There is a reason why they say nostalgia is bittersweet. I hear this music and I want that world of my childhood back SO BADLY. But that world is long gone never to return. So all that's left is the memories,
Brother I'm an old school, blond blue country boy rocker. But there is a LOT of incredible "soul" from the '60s and 70s, as good as any music at any time in history. a LOT of REALLY GOOD music from that area to explore..........
Classic! 1960. Yep, Ben E. King sings the lead on this. When your ready to listen to more classics by The Drifters check out "Up on the Roof", "Under the Boardwalk", "On Broadway", "Some Kind of Wonderful", and "There Goes My Baby" among others.
Harri the song you want is Magic Moments by Perry Como. This Magic Moment is used in part for a regular feature on Skunds of the 60s where listeners tell of their 60s moment to cherish
I have Perry Como cd's. Used to watch his TV show every week. He started out as a barber. Beautiful voice! Especially love "It's Impossible" and "Catch A Falling Star."
@@patrician7445 He had a big hit in the UK in the 70s which was quite late on for Perry. People loved his version of And I love you so. It originated with Don ( Anerican Pie ) Maclean but Perry had the HIT version. It is a beautiful rendition if you haven't jeard it ! One of Don's best compositional efforts
Yes, I love it, too. Perry was so elegant. My set of his cd's even has "Hot-diggity Dog-diggity" which he wasn't keen on doing, but it's a fun, catchy song, and people liked it.
Under the Boardwalk, Up On The Roof, There Goes My Baby, and Save the Last Dance For Me are all good Drifters tunes you might want to try. As for the other tune you were looking for, it might be this ruclips.net/video/ZZ_hWTuSYSk/видео.html
Up on the Roof was by young Carol King and Gerry Goffin. At the time no one knew Carol was a driving force behind endless hit songs for many. Gerry, her husband, did the lyrics and themes. Major hit for the Drifters.
Regarding The Drifters. The song mentioned on the photo for the video, Save The Last Dance For Me, is another good one. Covered by The DeFranco Family in the '70s.
In the car (Chevrolet station wagon) I heard this when I was young. Also the kitchen radio in the morning getting our lunches made for school . Loved the sound. Did not know the Drifters....then.
I was 11 when There Goes My Baby...hit the radio and became a number one hit.. 1959 Save The Last Dance For Me and Under The Boardwalk were also number one hits...so glad I still have my 45 rpm's...one of my favorite groups from the 50's and 60's.
The Drifters and The Four Seasons, along with the great girl groups like The Crystals, The Marvelettes, The Ronettes, and The Shirelles, constituted one of the great phases of American popular music and had enormous influence on the music that would follow. Another fine doo-wop song for your reaction is “Hey Girl” (1963) by The Perfections.
Saw them at a park a number of years ago. They were there with the group The Boxbtops. The Box Tops played first and then they were the backup band for The Drifters. It was a fun casual evening with good music. Even offered the band a refreshing beverage.
My favourite Drifters tracks... Saturday Night At The Movies. Up On The Roof. I Count The Tears. Ruby Baby (the Dion and the Belmonts version is great, too).
Rudy Mockabee who was one of the Drifter played in my home town almost every weekend when he was alive. He passed away back in 2013. I miss seeing him play. He played at a couple places in my home town.We would go and listening to him and go Dancing. I think His wife would sing with him. .
The Drifters are one of my top 10 favorite R&B groups of all time and I really love how different styles can make a great song still sound great. I do believe the version you've heard before is to Jay and the Americans original version.
There are Lots of 50/60's Drifters tracks that a so good listen to "Stay" and "Put on your Red Dress Tonight" and "I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing"
The ",Magic Moments" song you're thinking about is by Perry Como...thus is much cooler. Even much better is the Drifters doing "There Goes My Baby", which was a ground-breaking song...maybe the first rock song with strings...an absolute killer track.
I love how you love classic songs! I'm 14 and it's all I listen to. I know most fifties songs when I hear them, but I hardly know any modern songs of " my generation", lol. This is one of my favorite songs ever. It makes my heart melt everytime I hear it. This in the still of the night as well as Ben e king are my go to songs if I'm panicking and can't calm down☺️
this and alot more are still played on the carolina coast, we call it beach music and the dances to go with it is called shaging. It's a way of life here, particularly Myrtle Beach SC. Check out some of the videos.
