We Five - You Were On My Mind (Live On Hollywood Palace)

We Five - You Were On My Mind (Live On Hollywood Palace)

[@jamesbunck545]

Bev should of had career worthy of her talents. A distinct singing voice, a cool stage presence, and a certain vibe that would of made her an iconic star.

[@seed_drill7135]

Yeah, always thought it unfortunate that she opted to leave the biz. Those records they did after she left aren’t nearly as good.

[@HeavyHaul51]

The Music industry was to corrupt and sexist for her morals

[@vernlamb666]

It's so great that these performances survive because they were the epitome of an era that will never be repeated.

[@jerryumfress9030]

I was 13 in 1965, I latched on to that song and never forgot how great We Five were... WE HAD THE BEST MUSIC, 1960S, 1970S!

[@jsp1174]

This is one of the rare videos from the 1960's where the singers actually sang. It's very well done.

[@wjcorrinne4052]

One of the best endings of any song from the Sixties or Seventies.

[@omegaman196601]

I absolutely love these "minimalist" live performances. No pre-recording, no mixing. Just 6 musicians hanging it all out. And they pulled it off beautifully. What energy!

[@garyluck]

6?

[@gc.walapai2518]

@@garyluck Drummer makes 6🙃

[@gc.walapai2518]

@@garyluck Bev Bevan plays great drums.

[@MsSambaNow]

Easy to keep it simple when it's all lip-synced.

[@BennieWilll]

@@MsSambaNow Live performance here. Not lip-synched.

[@richied9305]

Cap off to the band for doing this live. An inspiring performance!

[@bgs9man]

No auto tune mic, fancy costumes, smoke, or bright color lights. Just raw talent and great lyrics. ❤️

[@fareshajjar1208]

Top comment of every old music video is some bullsh*t about auto-tune. All the old geesers reading form the same script.

[@bgs9man]

@@fareshajjar1208 auto tune mics alter the pitch to the correct level making the singer appear flawless. These mics came about in 1996. Makes sense why artists use them today doesn’t it? Before commenting next time do some research.

[@fareshajjar1208]

@@bgs9man I know what auto-tune is. I work in the industry. Nothing about my comment indicated otherwise. Can you read?

[@bgs9man]

@@fareshajjar1208 can I read? Read your own comment. You said talking about the effects of auto tune is a BS script. So, is that true? Does it really help or not? Since you say it’s BS it must not be true to you. I just just laying down some facts of which you appear to deny. It’s just another way of saying the artists in the video sounded really good and they did it with less help from the instruments unlike the artist today. Do you understand now?

[@fareshajjar1208]

@@bgs9man Yeah, every single old song and some old coot has to write about auto-tune. Very familiar with auto-tune, dude. As I said, I am in the industry. Who cares if it helps or not. It's the YT equivalent of "You kids get off my lawn." A dumb cliche... Get some new material. Hard for you to understand, I know. Perhaps English is your second language.

[@Fredvii2002]

I had the good fortune of seeing them in person. Incredible!

[@JoseGonzalez-ez6vn]

Fred Vigeant I had the great fortune of seeing them in prison.

[@josephlawler2871]

@@JoseGonzalez-ez6vn Okay. Both of these comments need more details. In person where? In prison where? How? What?

[@JoseGonzalez-ez6vn]

@@josephlawler2871 I've never been to prison.

[@joycerichardson1810]

Love Bev's voice, the Rickenbacker 12, and Gibson 330 driving this song. Mike Stewart wrote a great arrangement.

[@michaelmellum4318]

My mom's favorite song in 65....made me dance with her when I was 4. I miss those days

[@mauricewascom658]

When they turned the CUTE METER on, Beverly went right off the Scale with it ❗❤❤❤🥰😋

[@washingtontriofan]

A timeless classic. The studio version was recorded at Columbus recorders at The Columbus Tower in SF. The studio was owned by The Kingston Trio. The Kingston Trio's manager, Frank Werber produced We Five. The guitarist with the glasses is (was) John Stewart's (then a member of The Trio) younger brother. He went on to produce many records including Billy Joel's first LP.

