Boy, does this song take me back. I remember listening to it over and over as a young girl. I'm 66 now, and I still get tears in my eyes, so beautiful.❣️😊
Yes, this song became more popular than the group who sang it. It's just like Rosemary Goes and Edison Lighthouse. 😄 I wasn't alive for the British invasion, I was born in the Disco era, but I grew up in the 80s.
When I was 13 in 1973 our school bus driver use to sing this to me every day as I got on the bus. I was so embarrassed then, but now I cherish those memories. He was such a nice guy.
I went back and listened to the song and it made me sad thinking of your situation. At the time I can see your point but I would have done the same thing as him. Is he still with us?
When I was younger my older sister and I shared a bedroom and she always had her radio on at night when we were in bed and this song was on every night . My sister ran away from home when she was about 15 and I cried myself to sleep . I woke up during the night and the radio was on and this song was playing and I knew that my big sister had come back home safe , My sister passed away on mother's day 2007 and hearing this song again brings back memories of her dancing and the night I woke up and knew she was safely back home in her bed . I miss her deeply and especially now hearing this song again after all these years , Thank you .
Tammy - that is incredibly sad. Sorry for your sister's passing but isn't it strange how when important and significant things happen in our lives and there is a song playing at that time - that we remember that song and always associate it with that event? I have a few songs that I associate with events.
This song was my first wifes and mine song before I went to Vietnam I was one of the lucky ones to return but Vietnam still haunts me not sure why maybe due to so many of my friends and classmates that did not make it back home alive. God Bless all of the Vietnam Vets and the Veterans from after all who have served.
God Bless you Brian Bancroft for your service to our country at a time when brave souls like you were shunned when you returned. I am a retired US military vet who missed Vietnam, but I always stop and shake hands with those I see wearing Vietnam Vet apparel and make a point of saying "WELCOME HOME!" I remember about 15 years ago, I did so for one VN Special Forces vet while I was in uniform and he hugged me and broke down and told me I was the first person since he returned to say "welcome home." He hugged me and started weeping and I held him for a long time. You guys were and are the best and will ALWAYS be my HEROS!
Brian Bancroft God bless you Brian! My husband and brother were both Vietnam vets like you. No doubt they feel what you do. You're not alone! Take care of yourself and thank you for your service! (Dee)
It's amazing how this old song didn't stand out that much back then but listening to it now with the clarity of today's technical advancements gives me a chill up my spine, people who know how to play guitar and harmonize so well back then. I miss those early days with so many great groups putting out these one hit wonders.
@@Robert-h3b4xWhen this song first came out New York radio station 66 WNBC wouldn't let its number 1 DJ Wolfman Jack announce the name of the group singing. Therefore many of the fans assumed it was the Beatle's Swan song and ran out and bought it. My late brother Hal was one of them. To his chagrin, he found out it was The Flying Machine. But he loved the song anyway. Wish he was here today so I could wipe my crying eyes.😢
Wow, I haven't heard this song since the 1970's. I am 60 and thought the title was Rosemarie. I can't stand the music these days, no heart & soul, this song really touched me deep down, thanks for posting it!🥺🥰
Sometimes I stay up late listening to the old songs and drinking a little too much trying to understand how all of our starry eyed idealism could have brought us to our current era of vitriol and shameless mendacity.
My mom used to sing this song to me. She would sing it to me when I was a baby and any time I was unhappy. Two days before she passed away I was upset because we knew she wasn't going to be with us much longer. She was humming this song to me because she wasn't able to talk. The day she passed away I was holding her hand and singing this to her. I think she did have a little smile on her face. I love and miss you mama. I'm trying to smile a little smile for you. 😊😢
I remember my dad playing this song on one of his cassette back in the days...I'm 31 now; so glad my dad introduced these little known gems to me. Cheers!
My mom died in the early 1980's at 70 years old.She had a friend that she kept in touch with until she died that she had met in elementary school. Her friend's name was Rosemary.This song was Co - written by the great British songwriter Tony Macaulay.A few months after this song was out Tony co- wrote another fine song called "Love grows where my Rosemary goes." In this song ( that we are listening to here) the name is sung as "Rose Marie " and in the other song it is sung as "Rosemary". I have both vinyl 45s in my collection to this day. Thanks for indulging my personal memories.
I posted this on Facebook, and a 60-some-year old friend had his mind blown. He hadn't heard it in decades, but when he did, a flood of memories and emotions hit him like fireworks. It's definitely one of those time-capsule tunes.
Smile a Little Smile for Me (Rose Marie) is a timeless piece of beauty that takes us back to 1969, the last year of America's innocense... to the time that Charlie Manson changed everything.
I remember this song in late 1969 & early 1970 when I was Junior High. Music was beginning to change & soon we'd have the new sounds of the 1970's. This is a great song of what music sounded like 51 yrs ago. Who is still listening in Dec 9, 2020 & since the year is about over, who will still be listening in 2021. This is a Timeless classic !!!
Dispite I made my 1st comment in Dec 2020 and still listening 👂 on 10/11/2024. I’ll still be listening 👂 while I’m still living I’m 68 years old in another week and a half I’ll be 69 years old, and will continue to listen 👂. From Corpus Christi, Texas…Keep Rocking, Y’all !!!
I would burst into tear anytime I heard this song. My older sisters had the 45 (anyone know what a 45 is?) and my brothers would make fun of me, sometimes putting the song on just to see my reaction (I forgive them). Today is the first time in a long time I listened to the lyrics, this song is truly a classic.
I remember this so well. I just got my driver's license. I was 18 and was driving when I heard it for the first time. I was driving past a house where a girl named Rose Marie lived. It's indelibly etched into my memory and every time I hear it, it takes me right back to that moment in time. One of my favorites.
I can remember my mother singing me this song once as a very small child. On the day she passed away, I woke up crying and this song was in my head. I love and miss you Mom....
From the fall of 69, this song climbed up to number 5 on the charts. I would graduate from HS in June. A nice memory! The only US hit for The Flying Machine!
Brings back many memories. I dated a man in a band. It was 1972 and the guys would sing this song and would substitute my name (it just worked)for Rosemarie. A wonderful time to be alive and be a hippie.
