Spanky is alive and well!! She is one of my best friends! I'm blessed to have her in my life!
@doctorgarbonzo252511 ай бұрын
Shades of the 5th Dimension
@oldsoulshow7 ай бұрын
Tell her I've loved ♥her singing since 1967 when I was 7years old.
@RosinTheBeau4 ай бұрын
I hope she knows how many of us still love her and the band and their music.
@lofc063 ай бұрын
Beautiful song
@goittoog75633 ай бұрын
Truly one of the great singers of the era. tell her I said so.
@anthonykimball7463 Жыл бұрын
One of the great bands of the 1960s, without any doubt. R.I.P. malcom hale, nigel pickering, oz bach, lefty baker and kenny hodges.
@jameswoodard9252 Жыл бұрын
I go by and pay my respects to Oz on occasion, and to his daughter Belinda. I wish I could have met them in person..
@richardsemelka2366 Жыл бұрын
People still listening to this? Just love it!!! ❤❤❤
@martinrice9190 Жыл бұрын
Always loved the song and especially the way it ended in the mystic way it did. The 60's forever.
@tommysmith2409 Жыл бұрын
A lovely song. Spanky's voice is golden.
@lucky5853 Жыл бұрын
Those were the days, days of my teenage years, Spanky and our gang beautiful voices ,the best music, my parents were good providers ,carefree life and dreams that I will never forget.
@terrycullnan5735 Жыл бұрын
Ditto ❤
@davethompson8283 Жыл бұрын
SHES ONE SEXY LADY...WITH A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.
@bobbychelsea424810 ай бұрын
Sometimes i joke around and say id cut my hand off to go back in time
@JackMason-oq8lf9 ай бұрын
My parents were non-providers. I was their nuisance. Either of them was compromised by my existence on earth. Each of them went their separate way. Both of them abandoned their only child. Her at my 11, Him at my 15. Daddy, we were Boy Scouts. Didn't that mean anything. I was Order of the Arrow (a scout secretly selected by the other kids as emblematic of a GOOD Scout. It's a big deal. An honor). Didn't that mean anything? The other guys thought I was a worthwhile person. Didn't that count? You know, Daddy, I couda been a contender, I couda been somebody, instead of.....Why didn't I matter. I was just a little kid who wanted to be loved. Why was that so impossible? It's been decades since. I am now the same age as old people. My HATE is more intense than ever. One shrink remarked, Don't you see how resilient you are? What good is resilience if both your parents abandoned you? Enough. It's not been an easy row to hoe. You wanna know where the resilient kid got his fortitude to be resilient? From Spanky, and Diana, and Mick, and Percy, and Shirley, and Connie. The Drifters. The Tops, The Harem. Joe & Johnny. Bobby Rydell. Roy, the incomparable Roy. This is a Man's World. Billy Paul. Paul Anka. Gene Pitney. My first 45 Hound Dog, Dionne. JohnPaulGeorge&Ringo. Shaft! god-damned shut yo mouth Shaft! Jay Black. Help Me, Rhonda, help help me, Rhonda. Sherry. Will You Still Love Me, People, Teddy, Burt & Hal, Bill Haley, Adele, "the Beatles of Disco Miss Donna Summer" the Spoonful, Little Suzy, Along Came Jones, Dolly, My Girl, Da Doo Run Run, Stand By Me, Bessie Banks Go Now, What's Love Got to Do With It? Leader of the Pack, Sunny, BeachWood 4-5-7-8-9, One is the loneliest number, Please Dint Let Me Be Misunderstood , Luther, Cher we been together 7 decades Cher, The Divine Miss M, More Than a Woman.....it never stops. I had a lot of friends in high places. They raised me up, they watched over me, they helped me cry, they made me dance, they held my hand when I walked through a storm, they nourished my soul, they kept me up at night until I could sleep in the day, and they woke me up with joy. That's what friends are for. My songs kept me sane-er. My songs kept me company. My songs kept me alive. And Spanky was there, at just the right time. Spanky is here, still, at just the right time. And so am I. Thanks girl, I needed that. God bless.
