This woman’s vocals drives me crazy! Ever since I first heard her perform in the late 70’s, I have never been able to forget this version of this song!🎤❤️🎼🎶
I’m the same as a child of the 70s and I met her at a wedding of a family friend several years ago who she’s related to. She still sounds amazing and is very very sweet. Her voice is sexy, sweet and clean.
Many probably don't know she was in Hair back then. Not sure if she was in the nude scene, but one can only imagine. The BeeGees wrote some very good music for her later.
Dee Jones I was between 68 and the 70s.. all the music from that era was the greatest. We grew up with songs about love and peace and during the most tumultuous time of civil rights and Vietnam..music was and is my life. 56 years of keyboards..
Barbara's has a quality that Yvonne's doesn't have, and Yvonne's has a quality that Barbara's doesn't have. I love them both. That should clear it up 👍
I use to listen to this in Monroe Louisiana in 1977 I loved the music then and now even more 😌because my wife is in Florida with her parent's its our anniversary ❤ not together but we will be Friday love her
Yes Pete, I dance through the tears missing the ones that are no longer with us. At last count, I must celebrate for over 100 people. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it. I dance with joy
What a great version! Even ardent fans of the Barbara Lewis original have to say BRAVA Yvonne!!!! She too got to the summit. With either version you experience excellence.
IN 1977, YVONNE ELLIMAN DOES A REMAKE OF BARBARA LEWIS’ SONG: HELLO STRANGER, WHICH I FOUND TO BE QUITE LOVELY. IT HAS BEEN A MIGHTY LONG TIME SINCE I HEARD THIS ONE. KENNETH HUANG. 10/06/24.
One of my all-time favorite songs!! Original version by Barbara Lewis is what most of us grew up listening to. Different renditions but both really great.
Both versions of Hello Stranger by Barbara Lewis and Yvonne Elliman were big hits back in 1963 when Barbara Lewis took it to number three and was a hit again in 1977 when Yvonne Elliman took it to number fifteen. Great song by two great female singers.
I first heard this song performed by my friend Paula Estrada in 1962 and then in 1977 by Yvonne Elliman! To this day at 60+, this is one of my favorite all time songs!🙏🎤🎶❤️
This is an incredible beautiful talented singer with a soulful voice! This re-make sounds so much better than the original version from the early 1960's!
With such magnetic, soul-rendering, ethereal voice, one would imagine she would make it much much bigger in the US pop chart....give her the credit for her true talent and skill, it surely is a MIGHTY LONG TIME~~ Yvonne, soldier on and SING LOUD and PROUD.
I think Barbara Lewis and Yvonne are just about equal singers. But the background vocals in Yvonne's version are just SO much better; in the original the backup singers are so far off key that it is hard to listen to.
What a beautiful voice, this is the best version ever! Yvonne puts more feeling into it the other versions can't compete. I love this when it came out. Beautiful!
But this isn't 70s music. Barbara Lewis wrote and sang the original in 1961. Yvonne Elliman's 1977 version just has a disco beat added to it. The original is better.
I’m here all the time . I come here often to listen to her voice . And I be loved this song from the first time I heard it . Way , way back in the 70 s . Great romantic partner song . ! Love it to the max !
Yvonne Elliman never got the accolades she so deserves..was backup singer for Rock and Pop Legends including Eric Clapton and The Bee Gees..She is absolutely stunning too..
One of the best voices ever! One of the very few contemporary singers who didnt have to shout to achieve rich clear resonant vocalization. And then, you could look at her a mighty long time!
@@ronvogt00 I heard that. 2010s had mostly bad music but that cover is surprisingly great. That sounds like an influence by Ebony Alleyne (check her cover). Barbara Lewis would be so proud.
+Montgomery Denzer Tell her thank you for her beautiful voice. She had quite an impact on us born-again Christian Sisters when Jesus Christ Superstar came out. Boy, those were the days..........
+Montgomery Denzer that's prettycool.If you could you might mention the comments section on her vids for her to see that people are still diggin her songs and the memories she left us..let em' return some of the good vibes back to her :)
I was going to college in Joplin, MO, and this was a hit over there. I know all three of the radio stations at the time gave it plenty of play time, which was fine by me. One of the few songs that I never got tired of, and it's still my favorite 39 years later.
