THE ROYALETTES - IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE (VIDEO FOOTAGE)

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • THE ROYALETTES - IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE. TAKEN FROM THE SHIVAREE SHOW SEPTEMBER 25TH 1965. GROUP MEMBERS ARE: SHEILA ROSS, ANITA ROSS, TERRY JONES AND VERONICA BROWN

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  • @DLV42
    @DLV42 11 месяцев назад +11

    A Great Song From My Past. BEAUTIFUL SONG

  • @FranklinNJ
    @FranklinNJ 2 года назад +42

    It's gonna take a miracle to bring fine music and harmony back like these ladies do...

    • @dicky7600
      @dicky7600 Месяц назад

      I've always said that the best music has already been made. It won't ever be topped.

  • @roywilliams1842
    @roywilliams1842 Год назад +12

    Beautiful beautiful music, beautiful beautiful women!!!! ⭐❤️

  • @mikeatturnpike
    @mikeatturnpike 2 года назад +35

    This was classy, sophisticated music and the girls performed it with style and elan. Their two albums on MGM are standouts from the early 1960s.

  • @temptsrule
    @temptsrule 2 года назад +17

    Baltimore's finest all girl group to this day and yes Sheila Ross was stunning

  • @ladybug6005
    @ladybug6005 4 года назад +18

    They're beautiful.

  • @jesincere8589
    @jesincere8589 3 года назад +24

    Shelia Ross emulates exactly what a lead singer does best, perform, act and sing. How many fella's she "kill" with that beautiful smile

  • @johndoniganjr4428
    @johndoniganjr4428 6 лет назад +42

    She has the most MESMERIZING AND SPARKLING EYES! ;-)

  • @pauljohnston9768
    @pauljohnston9768 3 года назад +7

    The best of Baltimore meets Brooklyn's Teddy Randazzo and comes up with an early Philly sound.

  • @eyecomeinpeace2707
    @eyecomeinpeace2707 2 года назад +7

    Sheila Ross is incredibly beautiful and talented and so are the rest of the group. Sighhhhhh....if only this was still 1965.

  • @mhomer4
    @mhomer4 10 лет назад +64

    Love those dance moves. This whole song and group radiates sexiness without filth. Love it!

    • @josephtaverna8167
      @josephtaverna8167 7 лет назад +1

      no doubt buddy have a great night

    • @richardleonard4281
      @richardleonard4281 5 лет назад +2

      Hey Niki Minaj , you paying attention?

    • @jackanthony976
      @jackanthony976 4 года назад +3

      @@richardleonard4281 Niki Minaj is too busy showing her butt crack while twerking to be paying attention to any Royalettes.

    • @ruebenaguilera771
      @ruebenaguilera771 2 года назад +1

      Had the biggest schoolboy crush on her. Learned a move or two also

  • @usmc1917916
    @usmc1917916 6 лет назад +15

    Sheila.Ross....The Smile........ GOLD....

  • @khalilmujahid6559
    @khalilmujahid6559 2 года назад +18

    What stands out for me is the lead singers clarity, you can understand every word she’s saying🗣️ Plus she’s nice l👀king 🥰

    • @williamhiles7404
      @williamhiles7404 Год назад +3

      She was straight up 🔥, and a darn good singer. I would ride with my mother in her Impala with a 327 and she loved R&B and Jazz, and she would let me turn the radio up LOUD. Great times.
      LedHed Pb 207.20 🎶 🎸 🎹

    • @willjames8207
      @willjames8207 Год назад

      Straight up fire! @@williamhiles7404 🔥

  • @pacorabane2733
    @pacorabane2733 5 лет назад +9

    She is really beautiful

  • @Valizan
    @Valizan 2 года назад +10

    Girlfriend Ross is really the epitome of an American Black beauty. And lord, that voice is stunning.

    • @dicky7600
      @dicky7600 Месяц назад

      Why American black beauty? How about American beauty, or just beauty? She certainly fits any and all of those descriptions.

