Bev should of had career worthy of her talents. A distinct singing voice, a cool stage presence, and a certain vibe that would of made her an iconic star.
MAN, this song and others is what always has kept me alive, Im 74.6 into all of this Trip...Me respected by both Forces of heavan & h e l l.. We once all Brothers & Sisters....please Help Me GET This message too ALL...THEY KNOW WHO THEY BE.... Me saddle-up , U do too, after "JC's Peace TREATY TOLD....We have a VERT FORGIVING LORD!!!!!!
This is the best recording of all the performances. Live, no lip sync. You can hear Beverly's voice clearly. And she is very animated. It looks like they were really enjoying it.
You know you're good when Fred Astaire introduces you! Someone else here pointed out how Fred hesitated to approach them before the applause stopped - not wanting to take the moment from them. He was always a gentleman.
Man, it’s 1968 all over again, not going college, got drafted, that got cut short by my Dad dying at the same time, stayed back to help Mom with my younger sister and very young brother...a very sad but wonderful time, all at once. This song and all the other music got me thru it.
Glad you got through it bro. It must have been tough for you all. And '68 was one great year! I was 19 in that summer I remember as though it was yesterday. Wish I could live it all again.
@@fareshajjar1208 auto tune mics alter the pitch to the correct level making the singer appear flawless. These mics came about in 1996. Makes sense why artists use them today doesn’t it? Before commenting next time do some research.
@@fareshajjar1208 can I read? Read your own comment. You said talking about the effects of auto tune is a BS script. So, is that true? Does it really help or not? Since you say it’s BS it must not be true to you. I just just laying down some facts of which you appear to deny. It’s just another way of saying the artists in the video sounded really good and they did it with less help from the instruments unlike the artist today. Do you understand now?
@@bgs9man Yeah, every single old song and some old coot has to write about auto-tune. Very familiar with auto-tune, dude. As I said, I am in the industry. Who cares if it helps or not. It's the YT equivalent of "You kids get off my lawn." A dumb cliche... Get some new material. Hard for you to understand, I know. Perhaps English is your second language.
No it doesn't. I heard this while laying in my rack at NTC San Diego in 1965 crying like a baby. I was 17 yrs old and away from home. I grew up though and went to Vietnam for a year. Love this song.
I just noticed(after 50+ years) they didn't include the drummer on stage with them, here he's a side man. They must've been a folk group that went rock.
I absolutely love these "minimalist" live performances. No pre-recording, no mixing. Just 6 musicians hanging it all out. And they pulled it off beautifully. What energy!
When I woke up this morning, this song was on my mind. It was! So I came here. I love this. And Fred Astaire is absolutely adorable - look at him at the end, rushing over and clapping! Sweet.
A timeless classic. The studio version was recorded at Columbus recorders at The Columbus Tower in SF. The studio was owned by The Kingston Trio. The Kingston Trio's manager, Frank Werber produced We Five. The guitarist with the glasses is (was) John Stewart's (then a member of The Trio) younger brother. He went on to produce many records including Billy Joel's first LP.
Well now, you have connected some dots! I can't remember when I learned Bev sang on "Desert Pete" but I think her vocals make that song soar. Now I get why she was singing with the Trio. From El Cerrito, Emma
Rest In Peace to Mike Stewart (6 string electric guitar), Bob Jones (12 string electric guitar), Pete Fullerton (bass guitar), and Jerry Burgan (6 string acoustic/electric guitar). Thank you for the memories and the music.
Beverly Bivens and her parents lived just down the street from a friend of mine in Tustin, Ca. Her mother came over to my friends one day and played "You Were On My Mind" for us and asked if we thought it would be a hit!! We told her "Hell yes"!! Memories of much happier days in 1965!!
they took a pretty good song by Ian and Sylvia (Sylvia wrote this) and with the arrangement by Mike Stewart (glasses) and Bev's voice , took this to the highest level...... and they are doing this live.... great !!
very rare to have a song played live on a T.V. back in the 60's, very rare. This is a gem AND to have "Mr. Class" Fred Astaire to introduce We Five is "icing on the cake"
I noticed how Fred Astaire just "Stops" as he's walking towards them at the end of the song as not to interrupt their applause. Then as the consummate professional that he is, he motions to them to take a bow. How wonderful!!
