Hi Modern Renaissance Man. I am Little Anthony's son, Andre. I would personally like to thank you for reacting to my father's songs. I am appreciative of the comments as well. He still does shows on the road. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in April 2009. Because of this Covid stuff, he and all other performers have not been able to perform. Look for him to return to the stage after they open up venues again.
That's my era (something for which I'll forever be thankful), and I'll always love that music. I created a doo-wop/sock-hop playlist so I can roll the clock back whenever I feel like it.
The thing about these old songs.....most all were love songs and you could understand every word they sang. Miss those days. Except I moved over to country. The greatness continues. Yes!! Thanks for playing this.
LOVE THIS!!!! I've got great memories of my grandpa dropping me off at my favorite theater. The owner would play oldies like this until the cartoon would start, I would get mad when a song I really liked got cut off because the show was about to start. He played GREAT STUFF
I am from Ft. Greene housing projects in Brooklyn NYC, and as a teenager, I use to see Anthony and some of the Imperials walking through the development on the way to a show to perform or on the way to visit someone one. Ernest Wright's sister's Marie and Ilink, were in my dance class. I went to junior high school with them as well. They lived in the neighborhood.
a doo-wop group!! love that era of music, I can remember watching my parents dance in the living room as a little girl to music just like this..I remember they had a song in the mid 70s called ''Hold On Just a Little Bit Longer" that was on the radio.
Little Anthony grew up and sang on the street corners of the Fort Green projects, not too far from where I lived. I was quite common to hear doo-wop bands singing on street corners under the street lights (which shone straight down in those days) and in the subways and hallways for the echo. I had the great pleasure of seeing these guys 5x back in the day at the old Fox Theater with the Murray The K review. When men were men and women were happy with that. Try all of the "Platters with Tony Williams" songs. Just unbelievable.
I love the much older music. It feels much more real than the new music and not so techno pop. (It's not bad, but it gets old fast because it's so mainstream. Classics like this though never do.) Plus, it's wholesome music that cleans the soul.
I was a pre-teen but I remember Little Anthony. They appeared on Dick Clark's shows. I love Tears on my Pillow. I even sang along while you played it. Thanks for jogging my memory.
wow, I'm nearly 70 and lived a little wild when I was a kid. my friends and I used to low ride and get stoned to this and this era's music. I loved this one. Thanks for appreciating this great oldie!
Ah Little Anthony and The Imperials! Good doo wop. I grew up on doo wop because my family were from Philadelphia and we had some music pouring from there for years. Cool review! "Barbershop" lol! Take care & safe stay! Love your reviews!
I loved this one. I've always loved this style of music...doowop or strolling music, someone called it. Or whatever it is. I loved Oldies radio stations as a kid and teenager. I loved music that was good enough to obviously withstand the test of time. I paid more attention to older music BECAUSE it was older. I loved "antiques"...which was almost anything "older than me", lol. Now I'm far older than the contemporary music of my youth, as compared to how much older this song would have been to me, when I was a kid. 35-38 years older versus this song was probably less than 10 years old when I was born.
I was about 13, listening to this song, and in love with the idea of love. Songs of sad love, unrequited love songs, happy love too, and so forth fed my romantic daydreams of my youth. Great song!
Great reaction Ty!! This was way before my time, but I remember hearing this when I listen to oldies!! An oldie but a goodie!!! Haha thanks god bless you!! X
Chuck Willis singing "What am I living for" is a great song. Sung by many but Chuck was the original. I sang it to my Dolores while we danced on the back patio, she was 7 and I was 8.
one of the best periods in music amongst many the doowopp era, and personally I don't care what the artists ethnicity is or their country of origin, or what language they sing in, if they sound good what more can you want.
The late 50s- early 60s 'doo-wop' era produced some fabulous music! I love singing harmony along with lots of these songs! MRM- if you're in the mood for more, try 'Whispering Bells' or 'Come Go With Me' by the Dell Vikings, 'The Wanderer' by Dion & The Belmonts, or 'The Book Of Love' by The Monotones- think you'll enjoy!
