The Friends Of Distinction "Grazing In The Grass" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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The Friends Of Distinction "Grazing In The Grass" on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 27, 1970. Subscribe now to never miss an update: ume.lnk.to/EdS...
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@blvkmirror8388 3 года назад

This almost brought me to tears... i miss the days of old

@rievans57 3 года назад

Me 2!

@georgecarlos8125 3 года назад

Same here

@carolgladfelder272 3 года назад

@@rievans57 Me 3.

@chrisclermont456 3 года назад

Me 4

@despicableme8762 3 года назад

What's up with your MJ pic? 🤷🏽‍♀️😎

@rustyshackleford6811 3 года назад

Look kids it's called talent...

@kpitt1204 3 года назад

I love the fact that they look like they’re having fun! It makes me smile!

@whaheydelee 2 года назад

You'd be having fun too if you could get halfway through "I can dig it, you can dig it..." I wouldn't venture to even try the rest.

@h.l.b.6122 2 года назад

Any performer on the Sullivan show knows that if Ed asks you on, you have made it! You've grabbed the brass ring. Ed wanted live vocals, no lip syncing, so they sang to their instrument track. Sounded every bit as good as the recording.

@anthonybrown6804 2 года назад

They are having fun, Kpitt 😊

@kpitt1204 2 года назад

@@whaheydelee 🤣🤣🤣

@TimEssDub 2 года назад

And the song is fun to listen to

@2115Randy 9 месяцев назад

Man they killed it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@justjackjordinjustin 3 года назад

This makes me smile Big Time!!!!!!

@arthurjamesbouie7053 3 года назад

Not that the times were happier, because there were a lot of unrest in the 60’s, the performances were genuine with real talent not propped up with music machines !!

@SQDLVR 2 года назад

This video is infectious. Love how they are enjoying themselves.

@vw1649 Год назад

Eactly.

@sooz9433 3 года назад

Their vocals are phenomenal. I always loved Hugh Masakela's version and this one as well. Always made me feel good to hear either one and I still love them both! Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤

@raymondstern9046 3 года назад

Bringing back major memories of ed Sullivan ability to have an legendary eye / ear for talent no matter age or in the 60's ethnicity

@Gambet7021 2 года назад

Music that reflected the times then...lovely, natural and simply beautiful!

@Irockthere4 3 года назад

Amazing live vocals

@terrydudley6860 2 года назад

"The Sun beamin' down between the leaves and the bir-ir--irds tarting in and out of the trees"....Love this Song !!

@M.lashay_21 3 года назад

Family guy Brought me here 😂

@M.lashay_21 3 года назад

Just because I said that Doesn’t mean I don’t know good music now gtf

@M.lashay_21 3 года назад

@Draper Scott I do

@hnycrsps2658 3 года назад

@Draper Scott you’re corny af for gatekeeping music. Doesn’t matter how little dude got here, as long as she’s vibin

@M.lashay_21 3 года назад

@@hnycrsps2658 exactlyyy thank you 😊 !!

@kawaiionee-chan9557 3 года назад

@@hnycrsps2658 I came here from family guy and thank you

@michaelanderson5975 3 года назад

It's great reading some of these comments that there's people out there that appreciated this music at that time in life this is definitely one of those songs that makes you reflect on your past and how beautiful God's Earth is I love training in the park on a nice hot summer day I take it in and thank God for his beauty the song definitely takes you there

@adriennerobinson1180 3 года назад

Oh Yes.I really miss these great time which will Not be duplicated.

@palvoliuto6059 3 года назад

this song always made me happy. what a great vibe, pure joy. thanks!!!

