Another one of the great R&B soul groups from the 60's. Their biggest hits were in the 70's with "In the Rain", "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "Hey You! Get Off My Mountain", "Be My Girl", "Shake It Well" etc. They also did a collaboration with Snoop Dogg in 1993 called "Doggy Dogg World".
My favorite songs by The Dramatics, Be My Girl written by Michael Henderson and Go Outside In The Rain. The Dramatics are so underrated, they're R & B royalty like The Temptations and The Ojays
I remember when this song first hit the radio...It immediately became my favorite song. Their voices & harmony was the best. Each one is Amazing & soulful. Thank you for reacting to this TIMELESS Classic!!
Shawn and Mel I’m 63 and I watched Soul Train faithfully the men and women of that era have and always will bring true class and extreme talent those days were the best, love you both ❤
The Midnight Special was the only show that wasn’t lip synced back then. There’s a ton of great songs both black and white also Native American! The Stylistics, Chi-Lites…
And you’ll notice in all the Midnight Special performances the sound sucks except for a few exceptions. Television didn’t have the technology for good musical sound quality back then. I for one am glad reactors hear the same version we all listened to and loved.
That was brilliant! If you loved this and the Temptations, then you should no longer delay in reacting to the O'Jays 'Backstabbers'. Three minutes of drama, social messaging and soul rolled into one unforgettable tune. Philly Soul has to be your next stop.
How can an R&B group from 52 years ago still sound so good? I was 20 when this song was a hit and I'm still grooving in my chair watching you two enjoyng this powerful group.
First, let me say you guys are my favorite reactors. The love you have for each other shines through. There were so many groups back in the 70s that could flat-out harmonize: The Stylistics ("Stone In Love With You," You Make Me Feel Brand New")... the mighty O'Jays ("Forever Mine," "Used To Be My Girl," "Backstabbers"); LTD with "Back In Love Again" is a banger. Brothers Johnson ("Strawberry Letter 22," "I'll Be Good To You," ... and especially for Shawn, the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose "Treat Her Right."
I love this time period, there was nothing like the 70's, there was so much talent. Other generations have no idea what they missed, was a special time. ENJOY and keep great music alive.
S&L? Incredible song that I loved literally the first time I heard it, which was when it came out. (early 70's) A locker room favorite in football during that time. Love the five different vocalists that ALL get to shine on this one. A keeper ! Great selection to react to.
Their next record was even a bigger hit "In The Rain" they were a Detroit group but Motown had moved to LA.Recorded & Produced in Detroit but records released on the Memphis label Stax-Volt Records
This was the stuff for real. Loving this ❤️❤️🔥brings back so many memories. I even remember all the lyrics. Thank You for another wonderful one. 🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾
My all time favorite group from back in the day! Most talented group of guys I've ever seen. In my opinion, no one can come close to the energy they have...great stage performance! 🤗🙂
I have to say, I feel very fortunate have grown up to this music 🎶 🎵 as a Hispanic man. I grew up listening to this type of music with my older sister & mom watching Soul Train every Saturday Dancing to this music! Glad u younger people enjoy it! This type of music makes u feel good & on a different vibration altogether, feeds the Soul ❤❤❤🙏😊
That RIGHT! School Is in session! They mighty Dramatics!! NO AUTO TUNE. JUST PURE SOUL SINGERS!!! RIP RON BANKS, WeeGee HOWARD, WILLIE FORD LENNY MAYES,
LOVE❤️ this Jam! LOVE❤️ The Dramatics LOVE❤️ the dude in the white... his voice and his moves LOVE ❤️ the leads voice LOVE ❤️ Ron Banks LOVE❤️ all of them...
The same exact vocal set up as the Temps but with a distinct sound and flavor. That is what made these groups so unique during this era. Amazing talent. Talk about musical diversity without confusion.
I’ve only checked out a few of your reaction videos just recently. Yo, I love you guys! Your chemistry is unmatched!! Looking forward to checking out more of your videos.