Jerome "Little" Anthony Gourdine was 16 when he and the Imperials recorded this song. The group had been known as the Chesters until Gourdine left another group (Duponts) to join them and they changed their name to the Imperials. This was their first record for End, and was actually a two-sided hit, with the flip "Two People in the World" being the more popular song in several key markets. Within a couple years, Anthony went of t try a solo career, and the group kind of disintegrated. When he came back, with one and a half personnel change, (two left, one new one joined and they became a quartet) popular music was changing. They reinvented themselves with a more mature sound, and came back stronger and more popular than ever, with songs like "Hurts so Bad", "I'm on the Outside Looking In" and "Goin' Out of My Head".
I know I am late on this, but others like Eddie my love, by the teen queens and born too late by The ponytails. For Your Precious Love, by Jerry Butler. Or check songs from a very young black teen group, Frankie Lymon and the teenagers. One sone is Why do fools fall in love. Great kids.
Anthony was born in '41, so in 1958 when this song hit the airwaves, he was 16/17. But it was Alan Freed, the famous disc jockey and producer, who named him "little" Anthony, because of his young voice.
Absolutely nothing wrong with some Du Whop music from time to time. Always brings back memories of simpler times. Before the Rat Race began. Some will get that some won't, but it's all good
That’s not the original recording from 1958. Still sound great. Check out another from Little Anthony and the Imperials Just Two Kinds of People. Alt take.
Modern Renaissance man I have a request. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit wheel , song C. C. RIDER AND DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS. YOU'LL LOVE IT. It's as you would say Blue eyed soul
My husbands favorites: I Miss You So, On The Outside Looking In, Two Kinds Of People, Going Out Of My Head. Take Me Back. My husband is an oldies lover and knows quite a bit about this type of music.
For a while in the 1970s, I lived across the street from the Cambridge (Mass.) Public Library Central Square Branch. One night I heard some wonderful music coming through my open bedroom window. I looked out and saw several teenage boys gathered under the concrete overhang in front of the library (which apparently provided pleasing acoustics) singing one Little Anthony and the Imperials song after another: Going Out of My Head, Hurt So Bad, I'm on the Outside Looking In....I don't think they reached back into the mists of the '50s for Tears on My Pillow, however. Perhaps they would have tackled that next if a police car hadn't pulled up in front of the library. The officers apparently instructed them to find another place to sing, for the concert came to an end, to my great dismay.
My mom has this 45 record, somewhere. She told me that Stevie Wonder used to be called, “Little Stevie Wonder.” I’m not a huge do-wop fan, but talent is talent and these guys are talented. I do LOVE the Drifters though.
A favorite is Cornelius Bros and Sister Rose “Too Late to Turn Back Now”. Doo Wop and Barber shop are not the same. Check out The Mills Brothers, “Sweet Adeline”.
Hi Modern Renaissance Man. I am Little Anthony's son, Andre. I would personally like to thank you for reacting to my father's songs. I am appreciative of the comments as well. He still does shows on the road. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in April 2009. Because of this Covid stuff, he and all other performers have not been able to perform. Look for him to return to the stage after they open up venues again.
I love it....I miss this kind of music. I could listen to oldies all day and night. Thank you for the memories🌸🥰🌸
That's my era (something for which I'll forever be thankful), and I'll always love that music. I created a doo-wop/sock-hop playlist so I can roll the clock back whenever I feel like it.
I was a child in the 80s, but always loved this music.
one of the original "boy bands"! The boy can sing, and in key too!!
Today it would be a couple of transgender or gay guys going at it with each other. And the song today would be called 'Queers on my Pillow' .
The Platters :'Only You' and 'The Great Pretender.'
Yes.
@@oldmovieman7550 second that.Those 2 songs will blow this guy away.
You should check out The Drifters - "Up on the Roof", or "Under the Boardwalk".
Did you hear Bruce Willis' cover of Under The Boardwalk?
Great choices Centuryrox 👍👍👍
If you liked that, "Hurt So Bad" by them will blow you away.
Yep = Hurt So Bad is so good I'm going to cheat and go listen to it now....!!
