"It's not important to be important, but it's important to be nice." That's wisdom right there kids.

@lionheartroar3104

5 жыл бұрын

I wrote it down in my notebook...

@diederikmarechal91

5 жыл бұрын

Scooter (German Techno Frontman): “It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice”

@arjanvanraaij8440

4 жыл бұрын

Thats a scooter text.

@avecmoi9429

4 жыл бұрын

Often, adults need the advice more.

@ohioplayer

4 жыл бұрын

But Nice guys finish last..

Singing a future classic while smoking a cigar, too cool during those times.

@elena-lc4uk

4 жыл бұрын

That's a bad Mofo!!!

@dk7613

4 жыл бұрын

@@elena-lc4uk Excactly!

@ericabrown9672

4 жыл бұрын

d k lol he was lip syncing

@markwillis5472

4 жыл бұрын

What u say!!!!... now that's swag before swag was swag

@nakialowe933

4 жыл бұрын

😎

Still popular in 2020? Thumbs up here!

@dennissimpson8074

4 жыл бұрын

Me and Mrs Jones 👍👍

@offerup7568

4 жыл бұрын

what does it benefit u to get more thumbs up?

@stormysamuel4666

4 жыл бұрын

@Gordon Payne CW, still going strong, was recently in KC.

@jdeezy1200

4 жыл бұрын

Beun007 facts

@sherylwhiteman9895

4 жыл бұрын

After all these years, he's still got it--that wonderful voice.

Even in his later years he still had it. Great performance at the end.

Damn! What a voice. Pure smoke and silk.

In 74’ I was a freshman in high school. Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. When this song hit the radio I was just awestruck at it’s beauty. Such an amazing voice, lyrically impressive, and oh the amount of soul it had. Being a skinny ass white kid from Orange, California, my world my box was SoCal. Why this song reached me I don’t know. I’ve never been the same since and thank the heavens for Billy Paul and this effort.

@lasheahollis7279

4 жыл бұрын

Well written👍👍🙏

@ericboone5481

4 жыл бұрын

I graduated Camp Lejune High School in 2013...small world lmao

@robertdiehl1281

4 жыл бұрын

Will Rich ....74 was when I first heard it on the radio as a request I think. WJ N C Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Rowdy Richard Roberts Show lol. I don’t have any idea when it came out. Chances are I was still on the west coast when it did.

@kipperlane8959

4 жыл бұрын

@Boomer sounds like a guitar.

@fiercest_calm

4 жыл бұрын

Hello from NC! I was like 6yrs and remember hearing it even that young. I appreciate it now in a way I couldn't at 6, but I loved it even then.

His voice hasn’t changed at all...

@jackhank2694

4 жыл бұрын

Because there was no auto-tune in their day they were real singers!

@applecider9968

4 жыл бұрын

@@jackhank2694 ...Yessss

@kipperlane8959

4 жыл бұрын

The voice of velvet.

Went for dinner with Billy Paul once and he kindly gave me a shout out at the gig later that night. Nice guy.

The smoothest song ever recorded!

@meonly8071

4 жыл бұрын

Stupid comment Your not God you can't judge try saying it's your fav song. If you were to ask Billy himself it's not necessary his fav recording by himself even his all time fav song by any artist.

@skygazer6898

6 ай бұрын

@@meonly8071 Who the heck are you to come on here and be so rude. Clear off

Look at Billy. He's in a very special class all by himself.Rest in peace Sir

I went to a Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes concert back in 93/94, support by Eddie Holman. Up in the balcony was Billy Paul, he wasn't on the bill but everyone cheered, stomped, clapped for him to come down and sing, which he duly did. Of course it was probably all planned but it was a magical moment and an added bonus that I will never forget.

@doinithard79

4 жыл бұрын

Would have loved to been there

@markconner7611

4 жыл бұрын

Ant Adam wow How wonderful!

@susytanunez3167

6 ай бұрын

😢

RIP Billy Paul.

@breelcsw1442

4 жыл бұрын

What? I didn't know he passed away. I love this song. So full of soul.

@caramelrhapsodyjesseslife

4 жыл бұрын

@@breelcsw1442 I had no idea he died either. Smooth stylish silky voice!

