It moves me to tears. As you get older and you realize you're closer to the end than the beginning, it just hits you hard. Life is a precious gift.
@katherinegates1559 Жыл бұрын
🎶✨✨ Yes ...We must always... Embrace Life..✨
@jmrodas9 Жыл бұрын
Sure it is, so better try to make the best of it whilst we still have it. Regards.
@platoon108 Жыл бұрын
Damn, Rodolfo, You are so right. But you have experienced plenty I am guessing. And are still hear to tell and reminisce...You are still valuable. Even more valuable...
@petebondurant58 Жыл бұрын
There is no end, Rodolfo. There is only another stage of life.
@williamkablach7674 Жыл бұрын
Life is all...then nothing.I think of all the memories and realize that it was all real to and how wonderful and precious it all was Good blessed everyone with life.
@bunzl613 жыл бұрын
The 45 people who give this a thumbs down obviously no nothing about music!!
@patriciaturco75552 жыл бұрын
I truly love this song. Whenever I feel "down", I play this song. It reminds me that there is a better place...it's over the rainbow... the other side. When I play this recording, I just stop whatever I am doing, and just listen to it. The Dimensions sing this song the best. The harmony is fantastic. This song will live on forever.
@frankc.54307 жыл бұрын
There aren't many songs that make you want to pull off the road, close your eyes, listen and Remember When... But... This is one of them!
@davidstout98294 жыл бұрын
Frank C. No kidding
@brucekline65324 жыл бұрын
@@davidstout9829 sax
@brucekline65324 жыл бұрын
This version is the most peaceful for the.inner soul.
@davidroberts17023 жыл бұрын
Well said: using an example which acts out the effect the song has on the listener; that's what writing is all about.
@rafaelsolorzano7003 жыл бұрын
This is one of them....without a doubt.
@salvatoreamerico24986 жыл бұрын
In these troubled times I'm grateful I have songs like these to reflect on. Very comforting. Feel sorry for today's young people----they are missing much!!
@barbaravanagas99095 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@Henry095 жыл бұрын
You are so right on, miss those days & all my family & friends we lost on the way.
@salvatoreamerico24984 жыл бұрын
@@Henry09 In the end, if we're lucky, we have our memories, hope yours were nice. Stay Safe!! Andra' Tutto Bene !!!
@rossdemarco12063 жыл бұрын
@@salvatoreamerico2498 I say it all the time these kids today don’t know what they missed . I loved those times , everything today is so upside down . Dio ti benedica fratello
@jamesbehan63174 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC sound....right up there with the Skyliners! Also, incredible amount of comments!
@ellenkelsh7620 Жыл бұрын
One of the best rendition of this song...Glad it was apart of my teen years and has been part of life ever since!!
@mikeprisament36794 жыл бұрын
Fabulous, Iconic rendition by The Demensions. Absolutely one of my all time favorites.
@sallygal19966 жыл бұрын
This is the type of song I imagine you hear when you first entire the gates of Heaven. Absolutely breathtaking and beautiful.
@Henry095 жыл бұрын
That would be perfect & see all those you loved on the way.
@platoon1084 жыл бұрын
Pretty Poison--do I have permission to quote your profound sentence concerning the appropriate music when one is about to enter the gates of Heaven?
@sallygal19964 жыл бұрын
@@platoon108 sure!
@nmulae4 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree @Pretty Poison! Man now I’m actually curious to see those who I’ve loved that have passed, with this awesome song playing in the background and other fantastic wonders that are over the rainbow!! 🌈
@platoon1083 жыл бұрын
@@sallygal1996 I am still caught by this song and your quietly subtle but profound interpretation of the value of this song. My distress is that a person would not be able to choose this song for eternity if he wasn't on the going to heaven list.
@4410JONES5 жыл бұрын
Love this version, the best ever.
@girarddunn7903 Жыл бұрын
I’m 70 yrs old, a black man, hearing these white people singing this song bought me to tears, GREAT PERFORMANCE.
