SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA SMACK A B*TCH (Obscure 1960s soul music)

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  • @ForgottenGrooves
    @ForgottenGrooves  3 місяці тому +40

    Merch! -
    forgottengrooves.printful.me
    For more Reginald watson, check out his newly rediscovered hit and part two of his"Smack a B*tch" trilogy. "Sometimes You Gotta Smack a B*tch Again"
    ua-cam.com/video/bulfb-Af8KU/v-deo.htmlsi=WVtPzjdK_L6n5VPL

    • @itzhakbentov6572
      @itzhakbentov6572 2 місяці тому +4

      I’m excited! I had the good fortune to see Reginald Watson in Philadelphia at “Harmonies & Hoes”. When he played “Sometimes You Gotta” he had the entire crowd cheering.

    • @armandoacevedo6978
      @armandoacevedo6978 2 місяці тому +3

      Hey I went to “Harmonies and Hoes”. They don’t have music festivals like that anymore!
      Epic!

    • @doggystyly
      @doggystyly Місяць тому

      🤪😎😜🧐😝

  • @smallshadow3856
    @smallshadow3856 4 місяці тому +336

    A pimp named Slickback approved

    • @therealsyxx
      @therealsyxx 3 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂💀

    • @02Tony
      @02Tony 3 місяці тому +1

      That is something Mr slickback would say?

    • @smallshadow3856
      @smallshadow3856 3 місяці тому +16

      @@02Tony "No no, it's 'A Pimp named Slickback' you got to say the whole thing." 🤣

    • @02Tony
      @02Tony 3 місяці тому +1

      @@smallshadow3856 can we say slickback for short?

    • @smallshadow3856
      @smallshadow3856 3 місяці тому +11

      @@02Tony "NoOOo no ni@@a! It's A Pimp named Slickback!!"

  • @NigelWelch-x3h
    @NigelWelch-x3h Місяць тому +113

    Reginald liked his beer like his violence
    domestic

    • @Walkerwitchyworld
      @Walkerwitchyworld 18 днів тому

      @@NigelWelch-x3h 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝 love it 😂😂😂

    • @nickpatterson2479
      @nickpatterson2479 8 днів тому +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀

    • @DerekPaye
      @DerekPaye 5 днів тому +1

      That's what I prefer too

    • @mileqjameel8166
      @mileqjameel8166 2 дні тому

      Daaaaawwwwg lmao😂😂😂😂!!!! Diabolical to the D!!

  • @oliverclytus7559
    @oliverclytus7559 3 місяці тому +139

    This is some old school pimp sh*t, imagine playing this in the car with the speakers on full blast 😂😂

    • @StickyLeaf-News
      @StickyLeaf-News 2 місяці тому +6

      Wait till i am at the Beach on my Deck next time. Let that blast out the Speaker while cruising smooth circles etc😂😂😂

    • @mcole442
      @mcole442 2 місяці тому +4

      The story of his life👈🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @domperiani
      @domperiani 19 днів тому

      I’m actually about to do that ::::: soon as i get off this plane ✌️⛪️🥂😭😭😭

    • @EricSchryver-v8o
      @EricSchryver-v8o 18 днів тому

      Imagine? Shit...

    • @Mike-qo8nm
      @Mike-qo8nm 14 днів тому

      Can't wait for June July Aug to do just that lol

  • @leehammer6956
    @leehammer6956 4 місяці тому +167

    He opened for Sinatra in 1966 at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

    • @ForgottenGrooves
      @ForgottenGrooves  4 місяці тому +29

      @@leehammer6956 Yes he did. Great fun fact. After the show they went to the peppermint lounge and Reginald was once again arrested for battery in an altercation with one of the female dancers. He was a real life of the party type guy.

    • @oldiesgeek454
      @oldiesgeek454 3 місяці тому +10

      I'll bet it was Sinatra who taught Reginald how to smack somebody. 😊

    • @oldiesgeek454
      @oldiesgeek454 3 місяці тому +4

      @leehammer Not only that, but he would fill in for Sammy during Rat Pack shows, if Sammy unexpectedly got sick. 😊

    • @Suddenlyits1960
      @Suddenlyits1960 3 місяці тому +6

      "Im as good as man as they make today". Reginald was known for his kindness and generosity. You want spent 3 hours by the side of the road helping a man fix his car so he could get to his lawyer to file for divorce.

