Nobody could have done it better, it was destined that Jerry Wallace sing Cindy Walkers song In the Misty Moonlight, we only pass this way once, and we who were present when these great artists and songwriters entertained us with their talents were and are truly blessed.
I am a 69 year old gal and I fell in love with Jerry every time I hear him sing, I'm sure he had to be one of the finest man and singer that we had back in the day(always and forever)
My kindergarten teacher so loved this song that she taught it to us - and we had no clue what it was about. 50 years later I still listen to it all the time.
Named my oldest daughter Misty Dawn because of this song!! Ske passed away in 2016 at the age of 35 and every time I hear or play this song its a tribute to her!! Thank you Jerry what a great song!!!
This is a welcoming song for those who have had the good fortune of finding out what unconditional love really feels like, isn't it. The melody, instrumental arrangement, the lyrics, and Jerry Wallace's soothing voice remind us of the comfort, gratitude, and overall euphoria we became familiar with as we found ourselves blessed beyond belief to be with that one special person we loved... even if it was only for a moment in our lives. .
I met Jerry Wallace unknowingly at a swap meet in Beaumont, CA in the winter or spring of 1985. He had a table of various items he was selling and some household stuff on the ground and in the back of an older pickup truck. I spotted a guitar in the truck and asked him if I could check it out and he said, "Sure, hop up in the truck and give it a look see, there's cooler you can sit on." So, I did. I sat there noodling on this guitar, which I think was a Gibson that was in need of repair, but it still played OK. There was a guy in sunglasses watching and listening to me play who walked up and asked me where I learned to play guitar lick from old Bob Wills records. He and I struck up and conversation, but Jerry didn't say much - he was mostly tending to his wares and selling to customers. So, I didn't really get to meet him officially. The guy in the sunglasses was old rockabilly singer from the 50's and 60's Jody Reynolds - who had a big hit record in '58-59 called 'Endless Sleep' which I had never heard, and I'd never heard of him. I decided not to buy that guitar, so I hopped out of the truck and thanked Jerry for letting look at it. He was really nice, but he was kind of busy, so I didn't think much of it at the time. I had no idea who he was. Jody said, "Hey, I'm hungry - let's go grab a sandwich at a little place I know up the road." So, I followed him to the El Rancho Cafe, (part of the El Rancho Motel on 6th St) and we sat down and visited over coffee and sandwiches. He told me, "That was Jerry Wallace at the swap meet with that guitar you were playing. Do you remember him?" I did recall the name because my dad was big on country & western music when I was growing up, so I heard Jerry's name and his music. Come to found out, according to what Jody told me, Jerry was kinda down on his luck. He hadn't had many hits in the 80's and his record label had dropped his contract. Plus, he had went thru a divorce, and was having some health problems as well as some financial problems and his mother who lived in a duplex there in Beaumont was diagnosed with a terminal illness and was dying. So, he packed up his truck and left Nashville to go stay with his dying mother in CA while he figured out his next move. Jody and I hit it off and became good friends. He was selling cars at a used car lot across the street from the swap meet where I was a regular always scrounging for musical instruments and other stuff. So, I'd stop and visit with Jody at Cherry Auto Sales when I had time and sometimes, we would play some guitars in the office to amuse ourselves. He lived up in the mountains in a community called Poppet Flats (his technical address was Banning) and was a neighbor to former Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin (whom I met briefly one day when Jody and I rode up to get the mail, Dewey was there at his mailbox. A while after meeting Jody I decided to try to find Jerry (Jody had told me where he lived) but when I went there the duplex had been cleaned out and the neighbors told me his mother had died and Jerry had gone to Los Angeles in search of new career opportunities, so I never got to see him or talk to him again. BTW - A few years earlier around 1979-80 I met Lawanda Page (Aunt Esther) from Sanford & Son TV sitcom. She was there with some of her family, and I recognized her voice. I looked up and saw her and said, "Hi! You're Aunt Esther, aren't you?" She said, "Yes, darling, I sure am!" She was really nice and sweet as could be. She had a lot of relatives who lived in Banning the next town down the highway heading towards Palm Springs. It's a small world and you just never know who you'll meet or where you'll meet them!
