Paul Davidson - Midnight Rider - 08-05-1976 • TopPop

[@heatherwalker6943]

Absolutely loved this and still do. Thanks for reminding me of a time when I was young, free and single without a care in the world. Great times!

[@pauldavidson9722]

appreciate the nice comments

[@garylamb9809]

All time classic Paul. 👍

[@jeanetterobertson6744]

Best version Paul

[@alisontrice2938]

I have loved this tune ever since you did it Paul, just wonderful. Thank you so much, I hope you are well. ❤ from UK. Music is my life, glad to have you on the regular playlist!

[@frannieo1707]

One of those cases where the cover version is even better than the original. LOVE this song. Brings me back to my schooldays, when life was simple and happy.

[@pauldavidson9722]

thank you

[@stevenevans6577]

Good but not as good as original ☮️💯

[@BackToTheBlues]

@@stevenevans6577 I much prefer this one. Might be because it the first one I heard, though!

[@CarrieDoolittle-u9q]

Apples and oranges. Both are great, for different reasons.

[@DeirdreKennedy-i7w]

Brilliant love this

[@maiviola7879]

I remember that on playing through the heatwave of 1976🔥☀️🔥wicked tune still sounds good.

[@bernadettegriffin8569]

Me too

[@paulaldridge4389]

Takes me back to when times and life was lived to the greatest,music was great and life was simple.Great era to grow up in.

[@richardcottee]

Best ever version. I still have the vinyl 45

[@MHTutorials3D]

Memories, oh the memories.... awesome song

[@knockshinnoch1950]

A timeless classic. Amazingly despite being a massive UK hit he NEVER appeared on UK TV performing this song. This is the first time I've seen Paul Davidson- after almost 50 years!

[@stefandavidson5954]

Moutton Noir he’s my father still singing in Jamaica

[@gwangi64]

@@stefandavidson5954 Congratulations to your dad on this excellent version of the Allman Brothers song. Still sounds great!

[@simongilbert2704]

thank you ,, i totally agree - i can remember riding my rd250 with this song in my head , tried to get this on youtube years ago - then it slowly got listed ,, until now i thought he sang and a session guitar did the break ,- this vid shows different ,,, what a fantastic sound.

[@knockshinnoch1950]

@@stefandavidson5954 WOW! The internet is an amazing place. Please thank your father for this great record I've enjoyed for almost 50 years. It still sounds fresh all these years later!

[@schoolie]

@@stefandavidson5954 same for me, im 60 and your dad singing this is a massive memory of a boiling hot summer of 76, i used to search youtube for this song but kept finding the allman brothers, i thought THEY were doing a cover, we never got to see your dad until this was recently uploaded, what i LOVE is you can see your dad FEELS the tune, say hi to your dad for us, we love this tune in the UK

[@sandrairving6151]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT TUNE!!!!!😊. BRINGS BACK WONDERFUL MEMORIES!!!!!!!. 1976 HEATWAVE!!!!!😅

[@Debpboxers]

A song my mum loved ❤

[@phillipthomas9722]

Brilliant song thaks paul

[@theobougie7656]

My youth ❤

[@annejones9435]

Love it ❤

[@angiehicks7575]

Happy times and always brings the feel goods x

[@davespagnol8847]

I'm really glad to have found this video. I remember this song, I was 22. We knew nothing about Paul Davidson except that he was Jamaican. He never appeared on British TV. This song made the British Top Ten despite the fact that no-one knew who he was, he never appeared on Top of the Pops, and he was on a small label. My mates and I weren't into reggae/ska, but we loved this, and preferred it to the original by The Allman Brothers. It was proper crossover music, with the ska beat, a sort of softrock-country guitar solo, and a blues harmonica in the mix. If he'd had a big label, we might have heard a lot more of Paul Davidson. Sadly he remained an enigma. This video at least takes away part of the mystery.

[@tuc-dh4df]

Brilliant performance Paul, absolutely love it.👌👌

[@JohnDobson-mi2gd]

Good tune from January 1976 always liked this tune 😊

[@matthewjames206]

Johnny Marr brought me here 👍👍

[@dman7619]

Me too. 😊

[@garyhart3060]

It’s not easy to make a cover sound better, but you nailed it💪

[@johnhayden7090]

I love this track. A great great song and a very talented musician.. loved it when it came ,and love it now !

[@henryb1555]

Totally love this version of the song.

[@derekdk9806]

This takes me back, when I worked in BHS in Oxford Street.

[@kimmypncal]

I love the original by the Allman Brothers but I have to say, this rendition, I think I like slightly better!! It has a slight reggae vibe to it which I love!!

