Her voice sounds exactly like my mother's; so clear, pure, powerful, yet soft and gentle at the same time, and angelic. My mom always sang to me, when I was a baby, and a young child. It was so beautiful and comforting. I miss her. She passed away, a few years ago, just after my 30th birthday.🤍
Carol Conners (the singer) was just sweet 16 at the time. Still with us as of Jan, 2024.. Perry Como was a cool guy. He welcomed rock and roll acts on his TV show when others didn't. Starting on 9/22/1958 this song spent an amazing 23 weeks in the hot 100.
Incredible voice…16 years old….#1 song in the world….written for her voice by the icon PHIL SPECTOR….how I miss outstanding music….my #2 song of all time….rated #76 in the Top Five Thousand songs of all time….
This was the first song I fell in love with on the radio as a kid. Later, as a piano player, I marveled at the changes on that beautiful bridge, so sophisticated for a teenager to have composed. I'll remember the genius and ignore the tragedy, which is, after all far more common in this life.
These words are on the tombstone of Phil Spector's father. I've been to the grave site as much of my family is buried in the same cemetery. It's incredibly sad to know how his dad died and what it did to the family.
I still remember the first time I heard this song as a rock-loving teenager in the early 80's. I was complaining while I listened that it was too slow just like all those other 50's songs. Then she started singing that bridge and the world stopped and vanished, leaving only this song. To this day, everything comes to a stop when I hear this song playing.
@@abneryokum I wouldn't sweat his opinion,...he's entitled to it, but some people live to dissent. Even being slightly flat here and there, it's perfect because it's natural,...and I'd rather listen to a natural sound than that sickly sweet, artificial sound,...any day of the week.
@@christiansoldier1968 My opinion is her vocal's terrific, & it's a fabulous arrangement too! The song was a big hit back then in 1958 and '59.... Those of us who were in grade school then wanted to hear it over and over on our AM radios!!😄👍
Alex Ward played the entire audio of this performance on a recent Pink & Black Days on 50s Gold. The date of this appearance was January 3, 1959. I was in 1st grade and loved this song!
This song came into my head this morning. I lost my husband six years ago, have met a man who lost his wife 5 years ago. We have been together for five years. 13 age gap. We love music and he is learning guitar at 83.my husband was a guitarist with the small faces before they were famous. My man's ambition is to play my husband's electric guitar through an amplifier. Live for us is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this song. Light and love to everyone 💕🙏
Incredible, your husband played with the most underrated band of the sixties. The small faces were sublime. I wish your new man all the best and I am glad to find people like you on the net
Incredible, your husband played with the most underrated band of the sixties. The small faces were sublime. I wish your new man all the best and I am glad to find people like you on the net
Phil Spector. A musical genius. He put together a nearly endless stream of hits with various groups. I didn't realize that in his early days he was actually a part of a group, but apparently he was.
@@richardpatrick2852 I don't think so. He was around in the early 2000s - though he had become fairly paranoid by then. Regardless of his tragic ending - that he brought on himself - he was a Rock N Roll musical genius.
I grew up then in a family of older sisters. I remember the petticoats starched in sugar water, hanging over the bathtub drying, to fill out those drndl dresses before they headed out to the dances.
Simply one of the best songs ever. One of many songs that introduced me to pop music back in the late 50s. I didn't know then it was preparing me for the 60s.
Some call you a monster, some call you a genius. In fact, Pop music never where the same without you... from this song to the Beatles your footprint in music is gigantic....a tiger tank....rest in peace and i think wherever you are now you will be without the devils who threatend you in your lifetime
Today reading about of one of The Ronnets, I found this group. I Didn't know them. I like them. I was a teenager. How I miss all my family and my adolecence
I love this band. I couldn't believe when she said she was in high school!!!! She is/was absolutely adorable!! The way she smiles when she sings and her eyes sparkle. Yes, this is another treasure. So glad youtube is here!
That "absolutely adorable" singer is Carol Connors (real name: Annette Kleinbard). Also, the guitarist on the right, the one who was singing ba-da-da da-da-da as a backup voice, was none other than Phil Spector, who later became one of the foremost rock-n-roll producers in the industry. (Later, he was convicted of the murder of an actress, and he died in prison.)
he also wrote this song as a very young teen for his father. his father committed suicide and the songs title is written on his fathers grave. very said story. and Phil had mental illness he committed himself many times over the years.
@@jackiesmithsmetaldetecting, well God bless mum, God bless Dad, and while i"m at it, God bless jackiesmith -- you've weathered and are weathering storms, and I wish you the best. (Yes, what I typed in is so, it can be fact-checked with just a little bit of internet searching.)
Even as young kid and listening to my sister's music, I really liked this song. I can't help but think that Phil Spector helped shape the youth of tomorrow in the 50's & 60". Possibly those that heard his songs had a great life living life to the fullest and respecting others. Great song and Thank You for putting on UA-cam!
1958- That was the year I was born, yet strangely I remember hearing this song when I was a little kid. Watching this video reminded me of how innocent American girls were back then and it kind of hits you right here.
