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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • original song from the movie stir crazy
    sung by grossberger, with no interruption, great song by a great voice

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  • @ianking163
    @ianking163 7 месяцев назад +84

    Who's here in 2024 still listening to this masterpiece

    • @Danny123a
      @Danny123a 7 месяцев назад +4

      I am, and it still makes me cry every time 😢

    • @thekingofkansas
      @thekingofkansas 5 месяцев назад +5

      Love this song watching stir crazy every time I hear grossberger sing it I look it up

    • @christtopher
      @christtopher Месяц назад

      And cry ever time 😢

    • @jonathanmann5227
      @jonathanmann5227 Месяц назад

      Me

    • @mountainman9751
      @mountainman9751 22 дня назад

      2025 brother ❤

  • @dunexapa1016
    @dunexapa1016 10 месяцев назад +8

    This old ex-con remembers this song from my youth ... well over a half century ago ... Sounds like this oerson has walked the walk ... Sometimes, sung plainly is the most beautiful way .. well done my friend ..

  • @helensctt101
    @helensctt101 7 лет назад +289

    my father sang this song to me all the time he passed away with prostate cancer at the age of 57 I love you daddy always be lucky see you on the other side

    • @aimiehulme5364
      @aimiehulme5364 6 лет назад +3

      Xxx ♥️❤️

    • @boonebright7833
      @boonebright7833 5 лет назад

      helen scott W

    • @mrblack4660
      @mrblack4660 5 лет назад

      Hi Helena

    • @marcusmajors6196
      @marcusmajors6196 5 лет назад +4

      Anyone u love I think u can sing this to them. It's like a love letter. My father passed on 2016 and I learned of this as a kid watching Stir Crazy

    • @kevinj.k9466
      @kevinj.k9466 5 лет назад +2

      Sorry to here about your father but we fit into there shoes as we grown older as the pass on .

  • @dragoninwinter
    @dragoninwinter 2 года назад +75

    One of the greatest scenes in movie history. Simply beautiful.

  • @ren3070
    @ren3070 9 лет назад +378

    My dad sung this song to me to get me to sleep and it breaks my heart every time I hear it. He passed away in 2011 I was only 8.
    Update 12/17/23
    I now have a 2 year old daughter who I sing this to. ❤️
    Thank all of you for your condolences, good wishes, and your own stories. ❤️❤️

    • @suehuxley4382
      @suehuxley4382 9 лет назад +8

      I feel so sorry for you

    • @mathteacher2651
      @mathteacher2651 8 лет назад +9

      +Soren B. what a great memory of your Dad.....one of the great things when people love one another.....the memory of their actions lives forever and warms our hearts.pass the tradition on to your children some day.

    • @sabernedjma66
      @sabernedjma66 8 лет назад +5

      i love this song ..sad

    • @tengericsillag7865
      @tengericsillag7865 8 лет назад +6

      My dad died when I was 7... he was killed. I missed him so much.. ❤

    • @joeyderkach938
      @joeyderkach938 7 лет назад +6

      That is so sad.... yet so special. Hugs!!!!

  • @MatthewD999
    @MatthewD999 9 лет назад +310

    One of the most unexpected moments in a film. Wonderful surprise.

    • @Christbepraised
      @Christbepraised 5 лет назад +5

      Amen. Beautiful scene

    • @fredbassett6981
      @fredbassett6981 4 года назад +2

      Agree totally , actually brought a year to my eye

    • @Stallion67
      @Stallion67 3 года назад +1

      Exactly! Well said. It was a pleasant surprise.

    • @AHeroInHell
      @AHeroInHell 2 года назад +2

      Exactly. As far as I can remember, I believe that that was the only time in the film that he spoke. A completely unexpected and genius move by the director.

  • @JohnnyLongoria58
    @JohnnyLongoria58 9 лет назад +89

    I like the way he sang this song. Poor big fellow, may he rest in peace. Such a beautifully sung song.

  • @gordwilson9056
    @gordwilson9056 9 лет назад +50

    one of those moments in a film that takes you somewhere else. can never forget this song by truly gifted voice. he is truly missed.

  • @MasonsMimi2021
    @MasonsMimi2021 8 лет назад +66

    My Grandma use to sing this around the house all the time, and she still sings it now and she is 84...

