"You've Made Me So Very Happy" was written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Motown founder Berry Gordy. Blood, Sweat & Tears took their version to number two in 1969, but the song remained on the radio for several years afterward. I remember hearing it as a child. The horns at the start really stand out. Supergroovy!

@kelvinthompson1660

2 жыл бұрын

I really loved it!!

@lindabergman3127

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous song .I've always loved it😍

@leighsaldivar4439

Жыл бұрын

I remember it as a kid too. Loved it. I loved all of our music back then. We had so much! We were blessed.

Totally agree, such a beautiful song. David Clayton Thomas is such a great singer. Had other good songs but this is my favorite. Was a big hit in 1969.

@Wordsmyth8

2 жыл бұрын

This is by far my favorite BST song.

@leighsaldivar4439

Жыл бұрын

This is my favorite too.

@genegibson1690

Жыл бұрын

David Clayton Thomas! What a Voice! Fantastic band!

@aaronrepp8182

4 ай бұрын

Totally beautiful song.

Historically underrated group.

@elkalabaw7665

2 жыл бұрын

not at all. bst was a trend setter, was among the first rock groups to use a horn section.

@FuturologyTheMusical

2 жыл бұрын

@@elkalabaw7665 They should be in the Rock and Roll hall of Fame. They don't get there due.

@lindabergman3127

Жыл бұрын

Yep.beautiful love song👏👏👏👏

Big hit in 69, loved it then still do David C.Thomas has such a great voice! Love the line at the end "thank you baby". Definitely a beautiful timeless song!!!

I haven't forgotten a single word - uplifting!

Blood, Sweat & Tears is a jazz-rock music group founded in New York City in 1967. They are noted for their combination of brass & rock band instrumentation. Especially love their stuff when David Clayton-Thomas joined as their lead singer. They have had a lot of great songs such as "You've Made Me So Very Happy", "Spinning Wheel" "And When I Die", "Hi-De-Ho" "Lucretia MacEvil", "Go Down Gamblin'", "Lisa Listen To Me" etc.

@lindabergman3127

Жыл бұрын

They're awesome ❤️

One of the best bands ever. David Clayton Thomas is a wonderful singer

"Chicago"(with Terry Kath) and "Blood Sweat and Tears" are the 🎸MAIN BRIDGE🎸 between Jazz and Rock n'Roll. 🎸☮️

Great selection Brandon, one of my all-time favorites. David Clayton Thomas has one of the great voices . I saw them back in the 70's and they were great. The horns and the vocals. Blood, Sweat, and Tears and The Chicago of the 70's with Terry Kath. Just doesn't get any better in my humble opinion. Thanks Harri and Brandon. 👍😉🔥🕊️💟🌏

@dbrinkm1

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Danny...dont forget the Ides of March...also from chi- town...db

@danielvolk237

2 жыл бұрын

@@dbrinkm1 Oh yeah forgot. They were great too. Thanks for the heads up DB 👍🙃

This album was one of my favorite albums back in the day. I had it with me in Vietnam during the war...it kept me sane. I especially like 'And When I Die' from this album. Thank you for reacting to it.

@wallihaley5194

2 жыл бұрын

“And When I Die,” is one of the great songs written by Laura Nyro. What do think of her version? I would love to see Harri react to Laura; she was such an incredible singer and songwriter.

@garylorentzen228

Жыл бұрын

@@wallihaley5194 I loved Laura Nero and as for a singer-song writer, one of the best. Her own version of And When I Die is really good...I agree. But I think this BST version will always be my favorite.

@meganwatson4479

Жыл бұрын

Glad you made it home, brother! Cheers!

BST does an absolutely amazing version of "God Bless The Child" if you like BST you will love their version. It might be my favorite song of theirs, and that is saying a lot.

David Clayton Thomas has such a fantastic voice & the BAND is soo amazing 😻

Saw David Clayton Thomas in a church basement in Hamilton, Ontario in 1965 with his band the Bossmen. He was known in Canada but not a lot elsewhere. This was pre BS&T days. Fast forward to summer of 2018 and I saw him again in Hamilton at a free outdoor concert. That beautiful distinctive voice was still there in his late 70's.