On October 8th 1969 I was 14 years old. Me and my best friend Clancy drove from our hometown of Salinas all the way to San Juan in Puerto Rico to see " THE RASCALS in concert at the "HIRAM BITHORN BASEBALL STADIUM"( is still standing by the way). On our way back home this song came on the radio and I just loved it! I" never forgot, so, it was October, not September like some people claim it was. My "BUDDY CLANCY" passed away and every time I hear it makes me "HAPPY" and "SAD". "I TREASURE" his memory. Not one single day of my life goes by without him in my mind. I miss him. Thanks for the promo film! GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THE OLD AGING HIPPIE
This tune came out in like, September / October of 1969, when I was in the third grade, eight years old, and wondered about what it was to be like a soldier in Vietnam. I came home to Lego sets, Erector sets and entertained myself. Thanks for your service to our great, U.S.A. I have several friends who served in S.E. Asia.
kristy/besura. It is worth saying from a funny point of view what epidemy means (not really into correcting spellings, believe me I make my share of mistakes) . epidemic, decease. So, your sentence is funny. hope it made you smile Kirsti.
Spermwhale1000 Oh, no kidding?! I grew up in Queens and anyway was "too young" to turn up at night -- or even OWN -- a radio! Different world, right? You hadda be at least a teenager to have a radio or record player.
Spermwhale1000 All the "Big Kids" had those; they were like a little bigger than a pack of cigarettes? Is that the one you mean? (I mean the radio, not the Big Kids; LOL!) We little kids would watch the teenagers walking around with those radios held up to their ears (forerunner of cell phones, eh?). I got this then-ancient patched-together "stereo" handed down from my cousins when I was maybe 13. It had a Garard turntable that played at 78, 45, 33, AND SIXTEEN!
This song brings back such pleasant memories of an era in my life when the world was a little younger and fairy tales somehow came through. Every day was filled with laughter, every day brought something new. Music is indeed epic. It has a way of taking you back to a place in your life where you can relive [if just for a moment] some of the most pleasant experiences. I Love the song in its simplicity.
Have not thought about this song in decades and awakened at 5:00 AM this morning with it playing in my mind. Even remembered the words. This was released not long after my 9th birthday. My sister had it on 45 and I would play it over and over on her small portable record player.
Love to listen to these old classics! Brandy, Little Willy, Wildfire, Ooh Child, Draggin The Line, Sweet Mary, Candles In The Rain, Rock On, Evil Woman…….😍🎶
Another one of those wonderful songs from the 1960's. Pop music back in the day was really special. You could put on the radio and listen for hours on end. I loved those times. But don't worry my people, God loved them too. They'll still be there when we get to heaven. Peace and love!!!
This song is stuck in my head ever since I heard it yesterday. I was in the car with my mother and sister and my mother had the Oldies' station on the radio. Although I'm young, I love hearing the songs from the 60's and 70's etc.
+Sarabella Turner HI,SARABELLA (NICE NAME) LIVE YOUR LIFE THE BEST YOU CAN AND ENJOY THIS MUSIC EVEN YOU DIDN'T LIVE THOSE YEARS.I'M 61 NOW AND I LOVE TO HEAR YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING THEY LIKE THIS MUSIC. CONGRATULATIONS ! NICE TASTE !
what a classic song from my days growing up in San Francisco. hearing this song really takes me back to the times and memories, and friends. I lost so many friends. grew up in the 1950's, 1960's in S.F. went to summer of love, in golden gate park 1967. all the hotrods, bikers, and people I knew. a magic time in history never to be repeated. went in the marines july 1971. vietnam vet 0311.
My dad played this song to me when I was really down when my daughters dad left me. I love this song so much and it means alot to me. It always makes me feel better. I love you dad. :)
My older brother bought the 45 when I was 8, man what memories, I loved this song back when I was a kid and I still love it today, thanks for posting it.
I smile every time I hear this song. Listening to it Brings back so many fond memories of high school and my first true love. (Who I'm still married to 47 years later).
Back in the day songs like this made me feel so happy and hopeful. I just missed the hippie era being born in #63, but even as a black man damn did those hippies and the British invasion make good music. Disappointed about the way the vet's were treated though, they were only doing there job. I only mention my race to emphasize that i know good music when i hear it, no more no less. :-)
***** Having been in the Marines between 1971 and 1976, I experienced the rejection and disrespect from the civilian population, not those old enough to remember World War ll, but those younger, they were fed up with Viet Nam and took it out on us serving. It is totally different now, but then we were not appreciated.
What a sweet song. I had forgotten. I am travelling back through all those sweet, tender songs - this one, "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes", "Silence is Golden", "Cherish", "Never My Love." I struggle to find modern equivalents.
That's true, songs bring back so many memories - I think a lot of it is that there were no music videos back then, so we all had a little movie in our heads as to what the song meant to us personally. I, for one, preferred it that way...
we were such romantics back in the 1970's. this song is a classic from my youth growing up in san Francisco. I must of been 16 years old in 1970. made us dream of girls! miss those days and times. you would of had to lived then to understand the times.
I'd do anything to live in that time for at least one month! A day at the least! Born in the 80s (1989 to be exact) and I LOVE this kind of music and those times when as you said were romantics, that's beautiful!
+thehoosierfortheUK hey there! I remember listening to this song in a car with a friend thinking about this girl. we were dreamers full of hope. you were born in 1989? I started working for the water dept. in 1989. I was 35 years old when you were born. I cannot believe how the time has passed. I wish also to go back in time also. would like to go back to the summer of 1964. unreal time for me then.
The 60's and 70's were the BEST!!! The 80's were o.k. but you don't know what you missed if you DIDN'T go through the 60's. Our groups are STILL popular from the 60"s. Woodstock represented the 60's. The groups from the 80's are alright. We had Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly and Led Zeppelin!!! This is a great son. Thanks for the video. This is my first time seeing them. Thank you VERY much!!!
I remember my mom giving me a transistor radio for my 13th birthday. I also remember this song being one of the first I enjoyed hearing while holding the radio up to my ear while turning up the volume. I still have the transistor.
in 1969 I was getting ready to enter high school. As we all remember music was the fabric of our lives during our high school days and this song came along when rock was changing. Great song from a great one hit wonder.
