A "Golden Oldie" from the 60s Classic Rock.

My band still plays this every gig. The people love it.

Sonny Geraci, the lead singer, said this song was a cross between Merseybeat (Liverpool bands like Gerry & The Pacemakers & The Beatles) and Motown. I'm pretty sure they'd never heard of ska at the time.

A good opening tune for your 60's setlist...

Sonny Geraci (pronounced Jer-ray-see) passed away in 2017 at age 70. The group was from Cleveland, Ohio.

If you had asked me , I would have guessed Paul Revere and the Raiders. They are also worth a listen. Try the song Kicks.

Another good 60's song. Still like it.

Bought this album when I was in the 5th grade-- I’m pushing 70 now- still love it

I love watching the old music videos the hairstyles and fashion was crazy back then

That song sounded so good on a jukebox.

The hairdos hahaha!! Loved this song back in the day…still great❤

I click & like you because of your willingness to embrace 50’s & 60’s music.The ground work for 70’s & beyond. Great song.

Actually ska was around back then. The first ska song to crossover in the US was in 1964 by Millie Small called My Boy Lollipop. You should definitely check that one out

@MissAstorDancer

26 күн бұрын

It is my firm belief that Cyndi Lauper was inspired by that song when she wrote "Girls...." and "She-Bop".!

@John_Chu

26 күн бұрын

@@MissAstorDancer Maybe but Cyndi didn't write "Girls." Robert Hazard, a local Philadelphia artist recorded it four years before Cyndi's producer Rick Chertoff suggested she cover it.

@MissAstorDancer

25 күн бұрын

@@John_Chu Thanks, I did not know that!

It’s interesting to hear 60s hit that is new to me.

Like so many other music videos that have survived from this era, this appears to have been a live performance, but the studio single has been overdubbed for the sound so you’re listening to the song as it played on the radio

Ah, a great hometown memory for me. We used to dance to this tune at sock hops when I was in the 9th grade. Great to grow up in Cleveland in the 60s. Been a Clevelander my whole life, still am. This song made me very nostalgic. Thanks, Lee. Keep 'em coming and stay groovy!

Yeah, some old stuff for L33 to contemplate.

Now listen to Sonny Geraci sing "Precious and Few" when he was with Climax!

@jamespuleo3269

27 күн бұрын

Thanks, I never knew that connection ~~~

By 1966, most TV shows were broadcast in color. But videotape was so expensive, that a lot of shows were captured on kinescope for archiving purposes. And Ken scope was strictly a black-and-white process.

Saw these guys at Springbrook Gardens in Lima Ohio in summer of 1966. Good live rock & roll band to be sure.

Garage band/psychedelic music from the 60s!

This is a good one, L33 should like it.

I was just listening to this yesterday evening. Look up 'Expressway To Your Heart', by The Soul Explosion, and 'Shake' by The Shadows Of Knight.

Ahhhh ... the music of my youth! They were one of several groups I saw on a "package" tour I enjoyed in my youth in the mid to late '60s ...

Just another great song from the greatest era of music! Thanks brother!

I was around fourteen when this one was on the charts. The vocal harmonies and the band's energy reminded me a bit of the Dave Clark Five.

Great song ! A lot of fun

Wow...I haven't heard this in friggin years! 😀

Song like this make we wish we had hi fidelity recording studios back then. I bet they sounded so much better live.

Another AM car radio favorite.

Grew up in the UK with "2 tone ska." The band "Madness" were the UK mainstream kings of ska. Yes, they did more than just bloody "Our House". Check out some of their other songs such as "One Step Beyond", "Night Boat to Cairo", and "Baggy Trousers". Awesome head pounding stuff!!!

Best mix they could with 4 tracks.

Solid rhythm section.

Great song.

The drummer you mentioned was on the original recording. This video has the one and only Jim Fox from the James Gang.

In the late 70s The Smithereens did a great cover ,and also did Blood And Roses both are fire

Saw the UK ska group "Bad Manners" in college. Awesome show. What would you expect when the frontman goes by the name "Buster Bloodvessel"? 😀 Check out songs such as "Lip Up Fatty", "Special Brew", "Can Can", and "My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop)." Great times man....

Really great song. And if for no other reason it was a hit when I was in my teens. It does simply had a great sound. Music still hadn't evolved yet into the great stuff that it did in the late 60s and early 70s. But for it's time this was excellent and I think it kind of would get you going.

