What impresses me is how faithful Georgie Fame is to his original rendition. A low-key showman with an unmistakable and unique voice. A special song representing a great time in British culture.
Great performance. Saw him last week playing with a number of the Manfreds. He shuffles on with a walking stick and looks a bit frail but still cooks it up when he plays. One of the finest the UK produced.
I had completely forgotten him and one day I remembered his hit Yeh Yeh, so i listened to it ,it reminded me the time of my youth and now I realize that he is one of the most talented artistes in UK !!!!
And today, in today's market a No 21 in 1965 would be a No1 in comparative sales. A number 1 in 2013 doesn't mean anything anymore. Sigh, gone are the good days of music... long gone.
What's not to like here? I like Georgie Fame, he's a true genius the way he crossed over jazz to pop, and a real down to Earth gent. Plays and sings from the heart and soul, and was very under-rated in my humble opinion.
So underrated. When I was a lad living in London he was one of the true hipsters. This video shows that he has remained that. And that name!! Yeh yeh, Georgie!
The lungs on this man. The off-the-cuff "YEH!"s. The rhythm (unfailing! an almost unbearable tease! hard to take! yet brings playtime round to perfection every single time, capped off with a different, better few notes, seamlessly, never infinitesimally too early or too late, and all without showing off!). The tone/pitch/note-play! The organ, of course. No one coming to mind dares play organ (today) who isn't being - adept, often, yes, but - always ironic and/or retro, the burden on us to tolerate this! (And that's OK.) But with Mr Powell it's a gift *to* us. How can you describe the way someone gives *of* a Hammond rather than inculcating us into some sarcastic conspiracy? As soon as you hear "Hammond organ" you (I) have value judgements already in place, but Georgie Fame dispels them in one bar. He plays it seriously. He enjoys it. And not only is there no inkling of pre-recorded Bossanova about it, he does Ms Hammond proud! (You assume it was a Mr? Yeah, so do I. Mr Hammond, then.) Can't explain any of this better than that. I all-but-squandered my one chance to see Georgie Fame *(A)LIVE!* at Circular Quay c. 1987 (1986? 1988? No...) by getting my hardcore drink on for the very first time; not just tipsy. We went all out. This was Georgie Fame and we knew it! And I knew it as I stood tabletop, trying to meld three Georgie Fames into one....
One of thee GREATEST performers to have existed. I’ll be utterly devastated when his time comes. The backing often behind other great performers. Keep rockin Georgie !!!! X
Still do not understand why he has not been a much bigger artist than this, an amazing voice and fabulous musician. Perhaps too jazz for some? But I could listen all night and fantastic live too!
Clive Powell....apparently he was one of the most talented Rugby League second row forwards Leigh had ever produced. What a guy. Love you George! So undersung as a man who promoted British jazz to the hilt.
From the GLORIOUS year of 1965, THE year for music. Georgie was one of the second tier Brit Invasion stars after the Kinks, Beatles, Stones, Hermans Hermits, Freddy and the Dreamers, Chad and Jeremy and Peter ad Gordon, Dustry Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Pet Clark and a few others.
On this day in 1965 {March 16th} Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames performed "Yeh, Yeh" on the NBC-TV program 'Hullabaloo'... One month earlier on February 13th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #21 and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100... And ten months later on December 30th the group appeared on ABC-TV's 'Shindig!' and performed the same song... Mr. Fame, aka Clive Powell, will celebrate his 70th birthday in three months on June 26th...
Every evening, when all my days work is through I call my baby, and ask her what shall we do I mention movies, but she don't seem to dig that And then she ask me, why don't I come to her flat And have some supper and let the evening pass by By playing records, beside a groovy hi-fi I say yeah yeah that's what I say, I say yeah yeah My baby loves me, she gets me feeling so fine And when she loves me, she let's me know that she's mine And when she kisses, I feel the fire get hot Se never misses, she gives me all that she's got And when she ask me, if everything is OK I've got my answer, the only thing I can say, I say Yeah yeah That's what I say, I say yeah yeah We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low So that no-one can see We gotta do that, we gotta do that We gotta do that, we gotta do that And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 'cept you and me Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea Yea, yea, yea, yea Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill Just thought I'd tell you, because I'm trembling still But pretty baby, I want you all for my own I think I'm ready to leave those others alone No need to ask me if everything is OK I got my answer, the only thing I can say I say yeah yeah, that's what I say, I say yeah yeah That's what I say, yeah yeah We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low So that no-one can see We gotta do that, we gotta do that We gotta do that, we gotta do that And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 'cept you and me Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah Yea, yea, yea, yea Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill Just thought I'd tell you, because I'm trembling still But pretty baby, I want you all for my own I think I'm ready to leave those others alone No need to ask me if everything is OK I got my answer, the only thing I can say I say yeah yeah, that's what I say, I say yeah yeah That's what I say, I say yeah yeah That's what I say, I say yeah yeah
Yes…. And so many other places! Those who say ‘if you can remember the sixties you weren’t there’ do not know what they are talking about. There was so much happening everywhere! And you did not need to be high to appreciate it either!
