THE CHORDETTES - Mr Sandman REACTION - The harmonies and voices knocked me out!!

THE CHORDETTES - Mr Sandman REACTION
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[@webbtrekker534]

Yes, this was a big hit in its day. I remember it well from my teen years. There is a long history of "girl groups" like this. The Andrews Sisters, The McGuire Sisters, The Boswell Sisters and so on through the 40's and 50's and into the 1960's.

[@andrewpetik2034]

Beautiful harmonies.....I was raised in a household where music was played A LOT. The radio.....the record player and in the car the radio and later an 8 track player. My parents, especially my mom, brought all types of music to us. I consider that a real blessing! Thanks mom and dad....I miss you.

[@barryanderson3910]

My mother had a 78 rpm recording of this. I don't know whether it was the Chordettes or the McGuire Sisters, but I remember her playing it quite a bit. Check out a recent cover (2 years ago, I believe) by a neat group called Foxes and Fossils.

[@nicisowter203]

Hiya! There were a lot of amazing vocal groups. Have a listen to the Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald doing Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall. Brilliant stuff!

[@walterpanovs]

A huge #1 pop hit in the USA in 1954. Just before the beginning of the "rock era." Also reached #11 in the UK. The Chordettes had several hits in the mid-to-late '50s. The 2nd biggest was the very catchy "Lollipop" (#2 USA and #6 UK in 1958).

[@andrewpetik2034]

Beautiful harmonies.....I was raised in a household where music was played A LOT. The radio.....the record player and in the car the radio and later an 8 track player. My parents, especially my mom, brought all types of music to us. I consider that a real blessing! Thanks mom and dad....I miss you.

[@CHICHI-hi2pn]

Love the music from the 50's and 60's. Keep playing them, please!!!

[@marybaillie8907]

This song was played on the HiFi at our house as a kid. Absolute entertainment. Beautiful blended vocals and of course an orchestra to match. No TV back then, so the radio or records were our daily entertainment. Lucky us. Thanks Harri. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@User_vjp_92753]

Love, Love, Love this song ! Thanks Harri !😉😊👍✌

[@timeout8928]

My mom used to play it on our 45 back in mid 50’s. I was 5 or 6 but enjoyed it then and now.

[@lonnyjohnson2061]

Trust me every time I turn the radio to a modern "rock" station, I know exactly how lucky I was to grow up in the '50's and '60's.

[@Pilutta100]

I'm so happy seeing someone reacting to old old school stuff. I was born in 1971 and I was always drawn to music and movies from the 50s preferably, so watching ppl now reacting to things from even the 30th and forth is amazing to me. Thank you. ( nowadays I listen almost exclusively to My Chemical Romance) Hugs from Sweden.

[@tootsie5052]

What a classic song!!! If you like this Hari, try The Andrews Sisters.

[@seerofallthatisobvious1316]

This song was used in the movie "Back to The Future". They also had a hit with a song called "Lollipop".

[@dsusan17]

It was also used in the movie Halloween staring Jamie Lee Curtis

[@mybrainhurts1856]

Also in 8 Heads in a Duffelbag! Here's a link! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHqzeKWml8R-m7s

[@andrewpetik2034]

In Uncle Buck

[@ChordettesFan325]

This wasn’t the version of the song used in the movie.

[@helgar791]

A really big hit here in America at the time, and a classic of the genre. Glad you found it.

[@ocheltree1]

Ya know, Harri, you and a few other reaction channels do a great service by keeping a lot of this old music alive. There is so much to choose from on YT, when you have a channel like this, people can hear music for the first time they never even knew to do a search for. Blessings to you and yours. Thank's.🤗

[@HarriBestReactions]

Thanx Robin

[@draff1662]

The reference to Liberace is mostly forgotten. Liberace in the early/late 1950’s was a huge television star - not in prime time, he had a daily 15 minute filmed program that was syndicated - it was aired in the morning or afternoon aimed at women. He played the piano (obviously) on the program. This was long before people knew he was gay. In the 2950’s he came across as a handsome, dreamy, polite person, yes with wavy hair. Every adult woman I knew (including my mother and aunts) were in love with him. He talked directly into the camera like he was talking to each woman individually. Everything stopped when Liberace came on. In 1954 when Mr. Sandman came out Liberace was at his peak of television popularity. Hence the line “lots of wavy hair like Liberace” was a reference to how much women were in love with him at the time (without an inkling that he was gay). How about reacting to a performance by Liberace? He was incredibly entertaining. Thank you!

[@ednoponen2943]

So, I remember this one very well. This was as good as pop music got in the days just before rock 'n roll. Always loved their harmonies, and I had a real 12-year-old's crush on one of them. They were all over TV. Nice reaction.

[@pamalaalford1081]

Yes, I think we do know how lucky we were- especially when you compare it to what is out there now! There was always good music everywhere. We may have taken it all for granted thinking it would just get better and :better or at least stay at the same level!

[@2869may]

Patula Clark~ "DOWNTOWN" Is absolutely incredible.....!

