IS HE A MAGICIAN?!? | Gene Chandler "The Duke of Earl" - REACTION

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  • @SQUATCHY614
    @SQUATCHY614 3 місяці тому +51

    Those black groups of the 50’s and 60’s had such tight vocals. Rap or hip hop can’t compete.

  • @pamagnolia
    @pamagnolia 3 місяці тому +55

    One of the best songs of the early 60s!!

    • @Lfg117
      @Lfg117 2 місяці тому +1

      💯

  • @peterzimmer9549
    @peterzimmer9549 3 місяці тому +30

    This would be the end of the 1950s a cappella sound that carried into the early 60’s. “The lion sleeps tonight” is another example of this a cappella genre.

  • @TheBeatenPaths
    @TheBeatenPaths 3 місяці тому +32

    Everytime I hear this song I think of Happy Days & Laverne and Shirley.

    • @chrischar9428
      @chrischar9428 3 місяці тому +2

      Reminds me of Cheers

    • @craigplatel813
      @craigplatel813 3 місяці тому +2

      I always think of my high school physics teacher Mr Earl "Duke of Earl" Cleaves. 😂

    • @TheBeatenPaths
      @TheBeatenPaths 3 місяці тому +2

      @@chrischar9428And the lollipop song lol

    • @brandonchamberlain9179
      @brandonchamberlain9179 3 місяці тому +1

      Married with Children...

  • @66zoot
    @66zoot 3 місяці тому +19

    Dukedom is a word, similar to kingdom.

    • @Todrick451
      @Todrick451 3 місяці тому +1

      Also county, barony, earldom,
      Though some are obviously not as common as others

    • @user-sm3ii5dk1u
      @user-sm3ii5dk1u 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Todrick451 well, none of them, really, are for the "commoners" lol.

  • @Todrick451
    @Todrick451 3 місяці тому +14

    We have a 70lbs English Bulldog named Duke
    This is how I great him every morning… Singing the opening (refrain) of this song…
    Can’t help it

  • @rickpetersen1745
    @rickpetersen1745 3 місяці тому +9

    I've commented on this song before with a different reactor,but I'll repeat it. This song came out when I was 9 or 10. I lived on Long Island at the time and I had a male Boxer who happened to be named Duke. Well every time me and my sister would watch American Bandstand and this song came on he would go crazy looking for who was calling him. He do the same thing when it came on the radio.

  • @JCourts2k23
    @JCourts2k23 3 місяці тому +16

    It's so nice to hear great music, not the majority of crap we hear today

  • @IAMisLove
    @IAMisLove 3 місяці тому +21

    👍👍Old school awesomenessssss! 🖖❤

  • @Russ-gy7tx
    @Russ-gy7tx 3 місяці тому +13

    Gene had another hit in 1970 titled "Groovy Situation"

  • @rhondamcbath6279
    @rhondamcbath6279 3 місяці тому +17

    Use to love this song. I was babysitting and the lady I babysat for had a bunch of these 45's and I played this on hr record player... 1974

  • @DeadBird-wp9of
    @DeadBird-wp9of 3 місяці тому +10

    It's Chicago Soul on VeeJay Records - best known for Blues records. In Chicago they made great singles with a mix of Blues, DooWop, Soul and Comic effects.

  • @cindyv1401
    @cindyv1401 3 місяці тому +13

    His high notes just gave me chills
    🤩 🤩 🤩

  • @JCourts2k23
    @JCourts2k23 3 місяці тому +15

    I love this song, I am in my early 40s, lost my dad a couple of years ago Alzheimer's, growing up we always used to listen to the oldies station on the radio, and I still love this music to this day because of him

  • @arizrich
    @arizrich 3 місяці тому +4

    62 years ago I was just 8 when this came out and my uncle (who was 15) used to play this song all the time.