    • @Valizan
      @Valizan Месяц назад

      @ Go educate yourself on beauty standards and how Black women fit into them, and THEN we can have a discussion. While I agree that she is a beauty regardless, I said what I said specifically because of the time she was singing this, and how AS A BLACK WOMAN she is representing. Thank you, and goodbye.

    • @dicky7600
      @dicky7600 Месяц назад

      @Valizan "Time she was singing this"? What does that even mean? "Representing" what? And why do you capitalize the word black?

    • @Valizan
      @Valizan Месяц назад

      @ Just say you are a complete dunce man. If you don’t have the brain cells to understand what I am saying, I’m not going to waste time explaining it to you. We are done talking. Replay the video and just enjoy The Royalettes.

  • @williamg2552
    @williamg2552 9 месяцев назад +3

    The RICH ORCHESTRATION ALONE on The ROYALETTES’ original flat out BURIES the cover versions…
    and the ladies’ sweet , plaintive harmonies, and Shiela’s beautiful lead vocals is icing on the CAKE !!
    I can agree with the old saying: “Some songs just SHOULD NOT be COVERED…because they were just done SO RIGHT the FIRST TIME !!”

    • @kevingoins9858
      @kevingoins9858 5 месяцев назад

      That saying makes zero sense. The more a song is recorded, more royalties to the songwriters. You have every right to prefer the original but to say a song shouldn't be re-recorded hurts the songwriters

  • @lenwalker9351
    @lenwalker9351 9 лет назад +55

    I love how sophisticated their sound is compared to most of the other girl groups of the era. Sheila Ross is a real stunner. If she had come along during the video era, she would likely have become very famous.

    • @ILMJXXX
      @ILMJXXX  9 лет назад +2

      +yellowlinda wow...Thankyou John (Clemente) for that information :-) I bought your book a while back now but see you have an updated one out?

    • @shmuli9
      @shmuli9 9 лет назад +4

      +Len Walker My parents had one of their albums. The songs were all rather sophisticated. I think this must have been one of those songs that hit in a "wave". (It wasn't popular all over the place at once, and so never made it to the top 10, yet most people know it well.)

    • @mrstep2me
      @mrstep2me 9 лет назад +5

      +shmuli9 That happened a lot when artists were on labels that didn't have the muscle to push a record hard. A record could be huge in one city, while just starting to get airplay in another, while in a third city, it never makes a splash at all. Many regional, and local hits back in the era before consultants, and program directors took over the radio business.

    • @shmuli9
      @shmuli9 9 лет назад +1

      +mrstep2me It sure did, well into the 1980s...

    • @josephtaverna8167
      @josephtaverna8167 7 лет назад

      +mrstep2me mr. Step 2 this is JT this song is so great and so well done by Sheila it didn't need much of a push buddy today's music is the purest of pure garbage you have a great night God bless you

  • @deanasimms
    @deanasimms 7 лет назад +9

    Wow beautiful stunning ladies!!!

  • @ceeceetracey9839
    @ceeceetracey9839 2 года назад +2

    The writers and record company were ahead of their time with this song, and the vocals are as well

  • @williamg2552
    @williamg2552 9 лет назад +73

    This ORIGINAL version by The Royalettes is so much BETTER than the copycat COVER versions...that it's just NO CONTEST !!!

    • @aquaman22
      @aquaman22 8 лет назад +18

      This is ok. Deniece Williams' cover is the best....no question.

    • @williamg2552
      @williamg2552 8 лет назад +36

      ...to each his own .
      To ME , nothing's better than the ORIGINAL .

    • @originalJasmineStL
      @originalJasmineStL 4 года назад +11

      Best version for me is Laura Nyro with LaBelle.

    • @MarieProvost77
      @MarieProvost77 4 года назад +7

      The Royalettes own it; Laura Nyro killed it (with obvious reverence toward the original) & Deniece got jiggy with it.

