This takes me back to being a kid. The 70's baby were alive. You can listen to any station on your radio and there would be a hit playing. Today i turned 60 and rejoice in my childhood and the music of the era.

There isn't much better than late 60's to mid 70's American R & B.

@TPaine1776

6 ай бұрын

Amen

Golden memories of a better time.

This may be the one of the greatest live versions of this song, Bobby Smith at his peak on vocals and dancing steeps.

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

Love is too-fantastic choreography, they move so smooothly and the “ voice’s “ oh my… am feeling “things” with this performance.

No lip synching here! The Spinners singing with perfect harmony along with pin point choreographic dance moves!

Rest in peace to all of them 😢…

@harlemblues1967

22 күн бұрын

They are all gone! Wow! 😞

@leetheaarceneaux8151

22 күн бұрын

@@harlemblues1967 Yes . The last surviving one Henry Farmborough passed February 2024.

It's always nice to know that The Midnight Special will be forever around to deliver quality content like this.

@dotell3359

6 ай бұрын

We never new how good we had it. Wish we could go back 3:37

The harmony is just so incredible. There will never be music made like this again. We were so blessed to have been exposed to the best. Happy Friday 🥳 Thank you for sharing! 💖 Happy Holidays! 🎄✨️🎁🦌🎅🤶🧑‍🎄

Once in a lifetime. So precious! Looking back, those that were there and experienced the '70s first hand know what an incredible time it was.

@MarkChocolate

6 ай бұрын

Amen, to that!😉

@KittyGrizGriz

5 ай бұрын

Started in the 60’s, then 🚀!! 🎶❤️💃

I am an old white lady who was married to a black man for 30 years and 2 days. These were the words he said to me when we separated when we signed divorce papers. We were bestfriends the last couple years of his life. I still miss the sound of his voice.

Rest In Power Henry, thank you for the music!

Love this song ❤

One of the Spinners all time great songs, the story of my life...

@eugenefirebird8938

6 ай бұрын

I suppose we all "bowed out gracefully" a few times along the way.

The most beautiful song about a break up ever recorded. These guys arenext level, heart filling! ❤

The last surviving member passed away February 7 at age 85 a bit sad, but so many great songs back in the day could it be I’m falling in love is a personal favorite

@kellyalkire1580

Ай бұрын

The Midnight Special kept me happy in the early 70's. Perfect!

@jamesmack3314

Ай бұрын

@@kellyalkire1580 and Don Kirshner

OUTSTANDING

An all time favorite group and song for me. Every decade in music had its greatness, but there was something magical happening in the 70’s in my opinion.

Love THIS song!! 🥰 Talk about ROMANTIC lyrics … the sound production is fantastic too! I’m dancing along … 💃 ~Kitty

Imagine a band with 7 Top 10 hits, of which 6 of those were Top 5 with a #1 hit, selling over and yet, you never hear much about their contribution to the Rock era. Grew up loving every one of their hits.

@flazjsg

6 ай бұрын

By most people's standards, this isn't rock music. In the 70s when it came out, it'd be a soul tune or pop tune.

@kevingoins9858

6 ай бұрын

@@flazjsg "Hot punk, cool funk....even if it's old junk, it's still rock & roll to me" - Billy Joel

@AdrianDeVore

6 ай бұрын

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year.🎉

@calvinwhitfield2315

24 күн бұрын

Luckily one of the original Spinners, was able to acknowledge for the late members their entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.

Keep on bringing this amazing 70's soul my way Midnight Special! I absolutely love it!

When Detroit meets Philadelphia, The Spinners and Gamble and Huff it sure sounds good!

@chrisutley2859

5 күн бұрын

Thom Bell produced The Spinners, not Gamble & Huff

I’ve always loved this song. It’s nearly perfect. I’ll bet that Phillip Bailey was a big fan of “The Spinners.” I saw Earth, Wind and Fire a couple times and I think Phillip performed the first time. But the second concert, on the pier in Seattle (?) he was retired but in the crowd. But it was like Phillip took what the Spinners did and ran with it, and added that incredible falsetto. But when Bailey retired it was a sad day.

I have always loved this song.

The great Louis Shelton on guitar! He played on Valerie and Last Train to Clarksville by the Monkees, all the Seals and Crofts hits (because he also produced them), Lowdown by Boz Scaggs and Hello by Lionel Richie, just to name a few.

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

Oh. My. Thanks, for his background ! ! 😮

@unique74muzik

6 ай бұрын

Incorrect. That's Norman Harris on lead guitar (SIP). Possibly Bobby Eli on rhythm guitar (SIP). Thom Bell (SIP) exclusively used MFSB on the recordings. Now the road band it could vary.

@jamesmack3314

Ай бұрын

Who did the great guitar work on Seals and Crofts Best song …diamond girl?

Legends...👏👏🔊🔊

Did you hear it?!?! There’s either an extra note in the “I’ll be around” harmonies or it’s just more forward in this mix.. but WOW! It’s like the flatted seventh or the upper octave.. or something! Whatever it is, I am awake now and will be listening to this at least a thousand more times today! 🎶 One of my all time favorites just got better! Thank you Midnight Special!!

@chrishuber8374

6 ай бұрын

Since you're a discerning listener, do you know who the musicians for The Spinners were, please?

