Vanity Fare - Early In The Morning ('Top Of The Pops', 1969)

Here are Vanity Fare on 'Top Of The Pops', 10th July 1969.
More on Vanity Fare's TV appearances can be found in my book 'Channelling The Beat! (The Ultimate Guide to '60s UK Pop on TV)', available now via Amazon!

[@peterchecksfield9958]

New book out now: 'TOP OF THE POPS: The Lost Years Rediscovered 1964-1975'! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09H995H6R Featuring exclusive contributions from: Frank Allen (The Searchers) Peter Asher (Peter and Gordon) Russ Ballard (The Roulettes/Argent) Peter Bartholomew (The Overlanders) Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy) Bev Bevan (The Move/The Electric Light Orchestra) Mick Box (Uriah Heep) John Cameron (C.C.S.) William Campbell Jnr. (Marmalade + solo) Jeff Christie (Christie) Frank Collins (Arrival) Peter Daltrey (Fairfield Parlour) David Van Day (Guys ‘n’ Dolls) Kiki Dee Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) Ralph Ellis (The Swinging Blue Jeans) Steve Ellis (Love Affair) Ray Ennis (The Swinging Blue Jeans) Nigel Fletcher (Lieutenant Pigeon) Graham Gouldman (10cc) Julie Hammersley (The Angelettes) Anita Harris Murray Head Catherine Howe Spencer James (The First Class) Steve Jameson (Nosmo King) Georg Kajanus (Sailor) Jonathan King Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) Mick Liber (Python Lee Jackson/Ashton, Gardner and Dyke) Jim McClusky (Wigan’s Ovation) Ian McCredie (Middle Of The Road) Jacqui McShee (Pentangle) Peter Oakman (Harley Quinne) Bill Oddie (The Goodies) Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention) Mike Pender (The Searchers) Brian Poole (The Tremeloes) P.J. Proby Suzi Quatro Milton Reame-James (Cockney Rebel) Steve Rowland (Family Dogg) Chris Sandford (Yin and Yan) Roger Ruskin Spear (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) John Sebastian (The Lovin’ Spoonful) Rodney Slater (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) “Legs” Larry Smith (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) John Springate (The Glitter Band) Livingston Taylor (singer-songwriter brother of James Taylor) Barbara Thompson (sax-playing wife of late drummer Jon Hiseman from Colosseum) Sylvia Vrethammar (Swedish singer of ‘Y Viva España’ fame) Alan Whitehead (Marmalade) Dee Dee Wilde (Pan’s People legend) Robert Woodward (Lieutenant Pigeon) Philip Wright (Paper Lace)

[@tinydancer62]

Thanks for the info. I wonder if I can buy in the US.

[@markallen381]

So much like an updated Polka.

[@moemcgovern7345]

What a list!

[@franzeickelmann6050]

Spielt auch auf meinem Grundig Tonbandgerät.FantastischL.G.

[@SriDarajati]

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[@jguerr562]

I'm a 58 year old man and when i hear these classics and think of my mom who passed away 20 years ago, i weep like a baby

[@mimsalamims6571]

God bless you, the Lord gives us eternal hope!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

My friend if your weeping - your remembering and loving never let it stop im going through it as well

[@user-lh4oj7bi7x]

From the Russia

[@jesuscastaneda6385]

El llorar limpia el alma, y más cuando lo haces de manera sincera!! Llora y llora mucho por tu mamá, es lo mejor que tenemos en el mundo.

[@davidmenzd5544]

So sad...I'm same age and have my mom...Nothing replaces a mom

[@iggyignas6990]

I love this song very catchy and I'm 64 yrs young brings back how great it was to be young then

[@jimduffy1967]

Same here.

