Rex Smith - Never Gonna Give You Up

[@michaels9657]

The power the record distribution had ,you probably never see anything like this again.

[@gabrielswayze4506]

What do you mean?

[@sierra734]

One thing I know is we’ll never get another sexy Rexy a child of the 70s thankfully ❤

[@Nacho-Mamma]

It wasn't power the record distributors had. What you think was power was actually payola! Producers bribed radio stations to play certain singers more than others to get them up on the ratings lists. Because, the higher up the singers rose, the more payout the record companies received. And, no! Back then, singers only received what they agreed to in their contracts, minus all of the deductions the companies withheld. The artist pays for their own tour bus, fuel, travel expenses, etc...out of their own pockets. But, the record companies also deducted those same expenses from their pay, meaning the artist would often have to pay twice as much otherwise. All the while, companies are still paying the stations to have their music played, until the artist would begin questioning the lack of money they were receiving. Then, the companies who pay stations to not play their song, destroy their career, then sue them in court for failure to do what was in their contract, and take everything from the artist before canceling their contracts, yet keeping control of their music, which quickly returns to the charts.

[@anaclaudiacardosodesouza1844]

Parabéns Rex, felicidades sempre sua voz é linda

[@cynthiawhite8868]

Awesome music i grew yp with.thanks Rex Smith

[@gailsaravalli1508]

I was there front row center show in the video with my feather back hair a few times. loved this memory.

[@niccowan8169]

Woah! Do you remember where this was? Looks like Los Angeles. Trying to figure it out.

[@gailsaravalli1508]

@@niccowan8169 I think it was in Sherman oaks in a Ralphs grocery store parking lot in the san fernando valley, on Ventura blvd either that or in Tarzana. Think a town called sherman oaks in calif '

[@sandyb2379]

@@gailsaravalli1508 was he as cute in person as he is on video?

[@gailsaravalli1508]

@@sandyb2379 he was cuter and sexier. still the nicest caring man to this day....

[@niccowan8169]

@@gailsaravalli1508 I totally thought it might be the valley/Ventura Blvd! Thank you!

[@fealburo8814]

What a good looking man, very masculine a great singer/performer.

[@BlingBlingTheBSOFTHEISS]

And what a bonus that he has been forever a straight male! Lol

[@lynnie5551]

Damn! I was ready to get "Rex-Rolled!" 🤪😉🤣

[@Nazza_Bazza]

The ultimate crossover

[@Valzee002]

Why was I expecting Rick Astley's song? hahaha. Oh well, it's Rex so who cares what he is singing? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@venerholgado228]

Me too

[@thunderandlola]

Same lol. I've been Rex rolled!

[@matrix91234]

Maybe he was the 1970s version of Rick Astley

[@earlyraybonneville1762]

This is a Greg Guidry song written around 1975...well before Rick Astley appeared on the scene. You will find Rick Astley copied the style of Greg Guidry...

[@wheresthegirlmitchell9475]

AAAAWWWSOME!!! Makes a girls heart race a little faster,sigh!! Boy, he sure knew how to work those girls into a frenzy! Looked like he was having lots of fun too! Wish I'd been in the crowd too !!

[@KATIELAUGHTON]

Goodness Sexy Rexy..sure didn’t realize then that this song would end up sounding “stalkerish” 😂😅😂

[@musicallyinclinedfamily9405]

😍

[@mantra3000]

Don't know what his deal is but he doesn't strike me as a straight man.

[@alanharney256]

70’s it was the stony decade. People were expressing,experimenting and exploring their sexuality. Groovy times, not too up tight about life. Just going with the flow and times. This was the look and what was attracting and appealing to the young girls during this era. It may be corny to some people. For me it’s just entertainment, you like it or you don’t

[@Artchick1972]

damn...they need to bring back those tight pants

[@75vancleave]

Right and hunky men lol

[@Maxumized]

Lisa Longo ...you nasty Longo

[@jglow22]

I remember my first pair of "Ooo, la, la, Sasson" jeans! They made me look so skinny! I loved them!

