Masquaders - (Call Me) The Traveling Man

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  • @willf.5608
    @willf.5608 3 роки тому +3

    DC..The original "Quiet Storm"...Melvin Lindsey, WHUR /Howard University Radio 96.3...RIP Melvin.
    Thanks for the soundtrack for so many lives.

  • @hopefaith179
    @hopefaith179 3 роки тому +2

    Me and my 2 sisters sang this song in the 70's We were in a group and we performed in the local clubs in around the word. We opened for the jackson family and performed for Leroy and skillet back in the day!.My sister Lena, was the lead singer she passed away on the 21, of February this year... I lead this song and now I am crying bc Im thinking about my sister Lena, R.I. P my beautiful sister! 🌷❤💝👼

  • @deborahfink4550
    @deborahfink4550 4 роки тому +7

    I was born and raised just outside of Philly and loved wdas, especially the Sunday night oldies. I am old now but won't ever let the memories go.

  • @marshalllsmith2095
    @marshalllsmith2095 4 роки тому +1

    I truly believe that, if I'd never heard this song I would still be stuck in a relationship that was going nowhere with nothing but lye after lye playing to the same old things that I faced everyday, yes that truly was the changing point in my life, that day when I listened to the meaning of the words of this song..
    Doing well, and found that woman who made me realize, there's more than the wind beneath my knees..

  • @larrymartin9606
    @larrymartin9606 4 роки тому +1

    This song brings so many memories flooding back,good and bad.But still an outstanding song.

  • @donaldmoore7737
    @donaldmoore7737 8 років тому +90

    I was going overseas to finish my tour in the U.S. Army when this beautiful tune was out and my family had taken me to the airport and
    that was the last jam I heard. Mother started crying and everyone else as I boarded the plane. Once the flight took off I got tears in my eyes too! because of leaving them and the Beautiful Record Just Call Me The Travelling Man and that became my Nick Name until by the Grace of God I landed back on U.S. soil 39yrs ago so to this day I Love this record by the Masquerades and I Always will. God Bless Us All
    Donald R. Moore
    Detroit, MI.

    • @conniemachado7533
      @conniemachado7533 8 років тому +6

      Donald Moore i also love this song my brother use to play it when i was small but he passed away

    • @darlenehenderson8181
      @darlenehenderson8181 7 років тому

      Connie Machado is this Connie that dated Leon

    • @kattie224
      @kattie224 7 років тому +2

      so great donald and now you can see the on agt glad you are home after 39 yrs welcome

    • @IronMan-tk8uc
      @IronMan-tk8uc 7 років тому +4

      Beautiful memory man. Music sure can get the best of us.

    • @JustGod7
      @JustGod7 7 років тому +3

      Damn brotha 1977 3 years before I was born. That story was deep man. Music like this is indeed a soundtrack to our lives.

  • @castortroykrb
    @castortroykrb 13 років тому +5

    This is the type of song that will never age, i REMEMBER listening to this jam on WHUR-96.3 washington DC.'s QUIET STORM talking to my girlfriend for hours waiting for the weekend's so i could replay this song on my slow jams tape( trying to edit out as much of melvin lindsey as possible,RIP, melvin) man im in my late 40's now and this type of music is very rare.

  • @SeaHooks
    @SeaHooks 12 років тому +42

    Although this is a love song, it hit me for another reason. I had ended one chapter in my life, and was drowning in hopelessness at the time, sitting on a river bank in Dayton, OH with a view of a highway, and airplanes overhead. It seemed at the time that everybody was moving by me. This song was my declaration for changing the course of my life. At that moment, I made up my mind to leave the victim mentality behind and do something positive. Music adds atmosphere to our lives.

    • @alvinhollins3163
      @alvinhollins3163 6 років тому +4

      Curtis Hooks. I was caught up in yestrdays tears , and Tomorrows fears , of being without my daughter . And 52 years later the Pain Remains within ", The Travelin Man. TStone "

    • @sandiali4740
      @sandiali4740 4 роки тому +2

      Curtis Hooks
      Wow

    • @sandiali4740
      @sandiali4740 4 роки тому +1

      ALVIN HOLLINS
      Wow again,

    • @n2dubes
      @n2dubes 3 роки тому +2

      That's a great story. I hope the subsequent chapters were/are positive.