  • @Griswaldization
    @Griswaldization 5 лет назад +30

    Played this at my fathers funeral back in July!! R.I.P. Danny Plug Haynie!! 1938-2019❤⚘

  • @TanerPerry
    @TanerPerry 11 месяцев назад +2

    I sing this to my baby girl layla, I amend the lyrics to fit her name in. She is 4 and loves it, but quite often I can't hold back the tears. I love u baby x

  • @ronshort7820
    @ronshort7820 4 года назад +43

    Music transcends life. This amazing rendition is a clear example. Life is fleeting. Beauty in music knows no boundaries nor does it recognise death.

  • @TheAngelhoney
    @TheAngelhoney 11 лет назад +80

    I'm only 12 so as you can imagine I'm not into this type of music but this was played at my Grans funeral last week because she always sang it. I cry every time I hear it now! I really love this song now and appreciate it so much and now every word makes sense to me, just like it did to my gran.❤

    • @trotterhorsewatsonjr.6668
      @trotterhorsewatsonjr.6668 4 года назад +3

      Please accept my sincerest heartfelt sympathy on the loss of your gran...i never thought of that song for ones bereavement for a loss of a loved! And yet listening to it i now can see it!

    • @ryanmcl9578
      @ryanmcl9578 3 года назад +1

      Keep the head up kid, you are a we trooper and I'm sure you are doing your grandma proud.

    • @jward3444
      @jward3444 2 года назад

      @Scott Leech it's been 9 now man

    • @jward3444
      @jward3444 2 года назад

      Funny how time flies

    • @grayseenan4181
      @grayseenan4181 2 года назад

      Rip your nan mate

  • @madeleinemurphy7960
    @madeleinemurphy7960 11 лет назад +25

    My father sang this song to all his grandchildren as they came along, my son included. My son, aged 30 sang it to his son, aged 10 months.
    This coming Monday I will be playing this song at my son's funeral.

    • @Dan4x2282
      @Dan4x2282 5 лет назад +2

      I'm sorry about your son ! R.I.P !

    • @anthonytadena4235
      @anthonytadena4235 Год назад +3

      Godbless you and your family, he's in the arms of Jesus and well taken care of. Do your best to keep the Faith always, Lord knows the depth of your agony, just like his son nailed and body broken by this fallen fallen world. Godbless you all😑✝️🏡❤️🙏👍

    • @mayhill6210
      @mayhill6210 Год назад

      I'm so sorry for your loss

    • @Lucifer-hr3od
      @Lucifer-hr3od Год назад

      God speed to your son

  • @connorblazerod9678
    @connorblazerod9678 5 лет назад +18

    This song has more than once eased my stresses and pains over the years. When I was younger my dad would whistle and sing this to me when I was upset or sick and every bad thing in the world seemed to go away. Today is his 52nd birthday! He’s my idol and my hero. One day I hope to sing this song to my son.

  • @nilminimadduma-ms3ru
    @nilminimadduma-ms3ru 18 дней назад +1

    I sung this song in the school when i was 16,years old 1991 l got 2nd place still i remember and i respect to this song ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏👍👑️👑️❤❤❤❤❤ im nilmini from srilanka

  • @toni-4406
    @toni-4406 10 лет назад +285

    RIP, Erland van Lidth. Your song lives in my heart.

    • @AR-iy7oy
      @AR-iy7oy 10 лет назад +30

      The gentle giant,truely missed.

    • @evelynoneal6834
      @evelynoneal6834 9 лет назад +4

      Simon David Ecke

    • @jasonjay9632
      @jasonjay9632 6 лет назад +3

      In my heart todo rip ...erland

    • @kevingarry11
      @kevingarry11 5 лет назад +5

      He was a great opera singer too i think

    • @caseyohara3201
      @caseyohara3201 5 лет назад +18

      he didn't sing the song. a man named Dorian Holley is the guy who sang it.

