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    Broadcast date: 1976-01-01
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  • @rubedogg6969
    @rubedogg6969 2 года назад +170

    Deniece looks so pretty here.

  • @dumfriesspearhead7398
    @dumfriesspearhead7398 Год назад +161

    This is insanely beautiful. The singer, the song, the audience, those heavenly silhouettes.
    Just sublime.

  • @SmittyRu169
    @SmittyRu169 Год назад +84

    1976 Deniece Williams Free. Straight Classic.

  • @wliburcortez779
    @wliburcortez779 2 года назад +280

    Written by Maurice White with Earth Wind & Fire providing the beat.

    • @toddmitchell7701
      @toddmitchell7701 2 года назад +31

      Maurice didn't write it he just produced this classic

    • @rubenmartin3994
      @rubenmartin3994 2 года назад +14

      @@toddmitchell7701 Exactly.

    • @laurasanders984
      @laurasanders984 2 года назад +15

      maybe Earth Wind & Fire played the instuments.

    • @toddmitchell7701
      @toddmitchell7701 2 года назад +13

      @@laurasanders984 yes some of them played on the album

    • @jurgeng38
      @jurgeng38 Год назад +4

      So clean

  • @pinkieboo98
    @pinkieboo98 3 года назад +140

    I love being black ♥️

    • @KeithKazamaFlick
      @KeithKazamaFlick Год назад

      Dumb comment.

    • @MarshaScott-ns1zd
      @MarshaScott-ns1zd 8 месяцев назад +8

      Me too

    • @terryleigh7190
      @terryleigh7190 4 месяца назад +7

      Me too ❤

    • @lesmichele39
      @lesmichele39 4 месяца назад +5

      Well it matters to her and that’s all that matters we don’t care that you’re a 61 yr old white woman. Good for you. We’re black and proud and she had every right to confirm so

    • @zingo2664
      @zingo2664 4 месяца назад +6

      Black singer are thee best in the world , i could list all of my favourite female singers right now and would find 99% are black, they are ALL amazing artists & are so beautiful.

  • @misscharlotte8443
    @misscharlotte8443 8 дней назад +3

    Old school jams ❤2024 still vibing and jamming 😃

  • @KingIzKash
    @KingIzKash Год назад +143

    What a great time to be growing up in NY with this as one of the theme songs of my life! The 70’s and 80’s are arguably the best era’s in modern music history! R&B, Soul 🎶💜🎼💯🎵💎👌🏽🎤

    • @tinaBabe4
      @tinaBabe4 Год назад +5

      Yes Truly!!!! 🎉💞💋🎵

    • @KingIzKash
      @KingIzKash Год назад +2

      @@tinaBabe4 💜👑💪🏾

    • @patricioramirezcarmona8302
      @patricioramirezcarmona8302 Год назад +2

      Así es, tuvimos la dicha de disfrutar en esos maravillosos años, de excelentes creaciones, solistas, agrupaciones que JAMÁS podrán igualar. Los 70 y 80 época de oro de la VERDADERA música saludos amigo.

    • @rufanuf1
      @rufanuf1 Год назад +3

      They are arguably the best eras in the whole existence of humanity

    • @TA-ht4jo
      @TA-ht4jo 6 месяцев назад +3

      I love 70s and 80s music but I gotta add the 90s. Gotta add the 90s.

  • @yezzerskii3166
    @yezzerskii3166 Год назад +36

    Song was way ahead of it’s time … man this will forever be a jam

  • @jamesh2711
    @jamesh2711 2 года назад +108

    So beautiful of a song, that I was literally moved to tears.

    • @danielmorgan3590
      @danielmorgan3590 Год назад +3

      same here

    • @neilcook3401
      @neilcook3401 Год назад +5

      Same here...and I never really appreciated this song when it first came out....now I adore it. What a vocal performance.❤❤❤

    • @gohdundee
      @gohdundee Год назад +1

      Same here.