[@johnj2763]

Loved The Chordettes. There were a total of eight in the group over the years, Almost all now passed away sadly. Dorothy passed in 2016, and Lynn Evans who sometimes appeared with stand ins for the rest of the group passed in 2020 at 95. Often dubbed as being in the vein of the harmonizing style of Barbershop Quartets. There were many similar groups over the years who achieved fame but none matched the sheer excellence or hit making power of The Mills Brothers.

[@davidgoldstein1526]

One of my all-time favorite songs. 😀

[@kathrynchestnut6637]

I love this and have since it was new. So many memories of wonderful times.

[@kbob1163]

This was their biggest hit. The second biggest hit was "Lollipop," which is featured in the film "Stand By Me."

[@Blue-qr7qe]

If this was running in the background of your four/five year old world, your musical ear would always be keyed for harmony. Their other big hit, LOLLIPOP, from 1958, would wind up in the soundtrack of the coming-of-age movie, STAND BY ME. Archie Bleyer of Cadence Records provided the "yes" in the 3rd stanza.

[@surlechapeau]

I recall also hearing their "Eddie My Love" or "Lollipop" on the oldies radio station in the early 70s. Nice memory.

[@richardmartin9565]

There were a few female groups at that time early 50s... The Mcguire Sisters and The Andrew Sisters. I was too young to know what it was all about, but I loved the singing.

[@dsusan17]

This song just makes you smile.

[@jimmypadgett1106]

It was played on one of the Halloween movies with Michael Myers

[@dwmzmm]

Halloween II (at the very end of the movie after that explosion inside the hospital).

[@frankvizzi4617]

That is an incredible harmony.

[@bennettjoseph1481]

Delightful, lovely, and fun.

[@charlesbunch8383]

This is a beautiful performance of a beautiful song. I love their vocal harmonies.

[@kathlelan]

This was just before rock took over. I know it very well from my childhood. I like it still.

[@andrewpetik2034]

Beautiful harmonies.....I was raised in a household where music was played A LOT. The radio.....the record player and in the car the radio and later an 8 track player. My parents, especially my mom, brought all types of music to us. I consider that a real blessing! Thanks mom and dad....I miss you.

[@erickent3557]

Glad you loved this, truly magic. Similar time frame, but maybe for private listening rather than reaction: Les Paul & Mary Ford's "Smoke Rings" a sensuous, late-night, love-exhausted feel from Mary, and lush guitar work from Les...

[@hairyhondaman]

Yes indeed, I agree! Great stuff!

[@scottcortmeister4164]

"So sweet it could give you diabetes", umm, yeah, not diarrhea..... Love your reactions, "Mr.Sandman" gives me chills. It was played for me as a baby so the memory goes primal deep.... The Mills Bros. do an excellent cover as well that's worth checking out...

[@flamencoprof]

I am old enough to remember this from my childhood. Wonderful harmonies. Only in the last few years did I discover some great other girl groups: - The Delicates -= Black And White Thunderbird. (Beep-beep!, so cute, so cool) The Paris Sisters - I Love How You Love Me.

[@edithdavis2848]

Look up American Sirens they are a super group too.

[@edithdavis2848]

Loved this song.

[@ericmorgan7210]

The Fleetwood's "Come Softly"

[@jangle4246]

Reminds me of when I was a kid in the 1950s. My older sister & her friends would play it a lot.

[@The5thGen]

I remember hearing this on my mother's radio when I was a small child.

[@lockaby1]

The Four Aces done Mr. Sandman and was used in (Back to the Future) and THE CHORDETTES version was used in the horror movie Michael Myers

[@827dusty]

It was a hit song back in the 1950s. Elvis, Buddy Holly, and so many singing groups like the Chordettes. Both men and women were singing this style. It's almost "Doo-wop".

[@katherinebosse5706]

Lollipop was a childhood favourite of mine Harri…bet you would enjoy it as well..thanks for this!! 🥰

[@danielvolk237]

That was on my future list too. 😉 Great choice Cynthia. You are one of my favorite besties. Of course Harri brings it all together. 🙃🕊️🔥👍🤴

[@Cynthia...]

@@danielvolk237 Great minds!.☮️

[@danielvolk237]

@@Cynthia... You're half right. 🤪. You seem like a great mind 😉

[@Cynthia...]

@@danielvolk237 That’s nice of you to say, thank you.

[@danielvolk237]

@@Cynthia... Well I will keep looking at my favorite besties for their choices and you will be right at or near the top of my list. Thanks for keeping great music alive and well. 👍🙃

[@dagmar.6954]

This is one of the great girl groups from the 50's. Their 2 biggest hits were "Lollipop" & "Mr. Sandman". But they had other good songs such as "Never On A Sunday", "Eddie My Love", "Born To Be With You", "Lay Down Your Arms" & "Just Between You & Me" etc.

[@tomdowling638]

There's a clip of it in Back to the Future, when he first walks into the 1950's town.