    • @texking8101
      @texking8101 3 місяці тому +2

      @@ForgottenGroovesI can’t tell if this is satire or not

  • @ToddWyattRebelSon
    @ToddWyattRebelSon 9 днів тому +22

    I played this song for my wife. She didn't like it as much as I did.

    • @Shuck-Shick-Blam
      @Shuck-Shick-Blam 6 годин тому

      I think you know what you gotta do here then in this case...

  • @petethehawk5186
    @petethehawk5186 Місяць тому +39

    I joined the Columbia House Record Club just so I could get this album.

  • @thetruthhurts8618
    @thetruthhurts8618 2 місяці тому +74

    This is the song me and my wife dance to on our weeding anniversaries!! We been married for 25 years! I also played this song at church because it talks about heaven! I took it as a church song but I was the only one dancing and singing along😞I now have a new church!

    • @itzhakbentov6572
      @itzhakbentov6572 2 місяці тому +7

      I get it. I’ve heard it played at weddings and also at the Oprah interview of Kamala’s campaign.

    • @DeVille08Concours
      @DeVille08Concours Місяць тому +5

      What's a weeding anniversary ??

    • @Chris-OBrien
      @Chris-OBrien Місяць тому

      @@DeVille08Concours The yearly celebration of when you first weeded.

    • @goddessofpeacelove5341
      @goddessofpeacelove5341 16 днів тому

      @@DeVille08Concours😂😂😂

    • @zombiewombb
      @zombiewombb 6 годин тому

      Happy weed day

  • @EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p
    @EDDIETRUJILLO-q8p 3 місяці тому +416

    Fun Fact: Ike Turner wrote this song.

    • @stevedallas4942
      @stevedallas4942 3 місяці тому +24

      Roflmao! And 20 years later, Tina wrote "Ya Bettah be good to me".... And nobody knew where Ike was!

    • @5825-i7s
      @5825-i7s 3 місяці тому +15

      This song was written as a promotion for isotoner gloves

    • @FabianKawau-cq5bw
      @FabianKawau-cq5bw 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@5825-i7syeah i thought dat🤙🏼🤙🏼

    • @FabianKawau-cq5bw
      @FabianKawau-cq5bw 3 місяці тому

      "FUN FACT" he use to Krack her😢

    • @maryc.757
      @maryc.757 3 місяці тому +9

      😅😂, hell 2da naw naw😂

  • @DiscouragedGentleman
    @DiscouragedGentleman 3 місяці тому +37

    Part of me wants to play this at the senior home; they'd probably get a kick out of this🤣

  • @02Tony
    @02Tony 3 місяці тому +138

    This was Sean Connery's favourite song. 😂

  • @Suddenlyits1960
    @Suddenlyits1960 3 місяці тому +134

    Reginald was nicknamed the Mohammed Ali of domestic abuse by Ebony magazine.

  • @artisticAJ91
    @artisticAJ91 2 місяці тому +34

    This is a certified all time classic!

  • @Tsmowl
    @Tsmowl 3 місяці тому +31

    "I'm as good a man as they make today."
    One of the realest lines in all of this.

  • @llgoo740
    @llgoo740 3 місяці тому +64

    This shit got my damn stomach hurting from laughing 😂😂😂😂 omg...

    • @travissloan6864
      @travissloan6864 16 днів тому

      I feel you, I had tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard.

  • @RANDYJR72
    @RANDYJR72 20 днів тому +5

    I remember my dad singing this in his car when he put his 8 track on driving to Spanish Harlem back in 77

  • @marcoperez6599
    @marcoperez6599 3 місяці тому +95

    This is what Freedom of speech and expression should be like today. Free artist and actors to be real again.

    •  3 місяці тому +8

      The irony being that this was created by AI. Nothing REAL about it.

    • @VenomLeon
      @VenomLeon 3 місяці тому +17

      Wh.. What are you talking about? Watson's music and me go a long way back. Don't make him come out of his grave and smack you.

    • @Joseph-wf4qg
      @Joseph-wf4qg 3 місяці тому +3

      A I keeping in Real

    • @Suddenlyits1960
      @Suddenlyits1960 3 місяці тому +5

      It wasn't created by artificial intelligence,it was created by a fancy computer program being used by and doing what a person told it to do. When a computer is able to think on its own,become conscious and able to create,write and arrange things like this entirely on its own,then it will be "artificial intelligence"

    • @haroldsdodge
      @haroldsdodge 3 місяці тому +1

      @@Suddenlyits1960 Are you certain it's NOT artificial intelligence? Some of the music AI has come up recently is spookily good. Yes it couldn't have done this five years ago, or even six months ago, but the speed of its improvement is frightening.

