NEW 📀 Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay & The Americans {DES Stereo} 1964

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • Rest In Peace, Jay Black.
    1964.....#3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #4 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #1 Canada
    Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.
    This DES stereo video has been abridged to support the hard work of its creators. Without sales of the CD on which this first-time DES song appears there can be no more new stereo like this based on mono originals. Please visit www.ericrecords.com to order and express your support! To find out more about spectral editing and sound source separation, go to www.monotostere...
    "Come a Little Bit Closer" is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 21, 1964, making it the band's highest-charting single. It remains their most popular song, according to Last.fm song rankings. It also peaked at number 4 on the Cashbox chart and at number 1 on RPM's singles chart. The single served as a comeback for the group, who had not had a hit in some time.
    It was written by songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, as well as Wes Farrell, and became Boyce and Hart's first top 10 hit.
    Jay and the Americans also recorded a Spanish version of the song, in which, due to a poor translation, the final punch line is missing.

Комментарии • 178

  • @smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach
    @smurfstoolsoldiesmusictimemach  2 года назад +46

    Welcome to Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine!
    We provide classic video music clips from the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's and occasionally the 1980's. We are dedicated in improving your viewing and listening pleasure by editing, restoring and remastering vintage film clips. Enjoy!

  • @rosssutherland4470
    @rosssutherland4470 2 месяца назад +34

    RIP Jay Black, gone but never forgotten

    • @handsomeman-pm9vy
      @handsomeman-pm9vy Месяц назад

      For you doo-wop fans, that is Kenny Vance in the rear on right side.

  • @attylee
    @attylee 5 месяцев назад +40

    As I recall, Jay & Americans are not in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Hit after hit. Should be.

    • @carmenlonero5947
      @carmenlonero5947 4 дня назад +1

      They certainly should be, along with Lesley Gore and Johnny Maestro. A disgrace they’re not in, to say the least.

  • @winstonthompson782
    @winstonthompson782 4 месяца назад +37

    One of the greatest voices that walked the planet.

    • @joehill8014
      @joehill8014 Месяц назад

      And on that particular day Jay was wearing a pair of blue boots walk the earth.

  • @jandeband
    @jandeband Год назад +65

    1964, just met my beautiful wife, 16 year old donna, very in love, this song on the radio, in my awesome 56 ford, still married

    • @TommyRedmond
      @TommyRedmond 4 месяца назад +5

      you may have lived at the apex of humanity. no sarcasm; this was just tops.

    • @BigBoiCannon
      @BigBoiCannon Месяц назад +4

      That's sweet

  • @LPMAN02
    @LPMAN02 Год назад +90

    RIP the three members of Jay and the Americans
    Jay Black (November 2, 1938 - October 22, 2021), aged 82
    Jay Traynor (March 30, 1943 - January 2, 2014), aged 70
    Howie Kane (June 6, 1945 - March 27, 2023), aged 77
    You will be remembered as legends.

  • @nitwitt50
    @nitwitt50 Месяц назад +16

    July 2024 ❤❤❤❤
    Jay and the Americans and Gene Pitney, great voices.

  • @blackbird5704
    @blackbird5704 Месяц назад +18

    Amazing song ❤ always and forever! RIP Jay 🌹

  • @richardnorfolk7221
    @richardnorfolk7221 2 года назад +116

    Jay Black and the Americans were one of the very top bands during the sixties. They had hit after hit. God I feel old. My memories of dancing to their music will never go away. He was a hell of a singer.

    • @sundaetheguitar
      @sundaetheguitar Год назад +6

      Can relate even though I'm a teen

    • @jeffclark7888
      @jeffclark7888 11 месяцев назад

      Agree.

    • @vickiebohy7609
      @vickiebohy7609 25 дней назад

      It's ok. I grew up listening to music og the 60s and 70. Carpenters were my favorite. The music of the 60s 70s is so much better than the meds being recorded nowadays.

    • @vickiebohy7609
      @vickiebohy7609 25 дней назад

      Great song!!!

  • @Austinemmytube1
    @Austinemmytube1 5 месяцев назад +24

    Guardians of the Galaxy introduced me to many good old music...as an African i don't think I'd ever come across these classics,thanks to guardians of the Galaxy

  • @sidemann8593
    @sidemann8593 Месяц назад +10

    Jay Black toured for more than 30 years after the band broke up. Holds the record of the most consecutive sold-out shows at Westbury Music Fair, and more often than not, was funnier than the comedians who opened for him. R.I.P. The Voice.

  • @kodiakbearson8815
    @kodiakbearson8815 2 года назад +74

    Jay Black. This man was gifted with the most versatile and powerful voices in music history.
    Cara Mia, Come a little bit closer and other monster tunes he sang are emblazoned in music history forever. He sang until 2016 and still had the identical voice as he did in his 20's.
    Not really anything more can be said about this man's gift and contribution to American music.
    Just sit back, listen and appreciate his artistry.
    A true legend.
    Rest in eternal peace Jay, your legend assures your place in our hearts and minds forever.