[@emmabradford1740]

Well now, you have connected some dots! I can't remember when I learned Bev sang on "Desert Pete" but I think her vocals make that song soar. Now I get why she was singing with the Trio. From El Cerrito, Emma

[@edcurry5233]

This is the best recording of all the performances. Live, no lip sync. You can hear Beverly's voice clearly. And she is very animated. It looks like they were really enjoying it.

[@mikem6384]

too bad about her mic, but halfway when it finally turned on.. wow!

[@Jeffrey-jc4up]

E, exactly. Great version, if not the absolute best!

[@irvinhansen7173]

I love the way the song builds and crescendos, not to mention its groove and harmony. A terrific live performance from back in the day!

[@davemccarthy5824]

Yes this is a clinic on dynamics!

[@josephlawler2871]

One of the gems from the 1960s. The melody, the passion, the drums, the lyrics, all say... you can be wounded and still love.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

it is well constructed. I like the dynamics, modulations... and the mindless repetition towards crescendo... perfect!!!

[@marciacatron9496]

Love this group. Beverly Bivens had such a beautiful voice. She was awesome.

[@queenbee3647]

Seems so wrong her passing away. 😣

[@marciacatron9496]

@@queenbee3647 Yes it was. She had such a very strong and beautiful voice.

[@GeeBee909]

@@queenbee3647 She did NOT pass away. She lives in the Bay Area and is the last surviving original member of the We Five

[@williamboylejr.9098]

Rest In Peace to Mike Stewart (6 string electric guitar), Bob Jones (12 string electric guitar), Pete Fullerton (bass guitar), and Jerry Burgan (6 string acoustic/electric guitar). Thank you for the memories and the music.

[@maryk446]

You know you're good when Fred Astaire introduces you! Someone else here pointed out how Fred hesitated to approach them before the applause stopped - not wanting to take the moment from them. He was always a gentleman.

[@ripm3534]

they took a pretty good song by Ian and Sylvia (Sylvia wrote this) and with the arrangement by Mike Stewart (glasses) and Bev's voice , took this to the highest level...... and they are doing this live.... great !!

[@petermanuel6703]

Took it to a WHOLE NUTHER LEVEL!

[@maxsno]

Hootenanny!! Wake me , shake me don't let me sleep too long ..

[@michaelhiggins7365]

This never gets old !

[@DrHogfan]

That song never gets old .

[@lorrainedalu9344]

+DrHogfan Agreed. It gets better every time you hear it.

[@WilliamBenedict]

+Lorraine Dalu It sure does not get old... Wonderful oldie.

[@genogarton8845]

No it doesn't. I heard this while laying in my rack at NTC San Diego in 1965 crying like a baby. I was 17 yrs old and away from home. I grew up though and went to Vietnam for a year. Love this song.

[@brianmcewan4780]

DrHogfa

[@evetsnitram8866]

I just noticed(after 50+ years) they didn't include the drummer on stage with them, here he's a side man. They must've been a folk group that went rock.

[@frederickgreen3665]

Beverly was beautiful, a real looker and what a voice! I could listen to her all day.

[@Tonetwisters]

Seems there was a Linda who took strong notice ...

[@albertbroussard5555]

very rare to have a song played live on a T.V. back in the 60's, very rare. This is a gem AND to have "Mr. Class" Fred Astaire to introduce We Five is "icing on the cake"

[@Grisostomo06]

Fred Astaire did a nice intro. I like the way he snapped his finger. He was in his 60s back then but looking fit as a fiddle.

[@AhAh-ys8ls]

M

[@Johnoftheshire]

You’re right... this was a terrific performance, but what gave it that extra something was the classy introduction (and ending).

[@GoBig-jc3ir]

I noticed how Fred Astaire just "Stops" as he's walking towards them at the end of the song as not to interrupt their applause. Then as the consummate professional that he is, he motions to them to take a bow. How wonderful!!

[@daveconleyportfolio5192]

@@GoBig-jc3ir I also love how they make their second bow to him. It comes off classy as hell.

[@annyinger6080]

THE WORLD OF MUSIC NEEDS MORE OF THESE KIND OF BANDS---!!!!!!!!!

