This Is my grandfather

@stephencoleman7800

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you and your Grandfather P€AC€

@user-dv3co8jb1z

Жыл бұрын

I sang a song to one of his girlfriends once

@sandraaskew644

Жыл бұрын

@@user-dv3co8jb1z WHICH ONE?

@JamesT65

Жыл бұрын

fantastic singer.

@drwhatson

Жыл бұрын

Your grandfather's recordings are well known and still celebrated in the UK.

I remember this when I was a little girl. My auntie use to play this.

@gregnormal5101

Жыл бұрын

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The Entertainer by Tony Clarke a real classic was played at The Twisted Wheel Manchester back in the day 💕

I just love that little skit he does😄

We Detroiters loved this song and was proud Tony (a Detroiter) was being seen on TV. RIP!

I love his showmanship as well!!

I'm 76yrs old now and lucky to have been young in the best musical era ever, this Tony Clarke classic is the epitome of 60's Black American sounds.

@boomerang905

8 ай бұрын

Same age, exact thoughts in our music. I get it!!! 😊

This song is a CLASSIC...just can’t be duplicated..🥰❤️❣️

@robertwillis7777

11 ай бұрын

Wow wow. WOW Mama. Daddy. Yea Rock my. T Bird❤❤❤❤❤❤A 10. Mama. Baby. Boy. Honey

I danced many, many times at Dreamland Ballroom in Conneaut Lake, PA to this song. My kind of music

This was the jam in west oakland, ca. one bad jam

One of my favorites! I never get tired of hearing this record!

See you on 11th and Vliet in Milwaukee. Those were the days!

Full of Soul. I'm 73 and remember this well. Thanks.

A real gem, sad that this artist died so young.

One of the best soul songs ever.

This song was HUGE in Myrtle Beach during the 60’s. It was/is a Beach Music Classic.

Cool Channel. My Boyfriend just asked me if I knew this song, so I looked it up and here it was. Thanks for your channel. will look forward to more.

Got this 45 in the 60s

Still listen to this song thanks again Tony so true namaste sweet soul love you thanks 👍

@gregnormal5101

Жыл бұрын

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Gawd this template is so timeless (music). He could have been singing this yesterday. Anyone, anyone, can groove to this.

Can't remember how many times I sang the song in the mirror 😎

That breakdown at 1.50 followed by his little shuffle - what a fantastic find #RIP

OMG, way back in the day!

I have this song on a 45 record! I love it!

Cool dude ..silky voice..up their with Jackie Wilson..

The Scene Club 1963 - Guy Stevens used to play this. Wonderful memories!!

Now I want to dance.

This is one of the best live performances I’ve ever heard

@chrisbennett6260

4 ай бұрын

tremendous they dont cut it like this anymore

They don’t make music like this any more. I love it. I love my musicians and “ Entertainers” from that era.

I used to hear this when I was a kid on WTMA (now a talk station) in Charleston SC. Someone mentioned the Brits and their "Northern Soul" movement regarding obscure R&B from the classic pre-synthesizer golden age. Here in the Southeastern US, we call it "Beach Music." Whaever you call it, it's music that makes you feel good to be alive.

@chrisbennett606

4 жыл бұрын

The American Storyteller what the he Hell is beach music man

This is so real music!!!

Great song! I miss the old music. Today's music sucks! I saw Tony live at the Michigan State Fair back in 1966. God, was I lucky!

One of the realiest song ever made.

I remember this well.

THIS IS A SERIOUS JAM RIGHT HERE. I REMEMBER MY OLDER SISTER PLAYING THIS SONG, WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

@chrisbennett606

4 жыл бұрын

Charles Batts a big favourite of my precious dad Who loved his soul music and was a huge collector of soul music as a young teenager in the late sixties I heard all these tunes as a child in England north London in the early eighties Rip real soul music

I have always had a deep affinity for this song.

This, I believe, should be in the top 100 songs made. HOw many entertainers can relate to this song - no matter what, you have to give a performance. He nailed this song., It will always be one of my favorites.

It's 2021 and this "Golden Soul Hit" still sounds amazing! The music and Tony's singing is so authentic and iconic! Love it! 🎶📀🎶❤

@TheRoland1947

Жыл бұрын

Back ground singers??

1965 was tough for people. Bloody Selma in Alabama , the Watts riot in Los Angeles and the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam. Songs like this got people thru tough times.

That era just had a cool sound the beat was solid

@gregnormal5101

Жыл бұрын

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many don't know our Brother Scott Joplin The Pianist made the entertainer originally but this is the classic vocals wise both are hits in my Playlist 💯❤️

I love this song , Major Lance erra.....drum rolls and horn arrangements, classic Curtis Mayfield music....always touch hearts with there lyrics.....

so smooth

I remember having this song on a 45. I love this song.

