PP Arnold toured the UK in the 60s as an Ikette..with Ike and Tina Turner... Stayed in the UK..did lots of session/backing vocals.. This is THE definitive version...certainly my favourite..
@@Baskerville22 Just have to respectfully disagree, her phrasing is beautiful. Neil Armstrong took P.P Arnold's version of "Angel of the Morning" with him on Apollo 11. He loved her voice, and I do too.
This is the first time I’ve heard the original version of this song, and boy, it blows the Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow versions out of the water. When Arnold sings that the first cut is the deepest, there’s actual emotion in her voice that tells you how much she was affected by that first relationship. Crow and Stewart, meanwhile, sing it so blandly, as if they were telling you they like eating cereal in the morning. This is definitely the best version of this song by far.
I first heard this song in 1967 when I was 16. It blew me away. I actually saw her sing it live about 6 years ago, 50 years later, at the Cliffs Pavilion. Her voice is as brilliant now as it was then.
Immediate Records crashed and burned its artists. A few recovered and moved on, most didn't and she was one of the singers who couldn't seem to connect with good management.
@@bethh.9647 How do you find management that is tolerant to molecule I won't say abuse but it would be good if their income was kind of managed and if they got popular it would trickle down over the course of their "expected" lifespan given they are probably abusing what is possible anyway?
Patricia Ann Cole ("P.P. Arnold") was only 20 -- and fresh out of a Los Angeles ghetto -- when she recorded this. It was written by a then-totally-unknown British man named Steven Demetre Georgiou -- who took on the stage name, "Cat Stevens" (and later renamed himself Yusuf Islam. He was just 19, even younger than Miss Arnold, who bought the song from him for £30. Life has many twists and turns.
Mr. Shah, you were supposed to reply to "XtreemMetalMan," not to me. He was the one that mentioned the word, "terrorist," not I. I am not aware of Mr. Georgiou's political activities.
Still baffles me that so many people haven't heard it, didn't know she was THE original and no cover since has even got close. She epitomises soul, especially as she was so young.
Agree with you! Also listen to the author of this song, good as well. AND! Lady D´Arbanville, written by the same talent composer Cat Steven (Yusuf Islam)
@@clivecook7558 (-: Glad to hear that we share the appreciation of Cat/yusuf. Maybe you also listening to Joe South.... He made some sparkling diamonds. I do think he is unerestimated.
@@christergudmundsson7465 Joe South was very underestimateted. He was, to many people,a mediocre singer/songwriter. These people must have listened with their ears closed. He was an amazing talent and there was depth and feeling in every song he sang. R.I.P Joe
Absolutely stunning version and by far the best in my opinion. Her voice is just full of soulful emotion and the arrangement is perfect. I remember this when I was a child but boy it sounds so much better now :)
What a great voice. P P Arnold must be one of the most under rated singers ever. She was performing on Vintage T V this week and her voice is still great.
@@xzclaire 5 Years have passed, and I scrolled past your comment and noticed nobody replied, not that you still care, but she was 21 when she sang this.
I just love her. I love her work with the Small Faces. In a perfect world, she would have gotten airplay in the US AOR FM scene and toured. She would have knocked 'em dead. She's so tiny, and her voice is so huge. She has that big smile and she can phrase a song. I am glad that YT enables me to listen to ALL of the great rock that was produced during the heyday of classic rock and pop.
A crying shame she did not stay with the Small Faces. Her and Marriott on the mike. Would have been sensational and taken the Small Faces to that level Marriott was searching for and, sadly, never found. Arohanui
It's a great voice, but it's not just a voice. Someone else, somewhere, mentioned the bruised feel. That's the difference between great voice and a great singer. Like you I love her. I am a metal man. I mainly listen to Nordic metal. My phone has oly 120 tracks on it, and three of them are PP's.
Back in 67 after listening to PP Arnold and Procol Harum I had tears in my eyes and felt weak at the knees!!! Beautiful!! Rog. Pacific sunset records .
True beauty comes from within... the eyes are the window to the soul. Just look at this beautiful human being and tell me that she is not FEELING the emotion in every word that she sings in every song that she has ever sang.
PP Arnold sang at RAF Coltishall in the NAAFI during the late sixties. A small girl with a powerful voice and more than one airman fell in love with her. I was the lucky one to have a cup of coffee with her. A really great talent and being English just loved her accent.
Should have added that anyone who served at Coltishall between 1966 and 1971 when I was demobbed then please get in contact via - r.benstead1@ntlworld.com - it would be great to hear from you.