    • @alexradionow5666
      @alexradionow5666 3 года назад +3

      Laura absolutely nailed it

  • @ultimatedarkknight4835
    @ultimatedarkknight4835 3 года назад +6

    I'm an 80s born man . I'd always go listen to my dads vinyl records and get lost in music . I've always been told I had an old soul . If having an old soul means I can go back in time to experience the beautiful angelic voices, and feel the depth of my soul embraced by words of emotion serenading me then yes I'll gladly be an old soul . I'm enamored, and on this love high . I think I'm in love . And I proudly say it . . . . . I'd love to meet , fall in love with and see this angel daily 😍😍😍🕊🕊🕊🕊🌹🌹🌹

    • @agentgringo5238
      @agentgringo5238 2 года назад +2

      You are no the only one. I was born in 1969 and I too get lost listening the music lyrics voices harmonies etc etc and its beautiful. Listening the 45rps from 1966 to 1970 day dreaming Wishing I was a part of this era and in love with the music!

  • @peaceseeker9927
    @peaceseeker9927 7 лет назад +22

    Absolutely beautiful singing. And Sheila Ross was gorgeous back in the day :-)

  • @dannylemon4159
    @dannylemon4159 8 лет назад +28

    Too much! Dropdead gorgeous women with a punching above their weight delivery of a stunning tune. Knockout!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

  • @Cablecol
    @Cablecol 2 года назад +3

    AWESOME💖...DENIECE W. DID GOOD REMAKING THIS BEAUTIFUL BALLAD.

  • @mmcc4517
    @mmcc4517 2 года назад +1

    They are all pretty

  • @ronniebishop2496
    @ronniebishop2496 2 года назад +1

    That singer is very pretty.? Sophisticated voice

  • @deniseandmarkfirestine7443
    @deniseandmarkfirestine7443 6 лет назад +15

    She has an amazing voice and beautiful what a great talent!!!

  • @thomaslombardo3401
    @thomaslombardo3401 5 лет назад +13

    They were from Baltimore. They took their name from the Royal theater in Baltimore where they often performed. 💛

  • @deniseandmarkfirestine7443
    @deniseandmarkfirestine7443 3 месяца назад +1

    The music today is not ever going to be as great as the old days !!

  • @jasminethecreator19
    @jasminethecreator19 8 лет назад +19

    The main singer beautiful AND confident!

  • @peterwormald7114
    @peterwormald7114 3 месяца назад +1

    Super to see them. Long live soul music!

  • @nicomedy2010
    @nicomedy2010 2 года назад +1

    @ my alltime r&b ballad no. 1 !! ;-) *

  • @sauquoit13456
    @sauquoit13456 7 лет назад +3

    On this day in 1966 {August 23rd} the Royalettes performed "It's Gonna Take A Miracle"* on the Dick Clark produced ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program 'Where The Action Is'...
    Exactly one year earlier on August 23rd, 1965 the song was at #53 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, three weeks later it would peak at #41 {for 1 week} and it spent 11 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #28 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
    The Baltimore quartet had one other Top 100 record, "I Want To Meet Him", it peaked at #72 later in 1965...
    * In 1982 Deniece Williams covered "It's Gonna Take A Miracle", her version peaked at #1 {for 2 weeks} on the Hot R&B Singles chart and at #10 in the Top 100 chart...

  • @johndoniganjr4428
    @johndoniganjr4428 6 лет назад +4

    Sheila Ross was an ABSOLUTE BABE! ;-)

    • @jackanthony976
      @jackanthony976 5 лет назад

      Sheila Ross?!! Is that her name?! You mean she is Diana Ross's sister? Oh no. That explains why Sheila Ross only had one hit with the Royalettes. No way was Diana Ross going to let her sister have more than one hit. Diana Ross made sure that there was going to be only one queen in the Ross family and it wasn't going to be Sheila.

  • @ernestgodin4025
    @ernestgodin4025 5 лет назад +10

    That sound so smooth great even in 2019

  • @MrSoulSimon
    @MrSoulSimon 9 лет назад +14

    Beautiful song from a beautiful group, produced by the great Teddy Randazzo. Their star deserved to shine more brightly. I love all their songs.