    • @ShaniTrahan-sk2rd
      @ShaniTrahan-sk2rd Месяц назад

      Yes it is beautiful of a song it’s touching from the heart 💛💚💗💜💙❤

  • @sydanaguacielos
    @sydanaguacielos Год назад +47

    Her voice just SOARS on this song! It's heaven!! 🌤

  • @scotttimothy64
    @scotttimothy64 22 дня назад +1

    I can only imagine entering the pearly gates, this is the voice you'll hear

  • @rjam1974
    @rjam1974 2 года назад +64

    Love the SoulTrain of this period in regards to the stage setup and the Disco ball. The studded jewelry on clothing and the light reflecting off gives a overall beautiful scene and setting

    • @TheCaulfield1
      @TheCaulfield1 Год назад +2

      Couldn't of said it better myself ❤️🎵🎤

    • @tinaBabe4
      @tinaBabe4 Год назад +2

      Yesssss!!!!

    • @PayneLive
      @PayneLive 6 месяцев назад

      My only disappointment with Soul Train is only a few of these were actually live performances (Isley Brothers). I really don’t like lipsynching or see the point in fake playing instruments unless it’s an actual music video and not a live show

  • @funksterfm
    @funksterfm Год назад +98

    A true Masterpiece, what a voice! "Free" is a celebration of the human spirit and the power of self-determination. It reminds us that we have the ability to create our own destinies and live our lives with joy, courage, and freedom. ❤

  • @DarthZarama
    @DarthZarama Год назад +34

    Talk about real music, oh how I envy this era. Born in 93 but love the classics. 🔥

  • @banksofbarcelona3893
    @banksofbarcelona3893 Год назад +28

    It's awesome that the young woman in this video with great vocals will be 72 this year. It makes me realize i'd be like her someday and would leave a lasting legacy like her. This is from the soul y'all

  • @user-in6qf4uz1q
    @user-in6qf4uz1q 3 месяца назад +8

    SHE’S A SONGBIRD RIGHT THERE! 😀😀

  • @babygirl6789
    @babygirl6789 6 месяцев назад +7

    Ethereal Voice and setting. What a time to have lived.

  • @davidmasters2408
    @davidmasters2408 3 года назад +64

    Absolute perfection - gives me goosebumps all over even after all these years and hearing it countless times.

    • @debmauritson5016
      @debmauritson5016 29 дней назад

      Goosebumps every time, swaying to the musical magic of Niecy. I was a senior in high school and loved Soul Train Saturdays.

  • @JohnDoe-dj8kb
    @JohnDoe-dj8kb Месяц назад +2

    REAL MUSIC, REAL WORDS, FEMININE VIBES WHEN WOMEN RESPECTED THEMSELVES IN ENTERTAINMENT!!

  • @liliannakifflin6343
    @liliannakifflin6343 10 месяцев назад +12

    Being single so far for 8 years, I don't think I want to be in a relationship with someone again, It's not that i've given up on love, I just want to stay free. Think goodness i'm not alone. Her voice is as sweet as honey. ❤

    • @thealchemistaustin8296
      @thealchemistaustin8296 5 месяцев назад

      stooop trauma dumping... like why do yall get on the enternet and try to center yourselves by burdening others .... May the same misery you attempt to dump on others return to you a billion times ova to the millionth power

  • @tonyarobinson8200
    @tonyarobinson8200 Год назад +22

    One of the best songs ever written and so relatable at my tender age of 31. So glad I grew up to masterpieces like this one.

    • @willjames8207
      @willjames8207 5 месяцев назад +2

      You were blessed to have parents of such fine musical taste.

  • @joeimbesi99
    @joeimbesi99 Год назад +19

    What a voice she has and that No 1 Duet she did with Mathis elsewhere..awesome

  • @michaeldawson5618
    @michaeldawson5618 4 месяца назад +5

    Deniece was beyond beautiful 😍😍😍

  • @andywright3450
    @andywright3450 4 года назад +41

    Brilliant singer top voice like silk !!!!!!.... She's awesome

  • @Octoberstorm333
    @Octoberstorm333 Год назад +30

    the silhouette of everyone dancing at 2:39 is just breathtakingly beautiful. A moment in time captured so makes one feel so sad the era is gone forever, but happy it even existed. Wow.

    • @MyMyMy69
      @MyMyMy69 Год назад +2

      Yes just pure elegance , class and fun ! And people don’t have to show every naked part of their body . Genuine musical talent !