    • @StevenC32
      @StevenC32 3 роки тому +2

      Did you listen to WDAO, the Soul of Dayton? I am from Springfield Ohio and listened to WDAO a lot during the 70s. I discovered the Ojays and all of the great soul music of that era through WDAO. My Eldest Brother had this song on a record, and he would play it everyday.

  • @jamesricks2773
    @jamesricks2773 8 років тому +26

    This is the real deal old school that sang to the soul, lost but not forgotten.

  • @kalifson
    @kalifson 14 років тому +3

    everybody on the east coast was goin to Cali, even if they didnt stay it was a time that everyone wanted to be free the world was our oyster, We were the first generation to realize that we could still love our parents without living their lives. This beautiful song tells that story. excellent, thanks

  • @tracyharrison6050
    @tracyharrison6050 4 роки тому +2

    loving this song,cant stop listening. classic music

  • @GRanrockNC
    @GRanrockNC 4 роки тому +5

    This was me and my husband's favorite song when we were dating back in the 70's -- we broke up and both had 2 marriages before we finally got back together in 2019.

  • @jacipoke5683
    @jacipoke5683 12 років тому +1

    Looked for this song for over 20 years! Some songs are timeless, this is one, Thanks Masquaders!

  • @dabush730
    @dabush730 7 років тому +13

    have not heard this in so many years.....................class of 1974

  • @selennaphillips1860
    @selennaphillips1860 9 років тому +5

    Searched for this song for decades. My uncle Bobby used to play this song during family gatherings in the 70s. St. Clair Village....Pittsburgh PA!!!!

    • @kimberlygriffin7639
      @kimberlygriffin7639 6 років тому

      selenna phillips Hey Selena My family grew up in St. Claire Villiage also , Elaine Humohries , Johnny , Ray, and The Dunnings

  • @ShangoDC
    @ShangoDC 7 років тому +16

    Something about the R&B music of the 70's in particular. Coming out of the 60's, the music seemed to reach an emotional, spiritual and creative level that became the standard bearer. Maybe because that was my era as a youth and a teenager, but the 80's, 90,s and 2000's don't seem to compare. Only the early 80's seemed to carry over to what was produced and made throughout the 70's. Classic stuff...... and great days.

    • @williamgwright4443
      @williamgwright4443 7 років тому

      ShangoDC SONYA TINY TOTE WRIGHT Ilovemorenow@gmail.com

  • @kurtadams3021
    @kurtadams3021 6 років тому +9

    Isaac Hayes is a GENIUS

  • @dorethalcook438
    @dorethalcook438 9 років тому +19

    simply, soft , and beautiful with presidential meaning.

    • @crystallucero6185
      @crystallucero6185 3 роки тому

      My daddy’s song .. he requested this song at his funeral .. ( so unexpected) but I granted that wish ... omggg this song tho 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
      Daddy Rest In Peace

  • @BizzyBidnez
    @BizzyBidnez 9 років тому +13

    WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, I sing this song all the time, The Best song ever

  • @derrickreeves1266
    @derrickreeves1266 5 років тому

    I do not know why this song is so mesmerizing along with enchantment. I would listen this and Gloria and hear every chord played more so than any other song. Memories !!!!

  • @toniathompson3167
    @toniathompson3167 6 місяців тому

    Absolutely beautiful ❤️

  • @TheMacaccino
    @TheMacaccino 9 років тому +23

    This is the kind of music that's missing today, my band use to play this song, it's still as beautiful as I remember it...

    • @JuanFernandez-dg2bt
      @JuanFernandez-dg2bt 9 років тому +1

      Mark Gilmore stfu

    • @daronpaul
      @daronpaul 8 років тому +4

      +Mark Gilmore YOU ARE SO RIGHT. And it sound as good as it did back in the day.

    • @motziejohnson6985
      @motziejohnson6985 4 роки тому +1

      Yes this was the best of the great music ever made
      This song was dedicated to a great man my father RIP Frederick

    • @hopefaith179
      @hopefaith179 3 роки тому

      Mike Gilmore, What was the name of your band??

