The Association - Windy - 1967

[@ourdailybread1]

Who still listen to this song in January 2024 and it puts smile on your face?

[@carlodave9]

This was the first song I ever remember. I must have been 2 or 3. The sound has a strange effect on me, like a memory from some other universe.

[@fractalelf7760]

I was two when this came out but always liked it. Great band who was gone by the 70’s…

[@Confident211]

Who isn’t? 😊

[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

Me. Me.

[@markblack5566]

Me!🙂

[@sanjuro66]

This may sound weird, but when I listen to this, I close my eyes. It puts me back into an era where my Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents and Parents were still alive. ~Sigh~

[@bigpeeler]

The power of music.

[@rcijo]

Exactly the same for me...It definitely transports and transcends

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

Oh ABSOLUTELY, honey.... miss my family. Everybody's gone to Heaven....

[@photonotavailable7936]

Henry K Yup, I say while trying to maintain my composure at age 69.

[@fizixx]

Yeah, it really does get melancholy sometimes, doesn't it.

[@neilzthered]

I am listening to this magnificent song in 2024. I am 60. Don’t care who thinks what.

[@adriennesanders4703]

I'm 64. I think I was 4? I remember it fondly.

[@Bob-ys7og]

I am 66 and...same!

[@rosemarybaker8820]

I am 71. And I still LOVE this song.

[@annchabassol5804]

I am 68. This is one of the first 45's I ever bought. I still have it!!

[@jcalpha2717]

74 yo boomer. True child of the sixties. Yeah, I still play these golden oldies on cassette favorites mix.

[@debrafischer807]

My husband and I met in the summer of 1967. Married in 1971. We are still together.

[@saschaesken5524]

Maybe your stormy eyes

[@rogerthijs7256]

🤗

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

Luv It !!!

[@sm1tty031]

My mom and dad met in 67 and married in 70...and here I am at 53 listening this and they too are together

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

Blessed are you. Greetings from Africa and may you stay blessed.

[@astheworldturners8930]

My name is Wendy, I was born in 73, my parents loved the Association. We went to see them in concert at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey IL when I was a kid. My brother and I were in the parking lot tossing a football, waiting for the concert to start, when a few guys came by and played with us. A bit later, while listening and enjoying my very first concert, one of the members of the Association, said this song is dedicated to a little girl who really knows how to play football. Then they played Windy! Right then I knew that song was for me! Its one of my most cherished memories! Thank you to the Association for that great moment in my life.

[@MRM-Wendy]

My name is Wendy, I was also born in 1973! My parents got my name from this and Four Seasons Dawn! But my dad prefer beach boys and their WENDY, so mine came from 3 songs..lol

[@SpookyStregaAL]

this is the coolest story!!

[@helonwheels57]

Girl, you CAPTURED A MOMENT!! Lucky you!!!

[@cherylloftis]

As the World Turner's What a great story!

[@Julie-yd4yj]

Wow, Wendy! That is so neat.....man

[@TheOriginalRick]

Windy, Cherish, and Never My Love - 3 songs that will stand forever as examples of a truly talented band and group of singers

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Rick i love your comment , Harmonies were made for this lovely band , ive always adored this 60s band ,, still do memories to cherish ,, those were the days lol Jane x

[@RitaSora]

So true!

[@steel90912]

Along comes mary.

[@paulharvey6216]

This was always playing the jukebox at our public swimming pool all summer!!

[@charlesaguilar1708]

All Wonderful songs!

[@ElizabethPoirier-rb3df]

I am 73 and I still rather be listening to this music than any of the garbage that plays now. We did have the best music to grow up with 😊😊

[@MarriedMindless]

When 80% of the Top 100 was this good and forever remembered.

[@raymondortiz160]

When i hear this song, it tells me of a better day, not hearing the depressing news, or about this virus, this brigtens my inner self.

[@dobermanpac1064]

Raymond, everyone forgets the bad times from times past when listening to “their” music. I was born in ‘50 and I remember the 60’s like yesterday. The music was great, but you can keep the rest. 😎 Rant over. ✌🏻

[@coolbear6441]

Or bands that dress respectable

[@diablosarm9092]

..when I was a kid everytime I heard this song I'd get giddy

[@lynniepooh2072]

Brings great memories of my Mom and Dad this was their Era and I miss them soo much 😢 💔 I feel like an adult orphan and it just kills my heart to see and hear of anyone losing their Parent's as a child 💔 the fear they are feeling!! Ughhh.. Music 🎶 🎵 🪕 🎼 💿 🎸 🎶 🎵 🪕 heals the soul and can bring even enemies together ❤

[@sillyone52062]

JFK in 1963, the buildup in Vietnam for no earthly reason, MLK, RFK, riots....the 60's were no picnic. Oh, and the Hong Kong Flu in '68.

[@michellemarrison4397]

Terry Kirkman Rest in Heaven, i was born in 1966, raised by a single mom. Your music was a big part of our good times.

[@garysmith8073]

Also Larry Ramos RIP.

