I played with Eddie Preston Snyder for about two years and we toured as the Cascade’s. Eddie was the original guitar player and owned the name. The musicians on the song were members of the Wrecking Crew. Carol Kaye, Hal Blain and Glen Campbell. Eddie and his wife Jackie passed away over ten years ago from cancer. All but John the lead singer have passed away. John Gummoe wrote and sang the song. He came up with the chorus by just noodling using only the five black keys on a piano. It was the ninth most played song on the radio and tv in the 20th century. Number one was you lost this loving feeling.
Isn't it amazing how a song can transport you back to a certain time in your life? Judging by your visceral reaction, this one really took you somewhere!
The absolute power of music It is the most evocative of all mankind's art forms. It is like being in a time machine, you can feel, taste and experience the moment all over again.
Harri...I will be 64 soon and I am just like you. Our family owned a diner with a juke box and the music I heard over those 20+ years, including this one. I can also see the label on the 45's....it is amazing. Music has always been my life and always will be. Thank you for playing this.
Hey my friend, im 70. My mother loved music and let my brother and i listen to music with the volumn turned down low when i was 12. I loved this. Many nights i drifted off to sleep listening.......
When I was 9, 10… 12 years old I used to go through my older brother’s and sister’s 45 rpms and listen to them over and over. This was one of them. I bet I haven’t heard this in 45 years.
Harri I remember when I used to listen to this sweet song, yes I'm a little bit aged but how fortunate I was to have lived in the 50's and on. The best musical time anyone could have wanted to live. I love your reactions Harri.
I can relate with your tie to this song, I also had this song in my early memories and Im 63 ... I seen a quite recent version otf the cascades performing this live, sounded absolutely great, apparently they were all in the Navy and and when they got out formed this band... from memory that is ....
"Rhythm of the Rain" was an international hit in 1962. The Cascades have quite a list of popular songs: "The Last Leaf", "Shy Girl", and "First Love Never Dies" are just a few. Great Group that is largely forgotten today.
My god Harri. As a kid in a candy store. You really are a guru for musical reactions. A man with a huge soul. I always enjoy listening to music with you, even though I've known some songs for 30 years.
The look on your face as the song began- PRICELESS! One of my most favorite songs from back in the day. You should try lightning strikes by lou christie and teen angel by mark dinning
A real hippie style vibe with this one & you rarely hear it mow.. I have the original 45rpm on vinyl, & it's actually titled "The Rain, the Park, & Other Things" It stll occasionally gets a play too.
A beloved song of my childhood, too, only it was the release (early Sixties??). You aren't as old as me, so you must have heard it when it was already an "oldie." Love your reactions, as usual. Thanks, Harri-- you're one of the B E S T.
I really like that you are finding these great old songs. They bring back so many sweet memories. Thank you for digging a little deeper and doing songs that other reactors don't/won't. 😊
SPRING OF '63, I WAS 16 Y/O, A JUNIOR IN HS ------------WHAT A TIME IT WAS TO BE YOUNG. ----------WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR ANYTHING. -----------------------MJL, 76 Y/O
You must know this from your parents. This is from my early childhood (we’re talking late 50’s early 60’s)! Regardless of how we became acquainted with it, it’s just delicious!! I would hope you could steer your daughter, Music, toward the Beatles. If she likes the BeeGees, she will love the greatest band of all time! Lol! Just dispensing free parenting advice. 🥰🌺✌️
Harri, I remember sitting with my boyfriend, Mike, in his 1957 black & silver Chevy, in the rain, talking about how much I loved this song! This would have been in late 1967 or early 1968. He was the one who told me he had heard somewhere that girls were 17% more affectionate when it was raining! That is a statistic that I remember to this date and tell people all the time! Thanks for the memory! Love your channel ❤!
Some of the musicians on this recording might surprise you...it's The Wrecking Crew. Hal Blaine on drums, Carol Kaye on bass and Glen Campbell on guitar.
