Sammy Johns ★ Chevy Van (lyrics)

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
  • From his eponymous debut album 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏𝒔 released in 1973.
    Sammy Johns - lead vocals, guitar
    Jim Gordon - drums and percussion
    Larry Knechtel & Chuck Rainey - bass
    James Dutton, Art Munson, Deon Parks, Buddy Emmons - guitars
    Larry Knechtel & Mike Melvoin - keyboards
    Lamont Meredith, The Blackberries, Herb Pedersen - background vocals
    Chuck Findley - horns
    RIP Sammy Johns 1946-2013

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  • @edwardpate6128
    @edwardpate6128 4 місяці тому +15

    The 70's was an awesome time to be a teenager!

  • @pamjarrett-s9s
    @pamjarrett-s9s Рік тому +30

    I still love this song, and it’s February 2023.

  • @CocoVonKokonut
    @CocoVonKokonut Рік тому +34

    I was ten and my sister nine at the time this song came out. We used to hear it on AM radio and sing it together. Singing and smiling, she knew all the words ... Happy music, happy times: ❤

  • @bonniedalesullivan9705
    @bonniedalesullivan9705 23 дні тому +3

    This song reminds me of my husband, he has a Chevy van , and we have had some fun in it🥰😁

  • @echospaw899
    @echospaw899 Рік тому +21

    I'd forgotten about this song... sorta sums up the seventies.

  • @Brianscoronet
    @Brianscoronet 4 місяці тому +6

    I was 16 when this came out, remember it well, now 67, still own the car i had at 16.

  • @Ecosse57
    @Ecosse57 2 роки тому +26

    great tune and cool photo of better times. thanks!

  • @davidsydenstricker5799
    @davidsydenstricker5799 7 місяців тому +7

    I had a 67 Chevy van .loved it .and the love and memories. I'll never forget.

    • @TerenceA.Ramsey-lc3vd
      @TerenceA.Ramsey-lc3vd 6 місяців тому +1

      Mr. & Mrs. Bob Jones, Sr. had a '66 Chevy Van: small V8, '3 on the tree' shift stick! They either sold or junked it, I can't remember; it's been 39 yrs this Spring!!

    • @tklrrbccar3906
      @tklrrbccar3906 2 дні тому +1

      I had the same but a '68. I met a beautiful blonde babe going through Taft California. What the song tells I did. A wonderful memory I will never forget.

    • @tklrrbccar3906
      @tklrrbccar3906 2 дні тому

      Oh, and by the way. The blonde girl...her name was Patricia "Trish" Davidson! Nice girl!

  • @moglassco2479
    @moglassco2479 2 місяці тому +4

    This song is why my dad bought a Chevy Van

  • @Jennifer-xo6dt
    @Jennifer-xo6dt 10 місяців тому +6

    I was 11 years old Rockin' my button up fly red white and blue star and strip hip hugger jeans! Those were the days! ☮️

  • @bobfeller604
    @bobfeller604 Рік тому +7

    Reminds me of H.S., vans were popular, what a great song.

  • @sassymess7111
    @sassymess7111 11 місяців тому +5

    I was 7 when this song came out. I used to sing this to my dolls.

    • @TerenceA.Ramsey-lc3vd
      @TerenceA.Ramsey-lc3vd 6 місяців тому +2

      I was a 1st grader in Fall '74 when I heard it on AM 1400, WSJM almost every day!

    • @Johnny-sm2lb
      @Johnny-sm2lb Місяць тому +1

      😂 did you use a hair brush as a microphone? Cuz I did. Lol

    • @sassymess7111
      @sassymess7111 Місяць тому

      @@Johnny-sm2lb
      If course! 😂 I pretended I was a guest on the Sonny and Cher Show😁

  • @floridajim
    @floridajim 7 місяців тому +4

    Since this came out when I was a kid I thought it was "Like a picture she was laying there"

    • @pguedry6427
      @pguedry6427 4 дні тому

      Omg...I thought the same thing!! LOL

  • @SC-oi9wp
    @SC-oi9wp Рік тому +8

    Memories 🥰

  • @MrKevin2111
    @MrKevin2111 Рік тому +13

    chevy made a ton of money when this song came out they sold a lot of vans

    • @DonnaRatliff1
      @DonnaRatliff1 Рік тому +3

      No. Chevy vans were being coverted before 1973. 1970 was the start of luxury conversion vans, my dad had brand new Chevy he converted himself. He was a carpet layer so yea carpeted walls, everything. Lol It was a gorgeous red one with side pipes, Crager wheels and had flaming red paint. I was about 9 back in those days living out in the country on a homestead. And today, Yep I'm living on a homestead on a mountain at age 58. Its the only way to have REAL Freedom these days. No tvs and limited internet. Amen!