This is such a cool song my Brothers loved to play back in the day.I was still a kid but my Brothers would talk about their girlfreinds.I found myself day dreaming about this song when i got hit with "puppy love" with a girl in my class in the 5th grade.Wow!Brings back wonderful times...
I love her..70's seemed to have the best music and vocals..now its all about pop not complaining..but its different from yester year.i had to grow up with this music thanks to my mom...shes stuck in the 70's but its all good..
the 70's produced the finest music of all time. It appeared that all the efforts of writing songs hit a magic something, at the same time, as if they matured into a procession of hits, as if they were organized to produce one after another and another. I was working in an automobile paint detail shop, next to a car wash, and Car Wash came on the loud speaker! I can imagine the people waiting for their cars had a little bounce in their step when that sound cut through the noise of sprayer nozzles.
Now that I remember, not even the stupid Beatle curse affected the seventies hits! I never thought of that before. Groovin', My Girl, Lady Marmalade and Signed Sealed Deliverd were among the tunes that made me move and tap my feet. I was forced, however, to learn that not everyone who moved, could really hear! They just copied those who could. The music could have had a religious connection, because it was toooo good. Like inspiration.
My favourite version of this has always been the original by Barbara Lewis. But I would say that it is closely followed by this Yvonne Elliman version. But then again I would say that. I had the honour of dancing with this incredibly beautiful lady in around the late 1970s (maybe 77/78) at the lyceum ballroom just off the strand in London. Possibly she could have been over here promoting this song? Anyway I just remember what incredibly exotic & captivating eyes she had. & probably still has i imagine. I hope she remains safe & well to this day, and that she's in good health 😀💙
While growing up in Honolulu, the radio D.J.s always supported Yvonne by playing her music all the time. I grew listening to Yvonne Elliman and it's really nice to watch the videos on You Tube and to listen to her songs again.
"Hello Stranger" has always, always been one of my favorite songs, from the first moments I heard it on the radio, back then. Few other songs come close. Interesting to see how its reception was so lukewarm, which, I having always loved it, just baffles me.
Hello Stranger is and always will be one of the greatest love songs of all time, and if doesn't bring a tear to your eye, there's something seriously wrong! First Barbara Lewis and then Yvonne Elliman both knew how to sing a romantic song and tear out your heart at the same time. Thank you ladies, I wish you could have stayed around for another fifty years.
Love this song and Yvonne Elliman and If I Can’t Have You is another great song, Love 70s music!!! So many fun times and memories make me smile~Thank you Yvonne!! 💖🎶🎤💯💖
I also agree with those that gave thumbs down dont know what good music is.Yvonne has a beautiful voice.This song brings out alot of love.I could listen to this song all day long.Thank you Yvonne for your beautiful songs i love you.
This was my introduction to this song as a child. Then years later heard original version then you really appreciate just how good a remake this is of the great original.
Amazing talent!!!! I was maybe 7 or 8 yrs old when this song came out and i fell in love with her music. The album was awesome!! Played it on my cousin's console stereo/turn table/8 track player. The turn table even had a repeat lever. Memories!
ME... still listening.... 🎼🤗💚 2024.......hello stranger🎼
Ace song and singer.❤
One of the best❤️
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I had the pleasure of meeting Yvonne Elliman in person, spend some time with her, shes the most gracious lady love you Yvonne!
This version of this song is absolutely the best. The music is unbelievable and Yvonne’s voice is perfect.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ~ SULTRY VOICE
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ~ SULTRY VOICE
Ahh the memories 😊 yeah baby boomers enjoyed raw unadulterated music 🎶. Thank you for sharing ❤
Romantic and beautiful music 🎵❤️
Oh Oh i'm so glad I found this song.
It’s beautiful song by IVONNE ELLIMAN , HELLO STRANGER .
Where were you around March 1977 when this came out? who's here in February 2023?
2024!
I was working in F W Woolworth's stockrooms Bradford UK.
Good old days they were too.
Gaz UK.