I also remember this from my childhood. Listening to this on a 45 rpm vinyl, staring out of a window as the rain splashes against the glass and cascades down in miniature rivers. Feeling the security and warmth of being indoors with my face inches from a storm on the other side of the glass. Loving the strange melancholy and thinking about a girl at school I fancied.
I honestly had forgotten this song. It was one of my brother's or sister's record. I use to lay on my bed when it rained. We had an old tin roof on our farm house.And it always seemed to me the rain and song were in time with each other. Thanks for the memory Harri♥️
Harri, you may be glad to know that The Cascades' lead singer on this song, John Claude Gummoe, is STILL out there singing this song. And he sounds quite good.
I just got a hell of a shock too. I always thought this was sung by some solo singer from the early sixties, like Bobby Vinton or someone like that. Now I find out, after almost 60 years, that it was a group I'd never heard of !!! I even had to go to Wikipedia to make sure, but it doesnt mention anybody else. Unbelieavable ! I always loved this song, especially because of the thundern and rain, but also the melody is so beautiful and the song is so romantic, which really gets to you when youre a teenage boy. Although at the time Id never lost anyone, I was caught by the mystery and sadness (from songs) of what losing a love would be like. I was just as shocked as you were when I heard this. That beautiful bell sound was made by a "celesta", which looks like a small piano and has been around since 1880. You can see them leaning on the small keyboard in the picture . It's a small world, like the saying goes ; the real distance comes only from time . The singer has a beautiful voice and it's so nice how he enunciates the words .
The band was on ship with my father (US Navy and his name was Harry) and when this song hit they became famous very fast. We had them to our house for Thanksgiving that year and my sister, who was about 14 at the time was very popular with her high school friends when she showed them her autographed album. Years later I would catch up with Dave (drummer) who was still fronting the band. Johnny and others had moved on. Dave and I would have a couple beers when they played at the local Red Coat Inn. Really great guys. Lost track of them but I think John Gummoe (writer and lead singer) is in Washington.
Fantastic,heartwarming reaction!!So happy for you to find a song from your past.I know the song too,but alway's thought it was a Ricky Nelson song!!🤗🤗🤗
Brilliant! That was fun! Dont'cha love it when stuff like this happens - for me youtube did it again last week - for YEARS (like over 30) i'd been trying to find a song I'd not heard since my childhood an low and behold youtube suggests a song for me and voilà!! (it was Dave Clark 5's Over and Over by the way).
One of my favorite rain songs, but Gordon Lightfoot's Early Morning Rain and Keith Whitley's I'm No Stranger to the Rain are my tops. Glad for your memory recovery. Who'll stop the rain; just so many rain songs, but Gale Garnett's We'll sing in the sunshine will get you out of the rain.
Yes an incredibly beautiful song. I don't want to say the cliche "They don't write songs like that anymore," but, they don't write songs like that anymore ... In Thailand they celebrate the beginning of the Rainy season each year. A huge Festival! If you haven't been then go! I used this song in in my "Celebrating Thai Water Festival" UA-cam video a few months ago. An amazing song and an amazing festival! Thanks for also sharing this song and making it live again!
The Dee Clark song is called Raindrops. Two more great songs are Lou Christie's (no relation - he's got talent) are Lightning Strikes and Rhapsody In The Rain.
I actually know this song via Ricky Nelson. isn't it great being a fan of music that is 60 yrs old along with some of today's music? It's good to have an open mind for art. Thanks Harri, for thus oldie but goodie!
I recently had a similar experience on utube with a song called "Sacred" by the Castelles. Similar era and similar effect on me.Your emotion is contagious: Brother
Another outstanding, classic song! Thanks, Harri! ✌😘🎶🔥💞 Btw, you MUST do 'Laugh, Laugh' by the Beau Brummels (1965-produced, incidentally, by Sylvester Stewart, aka Sly Stone.)