You're right, Harry. These guys are so good it's ridiculous. Thanks for the listen.

Their 1st album, Child is the Father of the Man, was a ahead of it's time. Fusion of blues, jazz, rock!: Featured original member Al Kooper... Then David Clayton Thomas took over and band moved to more commercial material. check out If I Ever Leave you, Morning Glory...

@letno3662

2 жыл бұрын

That whole album is a masterpiece. I love Something Going on too. I'm not too fond of the DCT times

@mrnobody3161

2 жыл бұрын

Al Kooper as a rookie record executive championed The Zombies Odessey and Oracle Album which enabled the song Time of the Season to become a Worldwide Hit in 1969, 2 years later 😀

Such a wonderful time for music. Blood Sweat and Tears are so talented with Clayton Thomas.

I just love the emotion you express with your reactions to the music! 👍🏻

Blood, Sweat & Tears was an innovative band that stood out from the crowd. I listened to this and the other BS&T albums over and over in high school in the early 1970s. What great music. The songs were captivating, the arrangements were intricate, and the performances were energetic and perfect. I was a trumpet player, so I especially enjoyed the use of the horns. David Clayton-Thomas's voice and style were just right for this band's sound, and he wrote several of their songs. I'm glad you're bringing them into your channel. Good stuff.

Many memories! My wife and I have seen over 200 concerts in our 45 years together from Pink Floyd to Andrea Bocelli and I would love to add BS & T's to it or what's left. Love your show

Oh my Harri, thank you, thank you for one of my favorite groups especially the very early material by Al Kooper who started this group but by this time had left the band. Please keep going down this rabbit hole.

I can't imagine a BS+T song that I wouldn't enjoy. That horn section, the incredible organ playing, such a great arrangement. And then there's David Clayton Thomas - so powerful, and yet able to be so quiet. There's so much more Hari !

You definitely need to do "Spinning Wheel." Just fabulous.

They do a great version of "God Bless the Child", and a marvelous cover of "Fire and Rain" (James Taylor).

Frosty on Drums! One of the best jazz drummers of all time!

I love these songs. I was so fortunate to grow up in the 60s and 70s. Such great memories.

Thank YOU, for making me so very happy. This came out when I was in college and I probably haven't heard it in 45 years. But, I still was able to sing along to every single word and note. Love that brass. Such a great group. Thanks, again, for reminding me.

Takes me right back to the 60's. No mistaking when this music was made.

This group is a master of musical transitions like this song and God Bless The Child. Then there is the voice of David Clayton Thomas which sounds like he has lived 2 lifetimes in his tone, yet I believe he was in his 20s. Geeessh❤❤❤.

Terribly overlooked and underrated group with amazing talent. I grew up loving and listening to them because my Dad did. Great reaction, Harry! ❤️

"You've Made Me So Very Happy is a song written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson and Berry Gordy, and was released first as a single in 1967 by Brenda Holloway on the Tamla label."

Growing up, my parents had BST greatest hits on 8-track (along with Neil Diamond: Hot August Night) I listened to these tapes for hours on end. I began playing the trumpet, percussion, guitar and bass because of BST. At 60 yo, I still play bass in a horn band!

It's gratifiying to see you blown away by almost every song from the era of my childhood teen and young adulthood The music will stay with you forever

Absolutely one outstanding album! Was "Album of the year" in 1968!

I wore out this cut on the album in 1969. I've loved this song ever since; it is so life and love affirming. It's been a part of my soul for the last 6 decades.

I love your beautiful reactions. I can see your true appreciation Stay blessed

You just cannot go wrong with Blood, Sweat, and Tears. I love every song of theirs that I've ever heard.

This is literally one of my all-time favorite love songs, so glad you’ve enjoyed it! Much love!

Totally agree, very beautiful song! Big hit in 1969. David Clayton Thomas's voice is incredible. And when I Did & Lucritia McEvil are quite good also tho this is my favorite.