@gregnormal5101

Жыл бұрын

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Great song

Mr. Mellow Tony Clark! Smooth.... wonderful song! GroovinWalrus

This is musical perfection, it feels so good!

ALWAYS LOVED THIS SONG! Still listen to it!❤️

@gregnormal5101

Жыл бұрын

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Your the ENTERTAINER for real.thank you for this beautiful song thank you TONY.

APRIL 13 - 1940 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAY YOU R.I.P.

Excellent song Great vocals and harmonies and terrific instrumentation and melody

Know it's a classic when it's still sounding awesome;!👋🏽👋🏽 Instruments on point!

Went to sleep but had this song on my mind. '65 l was 11 yrs old but my older brother always bought new 45s and would work around the house singing them. I didn't know who made it but I do now.

OMG! Probably haven't heard this classic since it was released in 65. God werent the mid 60s a marvelous time for RB music Motown Stax Chess etc. Yikes I was a HS freshman in 65. Sweet Jesus where did all the years go!

@chrisbennett6260

Жыл бұрын

one of my dad favioute who bought ,loved and collected all these soul Gems in london the uk as a very very young teenager i miss him so much

@Idelia412

2 ай бұрын

I was a Freshman in High School too when this came out in I believe the spring when I heard it on KJR radio in Seattle.

Brings back memories

Loved this song. Never came off the turntable for days. Loved the sixties. Great days and even greater music.

perfect for conjuring up old memories....life was good.

Wow...after all these years I thought it was Major Lance who sang this song. Thanks for clearing up the mystery.

I remember my mom playing this 45 of this song. I was nine years old. Thanks for the memories.

I remember this song well, as it received a lot of airplay here in Detroit, as he was from here. Sadly, his life ended much too early in his hometown city... a city consumed by gun violence.

2020,I haven't heard this song in years. It's bringing tears to my eyes. The best times of my youth.My parents allowed my sister and to go to backyard dances, sock-hops,dances at other schools. My parents, sister, most of my friends have passed away. Just listening puts me in a good place and thinking about all the fun we use to have. I refuse to dwell on the negative s### that was going, we had family, we had friends, we looked out for one another, we stayed in a neighborhood, not the hood,we respected, teachers, elders , church people, we fought, we argued but we still go along. Music will always keep me happy, especially those memorable songs that gives warm feelings and good thoughts. Thanks KZread,for providing podcasts I can subscribe to.

RIP Tony your the best.....

I used to hear this and many more Soul songs on WKNR or CKLW in Detroit in the 1960's. Brings back many memories.

Such a TRUE SONG.

I walked into the Regal one evening and Tony was tearing the stage up with this. Music of the 1960s was more than amazing. ❤❤❤

Every time I listen to this it blows my mind.

Your grandfather was an incredible singer!! R.I.P., mt brother....

Love ❤️ this song 🎵 , this is music!

Oh, my goodness I haven't heard this song since I was a kid. I never knew who sang it. So happy I stumbled across this video. I've declared this " Good Music Day" because I will be scouring the internet looking for more gems like this!😍😊😍

@gregnormal5101

Жыл бұрын

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My mate and I were living in Windsor back in 1977 and played this song along with The Impressions "People get Ready" over and over...great memories...wonder how my mate is ...I haven't seen him for around 40years...sure he'd love to hear this again

Love this little long lost CLASSIC 💕

1965 was my first dance with the only one ...and that kiss...very entertaining...what a great song!

Still singing and grooving to this in 2019!!!!!!!! Walk off in style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet soul music always have liked this song I remember dancing at the teen center to this jam we would hangout at the corner store and sing this song and other hits that was on the charts back in the day

I was thirteen years old in Nan's house. She lived next door to a rooming house. They played all the hits! I'd sit on the stoop watching " innocently all nonsense." The older guys would just smile at the young girls. They never dare hit in you. Grandmas would school them with a quickness. At least mine did.

The Show Must Go On,❤♥💜💛The Beat

This was my favorite song I still listen to it I remember him singing it back in the day he was so talented with such a tragedy ending his career we all miss you tony!

Tony had one big hit and did he ever make the best of it!

@user-qo5ou6ts8h

6 ай бұрын

TONY HAD OTHER HIT SONGS, YOU CAN (GOOGLE) TONY CLARKE ON THE INTERNET ✌🏿🙏🏿

Great song. Great performance. Another distinctive Aries vocalist.

Love love love this song

Been hearing this song since I was a young kid. This is the first time I have seen it performed and the first time I had ever seen Tony, or heard about his story. Thanks, great video. R.I.P., to The Entertainer.

