1970 i was 15 my little nephew was 4,,he tried to sing along with me,,in a few months i would say to him,my little darling nephew john passed suddenly aged 4,,this is the 1st time ive been able to listen to this wonderful,summer of 1970 breezy song,,my heart still bleeds and im 65 now..
I saw the Beach Boys at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens. Keith Moon made a guest appearence. After the show I went through the side door and met them all. One of the greatest nights on my life.... I got all their autographs in the programme with a stubby old pencil. I still have them, I spoke to Dennis, who was playing the piano, for some time. He was gracious and generous. Truly golden memories!
I WORKED THE STAGE LIGHTS HERE IN SYDNEY AND WHEN THE BEACH BOYS PLAYED THIS SONG BROUGHT THE ROOF DOWN. DONE MANY ACTS BUT CAN TELL YOU THEY ARE PERHAPS THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER
He sang Help Me Rhonda, which got to number1; he was also instrumental on getting Sloop John B on Pet Sounds; and he got the Beach Boys to do Cotton Fields. In general, I think he brought a country/folk influence to the band.
Great info richard thank you. Over in the uk when this came out we didnt get any videos or footage so i thought the band was fronted by a lady - al's voice so harmonic and sweet
This takes me back to about 1970 when I went to a Beach Boys concert at the New Theatre in Oxford (England). They opened with this number, it made the hairs on the back of my head stand up, still does. Was the best music concert I have ever been to. Going to see them (some of) at the royal Albert Hall next May, can't wait.
@@keenancochrane4963 Brian is at the Royal Albert Hall early July an Mike Love about a month before. I would like to see both concerts especially Mike Love in his 80th year, but the pandemic casts a doubt.
I've always loved the beach boys. Been listening to them since I was just a kid. My grandmother gave me a 45 record of this song and it still gives me chills - great song and warm memories in all
I never really appreciated Al until i first heard this only this year ('24). He is incredible!! I was only truly turned on to this band last year. I was always a hard rock nutcase but with a love for some country. It's been a long and winding road for me musically. I've covered almost every genre (except hard jazz). I knew Brian Wilson was a genius a ling time ago but i didn't get the whole Beach Boys music thing until recently. I thought they were corny when i was little, but i did like Good Vibrations and a couple others. When i watched documentaries on them and really listened to God Only Knows i was absolutely BLOWN AWAY!! The vocals on the arrangement of the instrumentation on this song are inspired, and inspiring to me. Probably just another tune for them.
Just love the way songs remind people of parts of there lives, just read a comment, "just got back from Nam when I heard this" what a great comment, god bless you Fenton.
I first heard this at my local fun fair when i was in my teens, i'll never forget it. i was stood at the rifle duck shoot shooting with cork bullets. I saved up to buy the single :-)
When I was a little bitty baby My mama done rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home It was back in Louisiana Just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home Let me tell you now well got me in a fix I caught a nail in my tire doing lickitey splits I had to walk a long long way to town Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions I gonna want to be right off for home Don't care if them cotton balls get rotten When I got you baby, who needs cotton In them old cotton fields back home Brother only one thing more that's gonna warm you A summer's day out in California It's gonna be those cotton fields back home It was back in Louisiana Just about a mile from Texarkana Give me them cotton fields (it was back in Louisiana) Let me hear it for the cotton fields (just about a mile from Texarkana ) You know that there's just no place like home Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home You should a seen their faces when they seen how I grown In them old cotton fields back home
Me too I 've heard the song many times and its on their " greatest hits" album but had difficulty making out some of the words due to the thick Yankee accent(!) ☺
I bought a Beach Boys greatest hits 2 cd collection back in the 90s and the girl I was living with heard this song play. She started singing and dancing. Reminded her of family's farm she said.
Mood music ? The Beach boys invented it from day one. The band played live at Glasgow in 1969 :.what a night they gave the audience: !!! Brilliant live on stage and the buzz afterwards lingers long in the memory.
