27 years later; today Janis can still bring it...

Some people kid me for liking this group (we live on a ranch where country music rules), but they are awesome! Always have been a favorite of mine and always will be.

RIP Tim Hauser. I loved your music. You will be missed.

Janis is awesome.

I had to sing this in primary school for an assembley lol.

On this day in 1981 {August 22nd} the Manhattan Transfer performed "The Boy From New York City" on the late Dick Clark's American Bandstand Three months earlier on May 23rd it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #7 and spent 21 weeks on the Top 100 It reached #8 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart Was originally recorded by the Ad-Libs in 1965; their version peaked at #8 on the Hot Top 100 chart In the UK in 1978 the Darts' version peaked at #2... RIP Mr. Clark

Love this song but these old videos REALLY make me thankful that shoulder pads went the way of the dinosaur!!!

I love this group.

shining forever.

i missed their songs.... i guess the last time i heard them was 1985.... from my nephew's complete album....

paramount comedy is th best source for feel good music these days lol i heard it on tha EHC advert and finally tracked it down on here

very nice and cool, we have a lovable grandson, just a coincidence, as grandmothers, we both loved this song when we were teenagers. Very nice!

OOOO wee, my Hus, was from NY City ! The Father of my grown up son !...cool !

This song is a great remake. I loved the Manhattan Transfer. Still do!

Cheryl Bentyne . great !

Manhatten Transfer youllbe missed one of best groups ever!!!!!!!!

This song was 30 years ago no.10 in the world charts #manhattan #transfer

They were in their prime in the 80's... love this one!

I appreciate their longevity.

This video is truly cool, truly fun to view.

when my daughter was a toddler, we would sing this together. She loved it!!

that was how it was done in the 80's....singing live! non of those voice tuning done nowadays....love it!

OH, but the hours I spent in the pool and eating hotdogs with this song in my head...... Thanks! :)

Oh, my gosh they are so goovy!! I wish that they would come back to the D.C. area again. I love the way the woman in the pink does the twist. What a great talent. Iris AKA -Feisty Mom

100% Live incredible performance!!

Our Jazz choir totally did this song, and we even did a music video to go with it. I love Manhattan Transfer, amazing!

You are so right about the lead; she is Janis Siegel and she rocks. Pipes is right. Janis has extensively recorded and is in great demand. Check out the other videos available for her.

I love it !!! One of my best Group Singer..

I was just a kidd when i heard this song and I loved it then and still do........

they were the best at this form of music!! pure class!!

I saw them do this at Max's Kansas City in New York. They're great performers.

A wonderful song and a great perfomance.

omg this is my fav song by them. they were such a great group.

my school jazz chorus is doing this song!!!

Awesome!!! - follow this up with : sha na na - unchained melody...

Oh, my gosh they are so goovy!! I wish that they would come back to the D.C. area again. Iris AKA -Feisty Mom

musica de los 80 muy buena aldeano de new york saz......

I have to sing this sing for a concert in choir

I sang the baritone part for a my jazz choir concert last night. God, I am so happy I got to see this group live last week in Jazz Alley. They still got it!

RIP Tim and thank you so much for forming this truly fabulous and talented group with their unending music.

Absolutely magnificent group! I never wanted to like this group, but their tremendous talent MADE me love 'em. Vocals just don't get any better!

remember this one......

Haha. My show choir is learning this. This will be so fun to sing! Haha. And my Show Choir teacher said we need a cute guy to walk across stage. After this, we do Firework. :p

Hell Yeah!

Excellent.......

I have seen them many times! Where are the actual videos???? I used to be a big fan, like most people wanna hear the ole stuff and see the ole stuff!

Hanno grinta e sono dei grandi musicisti, cosa si può chiedere di più ??? Long Live Manhattan Trasfer !!!

Classic

The Manhattan Transfer really can sing, and this was demonstrated in the song "The Boy From New York City" this song is a classic. bduncombe

Can't get enough!!!

R.I.P. Tim Hauser.

Want to see this on Sing Off!

They played Reno Sweeney's in The Village. Their harmonies were unreal.

love it

Manhatten Transfer were awsome in Vancouver BC last year!

this version and the ad libs version kicks butt....

im the soloist for this a my school choir! :D

that singer kicks ass!!!

heard this for the first time on the radio the other day....totally thought this was a 60s Motown group. haha!

Nev er forget those 2 guys had great voices

Love them.I see they do Chanson D'amour.That's cool-I have a video of Art & Dotty Todd on Dick Clarks Sat Night Beechnut Show.Love the fact that they do Lonely Way-my fav Skyliners tune.

Need to learn the solo parts for this song...!!!!!!!! I need to try out and actually get a part for school

In case you're wondering, this is at a concert in JAPAN. Manhattan Transfer... "Big in Japan" He says: "Tatte Kudasai" which means... "Please Stand" Also, conservative crowd free from hollerers (that would show disrespect) is a dead giveaway.

Great Song And Singer

one of the best in the world..............

i love this song!

what great group!!

80s genius, still want to find a partner every time i hear it

Great vocal fireworks!

bravoooo

I just saw them tonite at the Columbia Festival of the Arts and they are as great as ever. But, they did not do The Boy from New York City or Operator.

My Friend Has to Dance to This in Her Jazz Dance Class.Ive got to say the song isnt half bad!

Que barbaridad son muy chingones estos chicos la verdad los aprecio desde que les conoci comoen el 1979 u 80 son de lo maximo si.

You guys ROCK !!!!!!

cool cool kitty... ;)

WHOOO MERCY DADDY

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Espectacular y como suenan en vivo, es un infierno!!!

one song me and bf can always rock out together

The Manhattan Transfer are one of the many things that make proud to be a "Native New Yorker" Ted Cruz could not possibly understand this!

a guevo guebais que es buena pinche rola lo mejor de aquellos

I wish I could hear you. Good luck to you!

magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!

Good music!

im learning this song in chior

well well, the manhattan squad really got the crowd up and grovving"

they are rockin' da house. probably only a couple of dozen of the audience know the words, or understand the words, but duzzint matter. dey be rockin' da peeps:)

Ohhhhh me quedo estupefacto con el talento de estos super chingones n palabras tengo ashhh

Wow, who knew you could get mens shoes that color before the invention of crocs.

In which Janis Siegel tears the roof off the auditorium. Would ove to know where she gets her energy... Have viewed many of the MT videos on KZread, and am concluding that this Japanese concert may have captured them at the peak of their powers. Exceptions being Offbeat of Aveneus and the powerful 'So You Say' from their Brasil album, wherein Cheryl Bentyne gets to show her dramatic range and power.

Gosto!

It’s the Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Valiant’s song! “Paul Jones, you will be a Bald-Headed Geek!”

I have the second verse solo for this!!!

Oh, they have incredible voices, no question. But they`ve had better days. Although when I was in 8th grade, about when this song came out, I was fuzzy on who exactlty "Boo boo kitty"??? was.

this is fucking LIVE guys!!!! =D

I just like if for being the theme song of wrestler "The Boogy Woogy Man" Jimmy Valiant.

i like both versions (haven't heard the Darts'), but especially love The Ad Libs'. Honestly, they aren't that different, but that being said, I don't understand the critical hoopla over the Manhattan Transfer. It's really like they got a lot of credit for rediscovering a great song ignored in its day. Fun performance here though.

the lead singer reminds me of the girl from the movie, "My big fat greek wedding."

nutpret--To see another side of Tim hauser, go give the video of "Killer Joe" elsewhere on youtube a listen. Tim is more than a legacy.

They knock me on my ass. This is what real music sounds like, people.