@sandraaskew6709

4 жыл бұрын

CHECK OUT TONY CLARKE SON GENO CLARKE SR ON FACEBOOK ✌🏿

This song gives me "goose bumps" remembering how much I have always enjoyed hearing it many years. I still listen to it on my 45.

A LANDSLIDE entertainer.. all round superb artist and never put's a foot 'wrong man'

Tony Clarke also had a few other hits like, Woman, Love And A Man. But even if he never cut another record, The Entertainer is more than enough to ensure his legacy as one of Northern Soul's absolute masters. He is greatly missed.

@carolynallen3053

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@drwhatson

Жыл бұрын

And 'Landslide', a monster in late 1973.

@MikeBlitzMag

Жыл бұрын

@@drwhatson Landslide was recorded in 1967. Tony Clarke died in August 1971.

@drwhatson

Жыл бұрын

@@MikeBlitzMag A monster on the UK Northern Soul Scene. We didn't have much access to even hit US imports until after 1971, so thousands were missed, but later became big club records. They're still turning up. :-)

@MikeBlitzMag

Жыл бұрын

@@drwhatson Yes, quite familiar with it. Two of the best records ever made (Frankie Beverly And The Butlers' If That's What You Wanted and Wade Flemons' Jeanette) are key parts of that wonderful movement!

I CAN STILL REMEMBER THE WORDS .I DON'T KNOW THE WORDS TO ANY NEW SONG. WE GREW UP IN A MAGICAL MUSIC TIME!

Thanks for the history on him. I was a little girl when I first heard this song. Thanks for posting it too. Love it!

Oh I love this song I sorry what happened to him live a short life what a voice I haven't heard no one come close to Tony voice

It truly seems like yesterday. What a great song.

WOW, THIS TAKES ME WAY BACK. LOVE IT.

This song really hooked me and then it was gone so quick.

WOW, NIW THIS ANOTHER GENUINE CLASSIC I HAVEN'T HEARD IN A LONG TIME

Memories of 1972-73 when we went to a friends house. He had a decent collection unknown soul records like this.

Classic!

@gregnormal5101

Жыл бұрын

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Still listen to this song thanks again Tony ❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🤣🤣

I have always loved this song since I was a child. As an adult I can really understand the substance of what he is singing about. I love his voice. His voice is very smooth and yet so soulful. The music is really good. So what you have here is a great voice, good music, real substance in the lyrics, good harmony; this is what I call a very good song all around. Not like that crap they are playing on the radio today. The music today is missing the primary elements of what makes a song good; like vocals, music, substance, harmony and soul.

@chrisbennett606

4 жыл бұрын

Kin Mel well said And this isn't even from my era as I was born in 1970 But I heard soul these tracks from my precious dad who I miss beyond words are capable of describing

REAL music back. Fingerpopping and everything. Although I was a young girl ( that black and white film gives it away), I loved this song. Sadness beneath the surface, I can relate then and now.

Tony Clarke was my friend in Los Angeles in the early seventies. He even stayed at my apartment for awhile. An entriguing fellow. But I miss his craziness. Great to see this video. Jerry P.

@sandraaskew6709

3 жыл бұрын

HOW'S IT GOING JERRY P.? DID YOU KNOW THAT TONY CLARKE ONLY LIVING SON (GENO CLARKE SR.)HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE? I'M SURE GENO WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE MEMORIES YOU AND HIS FATHER HAD LIVING TOGETHER(ME TO). DO YOU HAVE ANY VIDEOS OF YOU AND TONY CLARKE OR KNOW OF ANY LIVE PERFORMANCES MADE OF TONY??I APPRECIATE ANY RESPONSE(I WILL ALSO FORWARD YOUR RESPONSE ON TO GENO CLARKE SR. AS WELL).THANK-YOU!!ONE LOVE🙏🏿✌🏿

@TheNashViolin

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!

@tonyh1515

2 жыл бұрын

Still a massive Northern soul hit in the UK.

@guygrip9634

2 жыл бұрын

Its sad cause he was good soul

@oldiesgeek454

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyh1515 In that case, maybe Levanna McClain would enjoy dancing to it. 😊

Wow I had forgot about this song! I was 11?!!! Loved it back then and now, we grew up Bumping oldies and old school in the hood, thanks so much for uploading this lil treasure..

great song thanks

Excellent post. I really didn't know what Tony Clarke looked like. Always did like this song from 1965. It's a shame he didn't have a CHESS full of other hits. Larry N. Boyington, aka Larry Neal, former curator of the Wax Museum on the big 1520 KOMA