@jesuschristfollower6251 3 года назад

They'll never be music like this again, this music today can't even compare to this era of music, timeless

@johnnyrazor7960 2 года назад

Can we learn to appreciate old music without shitting on modern music please? Why your first thought while listening to older music would be to belittle today's music is beyond me... Before you comment "no song today could touch this" or "much better than todays crap" you should educate yourself on music first. The 50s,60s,70s,80s had just as many shitty songs as this generation does. Just that radio stations would filter them out. Today's mainstream music may be crap but not ALL modern music is. If you look hard enough you'll find great music from today. There are young people who watch these videos just to enjoy music. I'm sure they don't care about your personal opinions on today's music, in the same way that you didn't care about your parents telling you 40s and 50s music was better than 60s and 70s. Please shut up and enjoy the damn music. COPY AND PASTE this under a music video riddled with comments from opinionated fossils.

@eddyvideostar Год назад

Dear JC Follower: I agree.

@gregorymclaughlin7616 10 месяцев назад

grew up listening to them, They look so COOL!!!!!

@flyingfishsurf Год назад

Perfectly captured the times in soundwaves.

@lynnwilson2615 Год назад

Oh My Real music, lyrics Real singers Real entertainment!

@markandrew5663 Год назад

Great sound!

@dcinsc7 3 года назад

Just plain awesome!

@critter7052 Год назад

These guys and gals were great. Thanks for posting.

@sharonhenderson8956 3 года назад

Brings back cherish memories of the 60's🌼70's: Classic hit from the Soulful Vocalized group Friends Of Distr✨nction.-🌾🎶🎼🌺

@ritabalbino2848 3 года назад

50's too

@sharonhenderson8956 3 года назад

@@ritabalbino2848 You bet the Forties🎼Fifties is the Root foundation of it all!! Big smile.🎶🌌

@TWayneD1020 3 года назад

Happy times !!!

@pttibg Год назад

A music explosion...now that is talent!

@canyoncruzr3462 2 года назад

I love this tune and these folks!

@tangreatmusicyacriso323 3 года назад

We were really getting down with GREAT MUSIC AND SONGS. CLASSICS!!😍😋

@lauraswihart4816 5 месяцев назад

Groovin 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

@anthonybarber3872 3 года назад

Lovely!

@sthembisonkomo4231 3 года назад

Family guy brought me here and I love it

@Soul-cry1 3 года назад

I know right, they were spot on. 😗

@FuzzyTheBear 3 года назад

When i heard i remembered that song from long ago. Family Guy has over the years had great music , little bits .. but oh so well chosen. This is their best one ever. :)

@imnotdone3813 9 месяцев назад

I can dig it.

@ArianiMauve999 5 месяцев назад

THE TIMES GONE FOREVER.

@sammartin6979 Год назад

I love this 😊

@bixster2260 3 года назад

Miss those days, so much joy and harmony. What happened to us?

@ronbooiman7906 3 года назад

Love this song

@beemerron 2 года назад

I can dig it.

@ellisisland1374 11 месяцев назад

Talented, underrated R&B group.🙂

@AmishWebmaster 2 года назад

They are grazin' in the grass and I can dig it. The only sad part is that many of them are dead. The newer members can't sing like the originals.

@randolphmccormack7245 6 месяцев назад

Never forget, "I can live without love....".

@DeWayneWilliams-um8ke 7 месяцев назад

I know she has passed but the lady in white is absolutely gorgeous ❤❤

@Logan-py8we 5 дней назад

Those were wonderful days. Sadly, politicians and the globalists have a hand in these times never coming back.

@Gilda321 Год назад

Love this so much! Music was music … not vulgar or obscene with lyrics about the female anatomy and how to abuseit in a hot tub!

@ScorpioBornIn69 Год назад

And no auto-tuning and being all computers.

@amilcareschettini5881 2 месяца назад

So so upbeat, goes with my edible 🫨😀😃😄😁😆

@carolcarey3495 3 года назад

So can I, soo energetic.

@mrbobbell 3 года назад

Music composed by Philemon Hou and lyricist: Harry Elston.