This could be called the GarageBand which a lot of bands were back in the old days react to The Kingsmen Louie Louie also Hang on Sloopy by The McCoys

How about the Bubble Puppy-Hot Smoke & sassafrass-Lead singer for the Outsiders-Sonny Geraci, became a member of the one hit wonder Climax-with the song Precious & Few-which was the basis for many prom themes during 1972.

@kweile4339

27 күн бұрын

I didn't know that, thanks!

I got to see them in person back in the day. They were pretty good.

The 60's and 70s fekt like a nuclear explosion of music elements that then fused into new forms

Mostly they're not "radio edits". Those were for bands that jammed like The Doors. Most records were song-length, some combo of intro, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus/ outro fade. 3 minutes of joy. Leave them wanting more. FM changed the game to a degree. Long Dylan songs, etc.

Great Reaction . You should yry Paul Revere and the Raiders "Kicks"

Great year for music!

Ska goes back to the early 60's. Try Millie Small "My Boy Lollipop". A world wide hit. In '64 only Sinatra and the Beatles sold more records then Millie. Also try Desmond Dekker's big hit "Israelites" from '68. There's tons of other Ska artists from the 60's but few hit in the US. Most hit big in England and Europe.

I remember John Mellenkamp talking about sharing bill with Outsiders at a bar in late 60s and singer was was singing this and some guy popped him in face. Apparently he looked at his girlfriend.

I knew their guitarist, Tom King. His wife and I were writers for a company in Cleveland. Too bad they didn't go far. He was a very affable guy.

@L33Reacts

27 күн бұрын

Yeah I'm guessing they were a one hit wonder... but it's a damn good hit! This was awesome 👌

@L33Reacts

27 күн бұрын

It's cool that you know him. Sucks when good folks don't make it when they deserve it more, then let's say.... other bands.

The times they are achangin.

Lee seems to think this pre-dates Ska, but Ska was a music genre from the early '60s out of Jamaica ( then sorta morphed into Reggae ). He might be only familiar with the Ska revival of the early '80's

@coinneachmaclellan3121

25 күн бұрын

Ska morphed into 'Rocksteady' which morphed into Reggae...Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, the Melodians, Ken Boothe, the Pioneers, the Maytals, Delroy Wilson, Bruce Ruffin, Ansell Collins, all recorded Rocksteady numbers which you can find on two great CDs, 'The King Kong Compilation' and 'The Harder They Come'...

Where were the brass section hiding?

I said this to my first girlfriend at age 18.

@shirleybhs9zd6li5i

27 күн бұрын

LMAO

Yeah, there is no "private sector"...

They had color tv's in 1966 and way earlier. I don't know why this is in black and white.

@b3stanga697

27 күн бұрын

The first commercial color TV program on NBC aired in 1966. Color really didn’t take off until 1967.

@jackempson3044

27 күн бұрын

​@@b3stanga697 I was there. You don't know what you're talking about. The first color television show in history was "The World Is Yours," which aired on June 25, 1953, on NBC. It starred Arlene Francis and was broadcast in color as an experiment using the new technology. I remember my neighbors getting a new color tv council WITH REMOTE CONTROL in 1965

@b3stanga697

26 күн бұрын

Hey jerk, NBC became the first network to broadcast in color on November 7, 1966, when the daytime game show Concentration switched to color. The first live commercial in color was NBC's Season's Greetings, a variety program. That’s when it became normal. And I was there too!

@jackempson3044

26 күн бұрын

@@b3stanga697 You must be in Dementia. Calling names over when color tv was introduced to the public? You must hate it when you lose control. You are so wrong . I saw it and I just double checked. You just flat wrong Television's first prime time network color series was The Marriage, a situation comedy broadcast live by NBC in the summer of 1954. It started in earnest 19 the early sixties. Prove me wrong. You can't.

@jackempson3044

26 күн бұрын

@@b3stanga697 You have dementia

Man I hope I depart before that AI shit happens, I'm a total believer in The Terminator...

You should check out the 1966 pro-hard rock song "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators. This Texas band is remembered for two things: they were the only band I know of that played an amplified whiskey jug, and they coined the term "Psychedelic Rock."

When I watched this on another reaction channel a couple weeks ago, I had to Google them to see if the drummer might've been Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos in an earlier time. Nope. Lmao.😂😊❤ Classic radio hit from back in the day.

Lee, since you are a drummer, you might find this garage rock band The Barbarians and their 1965 classic song "Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?" of interest. The band was lead by Moulty, a hook-handed drummer.

An AM radio staple.