I soo..love it to hear my Singapore being mention in songs. First heard it by Glenn Miller when I bought his record at 16, years later manhattan Transfer..then in oe of the judd country song ..Never realised that she is loved in song with romantic simplicity. Today at 67 just looking and listening this , my heart becomes 16 again.. Thank you for upload.
It was 1976 when I first caught the hypnotic strains of this gorgeous song while moving thru Vancouver's PNE with my family. It was instant dejavu, as I turned into the crowd to robotically follow the music, before discovering it was coming from a dance studio demo. The couple dancing the foxtrot mesmerized me, and thus, began a 10 year love affair with ballroom dancing and all things old timey... Pastiche is timeless, every song on the album remains a gem. No one sang and performed liked MT
Such a great rendition of an equally great song. The hairs on the back of your neck just bristle with intrepidation. Love the harmonies. Modern music just doesn't have it.
When music was great. So glad I have a grandson who has a great voice and loves close harmony. Just 15 with a bass voice. Will be at Wells Cathedral School performance of Grease next week to see him. Go Charlie!
I love this and Chanson D`Amour i was born in 1970 so im 51 now and i still have the vynil album Pastiche with this on! I was 8 yrs old when it came out! .being a dj and record /music collector i have NEVER got rid of any vynil i bought / had given to me over the yrs so i have albums from the 60s ect and even when cds came in in the 80s and then digital i have kept hold of all my vynils albums ,7" singles and 12" singles!
I'm two years behind you but same thing, I used to listen to my Dad's copy of Pastiche and look at the mysterious, glamourous sleeve art. My parents would play this song and Chanson D'Amour a lot, some of the earliest music I can remember.
A Glenn Miller special that transcends time. I hope Glenn Miller will be in heaven. I just adore the video and the innocence that this song portrays. The singers voice and sailor style clothes are so touristly swish. And the allurement of that Shalamar perfume is so irresistible. Ahhh that Oriental experience is blissed to the maxx in less than 3 minutes of song. WOW.
No disrespect to Mr. Miller, but the first recording was by Harry James with Frank Sinatra. The Miller version didn't come out until a few weeks later.
My goodness! I have the '45 of this single that I inherited from my mother. It's actually my favorite version of this song, and I'm completely surprised that I could find it. Yay for RUclips to keep fantastic songs from fading into obscurity!
I loved this and all the other Man Tran stuff in the late 70s and early 80s. I also loved Ska, Rockabilly and the Mod Revival then. They were wonderful times when music was so diverse and interchangeable. Oh Happy Day!
That Tim Hauser... I was 16, me and my mother got tickets to front row seating to their concert. I had such a crush on him. He saw me smiling and looking at me, looked at me directly, and winked at me. I will treasure that memory forever! God Bless you Mr. Hauser...see you again, on the other side.
Does anybody know anything about this song? What inspired the songwriter to create this lovely song? What's the deeper meaning of this song? I am fom Singapore, by the way.
They say that the music for the song "A Little Street In Singapore" was loosely based on the music of a once popular soldier song in WW1 about a love lost. Does anyone know the name of that old WW1 soldier song?
This IS the song. This song is a very old song from the 1930s and was popular during World War 2. Many artists, including Manhattan Transfer, did cover versions of it. Probably the most famous version was by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. I have always loved this version by Manhattan Transfer, but they didn't write it, they just copied it. Here's a link to Benny Goodman's original version from the 1930s and 1940s. ruclips.net/video/upfn5Ldmo4Q/видео.html
+Geoff Broad In the mid- Fifties my dad was posted to Malaya. We lived in Johore Bahru, which was across the Causeway from Singapore. I remember both well from a child's perspective. We left that part of the world in sunshine and arrived in Southampton on a drizzly day in September- how much I wished that the Empire Windrush would turn around and head back East! Trish
@@divynem I think the point is that Miller didn't have the first recording. That honor goes to Harry James with a young vocalist named Frank something ... oh, yeah. Sinatra. Miller's version came out just a few weeks later. His band didn't really mature until the 1940-41 period.
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I soo..love it to hear my Singapore being mention in songs. First heard it by Glenn Miller when I bought his record at 16, years later manhattan Transfer..then in oe of the judd country song ..Never realised that she is loved in song with romantic simplicity. Today at 67 just looking and listening this , my heart becomes 16 again.. Thank you for upload.
Well, that is just lovely... bless you
@@edwardtannahill6297 Thank you.. bless you ,too :}
I could never get enough of Manhattan Transfer❤❤❤❤
My God, their harmonies are just so beautiful. I could listen to them all day.