When I hear The Drifters I am instantly transported to my childhood, watching my parents push back the furniture and turn on the record player. Then dad would twirl mom all around the room. They were so smooth. My little sister and I bouncing around their feet trying to imitate their moves.
For your interest, the singers who made up the Drifters changed and changed but the quality never did. Their first soloist was Clyde McPhatter, but they also featured Ben E King, Rudy Lewis and others.
Ben E King was with The Drifters from 1958 - 1960. This song was recorded by The Drifters in December 1959 so I think younare right. Ben E King is singing lead
I think the song you are referring to is titled, "Magic Moments". I have done searches for music from ads by searching for the product name with the word song in the search. I just searched it here & found Perry Como. Try that one.
Harri the song you are referring to is "Magic Moments" written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and sung by Perry Como with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers (from 1957).
This magic moment was a really big hit for the platters and later on Jay and the Americans had a big hit from it too. But my favorite is up on the roof. I used to do a lot of roofing work and it really is true you're in a different world up on the roof.
I think the song you are looking for is called Magic Moments, it was a Perry Como song. These guys had tons of hits bigger than the one you chose. Save The Last Dance For Me, Up On The Roof, On Broadway, Under The Boardwalk...can't go wrong with any of them. By the way, just as an aside, group member Rudy Lewis died in 1964 & was probably one of the very 1st members of Club 27.
The Drifters have had many line ups throughout the years. My favorite; 'you promise to be mine', from 1956. That was before Ben E King joined the group.
This was the music that shaped my later childhood from the late 50s-60s. The Drifters, Little Anthony, the Platters, Ben E. King, Del Vikings, and on and on. In the 1960s, Jay and the Americans did a credible cover of this.
Ben E King sang with the Drifters from 1958 to 1960. He did sing the lead on This Magic Moment, Save the Last Dance and There Goes My Baby, So I would say any of their songs during those two years probably had King as the lead.
This is not doo wop (doo wop has that sound in it, this doesnt). This is the music of the early 60s. Beautiful lyrics, smooth sound and romance. Those violins really put you in the mood. Imagine being in high school and sitting in your old convertible, with your girl at night, parked by the shore, the salty breeze blowing , looking at that moon and she's leaning into you and this comes on the radio Can you dig that ? That's the life ! Those are memories and guys like these helped create them . Listen to UP ON THE ROOF, also by the Drifters .
"This Magic Moment" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman, and is one of their best-known songs.[ It was recorded first by Ben E. King and the Drifters.[1] The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960.[3] The session musicians Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller hired to play on this record were: Phil Bodner on sax, Ernie Hayes on piano, George Barnes and Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Shep Shepherd on drums. The arranger and conductor was Stan Applebaum.
I think the song you are talking about is " Magic Moments" by Perry Como. But since you mentioned Ben E King, check out his version of "I Who Have Nothing"
As much as I enjoyed this the recording of Jay And The Americans from 1968 is superior. He was the second Jay Black. His real name is David Blatt. When he was 72 he was featured on PBS and sang with the same power he had in the 1960s.
Grew up listening to the Drifters , Platters , little Anthony and the Imperials .Skyliners [ Since I Don't Have You ] Romance galore !!!!
Yes, and music is so much more therapeutic when you can sing along with intelligible lyrics.
Shi- Lites.
Same here. Great music and memories. The Platters are another great group. Can't go wrong.
There is a reason why they say nostalgia is bittersweet. I hear this music and I want that world of my childhood back SO BADLY. But that world is long gone never to return. So all that's left is the memories,
I guess it depends what your childhood was like!
It's not gone its coming BACK.😁👍
You said it so well....sometimes it hurts....
Brother I'm an old school, blond blue country boy rocker. But there is a LOT of incredible "soul" from the '60s and 70s, as good as any music at any time in history. a LOT of REALLY GOOD music from that area to explore..........
I was just thinking the same.