[@Fortwentt]

64 also and this is so cool! incredible. i usuually listenh to country and thrash metal

[@sharonmeehan5971]

Know the feeling

[@bobwilliams6018]

Yes it does

[@stephenowens354]

Ye when there was no sexual or physical abuse .....homophobia and racism were just words in the dictionary

[@patrickmolloy2212]

We will never have music like this again

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Patrick How true your message is ,i will always adore the 6os era , its music was so diverse , what a fantastic choice we had x alas ,,, never to be repeated lol Jane x🎤🎷🎸🎹🎺🎻🪕🎶🎶🎶💽🎥📀🪗🎼🎼

[@vcarrano]

Amen

[@jonathanj.7344]

Who needs this when we have Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikesullivan6422]

We will have this music everyone who hears it will keep it alive I have a deal with my son if I run across good music I think he has never heard I send it to him and a lot of it is from the 60s and 70s

[@Amy-gf7je]

@@jonathanj.7344 Sam smith 😭😭🤢

[@vickicsurbs444]

I wasnt born until 1970. But feel blessed to have grown up in the 70's and 80's

[@itchyallover9]

A memorable classic from a great era for music.

[@DOCTORJAN714]

It doesn't get any more "late 60s, flower power" than this. The BEST!!!!!

[@lucyacuna1001]

I love these guys. Great song. I was only 14 yrs. old. But i do remember them. I still love to play their music. God bless them.

[@alohaspirit1506]

If they're all still with us.

[@paulhobday9272]

Me too Lucy, 14 also, I brought the single with my pocket money!

[@Mguns180]

I was 13, a different world altogether

[@gilbertwilliamson754]

@@Mguns180 I was 14 when the song was released and saw them 2 years later in the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock and from memory they did a great gig

[@nycbbbco]

I was just starting kindergarten-and it bring back such great memories for me!!!!

[@davidmichaels8202]

Pop music of the sixties had a purity to it and simplistic message that can be summed up in a word Beauty

[@margin606]

'Simplistic?' What an insult!

[@alohaspirit1506]

I love what you said, it's so true.

[@suave-rider]

Interesting to note that this song was never covered by anybody. Peaked at #8 on UK charts, 10th on Canadian, 20th in Australia and 12 in the US. A rather dull and boring piece of meaningless drivel

[@joebittman5039]

Pedro I like it

[@MrMjp58]

Good comment!

[@filonru]

When this song was a hit I was 14 years old and remember hearing it on the portable Sony transistor radio I just got for my birthday. Was then one of the songs that was always in my head when sailing Dutch lakes with my friend who had a boat so the tune for me is now always linked to being on the water 🙂

[@tonyallen6510]

👍🙂

[@robertthacher-dv4kn]

They did have more than 1 hit. This pleasant song hit the charts in 1969!

[@oughtonoughton2634]

This lovely song still gives me great pleasure to hear it again ,, it brings back very happy , memories of many decades ago long live the 60s era lol Jane 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@diannadhaliwal3647]

I was 5!I still have the 45 it was my moms.Always one of my favourite songs both vocally,instruments &melody.

[@janfromnycsavesmoney8723]

Has an amazingly unique sound to it. Great transitions.

[@johnhanusin4973]

I loved this the first I heard it. My favorite Vanity Fare song.

[@tinydancer62]

Mine too.

[@Dave-lq2le]

Haven't heard this in forever! Great memories!! Thanks!!❤

[@davidweiss250]

Love this song.... Along with Hitchin' A Ride. Unique, catchy, infectious.

[@tonyallen6510]

I have the 45 👍

[@brianhodges820]

Me too.

[@cinematic35]

Mesmerizing artistic melody, chords and lyrics that no one today can equal alone rival. Talent mocking buffoons have no place among these world class musicians, song writers and performers!

[@suave-rider]

Evening, is a time of day I find nothing much to say Don't know what to do But I come too When its sunny in the morning Over by the window, day is dawning When I feel the air I feel that life is very good to me, you know? In the sun, there's so much yellow Something in the early morning meadow Tells me that today you're on your way And you'll be coming home, home to me .... complete gibberish that you can't remember let along sing along to

[@tinydancer62]

@Music Enhancement Channel Well said.

[@josephsturek4332]

Omg your so right ✅

[@wolfgangdr.dahlke8510]

​@@suave-rider it got to be: "but I come to"

[@suave-rider]

@@wolfgangdr.dahlke8510 I was being cheeky. People crap on about these old songs being superior to new ones, but the lyrics are nonsensical

[@saintgeorge6706]

This record always takes me back to the summer of 1969. Camping with the Battersea Boy Scouts in Devon.