It was 1976 when I first caught the hypnotic strains of this gorgeous song while moving thru Vancouver's PNE with my family. It was instant dejavu, as I turned into the crowd to robotically follow the music, before discovering it was coming from a dance studio demo. The couple dancing the foxtrot mesmerized me, and thus, began a 10 year love affair with ballroom dancing and all things old timey... Pastiche is timeless, every song on the album remains a gem. No one sang and performed liked MT
My late Dad liked Manhattan Transfer
I like Manhattan Transfer as well
So do I son
I haven't heard this song in over 40 years! Wow, it's been in my subconscious for a long time.
Such a great rendition of an equally great song. The hairs on the back of your neck just bristle with intrepidation. Love the harmonies. Modern music just doesn't have it.
Absolutely fantastic. Great nostalgic memories and an unbelievably talented band❤
Fantastic track by a fantastic group this beautiful nowhere near long enough
I saw these live in the late 70s! They were SPECTACULAR!!
When music was great. So glad I have a grandson who has a great voice and loves close harmony. Just 15 with a bass voice. Will be at Wells Cathedral School performance of Grease next week to see him. Go Charlie!
OMG just perfect....so beautifully sung! ❤
I love this and Chanson D`Amour i was born in 1970 so im 51 now and i still have the vynil album Pastiche with this on! I was 8 yrs old when it came out! .being a dj and record /music collector i have NEVER got rid of any vynil i bought / had given to me over the yrs so i have albums from the 60s ect and even when cds came in in the 80s and then digital i have kept hold of all my vynils albums ,7" singles and 12" singles!
I'm two years behind you but same thing, I used to listen to my Dad's copy of Pastiche and look at the mysterious, glamourous sleeve art. My parents would play this song and Chanson D'Amour a lot, some of the earliest music I can remember.
good for you m8 be worth a lot of money now
A Glenn Miller special that transcends time. I hope Glenn Miller will be in heaven. I just adore the video and the innocence that this song portrays. The singers voice and sailor style clothes are so touristly swish. And the allurement of that Shalamar perfume is so irresistible. Ahhh that Oriental experience is blissed to the maxx in less than 3 minutes of song. WOW.
No disrespect to Mr. Miller, but the first recording was by Harry James with Frank Sinatra. The Miller version didn't come out until a few weeks later.
This was a MASSIVE hit for MHT; they could do no wrong during the mid to late 70s - and even made into the 80s with 'Twilight Zone'!!
Excellent song I love Manhatan Transfer ❤
Awesome- harmony heaven
Manhatan Transfer were excellent brilliant music x
My goodness! I have the '45 of this single that I inherited from my mother. It's actually my favorite version of this song, and I'm completely surprised that I could find it. Yay for RUclips to keep fantastic songs from fading into obscurity!
Three words to describe this - class, class, class.
I loved this and all the other Man Tran stuff in the late 70s and early 80s. I also loved Ska, Rockabilly and the Mod Revival then. They were wonderful times when music was so diverse and interchangeable. Oh Happy Day!
Ohh they were. How I miss the 70,s
His voice is perfection
i love this song i listened to on the radio in the 70s in my dads bicycle shop and still do
Most excellent...from an old Hong Kong duffer..
Alan Paul has such a crystal-clear voice = plus I wouldn't mind having his looks, either...
Takes me back to my teens. They my definition of cool! The harmonies are sweet!
Heavenly voice❤
I met my millionanaress girl from Singapore and this song is so romantic just like our meeting because she's just as beautiful now as she was then ♥
Pure Perfection 💞💕💞✨🌹✨🍀
Really wish i had seen them in concert when i was younger, i loved them in my teens but never mentioned it as my friends would have laughed.
they were a guilty pleasure for lots of us
Guys voice is smooth as glass
ESTA MÚSICA LAVOU MEUS TÍMPANOS DAS IMPUREZAS MUSICAIS CONTEMPORÂNEAS!
FABULOUS.
Amazing. How great was this? Teaching kids something about harmony- I was one of them!
I love this so much. Beatiful
That would be Alan Paul. I don't recall him getting lead vocals much. Of course he's 35yrs older now (as are all of us who remember this on TOTP).
the definition of smooth
I love this so much, you would never ever guess.
I just love the MT. They are so talented and diverse.
That singer has a great voice.
highflyguy1 Alan Paul
and still does
¡¡¡Madre mia!!! ¡¡¡No puede ser mas hermosa esta cancion!!!
The only song about Singapore that I like.
the wonderful, Manhattan Transfer, recorded some beautiful, timeless music, one of my fav american group.
Summer '78 if I remember rightly, carefree days gone forever but always remembered.
superb ! nothing else to add !!!
Sounds even better from the deck of a merchant ship!
PURE CLASS IN A GLASS.....
Damn, everyone's so young and good looking. Just learned that Hauser passed away in 2014. Time's marching on, everyone gets old.
+john dow Saw them in concert back in the 70's. Fantastic. RIP Tim.
Cheer her up? I could dedicate my life to it. And her. That's Laurel Masse, and I think her mission on Earth is to capture my heart.