  • @jediknight1209
    @jediknight1209 3 года назад +19

    I'm 51 and I remember this from junior school love it always

  • @aldershot5100
    @aldershot5100 4 года назад +23

    70s Soul was the best

  • @bobbillings
    @bobbillings 3 месяца назад +4

    That's our Queen, Deniece Williams representin the G I, born and raised...

  • @houstonrunner5840
    @houstonrunner5840 Год назад +8

    You hear always that they used to sing gospel at early times in church , when you hear this masterpiece you feel the beauty of the heaven.

  • @slarvadain188
    @slarvadain188 9 месяцев назад +4

    This is pure and original R&B. We need more of this ! The great Denise Williams

  • @jeffblack5024
    @jeffblack5024 4 года назад +24

    I remember this coincided with the original TV series of 'Roots'. Freedom seemed to be what it was all about. Beautiful record.

  • @Dek382
    @Dek382 Месяц назад +1

    Jamás hubiera creído que está canción es de los 70's tiene un ritmo tan sofisticado y perfecto, juro que creí que solo tenía un par de años de existencia.

    • @hailemhailem1320
      @hailemhailem1320 Месяц назад

      i would never think this song is from the 20th century

  • @davea7602
    @davea7602 2 года назад +17

    Great singer

  • @danielphutiagae6632
    @danielphutiagae6632 4 месяца назад +3

    This reminds me of my mother!!🥺🕊️

  • @aholland6689
    @aholland6689 2 года назад +22

    absolutely beautiful !

  • @Journeywithgailc
    @Journeywithgailc 3 месяца назад +2

    Amazing voice!!

  • @rodneythomas8813
    @rodneythomas8813 Год назад +15

    This was an anthem in the mid 70s for gay men & women who were not afraid to pursue love. 🏳️‍🌈❤️

  • @jermainemcginnis7266
    @jermainemcginnis7266 Год назад +5

    ❤ this song this song reminds me of Saturday's when you're at home cleaning up the house on a rainy day that what I did all the time every Saturday

  • @davorinflis3825
    @davorinflis3825 2 года назад +18

    Great song, wonderful singing

  • @tyestrong5726
    @tyestrong5726 8 месяцев назад +3

    One thing I truly admire about Denise Williams is that she always covers her body and she still looks beautiful. She's telling you that you don't have to be naked, selling your body to sell records and to have a great voice.

  • @TheCaulfield1
    @TheCaulfield1 Год назад +19

    The very beginning of this song is just sublime!! Absolutely Gorgeous Tune, I love her voice! 🎶😍🎤🎵

  • @man-man4496
    @man-man4496 Год назад +6

    I feel like the 70s was magical, all black love,

  • @kariukinjenga8148
    @kariukinjenga8148 Год назад +7

    Great voice, great song 💞

  • @tinaBabe4
    @tinaBabe4 Год назад +5

    **Whispering...in His Ear, MY MAGIC Potion of LOVVEEE** One of the Best Openings...To a BEAUTIFUL LOVE SONG. And Then She Repeated It!!!! 🥰😩😩😩😩💋🤎💫🤎

  • @cmkrowel
    @cmkrowel Год назад +11

    Beautiful voice. Awesome song. 😲

  • @shereemorgan1430
    @shereemorgan1430 16 дней назад

    Her voice is so angelic ❤!

  • @ReKaZch
    @ReKaZch Год назад +8

    Very underrated! What a voice.

  • @benny6219
    @benny6219 2 месяца назад +2

    0:55 This song came out in 1976 nothing but good ole memories. I was home on leave from the army and I was listening to WBLS with DJ Frankie Hollywood Crocker when I first heard this song. Im a latino from central Harlem and music ment everything back then. Not like this subpar noise that they play on the radio these days.1:40

  • @alicesmart1851
    @alicesmart1851 Год назад +12

    Love her voice so beautiful

  • @tereesemcnair8322
    @tereesemcnair8322 2 месяца назад +2

    I use to listen to Denise Williams all the time as a youth, and this was one of my absolutely favorite songs of all time. Thirty some years later, it still resonates in my soul; I just got to be free~