  • @TheRealNewBlackMusic
    @TheRealNewBlackMusic 2 года назад +1

    OMG WOW, FANTASTIC and so interesting. Thanks for the upload

  • @bufb
    @bufb 5 лет назад +7

    That summer i listen late at night to hear this one and Love makes me do foolish things by Martha and Vandellas

  • @marineboy1964
    @marineboy1964 7 лет назад +15

    I luv this record
    And I luv the royalettes
    Proper music

  • @tyronejohnson6482
    @tyronejohnson6482 Месяц назад

    Wow...I really appreciate this!❤❤❤

  • @charlesmoss6326
    @charlesmoss6326 4 года назад +2

    One of Baltimore's finest!

  • @farmyardflavours
    @farmyardflavours 4 года назад +3

    This is fantastic. Thank you, RUclips for such a great suggestion

  • @SunnyIlha
    @SunnyIlha 3 года назад +2

    It's so awesome.

  • @johnvandehey7002
    @johnvandehey7002 8 лет назад +3

    F A N T A S T I C - lead in Sheila, Royalettes singing Teddy Randazzo creations (Little Anthony) were exceptional. Beautiful. Memorable. Give me back the 60s.

  • @redriverwave
    @redriverwave 4 года назад +8

    It's a shame how great artists were so taken advantage of by those shyster, so called record producers! The Royalettes Were True Nubian Beauty!!

  • @supremeali9703
    @supremeali9703 6 лет назад +12

    didn't need technology back then to make a beautiful song

  • @melv5566
    @melv5566 3 года назад +2

    You can’t buy class it’s something your taught and learned and they have mastered it

  • @bennyadler5882
    @bennyadler5882 2 года назад

    Loveliest lead singer of her era, hands down, her and her sister, 2nd in center 3 girls.

  • @scretching08
    @scretching08 5 лет назад +5

    Great voice and a great group!

  • @rachelcummings2705
    @rachelcummings2705 10 лет назад +11

    beautiful!!

  • @paulburek7530
    @paulburek7530 4 года назад +3

    What a beautiful song this is...very tight ladies, appreciate this upload...also appreciate the live look!!

  • @Avatar610
    @Avatar610 8 лет назад +4

    What treat to see The Royalettes performing their timeless hit! More, please!

  • @imbees2
    @imbees2 2 года назад

    I had this 45. Royalettes. I liked this rendition.

  • @Samstraysongs
    @Samstraysongs 5 лет назад +2

    Dynamite Vocal Group, I love this spectacular lead voice just sensational**********

  • @MannyTheMan316
    @MannyTheMan316 5 лет назад +4

    Classic

  • @joedonnelly3012
    @joedonnelly3012 7 лет назад +3

    One of my favorites, many memories!

  • @augustineramachandran4477
    @augustineramachandran4477 9 месяцев назад

    Original , wow sooooooo good. Its the best

  • @MrBiggie64
    @MrBiggie64 4 года назад +2

    Masterpiece!

  • @ianfhancock1541
    @ianfhancock1541 Год назад

    What a beautiful girl she is.

  • @mrstanbmw
    @mrstanbmw 6 лет назад +1

    The B-side of the 45 Out of sight out of mind was a nice cut also, Teddy did a great job of production

  • @imbees2
    @imbees2 Год назад

    The Royallettes!!

  • @canethamoore6442
    @canethamoore6442 4 года назад +1

    Classy

  • @paulbarber9599
    @paulbarber9599 Год назад

    Have this record in my collection

  • @mryellowcrown
    @mryellowcrown 5 лет назад +2

    Love it ..

  • @paulbarber9599
    @paulbarber9599 Год назад

    Real class

  • @josephtaverna8167
    @josephtaverna8167 7 лет назад

    Oh Sheila you're so great it's like birds chirping one of the greatest songs done by one of the greatest singers of the golden era today's music couldn't put a pimple on anybody's ass compared to then Sheila you're the greatest a bless you have a great night

  • @jamescasey8065
    @jamescasey8065 8 лет назад

    ...Beauty is always close...We talk too much and feel too little...The eye misses all the colors and is sated only by all the darkness...Such a waste of precious time...Tomorrow becomes yesterday...We wonder where today went...This song was a beautiful moment...A gentle breeze across the brow...A sunbeam through the clouds...Wish that I had heard this once upon a long time ago in the A Shau Valley...Thank you, lovely ladies for being a breeze and a sunbeam..."...I am certain of nothing except the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination..."(Keats)...Blessings to all points of the compass...James Patrick Casey, Esq.