Thank you once again brother...nice tunes here...

They covered many song with heavy horns Jazz Rock sound. This song was written by Motown songwriters Patrice Holloway and Brenda Holloway

This tune gives you a little bit of everything you never knew you needed in a song !! ;)

One of the greatest bands ever!! Got to see them live twice, and they were phenomenal!! Next cut I'd recommend would be "Spinning Wheel"...🎶🎶🎶

Beautiful song and reaction! I can’t find that you’ve reacted to their song “Spinning Wheel.” It would be a great pick for your next Blood, Sweat, and Tears reaction. Another song from the same era I think you’d enjoy is “Vehicle” by The Ides of March. It’s so funky and incredibly catchy.

@user_fjblbgtq_207

2 жыл бұрын

"Vehicle" was one of my favorites with the great brass, but don't know if that's the only song they did ! That's the first song that comes to my mind whenever I hear BS&T and Chicago, a favorite! ✌

@allisonreed7682

2 жыл бұрын

@@user_fjblbgtq_207 It’s the only song I know by them. I think they’re generally considered to be a one-hit wonder. But as good as “Vehicle” is, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are other good tracks in their catalog.

Have you noticed how many songs of this era swung back and forth with elements of jazz, rock, american standards and R&B, all in one song. Here is a shining example if that. But it includes so many of Doors songs did that, so did Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, even up to the wild swings of the iconic Bohemian Rhapsody. So much talent and ground breaking musical genius flowed from this era.

Beautiful reaction Harri..you are in top 10 percent of reactors.

Serious GREATNESS! I love this original group with Dave on lead.

Fabulous song, great singing, love the funk to this song with the horns

Great song, fantastic voice. Remember this song so well. Still hear on the radio station I listen to. Appreciate your taste in great classic music. God bless. BLOOD SWEET TEARS, ROCK!!!

Drummer Bobby Colomby was one of my favorites. I was 15 when this album came out. I saw them live at Carnegie Hall when I was in HS. Trumpet player Lew Soloff was a member of Maynard Ferguson's bug band; it shows in his playing.

You made me so very happy with your reaction!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍 Got to see them live. Superlative !

This group always takes me back to middle school in art class in the late 60s ❤❤❤❤

@kennethohnemus3192

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I really am that old LOL

Oh this song brings back happy memories.

Yesssss....well done Harri back down the BS&T's rabbit hole excellent stuff.

The song comes out of the Motown factory. It was 1st a hit for Brenda Holloway. She co - wrote the song with Berry Gordy, Patrice Holloway & Frank Wilson.

What a beautiful song!!! Wonderful reaction!!

Great song by a great band

Blood Sweat & Tears played at Woodstock. For one reason or another they were excluded from the Woodstock film but at that moment in 1969 BS&T were HUGE.

Great reaction to incredible song

When this group was popular there was a salon named Blood Sweat and Shears!

Thank you for doing this song! Great group! Check out Spinning Wheel and God Bless The Child.

Beautiful song love it 🥰

Love these guys, such a good sound, Daviud Clayton Thomas was a great singer. Love the big brass sound.

@TBSinc

2 жыл бұрын

IS a great singer.

we love you Harri and too, are glad that you started up your channel

If you ever want to listen to the ultimate trumpet band, listen to Bill Chase. "Get It On" was their one big hit, but he was such a force on trumpet and his albums are all but forgotten today.

Thanks for this! Smiling from ear to ear! Thanks for keeping great music alive!

” winning a Grammy for Album of the Year - despite facing off against the Beatles’ Abbey Road. Extremely talented group. There is supposed to be a documentary coming out soon about the band. I see they are touring The U.S. in 2022

Their version does have somewhat of a Burt Bacharach feel, but it's actually a Motown song, co-written, recorded and released originally by Brenda Holloway - this version by Blood Sweat & Tears was a much bigger hit. I never noticed a Beach Boys feel before, nice catch

Great reaction. You compared it well to other “grooves and vibes”, and your genuine enjoyment of the song really came through. Great job, man.

The entire album is sensational. It's great to listen to it straight through.