@maggieedwards3951

4 жыл бұрын

Bree LCSW 😒

@25Tranquility

4 жыл бұрын

@@breelcsw1442 he died April 24, 2016

@decacards5250

4 жыл бұрын

@@breelcsw1442 Pancreatic cancer took him at 81.

This man sounds incredible while smoking on a big cigar while today singers can't sing with a studio full of electronics to help them, now that's talent.

Such a great song...definitely one of my favs.

Oh man how much did my mother LOVE this song....she was dating a Mr. Jones, that was their theme song. She played that song until the record no longer had grooves in it to play. She then bought a DVD of the song. Every time I hear that song, I think of my mother who's been passed for over 10 yrs. R.I.P. Mama.

@Stephanie-vn6ir

2 жыл бұрын

What a Beautiful Sweet Memory! ☺️❤️

It's been 48 years since I first heard this song...and it still moves me.

The guy can still sing it after all this time. Great stuff.

@bobwatson1162

4 жыл бұрын

🤔 he passed away in 2016

@bossdog1480

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobwatson1162 Sad, he was good.

The first time I heard this song I was on a date at a cafe and I asked the guy if I was his Mrs. Jones? He laughed and said yes. It was a nice final date.

@angelaswift9908

4 жыл бұрын

Amen sister ...flee ! Better to find a man of God ...NOT ...a man of the WORLD!

@reelfly

4 жыл бұрын

@@angelaswift9908 Stop.😒

@applecider9968

4 жыл бұрын

@@reelfly ...Right

@ladidi4935

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sista, love the move don't play second to no man in that arena!!

@blankblank8346

4 жыл бұрын

Old ladies hush y'all cheating 2 with. Sheeeeeee annnnnnnnmmd Mr. Pooooookieee

Just an immaculate song that I will always love, and as Billy proves at the end of this video, has still got the power. I wish you rainbows Billy.

the orchestral arrangement in this classic is awesome still sounds good in 2023 thanks billy paul for the memories God bless u sweetie 😊❤👍👵💐

Awesome Song...Awesome voice...Awesome man! Billy Paul. RIP ♡

Saw Billy Paul in Halifax UK - he looked poorly he had cancer - But it didn' t affect his voice - that poor guy stood on the stage doing what he loved ! - He only sang just " me and mrs Jones " pitch perfectly - He was helped onto the stage & helped off - But while he was there singing there was nothing wrong ! - I managed to get billys autograph that night & I ''ll never forget that big beaming smile of his & how courtious he was ? It was a few month later a saturday if I remember rightly -It was announced on the news Billy had died only a small piece before the weather ! -I could not believe that for such a great singer ! -I went upstairs & Played a couple of his albums that night before I turned in ! We had lost anothe great soul star from an era that will never be replaced Billy Paul R.I.P.

Aiight... My mans done sang the whole song with a whole cigar is his mouth? Well damn.. they dont make em the same no mo' 🤣

@thefoxxiefoxx8056

4 жыл бұрын

Reo DaGreo That’s what I was thinking 🤔

@tiffanyjjohnson8801

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@rjjcms1

4 жыл бұрын

The drummer from Cheap Trick used to drum with a fag in his mouth.

I had the pleasure of watching Mr. Paul perform this classic song some years back at York College in Queens, NY! What an amazing experience! God bless his soul.

I remember as a young kid my dad took me to the record store and I met him... he met and talked to everyone, humble man

So glad I was around when Motown and Philly hit the radio

@tomcoryell

4 жыл бұрын

bronco devil Motown, Philly and Memphis and Muscle Shoals! I was a white kid in a lily white suburb of Omaha dialing in the FM soul station every night. Al Green, all of the Great Gamble and Huff music, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield.........

Wow. Were losing all these great legends. Songs like this touched your soul and heart. The artests singing to this great music had great meaning and feelings to it. When a man could'nt express himself of how he felt through his own words to a woman. He expressed himself through love songs. Beautiful stuff.