  • @michaelwyrick876
    @michaelwyrick876 2 года назад +8

    That man had a great voice and the way he sang it just made my heart melt I cried so much when I heard it the first time my dear departed wife died nine years ago right after she died I saw that movie and I cried my eyes out I cried so long I didn't have any tears left to cry but everytime I hear that song reminds me of her she was just a wonderful woman God sent her to me that's why it worked we were married 13 years never had a fight that's what was so perfect about it God is a perfect matchmaker he got us together and now she's gone I think God that I have 13 great years with her the best 13 years of my whole life no I live alone I listen to that song and it brings tears to my eyes now because my mom just passed away two years ago I don't think I can ever be happy again but I know the Lord will make me happy when I go to heaven then I get to see my mom and my wife again

  • @thomaspowell5995
    @thomaspowell5995 2 месяца назад +2

    I first heard this song on the movie stir crazy and felt in love with it masterpiece

  • @twistedgamerfromhellreborn9959
    @twistedgamerfromhellreborn9959 3 года назад +8

    I cried as a kid when I heard this song my mother loved it... It was her favourite version of the song she passed away a few years back and now everytime I listen to this it breaks my heart and reminds me of her I know I'll see you again mom love you

  • @bear3of9
    @bear3of9 10 лет назад +31

    I remember this song when watching the movie Stir Crazy. It was such a soothing song back then and still remains so to this day.

  • @mikenewton9003
    @mikenewton9003 4 года назад +9

    Rewatching this after seeing Stir Crazy on the TV (always loved that film). I’ve fallen out with my mum and we were always so close. Can’t stop thinking about her after listening to this, especially when he says “put your arms round me, give my heart ease”. Wow. Crying x

  • @IncreaseThePeace119
    @IncreaseThePeace119 11 лет назад +9

    my dad used to sing me this song when I was 4 or 5. he taught it to me before he died 8 years ago and I've never forgotten it. my dad was the one who encouraged me to sing. he honestly had one of the most beautiful voice I've ever heard and I can still hear him singing along to this song as I'm listening to it

  • @marko8854
    @marko8854 3 года назад +14

    Such a soulful voice brings tears every time I hear it RIP big man

  • @JesusVazquez-nf9dx
    @JesusVazquez-nf9dx 5 лет назад +2

    I'm only 26 but i heard this song in stir crazy when i was a kid and it was on tv one day.. i've been singing this song to my 5 year old since he was born. Beautiful song.

  • @SallySioux
    @SallySioux 3 месяца назад +1

    My father played the guitar and played this song 🎵 to me.
    I sing it to two of my littlest grandchildren ♡♡
    ☆ We are blessed to have had fathers who sang to us. ❤

  • @MrLouisRankin
    @MrLouisRankin Год назад +2

    You know word's can't describe how this song make's my heart feel after two tour's in Viet Nam 68/71.

  • @BluesGuitarPlayer001
    @BluesGuitarPlayer001 2 года назад +3

    My father and I watched this movie whenever it played on TV. We'd both have tears in our eyes during this scene. Its sung so beautifully. Movies today rarely move me like the classic. Gene and Richard had an undeniable chemistry onscreen.

  • @casper27292
    @casper27292 10 лет назад +35

    I used to sing this song all the time when I was down for about 2 years, Everyone in prison is not bad people, Just made a few mistakes in life along the way. This is a great song, I love it

  • @JimmyIreland-f3
    @JimmyIreland-f3 Год назад +2

    Remember watching this great movie as a kid. Can always see the laughter on my parents faces of the leg scene in the jail cell and the movie overall was iconic.. Those days we're beautiful when people we're real honest good human - being's, now 40 yrs later whenever I see this movie on TV it brings me right back. Rip mam and dad love you always until we're reunited again 🙏 🕊 🕊

  • @TinaHarrison-zv3zl
    @TinaHarrison-zv3zl Год назад +4

    My husband use to sing me this song when I was troubled and it would soothe my nerves. He passed away 4 years ago and hearing this breaks my heart but soothes me as well.

  • @regparkb
    @regparkb 8 лет назад +40

    The image of the hard, incarcerate tough guy, just seems to disappear once Grossberger starts to belt this ballad in Stir Crazy, Love it.

  • @twitchingtonbear
    @twitchingtonbear 8 лет назад +12

    He has such a beautiful voice that matches this song so well.

  • @love5022
    @love5022 10 лет назад +417

    That was my dad's favorite part of the movie. When I was little it use to bring tears to his eyes when it was on. Now that he's gone it brings tears to mine. Thanks for the post. I just went down memory lane.

    • @AlexandraSolovyev
      @AlexandraSolovyev 10 лет назад +3

      Awww..... :,3

    • @jasonjay9632
      @jasonjay9632 6 лет назад +2

      Sorry for tour dad ,i Hope yourw dad stay in Heaven....