No doubt about it "You Were On My Mind" was a super hit for the "We Five" in 1965, even though this was a great song and hit "The We Five" never really charted another big song. However like most of America I fell in love with the song and hearing it 51 years later is an oldies thrill. In 1965 I told my girlfriend of one year that this song reminded me of her because she was always on my mind. We got married in 1969 and will be married 47 years this year, and yes she is still always on my mind. Great song, thanks for posting it!!
I remember the day after seeing this show I was walking in my house singing " I got trouble..." my mom said "your gonna have trouble if you don't clean your room"
It's amazing isn't it? The Hollywood Palace and the Ed Sullivan Show were the only entertainment weeklies of that era that actually had the performers do their numbers live.
I saw this band play in Ottawa Kansas at Ottawa University, a small college town of about 10,000, probably around 1965-66. It always amazed me that they came to our small town. At the time, I was a shy 13 year old boy that was in love with Beverly and still am=). One of my all time fav's. I will always remember that night at Ottawa University and that song...
You mean Mamma Cass did the boot shuffle like Beverly Bivvins. We 5 pre-dated Mammas and Pappas by a couple of years. Not that it matters - both were excellent at a time when music was brilliant. Rgds
A rare live TV performance by We Five in the era of lip synch, and they did it so well. A great memory from the summer of '65. RIP Mike Stewart, Jerry Burgan, Bob Jones and Pete Fullerton. Only Bev is still alive today.
Wow!. . . being introduced by the one and only Fred Astaire is an honor in itself. But then, "We Five" delivered with a wonderful rendition of their great 1960s hit. Electric guitars weren't even that far along yet. Bev has some graceful 2-steps and an angelic voice The 4 others instrumentalist/singers summoned talent like it was natural to them to bring it all together. Outstanding, upbeat song from yesteryear.
Sorry, but you could buy a Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jazz Bass, Precision Bass, a Gibson Les Paul with humbuckers, a Fender Twin, Pro, Bandmaster, Bassman. What else do you need? Try buying one those nowadays and you better have $10,000 to $250,000 for a '59 Les Paul.
You said something about the primitive state of electric guitars. The guitars I mentioned are the biggest sellers of all time. They were all available in 1969. What's to understand?
Bev is CUTE! Great little dance moves to a great song perfectly arranged, played and sung. We knew it was a "new" kind of song, another evolutionary leap. It's perfect.
This was my best friend's favorite song back in '65. We were 12 years old and times were great. Sadly, he was killed a year later. There is not too many days that go by I don't think about him. When I hear this song I can go back 50 years and remember how he went on and on about this song. I do play this video from time to time just to think about my friend and besides its a great song.
God bless you jeff bunner. This was my brothers favorite song. He died ten years ago. I think of him when I play this video and hear this song. Did you know that BOB DYLAN really liked this song. God bless you again Jeff
I was 12 then too . the great songs were endless ! my only concern was if I was pitching in tomorrows little league game . no Vietnam yet . warm summer nights. ice cream shops, drive-ins, not drive bys , first love, good time to be young
Beverly Bivens...one of the great voices, though largely unknown, that I wish would have recorded more. I could listen to her for hours. I love how the intensity in this version builds to a great finish. A perfect recording, and better yet, a perfect live performance.
@@ITILII Maybe, just maybe there's a case for there being more recognisable talent in the 60s - what with the art form being so new (post American-songbook rock/folk/blues/soul etc) - but I doubt it. There are always talented musicians in every era. But people do love their rose-tinted spectacles.
This song came out the same year I graduated from high school and it seemed like you could hear it being played on someone's transistor radio all over the campus. Great song, great memories and it always brings a tear to my eye as I remember the good old days.