Love this song. Reminds me of my mom. Another great song from this same year)1963) is "Our day will come" by Ruby and the Romantics. Glad you rediscovered this song, Harri 😀
Thank you Harri for bringing these songs back to life! You are very much appreciated out here!!!!!!! I was in High School when this came out. It was so popular. A lot of memories I know for many people. Songs were simple with a good message and we are thankful for them.
I'm so glad you found this song, It's one of my very favorites of all time. Your reaction made me smile/cry with happiness for you. They also had a song called The Last Leaf, I still have both of those on my original 45's.
You're also not going to believe this I started up your song and we've been waiting and waiting and waiting for the rain a few minutes into your song here comes the rain lol
Love your Reaction Harri 💓 It is very much like your reaction to George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’ I still shed tears when I watch you react 🎶 💎The Cascades just bring happiness with this song!! Ricky Nelson also did a version of this & was a hit 😻🇨🇦💜
Harri, this song is such an earworm that it goes through my head at least once a month, and maybe even more. Different sections of the song at different times. Being a humorist, I can't help myself, and have tweaked a lyric to say: "The only girl I care about has Gonoree..." I may be going senile. Entering the bright autumn of senescence. Time will tell. My only gripe here is that I always pictured them being far more groovy-looking. More like you than, say, Mike Pence. From the tinkling beginning to the pitter patter at the end, your reaction, as always, is as golden as the songs.
You are a joy to experience music with. I remember this from so long ago and it's always stayed with me...it really is one from deep in the archives. Thanks, you do a great job...💐
Harri, I love your reaction to this song. You are the best. Perhaps another song you can react to is from The Tradewinds in 1965, singing New York’s a Lonely Town.
It's been a while since you published this but I'm watching it for the first time. I teared up watching your reaction in the first few seconds of the song. I know exactly what you feel. This happens to me also, including this song. there were a couple others that really moved to me when I heard them. music like this is like a time machine. It transports you back to a time you will never be able to live again.
I was in High School when this came out and I, too, fell in love with it. Thanks for sharing. I love your reaction to hearing it. So glad you got to relive a portion of your childhood memories.
These songs are what shaped the music we have now. Classics. Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, and so many others. Unlike so freaking many, I really didn't care for Elvis as much. Around that time, my older bro went towards The Ventures, Beach Boys, Jan & Dean et al. (Et Al= "and others" in Latin).
The Cascades scored a top ten hit with "Rhythm of the Rain" in 1963 and it must have gotten some radio play ten years later when I was around the same age you were when you remember hearing it as a kid because I remember hearing it as a kid too! Pop music commonly used rain metaphors back then -- Buddy Holly "Raining In My Heart", Dee Clark "Raindrops", The Ronettes "Walking In the Rain", and The Everly Brothers "Crying In The Rain". That last one is doubly notable today given the news of Don Everly's passing.
More good "rain" songs: Rain by Jose Feliciano Rain by Foreigner I Can't Stand The Rain by Michael Bolton (this one is really good!) Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley Smoky Mountain Rain by Ronnie Millsap Here Comes The Rain Again by the Eurythmics I Think Its Going To Rain Today by Bette Midler (beautiful!!)
remember listening to this at similar age 3 or 4 and still love it. the other song i remember from that age is You can never stop me loving you though pretty sure it was a copy of more famous artist
God bless UA-cam. It is so wonderful to just type in a song from your childhood and bam there it is. There was a song from about 1962 or 63 that I loved so much when I was about 10. When I first discovered UA-cam I went to see if I could find it and was so wonderful to see it there. It was Ketty Lester singing Love Letters (Straight from your Heart.) Oh my, it will put you in a zone. She went on to become an actress and played Hester Sue on Little House on the Prairie in the US back in the 70's. I just love her.