@biscuitboy3617 Жыл бұрын
I often wondered why Spanky McFarlane was not more popular than she was. After all, she had a voice and talent that could rival any of the great female singers of the era!
@rwboa22 Жыл бұрын
Malcom Hale "joining" the "Forever 27" crowd in late 1968 (death caused by carbon monoxide poisoning due to a faulty heater) caused the group to disband. Hale was the glue that kept the band together. They could have easily been one of the numerous acts on the Yasgur Farm stage in Bethel, NY in August, 1969.
@YorkyOne Жыл бұрын
@@rwboa22 Unlikely - much too 'pop'.
@jeremynv8952311 ай бұрын
@@YorkyOnespanky herself has confirmed this. They were all devastated by his death. She says they all trudged along with the band for a few months, but their hearts just weren't in it anymore.
@doctorgarbonzo252511 ай бұрын
@@rwboa22 Thanks for sharing this Pop History
@stevenbaer599910 ай бұрын
I know what you mean Spanky from the Little Rascals on a groovy far out group
@kenmcghee967311 ай бұрын
Love their music, I still listen to it now, I am almost 74. I have seen all of the great bands.
@debraweaver63088 ай бұрын
I am 72..... and this song is so dear to me. I feel transported to another place/time every time I hear it!
@bumsharvest5493 Жыл бұрын
I'm about 50 years late to the party, I only knew 'Sunday will never be the same ', but the other songs are all so good. Check out 'Yesterday's rain '. Spanky was a great singer.
@rwboa22 Жыл бұрын
This song was played regularly on the local oldies station in Philadelphia back when I was in high school in the early to mid-1990s (given that the 25th anniversary of Woodstock was in 1994).
@marcphillips1020 Жыл бұрын
@@rwboa2298.1WOGL FM 🤔
@ericthoroman4429 Жыл бұрын
Nice to see this, very cute. Great vocals by Lefty and Spanky and the rest.
@darthgrundle2349 Жыл бұрын
Grew up during the 60's...summertime music, riding Schwinn Stingrays all over town...15 cent soda machines at the ESSO gas station, the sweet shop selling penny Bazooka gum, running through sprinklers. My children never experienced such freedom and things and it breaks my heart...And we were never afraid because no one ever tried to hurt us...
@JackMason-oq8lf9 ай бұрын
Darth, you invade my childhood. You got me at Esso. 9am....go out and play. Be back for dinner. Can you believe that? Someone actually put dinner on the table. And after that, let's go back out and play "Kick the Can" until bedtime. You know, after we stopped eating dinner together, the world got mean.
@darthgrundle23496 ай бұрын
@JackMason We are from the same part of the woods...pop a wheelie....!!!!!!
@darthgrundle23496 ай бұрын
@JackMason Yes! Kick the can! Come home when street lights come on. Eating dinner at a friends house, as they did at mine. Those days are gone my friend... We were beyond fortunate to live them.😪
@michaelmiller94833 ай бұрын
La Puente, California, 1968 hearing this on every station in So. Cal. Schwinn Stingray, if I had the money, a Hostess Cherry Pie and a bottle (glass of course) of ice cold Grape Crush. Every Saturday riding our bikes to Irwindale Raceway and the rest of the week all over the San Gabriel Valley. The summer vacations for kids in So. Cal. were quite something.
@g-man79385 ай бұрын
I bet every one of those guys thought of her like a little sister. Great band, thanks to KZbin they will be remembered forever.👍
@goittoog75633 ай бұрын
The maturity of this music is so amazing
@snivelinj7612 Жыл бұрын
This band was an immediate hit. But they didn't last very long. Spanky had a powerful, mesmerizing female voice that was quite unique. I hope they made a lot of money from the great songs they produced.
