I'm 60 years old & this is the first time I've ever seen a video with them singing this song!! Man they don' t make music like this anymore the 70's & 80's was the best music ever!!
Not only have I never seen them in a video, but at 67, I think I haven't heard this since sometime in the 20th Century. Song just started 'n gotta go back to it....
I stopped at Shop Rite on the way to work yesterday morning and this song was playing on the loudspeakers...I was singing along with this amazing tune when I noticed several other shoppers and employees were doing the same thing...all middle-aged men... this made me realize...yeah buddy, you're a boomer.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
You ALL were MOVED and elated to hear these FANTASTIC songs from the 1970's. We are living in a music desert now---- compared to the countless great songs of the 1970's. We were SOOOO lucky!!
Goodness!!! This makes me feel like the 70s flower child that I was!!! There will never be another era like this…. And was Dan Hamilton gorgeous or what??? Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end…
We'd sing and dance for forever and a day.. We'd lead the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose... Those were the days, oh yes... Those were the days..😮😊😅😂🎉❤❤
This is the kind of vocals you don't hear today. Good low tenor, male sounding lead with nice harmonies. These were the vocal sounds of the 60s and 70s.
@@snoops5581 He died in 1994 at the age of 48. My wife and I are in our mid 60s and we always follow this music. And yes he did die far too young. Yet we are so fortunate that his Memory is kept alive through the music 🎶 as with So many other others. PS Love ❤️ your songs of the 70s playlist.
I'm 62-yrs-old ,and I NEVER tire hearing these songs that were such a huge part of my teen and young adult years! There are so many bittersweet memories. As a teenager, I never thought I'd age! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 And yet...here I am!
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
This is one of those songs that only Dan Hamilton could have pulled off to the maximum desired effect among listeners. He had the winning formula - the right voice, a catchy hook and a memorable melody. Add to this his rock star rugged looks, personality and virtuoso musicianship and you have close to perfection as can be. Even after so many years that Dan released this song (early 70s), it still generates airplay worldwide. I cannot see any of today's songs having the same impact and longevity.
He was a complete and perfect musician. And yet, so underrated. Dan taught us that being discreet and humble in the world of music is a path to oblivion, but he also taught us that true music can withstand the test of time and become an eternal work of art. Perhaps the world doesn't know how to appreciate Danny as he deserves and confuses him with mere cmediatic of the era, but his music is the true art and will never be forgotten.
Dan Hamilton lived a few streets away in our little town in Washington. He used to bully my brother in high school. 😀 My brother remembers "Danny" as a football player, but according to the yearbook his only extracurricular was choir. Then Dan dropped out of school, took his guitar to California and less than a decade later was recording this hit.
wow what a great story. Danny went to California to play with the Beach Boys, but he was late for the tour. He stayed with his brother Judd and at the age of 16 composed the million-selling hit in Japan Diamond Head, from The Ventures. then he joined the avantis and toured with the Beach Boys, then joined T-Bones with his brother. They toured Japan and when they returned they formed Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds. wow, I must say I envy you for meeting Danny in person! He will forever be my greatest platonic love, he was incredible 😍❤
Uh, well . . .this was NEVER a top notch group. Maybe at the Elks Club youth dance, but never anywhere else. Still, a catchy little AM toe tapper, I agree.
@@bronsonhilliard6841 WRONG. Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds was a TOP notch group. I f they were around today---this and most of there songs would ALL be number one---because most of the garbage that young people listen to is GARBAGE and doesn't even BEGIN to come close to the QUALITY of musicianship and and QUALITY of the talent of this singer, Dan Hamilton. This is what you call a FANTASTIC song, and arrangement. Name 20 songs that YOU can say that about on the radio ALL this year!!!
@@Dina-nm1nx yes, President Trump, they were Huuuuuuuuuuuge. Best group ever. Biggest concerts ever -- 2 million people in every arena, the best, top group of the 1970s, by far, believe me.
I loved this song as a kid. I never knew that Dan Hamilton was so gorgeous. I just found out that he is no longer with us. I am so sad about that. He had a beautiful voice and face to match. It's still One of my favorite songs today in 2022.
I'm 72 and it blows my mind that the oldest member of this group is 10 years older than I almost to the day and is now EIGHTY TWO. Dan was only 3 years younger than I, so he was about 24 when he recorded this and I loved it when it came out and I love it today. Such a shame he died so young; great voice, great songwriter. The whole group was eye candy too.
Dan was much better than Presley. He was an actual ARTIST who wrote his OWN songs, had his own style, composed his work, wrote the lyrics and performed the song with better voice control. He didn't need to copy anyone else like Presley had a bad tendency to do going back to his early days and forward. Dan was his own man and his talent was more than enough to lay claim to his own VERY respected place in music history.
