What impresses me is how faithful Georgie Fame is to his original rendition. A low-key showman with an unmistakable and unique voice. A special song representing a great time in British culture.
Great performance. Saw him last week playing with a number of the Manfreds. He shuffles on with a walking stick and looks a bit frail but still cooks it up when he plays. One of the finest the UK produced.
I had completely forgotten him and one day I remembered his hit Yeh Yeh, so i listened to it ,it reminded me the time of my youth and now I realize that he is one of the most talented artistes in UK !!!!
And today, in today's market a No 21 in 1965 would be a No1 in comparative sales. A number 1 in 2013 doesn't mean anything anymore. Sigh, gone are the good days of music... long gone.
One of thee GREATEST performers to have existed. I’ll be utterly devastated when his time comes. The backing often behind other great performers. Keep rockin Georgie !!!! X
Clive Powell....apparently he was one of the most talented Rugby League second row forwards Leigh had ever produced. What a guy. Love you George! So undersung as a man who promoted British jazz to the hilt.
So underrated. When I was a lad living in London he was one of the true hipsters. This video shows that he has remained that. And that name!! Yeh yeh, Georgie!
What's not to like here? I like Georgie Fame, he's a true genius the way he crossed over jazz to pop, and a real down to Earth gent. Plays and sings from the heart and soul, and was very under-rated in my humble opinion.
Still do not understand why he has not been a much bigger artist than this, an amazing voice and fabulous musician. Perhaps too jazz for some? But I could listen all night and fantastic live too!
From the GLORIOUS year of 1965, THE year for music. Georgie was one of the second tier Brit Invasion stars after the Kinks, Beatles, Stones, Hermans Hermits, Freddy and the Dreamers, Chad and Jeremy and Peter ad Gordon, Dustry Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Pet Clark and a few others.
The lungs on this man. The off-the-cuff "YEH!"s. The rhythm (unfailing! an almost unbearable tease! hard to take! yet brings playtime round to perfection every single time, capped off with a different, better few notes, seamlessly, never infinitesimally too early or too late, and all without showing off!). The tone/pitch/note-play! The organ, of course. No one coming to mind dares play organ (today) who isn't being - adept, often, yes, but - always ironic and/or retro, the burden on us to tolerate this! (And that's OK.) But with Mr Powell it's a gift *to* us. How can you describe the way someone gives *of* a Hammond rather than inculcating us into some sarcastic conspiracy? As soon as you hear "Hammond organ" you (I) have value judgements already in place, but Georgie Fame dispels them in one bar. He plays it seriously. He enjoys it. And not only is there no inkling of pre-recorded Bossanova about it, he does Ms Hammond proud! (You assume it was a Mr? Yeah, so do I. Mr Hammond, then.) Can't explain any of this better than that. I all-but-squandered my one chance to see Georgie Fame *(A)LIVE!* at Circular Quay c. 1987 (1986? 1988? No...) by getting my hardcore drink on for the very first time; not just tipsy. We went all out. This was Georgie Fame and we knew it! And I knew it as I stood tabletop, trying to meld three Georgie Fames into one....
Every evening, when all my days work is through I call my baby, and ask her what shall we do I mention movies, but she don't seem to dig that And then she ask me, why don't I come to her flat And have some supper and let the evening pass by By playing records, beside a groovy hi-fi I say yeah yeah that's what I say, I say yeah yeah My baby loves me, she gets me feeling so fine And when she loves me, she let's me know that she's mine And when she kisses, I feel the fire get hot Se never misses, she gives me all that she's got And when she ask me, if everything is OK I've got my answer, the only thing I can say, I say Yeah yeah That's what I say, I say yeah yeah We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low So that no-one can see We gotta do that, we gotta do that We gotta do that, we gotta do that And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 'cept you and me Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea Yea, yea, yea, yea Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill Just thought I'd tell you, because I'm trembling still But pretty baby, I want you all for my own I think I'm ready to leave those others alone No need to ask me if everything is OK I got my answer, the only thing I can say I say yeah yeah, that's what I say, I say yeah yeah That's what I say, yeah yeah We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low So that no-one can see We gotta do that, we gotta do that We gotta do that, we gotta do that And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 'cept you and me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah Yea, yea, yea, yea Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill Just thought I'd tell you, because I'm trembling still But pretty baby, I want you all for my own I think I'm ready to leave those others alone No need to ask me if everything is OK I got my answer, the only thing I can say I say yeah yeah, that's what I say, I say yeah yeah That's what I say, I say yeah yeah That's what I say, I say yeah yeah
Great version with the reduced New Blue Flames. Georgie with "Skid the Kid", "Superbass" Geoff Gascoigne, "Brother James" & Jools Holland on piano. "Young Michael"
On this day in 1965 {March 16th} Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames performed "Yeh, Yeh" on the NBC-TV program 'Hullabaloo'... One month earlier on February 13th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #21 and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100... And ten months later on December 30th the group appeared on ABC-TV's 'Shindig!' and performed the same song... Mr. Fame, aka Clive Powell, will celebrate his 70th birthday in three months on June 26th...
Yes…. And so many other places! Those who say ‘if you can remember the sixties you weren’t there’ do not know what they are talking about. There was so much happening everywhere! And you did not need to be high to appreciate it either!
Thanks so much "TheGRStars" : I do agree with this magnifique Opus with Georgie Fame & all these great Friends musicians 🎼🖤🎸🎷 🎻🎹🎺🌺🎧🎼🎩🎩🎩 Cordiali musicali saluti 🎼
#ugottalisten2b4udie #georgiefame #yehyeh #whatdisay We’ll play a melody & turn the lights down low so that no one can see …and there’ll be no one else alive in all the world ‘cept you & me_!