[@wolfgangdr.dahlke8510]

I came across that pretty melody when I accompanied a jazz coir on drums. They sang it like one of those old Jazz standards from the 40s, so I used brushes. And it took me 50 years to hear the original Pop version by Vanity Fare. The guys sound great!

[@gwangi64]

A lovely pop song and it's great to see more TOTP performances turning up from Hits a Go Go.

[@carseye1219]

I almost can't explain why pop music of this era was always my favorite, with its nonsense lyrics and lightness just made listening such a joy. Something was lost when somebody decided music had to have depth and be "important".

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

I do agree with you but the lyrics were not nonsense! Lighthearted, yes but not nonsense! Now, lyrics of most modern day pop music, now THATS nonsense to me!

[@carseye1219]

@@thomasmarthinussen8978 I didn't really mean "nonsense" negatively. I just meant many of the words were chosen more for the ability to rhyme than for their depth of content.

[@thomasmarthinussen8978]

@@carseye1219 I understand and I totally agree! of course, by the early 70s you had the more serious singer/songwriter genre going and lyrics were getting more thoughtful, expressive and personal but the 60s had more easy going, uncomplicated lyrics for sure.

[@franzeickelmann6050]

​@@thomasmarthinussen8978Hei Thomas,das hast du genau richtig erklärt,heutzutage ist wirklich sehr viel Müll dabei,ich höre lieber Musik aus den 60/70ern.Ich habe mir etliche Titel aus der Zeit gespeichert.Ich bin in der Zeit aufgewachsen.Bj.51.L G.und frohe Feiertage.

[@frankpaya690]

Rap music has "depth" & "importance"?

[@jeanettevalentine6977]

Saw them perform last year and will be seeing them again in November. I was a child in the 60s but love this band. They still sound great.

[@beewardrobe]

I heard it first when I was I think I was 11 years old in the winter and lot of snow outside. Brings back nice memories.

[@philiptucci2458]

MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECE, very beautiful piece of music, top of the line solid gold standard of excellence, really brings back fond memories of life, great video

[@CoverageStation]

Ahh - there was a time when they actually played real music! Love it!!

[@rysir6951]

Still sounds good me...2019...Cyprus

[@woodcress]

Fabulous group, brings back memories of the late sixties, their van broke down or had an accident (unsure) at the top of the street and they called at our house to use the telephone. If I remember correctly they were going to be on Top of the Pops the next day. I was eight at the time, great memories.

[@bonniesilva5162]

I used to play this on the jukebox at the lunch counter. I was 11.😊

[@epilefz795]

i was seven at age a grade one student i remember the song sometimes it really makes tears my eyes even its until now, i don't know what something is in it

[@joegroup1]

This song is a wonderful cheery , life reaffirming song, that anyone listening to, gives a spring to your step. Bliss.

[@JESUS-SAVES_1975.]

Wonderful song. This and Hitchin' A Ride are simply masterpieces. Brings back memories of my childhood.

[@janehowell4622]

This somg is so catchy. I was born in 1966 but had older siblings and i can remember this song being played on the record player. I heard it again on the Tony Blackburn radio show Saturday morning and just had to find it on KZbin, so whoever put this on, i thank you. The lead singer here, Trevor Brice, looks like my husband when he was around 14/15. Uncanny resemblance!!

[@festeradams3972]

Always a favorite then and now.

[@davecooke7868]

Great tune back in the day, hitching a ride was great too

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Dave i like what you have said ,i loved hitching a ride , it always made me feel joyful ,, long live the 6os era im so happy i was their lol Jane x🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@MrsRionero]

This song always makes Me smile. What is it about the 60’s that I love so much.

[@stephenbeardwood5499]

great atmospheric song there's not many thees days

[@donnadeckelman9803]

Heard this on Sirius a few days ago. I remember this song very well. I was a preteen then, just about to enter what used to be called "Junior High" (now it's called Middle School). "Hichin' a Ride" was more popular on the charts, and got more airplay on the radio in the U.S. but this song was also very good as well! 🎉

[@josemendozajr3775]

Early in the morning having a cup of hot coffee to sip at and a nice tunes that renders a melodics rythms along with organ. Really a great sounds for early listening pleasures.