[@sop1710]

Oh it's a strong vibe. It is fully reggae.

[@daveberry2177]

one of the first singles i ever brought and ive still got it, happy days

[@ceciliabarizzoni2844]

Love this song❤❤ bring me back to the 80's, when I was a student, Paul Davidson's beautiful sweet voice and guitar😊

[@bellman8041]

Remember my dad buying me this record in the hot summer of 1976 here in the UK . I understand PD is still active in music in Jamaica and hope he will comment on here about his music sometime soon.

[@mickyeverton]

Still holds up in 2020!! Peace From London. 🙏🙏

[@jeremiahkitekeiaho4683]

Ain't nothing like the classic Midnight rider.... Takes me back to the 80s when the whanau (family) would drink beers and sing this song for the neighborhood to hear😂. Classic song that's ages beautifully with time.

[@gwangi64]

I love the whole sound of this record with the vocals, the guitar break and the atmospheric string arrangement. Takes me straight back to the boiling hot UK summer of 1976!

[@stevemckenna2401]

This is a simple but brilliant pop song.

[@jillsimmons5089]

I've lived this for years and years,played it at every party. Now I must share with all my friends everywhere.

[@emmacurtis8914]

Brilliant tune

[@paulkirk5322]

Takes me back to the hot summer of 76 what a great cover by Paul Davidson.

[@ga-ow7yf]

What a brilliant song.

[@Zoro007]

Great version of this song, I remember buying it and coming home from work one day and my mum was listening to it and having a little dance, miss you mum and those long gone happy days, was a great time to be alive, anything was possible then.

[@kamuelalee]

Very cool, first time I've heard this song. Aloha from Hawaii!

[@777guarden]

What a fantastically groovy tune. 70’s were FAB!!!

[@crastipeter]

can't believe I've never encountered this beautiful song before thank you, TopPop!

[@Ricksta66]

Crasti Peter Yep it's certainly a beautiful song, I remember it from my teenage years.

[@Oakleaf700]

@@Ricksta66 Me too! ....Innocent times.

[@presidentoxford]

By a long far, the Best rendition...!!

[@Ricksta66]

I've just remembered how brilliant this song is after all theses years.

[@Oakleaf700]

Me too! Takes me back to the palmy days of my childhood !

[@emmacurtis8914]

Brilliant

[@ronaldfaber9443]

Can recall cruisin' around on my moped, this song in my head. Couldn't get rid of it during that fantastic summer🌞😎

[@Christine-r8h6u]

Love this track ❤

[@phillipthomas9722]

Brilliant. Fabulous should got to number 1

[@lemmylemoux]

Epic❤

[@martinjp1]

This is the best Blues, country, soul and reggae songs ever.

[@petersparks519]

Remember this I was 16 yo

[@canyoudigit6321]

I heard this on the radio recently and thought I know this song, sent me back to the long hot summer of 76 a nine year old in the North East of England.

[@magburns9870]

Spanish city Whitley bay

[@bernadettegriffin8569]

14 here in Manchester.

[@emmacurtis8914]

Love this

[@hubertgunpowder]

Fantastic...I love reggae !! ♫

[@markrobinson3364]

A lot of one hit wonders in the 70s and this is one of the best

[@zocco15az]

Groovy man Groovy I love it hehe love it.🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@pauldavidsonmusic2343]

Thanks guys i really appreciate it

[@dekwill]

Respec paul

[@pippilangkous3308]

Great song!!!😍 Got this also on a ' best of the 70s'-cd. Absolutely love it😎

[@jeffallsopp8635]

Brilliant song , fav in 76 , cruising around în me triimph spitfire softop 'still play it loads ' lm 65 yrs now..

[@brianevans1776]

Oh yes! I had a triumph spitfire and was 20 in 1976 and played my mix tapes in the car. Had this song as a 45 single and put it on to a tape. Happy memories!

[@berndzwackhoven1214]

Einfach nur schön. In einer Dorfdisco im Münsterland gehört 😀😀

[@marsultra7032]

Top tune from a great era

[@denzylebenjamin8089]

Wicked tune, my father have this track.🙏

[@andrewharnett453]

Very cool sounds for this I love this song

[@caroletop]

great to hear this again , i think the last time I heard this was in a village disco back in 76

[@KebabMusicLtd]

I like the Allman Brothers original song but I feel it works better as a reggae number. It looks like he's playing F# major chord as opposed to D in the original. This was the highest charting version of the song

[@Mariabeersje]

😊

[@rootsmand1271]

In love with that solo man beautiful

[@Mr420Rizla]

paul davidson can't be related to me he has hair great tune sir

[@UTubeAngelique]

Love my mixed bread bins!😂x

[@RebelsInc969]

Love it 👍✌❤ if ya gona play it, play it LOUD !!