Heartbreaking song. Phil Spector (on guitar) wrote that song about his father who had died when Phil was very young. Think of that and listen to the lyrics again. “Everyone says there’ll come a day when I will walk alongside him...” I love this song for what it’s truly about.
I was a young, almost teenager back then...I can tell you, women back then were not afraid to be feminine, sweet, yet retain their powerful charismatic sway over men!..Such meaningful simplicity in those kinds of tunes...and actually being able to temporarily hold a young lady in your arms, while dancing at a sock hop, was a thrill!
Yes, we ❤️ those slow Rock n Roll songs. Like Toussant McCall in the brilliant film, Hairspray. The girls were listening to him sing and hugging themselves. We ❤️ Rock n Roll. Merry CHRISTmas!! 💖💓💝💘💗💖 💛💙💛💙💛💙 🎉🎅🏻🤶🏻🛷🍫🎂 ❄️☃️🎄🎊🎈🍰 👸🏻💖👑🇬🇧💝👸🏻 🥰🇯🇲🏴🕊️🔥✝️
Love this song , I always put it on for my 2 yr old baby when I put him to bed . I have my pandora set under Peggy lee , the teddy bears , billy holiday and you’ll get all the good songs ✨♥️
Found this in my 45's that I am selling. I didn't know Phil Spector was a member of this group. He looks so different. So clean so polished. Wow, amazing!
First song I dance with my boyfriend in 1963 and later was killed. Teens had no counseling back in the days for us as students. Was so hard going back to school in 9th grade after his death. This will always be my favorite song of the time era
There sure was some great music back then .Nice story ..I meet my beautiful wife to be at a teen dance in 59.Hope he did learn guitar .I been playing for years .Mostly 50s 60s stuff. Small faces .Yes a great group.
Phil Specter, the guitarist and song writer, would become a major record producer in a few more years. His signature sound for his recording artists, including many of the 'Girl Groups' of the early 1960s, was a "Wall of Sound". He also married Ronnie Spector of the Ronnettes.
Yea so he could sexually violate the women in them girl groups.... even violated his adopted sons....! The fucking monster.....! He was an ugly looking weasel....! Thats why he forced himself on woman.....! He was hideous to look at
Heather be CAREFUL if you find someone check with an EX have a criminal ck ran it could save YOUR LIFE. I done this my daughter RUINED HER LIFE,She wouldn't listen!, She lost her home,her car, her pet dog(he had rottweiler), most important her 70+ K a year job@ Cummins,he took her 401k As well! Be CAREFUL!.
Her voice sounds exactly like my mother's; so clear, pure, powerful, yet soft and gentle at the same time, and angelic. My mom always sang to me, when I was a baby, and a young child. It was so beautiful and comforting. I miss her. She passed away, a few years ago, just after my 30th birthday.🤍
I am now 79 years old and this song still sends a shiver down my spine. Beautifully sung.
She has the voice of an angel. Because she is one. STILL performing today at age 80 in 2022.
That's an amazing achievement for someone who worked with Phil Spector! I'm amazed she even made it through this performance in one piece.
looks like my late mother when she was young😂💓
Hers is one of the most dynamic voices I've ever heard and felt.
@@SundaeExpress Isn't that the truth. I wonder how he was at that time? surely not like he was later.
@@SundaeExpress C'mon...
Her voice was amazing
Long live this kind of music. once heard never forgotten. I lived in this era
She was seriously beautiful, with the voice of an angel!
One of the greatest songs recorded🇺🇸🇺🇸
Beautiful voice, sparkling eyes, guileless charm -- she's a creature from a bygone era!
the likes of them will not come again. it's unfortunate. Great singer.
My wife was same age as her when i met her at a teen dance in 1959.
And just as beautiful.
Phil Spector wrote that as a tribute to his dad, who passed away. He picked the right vocalist to sing it. His first hit, I think.
Inspired by words on his father's tombstone
It's a sad yet beautiful reminder that we all human
On the documentary about Phil Spector he threatened the singer to get the high vocal, also they played this whilst showing how his father died
@@heat000 Yea "To know him is to love him" is on his dad's gravestone
Sim, isso msm foi inspirado na frase da lápide dele. Estou assistindo agora o documentário sobre e o assassinato.
Carol Connors is 80 and still active!! Great voice she has
2023 I WAS A KID THEN THANK U FOR THIS
Carol Conners (the singer) was just sweet 16 at the time. Still with us as of Jan, 2024..
Perry Como was a cool guy. He welcomed rock and roll acts on his TV show when others didn't.
Starting on 9/22/1958 this song spent an amazing 23 weeks in the hot 100.
Why are so many folks here naming her Annette?
@@curbozerboomer1773 Her real name is Annette Kleinbard.
Carol Conners
@@curbozerboomer1773 3:19 Perry Como introduces her as Annette
(Such a nice song from days when the singer could sing )unlike today.
