I remember taking Vietnam refugees to thrift stores and walmart. (1982). This was on a school bus 50 passenger bus as a Sw'er. These were good times. Now, I have a stroke. I'm 68 years young. May GOD give me 35-45 more years so I can teach.
Very personal to me. My wonderful wife of 50 years and I would vacation in Key Largo back in the early 1970's. We made love on the beach in the evenings and fell in love with each other there. Also Humphrey Bogart was one of my favorite actors. This song really brings it all home to me. Thank you Bertie Higgins.
Half n half these were always my songs from my heart. After 36 years I just am getting a Divorce . So I play my 🎶 loud n sing right along. Love to All. Keep sharing a simple hello n smile to anyone. Life goes on n I just begun.🤗🌹🤠
My first grown up love and my first real broken heart. I loved that man like I've never loved anyone else. His ex came back and they remarried for their kid's sake. I never really got over him. He's been gone now for a few years. I still miss him and everytime I hear this song, those beautiful memories flood in of that winter together in that old house with the big fireplace. ❤
Songs like this, and lots of others from the 70's and 80's are SO MUCH better than anything from today, and that's why I have so many CD's and some vinyl. I can promise that this song and so many others will NEVER die as long as I have a pulse!
I'm young, 22 years old and recently heard this in a movie..it was just a silly comedy movie but this song stood out to me and made me feel so emotional in a way I couldn't explain. So yes, even the new generations are carrying this song.
MY WIFE AND I WERE ON VACATION , HAD A MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE CRUISING THE FLORIDA KEYS !!! WE STOPPED AT A RESTAURANT THAT HAD OUTSIDE DINING WITH A LIVE BAND AND A DANCE FLOOR ON KEY LARGO ,THERE WAS A FULL MOON AND THEY STARTED PLAYING "KEY LARGO" !!! I RARELY DANCE BUT THAT IS A MOMENT THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET , I GET GOOSE BUMPS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AND THAT WAS OVER 40 YEARS AGO !!!
I was born in late 70's,have 3 older siblings and,they got me into their favorite pop culture. We exist but are aren't common. 💪 Stay strong brother. God bless.
I was 19 with a full set of hair in 82......I still have a full set of hair and its still mostly black. Maybe its good music like this that has kept my youth. lol .
Ahoy, Mates! From Quahog all the way to Vista Del Mar! WOW! Grateful my music is finding new audiences in "Disjointed",, "Family Guy" and "Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar" (They also used my song "Florida", which was wonderful!) Thanks to all the Bertie's Boneheads and other yacht rock fans for the love and support, always! - BH
Love this song forever! My mom had a paper route in early 80s delivering Atlanta paper and i would drive around with her this song was on radio all the time. Great memories.
Greetings Bertie. I love this song. I played several times a day while on vacation in Key Largo. It was the perfect song to listen to in the morning, then at lunch , dinner & on the water watching the gorgeous Florida Keys sunsets on the sunset cruises. This song is a timeless classic that will new grow old. The African Queen boat docked in Key Largo has be repaired & renovated. Now it is able to sail again for couples cruises.
It was 1982, I was lying on the living room floor with the most beautiful girl in the world and we were falling in love to this song. A few months later I was taking her to the beach to ask her to marry me. A fateful tyre defect caused the car to crash. She was taken from this world and my life turned upside down. My life moved on. I have been married now for more than 30 years and have 4 wonderful adult children. But I am sitting here in the dark listening to this song and I feel her arms around me. My first real love, gone way way too soon. My heart breaks with the memory.
Wife and I married 37 years now spent a vacation traveling up and down the keys 25 years ago. Scuba diving, deep sea fishing, kayaking and just stopping at random places. I recently told her I would like to drive the keys again with her. Pretend we're on that trip. Probably never happen as her health is not good and seems to be slipping away from me with each passing day. But this song always takes me back. Thx Berti.
In 82, we were engaged to be married. That came in '83. In 2002, after 34 years together and almost 20 wonderful years of marriage, he passed. We did have it all.
I'm listen to this for my Dear wife who went to heaven last year!! We had it all! It might not have been in Key Largo, but it was everywhere were ever we were!
I was about 22 and worked at a restaurant. There was this one bartender who was kind of a hard soul and sometimes could be a real jerk. But he loved old Humphrey Bogart movies. We would talk about them sometimes and whenever I hear this song I think of him.
I was living in South Florida in 1982 when this song was popular. I remember this playing on the radio of my 1980 Monte Carlo while driving to pick up a gorgeous blonde with green eyes and a smile that left me speechless that I had somehow talked into going out with me. She really was something. Still is, she's watching Netflix in our 'family room' right now, I married her in Miami in 1984. I smile whenever I hear this song.
This song has always been a favorite of mine. I told my husband I wanted to go to Key Largo and play it forever. Sadly, he passed, 2 days after our 25th Anniversary. That was 3 years ago. I will make it to Key Largo, even if it's only in my dreams ✨️ 🎶 Thank you Bertie, for keeping hope and romance alive, every time this song is played. ❤️🎹🎼
So sorry to hear about your loss--at least the two of you got to celebrate your 25th anniversary before it happened, although I suppose by that point your husband might not have been capable of "celebrating" anything (??). Again, my condolences. 😢
This song was playing over and over again when I gave my fiance her engagement ring at Pal's Cabin in West Orange, NJ. I would give anything to go back to that point in my life.