Great version with the reduced New Blue Flames. Georgie with "Skid the Kid", "Superbass" Geoff Gascoigne, "Brother James" & Jools Holland on piano. "Young Michael"
Thanks so much "TheGRStars" : I do agree with this magnifique Opus with Georgie Fame & all these great Friends musicians 🎼🖤🎸🎷 🎻🎹🎺🌺🎧🎼🎩🎩🎩 Cordiali musicali saluti 🎼
#ugottalisten2b4udie #georgiefame #yehyeh #whatdisay We’ll play a melody & turn the lights down low so that no one can see …and there’ll be no one else alive in all the world ‘cept you & me_!
What impresses me is how faithful Georgie Fame is to his original rendition. A low-key showman with an unmistakable and unique voice. A special song representing a great time in British culture.
Amazing he looks 60 but the voice still sounds 22. No difference in since 1965 not many can still sound this good 50 years later.
This was filmed in 2000, so was 35 years after he recorded the original.
Sounds great but so far from his 20s voice!!!
Brill. He and Alan Price - precious musicians..
Great performance. Saw him last week playing with a number of the Manfreds. He shuffles on with a walking stick and looks a bit frail but still cooks it up when he plays. One of the finest the UK produced.
When Georgie says ... "later Jools"..... he seals the deal on this great performance...... priceless!!!
And that my friends is music and talent.
Georgie is still killing it.
I had completely forgotten him and one day I remembered his hit Yeh Yeh, so i listened to it ,it reminded me the time of my youth and now I realize that he is one of the most talented artistes in UK !!!!
His contributions to Van Morrison's work are huge.
He's still good looking and good sounding!
And today, in today's market a No 21 in 1965 would be a No1 in comparative sales. A number 1 in 2013 doesn't mean anything anymore. Sigh, gone are the good days of music... long gone.
What's not to like here? I like Georgie Fame, he's a true genius the way he crossed over jazz to pop, and a real down to Earth gent. Plays and sings from the heart and soul, and was very under-rated in my humble opinion.
comicmania2008
what a legend thank you Georgie fame
I don't believe under rated , yet certainly underappreciated by the masses . Many top musicians love and loved Georgie ...
Agreed, although he crossed the other way round - from pop to jazz, of a sorts.
Underrated !!! I can think of few in the music industry who are so respected for their talent as Georgie Fame, the man's a legend.
been singing it for 40 years. yeh what a band.
So underrated. When I was a lad living in London he was one of the true hipsters. This video shows that he has remained that. And that name!! Yeh yeh, Georgie!
Genius at work .
The lungs on this man. The off-the-cuff "YEH!"s. The rhythm (unfailing! an almost unbearable tease! hard to take! yet brings playtime round to perfection every single time, capped off with a different, better few notes, seamlessly, never infinitesimally too early or too late, and all without showing off!). The tone/pitch/note-play! The organ, of course. No one coming to mind dares play organ (today) who isn't being - adept, often, yes, but - always ironic and/or retro, the burden on us to tolerate this! (And that's OK.) But with Mr Powell it's a gift *to* us. How can you describe the way someone gives *of* a Hammond rather than inculcating us into some sarcastic conspiracy? As soon as you hear "Hammond organ" you (I) have value judgements already in place, but Georgie Fame dispels them in one bar. He plays it seriously. He enjoys it. And not only is there no inkling of pre-recorded Bossanova about it, he does Ms Hammond proud! (You assume it was a Mr? Yeah, so do I. Mr Hammond, then.) Can't explain any of this better than that. I all-but-squandered my one chance to see Georgie Fame *(A)LIVE!* at Circular Quay c. 1987 (1986? 1988? No...) by getting my hardcore drink on for the very first time; not just tipsy. We went all out. This was Georgie Fame and we knew it! And I knew it as I stood tabletop, trying to meld three Georgie Fames into one....
