasted so many relationships over a pipe dream. Still think of her everyday. Glad to know someone else still loves their first after so many years. I guess misery loves company. Take care.

[@craigmcintosh7241]

Girlfriend I had in 1972. This song brings me to tear for many reasons.

[@stringalongmike1953]

I hear you brother, I hear you.

[@JOSEPHLUCIA-l2g]

damm those days were the best days of my life GOD i wish i could go back

[@margaretcortez3900]

Me toooooooooooo!!!!!!!!😢

[@maricris653]

This Song was when music was music. I love the 60s and 70s. The words and lyrics are about love, commitment and respect. What's coming out now is just noise.

[@brucebarclay1967]

its not noise its sh___.

[@owensclock]

On the radio in the spring of 1968 A great memory.

[@tmkatx6497]

The music, the pictures, the girls, the cars - these were better times.

[@burlingtonbill1]

The 60's were great -- girls had long, BEAUTIFUL hair and short, short skirts ! Awesome combination !!

[@rickdill9483]

to me, this is one of the most absolutely beautiful songs of all times...brings back so many memories.

[@Rich-ic8wl]

Young love in it’s purest form when we were all dating and cherishing that special someone. Even though it’s been 55 years, this song takes me back to Flourtown,Pa. In 1969…what memories.

[@larryhanson8742]

Wish I could have that love back

[@jaybowman3505]

Remember seeing them at Saint John's in western springs when that came out 55 years or so ago

[@raymondthrelkeld3961]

Such a sweet and beautiful song that is rarely played. Very special!

[@robertasanderson1991]

A true love song.

[@boblewis1227]

Another great band from Chicago!

[@Walt222]

Great video remember those good days when people actually dressed up. The chicks were awesome back then,

[@thepurpleufo]

Those were the best of times.

[@Kinseydsp]

Everyone of these Young Ladies ARE REAL LADIES! Very Lovely and sweet young Ladies

[@lindsaylittle6535]

I graduated in 68. Loved this song. An old softy at heart. I always wonder about these pictures of these fine looking ladies. What ever happened to them and has any one of these people recognized that it is them in these pictures. I was in love with a girl and she not with me. Still have those old feelings for your first love.

[@electrolyticmaster8396]

Beautiful people from my era of youth. Seeing these beautiful girls with the clothes and hairstyles of the time makes me feel sentimental - a little misty eyed.

[@patrickryan1515]

Such a gentle, easy sound -- so like the sweetest emotions of a first love.

[@boblewis1227]

Ah memories of Debbie when I hear this song. I was so shy, but so smitten. Finally worked up courage to hold her hand while listening to this song! Zowee! ROCK ON!

[@BradAdams-fu4qx]

Real men had respect for women back then,they didnt swear or tell dirty jokes,and the real women liked that.most women were pure and nice.Man how times have changed..😢Loved the sixties....😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@pauladams346]

Every time I hear this song it takes me back to my first love Darlene Oller I miss her

[@bobwalker2781]

We never forget our first love ever do we

[@kevinmcneely7983]

Memorable Song from a Forgotten time, I remember,though.

[@proudtndad]

This was the song Sis dedicated to her feller in her Senior Wish List in '69. It always reminds me of her.

[@MichaelSmith-dg1fb]

’69..Freshman in HS. Great times..many memories, many friends. Miss those days.

[@katherynyounger307]

even though I'm young I know I'm going to listen to this song in 40 years and think of the same guy I'm thinking of right now.

[@mkruup]

I'm ready to go back, sick and tired of these times.

[@delsongalasinao706]

Old songs like this is the great escapsim on this toxic world of today

[@janecerrone6161]

What a great song. One of the best.

[@stringalongmike1953]

Oh yeah!!

[@raybarger8119]

Miss those times. Lucky enough to grow up then❤

[@ratter531]

Miss the 60's back when the world was so much nicer.

[@pronkb000]

Dude, we were in a freaking war and committing atrocities in Southeast Asia and people were rioting over the idea of Black people being allowed to attend all-white colleges. I love '60s music but a lot of it came from darkness.

[@larryburton9369]

Such a beautiful song brings back so many beautiful memories thanks so much

[@johnnyintrieri]

Beautiful song. No Freaks with weird colored hair. No Tat's. Just pure woman.

[@RonPeltz]

Tattoos on a girl? how sad😢

[@Kinseydsp]

wcfl 1000A Thanks wonderful song and very Lovely Pictures of very Lovely Ladies, the way Woman were when I was young awesome!

[@090250]

A senior in HS. Great days.

[@Kinseydsp]

yes we all had that someone we Loved and never won, and yes I will always think about her!

[@birdsfan57]

Or him...

[@johnwriterpoet1783]

I never thought of that!!

[@Payton20ADZ]

There was that one person who broke my heart and we never made it. I still think of her.

[@ChristopherBarney-m6r]

Linda Klimt, October '68- September '69

[@BradAdams-fu4qx]

Me too .😊😊😊😊😊

[@WalterHenriquez-o3s]

The beatles were not even close to this amazing rock group..can't get enough.of them Ever since I hear them in 1975 Thanks to my uncle.records.i el salvador central america

[@randypiquette8524]

A girls smile..when it would make your day...your week.....life had sincerity and class.

[@wdbearfan]

so well said, Randy.