Brian, I feel for you brother. My dad was there 68-69 two tours as a CWII gunship pilot(Huey). He lost many friends but was lucky to come back alive. He never was the same man that left us that September day in 1968. The man came back but not the mind. He's 87 now and still alive but Nam still has a hold of his mind. Thank you sir for your service and sacrifice.
I had a female friend in HS named Rose. We bonded in our love of classic rock bands (Beatles, Doors, etc) I found out after a while her dad was a legit hippie and actually named her after this song (her middle name was Marie). I had a big crush on her, but she was with this other guy for a long time. One day, when they'd broken up over some drama they had, she was pretty broken up about it. I sang this song to her and she nearly cried she liked it so much. We only stayed friends, we both found significant others, but she always said she loved me (as a brother or a best friend I guess). and I always told her the feeling was mutual. On graduation day she made me sing it to her one last time and she gave me a quick kiss and a hug and wished me the best. It's sad to have to give up on certain relationships, but I'll always hear this song and feel all warm just remembering her and the time we shared.
I absolutely love this song...I was only 10 years old when it was released but it has made a big impact on my life that I will never ever forget...It reminds me of a good buddy of mine named Jimmy who grew up in a seedy neighborhood not too far from where I lived and Jimmy was always singing this wonderful song and I was always afraid of going to his neighborhood for fear of getting beat up Jimmy took me under his wing and made sure I was that I was always safe...Fast forward many years later as we both grew up and we both went on different paths... Tragically I found out one day that Jimmy was killed in a car crash leaving behind his wife and children...I was literally stunned when I found out about his death and now when I here this song it reminds so much of my dear friend...R.I.P. Jimmy and now every time I hear this song i remember the good old days and my friend Jimmy 🙏🙏🙏...😥😥😥...
@@denonhall8723 Ty so much for your support...I am now 63 and over the last 2 years I have lost a brother-in-law,and my stepdad to sudden illnesses so I know we are all mortal and now I try to live every like it was my last and thank God I'm in reasonable good health so life is good knock on wood...Ty again for your heartfelt support and please stay safe 🙏🙏🙏
Lived in New Orleans when this came out first, listened to WLS Chicago & NOLA's WTIX, WNOE, WBOK, & WYLD. New Orleans radio played everything ~ Love this song ~ Thanks, Cheers, DAVEDJ
Listen, don't hate, I grew up in Connecticut, back in the late 1960's. I was in 4th. Grade when this was released. It's kind of like the Beatles for 9 year old's, ( like the Monkees, back then.) IT'S IN MY STINKIN' DNA !!!!!
I woke up one September morning in 1969, early, it was 5AM, my Junior year of H.S had just started and this song came on. It haunted me then and it haunts me still because with just a note or two, I am back in what I feel now was a moment come unstuck in time. It is that real to me.
Dave925 isn't that weird how some songs do that? That song about someone left the cake out in the rain was playing early morning when we were up early to go visit my oldest brother at boot camp since he was drafted and going overseas. Everytime I hear that song. It takes me back to that morning
That was so well said they're certain blocks of time like that time I am can remember everything so well I was 10 years old but people places definitely the music I was not much for television somehow I just I'm still not but I can listen to this music over and over again and never get tired of it and they're two generations after me and my family I guess because if you want to call it influence they love it too but like you member waking up one September morning and hearing this song. I feel the same way waking up one September morning and heard this beautiful song by a group called Orpheus can't find the time it was so damn obscure and then I didn't hear it for the next almost 50 years sitting there one night bunch of us were watching them damn movie and yakking away and I heard Hootie and the Blowfish and they were singing this song and I had not heard it in all those decades I said how in the hell did they know about this song. So I went and found it somewhere probably on here and it all just comes right back that block of time another one from that era same exact time that is made like a come back so to speak that young people know about today because of RUclips yeah Echo Park by Keith Barbour beautiful song I just totally forgot about today but because of this the young know about it beautiful song The Old man walks in Echo Park from bench to bench from morning till Dawn. For the Ducks some bread he brings wondering if he'll be here this time next spring crazy isn't it
@@roberthetrick8849 these old songs are all still on RUclips even ones from the 40's and 50's I researched for my parents and I was born in 1956. Look them up.
This is absolutely beautiful. Played with such sensitivity, great melody -so simple and lovely harmonies. One of the best pop songs ever I think . Love Flying Machines version of Baby Make It Soon also ... Thank you guys x
Why can you not leave the past well alone!!! You can't when you got great songs like this one and when it reminds you of your most happy moments in your youth, that's why! Rose Marieee!!!
This song was on a couple of hours of songs from WNAP radio I taped back in 1970 or '71 with alligator clips on the speaker connections and plugged into the Realistic recorder from Radio Shack. I later put it on cassette and had it for years. Always liked it. Thanks for the video.
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music🎶 today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
@@cinderdonihoo9372 it's addictive listening to these song, Unfortunately, artist today have no inspiration and no talent for music. Where are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm from Apeldoorn, Netherlands
I was only 4 or 5 when I sang this song in front of my grandmother and family. Now I'm a grandmother and I just recently heard this song and it brought a tear to my eye cause most of my family is gone now. But I will always cherish it.
Made them do a couple of tours of duty over there! I can remember a few of the families in my neighborhood losing their sons over there and I can still remember the sadness that I had felt for these fine people who had just found themselves in a living hell! Anyway Thank You again!!!
@@tommyjames1726 I just finished your book "Me the Mob and the Music". What a great story! And you are still rockin'! Hugs and kisses to you, and thanks for making my childhood a little more awesome.
Me too - when I hear the part that skipped on our vinyl 45 back in 1969, I wait for it to happen again! Who knows - maybe we both bought the bad pressing from the same batch!!
Having been born in '52 I remember most of these songs. It amazes me how people have changed. Having lost my brother in the Vietnam War in '71 I have always had a sore spot in my heart as to their treatment. While I don't always agree with my government, I have always supported our troops. I will always feel that the war was lost due to political pressure, the press and the "sex, drugs and rock and roll," attitude. Don't get me wrong...I am a hard core "heavy metal-acid rock" fan, but I would give it all up to have my brother back.