Philippa Denney s
Seen him many times now and today is still performing and still as good!! Try again!
Yes.... a great "lesson" taught about Georgie..... thanks Flip.....
One of thee GREATEST performers to have existed. I’ll be utterly devastated when his time comes. The backing often behind other great performers. Keep rockin Georgie !!!! X
One of the greatest musical talents to have evolved from this island of ours,and still performing. Long may he go on.
A well kept secret Love his shit though .
Absolutely !! Naturally "cool" too!
Some brilliant duos with Alan Price when young too.
Still do not understand why he has not been a much bigger artist than this, an amazing voice and fabulous musician. Perhaps too jazz for some? But I could listen all night and fantastic live too!
always pays a visit to the house he was born in when he comes back home, a great lad who hasn`t forget his roots
Clive Powell....apparently he was one of the most talented Rugby League second row forwards Leigh had ever produced. What a guy. Love you George! So undersung as a man who promoted British jazz to the hilt.
Clive aka Georgie Fame was 57 in 2000. Sounds amazingly the same as 35 yrs earlier.
He sang in the Marquee and Flamingo club Wardour st, in Shoho where I went every Saturday, danced till the next morning.
From the GLORIOUS year of 1965, THE year for music. Georgie was one of the second tier Brit Invasion stars after the Kinks, Beatles, Stones, Hermans Hermits, Freddy and the Dreamers, Chad and Jeremy and Peter ad Gordon, Dustry Springfield, Sandie Shaw, Pet Clark and a few others.
That's just a fantastic update on a stone cold classic. Definitely rock 'n' roll, but with an unmistakable jazz swagger.
My dad said he used to like how Georgia Fame could play without even looking at the piano...a natural 🎹 🎶
Fame made a great jazz album with Van Morrison about 30 years ago. I'm glad he's still cooking
Here from The Queen's Gambit.
Amazing syncopation.
Really. OMG you are right. That's where I heard that song again 👍💃✌️❤️🙏
The cool sound of the Hammond organ along with his voice plus the added attraction of Jools on the piano = great listening.
That priest does a cracking job on the sax!!
Alan Skidmore. A very good jazzman in his own right.
Alan Skidmore?
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
From a 72yo Aussie fan.
Two of my musical heroes together. Georgie and Jools. Thanks for sharing.
I could listen to that outro forever. Genius arrangement of a classic that sounds better with each passing year.
''Mongo Santamaría!''
OMG! how i love this man :D
His work with Van Morrison is excellent.
Performed this with Georgie Fame himself last year. Very professional and focussed rehearsing but the sound at the end was amazing!
this mans's voice. it is turning me something. good god i have no idea, his just oozes something and i dunno what happening. amazing
Imagine what it does to women!
Went to England twice to see him.....want to go again to see this set up! FANTASTIC!
Un éxito musical indiscutible que siempre nos alegra nuestras vidas. Me encanta el saxofón
Brilliant! I still have an old lp of Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames I bought when I was a teenager. Good music
On this day in 1965 {March 16th} Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames performed "Yeh, Yeh" on the NBC-TV program 'Hullabaloo'...
One month earlier on February 13th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #21 and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100...
And ten months later on December 30th the group appeared on ABC-TV's 'Shindig!' and performed the same song...
Mr. Fame, aka Clive Powell, will celebrate his 70th birthday in three months on June 26th...
And now, 2021 will be 78 in ten days! Still as good and still the sane voice! Fabulous!