[@meggancole8959]

I love seeing my uncle on here. RIP Brian Cole ❤

[@kingsleyroberts8226]

Brian's on bass on the right hand side yes? Technically this is one of the finest written and produced pop songs from the entire 60s. All the best to your family and those who knew him.

[@meggancole8959]

@@kingsleyroberts8226 Yes, the video starts with a close up on him. And thank you for your kind words.

[@leebaker2588]

Meegan, didn't know he was your uncle but I've loved seeing him and listening to him for 55 years. Hopefully, for many more.

[@trivet1970]

we lost him way way to young but he is here forever in the music.

[@johnmctigue5398]

He provided a depth to their vocals, with what they called “ lower tonal concepts, and drove the band in a subtle way. They were never quite the same after his untimely death.

[@glennhopkins2643]

Should be the Pop Music Hall of Fame. The Association definitely belong there !!!

[@SuperDino2222]

First song I heard on US soil in San Francisco returning from Viet Nam in 1967, I was so happy but also sad knowing that I left my brothers behind when things were getting worse there , this song has so much meaning to me

[@ellenh9381]

Thank you for your service!

[@louisgonzalez8846]

Happy that you are back!!!

[@karenstrycharz1499]

Thank-you for your service & so glad you safely made it back!♥️

[@alzibert9785]

Thank you

[@ld3511]

Thank you so very much for your service from Fort Hood, Tx Take care friend!

[@4325air]

35,000+ likes and 791 dislikes? I graduated high school in 1966 and college in 1970. Can you imagine a time when the radio was filled with stations all playing this sort of music? The music back then literally defined our lives. When I hear a song of some artist back in those days, I'll immediately have a flashback of somewhere or something I was doing at that time. Truly remarkable times. In our teens and early twenties, we hadn't the maturity or age to understand how fortunate we were. Only with 20/20 hindsight of 55+ years can I look and listen back and truly value what we had.

[@mariyaaaaaa1]

i'm 17 years old and when i listen to old music, i feel this special vibe that you described even though i don't know how it was back in the day haha:) great song, truly loveeee itttt !!

[@shelbytn1955]

I graduated in 1969 with the same memories. It was a magical time to be that age.

[@nstix2009xitsn]

4325air "The music back then literally defined our lives." The life of every generation is defined by its music. Oh, and "literally" alert!

[@TomFoti]

I feel the same way about those times. But I would have been even happier if there were good songs ever since. There simply has to come a time when music is that good again. Maybe it will surprise us. :)

[@dirkpalmer1067]

Anyone downing this one is sick.

[@rainicascadia5514]

I remember! Me and my transistor! I'm 64! I love you all who are listening to this 💗

[@wernermayrhoffer7308]

I still have my hand held transistor radio

[@tomfilipiak690]

Incredible. Real music, real harmonies, real talent, real memories.

[@JMLUSA1]

The "Wrecking Crew" originated this musicality! The Association band members when they started, couldn't play this Well. Look it up. Or watch the Movie about the Wrecking Cru... Still, BEAUTIFUL SOUND !!! YES I Do agree and Enjoy this era!!!!!

[@blac_diamond]

Absolutely✨

[@falcon4548]

@@JMLUSA1yesss the infamous Wrecking Crew … was responsible for most in this era 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@johnheinrich6907]

⁠@@JMLUSA1watch the wrecking crew (2008) Herb Alpert and more, the last 2 minutes with Joe Osborn and Bones Howe explains how the “association’s music was actually recorded

[@windyhull2719]

My name is Windy born 69 named after this song for my stormy blue/green eyes.

[@edpetrovski6640]

OUTSTANDING!!!!

[@kmrnnj1]

I used to tell my ex that his mother was a bag of wind and referred to her as "Windy" for short.

[@mustangmikep51]

blue/green are my 2 fav colors...only if you were like the hippy chick "Windy"..I;d find the perfect woman!

[@spectrum10]

Isn't there another song called Stormy?

[@RobTheNotary]

I actually met someone who was named after Pier Angeli The actress who committed suicide in 1971. The girl who was named after the actress her parents were good friends with Pier Angeli. Pier Angeli played a love interest of Sgt Guffy telly Savalas in the movie the battle of the bulge

[@hallneville1376]

They just don't make music like this anymore. This group had real talent

[@williamkinney427]

Talented singers....but we must give instrumental credit to the "wrecking crew" studio guys, including Larry Knechtel, Hal Blaine, Joe Osborn, etc....

[@colincoupar1372]

@@williamkinney427 Phenomenal harmonies and what an arrangement

[@legendaryTMNICO]

Most of the music that has been coming out the last 10 years is garbage.

[@Wellch]

Hall Neville Neville Longbottom

[@martywhite2988]

The instruments are played by a group of The Wrecking Crew musicians. I recall the only Association members you hear are the voices.

[@Soapluvva]

My first plane flight on the Eastern Shuttle from NYC to Boston to go to college was in August 1971. As the plane was approaching Logan Airport, an instrumental started playing over the sound system. I thought the tune was catchy, and I asked a flight attendant, “What music is that?” She answered, “Windy.” A few weeks later, I bought the sheet music at a music store on Boylston Street. I still play it every now and then on the organ and synthesizer.