Tomorrow Sept 13, 2023 Hubby and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. This was and is our song. 1 girl, 2 boys and 6 grandchildren🥰 We are blessed. Thanks Bertie for our song🥰
I graduated HS in 82 and did all the ,80s things . The music was the best If you didn't grow up in the 70s and loved thru the 80s then you missed everything😢
I love the 80s music the order I get and the more my kids and people make fun of me because of my hairstyle '80s never left me and I never left the '80s I don't care what your year it is
I'm just quietly listening to all the songs I grew up with in my yard now, wish u could be here and enjoy them with everyone who grew up loving these Beautiful songs.
The only love of my life, my husband, died a few days ago.We met in 1982..Life goes by too fast and it's gone..Hold tight to each other and don't be afraid to give your whole heart, when they come along. You'll know.
My condolences. Love goes by like a warm Sunday afternoon. I’ll keep holding on till the day I have to let go. Thanks for the reminder that this ships sails fast so enjoy the ride
I was a South Florida resident when this song exploded. It was all over radio, both on Top-40 stations and adult-contemporary. 13 million youtube views says this song has some staying power!
I had just moved to Florida about the time this came out, and then it was followed by Miami Vice being a huge hit. Jimmy Buffett was still big at the time too, it reminded me a lot of his "Come Monday", kind of a similar laid back sound. Those early 80's seemed like such easy, breezy days compared to now. People weren't quite sure how to follow the excitement of the 70's, and everybody was just kind of laid back, letting the 80's settle into place, wondering what path things would take next. It felt like a great time to be in Florida and soaking up the tropical vibe on the beaches, and at the tiki bars and cocktail lounges ( remember the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail"?), it was the perfect atmosphere for it. This song was kind of one of the last of the songs that still had a 70's sound to it, after that it was all about the new wave and the British bands hitting it big. I will always love this song and thrilled to see so many others feel the same.
Drunk in a hotel bathroom at 3am and it wasn't until my wife banged on the door that I realize I had sung this masterpiece for the 8th time at the top of my lungs great times lol
This probably won’t be seen by anyone but my Grandma, who grew up in Tarpon Springs FL where Bertie grew up said she knew him fairly well. She told us he used to go over her house and hangout with her and her dad every so often. She got married and moved and forgot about him for a number of years till she said she heard him on the radio and couldn’t believe it! She is the reason I got to know his music! I always was so fascinated how she knew him! Anyways she’s passed away now and every time I hear this song I think of her❤️Miss her very much.
I remember when this song came out. I couldn't get enough of it. That was a long time ago, and I still come back to it here or on itunes. Absolutely timeless. Here's lookin' at you, Bertie.
This song takes me back to 1993.. My husband took me to Key Largo for the first time. We did have it all back then but we took it for granted and thought it would last forever. I'd give anything to go back there with him one more time...
I feel the same about taking life for granted. I don't know how to enjoy it until it's a long passed memory. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be? I visited Key Largo back in the 90's with my former wife. We loved it and it was very beautiful at the state park there. Our baby is now in her 30's, was always with us on trips. Great memories.
@@mabeleem4432 Yes, I just watched the video of Luke tearing up his room on the boat holding Laura's pink dress, screaming & crying, I am still crying. I had to come and listen to this song, I usually listen to it about 10 times in a row. Luke & Laura Forever. 💕💕💕💕💕
Wow, what a story! Thanks for sharing that, as a singer myself I'm very touched to know a song could mean that much to someone. It must have had some deep meaning for him, even if it might have been just about the sound of it really soothing him in some way. I've had songs I loved where just the sound of it really got to my emotions.
Your music didn't shock your parents? Come on. Music breaks down barriers. Ours did and now theirs is. Maybe if we weren't so bad they wouldn't have to work so hard to shock us. Ever think about that?
@@michelewalburn4376 No. You're wrong. Forget Rap and Hip Hop music with its constant race to the bottom on vile lyrics (I'm looking at you Cardi B and your disgusting WAP song). But when you see today's radio friendly pop artists constantly dropping F-bombs (I'm looking at you Olivia Rodrigo) in their explicit versions of so many of their songs (even freaking Taylor Swift has jumped on this terrible trend) ...that is the difference. Except for very rare cases, swearing in songs was just not a thing in past generations. Now it seems difficult for some artists to avoid doing it. And, like their stupid tattoos, vaping, and body piercings, it seems that cussing in music is also a big part of today's "rebel youth" counterculture. And unfortunately, these are the people whom todays' 6, 7 and 8 year olds aspire to be and will repeat what they see and hear.
Dear Mr Higgins just wanted to let you know I am a disc jockey and have a large vinyl collection. And your music is among that collection. Great Work!!
I was young and a new bride. This was our song. Little did I know that it wouldn't last. That was 20 years ago. My heart died when it was over. My life went on quite well but no more love.
You listen to these songs you don't have to see the world as it falls....go back to years before and feel the piece. Me and my grandkids listen to this song every week here in Key Largo
Who down votes the Key Largo song?! And growing up near the Keys in south Dade County in 1981 when this song hit was a special time. It even inspired my oldest sister and her new husband, who married in 1981, to honeymoon in Key Largo.