@angelagardener1234 Год назад

Disneys Raven Symone Sang this for the Timone and Simba and now it's on the new Air BNB Advert which is interesting 😂 I always look for the Original and I knew there was a Original somewhere eventually I was right.

@jimy0803 3 года назад

The 2 males started off in a group with 2 members of the 5th Dimension.

@dorishear914 3 года назад

Harry Elston and Floyd Butler. 💙

@michaelglickman1300 3 года назад

@@dorishear914 Along with Marilyn McCoo and Lamonte McLemore.

@dorishear914 3 года назад

@@michaelglickman1300 That is correct!

@carmanthomas8144 3 года назад

Ms.Cleaves sung with Earth wind and fire. Then Parliament.

@oscarg55 10 месяцев назад

Los gloriosos 60s a pesar que habían problemas eran buenos tiempos mejores que los de ahora vivan los 60s

@franklopez3687 3 года назад

Funky!!!

@alanmorse6407 3 года назад

AM radio at it's very best! Michael Strahan's daddy's on the right! lol

@giuseppederosa4676 Год назад

Now those ladies must be either old or dead. But the way they move their hips in this video make me thrilk

@jtdundee 3 года назад

52 years later this is still a timeless, great popular song. In 1969, who was enjoying music from 1917?

@bemore1134 3 года назад

Those of us who grew up with this music were so blessed, and took it SO much for granted. Fortunately the technology exists to allow it to live on forever.

@jj9homer Год назад

My blessed mother. She was singing "Yes, sir, that's my baby" and she was dancing the Charleston in the kitchen in the 1960s. She was born in 1913!

@TheStratman007 Год назад

I was 14 and living in NY. MOTOWN, CCR, Neal Diamond, and so many great bands. I played music, but the professionals played at the public spots, especially at the Grange Fair in Westchester. A band called, "The Intreagues" did this wonderful song. They did Grass Roots stuff too. I can not fathom where the time went. Music like this takes me to where I want to be.

@davidpanetta6400 Год назад

My mom was born in 1918 and she seemed to like this song. But to answer your question, not many people were listening to the radio in 1917.

@MrLamontSanford Год назад

ha...my mom..born in 1933...knew music from 1910 as well as stuff like this...me too...I know loads of music from the 1800's...and this^^ as long as its good, its good...and timeless.

@raulmartinez9655 2 года назад

I could listen to this song ten times over & not get tired of it. I thank God I grew up in this era. We had great great music. Latin, soul & rock. The best.

@keithdavis9633 Год назад

Real Music up Town Philly

@stuartwise5709 Год назад

Same here! I can't count the number of times I have viewed this video

@Flytyerman-ec6vq Год назад

Real music from a "magic era"! I can dig it.

@edwinwilkerson6051 Год назад

I was in hawaii 10 years old and heard this on KGMB AKU radio show

@emilyh.8704 Год назад

We sure did! The very best!

@freyjr5904 3 года назад

YOU CANNOT LISTEN TO THIS AND BE SAD OR MAD. THIS IS SO JOYOUS, THEIR ENERGY IS INFECTIOUS. i wish the world can listen to this

@jimtownsend7899 3 года назад

I was about to comment the same thing. I got a smile on my face and a tear in the corner of each eye. Loving this!

@MrNathan791 3 года назад

I agree. This just brings me joy and keeps me smiling. We had so much fun when me my siblings back in the 70’s would try and sing along with them. I still along when ever I hear it on my local oldies station. And I still get winded. 😂

@adriennerobinson1180 3 года назад

Truth Indeed

@michaelbruns449 2 года назад

And see this.

@vw1649 Год назад

I agree this song puts a smile on my face...

@elizabethd.2398 3 года назад

Grazing in the grass is a gas, baby can you dig it! Ahh, the memories of the 60s & 70s. 🌱

@feliciaromero1646 3 года назад

When I was 6 years old, I thought this was the best song I ever heard. I still think it’s pretty, darn cool!