I love this song by Mr. Wallace. I was 13 when this song was out in 1964 and I remember so many times on hot sultry summer nights in Arkansas listening to this song that year. I would call the radio station over and over asking them to play it until I finally got enough money to buy the single.
Wow that's nice! I ended up buying land in Arkansas and homesteading up Brushy Creek on lack Norfolk outside Calico Rock!! I missed the buffalo and the White River. but that song brings back some memories also some very happy and some very sad because in about 1962 that's about the time,, well!! if you go to the top and read my comment you will know....
I remember the song very well back then 1964 . I live in northern Cal. Riding my bicycle through the Redwoods listening to this song. On my 4 transistor radio. When music was great they had meetings to them. 2 years from being a teenager. I listen to music at a very very young age mainly the fifties. And yes I remember watching American Bandstand. Beechnut.😢😔😞🙁.🙏🏽👍🏽🤙🏾👏🏽🙋🏽♂️😎
I always liked this easy listening song. Just a couple of months ago I sent a RUclips video of this to my wife on her cell phone -- and told her the words Mr. Jerry Wallace sang are the same words I feel for her.
What I really notice is how sincere he was-he's so happy to be there he's practically giddy and when the camera pans over to show him signing autographs later in the program he actually thanks the fans each time he signs.
First heard this song when I was growing up in the Philippines and really appreciated the type of pure music then compared to what we have now. Brings with it childhood memories of young love when life was simple and pristine!
I'm 67 years old and I sang his song at careoke to night and brot the house down so many people told me that this was one of thair all time favorites and thanked me for singing it for them so now I have to do it every time im thair and that makes me feel great because it's one of my favorite songs ove all time
I remember when I was a 12 years old walking by a bar in Toronto where Jerry was playing. I was too young to go in, but the music could be just barely heard on the street. I listened outside the door for about 30 minutes and I recall hearing him sing Shutters and Boards. How I wish they would have let me in, even for just one song, but the laws were strict as they sold alcohol inside and I had no money.
When he came to Salt Lake City for a concert he stopped into my radio station for a visit. It was a relaxed and pleasant stay. Later I dropped into the club where he was rehearsing and we continued the visit. This was in 1966.
I have never seen this before until just right now.. I ve heard this song before, i still enjoy it. it is soothing to the ear. the lyrics flow gracefully..
Jerry Wallace has an awesome voice and as always is such a real pleasure to listen to.... Never get sick of listening to great music and this is real music, Bandstand was never missed in our home. RIP
This is one of my top favorites and NOBODY else can sing it like Jerry - not even Jim Reeves who is great, but, Jerry is greater, he's just PERFECT! This song was made for him :) I remember the 1st time I heard it, it was in winter and it was snowing, I was on a double date with one of my best friends and our 2 guys and we were in a cozy restaurant with a fireplace and the fire burning in it and when this song came on the Juke-Box, it just made us melt, it made the whole night perfect and we kept playing it over and over, and even after all these years, very time I hear this song, my heart and memory goes back to that night in that cozy restaurant, and all of us falling in love with Jerry Wallace and this song. Thanks for the song and for the memories Jerry :)
On this day in 1964 {September 5th} Jerry Wallace performed "In The Misty Moonlight" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand... At the time the song was at #22 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, the following week it would peak at #19 {for 2 weeks} and it spent 11 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #35 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart... Four years later in 1968 Dean Martin covered it; his version peaked #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Singles chart Between 1958 and 1972 Jerry Wallace had thirteen records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10, "Primrose Lane", it peaked at #8 {for 3 weeks} on October 26th, 1959... Starting in 1965 he had thirty-four records on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, four made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry", for 1 week on August 20th, 1972... Jerry Wallace passed away at the age of 79 on May 5th, 2008... May he R.I.P.