@bruno81263 ай бұрын
Well, they are mainly Italian-American :) Like Marisa Martelli who is the female singer
@deaddocreallydeaddoc52443 ай бұрын
@@bruno8126 The 50s really was the decade of Italian pop music in America, but we had other European ethnic-based music then as well, like Luciel Star, and Lola, but the most proliferate was the Italians. Who doesn't love Connie Francis? We must also remember that There was also a big Folk Music Revival going on, as well as Rockabilly, and others. What a rich decade!
@user-dq4cx1mx8nАй бұрын
Stupid comment. These singers in the group are Italian, not white. The girl in the group, whose name I've forgotten, was born in Italy.
@user-dv6jh6sl9w3 ай бұрын
I'm 84, experienced many beatiful RAINBOWS 🌈 in my life, LOVE MY GREAT PARENTS, DAUGHTER, SONS, GRANDPARENTS, GRANDDAUGHTER & EVERYONE ELSE❤
@raouldiblasi59708 жыл бұрын
This is what I call "singing"! Fabulous!
@michaelmendel40045 ай бұрын
JANUARY 27th, 2024……Sounds as good today as it did when I first hear it! Outstanding!
@4435344143 жыл бұрын
Those beautiful voices go right thru your soul.❤️❤️❤️❤️
@platoon1082 жыл бұрын
Reginald Fordham...'Right thru your soul'...you have described this song and group penetrating my own soul.
@jamesmonroe6 Жыл бұрын
@@platoon108 live long and enjoy your life
@platoon108 Жыл бұрын
@@jamesmonroe6 Thank you James--And you also.
@georgeanderson19456 жыл бұрын
Absolutely the best version EVER of Over the Rainbow
@johnbailey92744 жыл бұрын
Laying here trying to sleep, yea like I am going to sleep with magic playing in my ear. Wow so proud to say yes people THIS is what I listened too growing up.
@billklein8745 Жыл бұрын
This is the best version of this song in my 75 years
@billrener48977 ай бұрын
I just discovered this version of Over the Rainbow. It's almost other worldly. I've been playing it over and over.
@errolflynn4516 жыл бұрын
The best version ever..my opinion of course! Great great vocals!
@billmadden99385 жыл бұрын
GREAT SOUND LOVE IT
@danielc.88753 жыл бұрын
Harmony is a forgotten art. It's all auto tune now. You can sing like a bull frog and still sell to morons who will buy any garbage. It's sad music has deteriorated to this level.
@platoon1083 жыл бұрын
Steve dion--I missed this group as a young man--due to circumstances under my government's control--but later in my life I decided this original group was the best sound of the '66 -70 era and forever afterwards. They are the best and most unique sound of this oft repeated song...I can't stop listening to them...
@platoon1083 жыл бұрын
@@danielc.8875 daniel--music has no real conscience now. The 70's was the end of innovative, crafted, earnest music...No talent is necessary anymore, marketing and media determines who gets the air time and it all stinks of something fake...Talent, Earnest desire, work, and actualTalent don't matter anymore. Everything has a dishonest, political, tinge these days...
@jeanraiola13093 жыл бұрын
I agree with you.🖕❤
@KJTKen6 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorites from Lenny Dell & The Demensions. A true classic!!!
@user-ll3oc4un2w9 ай бұрын
I’ll be 64 years old in less then 2 weeks. I’m posting my very first comment on any smart device. I live for rhythm Rather rhyme and harmony @ a very young age. It took 7 difficult years, but for the grace of God I can remember the missing parts through the music of the particular years. The year that I was born (1959), Bobby Darins hit song “Mack the knife “Was #1 on the charts. After a life time of only seeing my family once, back in 1972, music has and will always remain a source of comfort and inspiration. In the words of the late John Lennon…..”All we are saying……is give peace a chance” ❤
@jve272 ай бұрын
This song reminds me of all of my love ones who have passed. Tears, I cry like a baby every time I play this song and my brain goes into over gear with memories. I'm 76 years old and realize that every day is a gift, this song only becomes more precious to me. I love this oldie so much, I requested it be played for me at the appropriate time. Best rendition ever IMO.