[@deannastevens1217]

YESYESYES!!!!!

[@jglow22]

@@Maxumized She's not nasty! We can't help but love what we grew up loving! However, at my age now- I really don't find that tight pants look sexy on any man of any age anymore, but it was great when I was young!

[@eileenpizarro1558]

I saw Sooner or Later when I was a young girl and loved the movie so much. I wanted to be Denise Miller. Back than the existence of a vhs or dvd was unheard of so you had to wait for a repeat. I remember when Sooner or Later was on again and I took my tape recorder and recorded the movie so I would listen to it an swoon. Than I bought the album and my friends and I would sing along and stare at our posters of Rex Smith. Such wonderful innocent memories that I treasure. Btw, I still have the album and listen to it now and than. And the movie on dvd.😄

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Of course girls will go hysterical when an archangel in tight pants smiles at them from above! Oh, the innocence of the wild Seventies. I was a bit too little then, but now I get it.

[@Frances-ed6cy]

That is innocence was so bad like the girls today they’re all trying to get with Zayn and the voice from One Direction who in the hell do these girls think they are? They think they’re so special or they can go take a flying leap with my fist.

[@bakedbeansgangstajones3937]

I remember 1979 when the girls loved either Rex Smith or Leif Garrett. Rex still performs and acts on occasion. Leif is another story altogether!

[@juanshaftpatel7488]

ok boomer

[@bakedbeansgangstajones3937]

@@juanshaftpatel7488 Boomer?! I was born in 1970. I'm a Gen Xer all the way!!!

[@dalehoward3704]

Unfortunate about Leif. I pray life turns around for him.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

@@bakedbeansgangstajones3937Amen

[@lorrainepaige3551]

those were the days

[@75vancleave]

Yes they were wish i had a time machine ✌♥

[@frevryngrocks9346]

Yes, they were!

[@frevryngrocks9346]

@@75vancleave Me, too!

[@marybelsoto-ramirez2333]

Definetely those were! And here I am, with a big smile in my 55 years old face, remebering!

[@discomania80]

I bet Shaun Cassidy would have loved to perform on the same stage wearing tight Spandex pants....Da doo ron ron

[@Bonnie-l8i]

Born in 63. Was so in love with this man. My daughter's name is Jessie❤

[@frevryngrocks9346]

I remember that babydoll! Those were the days!❤

[@graciehernandez1364]

I'm in love all over again with Rex. His long lost son is just as gorgeous.

[@musicalcontessa4275]

Agree! God Bless Rex & His Beautiful Family!!!

[@abrahamesparza01]

Rex Roll

[@keithfaulk1354]

I’m not that crazy about that song but the song that put him on top of the world was…you take my breath away!! ❤️❤️

[@mackinbox]

Interesting. A Rexroll

[@conniecaylor8924]

I love listen this song everytime I hear it it brings back memories of when I used to play the record over and over and over again I still love Rex today❤

[@womanonthinice1276]

Where has he been all my life? Never saw him until this YT video. He was real popular? Who is he?

[@lynnettemendozahutchison2670]

I will love him forever damn

[@marybelsoto-ramirez2333]

Oh my gosh!!!! whole life without listening this song!! Sweetest memories

[@stevers62]

So how did they splice in the “over the shoulder POV” bulge shot at 2:00? There were no cameras for that angle. Happily, they knew a good selling point.

[@jglow22]

LOL! I didn't even think about that! It WAS spliced, wasn't it?! LOL!

[@pusakalyepusa7664]

delicious

[@Nelsonhmhpub]

Love his tight pants !

[@SueAnneRush-r3d]

Love Rex Smith :)

[@janeporter818]

What a babe!!!😍❤😍😍❤❤❤

[@musicalcontessa4275]

I'm going to have some chocolate cake and play a few songs 💗

[@MargauxHemingway]

Performing in a parking lot.