  • @stevenquinn4641
    @stevenquinn4641 7 лет назад +2

    Love it!!!!

  • @michaelg3074
    @michaelg3074 7 лет назад +1

    Thanks for salvaging this episode.

  • @lovelychick84
    @lovelychick84 9 лет назад +4

    Great footage of this song! I'm very happy to see more footage of The Royalettes! :-) Thanks, ILMJXXX! :-)

    • @ILMJXXX
      @ILMJXXX  9 лет назад +1

      +lovelychick84 Thankyou your welcome :-)

    • @angstBali
      @angstBali 9 лет назад

      +ILMJXXX Yes thank you so much - my favourite girl band (maybe the Lovelites...) - Only When You're Lonely - what a song. Have you seen the footage of Brenda and the Tabulations singing That's In The Past? It's here on RUclips...

    • @ILMJXXX
      @ILMJXXX  8 лет назад

      Hi there just seen this reply now? Yes I have Thankyou :-) have a great weekend.

    • @lovelychick84
      @lovelychick84 8 лет назад

      Oh no, it's alright. Don't worry about it. :-) You're Welcome and have a great weekend as well. :-)

  • @marcelobomdepapo
    @marcelobomdepapo 6 лет назад +4

    Que lindo!!!!!!Me emocionou muito 13/01/2019 14:33

  • @deniseandmarkfirestine7443
    @deniseandmarkfirestine7443 3 месяца назад

    They are phenomenal!!!!!!!

  • @cliffcarr3632
    @cliffcarr3632 7 лет назад +2

    I love this song, thanks for the upload, it has made my day!

    • @ILMJXXX
      @ILMJXXX  7 лет назад

      Thankyou...your most welcome :-)

  • @larrydorfman2741
    @larrydorfman2741 8 лет назад +1

    another great female grp tyvm!

  • @marioriospinot
    @marioriospinot 9 лет назад +1

    Nice.

  • @emanuel-jamal4306
    @emanuel-jamal4306 2 года назад

    Love her voice/ essences of Jamal of DC

  • @philliestuntz7214
    @philliestuntz7214 6 лет назад +1

    Nostalgic

  • @jasminethecreator19
    @jasminethecreator19 8 лет назад +2

    Go onthan! LOng live black music, all good music

  • @MrGoldenthroat
    @MrGoldenthroat 8 лет назад +3

    The original is still the best!!! Sheila is fabulous!!

  • @markmost2776
    @markmost2776 5 лет назад +2

    She's so lovely, reminds you abit of Kelly Rowland

  • @dundee520
    @dundee520 10 лет назад +3

    nice and mellow tune --ktf

  • @mariopinot9884
    @mariopinot9884 4 года назад

    Nice

  • @veronicaritter9180
    @veronicaritter9180 5 лет назад +4

    Why Isn’t I Want To Meet Him on ITunes? Love that song.

    • @lenb7275
      @lenb7275 4 года назад

      it is on RUclips!

  • @cortesze
    @cortesze 7 лет назад

    Muito legal !!!!

  • @williamg2552
    @williamg2552 7 лет назад +1

    williamg2552
    1 second ago
    The ROYALETTES version is the ORIGINAL....and THE BEST !!
    It BURIES all "copycat cover versions". Sounds even better NOW than when it first came out in '65 !!!
    REPLY

  • @clareons
    @clareons 8 лет назад +3

    BEAUTIFUL X

    • @ILMJXXX
      @ILMJXXX  8 лет назад +1

      love this song...have you seen 'a love affair to remember'? xx ruclips.net/video/oId1BUXSAqk/видео.html
      I also have them singing 'out of sight, out of mind...more uptempo ruclips.net/video/x1QpDqbuQw8/видео.html

    • @clareons
      @clareons 8 лет назад

      Thank you, they're both good posts. Their voices blend lovely together xx

  • @ДесяткаТоп-п9у
    @ДесяткаТоп-п9у 8 лет назад

    Nice video! Like and subscribed! ;-)

  • @TheRealNewBlackMusic
    @TheRealNewBlackMusic 7 лет назад

    Now thats red light blue light grind city right there kid!!