I remember dancing to this when I was in my teens. Loved it then, love it now. It has real feeling and soul.
The thing about these old songs.....most all were love songs and you could understand every word they sang. Miss those days. Except I moved over to country. The greatness continues. Yes!! Thanks for playing this.
I am 75. Danced many a dance to this. Wonderful group.
I had the opportunity to meet Anthony n the group in Vegas a few years ago. A fantastic group of guys. Never forget it or them!!!!!
Great song. They performed on a PBS Doo Wop special many years later and sounded even better.
This takes me way back. It was old when I was young lol. My dad always had this music on in the garage...good memories...❤
Great song by Anthony and the Imperials 👍😍
LOVE THIS!!!! I've got great memories of my grandpa dropping me off at my favorite theater. The owner would play oldies like this until the cartoon would start, I would get mad when a song I really liked got cut off because the show was about to start. He played GREAT STUFF
right, great memories like cartoons before the movie, haven't seen that in years
right, great memories like cartoons before the movie, haven't seen that in years
right, great memories like cartoons before the movie, haven't seen that in years
right, great memories like cartoons before the movie, haven't seen that in years
right, great memories like cartoons before the movie, haven't seen that in years
I am from Ft. Greene housing projects in Brooklyn NYC, and as a teenager, I use to see Anthony and some of the Imperials walking through the development on the way to a show to perform or on the way to visit someone one. Ernest Wright's sister's Marie and Ilink, were in my dance class. I went to junior high school with them as well. They lived in the neighborhood.
I can out thumbs up ,just seeing the title..I remember these guys from so long ago.
Glad you get to hear the great music from golden oldies
a doo-wop group!! love that era of music, I can remember watching my parents dance in the living room as a little girl to music just like this..I remember they had a song in the mid 70s called ''Hold On Just a Little Bit Longer" that was on the radio.
part of the early blues sound...terrific dance music....thanks for playing...good music...
Little Anthony grew up and sang on the street corners of the Fort Green projects, not too far from where I lived. I was quite common to hear doo-wop bands singing on street corners under the street lights (which shone straight down in those days) and in the subways and hallways for the echo. I had the great pleasure of seeing these guys 5x back in the day at the old Fox Theater with the Murray The K review. When men were men and women were happy with that. Try all of the "Platters with Tony Williams" songs. Just unbelievable.
This is my soul. Philadelphia sound. My soul is "on the outside looking in"
I love the much older music. It feels much more real than the new music and not so techno pop. (It's not bad, but it gets old fast because it's so mainstream. Classics like this though never do.) Plus, it's wholesome music that cleans the soul.
I am French Canadian, I knew all those song lyrics before I spoke English. still remember most of them
I first heard this in Grease a good song
I was a pre-teen but I remember Little Anthony. They appeared on Dick Clark's shows. I love Tears on my Pillow. I even sang along while you played it. Thanks for jogging my memory.
wow, I'm nearly 70 and lived a little wild when I was a kid. my friends and I used to low ride and get stoned to this and this era's music. I loved this one. Thanks for appreciating this great oldie!
Ah Little Anthony and The Imperials! Good doo wop. I grew up on doo wop because my family were from Philadelphia and we had some music pouring from there for years. Cool review! "Barbershop" lol! Take care & safe stay! Love your reviews!
Classic song you always hear in time piece movies and tv shows.
I loved this one. I've always loved this style of music...doowop or strolling music, someone called it. Or whatever it is. I loved Oldies radio stations as a kid and teenager.
I loved music that was good enough to obviously withstand the test of time. I paid more attention to older music BECAUSE it was older. I loved "antiques"...which was almost anything "older than me", lol.
Now I'm far older than the contemporary music of my youth, as compared to how much older this song would have been to me, when I was a kid. 35-38 years older versus this song was probably less than 10 years old when I was born.
My father is 78... he told me this band played at his HS Junior Prom :-) .. was always a fave of his
One of my all time favorites
*Great Band, Great Song* ................ *TIMELESS*
Aw, I love this song!
And yes, he did have a baby face.