I really love this song, and HAMILTON 's voice was the BOMB. This song brings back good memories of my teen years. Listening to him sing makes you wish you could turn back time.❤❤
Hamilton was the next Elvis. Sadly He died so young from Cushing's syndrome ( basically glands that create too much cortisol ) People who have this condition usually skinny arms and legs and a round extended stomach similar to a beer belly. I knew someone in Canada that worked with Dan and he spoke how the music industry tried to hide his illness by having him wear clothes that hid his girth in the stomach area. He was a beautiful man and a good man I was told. Screw the music industry Dan. You were beautiful inside and out. May you rest in peace and know that We fans loved you. Sadly, It was a stroke that took his life which was a complication from his disease. I can only imagine how big a star Dan would have become. It breaks my heart,
Disse tudo!e eu, que SÓ há +- um mês que descobri ( por acaso) que ele tinha partido assim, tão precocemente😔...tanto talento , lindo ...mas , ficam as suas músicas que serão sempre eternas 😍😍😍
Agree with you , I think his voice would have take him to the top of the charts, and to this day I feel sad that such a fine young man is gone from us, loved his voice
Hearing this song after all these years. Is what brought me here it was one of my favorite songs. Thank You so much for breaking everything all down. About what happened to Dan. I didn't even know he was gone😭😭.l will always love him and his beautiful voice. Gone But Never Forgotten 🕊️🕊️🕊️💔💔💔⭐⭐
It can never be Debbie sadly ..... as a group they disbanded 43 years ago, and then Dan died ..... the two remaining members then went their separate ways.
❤❤❤ I always get excited to meet people who have seen them live. Could you share any anecdotes about it? Although it may seem strange, except for three TV appearances, there are no recordings of the band's live shows, nothing at all. So, having been there and enjoying their show is a great fortune.
I have always loved this song but never saw the band's pictures. I just stumbled across this video by accident. Such a handsome great singer. I feel bad that he has passed. What a voice!.
Poor Dan Hamilton. He deserved a longer life and a better ending to it. Still he is immortalized here and on his other hit "Falling In Love. RIP and thanks for the great times!
Yes.. it's very sad when someone passes at an early age.. but Bible tells us absent from the body, present with the lord... I doubt very much Dan Hamilton if he had the choice would much rather be with his heavenly father in paradise.. wouldn't you? I would.. Jac
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.❤
A time when all band members like steely dan etc actually studied at juliard (i read dan had published music by the time he was a teenager) so my opinion….they made music amd lived life , vs the mktg machine pace and the “artists” Who are often drawn to it like social media influencers as a means to the fame versus the Pham coming as a result of the music being the draw just kind of a different way you know I’m not saying that people didn’t get wrapped up and being stars and then things went different directions but as a post to social media influencers that are trying to make something out of nothing instead of something happening because of your talent or draw to music and then it evolves organically or at least not the cart before the horse if that makes any sense
There were a number of groups around this time that had the same thing going on. One...two top 10 songs and then nothing. Just works like that sometimes.
I played bass with Dan Hamilton in one of the later versions of the band. He was quite the nice guy and an amazing vocalist. They were signed to Playboy Records, which was created by Hugh Hefner, as a venue for his then girlfriend Barbie Benton. They broke up and Hefner dissolved the record company, leaving all of their contracted artists to twist in the wind. Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds, was one of those unfortunate acts. They had three hits. This one, ‘Winners and losers and ‘ Baby Baby Falling In Love’. Those productions were top notch. Jimmy Haskell arranged the strings and most of the wrecking crew played on the sessions. Dan sadly passed away while on the road with Laura Brannigan.
I would like to read more anecdotes from those years. Did you play bass in the re-recording in the late '70s? Judd Hamilton told me about the record label's bad move; without a doubt, Danny deserved much more recognition and success than he received. I believe he was one of the greatest vocalists in history, as well as a virtuoso guitarist, and his compositions still captivate today. Unfortunately, his illness took him from this world too soon; otherwise, we would have heard much more from him in recent years. I understand that the show with Laura Branigan was in 1984; did Danny continue singing for her for 10 years? I know he also performed in his own shows with Joe Frank in Las Vegas and surrounding areas.
I am 11 years old and I love this song, sad to here that Dan Hamilton passed away and my 62 year old grandpa loves this to. Long live Hamilton, Joe frank and Reynolds
@@scottvidmar913 It sounds so much like Elvis, he would have probably had a good hit with it --- but Don sings it just right for sure. It's one of the songs that reached #1 on my charts, then reached #1 again many years later. This song ONLY reached #4 on the national charts.
