Winchester Cathedral

This is my music video to the classic 60's song Winchester Cathedral from the British band The New Vaudeville Band. I threw this together in about an hour so it's not the best ever.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

This takes me back to Saturday mornings as a kid-Dad would make pancakes, the radio was on, and this song would start playing. We always turned up for this one.

[@globalaide49]

Amanda, I remember my papa listening to this song and as I would sleep in the back of the car. The fuzzy carpet on the floor of that Oldsmobile was just right for a 6 year old boy to sleep on. The humming of the car engine and papa's speakers ringing out those tunes of the day from the AM dial.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

@@globalaide49 good memories.

[@pilarfernandezburgos9273]

Ppññ

[@gregoryclemen1870]

my dad used to sing this one ,and yes I have the 45 R.P.M. single too( great tune!!!)

[@hawaii50th]

Yes, the good ole days that are never to return.

[@misspopcorn-girl]

Why can't music be like this TODAY...you know...FUN!

[@gang6009]

The fun is in talking about shooting people with guns

[@forneverlandsfambase1995]

People just lack the spirit of prior eras & the camaraderie of earlier times by harmony through banding together to make an album production. Albums used to bring people together more whereas nowadays its not always about fun or bringing others together which doesn’t seem fun to me but still is an escape from the struggle of a reality some live they bring up in songs i try to forget about because not everything in the outside world has these good or cool vibes honestly.

[@edwardanthony7283]

It's called tough act to follow & AT TIMES IT'S GONE BACKWARDS..

[@GroomLeader]

I was 9 years old when this was on the radio and was wild about this song. Riding around in the car with the family, this song would start on the car radio, and we'd sing along with it. Real feel-good music.

[@johnperry8097]

Brings back good memories as a teenager. Loved listening to the music from that time.

[@darrenduncan1674]

I have no idea why this silly song from my childhood popped into my head out of nowhere at 5 o'clock in the morning on 11-5-23. But that's what brought me here.

[@kingssing]

Same with me lol

[@lizdevich7192]

I never get tired of this song! Such a catchy tune! I absolutely love it!

[@brianfreel1473]

Catchy your right on

[@drumbum3.142]

Imho AJR Would Ecclecticly *NAIL* A Re-telling of this Piece.

[@tonyallen6510]

Same here..love it

[@s.hocker9222]

@@drumbum3.142 Taco did a re-make of this in 1984 which I think was an awesome cover, even better than the original.

[@drumbum3.142]

@s.hocker9222 *HUHH!* Thanks Mate ,! No Joke - I'll have to Immediately Right Now Check It Out. 🙏

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Back when music was great. There is no way that any of you can say that today's music is better than this.

[@TheLunnyBear]

Music is subjective and this song is corny as hell, sounds like something a clown would do his stupid routine too

[@themuaddib]

This song *blows.* It's only notable for SOMEHOW winning the Grammy for best song over "Eleanor Rigby" and "Good Vibrations."

[@getmetothegeek4066]

@@themuaddib The silence of George Vreeland Hill in response to your comment speaks volumes.

[@drumbum3.142]

Some are = Goode. Every Bit as =. But okay.. ...I'll give ya none (are) better.. It's late. I'm tired,. And I'm (currently) fighting the flu.. .

[@anthonyterwogt3190]

Absolutely right old music from the 60 s & 70 s rule over all this new crap music which makes no sense at all. April .16 . 2023..

[@morningtrees2090]

My grandfather and I used to dance to this song when I was 3-4 years old. My grandmother reminded me of this in the last Christmas Card I received in her handwriting in 2004. It's been 16 years now since she passed away. My grandfather 4 years before her and my mom 6 years after. I've felt family-less since 2011. Thank goodness for memories and youtube.

[@exxel01234]

Sorry to hear , but you still have your lovely memories of them 😊 all the best .

[@cherylthomas2459]

You’re making me cry. I feel that

[@analauraaltamirano1389]

Buenas noches, gracias por compartir tan hermosa cancioncita, la escucho desde que tenía como 4 años de edad, por lo cual me trae maravillosos recuerdos de mi mamá, de mi papá, mis herman@s cuando la vida era solo felicidad!!...saludos y bendiciones para todos ustedes, sus familias y todos sus seguidores...desde el Estado de México

[@lajmh]

I cannot understand why this isn't on every 60s compilation. I was four when this came out. One of the first real non-children's songs I remember. AND one of my favorite top ten songs of ALL TIME!

