New Colony Six - Never Be Lonely - [STEREO]
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2010
- From Chicago, The New Colony Six Specialized In Love Song Ballads. Their Biggest Hits Came In 1968 With "I Will Always Think About You" And In 1969 With "Things I'd Like To Say. Our Featured Record Called "Never Be Lonely" Was Originally The "B" Side Of A Single Released In 1971. It Sounds A Lot Like The Big Hits With Much Of The Same Texture And Style. If You Like The New Colony Six, "Never Be Lonely" Is Sure To Become One Of Your New "Flashback Favorites"!
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That was an excellent introduction
Thank You
The New Colony Six are a criminally underrated pop group. Every one of their beautiful 7" vinyl singles are pop masterpieces. Gorgeous vocals with lush rich instrumentations. Timeless classic pop music it still sounds wonderful in 2022.
THE SOUND IS GONE FOREVER HOW SAD 😔 LETS HOPE THE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GET TURNED ON TO IT YES EXCELLENT GROUP
NC6 played our senior homecoming in ‘75 in the western suburbs of Chicago. I’ll never forget slow dancing to these songs with my girlfriend. Cherished memories for the rest of my life.❤️
Popular song when I got back from Vietnam. It was good to be back to my beautiful wife and hear this wonderful song from this great group.
I am just totally speechless as to why this song didn't ever chart. To me this is definitely top ten, if not higher; an absolutely beautiful melody.
MusicMike the fact the group released this song TWICE and it didn't hit is indeed a real head scratcher. At least the group felt it deserved two chances to succeed. As a beautiful piece of music, I think it did! Thanks for posting this!
I can listen to this song over and over and over again and never tire of it.❤❤
love this group! Their minor hits should have been major hits.
Omg I love the new colony six kind of sound it's true there are many great amazing finds on old songs.
A nice song but their two big hits appeal to me much more. But with that said, the more l listen to it, the more I love this song. 😎
This one is growing on me, more & more. -------Gorgeous music.
I love this song! Let's keep this little known last of NC6 ditty that is fantastic! Super classic!
Could listen to this 100 times.
This should have been a top charter! Great band!
Recent Comments:
·colonyjr - Really do appreciate you keeping our music alive for new generations, Mike. Drop a line if you ever wind up in Chicagoland during summer fest season when we still do a show or six each year. Also, thanks for the kind words about our garage music - always was & probably always will be my fave era of the band's many years of changing genres & hits "in the day"! Peace, Ray Graffia, Jr., founding member, NC6
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MusicMike's "Flashback Favorites" . I enjoy listening to this fab music soooo much ! Thank you.
WOW... How did I miss that song?! I really could have used that in 1973! It's sweet and wonderful and it's still comforting and the sound is gorgeous.'
+Miriam Brooks Did you listen to what he said?It was a B-side and failed to chart when released as an A-side.
never heard this....I like it.....
Thanks Mike 👍👍
Love the vintage music
Thanks for listening
I never heard this tune, I like many of their tunes. I was born during their heyday, and a Chicago girl myself
I have always loved this group. From when I first heard " I confess" . They were my favorite songs while in the Army 1968-1970. I still have their alums. Saw them in concert many times. Most recently Sept. 2016 and Dec. 2016.
We're you in Nam? The group put out sum great tunes. I'll b 65 on 3/30 /2022.
The New Colony Six are the best in romantic ballads with a special tenderness. Gary Puckett was good but can't be compared.
Love Love this song, should have charted!! Enjoy. Hauntingly beautiful.
I've allways love underrated artist becouse there are great than the mainstream ones
Never heard this, but I really like it. It's a shame this song didn't become a huge hit in '71, the years of Carole King / Carly Simon / Jim Croce / James Taylor, to name just a few. ---------------MJL, 75 y/o
Great song!
Beautiful song by a great group!
What a beautiful song. It takes me back to my teens and all the good times !!!
Music Mike : As always, my thanks to you ! I did hear this , driving from LA, back to Denver, on KOMA in Oklahoma, which, in those days, you could get late night, from Denver, all the way to Needles CA. . In fact, I think it was Deejay J. Frank Wilson who played it. I loved the song, but he never said, who did it, so i never knew until now. that was in the fall of '71, so very, very long ago. I still say, the 70's were THE very best decade for music , & we'll never again, see the likes of it. -------------Thank-you, once again.------------------------WolfSky9, 74 y/o
Love this song!
One of my favorite songs !!!
I heard this song for the first time not too many years ago. It's was instantly my favorite NC6 song of all time. When you discover a song like this that doesn't carry any baggage from years gone by it's just great to appreciate it for just the quality of its vocal arrangement, words and orchestration. It's also just another example of the horns that originally came out of Chicago in the 60's and were so prevalent in so many of the great songs of the 70's. Thanks Mike !!!
excellent group
NC6 artistry lives best in the hearts where it was meant to be...its fans.
musicmike....what a gem this is. The consensus seems to be why wasn't it a hit? Great sounding band. Thanks for resurrecting it for those of us who never would have heard itm otherwise,
I can't believe anyone else actually flipped this 45 over. I bought "long time to be alone" because i liked that song but this one I just loved. A Chicago native here. Never knew it was rereleased in 1974 as an A side.
underrated band ,who have both great melodies and voices too
What a sweeeeet song. Forgot all about it till the bridge when it jogged my memory. These guys did some wonderful stuff for sure.