  • @westro26
    @westro26 3 місяці тому +16

    Reginald Watson was an absolute sensation back in the day. A real ladies man!

    • @frannyk88
      @frannyk88 21 день тому

      He is also infamous for his domestic abuse of women

  • @scrumpstitch1120
    @scrumpstitch1120 2 місяці тому +23

    I want an animated version where a pimp named slickback is dancing to this

  • @andrewlong4894
    @andrewlong4894 3 місяці тому +32

    possibly one of the greatest songs created since neanderthals were banging rocks together

  • @Kxngko
    @Kxngko 25 днів тому +4

    The effortlessness transitions between Church deacon and Iceberg slim is to be studied !

  • @JoeNovak-qp8vs
    @JoeNovak-qp8vs 3 місяці тому +33

    A.I. Songs are getting better better everyday

  • @phyrexianjudgement
    @phyrexianjudgement 26 днів тому +7

    Damn hidden tracks be bopping

  • @adarbarrush
    @adarbarrush 3 місяці тому +98

    I played this at a feminist rally, now they back in the kitchen

    • @lilblackduc7312
      @lilblackduc7312 3 місяці тому +7

      not THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!

    • @frank-ko6de
      @frank-ko6de 3 місяці тому +4

      They felt the threat and they acted accordingly. Hahahaha.

    • @winstonturnage2900
      @winstonturnage2900 2 місяці тому +1

      @@frank-ko6de😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @jcash49
      @jcash49 Місяць тому

      That you, Nick Fuentes? You ain't learned yet to stop talking bad to women? 😂

    • @edwardheyman5467
      @edwardheyman5467 15 днів тому

      😂👍

  • @UncleClaudeSportsandThangs
    @UncleClaudeSportsandThangs Місяць тому +11

    Making America great 🇺🇸

  • @Damudaboss188-1
    @Damudaboss188-1 7 днів тому

    Bumping this loud trunk beatin 🔊

  • @Randystudio217
    @Randystudio217 24 дні тому +3

    This joint SLAPS

  • @Okthenkiddo
    @Okthenkiddo 2 місяці тому +5

    Awesome inspirational hymn

  • @DJRAVER420
    @DJRAVER420 Місяць тому +3

    My heart wrote this song decades ago, but now it's been put into words!!!

  • @WTFCHUCK9920
    @WTFCHUCK9920 16 днів тому +1

    DOLEMITE on production 💪🏿

  • @JimmyCobbOfficial
    @JimmyCobbOfficial 3 місяці тому +7

    A new favorite.

  • @masonpucci4710
    @masonpucci4710 4 місяці тому +12

    The intro kills me

  • @teddyjackson1902
    @teddyjackson1902 21 день тому +1

    My mom and dad danced to this at their wedding in 75.

  • @James_Barris
    @James_Barris 29 днів тому

    This brought tears of nostalgia to my eyes as I recalled dancing to it at my senior prom many years ago…..thank you.

  • @JayeNott
    @JayeNott 22 дні тому +1

    Im in tears from laughing so hard.... Thank you for this song...

  • @TonyManenetti
    @TonyManenetti 3 місяці тому +7

    Loving this lol

  • @orvelorten5586
    @orvelorten5586 2 місяці тому +9

    This is Will Smiths song to live by.

  • @LukeLovesRose
    @LukeLovesRose 3 місяці тому +14

    Motown was never the same after this gem. Ray Charles was desperate to cover this but the producers threatened to sue

    • @oldiesgeek454
      @oldiesgeek454 3 місяці тому +4

      @lukelovesrose In case you're not aware, Reginald's follow up hit was titled: Sometimes You Gotta Smack That Ass. 😊

  • @LiberationMindedMediaB1
    @LiberationMindedMediaB1 Місяць тому +2

    I grew up to this shit right here!...good times

  • @JoeyFrezza-zr7ek
    @JoeyFrezza-zr7ek 20 днів тому

    I can't believe this,but it's so funny.I'm listening to more of these oldies.

  • @WaldoFlame
    @WaldoFlame 15 днів тому

    😂😂😂im over here in 😭 why nobody told me music was dis good back n the gap

  • @PariahThistledowne
    @PariahThistledowne 3 місяці тому +1

    I was jumped into Piru by this Falla's Nephew ..1984...it was alot of fun!