Classic! 1960. Yep, Ben E. King sings the lead on this. When your ready to listen to more classics by The Drifters check out "Up on the Roof", "Under the Boardwalk", "On Broadway", "Some Kind of Wonderful", and "There Goes My Baby" among others.
ABSOLUTELY PLEASE react “Up on the Roof “, “Under the Boardwalk “ and the others Mike Caetano suggested.
Great suggestions!
Good ear! I didn't know that was Ben E. King, but now it's so obvious. Thanks, Harri!
Harri the song you want is Magic Moments by Perry Como. This Magic Moment is used in part for a regular feature on Skunds of the 60s where listeners tell of their 60s moment to cherish
Thank you..
I have Perry Como cd's. Used to watch his TV show every week. He started out as a barber. Beautiful voice! Especially love "It's Impossible" and "Catch A Falling Star."
@@patrician7445 He had a big hit in the UK in the 70s which was quite late on for Perry. People loved his version of And I love you so. It originated with Don ( Anerican Pie ) Maclean but Perry had the HIT version. It is a beautiful rendition if you haven't jeard it ! One of Don's best compositional efforts
Yes, I love it, too. Perry was so elegant. My set of his cd's even has "Hot-diggity Dog-diggity" which he wasn't keen on doing, but it's a fun, catchy song, and people liked it.
Ben E, king, Stand by me. One of my favorites. The movie was great also.
One of my very favorites!!! What a voice!!
One of my favourites. X
Under the Boardwalk, Up On The Roof, There Goes My Baby, and Save the Last Dance For Me are all good Drifters tunes you might want to try. As for the other tune you were looking for, it might be this ruclips.net/video/ZZ_hWTuSYSk/видео.html
Thank you..
@@HarriBestReactions I concur with Julie.
Up on the Roof was by young Carol King and Gerry Goffin. At the time no one knew Carol was a driving force behind endless hit songs for many. Gerry, her husband, did the lyrics and themes. Major hit for the Drifters.
Regarding The Drifters. The song mentioned on the photo for the video, Save The Last Dance For Me, is another good one. Covered by The DeFranco Family in the '70s.
one of my all time favourite songs
In the car (Chevrolet station wagon) I heard this when I was young. Also the kitchen radio in the morning getting our lunches made for school . Loved the sound. Did not know the Drifters....then.
This Magic Moment and Save The Last Dance For Me by the Drifters were both written by the same guys.
I was 11 when There Goes My Baby...hit the radio and became a number one hit.. 1959 Save The Last Dance For Me and Under The Boardwalk were also number one hits...so glad I still have my 45 rpm's...one of my favorite groups from the 50's and 60's.
"Only You", by The Platters is a great Doo Wop song.
Love all things Drifters. I think you were thinking of Perry Como, Magic Moments. Beautiful song.
Thank you..
Jay and the Americans did a great version of this song
There Goes My Baby and Save The Last Dance For Me are a couple of great ones with Mr. King ..Thanks for this one .
Sweeter than wine
Softer than the summer night
Everything I want I have
Whenever I hold you tight"
Killer lyrics right there.
The Drifters were awesome. "Under The Boardwalk", "Up On The Roof", "There Goes My Baby" - all Great.
And another I never heard way back then just as good or better; "Sand In My Shoes".
Harri, this is the best kind of the music ever, nothing so romantic as 60s💔💔💔🎶🎶🎶🎶
This song is like youth... fleeting yet timeless.
The one you are thinking of was by Perry Como one of the crooners of yesteryear.
This music gives me such a feeling of melancholic nostalgia for a period of time I wasn't even born yet! I love it!
The Drifters and The Four Seasons, along with the great girl groups like The Crystals, The Marvelettes, The Ronettes, and The Shirelles, constituted one of the great phases of American popular music and had enormous influence on the music that would follow. Another fine doo-wop song for your reaction is “Hey Girl” (1963) by The Perfections.
The song you are thinking about, Harri, is Magic Moments by Perry Como.
Have you done Stand by Me? I love it too. Ben E. King’s voice is so smooth.
One of my favorite songs from the period (late 50s -- early 60s) and of this style.