Bertie once supported himself as a sponge diver, and began his career in show business at the age of twelve as a ventriloquist. No wonder his voice is so unique as he would have built up lung capacity. He was also a drummer for Tommy Roe. So yes he had it all and made the most of it co-writing this song and making it one of the most memorable songs of all time. Once you hear it he hooks you like a Tarpon so that you have to keep playing it over and over again flooding you with memories of that special love you had and maybe lost and your life was never the same again.
This was one of my dad's favorite songs. Now that he's passed away, I feel like it helps me remember him, while helping me hold on to the nostalgia of my childhood. Love this!
Married 50+ years. We went to Maimi in the 90s and drove on highway 1 all the way to Key West to eat. Stopped at Key Largo just to take pictures. We were so happy just to be there. We were fans of Bogie and Bacall! He is been gone 7 years but these songs keeps him here with me. ❤️❤️
Bertie, I was the music director and midday DJ in South Carolina when Cat Family Records released this song. We played this thing in rotation even after MCA records wanted us to send it back because they were re-releasing it. The listeners were more important and they wanted to hear the song, sooo... we replaced the record when the newer release came in. Years later and living on Amelia Island Florida, you and your band came and played at the Shrimp Festival. Great memories, man. Thank you.
This song was the soundtrack to my first marriage falling apart. I even remember quoting ".... I love you still, baby this can't be the end". Bittersweet memories
Played this song many times on the radio during my alleged radio career in the great northwest. There was always something special about this song. It just touches you . Now I'm an old man with my clock winding down. I hope this song is never forgotten..life passes you in the blink of an eye
I was a DJ back then too. Just as The Pina Colada Song finally fizzled this one came out. We called it housewife music. Ah, but guess what was on the horizon in 1983? "Ride Like The Wind".....ugh.
When I was a teenager in the late 80s this kind of music would come on the radio and I hated it. In the late 90s there was girl in college I dated who loved this stuff, and I ended up listening to it just to spend time with her. It didn't take long for the music to grow on me. As I approach 50 this stuff is about all I listen to - it just feels good. Bertie is one of my favorites -the aesthetics in this video are so nice. Many thanks!
Unforgettable moments.... the eighties... "Key Largo"... pure romantic top class, both lyrically and musically including a song with an international message for young and old. Bertie Higgins... pure youth sentiment...!
I listen to this song, with tears in my eyes because I miss my first real love. We truly had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall. Even though I’m happily married to a woman that I truly love, nothing can ever compare to the love me and my first true love shared
I know how you feel. I was in love with a woman who was married with a child. She and her husband were in a tumultuous relationship that it is a matter of time it would end in a divorce. I tried to wait it out instead being a homewrecker. Then surprisingly, she had another child with her husband. I was in my early 30s and I thought perhaps I was wrong, their marriage would last. I decided it was time to look elsewhere I am not getting any younger. Soon I met another woman who would end up to be my wife. I gave a wedding invitation card to her, and she said she's planning to get a divorce. I couldn't leave my fiance. Soon she ended her marriage. With two children, she remarried to a wealthy man who was at least 18 years older than she was. This was over 20 years ago.
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My dad died 3 weeks ago tomorrow. I used to sing this with him
So sorry. I lost my Dad in 2023.
God Bless U ❤
Oh, the memories...music is not the same anymore
Thank God. This sucks donkey balls.
WHAT A GORGEOUS MAN....WOW
He's 80 now, Peter P.
@@rayc9899 He's 80 now, Peter P.
@@RManFlintI'm pretty sure they were talking about what he looked like in the video(he was 38).😆
I miss music like this
I miss it by listening to it every waking hour of the day!
Me to
My brother Arch Pearson played bass guitar in this recording. I love that I can still hear him. He died in 2003.
💙💙💙💙
Wow God Bless his soul
💛 that’s so lovely.
Wow that’s so very very beautiful.
❤
That's what music is supposed to sound like. Good ole days. The best time
Music back then was the best. Yes the good old days. Wish I could go back to them
look up yacht rock
For my husband of 40 years. Who passed 7 years ago. We truly had it all. ❤️
What a wonderful memory ❤God bless
❤️
Same for me. He actually looked like Bertie. I didn’t look her however 😂 but it was magic. Of course not all the time but when it was
It’s very tough but hope you are doing ok. Honey I was your hero.
Sorry babe 😢
Great song when it came out in February 1982 who's here at the end of 2024
I'm here
Me...I remember this song from wayyyyyyyy back ..I'm 56 ..
I remember taking Vietnam refugees to thrift stores and walmart. (1982). This was on a school bus 50 passenger bus as a Sw'er. These were good times. Now, I have a stroke. I'm 68 years young. May GOD give me 35-45 more years so I can teach.
why did god give you a stroke
How deep
I hope you get your years to do the things you want to do.
Lord, help your child, heal their body, in Jesus Name
From X soldier.💗🇦🇺
Man I miss 80's chicks!!!
He look my first love, Marcel.
The 80's chicks are still with us now, if you wait 2 decades more they will be in their 80's
Now, they're older.
Very personal to me. My wonderful wife of 50 years and I would vacation in Key Largo back in the early 1970's. We made love on the beach in the evenings and fell in love with each other there. Also Humphrey Bogart was one of my favorite actors. This song really brings it all home to me. Thank you Bertie Higgins.