I hven't thought of this song in years. for some reason last night, after i went to bed, this song came to mind. I was glad it was posted on youtube. Thank you.
It just doesn't get any better than this. I loved it the first time I heard it and it never gets old to me. Music for all ages I think.
sounds soooooooooooomuch better on a pedal steel believe me
At this time,there's 44 dislikes. Just can't fathom how anyone couldn't like this beautiful song!
People who don't have a wonderful marriage probably wouldn't like it. When you have a true love, this song says it all, I know.
anna frohman Shut up fool! Stop making assumptions! I’m divorced and I love this song! You husband probably screws around on you and you are clueless!
@@cashew515 you don't have to be such an asshole.
Must be professional dislikers out there doing it for a giggle or more, who knows
hahaha...
Nobody could have done it better, it was destined that Jerry Wallace sing Cindy Walkers song In the Misty Moonlight, we only pass this way once, and we who were present when these great artists and songwriters entertained us with their talents were and are truly blessed.
And Dean Martin of course
Released in the heart of the British Invasion of 1964. What a beautiful song and wonderfully sung by Jerry Wallace.
I love this guy's unique, melodious voice. The song brings back lots of memories.
I grew up listening to this song, even though it's from before my time. My grandfather had a copy on a mix-tap 8-track my uncle made for him.
He was all to happy to sign autographs for everyone! What a nice man he was and will be remebered for.
What a talent...one of my favorite singers...all-time!
It wasn't in 1961 either it was in 1964
Jerry has a beautiful voice and does an awesome job on this song. All the good singers are gone now but NOT forgotten. Love and miss you Jerry. 🤞
Beautifully written song like no other, made timeless by Jerry Wallace
At 77 yrs old I should know this one, somehow I missed it, what a gem. Many Thanks Martin
If ever a song was a perfect match for a voice, this one is it. Love his voice!
They way he presents it is great artistry. There are various renditions of this song, different covers, but his is the one I know and like best.
I just started my senior year of high school when this came out. Loved it then and still today 58 years later.
I am a 69 year old gal and I fell in love with Jerry every time I hear him sing, I'm sure he had to be one of the finest man and singer that we had back in the day(always and forever)
My kindergarten teacher so loved this song that she taught it to us - and we had no clue what it was about. 50 years later I still listen to it all the time.
Wow!!! Never tired of hearing this gem ,it brings tears to my eyes!
This is my favorite version, the record label released newer versions but this is the best one.
Hey man. U commented this 6 years ago 😁
Yes for sure nothing comes close to this
Outstanding song! Great sound great singer brings back a lot of memories!! Too bad there isn’t music and songs like this anymore!
Named my oldest daughter Misty Dawn because of this song!! Ske passed away in 2016 at the age of 35 and every time I hear or play this song its a tribute to her!! Thank you Jerry what a great song!!!
Sorry to hear about your loss John 5:28 and 29
Boy, this is music... What a great singer.
So right, and how we sure do miss this kind of music today...
Memories. Great song and Jerry Wallace one great singer.
This is a welcoming song for those who have had the good fortune of finding out what unconditional love really feels like, isn't it. The melody, instrumental arrangement, the lyrics, and Jerry Wallace's soothing voice remind us of the comfort, gratitude, and overall euphoria we became familiar with as we found ourselves blessed beyond belief to be with that one special person we loved... even if it was only for a moment in our lives. .