  • @jamesyoung4508
    @jamesyoung4508 3 місяці тому +2

    Ooh snap lol 😅 I just listen to this song

  • @ronnielobosmith4870
    @ronnielobosmith4870 3 місяці тому +6

    Damn Reggie 😮 simma down nah!!

  • @coreydraper6661
    @coreydraper6661 20 днів тому +1

    Sean Connery would have love this song.

  • @Goblin420-og
    @Goblin420-og Місяць тому +1

    This songs fire 🔥

  • @UnrestForementor
    @UnrestForementor 3 місяці тому +7

    They cant control the weather, therefore they cant control whether i can weather through this emotional storm with or without having to slap a...

  • @Maj-Brittski
    @Maj-Brittski 22 дні тому

    Love it!

  • @MeCooper
    @MeCooper 2 місяці тому +5

    Obscure 60s trivia; This is Sean Connery's theme song.

  • @innertubez
    @innertubez 3 місяці тому +8

    Little-known fact: The lyrics to this 60s classic are adapted from the biblical verses in the Book of Reginald 12:1-29 (Apocryphal).

  • @markmarkofkane8167
    @markmarkofkane8167 3 місяці тому +3

    Beautiful. Despite it's implications.

  • @Polones12
    @Polones12 15 днів тому

    Eternal wisdom.

  • @shawnmandeville1490
    @shawnmandeville1490 13 днів тому

    RW was named Best Backhand in the Jet Magazine September 12th 1963 edition

  • @ericbrower6769
    @ericbrower6769 27 днів тому +1

    His pimp hand was strong...

  • @Kside22
    @Kside22 3 місяці тому +4

    What a good cristian he became❤️😅😎🤣

  • @jeffhendricksen7945
    @jeffhendricksen7945 4 місяці тому +6

    Love it, he definitely was ahead of his time. Not that it’s right it’s just a song. He’s keeping it real, people play so nice in front of people and then treat their partner like crap behind closed doors, that’s what he’s talking bout 😅

  • @Addict-sw2wr
    @Addict-sw2wr 2 місяці тому +2

    Amen brotha!

  • @stevenminor2241
    @stevenminor2241 26 днів тому

    THIS IS CLASSIC...

  • @MrMatador29
    @MrMatador29 2 місяці тому +1

    these are so fun on bus 😂😂😂😂

  • @TheIronMonkey616
    @TheIronMonkey616 Місяць тому +1

    Iceberg Slim approves this message.

  • @darylwinzar2201
    @darylwinzar2201 3 місяці тому +5

    Bet this is the Diddlers favourite tune, I wouldn't have wanted to be a woman in the studio with him & they played this song.

  • @herbert993
    @herbert993 9 днів тому

    Tribe Slappahoe 🤙🏽

  • @Bladeworkssystems
    @Bladeworkssystems 20 днів тому

    Just discovered this. Holy shit i havnt laughed this hard in forever

  • @HennaLove-n5k
    @HennaLove-n5k 4 місяці тому +9

    That's crazy! LMFAO, so wrong though....

  • @TrueNorth1809
    @TrueNorth1809 2 місяці тому +2

    Grew up to this when I was in my youth, and have been trying to find this song for the past forty years and counting.
    Thank you, @Forgotten Grooves. for keeping these rare old skool flames a burnin'.
    They/them, you, me, and he, plus she, and her super cute gf, simply don't make soul/funk classics like these anymore. Keep on keepin' on digging in the crates and bust out the gems! 💎

  • @Moonlava722
    @Moonlava722 Місяць тому

    Slick Velvet my man

  • @loupasternak
    @loupasternak 17 днів тому

    Michael Jackson loved this one, played it all the time

  • @chickendog9957
    @chickendog9957 2 місяці тому +1

    I love it. Sounds like Suno. They're supposed to improve the vocals V4 soon.

  • @LazlotheInstigator
    @LazlotheInstigator Місяць тому +1

    I told her... I prayed... but a pimp gotta do pimp things

  • @lilblackduc7312
    @lilblackduc7312 3 місяці тому +3

    Back in the day, I was a member of a tribe of brothas in Atlanta named "Slap-a-hoe". Tribe of brothas, for real...🤔😳

    • @The4cp
      @The4cp 2 місяці тому

      I'm a member of the Slap-a Hoe Tribe in Ohio. Most times, pills go flying on impact.