I was born in 1964 and my daughter is 29 she loves my old music..LOL This a day where you had to be able to sing...really sing and play an instrument...listen to the Staple Singers I'll Take You There..😊
You two are my favorite old school music reactors. I remember running to my tv Saturday mornings to catch all the great performances on Soul Train. The Dramatics also have a great version of Me and Mrs.Jones, maybe if you have time you could do that one for us. Thanks again
Oh that was such a good pic! Goodness I enjoyed that so much. I haven't heard that song in years. You can't go wrong with Soul Train. Their dancing was sooo slick. They were real entertainers thats for sure. I loved the guy in the blue with his deep deep voice. Their harmonies were so effortless and cool. Made me want to get up and dance! Have a nice evening you two and thanks for the wonderful videos today, it was real fun. :)
These guy's were beyond good. Thanks Shawn and Mel. I loved all forms of music back then even though I was raised on hard rock mostly. Take care and God Bless.
All groups back in the days especially doing that era when they came to the stage they all had a dance that they did to come to the mics look at The O'Jays
Man bring back that classic soul, and R- B, music. Some of the greatest music of our time. Music sung with so much heart and soul. Love your appreciation of great classic music. Thank you.
Now you guys are doing it. Dramatics! another musical rabbit hole. The brother with the high voice in the green is Ron Banks who was the leader of The Dramatics. Later a brother named L.J. Reynolds joined the group and took over lead vocals and man that brother can blow. Check out songs like their live version of Me and Mrs Jones, Be my girl, Toast to the Fool, and many more jams
Honey please, you’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of one of my all time favorite singing groups. If you guys ain’t ever heard any songs of The Dramatics coming up then you ain’t heard good music, especially their ballads like “In the Rain,” however two often overlooked gems are “Fell for you” and “Thank you for your love.” I’ll be playin them on this Valentine’s Day!
I always love seeing young people get in touch with R&B from the 1970s --when cars were as big as a yacht and 'fros were as tall as the Empire State Building.
This was one of my favorite songs when I was a 9 year old kid. African American male singing groups of that era had such extraordinarily rich texture and harmony and an ecstatic quality to their vocalizations, to me that is the greatest singing I've ever heard, even greater than the best operatic singing or my own Italian love songs or even Neapolitan style (well, they're both right up there - primo a primo - best of the best!). It's such a shame that that has been lost to rapping or vocal styling through a voice synthesizer - which is a tremendous loss of soul and singing virtuosity, but the culture's gone shallow, and the machine has taken over where soul once ruled. Such a pity. The back and forth between bass and tenor/falsetto would lead to a rapturous explosion at the song's high point, you would just want to explode right along with it, like a supernova!
There was a male SINGING group from the Baltimore.... D.C. area.....back in the day late 1960s or early 1970s... they called themselves....Skip Mahoney and The Casuals....."WHERE EVER YOU GO" it's a beautiful ballad
Yeah there was a soul music radio show here in Boston back in the '80s called the Sugar shack the host name was Jimmy Botticelli and this is the song he would play at the end of the every show. They also had another good song called your funny moods 😀
i was 9 years old in 1972. i remember this on the radio back in the summer of that year. RIP to all the original dramatics but willie jones. DETROIT SOUL!!!! glad to see you younger folks diggin OL' SKOOL!!! OL' SKOOL RULES!!!
One of my theme songs.. I still jam this a lot preceded by The Undisputed Truth - “Smiling Faces” with the OJAYS - “Backstabbers before that.. and usually following this I’ll slide in some William DeVaughn - “Be Thankful for Whatcha Got”.. Check em out if get around to it, similar style and groove, solid soulful hits! 😉
They were one of the best R&B groups. There harmony was amazing but not to ne unmatched by their individual talent. Check out Stars In Your Eyes and Be My Girl.
This song, driving down the street in a Lincoln Mark IV, with a 7 foot nose, floating down the boulevard, smooth as glass, in silence...no engine noise. Just this tune in the background.
i was in high school!! this was a big hit!! and everybody started sayin what ya see is what ya get!! never missed soul train on sat afternoon!! those are your grandmas and grandpas!!