On this day in 1970 {December 17th} the Beach Boys appear in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, and one of the concert goers was Princess Margaret of Great Britain... Earlier in 1970 on June 14th the Beach Boys' covered version of "Cotton Fields"* had peaked at #5 {for 2 non-consecutive weeks} on the United Kingdom Singles chart... And on July 6th, 1970 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Australian Kent Music Report chart, it also peaked at #1 in Norway and Sweden... * "Cotton Fields" was composed in 1940 by Huddie 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter, he was also the first to record it...
An unusual song selection for the Beach Boys. But Al Jardine was a big fan and historian of folk music, and I understand he took over the production. It was a hit overseas, but American kids decided the Beach Boys were has-beens and ignored it. A wonderful, powerful effort.
Must have heard this as a kid on the radio in early seventies along with Break Away something must have stuck, had it on the album 20/20 and a more upbeat(single) version on UK release of Sunflower. Really enjoy both versions but think I prefer the 20/20 version as it leads you nicely into the second side of the album.
+Roque Yeah, it's a matter of preference. I prefer this, because it has longer verse. CCR version contain shorter verse which is repeated throughout the song. I think Beach Boys modified the lyrics in order to tell more story of their own. This is suitable to listen during long trip when driving a car, etc. That's why I prefer their version.
Esta buena canción la compuso LEADBELLY quien la canto y la publico en el año 1940 y la versionaron THE BEAC BOYS quienes la cantaron y la publicaron en el año 1968
Leadbelly did this originally and it surpasses the BBs cover, although Al Jardine arrogantly said that he wanted to give the song "a bit more personality" and then strips the song off it altogether. Leave the covers to Brian, Al.
1970 i was 15 my little nephew was 4,,he tried to sing along with me,,in a few months i would say to him,my little darling nephew john passed suddenly aged 4,,this is the 1st time ive been able to listen to this wonderful,summer of 1970 breezy song,,my heart still bleeds and im 65 now..
Oh william so sorry for your loss. I hope the song helps with healing.
This is my favorite version of this song. Great rendition.
gumbo mine too - but the ccr version comes close
CCR for me, especially with that amazing solo.
I saw the Beach Boys at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens. Keith Moon made a guest appearence. After the show I went through the side door and met them all. One of the greatest nights on my life....
I got all their autographs in the programme with a stubby old pencil. I still have them, I spoke to Dennis, who was playing the piano, for some time.
He was gracious and generous. Truly golden memories!
I WORKED THE STAGE LIGHTS HERE IN SYDNEY AND WHEN THE BEACH BOYS PLAYED THIS SONG BROUGHT THE ROOF DOWN. DONE MANY ACTS BUT CAN TELL YOU THEY ARE PERHAPS THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER
Al killed it. His influence is overlooked a lot, but this is a gem.
He sang Help Me Rhonda, which got to number1; he was also instrumental on getting Sloop John B on Pet Sounds; and he got the Beach Boys to do Cotton Fields. In general, I think he brought a country/folk influence to the band.
Great info richard thank you. Over in the uk when this came out we didnt get any videos or footage so i thought the band was fronted by a lady - al's voice so harmonic and sweet
One of the best songs the boys ever released
America surf music
Nah man the original shits on this
@@louiscross8438 the leadbelly version?
All their songs were great, then came the 70's, still great!!!
@@alanstevenson-graham6268 the 70s were their peak
Takes me back to an amazing childhood
This takes me back to about 1970 when I went to a Beach Boys concert at the New Theatre in Oxford (England). They opened with this number, it made the hairs on the back of my head stand up, still does. Was the best music concert I have ever been to. Going to see them (some of) at the royal Albert Hall next May, can't wait.
I think their version was the best , was at the concert in Oxford in 1970 too , great memories, Then shortly after I emigrated to Australia...
Robert Coltman I saw them the same year in Manchester, fell desperately in love with Bruce Johnston. I was 15.
Robert Coltman rsp
Was that at the Royal Albert with Brian and Al and Blondie? That tour was unbelievable they went on for over 2 years I saw them several times.