[@svenmartin840]

I'm 55 my kids grew up with this music. Now my grandkids are going up with it because they rather listen to this than modern music

[@bgraham928]

You're doing it right.

[@brianhardy612]

Only because you are forcing them to listen to it. They will start listening to the modern music as they get older with their friends.

[@user-yg1hu2ex6m]

@@brianhardy612 Not necessarily. I am a school teacher. If you teach the kids to be leaders, THEY will spread the good music to THEIR FRIENDS!!! Social Leadership can be taught!!!

[@wylde007]

If this song doesn't make you smile, you're dead inside.

[@rosacomm177]

Oh No !!! I love love !!!!!

[@bevmcmaster8976]

I am dead inside & I still smiled

[@williamtisdale1577]

It don't make me smile I am dead inside

[@The_Lone_Wolf_Emperor_]

...and out!!!

[@williamtisdale1577]

I'm dead inside

[@karenhoward6559]

Who’s still listening in 2023

[@SouthsideGerry]

I have been listening to this song since it came out thanks to my older brothers good taste in music never never unlike me gets old

[@wendymarie7698]

My name is Wendy. I was born in 65, so I wasn't named after this son, but it was sung to me by so many , all of my life. It is the duty of every Wendy, to smile at everyone she sees, and capture sweet moments, on purpose 😊 I always have.

[@Divhreaza]

And we also have stormy eyes that flash at the sound of lies. (Don't cross us! *LOL*)

[@svarog63]

Thank you :)

[@EdSmith-bq1ox]

Hi Wendy I think I was in love with you when this song I was born in 1962

[@JosephFlores-qv3uj]

My sister was named Donna she loved Richie Valens Donna.

[@yannipapadopoulos9531]

If only the song was called ‘Wendy’, but it’s not. So…🤷🏻‍♂️

[@victorjohnson7512]

Back when songs had a melody and harmony.

[@skipdow3]

In other words, we had MUSIC back then. I was there when it happened. I still am here, but barely.

[@cariannette1]

Exactly! Not like today's non existent harmonies! This junk today that's played is stuff I wouldn't let my cat listen to.

[@rlford10]

Amen!!!

[@petertrezise4545]

And you could sing along with them.

[@evetsnitram8866]

I just discovered the term for it called Sunshine Pop.

[@plungerrecords1270]

2020! Who’s listening?🎶💕

[@gilbertsanchez2568]

Yup during the lockdown

[@helmuthufnagl3818]

Between 1967 and 1978 I (born 55) made my own Top 20 charts and this was my 1st Nr. 1 song.

[@RattledEditor]

HECK YAHHHHH! I have goosebumps and it's *hot* in here, man! *LOVE* this and always have.

[@michaeladdiego7786]

folks will be listening to songs like these forever. They are perfect. Like Carole Kings "Too Late" and many others. Perfect

[@cordoba1952]

Me, from Argentina

[@marciacraven4032]

Still listening in 2023. Awesome music My generation😊

[@lindamitchell8500]

2024

[@user-mn4kg3jb4j]

I was born in the late fall of 1978! We sang this song in elementary school choir! I got t to see the Association in Concert when I was just 6! It was great I love this song! They sand Windy and Cherish and interacted with the audience telling funny stories and were very gracious!

[@bigwanek]

i MET THEM WHEN i mC'D THEIR bAY cITY mI. CONCERT IN 1993 .tHEY ARE VERY TERRIFFIC PEOPLE.

[@bernie4366]

My mom passed away in an auto accident in 1975 when I was 9 years old. What I have left of her are fragments of memories and the music I remember from when I was just a young kid, like this song. Sometimes it hits me in strange ways, it's bittersweet. She died so young. Such beautiful music tho.

[@OHOWUNEEDIT]

so sorry, much to young.

[@adammwalch]

Thank you for sharing this very touching memory. God bless your mom

[@alrossi2573]

My mom died in an auto accident in 1985. I was eleven years old. I too have fond memories of her cranking up the radio to Steve Perry’s ‘ Oh Sherrie’ cruising down the road after grocery shopping with her one afternoon.

[@bernie4366]

@@alrossi2573 It's funny what sticks with you. Sorry for your loss. Moms are important.

[@ivorturner5193]

Your mum had great taste in music.

[@jimwilkes5813]

I remember listening to this in Vietnam in 1968 & 69. What a terrible lonely time.

[@thomasconnors8340]

Hope all is well with you brother thanks for your service

[@oretiafarrar5997]

God Bless you 😊

[@lisaanderson4960]

Thank you for your service…blessings to you dear brother! 🤗

[@freeguy77]

Written by a woman, the still-living Ruthann Friedman, (b. Jul. 6, 1944; Bronx, NYC), now 79. She wrote, "Windy" in 20 min. while living in an apartment at the now-late David Crosby's house.

[@aatb7]

I was in preschool when this was a hit. I liked it then, and I like it now.

[@williamtilton1652]

there was an optimism to their sound absent today

[@adriennerobinson1180]

Truth Indeed

[@skipdow3]

Tattooes, flames shooting to the ceiling, combat boots, hair combed two months ago . That's today. hate it. I grew up in the midst of this. Today, the bummer ,is I'm a nearly worn out old man.