I'm from Detroit i know these brothers & they always would put on a show the one that hardly nobody would know was this Jam call thank you for your love you talking about Pimp Daddy love thank you for your love was the one
The term WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET is from the old Flip Wilson show.. it became a slogan in the hood in the early 70s😎 OH DO THEIR SONG IN THE RAIN!!! My big sister played it over and over and over….
Yeeees.these guys are Pure DYNAMITE Pure SOUL so many great great songs actually these guys have been around since the 1960s cut a few records. Then the great Tony Hester got his hands on them started writing and producing and as you can see the rest is history. If you like this song here are just a few of the many many songs they recorded. In the rain. Hot pants in the summertime. Get up get down. Hey you get off my mountain. And I panicked. 1000 shades of blue.The live version of me and Mrs Jones✌️♥️
That's how R&B supposed to sound! Shout to you guys for keeping real music alive.
Another one of the great R&B soul groups from the 60's. Their biggest hits were in the 70's with "In the Rain", "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", "Hey You! Get Off My Mountain", "Be My Girl", "Shake It Well" etc. They also did a collaboration with Snoop Dogg in 1993 called "Doggy Dogg World".
I LOVE "Be My Girl"!
My favorite songs by The Dramatics, Be My Girl written by Michael Henderson and Go Outside In The Rain. The Dramatics are so underrated, they're R & B royalty like The Temptations and The Ojays
@@shevawn1973 🥰
Just shopping star is gonging by and their Version of me and Mrs. Jones
WOWWW....ALL 5 OF THEM CAN SING, WITHOUT A DOUBT. 😊
100 % Soul, and talent you will never see today.
I love this group. One of my favorites by them is "In the Rain". A rabbit hole worth going down.
I love that one and also Fall in Love (Lady Love) off the same album.
Well said.🙂
Love this song. I played it for my daughter as a baby. Love the fact that you hear all their voices individually. Great choice again.
Honeeeey yesssss!!!!! Dramatics were NO JOKE!!!!! This is my jam right here!!
This is called great music, something you will never get again.They knew how to make music back then !
What a voice Wee Gee had ❤️ He was a great frontman for a few years, this song is on my all time top 10 list ❤️❤️
I so love your enthusiasm. Old Skool is the best. All of these guys could sing and dance. It seems like today's music cannot compete with soul music.
I remember when this song first hit the radio...It immediately became my favorite song. Their voices & harmony was the best. Each one is Amazing & soulful. Thank you for reacting to this TIMELESS Classic!!
Shawn and Mel I’m 63 and I watched Soul Train faithfully the men and women of that era have and always will bring true class and extreme talent those days were the best, love you both ❤
The Midnight Special was the only show that
wasn’t lip synced back then. There’s a ton of
great songs both black and white also Native
American! The Stylistics, Chi-Lites…
Never knew American Bandstand was all lip synced. Dick Clark confirmed it in an interview. Oh, now thinking Ed Sullivan was all live.
@@Mark-iv7np Every once in a great while an act on Soul Train would perform live. Most were lip synched too.
And you’ll notice in all the Midnight Special performances the sound sucks except for a few exceptions. Television didn’t have the technology for good musical sound quality back then. I for one am glad reactors hear the same version we all listened to and loved.
@@annewoodard6803 true!
@@Mark-iv7np all those shows lip sync Soul Train, Solid Gold and American Bandstand, except Don Kirschner's Rock concert.
You two really make me smile discovering R&B music from the past.. keep up the good work!
Those words hold so much truth. This song was a winner for me and it was followed up in 1972 by another gem 💎 of the Dramatics " In the Rain"
This group was one of my favorites, their song’s were so good…” What You See Is What You Get “ was my favorite song of theirs.👍🥰🌺🌹♥️
Now these guys were on a different level , wow ! awesome reaction , awesome performance
I feel soooo lucky to have had this music with me my entire life. What an awesome song! Rock on.