[@alanharney256]

Wow! When men were not shame to show their soft feminine side. Dude had it all. Class act, teen idol at it’s best.

[@Stucifer]

Phooey! I thought this was gonna be a cover of the Rick Astley song. I bet he could pull it off

[@EvilScooterKitty-zq5wv]

Oh how funny! I was there when this was filmed! LOL Forever ago.

[@terriakin9040]

Love this song

[@tj921able]

Nice song. Thank you for sharing it. God Bless You & stay safe.

[@cezarvieiraoliveiraoliveir6125]

Gente q clipe bonito,musica contagiante!!! Quem é ele?

[@danielacastro.studio]

Rex Smith, ele estrelou um filme chamado Talvez algum dia , que passava direto na sessão da tarde, e marcou a geração dos anos 80. pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooner_or_Later_(telefilme)

[@zara2duchess]

When I was a teenager I saw the movie “Sooner or Later” & I was smitten. My best friend at the time was Celine & we watched the movie together. Either Celine or I got the money to get the record album & we played it over & over so much that her parents forbid us to play it ever again when either or both of her parents were in the house ... but we still played the record until we could sing the songs perfectly, even without the music playing. Not sure, but I think that we either wore the record out or we got sick of listening to/singing the songs ... maybe a bit of both. Lol I’ve been driven crazy over the last 20 something years trying to remember the name of the movie &/or the name of the lead actor starring in the movie but, then I “stumbled” onto an online story about a woman who knew Rex extremely well for a short time ... she knew him so well that she got pregnant with his son. As she lay in her deathbed from having cancer, she finally told her then 6 yr old son who his biologic father was ... Rex Smith.

[@Nikkie73Virgo]

I think I saw that as well.

[@bethelle9099]

@@Nikkie73Virgo , Rex has a relationship with his lookalike son. I am almost Rex's age. I saw that tv movie, 'Sooner or Later', when it came out. He was perfect in it and the lead song is beautiful. Someone downloaded the movie on KZbin recently. I love that movie just as much now as then. Rex and those tight pants were a match made in groupie heaven! Whew!!!!!!!

[@debbieomi]

I don't know about a death bed confession but the woman was someone in the industry (just read about this a few hours ago and don't remember the particulates) but it was a lot of years after the fact when Rex found out he had this son.

[@terridorn9077]

@@debbieomi I just read he went to Rex' s concert and sat in first row. Rex noticed how he constantly watched him. They met afterwards and per Rex he said when he looked into his eyes he knew he was his son. I believe his son was 14 when they met.

[@annejohnson9574]

I found the movie on Amazon and bought it. One of my favorites as a young teenager and I still like at almost 60. I really was hoping that the sequel was going to come out but never did.

[@dalehoward3704]

No security around him??? With all those crazy teens? Risky!

[@sandymcconnell4391]

I had the biggest crush on him. Such a gorgeous man.

[@TheresaTV1]

Why don’t you have “You Take My Breath Away” on this channel?

[@shyman99]

Probably because there was no promo video made of it like the others you see on this channel

[@barbarawebb915]

You can search on you tube soundtrack for Sooner or Later and it has all the tracks on it including you take my breath away. You can watch the movie on you tube also. 👍

[@markholbrook3857]

Great voice

[@RaiderChampion34]

the original rick roll

[@marybrenen7077]

Great singer

[@donnacharm9383]

Dreamy

[@Floopify]

Earlier than the OG song

[@babyjesuslovesme1219]

Daredevil gets all the girls

[@damotheman4196]

So he's stalking her? 😂

[@BeeBee-ez7hr]

First time i saw him fall in love directly😁😁

[@kerriimmings5595]

Where was this shot?

[@mariawaldirenemoura4008]

Lindo

[@Alimoo1971]

I remember seeing rex Smith in the short TV in the 80's called 'Street Hawk' it lasted for 12 episodes.