[@laurentogorman5957]

exactement can t write better : 4 years old ,the father use to whistle throught that melody

[@mr.scottpowell]

I was 4 as well. My parents said I would roll up a piece of paper like a megaphone and try to sing it. I don't remember that, but do remember totally loving this song. I guess it has an appeal to kids

[@kitsnow5307]

I love him singing through the megaphone real talented and creative.

[@globalaide49]

And not so often do we hear that. "We so sorry , Uncle Albert but, we haven't done a bloody thing all day"

[@ezrarhett285]

@Nova Silas Definitely, have been watching on Flixzone for since november myself =)

[@espr7564]

Talented?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😱

[@mitchgawlik1175]

You liked the megaphone? Rudy Vallee used it decades before.

[@alanrogs3990]

This is where Tom Waits got his idea

[@earlbutters]

I can’t believe this novelty song won best song at the 67 Grammys! They beat out “Monday, Monday” by The Mamas & the Papas, “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles, and “Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys!

[@phoenix...dark...dirk.dark4307]

I love this song but it's definitely not better than any of those songs

[@brentdingwall8509]

You're surprised by that? Usually the s*** rises to the top when we're talking Grammys 😊

[@s.hocker9222]

In the '60s, the contemporary pop-rock songs of the day like the ones you listed often were passed over for more traditional ones like this.

[@s.hocker9222]

@@phoenix...dark...dirk.dark4307 I don't really care for this version. Taco's cover in the '80s was much better.

[@samueldavidrucker7514]

I can. It's better as a composition in my humble opinion

[@ellenr.3549]

I was in the hospital and this song got me through. Someone brought me a little radio and this song played all day and night. It has a nice beat and really cheered me up.

[@alicemoncada6853]

I've been loving the melody, ever since I first heard it in my early teens.

[@montyallen6676]

I was 6 years old in 1966. Drove mom crazy singing this one around the house !!!!

[@mikewiedl1991]

Reminds me of goin' for rides in my moms' old old chevy in the '60s, her and us kids. Singing at the top of our lungs and laughing our asses off. Miss ya mom.

[@intestinalworm1202]

Love this song - whistle it regularly! The actual cathedral is the longest Gothic Cathedral in the world (Jane Austen buried there) - magnificent building.

[@MariaFiorellaBorrini8]

Ero una ragazzina quando ascoltavo questo pezzo e mi piaceva moltissimo! Lo ricordo sempre con molto.piacere! Anni belli!

[@MunecaNMagic]

We did a jumprope routine to this song in High School gym😊 back in 1968. Oh the good ole days.

[@finnmccool684]

When a girl broke up with me, I used to blame it on her. When I got a little older, I started to blame it on me. Now I just blame it on the nearest cathedral.

[@gezuz4unme]

I miss my Dad so much. He used to whistle to this quite often. He went home to be w the Lord 9/11/13

[@suscnc]

Same. My dad whistled it a lot, too. He left this world 5/31/13.

[@texas2step266]

@@suscnc My dad just whistled a lot. He also passed in late May, 2013. Tomorrow, May 7, would have been his 87th birthday. It's hard to say goodbye to your Dad, and it's good we have these memories.

[@thewholeshebang6464]

​@@suscnc Funny that we have these memories...I looked this up b/c my mother used to sing this song...no whistling. She passed 6/14/70. 50 years ago....I was only 8.

[@texas2step266]

@@thewholeshebang6464 So sorry you lost your mom too soon. But I've learned that as well as being a font of information and a means of communication, the internet also holds an endless supply of memories.

[@thewholeshebang6464]

@@texas2step266 Thanks for your kind words. I looked this song up b/c I mentioned it in my KZbin channel about my mother's passing. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGrOeGdmnNatn8k I wanted to hear it...it is exactly how I remembered her playing/singing it...

[@victorsamuelmunozvillarroe6780]

Beatitud!! Hermoso tema. Lo escucho desde los años 70. Hoy estamos en 2022 y el gusto por esta hermosa canción no se ha ido, ni se irá!! Eran tiempos mejores'!! No como la basura de hoy!!

[@GildaTabarez]

My dad's older brother used to whistle this song. He was a lot of fun. I really miss my dad and my uncles. They don't make 'em like that anymore -- songs and people.

[@exxel01234]

So true I know and understand what you mean.

[@richardklamik709]

I have this album both in mono and stereo. My daughter ALLI and me love to dance to this song! Such great Saturday nights !