  • @teresak8393
    @teresak8393 3 месяца назад +1

    Ill never forget the first time i saw Soul train 🚂🚂🚂 when i was 7 (1972) . It instantly became my favorite show 😊♥️🎵🔥. One of my dreams then is that some day even though i was a little white kid that i could be big enough to go on the show & dance too . Denise had such a beautiful voice 😊🎵❤️ . What a great classic ..... This tune is one of my favorite s ❤️🎶❤️ . Just my opinion ..... The 70s had a lot of the best music 🎵 🎶 ❤ ever made.! & Great music to me is great therapy . & One of the best things in life is great music 🎶 ♥️ Still listening to one of the most beautiful & best classic s in 2024 . 🎶🎵❤️😊

  • @jaynegoddard
    @jaynegoddard Месяц назад +2

    Good song

  • @jeshun7071
    @jeshun7071 2 месяца назад +1

    Mega ballad release from her debut solo album This is Niecy on Columbia, it had all the hallmarks of a hit and it was worldwide

  • @ednaamck3831
    @ednaamck3831 2 месяца назад +1

    Come on now young lady! Take it easy on my old heart. This is beautiful😍 one of the most beautiful art forms created by God - voices, lyrics, melodies = this performance.

  • @adriancolon8435
    @adriancolon8435 5 месяцев назад +3

    Heard this sample on Mic Geronimo’s “It’s Real” and Lil Kim’s “Can’t Mess With Queen Bee” ❤

  • @10TraitsofAManofGodJT
    @10TraitsofAManofGodJT Месяц назад

    Niecy❤❤❤ I would love to be in the studio when they recording this classic. Especially, with EWF providing the arrangement and background vocals❤❤❤

  • @RaulSilverioGuevara
    @RaulSilverioGuevara Месяц назад +2

    1977 Oaxaca Mex inolvidable asi se bailaba Aquellos años de escape soledad y carencias. Algunos grupos de jovenes buscabamos salones como El greco club de leones y entrar gratis

  • @ROJO25
    @ROJO25 Год назад +8

    Simply angelic. ❤

  • @WiserDaley-bz1rw
    @WiserDaley-bz1rw 9 месяцев назад +1

    I met her once and got a hug & a kiss on my cheek... I can't even now believe I met the angel behind this voice.

  • @whodatsuperbowlqueen5778
    @whodatsuperbowlqueen5778 Год назад +7

    This is a voice!

  • @omenaliberty5359
    @omenaliberty5359 Месяц назад

    Love the music, the dressing, the voice ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @7andrea2
    @7andrea2 Год назад +3

    A Classic Performance!

  • @tiffinywesley9087
    @tiffinywesley9087 7 месяцев назад +2

    Wow a young Deniece Williams.! A beautiful throwback video.

  • @sideshowbob2908
    @sideshowbob2908 Год назад +4

    She did AMAZING!! Such an amazing voice. Gave me goosebumps.

  • @LuvLight44
    @LuvLight44 3 месяца назад +3

    Baby Denise was my girl crush back in the 80s 😚 still is 🤩🤓🙂‍↕️

  • @peanut8272
    @peanut8272 7 месяцев назад +2

    Reminds me of good times as a teenager and in my 20s.... Growing up in Cabrini.... Going to Schiller & Lincoln Park... Loved this song then & I love it even more now.....

  • @benny6219
    @benny6219 2 месяца назад +1

    Deniece Williams had an amazing voice four-octave range and distinctive soprano voice.

  • @honeedew04md43
    @honeedew04md43 7 месяцев назад +1

    This song just makes me so happy. Sang beautifully by a beautiful woman. Ms Williams. I still luv it. Just genius.❤️

  • @amanisol
    @amanisol 5 месяцев назад +1

    Those afros moving to the beat was the expression of the lyrics in real-time.

  • @user-zt2bl2qp4s
    @user-zt2bl2qp4s Год назад +4

    Voice from heaven

  • @lepolhart3242
    @lepolhart3242 Год назад +3

    She has a lovely voice.

  • @blaccazzvicc
    @blaccazzvicc Год назад +6

    Oh my God she so fine and that voice gives me chills❤❤️

  • @brendasmith7330
    @brendasmith7330 2 месяца назад +1

    Love Soul Train 🚂 couldn’t wait for this show to come on, Love Peace and Soul.