  • @marthalisk303
    @marthalisk303 7 месяцев назад +21

    Timeless music. Sounds as good today as it did all those decades ago.

  • @patsyparraz4461
    @patsyparraz4461 2 месяца назад +13

    Wow I have not heard this song in years🎶🎸💯💯

  • @hockeyteeth
    @hockeyteeth 8 месяцев назад +19

    Dude killed it on the drums!

  • @kevinw9073
    @kevinw9073 7 месяцев назад +13

    As good as it gets! Great tune!

  • @ianlivingston5802
    @ianlivingston5802 27 дней назад +5

    Only heard this song last week on Boom Radio UK.
    Now have to listen to it at least once every day , sometimes I play it several times daily.
    Love ❤ it.
    I am approaching 80yrs old , don't know why I haven't heard it before.

  • @johnbravo4984
    @johnbravo4984 11 дней назад +3

    Never gets old, Only I do!!

  • @teletubetodd
    @teletubetodd Год назад +37

    Great song. This may have been one of the first rock-'n'-roll records I ever heard when I was a kid, and I was immediately turned on to the Latin sound it epitomized. Since then, I loved hearing that sound again in Neil Diamond's "Cherry Cherry," Richie Valens' "La Bamba," 1910 Fruitgum Co.'s "Simple Simon Says," the Stones' "Get Off of My Cloud," Carole King's "Hard Rock Cafe," the Cuban folksong "Guantanamera," and many more. Thanks for posting this classic!

  • @stuartgarfatth1448
    @stuartgarfatth1448 7 месяцев назад +14

    It is inevitable that the wheel will turn, and another Generation will hear the song, identify with it, and adopt it as their own.

  • @heatherboardman7004
    @heatherboardman7004 Год назад +14

    Never heard this song until Guardians if the Galaxy as from the Uk. Looked the band up. Can't get enough. ❤️

  • @sarahbeets4686
    @sarahbeets4686 7 месяцев назад +14

    Timeless is right! Cute guys, cool music, easy to sing along with, and dance to. Miss those less complicated days so much.😢 Miss Jay also. 🤗 😊 Was not aware that 2 other members had passed as well. Rest in peace, guys. Thank u for this video!!!

  • @valerianportus7409
    @valerianportus7409 Год назад +50

    No auto-tune, no chanting, no silly jumping around like a baboon. Just pure sweet talent.

    • @laksivrak2203
      @laksivrak2203 9 месяцев назад +5

      You know their lip-synching to the original recording, right

  • @senorxrey6429
    @senorxrey6429 2 года назад +23

    Awesome to finally hear this great song in ((stereo)). It's one of their only hits never mixed in stereo, and the horns finally stand out

  • @legendarymcdinis3391
    @legendarymcdinis3391 Год назад +13

    I love the part where Marty us whispering to Jay, acting out the lyrics as Jay sings so effortlessly. Never tiring to hear that catalog of major hits by the one guy who combined Orbisonlike operatics with sincere pop within soaring backgrounds.

    • @lovepurple83
      @lovepurple83 Год назад

      I started laughing so much when he did that!

  • @tanyaprout4696
    @tanyaprout4696 Месяц назад +4

    What a voice. And wow what a good looking man. He was on a par with elvis that’s a fact in my opinion lol. 😊

  • @stephanieheston3212
    @stephanieheston3212 Год назад +17

    He has an amazing voice.

  • @kathleenbrunswick1656
    @kathleenbrunswick1656 Год назад +12

    Great band of 60"s....Miss Jay may he RIP...

  • @patsyparraz4461
    @patsyparraz4461 2 месяца назад +4

    Love this song lots of memories 😘🫦

  • @fairlane19641
    @fairlane19641 Год назад +9

    Great voice

  • @sandraoyns-wilson6098
    @sandraoyns-wilson6098 Год назад +9

    Good grief does this bring back memories. The voice is brilliant and so soft.He was quite underated. MOST EXCELLENT.

  • @susanwallace2258
    @susanwallace2258 9 месяцев назад +9

    I have loved Jay Black, the Voice, for years and watched LOTS of his videos, but this is fantastic! I feel like I'm right there at this recording! Wow! THANKS

  • @RobertMatteis-pe7vh
    @RobertMatteis-pe7vh 26 дней назад +4

    Jay Black, definitely the best voice I have ever heard in concert and I saw Michael Jackson six times Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Janet Jackson. Yes, they are all superstars, but nobody could sing like Jay black. He was just as good at the end of his career as the beginning there are not too many performers you can say that about

  • @mjcruiser4238
    @mjcruiser4238 Год назад +5

    The tall guy behind-left of the guitar player is Kenny Vance

  • @robertowensiii1567
    @robertowensiii1567 2 года назад +10

    Great song! R.I.P. Jay Black

  • @mikejohnson-fl7yv
    @mikejohnson-fl7yv Год назад +5

    Fantastic

  • @JA-jm8bk
    @JA-jm8bk 8 месяцев назад +7

    A group of nice Jewish guys singing a Latin style song. Gotta love it.

