The one on the left was my 8th grade music teacher... wonderful
@mhawkyard17992 жыл бұрын
I wish she’d been my teach. Wow!😂
@tootsie4u6715 жыл бұрын
Bertha McNeal of the Velvelettes was my music teacher in Middle school in Kalamazoo Michigan, and I always had high reguards and repect for her. Shes a wonderful singer and performer !!
@deliabarkley-delieu14117 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of my Desert Island discs! All time favourite. Cannot sit still while listening to this...Perfect Motown. Cannot be bettered.
@adamdudley259011 жыл бұрын
One of the first tracks that really kick started my love of Soul music and from that to Northern Soul, enough said! KEEP THE FAITH!!
@ranu14967 жыл бұрын
Still sounding good after all these years!! That song is at least 53 years old. They still look good too!
@samjtwinn17 жыл бұрын
I was a collector of this group in the mid 60's and still have their 45's. It's nice to see others appreciated them also, good job Ian.
@levonpoe9 жыл бұрын
This is SMOKING! The ladies are gorgeous of voice and looks. This is one of the great pleasures of KZbin!. I feel honored to see and hear this.
@gnomely110 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this. I agree entirely about the less prominent Motown groups. The Velvelettes have a more robust sound than the Supremes and for me are eminently better to listen to.
@deborahgraves90977 жыл бұрын
This brings back the dancing memories in the 70`s for me .... Superb times !!
@matthewcuellar78797 жыл бұрын
I just don't get it. How can a handful of people get this good at something? It blows my mind. It's one thing to be a good painter or a good writer, but to work as a team and just nail it... wow! I love it!
@RonWylie-gk5lc6 жыл бұрын
If your legs stay still during this your dead lol, wonderful old Northern Soul classic, happy days
@laurenceharrison6618 жыл бұрын
Brings back so many memories.Brilliant as it ever was
@CC-ti3ry8 жыл бұрын
DAMN! What a GREAT song....why the F can't anyone write music this good anymore????? You go ladies!!!
@sheilapalmer2247 жыл бұрын
C C ilove this jam
@peterball30797 жыл бұрын
C C indeed fyeah😀
@conaninflable28327 жыл бұрын
because its fucking hard! no ones takes the time any more ajajaja
@philcannon49887 жыл бұрын
C C L navigate? Fuck offllllllly ? ?
@franceswatkins56327 жыл бұрын
need in a haystack
@raykishabraziel283611 жыл бұрын
My aunt told me one of the velvelettes was her junior high school music teacher in Kalamazoo Michigan. How great is that!!!!!!!!
@deltorso15 жыл бұрын
I could listen to this for ever -- classic track
@alissunwolf82498 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I'm blown away.
@rowley19509 жыл бұрын
Amazing quality! After all these years still sounding sweet
@sheilaburns89777 жыл бұрын
Haven't this song in about 40+ years. What a treat and the ladies are jamming!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!!!
@sheilaburns89777 жыл бұрын
Meant to write, "haven't heard this song ..."
@davidround30388 жыл бұрын
that lady can sing!.. awesome!..
@caraphyllis14 жыл бұрын
Saw these ladies on July 31, 2010 in NYC, and they were great! So much energy, and their voices still sound very good, especially the lead singer. It was great to hear this oldie again.
@Mactive797 жыл бұрын
I never tire of this song...The Velveletts sooooo good.
@sbookeydoll7 жыл бұрын
Mrs McNeal was my 7 th grade music teacher. She inspired me to write music, and there she is singing with her group.
@derekarnold36659 жыл бұрын
A classic from back in the day. Motown at its best!!
@carbonlarge9 жыл бұрын
How can you not dance to this... brilliant :o)
@Fredshitzencrap7 жыл бұрын
thanks ian for getting thses songs😊😊😊😐😯😯😯☺☺😊😊😊
@fossie3210 жыл бұрын
Great! Never heard it till now. Amazing that it was done so well in 1990 too.
@michaelcarter23467 жыл бұрын
YASSSS Honey, still is fantastic to hear today as back in the 60`s, makes me shimmy and shake!!!
@gilliansco10 жыл бұрын
love their dresses. i swear them dresses are back in fashion. the dresses goes with the song and dance routine .
@08DENMAN8 жыл бұрын
I was just listening to this on my MP4 as I walked on the beach near my house. What a great way to welcome summer (finally)
@anncrowther63278 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song, fantastic memories, Motown you are the best.
@omygoshi111 жыл бұрын
OMG! 14 Years old in my old school DISCO in Saint Edmund Arrowsmith! lmao this was my wigan casino. I love northern soul I just get such a huge lift from my "soul" forgive the punn. "What" by Judy street, ghost in my house... ect ect im nearly 50 now and i danced to this just now like i was 14 again.
@venoose116 жыл бұрын
Great performance! Makes me want to sing and dance!
@matts187416 жыл бұрын
you better look before you leap, fantastic,
@tomengel6157 жыл бұрын
One more Great Detroit Group Music- Great music, is in our DNA
@capt.kurtbuchholz48037 жыл бұрын
Just heard it on the radio last weekend 14. October 2017 in the morning here on the Isle of Man. We all got up in the dining room dancing. Super song, super voices, super rythm. Love Motown.