Man, I haven't heard this one in so long, it's not even Funny. We used to burn this one up at the Teen Club on Corpus Christi NAS back in the Early 70's! Definitely Brings back a LOT of Memories of my Friends when I was a Teen.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
What a great song! I remember the first time hearing this and the feeling I got. One of those songs that gives you that feeling you can’t describe. Not many songs throughout life do this but this song did that for me!!
This song did that for me too! I got - and still get - a certain feeling when listening to it. Danny Hamilton’s voice gave me the feeling even more than the song itself, and it’s a great song! His voice is so enjoyable to hear.
Exactly my sentiments. As a youngster I'd year it play on the radio and want more, more. Never knew how they looked but man was I ever blown away when I saw the video recently. The voices and the good looks and really good music is a big winner everytime 👌
He was a beautiful man inside and out❤ I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
One of those songs that reached out from your radio and grabbed by the scruff of your neck and made you listen. So strong and such a great positive vibe. The shaker in double time is perfect.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
I'm in my 30s and was checking the comments out of curiosity to see if anyone else was under the age of 50 since everyone is sharing their age for some reason 😂. You're the only one I saw. My dad listened to this type of music. That's how I know it. Happy listening.
@@williamfrank7565 I would like to think so William, but I have my doubts in this day and age. I( know the expression is : you are only as old as the woman you are with " Censored version LOL, mines 50 but still. All the best.
If anyone noticed Joe Reynolds' name didn't come up, he had left the group in 1972 but they continued with the same name. Alan Dennison joined the group in 1973 but it wasn't until 1976 that they changed their name to Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Dennison. They disbanded permanently in 1980.
One of those all time classic boyfriend and girlfriend love songs. One doesn't hear or experience this kind music or emotion in today's music. A true classic.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
I always get excited to meet people who have seen them live. Could you share any anecdotes about it? Although it may seem strange, except for three TV appearances, there are no recordings of the band's live shows, nothing at all. So, having been there and enjoying their show is a great fortune.
Where all my fellow 50 year old fans at? I'm seeing so many comments of those lucky enough to go dancing or make out at "The Point" to this song but I was just a toddler when this song was becoming a classic. So glad I had cool young parents at the time that listened to awesome music. Gave me their 70's music so I love that as much as my 80's Brit pop and R&B as well as my hair bands and metal. I'm all over the board with what genres I love but tunes like this will ALWAYS hold a place in my heart!
I still have my Australian copy of 20 Explosive Hits 1971. This song blew my mind in 1971 and still does today. That is an amazing Production sound for its day.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.❤
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I'm 60 years old & this is the first time I've ever seen a video with them singing this song!! Man they don' t make music like this anymore the 70's & 80's was the best music ever!!
I totally agree. Fun times I wish I could go back and dance the night away.
Agreed. 😇❤️
Koooooool 😎🐨🦘👍🏼💋
Not only have I never seen them in a video, but at 67, I think I haven't heard this since sometime in the 20th Century. Song just started 'n gotta go back to it....
Amen brother!
Dan Hamilton passed away in 1994 at the age of 48 of complications from Cushing's syndrome. RIP
He was so handsome!
He kinda sounds like Elvis 😊 Love this song ❤
@@brendacanter9768 I always noticed that resemblance in his voice to Elvis too.
What a great voice he had.. RIP 🕯️
RIP
You have to love how UA-cam is the closest thing to a time machine we have. ❤🎵
We don't search for old songs, we search for old memories! 😘
The Internet, and UA-cam, are such brilliant tools to have ....... I spend half my life just listening to music on them now.
So true love utube
Not just memories, the feelings that these songs inspired.
Amen!
You tube a Time Machine? Yes, but you ain’t seen nothing yet. Technology 10 years from now will blow you away.
An American classic!🌹
❤❤❤
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Man! I am 66 and this song still moves me like it did when it came out. Absolutely love it and the singers.
I've just tuned 67, and i feel exactly the same way as you ..... I've never stopped loving this great song.
me too, i'm 65
You are so right. This has been a really meaningful song for me. Man oh man, did we grow up with terrific music!
I'm 73. It still has 'that' feeling, meaning. What quality!@@laurafoote214
I’m 67!! Still love it!
52 years later and I STILL love this song!
Yes ❤️
Played this in 1973,first girlfriend. I was 8 years old .still listening. 😂
I still love it too! 🙂
Me too
Batman brought me here lol
I'm 67 years old and still loving this music.
I'm 65 and feel the same!
Me too bobaloo. 🎶
Agree with you
One of the greatest songs of all time. They don't make em like that anymore.
It instantly takes me back to the summertime and listening to the radio. Love it ❤
I was just a kid listening to this great music. Went to bed, woke up and now I'm 65. I want a do-over!!
The same thing happened to me and the number was 75 ! Yikers !!
Me too!!!! I'm 54, and I'm gonna lay me down and crap for 100 years!!!!😂❤😊
We are all in good company when it comes to that.