@wolffman14 ай бұрын
Love this song, lots of memories
@richdellapiana7214 Жыл бұрын
miss this music so much.
@dougoverhoff7568 Жыл бұрын
Back when the music was still fun, clean, easy to listen to. And it was innocent, even if a bit naïve. And, the voices were real, because the singers could actually SING! ❤😊
@June_Magoo Жыл бұрын
maybe spanky and our gang seems a bit innocent to you but listen to their first album with the song about a pot smoking garbage man with the line "pots too good to be just for the young" and their cut off their live album yes seriously "Join the Klan". A great album from 1968 that completely goes against what you just said about the times is the album Outrageous by Kim Fowley . There was non fun, non clean, non easy to listen to, non innocent and, non naive music back then as well. Spanky is one of my favorite groups! Still no need to see the times as unrealistically innocent and wonderful; dont forget about Vietnam, cold war, and all the racism, everything else going in the 60s too. Dont forget eve of destruction and the like that also came out during this time. As much as we sometimes want it to be it was not ALL sunshine and flowers in the 60s.
@briseboy3 ай бұрын
You listen NOW. ALL music is NOW. Back when is gone, morning mist to be ain in distant places. You will never see it again. But music is NOW. You feel, NOW.
@MarkPrendableАй бұрын
@@briseboyWhat the hell does this mean??
@larrydiggs2305 Жыл бұрын
My teenage years growing up in Hawaii, not a care in the world 🌎🌎. Such a wonderful time of my life. Would not trade them for anything. The best time of my life. Peace ✌️ and Love...
@scottmiller6495 Жыл бұрын
They wer the greatest Sunshine Pop Group of All Time Period !!!!!
@jamesfox25795 ай бұрын
One of my all-time faves!🤸♂️
@jeantetreault1326 ай бұрын
It's quite a captivating! and dreamy! song. It sounds very nostalgic and yet there's a certain haunting sadness to it that i like, which brings me far away back in time. I was born in 1968. When i first heard about Spanky and her Gang, it was on the short wave radio, during my puberty in the 1980s. Obviously, i didn't really know how she looked like, but i thought that these people could've been my brothers and sisters. Today! i realise that these people could've been my parents. ❤
@maxwell693196 ай бұрын
So many awesome songs. Always loved them. Saw them in 1984
@codymartin7713 күн бұрын
Just a Classic. Brings back to those days.😊 Great band😊
@frankwafer69196 ай бұрын
The memories - thank you!🙂😎💯💖👍✌!
@lbrennan51Ай бұрын
This site won't let me reply to any one. So, I just hit the thumbs up. Sorry
@raybarger8119 Жыл бұрын
Another awesome song by Spanky and our gang. Love it.
@barbaralouise_ Жыл бұрын
I was 8 years old in 1968 but remember this beautiful song. ❤
@ilovegoodsax Жыл бұрын
I turned 8 in Oct. '68 and this beautiful song was in heavy rotation on the radio that summer. It's one of my favorite songs from my early formative years in the 1960s. ♥
@jamescalifornia2964 Жыл бұрын
To me it sounds like something The Beatles would write. Very pretty and mystical 🎶
@Italy5510 ай бұрын
Never tire of this beautiful group of talent. So many memories ✨
@community1949 Жыл бұрын
Very funny video - innocent fun what happened to that anyway? But the ending to this 1968 single is dreamy and your brain just goes into a different place when you listen to it. Just beautiful and I've loved this song for 55 years.🙂
@tyrono2002 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤️
@allenwhite488610 ай бұрын
Spanky was gorgeous and what a voice
@joe-vl3nd Жыл бұрын
Top Class 🇬🇧👍
@michaeljohnson11575 ай бұрын
❤ WONDERFUL 🌟ERA...Michael W.Johnson retired now, in Modesto, California_______
@JamesWilliams-gp6ekАй бұрын
I have never seen this video cut of the song. Absolutely wonderful.