[@bigpeeler]

Well said.

[@SUPERFLY-ky7yh]

@@skipdow3 today's youth is just as always, new, less innocent and no draft.

[@MatthewPettyST1300]

@@skipdow3 I'm not only a 66 year old widower, I'm also with you.

[@sugarbiscuitface1664]

Born in 71...as a young girl this was my favorite song! Still fills me with joy. I play it every time it's windy outside ☺️

[@timtong1066]

Hate to burst your bubble. But this song is about a prostitute named Wendy.

[@angelacooper2661]

When the weather is stormy I always think of my friend Gail, as her nickname is Windy and she certainly proves to be a force of nature!

[@pixelplay9850]

Born same year. Breaking Bad has tainted my memory of this beautiful melody😂

[@johncheney950]

I love this , from my childhood. RIP Terry Kirkman

[@Mr54nomore]

I can't believe 50 years have gone by when this song hit number one in 1967. I was only 13 years old then. And now that I'm 63 this song feels as fresh to me now as it did back then. They are also one of the reasons why I consider the music of the 60's as the greatest decade in Rock & Roll history. Priceless!

[@HotQgav]

The same here, actually the same...

[@thomasponzio8345]

I was turning 6 thank God my older sister was 15!

[@ronroberts1281]

DID SHE TEACH YOU WHAT?

[@formerlymiddleclass]

I was seven. I had forgotten about this song until watching it on Breaking Bad. It was on an episode about Windy the hooker.

[@saraallison9469]

Mr54nomore bless you

[@michelemcintyre9749]

I'm 65 now, one of my absolute favorite oldies!❤😊

[@Highrockman]

I had the biggest crush on a girl in my grade school named Wendy and every time I hear this song I see her in my minds eye even though its been 50 years..

[@karenughoc2849]

I love this song I remember hearing this playing all the time on the radio on the school bus I was in the 3rd grade.

[@Adam-lj7et]

They don't make songs like this any more. So sad.

[@davidorkis1779]

They could though.

[@josephfdanza4937]

@@davidorkis1779 Never Happen!!!!!!

[@Stella-ri5ex]

hip hop and r&b kill it.

[@Happyharold666]

checkout The Pearlfishers

[@Decimator-jh4gu]

There's a lot of talent out there, just different and much of it is underground and not well known to the public which I find refreshing.

[@JBrodo]

God they just fill me with energy and joy.

[@carolmccannon5305]

Listening to it right now, and I'm humming and actually remembering the lyrics!! Love it.

[@mustangmikep51]

thats what the music of the 60;s were all about...

[@herbpetrillo163]

In summer 67.....this filled me with love.....

[@oughtonoughton2634]

J Brodo i get the same feelings ,,its a long time to be happy lolx

[@ellenrutledge8306]

Love it - and l ALWAYS sing along. I love to harmonize!!

[@michaelanatole9672]

The last 60 seconds of this recording is exquisitely produced and engineered . It makes my heart leap for joy.

[@georgerosales5615]

Dam those 60s way better then 2022.. I bet the food even tasted better too.

[@waynespaeth9061]

I remember hearing this song on the radio back in 1967 when I was entering my teenage years. Windy has to be one of the most relentlessly upbeat songs as it's hard not being in a good positive mood after hearing this track.

[@stanleydavis7904]

Amen

[@stanleydavis7904]

My girls name was cindy

[@freeguy77]

Those upbeat songs are so rare, but so needed to counteract the many sad or neutral songs that don't make you feel so good, as "Windy" (4 weeks at #1) counters so effectively! Along with The Doors equally infectious "Light My Fire" (3 weeks at #1) immediately following, these two giant songs in dominating 7 weeks of mid-1967 anchored one of the greatest Summers in rock history! "Windy" started the week ending July 1 through July 22, "Light My Fire" July 29-Aug. 12. And after that was The Beatles "All You Need is Love" for the one week, Aug. 19. Then "Ode to Billie Joe" by Bobbie Gentry for 5 weeks (Aug. 26-Sep. 16). Look at all the wonderful #1 hits for 1967 here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number_ones_of_1967.

[@freeguy77]

@@stanleydavis7904 "Missed it by THAT MUCH!" --Agent 86 [one letter]

[@pamelawoodley3483]

I love these guys ! ❤❤❤❤

[@stevemcgill355]

From the opening bass to the fade out this pop gem is pure magic.

[@rjjcms1]

Totally!

[@Jamout09]

Joe Osborn played the bass on this recording. Unlike the Association bass player that was shown in the video, Joe used a pick which gave his bass sound an unmistakable sound. You can hear it on many other recordings including the Grassroots "Midnight Confessions" and most of Ricky Nelson's recordings from about 1959-1964. (his hit making years)

[@concertinamadrigals4058]

The '60s was a time when "dorky" instruments, like the recorder and the organ, had their heyday... Love it.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

Arguably the most underrated band of the 60s. They should be inducted into the R&R HoF!