@cindys18196 ай бұрын
I remember walking down a street in Portland Maine when on Vacation and a DJ said a great new song had just been releases and this came on the air....just a moment in my life I will never forget....
@gdouglas9999 жыл бұрын
Best version ever of this song!
@kennethridout74713 жыл бұрын
Fantastic performance
@gdouglas9997 жыл бұрын
This is the version that I'll always love.
@platoon1086 жыл бұрын
Our young dreams, and what became our young lives, or did not...,
@Steve523447 жыл бұрын
They had a great first tenor, Uncle Phil. He made the harmony what it was. 1960. Hard to believe how the years have passed.
@ghostrider-ek8gu3 жыл бұрын
A great song, a beautiful rendition by The Dimensions.
@MrPeterbrock4 жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite for the times vocals impeccable harmonies none better thank you guys.
@MrPeterbrock3 жыл бұрын
Best version ever
@wadeschmaltz74867 жыл бұрын
One of the first records I ever purchased when I was 10 years old. Hard to believe it sounds just as good today!
@SavileRow657 жыл бұрын
"Hard to believe it sounds just as good today!" That's why it is a classic
@platoon1086 жыл бұрын
Wade--Probably was a 45? Wonder what was on the B side? Though I don't consider any Demension's song a B side. Or any doo wop group of my youth a B side--My youth was a B side, not the music...Wade, your comment was inspiring.
@deborahmurphy9865 Жыл бұрын
Another song you will never forget once you hear it! Remembering all the really good times in days gone by. This is the song I want to blast if and when I am on my death bed.
@drinkdrownsoda2 жыл бұрын
My dad used to play this song. I miss my dad so much
@bertilliozephyrsgate61962 жыл бұрын
I can't play this too often because my eyes tear up every time. I'm serious. My brain reads it as a vocal image of hope when there is every reason not to hope.
@platoon108 Жыл бұрын
Bertillio, My hope is for you to keep your Hope. Your first name is distinct and strong. I don't even know you but you radiate something honest and good...Your last name is pretty distinct, too.
@bertilliozephyrsgate6196 Жыл бұрын
@@platoon108 Thank you PLT 108, but that name isn't my real one, I actually made it up to sound ridiculous. My real name is Thomas Niksa. Hope you like it as much. ☺
@platoon108 Жыл бұрын
@@bertilliozephyrsgate6196 Thomas Bertillio Niksa--I like the real name better. Niksa in unique. Maybe I was correct in my previous comment--You are honest. The made up name has many syllables and your Mother would have been tongue tied reprimanding you.
@dennisstrother71787 жыл бұрын
white,black, don't make no different, beautiful music.
@4410JONES5 жыл бұрын
I was an oddball in jr. high & high school in the 70's because I LOVED this music. And still do. So sad of the trash 'people call music' now. I was born 20 years too late.
@walkergillette39183 жыл бұрын
But I'm glad they are WHITE
@Rob_4303 жыл бұрын
This song and I Believe does it for me. A different time, music, dancing, and style shared with many who have passed, not the same today!
@johnroberts87844 жыл бұрын
The tonal quality of Marisas soaring voice is a perfect fit for the guys...... Absolutely beautiful!
@josephpalermo45382 жыл бұрын
Lenny Dell was exceptional...and still is!!!
@sabatinonuzziiii48162 жыл бұрын
AGREED ESPECIALLY MARISAS ULTIMATE Falsetto, The cleanest most perfect and probably the highest one I have ever heard. Love the entire group!
@pilgrim-wh9kp Жыл бұрын
I just imagine when I pass through this world..that all these beautiful voices will be singing in front of God.... what a picture
@robertjuliano1425 Жыл бұрын
To johnny.jules..juliano one of your favorite songs today is 11 years you left me now your over the rainbow 🌈🌈. Sleep in heavenly peace my brother I love and miss you everyday love Robert untill were together again 🌈♥️♥️♥️🌈
@Steve523444 жыл бұрын
The song, the group, their harmony, and the year -- all unbeatable.
@TheRover9409 жыл бұрын
Love the Demensions-vocals are amazing.