It is so wonderful to see the expression on your face when you hear the music. I can see the memories returning, the joy of youth breaking forth. That is one of the greatest things about music, the memories associated with so many songs and tunes. I really enjoy watching your reactions to so many of the songs of my youth. Growing up in the 50s and 60s with Rock/Pop music in its infancy and seeing the progression into the 70s. I once read that most of the good songs had been written, as there are only so many ways to arrange the words. The song writers then had a nearly blank page to start, and also had new audiences that had not been exposed to the sounds yet to come. You have many great songs awaiting your reactions, enjoy them all.
Harri, I'm thrilled that you love songs from this era. Your musical tastes are as broad as mine as far as decades, eras, and genre's. I think you might be familiar eith or enjoy covering BJ Thomas who passed recently. Very unique singing style. Check it out...
I first heard this number on a small "low fidelity" radio in my youth, and it quickly became one of my favorites. I might have owned the 45 single, but I'm not really sure. I did have quite a few 45 single records back then .... so long ago .....
Our family have this record and am very familiar with this album. I know every single song! My favorite songs off this album are: Shy Girl, Dreamin’ and My First Day Alone! The red label you’re talking about is Valiant Records! Dan Fogelberg covered this in his early 90’s album “The Wild Places”. You should check out his version too.
This was the only top 40 hit from the band, but it landed big on multiple charts in early 1963. It went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart #3 on the hot 100 & #7 over on R&B. Interestingly enough, the last chart hit they had happened in 1969 the song was called Maybe The Rain Will Fall, but it peaked at #61.
I played with Eddie Preston Snyder for about two years and we toured as the Cascade’s. Eddie was the original guitar player and owned the name. The musicians on the song were members of the Wrecking Crew. Carol Kaye, Hal Blain and Glen Campbell. Eddie and his wife Jackie passed away over ten years ago from cancer. All but John the lead singer have passed away. John Gummoe wrote and sang the song. He came up with the chorus by just noodling using only the five black keys on a piano. It was the ninth most played song on the radio and tv in the 20th century. Number one was you lost this loving feeling.
Came out in '63! 58 years, a true oldie but goodie! Loved this!
Must be 45 years since I last heard this. Takes me back.
I was born 1950 so ive been through 5 decades of music.💞💞💞💞💞
Classic, beautiful for the night! 🌟
The magic of music, it can take you to places you need to go. Bless you!
Isn't it amazing how a song can transport you back to a certain time in your life? Judging by your visceral reaction, this one really took you somewhere!
The incredible power of great music.
The absolute power of music It is the most evocative of all mankind's art forms. It is like being in a time machine, you can feel, taste and experience the moment all over again.
Harri...I will be 64 soon and I am just like you. Our family owned a diner with a juke box and the music I heard over those 20+ years, including this one. I can also see the label on the 45's....it is amazing. Music has always been my life and always will be. Thank you for playing this.
There was just a sweet calmness with the music back then; remember this when I was in elementary school. So soothing.❤️
I remember when this first came out. I was in grade school but fell in love with this song.
CASCADES, "RHYTHM OF THE FALLING RAIN"... I liked this song so much as kid in the 60's that it was one of the first songs lyrics I memorized...
Your folks had great taste in music. You were blessed
The joy on your face when the song first began to play and you knew it really was the song from your childhood was priceless!! 💕💜💕💜
It doesn't matter that this song came out when I was a young child, and you weren't born yet. The memory has the same type of nostalgic effect on us!
Hey my friend, im 70. My mother loved music and let my brother and i listen to music with the volumn turned down low when i was 12. I loved this. Many nights i drifted off to sleep listening.......
I always imagined Ricky Nelson singing this song. One of the greatest songs ever. One cant help but smile and get starry eyed when it starts to play.
Loved that reaction. I too grew up with my parents plathis music.
Songs like this are the ones I grew up listening to. Telling my age now.
Yeah, but what great songs to have as the soundtrack for our youth .. We were lucky.