[@mikestyles499]

Man, it’s 1968 all over again, not going college, got drafted, that got cut short by my Dad dying at the same time, stayed back to help Mom with my younger sister and very young brother...a very sad but wonderful time, all at once. This song and all the other music got me thru it.

[@kevvome]

Glad you got through it bro. It must have been tough for you all. And '68 was one great year! I was 19 in that summer I remember as though it was yesterday. Wish I could live it all again.

[@rickhumerickhouse3939]

I saw this band play in Ottawa Kansas at Ottawa University, a small college town of about 10,000, probably around 1965-66. It always amazed me that they came to our small town. At the time, I was a shy 13 year old boy that was in love with Beverly and still am=). One of my all time fav's. I will always remember that night at Ottawa University and that song...

[@5291982]

What song

[@ralphstamm4456]

Growing up when this song came over the radio, it stuck with me.. everyone was singing along...even today it's one of my favorites...2023

[@jeffbunner9019]

This was my best friend's favorite song back in '65. We were 12 years old and times were great. Sadly, he was killed a year later. There is not too many days that go by I don't think about him. When I hear this song I can go back 50 years and remember how he went on and on about this song. I do play this video from time to time just to think about my friend and besides its a great song.

[@c7i6abc]

+jeff bunner How unfortunate, I'm sorry for your loss.

[@MrEdkern]

God bless you jeff bunner. This was my brothers favorite song. He died ten years ago. I think of him when I play this video and hear this song. Did you know that BOB DYLAN really liked this song. God bless you again Jeff

[@MrEdkern]

how did he die jeff?

[@waldoparsnip1025]

I was 12 then too . the great songs were endless ! my only concern was if I was pitching in tomorrows little league game . no Vietnam yet . warm summer nights. ice cream shops, drive-ins, not drive bys , first love, good time to be young

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

I had the go go boots from Shindig! Loved that show! Loved growing up in all the "good" years!

[@timothyespey6538]

I love her voice. Can’t get enough of it.

[@emmabradford1740]

same

[@Themanwhocameback2]

When I woke up this morning, this song was on my mind. It was! So I came here. I love this. And Fred Astaire is absolutely adorable - look at him at the end, rushing over and clapping! Sweet.

[@90caliberguy53]

Hot damn! No lip synching here. A powerful live performance. This is one of my all-time favorite songs, of Any era.

[@kristalynleonard2376]

lip syncing......totally...really??

[@Grisostomo06]

It's amazing isn't it? The Hollywood Palace and the Ed Sullivan Show were the only entertainment weeklies of that era that actually had the performers do their numbers live.

[@lucasm4299]

90caliberguy Lip synching was still common in this time.

[@senecacreative]

@Ernie Tetrault The drummer is in the foreground right at the beginning and end of the video.

[@1959markie1]

100% live performance. Fantastic!

[@BobBuonaccorsi]

I enjoy this style of music and I am 79. It was wonderful.

[@richardelsey7246]

Beverly Bivens and her parents lived just down the street from a friend of mine in Tustin, Ca. Her mother came over to my friends one day and played "You Were On My Mind" for us and asked if we thought it would be a hit!! We told her "Hell yes"!! Memories of much happier days in 1965!!

[@GoBig-jc3ir]

RICHARD ELSEY Great story!!

[@grouchosays]

Great!!

[@johnlargan6045]

Such an exciting and electrifying live performance! Bev Bivens and the guys were a great group! Too bad they didn't have a longer run.

[@Ronbo710]

Yep Bev is AWESOME. More song writers should have approached her. Great Talent!!!

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

Hollywood Palace and introduced by FRED ASTAIRE... MAGNIFICENT!!!! I''d take this over Woodstock ANY DAY.

[@booboo165able]

No doubt about it "You Were On My Mind" was a super hit for the "We Five" in 1965, even though this was a great song and hit "The We Five" never really charted another big song. However like most of America I fell in love with the song and hearing it 51 years later is an oldies thrill. In 1965 I told my girlfriend of one year that this song reminded me of her because she was always on my mind. We got married in 1969 and will be married 47 years this year, and yes she is still always on my mind. Great song, thanks for posting it!!