@robertjuliano7968 Жыл бұрын
Rest in heavenly peace Lenny dell your voice will live on
@edwardmorales315 жыл бұрын
my number one song will always be Since i Don't have you , by the Skyliners , But Over The Rainbow by the Demensions .....even brought us closer ...Ed. M. Ah ! the summer of 1959 ...i'll NEVER forget.
@josephmauro88967 жыл бұрын
Great song one of my all time favorites . Amazing how the female hits the high note at the end . Amazing !
@michaelpalumbo13706 жыл бұрын
Joseph Mauro that female. Is Marissa Martelli, listen to her on My Foolish Heart
@bengone33497 жыл бұрын
The Demensions and the Baysiders each do a great job on this song. The blend of male and female voices is spot on.
@wadeschmaltz74867 жыл бұрын
Excellent point. I don't believe many people from the east coast have ever heard the Baysiders version, but it sounds exactly the same.
@marcosmith25012 жыл бұрын
It's always amazed me that the two versions with nearly identical arrangements were released simultaneously. The Baysiders' version soon prevailed in LA. The Dimensions had the popular side in SF.
@BklynGil18 жыл бұрын
My favorite song from the Doo-Wop days - thanks for sharing it !
@krbwjbarry Жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful song EVER. Thanks to The Demensions for thieir version.
@gringo785864 жыл бұрын
so many versions of this great song...…...the dimensions version is right at the top!
@JALEO19708 жыл бұрын
Such meaning behind the words of this beautiful song, nostalgic!!
@frdjr25274 жыл бұрын
I saw The Demensions perform this song live at a Kenny Vance concert in Toms River, NJ a year ago. Got to meet Lenny Dell also. First heard this song on the radio as an 8-year-old in 1960. I've loved it ever since!
@andythompson77256 жыл бұрын
I love this type of vocal harmony!
@richardfisher6717 ай бұрын
What a beautiful version of this iconic song. I was a young boy when I heard it for the first time and 63 years later, it still sounds wonderful
@TheDiannel Жыл бұрын
loved growing up with these songs of the 50s and 60s.
@platoon1088 жыл бұрын
Compelling. The best group ever. Goddam amazing
@robertjuliano79683 жыл бұрын
I. Just. Love. This. Song. And. The. Way. They. Sing. It. Just. Unreal. Bless. Them. For. All. They. Voices.
@librenow17 жыл бұрын
This has always been my favorite version of "Over the Rainbow" since you first recorded it. great memories! thanks!
@freddiec52225 жыл бұрын
Great Harmony. Love this version of a classic song
@platoon1086 жыл бұрын
This song by this group is still so damn powerful, especially today....
@JbBrad-qj8ek9 ай бұрын
What is platoon108
@bpp3255 жыл бұрын
Oh my God this song is SO freaking good.
@platoon1083 жыл бұрын
Drawn to this special Martelli harmony group. Marketing photo is precious of these young kid talented singers. So young to have such a long lasting impact on our lives, and theirs too. Still impacting me because of their special sound blend...Martelli being the pertinent sound, here.
@jonathonspiers83972 жыл бұрын
The beautiful, seemingly immortal, gifts of memory, that can enliven in us the actual moments at the junior prom, or the freshman year in college when your eyes gazed upon a beautiful raven haired girl named Nydia…such are the gifts that defy the passing years, and ignite the spark of smoldering embers now over 60 years ago….
@billsmulick64926 жыл бұрын
The best rendition ever made in my opinion
@ildibildi5310 жыл бұрын
How Beautiful...
@kuriouslee7 жыл бұрын
lived with this Music, hung out with a good friend, Gary Grazioso, RIP a Great singer/entertainer, spent his Life in the Music/Entertainment Business. I have a wealth of Music favorites This is #1 Thank You Gary for all the Memories
@frankdeprimo3 жыл бұрын
If u grew up in the sixties I am sure u remember this song it brings back so many memories and great memories u will not hear music like this anymore this is a beautiful song remember the great times of your life
@sabatinonuzziiii48162 жыл бұрын
Like I replied to another gentleman about Marisa’s voice! Not only does she get up higher than anyone I have ever heard before but it keeps it so perfectly clean. Anyone liking this song, especially her high voice, If you have not heard it already listened to “my foolish heart” she gets up even higher and stays just is clean. The rest of the band is terrific and they’re even better and this song also! Check it out
@GM8101PHX6 жыл бұрын
Marisa has a golden voice, she reminds me with her looks similar to Janet Vogel of the Skyliners of the same period.