  • @mcfreshosby5375
    @mcfreshosby5375 18 днів тому

    Every Now & Then

  • @robertschuck
    @robertschuck 3 місяці тому +5

    OG much respect this soul music 🎵🎶 should of hit in the million AKA Conejo

  • @TheoryTuckerMusic
    @TheoryTuckerMusic 24 дні тому

    im fuckin cryinnnnnnn i wanna sample this shit 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Pain-FreePosture
    @Pain-FreePosture 3 місяці тому +1

    WOW

  • @rtt1961
    @rtt1961 3 місяці тому +5

    Actually, the rumor stands that "Rockin' Reggie" was set up on that murder charge. In fact, the previous six wives testified on his behalf.

  • @chrismurray203
    @chrismurray203 Місяць тому +1

    Ike Turner's favourite song.

  • @Davewutsup
    @Davewutsup Місяць тому

    This has got to be AI,, it's really funny though,, I love it keep up the good work. And try not to smack no bees

  • @MorleyBruxton
    @MorleyBruxton Місяць тому

    Sir Sean Connery had this track on the loop until the day he departed.

  • @VersusArdua
    @VersusArdua 2 місяці тому +2

    This is genuinely really good lyrically. Like beyond the ironic memey-ness its so fucking listenable that I'm pretty sure ive played it every day this week, and ive never even smacked a bitch.

    • @estebansolis6807
      @estebansolis6807 Місяць тому

      Reginald Smacked enough for all of us brother, R.I.P

  • @CharlkiaChaney
    @CharlkiaChaney 28 днів тому

    I'm convinced this was just made😂😂😂😂😊

    • @billylangston6971
      @billylangston6971 26 днів тому +1

      Nah this came out in 1965,Ike Turner co wrote it

  • @ybrix101
    @ybrix101 5 днів тому

    Sometimes the deciding factor is what she decides to wear. Seeing that the one on the cover chose to wear a pantsuit....Well. You know.

  • @DJRAVER420
    @DJRAVER420 Місяць тому

    FACTS!!

  • @ronaldparker68
    @ronaldparker68 Місяць тому +8

    I love it💯💯 he saying what most men be thinking 😂

  • @raymonddodd9048
    @raymonddodd9048 2 місяці тому +2

    Al Bundy's favorite song .

  • @poogie4812
    @poogie4812 3 місяці тому +8

    Was this when America was great???

  • @JoeNovak-qp8vs
    @JoeNovak-qp8vs 3 місяці тому +2

    THANK GOD!!!!!!The P.M.R.C. Wasn't around then😂

  • @ricardobimblesticks1489
    @ricardobimblesticks1489 Місяць тому

    I feel sorry for the modern generation, their music just doesn't compare to this the music of my youth.
    Beep boop boop.

  • @phlegm2141
    @phlegm2141 2 місяці тому

    I’d live to make this my ring tone.

  • @dantanskymonsterhunter
    @dantanskymonsterhunter 3 місяці тому +1

    Damn

  • @standardofexcellence
    @standardofexcellence Місяць тому

    I play this at the end of every month when aunt flow is visiting the gf

  • @chrismoltasanti
    @chrismoltasanti 13 днів тому

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @THESNEAKERADDICT
    @THESNEAKERADDICT 7 днів тому

    😂
    😂😂😂

  • @PassportKingMarineVet
    @PassportKingMarineVet 26 днів тому

    AI needs its own Spotify

  • @jonikawright567
    @jonikawright567 Місяць тому +1

    Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @zakeefortune8952
    @zakeefortune8952 4 місяці тому +7

    Decades ahead of his time alot of raunchy singer back then😫😆

  • @AlRivera-v2t
    @AlRivera-v2t 2 місяці тому +1

    Wtf is wrong 😢with me why is this therapeutic 🎉😂😅😅☠️☠️☠️🤪🤪😵‍💫😵‍💫🤦, I'm fn ded it's soo wrong and primitive 😢😢😢but I'm dying of laughter 😅 help .......

  • @ronbarnhardt5201
    @ronbarnhardt5201 16 днів тому

    I always thought that this was sung by the Slapaho's. 😂

  • @3E5T3R
    @3E5T3R 3 місяці тому +4

    yall ruin my 16 year old life im 16 and I love listening to soul and I want more and realistic sounding.

  • @daskommandantkrieger2503
    @daskommandantkrieger2503 2 місяці тому +1

    Sean Connery approves.

  • @pauliefromphilly
    @pauliefromphilly 3 місяці тому

    Sean Connery.... truth spoken