When I lost my father on Christmas day, I was young man of 12 years old, Momma, became full provider, I lost her 14 years ago, Nov this year 2024, this song was song at my Momma's service,...I still cry thinking of her and this beautiful song,...😪🇺🇸
The great music and talent of yesteryear is smaller all the time. The stories today don’t touch the heart and soul. There are a few however country isn’t the same, so sad. Thank goodness I have my old music to listen too. Great song!
I watch this nightly just before bedtime. It's the ritual now! This video clip of Melba Montgomery singing 'No charge' brings me warm shivers of joy and great comfort, as this is what true Country music was all about. I grew up listening to this. It reminds me of my happy upbringing & all the weekend parties my mum & dad held at their house. Pure Class! My dad sadly passed away in 1986, but my dear mother still rocks at the age of 85. She came to Nashville with me last year, & we'll be going back again this year. Keep this amazing music alive. xx
I know I've already commented on this, but I cannot stop watching this. It gives me shivers! What a splendid performance Melba Montgomery. You made me cry. xx
Have known Melba since she sang with George Jones. She was fabulous then, and absolutely beautiful!!! Anything she sings is amazing… A true country singer!!!
Awesome! This song brings back so many memories of my own mother. I cry from beginning to end every time I listen to Melba sing this song. Thank you Harland Howard and Melba Montgomery!!
When I needed help with paying some of my household bill's and asked my 18 year old son who lives with me for help, he made the comment to me some thing along the line's of "taking his money" I found this song that I remembered as a child and it so touched my heart, I also broke up our bill's for the house and cut it in half. I wrote him a letter with that and this song as a reference for him to think over. I'm thankful I never needed to share this with him because of that. I'm proud to say that my son now very willingly pays for our groceries, pet food and more!! I went back though my computer and was happy to delete that letter!! What a great song and how very true for a parents point of view!! Ya, she got it oh so very right. "The Full Cost Of My Love Is No Charge!!" God bless, Eric Van Vorst Very proud dad of Joshua Van Vorst
On this day in 1974 {May 19th} "No Charge" by Melba Montgomery peaked at #1* {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart... Six days later on May 25th, 1974 "No Charge" also reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart... Between 1963 and 1986 the Iron City, Tennessee native had thirty records on the Hot Country Singles chart, two made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, the above "No Charge"... Besides "No Charge", her other Top 10 record was a duet with George Jones, "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds", it peaked at #3 in 1963... Thirteen of her thirty charted records were duets, six with George Jones, six with Charlie Louvin, and one with Gene Pitney... Melba Montgomery will celebrate her 82nd birthday in five months on October 14th, 2020... * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot Country Singles' Top 10 on May 19th, 1974: At #2. "Pure Love" by Ronnie Milsap #3. "The Streak" by Ray Stevens #4. "Honeymoon Feelin'" by Roy Clark #5. "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton #6. "Something" by Johnny Rodriguez #7. "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" by Olivia-Newton John #8. "Last Time I Saw Him" by Dottie West #9. "On The Cover of The Music City News" by Buck Owens #10. "Country Bumpkin" by Cal Smith
Melba Montgomery, you broke my heart watchin' this! I'm gonna let my son see this! Thank you for this extremely powerful, emotional, beautiful performance.. xx
EVERY MOTHER SHOULD MAKE A C.D. AN GIVE THIS TO EACH ONE OF THERE CHILDREN,LOVE THIS SONG AN HERE MELBA SING IT,THANKS MELBA FOR THE SONG,IS AMAZING AN SO ARE YOU.
Don't you just love the way they they sing & tell their stories during their performance........and how about the way all those folks with thoughts going through their heads.
Agree with myrice ,but unfortunately today's generation don't seem to appreciate what their parents do for them ,they predominantly live in a world of expectations, on a happier note I believe that of all the female singers that George Jones recorded with Melba Montgomery was and is my favorite, I just love their harmonies
I loved my mum and showed her i did, but, if I had come across this song before my mum passed on, I would have tripled the love and care for her, couldnt help shedding tears while listening to the lyrics, A great piece indeed.
I used to play this record when my kids were growing up. When my youngest Daughter was an Adult, She told me, Mom, talk about a major guilt trip, and we would both laugh. 😁
And if this song does not pull on your heart strings,there must be something wrong with you,we only have one mother and you need to look after her as you miss her more than words can say when she's gone💔😢
I'll risk it - there's been enough time. I met Melba at Pete Drake's studio to write an article about her for a New York country magazine. We got on well and I'd followed her for years. So I was there when the follow-up was recorded, as was Harlan. Harlan's song was recorded, only to find a formula Foster/Rice song had been chosen. Nashville politics had triumphed again. I followed a furious Harlan as he strode off down the road but he didn't want to talk to anybody. Even Harlan Howard couldn't beat Nashville politics . And I bet Melba had no say at all.