@marygabrielson61244 жыл бұрын
Did both of these ladies end in sad ways?
@Me1122334 жыл бұрын
@@marygabrielson6124 I can't find much info on Marisa Martelli. I did find one article, written in 1997, about the group that lists a date of birth for Marissa, but no date of death. Yet, the article doesn't really say much about her beyond the time she left the group, circa1963. Almost seems as though all contact was lost once she left the group. Back in 1963, people would move a couple of times, and it would be about impossible to track them down. I''m guessing you know that Janel Vogel allegedly committed suicide at age 37.
@paokie23 жыл бұрын
@@marygabrielson6124 I'm from Pittsburgh and yes, Janet Vogel life sadly ended early from suicide around 40 years old, The last Skyliner, Jimmy Beaumont passed away around 2018
@jonathonspiers83972 жыл бұрын
I thought Donna Groom was the female Lea with the Skyliners….another immortal group…
@GiGi-po8yc3 жыл бұрын
I remember when The Demensions were at our local record shop autographing records of this song. The song was blasting over a loud speaker and could be heard quite a distance away. Still a fond memory from long, long ago.
@myroncoleman98252 жыл бұрын
Well gi gi you lived in a time when it was great music and so did I it don't get any b etter than this I remember my first time h earing it it just overwhelmed me what a g reat song that takes me back that time J udy Garland was good but the demensio ns are the best we had it all then.
@GiGi-po8yc2 жыл бұрын
@@myroncoleman9825 Have you hears The Mystics version? Their harmony is fantastic. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaCqhXqfbtmohJI
@myroncoleman98252 жыл бұрын
@@GiGi-po8yc I will listen. Thanks
@peterraccio2553 жыл бұрын
Great Tune - They can take their "RAP" roll it up and do with it as you would a suppository
@platoon1083 жыл бұрын
Goddamn...this group was the Best of All for just a little while. Excellent production and sound. Martelli was the angel voice that made the Demensions Great....
@dairy1994Ай бұрын
One song made their life in Epic Journey. even though the group broke up . they left us a hit ❤❤❤❤❤
@platoon1087 жыл бұрын
Listening to this greatest Demensions song is like traipsing back into history. I used to hope I would just get lost forever in my youth, but now I appreciate just a fleeting moment of those high school times, before Vietnam, when everything was...what?, not so sure now what anything in life was about especially after you did it...without much or any choice...you just did it...
@gregmelnik19 жыл бұрын
Loved this song when I was 16 and still love it now, when I am 16x4 (plus 3).
@platoon1088 жыл бұрын
Greg--I'm not so good at math but am figuring you graduated HS in 65?Same as me, maybe. Our senior year was this Demension's debut on Bandstand....this group is the best. Hoping you are doing good...You are probably an Algebra teacher...
@HeroT6 жыл бұрын
66
@robertjuliano7968 Жыл бұрын
This is just beautiful classic doo wopp the blend of voices this is for you my brother johnny...jules...juliano for now your over the rainbow 🌈. Rest in heavenly peace brother love and miss you everyday ❤️
@DiscriminateTaste3 жыл бұрын
I heard this song for the very first time tonight on Cousin Brucie's Saturday Night Radio Show (77 WABC Radio, NYC). Amazing, amazing, amazing!
@roncerelli68412 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get much better than this anywhere in the world-Ron Cerelli
@donfegan85105 жыл бұрын
Saw Lenny Dell and The Dimensions about 10 years ago at The Count Basie Theatre in, Red Bank, NJ. And oh what a performance they put on singing this song. This is an awesome, fabulous song. One of the greatest recordings I ever heard :D.