  • @stevieplez2
    @stevieplez2 7 років тому +6

    This song, when I was growing up, had me feeling so many differentt positive and spiritual emotions. AMAZING!!!

  • @dawnrobinson339
    @dawnrobinson339 3 роки тому

    I use to sing this song walking to catholic school from the projects and I dreamed I was a traveling girl going to take the world by the hand. I've had the blessed fortune to have traveled the world 🌎and it was with this 🎵 song that planted the seed!

  • @williamg2552
    @williamg2552 5 років тому +2

    I REMEMBER The Masqueraders !!! I used to LISTEN to their R&B Hits on the radio in the late '60's -early '70's !! All of their songs got airplay on Cleveland Radio: "PLEASE TAKE ME BACK" , "TRAVELING MAN", "I AIN'T GOT TO LOVE NOBODY ELSE", "I'M JUST AN AVERAGE GUY", "CHANGE GONNA COME "....I remember them ALL...BOUGHT QUITE A FEW OF THEM...TOO !!
    I was SHOCKED to see them standing in front of Simon of AGT some 40 years later....sounding just as good as they did when I was a young man so many years ago!!
    I don't CARE about RAP, HIP-HOP, and all these current styles of music...
    CLASSIC SOUL & R&B WILL NEVER DIE !!!
    www.allmusic.com/artist/the-masqueraders-mn0000476546

  • @teheliaanderson4961
    @teheliaanderson4961 5 років тому +6

    Listening still in 2019, beautiful

  • @dawnrobinson339
    @dawnrobinson339 3 роки тому

    I use to listen to this song when I was 8 yrs old walking to catholic school and imagine traveling the world 🌎. It shaped my mind 😄

  • @MisterB2eternity
    @MisterB2eternity 5 років тому +3

    The first time I heard this was on 105.3 WDAS FM in Philly. I was riding on the Route 15 trolley on Girard Avenue in North Philly . This was a divine epiphany for me.

  • @pleasure64
    @pleasure64 8 років тому +14

    this used to be one of our traveling song, when we use to drive down the highway, going down south carolina my family is a truck drivers. Thank for posting this song.

  • @madromancer
    @madromancer 12 років тому +3

    I loved playing this with the Diplomats, a N.E. Washington DC based group in the mid-seveties.
    Great times and great guys. Led by Otis Winfield.

    • @willf.5608
      @willf.5608 3 роки тому

      I remember you all..along with the Choice 4, Special Delivery, Skip Mahoney, etc...great times

  • @citybythesea2010
    @citybythesea2010 5 років тому +2

    One of the first songs I searched for on UA-cam! I still love this haunting little song.. it makes me sad but I love it:) Thanks for posting. Still listening in 2019 and 2020

  • @peterorleman3043
    @peterorleman3043 8 років тому +21

    Great classic soul in the age of disco

    • @robertgoines2855
      @robertgoines2855 5 років тому

      And you know some clown called these dudes a 1 hit wonder. Idiot

  • @saintlouis593
    @saintlouis593 12 років тому +1

    So much has gone on, there is just not much love in the world anymore, especially amongst us, black folk of America in the neighborhoods. Broken hearts, deep profound regrets. My God... I was a young teen, jammin' this type of song, and many, many others, I don't know, what happened to love expressed. *shaking my head in the 'hood*

    • @bmunypimp
      @bmunypimp 8 років тому

      SAINT LOUIS real talk keepin it real...👍👍💑

  • @jtyler870
    @jtyler870 10 років тому +8

    1st time hearing this track...luv it!

  • @pleasure64
    @pleasure64 8 років тому +8

    what a good memories, i could remember, when we used to go in a long drive on the road, i used to hear this song, old my goodness, wow. ))))))

  • @bsshh
    @bsshh 11 років тому +1

    The genius of Master Issac Hayes pbuh was responsible for this treasure of a song and the gems who croon it the Majestic Masqueraders!!!