TMI🙃
“Made love?”
Ok, boomer
👏👏🤜
Wonderful to know that you had it all just like boggie and bacall!!
Me, i want to say hello just like we did in key largo.
I will go someday.❤❤❤
If you're listening to this song right now your brain is functioning well and you enjoy life. Congratulations!
You couldn't be more right sir.
Free.
Sharing n hug when safe n a smile that's
Half n half these were always my songs from my heart. After 36 years I just am getting a Divorce . So I play my 🎶 loud n sing right along. Love to All. Keep sharing a simple hello n smile to anyone. Life goes on n I just begun.🤗🌹🤠
THANK YOU NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON ANYTHING
My first grown up love and my first real broken heart. I loved that man like I've never loved anyone else. His ex came back and they remarried for their kid's sake. I never really got over him. He's been gone now for a few years. I still miss him and everytime I hear this song, those beautiful memories flood in of that winter together in that old house with the big fireplace. ❤
Never underestimate the power of a song ❤🩹
A message to the future generations. Don't let this song die.
Songs like this, and lots of others from the 70's and 80's are SO MUCH better than anything from today, and that's why I have so many CD's and some vinyl.
I can promise that this song and so many others will NEVER die as long as I have a pulse!
Impossible, this song will never die!
27 here.. I won't and I will make sure my kids listen to the 80s as well.
19 here, don’t think it can :)
I'm young, 22 years old and recently heard this in a movie..it was just a silly comedy movie but this song stood out to me and made me feel so emotional in a way I couldn't explain. So yes, even the new generations are carrying this song.
This was my Momma’s favorite song. She passed in January of this year from Covid. God, I miss her. I love you, Mom. ❤️
I know. Nobody can forget mom. I miss mine too
Back when romantic notions were not sneered at...or considered lame.
MY WIFE AND I WERE ON VACATION , HAD A MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE CRUISING THE FLORIDA KEYS !!! WE STOPPED AT A RESTAURANT THAT HAD OUTSIDE DINING WITH A LIVE BAND AND A DANCE FLOOR ON KEY LARGO ,THERE WAS A FULL MOON AND THEY STARTED PLAYING "KEY LARGO" !!! I RARELY DANCE BUT THAT IS A MOMENT THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET , I GET GOOSE BUMPS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AND THAT WAS OVER 40 YEARS AGO !!!
O love it. Thank you for sharing
@@lewislukanc1354 He look so much like my first love, Marcel.
Oh yes....thanks so much for sharing; what a beautiful memory❤
I remember that! That was YOU?
2020 and still enjoying this song. Anyone else?
Yup
Oh yes!!!! 💛🎼🎼🎼💛
2021 enjoying it
Me jack.2021 too.
Cool Profile pic
I’m 80 year young . Still one of favorite song. Thanks Berti. I’m living in Paris but I miss Key Largo.
2023 and still loving this great song.
I was born in 1979. I'm 44 now. It's almost impossible to find someone around my age that loves the old B&W movies, like I do.
I was born in late 70's,have 3 older siblings and,they got me into their favorite pop culture. We exist but are aren't common. 💪 Stay strong brother. God bless.
Same! Except off by two years 😁
You are really Young ... find color😀
I find it so crazy that we were born in the same year, have the same first name, and both love old black and white movies. :)
@@ARochelleC05 nice to meet you! :)
Please tell me you're not a Capricorn as well!! LoL 🤣
I was 22 in 82' now I'm 62 & still loving this song ! Bertie your song will play til the end of time .
God bless you 🙏
I was 19 with a full set of hair in 82......I still have a full set of hair and its still mostly black. Maybe its good music like this that has kept my youth. lol .
Scary how time flies. That was the year I got married!!
I'm 72 and in tears again - this song ... !
I was 25 playing this song on the radio thinking I was on top of the world with my alleged DJ career
The 80s were the best decade ever. Good times.
Ahoy, Mates! From Quahog all the way to Vista Del Mar! WOW! Grateful my music is finding new audiences in "Disjointed",, "Family Guy" and "Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar" (They also used my song "Florida", which was wonderful!) Thanks to all the Bertie's Boneheads and other yacht rock fans for the love and support, always! - BH
I can listen to this 10 times a day. When music was magical.
Love this song forever! My mom had a paper route in early 80s delivering Atlanta paper and i would drive around with her this song was on radio all the time. Great memories.
Greetings Bertie. I love this song. I played several times a day while on vacation in Key Largo. It was the perfect song to listen to in the morning, then at lunch , dinner & on the water watching the gorgeous Florida Keys sunsets on the sunset cruises. This song is a timeless classic that will new grow old. The African Queen boat docked in Key Largo has be repaired & renovated. Now it is able to sail again for couples cruises.
@@johnglazewski44
I play this song over and over. 💕💕
Bertie, thank you for bringing us joy and happiness with this song.
Love the music.
Reflection of my life.1979…
Mine also in 1984
So let me get this straight... Quarantine has brought us all back to legendary songs like Key Largo
One at a time, we are finding our way back....
@@angies2389 Well it's about time!! Liberals have almost destroyed us and the world as we know it. The pendelium is going the other way!!!!!!
So true..it something good in everything🎶
I was always listening 😘
Legendary is questionable, but, yeah, this song has been drifting in and out of my consciousness for a few days now.