Saw them at a park a number of years ago. They were there with the group The Boxbtops. The Box Tops played first and then they were the backup band for The Drifters. It was a fun casual evening with good music. Even offered the band a refreshing beverage.
Four tops.
Box Tops...songs include The Letter
So many talented groups back in the day!
What a great great song and group. Thank You for sharing
Ben E King singing.
Wow love it
Can't get any better than this.
Beautiful song that is very soothing.
My favourite Drifters tracks...
Saturday Night At The Movies.
Up On The Roof.
I Count The Tears.
Ruby Baby (the Dion and the Belmonts version is great, too).
love this song.
Ben E King is the lead singer in "This Magic Moment" Such pleasant memories of my childhood😊
My earliest memory of this song is from watching the Sandlot movie.
This group is as good as it gets.... BETTER than many.. + Sit and count the tears..by Drifters..4 me
Yes, Ben E King started with The Drifters..so many wonderful songs.
Rudy Mockabee who was one of the Drifter played in my home town almost every weekend when he was alive. He passed away back in 2013. I miss seeing him play. He played at a couple places in my home town.We would go and listening to him and go Dancing. I think His wife would sing with him. .
Softer than a summer night........beautiful
I love The Drifters and the Platters.
Your Going To Love This One .We All Do
The Drifters are one of my top 10 favorite R&B groups of all time and I really love how different styles can make a great song still sound great. I do believe the version you've heard before is to Jay and the Americans original version.
Just been to watch this wonderful band. Not the original line up but still the official Drifters. Grew up on this.
There are Lots of 50/60's Drifters tracks that a so good listen to "Stay" and "Put on your Red Dress Tonight" and "I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing"
When i was growing up in the 60's and 70's i was in love with the Drifters
That song your remembering is Magic Moments by Perry Como. He’s great. I was a little girl like 4. Still remember it !
A classic. Lots to explore in this era of Rock and Roll/Doo Wop.
I like to thank my mom for exposing me to all these great groups. Drifters, Coasters, all of them .
So many great soul groups back then - glad I was around to hear them all.
This was before my time but when "American Graffiti" came out.. My friends and I got into this music.
The ",Magic Moments" song you're thinking about is by Perry Como...thus is much cooler. Even much better is the Drifters doing "There Goes My Baby", which was a ground-breaking song...maybe the first rock song with strings...an absolute killer track.
I love how you love classic songs! I'm 14 and it's all I listen to. I know most fifties songs when I hear them, but I hardly know any modern songs of " my generation", lol.
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It makes my heart melt everytime I hear it. This in the still of the night as well as Ben e king are my go to songs if I'm panicking and can't calm down☺️
this and alot more are still played on the carolina coast, we call it beach music and the dances to go with it is called shaging. It's a way of life here, particularly Myrtle Beach SC. Check out some of the videos.
Me too
When I hear The Drifters I am instantly transported to my childhood, watching my parents push back the furniture and turn on the record player. Then dad would twirl mom all around the room. They were so smooth. My little sister and I bouncing around their feet trying to imitate their moves.
The Magic Moment song you were looking for I believe is Perry Como.
Thank you..
For your interest, the singers who made up the Drifters changed and changed but the quality never did. Their first soloist was Clyde McPhatter, but they also featured Ben E King, Rudy Lewis and others.
Roni and the Ronettes Be My Baby was a ground breaking performance even impressed Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys
There are so many classic Drifters songs to choose from especially from their Atlantic years.
I add my vote to all the songs listed below. Under the boardwalk, save the last dance for me and up on the roof would be my starting place
"Magic Moments"-Perry Como.
Ask The Lonely by The Four Tops, incredible vocals.
Hi Harri, I always enjoy your reactions. So thank you. I think the other song you are talking about
Magic Moments is sung by Josh Groban.
Great song Harri
We all need some Motown back. My youth is missed, the music is missed. Close your eyes and just drift along.
Ben E King was with The Drifters from 1958 - 1960. This song was recorded by The Drifters in December 1959 so I think younare right. Ben E King is singing lead
'There Goes My Baby' was, i think, one of their best. But they were so damn good it's really hard to say.