    • @boxinglegends6454
      @boxinglegends6454 6 лет назад +3

      love5022 same here my dad used to sing it n now he's gone I find myself singing it

    • @supervillainJ
      @supervillainJ 5 лет назад +5

      Lost my dad last week. Same boat buddym

    • @Mantis_Toboggan_MD.
      @Mantis_Toboggan_MD. 5 лет назад +1

      RIP to your dad. He had a great taste in comedy films & a great taste in songs!

  • @tennesseesmith3281
    @tennesseesmith3281 7 лет назад +4

    That guy actually sang the song. He was an opera singer that was taken from us at a relatively young age. Such a beautiful voice! Rest in peace and comfort knowing you have a song for the ages!

  • @michaelvasquez9677
    @michaelvasquez9677 8 лет назад +54

    the a Capella version is almost biblical in its beauty. so simple. yet filled with majesty

  • @undisclosed_eb
    @undisclosed_eb 2 года назад +8

    This feels so warm. It has this feeling that’s so hard for me to pin point because it’s so rare. It has soul. It’s warm. It’s saturated. It’s calm. It’s love.

  • @charlotte87x
    @charlotte87x 7 лет назад +9

    My dad always used to this to me at bedtime when I was very young and it always makes me feel really emotional when I hear it.

  • @mv-macshelleyvision8900
    @mv-macshelleyvision8900 12 лет назад +18

    worked at birmingham jail in the uk and this song makes me think of the good and the bad times and reminds were all human just with different experiences of life

    • @brummieovuk6139
      @brummieovuk6139 3 года назад

      Ive been in Birmingham, jail uk as inmate late 80s early 90s n remember writing this to my woman n sang it often,, ha nowhere near as good as it sounds in the film tho,,

  • @johnrichardson5222
    @johnrichardson5222 7 лет назад +1

    Great song and sung well I am 77yrs ole now but I lot me father when I was 7 and my mother when I was just 9 this song is sad but for some reason makes me think of those very short yrs I had with mum and dad. I sing along with it and even wrote a version using that tune about a lady I once loved. always I end it in tears but still I love it.

  • @karenstumblingbear3734
    @karenstumblingbear3734 5 месяцев назад +1

    I love this song it really speaks to me and God is love, and Jesus his son, and the Holy ghost and all of us Jesus Christ name

  • @mannimax9718
    @mannimax9718 10 лет назад +31

    my tears running if i listen this song, cant hold it

  • @JeriFrancesBurch
    @JeriFrancesBurch Год назад

    This was sung on my favorite episode of old Wagon Train episode called Herman.Gentleman sang it to his beloved horse.

  • @stephenfetchit4898
    @stephenfetchit4898 4 года назад +3

    RIP Uncle Orv. Thank you for everything you did for us. Patience of a Saint. Love ya man!

  • @ToroPrime
    @ToroPrime 10 лет назад +28

    Beautiful..... Jus beautiful Grossburger

  • @micheletrainor1601
    @micheletrainor1601 2 года назад +1

    Such a beautiful song it has always made me cry .I first watched this when I was 10 and watched it with my father regularly growing up. Such a funny movie with a very beautiful sad heartfelt song.

  • @workingclassandproud84
    @workingclassandproud84 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks to a tiktok vid less than 5 mins ago. I have found a a new addiction of a song to learn, wow

  • @Rusty35081
    @Rusty35081 11 лет назад +27

    My Mom use to sing this to me when I was a little kid. So many memories.

    • @bobc1844
      @bobc1844 6 лет назад +1

      I know... My Mom did too.

  • @lindabranley80
    @lindabranley80 2 года назад +4

    Only song in the world that puts my 20 month old to sleep. It's currently 2.15am and it's sending him back to sleep, great song.

  • @SuperDDL93
    @SuperDDL93 7 месяцев назад +1

    It’s bittersweet that Gene and Richard are no longer here and neither is the gentleman that performed this song.

  • @backandstillbgmsdangerusda9637
    @backandstillbgmsdangerusda9637 8 лет назад +8

    Thank you for this video. This is the version my mother sang to me when I was very, very young a very long time ago. I can still hear her voice singing it to me.

