Build Me Up Buttercup was a 1968 monster hit. The lead singer here is one of the four Black members of this interracial band that also had three White members. They were an anomaly back in the 60's. I cannot believe it's been 54 years ago when I first heard this song as a 14-year-old teen. Now that I am 68 years old, and a senior citizen. The song still rocks me to my core... Great post and reaction.

@willardwooten9582

3 жыл бұрын

I have the 45 , youngster .

@karenchalas8761

3 жыл бұрын

And we're still cool.

@bradsmack1

3 жыл бұрын

Colin Young is the lead singer here. This song was written by Foundations piano player, Mike D'Abo (former lead singer for Manfred Mann....you heard him on "Mighty Quinn") and longtime hitmaker Tony Macaulay. Macaulay wrote, among others, songs like "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" by the 5th Dimension, and David Soul's "Don't Give Up on Us," both which he wrote on his own. Macaulay collaborations include "Sorry Suzanne" by The Hollies and "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" by Edison Lighthouse. He's still around at 76, as is D'Abo at the same age!

@berdy5064

3 жыл бұрын

Another senior citizen who's still rockin' along to this song! It makes me happy every time I hear it.

@videogirlzzzzzz

3 жыл бұрын

61 years old, and still love this song!!!

Geez, this brings back memories, I still remember all the words. Which is ironic, because I can’t remember what I did yesterday... 🤔🤔🤔💖💖💖

@janicedeperalta4336

3 жыл бұрын

On the same page 😂

@musicsansnotes

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@turdferguson400

3 жыл бұрын

Lesley Debelloy IKR? I walk into a room and think to myself, What did I come in here for??? 😂😂🤔🤔

@juliedaly9897

3 жыл бұрын

Forgot what I was gonna write.... Oh, yeah..... Me too. 🤣🤣🤣

@CreedBrattonTheOffice

3 жыл бұрын

That's the great thing to long term memory vs short term. With a simple trigger your brain unlocks that memory and it all comes back to you in an instant! Amazing power of the brain.

Another good classic is Band of Gold from Freda Payne

@musicsansnotes

3 жыл бұрын

💟💟💟 yes. Good suggesting.

@kykittykat2435

3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@tracid3877

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites!

@jeanmacdonald7988

3 жыл бұрын

One of my 45s!

@garageflowerrrr

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite tune.

This was British guys trying to capture the Motown sound and they did a decent job.

@lynnhamps7052

3 жыл бұрын

It was Northern Soul..:)

@user-ky6vw5up9m

3 жыл бұрын

Lynn Hamps Yes but Northern Soul was a retro movement which came later and was not dedicated to a particular label.😀

@alyanalustre9017

3 жыл бұрын

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@harold3165

Жыл бұрын

Wrong

How about the one hit wonder “take a letter Maria”

@cathyardans6618

3 жыл бұрын

By my late friend R.B. Greaves, who passed away several years of cancer caused by Agent Orange he was exposed to in VietNam. He was a great singer and an even greater human being.

@cathyardans6618

3 жыл бұрын

@Gary Dodgson , No, he was born overseas in an army hospital and raised on an Indian reservation here in the States. I met him in the mid-70's in Hollywood when he was a neighbor and friend of one of my best friends. He and his wife at the time owned a recording studio in Hollywood in the late 70's through the 80's called Dhu-Ron Studios. She was Maura Dhu Albertson, daughter of actor Jack Albertson. He later moved to New Mexico with his 3rd wife. That's the last time I saw him, about 2 years before he died. BTW, Sam Cooke was his uncle.

Please do The Foundations, "Baby Now That I've Found You" ❤️

@RayRay-zt7bj

3 жыл бұрын

Great song. I still have the 45 single. It was one of my brothers' records but he left it with me after he moved out when I was a kid.

@mfrick100

3 жыл бұрын

That's my favorite of the two.

You'll like their other song too! "Baby Now That I've Found You"

Strongly suggest the Foundations "Baby Now that I've Found You."

This song was one of my favorites. Also, "The Letter" by the Box Tops.

@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052

3 жыл бұрын

Yep , I still love the original but I have to admit Joe Cocker’s rendition did justice to the song.

@freckled100

3 жыл бұрын

@@tinypurplefishesrunlaughin8052 Joe Cocker makes any song better. I forgot that he did a version of The Letter!

@valerievanwinkle6453

3 жыл бұрын

Yassss!