I'm also 65 and grew up with the songs from the BEST era of music, the 70's
And I'm 80!!! Brings back memories of the best years of my life.....
I stopped at Shop Rite on the way to work yesterday morning and this song was playing on the loudspeakers...I was singing along with this amazing tune when I noticed several other shoppers and employees were doing the same thing...all middle-aged men... this made me realize...yeah buddy, you're a boomer.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
I love ShopRite’s music!
You ALL were MOVED and elated to hear these FANTASTIC songs from the 1970's.
We are living in a music desert now---- compared to the countless great songs of the 1970's. We were SOOOO lucky!!
I know this song and I'm not a boomer. My dad listened to it. But I'm a rare exception I know.
An era like no other. The songs, the lyrics, the unique voices and the out of this world harmonies. It was the best of times to be growing up !!!
That's for sure
It's really sad that no one is making new music like this anymore.
Amen to that
Goodness!!! This makes me feel like the 70s flower child that I was!!! There will never be another era like this…. And was Dan Hamilton gorgeous or what??? Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end…
Nobody sings as well as all those seventy singers like Dan. He's got the sexiest voice.
Dan was a treasure and good looking too! The vocals were so harmonizing and the music was superb
We'd sing and dance for forever and a day..
We'd lead the life we choose, we'd fight and never lose...
Those were the days, oh yes...
Those were the days..😮😊😅😂🎉❤❤
🌻
Dan Hamilton a great singer. The Lord took him too early from this world. RIP Dan
This is the kind of vocals you don't hear today. Good low tenor, male sounding lead with nice harmonies. These were the vocal sounds of the 60s and 70s.
Everything is auto tuned nowadays. I like to hear raw voices even if it's not perfect. There's a few newer groups I listen to like the struts.
this song has a elvis feel to it i say its pretty amaaaazing if i say..
@@werearethedreamteam3724 Actually, I never noticed that, but I think you’re right- it kind of does!👍
I save this song Don’t Pull Your Love one in particular kind of Song I love it!🎶🎶🎶(1/3/‘23)
Yes, men singers don't sound masculine anymore!
Dan Hamilton's vocals were great...He should have been a major star...This is a clip from their early 80s "Solid Gold" appearance...
I think he died pretty young
It's a nice video bcuz you can see them but this is not a "live" performance but rather lip synching.
@@snoops5581 He died in 1994 at the age of 48. My wife and I are in our mid 60s and we always follow this music. And yes he did die far too young. Yet we are so fortunate that his Memory is kept alive through the music 🎶 as with So many other others. PS Love ❤️ your songs of the 70s playlist.
"Thank You...Thank You Very Much".....
@@snoops5581Yes he is. My contemporary June 2,1946
RIP Dan Hamilton. Such an underrated band.
Indeed they were .....
this was me and my wifes song RIP sweetheart love ya
Ah Bro, so sorry. We all love her too!
She must've been beautiful -real sorry man
so sorry Richard, we'll all be together again-------------------------count on it !!
Your First Class Richard.
Keep Punchin !
God bless !
Why am I crying.
Im so empathetic.
I blame the music. Its a great song.
I'm 62-yrs-old ,and I NEVER tire hearing these songs that were such a huge part of my teen and young adult years! There are so many bittersweet memories. As a teenager, I never thought I'd age! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 And yet...here I am!
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
I'm 62 years old music still listening no matter how old never gets old listening to
Nostalgia is not a drug....its a love potion!😍
If nostalgia was a drug, it would be a high that I would gladly OD on.
Tell me about it 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
Nostalgia is unapologetic magic!!
It's a time machine.
@@BubbaYoga That too.
This is one of those songs that only Dan Hamilton could have pulled off to the maximum desired effect among listeners. He had the winning formula - the right voice, a catchy hook and a memorable melody. Add to this his rock star rugged looks, personality and virtuoso musicianship and you have close to perfection as can be. Even after so many years that Dan released this song (early 70s), it still generates airplay worldwide. I cannot see any of today's songs having the same impact and longevity.
He was a complete and perfect musician. And yet, so underrated. Dan taught us that being discreet and humble in the world of music is a path to oblivion, but he also taught us that true music can withstand the test of time and become an eternal work of art. Perhaps the world doesn't know how to appreciate Danny as he deserves and confuses him with mere cmediatic of the era, but his music is the true art and will never be forgotten.
Still listening in 2024! Just went into the you tube "rabbit hole" of 60's music and couldn't be happier to hear it all again!
“Oldies But Goodies” and still people listen today.
The “rabbit hole”! So true! I’m 69 today and reliving the oldies!