@josephbell5806 3 года назад

This song is one of my all-time favorites from that era! Just so much joy and energy emanating from that song! LOVE IT!!!

@RICHBLACKCOCK 3 года назад

Felicia Romero. u and I aren`t far apart in age. I`d just turned 7 in 1970 and listened to friends of distinction quite a lot. Now I see things differently than I did then.

@normaharrod5337 2 года назад

It blew my mind the first time I heard it.

@itsabovemenow1016 2 года назад

@@normaharrod5337 haha! You made me remember the first time I heard it. I was 13. I froze in front of our big old console stereo and couldn’t believe any song could be so cheery and fun. I begged for a dollar so I could run right out to the neighborhood record store and buy it that day.

@mommashellg 2 года назад

I was 11 yrs old

@blazinblasian0906 3 года назад

The great Jessica Cleaves! Channeling her inner Josephine Baker in this performance.Continue to rest in musical greatness🌺🙏🏼🌺

@starshiptrooper7670 3 года назад

Makes me think of walking thru the park on a sunny day. Bell bottoms, sunglasses, wine and a little smoke. Yeah, I can dig it....

@valerievelarde62 3 года назад

Heyyyy! 😎💗

@ricksmith2885 3 года назад

out a sight !

@truckjewelz 3 года назад

Haaaaaa.....yeahh

@dmsbos6903 3 года назад

Yeah it’s like a double entendre, just the obvious, enjoying nature or maybe something hallucinogenic..

@lelandwilliams1089 Год назад

Great memories to be cherished. Wonderful.

@smxxsh3x Год назад

Family guy brought me back here😭

@ePotaito 4 месяца назад

Lol I’m literally watching the episode 😂

@tinyratdude Месяц назад

@@ePotaito same

@sybilwarner9998 3 года назад

The music speaks for itself so they don't have to perform in their underwear.

@MrNathan791 3 года назад

LOL. It should always be about the music and the performances. Nobody should try and shock the audience because you’re on stage with hardly anything on.

@MaryMiller-nf7nm 8 месяцев назад

Good one!

@carlosbright9615 8 месяцев назад

I am still listening to Grazing In The Grass on January 1, 2024. Hearing this song takes me back to 1970 when I was at Whitted Junior High School in Durham, North Carolina. I wish I had a Time Machine and I could go back to 1970. I didn't have a care in the world and I was young, attractive, and in good health. I am currently 68 years old soon to be 69 in June 2024 with aches and pains. Many of my Junior High and High School classmates are dead. I haven't seem most in over 50 years.😭

@WilliamGallucci-k1r 8 месяцев назад

I'm 59 and I feel ya

@Sacto43 8 месяцев назад

The kids today with their healthy bodies will not have this music or your memories. You saw a time of history that may never be repeated or topped. Best wishes!

@estedetringham7528 8 месяцев назад

I'm right there with you, carlosbright9615 as every part of your comment applies to me as well. The music from our time keeps me going. The fact that Gen x, y, and z actually like our music says a lot about us, both the creators of our music, and the lovers of it. On a nice day, take whatever mode of portable music that you have, something to sit on, go outside, find a spot under some trees, put on "Grazing in the Grass," and watch as the sun is "beaming down..." Genius lyrics, by the way. I do this, and then listen to more of our music. Sometimes it makes me feel happy, sometimes sad, but somehow I always feel more energized. For a few minutes I don't feel almost 69. Our music is our time machine.

@kenbanner1332 7 месяцев назад

Carlos call them go find them you will be glad you did . We get together here in Edmonton Alberta with lots of old class mates and football guys . You wont regret it !!!