Leroy Gibbon's reggae cover of this tune is by far my favorite!
I think the song you are referring to is titled, "Magic Moments". I have done searches for music from ads by searching for the product name with the word song in the search. I just searched it here & found Perry Como. Try that one.
Harri the song you are referring to is "Magic Moments" written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and sung by Perry Como with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra & The Ray Charles Singers (from 1957).
Thank you..gonna find it
The Drifters ...led by the great Ben E King......
This magic moment was a really big hit for the platters and later on Jay and the Americans had a big hit from it too. But my favorite is up on the roof. I used to do a lot of roofing work and it really is true you're in a different world up on the roof.
Who can sing like this... Now? NOBODY!!!👌
I just watched The Drifters live. It's a younger line up but their voices were incredible
@@jellybathwater Ben E. King. Singing lead 🎶 I'm sure you know.... Stand by me 😉
I think the song you are looking for is called Magic Moments, it was a Perry Como song.
These guys had tons of hits bigger than the one you chose. Save The Last Dance For Me, Up On The Roof, On Broadway, Under The Boardwalk...can't go wrong with any of them.
By the way, just as an aside, group member Rudy Lewis died in 1964 & was probably one of the very 1st members of Club 27.
The Drifters have had many line ups throughout the years. My favorite; 'you promise to be mine', from 1956. That was before Ben E King joined the group.
Jay and the Americans is my fav version! But in any format, is a gorge song. Bless Mon
Jay and the Americans did a cover of this. Both are good.
The song you were thinking of was "Magic moments" by Perry Como
This was the music that shaped my later childhood from the late 50s-60s. The Drifters, Little Anthony, the Platters, Ben E. King, Del Vikings, and on and on. In the 1960s, Jay and the Americans did a credible cover of this.
Perhaps the song you were originally remembering is, Magic Moments by, Perry Como?
"When will I see you again" by the Three Degrees is one that I think you'd like...
There Goes my Baby is a good one by the Drifters. Ben E King sings lead on this one also
Ben E King sang with the Drifters from 1958 to 1960. He did sing the lead on This Magic Moment, Save the Last Dance and There Goes My Baby, So I would say any of their songs during those two years probably had King as the lead.
The tune you’re singing, I’ve recognizes, but can’t place it 😮when I figure it out, I’ll text back 😊
I never knew the Drifters did this song I’ve only heard it from Jay and the Americans.
This is not doo wop (doo wop has that sound in it, this doesnt). This is the music of the early 60s. Beautiful lyrics, smooth sound and romance. Those violins really put you in the mood. Imagine being in high school and sitting in your old convertible, with your girl at night, parked by the shore, the salty breeze blowing , looking at that moon and she's leaning into you and this comes on the radio Can you dig that ? That's the life ! Those are memories and guys like these helped create them .
Listen to UP ON THE ROOF, also by the Drifters .
Perry Como sang Magic Moments
I think the song that you were thinking of was "Magic Moments" by Perry Como.
"This Magic Moment" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman, and is one of their best-known songs.[ It was recorded first by Ben E. King and the Drifters.[1] The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960.[3] The session musicians Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller hired to play on this record were: Phil Bodner on sax, Ernie Hayes on piano, George Barnes and Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, and Shep Shepherd on drums. The arranger and conductor was Stan Applebaum.
the version you are thinking of was done by Perry Como
The song you are thinking about is Magic Moments by Perry Como...
Perry Como had a hit in the 50s, title "Magic Moments. Check this one out. I think you will enjoy it:)
Magic Moments was sung by Perry Como.
Me too doo wop rules
Magic Moments by Perry Como. The one you'r thinking of.
I think the song you are talking about is " Magic Moments" by Perry Como. But since you mentioned Ben E King, check out his version of "I Who Have Nothing"
As much as I enjoyed this the recording of Jay And The Americans from 1968 is superior. He was the second Jay Black. His real name is David Blatt. When he was 72 he was featured on PBS and sang with the same power he had in the 1960s.
You’re thinking of “Magic Moments” which was a #1 song by Perry Como…..great song react to it.
Thank you..