What a bank full of memories this song brings up. This was popular when I was 10 or 11 years old. We had a local radio station (WOTT AM radio...FM wasn't around yet) that played this song. My father had a reel to reel tape recorder that weighed a ton... well it felt that heavy to a young girl of 10 or 11. I had recorded a couple of hours of music from the station and this song was on it. One of my friends that lived about a mile from my house was having a pajama party so I carried that tape recorder to her house... I was pooped, I tell ya. But what a dance party we had. Thanks for your reaction, Jay.... Take care and be well. Peace.

@joeterp5615

3 жыл бұрын

cnatview great story, thanks for sharing. We used to record music off the radio too.

@blackprix

3 жыл бұрын

cnatview You mentioned pajama parties, had many of those when I was in high school, playing the radio listening to the songs, dancing in the living room with all my friends! My mother closing her bedroom door cause we were having such a good time! Great times last forever in our minds

@cnatview

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackprix Indeed....

@leelavanchard574

3 жыл бұрын

This was my pajama party? Wow, I dont remember. But it's very cool nonetheless. Thanks C.

@cnatview

3 жыл бұрын

@@leelavanchard574 Yes, your pajama party. lol

Another classic music from the past

One of the founders of this band was Arthur Brown. Clearly a visionary, Brown arguably invented the performance of heavy metal. Check out his song "Fire;" the feeling of drugs w/ no after-effect. Trippy stuff.

This song is on the film There's Something about Mary, I used to just know it as a singalong song, but now it always makes me think of that film. (If you haven't seen it - I thoroughly recommend it, it's funny as hell 👌🏻)

@RayRay-zt7bj

3 жыл бұрын

I knew of this song way before Something About Mary but whenever I hear it, that is the first thing that comes to mind. Loved that flick! FRanks and Beans!!

@shandac1027

3 жыл бұрын

Same! That movie really brought it back to how great it was

@b54b32

3 жыл бұрын

And as luck would have it, "There's Something About Mary" will be rebroadcast today, Sunday January 3, 2021 at 3:40PM East Coast U.S. Time on the cable TV/streaming channel called "Freeform" (formerly known as "ABC Family" before 2016). Definitely worth checking out for the laughs and the nostalgic theme of the movie itself as it has "aged" very well in its own right, and doesn't at all seem like the movie was made over 20 years ago, because the movie was so well done.

This song has lasted the tested the time 60 years.. whole stadiums has sung this song. Love it 😊

I LOVED the guy that went down the LA freeway blaring this song, and other drivers joined in! Takes me back to junior high!

Expressway To Your Heart - Soul Survivors

This is one of those songs that I don't recall specifically when I first heard, it's just always been there.

You need to do Peter and Gordon, songs are "I Go To Pieces", "A World Without Love" or for a change, "Lady Godiva"

@graciesmom1477

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, diane.

@mezellenjohnson2753

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes please, they had wonderful voices

@hudsonsteele1674

3 жыл бұрын

A World Without Love, P L E A S E !!

There have been a lot of bands over the years with multiple vocalists, where every member would take turns on lead vocals. The Beatles, Beach Boys, Monkees and Eagles come to mind immediately.

Sitting on the dock of the bay.. 1968 Otis Redding

THE LETTER by the Box Tops!

@kerryn6714

3 жыл бұрын

If that a cover of the Joe Cocker song or a completely different song?

@chrismulwee4911

2 жыл бұрын

@@kerryn6714 The Box Tops did it first. But they are the same song/

@kerryn6714

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismulwee4911 Thanks ✌

Omg my music, I was so blessed to be born in 1960 and in my teen years the best music of all time the 70's. That was the best time for music, everyone walked around with the portable 8 tracks, everyone knew everyone, no fighting, pool halls with pinball, pac-man and you didn't have to worry about danger at every corner awesome

The lead singer is Clem Curtis i met him a few years ago when he was singing on the cruise ships, a really nice guy, i think he was 72 at the time and still had a fantastic voice, sadly he died in 2017

This is what we called bubblegum music... but it was fun music & made you happy.

The sound ya hear was an era of bands like “The Grass Roots” “The Rascals” The Association” The Turtles,” etc. etc.

Shout out to the brilliant Buttercup diner in Oakland CA that we visited when we travelled from Australia in 2017. This song was in our heads the whole time.

I am 63 and this song takes me back to the skating rink in Jr High Skate Nights, every time I hear it! Trying to get up the nerve to ask a girl to skate during "couples skate"! It involved holding hands you know! Lol

@jeanmacdonald7988

3 жыл бұрын

I always associate the skating rink with The Bee Gees!

I was the closing cook at pizza hut for years and every single night I closed I would put this on the jukebox and crank it while I cleaned up. Good memories.