[@broadcasttttable]

Love her voice. Resonance and timbre, not the usual indistinguishable high female voice.

[@TheConsumerman]

I love the little dance step Beverly does in all her appearences

[@testodude]

I love the way as her singing gets more intense, her dancing gets more intense. And when she dials her singing back, the dancing slows. She's obviously having a blast.

[@BoringBoris]

Wow!. . . being introduced by the one and only Fred Astaire is an honor in itself. But then, "We Five" delivered with a wonderful rendition of their great 1960s hit. Electric guitars weren't even that far along yet. Bev has some graceful 2-steps and an angelic voice The 4 others instrumentalist/singers summoned talent like it was natural to them to bring it all together. Outstanding, upbeat song from yesteryear.

[@jkeeloid]

Sorry, but you could buy a Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazz Bass, Precision Bass, a Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers, a Fender Twin, Pro, Bandmaster, Bassman. What else do you need? Try buying one those nowadays and you better have $10,000 to $250,000 for a '59 Les Paul.

[@jkeeloid]

You said something about the primitive state of electric guitars. The guitars I mentioned are the biggest sellers of all time. They were all available in 1969. What's to understand?

[@labspeciman7402]

This is one of those songs that just sticks out. Very talented cast..

[@swimologist8]

She does the go-go boot shuffle just like Mama Cass did.

[@LeeFred78]

The "mashed potato".

[@Thadmotor1044]

she does it the best , kind of a mashed potatoe mash up

[@Thadmotor1044]

GREAT DANCER , WHO WHOLE BEING MOVES WITH THE MUSIC PERFECTLY

[@edforeman6401]

A cutie with happy feet. Love how they bring it home.

[@kenmarriott6816]

You mean Mamma Cass did the boot shuffle like Beverly Bivvins. We 5 pre-dated Mammas and Pappas by a couple of years. Not that it matters - both were excellent at a time when music was brilliant. Rgds

[@robertwiggins7961]

This song came out the same year I graduated from high school and it seemed like you could hear it being played on someone's transistor radio all over the campus. Great song, great memories and it always brings a tear to my eye as I remember the good old days.

[@francisbianchi5002]

Beverly Bivens...one of the great voices, though largely unknown, that I wish would have recorded more. I could listen to her for hours. I love how the intensity in this version builds to a great finish. A perfect recording, and better yet, a perfect live performance.

[@namcat53]

Bev is CUTE! Great little dance moves to a great song perfectly arranged, played and sung. We knew it was a "new" kind of song, another evolutionary leap. It's perfect.

[@davidcouch6514]

I remember the day after seeing this show I was walking in my house singing " I got trouble..." my mom said "your gonna have trouble if you don't clean your room"

[@henochparks]

david hahahaha you too? tee hee

[@billd8838]

David Couch My mother always used to say that to my brother's and me.

[@colinsmith1176]

Lmao!

[@rhondaboncutter5812]

I personally have lost my Mom, wish I could hear those words again!

[@Johnbays43]

My mom said that exact same thing many times,she'd say go soak your head or go fly a kite or she would just smack me in the back of my head

[@scottjones7562]

A perfect pop song. Does everything it can and should with a truly magnificent harmonic finish. Still an extraordinarily good sound - and Beverly Bivens had more than enough voice along with an excellent presence. What happened? This was their only hit - but one they can all be incredibly proud of.

[@Mrbeahz1]

It was written by Ian Tyson (of Ian & Sylvia) as more of a folk song. Had a few more lyrics too.

[@geneobrien8907]

@@Mrbeahz1 Its about substance abuse, specifically, heroin addiction.

[@barrycolson]

@@Mrbeahz1 actually it was written by Sylvia Fricker, who later became Sylvia Tyson.

[@Johnboy33545]

This keeps popping up where I haven't posted it. Is YT ill?

[@seed_drill7135]

Bev left after the second album and left the music biz shortly after that. They were never as good without her.

[@michaelmasson480]

Classy Fred Astaire intro to this great 60's song played live-great stuff!