  • @suehuxley4382
    @suehuxley4382 9 лет назад +8

    I can still remember when I heard this the first time it was really nice to hear it and it also reminds me of my mum but she passed when I was 7 and that was 12 years ago

  • @reademandsweep
    @reademandsweep 12 лет назад +3

    Hauntingly awesome!! Great film made more memorable by this heartfelt rendition of a traditional folk song. Perfect.

  • @DAYIJA
    @DAYIJA 12 лет назад +3

    this song has been in my head since the 80's and this first time in years since i heard it, from the heart i dedicte to dear Ingrid

  • @PtlRG1
    @PtlRG1 14 лет назад +1

    I was playing this tonight on my new Fender Accoustic Guitar My beautiful lady got me for xmas. When I finished, the phone rang. It was my father telling me that Gram just passed away in the hospital at 97 yrs old. Although I weep, and it is our loss, comfort comes in the thought that she suffers no more and is with the good lord! Rest in peace Gram, we all miss you already!

  • @miki_mochi
    @miki_mochi Год назад +1

    My mother used to sing this to me as a child. I've moved across the world and barely get to talk with her anymore and she suffered vocal chord paralysis a couple years ago and it's difficult for her to talk for long periods of time or sing at all. Sometimes when I'm feeling sentimental and missing her, I think back to when she sang this to me. I would have asked her to record herself singing it for me but obviously she can't. No other version I've found comes close to the way she sang it - this version is pretty much spot on and has washed such a wave of nostalgia over me. Thank you for sharing!

    • @orvillelowrie3997
      @orvillelowrie3997 Год назад

      SUCH A WONDERFUL MOMENT IN MEMORIES TO HAVE I LOVE THIS OLD SONG TO IT'S GREAT...

    • @williamharries6663
      @williamharries6663 2 месяца назад

      The Browns did a very nice version. Check it out.

  • @brentmccauley2536
    @brentmccauley2536 6 лет назад +2

    When my daughter was three days old I was trying to come up with a song that would be “ours.” Out of nowhere I started singing this. I don’t know how but I remembered all the words. Now, all these years later, if I start singing it, she is asleep by the third verse.

  • @gGc0705
    @gGc0705 10 лет назад +15

    My dad, when I was little, would sing this to me as a lullaby. I plan to do the same for my children one day.
    Update:
    My little boy is 6 months old. I sing this to him often to get him to sleep. He smiles as I do.
    I’m playing this right now to get him to sleep on a long car ride. It’s working 😂

  • @trumpetingtomboy
    @trumpetingtomboy 12 лет назад +6

    NOW THAT IS TALENT!!!!!!!!! You can tell this man FELT those words and I am not ashamed to say it brought me to tears! :-) I wish more "artists" now days sang with this much "heart and emotion"!

  • @paulinedixon3490
    @paulinedixon3490 5 месяцев назад +1

    So emotional. Beautiful ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • @Veronica-Palmer._.
    @Veronica-Palmer._. 10 месяцев назад

    My father sang this song to all of his children I haven’t heard it in so long. My father left us all when I was 4 and I’m sobbing hearing this song again ❤️‍🩹

  • @rosefernandez9960
    @rosefernandez9960 7 лет назад +1

    Thanks for having this here @makethem squeal! Such a special, memorable song! The first time I heard it was when the movie came out and it stuck with me! So haunting and beautiful! I know he's singing in heaven now!

  • @grannysgonerabid7425
    @grannysgonerabid7425 6 лет назад +1

    man, I was 13 when I saw Stir Crazy and THIS is the moment I most remember from it. Even as a 13 year old I remember being stunned to hear this beautiful voice coming from Grossberger and by this suddenly unexpected, poignant and hauntingly beautiful moment in that movie.

  • @finiuswideman8974
    @finiuswideman8974 5 лет назад

    I haven't seen this movie in so long I forget this beautiful song was in it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  • @zbigniewdombek5505
    @zbigniewdombek5505 12 лет назад +2

    Great song,great voice,great thanx to person who share it,wonderful!!!

  • @superorangejuice1
    @superorangejuice1 3 года назад +1

    Wow, you know this is such a stark contrast between most of the music nowadays. Beautiful song with real emotion. I love it.

  • @BWayn31973
    @BWayn31973 Год назад

    Gets me everytime. I have heard this song hundreds of times, and it still gets me..