  • @lulilulispa
    @lulilulispa 7 месяцев назад

    ❤❤❤❤

    • @joycemartin7516
      @joycemartin7516 4 месяца назад

      It’s 9/23/24 in Austin, Tx! Great song and awesome singers! Seniors were great in ‘68! I’m 75 and still rockin to the ‘60s today🎶🥳

  • @patrickamos4632
    @patrickamos4632 4 года назад

    This is real music no fake shit just skills you had to have these artist these days are fake no skillz just a ashame

  • @tyronejohnson6482
    @tyronejohnson6482 Месяц назад

    Beautiful women, beautiful music! What happened to the audio quality???

  • @tonyrussi7777
    @tonyrussi7777 3 года назад +2

    Sheila Ross, a GREAT lead singer....they should have been mu,ch bigger esp. with Teddy Randazzo as producer & writer!!

  • @bjclark1017
    @bjclark1017 7 лет назад +18

    This beautiful song only lets me know that I have outlived my music. I'm 68 years old, and I never turn on my radio any more, as what they are playing, I don't want to hear. I have not heard a song worth hearing in 15 years, and I don't choose to hear the hip-hop horse shit that all stations play. How people consider this music, is beyond me--it is absolute crap--period!

    • @tonygraham6292
      @tonygraham6292 7 лет назад +2

      bjclark1017 amen! I'm only 38 but people cal me an old soul because I listen to oldies al the time. I tell you there will never be an era in music like this

    • @aishastaggers9913
      @aishastaggers9913 6 лет назад +1

      I'm 24yrs younger, I don't listen to radio, either!

  • @laminage
    @laminage 8 лет назад +1

    Shivaree had a lot of great Girl Groups. The Supremes & The Shangri-Las not to mention The Yardbirds amongst others.

    • @ILMJXXX
      @ILMJXXX  8 лет назад +1

      yes and I'm also lucky enough to have the full series in my collection :-)

    • @laminage
      @laminage 8 лет назад +1

      Lucky You!

    • @williamg2552
      @williamg2552 8 лет назад

      Me TOO !! (Hi, Venus !!)

    • @Centervillejim
      @Centervillejim 5 лет назад +1

      And the Ronettes, the Shirelles, and the Crystals.

    • @laminage
      @laminage 3 года назад

      @@Centervillejim Did The Ronettes do Shivaree?

  • @Selectrolux
    @Selectrolux 8 лет назад +5

    This song is similar in arrangement to Brenda Holloway's "Every Little Bit Hurts" released on Motown Records in the same year.

    • @laminage
      @laminage 8 лет назад

      I said this on another Channel but the melody reminds me of "Ohh Baby Baby" by The Miracles.

    • @musicteachjw
      @musicteachjw 7 лет назад

      All music is syncretic, bordering one from another. You can hear strains of Mozart in Beethoven and think - he stole that. LOL

    • @Versiongurl
      @Versiongurl 2 года назад

      A certain era will have a certain similar sound.

  • @samthesham5294
    @samthesham5294 5 лет назад

    Goes to show you Gorfy wasnt the only one separating lead singer from background..The Lead was several feet in beginning behind or in front with cameras focused on her

  • @dianepruitt55
    @dianepruitt55 Год назад

    Sheila and Anita Ross lived up the street from me

  • @TheRealNewBlackMusic
    @TheRealNewBlackMusic 2 года назад

    Tell u the truth I don't remember them that well. I don't think they got alot of newyork airplay. In 65 the ronnettes and the brill building girl groups were killing it and Detroit motown was bubbling up. But still I think this is a great act that I think was ahead of their time.

  • @vstarcruiser7141
    @vstarcruiser7141 7 лет назад

    wooooooooohooooooooo!.So Deniece wasnt the First....Yowza Dowza.

  • @KahunaGuru
    @KahunaGuru 6 лет назад +1

    WHATA VOICE SHE HAD