[@John_Fugazzi]

A rare live TV performance by We Five in the era of lip synch, and they did it so well. A great memory from the summer of '65. RIP Mike Stewart, Jerry Burgan, Bob Jones and Pete Fullerton. Only Bev is still alive today.

[@williamboylejr.9098]

😢

[@RockinProfessor]

@@williamboylejr.9098 😢

[@andrewgriffin2366]

I believe that was John Chambers on drums (making it We Six). Does anyone know what happened to John after he left Elvin Bishop's band?

[@Flap999]

Wow. Beverly had the most amazing voice. Just powerful and crystal clear.

[@lincbond442]

I really wish that female singers today showed this much class.

[@ITILII]

Unfortunately very very few have anywhere as much talent or class.....as in society in general

[@italia689]

They are all over KZbin. -Allison Young -Nina Ricci -Robyn Adele Anderson Start with these three!

[@blackmore4]

@@ITILII Maybe, just maybe there's a case for there being more recognisable talent in the 60s - what with the art form being so new (post American-songbook rock/folk/blues/soul etc) - but I doubt it. There are always talented musicians in every era. But people do love their rose-tinted spectacles.

[@Tonetwisters]

@@italia689 Allison Young is just flat adorable.

[@NipkowDisk]

Always loved this song- hard to believe it's been 59 years since its release. Bev Bivens sure can sing.

[@oppothumbs1]

And Bev Bevan plays great drums.

[@adriantomlin2902]

55 years now!!

[@ottowes]

What a super presentation! The yellow turtlenecks were so cool and Bev with her white Go-Go boots, not to mention the Cilla Black-style hairdo. This song was a real toe-tapper, too! Love it!

[@FromHolbergsTime]

A dazzling live version of this classic 1960's song!

[@2004mojo]

Fred Astaire and the We Five. It doesn't get any better.

[@roberthimmelman3816]

Introduced by Fred Astaire, you know you have arrived!

[@gsixties5124]

fred astaire introducing and applausing this fabulous band with this super cool song in a warmheated and enthusiastic way - just great; whereto have these times gone

[@jimhanna5583]

My college roommate and I wore out two copies of the album with this song on it. I still have copy number 3, and the song is still one of my favorites after all these years. I was happy to find this recording of a live performance.

[@AdmiralAveil]

The drummer in clip is John Chambers: toured with We Five from 1965-67. In addition, he played with such blues greats as Big Mama Thornton and Big Joe Turner as well as such popular local San Francisco rock groups as The Loading Zone, and The Elvin Bishop Group.

[@CardinalEgan]

+AdmiralAveil Thanks for the info. I was wondering if it was Hal Blaine or another session guy on the show. Chambers kicked butt...

[@kingperkoff]

Yes it was the GREAT John Chambers! I played many gigs with this wonderful drummer, sadly he got into a fight and was hit on the head and had a brain anurism and died way too young.

[@jackkennedy_1963]

Man, I wish the director would have brought the camera back to John at 2:20, when his grand flourish simply explodes! Amazing!

[@z512345]

I like this live revved up version. GEAT!!!!!!!!!

[@hydropolite]

What a damn clever arrangement of a good song to make it great - And the girls voice is certainly the icing

[@stevenhulbert7540]

To be introduced by Fred Astaire, they're all sounding great. I love that Bivens is just as animated as she is on the other show in the velour top! No lip-synching, guitar plugged in, great harmonies!

[@vaan1520]

So much good music that was hidden away from us younger generations is now available to us via KZbin. No matter what people say about YT, it can be a force for good xxx

[@steviesevieria1868]

Brilliant, actually performing!

[@jmrodas9]

This is an old song that is timeless, as it is still good to hear, so many years after it was released.

[@Cloudberry46]

Great performance! Remember it when it was first release and it still sounds great. How different life was then, back in the 60's.

[@a_missippian]

The sound of a Rickenbacker 12 string knocks me out every time

[@chuckiejay]

Man !!!! Why isn't popular music this good anymore ?? I mean, this number is so infectious with it's beat and melody. Not to mention that Bev Bivens was so freaking hot !!! I'm also glad that the group didn't use all of the original lyrics to this number as used by Ian And Sylvia. Listen to their version here on KZbin and you'll understand what I mean.