Right !!!,, it’s awesome 👏
Dan Hamilton lived a few streets away in our little town in Washington. He used to bully my brother in high school. 😀 My brother remembers "Danny" as a football player, but according to the yearbook his only extracurricular was choir. Then Dan dropped out of school, took his guitar to California and less than a decade later was recording this hit.
wow what a great story. Danny went to California to play with the Beach Boys, but he was late for the tour. He stayed with his brother Judd and at the age of 16 composed the million-selling hit in Japan Diamond Head, from The Ventures. then he joined the avantis and toured with the Beach Boys, then joined T-Bones with his brother. They toured Japan and when they returned they formed Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds. wow, I must say I envy you for meeting Danny in person! He will forever be my greatest platonic love, he was incredible 😍❤
Choir?! Never met a guy in choir who bullied anybody lol. Never saw pics of them till now, Dan is easy on the eyes for sure.
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LOL
Love these personal stories
Im 66 years old this was a top notch group. I still listen to them and this is 2024
Uh, well . . .this was NEVER a top notch group. Maybe at the Elks Club youth dance, but never anywhere else. Still, a catchy little AM toe tapper, I agree.
@@bronsonhilliard6841 WRONG. Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds was a TOP notch group. I f they were around today---this and most of there songs would ALL be number one---because most of the garbage that young people listen to is GARBAGE and doesn't even BEGIN to come close to the QUALITY of musicianship and and QUALITY of the talent of this singer, Dan Hamilton. This is what you call a FANTASTIC song, and arrangement. Name 20 songs that YOU can say that about on the radio ALL this year!!!
@@Dina-nm1nx yes, President Trump, they were Huuuuuuuuuuuge. Best group ever. Biggest concerts ever -- 2 million people in every arena, the best, top group of the 1970s, by far, believe me.
I loved this song as a kid. I never knew that Dan Hamilton was so gorgeous. I just found out that he is no longer with us. I am so sad about that. He had a beautiful voice and face to match. It's still One of my favorite songs today in 2022.
@ Crystal Freeman I agree with you. Dan Hamilton was really handsome and his voice matched his looks. Very sad that he was taken way too soon.
Yes,he was very handsome😍 I didn't know he passed until I read your comment. RIP
I'm 72 and it blows my mind that the oldest member of this group is 10 years older than I almost to the day and is now EIGHTY TWO. Dan was only 3 years younger than I, so he was about 24 when he recorded this and I loved it when it came out and I love it today. Such a shame he died so young; great voice, great songwriter. The whole group was eye candy too.
I always wanted to sing like this dude.. great voice.
I'm there with you
@@WAHOOUPS I always imagined this “dude” was singing the song to me 😆.. he didn’t put on airs ✌🏽
The Barbara Feldman?
I'm a little younger 67 yrs old, but this was great music. Love to return to the 70s
Hamilton had an amazing voice.
And fine looking too ❤
Simply gorgeous!❣️@@VickySwindoll
He was attractive!
73 years old, and so glad that I had the pleasure of growing up in this music era....
I might make it to 71 - always enjoyed this tune but thought that the group had four guys in it instead of three!!!!
we got to see all the cool concerts !!
I'm. 72 yrs old i remember so well these songs. Bring back great times.
Hamilton always had that Elvis sound. I'm 64 and still love this song that I played over and over on my 45rpm
Better ... much Better that elvis
I always thought it was Elvis He’s handsome too
I always thought this was Elvis singing this song until I saw it on UA-cam.Im glad I'm not the only one I bet Elvis could have sing this song as well
For a long time, I thought that was Elvis singing that tune on the radio.😂
Dan was much better than Presley. He was an actual ARTIST who wrote his OWN songs, had his own style, composed his work, wrote the lyrics and performed the song with better voice control. He didn't need to copy anyone else like Presley had a bad tendency to do going back to his early days and forward. Dan was his own man and his talent was more than enough to lay claim to his own VERY respected place in music history.
I really love this song, and HAMILTON 's voice was the BOMB. This song brings back good
memories of my teen years. Listening to him sing makes you wish you could turn back time.❤❤
Yes-strong memories fr/JrHigh when we moved away.
Danny Hamilton had one of my favorite voices in rock history.
this is so true
I am right there with you. I would not mind going back to this time.
@LG Absolutely! Takes me right back to 14 years old in 1971 and I'd go back right now.