Nice review. You are right, for someone who has found love this song is truly moving. Musically, the bass groove really holds this song together. Your comment that this feels like a Beach Boys song, reminded me how many of their songs also have an underling bass groove (Carol Kaye) that defines their songs.

@jackndew2

2 жыл бұрын

Noting Carol Kaye, nice touch. She deserves more recognition than she got, one of the most influential bassists of her time... and probably the most heard.

@bluebird1239

2 жыл бұрын

See Carol Kaye in the documentary, 'The Wrecking Crew' (2008 film), along with Glen Campbell and other studio musicians.

@tombeyerlein3813

2 жыл бұрын

Jim Fielder is a terribly underrated bassist.

They did a cover of God Bless The Child that I still remember to this day!

Thank you for playing a song that I loved about a hundred years ago! Brings back lots of memories.

This is a song I could listen to on repeat ❤

Harri you have the perfect outlook to be a happy, very knowledgeable, well rounded, respectful person. You have gained wisdom by experiencing other cultures & countries through artistic expressions. My father quit school & lied about his age to join the army during WWll. Neither he, nor my mother had above an 8th grade education, but both read incessantly, every book they could get. My father was a poor dirt peanut farmer until I was a teenager and we raised, or made everything we consumed. We lived in a four room shack with no indoor plumbing and inadequate heating. My older siblings & I worked in the fields from before dawn until dark as soon as we were old enough. We worked these hours 6 days a week all Spring, Summer and Fall. Winter we took care of cattle and other livestock. My father taught himself to be a Geologist as well as how to be a land surveyor. By the time I was in high school they had turned their lives around with hard work & constantly expanding their horizons. My father got a good paying job surveying with the government and my parents built a new home with all new furnishings. My poor mother had a washer & dryer & didn't have to go to my grandfather's to use his wringer type washing machine & hang clothes outside to dry on a clothes line. We no longer had to carry water from the windmill to be heated for a bath, or to do dishes. I know this is long & I apologize, but my point is that reading, & opening their minds to other music, culture, beliefs and differences, improved their lives from just above poverty, & having to work hard every minute just to make even, to being comfortable & being able to travel when they retired & enjoy life more. However the most important thing they gained by reading & expanding their minds & knowledge was they were very tolerant of every race, religion and culture, regardless if had ever experienced anything like it. My mother & father were the two most intelligent people I have known in this life. My father could have taught any number of subjects at a University level if he had, had the credentials. All was self taught by devouring books, one right after another with the ability to comprehend, and understand every word he read. My mother's favorite past time was watching the game show Jeopardy & playing along with it on television. I was the first in my family to be fortunate enough to receive a college degree, & I would feel proud when I answered a Jeopardy question correctly. My mother would sit & watch every show, & play along, & never miss an answer. They were very self conscious about not having a high school diploma, & they were proud of me for having a college education. My parents learned & passed on a lesson, far more valuable than anything I could have ever learned at any college, or University. They taught me to remember everyone has their own background, hardships & life experiences. Every culture is different, & has different ideas, practices music, art, and ways of expressing themselves; but that doesn't make one way wrong & one right just because you are used to it. I was also taught we have more in common than what separates us & ignorance is the cause of fear, which breeds hatred, prejudices & division. Music is universal, it can, & will, bridge all gaps, barriers & petitions. Although it sounds like a cliche, love really does conquer everything, & hatred destroys all hope. A sage piece of wisdom, walk a mile in another person's shoes before you have the right to accuse. Expand your mind, & horizons by increasing your knowledge without leaving the comfort of your home. Peace ✌ ☮

Harri! You just reacted to one of my absolute favorite songs ❤️; Grew up with my Father playing this album; and it was my go-to song that I would play when rocking my son 29 years ago; such a special song that now makes me think of my Father (he has passed) and my son as an infant; music is forever in one’s soul. ❤️

Love this song, even when I was a child at 5 yrs. old. lol One of their best songs and the other I remember was the song "And When I Die". The group I read later did well with this lead singer. Yes he has passion and love the arrangement. Oh Oh "Spinning Wheel" I remember playing on the radio. Good singer, good musicians.

