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.
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. 😊😢
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…….😍🎶
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?
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
@@user-qy7cn4ks6fWhen 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.😢
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 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.
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.
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.
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....
I was a 60’s girl all through elementary I always LOVED the music on to high school..graduated in ‘73. I still love this music there is none better....listening to It right now!!!!
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 !!!
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.
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...
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.
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. :)
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!
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
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!
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 !
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 🙏🙏🙏
I used to work with a lady named Rose Marie. She retired a few years ago but when we worked together I'd occasionally sing the chorus of this song as I passed by her work station. And guess what, she really did smile a little smile for me.
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.
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.
Less than one million views for this classic, yet over 200 million views for "What Does the Fox Say?" Are you serious? This current (RUclips) generation truly does not know good music.
its not necessarily my generations taste in musics fault its more the fact that this song and many more came out a long time before the RUclips age and had their golden times back then.
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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!!
"You really should accept this time he's gone for good" "Any guy would give the world I'm sure to wear the shoes he wore" "Smile a little smile for me" "Where's the use in crying?" "You must keep on trying!" "I know he hurt you bad, and darling, don't be sad"
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 :).
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 will never forget hearing this song in the Summer of 1970. My high school girlfriend was away most of the Summer on vacation in Montana. I almost had a nervous breakdown when she was gone. About 6 weeks later she called our home to let me know that she had returned . I was out at the time and she ended speaking with my oldest sister. When I returned home, my sister grabbed me and basically threw me in her car. Being very puzzled , I asked what was up. Her words were. SHUT UP. She pulled up to the front of my girlfriend’s house and said, She is back and is waiting for you. Then she yelled at me, YOU ARE DRIVING ME NUTS. !! Get the hell out of my car. It was a glorious day. !!!!!
This song was my favorite ! Growing up in the late '60's early '70's,! Afterlosind my Love RoseMarie Rodrigues here in Hawaii ! Brings back both good and bad memories from my past ! I'm soon turning 72 in Sept 2024 !
Wow, me too, we were the right age for all that music and I still think some of it is quite good. We were the last of the innocents. Kids today probably learn far too much way too early with the world wide web. It's a shame really, that age of innocence should be treasured but they are taught otherwise by today's music industry.
I'll take 23. 18 was a brutal time, all self-inflicted. But funny, it's not nearly as bad in retrospect as it seemed then 😉. At 66, I cannot recall when the best time wasn't now.
I was born in 69, so I have no memory of the song as a kid. But I remember hearing it for the first time in the early 90s in a TV movie with Linda Evans and Tom Skeritt. It's a good song.
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.
Reminds me of Spring Hill Junior High School, in West Virginia, great song. I remember slow dancing to this song, and my 1st real kiss. Love to be a teenager again.
I can remember hearing this song in my first semester in school and worrying if I didn't get decent grades, I'd end up flunking out and drafted.. Those were not what I would call days of serenity..
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 !!!!!
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.
For my best friend of 57 yrs. Rosemarie. She has been there for me through the good times, the bad times, and for all times. As i have for her. I love this song.
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?
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 💞💔
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❤
76 years old and still listening to to this great music.
Right behind you, I'm 66 😄.
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.....
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.
IF ONLY THE 60s COULD HAVE LASTED ANOTHER 30 YEARS.
Yes.😀
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 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?
There is a big difference between this song and modern pop music. The song lyrics express feeling, tenderness and sensitivity.
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!🥺🥰
I’m a Rosemary. Sometimes Rosemarie. Lol. Thanks, mom. I love this song.
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.
I have not heard this song in decades---thank you for reminding me how much I like it.
1969 all over again, and it feels GOOD.
Our vets from Vietnam deserve any dream they have to come true. Thank you 🙏 vets.
🙏🖐️💕
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
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.
In loving memory of Bobby Rydell. April 26, 1942-April 5, 2022. Rest in peace.
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!!! 😇
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?
God bless all reading
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.
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
@@user-qy7cn4ks6fWhen 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.😢
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 wasn’t born until 1998 but I love this song. This music is timeless.
One of the most cute and encouraging songs for all girls, especially all the Rosemarie's. A beautiful classic.
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.
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! :):)
This amazing song was released April 11, 1969. All the cherished memories come flooding back!
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.
Love the 60's music... nothing like it. So grateful to have grown up with these kind of songs!
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.
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....
I was a 60’s girl all through elementary I always LOVED the music on to high school..graduated in ‘73. I still love this music there is none better....listening to It right now!!!!
My wife and I are class of 73, time flew bye
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...
I'm an 80s child (born in 1989) and I say this music is too awesome for words!!!
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
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!
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!!!!
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
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
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.
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. :)
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!
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.
One of my favorites from that era. Great melody, lyrics, vocal harmonies, story line with an outstanding, catchy chorus.
Another one of those great soft rock songs from the 70s when every song on the radio was your favorite.
What was it
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.
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
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.
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
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.
When I was in school days I always listen to our old radio! And this is the song I always heard!
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.
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!
PLEASE bring back 1969. Oh, the magic, the memories. Released on September 20, 1969, reaching # 5 on November 22.