  • @BellaDJ63
    @BellaDJ63 7 місяців тому +4

    It's been an age since I've heard this and it still gives me the warm fuzzies when those opening strains start playing :)

  • @davelagatt2111
    @davelagatt2111 5 місяців тому +4

    Great music

  • @shelia8608
    @shelia8608 Рік тому +4

    I hadn’t heard that song in years!! I was around 14 or 15

  • @JeanRossodivita
    @JeanRossodivita 10 місяців тому +3

    Love this song.

  • @TerenceA.Ramsey-lc3vd
    @TerenceA.Ramsey-lc3vd 6 місяців тому +1

    Sammy Johns is reminding me of a Friday evening, 8-4-78; we were on the highway from Bartow, FL when the transmission gave out: "We all bopped in the 'Chevy Van' and that's alright with me..." I thought? Uncle Joe took us back to Grandma's home: come Saturday morning, we eventually left!!

  • @MmSs.96
    @MmSs.96 Рік тому +2

    2023 and forever my song! 🎶 ❤

  • @LynyrdSkynyrdFan
    @LynyrdSkynyrdFan 7 місяців тому +1

    Sammy's legacy lives on. He went on to work in a factory. RIP Sammy

  • @Dave-lq2le
    @Dave-lq2le 3 місяці тому +2

    This song makes me remember my van, my first real girlfriend, smokin' weed and makin' out with her!!❤

  • @DonBlodgett-e1p
    @DonBlodgett-e1p 4 місяці тому +3

    Decked out vans were a thing when oz a kid i remember the Denim Van in a hot rod magazine back then lol i couldn't put that magazine down that was the koolest van ever - Do any 50 something dudes remember that van ? 😊

  • @yossarian6799
    @yossarian6799 Місяць тому +1

    I remember being 8 years old, sharing a room with my older brothers Tim and Eric and us drifting off to sleep every night with our Technics Stereo that Santa left us the previous Christmas tuned to our favorite stations -- WABC ''77'' in New York with the legendary Dan Ingram.... "The Famous 56" Philadelphia's powerhouse WFIL... and our hometown favorite, "The Big X", WEEX 1230 AM in Easton PA.

  • @mikepump8855
    @mikepump8855 7 місяців тому +1

    Bought a stack of records at HENRY'S SECOND HAND STORE . this album was in the stack . I love this song.

  • @Amy-ks6nd
    @Amy-ks6nd 3 місяці тому

    Welcome to Saltville, Va

  • @sharonhampton4698
    @sharonhampton4698 6 місяців тому +1

    Reminds me of the Woodstock film... 2024

  • @jimmyc1999
    @jimmyc1999 8 місяців тому +1

    she was laying there like a picture with moonlight dancing on her hair.

  • @frankpeter6851
    @frankpeter6851 Місяць тому +1

    I did it in a prius once!

  • @BonsaiRaygun21
    @BonsaiRaygun21 7 місяців тому

    Just bought a '90 Chevy G20 van... I guess I've found its theme song lol

  • @georgewilson1184
    @georgewilson1184 11 місяців тому +1

    A Magaxine that was out in those days Van World helped me survive those years and helped me stay hopeful until I reached Adulthood whatever that is or supposed to be LOL

  • @Hq888kv
    @Hq888kv 22 дні тому

    Gave her a ride to the nearest burger 🍔 Joint ❤😊

  • @janejohnson856
    @janejohnson856 10 днів тому

    Me too

  • @jamesziegler-xl4bz
    @jamesziegler-xl4bz 8 місяців тому +2

    That's alright with me