It was 1982, I was lying on the living room floor with the most beautiful girl in the world and we were falling in love to this song. A few months later I was taking her to the beach to ask her to marry me. A fateful tyre defect caused the car to crash. She was taken from this world and my life turned upside down. My life moved on. I have been married now for more than 30 years and have 4 wonderful adult children. But I am sitting here in the dark listening to this song and I feel her arms around me. My first real love, gone way way too soon. My heart breaks with the memory.
Your time with her was not on this earth. Another time, another space you will meet her again.
Cherish the memories,God Bless
at rolly tire....stupid..
Roland Hearn I am in touching your love affair
@@drlin520103 huh?
41 years old and still better than anything on today's radio I miss the 80s
The last good decade
Have you tried radio garden? I’m pretty sure it won’t take you long to find something better.
Justin Bieber is not even close to be as good as Bertie Higgins
I do too
✅🎯💯
Wife and I married 37 years now spent a vacation traveling up and down the keys 25 years ago. Scuba diving, deep sea fishing, kayaking and just stopping at random places. I recently told her I would like to drive the keys again with her. Pretend we're on that trip. Probably never happen as her health is not good and seems to be slipping away from me with each passing day. But this song always takes me back. Thx Berti.
Bless you. I pray that your wife gets better 🙏❤
Lov❤this song I can play alllllllll day cray my ❤️out. Bring s back memories love ❤️ uuuuuu
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Maybe it's best not to go back. That was magic years for you two. Just hold her now and talk about it. Enjoy her everyday like there's tomorrow.
You had that time, and that is more than many ever get. I hope your wife recovers.
The lady in this video was so beautiful way back then, that beauty is timeless just like this song.
Ya I agree she's so pretty ❤
Wikipedia identifies her as 17 year old Patty Wolfe. A real cutie.
@@johnpjones182 Wikipedia's freaking amazing!
I think women looked better in the 80s.
I miss those days when music had love and meaning some one please take me back to the 1980s
@Magnum 357 yes i agree
You said that right,the Good ol days!!I don't know what this music is today,I'm ol skool when it comes to music!!
I’m going with
ABSOLUTELY
@@Johnny747CB They don't know what heart felt music from the soul is. No one forgets that special music
This song randomly popped in my head . Instantly took me back to my childhood. Damn I wish I could go back 😢❤
Don’t we all! Best of music, best of times!
It just popped into my head too.😊😊
@Greg Normal Not really I just liked the sound of this song when I was younger. And quite often old songs pop into my head. Have a nice day.
Yes, I hear that.
Actually, the second time I went to Florida I heard this on the radio while I was driving in the Florida Keys.
I’d give anything to go back when this song was out.
In 82, we were engaged to be married. That came in '83.
In 2002, after 34 years together and almost 20 wonderful years of marriage, he passed.
We did have it all.
I want it all…again….
This song never gets old. A real classic.
nope
Never!!!! He is a big Trumper too! Like him more!!
@@jasonhitch660 What are you talking about?
You said it! Great composition and great times. Never more but never forgotten...
Love it
I'm listen to this for my Dear wife who went to heaven last year!! We had it all! It might not have been in Key Largo, but it was everywhere were ever we were!
gonefishing218 She's in the grave. If she was a saint (repented), she'll be resurrected to life when Christ returns.
I'm sorry gonefishing. I understand heart pain.
+gonefishing218 She sleeps my friend, and waits for His return....
I'm sorry for your loss gone fishing god we help you thru your pain
Jb Johnson thank you!! anyone tells you it gets easier with time, it doesn't for me!! God bless
I was about 22 and worked at a restaurant. There was this one bartender who was kind of a hard soul and sometimes could be a real jerk. But he loved old Humphrey Bogart movies. We would talk about them sometimes and whenever I hear this song I think of him.
I was living in South Florida in 1982 when this song was popular. I remember this playing on the radio of my 1980 Monte Carlo while driving to pick up a gorgeous blonde with green eyes and a smile that left me speechless that I had somehow talked into going out with me. She really was something. Still is, she's watching Netflix in our 'family room' right now, I married her in Miami in 1984. I smile whenever I hear this song.
This song seems like it could be the 1st song you hear when you enter into heaven. Peaceful, calming, soothing & beautiful.
What an incredibly appropriate comment 😊
hahahahaha you read my mind
AMEN X 2😇
Wow i feel exactly what your saying.
@@Rugerforevercat
Seriously and this song is perfection of its genre and place in time.
As far as I’m concerned, this is the best song ever written & recorded.
This song has always been a favorite of mine. I told my husband I wanted to go to Key Largo and play it forever. Sadly, he passed, 2 days after our 25th Anniversary. That was 3 years ago. I will make it to Key Largo, even if it's only in my dreams ✨️ 🎶 Thank you Bertie, for keeping hope and romance alive, every time this song is played. ❤️🎹🎼
I’m here tonight, in Key Largo. I hope you made it.
No. Crying 😢 once again. 💔
The neighbor down the hall is preparing to move to key largo.
So sorry to hear about your loss--at least the two of you got to celebrate your 25th anniversary before it happened, although I suppose by that point your husband might not have been capable of "celebrating" anything (??). Again, my condolences. 😢
A great song and great video😊
This song was playing over and over again when I gave my fiance her engagement ring at Pal's Cabin in West Orange, NJ. I would give anything to go back to that point in my life.