He is singing with the cigar in his mouth 🤩 that’s talent

@simonvanderheijden432

Жыл бұрын

@Boomer Let's Clean Up The Ghetto - The Philadelphia International All Stars kzread.info/dash/bejne/qn6Go9ebh6bRk8Y.html

Mrs Jones didn't have a smartphone otherwise she might have been caught

@2degucitas

4 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Jones: turns off phone gps

@magnan2414

4 жыл бұрын

That's why so many mrs Jones these days are caught because of the cell phones which has led to so many failed marriages lol

@pansysgarden

4 жыл бұрын

True 😂😂.

@jazzycafe5707

4 жыл бұрын

Especially meeting at the same cafe everyday at six thirty, lol

@dawnpratt846

4 жыл бұрын

True , so true !

The atmosphere in this recording is so palpable and that we are watching this story play out in our minds.

I am 71 and I still love this song I wad miss Jones for 30 years and I loved him we never caused confusion in each other homes we just met loved and enjoyed each other I still love him he gave me something my husband could not but I loved him too to do such is life

Just love that Philly sound. So many great songs.

Rest in peace, Sir Billy Paul! Thanks for the music. Yes Mr and Mrs Jones still sounds good even today. One of the icon songs ever sang.

A smile appears on my face every time I hear this . My grandma rebuked for belting out this song one day while we were working in backyard I was only about 13 years then. It was many years after I got the meaning. “Bernice “ bless her.

The perfect bookend songs: While nursing a stiff drink, play this track & follow-up with another Philly classic of the same theme- the Manhattans classic "I Wish That You Were Mine".

Let me share a little info on this classic hit. It was written by Cary Gilbert , Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. Arrange by Bobby Martin. Released September 13, 1972. According to a interview that Gamble and Huff gave, they stated that the idea of the song came from a eating place they frequently went to. It was downstairs from where they wrote/recorded some demos. They notice that a man and a woman would seem to meat each other there every day at the same time. Have a bite to eat and just talk. Before you know it, they would both get up in leave, going in 2 different directions, and do the same thing again the very next day. And so there you have it, that is how the song "Me and Mrs. Jones" song was born.

@mysticman9331

4 жыл бұрын

They must have been planning how they are going to get a chance to bump and grind. Mrs Jones's don't just talk and hold hands.

@kipperlane8959

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the history. Very interesting.

@Go_edit7

2 жыл бұрын

I think this song is the other way around

I'm glad to see and hear the story behind this song , because coming up the word on the streets it was about drugs. I'm glad this clears up that theory . ❤️❤️

@seanm.1813

4 жыл бұрын

So I am not the only one that has heard that story. Good to know.

This song is timeless❤. I still play it 2 this day. I had just started JUS when this came out. No one can sing that BILLY PAUL. RIP.

Total Classic. This song will transport you right back in time.

It’s a beautiful song plus his voice is fantastic - classic

Good to see all these greats still here, they represent so many of the greats who have passed on, who endured much suffering owing to the sin of racism.

That song has stuck with me for over 40yrs

One of my favorites and its philly sound mad props to Billy Paul

Billy know he is a bad man,singing with a cigar in your mouth,he was too tuff,those was some really kool mens,back in the days,thank you Mr.Paul.

Still dig this tune......after all these years. It really is an R&B classic.

A timeless classic...

Have liked this song when my mom use to play it. Still like it today. 2/12/2020

@shak3166

4 жыл бұрын

I listen to it every day

What a song, absolutely a must in a playlist

I was SO little when this was out! I remember riding in the back of a blue Chrysler, my feet couldn't reach the floor. Even then I could sense him and Mrs. were up to no good! 😉😅😅😅

@bit-no-g4752

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@administrativeprofessionalsllc

4 жыл бұрын

@Casual Cool Dude 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I sure don't wanna be that bish!!!

This song brings back memories of a happier time in my life. I was 15 when it came out and full of good expectations about life. Also you cannot help but be struck by the sadness of the situation in the song.

@susytanunez3167

6 ай бұрын

Qué tristeza ?? Porque estaba triste ??

@rowbom

6 ай бұрын

@@susytanunez3167 I personally found some sadness in the song because he can’t be with the woman he loves all the time

What a beautiful, soulful voice! RIP Billy Paul

Beautiful Song! Everybody loved this song! Still do!