[@billylilly]

Its so classic TOTP, straight away you just know it! :-)

[@fisherpeter695]

I first heard this classic hit in the hot summer of 1969 when i worked for a larger firm near Liverpool city centre. They allowed music to be piped though departments and this song is like a picture in the mind of a special time. I was in my final year as a teenager and often found it hard to explain to younger work colleagues in later years about how special 1965 until 1980 was in the UK.

[@pl443]

Nice cheerful music from these Kentish lads.

[@martinlee5604]

A lovely record which climbed into the UK Top 20 in August 1969 (17, 8, 10, 10, 12, 14). It chased The Love Affair's equally lovely "Bringing On Back The Good Times" which peaked at No.9.

[@user-tg1ih7zk8w]

I love this song

[@Teebone211]

I'm 61, remember hearing this when I was seven back in 1969, such a great song, just as good as "Hitchin A Ride" their other hit....

[@shaftsbury94]

A lot of comments say there's not like music like this anymore?listening to the charts now confirms this.

[@TWayneD1020]

I remember this song, nice !!

[@jacquismith3277]

I don't remember his voice being this good. ❤

[@andrewclegg1058]

I saw them in a club when l was 15.The bass was so loud it shook you to the core especially on Hitching a ride.

[@tonycanaris6521]

I loved their other hit Hitch iin n a Ride bet this one was equal or better.

[@mkruup]

Beautiful, Amazing, Melody.

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

I love their songs are so beautiful ❤️💗💙

[@mixinmagic5995]

Years since I heard this. Forgotten just how good it was. Thanks for posting.

[@alandawson2130]

One of those superb songs thats missing from commercial radio but what a gem! Dickie

[@SLK4000]

The clapping sound at the end adds to the joyful sentiment of this masterpiece.

[@loam]

Hear this song in "F is for family", love it !

[@curtiss22]

Season 2, episode 10. watching on netflix right now. How I found this vid!

[@robinrubendunst869]

Very catchy tune. Fun arrangement. Circular melody/lyrics. Reminds me of Red Rubber Ball. These songs were kind of out of the old school style if professional song writers who went to a studio (the Brill Building comes to mind) every day and slogged along until they came up with a hit. People like Paul Simon, Neil Diamond, Carol King, Bobby Boyce and Tommy Hart, Les Reed and Barry Mason, Holland Dozier Holland, and Tony Romeo, to name some favorites. I really admire those pop-songwriters. I like the “singer-songwriters” too, that took over in the 70s, with all their heart-felt angst and life of observations, but nothing beats a catch tune, steady beat, and a good hook.

[@Sraheens1]

Totally agree...if you haven’t already, check out “Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound”...fantastic for Brill Building lore , concert footage, interviews....

[@kevinwhite616]

@@Sraheens1 Yes, I agree. This song is written by Mike Leander, who later wrote all the Gary Glitter hits.He also wrote hits for Cliff Richard and Paul Jones.

[@valyavalya9744]

Песни моей молодости. Спасибо за то, что выкладывайте в интернет музыку и песни тех давних прекрасных лет

[@KennBurch]

Эта песня будет звучать удивительно по-русски, кстати. Вы знаете, если кто-нибудь когда-нибудь записал переведенную версию?

[@user-fh1fl5nk1e]

ВИА музыка .русская версия я полечу.

[@MaybeMe...862]

After watching the movie 'Call Jane'' I ended up looking for the song from the movie. I have never heard that song before. It is in my playlist from now !! Beautiful!

[@petegarza2025]

What a CLASSIC oldie..."EARLY IN THE MORNING" by "VANITY FARE"...I remember I was only 10 years young when this AWESOME song was released and all I can say is "THANK YOU YOU TUBE"👏👏👏

[@davidjenson1570]

Kind of a dreamy song. Cool video, too.

[@bweber6256]

The first song I can ever remember getting stuck in my head and waiting to hear it come on my transistor radio when I was 11. This one, and "Galveston". Until I came across this video- for the past 54 years- I always thought the singer was a girl!

[@Dave-lq2le]

Same happened to me with "Venus" by Shocking Blue. I assumed the singer was a guy, and was shocked when I saw them on Bandstand. The singer was a hot chick!!! 😂😂😂😂😂👍

[@scottburton9701]

Fantastic song!

[@mikebrelet1744]

Best feel good song ever!