@gomogo2000 6 месяцев назад

I turned 60 this year...so I figured I'm officially old. BUT I have found the fountain of youth, which alot of people our age are also doing...a Carnivore Diet. Pains and aches...and lots of other symptoms fall away. It's sad that we can't go back to those wonderful days, but you can start to relive thise much healthier, happier, and attractive days again...😊 Dr. Chaffee on YT is a GREAT place to start. 👍

@barefooboy17 3 года назад

I can watch this performance a million times in a row and never get tired of it

@cherrie4444 3 года назад

I just did....., watched it a million times, in a row, i mean...😁

@BukkaLevy 3 года назад

I think I just did, too!

@kennyhuskisson2684 3 года назад

Oh Hell yes! I can dig it!👍✌️

@vilmalugay3401 3 года назад

Me too!

@williammoore82 3 года назад

I never get tired of it too!

@JoeL-zb1yd Год назад

Those girls could swing and dance! Watch them move. That was my era and I'm proud of it as well as millions of other fans of that era.

@youyong28 3 года назад

This was an unbelievably talented group, very underrated.

@gregoryingram7561 Год назад

When I researched them I was blown away to find out they were only together as a group for about 6 years, and in that short span they had major hits! What went wrong??

@clementjohnson2666 Год назад

@@gregoryingram7561 I know what you mean . I wish that The Friends of Distinction , The 5th . Dimension , Sergio Mendes and the Brazil 66 , would get back together and put out some sho nuff jams yet again 🥹 . Truth be told ..... this should have been done about 30 years ago !!!!!

@estedetringham7528 10 месяцев назад

@@gregoryingram7561the Fifth Dimension. They actually shared members. (sigh. I miss those days...)

@bradsense7431 5 месяцев назад

Okay, okay I will answer you already. Yes, I can dig it. I dig it now in 2024 just as I did in summer of 1969 at 11 years old.

@Poverello2001 3 года назад

It sure looks like they were having a great time performing this song.

@teewoods9846 3 года назад

you took the words out of my mouth.

@SupermanA2K 3 года назад

That’s called drugs

@davidrofulowitz7538 3 года назад

It sure does. and nothing but pure voice...no autotune, etc. Great singing all around!

@Camquarters 2 года назад

@@SupermanA2K crazy some people don’t need drugs to be happy

@SupermanA2K 2 года назад

@@Camquarters grow up

@crimsonrush 3 года назад

Happy people singing a happy song. This is why I love music. It makes me feel good. x

@hemigod2 Год назад

A VERY VERY powerful song. It’s like it came from another universe.

@johngamber5523 9 месяцев назад

😂

@藤井盛男 8 месяцев назад

You had heard the sound of the 70's r&b, and apart from 60's Motown sounds, I think.

@AN-cy7xm 5 месяцев назад

Right back to high school. Lying on the beach, the sun's warmth, the smell of suntan lotion, this song on someone's transister radio, gentle sound of waves, girls walking by, kids playing along the shoreline, a plane in the air, pulling an advertisement for Crazy Eddie's electronic stores. Life was good on that day.

@artgamechanger3841 4 месяца назад

Yeah.

@chevelle921 Месяц назад

I love how specific this is

@hwytravler1962 Месяц назад

We had no idea how great we had it.

@dannyrand1733 3 года назад

Is it me, because I just can't take my eyes off the woman in the purple dress. She's like the energizer bunny; like she's grooving to a workout video, lol.

@ms.capone3762 3 года назад

Barbara Jean Love...she was a perfofmance powerhouse and had a smile that lit up the stage.

@ronster369 3 года назад

Impossible to not fall in love with her after seeing this video. This video leads off my SOUL playlist and deserves to be.

@stefan621 2 года назад

Barbara Jean Love Be badge & peace

@Wokewomen2024 2 года назад

She is adorable with stage prescence

@AnthonyBrown-wo3bv 2 года назад

No it's not you Brother She's jammin Party Animal

@MichaelJohnson-lv5rm 3 года назад

Most underrated R&B group of the late 60s and early 70s, everything is so clear you can feel it.. Classic.

@davidjohnson1654 Год назад

and besides.... it's real, so real... and yes, I can dig it and feel it!! This is my jam!!!