I was 9 years old. I was living in Brooklyn, NY. I still am.
Working in Harrogate North Yorkshire UK at George Morrells as a trainee accountant and expecting my second child. I was 23.
@@lsmith992 Music can take you to a place happy or sad, this took me to good old days back to Woolworth's as a teenager.
I think we the baby boomers had the best music of all time and the greatest singers....love this.....glad I was a boomer......
I agree.
Pamela Webb ...Me too!😎🤘
I wholeheartedly agree! I'm glad I grew up surrounded by such excellent talent. I still prefer the 60's -70's to what is being produced now.
We did have the best music now, didn't we?
No Doubt !
This woman’s vocals drives me crazy! Ever since I first heard her perform in the late 70’s, I have never been able to forget this version of this song!🎤❤️🎼🎶
I’m the same as a child of the 70s and I met her at a wedding of a family friend several years ago who she’s related to. She still sounds amazing and is very very sweet. Her voice is sexy, sweet and clean.
You got that right, Totally agree with You, She is the WORD AWESOME eh??
Beautiful lady, beautiful voice... 70's was a magical decade
Many probably don't know she was in Hair back then. Not sure if she was in the nude scene, but one can only imagine. The BeeGees wrote some very good music for her later.
Bruce Powell she was in Jesus Christ Superstar not Hair! She played Mary Magdeline.
+Sky Andropoulos I believe she was also in Hair, at leasf the stage version.
Nope!!
Dee Jones I was between 68 and the 70s.. all the music from that era was the greatest. We grew up with songs about love and peace and during the most tumultuous time of civil rights and Vietnam..music was and is my life. 56 years of keyboards..
Barbara's has a quality that Yvonne's doesn't have, and Yvonne's has a quality that Barbara's doesn't have. I love them both. That should clear it up 👍
perfect assessment :)
I fell in love with Hello Stranger at the age of 3 My father played this record a lot by Barbra Lewis. I still love it. At the age of 60 +
Never to old to listen to them oldie songs of the past "you go 60" from a 59er.
Me too
I use to listen to this in Monroe Louisiana in 1977 I loved the music then and now even more 😌because my wife is in Florida with her parent's its our anniversary ❤ not together but we will be Friday love her
I like both Barbra Lewis’ version and Yvonne’s, but Y’s version just moves me. Can’t explain.
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I'm seventy years young and i love going back in time to dig up old memories that will last and live within me forever.
For a moment I am young again.
Pete Alba makes two of us Pete.
Pete Alba I'm one year younger than you. There is no music that is better
Yes Pete, I dance through the tears missing the ones that are no longer with us. At last count, I must celebrate for over 100 people. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it. I dance with joy
Love it
Pete Alba I’ll be 70 in June, this song captures my heart every time I hear it, oh the memories!!!
What a great version! Even ardent fans of the Barbara Lewis original have to say BRAVA Yvonne!!!! She too got to the summit. With either version you experience excellence.
IN 1977, YVONNE ELLIMAN DOES A REMAKE OF BARBARA LEWIS’ SONG: HELLO STRANGER, WHICH I FOUND TO BE QUITE LOVELY.
IT HAS BEEN A MIGHTY LONG TIME SINCE I HEARD THIS ONE. KENNETH HUANG. 10/06/24.
BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG EVER!
Barbara is the original but Yvonne ABSOLUTELY PERFECTED this song
I never tire of hearing Yvonne's voice in this great song!!!!!
Yup
Me too...
One of my all-time favorite songs!!
Original version by Barbara Lewis is what most of us grew up listening to. Different renditions but both really great.
Both versions of Hello Stranger by Barbara Lewis and Yvonne Elliman were big hits back in 1963 when Barbara Lewis took it to number three and was a hit again in 1977 when Yvonne Elliman took it to number fifteen. Great song by two great female singers.
One of my favorite songs
Best remake of a song EVER
I first heard this song performed by my friend Paula Estrada in 1962 and then in 1977 by Yvonne Elliman! To this day at 60+, this is one of my favorite all time songs!🙏🎤🎶❤️
This is an incredible beautiful talented singer with a soulful voice! This re-make sounds so much better than the original version from the early 1960's!
ditto
With such magnetic, soul-rendering, ethereal voice, one would imagine she would make it much much bigger in the US pop chart....give her the credit for her true talent and skill, it surely is a MIGHTY LONG TIME~~ Yvonne, soldier on and SING LOUD and PROUD.