@604bushbuildingmanager88 жыл бұрын
Classic MOTOWN! Saw these ladies when I was 14.
@xToxicTurtlex9 жыл бұрын
How did I never hear this song til tonight?? GREAT!!
@wackneyhick71298 жыл бұрын
Because the pop biz has always to sell new product to pay for its self-indulgent ways. So it buries past recordings, no matter how good they are, under a slather of cynically manufactured material in order to bamboozle each new generation of kids into handing over their $ for drek.
@1061andy7 жыл бұрын
Ellen Lambert classic Motown floor filler - great stuff !
@mauricehawkins29687 жыл бұрын
Andy Lockett . I've just seen the velvelettes singing needle in a haystack. it was 1971 when I first heard it at minehead butlins back in the days when discos were known as discotheques. all I knew of the music of the time was Slade, Dave Edmund's and t rex but musically for me that year was a real eye opener. another big song at the time was I'm gonna run away from you by Tami Lynn. good times and good music!
@jackiechurchill8368 жыл бұрын
cant stop listening great beat when music was music nice one ladies
@victoriaguitar15 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video. I had never heard of the Velvelettes before seeing them on KZbin. These women are extraordinary. They make it look easy, but I know thousands of hours of work went into their magical act.
@omayhew14 жыл бұрын
Bring back Motown
@darkon443114 жыл бұрын
they are doing it so right
@philinthesouth6 жыл бұрын
Goldmine Canvey Island....omg love a song that jolts great memories....
@ivanpearce50307 жыл бұрын
was 18 when this came out, loved it then and still do...great music..big Motown fan
@geoffreyince9 жыл бұрын
I blast from the past brings on the great memory's from the past
@CUBANARAMA14 жыл бұрын
Great group!
@chrisdarling500411 жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard three girls now bang out a tune like these lovely staggers could listen to them all night. Class with a big big C
@19871987198718 жыл бұрын
Always loved this one great, great and great.
@Charwoman8 жыл бұрын
Ha! Glad I found this....loved it and still do!!
@MrWhitt12348 жыл бұрын
me too
@ducdejoyeuse14 жыл бұрын
Wonderful memories came flooding back, thanks.....
@vorsprung115 жыл бұрын
i wonder how many teenagers switched to the northern/motown scene after listening to this , yup one one the first motown records i bought , this and this old heart of mine , isley bros . mint post as per ian .
@raygarcia25118 жыл бұрын
A top song for this girl group. Love it.
@shorelineboy14 жыл бұрын
i love this song one of my fav motown greats. Used to dance to this at the shoreline club in bognor uk great allnighter and all weekender.
@matts187416 жыл бұрын
my wee girl loves this song, does the clap perfect
@runamoke4fun16 жыл бұрын
still makes me want to get up and dance
@robertcaine76386 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@sheilapalmer95398 жыл бұрын
this is my jam
@ANISTAZImetal9 жыл бұрын
hot hot hot...you go girls!
@neelsoni43248 жыл бұрын
ANISTAZI metal 94609
@HollyLetson14 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of The Velvelettes till like 5 minutes ago. I play a game on Facebook called MusicPets, and my pet fetched this song. So,I came to YT to hear the complete song. And,I really like how this sounds. It has that 60s Motown sound! :)
@Woo5ter7 жыл бұрын
Memories of The Ritz Manchester all dayers. Ian I still have a photo of you looking up at me while I took the picture from the balcony.
@MrStratman19529 жыл бұрын
Don't understand how a song this good , could get dislikes.
@MachineElf8 жыл бұрын
Cos arseholes have computers too.
@Retroscoop8 жыл бұрын
Lot's of vinegar Joe's out here who hate everything that even hints at feel good music, it seems :)
@levonpoe9 жыл бұрын
Everytime I see this video - and I have to admit it is my new GUILTY PLEASURE- I look at these ladies and am astounded at how energetic they are ... AND how GORGEOUS they are. These are REAL SINGERS who are also REAL WOMEN! not maunfactured barbie dolls. I would marry any of them in a HEARTBEAT. Especially Millie - LOL
@Farweasel8 жыл бұрын
You did all that Ian? Wow. We owe you (as welll as the Velvettes) Amazing what never really comes out til decades later. Thanks m8
@kakisra15 жыл бұрын
now thats why i love motown another classic one (:
@threeeyedgoddess76359 жыл бұрын
new favorites! they are fantastic!
@jamaicangoodguy14 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS THE FIRST NORHERN SOUL TRACK I EVER HEARD IN 1977.GREAT MEMORIES.
@peacelovelife9114 жыл бұрын
I just recently discovered this amazing epic song through the great DJ Tom Petty (on his "buried treasure" XM show...)- it is AWESOME! What a great song :) so vivacious, so soulful- and such truthful lyrics too....rockin'
@ck-vi4cb8 жыл бұрын
MAGIC
@paulv528310 жыл бұрын
Back to my youth!