[@risteardwest3384]

That song came out 1966 Winchester that brings back pleasant memories I was in my early twenties at that time 😍❤️

[@Leeanicorn]

My grandpa LOVES this song, and I have to say, it's growing on me. 😊

[@camancaman3654]

Lead vocal by John Carter of the Sixties band ‘The Ivy League’

[@tomtv1]

This song reminds me of easier times when l was small. Love it.

[@davidlogansr8007]

One of my Wonderful late Wife’s favorite songs. Mourning her passing 4 years ago this week, on a cold, rainy Monday.

[@Thomas-kg8pf]

I lived in Germany for awhile in the 70s this song takes me back my mother liked it I tracked it down years later

[@Annie0415]

I remember my Mom singing this song, the only problem was she thought it said "It's Just a Cathedral".. How I miss my Mom! :)

[@melodysabonis6763]

❤

[@jeffcooper3765]

That's great it's just a cathedral😃 Reminds me of a comment I read in Bob Seger Fire Lake. It goes "who wants to go to fire lake". This daughter commented that her Mom didn't know the words either,she thought it said who wants to go fry an egg😆 Too funny...

[@friesiamans1966]

@@jeffcooper3765 in germany we have a whole little book with such misunderstandings and some are really crazy and funny... :-)

[@steveperry1344]

that's a great little story. do you mind if i laugh along with you? my dad was funny too, he was an old fashion kind of a guy and when this song came on the radio he would comment how racy it was.

[@johntate5722]

Oh thats lovely annie. I had an uncle who used to sing "oh a tree in motion" when it was poetry in motion (johnny tiilotson single that got to number 1 in UK)

[@alicetaylor3695]

This song was on my tongue. I had to hear it. This one song that sticks with you. Old school.😄😄😄

[@kaydelong3994]

I remember that song.Played it all the time.Brings back some great memories 😄

[@TJKillip]

This tune suddenly got into my head; 1st time in years.. my Dad used to love to whistle it and drove my Mom crazy; one of those 'funny farm' melodies that gets into your head and can't get rid of it '-)

[@brianfreel1473]

Crazy true that

[@imogenechavez8158]

Great year to be a teenager, my sis Angie and I listened along with my mom. Miss you both.

[@michaelbruns449]

Such a wonderful number one hit song!

[@jimbell4137]

In early June, 1971, my family and I were visiting England. Went to many famous locations, but at one I couldn't get the tune out of my head. It was...Winchester Cathedral.

[@carmenleeder1270]

a timeless classic

[@colleenbottcher]

We had a little record player with one needle to share with 5 kids. My mother loved this song so much she made us play it every day for the life of that record player.

[@TnseWlms]

You shouldn't share needles (or dangle modifiers). It's dangerous.

[@davidlazarus5187]

4 yrs old in the back of parents Studebaker, watching trees go by with this song on the radio. Good memory.

[@ebangoosa]

My dad used to whistle this song all the time! Wow! My black African dad who studied all over the world in the 60s. LOL

[@Jasminechicago1]

same here,,, my Mom loved it ,and danced around the house to it ,She just passed away yesterday ,, reaching out for her in songs

[@tatsuoozeki6840]

When I came to study at a graduate school of the University of Illinois in Champaign back in 1966, this music was very popular. I listened to this music very often and I liked it.

[@tracyhaverstick5672]

My little brother used to sit in the bathroom while being potty trained singing this over and over! What memories!

[@coralbitten5335]

we went on holiday to Dorset last year and saw signs for winchester and couldn't stop singing this song . .love it

[@ErrollBrantley-pe6eu]

I'm 50 years old and was lucky enough to be a child in the early seventies. I remember this song on the radio stations am. My grandfather or grandmother whistling along or tapping their foot, and me hating it. Now I love it so much

[@luigitenco5836]

Gracias por compartir éste hermoso recuerdo

[@hempluva]

Ahhhh... the 60s. I often wish I could have been around back then. Such a crazy weird time period.

[@canman5060]

I have been to the Winchester Cathedral. Marvellous architecture.

[@Treeheight]

Was in high school when this came along... liked it and still do. it is good vaudeville music to me... don't think the new generation today would like the old songs... too different and attitudes not same

[@Shepetunka]

This is the first song I remember playing on the radio. I was 3 years old !!!

[@jamesgilliom2067]

This tune is one of a kind! So original. Great tune.

[@mrrb7708]

This is what songs were meant to be enjoyable memorable and fun to listen to and bring back memories of good times unlike todays music which will be forgotten in years to come.

[@stevieg7672]

On this day, 50 years ago, a couple of brits reviving vaudeville sound made this song, and it topped the charts in late '66

[@scottburton9701]

Remember having this 45 as a youngster-Great memories!