  • @brianseagravesakabstar3204
    @brianseagravesakabstar3204 7 місяців тому

    My stepfather use to play this song on the radio back n philly on oldies 98 channel

  • @adelinemiller7425
    @adelinemiller7425 6 років тому +3

    I WAS A VERY YOUNG TEENAGER WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT... I STILL LOVE THIS TREASURE OF A SONG!!! MY MAN HAD TO MOVE ON... SUCH IS LIFE!!! OKAAAAY!!! IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND A DAMN GOOD MUSICAL SECTION... BYE BYE BABY!!! IT'S SO DAMN GOOD TO LISTEN TOO !!!

  • @pamelalovings4711
    @pamelalovings4711 5 років тому +1

    2019'! I'm a Junkie for Harmonic/Background Sounds of The Masqueraders💕👍Then some years back(2007) I got Introduced to 🎶I ain't got to Love nobody else🎶💕.... Thanks for Sharing!!👍

  • @MDNique
    @MDNique 13 років тому +1

    had to add this to my playlist full of 70/80's slow jams. Thanks for putting it here...

  • @smush48
    @smush48 13 років тому +1

    oh my god....high school memories, indeed....joyce best....i loved u so very much...we danced to this song on my sr. prom.....u went away to school in north carolina...i never saw her again..wherever u are now, baby.....i'll never forget u....love, anthony..

  • @raym4376
    @raym4376 11 років тому +1

    I was in a band in high school - Clean Slate, we used to play this song. It totally brings back memories of all those gigs and everyone dancing slow, many making out to this tune. thanks for posting it.

  • @lshoats
    @lshoats 13 років тому

    I've been looking for this song for so very long. When I first heard this song, I had met this girl. She was the bomb but I was moving from Asbury Park NJ to Richmond Va. We had a brief but intense time together. This was her favorite song. Although that was 33 years age, I think of her often and this song. Such a great song and I was a travellin' man.

    • @JustGod7
      @JustGod7 7 років тому

      Asbury Park, New Jersey 4th and Kingsley Ave. here man do I miss that place. Had to do the same man and pack up and head west.

  • @nuttyprofessor64
    @nuttyprofessor64 13 років тому

    I was 22 and travelling for my company and returned home and my wife conceived our son 36 years ago ! I missed her so much that week being newlyweds. Wonderful memories. . .

  • @johnettapollard6605
    @johnettapollard6605 10 років тому +11

    Love this song !

  • @marshalllsmith2095
    @marshalllsmith2095 2 місяці тому

    " Sang this to my first girlfriend " when we were young and thoughtfully in love ......
    🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉 ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤

  • @reshia1
    @reshia1 6 років тому +2

    Missing my Dad.... beautiful song

  • @denisebryant1783
    @denisebryant1783 9 років тому +10

    Beautiful song sung perfectly

  • @ambitiousassante2842
    @ambitiousassante2842 7 років тому +28

    Back when 105.3 WDAS FM was worth listening to.

    • @JustGod7
      @JustGod7 7 років тому +7

      Tony Brown goes in with this on the Quiet Storm especially on Throwback Thursdays

    • @kurtadams3021
      @kurtadams3021 6 років тому +3

      ASSANTE SOUTHERLAND this is true

    • @w.chekirahhairston-davis3949
      @w.chekirahhairston-davis3949 6 років тому +5

      ASSANTE SOUTHERLAND I still listen to Wdas every night with Tony Brown

    • @brodocbetty4856
      @brodocbetty4856 6 років тому +7

      WDAS still rocking it, Not as good as back in the day but still strong.

    • @sacarabey2400
      @sacarabey2400 5 років тому +6

      WDAS!!!!!!!!!! I grew up on that.

  • @rickdaniels6600
    @rickdaniels6600 10 років тому +12

    This was my song back in the day. I was always traveling. I use to play it on a juke box in a gresey spoon at 14 & P ST in DC

    • @lesbrown331
      @lesbrown331 7 років тому +1

      I used to eat at that place cause I worked a couple of blocks away at the old PIC bldg.

    • @joeashe83
      @joeashe83 6 років тому +1

      Rick Daniels DC my home town too. ✊

  • @monicalaniyan5979
    @monicalaniyan5979 12 років тому

    THIS SONG BRINGS SO MANY MEMORIES OF WHEN I WAS GROWING UP AND HAD FOUND MY FIRST LOVE.