Tomorrow Sept 13, 2023 Hubby and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. This was and is our song. 1 girl, 2 boys and 6 grandchildren🥰 We are blessed. Thanks Bertie for our song🥰
It has become a classic. There is no other song like this.
Yeah there is. Real World by Alan Jackson
what they teach kids these days.. desantis gives parents some rights
@@Amaberean Your ears must hear something other than mine 😊
The 80's the best decade of time existence
Yes I was only born in 89 but the music was so better in the 80s 🤎
I graduated HS in 82 and did all the ,80s things . The music was the best
If you didn't grow up in the 70s and loved thru the 80s then you missed everything😢
@@allenedwards3073Iwas born in 1955 60s 70s and 80s were all great music, beginning in the 90s except for smooth jazz, music was awful
Every time I hear it, I can’t listen to it just once‼️‼️✌️✌️10/2023
This song brings back memories from a happier time in my life
Here's looking at you kid!
Me too!!!
Me too.. I still miss her to this day..
You never forget your 1st love
Amen.
Anyone still listening to this song
Or just me :/
Listen this song always reminds me of my husband that passed 2 years ago
Love this song reminds me of my husband
15 June 2019 Melbourne Australia...what a song, wow !!!!!
Never stopped listening!
June 2019
I've been listening to this classic for 40 years and I've always thought it was beautiful. They don't make em like this anymore. That's for sure
Keeper of the stars is good. When you say nothing at all. Mr. Bojangles. Rock me gently. Ya
I think the BeeGees try and isn't too bad xxx
Reminds me of my mom she loved this song I miss
Songs like this never gets old at least to me, I enjoyed it in the 80s and still love it in 2021
I love the 80s music the order I get and the more my kids and people make fun of me because of my hairstyle '80s never left me and I never left the '80s I don't care what your year it is
May 2022
I'm love this song.😊😊♥️♥️
I could listen to this song 24/7. I remember playing it for my wife while driving from Miami to Key West. She instantly fell in love with this song
Enjoy Lonnie, You'll never hear music this good again.
This type of music is a medicine for anxiety and depression, I just chill out😇😌😌
You are so right. 💞
I'm just quietly listening to all the songs I grew up with in my yard now, wish u could be here and enjoy them with everyone who grew up loving these Beautiful songs.
This and a tropical drink do it 4 me
You Ain't Never Lied!!!!🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
Hey, who's still here listening in 1982, anyone?
Finally, an original and funny date comment!
Part of me will always be
Nice to go back
Yes.
if you still listening to this type of music in 2020 you are special 🍀❤
Thanks, so are you !
this is at least better than cardi b's pussy song
And so is this music.
Thank you
Well thank you!!!❤❤❤ It's just so sweet of you to say such a nice thing!!
As a nice southern woman I'd like to say bless your little heart.
The only love of my life, my husband, died a few days ago.We met in 1982..Life goes by too fast and it's gone..Hold tight to each other and don't be afraid to give your whole heart, when they come along. You'll know.
True.
Barts kid Sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss, may your husband rip, and my god bless you
Very nice words. Thank you and I pray you find love again.
My condolences. Love goes by like a warm Sunday afternoon. I’ll keep holding on till the day I have to let go. Thanks for the reminder that this ships sails fast so enjoy the ride
I was a South Florida resident when this song exploded. It was all over radio, both on Top-40 stations and adult-contemporary. 13 million youtube views says this song has some staying power!
and the bumper to bumper traffic all the way to the key west.
I had just moved to Florida about the time this came out, and then it was followed by Miami Vice being a huge hit. Jimmy Buffett was still big at the time too, it reminded me a lot of his "Come Monday", kind of a similar laid back sound. Those early 80's seemed like such easy, breezy days compared to now. People weren't quite sure how to follow the excitement of the 70's, and everybody was just kind of laid back, letting the 80's settle into place, wondering what path things would take next. It felt like a great time to be in Florida and soaking up the tropical vibe on the beaches, and at the tiki bars and cocktail lounges ( remember the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail"?), it was the perfect atmosphere for it. This song was kind of one of the last of the songs that still had a 70's sound to it, after that it was all about the new wave and the British bands hitting it big. I will always love this song and thrilled to see so many others feel the same.
Ask him about when he used to sing in the bar in Illinois back in the day;-)
Yep, heavy rotation on JOY 107 in the 80s🤣
Drunk in a hotel bathroom at 3am and it wasn't until my wife banged on the door that I realize I had sung this masterpiece for the 8th time at the top of my lungs great times lol
This song gets better as time goes by😊💽❤👍
Love this song
Damn skippy! :)
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD !
Other creepy videos of men with kids 1. Benny Mardones - Into the night 2. Gilbert O Sullivan - Clair
Timelessmusic Familymusic yes,it does
This probably won’t be seen by anyone but my Grandma, who grew up in Tarpon Springs FL where Bertie grew up said she knew him fairly well. She told us he used to go over her house and hangout with her and her dad every so often. She got married and moved and forgot about him for a number of years till she said she heard him on the radio and couldn’t believe it! She is the reason I got to know his music! I always was so fascinated how she knew him! Anyways she’s passed away now and every time I hear this song I think of her❤️Miss her very much.