+ray benstead - Used to hitchhike to Coltishall from Salhouse as a teen, to meet my best mate and get pissed in the Kings Head or The Rising Sun! His step-dad was stationed at the base and we used to have "free pass" to swim and use the gym. Good ol days but only during the early 80's, well after you'd left.
I love her voice and style. Where have they been hiding her all these years. And sorry to the Cheryl Crow fans, but P P Arnold's version here makes Sheryl's cover sound flat. P P Arnold no doubt has plenty of real soul and knows how set it free while singing.
She is still doing the live shows around different places you will have to check her website for details. I myself would love to go see her but my health is not really up to it. ⭐️
PP Arnold breaks my heart with this song... and makes me fall in love with her at the same time. I love her voice. And the composition of this song is perfect.
I would have given you all of my heart But there's someone who's torn it apart And he's taking almost all that I've got But if you want I'll try to love again Baby I'll try to love again But I know The first cut is the deepest, baby I know The first cut is the deepest 'Cause when it comes to being lucky he's cursed When it comes to lovin' me he's worst But when it comes to being loved he's first That's how I know The first cut is the deepest; baby I know The first cut is the deepest I still want you by my side Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried And I'm sure gonna give you a try And if you want I'll try to love again Baby, I'll try to love again but I know The first cut is the deepest, baby I know The first cut is the deepest 'Cause when it comes to being lucky he's cursed When it comes to lovin' me he's worst But when it comes to being loved he's first That's how I know The first cut is the deepest, baby I know The first cut is the deepest Oh again Yeah, yeah, baby, baby, baby i know The first cut is the deepest (The first cut is the deepest), yes it is 'Cause when it comes, it comes to being lucky he's cursed When it comes to be in love he's worst
Superb … she has just sung this live on bb2 piano room .. she still manages to make it SO emotive despite not have the same range now but it was still superb 👏👏👏👏
"The High Note" movie with Tracee Ellis Ross brought me here. There's a scene when a radio DJ is playing multiple versions of songs. Well, I was only familiar with the Sheryl Crow version. I heard the voice on this track, and I was blown away. I then "Shazamed," and here I am. Wow! Amazing! This was clearly all the song ever needed. It really doesn't matter who else sings it.
Such a fantastic arrangement, percussion on the left, strings and keyboard on the right. PP Arnold everywhere! Definitely the best version of this song.
I remember listening to this on an old reel to reel tape recorder as a kid.This was the first version to chart and was written by Cat Stevens.Other recordings include versions by Cat Stevens,Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crowe.Lyrically brilliant and to my mind one of the best love songs ever written.
Just heard a 1970s version by Canadian Keith Hampshire for the first time today and by the miracle that is RU-vid, wound up here listening to this amazing version.
What a voice. And, I love the way you can tell a UK-recorded 1960s pop record from an American one by the increased number of instruments and smaller number of effects. Such a lush arrangement.
This song was one of my favorites I heard the most recent version in the mid 90s. I had no idea it had so many iterations. This version is amazing and soulful. Just wow
This song was written by Cat Stevens but originally released by P. P. Arnold in May 1967. Cat Stevens' own version originally appeared on his album New Masters in December 1967. So technically this is the original version.
first time i ve heard p p Arnold sing this great song and she is the 1st original singer of it i believe wonderfully done great voice and most beautiful as well
Heard PP Arnold's voice first on Small Faces Tin Soldier way back in the sixties and this track is pure class and has definitely stood the test of time here we are 50/60years later still commenting....again pure classic ..
I saw Pat sing this just two years ago. She came to the Tivoli in Buckley. There was only about 50 people there. We stood at the front and cheered her. She d been unhappy prior to the show. I knew her pianist and we met for a drink before the show. She was nt happy about the turn out or the food she d been brought. But she still came down and smashed it . Fantastic.
I was literally watching the scene in episode 3 of I Know This Much Is True where this songs plays over Dominic and Dessa’s traumatic attempt to keep that first spark of their love going and then... my first love texted me out of the blue at 1030am on a Monday morning. 😳 She will forever be the love of my life, as she has told me many times how I am the same for her. At 43 years old, there’s an ocean of time and missed chances and painful moments between us, but Goddamnit that indescribable and agonizingly beautiful feeling in my chest still makes my heart jump up and down like a kid on a playground. Might be time to get up off these mood swings and take one last spin on the merry-go-round.
She's just luvly,brilliant and beautiful and thanx 4 the in4 on this didn't know the history of this song that's so special it sounds as good now as it did all those years ago cheers!!!!