These songs from back in the 60s are really great. I enjoy the oldies especially now I’m in my 60s I enjoy it more and more.
When I was 9, 10… 12 years old I used to go through my older brother’s and sister’s 45 rpms and listen to them over and over. This was one of them. I bet I haven’t heard this in 45 years.
oh my goodness -I can still remember all the words and sing along. thank you for such fond memories
Thank you thank you thank you! Yes that was one of my favorite songs as a six year old in 1963 :-)
Harri I remember when I used to listen to this sweet song, yes I'm a little bit aged but how fortunate I was to have lived in the 50's and on. The best musical time anyone could have wanted to live. I love your reactions Harri.
I can relate with your tie to this song, I also had this song in my early memories and Im 63 ... I seen a quite recent version otf the cascades performing this live, sounded absolutely great, apparently they were all in the Navy and and when they got out formed this band... from memory that is ....
My mama used to sing this to me and my brother. One of my fondest memories. Thankyou Hari.
"Rhythm of the Rain" was an international hit in 1962. The Cascades have quite a list of popular songs: "The Last Leaf", "Shy Girl", and "First Love Never Dies" are just a few. Great Group that is largely forgotten today.
Awww, you're reaction at the lead in of the song.....priceless 🎶🎵
My god Harri. As a kid in a candy store. You really are a guru for musical reactions. A man with a huge soul. I always enjoy listening to music with you, even though I've known some songs for 30 years.
Harri you're killing me with these memory flashbacks. Love to be transported back to those days. Things were simple then.
The look on your face as the song began- PRICELESS! One of my most favorite songs from back in the day. You should try lightning strikes by lou christie and teen angel by mark dinning
Harri, i had to hear this song you was talking about in your other video. One of my favorites back in the day. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🍻 nothing like the oldies👍👍😎
Loved this song when I was a little boy in the 60s. Always sang along to it.
Hi Harry ☀️☀️☀️your smile was so bright when you recognized the song that for a moment it eclipsed the sun here in Canada
A real hippie style vibe with this one & you rarely hear it mow.. I have the original 45rpm on vinyl, & it's actually titled "The Rain, the Park, & Other Things" It stll occasionally gets a play too.
A beloved song of my childhood, too, only it was the release (early Sixties??). You aren't as old as me, so you must have heard it when it was already an "oldie." Love your reactions, as usual. Thanks, Harri-- you're one of the B E S T.
I really like that you are finding these great old songs. They bring back so many sweet memories. Thank you for digging a little deeper and doing songs that other reactors don't/won't. 😊
Love your reaction. Makes you feel good hearing a lost song from your childhood.
I know that feeling you’re describing! It’s what music in general does to me!❤️❤️
SPRING OF '63, I WAS 16 Y/O, A JUNIOR IN HS ------------WHAT A TIME IT WAS TO BE YOUNG. ----------WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR ANYTHING. -----------------------MJL, 76 Y/O
One of the most cherished songs of my very early childhood. It was released in 1963.
You must know this from your parents. This is from my early childhood (we’re talking late 50’s early 60’s)! Regardless of how we became acquainted with it, it’s just delicious!! I would hope you could steer your daughter, Music, toward the Beatles. If she likes the BeeGees, she will love the greatest band of all time! Lol! Just dispensing free parenting advice. 🥰🌺✌️
Harri, great reaction! You often say exactly how I feel. I enjoy listening and watching your reactions.
Harri, I remember sitting with my boyfriend, Mike, in his 1957 black & silver Chevy, in the rain, talking about how much I loved this song! This would have been in late 1967 or early 1968. He was the one who told me he had heard somewhere that girls were 17% more affectionate when it was raining! That is a statistic that I remember to this date and tell people all the time! Thanks for the memory! Love your channel ❤!
Love this and your reaction! Brings back memories for sure!
I love how your face lit up and that beautiful smile when the song began! Thanks Harri ☮️♥️🙏🏼
"Rhythm of the rain" has been covered sooooo many times,but this is the one.I like Dan Fogelberg's version also.