  • @mossrun
    @mossrun 3 місяці тому +7

    What does his hand gestures mean? I understood it as; she had his head, his heart, and his approval (by the clapping of his hands)

  • @Thoseweekendgolfguysradioshow
    @Thoseweekendgolfguysradioshow 3 місяці тому +4

    This was a warm up exercise for the singers originally. Then they recorded it and viola...a hit!!! Actually a classic

  • @wildancrazy159
    @wildancrazy159 3 місяці тому +3

    Very famous and used in many movies and TV shows over the years. It's a sound of a era "50's". The hard guys or greasers listened to this..

  • @lynnieiapichino1121
    @lynnieiapichino1121 3 місяці тому +7

    ☮️💙💙💙my Mom played this on a 45!

  • @johnboydTx
    @johnboydTx 3 місяці тому +7

    Timeless 🎩👏👏👏
    Great music is Great music 🎶🤷✌️

  • @shawn2380
    @shawn2380 3 місяці тому +3

    His voice..incredible.

  • @debibailey2968
    @debibailey2968 3 місяці тому +7

    One of the most memorable songs I think....classic!!! ❤❤❤❤❤. Lol😂. You did that great!! 😂

  • @angelado3
    @angelado3 3 місяці тому +6

    LOVE this song !!!

  • @Almaintx
    @Almaintx 3 місяці тому +2

    Aww! Memories of my teenage years! Thanks for sharing this old song!

  • @rhondadananay2106
    @rhondadananay2106 3 місяці тому +3

    One of most requested songs at high school sock hops. A particular dance went with the song! Sixties were great!

  • @garyf45garyf45
    @garyf45garyf45 3 місяці тому +2

    No doubt about it, we had the greatest music in the 50’s-60’s.

  • @KiphartAZ
    @KiphartAZ 3 місяці тому +2

    Oh, thank you, Britt! ❤ I haven't heard this song in decades. I used to hear this on my dad's 8-track tapes growing up in the 1970's.
    I never knew the artist's name. Now it's on my playlist.
    Thanks again. Be blessed. 😊

  • @bryanstoudenmire
    @bryanstoudenmire 3 місяці тому +3

    One of my favorites

  • @jamesmcdaniel9601
    @jamesmcdaniel9601 3 місяці тому +1

    Its long overdue for The Duke of Earl to be a hit again. This is just one awesome song.

  • @827dusty
    @827dusty 3 місяці тому +1

    One of the all-time classic "Doo-wop" songs from the early days of Rock and Roll. Great stuff, and a real part of music history.
    Thanks

  • @tilemonkee5510
    @tilemonkee5510 3 місяці тому +2

    All time classic! ❤

  • @donalgoan5083
    @donalgoan5083 2 місяці тому

    Britt when gene goes into the chorus and the bass singer starts it drives me into orbit! What a singer! Gene started and is considered one of the great voices from Chicago.

  • @danielleonforte540
    @danielleonforte540 3 місяці тому +4

    Doo Wop at it's very best😊

  • @tblock64
    @tblock64 3 місяці тому +4

    If we are going back to the 50's I have a few requests. LaVerne Baker "I cried a tear" or The Clovers "Devil or Angel"

  • @donaldhynson4538
    @donaldhynson4538 3 місяці тому +1

    One of my most favorite songs

  • @m0oshie8558
    @m0oshie8558 3 місяці тому

    I have been in love with this dude in forever!! You should see him in a return to this song and kinda has a special way of a retreating shuffle across the stage. Even love his older self!! Man is gold!!💯💖

  • @user-jn8jk5cc7v
    @user-jn8jk5cc7v 2 місяці тому

    I was 12 years old in 1962 when this came out. It was my first taste of falsetto. I've been hooked ever since.

  • @alsprettycreations8005
    @alsprettycreations8005 3 місяці тому +1

    Very perceptive Britt, I've seen this video many times before and I never really noticed that he was sporting a monocle (that's what it's called) on his eye. Monocles always remind me of that Pringles potato chip dude. Great reaction.