[@scottmiller6495]

They were and so was Spanky and our Gang!

[@mikejohn0088]

They NEVER sold out so they are not invited. Do understand what this means?

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@@mikejohn0088 Really? So bands like Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers, The Velvet Underground (which never even had a gold record or a top-40 hit), The Moonglows, the Flamingoes, and the Stooges (whose best-selling album only reached 96 on Billboard's Album charts but the Association has been left out because they didn't "sell out" any concert? Did you know that the Association has had three singles that were certified platinum? If those other bands can get in, then so should bands like the Assocation, Jethro Tull, America and Meatloaf.

[@mikejohn0088]

They NEVER sold out so they were closed out....and they will rest in peace!

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@@mikejohn0088 I don't think that's part of the criteria for induction. You're grasping at some very short straws.

[@wendym3823]

I was named after this song.... 😊 Its 2021 still put it on because it reminds me of my father!! 😍

[@andybetz.9978]

Hi Wendy

[@garymazzeo3490]

I always wondered why it was spelled Windy if it were a girls name and someone's daughter?

[@wendyrferrell1589]

My siblings named me after caspers friend Wendy but was called windy later when this song came out

[@martyemmons3100]

I'm sure you're every bit as beautiful as this song, Wendy. That's why your father gave you that name.

[@juanthompson7818]

Do you like giving Windy's, Wendy????

[@Mochrie99]

This is one of my favourite songs of the 1960s, period. The Association's harmonies are absolutely gorgeous. Who couldn't fall in love with a song like this?

[@kingrooster5689]

Mochrie99 I could fall in love with a song like this!

[@garykbond7602]

Thanks

[@freeguy77]

Mine too, along with another #1, the greatest hard rock song I've loved since '67: "Light My Fire" by The Doors! A back-to-back twosome hitting #1 that has rarely been equaled in any Summer, or in any season in the rock era! "Windy" written by a woman: Ruthann Friedman (then 23, b. Jul. 6, 1944), who can be heard singing at the fade-out, as she later told people; wrote the song in 20 minutes at David Crosby's house. .

[@1001ruth]

"gorgeous" is just perfect. :-)

[@oughtonoughton2634]

MOCHRIE 99 I adore the harmonies in this lovely classic i wish i could have sung with this rather special band , i would have blended in great x long live the 60s era xx Jane xx

[@Lobsterboy300]

I love the way they build on that chorus throughout the whole song.

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Tim i still adore this rather lovely romantic song its so pleasing to my heart and soul ,,i would like to have sung harmonies with these guys i would have blended in rather nicely xx the 60s era was full of genius bands and singers WOW XX jANE X

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Tim the 60s era was some thing else ,,, this divine classic was full of joy and love ,,We were spoilt for choice ,, the music was so diverse to say the least xxJane

[@esotericsolitaire]

I remember, as a six year old child, this song played on the radio four and five times a day, at least. I had no idea that 1967 would go down famously as the Summer of Love. Great times. Life was incredibly innocent back then.

[@angelacooper2661]

My brother was born in October 67, so this song is as old as him. I am two and a half years younger.

[@wouldntyouliketoknow5342]

Life wasn’t innocent- you were

[@fawnleegreene7688]

I was 4....still makes me smile! 😊

[@onetrueslave]

I would have been eight. Songs were almost magical at that age, not having a clue just how it was they were created. I don't even remember how or where I heard them, not having bought the albums or owned a record player. Probably my older sister's or brother's room, in the car with my parents, or in a department store shopping with mom, maybe? Dear God, how BORING that was! Sighhhhh....the soundtrack of our childhoods has surely left it's fingerprint on our souls.

[@geerterri]

@@onetrueslave We were four children. We sang everything the Association sang.

[@jackmurray2446]

I'd give my life savings to go back in time to this era!

[@tinrat-n-teet]

Jack Murray ya kinda wish I was born 15-20 years earlier sometimes,

[@sunlightfilms5222]

I was there and it was like being lifted up each day.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Same to me here.

[@mikejohn0088]

Me too....back to youth, chasing those beautiful girls, that convertible, Friday and Saturday nights, the music, the friends and the innocence that is long lost.

[@trevor6721]

Exactly.....kids nowadays have no idea what real FUN is. No internet, no cells, no Facebook. God I miss those times.

[@Flap999]

Got to see these guys in Tampa in 67, on a bill with The Beach Boys, ? and The Mysterians, The Lefte Bank. What a great show. Those really were the days....

[@mcleodtwt]

The Left Banke..."Just walk Away Renee"...still gets me

[@emmel4fun]

That sounds awesome! I was a baby then. Still love the music.

[@PHL76Music]

Wow, what a bill! Especially rare to see The Left Banke. I saw the Association a few times, starting in the mid-70s, and the BB's came around here a lot, but The Left Banke? Loved them, and never saw them until a couple of them re-formed the group in 2012. And then they were gone.

[@Flap999]

PHL76Music it was very fortuitous because about a year and a half to two years after seeing them at the convention center in Tampa, I was in a very small club in my hometown to see them play. Probably 100 people in the place . They were absolutely fantastic

[@PHL76Music]

@@Flap999 That's pretty amazing. Where's the hometown? NY area?

