"Fridays TV Show" [Show I-09] Franke & The Knockouts - "Sweetheart" [09 of 10]
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Franke & The Knockouts perform "Sweetheart", live, on 'Fridays', 1981. Introduced by 'Fridays' cast member, Larry David.
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Dang. First off, This is song is classic. Great vocals. Great instruments. Awesome. Secondly, Fridays was off the hook!!! Those of us that grew up in the 80s were blessed; great music, great fashion, great shows. Awesome decade.
You are full of TRUTH! Amazing band.
One of my favorite songs as a kid. They sound much better live. Man, I miss this kind of music. Very cool!
Unbelievably great voice, it's hard to tell its not the studio version, that dude has incredible RANGE
One of the greatest voices ever!!! So good to hear a band with actual talent. they didnt get the credit they deserved.
What a F****** great band, vocals vocals vocals!
Frankie was FIRST CLASS Man !! . All the WAY ! .. :)
Franke won an Oscar for composing and co-written songs for the movie Dirty dancing! The man is a great talent.
I rocked my newborn daughter to sleep to this song when it came out. She loves this song..... 32 years later. As it should be....
IMO, one of the BEST written pop songs in my lifetime. Never gets old.....
Give 'em their due. Great song. Great performance too.
@@davemcintire6832 esta en vivo...totalmente
his vocal range and runs are INSANE
This is such a beautiful song-so emotionally compelling to me. I was about 9 when it blew up,and my older sister Angie and I loved it.Always will
I was 7 when it came out.
Kimberly
Great memories
I was 11 when this came out. I remember my older sister liked it alot & she bought the 45
I was 12, and loved it....of course still do ....
Franke's vocals are incredibly good. What a great live performance !
You can't lose. Great vocals, sweet keyboards, jazz and soul influences, crisp drumming. A shame the days when you had to be a true artist are gone.
He had an awesome voice, a perfect rock tenor, crystal clear, hits every note, fantastic range.
Who remembers Larry David when he hosted this show in 81. That’s the same Larry David on the cable show curb your enthusiasm ! And this was one of my favorite jams from 81. I was 15 yrs old then. They also reminded me of the great band Toto - hold the line ! With this song !
This song came out in the spring of 1981 and embodied the hope and dreams I was living at the time as a senior in high school Canton Ohio. Will always remain a solid memory for me and takes me right back every time I hear it!
I remember this song. Late Spring/Early Summer of 1981. I was just a kid, but I loved this song. Good memories
Same here.
Franke Previte won an Academy award in 1987 for composing "I've Had The Time Of My Life" from Dirty Dancing. He was also nominated for a Grammy and Golden Globe that same year.
He also wrote "Hungry Eyes" that Eric Carmen sang in 1987, which was a huge hit on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Franke Previte has been cashing checks for millions for those songs, right up to and including last year I'm sure. Like winning the lottery, but with talent.
@@petersmith1788 I bet Frankie would sound pretty darn good singing Hungry Eyes.
Wow, couldn't believe this was live, it sounded so good. Loved this song when it was out. It has a unique sound that grabs you, similar to songs like Ah! Leah! by Donnie Iris, Love My Way by the Psychedelic Furs, even Hello It's Me by Todd. Some songs just don't sound like anything else.
Agree 💯 my favorite songs!!!!!
Wow they are a great live performance! I met that Frankie guy tonight here in charleston. He told me about his band from the 80s and this hit they had. Really cool guy
Larry David introducing one of the greatest songs from the '80s!
Those are some kick-a$$ vocals Franke....definitely in the elite group of best of all time.
That voice - I could listen all day.
Such a theatrical stage presence and amazing vocals! Why wasn't this guy more famous?
Really, because of only one hit although the song without you did chart as well. He climbed the ladder a little bit in the late '80s, because he released the original version of the song hungry eyes.. and co-wrote the song I've Had the Time of My life, which was on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. He won an Oscar for that. But as far as a performer? Two albums and about 4 years in the Sun was what he put together
Unibrow
The sound (system) didn't do this great performance justice but you can hear the talent.