Some of the musicians on this recording might surprise you...it's The Wrecking Crew. Hal Blaine on drums, Carol Kaye on bass and Glen Campbell on guitar.
I was 2 years old when this song came out!
I also remember this from my childhood. Listening to this on a 45 rpm vinyl, staring out of a window as the rain splashes against the glass and cascades down in miniature rivers. Feeling the security and warmth of being indoors with my face inches from a storm on the other side of the glass. Loving the strange melancholy and thinking about a girl at school I fancied.
With Don Everly’s passing, might you play an Everly Brothers tune? My preference would be “Wake Up Little Susie” but there are so many good choices!
Let It Be Me would be another good choice, especially if you're in a mellow mood.
@John Chu and "All I Want To Do Is Dream!"
@@charlesvaughn2192 great suggestion.
I honestly had forgotten this song. It was one of my brother's or sister's record. I use to lay on my bed when it rained. We had an old tin roof on our farm house.And it always seemed to me the rain and song were in time with each other. Thanks for the memory Harri♥️
Harri, you may be glad to know that The Cascades' lead singer on this song, John Claude Gummoe, is STILL out there singing this song. And he sounds quite good.
yes he does
I just got a hell of a shock too. I always thought this was sung by some solo singer from the early sixties, like Bobby Vinton or someone like that. Now I find out, after almost 60 years, that it was a group I'd never heard of !!! I even had to go to Wikipedia to make sure, but it doesnt mention anybody else. Unbelieavable ! I always loved this song, especially because of the thundern and rain, but also the melody is so beautiful and the song is so romantic, which really gets to you when youre a teenage boy. Although at the time Id never lost anyone, I was caught by the mystery and sadness (from songs) of what losing a love would be like. I was just as shocked as you were when I heard this. That beautiful bell sound was made by a "celesta", which looks like a small piano and has been around since 1880. You can see them leaning on the small keyboard in the picture . It's a small world, like the saying goes ; the real distance comes only from time . The singer has a beautiful voice and it's so nice how he enunciates the words .
The band was on ship with my father (US Navy and his name was Harry) and when this song hit they became famous very fast. We had them to our house for Thanksgiving that year and my sister, who was about 14 at the time was very popular with her high school friends when she showed them her autographed album. Years later I would catch up with Dave (drummer) who was still fronting the band. Johnny and others had moved on. Dave and I would have a couple beers when they played at the local Red Coat Inn. Really great guys. Lost track of them but I think John Gummoe (writer and lead singer) is in Washington.
Great story!
Fantastic,heartwarming reaction!!So happy for you to find a song from your past.I know the song too,but alway's thought it was a Ricky Nelson song!!🤗🤗🤗
Brilliant! That was fun! Dont'cha love it when stuff like this happens - for me youtube did it again last week - for YEARS (like over 30) i'd been trying to find a song I'd not heard since my childhood an low and behold youtube suggests a song for me and voilà!! (it was Dave Clark 5's Over and Over by the way).
One of my favorite rain songs, but Gordon Lightfoot's Early Morning Rain and Keith Whitley's I'm No Stranger to the Rain are my tops. Glad for your memory recovery. Who'll stop the rain; just so many rain songs, but Gale Garnett's We'll sing in the sunshine will get you out of the rain.
Yes an incredibly beautiful song. I don't want to say the cliche "They don't write songs like that anymore," but, they don't write songs like that anymore ... In Thailand they celebrate the beginning of the Rainy season each year. A huge Festival! If you haven't been then go! I used this song in in my "Celebrating Thai Water Festival" UA-cam video a few months ago. An amazing song and an amazing festival! Thanks for also sharing this song and making it live again!
A terrific Rain song along with Dee Clark’s It Must be Raindrops and The Temps, I Wish it Would Rain!