[@markchulski8519]

Great to hear this song again.....my wife was 10 years old when this was popular!

[@lestercoons3962]

I remember, I just had to have this record album! I played this song and all the rest many times! This particular song got played over and over!

[@percyrobertogamboaugarte5827]

Temaza! Décadas que no la escuchaba. Me recuerda a mi padre silbando la canción luego de escucharla en la Voz de BBC... Gracias!!!

[@kathyhull1640]

I was just a kid when I first heard Winchester Cathedral. I still love it!!!

[@joanmorris2292]

I loved this song. It was different and very unique. Never forget this song.🐑🐑🐑🐑🐐🐐🐑🐑🐐🐑🐑

[@santoscaballero5652]

Sweet Memories from my childhood ..

[@trymints3657]

When I was kid back in the early 60s, my folks listened to this song. It's a great old tune.

[@telioable]

GRANDE E IMPAGÁVEL LEMBRANÇA DOS DOCES TEMPOS DE CRIANÇA. PATOS DE MINAS-MG SAUDADES...

[@AA-he4uq]

Never forget that this won the Grammy for best contemporary song... against Good Vibrations, Paint It Black, California Dreamin’, and every song from Sounds of Silence and Revolver.

[@richarddexter7641]

Which simply goes to show how idiotic the Grammys are and have been for decades.

[@TheRatesMusic]

I liked this tune like 30 years ago when I was little. Suddenly remembered it tonight, and there it is. thanks internet person

[@revcc1]

One the the greatest years in the history of music and this stinker took home the Grammy over the who's who of 60's rock and pop.

[@daxconnell7661]

as a huge Beatles fan I was skeptic about this song for winning an award over one of their songs, but I listened to it for the first time as far as I can remember or even as far back as a small kid (47 now) and from the time I heard it to the 15 minute drive to work I was humming this song and even at work I wouldn't mind hearing it again. it's pure fun, simple music

[@paologhelardini1292]

One of my Fabulous songs 60 years! Luv forever!

[@davidchabot5963]

Heard this 56 years ago at 9yo. Still love it.

[@fencewizrd]

back in 1967 when i was 11 i was listening to this song in our galaxy 500 car as we were going to my grandparents house it was at night ,and right when the lyrics winchester cathedral were sung screaming tires and a huge impack crash we were in a 9 car crash,my front teeth went through my lower lip i was not wearing seat belts,,,i have the scar today,cant forget this song

[@bodyworkkim]

My grandfather was over the top happy when this song resurrected his teenage years...we loved it!

[@lindaeasley4336]

Went to #1 in US and Canada in 1966 . On US hot 100 chart it knocked Supremes You Keep Me Hangin On off the top on Dec 3,1966 .After a week at #1 Beach Boys Good Vibrations replaced Winchester Cathedral at that spot but the song came back to #1 for an additional 2 weeks It also hit #1 on US easy listening chart . This song owned the US charts in December 1966 . Interestingly it only made it to #4 in the UK

[@Kowasi]

Maybe for the British, Winchester Cathedral is hard to put at number one because of the wealth of other top class cathedrals that will occupy their minds.

[@robertorick6383]

@@Kowasi There were also competing versions of "Winchester Cathedral" records at the time including one by Lawrence Welk, but they didn't chart in the top 100.

[@wm.stclaire3127]

Always loved this song 🎵.

[@davidstuckey2546]

A great tribute to a great building. Know it well. Happy memories!

[@karenredden7500]

Love this song so much.

[@efege3251]

que recuerdos de 1967, que jamas volveran, inovidable tema

[@timroebuck3458]

I had a teacher named Winchester when this song came out. Our class had a field day with this.

[@user-yz9vs4of1c]

One of the catchiest tunes in history. At the time it was released, a whole nation was involved in, singing, whistling, humming it. Lol

[@ruthpatnode283]

I always wanted my daughter (Brenda white ) to play this for me! She really didn't want to but she did. Thanks Bren. It's been a few years

[@anneforrest4405]

Now I can't stop singing it....

[@OldGuyHere]

Hahahahaha hahaha hahahahaha.....me too

[@stephenrose1343]

Memories of going on holiday to Devon ,with mum and dad in the Austin Cambridge A60, in blue and white. Happy days, thanks for posting.

[@arabionjames9290]

I remember hearing this song on AM radio back in the 1960's. I was a kid. ..

[@barbcall5767]

Light and easy! My family loved this because it has a happy vibe.