@michaelleroy92812 ай бұрын
Best song of the entire year 1968 great spring time song when it came out
@thomashill2965 Жыл бұрын
This song always seemed to stand out among all of those pop hits and misses of the 1967-'69 period. I'll always remember it for its great vocal harmonizing and dream-like instrumentation. It was quite sophisticated for a top-40 hit, especially in 1968, when almost every other song was either bubblegum or psychedelic, neither of which aged well for the most part.
@nancyryan79715 ай бұрын
Amazing voice Spanky!
@icecreamman123404 ай бұрын
I loved 🥰 this group and loved their music and sound
@tennyson433110 ай бұрын
I can feel myself drifting to sleep listening to my old tube radio with this playing! Thank you!! Beautiful, beautiful music.
@maryschaper875310 ай бұрын
This song and video make me smile/happy.
@thomashewitt438710 ай бұрын
I forgot how much I enjoyed their music.
@eddiecharlie774 ай бұрын
Elaine has a wonderful singing voice just like Mama Cass.
@warrengaines730010 ай бұрын
I love this song!
@robertmartinez417410 ай бұрын
this song reminds me of being 8 years old and living in Los Angeles. 93.KHJ radio AM.
@caraqueno6 ай бұрын
I was 8 years old and living in Los Angeles, too, in 1968 but I heard the song later, sometime in the late '70's.
@thomascamara8398 Жыл бұрын
Iconic
@nifty9232 Жыл бұрын
Fun vintage video of a great 60’s group - they don’t make ‘‘em like that anymore unfortunately
@MrRhmccabe Жыл бұрын
I was 15 when I first heard this on the radio in the sixties.....chasing girls in High School.......it seems like another lifetime now.
@michaeljohnson11575 ай бұрын
❤ Our Mother wore that 🔶️ SALMON LIPSTICK 💄 color back then, also***_______
@ninja51ify Жыл бұрын
THIS IS BRAND NEW , IM JUST NOW SEEING THIS ,BUT BEEN PLAYING THE SONG FOR 7 YEARS
@wildforthecats6618 ай бұрын
One of my favorite 60’s tunes.
@oldsoulshow7 ай бұрын
One of my earliest fave songs that would play on AM radio stations of the 1960s, ~~The ending is magical to me~~
@fivemile13 Жыл бұрын
Awesome music video! This song is such a classic!
@clambeandip4 ай бұрын
Fantastic vocal arranging. I'm a fan of this group's singles, but tis is probably my fave.
@draskill16 ай бұрын
Simply The Best !
@Impostertot3 ай бұрын
Wow great footage of an original music video of a terrific song, ahead of its time and quite sofisticated wtih a crane shot in the middle. Thanks for posting.
@vargasblancol25 Жыл бұрын
Me encanta ❤spanki te amo
@georgemcconnachie4778 ай бұрын
Takes me back to happier days And period as well memories.
@rb37157 ай бұрын
Loved their music growing up in the 60s …….
@MrSeezero Жыл бұрын
This video is awesome.
@steveker50845 ай бұрын
Great group. Abd her voice................ SIGHHHHHH..........................
@woolfy0210 ай бұрын
I'd give anything to grow up in the 60's. It must of been an amazing time.
@fectosrd9 ай бұрын
I entered the 60's in 7th grade, then left the 60's as a husband, father, and teaching full time. The 60's were magical. Like to Get to Know You was the song that played on my first visit to meet my future wife's family.
@stephengolden60805 ай бұрын
It was.☮
@JpNight-ht6rg9 ай бұрын
A marvelous time great bands and great voices.. seems like spanky and the turtles and the monkees happened just yesterday.. time flies!
@mankind2112 Жыл бұрын
A early music video, very cool and fun!
@chuckdieselkicksdisks2380 Жыл бұрын
thanks! nice to this of one of my favorite groups.