@@keenancochrane4963 Brian is at the Royal Albert Hall early July an Mike Love about a month before. I would like to see both concerts especially Mike Love in his 80th year, but the pandemic casts a doubt.
I've always loved the beach boys. Been listening to them since I was just a kid. My grandmother gave me a 45 record of this song and it still gives me chills - great song and warm memories in all
Early 70's this always reminds me of my long lost school friend Mark and his lovely mum Barbara.
Beach boys are up there with the best, the contribution they have made to music is fantastic, they stand tall against any other major band.
They would have been in the top ten in terms of overall record sales if it hadn't been for Dennis, Carl and Brian's old man.
Want to explain that?
UP there with the best? How about THE BEST.
@@carlrudd1858 Beatles?
@@rocknrallsoul94rockero4 Nah
Grew up in London with the song! Golden memories!!! 😇🙏🎶🎉🎶👀🦍🦓🙌
my 4 year old nephew passed.and i shall always remember this song playing when i found out,,loved the song reminds me so much if that tragic time
One of my personal favorite Beach Boys songs.
they didn't write this song, Leadbelly did
I'm aware.
@@BeanEatsBeans They didn't write Sloop John B or Barbara Ann either so what's your point?
@@yoblol yo I made that comment 4 years ago and the reply was hardly a burn, not much going on for you hey?
Ja
I never really appreciated Al until i first heard this only this year ('24). He is incredible!! I was only truly turned on to this band last year. I was always a hard rock nutcase but with a love for some country. It's been a long and winding road for me musically. I've covered almost every genre (except hard jazz). I knew Brian Wilson was a genius a ling time ago but i didn't get the whole Beach Boys music thing until recently. I thought they were corny when i was little, but i did like Good Vibrations and a couple others. When i watched documentaries on them and really listened to God Only Knows i was absolutely BLOWN AWAY!!
The vocals on the arrangement of the instrumentation on this song are inspired, and inspiring to me. Probably just another tune for them.
Fantastic song. Brilliant group. Beautiful lyrics ❤️. Wow. 👏🍀
Love this song & The Beach Boys! Thank you for posting.
Absolutely classic !
Just love the way songs remind people of parts of there lives, just read a comment, "just got back from Nam when I heard this" what a great comment, god bless you Fenton.
Welcome home
love this beach boys are great
I first heard this at my local fun fair when i was in my teens, i'll never forget it. i was stood at the rifle duck shoot shooting with cork bullets. I saved up to buy the single :-)
When I was a little bitty baby
My mama done rock me in the cradle
In them old cotton fields back home
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
In them old cotton fields back home
Let me tell you now well got me in a fix
I caught a nail in my tire doing lickitey splits
I had to walk a long long way to town
Came upon a nice old man well he had a hat on
Wait a minute mister can you give me some directions
I gonna want to be right off for home
Don't care if them cotton balls get rotten
When I got you baby, who needs cotton
In them old cotton fields back home
Brother only one thing more that's gonna warm you
A summer's day out in California
It's gonna be those cotton fields back home
It was back in Louisiana
Just about a mile from Texarkana
Give me them cotton fields
(it was back in Louisiana)
Let me hear it for the cotton fields
(just about a mile from Texarkana
)
You know that there's just no place like home
Well boy it sure feels good to breathe the air back home
You should a seen their faces when they seen how I grown
In them old cotton fields back home
Thanks for posting the lyrics. There were a few that I never could make out.
Me too I 've heard the song many times and its on their " greatest hits" album but had difficulty making out some of the words due to the thick Yankee accent(!) ☺
It don't get no better than this. Back when music was great.
great musical artists...best of all time
Best verison of this song for sure
Fabulous cover by the Beach Boys, infusing this classic with their own style.
It’s the harmonies that give me goose bumps and transport me to happier times
I bought a Beach Boys greatest hits 2 cd collection back in the 90s and the girl I was living with heard this song play. She started singing and dancing. Reminded her of family's farm she said.
This was a #1 hit in South Africa and one of the band's most beloved songs
Brilliant in 1970 and equally brilliant now.