And the Everly Brothers - Crying in the Rain
The Dee Clark song is called Raindrops. Two more great songs are Lou Christie's (no relation - he's got talent) are Lightning Strikes and Rhapsody In The Rain.
And "Summer Rain" by Johnny Rivers.
I actually know this song via Ricky Nelson. isn't it great being a fan of music that is 60 yrs old along with some of today's music? It's good to have an open mind for art. Thanks Harri, for thus oldie but goodie!
I recently had a similar experience on utube with a song called "Sacred" by the Castelles. Similar era and similar effect on me.Your emotion is contagious: Brother
Another outstanding, classic song! Thanks, Harri! ✌😘🎶🔥💞
Btw, you MUST do 'Laugh, Laugh' by the Beau Brummels (1965-produced, incidentally, by Sylvester Stewart, aka Sly Stone.)
Love this song. Reminds me of my mom. Another great song from this same year)1963) is "Our day will come" by Ruby and the Romantics. Glad you rediscovered this song, Harri 😀
A very pleasant and bright voice!Wow!Great reaction, buddy .Thanks!😲👏🇷🇺
Haha, this is a forgotten favorite of mine when I was little as well! I totally forgot about it til now. Thank you!
Thank you Harri for bringing these songs back to life! You are very much appreciated out here!!!!!!! I was in High School when this came out. It was so popular. A lot of memories I know for many people. Songs were simple with a good message and we are thankful for them.
I'm so glad you found this song, It's one of my very favorites of all time. Your reaction made me smile/cry with happiness for you. They also had a song called The Last Leaf, I still have both of those on my original 45's.
I was in High School and going through my own first love breakup. Great Song. Thanks for reacting.
You're also not going to believe this I started up your song and we've been waiting and waiting and waiting for the rain a few minutes into your song here comes the rain lol
Love your Reaction Harri 💓 It is very much like your reaction to George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’ I still shed tears when I watch you react 🎶 💎The Cascades just bring happiness with this song!! Ricky Nelson also did a version of this & was a hit 😻🇨🇦💜
Harri, this song is such an earworm that it goes through my head at least once a month, and maybe even more. Different sections of the song at different times.
Being a humorist, I can't help myself, and have tweaked a lyric to say: "The only girl I care about has Gonoree..." I may be going senile. Entering the bright autumn of senescence. Time will tell.
My only gripe here is that I always pictured them being far more groovy-looking. More like you than, say, Mike Pence. From the tinkling beginning to the pitter patter at the end, your reaction, as always, is as golden as the songs.
You are a joy to experience music with. I remember this from so long ago and it's always stayed with me...it really is one from deep in the archives. Thanks, you do a great job...💐
Harri, how charming. You are like a child with your joy and enthusiasm over this song. We so enjoy your reactions.
The backstory around the making of this all time pop classic gave me chills! Thank u again! Powerful story all around.
Harri, I love your reaction to this song. You are the best. Perhaps another song you can react to is from The Tradewinds in 1965, singing New York’s a Lonely Town.
I was a kid and remember it well! Love songs from that era.
It's been a while since you published this but I'm watching it for the first time. I teared up watching your reaction in the first few seconds of the song. I know exactly what you feel. This happens to me also, including this song. there were a couple others that really moved to me when I heard them. music like this is like a time machine. It transports you back to a time you will never be able to live again.
I was in High School when this came out and I, too, fell in love with it. Thanks for sharing. I love your reaction to hearing it. So glad you got to relive a portion of your childhood memories.
These songs are what shaped the music we have now. Classics. Everly Brothers, Righteous Brothers, and so many others. Unlike so freaking many, I really didn't care for Elvis as much. Around that time, my older bro went towards The Ventures, Beach Boys, Jan & Dean et al. (Et Al= "and others" in Latin).
I'm glad it made you so happy. Its amazing how songs can just grab you and warp you back in time and time is frozen.