She was big for awhile...Jesus Christ Superstar era...
Bueatiful song from the lovely Yvonne Elliman💘Always love her voice, videos and her appearance.
Love this song sooooo much never tire of hearing it... ❤
here was my extended clip i did ua-cam.com/video/5VdCW4WPFh4/v-deo.html
Yvonne Elliman is such a beautiful and talented singer! This was a fantastic re-make of "Hello Stranger"!
Michael Williams neg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden I heard my momma cry late December in Chicago time never gonna leave
Beautiful.just beautiful
It's a 1,000 times better than the original!!!
Try the extended version, lay back & enjoy 👴🏼😍
Esta canção é apaixonante
Wow her vocal delivery and treatment is luscious. Seamless, flowing,....
Sensual!
I thought Barbara Lewis' version was the best. But the more I listen to Yvonne the better I like it. Seems to be more soulful! Thumbs up all the way!
G.P. Pilon this is better than the Barbara Lewis version.
I think Barbara Lewis and Yvonne are just about equal singers. But the background vocals in Yvonne's version are just SO much better; in the original the backup singers are so far off key that it is hard to listen to.
+Dave Jones This definitely beats the Barbara Lewis version, but hers is also nice.
I agree Dave. Barbara Lewis brought me here! Loved her stuff when I was a kid (68 now).
G.P. Pilon a
What a beautiful voice, this is the best version ever! Yvonne puts more feeling into it the other versions can't compete. I love this when it came out. Beautiful!
I just keep listening. When I need to be picked up I always listen to this magical lady. All my best to her and sincere thanks 🙏
There's something so pure about the 70s music. Nothing compares to the feeling listening to it brings back!
But this isn't 70s music. Barbara Lewis wrote and sang the original in 1961. Yvonne Elliman's 1977 version just has a disco beat added to it. The original is better.
60's classic Soul is the best and most important Soul music ever written. Sure, it's a great Inspiration for generations of singers and songwriters
I love everything about Yvonne,not just her music ,the total package,you have my admiration and respect.
I’m here all the time . I come here often to listen to her voice . And I be loved this song from the first time I heard it . Way , way back in the 70 s . Great romantic partner song . ! Love it to the max !
have you found my extended video of the song yet?
Yvonne Elliman never got the accolades she so deserves..was backup singer for Rock and Pop Legends including Eric Clapton and The Bee Gees..She is absolutely stunning too..
I always have a big crush with her ❤😍 when I first saw her and heard this song. Many years past, married I still have a crushed with her.😔
Yvonne Elliman really did justice to this song.
This was one of my favorite but sad songs. I now can listen to it differently. Amazing, Wow wow wow, Amen 🙏💖
My grandmother used to love this song. She’s passed now. Today would’ve been her birthday 🥲❤️🙏🏾
Angel voice with relaxing rhythm, what a good song😊
I've always loved this song. She sings it sooooo well.
One of the best voices ever! One of the very few contemporary singers who didnt have to shout to achieve rich clear resonant vocalization. And then, you could look at her a mighty long time!
Not even close. Karen Carpenter, Olivia Newton-John and many, many others are much better.
Beautiful voice, beautiful sound, beautiful woman!! Good song!
AGREE al the way. 👍
She is a living doll. Forgot about her til I heard this song again. One of my favorites.
I could listen to this song a million times a million...💋
I just have, it's so soothing 💞
She has a melodious voice, I really love her voice especially back then when I new married to my late wife we had fun with Yvonne Elliman songs
There's something very special about Yvonne. Her voice and demeanor are very pleasant such a nice Lady.
She one Island Gurl.
😁
Yu kno, da kine Pualani Vahine. 😃
Take me away beautiful song
Could listen to this live on the beach in hawaii Aloha Yvonne
This is definitely the best version - love Yvonne she has a beautiful voice, and soo pretty
Just close your eyes this is so magical and your transported back to 1970 total respect Yvonne and it does seem like a mighty long time ❤
God this is the best remake I have ever heard just fantastic!!!