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 !
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
Still listening in 2024, still a sucker for songs about friendship.
I used to work with a lady named Rose Marie. She retired a few years ago but when we worked together I'd occasionally sing the chorus of this song as I passed by her work station. And guess what, she really did smile a little smile for me.
Aww
Cute story
How nice, that made me smile too! Great story my friend❤❤❤✌✌✌😀😀😀
wow..A
men
Saddest song I ever heard. 2nd saddest : cats in the cradle
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.
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 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.
there's something melancholy and sweet in the chorus and it just, hits me real hard in the heart.
Less than one million views for this classic, yet over 200 million views for "What Does the Fox Say?" Are you serious? This current (RUclips) generation truly does not know good music.
its not necessarily my generations taste in musics fault its more the fact that this song and many more came out a long time before the RUclips age and had their golden times back then.
You can say that again, Tony Barefoot...so very true!
lmao
This generation don't know what Good music is.Sad
I wouldn't judge based on a view count on RUclips of a nice but so so song
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.
Ahhhhhh...Back in the day when the music was good and I was 21 years-young in 1970.
AM
This is timeless.
Timeless for sure !! TOTALLY remember this song, when it first came out. It will NEVER grow old.....!! :)
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!
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.
Memories of my youth . Love the twang of the Wurlitzer electric piano . Great instrument indeed .
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.
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.
Awesome memories of CJME, Regina, SK in 1969. I will never forget.
Still love this song even after all of these years
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
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
I love this song. It was in my 45s collection.
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
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!
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!
"You really should accept this time he's gone for good"
"Any guy would give the world I'm sure to wear the shoes he wore"
"Smile a little smile for me"
"Where's the use in crying?"
"You must keep on trying!"
"I know he hurt you bad, and darling, don't be sad"
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 :).
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.
I will never forget hearing this song in the Summer of 1970. My high school
girlfriend was away most of the Summer on vacation in Montana. I almost had a nervous breakdown when she was gone. About 6 weeks later she called our home to let me know that she had returned . I was out at the time and she ended speaking with my oldest sister. When I returned home, my sister grabbed me and basically threw me in her car. Being very puzzled , I asked what was up. Her words were. SHUT UP. She pulled up to the front of my girlfriend’s house and said, She is back and is waiting for you. Then she yelled at me, YOU ARE DRIVING ME NUTS. !! Get the hell out of my car. It was a glorious day. !!!!!
I just heard it on the radio and it brings a lot of memories!
This song was my favorite ! Growing up in the late '60's early '70's,! Afterlosind my Love RoseMarie Rodrigues here in Hawaii ! Brings back both good and bad memories from my past ! I'm soon turning 72 in Sept 2024 !
Thank You for your replies ! ALOHA AND MAHALO FROM HAWAII !
When this song came out I was in the 6th grade and everybody thought this was sung by The Beatles. This is the best song The Beatles never recorded!
Wow, me too, we were the right age for all that music and I still think some of it is quite good. We were the last of the innocents. Kids today probably learn far too much way too early with the world wide web. It's a shame really, that age of innocence should be treasured but they are taught otherwise by today's music industry.
Lead singer sounds alot like John.
So did I!!! Because it sounds so much like a Beatles song...
Beatles Revolver?
I was a child at that time as well, but I knew this Band wasn't the Beatles
Someone asked me if I would like to be 18 again. I said … "Yes, but only if I could be 18 in the time I was 18." Songs like this are sweet memories.
So true. Good observation.
I'll take 23. 18 was a brutal time, all self-inflicted. But funny, it's not nearly as bad in retrospect as it seemed then 😉.
At 66, I cannot recall when the best time wasn't now.
Only if I could go back with my Wisdom
I was born in 69, so I have no memory of the song as a kid. But I remember hearing it for the first time in the early 90s in a TV movie with Linda Evans and Tom Skeritt. It's a good song.
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.
Reminds me of Spring Hill Junior High School, in West Virginia, great song. I remember slow dancing to this song, and my 1st real kiss. Love to be a teenager again.
@ great times in Junior high school. 1st time I really kissed a girl, while we were slow dancing to this song on the gym floor. Never forget it.
I can remember hearing this song in my first semester in school and worrying if I didn't get decent grades, I'd end up flunking out and drafted.. Those were not what I would call days of serenity..
Thanks RUclips !!! Brings me back .. I was 11 years old ... this world is full of beautiful things!!,
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'm 18... Not many people my age know this song but honestly, it's one of my favorites! :)
post it on your facebook account....and say little known but good song.
Good for you! This is a great song, and I've always loved it also! I'm glad someone as young as you listens to a song like this!
É isso , bom gosto musical !!
Good for you, the late 60s and 70s were a great time to be a teenager. If you like this song, you would have fit right in.
Jacqueline Quiocho , esta música é linda !!
beautiful music & great memories of life, top of the line solid gold standard of excellence, music at its very best, magnificent masterpiece
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.
For my best friend of 57 yrs. Rosemarie. She has been there for me through the good times, the bad times, and for all times. As i have for her. I love this song.
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?