This was part of the sound-track to my life. These guys are just embrace-able.

Hey Harri, Plain & simple, this is a "MASTERPIECE" by Blood Sweat & Tears!!! Your reaction & analysis was spot-on!!!

The singer is from Toronto. There, he was in a band named David Clayton Thomas & The Shays.

Such great musicians who totally know what they are doing. Those bass lines are terrific.

A very, very talented group of musicians. No frills, no special effects. Just pure talent.

WOW, I'd forgotten just how Brilliant this song is. It has everything you could ask for all rolled up in one song.

This is an album you can listen to over & over & over, like you say Harri. Diamonds 💎😃

...diamonds in your ears, Harry!

This song awakens so many memories.It makes me happy. Thanks for the reaction.

Danced many a slow dance to this song back into the day!!! ❤

This is a super clean recording. It sounds phenomenal. All of the instrumentation is in its own space. Great mix. 🔊

Strange, that these have been forgotten/underrated for so long!

You reaction has made us so very happy. Thank you, Harri.

Love love your reactions! It's like a breathe of fresh air. I've been listening to music reactions for a long time and just longed for someone that can speak and react with a little intelligence. Thank you sir! Sending peace and love from Memphis Tennessee ❤️

I had the privilege to rised in a home full of all this umbelievable music since my father was a DJ by that time. 60's and 70's music was my musical education and then came the 80's, the last decade of good music. After that i lost my faith in music, i meant, i don't know what happened with the music. Musical Industry spoiled the way to make good music and it's all for money. I'm glad you brough this to your channel and together enjoy the real music.

This is such a great song Harri 😁 Great reaction ☺

Brandon, I'm so glad you requested this my man! Let's keep Harri going on this journey with BS&T. I have a full list of requests for you Harri, and now I can scratch this one off...lol! I'm thinking Lucretia McEvil next! And just a P.S. If you're not listening to this track, or any track with headphones you're doing yourself a disservice! Get them headphones or ear buds on!

@lesliepartridge9895

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right about the headphones! I heard things in it that I don’t remember ever hearing before - that little muted trumpet riff - the bass was terrific - and inflections in Clayton-Thomas’ vocals. Lots of tunes sound hella better with the earbuds.

@brandonious7732

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks music man. Quick question... I've always felt a similarity vocally with Gary pucket. What's your opinion on that?

@greybeard2280

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandonious7732 @Brandon Watts I guess a good way to put it would be if Gary Puckett and Joe Cocker had a baby...lol. He's got a little more grit in his voice than Gary. But, I do hear a little similarities. Check this live performance at Woodstock, and tell me you don't hear a little Joe Cocker there kzread.info/dash/bejne/goucqdlsgbzVmps.html

@brandonious7732

2 жыл бұрын

@@greybeard2280 I see exactly what you're saying.

I REALLY REALLY appreciate that you did this "reaction" video to this band. From the 90's on, most younger people do not know this band or many others. I have no problem with current music except the lyrics, which are usually just words slapped to music and then streamed through the studio several times. Also, not being a prude, at this time, if the lyrics are raunchy then they are sure to get air time.When this song came out and hundreds more like it from 60's and all through 70's, the lyrics were so fine. Everyone wanted to sing along. Some covers have been done of older songs but 2 issues keep them back, one being that they are "old" and two the original artist did so good...you just cou;dn't cover better, but many cover have turned out great and some think it's a first heard song. These tunes were driving music, you got in car and really enjoyed the song because of the lyrics. Thank you much.

This is another group that lives in my memories of high school. Such a great sound from these guys! 🌺✌️

They have so many songs to listen to 20 more songs to listen

I love you more than you'll ever know is a song by them that you will also love. And when I die is another magnificent song for your pleasure.

Another fabulous song on this album , please hear 'Sometimes In Winter'.

You have a very good ear Harri. This is the second song where you've heard the Beach Boys influence to at least parts of songs. It's a pleasure watching your reactions man.