Can Anyone Imagine...How Many Rose Maries Of The World Were Inspired & Encouraged By This Tune? That is the magic of great music..It just does good things to us. The Flying Machine did it years ago...it was a different time..and today in 2020..with the pandemic..Good music can still sooth our souls if we allow it too.
Thank you for showing The Flying Machine. I was too little, yet my Aunt gave me her records and I remember it verbatim. Plus, it fits what I am now going through. A Timeless Song.
I had this 45 when I was a teeny bopper in the early to mid 70s Not sure where I got it,Mom may have got it at a thrift store, but I played it over and over,usually while pining for some boy. Good ol days. Great song!
OMG!!! I remember there was a program called NOW EXPLOSION, it was when videos and music like this first came out and this is one of the first that I saw. It brought tears to my eyes 😥. Amazing!!!
This song was pop when I served in the Army during Vietnam. Knowing the context helps understand what the lyrics mean. Many died and did not return to their loved ones. Most either don't know or forget.
I remember when I was 8 or 9 (this was 1971/2) that I was driving from Sacramento to Los Angeles with my family, late at night, and my father turned on the radio. For some reason, many years later, I still remember that moment. Could be the hook in the song :).
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76 years old and still listening to to this great music.
Right behind you, I'm 66 😄.
me too.
Way to go Lester, keep going my friend, and love it now and all the time we're here, the way we did back then, Peace and Love,
Boy, does this song take me back. I remember listening to it over and over as a young girl. I'm 66 now, and I still get tears in my eyes, so beautiful.❣️😊
Yes, this song became more popular than the group who sang it. It's just like Rosemary Goes and Edison Lighthouse. 😄 I wasn't alive for the British invasion, I was born in the Disco era, but I grew up in the 80s.
I am 65 and I have the 45. I am with you
Very sweet, darling.
65 Here I agree!
Love this song I was in 8th grage❤
When I was 13 in 1973 our school bus driver use to sing this to me every day as I got on the bus. I was so embarrassed then, but now I cherish those memories. He was such a nice guy.
He had to sing it to you, I was 15 in 73 and I would have done the same.
Rosemary Hyser ".......
Smile a little smile for me Rosemarie"...😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌
TAT S 🌹💌 Rosemarie Hyser👌✌️😷🤭😀
@Rosemary Hyser
I was your school bus driver then, you can sing Rosemarie Blue by Errol Sober on my tomb..
I went back and listened to the song and it made me sad thinking of your situation. At the time I can see your point but I would have done the same thing as him. Is he still with us?
I recall this song from 1970. I was 12 years old when this song was a hit. One of my favorite songs from the 1970s.
When I was younger my older sister and I shared a bedroom and she always had her radio on at night when we were in bed and this song was on every night . My sister ran away from home when she was about 15 and I cried myself to sleep . I woke up during the night and the radio was on and this song was playing and I knew that my big sister had come back home safe , My sister passed away on mother's day 2007 and hearing this song again brings back memories of her dancing and the night I woke up and knew she was safely back home in her bed . I miss her deeply and especially now hearing this song again after all these years , Thank you .
Tammy - that is incredibly sad. Sorry for your sister's passing but isn't it strange how when important and significant things happen in our lives and there is a song playing at that time - that we remember that song and always associate it with that event? I have a few songs that I associate with events.
Thank you , and yes it is strange . There are several songs that affect me that way .
Hey Tammy, I may not know you but I really feel sad for you. You sure did have great memories with your sister. Bless her soul... Smile now.... :-)
Thank you so much
Sweet story. Thank you.
Another iconic song that I cherish from my childhood!!!! God, I cannot explain the joy when I hear these magical tunes!!!
I feel the same way!!! This song 🎵 brings back so many good memories!!! 😇
It was good stuff that holds up. The emotional connection to the teen years is amazing when you hear such a song.
I have not heard this song in decades---thank you for reminding me how much I like it.
There is a big difference between this song and modern pop music. The song lyrics express feeling, tenderness and sensitivity.
This song was my first wifes and mine song before I went to Vietnam I was one of the lucky ones to return but Vietnam still haunts me not sure why maybe due to so many of my friends and classmates that did not make it back home alive. God Bless all of the Vietnam Vets and the Veterans from after all who have served.
God Bless you Brian Bancroft for your service to our country at a time when brave souls like you were shunned when you returned. I am a retired US military vet who missed Vietnam, but I always stop and shake hands with those I see wearing Vietnam Vet apparel and make a point of saying "WELCOME HOME!" I remember about 15 years ago, I did so for one VN Special Forces vet while I was in uniform and he hugged me and broke down and told me I was the first person since he returned to say "welcome home." He hugged me and started weeping and I held him for a long time.
You guys were and are the best and will ALWAYS be my HEROS!
Brian Bancroft Welcome home brother. I was there, '67 - '68
Brian Bancroft God bless you Brian! My husband and brother were both Vietnam vets like you. No doubt they feel what you do. You're not alone! Take care of yourself and thank you for your service! (Dee)
Brian you are the man - thank you
+Roy Munnelly Thanks means a lot to me
Our vets from Vietnam deserve any dream they have to come true. Thank you 🙏 vets.
🙏🖐️💕
It's amazing how this old song didn't stand out that much back then but listening to it now with the clarity of today's technical advancements gives me a chill up my spine, people who know how to play guitar and harmonize so well back then. I miss those early days with so many great groups putting out these one hit wonders.
bill kohler yes they sound fantastic and harmonize great while some are worried about the keyboardist's teeth
This was a very well written ballad. It stood out back then because it was a big hit
@@Robert-h3b4xWhen this song first came out New York radio station 66 WNBC wouldn't let its number 1 DJ Wolfman Jack announce the name of the group singing. Therefore many of the fans assumed it was the Beatle's Swan song and ran out and bought it. My late brother Hal was one of them. To his chagrin, he found out it was The Flying Machine. But he loved the song anyway. Wish he was here today so I could wipe my crying eyes.😢
Never see a song again like it
Wow, I haven't heard this song since the 1970's. I am 60 and thought the title was Rosemarie. I can't stand the music these days, no heart & soul, this song really touched me deep down, thanks for posting it!🥺🥰
This is so true @63. Your right about no ❤️or soul
In today's genre!