[@oughtonoughton2634]

Mike i like your comment , i feel the same as you , this divine song still gives me goose lumps x The 60s era was some thing else , memories to cherish lol Jane x

[@larrywmedford6587]

The first week of March, 1971, I was on my R&R in Sydney, Australia. I saw them in either the Cheetah Lounge or Checkers Club, I cannot remember which. I was in both places. I liked Vanity Fair and their music. Hearing them on KZbin brings back some of those memories. The expression we had was "trippin' on livin' " cause I knew when I got back to Vietnam, I would start processing to go home. I MADE IT

[@papatsuwannakorn4094]

So good So great Old but not out of date The song fot all seasons

[@BosuxRedsux]

great song!

[@darrensmith4932]

My new listening pleasure love it

[@archivaldochivigon5950]

Maravillosa canción de Vanity fare Saludos desde México

[@EduardoJose-op9wv]

This sound...take me back to 1969 pls.

[@glennjohnson8170]

Glenn Johnson Nice to see this was preserved to film before the videotape was wiped.Brilliant.

[@timarnold9969]

Wow! Back when music was beautiful, touching, civil and Life was good.

[@dankelly4747]

What a great song to bring back wonderful memories 😢

[@ronniedixon1128]

Was 5 at the time loved this innocent times

[@lidiahaddad8448]

Saudade! Essa é uma das minhas músicas favoritas! ♥️🇧🇷

[@engineeringartist4801]

Thank you. This song was so great to me back when I was 14. It was nearly deleted from my mental rolodex but this video has regenerated the synaptic connection and upgrading that old pathway to my hippocampus where all the good stuff is archived. Sigh... it was so long ago.

[@MetFan37]

The rule was that they had to at least sing live on this show, and they sound easily as good as on the record.

[@tinydancer62]

They definitely do.

[@winnienguyen4420]

Top of the Pops has always been lip sync. That's a well known fact.

[@senorxrey6429]

TOTP performers almost always lip synced, until very late in the show's run when they had lower ratings and more competition.

[@pegbutwin7189]

A lifetime fave!

[@dariosvampa3674]

good pop great

[@lizzym4291]

It took me two hours to look for this Melody 🎵

[@user-tf5bg8ze6k]

Это лучшее исполнение этой песни из всех, которые я слышал

[@theoxley]

Great harmony and vocals.

[@guilordrubio8240]

THE BEST....GOD BLESS THIS GROUP FOREVER...

[@feroble2950]

I love to hear this song a long long time ago when i was only 4 years old until now

[@alexcerdan4500]

Great song, great band, great voice

[@liamkernaghan7115]

Thruppence plastic toy parachute silver space man tangled up in the trees in our back garden. Late summer/early autumn 1969. Just started infant school. Listening to this, it seems like yesterday.

[@gervaciohernandezgomez8695]

Bella melodía gracias por subir el video❤❤❤❤

[@ivorstevenson4559]

Great tune

[@tomevans4402]

Great miss the day

[@reginascruggs3326]

Rock that harpsichord!

[@moemcgovern7345]

Love this song!

[@sungirl302]

American girl here, who lived in England for several years. Always had a crush on the lead singer with mod haircut, so cute & expressive.

[@john111257]

he is 75 now..

[@stephwynne-davey3854]

He still sounds great. Just listened to him singing this at 76! And still very cute, with expressions and moves.

[@robertfogelin7348]

@@stephwynne-davey3854 ....... out of curiosity, what is his name? My wife is curious. She just stumbled on him and she likes his singing and personality. He has a charming smile and voice.

[@stephwynne-davey3854]

@@robertfogelin7348 he's called Trev Brice

[@dannyparis2942]

Vanity Fair another amazing group from the 60s

[@lesbsocal9107]

Great beat+melody

[@sergelyalinserge5015]

One of the best!

[@rodolfoaguirre8397]

Me gusta mucho en la mañana entra el sol bellos recuerdos de mi juventud

[@QueenSnowPea]

I remember this song. I was 13 at the time in the 7th grade.

[@lourdesmorales7569]

Love it!

[@negrogallon1977]

great song.

[@ColinCrow-ec1uk]

Thank God for Radio Luxembourg!

[@ruffusp768]

Yes you are right all we have channels like KZbin awesome