The Dramatics are deep as well. So many classics
That was brilliant! If you loved this and the Temptations, then you should no longer delay in reacting to the O'Jays 'Backstabbers'. Three minutes of drama, social messaging and soul rolled into one unforgettable tune. Philly Soul has to be your next stop.
How can an R&B group from 52 years ago still sound so good? I was 20 when this song was a hit and I'm still grooving in my chair watching you two enjoyng this powerful group.
First, let me say you guys are my favorite reactors. The love you have for each other shines through. There were so many groups back in the 70s that could flat-out harmonize: The Stylistics ("Stone In Love With You," You Make Me Feel Brand New")... the mighty O'Jays ("Forever Mine," "Used To Be My Girl," "Backstabbers"); LTD with "Back In Love Again" is a banger. Brothers Johnson ("Strawberry Letter 22," "I'll Be Good To You," ... and especially for Shawn, the Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose "Treat Her Right."
I love this time period, there was nothing like the 70's, there was so much talent. Other generations have no idea what they missed, was a special time. ENJOY and keep great music alive.
Great performance of a great song! Love this song 😁"In the rain" by them is good too ☺
Please listen to "In The Rain" by the The Dramatics. I think you will enjoy it.
Their next great song. you got that right
Add in….
“ HEY YOU !
GET OFF MY MOUNTAIN 🏔️ ! “
The dramatics are amazing. Be my girl is my favorite by them. All of their songs are amazing.
The Dramatics are fantastic and have many great songs especially to dance to !! 💃🎶☮️😻🇨🇦
S&L? Incredible song that I loved literally the first time I heard it, which was when it came out. (early 70's) A locker room favorite in football during that time. Love the five different vocalists that ALL get to shine on this one. A keeper ! Great selection to react to.
Back when this came out, I couldn't get this song out of my head. It's a great song from the early 70s, I think. Sort of R&B with some Funk.
1971
Their next record was even a bigger hit "In The Rain" they were a Detroit group but Motown had moved to LA.Recorded & Produced in Detroit but records released on the Memphis label Stax-Volt Records
They were the best Detroit soul vocal group in the early '70s that wasn't signed to Motown.
My favorite all-time group! And yes they all can do lead. Even with the members coming and going -they still all could sing lead!!
This was the stuff for real. Loving this ❤️❤️🔥brings back so many memories. I even remember all the lyrics. Thank You for another wonderful one. 🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾
My all time favorite group from back in the day! Most talented group of guys I've ever seen. In my opinion, no one can come close to the energy they have...great stage performance! 🤗🙂
I have to say, I feel very fortunate have grown up to this music 🎶 🎵 as a Hispanic man. I grew up listening to this type of music with my older sister & mom watching Soul Train every Saturday Dancing to this music! Glad u younger people enjoy it! This type of music makes u feel good & on a different vibration altogether, feeds the Soul ❤❤❤🙏😊
Now this is music! Love this band, a definite favorite!
Oh my goodness. This is one of my daddy’s favourite bands back in the day! ❤
In The Rain is one of my favorite Dramatics songs. Keith Sweat did a cover of it on his 1987 debut album Make It Last Forever worth checking out!
That RIGHT! School
Is in session!
They mighty Dramatics!! NO AUTO TUNE.
JUST PURE SOUL SINGERS!!!
RIP RON BANKS, WeeGee HOWARD, WILLIE FORD
LENNY MAYES,
LOVE❤️ this Jam!
LOVE❤️ The Dramatics
LOVE❤️ the dude in the white... his voice and his moves
LOVE ❤️ the leads voice
LOVE ❤️ Ron Banks
LOVE❤️ all of them...
One of my all time favorite songs, you need to hear “In the Rain” by the Dramatics, sooooo good!
Omg! Best group ever I saw Dramatics in concert three times. Each performance was like watching them for the first time.
This is Classic Soul at its best! The Dramatics are legendary.
Love this song, Get Off My Mountain, Just Shopping, Be My Girl ... they have great songs
Endless, energetic, beautiful song!!!!