@joelclark9944 23 дня назад

Everything is so clear that you can see it..... Everything is so near that you can feel it...

@ant1198 2 дня назад

I wasn’t aware of them before that episode of Family Guy when Peter didn’t want to cut the grass. Lol😂 🤷🏾‍♂️

@rgrndu Год назад

Lead singer has a great voice. This is a fun group to watch. They’re very energetic.

@kevingoins9858 11 месяцев назад

Harry Elston is his name and he's a friend. I'll let him know of your sweet compliment.

@kevingoins9858 3 года назад

Jessica Cleaves singing the scat part, "rock-it-sock-it-to-me, sugar" - PRICELESS

@traceyw9635 3 года назад

She was doing it, then sigh after she scatted, I love it. Classic and great memories!!

@matthewalicea8910 3 года назад

She's so beautiful

@ThaneSPKM 3 года назад

She is just gorgeous. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

@patritablackston2064 3 года назад

I can dig it he can dig it she can dig it we can dig it they can dig it you can dig it

@kathyhayward2228 3 года назад

Sure is. A favorite

@clobbyhops 3 года назад

51 years ago and it still sounds fantastic

@ChristoverMarxfortheWin 3 года назад

If they played this song today on a teen pop station, it would be a hit once more. Once I play this song for anyone, it stays with them permanently.

@adriennerobinson1180 3 года назад

Truth Indeed

@itsabovemenow1016 2 года назад

This was the very first album I ever bought just for myself. I was only 13. I would go on to get every album they made. What I wouldn’t give to have to have all my old albums now. It’s hard to believe this group only lasted five years. By 1974 the ride was pretty much over. But what a ride.

@michaelbruns449 2 года назад

Well said.

@eddyvideostar Год назад

To Tee Arr Bee: Really? Do you think? today's teens? I'd hope and pray they could relate to this type of soul music sound. ---------------- I feel as if the youth have their culture purposely backfiring upon the good that was bestowed upon the communities of erstwhile.

@homicidalmaniac279 3 года назад

Barbara Jean Love's gap between her teeth along with that smile of hers makes her even more beautiful.

@3556111 3 года назад

Something or someone was distracting her and she glanced to her right a few times during this performance. I have watched this a lot and just noticed this.

@thatjpwing 3 года назад

I thought that was Charlene Gibson?

@jesincere8589 3 года назад

@@3556111 Guys hitting on her with lusting looks form the audience, my guess

@zagozago9893 3 года назад

@@thatjpwing It is. I think?

@thatjpwing 3 года назад

@@zagozago9893 it is. There’s a photo from RCA promoting the album “Whatever” with Barbara Jean and Charlene standing next to each other. That’s definitely Charlene in the video. Barbara Jean is shorter than Jessica, Charlene is taller.

@robertmarino7011 10 месяцев назад

When music was music, not the BS that's out there today.

@nowitsabadtime 6 месяцев назад

We have the advantage of Time on our side. Some day people will talk about Justin Bieber like we are talking about this!

@djzio 6 месяцев назад

This is a masterpiece, but there's a lot of good music out there nowadays. 65 and hear lots of new sounds all the time.

@jewelzb1402 3 месяца назад

We had it all.

@susanlanier6805 Месяц назад

😂sooooo true. Even the intimate talk had Class

@chasefreak Месяц назад

@@nowitsabadtime 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 ah, no

@thatjpwing 3 года назад

I have always loved how much fun they were having with this performance!

@wildforthecats661 3 года назад

Always really liked this song.

@kristashelby4260 3 года назад

I remember this so well. Still listening 2021. I can dig it.... that's what we used to say. Happy memories!!!

@rayluca6037 3 года назад

I STILL say it to my kids ..NEVER stopped !!

@1wonderfulmom 3 года назад

Everything was so beautiful you can feel it.

@percy6632 3 года назад

people who gave this song or will be giving this song a thumbs down just can't dig it!