  • @adelinemiller7425
    @adelinemiller7425 6 років тому +1

    REMINDS ME OF MY VERY FIRST LOVE LEON!!! HE WAS LEAVING FOR UNCLE SAM'S ARMY!!! PRESCIOUS MEMORIES!!! MY HEART STILL LOVE'S HIM!!! SUCH IS LIFE!!!

  • @Karlam20001
    @Karlam20001 12 років тому

    I fell in LOVE with this Song the very first time that I listened to it.It is also one of my all-time favorites.

  • @francesford3040
    @francesford3040 6 років тому +1

    this was my sister Gladys favorite song she's been gone for almost 2 yrs. now miss her so much

  • @kathypittman8201
    @kathypittman8201 3 роки тому

    Real Music from the 1970’s! ♥️

  • @patriciabradley301
    @patriciabradley301 7 років тому

    The best slow jam ever. I have always loved this song and I always will continue to love this song.

  • @samuelgordon490
    @samuelgordon490 10 років тому +2

    First time I heard this song
    I couldn't have more than
    11or12 yrs old why this
    Song touched me the
    Way it did I can't explain!!!
    Maybe I just an old soul!!!!!!!!!

  • @VlogsOfBee
    @VlogsOfBee 11 років тому +2

    my dad turned me on to this song. i love the harmonies, ..everything..

  • @lukejayjackson9287
    @lukejayjackson9287 6 років тому

    this song has been touching me since it was out i cry and then wanna slow dance i wanna smile every time i hear this song its a constant reminder of good times gone by so many memories

  • @kalahronald6254
    @kalahronald6254 5 років тому

    Congrads Mr.Moore I conmend u on ur journey and making life better foor urself, may Allah bless u in many ways 2 come BROTHER..

  • @tamardib6872
    @tamardib6872 9 років тому +11

    I had this song on an 8 track disc listened to it every day while I was in basic training

    • @52PBrown
      @52PBrown 7 років тому

      Me too. Join the Air Force in Jul 1976.

    • @brodocbetty4856
      @brodocbetty4856 7 років тому

      I think lots of vets who served around that time can appreciate this tune, I first heard it while on leave from the Army in 1975 and of course it had a lot of meaning.

  • @jtbugdriver
    @jtbugdriver 12 років тому +3

    To fluidphil, I don't know if I ever met you, after so many years the names have faded from memory but I still see the faces. Whenever I'm at Minnesota Ave & Naylor Rd, I look at the apartment building and I see Deb smiling. I was one of the pall bearers, and you're absolutely correct not a dry eye in the church. I cried for days after the funeral and every February, I play this song in memory of Deb. I miss her. I wish you could have met my daughter and son. Dickie

  • @pagpatpottsy26
    @pagpatpottsy26 3 роки тому

    One of my favorites!!!

  • @loisweiss6678
    @loisweiss6678 8 років тому +57

    the days when music was worth listening to

    • @bigfinewomanful
      @bigfinewomanful 8 років тому +8

      Truly. I don't even turn the radio on the former R&B station anymore because they don't play good music. 😡😡😡😡

    • @msvonnii6288
      @msvonnii6288 7 років тому +3

      I have enough old music like this to have my own radio station - to play just this kind of music.

    • @Brickcitygirl
      @Brickcitygirl 5 років тому +1

      @Ebony_Love_R_007 folks need to recognize

    • @RacBeave
      @RacBeave 4 роки тому

      Jus because you don’t like it don’t mean it’s not good 🤷🏿‍♂️

    • @hopefaith179
      @hopefaith179 3 роки тому

      Yessss!

  • @terrencecoursey5088
    @terrencecoursey5088 5 років тому +1

    As a boilermaker and a master Mason this is my song if you understand the meaning itll always bring tears to your heart...

  • @HeyItsMeAl71
    @HeyItsMeAl71 7 років тому +2

    I played this song so much by the time my daughter was two she was singing the whole song!

  • @vonceilnelson7098
    @vonceilnelson7098 11 років тому

    I loved George Manning so much during the 70's, would love to hear from him, I have looked high and low to know avail....George if you see this know that I often think of you..... Vonceil

  • @robertoleveneur1520
    @robertoleveneur1520 6 років тому

    trés jolie musique avec de belles voix ,j'adore!!!!