[@jesseroggio7260]

Thank you very much Terry Kirkman for bringing incredible music like this to the world. Your band also kicked off the Monterey Pop festival, one of the most important concerts of the 20th century. You will be missed.

[@irishpogi]

Terry and Larry Ramos are giving great performances in heaven. RIP to both

[@gretz719]

I was Born on the day it hit #1 in 1967...I'm glad to be 'Associated' with this Song ...timeless classic!🇺🇸🇨🇦♥️

[@angelacooper2661]

You are just three months older than my brother Anthony (who was born in October), so this song is as old as the pair of you!

[@eddygsmusicworld1708]

this wouldn`t be a hit today,its too good.

[@delbertgrady5492]

Eddy G's Music World so true.

[@jaytf1231]

Sad but true. Damn I was 9 when this came out.

[@skipdow3]

No purple hair, or flames shooting to the ceiling , catching the joint on fire. Just folks and Music. Must be talent , ya think ?

[@doglips1958]

Yeah, and no cuss words....

[@wayofthinkin]

This song is timeless. I saw them on the Happy Together Tour in '84. All the original members were there. Even Jules Alexander and Larry Ramos !! It was an excellent show.

[@Birdwatching754]

Every time i hear a song by the association i am taken back to a time and place. Song after song. It was a time i wish had never ended. Anyone who lived through the era knows every sone and every word. All i can say is thank you.

[@1829scott]

I was ten years old when I heard it in 67 I remember being on the street I lived on at the time. Life was good and still is

[@scottmurphy650]

Man I miss those days. I was 10 when this song came out, 65 now, and I can remember listening to AM radio all day long.

[@aurelienfispejoff2775]

J'ai 65 ans moi aussi et une grande nostalgie de cette époque.

[@Mike-fo7jo]

WDRQ 📻.... Detroit , Michigan .

[@dwilliams5700]

Lol ... I was 3 and I remember well ❤️!!!

[@deacontheseer4804]

Same here .Fantastic memories!

[@rickpetroske891]

Same here Scott . AM radio gold . Remember tuning across the AM radio dial at night . WLS ,WCFL , WABC , WOWO , WLW to name a few . Huge market stations that covered many states with their signal . They could make or break a hit for a band . Great DJ's in the air chairs as well .

[@aarongordon5527]

Love this song into 2020.

[@chriszerkel5874]

It's a classic. It'll never die.

[@strothermartin5368]

@@chriszerkel5874 I want to go back, anyone want to go back with me?

[@mr.d.4175]

2019. Who is still listening?

[@bigpeeler]

- People with knowledge and taste in music.

[@mikeysuzefour]

How can this song have 446 haters? That's the question...@@bigpeeler

[@pauleypavillion6088]

62 y/o baby boomer here loved this song and I was 10 y/o when I heard this in Terminous California 8 miles west of Lodi California when California was so beautiful then.

[@spook394]

I do, I have the original albuml

[@alkoop100]

🙌

[@user-qr3kl4wi7e]

The best music ever made, the 60s and 70s.

[@BeachTreez]

That man played the recorder with soul

[@greggorydahlquist171]

a very talented group.dont find people like this anymore.such a shame.

[@normansmithers7631]

the foo fighters, rihanna or the association - if they are good i like them; music is music in any age.

[@forpspeakingclass4444]

norman Smithers true but you can’t this type of quality anymore is what he means. Such superiority over the majority of modern music and this is 80 years ago... pathetic

[@adriantomlin2902]

No and you won't. All of these performers nowadays want all glory and fame for themselves!!

[@AlephYobby]

Try the olivia tremor control. Yes they do make music like this.

[@campusbroadway130]

So sad to hear of Terry Kirkman's passing. Rest in Peace, Mr. Kirkman. Say hello to Brian Cole when you see him in heaven.🙏🙏🙏

[@nonfecittaliter4361]

They knew how to capture our romantic and happy side. Their art is timeless!

[@romolahodas2413]

AMAZING...what memories

[@Kelly-nm4kw]

Hello Romola, How are you doing?

[@jlucasound]

Now I understand why the recorder was part of my school curriculum.

[@bigpeeler]

LOL

[@cloudedthoughts909]

That's a good one 😆

[@anonagain]

According to the band's multi-instrumentalist Terry Kirkman, it was Bud Shank (California Dreamin') on a piccolo in this recording. :-)

[@SuperNevile]

The recorder wasn't cool until Paul played one on "Fool On The Hill"......

[@thegreenbird795]

@@SuperNevile Grace Slick also played recorder on a few Airplane songs....

[@dennisowen4410]

Chills down my spine. I am taken back to the summer of 1967 in my college dorm room. What a special time in my life. Thank you for the memories.

[@safffff1000]

Truely a magical time, I thought music was always to be this good and some thing great next month

[@danwaller5312]

When all these great artists of this amazing period of music I lived through have passed on , there music will live on forever

[@chadpainterspallete620]

People can sing with no auto tune? It's called talent!