  • @meredithkidd3309
    @meredithkidd3309 2 года назад +17

    I absolutely love(ed) this song from Jay and his posse !!!!

  • @Powerranger-le4up
    @Powerranger-le4up Год назад +8

    He’s got it. Youdu’s got the fin.

    • @56postoffice
      @56postoffice Год назад

      Knew I'd find a comment regarding *"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2"* amongst the comments. And you're right: Unando Yondu did get his fin back, with this classic playing in the background.

  • @gracepeynado6607
    @gracepeynado6607 8 месяцев назад +3

    When I first heard this song as a wee child I loved it immediately!
    In my little girl mind, I saw a huge burly gypsy looking dark man singing!... I actually always reminded Stuart Whitman every time that I heard it! Love it!

  • @CompletelyNormalHuman
    @CompletelyNormalHuman Год назад +7

    Imagine hearing this song while on a spaceship having just betrayed your last captain

  • @lucindast5895
    @lucindast5895 10 месяцев назад +4

    Awesome

  • @rickabbott5297
    @rickabbott5297 Год назад +7

    Jesus, what a Voice 👍👍👍👍😁

  • @McDowallManor
    @McDowallManor Год назад +7

    Fantastic restore. Well done.

  • @cricketwhite208
    @cricketwhite208 Год назад +4

    Amazing

  • @DC9716
    @DC9716 2 месяца назад +2

    They were my favorite group growing up in the sixties.

  • @justinwr092
    @justinwr092 Год назад +3

    the lighting makes the dance look like the wicked witch of Tiujana. great song.

  • @kimmillerick1604
    @kimmillerick1604 2 года назад +10

    love this group many thanks for such a high quality video very rare for them on you tube

  • @bmccollneb1
    @bmccollneb1 Год назад +4

    You got to 😊love this.

  • @thecountofbasie
    @thecountofbasie 2 года назад +8

    Very cool...always loved the song, never saw the clip, sounds superb...thanks as always Sammy

  • @JuneLynn
    @JuneLynn 2 года назад +14

    Fantastic, always a favorite...remember this on AM radio all the time in the 60's...thanks for making this :)

  • @2bgaming635
    @2bgaming635 10 месяцев назад +4

    I like this song.. makes me also think of El Paso by Marty Robbins :)

  • @karengayleparent2472
    @karengayleparent2472 Год назад +2

    R....you are soooo right ! Love that band!!!.... me too

  • @edwardliberatore3116
    @edwardliberatore3116 Год назад +5

    Like those songs that tell a story like Marty Robbins song "El Passo."

  • @Retaile23
    @Retaile23 7 месяцев назад +2

    What a voice!

  • @IDShar
    @IDShar 9 месяцев назад +2

    One of my favorites!

  • @chriskinkead9045
    @chriskinkead9045 10 месяцев назад +3

    Wonderful. Wonderful. !! Miss. This. Music. So. Much. Thanks. For. The. Vids.

  • @susannasaffold3232
    @susannasaffold3232 7 месяцев назад +2

    My favorite

  • @davidmays1115
    @davidmays1115 9 месяцев назад +3

    Jay was always THE BEST!

  • @OMsince81
    @OMsince81 Год назад +6

    Jay's vocal range fantastic. Behind him on the right appears to be Donald Fagan?

  • @mm-yt8sf
    @mm-yt8sf 2 месяца назад +2

    i had a friend in high school who said his girlfriend didn't like it when he'd sing the part "come a little bit closer you're my kind of man" 🙂

  • @wolfmantiptip6218
    @wolfmantiptip6218 Год назад +3

    They were a Force to be Reckoned With in the Mid 60s .............

  • @EugeneSSmith
    @EugeneSSmith Год назад +4

    Beautiful professional stage dancer, (Hoofer)! Shapely legs! I hope the young woman had a wonderful life! 😸

  • @jeffreylopez1248
    @jeffreylopez1248 Год назад +56

    Guardians of the Galaxy fans, gather here

    • @eiggerman11
      @eiggerman11 9 месяцев назад +1

      where's yondu 🤔🤔🤔

    • @laksivrak2203
      @laksivrak2203 9 месяцев назад +5

      You mean fans of good music what the heck is guardianship of the galaxy???

    • @reerobinette7460
      @reerobinette7460 7 месяцев назад +1

      Love the song and sure loved the movie. It was packed with awesome tunes
      ✌️❤️👍

    • @suevillagomez2699
      @suevillagomez2699 7 месяцев назад

      YES.