  • @kenneth2875
    @kenneth2875 3 місяці тому +2

    One lensed glasses are called a monocle

  • @mikthemik69
    @mikthemik69 2 місяці тому

    This era of music is all I heard in the car my entire childhood and I'm do glad I did

  • @thatguyinthechat66
    @thatguyinthechat66 3 місяці тому +3

    You definitely should have a listen to The Marcels, either do "I Wanna Be The Leader" "Heartaches" or "Blue Moon". The guy who sings the bass is insane! 50/60's doo wop band

  • @garyseven5791
    @garyseven5791 Місяць тому

    As a kid when this came out we all loved this song.
    Love your channel; may your path always rise up to greet you!

  • @paulr.3220
    @paulr.3220 3 місяці тому

    Oh ya Britt. You go young lady. You clearly feel the music of my early years. Love your reactions.

  • @iainsimpson1836
    @iainsimpson1836 3 місяці тому +2

    have a listen to 'there was a time' or 'there goes the lover', or 'after the laughter', great tunes.

  • @LoveClassicMusic0205
    @LoveClassicMusic0205 3 місяці тому +3

    The thing you're talking about is called a monocle, but the character in Monopoly DOES NOT have one. It's a myth that many believe to be true, but it isn't.

  • @GregoryJacksonPhD
    @GregoryJacksonPhD Місяць тому +1

    Great song and great commentary!

  • @beverlyadams7667
    @beverlyadams7667 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you SO much for this reaction! You are so fun to watch with your reactions. There is a lot more of this wonderful music from this era. Keep digging! ❤😊

  • @leannmiller7153
    @leannmiller7153 3 місяці тому +1

    We had the single 45rpm. It was released in November, 1961 and was a #1 hit for 3 weeks in January and February, 1962. It sold a million copies in just over a month. Both Gene Chandler and the song are in the Grammy Hall of Fame.

  • @iowafinn2602
    @iowafinn2602 3 місяці тому +1

    We used to sing along with this at the school dances. I don't remember anyone dancing to it, just singing. It was number 1 on Billboard for 3 weeks.

  • @fricky11111
    @fricky11111 3 місяці тому +1

    That eyepiece is a Monocle.....Trivia...if while driving down the road....if a white line matches each "DUKE.....you are going 55 if you see 3 lines match the DUKE...try it

  • @dopeymark
    @dopeymark 3 місяці тому

    Over the top awesomeness. The song was in heavy rotation in my household when I was a kid.

  • @scottgraham1153
    @scottgraham1153 3 місяці тому +1

    I enjoy your videos. When I get home from work, I always have a couple entertaining videos to watch while I make dinner.

  • @randegelo3506
    @randegelo3506 3 місяці тому +1

    Great reaction! This was released on VeeJay records but is still available on other labels. If you like these songs, others you might like are "A Little Bit of Soap" by the Jarmels and "Sorry" by the Impalas.

  • @raymoles
    @raymoles 3 місяці тому

    Gene Chandler recorded on the Constellation Label out of Chicago.

  • @davids.reynolds4883
    @davids.reynolds4883 2 місяці тому

    Loved this one as a kid. Yep. the "duke" simply came from the group riffing "du-du-du-dudu" over and over till someone said, "how about duke?" The rest is history!

  • @kennethroe5376
    @kennethroe5376 3 місяці тому

    This is Doo Wop music. It started on street corners where 4 or 5 people would get together and sing harmony. Love this type of music

  • @grandillusion4258
    @grandillusion4258 3 місяці тому +1

    Everyone I know has this Gene Chandler classic on their playlist. The only other song I recall that went onto the charts was in 1970, called Groovy Situation. That too is on many playlists.

  • @KarlaElaine100
    @KarlaElaine100 3 місяці тому

    I remember my mom playing this song in the 60’s.