[@bigmetroidfan1263]

Along with musical instruments

[@DouglasLippi]

Oh please. The song is a glorified nursery rhyme. I like it, too, but this ain't the height of vocal performance.

[@keal57]

Thank you for your comment.. And the sing beautifully without being overly dramatic or screaming. Thank you.

[@dang2443]

Pretty sure they are miming

[@thegreenbird795]

You'll never hear music like this again in your lifetime...

[@philiptucci2458]

Beautiful masterpiece, solid gold standard of excellence

[@glennphone2903]

A timeless classic when things were simple and nicer great track

[@markstein1916]

And why can't they bring back this kind of music? It is so far superior to anything being made today. True musicians must be a thing of the past. We long for the better days when music had harmony, melody and substance!

[@adriantomlin2902]

New so called have no ears for catchy, happy music!! Plus their lyrics are crap.

[@adriantomlin2902]

New so called talent I meant 😊

[@belpack8989]

I agree with you completely, but I believe the usual response would be "OK Boomer".

[@JackAss-to2jd]

Your comment is very ignorant. There is music with harmony, and melody, and substance is subjective. No offense, but a guy singing about a girl is not the most creative gold. People are still doing that.But you are right that a lot of people do long for “better days.” I see a lot of people wanting good music, but are too lazy to look for it, or just want music that sounds like stuff from the past. I honestly doubt this is superior to everything of today, when you probably only heard mainstream music. How do we know this old music wasn’t the top 40 that outshined “REAL” music of its era?

[@JackAss-to2jd]

And another thing. There has BEEN decent music, non subjectively speaking. Y’all act like the late 50s-mid 90s were the only decade people were using instruments. We didn’t just go from the kinks to cardi b overnight.

[@russellcampbell9198]

The mid 60's saw an explosion of music in so many genres. What a time to turn on your radio!

[@janeough45]

russell campbell hi ,i agree with you ,olso a good time to buy singles .i still adore the 60s era in many ways ,im a 73 years old female who will continue loving those years , in fact until eternity will do xx lol

[@spoonerfive]

I agree, and in fact I think the decade of music from 1965 to 1975 is the greatest explosion of diverse popular music of all time! I think the Alternative explosion from the early 90's into the 2000's was the second greatest progression.

[@romanstar7550]

exactly . was a great moment in earths history

[@joycesweeting8876]

for sure...i loved All of it.

[@photonotavailable7936]

russell campbell The Big 11-10. KRLA Pasadena.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Associations' harmonizing is right up there with Simon & Garfunkel and Beach Boys.

[@andyleibrook6012]

Better

[@lynneceegee8726]

Well, there are a few more of them! LOL

[@freeguy77]

The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, etc.

[@robpische519]

Better . Don't know the beach boys but I remember jan and Dean the original beach sound

[@Johnnycdrums]

I think that's why our Choral Director used their charts.

[@kenyongray2615]

Being that there were so many talented musical artists back in the 1960s, this group can be said to be underrated. What talent. Thanks for the video.

[@scottmiller6495]

Also Spanky and our Gang !!!!!

[@willy2447]

I am a 37 ear old mexican dude with a Lowrider Club in the US. I bump this on a 10k sub stereo system from a 1969 Lincoln Continental and crush everyone in competition. Thought youd all get a kick outta this!

[@phil74501]

The bass part at the start is epic. JS

[@derail14]

what a great song,my oldest sister used to listen to this song all of the time,before she got killed in a car wreck in 1971,just 18 years old.amazing thing,i found the old 45 of this song she bought.

[@gggrrr00]

+derail14 God Bless you, and know she can hear it now..

[@waldoparsnip1025]

sorry about Sis, I was 18 then too

[@chipnoble]

derail14 May she rest easy.

[@Julie-yd4yj]

I'm sorry derail:(

[@davidcouch6514]

I was 18 in 1971 I had a brother who was 11 years younger; he tells me I told him when he was starting high school “enjoy high school years cause it’s all downhill thereafter.”

[@user-yh7hu4jg7g]

These Songs have Brought Happiness back into a rather SAD Mans Life! THANK YOU ALL......74 yrs.

[@dogleg97]

was in Nam when I listened to this song in base camp...1967...khe sanh...3/26

[@leebaker2588]

welcome home.

[@69mercuryrx7]

Thank you

[@leebaker2588]

My next door neighbor was a radio operator with 3/26, Robert (Bob ). Robert made it back but his mind never did. Alcohol and drugs got him. Took me 32 years to "get back together."

[@kristineburbey2393]

I love this song! I am in my 60's but stuck in 1968 or so. The body changes but not your heart and song choices. Thanks for sharing!

[@mustangmikep51]

Im right there with you Kristine! Im 63 + still stuck in the 60's...I guess I'll always be a free spirit "Hippy" forever/Mike.