@Sheven71810 жыл бұрын
yep ! bang on the money ! what a poppin tune eh ? 64 on stateside here in the UK a classic reminder of the early to mid 60s in the "nighters" up west my personal fave by them is " he was really sayin something" but thats just my choice " needle" is just brilliant one of those that came along at the very cutting edge of the RnB boom that followed, many thanks for sharing ian you posted a classic ! regards dave
@MalTheBear646 жыл бұрын
Sheven718 Lovely early morning song; whilst finishing my coffee
@iftikartaxis7 жыл бұрын
when this song comes on the dance contest starts no matter where your at brilliant
@BrightonBeachBabe15 жыл бұрын
Just great to hear this again - thanks for posting :)
@lenarae38457 жыл бұрын
Glad I found this. Love Motown and never heard this before. Great song and performance. Seeing the Ponchartrain Hotel banner and reading the synopsis brought back memories of wonderful music and Detroit City ..Thank You
@malcolmbryant10 жыл бұрын
Golden memories x
@shifty27558 жыл бұрын
best motown song ever. along with land of a thousand dances.
@dlk00816 жыл бұрын
luv the velvelettes, thanx for postin it
@margaretnyokabi18997 жыл бұрын
wuuuui good music totally love the song...classic
@theboyfromxtown17 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ian....thank you from the bottom of my heart.
@crackergurl2216 жыл бұрын
One of my all time faves. The Velvelettes. If your from Flint,MI do you remember WAMM radio.
@sandsoftime19548 жыл бұрын
A great girl group and scatt"in too. Some people were asleep at Motown .
@marjorieknapper72077 жыл бұрын
great music to enjoy great tune very Catchy to Dance too
@LOCKED1219 жыл бұрын
Mary Wilson and Diana Ross would be jealous watching this! Or at least they should be. Nice performance.
@be1brian9 жыл бұрын
Cool cool cool - The Motor City at its best. My Bro lives there and my daughter done the Museum, plus Eight Mile, All my kids know KTF. Smile all the while! happy face .
@Sheven7188 жыл бұрын
yeah baby ! back again for some more of this from the early days of motown ! good to see 'em still together ! it's the epitome of 60s motown and a real stroll down memory lane , thanks for sharing ian , you're the man and this is the nuts regards dave
@violetluxton43948 жыл бұрын
Love this! so true
@johnjarou235710 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC! and all the original members too! thank you ian for the great post.
@sheilapalmer2247 жыл бұрын
John Jarou you are fantastic
@sheilapalmer95398 жыл бұрын
ilove her voice
@TotallyLostSoul10 жыл бұрын
I overdeveloped my calf muscles dancing to this (among others) when I was a lass :)
@astraeareminiec6697 жыл бұрын
what dance went along with this song?
@Martin28757 жыл бұрын
Funny - he he - thaks
@mikevallen9998 жыл бұрын
So very fine and sweet soulful talents .
@gripper02116410 жыл бұрын
Tight! love 'em!
@jackiechurchill8367 жыл бұрын
what a top song im dancing round the kitchen.... brilliant
@stoke10115 жыл бұрын
like your style-classic soul will never die- steve soul on trent
@giacchinyc16 жыл бұрын
just great! i have always adored this sound... too bad they got overlooked (but not by me!) thanks for sharing this amazing video!
@crackergurl2216 жыл бұрын
I remember Wamm Radio in Flint (the only black radio station then in the city) playing this song and one of the girls from this group pulled her car over to a phone booth and called the radio station they had her live on the air. It was so cool.
@joyroberts81288 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to being a teenager love Tamla Motown
@michaelmartin904810 жыл бұрын
A fantastic tune.
@waynebrasler16 жыл бұрын
When the Velvelettes beat the Supremes in a Detroit competition that spelled big trouble for them at Motown. They never got the material, production or promotion they deserved. Berry Gordy gave all sorts of excuses as to why they didn't get an album, including change of personnel (only the Four Tops didn't have such changes). Diana Ross and Carolyn (Cal) Gill would room together on tours but seems there was no room for them together at Motown..
@davehotchiss9 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!!
@davehotchiss9 жыл бұрын
David Hotchkiss These girls took the effort to perform one of there songs on Vid, why?, to entertain!, to me?, in today's society?, we seem to have lost our Values?, I watch this!, and am nothing but Impressed!!!!!!, n can't wait to show my Love on the dance floor, to prove, there Love was not lost, You?
@donthompson1016610 жыл бұрын
ok who's tapping their feet, cause my house is rocking!
@maymeclayton14028 жыл бұрын
They were at Motown and never got the attention as the other girl groups there. Shame on you Barry Gordy!
@jackiechurchill8368 жыл бұрын
what a great song they are so underated much better than the supremes it just gets you dancing and the whole place rockin brilliant soul music
@soulboyrochdale7 жыл бұрын
Jackie Churchill Spot on! Most Motown girl groups are better than the Supremes, and d.ross, no comment! Flo B was the greatest ever Supreme by miles.