I suppose we are much alike😎😎
This is so true @63. Your right about no ❤️or soul
In today's genre!
I suppose we are much alike😎😎
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Sometimes I stay up late listening to the old songs and drinking a little too much trying to understand how all of our starry eyed idealism could have brought us to our current era of vitriol and shameless mendacity.
My mom used to sing this song to me. She would sing it to me when I was a baby and any time I was unhappy. Two days before she passed away I was upset because we knew she wasn't going to be with us much longer. She was humming this song to me because she wasn't able to talk. The day she passed away I was holding her hand and singing this to her. I think she did have a little smile on her face. I love and miss you mama. I'm trying to smile a little smile for you. 😊😢
I can relate to your comment!! 😢
I’m so sorry for your loss. Sounds like a wonderful momma. 💗
Omg. You made me cry. God bless
My mom died three years ago yesterday, her name was Rosemarie.I thought about her when I listened to it yesterday.
how sweet and sad.....
I remember my dad playing this song on one of his cassette back in the days...I'm 31 now; so glad my dad introduced these little known gems to me.
Cheers!
Your dad has great taste in music. 1969, I was 14 yrs old. Memories of my cute girlfriend. Love to return to 1969.
Best music of all time. 60s and 70s . The music with heart.
I agree. My 1st real kiss in Junior high school was slow dancing to this song. Love to be a teenager again.
So everyone else isn't trying huh?
Love the 60's music... nothing like it. So grateful to have grown up with these kind of songs!
My mom died in the early 1980's at 70 years old.She had a friend that she kept in touch with until she died that she had met in elementary school. Her friend's name was Rosemary.This song was Co - written by the great British songwriter Tony Macaulay.A few months after this song was out Tony co- wrote another fine song called "Love grows where my Rosemary goes." In this song ( that we are listening to here) the name is sung as "Rose Marie " and in the other song it is sung as "Rosemary". I have both vinyl 45s in my collection to this day. Thanks for indulging my personal memories.
Another gem! Thanks for sharing this! :):)
1969 all over again, and it feels GOOD.
I posted this on Facebook, and a 60-some-year old friend had his mind blown. He hadn't heard it in decades, but when he did, a flood of memories and emotions hit him like fireworks. It's definitely one of those time-capsule tunes.
Smile a Little Smile for Me (Rose Marie) is a timeless piece of beauty that takes us back to 1969, the last year of America's innocense... to the time that Charlie Manson changed everything.
I remember this song in late 1969 & early 1970 when I was Junior High. Music was beginning to change & soon we'd have the new sounds of the 1970's. This is a great song of what music sounded like 51 yrs ago. Who is still listening in Dec 9, 2020 & since the year is about over, who will still be listening in 2021. This is a Timeless classic !!!
June 2024 and still making me smile 😊
Same here. Went into 7th grade and the girls on the bus would play this 45 on their portable record players...
Listening to it for ALL these years ! Oct ‘24
Dispite I made my 1st comment in Dec 2020 and still listening 👂 on 10/11/2024. I’ll still be listening 👂 while I’m still living I’m 68 years old in another week and a half I’ll be 69 years old, and will continue to listen 👂. From Corpus Christi, Texas…Keep Rocking, Y’all !!!
One of the most cute and encouraging songs for all girls, especially all the Rosemarie's. A beautiful classic.
I would burst into tear anytime I heard this song. My older sisters had the 45 (anyone know what a 45 is?) and my brothers would make fun of me, sometimes putting the song on just to see my reaction (I forgive them). Today is the first time in a long time I listened to the lyrics, this song is truly a classic.
I remember this so well. I just got my driver's license. I was 18 and was driving when I heard it for the first time. I was driving past a house where a girl named Rose Marie lived. It's indelibly etched into my memory and every time I hear it, it takes me right back to that moment in time. One of my favorites.
This amazing song was released April 11, 1969. All the cherished memories come flooding back!
I can remember my mother singing me this song once as a very small child. On the day she passed away, I woke up crying and this song was in my head. I love and miss you Mom....
Anyone still listen in june 2024??
I just did and I remember quite a few of the lyrics .
Yes just this morning 6/16/24...I only listen to the old songs they are definitely the best 👍
Yes ako.
Yeah me 😢
my high school crush was named Rosemarie 💞💔
From the fall of 69, this song climbed up to number 5 on the charts. I would graduate from HS in June. A nice memory! The only US hit for The Flying Machine!
Brings back many memories. I dated a man in a band. It was 1972 and the guys would sing this song and would substitute my name (it just worked)for Rosemarie. A wonderful time to be alive and be a hippie.
On October 8th 1969 I was 14 years old. Me and my best friend Clancy drove from our hometown of Salinas all the way to San Juan in Puerto Rico to see " THE RASCALS in concert at the "HIRAM BITHORN BASEBALL STADIUM"( is still standing by the way). On our way back home this song came on the radio and I just loved it! I" never forgot, so, it was October, not September like some people claim it was. My "BUDDY CLANCY" passed away and every time I hear it makes me "HAPPY" and "SAD". "I TREASURE" his memory. Not one single day of my life goes by without him in my mind. I miss him. Thanks for the promo film! GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THE OLD AGING HIPPIE
I was 14 in 69
This tune came out in like, September / October of 1969, when I was in the third grade, eight years old, and wondered about what it was to be like a soldier in Vietnam. I came home to Lego sets, Erector sets and entertained myself.
Thanks for your service to our great, U.S.A.
I have several friends who served in S.E. Asia.
Did they have legos in 1969 ????
@@marthagomez7335 LEGO was founded in 1932, so yes
This is the nicest song. It is the epitome of life in the late 60s and 70s. Every teenager loved this song.
I think you mean epitome.
kristy/besura. It is worth saying from a funny point of view what epidemy means (not really into correcting spellings, believe me I make my share of mistakes) . epidemic, decease. So, your sentence is funny. hope it made you smile Kirsti.
Thanks for the correction!!!!
Im 63 years old I remember this song from the 70s high school great
+Spermwhale1000 me to im 63
+Joseph Gillette I'm 57 and remember it from 77 WABC-AM while in JHS.