[@guapoviejo9135]

@@mustangmikep51 : There are a lot of now 60-something year old people who loved this music 50 years ago and still love it now. This was counter-culture music when it came out. It allowed all of us hippies to find some solace and some shelter from the Vietnam War, from the tensions that came about as Congress struggled to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, inflation was crazy, and music underwent a huge transformation sparked by the British Invasion. But it got us through, didn't it? We don't have bands and singers like that anymore, but we do have film, tape, and digital, and we have video images to back up the music. We, the children of the 60s have another important job to do right now. Are we up for it? I am. Record companies make records that people want to buy. Most of us, I posit, still have the bulk of our favorite music in storage or within reach. Ee aren't going to be big spenders because we don't need to buy much, and those of us on pensions can't afford to spend more on music than we need, which might just be a better system to play it on. We need to get the media behind us to stop playing all the bullshit music of today and start playing our music again. It's good protest music and we better get off the couch, turn off the TV and start protesting again before we lose all the retirement and health care we worked so hard to get. The tumes they are a-changin', and we need to get the times changing back to the best music ever written. Maybe we can change the world again to make it easier to bring the good people of the USA back closer to being a United States than a divided one. God knows that trump's ideas just keep making America worse for us. So we not just to resist, but to go back on the offensive by taking back the streets and showung that we still are a force to be delt with in the election booths and in the lines of stores who cater to us and not our grandchildren. It's possible if we want it enough.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

I was born in 1968 but for some reason I stuck in this period too...it was grooving with harmonies, experimentation, critical lyrics...I will not say that these qualities are lacking in today's rock music but you have to search for these bands outside the mass media circuit/circus now.

[@Locktwiste72]

I was born in 1972 do I grew up with late 70's and 80's music. But I absolutely love this!! My parents raises me on the music of their youth and I am proud to say it has now become my favorite music.

[@lindaemory2510]

Love this song!!!

[@GT60616]

A Better Time A Better Place!

[@johnmbaran9371]

Saw them live in 1977 in San Bernardino...and then again in 1985 in Augusta, GA!!

[@robertatkins6608]

I'm 70,What a fantastic song and great harmonies,takes me back to all those great American Harmony groups of the 60's

[@billgardner4886]

I had the pleasure of interviewing legendary lead singer Larry Ramos and his drop dead gorgeous daughter on my morning show at KOOL 94.5 Phoenix during our run on the top of the morning radio ratings in Phoenix. A true gentleman. Humble, talented, and delightful to be with. Thanks Larry! You were THE best!

[@brucekuehn4031]

He had been the only brown member of the New Christy Minstrels and joined The Association in 1967.

[@valerieteti1755]

How wonderful! He was my favorite member of the Association. Loved his voice and smile.

[@user-yz3uo7ts6p]

I was 13 in '67. I loved this record - on WFIL in Philly every night that Summer .

[@situational.analysis]

Man, you're old. I was only 12 in '67. 😊 I bought the 45 when it was released.

[@user-dd8rr1bc4g]

I was a radio DJ In 67 and got almost canned for playing this too many times out of format. Still one of my favorites..,forever.

[@TerryM-eu5ou]

Same here, I was in radio from 1970 to 2014, must of played this a hundred times on the air and never getting tired of these great tunes…

[@51shoty]

I was 7 years old . I’m glad my sisters listened to some great music

[@imaboygenius]

I was 5yo, we were just born too late 😊

[@karlfortuin5794]

Who wants to go back in time when music was more inspirational it came from the ❤ soul I bet that era was more fun the peace n love true hallafamers thanks for sharing this groovy tune everyone be safe ❤ ✌ & ❤

[@josephkaselow9220]

Thank you, Terry Kirkman. Rest in peace.

[@thomasmackey9300]

Great song as many of the Association tunes timeless no matter what era your from.

[@raykilleen3555]

One of the greatest songs and bands of all time. Vastly under rated

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

Don't say underrated, they were huge in their time and received the proper accolades!

[@colinmurdoch965]

I am still loving this tune in December 2019

[@johnsimmons3844]

Me too, and why not?

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

I'm 10 again...sigh...

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

The BEST years for mhsic.....

[@raulemiliosolisruiz3073]

Me too

[@jjns5600]

2020! And now it's the early '70s again and I'm 6 and groovy!

[@naklabtimothy2462]

Listening to this who can see themselves in an earlier time when life was good? Oh, how I miss those days!

[@Super_Mario128]

when I was a kid I thought this song was : Everyone knows it's Wendy.

[@MichaelSmith-jw8qw]

this group sold 30 million records, that is amazing--any band would be proud of those numbers

[@wendythomson7694]

My name is Wendy, and I was touring, giving concerts across Italy, with a choir and orchestra in 1997. We had included Windy in our repertoire. One night we were in a lovely restaurant, and I got up to use the facilities. As I approached the table, the entire group sang this to me - in 4-part harmony. I will never forget.

[@frizzlefrap]

peeing to the oldies ----------- ahhhhhhh !!!!

[@SteveEcksteinDouglasDrive]

@@frizzlefrap WELL HOW ABOUT THIS:LLOYD< THE ORIGINAL& BEST

[@michaelkelly4940]

This song "Windy!" Carries and sweeps along just like the wind itself!! Such an easy, breezy good classic tune! Takes the listener "above the clouds" with it! Association's most breezy brilliance. Loved this song from childhood til now til always!!