  • @citybythesea2010
    @citybythesea2010 6 років тому +1

    This is the first song I searched for in youtube...these guys were good...

  • @derrickjackson1759
    @derrickjackson1759 3 роки тому

    Woke up with this song on my mind. Thanks UA-cam!

  • @ikecleans
    @ikecleans 10 років тому +12

    love this song

  • @steavenmisher9988
    @steavenmisher9988 3 роки тому

    The harmonies are divine; The lyrics are pitiful.

  • @tammiejones1434
    @tammiejones1434 9 років тому +11

    Love this song

  • @sherondagross409
    @sherondagross409 7 років тому +7

    I love this song

  • @waltervaught8896
    @waltervaught8896 5 років тому +3

    Brothers we all are traveling men.

  • @NorthernSoulBoy6
    @NorthernSoulBoy6 12 років тому

    so so so soulful beautiful song KTF !

  • @streetwise8707
    @streetwise8707 6 років тому

    The Detroit Emeralds; The Masqueraders.....beautiful song.

  • @BlackCheyenne1
    @BlackCheyenne1 12 років тому

    Very, very nice! Thank you!

  • @malcolmmckinzie5391
    @malcolmmckinzie5391 6 років тому +1

    I Never Heard This Song Until I’ve Got To High School And I Like It Ever Since

  • @chrisparker558
    @chrisparker558 7 років тому

    I Glad AGT helped shine a spot light on this group. They are great! I hope some young people are taking notes.

  • @missmarcicolettle78
    @missmarcicolettle78 5 років тому +1

    I think about my parents when I listen to music like this the good old days

  • @prezshaka
    @prezshaka 7 років тому +3

    so beautiful

  • @missy5339
    @missy5339 12 років тому

    You are so right! best music ever

  • @yvettegallegos78
    @yvettegallegos78 13 років тому +1

    love this song!

  • @waynegooden7459
    @waynegooden7459 5 років тому +2

    IN BASIC TRAINING AT FT DIX MY CREW ALWAYS WANTED ME TO SING THIS EVERY NIGHT WOW

    • @sandiali4740
      @sandiali4740 4 роки тому +1

      Wayne Gooden
      To all our guys out there, trying to do the right thing.

  • @sherryavent1247
    @sherryavent1247 9 років тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @reshia1
    @reshia1 6 років тому

    This song makes me cry but it’s so beautiful .....

  • @tybanks6248
    @tybanks6248 7 років тому +1

    Beautiful song I played it the car at least 30 times

  • @rodneymiller682
    @rodneymiller682 10 років тому

    WHAT A MELODY !!

  • @DeeFromTheD
    @DeeFromTheD 3 роки тому

    Beautiful song

  • @tyricwalker528
    @tyricwalker528 5 років тому

    Man old day miss it

  • @rons9946
    @rons9946 3 роки тому

    2021 it was 46 years ago when i heard this on my way to evacuate and give medical support to refugees from Vietnam 1975 welcome home to all my brothers and sisters in the evacuation operation baby lift and operation new life

  • @JulianCampbellPPV
    @JulianCampbellPPV 10 років тому +5

    well here i go again this time i think i have it , the Right one. she is an angel without wings. wish us luck.

  • @sandrasmith2221
    @sandrasmith2221 8 років тому

    ONE OF MY FAVORITS, GOOD MUSIC

  • @malcolmmckinzie5391
    @malcolmmckinzie5391 7 років тому

    I Never Heard This Song Before Until I Was In High School They To Play It On Sunday Nights at Old School Jams

  • @berrybarfield6452
    @berrybarfield6452 6 років тому

    Nice song,I 4got abt this group!

  • @robertgoines2855
    @robertgoines2855 5 років тому +2

    House parties on the hill ( RIP Shawn Parker the DJ) in Mt Holly NJ

  • @kimberliemaria7355
    @kimberliemaria7355 9 років тому +15

    My grandma use to sing this to me..

  • @urbaninternettvnews
    @urbaninternettvnews 13 років тому

    I remember I was a DJ in Trenton NJ and played this song for a woman I was about to leave. I think of her whenever I hear this song.

  • @ramere100
    @ramere100 12 років тому

    I LOVE THIS SONG.