I was a kid in '73, but knew it was a great song....

My grandfather dated a lady named Mrs. Jones and as a kid, I sang this song to him. Memories

I remember listening to this song in late 1972 while driving around with my step dad

I WAS AROUND TWO YEARS OLD WHEN THIS SONG CAME AND MY FATHER WAS STILL ALIVE WHO DIED OF LUNG CANCER IN 1975 I STILL LOVE THIS SONG TO THIS DAY ONE OF MY FAVORITES 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥😃😃😃👋🏽

♥️...LOVE , LOVE , LOVE THIS SONG .....thank you ! 🤗

Just another level of cool when you sang with the cigar in your mouth and sound as good as Billy Paul did

Always has been one of my favorite songs!!!!!!

After all these years Billy still got it.

One of the greatest all time songs!

I also love "Thanks for saving my life"..Billy Paul OG from Philly

I remember when I first heard this song near December of '73. It was near Christmas, and albeit that I didn't know necessarily what the song was about, I thought the song was very melodic, good vocals, and somehow, it just lent itself pretty well with the holiday season at that time. This is STILL one of my all-time favorite songs.

These were my teenage years and I'm so glad to have been a part of it !

Another memory was in my friends dad's station wagon listening to Simon and Garfunkel on an 8 track. Lol. He always seemed to be listening to that.

THIS WAS SOOOOO KOOL

Still is one of my all time favorites...

That's, one of my favorite songs, by Billy Paul.

As A Child in the Pa. - Ohio Region , This Song Was All Over and In Homes. Salute MR. B.PAUL🏆🏅💃🍸 Thank You.💋

Still sounds incredible!!

" Me and Mrs Jones"...the mother of all the classic.

1973 the year I graduated from H.S. , I was on my way to college to find my Ms. Jones and more. AIGHT! This is when MUSIC was really, really, REAL! When men was MEN and Women were Women. R.I.P. Mr. Billy Paul This song is so COOL and SMOOOOOOOOOOTH!!! LOL

@sunnyhoney7665

4 жыл бұрын

Did you find your Mrs Jones?

It’s amazing how a lot of the all-time classic songs were so out of pocket and wrong! But you just can’t stop listening to them because they are hits!!

Sang with such feeling....... yo don't get songs like this anymore.

Wow now that's true raw good music from the vocals to the instruments to the story the song tells. Just simply fucking awesome

In 3-2020, he still had a nice, strong voice. Good song.

Still sounds good. God Bless him!

You know you are cool when you can sing silky smooth with a cigar in your mouth.

@ogbranbran8062

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Love that Philly Sound.

Ok no wonder I love this I was conceived to this in 1973 plus in Philly he reminds me of Sammy Davis Jr met him once a really class act Billy Paul

I love these old music and the yester years 👍👍👍

Gasp! One of the sexiest songs ever written!🙂

Yes you right Mr Billy Paul The R&B legion It is important to be nice Right on Mr Billy Paul ✊🏾💪🏾

One of my top 10 favorites of all time.

Close your eyes and listen to this song, and the whole picture will come into view.

Yes. One of the most memorable songs...ever

He still got the pipes

If you’re truly a singer, no matter how old you get, you’ll still have it.

Mr. Paul’s classic Me & Mrs. Jones, just never gets old. RIP

@Bookfigures1

4 жыл бұрын

It never gets old because ppl always cheat... But it's a very good song

His voice never changed! Awwwwh! 😍

That's a bad MF to be able to sing with that cigar in his mouth...Fine too! Love your voice.

What would he have sounded like ,without the cigar!

@dorothysimon4808

4 жыл бұрын

He sound great without it but sure was sooo sexy with the cigar😊

@godssecondself5896

4 жыл бұрын

Its here!

Thanks for the Memories Billy even though some made me cry but this song will always be in my heart and never die, rest in peace, Mister Paul

This song is everlasting🔥🔥🔥🔥

Amazing segment and amazing channel.

My gosh this so smooth.

Song in the beginning: Philideplhia International All-stars - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto

I loved this song then and now.

It's more about the sound than what the song is actually about. Love is love. Sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along. . . er something to that effect lol.

He sounds spectacular.. like back in the days