How important was it to be on bandstand in those days Jerry drove through a blizzard. I love this song
I met Jerry Wallace unknowingly at a swap meet in Beaumont, CA in the winter or spring of 1985. He had a table of various items he was selling and some household stuff on the ground and in the back of an older pickup truck. I spotted a guitar in the truck and asked him if I could check it out and he said, "Sure, hop up in the truck and give it a look see, there's cooler you can sit on." So, I did. I sat there noodling on this guitar, which I think was a Gibson that was in need of repair, but it still played OK. There was a guy in sunglasses watching and listening to me play who walked up and asked me where I learned to play guitar lick from old Bob Wills records. He and I struck up and conversation, but Jerry didn't say much - he was mostly tending to his wares and selling to customers. So, I didn't really get to meet him officially. The guy in the sunglasses was old rockabilly singer from the 50's and 60's Jody Reynolds - who had a big hit record in '58-59 called 'Endless Sleep' which I had never heard, and I'd never heard of him. I decided not to buy that guitar, so I hopped out of the truck and thanked Jerry for letting look at it. He was really nice, but he was kind of busy, so I didn't think much of it at the time. I had no idea who he was. Jody said, "Hey, I'm hungry - let's go grab a sandwich at a little place I know up the road." So, I followed him to the El Rancho Cafe, (part of the El Rancho Motel on 6th St) and we sat down and visited over coffee and sandwiches. He told me, "That was Jerry Wallace at the swap meet with that guitar you were playing. Do you remember him?" I did recall the name because my dad was big on country & western music when I was growing up, so I heard Jerry's name and his music. Come to found out, according to what Jody told me, Jerry was kinda down on his luck. He hadn't had many hits in the 80's and his record label had dropped his contract. Plus, he had went thru a divorce, and was having some health problems as well as some financial problems and his mother who lived in a duplex there in Beaumont was diagnosed with a terminal illness and was dying. So, he packed up his truck and left Nashville to go stay with his dying mother in CA while he figured out his next move. Jody and I hit it off and became good friends. He was selling cars at a used car lot across the street from the swap meet where I was a regular always scrounging for musical instruments and other stuff. So, I'd stop and visit with Jody at Cherry Auto Sales when I had time and sometimes, we would play some guitars in the office to amuse ourselves. He lived up in the mountains in a community called Poppet Flats (his technical address was Banning) and was a neighbor to former Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin (whom I met briefly one day when Jody and I rode up to get the mail, Dewey was there at his mailbox. A while after meeting Jody I decided to try to find Jerry (Jody had told me where he lived) but when I went there the duplex had been cleaned out and the neighbors told me his mother had died and Jerry had gone to Los Angeles in search of new career opportunities, so I never got to see him or talk to him again. BTW - A few years earlier around 1979-80 I met Lawanda Page (Aunt Esther) from Sanford & Son TV sitcom. She was there with some of her family, and I recognized her voice. I looked up and saw her and said, "Hi! You're Aunt Esther, aren't you?" She said, "Yes, darling, I sure am!" She was really nice and sweet as could be. She had a lot of relatives who lived in Banning the next town down the highway heading towards Palm Springs. It's a small world and you just never know who you'll meet or where you'll meet them!
I have a Cassette of his that he signed to my late wife back in the 90's at a truck stop in Phelan, CA. Awesome singer!
Cool and a great song.
Great song and performance!
Beautiful voice great song. Love jerry Wallace. RIP. Jerry
I think I was only eight years old when I first heard this song and I really enjoyed it ever since it never gets old
Such a geniine smile as he performs
He expresses such a wonderful soul!
Great song and Great singer 👏🏻🎤🌟🥰‼️
I love this song by Mr. Wallace. I was 13 when this song was out in 1964 and I remember so many times on hot sultry summer nights in Arkansas listening to this song that year. I would call the radio station over and over asking them to play it until I finally got enough money to buy the single.
you have described the times, 1964, perfectly. great memories.
@@McCurtainCounty888 you're practically there in McCurtain County..... LOL
@@McCurtainCounty888 ....wow...you are down in the corner...... I'm in Jenks....... 3 hours to your North
Wow that's nice! I ended up buying land in Arkansas and homesteading up Brushy Creek on lack Norfolk outside Calico Rock!! I missed the buffalo and the White River. but that song brings back some memories also some very happy and some very sad because in about 1962 that's about the time,, well!! if you go to the top and read my comment you will know....