Damn, I might be old, but I grew up with the greatest music❤
Always dug this in early 70s. Never realized there were five very singers, believe this is the first. Great upbeat song.
Definitely go down this rabbit hole. Go Outside in the Rain next..Shawn get one of the suits..lol
One of my all time favorites. I love these guys and their groovy suits! I have a 45rpm of this that I still play regularly. Awesome group.
The same exact vocal set up as the Temps but with a distinct sound and flavor. That is what made these groups so unique during this era. Amazing talent. Talk about musical diversity without confusion.
I’ve only checked out a few of your reaction videos just recently. Yo, I love you guys! Your chemistry is unmatched!! Looking forward to checking out more of your videos.
I was born in 1964 and my daughter is 29 she loves my old music..LOL
This a day where you had to be able to sing...really sing and play an instrument...listen to the Staple Singers I'll Take You There..😊
You two are my favorite old school music reactors. I remember running to my tv Saturday mornings to catch all the great performances on Soul Train. The Dramatics also have a great version of Me and Mrs.Jones, maybe if you have time you could do that one for us. Thanks again
Oh that was such a good pic! Goodness I enjoyed that so much. I haven't heard that song in years. You can't go wrong with Soul Train. Their dancing was sooo slick. They were real entertainers thats for sure. I loved the guy in the blue with his deep deep voice. Their harmonies were so effortless and cool. Made me want to get up and dance! Have a nice evening you two and thanks for the wonderful videos today, it was real fun. :)
I listen to this song at least once a week. I LOVE it!
These guy's were beyond good. Thanks Shawn and Mel. I loved all forms of music back then even though I was raised on hard rock mostly. Take care and God Bless.
First time I heard them too and I've been around for a while. They are fantastic!
Another great group that I've never heard of from the 60s! I have to thank you for introducing them all to me. 🎶🎤❤😎🇬🇧
All groups back in the days especially doing that era when they came to the stage they all had a dance that they did to come to the mics look at The O'Jays
This why I'm up all nite watching these reaction vids and jamming to our old skool music. Thanks for this
OMG, ANOTHER GREAT ONE!! This is MY (junior high) ERA!! I could make you a list!!! GREAT!!
Man bring back that classic soul, and R- B, music. Some of the greatest music of our time. Music sung with so much heart and soul. Love your appreciation of great classic music. Thank you.
Now you guys are doing it. Dramatics! another musical rabbit hole. The brother with the high voice in the green is Ron Banks who was the leader of The Dramatics. Later a brother named L.J. Reynolds joined the group and took over lead vocals and man that brother can blow. Check out songs like their live version of Me and Mrs Jones, Be my girl, Toast to the Fool, and many more jams
Honey please, you’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of one of my all time favorite singing groups. If you guys ain’t ever heard any songs of The Dramatics coming up then you ain’t heard good music, especially their ballads like “In the Rain,” however two often overlooked gems are “Fell for you” and “Thank you for your love.” I’ll be playin them on this Valentine’s Day!
I always love seeing young people get in touch with R&B from the 1970s --when cars were as big as a yacht and 'fros were as tall as the Empire State Building.
This was one of my favorite songs when I was a 9 year old kid. African American male singing groups of that era had such extraordinarily rich texture and harmony and an ecstatic quality to their vocalizations, to me that is the greatest singing I've ever heard, even greater than the best operatic singing or my own Italian love songs or even Neapolitan style (well, they're both right up there - primo a primo - best of the best!). It's such a shame that that has been lost to rapping or vocal styling through a voice synthesizer - which is a tremendous loss of soul and singing virtuosity, but the culture's gone shallow, and the machine has taken over where soul once ruled. Such a pity. The back and forth between bass and tenor/falsetto would lead to a rapturous explosion at the song's high point, you would just want to explode right along with it, like a supernova!
You're absolutely right for sure
Dramatics, they are as real, as real can get!! Love this beautiful song!!!!!!!