  • @michaelsmith7368
    @michaelsmith7368 2 года назад

    I used to sing this song to my daughter she loved the song
    Now she is married children
    And I have 7 grandkids how time flies 💯

  • @michaelvasquez9677
    @michaelvasquez9677 8 лет назад +15

    it's a beautiful song. real Americana
    there are still places in this beloved land where this song is sung

    • @burnstv280
      @burnstv280 5 лет назад +3

      michael vasquez except it’s an Irish song haha

    • @Jcolbert123
      @Jcolbert123 Год назад

      ​@burnstv280
      It sounds Irish alright... but no. It was written about Birmingham, Alabama and is infact an American folk song.

  • @makethemsqueal
    @makethemsqueal  9 лет назад +67

    This song touches a lot of people

    • @votehuss4833
      @votehuss4833 8 лет назад +14

      If it touched me I'd report it!

    • @sineadmcelhinney5727
      @sineadmcelhinney5727 8 лет назад +1

      +Vote Huss ha

    • @gregoryhoward6571
      @gregoryhoward6571 8 лет назад +2

      just magic

    • @felix64able
      @felix64able 7 лет назад

      It does, I hear it in my heart, in my soul...aching for a love lost!!!

    • @InkoIning
      @InkoIning 7 лет назад +1

      This shoots me back to 1997 when I watched this on VHS. That was the era of VHS tapes and video rental stores. I haven't watched Stir Crazy when I was a kid in the 70's. Sweet memories of bygone days.

  • @iv1482
    @iv1482 6 лет назад +1

    First came across this song in Stir Crazy as a kid and even then it caught you off guard. This song is moving in a way that is hard to describe. It brings back sad but welcome memories of my father and times long past but remembered fondly, thank you for uploading.

  • @paulsmith809
    @paulsmith809 6 лет назад

    That movie was enjoyable and this song will always stick around,thanks for sharing.

  • @pbrickley6247
    @pbrickley6247 7 лет назад +10

    Best singers of the 20th century: Sinatra, Pavarotti, Grossberger, Wonder, & Vinton. Men who touched us through song.

  • @orobinson7429
    @orobinson7429 6 лет назад +2

    Thank you so much for putting this song together, the way it was meant! We need more people like you, thanks!!

  • @quayten1203
    @quayten1203 9 лет назад +1

    Saw Grossburger sing this in Stir Crazy when I was 5, I sing it to my baby daughter over 30 years later and it never fails to knock her out.
    Beautiful.
    Thank fuck.

  • @Mannyfresh23able
    @Mannyfresh23able 11 лет назад +10

    Beautiful song , it made me cry , Im feeling really blue .

  • @raingenie29
    @raingenie29 6 лет назад

    Awesome post that part of the movie blew me away to see a figure that was pointed out as ruthless humanized to that degree reallly rounded out his character and made you add a whole layer to the people in this film. Brought tears to my eyes. Well played

  • @DevilDog78
    @DevilDog78 2 года назад

    WOW! I had forgotten all about that scene. What an awesome cover.

  • @nathanmccormack
    @nathanmccormack 14 лет назад

    Thanks a million for posting this song, been looking for it since i was a kid and seen Stir Crazy. Beautiful

  • @icarus8471
    @icarus8471 9 лет назад +15

    I looked this up on IMDB. Erland van Lidth actually sung this. They used a pre-recorded track that he sung for the film. Talent.

    • @ACERAMGAD
      @ACERAMGAD 9 лет назад

      +iha asc Yes very cool!

    • @lazur1
      @lazur1 9 лет назад +7

      +iha asc From imdb / Erland Van Lidth / trivia: "His actual voice wasn't used for the song, "Down in the Valley" in the film. Due to the SAG-AFTRA strike in 1980, he wasn't able to record the song himself, so they used the pre-recorded track to which he had sung the song during the filming in the final print of the movie." Some of this is confused, even contradictory. Translation: EVL was singing at the filming, not on-mic, but along with a track that included the track's original vocal, to get a precise lip-sych. "His actual voice wasn't used...he wasn't able to record the song himself." The singer on the track, uncredited on the film: Dorian Holley, best known as a backup singer for Michael Jackson in 1987, but an unknown 24year-old when the film was made. (EVL was a bass-baritone, this performance is in the tenor, (Holley's), range.)