Beach boys forever!! Tune! Amazing
this version makes me think of Dennis drumming to I get around in the 70s. Same style, crazy!
What memories, I saw them at the New Theatre In Oxford 1970 .. I live in Australia now, would love to see them out here
so did @Robert Coltman apparently
best band ever
One of the first singles I bought as a child!!
One of my favorite 45's back in the day!
+reekashade Me too along with break away.
My favourite Beach Boy's songs
They didn't write this song, Leadbelly did
I did not say they did.
so what?
Evergreen Super Golden Oldie !
One of my favourites
love it
It was good but like other ones a lot more.
Mood music ? The Beach boys invented it from day one. The band played live at Glasgow in 1969 :.what a night they gave the audience: !!! Brilliant live on stage and the buzz afterwards lingers long in the memory.
Maravillosa canción, una de mis favoritas de esta gran banda.
i just love this great song ,by one of the best grooups ever.
i love the slide guitar on this... awesome!
Best version!
I never even knew they had recorded this until I found a 45 rpm of it in an army PX in Germany in about 1970. Great song!
I live next to cottonfields in Yuma. Made me think of this song.
I like this song since1970 S till 2023, relly relly love this song.🧡💛💚💙💜
First song i ever thought to myself i love this song. Proper quality
Ein wahnsinnig gut gesungener Song! Ich liebe ihn immer noch.
man everyone sang this song!
On this day in 1970 {December 17th} the Beach Boys appear in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, and one of the concert goers was Princess Margaret of Great Britain...
Earlier in 1970 on June 14th the Beach Boys' covered version of "Cotton Fields"* had peaked at #5 {for 2 non-consecutive weeks} on the United Kingdom Singles chart...
And on July 6th, 1970 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Australian Kent Music Report chart, it also peaked at #1 in Norway and Sweden...
* "Cotton Fields" was composed in 1940 by Huddie 'Leadbelly' Ledbetter, he was also the first to record it...
Apt today. What a bad year for loss of celebrities. Nearly all my youth has been decimated. Bless you Mr. Rossi.
by far the best version of this song... love it!
+whovian 1992 I agree completely!
other artists singing the same song sound awful!! I'm so used to this version :)
I think CCR had the best version
Don't kid yourself. CCR has the best version
Chistian Armistead yes!
I love this version 😍
Perfect song!!!
One of my childhood(???) favourites...
Why the question marks ?
68 and still loving em !!
Bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at #105 in May 1970
sung by Al Jardine
Awesome 😎👍
This song reminds me my childhood
So uplifting. Genius band.
Good memories
An unusual song selection for the Beach Boys. But Al Jardine was a big fan and historian of folk music, and I understand he took over the production. It was a hit overseas, but American kids decided the Beach Boys were has-beens and ignored it. A wonderful, powerful effort.
+Steve 1 I was an kid and when I got back from Nam in 1971 I heard this on 20/20 and I loved it.
Love your comment mate.
The beach boys were never has beens, true musical greatness.
Not that unusual, BBs had a lot of folk influence. You know, Sloop John B?
TheBoldImperator They certainly had a lot of influences. And they were masters of music, and for me the best band ever.
Great song live it x
Charted at #5 in the UK and #3 in Ireland
"All Summer Long" never gets played either. Peaked at #4 in the US...
I never knew this version existed until today.
and #1 in Australia...
Love it!
Must have heard this as a kid on the radio in early seventies along with Break Away something must have stuck, had it on the album 20/20 and a more upbeat(single) version on UK release of Sunflower. Really enjoy both versions but think I prefer the 20/20 version as it leads you nicely into the second side of the album.
Texarkana is more than just about a mile away though
Glad to know there are cartographer nazi's out there keeping track of this.
I think its 'round about 50 miles. Was always confused by that line. I guess "about an hours drive from Texarcana" just doesn't fit....?
@@moncorp1 As a grammar Nazi, the plural of Nazi doesn't require an apostrophe before the 's'.
@@semireckless glad to know the internet nazi subcultures look after eachother
Lesser known, fabulous song.