That is so sweet great story
We see it. :D that's awesome!
I was just trying to piece together the lyrics. Didn't know who sung this song. "Just like [Lauren] Bacall. " but it's Bogie. LOL oops.
I remember when this song came out. I couldn't get enough of it. That was a long time ago, and I still come back to it here or on itunes. Absolutely timeless. Here's lookin' at you, Bertie.
A Classic
YES INDEED!👍
Awe the 80's beautiful!
God love you
Lol I’m not sure I remember it coming out because I would have been a baby but I still love coming back to it. A classic
Love “Key Largo“ the movie and Bogart and Bacall . Love the song and the video.
I remember watching it with my mother. She loved Humphrey Bogart.
Oh my goodness what a handsome man!! Love this song even in July 2024
2024 and still loving this song. Thank you Bertie.💜💜💜
The 80's WE had it all. All those great songs 👫
Takes me right back to 1982 --- when I was in 7th grade and loving my Atari 2600 game system !!
Got that right ❤😎👍
And the feel was different. People were more real. Maybe it was the mindset... cause i haven't changed.
@@billbelzek6748 yes! Combat, river raid, so many classics.
This song takes me back to 1993.. My husband took me to Key Largo for the first time. We did have it all back then but we took it for granted and thought it would last forever. I'd give anything to go back there with him one more time...
I feel the same about taking life for granted. I don't know how to enjoy it until it's a long passed memory. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be? I visited Key Largo back in the 90's with my former wife. We loved it and it was very beautiful at the state park there. Our baby is now in her 30's, was always with us on trips. Great memories.
Not only is this an exceptional song, the story behind the song is special, and for me, it brings back fond memories - a special era.
I knew some what about it just can't remember. It's been a while
General Hospital, when even the guys were watching, LOL.
Rebe M Luke and holly themes ❤️
@@mabeleem4432 I know I was...shhh
@@mabeleem4432
Yes, I just watched the video of Luke tearing up his room on the boat holding Laura's pink dress, screaming & crying, I am still crying.
I had to come and listen to this song, I usually listen to it about 10 times in a row.
Luke & Laura Forever. 💕💕💕💕💕
never gets old together for 55 yrs. married 52 yrs. "Yes here's looking at you kid"!
Wow! I haven't heard this song in 30+ years. Within 30 seconds I was transported back to a time long, long ago.
a time long, long ago ... to key largo... HA!
No you weren't you're just a nut
, 💟‼🔥💥🎷🎸🎤🎧🎻⚡‼⚡‼💟‼💟🔥🎸‼‼🎤‼🎧‼💟🔥🔥💟⚡💟
damn, just posted basically the same experience.... we had it all...... and instant flood of lyrics and memories.
Like beautiful song👍💟 hi from el salvador
Thanks for posting. It brings back good memories.
My dad loved this tune so much he asked me to make him a cassette of it on repeat. He'd listen to that 120 minute tape for hours back in '82.
Perhaps this song reminds him of a love relationship he once had.
So nice of you to do that
Wow, what a story! Thanks for sharing that, as a singer myself I'm very touched to know a song could mean that much to someone. It must have had some deep meaning for him, even if it might have been just about the sound of it really soothing him in some way. I've had songs I loved where just the sound of it really got to my emotions.
@@whyicare I'll say that he was a HUGE Boogie and Bacall fan. Yes, he found the tune to be very nostalgic. Thank you.
Before music was profane. What a classy and classic song!
I agree. Ahhh the good ole days ❤️😉🎶
"wrapped around each other" is profane! Society will always change and the music will change to keep in step.
Your music didn't shock your parents? Come on. Music breaks down barriers. Ours did and now theirs is. Maybe if we weren't so bad they wouldn't have to work so hard to shock us. Ever think about that?
yes music changes through time, today's music has morphed into feces
@@michelewalburn4376 No. You're wrong. Forget Rap and Hip Hop music with its constant race to the bottom on vile lyrics (I'm looking at you Cardi B and your disgusting WAP song). But when you see today's radio friendly pop artists constantly dropping F-bombs (I'm looking at you Olivia Rodrigo) in their explicit versions of so many of their songs (even freaking Taylor Swift has jumped on this terrible trend) ...that is the difference. Except for very rare cases, swearing in songs was just not a thing in past generations. Now it seems difficult for some artists to avoid doing it. And, like their stupid tattoos, vaping, and body piercings, it seems that cussing in music is also a big part of today's "rebel youth" counterculture. And unfortunately, these are the people whom todays' 6, 7 and 8 year olds aspire to be and will repeat what they see and hear.
Dear Mr Higgins just wanted to let you know I am a disc jockey and have a large vinyl collection. And your music is among that collection. Great Work!!
I was young and a new bride. This was our song. Little did I know that it wouldn't last. That was 20 years ago. My heart died when it was over. My life went on quite well but no more love.
My Mom's favorite song. She would play it over and over again. 💜🎼💜
My Moms also !!!!!that’s what brought me here she’s gone 20 years this year good memories
I am 70yrs old and this is one of the song I get requested a lot to sing in a karaoke bar. And I love signing it. Thank you so much for the song 🤗😎
Where are you singing?