[@andrewgriffin2366]

Great comments. All true!

[@jaelge]

Beverly Bivens was ADORABLE!

[@Rickster5176]

She still makes my heart go pitter patter. What a gorgeous lady.

[@robertfranzen7604]

And she's really getting into it - great moves.

[@dickberry1498]

She is pretty.

[@Tonetwisters]

Def had pizzazz!!!

[@leeengelsman6356]

Ahmen to that brother and that classy air hostess hair style Yumm.

[@mikem4905]

Always loved the way this song built up. Simple at first, then a real rocker.

[@wregerg1]

can't get this song out of my head every day i find myself getting on youtube and listening to this but just listening isnt anough i have to watch the video with her dance and the accent of her voice and just the energy that the band gives off it's magical and i find myself singing this song as im walking

[@captainnice9698]

High props to the We Five here. One of few bands to actually sing and play LIVE on the Hollywood Palace. Bev looks like Linda Ronstadt here, even in hair style. I got to this theatre years later where this was filmed. They had turned it into a dance club. I thought about the great performers who had appeared there, Nancy Wilson and many others. The place has a lot of history. Located just north of Hollywood Blvd at Vine St.

[@collegeman1988]

You can tell Fred Astaire was really impressed with this group. I first heard this song in the 80s when I was a teenager, and I haven't forgotten it.

[@19gregske55]

A Canadian wrote this gem 💎 of a song...Ms Sylvia Tyson.

[@LegalVideoEtc]

...of Ian and Sylvia fame?

[@19gregske55]

@@LegalVideoEtc : Yes, that is correct!

[@heathen2487]

She is adorable. Missing songs like this.

[@kenwinston2245]

Oh my . . . They're doing it live!

[@daveenyart]

I am really into 60's folk and R & R. I consider this cover of the Sylvia Fricker original to be one of the finest to come from that era. This We Five performance is as live as live can get. Outstanding.

[@grahambennett2396]

Sylvia Tyson wrote this song - she is being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame tonight. Great tune.

[@puffinbilly6826]

...nee Frickert...

[@multicaruana]

Mike Stewart was a genius putting together a group like this. I remember when this song burst on the scene when I was a kid; to think that folk songs like You Were on My Mind could be reworked into folk rock hits that would capture the nation. It seems that the era was a flash in the pan, but what a flash...

[@straycatz1000]

In 1970, I was a student at Santa Monica City College, taking a songwriting class. Mike's brother John was a guest lecturer.

[@TheAerovons]

Wow rocking it live! Much faster and high energy but such an amazing, classic record. That thing just JUMPED off the radio back then, nothing quite sounded like it. Feel so lucky to have grown up when I did.

[@BoringBoris]

Bev was soooo adorable!

[@billybrad204]

Back when life was Normal.

[@lynettewood6328]

Wow. Terrific. Bev Bivens was a friend of mine at Santa Ana High. She was a lovely person and obviously very talented. It's great fun to see her in this video and hear this classic song of theirs. Thanks, Lynette

[@petemorales7889]

What a beautiful and attractive woman Bev Bivens is. She has a great voice. This is an all time classic song. I never knew who sang it. And she went to school here in Santa Ana High, that's pretty exciting.

[@GoBig-jc3ir]

WoW! So cool that you knew her back then 👍

[@jpb314]

What an amazing voice !

[@johnkurtz7705]

I'm guessing that she was proud to you as a friend, also

[@robertmoroney3461]

Bev bevins is a fake.

[@patrickmoran687]

Great live!

[@wongnaichungrd]

Wow you cann really hear the rickenbaker in the mix! Great performance.

[@tripjet999]

...and they played LIVE and it sounded great!

[@STARRIDER2276]

She was a very cool vocalist, attractive cool moves with a very interesting voice, got to give em credit well done live for that time.

[@sharongrrr]

And I love her hair

[@MrGumsandals]

I think I read back in the day from the album that she had a range of 5 octaves. But don't hold me to that. I get a lot of things wrong now.