These guys were better than they got credit. Great sounds
I couldn't name another song of theirs
Hamilton was the next Elvis. Sadly He died so young from Cushing's syndrome ( basically glands that create too much cortisol ) People who have this condition usually skinny arms and legs and a round extended stomach similar to a beer belly. I knew someone in Canada that worked with Dan and he spoke how the music industry tried to hide his illness by having him wear clothes that hid his girth in the stomach area. He was a beautiful man and a good man I was told. Screw the music industry Dan. You were beautiful inside and out. May you rest in peace and know that We fans loved you. Sadly, It was a stroke that took his life which was a complication from his disease. I can only imagine how big a star Dan would have become. It breaks my heart,
Disse tudo!e eu, que SÓ há +- um mês que descobri ( por acaso) que ele tinha partido assim, tão precocemente😔...tanto talento , lindo ...mas , ficam as suas músicas que serão sempre eternas 😍😍😍
Agree with you , I think his voice would have take him to the top of the charts, and to this day I feel sad that such a fine young man is gone from us, loved his voice
Hearing this song after all these years. Is what brought me here it was one of my favorite songs. Thank You so much for breaking everything all down. About what happened to Dan. I didn't even know he was gone😭😭.l will always love him and his beautiful voice. Gone But Never Forgotten 🕊️🕊️🕊️💔💔💔⭐⭐
He was way better than elvis!
I always thought it was Elvis.
Summer 1971! The best of the best!
I remember listening to this song during my US Army Basic Training & AIT in May thru December 1971
In my opinion, Dan Hamilton had the perfect male voice OMG- and he was gorgeous
Nah, I’m better looking for sure, but Dan does have a better singing voice
😂 If you say so.
@@copp214 You think so as well
The sound of the summer of 1971..huge song.
Totally agree, and whilst this great song did really well in America, it sadly never got the recognition it deseved over here in the UK.
those horns just take it over the top for me...great song
@@barryh.4220 it did in the winter of 71 in Australia, I have loved this song since I was a 6 year old kid.
Was in AIT at Fort Knox Kentucky. Armor training. Remember it well!
I was 6 you, and walked to the drugstore with money my mom gave me and bought this 45. The 1st record I bought.
RIP Dan. Thank you for leaving this great song.
This is what you call music
Elvis’s-brother he never knew he had. Dan Hamilton great voice incredible song
Indeed.
This could've been a "Vegas Era" Elvis tune, easily.
Reportedly the song was written with Elvis in mind to record it so the producers had it interpreted that way.
he does sound like Elvis
Agreed 😍
That Elvis sound...always thought that was him, in disguise.
I saw and met them in person when I was a teenager. I just loved them. I'm now 59
THIS IS A FIVE STAR SONG
You got that right ⭐
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Most were back then.
Absolutely. Brings back so much memories from the boyhood years 👍
I am 64 years old and this song brings back alot of memories good ones would love to see them in concert ❤️
It can never be Debbie sadly ..... as a group they disbanded 43 years ago, and then Dan died ..... the two remaining members then went their separate ways.
Little FOSS and Big Halsey, man they make a winning team! (Johnny Cash)
😞So sad...@@barryh.4220
They were not around long, but had some great hits. Saw them live, great performance!
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I always get excited to meet people who have seen them live. Could you share any anecdotes about it? Although it may seem strange, except for three TV appearances, there are no recordings of the band's live shows, nothing at all. So, having been there and enjoying their show is a great fortune.
When I was I kid. I thought this was Elvis. But we only had AM radio. Great song
Danny ❤ the best musician ever ❤
If you close your eyes, you wouldn't know that's Dan Hamilton singing he sounds just like Elvis Presley.
Dan Hamilton is gorgeous! Could watch him sing all day long!
Hello Susan, How are you doing?
Me too. I was so in love with him 😊
He does have a nice mullet.
@@liamroberts9047 Go away creeper. This isn’t a dating site.
Brings back fond memories of better times, listening to it on the AM radio when I was a kid.
OH YEAH HAHAHA YOUR CULO CAGAU. THANKS
Yup. KEZY in SoCal.
77, WABC New York! Fond memories. ❤️
segarza WPGC suburban Washington DC
Great song so many memories
For everyone coming here in 2024, this is the first time hearing this and I heard it on Batman and it's my favorite song.
Love to hear that!
I'VE HEARD FOR YEARS, NEVER SEEN THEIR FACES.
I have always loved this song but never saw the band's pictures. I just stumbled
across this video by accident. Such a handsome great singer. I feel bad that he has passed. What a voice!.
Hahahaha no doubt. Heard the song a million times and couldn’t pick these guys out of a lineup. Three tv stations and no google
Poor Dan Hamilton. He deserved a longer life and a better ending to it. Still he is immortalized here and on his other hit "Falling In Love. RIP and thanks for the great times!
Yes.. it's very sad when someone passes at an early age.. but Bible tells us absent from the body, present with the lord... I doubt very much Dan Hamilton if he had the choice would much rather be with his heavenly father in paradise.. wouldn't you? I would.. Jac
He was one gorgeous man....❤
Oh my! Does this take me back! I loved this when I was 16, it's been a few years since then ❤
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.❤
Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds were one of the best bands ever still sounds in 2023 great memories forever
How did these guys not have more hits? They tick every box for being bona fide super stars.