That Tim Hauser... I was 16, me and my mother got tickets to front row seating to their concert. I had such a crush on him. He saw me smiling and looking at me, looked at me directly, and winked at me. I will treasure that memory forever! God Bless you Mr. Hauser...see you again, on the other side.
Smiles😊🌹💃💯🌹😊
Uploaded on our wedding week 8.8.88 in Singapore!
Based on the original 1940 Glenn Miller version. One of the saxophonists heard here was in Miller band at that time
Frankie's version with Harry James Orchestra was 1939
Que belleza un tema inolvidable
Does anybody know anything about this song? What inspired the songwriter to create this lovely song? What's the deeper meaning of this song? I am fom Singapore, by the way.
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Reminds that Singapore was once an exotic place and places like Raffles were the places to go. Now it’s just a clearing house
It's an over the top set for totp even in them days!!
For this to be on "Top of the Pops" it must've been a hit in Britain - which it wasn't in the USA, although they certainly had other hits at home.
Magical
I knew a girl on a little street in Singapore. Love ya Lek long time ago.
He seems like he's miming that.
Memories
Guau!, me transporta a una época que ya viví...
another classic that gives class to my google jack netfan +1 links.
my visitors are in for a treat.
I love this so much. Beautiful 2:28 2:28
Yes we love it!
Splendida e raffinata
Great!
🎉 🌹🎉Oh Singapore 😊Shoos 😂🍺❤️💕💯🍺🌹🔥
This is much better than the other version by MT.
Is there *another Sinagpore* somewhere in Latin America?
That damn it was TOTP that the seven drunken nights i'll be censored those were the days
Who is the gorgeous male singer?
Huwey Jenkins Alan Paul
Huwey? That ain't no female name.
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They say that the music for the song "A Little Street In Singapore" was loosely based on the music of a once popular soldier song in WW1 about a love lost. Does anyone know the name of that old WW1 soldier song?
This IS the song. This song is a very old song from the 1930s and was popular during World War 2. Many artists, including Manhattan Transfer, did cover versions of it. Probably the most famous version was by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. I have always loved this version by Manhattan Transfer, but they didn't write it, they just copied it. Here's a link to Benny Goodman's original version from the 1930s and 1940s. ruclips.net/video/upfn5Ldmo4Q/видео.html
Best two years of my life were in Singapore in the early '90s. Happy Days! BTW this song is not Glenn Miller's originally.
You are right wingaard it is not Glenn Miller, it is way better than Glenn's
Lived there twice back in the 1960s.Took my kids there to visit my sister back in 2007.Love the place.
+Geoff Broad In the mid- Fifties my dad was posted to Malaya. We lived in Johore Bahru, which was across the Causeway from Singapore. I remember both well from a child's perspective. We left that part of the world in sunshine and arrived in Southampton on a drizzly day in September- how much I wished that the Empire Windrush would turn around and head back East!
Trish
@@divynem I think the point is that Miller didn't have the first recording. That honor goes to Harry James with a young vocalist named Frank something ... oh, yeah. Sinatra. Miller's version came out just a few weeks later. His band didn't really mature until the 1940-41 period.
Alan paul is SO handsome here for sure see him teasing the girls in the audience i bet he had his way that fella.
Camp as tits love it
search on this very page the bingcrosby1903 post
glenn miller version,from which manhattan transfer took the inspiration
I think the song and the whole production was little above the heads of the crowd there. This was old folks music to them.
Peorhum - you'd be surprised; I was in a Record Shop at the time, and a LOT of young people bought this Single! Great Song and performance!
He sings like Gene Kelly dances
Singapore should make this their theme song for their 50th national day 2 yeas from now
thumbs up if you agree
Please put a stamp on that redhead and mail her to me.
+Lee Larson She looks bored with the whole thing. But I'm sure you would cheer her up.
Redheads are often postured as almost saying out loud "Ah, yes, I'm divine and I know it."
Love her sexiness....so suave’
the kids faces...
i think he sang it live
Amo esta m'usica.
Any one know where I can find this ? Not on itunes or Amazon
just in case you haven't seen it since, it's on Spotify, all their albums are now :)
stylish
Shame they were miming
Another classical TOTP performance.
Quelle belle époque!
Is that the BBC? I mean, hats off the to props department for raiding Tony Blackburn's dressing room.
Seems that these songs were targeted at the remaining members of the WWII generation; nostalgia sells... 💸
Is it out of sync or am I dreaming?
Sorry, I got it, LOL. What a silly question.
I assure you that singapore does NOT look like that any more. LOL.
But why do you hate it Daphne, are they too good looking to be Singaporean ?
What's "TOTP"?
top of the pops
I think it's a German TOTP programme
Hate the video (I'm a Singaporean), but love the song.