[@robin31165]

Good lord, I forgot how awful some of the 70s music was! 😂🤮 Not REALLY dissin’. - truly, to each his/her own but whoa- I don’t know how I fell across this video & I do remember thinking he was cute but even at the time I thought this was the worst sappy am 70s pop ever. But hey, even sappy am 70s pop takes some talent and the dude was really really cute.

[@netwalker-1]

...Quien hubiera dicho que en un futuro vigilaría las calles en una moto negra de alta tecnología.

[@maggiemae7539]

Isn’t he like 30 ? And singing to 14~15

[@cherylhay7974]

He's 22 in this video. This was 1979.

[@positiveforce7832]

@@cherylhay7974Exactly!

[@jhoiejavier1115]

Confirm..

[@highwayone100]

where and what year is this? anyone?

[@carajones8935]

highwayone100 maybe around 1983-84.

[@zenveg]

1979

[@dynaboyjl.4220]

Whose idea was this for the official music video to include the sound of 200 teenagers screaming?

[@mercymallari3871]

When this outfit was the trending..Rex looks sexy here nd cute

[@emiliocanepa3840]

I love this song! I searched for video several times before and i never found it. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@kellyrae67]

We sure did love you! Hahaha! You never gave is a reason not to. And even now, we'd never give you up.

[@Frances-ed6cy]

This song I dedicate this is beautiful to my precious, adorable artist Zayn Malik, we both have the same birthday and both at the same zodiac sign a lot of things in common. I have a lot of respect for him not like these other s***s who want to piece him and they can go to hell.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😄👍😃

[@windemup5316]

Listen Street Hawk Rick Astley's is better.

[@Comeoffitman]

He should have never left Led Zepplin.

[@TheQueen-yl7dr]

I never knew he was in it :-/

[@donnaharris9272]

Your thinking of Robert Plant

[@Comeoffitman]

Donna Harris who?

[@donnaharris9272]

Your name here that left Led Zepplin

[@Comeoffitman]

Donna Harris k

[@mercymallari3871]

Lol!!dont say it ,just do it😎😘🤣🤣🤣

[@nyangel515]

It wasn't a sin to lip- sync. back in the 70s. 😆

[@marycasanova8905]

Oh my God. There is 8th grade me.

[@KevinZ2269]

My life is changed forever

[@GracieLou626]

Hes so beautiful

[@marybrenen7077]

Show this video more often

[@csmithe5863]

I had such a crush on him since The Pirates of Penzance!! I can’t even begin to count how many times I watched that movie. I have been trying to find it recently. Haven’t had any luck😕.

[@wheresthegirlmitchell9475]

I think it's still posted in its entirety on you tube ?! That's where I saw it a few months ago & it played on HBO awhile ago as well !

[@laurastewart1964]

Amazon

[@martamccool2740]

Amor a primera vista

[@dorothyhutchison]

No no no.

[@The70sChick]

1979, back when marketing was genuinely planned to produce the desired effect.

[@michelebriere9569]

Lip syncing . Too bad.

[@robincooley2734]

ct

[@laurametheny1008]

Why does this guy sound like Barry Manilow and look like David Lee Roth? I barely remember him. Year my kid was born. I was only 18 and I loved rock. Not rock enough I guess.🤔🤘

[@contentedspirit9022]

Great comment. He really does now that you mention it.

[@alanharney256]

Yep! Barry Manilow alright

[@bltvd]

The shitty seventies wasn’t really over until 1985!

[@spek3811]

How did I stumble across this video?

[@SuperBoomshack]

You were searching feathered hair jabronis

[@marydunphy8035]

Never heard of him or the song don’t like the song don’t like the sound sorry

[@lepicierlouise4680]

Thank you, I lové It.

[@chaitomalabcad4303]

Wow

[@Comeoffitman]

I was confused and was thinking he was a band person until I recalled he was of the singer of Whitesnake. Good entertainment

[@jhonnymathis7506]

ELE ERA MUITO LINDO