@peterzang Жыл бұрын
I love the guys in unison. Beautiful
@bkey6012 Жыл бұрын
Dreams come true and peaceful life chacing new beginings one day at a time.
@terrygarcia8979 ай бұрын
Man I'm digging the film
@sclerismockrey8506 Жыл бұрын
LOVE this song, and this is a fun watch. The song is a bit draggy, the pitch is lower and tempo slower than the original, which actually makes it sound even warmer and more surreal.
@mr.aldini6801 Жыл бұрын
She's adorable.
@duanek60516 ай бұрын
great video thx
@waynedaves50893 ай бұрын
LOVE them LOVE this song
@Mike-m1y4s9 ай бұрын
At least you made it to the party!!!!
@jamescalifornia2964 Жыл бұрын
😉👌 We see the group's comical drummer without a hat ... 👒
@jamesleone54686 ай бұрын
Such a carefree time it was then it all changed 😢
@caraqueno6 ай бұрын
1968 was one of the roughest years the United States experienced! You might've been untouched by the social and political strife going on when this song was recorded but, for a good chunk of the nation, 1968 wasn't a carefree time. Nonetheless, this was and remains great music.
@ghostmantagshome-er6pb7 ай бұрын
She's so pretty
@davidevans6751 Жыл бұрын
" Shabba do shabba do" !!!
@andysongs94859 ай бұрын
Hi. Sadly for me, I only discovered this band recently. Could someone please tell me the names of the 6 people here at 3m mark please? I'm sure from top left to right we have Lefty Baker, Elaine McFarlane, then Ken Hodges? Who are the 3 on the bottom? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
@PalaniRides8 ай бұрын
Pretty sure it is Nigel Pickering, Malcolm Hale, and John Seiter.
@andysongs94858 ай бұрын
@@PalaniRides Great. thanks for that. :-)
@bobbender2922 Жыл бұрын
This inspired Benny Hill, only one missing is Jackie Wright the Little Old Man, LOL.
@michaelg30747 ай бұрын
This is a very entertaining video. Where did you find it? Thanks for posting this. Do you have more? 😃😃😃
@Usercantwelve Жыл бұрын
Elaine Mcfarland is in her 80s 😫
@rwboa22 Жыл бұрын
Only "Spanky" and John "Chief" Seiter (the drummer) are the only surviving members of the group.
@jamescalifornia2964 Жыл бұрын
@@rwboa22/ Sad but true ... 😔
@miltonchavez1262 Жыл бұрын
Back when music was fun, clean and relaxing and women were approachable, feminine, dateable and agreeable. Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, the voice and Queen of Sunshine Pop but the label does not fit with her jazz roots. Different times.
@ilovegoodsax Жыл бұрын
Yep -- she started out as a jazz singer in the style of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross!
@Mr.56Goldtop Жыл бұрын
Elaine was such a pretty woman back rhen.
@allenwhite4886Ай бұрын
@@Mr.56Goldtop She was gorgeous
@nancyryan79715 ай бұрын
2024.. I don't want to get to know any more narcissistic shallow people😢
@mrb4886 Жыл бұрын
They are in my upper left pocket.
@allanvaillancourt5896 Жыл бұрын
Holland
@gerrydooley951 Жыл бұрын
Elaine said that they liked to sing harmony but this kind of pop was not what they really liked. She preferred jug band stuff and jazz
@blackmore4 Жыл бұрын
Really? How dull.
@BigBishop1 Жыл бұрын
a great band that had no appeal to me based on hippness quotient ilove them now..ok
@phillipsolesky26776 ай бұрын
Let's get real Transgenders have been with us forever. It's a game with them. but, not a happy ending for the victim.
@SouthOL896 ай бұрын
Pricks have been around for a long time and its a pity they comment this rubbish on my music channel!!!!!
@SB-mo3ic Жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
@thomascamara8398 Жыл бұрын
Iconic
@lbrennan513 ай бұрын
Yes, and I LOVE all your replys to this....I'll let her know! ❤