Great memorys from this song when I was 5. 52 years later still love it. Its in your soul. 🤗🤗

The soundtrack to the movie "There's Something About Mary" a true classic

@neatdesign

3 жыл бұрын

I genuinely can't hear this song and not think of that movie!

@nickjames3049

3 жыл бұрын

A pile of garbage!

@mjames4709

3 жыл бұрын

The movie is the last thing I think of when I hear this classic.

@RayRay-zt7bj

3 жыл бұрын

@@neatdesign I had a huge crush on a girl named Pam when this movie came out.

@leob4403

2 жыл бұрын

@@nickjames3049 no its good

Always a heel-tapping, finger-snapping, sing-along song every time I hear it!

Always one of my favorite songs! :)

@fucdt

3 жыл бұрын

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Classic. Songs back then had meaning. simple Lyrics . Bring back the times.

I’ve loved this song since I was 12. I still crank the radio up when I’m driving. Love it.

This song was "Resurrected" for the hit movie: "There's Something About Mary" Definite Classic!

It's also well worth doing Baby Now That I've Found You, that is pictured.

My dad used to sing this song with his friends on the streets of Brooklyn when he was young. Great song.

In England they always play this at Christmas Parties, Birthday parties suppose every organised parties. 😂

@arunkhanna2990

3 жыл бұрын

Still?

@softshallow7435

3 жыл бұрын

@@arunkhanna2990 what you mean still? It’s an old favourite. It’s timeless!

@arunkhanna2990

3 жыл бұрын

@@softshallow7435 it’s a great song. I just wish that we would play more old music over here. It’s like kryptonite to young people if you play it nowadays.🥲

You might enjoy “Double Shot of My Baby’s Love” by the Swingin’ Medallions.

Brings back great memories of watching the Northern Soul boys sprinkling their talc on the floor and dancing up a storm...happy days.. :) (and so long ago sadly)

This is a teenie bopper, bubblegum song we played at sock hops. A sock hop is when you got a gym and record player for the night and everybody in junior high took their shoes off and danced in their stocking feet.

Here's another one hit wonder O C Smith Little green apples its a real sweet love song.

Motown, The British Invasion bands and The American great artists, made the 65-75's a golden era for music...It still "Lives on" thanks to channels like yours.

Great song gets the dance floored filled when played

'Now that I've found you'... Next please. ❤️

I remember listening to this on my transistor radio under my pillow, showing my age💯💫💯❣️🤣🤣👩🏼‍🦳

Excellent tune ! Thanks for doing this one J!

Pure 60’s British pop. Great for us early teens in the late 60’s. Tells about the trails of young relationships. Great song

Makes me want to dance.

Whenever I hear this song, I always think of the end of the film 'there's something about Mary' and them lip-syncing to this song. I love this song sm. So upbeat.

This is an ultimate feel good song!! Guaranteed to have you dancing and trying to sing along!!

Actually, The Foundations had many hits back in the day. To name just a few: Baby, Now That I've Found You, Back On My Feet Again, My Little Chickadee, In The Bad, Bad Old Days, Let The Heartaches Begin, That Same Old Feelin' which was covered by Picketty Witch. Many more of their B sides are just as good.

British party anthem if ever I've heard one! 😁

"Sugar Shack" and "My Boy Lollipop" would be appropriate follow-ups.

How about "A little bit of soul" by the Music Explosion. One hit wonder really great music!

1968...big changes in rock & roll. This was a nice diversion from Vietnam war protest songs of the era. The Hippies just liked happy upbeat music. Nice choice. ✌

I knew you’d love this song. Thank you for reacting to this. You reacted exactly like I did every time I heard it on car rides on my parents 70s music CDs 💿 ❤️

You have to check out the use of this song at the end of the classic comedy There's Something About Mary. The actors lip sync to it. Such an interesting, offbeat ending to a great movie.

It is nice to see a young person like this music. I wish it would make a come-back.

If you can listen to this without a smile on your face, you’re dead.

Colin Young: great voice. Great song.

DAVE Clark 5 "Because" is a beautiful song, "Cant You See That She's Mine", "Glad All over" or "Catch Us If You Can"

@turdferguson400

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! To all! 👍👍💜💖

@dalebaker9109

3 жыл бұрын

My brother went to school with Dave Clark.

@flash1660

3 жыл бұрын

Bits and pieces also

@mjames4709

3 жыл бұрын

I’d say anything from the DC5 is not worth listening to. Cheap nonsense by comparison.

WOW! Great memories. When we were at Sweet 16 parties this is the song where all the girls got into a circle , danced and sang our hearts out! Love it! Thanx J!!!