Oh, 1964.....reminds me of my older sister and a man she was crazy about.......great song, beautiful voice, and memorable time to be living......
Americas greatest days began with the 1957 Belair hardtop and began a steep descent with the Kennedy assassination.
I remember the song very well back then 1964 . I live in northern Cal. Riding my bicycle through the Redwoods listening to this song. On my 4 transistor radio.
When music was great they had meetings to them. 2 years from being a teenager. I listen to music at a very very young age mainly the fifties. And yes I remember watching American Bandstand. Beechnut.😢😔😞🙁.🙏🏽👍🏽🤙🏾👏🏽🙋🏽♂️😎
I always liked this easy listening song. Just a couple of months ago I sent a RUclips video of this to my wife on her cell phone -- and told her the words Mr. Jerry Wallace sang are the same words I feel for her.
What I really notice is how sincere he was-he's so happy to be there he's practically giddy and when the camera pans over to show him signing autographs later in the program he actually thanks the fans each time he signs.
First heard this song when I was growing up in the Philippines and really appreciated the type of pure music then compared to what we have now. Brings with it childhood memories of young love when life was simple and pristine!
Yes I will add this song to my acquaintances to help them appreciate it as well
This song takes me back to a simpler time. Love is a simple and warm as this song.
LOVE HIM AND HIS MUSIC.
What a beautiful song n lyrics out of this world.
Jerry is doing a great performance with this song. I really enjoy it. The words are so true if you are really in love with that special someone.
I'm 67 years old and I sang his song at careoke to night and brot the house down so many people told me that this was one of thair all time favorites and thanked me for singing it for them so now I have to do it every time im thair and that makes me feel great because it's one of my favorite songs ove all time
How can you not like this? A memory of a first love...sadness, regrets, guilt, and she'll never know I love her to this day and forever.
I loved this song when it came out way back when! He was up there with the good singers of his day!
Such a talent, why wasn't he a bigger star?
Fantastic singer and song! One of my all-time favorites.
Still Awesome in 2024💋
I remember when I was a 12 years old walking by a bar in Toronto where Jerry was playing. I was too young to go in, but the music could be just barely heard on the street. I listened outside the door for about 30 minutes and I recall hearing him sing Shutters and Boards. How I wish they would have let me in, even for just one song, but the laws were strict as they sold alcohol inside and I had no money.
some of the best music ever made
When he came to Salt Lake City for a concert he stopped into my radio station for a visit. It was a relaxed and pleasant stay. Later I dropped into the club where he was rehearsing and we continued the visit. This was in 1966.
I have never seen this before until just right now.. I ve heard this song before, i still enjoy it. it is soothing to the ear. the lyrics flow gracefully..
He was a great talent, and a very fine song I never tire of.
Jerry Wallace has an awesome voice and as always is such a real pleasure to listen to....
Never get sick of listening to great music and this is real music, Bandstand was never missed in our home. RIP
EDITH SYMMANS ju
This man could sing they all could in the 50s great music
This is just gorgeous!!!
Met Him at a roadside Diner in the early 80s and was more than happy to sign a autograph, what a cool Guy
What a voice..shear delight!
This is one of my top favorites and NOBODY else can sing it like Jerry - not even Jim Reeves who is great, but, Jerry is greater, he's just PERFECT! This song was made for him :) I remember the 1st time I heard it, it was in winter and it was snowing, I was on a double date with one of my best friends and our 2 guys and we were in a cozy restaurant with a fireplace and the fire burning in it and when this song came on the Juke-Box, it just made us melt, it made the whole night perfect and we kept playing it over and over, and even after all these years, very time I hear this song, my heart and memory goes back to that night in that cozy restaurant, and all of us falling in love with Jerry Wallace and this song. Thanks for the song and for the memories Jerry :)
You can say that again :) It's probably kids that are too young to know this kind of heart felt meaning.
Dean martin has a great version
You are right on.Nobody can do this song better.
Only went to #7 in the States, what a joke!!!!