[@bobrich1950]

Man, does this bring back memories from high school. Class of '68. A lot of us wax nastalgia about those times. But if we're going to be honest, we had a lot of turmoil here then too. Assassinations of leaders, Civil Rights, Vietnam, etc. The very day i graduated from high school was the day of Bobby Kennedy's funeral train procession. Surreal doesn't begin to explain the feelings i had that day. And we're all still here almost 6 decades later. Larry Lujack, Tommy Edwards, Dick Biondi, Bob Sirotte, they all brought us the music to get us through it. Miss those days a bunch.

[@bobhess7434]

A MONSTER hit in '68 in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

[@henryrogers5500]

11 years old in 1968 and out of our minds girl-crazy at such a young age! We’d dress up in our mod clothing and meet the foxy young girls dressed in miniskirts and mini-dresses at the school dances and this 45 would be played.

[@landers3700]

No Lip Fillers, hair extentions, breast implants simple times…Simply Beautiful.

[@marblox9300]

This band from from St. Patrick HS on Belmont Ave in Chicago. A couple of great timeless recordings.

[@hdymn1925]

Beautiful. A more simpler time so it seemed. Wish we had that now

[@johnsampson1096]

Great photos and memories. It would be nice to be 20 again!!

[@BradyDale04]

One of greatest love songs of the 60s

[@EaganChris]

A very beautiful song with Extremely Beautiful women....every last one of them! Just wonderful!!

[@birdsfan57]

The days when men had respect for women and, more importantly, women had respect for themselves. Sad how things have devolved over the last 50 years into what we have today.

[@foxman362]

I wish it more like the wonders years tv show like back in 1988-1993 it was tv show living in 1960's early 1970's timeline.

[@Kinseydsp]

So True and So Sad.

[@jgstargazer]

birdsfan57: How times and attitudes have changed :(

[@marinegrunt6633]

reminds me of doris from Batesville, IN met her in Aug 1967.....

[@marinegrunt6633]

still miss her

[@BeatlesGirlKaren]

These were my times - such a great song & group from "BackintheDay"!

[@ChristopherBarney-m6r]

The greatest band of the '60's...love ALL of their music !!!😊

[@josephmoore8215]

Joe Moore- This song brings back so many happy memories. A time when my high school sweetheart and I fell in Love. We went together though our high school years and became engaged. Then with the Vietnam War, I joined the Navy, and during a six month deployment, we broke up. One of the saddest days of my life. I think of Janet often, and hopefully some day we can get together just so I can ask for forgiveness. But this song always reminds me of her after all these years. She was my first Love.

[@jimdahlin7333]

'Can't Find the Time to Tell You' by Rose Colored Glass is another tune that fits this genre. Spring, 1971. Left my friends and neighbors when our family moved that summer--I was 10 years old, and crushed to be leaving my friends and my neighborhood. Everything turned out just fine, but those days will forever have a special place in my heart. New Colony Six wrote some great music. Thanks for posting.

[@raybarger8119]

Great video and song. Takes me back to that wonderful time

[@9284vr]

When most young women looked innocent and wholesome...and usually were!

[@Kinseydsp]

AMEN!

[@Kinseydsp]

Love the Very Lovely Girl Sitting in The Tree!

[@gregjohnson4113]

beautiful song..........I was there too :)

[@ElsaPride]

They were my very first concert... I was almost 13 at that time.. Great memory!!

[@LiB280]

Che belle immagini! ❣ Saluti from Italy

[@raymondkb2nzo788]

What a wonderful song for a beautiful Time in my life

[@saml.williams6321]

You gotta hand it to Chicago for giving so much Airplay love to their own bands. A lot of songs that made it big regionally in Chicago, A lot of them baffle me as to how & why they weren’t huge hits Nationally. This song and “I Wanna Meet You” by The Cryan Shames I think should have sold better nationally. Also keep in mind Chicago never had their own Wrecking Crew so everything these Chicago bands did back in those days was played by the band members. I mean they had R&B/Soul Session Cats but they wouldn’t have been good fits for records like this so it was up to the guys in these bands to provide the instrumentation for their records.

[@thomassmith8721]

Sam L Williams, hello I gotta hand it to you! Your comment was great. Chicago didn't have the Wrecking Crew. They were the best of the best studio musicians ever assembled. Chicago radio loved Cryan" Shames, Shadows of Knight, The Buckinghams, Ides of March, and, of course, the NC6. They were a pack. Yeah, for sure, WLS and CFL bolstered their popularity. They were all well known names around Chicagoland because of the radio attention they received. I've had the pleasure of meeting Ronnie Rice of NC6. I was lucky to have seen all these bands back in the day. I also remember seeing The American Breed around town. They had a few hits, "Bend Me, Shape Me" and "Step Out of Your Mind" Another band was Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah. Their local/regional hit was "Lake Shore Drive" There were many more locally known underground garage bands. The Windy City was a rockin" town during the 60s. WLS and WCFL were a big part of the scene. My kind of town, Chicago is. ✌️

[@JenniferMcMullenMusic]

Groovy images set to a very pretty song

[@jimkreiling9166]

I went to college with one of the guys from the group. Attended many of their road trip shows.

[@johnnyintrieri]

N.Y. City DJ's hardly played it! Was a score if you found it on your AM Dial. Love It!

[@pa6716]

Hope for an encore, you have captured the moment of another time! Very well done. Thank you!

[@geraldogles6080]

Still a beautiful song in 2020!

[@rod1148]

Been a fan of NC6 since mid-late 60s. Of all of them this was my favorite. Very special time in my life and that of the woman I married. And we have been spending our "futures together" for the last 48 years.

[@sooz9433]

Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤

[@Barking914]

One beautiful song plain and simple.

[@chadtodd9490]

I dig this song so much