[@cindydufala7646]

What a fun song. Great memories

[@dlmullins9054]

I just loved this song when i was a teenager.

[@musiccollector]

The stereo version is rare. A true #1! The New Vaudeville Band's only hit to crack the U.S. Top 40, the title track from their debut album. Performed by British songwriter/producer Geoff Stephens in a style parroting the nostalgic "megaphone" style of 1920s crooner Rudy Vallee. Incredibly, “Winchester Cathedral” beat out The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" for the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Pop Recording, and wound up as the fifth-biggest Novelty hit of all-time. Covered by Dana Rollin as a Top 75 single the following month. Geoff Stephens went on to write numerous hits for other groups during the 1960s and early 1970s, including “There’s a Kind of Hush” for Herman’s Hermits, “Smile a Little Smile for Me” for The Flying Machine, and “Daughter of Darkness” for Tom Jones.

[@dang2443]

Which tells you all you need to know about the Grammys

[@rogerirving9171]

Written by Geoff Stephens but sung by another great British songwriter and singer, John Carter (Ivy League, Flowerpot Men, Carter-Lewis and the Southerners etc), so I believe.

[@robertorick6383]

The US must have not received the stereo version from the UK, as it appears in reprocessed stereo on the Mercury/ Fontana album in the US. One member, Bob "Pops" Kerr was a member of The Bonzo Dog Band for a brief time in 1966, before he joined this band just as "Winchester Cathedral" was climbing the charts.

[@gerardleveneur818]

Cela ne nous rajeuni pas, quelle superbe chanson..

[@charleswelsbacher3839]

I remember hearing this first in December, 1966, when I was in the seventh grade.

[@JudyinAL]

My Dad had an album with this on it. I loved it & knew every word.

[@markarmenta2015]

+Judy Bou I was 10 when it was out and I know every word to this day, I just found out. Everybody sang along to it. I think the appeal was the British Accent and all things British what with the Beatles and Dave Clark 5 having recently conquered the U.S. market. Whatever. Loved it.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

This musical selection certainly scaled the heights of artistic excellence and intellectual achievement.

[@omartorres5688]

Even 20's style mixed with 60's style worked and was popular plus great song

[@lindapadley5806]

Always loved this song!! Quirky. Bonzo dog doo da band remind me of them! College students with musical talent. Neill Innes springs to mind!

[@waynemckinney7312]

For some weird reason I can't get enough of this song,😁😁😁

[@garylandrum9036]

Great in my day and even better TODAY 2019

[@robertmakin2259]

Good share. Memories from an old school foreman who sung this in the eighties on the shop floor.

[@djjohn5055]

great song brings back the good days when my father you,s to sing this song thank you for this great tune it is awesome

[@travels129]

Just came into my mind now. Its funny how a song you havent herd of in many decades suddenly can enter ya mind

[@DJHazzaBeats]

Love this song

[@robynevans1287]

😁💖 This somg POPPED into my head (out of nowhere!) & has been "playing" on repeat! 😆 I finally decided to search for it to see if I even remembered it correctly! (I sure dd!) When I was kid I spent entirely too much time playing with a tape recorder & recording & playing back my voice while trying to sound JUST like the singer in the chorus!😁 Thank you for sharing this & helping me confirm a HAPPY childhood memory!! 🤗💖

[@somsrin]

Great song. Loved it!

[@Herrfinkler]

Extraordinary! I remember those song, I was a child in that time.

[@petechau2317]

i played the hell out of this back in 66 or 67 and practically drove my parents out of the house.

[@sidvicioux]

same here. it was my first "favorite song". literally wore a hole in the album. i was 3 years old....

[@dariowiter3078]

pete chau It came out during the autumn of 1966.

[@jeanhuntley8965]

Me too ....

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

You and I are the same age then. I was three and a half when it peaked, but don't remember hearing till 2 years later.

[@raulaguileracampillo8610]

I was born in 1966. It seems It was a good year.

[@michaelglickman1300]

For those wondering, the musicians are lead vocalist Tristram, The Seventh Earl of Crickwood; guitarist Mick Wilsher; bassist Neil Korner; drummer-washboard player-spoons player Henry Harrison; pianist Stan Haywood; trombonist "Shuggy" Watts; and trumpeter Bob Kerr.

[@karloshernanz3472]

Thanks 😍💪👍

[@heutsz73]

thanks

[@mitchgawlik1175]

In fact, I was wondering who was in the band, if there was someone I recognized. Thanks for the info.

[@garybenninger1544]

They are called New Vaudeville Band

[@kingsway111]

Bobby kerrs whoopie band