I don't believe that no one will ever sing as good as JIM REEVES EVER AGAIN.Jim had a very special voice that no one had in the history of music.
One of my favorite songs of all time.
This is one of my favorite songs.i play it a lot.beautiful voice!
this video is priceless ! no doubt the greatest singer who ever lived !
Ah the day's when you could understand every word the singer is singing
I love this song, always have. It brings back Soo many memory's, He Is And was an exceptional singer
Sincere as he could possibly be!
Never heard of him before beautiful voice and a beautiful song.
my mom and dads song.....They both loved it !
We do not have romance songs like this anymore. Jerry's voice is awesome. I can tell he was pantomiming but it is his voice.
He was from a tiny town in northwest Missouri and played a double necked electric guitar.
All acts that preformed on his show lip synched their own songs. I don't believe any acts ever sang a live song.
Love the facial expressions he makes !!!
Love Jerry Wallace and everything he sang
Love it..one of my favorite songs and performers
Just fabulous!
I've loved this song since l was a very little girl!.
Jerry Wallace and Ricky Van Shelton have the two most beautiful voices I have ever heard in music.
Two of the best, for sure!
The best version of this song. #Legendary.
Beautiful song by Jerry. Thank you for letting us enjoy this wonderful music.
This song brings back so many memories!!
Beautiful song then and now.❤
Howcananybodynotlikethisbeautifulsong😊
Great song. Love the way he sings it. Especially when he speaks. So very sincere.
One of the truly great songs from the era. Sung so well by a great talent. Wish we had songs lik e this today.
I love this tune it is one of my many favorites thanks so much for sharing
On this day in 1964 {September 5th} Jerry Wallace performed "In The Misty Moonlight" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand...
At the time the song was at #22 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, the following week it would peak at #19 {for 2 weeks} and it spent 11 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #35 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart...
Four years later in 1968 Dean Martin covered it; his version peaked #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Singles chart
Between 1958 and 1972 Jerry Wallace had thirteen records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10, "Primrose Lane", it peaked at #8 {for 3 weeks} on October 26th, 1959...
Starting in 1965 he had thirty-four records on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, four made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry", for 1 week on August 20th, 1972...
Jerry Wallace passed away at the age of 79 on May 5th, 2008...
May he R.I.P.
Thank you for this info! But not reaching #1,while Dean's version did, is just not right!
Thank you for adding this to the list. I remember listening to it on my transistor radio in 1964-65.
One of my favorite songs! Jerry has a wonderful voice and is gorgeous!
I've always like this song.
I was 14 when this air and it was wonderful then as it is now!
He definitely owns that song.
Fabulous song and fabulous singer.
Great song, good performance. Long live Jerry and Mr. Dick Clark.....CJV
Great song. What a distinctive voice Jerry had. I had forgotten the monologue in the middle. Fabulous. Dino does a terrific cover, too.
I hven't thought of this song in years. for some reason last night, after i went to bed, this song came to mind. I was glad it was posted on youtube. Thank you.
20 years before I was born and now that man is gone 13 years ago….fleeting times
정말 사랑합니다. 이 노래를.......들을때마다 ....웁니다. 추억이 뭇어 있고 사랑이 같이 있네요.
A great singer. Many good songs.
I love this song. Thanks.. Peace
Jerry wallace had a lot of great songs and was a great singer.
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Never heard this song before, like it very much!
Sung from the heart !!
Great singer. He was a guest artist at a midnight breakfast hosted by Tommy Overstreet
One of the best without a doubt..a person and a talent 2:19
Great performance from a native Missourian.
What a wonderful song by great singer. I recall it came out in 1964 or 65 just as I was heading to Vietnam. thnx for the post.
+bacsi19461
me too
Thank you for your service. I, for one, am glad that you made it back.
hope you made it saftely home.
@@michaelgeorge8671 thanks. I did make it home with some shrapnel in my body but have made it to age 72.
In 1964 this was my husband's and my song. He would ing it to.me and dance.