@RetroMusicMan369

6 ай бұрын

@@chrishuber8374MFSB

@kevin6667

6 ай бұрын

By “musicians” I’m guessing you’re referring to the singers? The lush backing track with strings and harpsichord is most likely a pre-recorded track from the original sessions or a special version (less likely in this instance) recorded for this and other television appearances. According to Wikipedia, this iteration of The Spinners included: Henry Famborough - baritone Pervis Jackson - bass Billy Henderson - tenor/baritone Philipeé Wynne - lead tenor Bobby Smith - co-lead tenor with the lead singer in this performance being Bobby (aka Bobbie) Smith (born Robert Steel Smith, April 10, 1936) Credits on recordings by Philadelphia producers like Thom Bell and Gamble & Huff can be difficult to pinpoint as often some producers preferred to work with the same voices in the studio and credits would later be arbitrarily assigned to the touring musicians, hired only to perform the songs. Not sure if that’s what you were looking for. This combination clearly was capable of producing magnificent melodies and heavenly harmonies!

@RetroMusicMan369

6 ай бұрын

@@kevin6667 Singers are singers and musicians play instruments The musicians on that album were known as Mother Father Sister Brother. Studio musicians from Sigma Sound. The backbone to every Gamble Huff hits of the 70’s. Look them up if you want to know who they were individually I knew a couple of them. Great guys.

@kevin6667

6 ай бұрын

@@RetroMusicMan369 where were you when I was working in a CD store, fielding questions from people with zero musical knowledge to grammy winning artists - asking questions like “I’m looking for the song by the singer who sings like the wind?” and in that time I learned not to be too judgmental about the specific terms they used as everyone was coming from their own history of musical education. While I appreciate you pointing out the difference between musicians and singers, in my personal case it’s unnecessary. It’s great that you know that the recording they were performing to was recorded at Sigma and they certainly had an impressive roster on hand in the early 70s. After watching documentaries like Standing in The Shadows of Motown, The Wrecking Crew and the very recent Immediate Family and others, often times the musicians themselves don’t necessarily have 100% accurate recall as to who was who or where on particular sessions.

That’s my jam

Awesome ❤

Very good!!!! Merry Christmas to all! Michel, RS, Brazil

Um nível elevadíssimo de música 👏🏻👏🏻

Nothing like this, to make me feel GOOD and put a smile in my Soul. A time when singers Could and actually Would SING LIVE on a tv show! Now it’s all lip-syncing, and autotune garbage. Nothing currently on the charts, will ever be as good, or have the lasting power this song has had. 💜😉

SO good

Pure classic!

Such a brilliant song.

I could watch them agsin and again. Great group! 😊💜

@Um_Pe_em_Tudo

6 ай бұрын

@Stephanie_Jeanne You seem to be so fan of special midnight as much as I do! Always commenting. Really the midnight is very good! I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas! Michel, RS, Brazil

@StephanieJeanne

6 ай бұрын

@@Um_Pe_em_Tudo Definitely am a big fan! Merry Christmas to you and yours, too!

1972 🎼🎶👏❤️😊

The clip is so good, Paul Cook posted his comment twice.

This proves it. Life was better in 1973 -- way way way better better better. All were happier! And nobody was staring at phones back then either. We were living it up!!!!!

@vickihughes5751

6 ай бұрын

If we could only go back.

God this song is so smooth....

She,,,holds the 🔑 to his ♥️,,,

Great Moves & Singing and those matching suits by Harvey Krantz!

That's a swell clip 😊.

Great memories

Absolutely superb!

Thank you ❤❤

❤ So damn good.

Love this song!❤

Essa introdução é de acelerar o coração ♥ ♥️

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

❤️🎼❤️

Best ever.

saweeeet

Awesome stuff MS!!👍🏻👍🏻💯

Éramos felizes e sabíamos

😊😊😊

So good. Can you reup Games People Play? Keep the great vids coming!

3:23 C'mon wit it Wynne!! Making up for not being on the recording!!

@KittyGrizGriz

5 ай бұрын

Yes! Sounded fantastic, here.

They don't write them or sing them like this anymore.

If you ask members of R+B groups like the Spinners what took them off the radio, they will often say it was DISCO. So, there you have at least one good reason to hate Disco!

@eugenefirebird8938

6 ай бұрын

All good music is good.

@curtisphilumalee1447

6 ай бұрын

As an angst teenager of the 70’s used to have a t-shirt that said Disco Sucks in yellow letters. Lmao. My mom hated that t-shirt along with my Black Sabbath album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. She thought I was going down the wrong run. Now we can laugh about them days as I’ve turned into a respectable citizen. 😂

@KittyGrizGriz

6 ай бұрын

I loved and danced to Disco music back then; and still do 💃 😉

@curtisphilumalee1447

6 ай бұрын

Naw not me, the only time I listened to Disco was at the skating rink cause they piped it in over the PA system and that’s been forty five Donna Summer years.

I'm surprised Phillip Wynne did not sing lead on this great song.

Where’s the love button?❤

I don't think they're lip syncing.

@jamesmack3314

4 ай бұрын

The midnight special all the acts I believe were not lip syncing they were playing live

The audience was dead and could not appreciate what they were seeing.

@kellyalkire1580

Ай бұрын

How can they just sit there? Great music, audience awful.

Awesome ❤