One of my favourite tunes of all time. This version as well.
Great remake of a classic but check out Samantha Fish's version.
@@ronvogt00 I heard that. 2010s had mostly bad music but that cover is surprisingly great. That sounds like an influence by Ebony Alleyne (check her cover). Barbara Lewis would be so proud.
Totally agree she is the best over looked, under appreciated singer ever.
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Still here and listening in 2021.
Those eyes! That smile! That voice!!!
Beautiful Yvonne. What a voice 👍✌️
She is my friends "Auntie" here in in Hawaii and beautiful inside and out. LOL
+Montgomery Denzer Tell her thank you for her beautiful voice. She had quite an impact on us born-again Christian Sisters when Jesus Christ Superstar came out. Boy, those were the days..........
Thank her as well for me. Puts a smile on my face to hear her music!
+Montgomery Denzer that's prettycool.If you could you might mention the comments section on her vids for her to see that people are still diggin her songs and the memories she left us..let em' return some of the good vibes back to her :)
Montgomery Denzer Please tell her through your family that we still enjoy her voice, her music and her soul. She is fantastic.
Let your friend's "auntie", know she is missed, but never forgotten.
Nice!... thank you 👍🇳🇿
Very rarely is a cover song better then the original,this is one of those times :)
❤❤❤my soul dancing with this soulful melody...
I was going to college in Joplin, MO, and this was a hit over there. I know all three of the radio stations at the time gave it plenty of play time, which was fine by me. One of the few songs that I never got tired of, and it's still my favorite 39 years later.
Nostalgia of the late 70's, loved that era.
Never to be repeated these days 2024 !
Gaz UK.
Songs like this remind me of my beautiful nana Carmen 😭💞 May she rest in peace with God… He knows I miss her so much .. 😢 1951-2023 😭
One of my very favs!!!.....still enjoying in 2021.
Beautiful remake!
We agree!
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Phenomenal vocalist.. with an original sound.. the minute she sings you know it's Yvonne elliman
Absolutely me!!! Still listening, at 58, hope I still can for another 30 years at best !!!
Every time I hear this song is glorious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so very much for the post.
+RICHARD PETREY thanks Richard for the feedback - always glad when others enjoy the music too. Cheers!
Thanks UA-cam for making this and many other songs available to relive the 60's, 70's, & 80's...
This is such a cool song my Brothers loved to play back in the day.I was still a kid but my Brothers would talk about their girlfreinds.I found myself day dreaming about this song when i got hit with "puppy love" with a girl in my class in the 5th grade.Wow!Brings back wonderful times...
+reddevilparatrooper thanks for sharing that. The music of that era brings back so much in the way of memories. Cheers. :)
daveinprogress3 Love them times too always...
Her smooth breathy voice really nails this song. I come back to it every now and again. A real keeper for any music collection.
Well said!!!!!
I love her..70's seemed to have the best music and vocals..now its all about pop not complaining..but its different from yester year.i had to grow up with this music thanks to my mom...shes stuck in the 70's but its all good..
I'm stuck in the 70's and 80's.
the 70's produced the finest music of all time. It appeared that all the efforts of writing songs hit a magic something, at the same time, as if they matured into a procession of hits, as if they were organized to produce one after another and another. I was working in an automobile paint detail shop, next to a car wash, and Car Wash came on the loud speaker! I can imagine the people waiting for their cars had a little bounce in their step when that sound cut through the noise of sprayer nozzles.
Now that I remember, not even the stupid Beatle curse affected the seventies hits! I never thought of that before. Groovin', My Girl, Lady Marmalade and Signed Sealed Deliverd were among the tunes that made me move and tap my feet. I was forced, however, to learn that not everyone who moved, could really hear! They just copied those who could. The music could have had a religious connection, because it was toooo good. Like inspiration.
James Reder the 60's were the best
CatLovezTokioHotel music was at its peak at the change of the millennium but it was very good in the 60s and 70s.