Spermwhale1000 Him, and (remember his jingle?) DANINGRAM!
(For YEARS I thought they were saying, "Dating Room!" LOLOLOL!)
Spermwhale1000 Oh, no kidding?! I grew up in Queens and anyway was "too young" to turn up at night -- or even OWN -- a radio! Different world, right? You hadda be at least a teenager to have a radio or record player.
Spermwhale1000 All the "Big Kids" had those; they were like a little bigger than a pack of cigarettes? Is that the one you mean? (I mean the radio, not the Big Kids; LOL!) We little kids would watch the teenagers walking around with those radios held up to their ears (forerunner of cell phones, eh?).
I got this then-ancient patched-together "stereo" handed down from my cousins when I was maybe 13. It had a Garard turntable that played at 78, 45, 33, AND SIXTEEN!
One of my favorites from that era. Great melody, lyrics, vocal harmonies, story line with an outstanding, catchy chorus.
This song brings back such pleasant memories of an era in my life when the world was a little younger and fairy tales somehow came through. Every day was filled with laughter, every day brought something new. Music is indeed epic. It has a way of taking you back to a place in your life where you can relive [if just for a moment] some of the most pleasant experiences. I Love the song in its simplicity.
Have not thought about this song in decades and awakened at 5:00 AM this morning with it playing in my mind. Even remembered the words. This was released not long after my 9th birthday. My sister had it on 45 and I would play it over and over on her small portable record player.
Ahhh-priceless memories of my grandma (who was almost as wide as she was tall) swaying back and forth in the doorway "dancing". Love this song.
Love to listen to these old classics! Brandy, Little Willy, Wildfire, Ooh Child, Draggin The Line, Sweet Mary, Candles In The Rain, Rock On, Evil Woman…….😍🎶
Me too.
Another one of those great soft rock songs from the 70s when every song on the radio was your favorite.
What was it
Another one of those wonderful songs from the 1960's. Pop music back in the day was really special. You could put on the radio and listen for hours on end. I loved those times. But don't worry my people, God loved them too. They'll still be there when we get to heaven. Peace and love!!!
and sing along and sometimes get the words wrong because they weren't written down anywhere, unless you had the album cover.
I'm 62 . I played this single on a cheap portable turntable and thought I was in heaven!
...ditto....!! : )'
Yes!
The B side was pretty good, too!
I am 69 years old I remember this song from my high school year,I miss those early days great song.
This song is stuck in my head ever since I heard it yesterday. I was in the car with my mother and sister and my mother had the Oldies' station on the radio. Although I'm young, I love hearing the songs from the 60's and 70's etc.
+Sarabella Turner I grew up with it and the chorus is all I remember, still love the song, but the chorus is epic
The chorus is really addicting BadSneakers
+Sarabella Turner Youth is fleeting. You'll be old, and wrinkled, and toothless before you realize it.
+Sarabella Turner They were awesome years I lived them and don't listen to Vertical Horizon I still have all my own teeth and not too many wrinkles :)
+Sarabella Turner HI,SARABELLA (NICE NAME) LIVE YOUR LIFE THE BEST YOU CAN AND ENJOY THIS MUSIC EVEN YOU DIDN'T LIVE THOSE YEARS.I'M 61 NOW AND I LOVE TO HEAR YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING THEY LIKE THIS MUSIC. CONGRATULATIONS ! NICE TASTE !
what a classic song from my days growing up in San Francisco. hearing this song really takes me back to the times and memories, and friends. I lost so many friends. grew up in the 1950's, 1960's in S.F. went to summer of love, in golden gate park 1967. all the hotrods, bikers, and people I knew. a magic time in history never to be repeated. went in the marines july 1971. vietnam vet 0311.
A crying shame that The Flying Machine only lasted between 1968 and 1970. Beautiful, timeless music that can never be replicated today.
Sad but True SMH
I'm an 80s child (born in 1989) and I say this music is too awesome for words!!!
My dad played this song to me when I was really down when my daughters dad left me. I love this song so much and it means alot to me. It always makes me feel better. I love you dad. :)
In loving memory of Bobby Rydell. April 26, 1942-April 5, 2022. Rest in peace.
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My older brother bought the 45 when I was 8, man what memories, I loved this song back when I was a kid and I still love it today, thanks for posting it.
I smile every time I hear this song. Listening to it Brings back so many fond memories of high school and my first true love. (Who I'm still married to 47 years later).
Me too, met him 1969 fall and 55 years later still together.sweet memories with this song.god bless
I’m a Rosemary. Sometimes Rosemarie. Lol. Thanks, mom. I love this song.
Songs from 1969 and 1970 have a special sound. The energy and enthusiasm of the 1960s with a little bit of the production values of the 1970s.
IF ONLY THE 60s COULD HAVE LASTED ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
Yes.😀
Back in the day songs like this made me feel so happy and hopeful. I just missed the hippie era being born in #63, but even as a black man damn did those hippies and the British invasion make good music. Disappointed about the way the vet's were treated though, they were only doing there job. I only mention my race to emphasize that i know good music when i hear it, no more no less. :-)
Good music is colorblind(just like great art) and that's the way it should be!
Very well said sir
Totally agree. Won't see the like again.
***** the vietnam vets.
***** Having been in the Marines between 1971 and 1976, I experienced the rejection and disrespect from the civilian population, not those old enough to remember World War ll, but those younger, they were fed up with Viet Nam and took it out on us serving. It is totally different now, but then we were not appreciated.
What a sweet song. I had forgotten. I am travelling back through all those sweet, tender songs - this one, "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes", "Silence is Golden", "Cherish", "Never My Love." I struggle to find modern equivalents.
How about this new song called "Grip"? Excellent song with gripping lyrics: "grip...
grip...
grip"
Lovely songs indeed
You won't.
go luck looking, let me know when / if you find any
*****I struggle to find modern equivalents.*****
Give it up There ain't NONE
Isn't it funny how certain songs take us back so many memories
That's true, songs bring back so many memories - I think a lot of it is that there were no music videos back then, so we all had a little movie in our heads as to what the song meant to us personally. I, for one, preferred it that way...
songs can be time machines
we were such romantics back in the 1970's. this song is a classic from my youth growing up in san Francisco. I must of been 16 years old in 1970. made us dream of girls! miss those days and times. you would of had to lived then to understand the times.