@patritablackston2064 3 года назад

Not even with a shovel.!!

@sammartin6979 Год назад

Those are two beautiful women ❤

@puffinbilly6826 3 месяца назад

...oh,yes...

@daddygrace253 Месяц назад

I am hear listening to this classic on August 26, 2024. So many childhood, neighbors, and classmates have passed away. One passed away Sunday a week ago and she was funeralized last Friday. Listening to this group, Delfonics, Blue Magic, Black Ivy, Moments, Marvin Gaye, Stylistics, 5th Dimension takes me back to when I was a teenager in the 60's and early 70's. I wish I too could go back into time, and especially when I was at Morgan State University 1974-1978. Those were the best times of my life. Many have died, divorced, have adult children & grandchildren over the years. It's called life and growing old is no fun with aches and pains and taking meds for high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes.

@bobbywall172 3 года назад

Fort Bragg NC, basic training, very Hot, the song and weather, songs, em clubs, helped me feel a little better. Drill sergeants tried to kill us with running and drills🤘🏻🤘🏻

@adriennerobinson1180 3 года назад

Wow

@alanjones5422 8 месяцев назад

And the birds are darting in and out of the trees, i can dig it

@kevinblackwell8302 9 месяцев назад

This song is even better watching them perform

@nicholaslee4669 3 года назад

Back when musicians actually wrote their music, those were the days

@thehouseofcha1nsaw_ 3 года назад

Well... At least the lyrics were writing aleast the lead singer. The rest of it is "Borrowed" to say the least.

@neilcoligan8621 3 года назад

@@thehouseofcha1nsaw_ Good catch. I well remember the instrumental composed by Philemon Hou and first recorded by the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. It was certainly one of the shorter instrumental hits clocking in at less than 2 minutes.

@williamharris6301 3 года назад

Yeah and lip synching was an art.

@shuroom57 3 года назад

@@williamharris6301 .......an art not practiced in this performance, since the vocals are live. Yes, they are.

@adriennerobinson1180 3 года назад

Truth Indeed

@Laura4Cats 3 года назад

I have always loved this song, and this performance is sheer joy. From back in the days when music actually made you feel GOOD.

@vw1649 Год назад

I totally agree!

@clementjohnson2666 Год назад

@@vw1649 ME TOO !!!!!

@pamelataylor336 10 месяцев назад

This song is great! The group is great! Music like this makes me feel happy. They sound so much like the 5th Dimention when doing this song. Also, a big shout out to Ed Sullivan.

@anitamooreland-simms3606 3 года назад

I got chills on my arms when the band played a part by themselves and the singers danced to it. The singers, the band, the whole thing was just phenomenal.

@melodysanger103 11 месяцев назад

HAPPY 85TH BIRTHDAY HARRY ELSTON (NOVEMBER 4, 2023)

@MissJackieM 3 года назад

My girl Jessica Cleaves !!!! Love her !!!

@trevorpark7768 3 года назад

Just look how mature and sophisticated the audience looks. Tastefully dressed.

@willdrucker4291 3 года назад

Which is precisely what killed the program...60 middle aged White People in the frame...ONE YOUNG BLACK WOMAN...listening to a legendary Black Group...by April ‘71, CBS cancelled the show after 23 years on the air....the target audience was simply too old/too white

@That_AMC_Guy 3 года назад

@@BarracusObamus I have a sneaking suspicion that in regards to the Ed Sullivan Show, it became a "familiarity breeds contempt" situation. For many years, Ed Sullivan was a Sunday-Night staple. There was an old joke that went "Why is everything closed on Sunday? For Church and Ed Sullivan." 10 million Americans tuned in to Sullivan every Sunday night. But when you do that for nearly a quarter of a century, I dunno.... for whatever reason.... it wasn't as "hip" to appear on Sullivan. I suppose because by that point, there was a myriad of other, much more "with it" shows like Laugh In, The Smothers Brothers, The Hollywood Palace, Playboy After Dark.... so there was a heck of a lot more competition. Sullivan himself was never seen as being the voice of a generation; and while he was on the ball for most of his tenure, by 1969/1970, he was still having the same guests re-appear. Not sure if that was his choosing or the networks, though.