Well, he was only 16/17.
I forgot all about this song.......I used to love it.
I remember hearing this on the radio,when I was a kid.
My Mothers music. I use to play her records of Little Anthony and of course scratching them. He was a little guy with big voice. Great!
I was about 13, listening to this song, and in love with the idea of love. Songs of sad love, unrequited love songs, happy love too, and so forth fed my romantic daydreams of my youth. Great song!
They were Amazing!. They also did other monster songs like HURT SO BAD. GOING OUT OF MY HEAD and TAKE ME BACK. SO SO Good!!!!!
Make my heart jump with Joy! Best easy listing music.
Great reaction Ty!! This was way before my time, but I remember hearing this when I listen to oldies!! An oldie but a goodie!!! Haha thanks god bless you!! X
This song reminds me of the movie “Greece”, love the song, great music to slow dance to. What a great pick👍
Doo Wop music of the 50's. This song makes me smile with happiness! I know Grease is a silly movie, but I love it with the music, clothes and all. :)
Chuck Willis singing "What am I living for" is a great song. Sung by many but Chuck was the original. I sang it to my Dolores while we danced on the back patio, she was 7 and I was 8.
He still sounded GREAT recently. Hurt soo bad!
We had a line dance to this. Brings back a lot of my teen years. 💃♥️
Love this song!! My mom played this type of music around the house.❤️
one of the best periods in music amongst many the doowopp era, and personally I don't care what the artists ethnicity is or their country of origin, or what language they sing in, if they sound good what more can you want.
Going Out Of MyHead is my fave song by Little Anthony & The Imperials.
The late 50s- early 60s 'doo-wop' era produced some fabulous music! I love singing harmony along with lots of these songs! MRM- if you're in the mood for more, try 'Whispering Bells' or 'Come Go With Me' by the Dell Vikings, 'The Wanderer' by Dion & The Belmonts, or 'The Book Of Love' by The Monotones- think you'll enjoy!
Boy George did a nice version of Come Go With Me. Check it out.
@@migizi52 couldn't find it under that title, but thanks for the tip ;- )
You and Lil' Anthony have the same nose. Sure you're not related??? Now that's my era of music. Good call.
This was a good song to do the stroll to, I love it.
They were one of the best group in my time..... Be well ...
Classic OLDIE
Yup...danced to this with the 'man' of my dreams when I was 16...lol, church camp!
Started singing along right away, my dear, this is MUSIC! Doo Wap! Street Corner!
Jerome "Little" Anthony Gourdine was 16 when he and the Imperials recorded this song. The group had been known as the Chesters until Gourdine left another group (Duponts) to join them and they changed their name to the Imperials. This was their first record for End, and was actually a two-sided hit, with the flip "Two People in the World" being the more popular song in several key markets. Within a couple years, Anthony went of t try a solo career, and the group kind of disintegrated. When he came back, with one and a half personnel change, (two left, one new one joined and they became a quartet) popular music was changing. They reinvented themselves with a more mature sound, and came back stronger and more popular than ever, with songs like "Hurts so Bad", "I'm on the Outside Looking In" and "Goin' Out of My Head".
I know I am late on this, but others like Eddie my love, by the teen queens and born too late by The ponytails. For Your Precious Love, by Jerry Butler. Or check songs from a very young black teen group, Frankie Lymon and the teenagers. One sone is Why do fools fall in love. Great kids.
Great stuff. Warms my heart.
reminds me when i use to go to the drive in theater. this is one of the songs that usually played during intermission.
Best video of the night.!!!😍😍😍🎵🎵🎵🎵🎤🎙🎼
You got great taste in music
Anthony Gourdine is still performing with the Imperials and sounds just about as good as he did in 1958.
Anthony was born in '41, so in 1958 when this song hit the airwaves, he was 16/17. But it was Alan Freed, the famous disc jockey and producer, who named him "little" Anthony, because of his young voice.
My favorite was always "Hurts So Bad." Linda Ronstadt did a cover of it that was good, too.
Please react to Drift Away by Dobie Gray another oldies song.