Takes me back to when I was 15yrs old and met my first husband to be in 1970
I have this song on an old 70s compilation album (vinyl), and it's in a horrible "fake stereo" mix. It's nice to hear it properly for the first time.
Throatwobbler Mangrove R you serious? UA-cam/MP3 quality is the lowest sound quality possible.
At least at ain’t fake stereo, that stuff is gross
If you grew up in the 70's
Hairs stand up today ... same as they did when I heard it as a B side when I was about 14; 1966?
tato verze je lepší než na desce 20/20 prostě super
my song
"my favourite song"-👴🏻
I'm still listening.
Basta interromper o vídeo com propaganda, pra que eu ( e muitos mais ) peguemos ojeriza do anunciante, entendeu you tube ?
That's the hat-trick :)
Merry Christmas to all :)
Eccellente
absolutly the best version of this song
no, i prefer the Creedence Clearwater Revival version
+Roque
Yeah, it's a matter of preference. I prefer this, because it has longer verse. CCR version contain shorter verse which is repeated throughout the song. I think Beach Boys modified the lyrics in order to tell more story of their own. This is suitable to listen during long trip when driving a car, etc. That's why I prefer their version.
roberto cioccari - leadbelly is the dark and black version of this traditional song. The nightversion to this bright ( and white ) beach boys version.
I prefer the original Leadbelly version, and CC Revival's too.
Lotus Hempelonium Leadbelly wrote this song. It's his song.
This was on the Aussie release of Sunflower ... a perfect fit ..l new contract ... new label ... renewed optimism!
Barber shop singers that sold over 160 million records, hippie dylan. How many records have you sold dude.
?
Strangely, most of their best albums were commercial failures.
You started out strong and finished super lame. Go away...
good~
Esta buena canción la compuso LEADBELLY quien la canto y la publico en el año 1940 y la versionaron THE BEAC BOYS quienes la cantaron y la publicaron en el año 1968
Among my favorite Beach Boy harmonies
What a bop 🌮
On Swedish top ten July 1970. On my way to my girlfriend in Nykoping. When I Heard This Hit. Down there was a big Party. Many things happends.
First heard this on a 78 back in the 50s can't remember who was singing it .
Probably 'Leadbelly', who wrote it.
ace!
Spinning this vinyl today👍13/06/2020
It Sure Feels Good To Breathe The Air Back Home, You Shoulda Seen Their Faces When They'd Seen How I'd Grown!
one of their very best, and this Greatest Hits version is so much better than the one they first released on ... 20/20, was it?
Broke records for the longest stay in the Australian Top 40.
Leadbelly did this originally and it surpasses the BBs cover, although Al Jardine arrogantly said that he wanted to give the song "a bit more personality" and then strips the song off it altogether.
Leave the covers to Brian, Al.
I've become a Beach Bum Pensioner. My son wanted my BB vinyl. What did I do?
Leave it to him in your will!
Cotton fields 老人之歌 詞: © 2018 ASIA & Group
Chorus 1: When I was a little bitty baby，My mama would rock me in the cradle,In them old cotton fields back home;
副歌1 : 當我老了變作 baby，啲嬸嬸幫我躺在床上，港老人流落老死劍橋!Chorus 2:It was down in Louisiana, Just about a mile from Texarkana, In them old cotton fields back home.
副歌2 : 無食飽飲水無涼沖，就這樣咁普通過踢晒腳瓜，住在裡面就去左冇人知!Chorus 3 : Oh, when them cotton bolls get rotten, You can't pick very much cotton, In them old cotton fields back home.
副歌3 : 噢人老就會多病痛，醫都無辦法醫咁多啦，住在裡面就去左冇人知!
副歌2,1,2,3,2,1,2!
All 3 different versions give different feelings.
and this means real art
Quite different from the 20/20 version. Is this a new take or just a different mix for the 45 release?
Brant Barnett this is a stereo mix of the mono mix that you're more familiar with
+Brant Barnett I noticed it was different from the 20/20 version too.