Just love this song. And the video is so great a homage to this great American band. Absolutely PERFECT! Can not say how much this band blazed the trail on soft rock. You talk about talent... it all started right here in 1968. Just a delight to the ears.
This is a flipping gorgeous track.💕💕💕💕
This song was written by Bob Wilson who was never an actual member of NC6 but occasionally played with them at gigs around Chicago. He is now a retired high school principal here in Nashville who leads a wonderful oldies band "Timeline" and can be heard pretty often around here.
WOW man that is cool details. Such a really wonderful song in my book and so well done by NC6. Thanks for the info.
Hi Music Mike! Thanks for the videos and great background info on the group. I love the New Colony Six! Their music is just so beautiful! ill be watching for them. I hope theyre still performing!
Before tonight I had heard only song by this group.....love these others
If you like this song, look up "Can't you see me cry" by the new colony six their follow up " I will always think about you" it charted in 1968. Very underrated.
I am tempted to contact Ronny Rice directly to see if this was ever recorded on something available today. Love this song!! See you never knew if the flip side was a charter, well here you go!
This record did spend 6 weeks on Record World's equivalent to the Bubbling Under chart in 1974; it peaked at #123.
should've been a hit
Recent Comment:
·newcolonyfreak1 -- To datu52...Bob Wilson originally waxed, "Never Be Lonely" back in the mid-60's when he was in a local Chicago-area band called The Boyz.- The record was on the Destination label.- The New Colony recorded it in 1971.
Bob Wilson also wrote the song , "People and Me" for The NC6 .- They released it on the Mercury label as a 45 in 1970.
Bob Wilson is now reported to be a school principal.
Ronnie Rice does a great job on this vocal. If you like this one, you'd like NC6's "Long Time To Be Alone" even better.
You might locate Bob Wilson by checking with Kent Kotal in Chicago.
Yes, Skip played on some NC6 material too. Be sure and check out NC6's "Muddy Feet on the Mississippi" for some great lead guitar from Skip.
I remember this song well. If I remember correctly, the side "A" was "Long Time to Be Alone". I've been searching for this record for a long time!
Love it. Helped me through alot of down days. Good advice.
Hey Music Mike! I am just learning my way around You Tube. I have since summer of 2017..viewed almost 3k videos! What a musical journey! Many of them are yours. And as well, this is when I discovered MUSIC MIKE'S FLASHBACK FAVORITES 😎 You have since, been a trusted source of music and videos! 😊 THANK YOU! 🙂 Hoping to see more from you this 2018 year! Bob
Thanks Jerry K., very nice comments. I'm with you on this very special song. Brass and horns are missed in today's songs. And the Obo, what a great instrument. Absolute gold!
Time to rediscover!
Thanks Mike it did have a texture as you say. Absolutely beautiful words and melody, NC6 did have a magic touch. Also nice video to such a song. Well done.
Such a sweet, simple love song! Should have charted. I love the trademark New Colony Six piano. Can not find it anywhere. Even iTunes no dice. Gonna have to get out the old cassette and record it via a microphone. Must be some story as to why it is not available.
Love this band...totally agree...love the piano touches and their use of soft trumpets and of course their beautiful harmonies!
@MusicMike2 - Thank you much for posting this song. I had the Sunlight 45 back in 1972 and played both sides on the radio station where I went to college. Sadly, this song was not on the New Colony Six's Anthology.
Thanks again
they're in harmony
All the words don't exactly fit, Ri, but it was too beautiful a song not to send to a beautiful woman. I couldn't resist, both you and the song.
Nice
well if you have a daughter facing her first heartbreak and you don't know what to say just play her this song.....
Well , Ray , there's no time like the present to do another Garage show like the one at Reggie's last year. If you were'nt there , they killed , trust me....I thought "People and Me" was from '72 . No matter , The NC6 did do that number , as well as most of the highlights from the Sentar days at that show.
Tu Música es muy buena Hermano.
Saludos en español desde la Ciudad De México.
Congratulations all your music like to me
Sure wish there was a karaoke version of this available! Or, for that matter, ANY NCS song! :/
Love , Love this song. Fantastic. I can not find it on any album. Any help appreciated. They show the greatest hits album in this video but it is not included on that album!
Anyone know if this was the very last song that was released by them?
Meaning the re-release of it.
Recent Comment:
·datu52 - Hey Chicago Baby Boomers, help me with some detective work. I've been looking for a guy named Bob Wilson who was the singer guitarist with several bands who played at high school dances. He recorded an LP with Kevin McCann and Skip Griparis "Trilogy" and searching for Griparis led me to this NC6 tune. I recognized it as a song from a demo 45 that Bob Wilson made in '67 or '68. Freeze this clip at3:18 and you'll see "R. Wilson" as the writer on the 45 label. Any info?
Lyrics Please, I'm brazilian and need to make the translate
The New Colony Six had a lock on poignancy .
It sounds like a Bread song
Much better than Bread!!
Gary Puckett And The Union Gap could have sang this song. In fact, I think they should have. Would have sounded better if they sang it. Guess we'll never know.
Only if David Gates wrote it.
Thought of Bread myself as I listened to this. Do like this vocalist though (Rice?).
Nice song, but not quite up in the same rarefied air as "Things I'd Like to Say" and "I Will Always Think About You", which are both incredibly beautiful songs.
@MusicMike2 - Thank you much for posting this song. I had the Sunlight 45 back in 1972 and played both sides on the radio station where I went to college. Sadly, this song was not on the New Colony Six's Anthology.
Thanks again.