[@jamesferris4573]

I grew up listening to this music. They had a hit song called Lollipop. The 45 was a solid yellow and was the first colored disc I ever saw.

[@edgarsnake2857]

Sweet record and reaction. I think one of the Chordettes was married to one of the Everly Bros.

[@ursulabklyn_mia6148]

The Golden Girls sang this song a capella on an episode where they were trying to put a crying baby to sleep. It was really good.

[@summertime_blooz]

Sugar gives you diabetes not diarrhea (LOL). Beautiful record from a different world. Thanks for the video.

[@HarriBestReactions]

I meant diarrhea.I avoided the word diabetes because its an illness that kills and some might find the joke sensitive. This below is from google .. Sugars stimulate the gut to put out water and electrolytes, which loosen bowel movements. If you ingest a lot of sugar, you may develop diarrhea.

[@summertime_blooz]

​@@HarriBestReactions Yikes! It's a wonder I don't get the s**ts every day.

[@Cynthia...]

I had this one on my list for one day in the future. Lol You should try and watch this one live sometime if you can.

[@HarriBestReactions]

Beat you to it 😀😀🤣

[@Cynthia...]

@@HarriBestReactions ✌️

[@texasps91]

The man who said, "yes" was actually Dick Clark of American Bandstand days.

[@brucerichardson1498]

I love that you do such a wide range of genres and eras. You have mentioned “diamonds in your ears”… please react to Procol Harum’s “Whiter shade of Pale”, the live version done in Denmark in 2006. An obscure recommendation… Red Rider’s “ Lunatic Fringe”. A wonderful 80’s Canadian band, that never really hit it off in The US

[@greggordon1015]

The Flirtations sang this song (alas, a quick excerpt) in the Tom Hanks-Denzel Washington film "Philadelphia" -- maybe that's where you heard it?

[@stephenqualtrough7322]

I did not hear the line "Mr Sandman send me a dream give me a complexion like peaches snd cream"that I used to sing when I was a child. I had a face full of freckles as a kid lol

[@marthadigges7436]

Please react to I love how you love me by the Pariss Sisters...Old school.

[@mikefixx7177]

This song was played in Halloween 2

[@timothyjohnson1714]

There is a wonderful cover band called Foxes and Fossils with a great version of this song. Fair warning though- it's another rabbit hole that will keep you happily occupied for a long time!

[@barryanderson3910]

For sure.

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

Harri, please also check out Mary Wells, legendary early Motown singer. "The One Who Really Loves You."

[@planetaazul160]

Good voices

[@davidsimon9303]

Maybe you heard it on 'Back to the Future' when Marty comes to town.

[@stevesm4]

This song has even featured in an episode of Doctor Who.

[@mikemath9508]

This song clicked with me. I'd sing it a lot. Mom got pissy thinking I was gay. sorry, mom, if some catchy dudes wrote a song about Missus Sandman, i'd be on that instead. BUT, UNTIL THAT HAPPENS...give him two lips, like roses and clover, and tell me that my lonesome nights are oveerrr~

[@russ4338]

This is just plain talent, nothing like the crap put out today

[@ajaxfernsby4078]

This song reminded me of the Cry-Baby sound track - 1990, which also has a song called “Please, Mr Jailer” featuring the extremely talented Rachel Sweet. It also has an excellent video that does not comprise the original music. I’m sure you will love it. Cheers! (Edit) Amy Locane does a wonderful job lip syncing to Rachel Sweet in the video.

[@byron8304]

I'm sure it was in a Back to the Future Movie

[@judymeeker2925]

If you want to hear something very different above the norm listen to Patrick Waston The Great Escape, Shame, and Big Bird in a Small Cage. This man's voice can't be copied.

[@supasoulproductions]

I think you meant diabetes, LOL

[@HarriBestReactions]

I meant diarrhea.I avoided the word diabetes because its an illness that kills and some might find the joke sensitive. This below is from google .. Sugars stimulate the gut to put out water and electrolytes, which loosen bowel movements. If you ingest a lot of sugar, you may develop diarrhea

[@sharonsnail2954]

Good reaction, H. If you like this stuff, why don't you do an "Eddie My Love" comparison? The original by The Teen Queens kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGTMmWOYnbNrj8U the biggest hit version by The Fontaine Sisters kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIbHYWSPmbdmqKM and your new found love The Chordettes kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGjGkGmfmtSHeq8 All hits US in 1956

[@TheGathumpus]

Take a look at Foxes and Fossils version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3fZgHathauboKM

[@ChordettesFan325]

Video 2380 of commenting #BringBackDislikes on every unique video I watch in 2022 (I do not dislike this video).

[@davidsimon9303]

I think you mean diabetes not diarrhea

[@HarriBestReactions]

I meant diarrhea.I avoided the word diabetes because its an illness that kills and some might find the joke sensitive. This below is from google .. Sugars stimulate the gut to put out water and electrolytes, which loosen bowel movements. If you ingest a lot of sugar, you may develop diarrhea

[@davidsimon9303]

@@HarriBestReactions ok