There was a male SINGING group from the Baltimore.... D.C. area.....back in the day late 1960s or early 1970s... they called themselves....Skip Mahoney and The Casuals....."WHERE EVER YOU GO" it's a beautiful ballad
Yeah there was a soul music radio show here in Boston back in the '80s called the Sugar shack the host name was Jimmy Botticelli and this is the song he would play at the end of the every show. They also had another good song called your funny moods 😀
I can't believe I still remember all the words to this song.
If you loved the temptations/i wish it would rain, then you should listen to the dramatics/ in the rain.
i was 9 years old in 1972. i remember this on the radio back in the summer of that year. RIP to all the original dramatics but willie jones. DETROIT SOUL!!!! glad to see you younger folks diggin OL' SKOOL!!! OL' SKOOL RULES!!!
This is another legendary R & B group.
The Dramatics were all that!!!! 🌟🌟🌟
My favorite group The dramatics ☺️
That's right!! That's how we had it back in the day!! The greatest of music, the greatest of times!
Great group of the 70’s, “In the Rain“ one of the greatest slow jams in history!
This takes me back, love this song.
The SOOOUUUUL TRAAAIIIIN! I watched it every Saturday afternoon when I was a kid. Never missed it. It was great being a kid in the 70s!😎
Dramatics “In The Rain” on Soul Train
Blue Magic “What’s Come Over Me “ and “Spell “
One of my theme songs..
I still jam this a lot preceded by The Undisputed Truth - “Smiling Faces” with the OJAYS - “Backstabbers before that.. and usually following this I’ll slide in some William DeVaughn - “Be Thankful for Whatcha Got”..
Check em out if get around to it, similar style and groove, solid soulful hits! 😉
Love it. Appreciate for taking us back.
There was no auto tune but there was lip syncing. Most artists that were on Soul Train were lip syncing at that time. 😌
They were one of the best R&B groups. There harmony was amazing but not to ne unmatched by their individual talent. Check out Stars In Your Eyes and Be My Girl.
This song, driving down the street in a Lincoln Mark IV, with a 7 foot nose, floating down the boulevard, smooth as glass, in silence...no engine noise. Just this tune in the background.
Such a great song. I was just listening to this in the car while doing errands today
i was in high school!! this was a big hit!! and everybody started sayin what ya see is what ya get!! never missed soul train on sat afternoon!! those are your grandmas and grandpas!!
Fabulous old school soul music cant be bettered
I'm from Detroit i know these brothers & they always would put on a show the one that hardly nobody would know was this Jam call thank you for your love you talking about Pimp Daddy love thank you for your love was the one
53 yr old Chicana, raised on Soul Train...love this song!!!
I love your reaction! Dramatics were one of the top groups! You must hear more of theirs! And the guy in the orange is HOT!!❤️
You two are amazing
Awesome song!❤️ one of my favorites when I was young!
I love the old school !! You are sunshine beautiful couple!!
Dramatics - perfect name for this group. Shades of the Temps, Tops, & Spinners.
I remember watching Soul Train every Saturday. Love. This group, great choice.
The term WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET is from the old Flip Wilson show.. it became a slogan in the hood in the early 70s😎
OH DO THEIR SONG IN THE RAIN!!! My big sister played it over and over and over….
This was MY song when I was a kid! The Dramatics were great.
black history momth a gentle reminder BLACKNESS in celebration-"what you see is what you get"
Just like the temptation, there have moves and a lot of songs
1. In the rains
2.Be my girl
3. Shake it well
4. Me and Mrs Jones
5. Get up and get down
The dramatics are in my top ten fav. I can’t get over you stops me in my tracks every time.
Yeeees.these guys are Pure DYNAMITE Pure SOUL so many great great songs actually these guys have been around since the 1960s cut a few records. Then the great Tony Hester got his hands on them started writing and producing and as you can see the rest is history. If you like this song here are just a few of the many many songs they recorded. In the rain. Hot pants in the summertime. Get up get down. Hey you get off my mountain. And I panicked. 1000 shades of blue.The live version of me and Mrs Jones✌️♥️
Stay in my corner/ The Dells.........FIRE!