@@steveparker7671 Amber I am of Dutch Irish extraction from international waves, [I was born at sea], but stayed in the wrong country for the country I love,,,C/W Music. Amber there is a Jim Huston that's not me. I'm titled JimEd' Huston been my stage tag for 50 years..
Am prepping a Country Box Set to sale. Heard this song many times prior, as just a pretty song. This time it hit me big time! Memories of my mom came rushing thru me. Stopped crying 😢 long enough so I could post this and work on my long list.. Not listening to it again. Don't want to start crying again. Mom died on 7/2/2022
Melba was great, as usual. This was a bit melodramatic and saccharine for me, but the recitation is something missing from today's country music. The great jazzman Charlie Parker, was asked why he listened to C& W, when the music was so simple. He said "The stories, man, the stories" Amen. "Real" (non-commercial radio) country tells stories better than any other form I have heard.
No better story told than Bill Carlisle singing that beautiful song he wrote "Gone Home" with Buck, Sharon & Cheryl White, Bill Carlisle was 90 years old when he did this performance! ua-cam.com/video/uvPsv-C6b3Y/v-deo.html
Country music started going in the toilet in 1981,,now today August 2020,,country music is total garbage the music is dull,,plain and boreing,,there is no creativity in the construction of the songs,,and the singer's voices are dull,boreing and are irritating to listen to,,,there are just a few people that came after 1981 that have talent,,the rest are nothing, just like what country music is today!!!!
It seems strange that we had this incredible lady Goldie Hill - I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes ua-cam.com/video/HcDfP5fgsug/v-deo.html was at 3 CFR shows, but they could never talk her husband who was another legend Carl Smith to do any of these CFR show even tho he brought Goldie to the tapings!
It feels like being cannibalize by your own team it's not a good feeling and it's hypocritical because my adopted brothers abuse me of things while they still assault me
When I lost my father on Christmas day, I was young man of 12 years old, Momma, became full provider, I lost her 14 years ago, Nov this year 2024, this song was song at my Momma's service,...I still cry thinking of her and this beautiful song,...😪🇺🇸
If that song doesn't bring a tear you are not human.
The great music and talent of yesteryear is smaller all the time. The stories today don’t touch the heart and soul. There are a few however country isn’t the same, so sad. Thank goodness I have my old music to listen too. Great song!
I watch this nightly just before bedtime. It's the ritual now! This video clip of Melba Montgomery singing 'No charge' brings me warm shivers of joy and great comfort, as this is what true Country music was all about. I grew up listening to this. It reminds me of my happy upbringing & all the weekend parties my mum & dad held at their house. Pure Class! My dad sadly passed away in 1986, but my dear mother still rocks at the age of 85. She came to Nashville with me last year, & we'll be going back again this year. Keep this amazing music alive. xx
That is a beautiful song and down to earth I cry every time I hear No Charge
I know I've already commented on this, but I cannot stop watching this. It gives me shivers! What a splendid performance Melba Montgomery. You made me cry. xx
GEORGE JONE'S BEST SINGING PARTNER
Have known Melba since she sang with George Jones. She was fabulous then, and absolutely beautiful!!! Anything she sings is amazing… A true country singer!!!
Awesome! This song brings back so many memories of my own mother. I cry from beginning to end every time I listen to Melba sing this song. Thank you Harland Howard and Melba Montgomery!!
This song brought me to tears when I heard it the first time, many many years ago. Still has the power to do that today.
Madeen Cook raypcdrice
this song still makes men get teary eyed.
Same here💕💕💕
can confirm tears streaming down both cheeks.
Yep.
Every single time ... 🙏🙏🙏
When I needed help with paying some of my household bill's and asked my 18 year old son who lives with me for help, he made the comment to me some thing along the line's of "taking his money"
I found this song that I remembered as a child and it so touched my heart, I also broke up our bill's for the house and cut it in half. I wrote him a letter with that and this song as a reference for him to think over.
I'm thankful I never needed to share this with him because of that. I'm proud to say that my son now very willingly pays for our groceries, pet food and more!! I went back though my computer and was happy to delete that letter!!
What a great song and how very true for a parents point of view!! Ya, she got it oh so very right. "The Full Cost Of My Love Is No Charge!!"