I'd do anything to live in that time for at least one month! A day at the least! Born in the 80s (1989 to be exact) and I LOVE this kind of music and those times when as you said were romantics, that's beautiful!
+thehoosierfortheUK hey there! I remember listening to this song in a car with a friend thinking about this girl. we were dreamers full of hope. you were born in 1989? I started working for the water dept. in 1989. I was 35 years old when you were born. I cannot believe how the time has passed. I wish also to go back in time also. would like to go back to the summer of 1964. unreal time for me then.
where you go to school in SF?
must have....would have.... not must of....would of..... what school indeed....
To be honest, I would love to have sex with a woman my age to this song!
The 60's and 70's were the BEST!!! The 80's were o.k. but you don't know what you missed if you DIDN'T go through the 60's. Our groups are STILL popular from the 60"s. Woodstock represented the 60's. The groups from the 80's are alright. We had Jefferson Airplane and Iron Butterfly and Led Zeppelin!!! This is a great son. Thanks for the video. This is my first time seeing them. Thank you VERY much!!!
Who is with me...It's 2020...This song was "HOT" in the 70's and it is still "HOT" Today...It's not really old...It's just pure Gold!
i have always loved this song from the 60^s
Still listening on 7/22/2024 I still remember it, I’m 68 years old. I only listen to the good music 🎶.
I remember my mom giving me a transistor radio for my 13th birthday. I also remember this song being one of the first I enjoyed hearing while holding the radio up to my ear while turning up the volume. I still have the transistor.
in 1969 I was getting ready to enter high school. As we all remember music was the fabric of our lives during our high school days and this song came along when rock was changing. Great song from a great one hit wonder.
Truth Indeed
Brian, I feel for you brother. My dad was there 68-69 two tours as a CWII gunship pilot(Huey). He lost many friends but was lucky to come back alive. He never was the same man that left us that September day in 1968. The man came back but not the mind. He's 87 now and still alive but Nam still has a hold of his mind. Thank you sir for your service and sacrifice.
Memories of my youth . Love the twang of the Wurlitzer electric piano . Great instrument indeed .
I had a female friend in HS named Rose. We bonded in our love of classic rock bands (Beatles, Doors, etc) I found out after a while her dad was a legit hippie and actually named her after this song (her middle name was Marie). I had a big crush on her, but she was with this other guy for a long time. One day, when they'd broken up over some drama they had, she was pretty broken up about it. I sang this song to her and she nearly cried she liked it so much.
We only stayed friends, we both found significant others, but she always said she loved me (as a brother or a best friend I guess).
and I always told her the feeling was mutual. On graduation day she made me sing it to her one last time and she gave me a quick kiss and a hug and wished me the best. It's sad to have to give up on certain relationships, but I'll always hear this song and feel all warm just remembering her and the time we shared.
Songs like this really helped me get back on my feet after being dumped and other break ups along life’s journey. I always loved this song!
I absolutely love this song...I was only 10 years old when it was released but it has made a big impact on my life that I will never ever forget...It reminds me of a good buddy of mine named Jimmy who grew up in a seedy neighborhood not too far from where I lived and Jimmy was always singing this wonderful song and I was always afraid of going to his neighborhood for fear of getting beat up Jimmy took me under his wing and made sure I was that I was always safe...Fast forward many years later as we both grew up and we both went on different paths... Tragically I found out one day that Jimmy was killed in a car crash leaving behind his wife and children...I was literally stunned when I found out about his death and now when I here this song it reminds so much of my dear friend...R.I.P. Jimmy and now every time I hear this song i remember the good old days and my friend Jimmy 🙏🙏🙏...😥😥😥...
So very sorry for your and his family's loss. 🙏🏻
@@denonhall8723 Ty so much for your support...I am now 63 and over the last 2 years I have lost a brother-in-law,and my stepdad to sudden illnesses so I know we are all mortal and now I try to live every like it was my last and thank God I'm in reasonable good health so life is good knock on wood...Ty again for your heartfelt support and please stay safe 🙏🙏🙏
@@petegarza2025 you're welcome. 🙏🏻
@@denonhall8723 👍
This is so nice
Lived in New Orleans when this came out first, listened to WLS Chicago & NOLA's WTIX, WNOE, WBOK, & WYLD. New Orleans radio played everything ~ Love this song ~ Thanks, Cheers, DAVEDJ
Listen, don't hate, I grew up in Connecticut, back in the late 1960's. I was in 4th. Grade when this was released. It's kind of like the Beatles for 9 year old's, ( like the Monkees, back then.) IT'S IN MY STINKIN' DNA !!!!!
First heard this song when I was 11 yrs., and loved it from the start. So simple and yet, so good. It didn't hurt a bit, that my mom is called Marie!
When I was in school days I always listen to our old radio! And this is the song I always heard!
I woke up one September morning in 1969, early, it was 5AM, my Junior year of H.S had just started and this song came on. It haunted me then and it haunts me still because with just a note or two, I am back in what I feel now was a moment come unstuck in time. It is that real to me.
Dave925 isn't that weird how some songs do that? That song about someone left the cake out in the rain was playing early morning when we were up early to go visit my oldest brother at boot camp since he was drafted and going overseas. Everytime I hear that song. It takes me back to that morning
That was so well said they're certain blocks of time like that time I am can remember everything so well I was 10 years old but people places definitely the music I was not much for television somehow I just I'm still not but I can listen to this music over and over again and never get tired of it and they're two generations after me and my family I guess because if you want to call it influence they love it too but like you member waking up one September morning and hearing this song.