Bands were killing it in Fridays, better than SNL.
I noticed that,too. The Cars & Starship,to name a few. The bands were bringing their "A" game,when they came on this show!
What a great live performance. They were a very tight band - and very underrated.
Franke Previte, Brad Delp, Mickey Thomas, Bobby Kimball and Joe Williams...the greatest pop/rock voices ever! Watched this episode of Fridays with my one true love 41 years ago, brings back so many memories....💕💕
David Pack Ambrosia too
IN THE POCKET on this LIVE performance!!!!!!!
Still loving it in 2022. Miss these times! Everything is so hard & dark. Yeshua come already 😬
studio version entered Billboard March 7, 1981..reached #10
I heard Sweetheart on the radio two days ago! Thee best forgotten song of the 80's!! WHY?!!! One of my first 45's and I can't download it anywhere! Thank you Fridays (loyal viewer) and youtube!!
Love this so much…81 was a sweet spot for music…
OMG, Been looking for this song forever. Takes me immediately back to being 16 years old and the beach.
Great voice that Frankie!
Great album!
My Fav !!! Love 'em Thank U Frankie & Knockouts Miss ya' !!!
+Horace Shelton The good ol' days miss em badly!!!
I was 11 when this came out, played all summer, great times, peace.
On this day in 1981 {May 16th} Frankie and the Knockouts performed "Sweetheart" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
At the time the song was at #13 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; three weeks later it would peak at #10 {for 2 weeks} and it spent 19 weeks on the Top 100...
The New Jersey quintet had two more Top 100 records; "You're My Girl" {peaked at #27} and "Without You (Not Another Lonely Night" {reached #24}, all three records charted in 1981...
Leader Frankie Previte won the 1987 Academy Award for 'Best Song' with "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from the movie 'Dirty Dancing'...
Love the song as the first time I heard it. Great song all these 34 years.
I wish this group had more songs than they did! this song still has everything going for it still ✌️
This guy can Sing.
Unbelievable singer! Great band.
40 years ago this was on the radio for my honeymoon in Hawaii making it a very special time-travelling tune everytime I hear it. What a great voice and talented band. Complete with flowing hair, skinny hairy open shirt chests, unlike today lol. Thank you so much and I hope you are all well and safe.
You are a weirdo
Franke looks so happy, nice, and friendly while performing this. He and the band sound great!
Man oh man. This used to be my jam. I don't think it ever got enough air play.
Listening in 2024.
Listening to this song takes me back to the 80s
Sounds awesome live! Remember when bands actually had talent.
They had an incredible sound!!
I just knew this guy could do it live. Too pure and powerful to be denied!
a band with talent. something I'm not finding a lot of these days unfortunately. this guy has some serious pipes. looks like he's not even trying. great keyboard solo as well.
Frankie rocked it!
Your comment nails it!
Great song, and an impressive performance. I concur with what some others have said - too bad today's acts are what they are. Older stuff is so much better.
Loved these guys. Helped get me through Grad School. Billy Elworthy the guitarist grew up on a farm in DeKalb Co. Indiana 2 miles from me.
Great song---I remember it from my sophomore year in high school (1981-82)...
I love this song. Frankie looks like a combination of Ron Jeremy and Andy Kaufman.
One of my favorite songs as a kid ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🥰♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Truly one the best that ever was!!
This song is one of the best songs of the 80s. Brings back great memories. Frankes voice is beautiful. Thanks for putting out there.
Love this song. Bring back this kind of music to stay
Great song. Great band. Great memories. I love it!!!
What a great vocal and excellent arrangement. Has a TOTO vibe to it. These guys should have been more famous. Politics ALWAYS gets in the way of great things. AWESOME, FRANKIE !!!!
Thank you sooooo much whoever put this video on. This is the group at it's best. Besides the fact that this is my all time favorite song, seeing Franke singing it live instead of a lip-synched video is awesome. I wonder if Franke or the guys ever check out these videos on youtube. If only it was still 1981, the music was so much better back then.