God bless, Eric Van Vorst
Very proud dad of Joshua Van Vorst
My sons bday today. I just love this song
This is the first time i heard this song and it brought tears to my eyes
I'm still getting goosebumps watching this! Pure Class! xx
Every person in that room and every listener to this video thought about their mother while this played. So lovely
And my son wants us to dance to this at his wedding....I’ll be dancing in a puddle of tears!
Can't stop listening to this wonderful song.
Same same... can't stop thinking about my Mum everytime I listening to it 💕💕💕💕💕💕
On this day in 1974 {May 19th} "No Charge" by Melba Montgomery peaked at #1* {for 1 week} on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart...
Six days later on May 25th, 1974 "No Charge" also reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart...
Between 1963 and 1986 the Iron City, Tennessee native had thirty records on the Hot Country Singles chart, two made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, the above "No Charge"...
Besides "No Charge", her other Top 10 record was a duet with George Jones, "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds", it peaked at #3 in 1963...
Thirteen of her thirty charted records were duets, six with George Jones, six with Charlie Louvin, and one with Gene Pitney...
Melba Montgomery will celebrate her 82nd birthday in five months on October 14th, 2020...
* And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot Country Singles' Top 10 on May 19th, 1974:
At #2. "Pure Love" by Ronnie Milsap
#3. "The Streak" by Ray Stevens
#4. "Honeymoon Feelin'" by Roy Clark
#5. "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton
#6. "Something" by Johnny Rodriguez
#7. "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" by Olivia-Newton John
#8. "Last Time I Saw Him" by Dottie West
#9. "On The Cover of The Music City News" by Buck Owens
#10. "Country Bumpkin" by Cal Smith
some of the best music ever right there
Melba Montgomery, you broke my heart watchin' this! I'm gonna let my son see this! Thank you for this extremely powerful, emotional, beautiful performance.. xx
EVERY MOTHER SHOULD MAKE A C.D. AN GIVE THIS TO EACH ONE OF THERE CHILDREN,LOVE THIS SONG AN HERE MELBA SING IT,THANKS MELBA FOR THE SONG,IS AMAZING AN SO ARE YOU.
Hello Myrice
Don't you just love the way they they sing & tell their stories during their performance........and how about the way all those folks with thoughts going through their heads.
This song is just as beautiful as when it first came out .
Oh my Lord, this gets me every single time! I watch it over & over! Amazing! I think of my son. xx
This song let tears flowes from my eyes.
Agree with myrice ,but unfortunately today's generation don't seem to appreciate what their parents do for them ,they predominantly live in a world of expectations, on a happier note I believe that of all the female singers that George Jones recorded with Melba Montgomery was and is my favorite, I just love their harmonies
I loved my mum and showed her i did, but, if I had come across this song before my mum passed on, I would have tripled the love and care for her, couldnt help shedding tears while listening to the lyrics, A great piece indeed.
A truely masterpiece of Country Music.
Hello adriaan
Pure, sweet, honest Country Corn, in all its wondrous beauty
Hello Joseph
this is the most truest story in life and was sung by a great song artist..thank you
true country music from the soul, it doesn't get any better than this
earl slo
Melba is my great great aunt, pretty cool to be related to such an amazing country artist!
I used to play this record when my kids were growing up. When my youngest Daughter was an Adult, She told me, Mom, talk about a major guilt trip, and we would both laugh. 😁
Absolutely awesome 👍👍👏👏🌹🌹🌹❤️💕
This had filled my eyes..A great classic
We all have thees no charges so God bless you Melba we just carry on
this is so true ty for singing this at a home , your amazing
I miss my mom . no charge
This is a perfect song about how parents love their children.
Just like she sang---memories......how can I or you ever forget....paid in full
The one of the songs that men couldn’t sing. Thank you Mom, love ya
And if this song does not pull on your heart strings,there must be something wrong with you,we only have one mother and you need to look after her as you miss her more than words can say when she's gone💔😢
One of the best songs ever written.
My mother’s love for me has always been no charge as she has always loved me and always will.
Anyone else still enjoying this song in 2022??? I am.
I am 77 years old I cry the 1th time I heard it and I cried today 4 - 7 - 2023 love you Melba
WOW, very emotional. I actually cried listening to the song. Beautiful voice and amazing song.❤️👍
Very nice and awesome story and so true to many great moms and dads who who stood behind their woman raising their kids. Awesome song
Beautiful... and Harlan Howard's wife, priceless!