    • @johnbauman4005
      @johnbauman4005 6 лет назад +3

      Thanks for clearing up all the BS. I have the vinyl soundtrack and Dorian Holley IS the one whose voice you hear singing. I wish idiots who have no clue wouldn't spread misinformation like it was the gospel. DH also served as a voice coach on American Idol for awhile.

    • @howardstark
      @howardstark 5 лет назад

      @@johnbauman4005 Wow! I saw "Stir Crazy" when I was quite young (around 9 or 10?; now almost 47) and never knew the film had a soundtrack! Holy Cannoli, if I had known this sooner, I would have learned the complete version a loooong time ago.
      Damn it, why'd that scene have to be so melancholy; but so beautiful at the same time? KHAAAAAAAANNNNN! *shakes fist at the sky*

  • @davidspencer4713
    @davidspencer4713 4 года назад

    Beautiful song beautiful voice one amazing film 🎥

  • @davidthomspson9771
    @davidthomspson9771 2 года назад +1

    Such a beautiful song

  • @yvonnejohnson772
    @yvonnejohnson772 3 года назад

    what a beautiful singer such a soft voice from a big man a cuddly man

  • @TheHattie47
    @TheHattie47 12 лет назад +7

    My dad had this at his funeral love it although it brings me to tears everytime I hear it

  • @Theyounglust
    @Theyounglust 8 месяцев назад

    Angelic!!!...I will always love & sing this song till the day i leave this earth ❤️

  • @seanyurt334
    @seanyurt334 6 лет назад

    Thank you so much for uploading ... Beautiful song

  • @TheFreckledTexan
    @TheFreckledTexan 10 лет назад +15

    I literally play this all night every night for my son. Its the only way he will fall asleep. Its like a trigger now. If I even start to him it, he gets sleepy!

    • @Wildmanjdog69
      @Wildmanjdog69 10 лет назад +5

      I usually sing this to my children while getting them to sleep. I usually change some of the words tho

  • @PsychedelicValidity
    @PsychedelicValidity 6 лет назад +3

    There is no instrument that can outdue the beauty of this acapella... 🙏🏻

  • @johnnypenn8237
    @johnnypenn8237 11 лет назад +2

    Very pretty song, and very good job singing it. Wish there were more singers and songs like that.

  • @trotterhorsewatsonjr.6668
    @trotterhorsewatsonjr.6668 4 года назад +2

    Great Voice, perfect for the tone and range. Some songs such as this, explains the one hit wonder curse! Like acting and the curse of stereotyping! The public can't see or hear the singer or actor, writers other works! The voice was perfect for the song!✌😎✌

    • @meebrbey
      @meebrbey 4 года назад +1

      The man singing this song is Erland Van Lidth, the actor who played Grossberger in the movie Stir Crazy ..he was also an opera singer ..he died in 1987 from heart failure at the age of 34

  • @freewolf317
    @freewolf317 14 лет назад

    Thank you thank you!! I'm so relieved to hear this the full way through with no interruptions!

  • @kirbyjohnson5487
    @kirbyjohnson5487 5 лет назад +1

    Such a simple song but so great.

  • @sammyrobinson609
    @sammyrobinson609 9 лет назад +4

    fell in love with this song, its just Amazing

  • @stevief41
    @stevief41 6 лет назад

    Never heard this song before in my life, until I attended a old friends funeral.... class song... class guy.. RIP Joe

  • @johncortez2009
    @johncortez2009 4 месяца назад +1

    First time I heard this song was with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in that movie stir crazy when they're in jail that big guy sings it LOL

  • @alext4572
    @alext4572 3 года назад

    Stir crazy brought me here … but beautiful song and seems like it has some deep root meaning to many… hopefully not too many more days myself in there

  • @Tooamazon
    @Tooamazon 7 лет назад

    Beautiful. I sing this all of the time while in the steam room. The hissing of the steam stops me from hearing that I don't sound this beautiful but I still enjoy myself, 🤣

  • @SocAwkSally10
    @SocAwkSally10 4 года назад +3

    My dad used to sing this to get me to sleep after my uncle passed away from cancer. 10 years later, this year cancer took him too. Now he's gone and I have no one to sing me to sleep.

  • @djbaker8520
    @djbaker8520 9 месяцев назад

    My grandma hummed this song all of my life and I've finally found the full thing I sing it daily now

  • @diellonrrezon5982
    @diellonrrezon5982 8 месяцев назад +1

    Nice Song