  • @michaelcobb1341
    @michaelcobb1341 3 місяці тому

    This was one of the songs New Edition remade on their "Under the Blue Moon" album which was all the classic songs of that era.

  • @jasonjayrulezgonzalez8485
    @jasonjayrulezgonzalez8485 3 місяці тому +1

    Great song it was one of my grandpas favorites. ❤🙏🪦

  • @AngelasJoys
    @AngelasJoys 3 місяці тому +1

    I had 400 records from those days. Nothing like doowop. Yes, we had doowop concerts in Brooklyn, NY. The Allen Freed concerts. I saw him sing Duke of Earl. We loved his costume. I believe he wore a white tux sometimes. The Dukes in the UK were pretty formal in those days. Great song. All of the music in the late 50s and early 60s was amazing....and we had Elvis too.

  • @marilynrigsby6874
    @marilynrigsby6874 3 місяці тому +1

    Amazing to see TV in 50s .. my favorite was Cab Calloway.. NEVER FORGET HIM.. A NEW YORK CLUB

  • @jamielandis4308
    @jamielandis4308 3 місяці тому +5

    Right up there with “Surfin’ Bird,” and “Woolley Boolley.”

  • @victormolina3601
    @victormolina3601 2 місяці тому

    Saw him at a Lowrider Oldies concert. Back in like 1988! Sacramento CA! He came out exactly the same, as in this video. It was awesome! Only Mexican and my black brothers out there. And weed!! Everywhere 🤣

  • @smalpmal
    @smalpmal 3 місяці тому

    If you want to hear more songs like this there is a group called Sha Na Na. They formed in the sixties and did covers from the Do Wap era and were in the original movie Grease. Jon Bowman the BASS of the group still performs (as far as I know). And came every year to Hersheypark for over 25 years until COVID. He had some great stories from singing in the 60s & 70s. You should check them out!

  • @BobSmith-lb9nc
    @BobSmith-lb9nc 3 місяці тому

    Brilliant.

  • @mdm54
    @mdm54 3 місяці тому

    loved this song when i first heard it

  • @Eyes-of-Horus
    @Eyes-of-Horus 3 місяці тому

    This was still doo wop. It always reminds me of the time I was in the Navy. There was a young Black Bo'swain Mate named James Brown. He was from Pittsburgh, not far from where I grew up. He loved the song. He'd do a dance around the compartment every time it would play over the speakers. He was a pretty good guy. Very likeable.

  • @jhaedtler
    @jhaedtler 3 місяці тому

    When I was a kid the radio station had a give away if you could figure out how many times the name Duke was used in this song! Chicago South side boy!

  • @johnniekight1879
    @johnniekight1879 3 місяці тому +1

    First album I ever bought.

  • @lalaki39
    @lalaki39 3 місяці тому

    Gene Chandler (born Eugene Drake Dixon; July 6, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter, music producer, and record-label executive. Chandler is nicknamed "the Duke of Earl" or, simply, "the Duke."........ Still alive, 86 years young

  • @mdm54
    @mdm54 3 місяці тому

    love this good song Iam singing with him

  • @nickdawson4913
    @nickdawson4913 3 місяці тому

    Follow this down the rabbit hole of beach music the drifters,embers,chairman of the board oldies/beach music can’t go wrong

  • @nancymunroe3672
    @nancymunroe3672 3 місяці тому

    This was the first 45 rpm record I bought with my own money!!! I was 13 years old!!!

  • @lisazaccardimeunier8378
    @lisazaccardimeunier8378 3 місяці тому +2

    New Edition covered this in the 80’s!

  • @alainelowell1997
    @alainelowell1997 3 місяці тому

    That was a big hit!