    • @taylorp535
      @taylorp535 7 месяцев назад

      I’ve been a fan before guardians, but the movie made this song much more amazing ❤️

  • @user-uj9cc5ch5p
    @user-uj9cc5ch5p 8 месяцев назад +1

    Jay and the Americans had a couple of great hits. Mister X

  • @mesaeddie
    @mesaeddie 7 месяцев назад +3

    Great song telling a great story.Real Rock

  • @MPH711
    @MPH711 2 года назад +5

    Nice sync Sammy! Great work. I hadn’t seen this video clip before.

  • @rmp7400
    @rmp7400 4 месяца назад +1

    The storytelling skills!
    This melodic scene just leaps up, grabs you and draws you in...
    Not only those Jewish boys singing - but ALSO a few million W.A.S.P.s who were attentively listening - and imagining that they were Mexicans at that catina!😅🎉

  • @sandrajankoski9351
    @sandrajankoski9351 4 месяца назад +1

    A wonderful voice

  • @susannasaffold3232
    @susannasaffold3232 7 месяцев назад +2

    He was a hunk❤

  • @gibsalisbury
    @gibsalisbury 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great music.

  • @mono_to_STEREO
    @mono_to_STEREO 2 года назад +4

    Excellent Sammy! Looks and sounds great! Thanks! 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @praisethelord8592
    @praisethelord8592 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great❤

  • @jambonesia9174
    @jambonesia9174 Год назад +10

    1964. I know this is song from Guardian of the Galaxy 2 movie

  • @jacob6657
    @jacob6657 2 года назад +4

    Great DES mix and accurate matching to HQ video Sammy.

  • @lavelletimothy
    @lavelletimothy Год назад +4

    I believe that is a young Donald Fagan in the background pre steely dan

  • @tomevans4402
    @tomevans4402 Месяц назад +1

    Just great

  • @anicole5206
    @anicole5206 9 месяцев назад +2

    One of my favorite Tommy Boyce songs.

  • @dinocrocetti2950
    @dinocrocetti2950 3 месяца назад +1

    Hey Kenny
    You still sound great !
    That would be the founding member Kenny Vance . Tall guy in the back still singing great today ( Kenny Vance and the Planatones

  • @bobzwol
    @bobzwol 2 года назад +4

    Fantastic, Sammy! Love the video and the DES is outstanding!

  • @alg11297
    @alg11297 Год назад +2

    Love the horns that aren't there.

  • @jandeband
    @jandeband Год назад +2

    Our song, 1964

  • @eandsm4620
    @eandsm4620 Месяц назад +1

    💖

  • @jandeband
    @jandeband Год назад +2

    Awesome video

  • @ed4565
    @ed4565 3 месяца назад +1

    Nice bro

  • @joycepiantes8383
    @joycepiantes8383 7 месяцев назад +1

    Fun song.❤

  • @franklinnorth7708
    @franklinnorth7708 Год назад +1

    Wendy and I will be dancing a Rhumba to this tonight.

  • @SPORTSNUTIM
    @SPORTSNUTIM 4 месяца назад +1

    Sweet! They don’t make them like they used to!

  • @martysmith5260
    @martysmith5260 8 месяцев назад +2

    This was back when your lead singer better have a great voice!

  • @tonyelberg7814
    @tonyelberg7814 7 месяцев назад +3

    they dont make music like this anymore

  • @AggieGal711
    @AggieGal711 6 месяцев назад +2

    A Boyce & Hart tune (many of The Monkees hits)

  • @Neilcrab
    @Neilcrab Месяц назад +1

    Becker and Fagen played in the band before Steely Dan

  • @gevorg1989
    @gevorg1989 Год назад +3

    "Here comes my arrow", a parody by HISHE -
    "Watch out, here comes my arrow
    Legolas sucks
    And Yondu is the one!"

  • @tomevans4402
    @tomevans4402 15 дней назад +1

    👍

  • @jeffalan6339
    @jeffalan6339 Год назад +2

    Hum
    Lip syncing at its best.
    The drummer is. Air drumming.
    No matter one hell of a tune
    Add Jay can really sing.
    An underated band still sounding great

  • @alg11297
    @alg11297 Год назад +2

    Jay must have been with her after this performance.

  • @rogercruz8704
    @rogercruz8704 9 месяцев назад

    FOR LUCY BRAVO HOT STUFF !!! WATCH OUT !!!!!!!!!!

  • @RedFrogReal
    @RedFrogReal Год назад +2

    Before: normal song.
    Now: flying arrows

  • @peterfraser8075
    @peterfraser8075 3 месяца назад +2

    She belonged to Batman, Jose.

  • @igranka
    @igranka Год назад +2

    This song is so good all aliens enjoy it