  • @CraigTheCreator
    @CraigTheCreator Год назад +4

    Eternal classic. Being free to me is the ultimate place if existence. Livingbin extacy is what I love ❤️ to enjoy 😉 with those I love ❤️ 😍 💖

  • @jacquelinesieben580
    @jacquelinesieben580 Год назад +3

    Magic in its purest form!!

  • @hussainamusa8772
    @hussainamusa8772 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow! beautiful voice

  • @aljefferson4862
    @aljefferson4862 3 месяца назад +1

    Yeah man some of the best years of my life. The 70s and 80s. Real good music. 👍🏿

  • @daisyc9239
    @daisyc9239 Месяц назад +1

    When I feel like I start mentally checking out this song brings me back to reality ❤

  • @gibsonndemanga4636
    @gibsonndemanga4636 2 месяца назад +1

    Great song, it speak strongly in my heart....

  • @donmauro8481
    @donmauro8481 2 года назад +17

    Voz muito bonita 😍🇧🇷

  • @tommyross5959
    @tommyross5959 4 года назад +9

    Sublime!

  • @boxgaming281
    @boxgaming281 6 месяцев назад +3

    Beautiful song, voice, woman❤

  • @Tiffy-Iffy
    @Tiffy-Iffy 3 месяца назад +2

    Whew, I wish I was born in a different generation 😩 They just don’t make music like this anymore

  • @alfonskifmann3976
    @alfonskifmann3976 8 месяцев назад +2

    Music sent from heaven.

  • @Lifeafter50SF
    @Lifeafter50SF 9 месяцев назад +1

    This song gives me goosebumps 😊 reminds me of my youth. What a beautiful voice.

  • @stephaniehernandez7209
    @stephaniehernandez7209 Год назад +4

    I'm 7 years old and I like this song

  • @mrbadiuzzaman
    @mrbadiuzzaman 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great memories as a teenager always looking fwf to Top of the Pops in the UK close to 50 yrs ago

  • @cristianbustamante8468
    @cristianbustamante8468 2 месяца назад +1

    Wow is an a amazing song.....hip hopers Lords of the underground make a cover about this Beautyfull son it is "faith" 😉

  • @dapperyahweh488
    @dapperyahweh488 3 месяца назад +1

    Catherine Chiriboga I Love n Miss you something Crazy ❤. .. ❤❤❤❤ . . . ❤❤❤ . . .

  • @zingo2664
    @zingo2664 4 месяца назад +1

    unbelievabley amazing singer !!! out of this world ! ( love her duets too )

  • @Nolimit._mb
    @Nolimit._mb 4 месяца назад +1

    This is the "Queen of Songbird Soul"

  • @Crunkboy415
    @Crunkboy415 7 месяцев назад +1

    If the backup band sounds familiar, it's Earth, Wind, & Fire. Maurice White produced this song.

  • @lukerogers7651
    @lukerogers7651 11 месяцев назад +2

    Pure class and elegance...and a voice from heaven ❤

  • @jalopez1748
    @jalopez1748 3 года назад +8

    temazo hermoso!!!!!!!!! este tipo de canciones lindas nunca pasan,,... son eternas ,.. es el black power

  • @ShaniTrahan-sk2rd
    @ShaniTrahan-sk2rd Месяц назад +1

    Love her sparkling purple outfit and her sparkling hat she looks gorgeous purple is my favorite color 💜💗💚💛💙❤💕💕💕💕💕💕

  • @deborahdriver1819
    @deborahdriver1819 Год назад +1

    song was written by Deneice Williams, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts and Susaye Greene and produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney.

  • @Savage-Sagittarius
    @Savage-Sagittarius 11 месяцев назад +2

    I love her!! ❤

  • @TIMCOWBOY1971
    @TIMCOWBOY1971 7 месяцев назад +2

    Classic song 🎶

  • @montreysanon9511
    @montreysanon9511 4 года назад +8

    Old school vibe

  • @hallson2917
    @hallson2917 Месяц назад +1

    Happy birthday Ms Williams!