@glennbishopbishthemagish 3 года назад

@@willdrucker4291 Not true at all in my opinion. If you read the book Marlo Lewis the long time producer wrote. There was a change in management at CBS. The new young baby CBS management executives ended the show.

@elisageorge2261 3 года назад

They’re old!😂. Or look old. Where’s all the black people?!

@elisageorge2261 3 года назад

@@paulsmith2279 🙄

@wildforthecats661 3 года назад

They were discovered by football legend Jim Brown.

@annieporter2533 3 года назад

Hi how are you doing I dated Harry years ago ann elliott

@kevingoins9858 3 года назад

@@annieporter2533 Hey Ann, Harry is a longtime friend

@kevingoins9858 3 года назад

Jim also managed the group

@rievans57 3 года назад

as was Earth, Wind, and Fire.

@b1bo840 3 года назад

@@rievans57 100% false, he did not discover ewf! 🤦🏾‍♂️ that rumor been floatin’ around for decades for some odd reason. my best guess is maybe because jessica sung with ewf for a short stint.. but by that logic he discovered p-funk too cause that’s where she went after ewf 🤣

@ePotaito 4 месяца назад

Why couldn’t I been born in this time, I would’ve had so much fun! The music, the styles, the art….a wonderous time because of us people’s❤

@michaelbeda6295 Месяц назад

That could be a good wish, but I submit that while the Friends of Distinction represent among the best of everyone during those times, the country was being ripped apart- the politics of race, of war and anti-war, of the haves and have nots and just plain nastiness going on at every turn, and some of us were back in south east asia for our second or third time. A lot of blood was being shed there And here. My God... just goes to show that what goes around comes around, be at least we have cds of these and others and RU-vid. All ain't lost... YET.

@jaylondino6140 3 года назад

Good Lord what a wonderful musical era that was! In the decade of the 1960's, the music world was in a beautiful cosmic trance that can never be duplicated.

@MsMars. Год назад

This actually sounds like a live performance. It's GREAT!!!!

@brilliantdiva5068 3 года назад

2-25-21: ❤️FRIENDS OF DISTINCTION ⭐️ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL 🌈THEIR MUSIC HAS SHATTERED 🌈THE TEST OF TIME🎈✅

@KimberlyPreston-n7r 9 месяцев назад

The lady in the white gown is the real artist.

@fmtalks1386 4 месяца назад

Jessica Cleaves was the truth!

@randallg961 3 года назад

Nobody today even has 1/10th this kind of talent.

@cherrie4444 3 года назад

Right on!

@Hearshotkid_2113 3 года назад

Alright, dude. Relax. This is an awesome performance, but don’t go and put every artist out there trying to make music down just because you got your nostalgia glasses on too tight.

@musicandtravel7124 3 года назад

Just because you cannot find it, does not mean it is not out there. Many artists that sign to a record deal may not release music to your and my liking, but I would hazard a guess that there are thousands of artists out there making the kind of music we like right this very minute. Just dig deeper than what is fed to the public.

@ceejayjones2567 3 года назад

@Terry Hawk just within the last decade artists like Babyface, Mary J Blige, En Vogue and Toni Braxton (just some examples) continue to put out music. Current artists like H.E.R., Nicole Bus, Robert Glasper, Jazmine Sullivan and The Internet put out quality music. Just because you prefer the older music doesn't mean the current music isn't good.

@ceejayjones2567 3 года назад

@Terry Hawk of the artists I listed, the cussing is minimal and the degradation of women is zero. Keep to your lies and fantasies though. I guess they help you sleep at night.