@frankdeprimo2 жыл бұрын
A beautiful song listen to this song when I was going to sleep thinking of someone special but couldn't fall asleep
@rogerlusk2666 жыл бұрын
Cruzing in a 1959 Oldsmobile 88, with this tune blasting.
@MrPeterbrock4 жыл бұрын
I think we are all reaching right now over the rainbow for the bluebirds
@myroncoleman98255 жыл бұрын
Such a great song its one for the a ge now and for ages o come I gte w up as a teen with this song and i t getd better every time I hear it it puts you in never neved land its jus t beautiful and the lady in the grou p with that high tenor or soprano g oodness its breathtaking love you Demensions.
@darrylevans44012 жыл бұрын
The late and great lead singer of The Dimension Lenny Dell died in 2021. What a great singer I play this great Doowoop song on my internet radio show the Doowoop Hour me The Masterblaster.
@neilschiavi4216 Жыл бұрын
I Traveled from Queens to the Bronx by Train to help work on backup on that song (1964)
@platoon1088 жыл бұрын
Damn, the instrument lead in is so good...The talent of these young Demensions is superlative, especially with their combined harmony. Almost four perfect voices. Martelli's hallowed soprano is powerful...The Best Group...
@MrDoowop7710 жыл бұрын
still one of the best renditions
@platoon1087 жыл бұрын
Still the best version to me. This group was the best ever. Broke this song on Bandstand with Dick Clark in 65 I think.
@brunonpaulbielinski62267 жыл бұрын
It was 1960. It got a few spins on Oz radio where I was a War Baby. The Aussies call their country "Oz" these days. "Oz" means strength in Hebrew.
@jaykaplan2 жыл бұрын
Just timeless beautiful music
@MrPeterbrock4 жыл бұрын
Marisa takes this song to another level
@Idelia4124 жыл бұрын
This is the very first record I bought as a kid and amazingly still have it. So many memories of this song when it came out. I heard this on KJR in Seattle, Washington.
@erinfernandez22808 Жыл бұрын
This is my absolute favorite version of this song. It's a combination of my father's love for doo wop (which I love bc he introduced me to it) and my love for the wizard of oz. Since I was little (I'm now 40), my dad had always found a way to request/dedicate this song to me. No matter what party or wedding we were at. It has always held a special place in my heart. On March 19th, I played this song for him before he passed away. I played it once last time for him when I said goodbye at the funeral home. It's such a beautiful song that now brings me to tears. I loved him very very much and miss him more than words can express. This will always be the song I hear and think of him and the lifetime of happy memories he has left with me and my children. I'll see you over the rainbow Dad 💔
@mr.safecharliedefensivedri97413 жыл бұрын
In this song what it means to me is in your search through life don't ever stop trying..
@robertjuliano79682 жыл бұрын
What a blend of voices in this masterpiece of music enjoy this it's one of my favorites
@ansdguy15 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Heaven to me.
@platoon1086 жыл бұрын
I don't even want to comment anymore...But this Demensions group is the best of All Forever. Martelli--Where are you these days? Are you okay?
@roncerelli68414 жыл бұрын
POSITIVELY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS EVER MADE-I KNOW I AM THE KING OF OLDIES, FORMER DJ IN PHILA. PA AT WRDV RADIO-RON CERELLI
@dennisstrother71785 жыл бұрын
Bed-sty Brooklyn, grew up in the 60s, the best love song ever.
@frankdeprimo3 жыл бұрын
Brings me back to life was simple and happy
@larryd.kelley2125 жыл бұрын
I love this song, love the female singer who brings it from beautiful to exquisite. Best version ever although a tip of the hat to Ish, the Samoan singer.
@davepolo10793 жыл бұрын
FYI: This song was written in 1939 by Harold Arlen for the movie "Wizard of Oz" & sung by Judy Garland who made it famous. As great as Judy was, I have to admit that no one sings it as good as The Demensions!
@frankc.5430 Жыл бұрын
When you hear it you just KNOW you're not in Kansas anymore...
@johndolan21685 жыл бұрын
MS. Martelli made this song. She had a voice to die for.