[@marios.sanchez]

"We Five" is a pure 60`s group with the 60`s feeling all the way through📀

[@contenderbp]

I’m 62 and I still remember the words. Does that mean I’m a genius? 😎 singing right now y’all!❤️

[@MrRonnieG]

Bev Bivens was 19 when this was filmed in 1965. The Hollywood Palace always insisted on live performances, which this was. Sadly, Bev checked out of the San Francisco musical landscape far too soon. By '67 she was off to become a wife & mother. The guy with glasses (far left) is the late Mike Stewart. His brother was the late John Stewart of Kingston Trio fame. John also was the author of The Monkees' "Daydream Believer." The 60's were an experience not to be missed.

[@mehitabelgill6711]

Better to "check out" when you are on top, then go on with your life doing what you really want to do, raising a family.

[@jimlynch7421]

I agree and often find myself wanting to return to what seems to be both my best and worst years.🤔

[@mudhens4ever]

Is she back to singing?

[@charleshill506]

This song sounds as good as it did 55 years ago. For a few minutes I was a kid again.

[@jameshood1928]

Just a great group that didn't stay together long enough. Bivens was sensational.

[@haroldherskowitz9276]

This is the precursor to all the great psychedelic 60s music. Truly a classic

[@tracyblair3064]

My goodness I love Beverly Bivens' singing! I wish We Five had a longer career.

[@swimologist8]

I love the emphasis the drummer puts on the last beats at 02:40. And I like how the band bows to the audience and then to Fred Astaire. Class

[@twinstu50]

You picked it well. Class, acknowledging Class.

[@38ddkelly]

That's how most of them did it back then. Polite young people respecting a legend. Those days are, sadly, long gone.

[@Johngonefishin]

Might be Hal Blaine

[@russellcrawford7453]

swimologist8 hi you must be a drummer yourself to have noticed that that's kind of neat

[@kingperkoff]

Yes it was the GREAT John Chambers! I played many gigs with this wonderful drummer, sadly he got into a fight and was hit on the head and had a brain anurism and died way too young.

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

Bev Bevins and the guys in We Five were one helluva band! Whoa!

[@stevehazzard3120]

Very nice color video of a live performance of "You Were On My Mind". This song was part of my coming of age time in the early 60's. Thanks for the video!

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Whether you like them or not, these 60's groups had the chops. No pro-tools or digital editing them days. You had to deliver.

[@edvergara7248]

Bob Jones ... the guitar player in the back (left). We went to to high school together (St Louis High School, Honolulu). He was one year ahead of me but we rode the public bus to school together everyday. I never thought he'd make it big in music.

[@ronrocker3016]

Ed Vergara He didn't

[@edvergara7248]

Ron Rocker I guess that's a matter of opinion. I knew others in high school and they didn't make to the same prominence Bob did (however, brief it was).

[@scdevon]

Ron Rocker There was very little money in music in the mid 1960's ; especially for a group perceived as a one hit wonder. I'm sure he has priceless memories of performing with the We Five, but unfortunately it probably didn't pay very well. A lot of it depended on if you had a crooked producer / manager. Almost all of them were crooked in those days. "Just sign here, kid.......I'll make you a star"......

[@billding7073]

scdevon That producer was Frank Werber.

[@Johngonefishin]

+Ron Rocker Next to the Beatles & the Byrds, probably one of the most recognized Rickenbacker 12 riffs from all of the 60's, I think that qualifies as "making it"

[@grahamleadbeatter5981]

I never get tired of watching a young Bev Bivens. She had that classic "girl next door" look. Fabulous.

[@grouchosays]

She looked a heck of a lot better than any girl next door to me!! I lived in a dump where the girls had rotten teeth and ate their snot.

[@doubleghod]

Boy, Bev was one good lookin chick. And I really love her style of dancing, especially at the end, known as Spastic Sixties Swing

[@jarnec9428]

Oh yes, I remember that spastic swing. I did it back then and I’m still doing it, but now it’s due to bad knees.

[@shawnaweiss5407]

Also known as the gogo boots shuffle!

[@GeeBee909]

Looks like Linda Ronstadt here, plus "has her teeth"