Every evening, when all my days work is through
I call my baby, and ask her what shall we do
I mention movies, but she don't seem to dig that
And then she ask me, why don't I come to her flat
And have some supper and let the evening pass by
By playing records, beside a groovy hi-fi
I say yeah yeah that's what I say, I say yeah yeah
My baby loves me, she gets me feeling so fine
And when she loves me, she let's me know that she's mine
And when she kisses, I feel the fire get hot
Se never misses, she gives me all that she's got
And when she ask me, if everything is OK
I've got my answer, the only thing I can say, I say Yeah yeah
That's what I say, I say yeah yeah
We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low
So that no-one can see
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 'cept you and me
Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea
Yea, yea, yea, yea
Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill
Just thought I'd tell you, because I'm trembling still
But pretty baby, I want you all for my own
I think I'm ready to leave those others alone
No need to ask me if everything is OK
I got my answer, the only thing I can say
I say yeah yeah, that's what I say, I say yeah yeah
That's what I say, yeah yeah
We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low
So that no-one can see
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 'cept you and me
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
Yea, yea, yea, yea
Pretty baby I never knew such a thrill
Just thought I'd tell you, because I'm trembling still
But pretty baby, I want you all for my own
I think I'm ready to leave those others alone
No need to ask me if everything is OK
I got my answer, the only thing I can say
I say yeah yeah, that's what I say, I say yeah yeah
That's what I say, I say yeah yeah
That's what I say, I say yeah yeah
Jon Hendricks' lyrics
Queens Gambit brought me here. What a vibrant gent 😊 would love to have seen him live
what a Legend
Fantastic! Loved hearing him and Alan Price as a kid
One of my all time favorite tunes
...ill never know why he wasnt more popular over here ( u.s. )
Georgie - Remember "The Bull" at Barnes on the Thames in the '60s? Those were the days mate! Unfortunately, those days are gone - never to return...
Yes…. And so many other places! Those who say ‘if you can remember the sixties you weren’t there’ do not know what they are talking about. There was so much happening everywhere! And you did not need to be high to appreciate it either!
Great version with the reduced New Blue Flames. Georgie with "Skid the Kid", "Superbass" Geoff Gascoigne, "Brother James" & Jools Holland on piano.
"Young Michael"
Thanks so much "TheGRStars" : I do agree with this magnifique Opus with Georgie Fame & all these great Friends musicians 🎼🖤🎸🎷 🎻🎹🎺🌺🎧🎼🎩🎩🎩
Cordiali musicali saluti 🎼
Right at the end he pays tribute : Mongo Santamaria, Clark Terry , Jon Hendricks .. Georgie is the top of the tree ...
Dude got down on that !!!! 😊
Top man
WOW Still sounds great👍💕🙏
Friend of mine suggested this tune so I hunted down a second hand 45. Great!
Omygosh! Songs you’ve heard and tried to sing as a kid but have never seen the singer! Yeh yeh!
the mature and better version than his original and the original was great!
Watched this as a kid on the dvd of jools Holland complication released around 2001/2002
Georgie Fame....my hero!
So great to have Georgie Fame in Bath!
Thank you for making our weekend! :)
Yeah Yeah!
Gorgeous!!!
Well done Georgie Jools everybody
Too kool for school!!!
Absolutly brilliant.
magic musicians! ❤
Great Man Love his music
Nothing like a Hammond B-3
It's a C3. Same guts as a B3 but a different cabinet.
Artista: Georgie Fame.
Canción: Yeh Yeh!
Fecha de lanzamiento: 1964. (119.679 vis.)
How come Georgie Fame's picture isn't next to the word "cool" in every dictionary?
Great song!
This has got such a cool early sixties vibe! It belongs on Playboy After Dark. Anybody remember that?
Amazing
Superb @ Cornbury Festival, July, 2014,
Awesome
Great it was, yeah
he sounds just like how he sang in the 1960s :O
LOVE IT
YEH YEH!!!
4KN class.....
The Queen's Gambit sent me here.
Is that the mighty Alan Skidmore on tenor sax?
I say...yeah, yeah!!!...:)O(:..
I know I got this song in German!!!...somewhere???...)O(...
ifff !!! nice serprise !!!!
Aleluya...!! yeh ! yeh !
#ugottalisten2b4udie #georgiefame #yehyeh #whatdisay
We’ll play a melody & turn the lights down low so that no one can see
…and there’ll be no one else alive in all the world ‘cept you & me_!
MATT BIANCO BRING ME HERE
saw g and b.flames id 60ties watefod they were super
Yeh Yeh Yeh and a Yeh !!!!!!!
huge Laurie does this song
Niesmiertelny ,!!!
Actually, there's plenty of good bands and artists today. It's just that mainstream music is bad. Stop looking at the charts.
Mr Fame/ Clive Powell
classic
Clive Powell
Matt Bianco record this song in 80's
Georgie's son (James Powell) on drums?
Perhaps his other son Tristan on Guitar too!
How good was that?
Great song.....the tuning on the sax is slightly off.
(126.478 vis.)
He's very musical BUT a lad from Leigh, Lancashire shouldn't sound like that! And, he wouldn't have if he hadn't encountered the great Mose Allison.
What do you mean exactly...he talks like that