The In Crowd by Dobie Gray.
I haven't heard this one in a while. Love it 👏🏻🌟❤️‼️
I've always loved this.
The movie grease had alot of these 1950 hits. I hope you and your wife sit down and watch it together
Absolutely nothing wrong with some Du Whop music from time to time. Always brings back memories of simpler times. Before the Rat Race began. Some will get that some won't, but it's all good
When songs were songs. Motown is surely missed!
Reminds me of my childhood.
Rainbows Mary Lee please have a listen it's a beautiful door wop I love watching your reaction to the old songs awwww there timeless love um xx
That’s not the original recording from 1958. Still sound great. Check out another from Little Anthony and the Imperials Just Two Kinds of People. Alt take.
This remake is pretty good but the original is killer.
This is the 1964 version from the reformed Little Anthony and the Imperials.
definitely not the original version.
I miss this music too! You would like Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler💞💞💞
Doo woo is full of feels. Thanks.
Ahhhh....the oldies 💕💕💕💕💕😊🌹
Thumbs up if you can still sing along with the song word for word. Extra credit if you remember to include the modulation.
Eric Burdon and the Animals. "Please don't let me be misunderstood," "We gotta get outta this place", and others.
Modern Renaissance man I have a request. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit wheel , song C. C. RIDER AND DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS. YOU'LL LOVE IT. It's as you would say Blue eyed soul
CC Rider is a good one.
Look for the video of this song... it is excellent.
My husbands favorites: I Miss You So, On The Outside Looking In, Two Kinds Of People, Going Out Of My Head. Take Me Back. My husband is an oldies lover and knows quite a bit about this type of music.
For a while in the 1970s, I lived across the street from the Cambridge (Mass.) Public Library Central Square Branch. One night I heard some wonderful music coming through my open bedroom window. I looked out and saw several teenage boys gathered under the concrete overhang in front of the library (which apparently provided pleasing acoustics) singing one Little Anthony and the Imperials song after another: Going Out of My Head, Hurt So Bad, I'm on the Outside Looking In....I don't think they reached back into the mists of the '50s for Tears on My Pillow, however. Perhaps they would have tackled that next if a police car hadn't pulled up in front of the library. The officers apparently instructed them to find another place to sing, for the concert came to an end, to my great dismay.
Memories of sockhop days!
My mom has this 45 record, somewhere. She told me that Stevie Wonder used to be called, “Little Stevie Wonder.” I’m not a huge do-wop fan, but talent is talent and these guys are talented. I do LOVE the Drifters though.
A favorite is Cornelius Bros and Sister Rose “Too Late to Turn Back Now”. Doo Wop and Barber shop are not the same. Check out The Mills Brothers, “Sweet Adeline”.
Take a listen to them doing "Shimmy Shimmy CoCo Bop which was a good hit for them.
By far a little Anthony and the Imperials best song. 'Goin Out Of My Head'. Do that one please.
doo wop Pittsburgh pa PBS did a whole bunch of Doo Wop shows with the original artists, you need to check them out
Classy group.
Did you know that Witney Houston's mother is one of the Supremes that sang with Elvis Presley in the 70s
Edward, Sissy only sang with Elvis for a few months in 1969.
Cute reaction Ty 🤗
Oh my, please do the drifters, Upon the roof is one of the best songs ever recorded!!!
Lovers Never Say Goodbye The Flamingos listen
Cool video....I am actually friends with Anthony and Clarence...they are still going strong...he still has that voice too ..thanks you have a new sub
Play that and go dance with your Mama.
I Love Oldies
Man reminds me slow dancing in 7th grade my first boyfriend crush still love it
If you liked this, check out the accapella version of "Just Two People in the World."
I have never heard this one. But it is a good song.
This isn't the original cut - it's an alternative version.
You're exactly right, but it's still great.
You need to do a reaction to Hurts So Bad or Can't Get It Out Of My Head 👍👍👍by Little Anthony and the Imperials 🙏🙏🙏🙏
.... and now I feel like I should watch "Grease" - I did love the cover of this (I think by Sha Na Na) in the movie.