I feel the same way waking up one September morning and heard this beautiful song by a group called Orpheus can't find the time it was so damn obscure and then I didn't hear it for the next almost 50 years sitting there one night bunch of us were watching them damn movie and yakking away and I heard Hootie and the Blowfish and they were singing this song and I had not heard it in all those decades I said how in the hell did they know about this song. So I went and found it somewhere probably on here and it all just comes right back that block of time another one from that era same exact time that is made like a come back so to speak that young people know about today because of RUclips yeah Echo Park by Keith Barbour beautiful song I just totally forgot about today but because of this the young know about it beautiful song The Old man walks in Echo Park from bench to bench from morning till Dawn. For the Ducks some bread he brings wondering if he'll be here this time next spring crazy isn't it
@@roberthetrick8849 these old songs are all still on RUclips even ones from the 40's and 50's I researched for my parents and I was born in 1956. Look them up.
Something funny is that this song was released 2 days after my dads G.T.O was sent to the Pontiac dealership.
This song wasn’t overplayed on oldies radio, it still gives that feeling of yearning for the nostalgic 😢 great song ! Thanks!
This reminds me of my Mother Rosemary loved this song she died in 2004 i found her im 50 what a good memory she would of been 71 right now!!
there's something melancholy and sweet in the chorus and it just, hits me real hard in the heart.
This is absolutely beautiful. Played with such sensitivity, great melody -so simple and lovely harmonies. One of the best pop songs ever I think . Love Flying Machines version of Baby Make It Soon also ... Thank you guys x
beautiful music & great memories of life, top of the line solid gold standard of excellence, music at its very best, magnificent masterpiece
Why can you not leave the past well alone!!! You can't when you got great songs like this one and when it reminds you of your most happy moments in your youth, that's why! Rose Marieee!!!
This song was on a couple of hours of songs from WNAP radio I taped back in 1970 or '71 with alligator clips on the speaker connections and plugged into the Realistic recorder from Radio Shack. I later put it on cassette and had it for years. Always liked it. Thanks for the video.
Those were the days, so simple. I really miss it. I'd go back to the 60s and 70s and stay.
This was so popular in junior high! Still love it! So many memories! Thank you!♥️♥️♥️
I sure do miss the 70s, 80s and 90s. The music🎶 today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
@@derekkess8643 one of so many!
@@cinderdonihoo9372 it's addictive listening to these song, Unfortunately, artist today have no inspiration and no talent for music. Where are you from if you don't mind me asking? I'm from Apeldoorn, Netherlands
@@derekkess8643 Netherlands! I’m from Texas. USA 🇺🇸
@@cinderdonihoo9372 Oh, Texas. It's my pleasure chatting with you, I feel so honored. Are you close to Austin? I have some acquaintance there.
I was only 4 or 5 when I sang this song in front of my grandmother and family. Now I'm a grandmother and I just recently heard this song and it brought a tear to my eye cause most of my family is gone now. But I will always cherish it.
I'm feeling you these days! My family is all mostly gone as well.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Best music ever, I listen to this music on my free time. Im all into rock and roll. Dont let rock and roll die people.
According to Gene Simmons it is dead. :(
Rayevinn Martin Gene Simmons is an idiot. HE'S the one that's dead... his brain.
+Rayevinn Martin Easy to say when you don't need the cash.
huh?
Made them do a couple of tours of duty over there! I can remember a few of the families in my neighborhood losing their sons over there and I can still remember the sadness that I had felt for these fine people who had just found themselves in a living hell! Anyway Thank You again!!!
In late 69 when I was a senior in HS. The Flying Machine dropped this classic on us. Just a really nice song! Plenty of fun that year!
I love this song. It was in my 45s collection.
It’s been years sense I heard this song. I started singing the chorus to my granddaughter out of the blue today so I looked it up! Great song!
I had this '45 when it came out, and there was a skip where it was scratched. Funny to hear it now - I keep waiting for that skip!
LOL I just posted the same thing almost......I bought the 45 when it came out on a Tuesday at Woolworths!
45..wow you must be 87 yrs of age now
@@tommyjames1726 I just finished your book "Me the Mob and the Music". What a great story! And you are still rockin'! Hugs and kisses to you, and thanks for making my childhood a little more awesome.
Me too - when I hear the part that skipped on our vinyl 45 back in 1969, I wait for it to happen again! Who knows - maybe we both bought the bad pressing from the same batch!!
@@tommyjames1726 um, that's a 45 record
Having been born in '52 I remember most of these songs. It amazes me how people have changed. Having lost my brother in the Vietnam War in '71 I have always had a sore spot in my heart as to their treatment. While I don't always agree with my government, I have always supported our troops. I will always feel that the war was lost due to political pressure, the press and the "sex, drugs and rock and roll," attitude. Don't get me wrong...I am a hard core "heavy metal-acid rock" fan, but I would give it all up to have my brother back.
in high school in the 70's I went to a dance in the gym where a local band named Orange Juice on Ice covered this...stays a lifetime.
Oh, wow! Hadn't heard this in ages! Thanks!
Can Anyone Imagine...How Many Rose Maries Of The World Were Inspired & Encouraged By This Tune? That is the magic of great music..It just does good things to us. The Flying Machine did it years ago...it was a different time..and today in 2020..with the pandemic..Good music can still sooth our souls if we allow it too.
How lucky are we to be able to be there for so much great music, from then to now! Truly...it's incredible to think about...
Ahhhhhh...Back in the day when the music was good and I was 21 years-young in 1970.
AM
I wasn’t born until 1998 but I love this song. This music is timeless.
Thank you for showing The Flying Machine. I was too little, yet my Aunt gave me her records and I remember it verbatim. Plus, it fits what I am now going through. A Timeless Song.
I had this 45 when I was a teeny bopper in the early to mid 70s Not sure where I got it,Mom may have got it at a thrift store, but I played it over and over,usually while pining for some boy. Good ol days. Great song!
Awesome memories of CJME, Regina, SK in 1969. I will never forget.
OMG!!! I remember there was a program called NOW EXPLOSION, it was when videos and music like this first came out and this is one of the first that I saw. It brought tears to my eyes 😥. Amazing!!!
This song was pop when I served in the Army during Vietnam. Knowing the context helps understand what the lyrics mean. Many died and did not return to their loved ones. Most either don't know or forget.
Thank You for your service
I remember when I was 8 or 9 (this was 1971/2) that I was driving from Sacramento to Los Angeles with my family, late at night, and my father turned on the radio. For some reason, many years later, I still remember that moment. Could be the hook in the song :).