They had "Fallin' in Love" in 1975.
A time when all band members like steely dan etc actually studied at juliard (i read dan had published music by the time he was a teenager) so my opinion….they made music amd lived life , vs the mktg machine pace and the “artists” Who are often drawn to it like social media influencers as a means to the fame versus the Pham coming as a result of the music being the draw just kind of a different way you know I’m not saying that people didn’t get wrapped up and being stars and then things went different directions but as a post to social media influencers that are trying to make something out of nothing instead of something happening because of your talent or draw to music and then it evolves organically or at least not the cart before the horse if that makes any sense
There were a number of groups around this time that had the same thing going on. One...two top 10 songs and then nothing. Just works like that sometimes.
There was a lot of stiff competition back then!
This was my first 45 when I was 10. Luv this song
I played bass with Dan Hamilton in one of the later versions of the band. He was quite the nice guy and an amazing vocalist.
They were signed to Playboy Records, which was created by Hugh Hefner, as a venue for his then girlfriend Barbie Benton. They broke up and Hefner dissolved the record company, leaving all of their contracted artists to twist in the wind.
Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds, was one of those unfortunate acts.
They had three hits. This one, ‘Winners and losers and ‘ Baby Baby Falling In Love’.
Those productions were top notch. Jimmy Haskell arranged the strings and most of the wrecking crew played on the sessions.
Dan sadly passed away while on the road with Laura Brannigan.
I would like to read more anecdotes from those years. Did you play bass in the re-recording in the late '70s? Judd Hamilton told me about the record label's bad move; without a doubt, Danny deserved much more recognition and success than he received. I believe he was one of the greatest vocalists in history, as well as a virtuoso guitarist, and his compositions still captivate today. Unfortunately, his illness took him from this world too soon; otherwise, we would have heard much more from him in recent years. I understand that the show with Laura Branigan was in 1984; did Danny continue singing for her for 10 years? I know he also performed in his own shows with Joe Frank in Las Vegas and surrounding areas.
私が中学生だった頃、放課後１人廊下を歩いていたら、校内放送でこの曲が流れてきて、なんて素晴らしい曲だと感激しました、今もこの曲を聴くと、あの時と同じ感激、感動で涙が出てきます。
I am 11 years old and I love this song, sad to here that Dan Hamilton passed away and my 62 year old grandpa loves this to.
Long live Hamilton, Joe frank and Reynolds
His voice is just so incredible! ❤️
Yes It was and he was good looking and he is still miss.
Sounds like Elvis at times
@@scottvidmar913 It sounds so much like Elvis, he would have probably had a good hit with it --- but Don sings it just right for sure. It's one of the songs that reached #1 on my charts, then reached #1 again many years later. This song ONLY reached #4 on the national charts.
I mean, Dan, not Don.
@@cherylcollard5200 Yes, he was. What a cutie.
One of the best songs of all time.
lol, big call , great song but it was up against some heavyweights from that 70s era, great video though
Love love love! Today's music can't compare! We were so blessed to have songs like this!!!! 💖
Yes we were !,, absolutely fantastic 👍🏻🔥🔥🔥
Damn, they were hot, I loved them and I was 14 in 1971,great, innocent times!!!
Man, I haven't heard this one in so long, it's not even Funny. We used to burn this one up at the Teen Club on Corpus Christi NAS back in the Early 70's! Definitely Brings back a LOT of Memories of my Friends when I was a Teen.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
These guys were really popular when I was growing up I'm now 63 and never get tired of their songs was born in 1960
Great music in a time when the world somewhat made sense.
So true , great times back then.
We were young 🤫
Great group! Love this song! Thank you guys! ❤
The vocals are so pitch perfect always a pleasure to listen to
What a great song! I remember the first time hearing this and the feeling I got. One of those songs that gives you that feeling you can’t describe. Not many songs throughout life do this but this song did that for me!!
This song did that for me too! I got - and still get - a certain feeling when listening to it. Danny Hamilton’s voice gave me the feeling even more than the song itself, and it’s a great song! His voice is so enjoyable to hear.
Such soulful earthy lyrics with powerful presentation right?
When you get that feeling from a song, the song always stays with you and each time you hesr that song it brings forth the feeling
It was innocent joy!
Exactly my sentiments. As a youngster I'd year it play on the radio and want more, more. Never knew how they looked but man was I ever blown away when I saw the video recently. The voices and the good looks and really good music is a big winner everytime 👌
Dan Hamilton was so underrated ! one of the best groups, best voices EVER ! ❤️🇺🇸
61 here and also just seeing this for the 1st time
THANK YOU❣️
Oh my gosh, that lead singer is beautiful!!!!
He was a beautiful man inside and out❤
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
Sadly those days are gone folks. ( 60s 70s 80s 90s ) 😢
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The future has a difficult time competing with the past...