Great country song and singer
Percy oved because of
Simply Beautiful
I'll risk it - there's been enough time. I met Melba at Pete Drake's studio to write an article about her for a New York country magazine. We got on well and I'd followed her for years. So I was there when the follow-up was recorded, as was Harlan. Harlan's song was recorded, only to find a formula Foster/Rice song had been chosen. Nashville politics had triumphed again. I followed a furious Harlan as he strode off down the road but he didn't want to talk to anybody. Even Harlan Howard couldn't beat Nashville politics . And I bet Melba had no say at all.
Beautiful, and very apt.
Oh how much this song hits your heart. I love this. I have a recording of this and I play it a lot . Beautiful Melba👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
BEAUTIFUL!
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It's corny country but what the heck it's Melba Montgomery and its good to see her. plus some of those other peers from her golden days.
Tears of love!
God bless good mothers!! Xxxx
I love Melba, she has such natural delivery...
Hello Jim
@@JimEd.Huston Thanks so much my friend I hope you're having a great day, where are you from Jim?
@@JimEd.Huston Thanks so much my friend I hope you're having a great day, where are you from Jim?
@@steveparker7671 Amber I am of Dutch Irish extraction from international waves, [I was born at sea], but stayed in the wrong country for the country I love,,,C/W Music. Amber there is a Jim Huston that's not me. I'm titled JimEd' Huston been my stage tag for 50 years..
@@JimEd.Huston Oh okay I'm from Newark NJ, what's your favorite song Jim?
Just Great!
Melba montgomerri. i love his voice.
Thank you way better than can't always get what you want.
Beautiful song
Am prepping a Country Box Set to sale. Heard this song many times prior, as just a pretty song. This time it hit me big time! Memories of my mom came rushing thru me. Stopped crying 😢 long enough so I could post this and work on my long list.. Not listening to it again. Don't want to start crying again. Mom died on 7/2/2022
Absolutely beautiful song!
Melba was great, as usual. This was a bit melodramatic and saccharine for me, but the recitation is something missing from today's country music. The great jazzman Charlie Parker, was asked why he listened to C& W, when the music was so simple. He said "The stories, man, the stories" Amen. "Real" (non-commercial radio) country tells stories better than any other form I have heard.
No better story told than Bill Carlisle singing that beautiful song he wrote "Gone Home" with Buck, Sharon & Cheryl White, Bill Carlisle was 90 years old when he did this performance! ua-cam.com/video/uvPsv-C6b3Y/v-deo.html
I thought Tammy wrote this, oh well , she sang it good too, you all did a great job
I love this song .this if
what a beautiful song
Awsome 🎧🎧🎶🎶🎵🎵🎼🎼🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧song
Sound good, guys!
Melba should be in the CMHOF!
WoW
So beautiful song.GOD BLESS YOU.
This a sing my son listen he won’t unless has to otherwise his and my daughter the same thing.
That little bit at the end. Many will know that Jan Howard's two sons joined the military,and she lost one of them.
I love it
UA-cam has some malfunction. Must be robots that placed the thumbs down.
Ed Bruce my first taste of Texas
Paid in full on Cross there is no charge...
That is my Aunt Melba I wish..
Hello Ray
Just used up all my kleenex,,, Miss you Mom so MUCH! Love You... To the Heaven's and Back!!!
Corny yes...but it makes me cry
Hello Mary
She sang with George Jones
No CHARGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Country music started going in the toilet in 1981,,now today August 2020,,country music is total garbage the music is dull,,plain and boreing,,there is no creativity in the construction of the songs,,and the singer's voices are dull,boreing and are irritating to listen to,,,there are just a few people that came after 1981 that have talent,,the rest are nothing, just like what country music is today!!!!
george jones first singing partner.
I never had any sexual charges they accused me but everyone I've been with was willing
I'm just curious as to why Connie Smith was never at any of these reunion shows.
It seems strange that we had this incredible lady Goldie Hill - I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes ua-cam.com/video/HcDfP5fgsug/v-deo.html was at 3 CFR shows, but they could never talk her husband who was another legend Carl Smith to do any of these CFR show even tho he brought Goldie to the tapings!
Connie has been at several of them over the years.
Owen mac songs
😂❤😅😊
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It feels like being cannibalize by your own team it's not a good feeling and it's hypocritical because my adopted brothers abuse me of things while they still assault me
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The only things missing in that room were a bible and a pulpit !
Don’t laugh
I like this song
I love the way she talk and sing
Manly Melba never had any real talent to speak of. George Jones put her on the map. Otherwise, we wouldn't even recognize her name.
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The racist homophobic people love accusing me of things but I've never hurt anyone
Much better sang by Tammy
My adopted brothers still sexually a use me online that's not legal
Great country song and singer
Hello Percy