[@tamz2tamz2]

A song long lost from the radiogram just popped into my head. Never heard it for 45 years and it still sounds good

[@motorbike650]

Forgive me Im not American..is this song about Paul revere's midnight ride?

[@richierich5526]

A great classic regards staffs uk 😍

[@ashfaq1999]

Reggae Classic.

[@grahamegreen789]

When it comes to feel good music this is the bench mark!

[@keesvanbaaren1048]

Great Reggae 👍👍

[@patrickbone6171]

Loved this song Didn’t know it was a cover or that it was a white guy singing it. Never too old to learn Great cover

[@bhamboy05]

He's mixed I think

[@Essexgeezer]

I vividly remember walking around Wood Green in blistering heat singing the main verse over and again.

[@mrz5705]

Anyone else get goose bumps when the key changes...?

[@tedkay_music]

awesome!

[@peterfriedman2830]

One of the greatest slow guitar solos of all time. Anyone see that intriguingly delicate fingerpicking style anywhere else?

[@andreashollander4648]

Club Reggae Jamaican thing Great Version

[@UBZUKki]

Awesome

[@a.veenstra64]

Wauw 👍, Was 'm al vergeten.... Thanks 😀🙏

[@dinamik1253]

Cool...

[@andersondl400]

Essa música faz parte do álbum 100% reggae vol 5 Muito linda

[@jimdyer9612]

This song sums up being 18 lying in the scorching sun, listening to radio one all day . Great song prefer it original by Allan brothers. Lindylou.

[@joansmith8215]

I’m sure I read recently but correct me if I’m wrong, wasn’t Pluto Shervington , Jamaican artist and producer well known for the hit reggae song ‘Dat’ along with ‘Your Honour’ and ‘Ram Goat Liver’ behind the production of this song?

[@maccate6868]

Yes Pluto Shervington, Paul Davison and Boris Gardiner all worked together. And Pluto produced this song.

[@garylamb9809]

​@@maccate68683 jamaican greats.

[@carlosalexandre-vf5zq]

Brasil.

[@jeannemariekaishou2141]

Nuff respect trop bon celui la

[@MathBreemen]

Lekker reggae nummer. Memories. Rumours in Gold

[@roybean7166]

Math Breemen, Ja, dis n Lekker een. Eerste keer dat ek dit hoor. Ook nog nooit van die sanger gehoor nie.

[@Kalahui]

Pass

[@jennybaptiste8387]

I still hum this now

[@lilbullet158]

Memories from way back in my Salad Days (when I was young and Green)... Oh if they only knew the half of it...

[@guitarthings8453]

Better than the Original??? No way, not even close. Gregg Allman had an Incredible voice, and comparing the guitar playing isn't worthwhile, and it's missing the amazing groove from the Bass.

[@randykelly5692]

Time when you had to have some talent to get a recording contract.

[@garryarden7200]

Talent, write the tracks, play instruments. Today, wear very little clothing, would Beyonce be successful in the 70's ? No.

[@commonpike]

I dont mean to be butching, but this song isnt his, and its very badly executed, and I doubt he himself did that... Still, yes, they were different times.

[@zocco15az]

Yeah the likes of Madonna Beyonce Ed Sheeran Calvin Harris no talent at all av they!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@johnhayden7090]

This is everything that’s good about music in the seventies, I remember buying this when it came out. It’s just so good. When musicians created their Own sound rather than some moron sitting at a mixing desk Producing large quantities of Shrink wrapped bland repetitive Garbage..

[@paisteformula6021]

Well said!!! 👍👍👍👍

[@rhannay39]

I like to listen to this, then Christopher Cross, "Ride Like The Wind", then Al Stewart, "On The Border".

[@martinpoole1451]

All great car/road songs.

[@simongilbert2704]

top tune ,,-- digit digit 2 tone before it was invented - maybe , one of the best tunes out there .

[@gregbattles4742]

BLACK music inspired again

[@renzostellini7328]

Buonasera a te TOPPOP io ti ringrazio tanto che tu mi hai mandato a me dal mio canale su KZbin questo video buonanotte a te da RENZO STELLINI

[@no1nestandsalone387]

Sounds like Bob Marley, Bob Dylan and the Allman bro’s all together lol