Saw these guys perform live a couple of times in the early 80s and they always rocked the house. Such a great band and Franke’s voice was always pitch perfect.
very talented guys .. wish i was around back then .i came up in the wrong era !
Always loved this band and this song. Takes me back to 1981 my first love-I was a sophomore in high school, she went to a different school and lived on the other side of town. Somehow she always managed to sneak away from home and come see me. This was our song.❤❤She’s still that good looking girl I was in love with!❤❤
just an absolute classic...
🎸🎸🙌🙌💖💖📷📷😎😎🎶🎶👍👍🎵🎵💯💯🙏🙏still here lisenting this beautiful song from my teenager days 80s great time to be alive miss forever good old days🎶🎶 classic tune bring nostalgia is 2024 💯💯 love 💘it 🎸🎸🙌🙌💖💖📷📷😎😎👍👍🎵🎵🙏🙏🎶🎶💯💯
Thanks for uploading this! Love this song so much, just sounds so incredible live!
Awesome video. Frankie is a great singer.
Some great performances on Fridays. This, and Journey's 'Where Were You" aer two of the best.
Seems like the musical guests were always more interesting than the show itself. I used to tune in just for the music.
Frankie Previte was the lead singer and Main composer. Although they had three songs appear on the charts, only this song... "sweetheart" was a true hit. The band was together for a couple of albums and about 4 years. He had success later in the '80s because he co-wrote the hits "hungry eyes", and "I've had the time of my life"..... appearing on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack performed by other artists. He won an Oscar for co-writing "I've had the time of my life". He then collaborated and co-wrote some material with other well-known musicians. But as far as his time in the spotlight, performing with the Knockouts for about 4 years in the early '80s is what he did
Franke is singing live here which is so impressive he sounds so good!! I have been a long time fan since his first album. I have all 3. He’s also gorgeous and a nice guy and still looks great at 77 and still sings the same and performs with his new wife Lisa. He even talk to me on Instagram last week! Nice guy!
@pogotwister Thank you for your comment! Seeing Franke perform this live is 1000% better than that lame record label produced music video, IMO! ;-)
Below the Belt (new compiliation) with 31 songs is now available on iTunes. It simply rocks!!
Loved Friday's and this song watched this 💜💜💜
❤❤OH goodness sweetheart THANK YOU BABY!!...❤❤❤XOXOX YOU
I heard about this guy on XM Radio! Wow! Awesome song and great Live performance - these guys like a lot of older stuff sound so much better than the shit out today! Love it! Thanks a million for posting!
Damn what a voice!
What a great band. Just cooking it up righteous.
Love this song
This group delivers.
Suuuuuuuuper TIGHT!! And the energy those cats gave off!!
I hadn't watched this video for 5 months or so, and it's still one of the best performances on RUclips.
Dynamite lead singer.
That was Larry David introducing them BTW.
Great track from the '80s!
The VOICE!!
Franke is a cool dude.
I saw them open for Loverboy in May 1982 - this guy could really sing. Their other song "Without You" was part of the soundtrack that made up Summer of '82. Watching this makes me sad as music really sucks ass these days - can we get back to playing melodies?
Absolutely amazing! ❤️
Omg! I love love love this song. Awesome vocals. Great band. Totally under rated.
A great forgotten classic! ❤🎉 love this song!!!!
Where a lots of bands fall down live is the backing vocals. But these guys sound just a good as they do on their primary instruments.
And just so ya’ll are clear, Franke is pure blooded Italian!
This sounds great live 👍🤟👏
This song is so good just like so much of the 70's music.
Very tight band, great vocals!
Great song
Make whatever subjective pronouncement about the song, but that is an excellent, tight live performance.
Killer!!!!!!!!!!
These guys are the best!
Hermoso tema y trae muchos recuerdos , aunque no de los mejores. Pero la vida tiene de todo , bueno y malo. En Chile esperábamos que sonara en la radio donde ni siquiera daban el nombre del grupo.