This song was written by Mike D'abo,the second lead singer of Manfred Mann. Their other big hits include 'Baby,Now That I've Found You' and 'In Those Bad,Sad Old Days'(I think that's the title). Also,check out their live version of 'S.O.S' famous by Edwin Starr. Great backing and vocal👍

Takes me back to my younger days! First time I heard this I was on vacation with my family in Virginia Beach!! ♥️

Kind of a drag by the Buckinghams

@blackprix

3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite groups the Buckinghams, “kind of a drag”

@sexysadie2901

3 жыл бұрын

Mercy Mercy Mercy

Such a fun, positive song. "Double-Barreled One-Hit Wonders"? A suggestion: while the whole album is amazing, it's the only album by David + David, "Boomtown". The one hit was the title track. If you dig it, I highly recommend the last track, "Heroes" as well. It's a little jewel in my box of music.

This is a wonderful 60’s masterpiece, still heard and sung by fans at every Wisconsin Badgers football game.

Something about Mary ost...this one.... absolute iconic track

Remember singing this a lot in Army Boot camp fall 1990.

A golden oldie!

A brilliant track from the decade of uplifting music 🎶

I remember hearing this as a kid. It was upbeat for a song about betrayal but catchy and pop R&B.

This is my go to Karaoke song! They featured this in the movie There's Something About Mary. It's a really fun video. Try to watch it.

This was my favorite song when I was in about the seventh grade. LOL Just hearing this song makes you happy. Don’t break his heart, buttercup!

Love this song still to this day...soooo fun !!!!! Woooweee !!! Great Days, what wonderful memories they gave our lives !!! I can remember my heart flutter for my first cutie crazy crush, i thought was gonna be my big forever !!! Remember that one ? They sang me right through those days ! 😃🙄💖 That sound was exactly, how i felt ! Happy kookoo love ..haha ! And my sweet mother was in the house with us too, what a blessing. That's what this song brought back just now. I cannot thank you enough, nor them !!!

I woke up with this song in my head this morning I adore this song

One of my all time favourite records! Good choice! Edit: They were the first multi-racial group to have a number one in the UK in the 60's - wiki [didn't know that]. They are English/Jamaican and Sri Lankan.

Yay! One of my Favorites! Thank you! From the Great State of Oklahoma, USA!

Thank You!!! ❤️ this song!!!

You’ve got the best reaction videos on KZread!

@JayveeTV

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

When I hear this song I think of my high school years, which were the best of times! We went to dances and we enjoyed music. Thanks for the memories😊👏😀

i have always loved this song! its great to hear it many decades later

Always loved this song

Yeaaaaaaaah now we talking. Anyone else’s foot start tapping as soon as the song started and you didn’t even realize it?????

I just love your willingness to listen to nearly anything and everything !!!!!!!!!

That was a popular song back in the 1960s!! It was very nice hearing it again. Nice review!

Wonderful "feel good" song. Gets you moving!

My cousin's wife is the niece of the drummer and he was known as Uncle Butterrcup

This great song featured at the end of “ There’s Something About Mary “

A interracial band in turbulent 1968…with a massive hit. An awesome tune.

You should do Wizzard, Angel Fingers, from the great Roy Wood, or Blackberry Way from the Move, also from Roy Wood, or ...... There are so many good songs from Roy Wood. He plays about 15 Instruments and is a real genius in music writing and playing

Always loved this fun song!!

Also an one hit wonder 'Aquarius/let the sunshine in' by the 5th dimension. Many Greetings and a wonderful Weekend from Cologne, Germany

@jeanmacdonald7988

3 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see Fifth Dimension on the channel. I practically wore out the vinyl replaying Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In over and over.

Here are a couple 70s one hit wonders to consider for a reaction. Daddy Dew Drop - Chick-a-Boom which reached #5 on the Cash Box Top 100 and The Tea Set - Ma Belle Amie which reached #5 on the Billboard Top 100. If you want to hear a 70s doom and gloom one tit wonder song about a plane crash check out D.O.A. by Bloodrock. The song was banned on many radio stations but still reached #36 in the Billboard Top 100. That's for all the reactions you do

I know this song from There’s Something About Mary

@triciajacobsen8199

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! so fun!! 👍🙂

The valentines did this song on Australian tv in 1969 and one of the singers was Bon Scott

One of my favourite songs of all time. Bought it when it first came out on a 45. Now there’s showing my age lol. Love your reaction to this, I still feel like that whenever I hear it.

Fun song thanks jayvee✌

All I see are the credits at the end of "There's Something about Mary". Classic feel good song! :-)