You listen to these songs you don't have to see the world as it falls....go back to years before and feel the piece. Me and my grandkids listen to this song every week here in Key Largo
Yes
Thats why I am here. 💕💕💕
A very popular and well loved song here in South Africa 🇿🇦. I was 14 in,'82... still love it in2024
Thank you for posting
Great memories
Its now 2023 and I could never get enough of this song. Reminds me of someone. Blake i will never forget you!❤😊
Who down votes the Key Largo song?!
And growing up near the Keys in south Dade County in 1981 when this song hit was a special time. It even inspired my oldest sister and her new husband, who married in 1981, to honeymoon in Key Largo.
Why would anyone NOT love this song. Great memories.
Jack, they got no heart and spend every second of their pathetic lives ALONE with their right hand. No discrimination from me ,left hand too.
Bertie once supported himself as a sponge diver, and began his career in show business at the age of twelve as a ventriloquist. No wonder his voice is so unique as he would have built up lung capacity. He was also a drummer for Tommy Roe. So yes he had it all and made the most of it co-writing this song and making it one of the most memorable songs of all time. Once you hear it he hooks you like a Tarpon so that you have to keep playing it over and over again flooding you with memories of that special love you had and maybe lost and your life was never the same again.
Born in 1950. Served 26 months Vietnam flying helicopters and just never stopped loving this song!
Welcome home, brother. Spent 19 in rice country
Thanking You BOTH for your service. And may your memories this song brings You Bring A huge smile to your faces!!!! ❤❤
Welcome Home...
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Thank you for your service!
For a short while my late husband and I
lived in the Keys....
Here's to you kid!💖💖☘☘
Haven't heard this gem in decades. Gives me a warm feeling.
I too have beautiful memories of this song
This was one of my dad's favorite songs. Now that he's passed away, I feel like it helps me remember him, while helping me hold on to the nostalgia of my childhood. Love this!
Married 50+ years. We went to Maimi in the 90s and drove on highway 1 all the way to Key West to eat. Stopped at Key Largo just to take pictures. We were so happy just to be there. We were fans of Bogie and Bacall! He is been gone 7 years but these songs keeps him here with me. ❤️❤️
2020 still sailing away to key largo
Amen!
No question about it!!
Me too!
Zack!!!!
Damn skipppy!!
Bertie, I was the music director and midday DJ in South Carolina when Cat Family Records released this song. We played this thing in rotation even after MCA records wanted us to send it back because they were re-releasing it. The listeners were more important and they wanted to hear the song, sooo... we replaced the record when the newer release came in. Years later and living on Amelia Island Florida, you and your band came and played at the Shrimp Festival. Great memories, man. Thank you.
This song was the soundtrack to my first marriage falling apart. I even remember quoting ".... I love you still, baby this can't be the end".
Bittersweet memories
I hope you found someone to help you pick up the pieces and to love again. It's very hard to find I know but I hope you did.
This takes me back to my younger year with a sweetheart that lasted 56 years.
It brings tears of joy such fond memories.
Played this song many times on the radio during my alleged radio career in the great northwest. There was always something special about this song. It just touches you . Now I'm an old man with my clock winding down. I hope this song is never forgotten..life passes you in the blink of an eye
I was a DJ back then too. Just as The Pina Colada Song finally fizzled this one came out. We called it housewife music. Ah, but guess what was on the horizon in 1983? "Ride Like The Wind".....ugh.
Music takes you right back to those precious intangible moments you ache for.
We all have a soft spot in our heart for our first love that was a time of innocence
This Song is 40 Years old!! I was 20 years old in 1982 and I feel young everytime I heard it again ☺️
How many times has been memory been tickled by this song. It's one of the best ever songs.
When I was a teenager in the late 80s this kind of music would come on the radio and I hated it.
In the late 90s there was girl in college I dated who loved this stuff, and I ended up listening to it just to spend time with her.
It didn't take long for the music to grow on me. As I approach 50 this stuff is about all I listen to - it just feels good.
Bertie is one of my favorites -the aesthetics in this video are so nice. Many thanks!
2024 I woke up with this song in my head!❤
Close your eyes and it takes you back to the 1980s - love it
Unforgettable moments.... the eighties... "Key Largo"... pure romantic top class, both lyrically and musically including a song with an international message for young and old. Bertie Higgins... pure youth sentiment...!
I love her singing 🎉
I listen to this song, with tears in my eyes because I miss my first real love. We truly had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall. Even though I’m happily married to a woman that I truly love, nothing can ever compare to the love me and my first true love shared
I know how you feel. I was in love with a woman who was married with a child. She and her husband were in a tumultuous relationship that it is a matter of time it would end in a divorce. I tried to wait it out instead being a homewrecker. Then surprisingly, she had another child with her husband. I was in my early 30s and I thought perhaps I was wrong, their marriage would last. I decided it was time to look elsewhere I am not getting any younger. Soon I met another woman who would end up to be my wife. I gave a wedding invitation card to her, and she said she's planning to get a divorce. I couldn't leave my fiance. Soon she ended her marriage. With two children, she remarried to a wealthy man who was at least 18 years older than she was. This was over 20 years ago.
My uncle did that. Married someone other than his 1st and greatest true love. Weird. (Only jokin'! 🤔Still puzzling tho').
This song is a true love story, today in 2024 I am still listening to it and I like it a lot.