I love the way as her singing gets more intense, her dancing gets more intense. And when she dials her singing back, the dancing slows. She's obviously having a blast.
Man !!!! Why isn't popular music this good anymore ?? I mean, this number is so infectious with it's beat and melody. Not to mention that Bev Bivens was so freaking hot !!! I'm also glad that the group didn't use all of the original lyrics to this number as used by Ian And Sylvia. Listen to their version here on RU-vid and you'll understand what I mean.
A perfect pop song. Does everything it can and should with a truly magnificent harmonic finish. Still an extraordinarily good sound - and Beverly Bivens had more than enough voice along with an excellent presence. What happened? This was their only hit - but one they can all be incredibly proud of.
So much good music that was hidden away from us younger generations is now available to us via RU-vid. No matter what people say about YT, it can be a force for good xxx
What a super presentation! The yellow turtlenecks were so cool and Bev with her white Go-Go boots, not to mention the Cilla Black-style hairdo. This song was a real toe-tapper, too! Love it!
The 26 dislikes are Justin Bieber groupies and people who live in rubber rooms. This is an energetic and enthusiastic performance of a great song. Bev Bivens rocks. A lot of pressure too with a national television audience watching and legends like Fred Astaire. Well done!
fred astaire introducing and applausing this fabulous band with this super cool song in a warmheated and enthusiastic way - just great; whereto have these times gone
I do feel sad for the later gens that were not able to grow up in the era of the best music. I still have all these bands on 8 track. Lps and now on Y/T. Thanks You Tube.
To be introduced by Fred Astaire, they're all sounding great. I love that Bivens is just as animated as she is on the other show in the velour top! No lip-synching, guitar plugged in, great harmonies!
Mike Stewart was a genius putting together a group like this. I remember when this song burst on the scene when I was a kid; to think that folk songs like You Were on My Mind could be reworked into folk rock hits that would capture the nation. It seems that the era was a flash in the pan, but what a flash...
I grew up living next door to Pete Fullerton the bass player for WE 5 I listened to them all the time having their band practice in the garage I used to mow his yard for guitar lessons God bless Pete rest in peace you taught me a lot unfortunately Pete passed away a year ago
Wow. Terrific. Bev Bivens was a friend of mine at Santa Ana High. She was a lovely person and obviously very talented. It's great fun to see her in this video and hear this classic song of theirs. Thanks, Lynette
What a beautiful and attractive woman Bev Bivens is. She has a great voice. This is an all time classic song. I never knew who sang it. And she went to school here in Santa Ana High, that's pretty exciting.
My college roommate and I wore out two copies of the album with this song on it. I still have copy number 3, and the song is still one of my favorites after all these years. I was happy to find this recording of a live performance.
The We Five had a secret weapon: Their 6th member, an African American drummer who is playing incredible drums in the foreground of this historic video..
My search found John Chambers. The 5 member group hired a sideman drummer for live performances. For recording sessions, groups often used sidemen who were paid for the session, but never received credit or royalties.
The drummer in clip is John Chambers: toured with We Five from 1965-67. In addition, he played with such blues greats as Big Mama Thornton and Big Joe Turner as well as such popular local San Francisco rock groups as The Loading Zone, and The Elvin Bishop Group.
Yes it was the GREAT John Chambers! I played many gigs with this wonderful drummer, sadly he got into a fight and was hit on the head and had a brain anurism and died way too young.
Jerry Granelli played on the record but he was unavailable (working with Vince Guaraldi) when the record hit. He recommended one of his students named John Chambers (visible in silhouette on the Hollywood Palace video) who played at every live performance we did for the next two years. PS - I'm the guy with the acoustic guitar.
High props to the We Five here. One of few bands to actually sing and play LIVE on the Hollywood Palace. Bev looks like Linda Ronstadt here, even in hair style. I got to this theatre years later where this was filmed. They had turned it into a dance club. I thought about the great performers who had appeared there, Nancy Wilson and many others. The place has a lot of history. Located just north of Hollywood Blvd at Vine St.