Now were in the age of weirdos
Such a shame he died at such a young age. Extremely talented & very handsome.
One of those songs that reached out from your radio and grabbed by the scruff of your neck and made you listen. So strong and such a great positive vibe. The shaker in double time is perfect.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
I heard this song at my Dad's Indian Bingo casino and fell in love with it! These guys were so yummy! I was 9 years old- now I'm 60!!!😍
Back in the days when the Top 40 meant something!
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Brings back Happy Dancing young care free memories and I'm 68!
I’m 23. I’m young. But. Goodness gracious. This is one my most favorite songs. 70’s and 80’s music is AMAZING. I love it
Parabéns, você tem bom gosto 👏👏👏
You have great tastes David ..... there is nothing around musically today that can even compete with songs as good as this.
I'm in my 30s and was checking the comments out of curiosity to see if anyone else was under the age of 50 since everyone is sharing their age for some reason 😂. You're the only one I saw. My dad listened to this type of music. That's how I know it. Happy listening.
@@chilicircus26 really ? I’m the only one in here??
While I was shaving, this song just popped into my head. I had to look it up and play it. I haven't heard it in many years what a great song.
I am 65. This is my absolute favorite video of all time. Raw talent at it's finest!!!!! Nothing like back in the day!
I'm 65 and still love this song, another example of why the 70's had the BEST music!!
Ah, the '70's. So great to listen to it all again but yet, a bit depressing knowing we can't go back and live it again. Do you know what I mean?
Sure do. Just turned 60 last week. Rather depressing really.
I do know what you mean! The 21st century really stinks!
@@markygreenall8645 agree.... BUT maybe 60 is the new 40??
@@williamfrank7565 I would like to think so William, but I have my doubts in this day and age. I( know the expression is : you are only as old as the woman you are with " Censored version LOL, mines 50 but still. All the best.
Absolutely!
If anyone noticed Joe Reynolds' name didn't come up, he had left the group in 1972 but they continued with the same name. Alan Dennison joined the group in 1973 but it wasn't until 1976 that they changed their name to Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Dennison. They disbanded permanently in 1980.
im 24 years stil listen this song❤
FIrst '45' I ever purchased at Korvettes record department for $0.75 in 1971.
Wore it out on my little turntable.
My mom and I heard this song the other day I really thought it was Elvis BJ Thomas we were both wrong thank you for sharing this
I was a kid in the 1970s when the song came out!sad to say they don't make songs like that anymore
One of those all time classic boyfriend and girlfriend love songs. One doesn't hear or experience this kind music or emotion in today's music. A true classic.
This one never grows old
sure was a long time ago though chasinthewind1198
dig ya name, chasinthewind...... you''ll be chasin that forever
I agree.
The demonic forces took over.
Agree. Because what they’re singing about will never change.
👍where is reynolds?
I couldn’t believe it the moment I heard the music start I was able to sing along Word for Word. Wow!
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.
Another great US No1 that failed to chart in the UK
This was a great time to grow up and enjoy the music of this era .
I was just a young pup in the early 70’s but this still takes me back to good times!!
Same. I was 8 in the summer of '71, but I remember this song like it was yesterday.
They performed at Knott's Berry Farm in Southern California when I was working there. Fun times. 67 now and loving the walks down memory lane.
I always get excited to meet people who have seen them live. Could you share any anecdotes about it? Although it may seem strange, except for three TV appearances, there are no recordings of the band's live shows, nothing at all. So, having been there and enjoying their show is a great fortune.
Where all my fellow 50 year old fans at? I'm seeing so many comments of those lucky enough to go dancing or make out at "The Point" to this song but I was just a toddler when this song was becoming a classic. So glad I had cool young parents at the time that listened to awesome music. Gave me their 70's music so I love that as much as my 80's Brit pop and R&B as well as my hair bands and metal. I'm all over the board with what genres I love but tunes like this will ALWAYS hold a place in my heart!
Sane same!
And bout to turn 47 (so close enough; , mom was 30 when she had me in 76 and dad was 40, so older parents)
I’m 59! Thought o was the youngest on here! For once! Hahaha. Great song.
I heard this playing in the background at a McDonald's today.
Great classic song.
Never gets old. Love it.
america has Alwayz loved your music!
All this time, 55 years of living and hearing this song on the radio in stores, etc. I always thought it was an Elvis song.
I still have my Australian copy of 20 Explosive Hits 1971.
This song blew my mind in 1971 and still does today.
That is an amazing Production sound for its day.
I invite you to my channel to listen to many more songs by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds. If you search for the playlist 'the best of HJF&R/D', you'll find all their music there.❤
R.I.P Dan Hamilton 🥺💔
SUCH A CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was my very first 45 purchase!!