This brings back memories of my childhood.My mom had multiple 50s compilations,and this got played a lot.
SPEAKING OF RHYTHM & CLASSICS,, THE BLACKBYRDS "WALKING IN RHYTHM"..A FEEL GOOD SMOOTH SOUL GROOVE.
I understand your reaction, Harry. This is one of my all time favorite songs.
Isn’t it great when you find a song like this? Way to go, Harri!
As a kid, I bought this record (45 rpm) down at the grocery store. It cost 99 cents and I had to save up for it.
Thank you for enjoying the music I grew up with
Isn't it amazing how music can take us back to our youth and particular memories and help us relive them over and over. Magical.
The Cascades scored a top ten hit with "Rhythm of the Rain" in 1963 and it must have gotten some radio play ten years later when I was around the same age you were when you remember hearing it as a kid because I remember hearing it as a kid too! Pop music commonly used rain metaphors back then -- Buddy Holly "Raining In My Heart", Dee Clark "Raindrops", The Ronettes "Walking In the Rain", and The Everly Brothers "Crying In The Rain". That last one is doubly notable today given the news of Don Everly's passing.
More good "rain" songs:
Rain by Jose Feliciano
Rain by Foreigner
I Can't Stand The Rain by Michael Bolton (this one is really good!)
Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley
Smoky Mountain Rain by Ronnie Millsap
Here Comes The Rain Again by the Eurythmics
I Think Its Going To Rain Today by Bette Midler (beautiful!!)
remember listening to this at similar age 3 or 4 and still love it. the other song i remember from that age is You can never stop me loving you though pretty sure it was a copy of more famous artist
God bless UA-cam. It is so wonderful to just type in a song from your childhood and bam there it is. There was a song from about 1962 or 63 that I loved so much when I was about 10. When I first discovered UA-cam I went to see if I could find it and was so wonderful to see it there. It was Ketty Lester singing Love Letters (Straight from your Heart.) Oh my, it will put you in a zone. She went on to become an actress and played Hester Sue on Little House on the Prairie in the US back in the 70's. I just love her.
Such a sweet sounding song!
Thanks for posting.Great song from my youth.
It is so wonderful to see the expression on your face when you hear the music. I can see the memories returning, the joy of youth breaking forth. That is one of the greatest things about music, the memories associated with so many songs and tunes. I really enjoy watching your reactions to so many of the songs of my youth. Growing up in the 50s and 60s with Rock/Pop music in its infancy and seeing the progression into the 70s. I once read that most of the good songs had been written, as there are only so many ways to arrange the words. The song writers then had a nearly blank page to start, and also had new audiences that had not been exposed to the sounds yet to come. You have many great songs awaiting your reactions, enjoy them all.
I’m happy for you, recapturing a childhood memory. ❤
Harri, I'm thrilled that you love songs from this era. Your musical tastes are as broad as mine as far as decades, eras, and genre's. I think you might be familiar eith or enjoy covering BJ Thomas who passed recently. Very unique singing style. Check it out...
I first heard this number on a small "low fidelity" radio in my youth, and it quickly became one of my favorites. I might have owned the 45 single, but I'm not really sure. I did have quite a few 45 single records back then .... so long ago .....
Our family have this record and am very familiar with this album. I know every single song! My favorite songs off this album are: Shy Girl, Dreamin’ and My First Day Alone! The red label you’re talking about is Valiant Records! Dan Fogelberg covered this in his early 90’s album “The Wild Places”. You should check out his version too.
This was the only top 40 hit from the band, but it landed big on multiple charts in early 1963. It went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart #3 on the hot 100 & #7 over on R&B.
Interestingly enough, the last chart hit they had happened in 1969 the song was called Maybe The Rain Will Fall, but it peaked at #61.
You are right about the label. I still have my copy of the 45 RPM single all these years later. And a couple of hundred more of them too.
OMG THIS SONG! *brain asplodes* I havent heard this song in decades!