My favourite version of this has always been the original by Barbara Lewis. But I would say that it is closely followed by this Yvonne Elliman version. But then again I would say that. I had the honour of dancing with this incredibly beautiful lady in around the late 1970s (maybe 77/78) at the lyceum ballroom just off the strand in London. Possibly she could have been over here promoting this song? Anyway I just remember what incredibly exotic & captivating eyes she had. & probably still has i imagine. I hope she remains safe & well to this day, and that she's in good health 😀💙
ONE LUCKY FELLOW, l must say
@@jessesandoval4970 Thank you. Yes i was & that night does still come to mind occasionally. Best wishes to you 😃
Carrie Lucas doesn't do a bad job either.
What a voice ... she gives me goosebumps.
While growing up in Honolulu, the radio D.J.s always supported Yvonne by playing her music all the time. I grew listening to Yvonne Elliman and it's really nice to watch the videos on You Tube and to listen to her songs again.
"Hello Stranger" has always, always been one of my favorite songs, from the first moments I heard it on the radio, back then. Few other songs come close. Interesting to see how its reception was so lukewarm, which, I having always loved it, just baffles me.
Precioso tema 1976. Mis 17 años. Ahora 63 años y siempre escucho este tema, está en mi lista favorita. ❤. Nicaragua.
Just perfect, better than the original, more emotion and a stronger voice.
Amazing
Hello Stranger is and always will be one of the greatest love songs of all time, and if doesn't bring a tear to your eye, there's something seriously wrong! First Barbara Lewis and then Yvonne Elliman both knew how to sing a romantic song and tear out your heart at the same time. Thank you ladies, I wish you could have stayed around for another fifty years.
Great voice's
This one is a gimme! I love it! Beautiful voice and it's coming from her soul. Takes me back the 60's.
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Love this song and Yvonne Elliman and If I Can’t Have You is another great song, Love 70s music!!! So many fun times and memories make me smile~Thank you Yvonne!! 💖🎶🎤💯💖
I want to get out of 2020.. God.. please take me back to 70's
Great forgotten classic!
As a kid I knew her voice was great, as an adult she is amazingly underrated.
I also agree with those that gave thumbs down dont know what good music is.Yvonne has a beautiful voice.This song brings out alot of love.I could listen to this song all day long.Thank you Yvonne for your beautiful songs i love you.
Wish I could go back in time:))
I love the old school songs brings back good memories of the 🪩 Disco days
Listen with pleasure in 2020
😊😀😁😆😃😄🤗🤩😁😄
From Thailand
# Land of smile 😀😊😃😁
Sawadee!
🌹 For Ms. Elliman:
Lovely Yvonne,
of feminine spirit and song:
Thank you for gracing the days with
your beauty, as of the new dawn.
Yvonne is a doll! Love her and her music!
Me too !!
Mark Lindsay of The Raiders?
Uh, no I'm not. Don't even like the Raiders. LOL...
Si es una muñequita!!
I would smash hard 😁😁😁➕➕➕🏃🏃🏃🙌🙌🙌🍭🐹
Knew about this music jewel through a great friend who just passed away. Listening AND remembering him
What a beautiful smile
I LIKE THE 1 BARBARA LEWIS DID AND I LIKE THIS 1💜💖💙THESE R MY FAVORITE VERSION💓💙💕💞💖💚💜💗
Hawaii's gift to popular music.
My older sister said that the original by Barbara Lewis was 'the bomb,' and I agree. Yvonne Elliman takes it another level. BOTH are superb!
So many wonderful slow dances to the song with the ladies at the discos Memories that will always be cherished thank you Yvonne
This version of this song brings back such happy memories.
This was my introduction to this song as a child. Then years later heard original version then you really appreciate just how good a remake this is of the great original.
Superb❤
Who's still listening in 2019?
You are :) :) :)
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A Beautiful and Nostalgic Song...(Since 1963 - Barbara Lewis ...!)
Love it
Not me
Amazing talent!!!! I was maybe 7 or 8 yrs old when this song came out and i fell in love with her music. The album was awesome!! Played it on my cousin's console stereo/turn table/8 track player. The turn table even had a repeat lever. Memories!
She's awesome!!