  • @mervinmerencio6861
    @mervinmerencio6861 3 місяці тому

    Great reaction

  • @bryanstoudenmire
    @bryanstoudenmire 3 місяці тому

    No one can stop the Duke of Earl

  • @jenniferyorgan4215
    @jenniferyorgan4215 3 місяці тому

    You should hear Tim Foust's cover of this song from his doo wop album Pieces of Me.
    Tim Foust is the bass singer from Home Free

  • @collinpeters7584
    @collinpeters7584 3 місяці тому

    Still awaiting the platters reactions. That group is the bomb.

  • @tomcan48
    @tomcan48 3 місяці тому +1

    Great oldey, now please consider "Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) "

  • @mrgee4592
    @mrgee4592 3 місяці тому

    This used to be on AM radio 3 times an hour in it's heyday

  • @jackh1672
    @jackh1672 3 місяці тому

    Ad Libs- Boy from New York City!
    Same time frame and just as cool.

  • @dennisflury6942
    @dennisflury6942 3 місяці тому

    Radio stations fav trivia question in the 60's?? How many times do they say "the Duke of Earl?? From my sixties memory I wanna say it was 102 times? Not sure? This was 1961, this was the music between the day the music died (Buddy Holly) and right before the Beatles and the British invasion!

  • @marcussmith6805
    @marcussmith6805 3 місяці тому

    This song is always in my rotation. Also, check out Little Anthony and The Imperials, "Goin' Out of My Head."

  • @robertday1671
    @robertday1671 3 місяці тому

    Really great doo wop song of that time!

  • @blwestern
    @blwestern 3 місяці тому

    This is toward the end of doo-whop. Just a couple of years after this song, 4 lads from Liverpool England will turn the music world on its head and into a new direction.

  • @Lfg117
    @Lfg117 2 місяці тому

    Top-10 all-time 1-hit wonder.
    1962 #1 Song.
    #1 Doo-wop-era 1-hit wonder.
    Doo-wop was bridge to the start of MoTown.

  • @williamcwoodjr8075
    @williamcwoodjr8075 3 місяці тому

    First 45 i ever bought, for my girl, of course!

  • @roybiggs7239
    @roybiggs7239 3 місяці тому

    Motown started in January 1959 before Gene Chandler recorded this song.

  • @jessehill9357
    @jessehill9357 3 місяці тому +1

    He also sings Hallelujah I Love Her So even though Ray Charles cover is more famous.

  • @janicecornett-dn9dq
    @janicecornett-dn9dq 3 місяці тому

    dukedom is a real word!

  • @sandralorenz1796
    @sandralorenz1796 3 місяці тому

    Welcome to the music of my teenage years. This was 1962.

  • @thomastimlin1724
    @thomastimlin1724 3 місяці тому

    There are many "ingredients" of those who came before that infulenced Motown. But the harmony singing from Doo Wop groups of the 1950's, and early 1960's [like Gene chandler and his backup singers here - The Drfiters, Fankie Lymon and the Teenagers ect] ] who were influenced by 1930's and 1940's African American singing groups like the Ink Spots and the Mills Brothers and others can be traced back from Motown. Motown started around 1958, and really took about 5 years to establish itself as a powerhouse of good singers, solo and groups, well polished and choreagraphed like the Temptations, the Four Tops, The Supremes and others.

  • @dan27ep
    @dan27ep 3 місяці тому

    This is the ‘50s sound. Great song

  • @baronofgreymatter14
    @baronofgreymatter14 3 місяці тому +3

    monocle

  • @bobsylvester88
    @bobsylvester88 3 місяці тому

    Duke of Earl means he is the big man on his home turf of Earl street. Being a Duke is pretty high up. Under the king are his Dukes. A Dukedom (real word) would be a large section of the kingdom the Duke controlled.

  • @mdm54
    @mdm54 3 місяці тому

    as you have said and reacted too the 62 had great music

  • @EMJ1986
    @EMJ1986 3 місяці тому

    Great tune. Beginning of the last of the doo-wop era. (eyepiece is a monocular)

  • @nathanfisher1826
    @nathanfisher1826 3 місяці тому +2

    Claaaasiccccc😊😊😊