Incredible voice…16 years old….#1 song in the world….written for her voice by the icon PHIL SPECTOR….how I miss outstanding music….my #2 song of all time….rated #76 in the Top Five Thousand songs of all time….
I was 10 years old when I listened to this but I had to wait until I was 72 to see them. What a nice memory !
Eurasia29, I also loved this many years ago!
That means you were born somewhere in the 1940's, right?
75 here
Awesome memory I'm 74
I was born in 1948
Gorgeous voice that girl.
After school we went to the malt shop, every Saturday night we would go to the dance---the memories!
Beautiful voice with a tune from the year I was born. Thankyou
❤❤and I do❤❤
Her voice and beauty takes you to that special place ❤❤️
I agree - when I was in my twenties my girlftiend bore a strong resemblance to Carol Connors - same face, same timeless beauty
This was the first song I fell in love with on the radio as a kid. Later, as a piano player, I marveled at the changes on that beautiful bridge, so sophisticated for a teenager to have composed. I'll remember the genius and ignore the tragedy, which is, after all far more common in this life.
These words are on the tombstone of Phil Spector's father. I've been to the grave site as much of my family is buried in the same cemetery. It's incredibly sad to know how his dad died and what it did to the family.
I still remember the first time I heard this song as a rock-loving teenager in the early 80's. I was complaining while I listened that it was too slow just like all those other 50's songs. Then she started singing that bridge and the world stopped and vanished, leaving only this song. To this day, everything comes to a stop when I hear this song playing.
Makes me emotional. To all the men who feel unloved and hated
I was 6 year,s old, but never I forget this song.
1958 had a plethora of songs that I absolutely loved.
I loved them, too.
Don't figure out my age. LOLOL.
One of my very favorites!
Those were the good ole days gone by!!!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❣️👍🏼
three voices. no autotune. talent. perfect.
1:47 definitely no autotune
The soprano’s pitch is nothing great.
@@MasonBarge So she hits a few notes slightly flat. BFD. She nails the flats and sharps in the bridge pretty damn well.
@@abneryokum I wouldn't sweat his opinion,...he's entitled to it, but some people live to dissent. Even being slightly flat here and there, it's perfect because it's natural,...and I'd rather listen to a natural sound than that sickly sweet, artificial sound,...any day of the week.
@@christiansoldier1968
My opinion is her vocal's terrific, & it's a fabulous arrangement too! The song was a big hit back then in 1958 and '59....
Those of us who were in grade school then wanted to hear it over and over on our AM radios!!😄👍
Alex Ward played the entire audio of this performance on a recent Pink & Black Days on 50s Gold. The date of this appearance was January 3, 1959. I was in 1st grade and loved this song!
So amazing . Seeing Phil Spectre so young and talented. What a shame.
何千何万回聴いても飽きない実に美しい素敵な曲です。確か高校時代に聴き惚れて…今、凄い老婆になっても…あの頃と同じ気持ちで素直に嬉しく聴けます‼︎テディベアのグループ三人が其々の役割を懸命にこなしているから、この曲が一層盛り上がっていくのです‼️本当に素晴らしい良い曲です。心がウットリ致します。ありがとう〜〜。
I am 55 years old. I wasn't born yet!!! But is beautiful!!! From México!!!
This song came into my head this morning. I lost my husband six years ago, have met a man who lost his wife 5 years ago. We have been together for five years. 13 age gap. We love music and he is learning guitar at 83.my husband was a guitarist with the small faces before they were famous. My man's ambition is to play my husband's electric guitar through an amplifier. Live for us is beautiful. Thank you for sharing this song. Light and love to everyone 💕🙏
Incredible, your husband played with the most underrated band of the sixties.
The small faces were sublime.
I wish your new man all the best and I am glad to find people like you on the net
Incredible, your husband played with the most underrated band of the sixties.
The small faces were sublime.
I wish your new man all the best and I am glad to find people like you on the net
May all your dreams come true
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
Ms. Gresswell, this comment made my day. Lots of love and blessings from Taiwan!
A song made beautiful by her beautiful voice and delivery, and sparkling eyes!!!!?
Phil Spector. A musical genius. He put together a nearly endless stream of hits with various groups. I didn't realize that in his early days he was actually a part of a group, but apparently he was.
Not many know this but he's a murderer
It had a very definite end. He was a product of an era, Ave when the era passed he was passe.
Seems like this may have been the last time Phil appeared in public with out sunglasses on and carrying a gun.
@@richardpatrick2852 I don't think so. He was around in the early 2000s - though he had become fairly paranoid by then. Regardless of his tragic ending - that he brought on himself - he was a Rock N Roll musical genius.
@@richardpatrick2852 haha
Brilliant, haven't heard this in almost 50 years!
Bought this recording way back when. Still love it. November, 2022.
I grew up then in a family of older sisters. I remember the petticoats starched in sugar water, hanging over the bathtub drying, to fill out those drndl dresses before they headed out to the dances.
Simply one of the best songs ever. One of many songs that introduced me to pop music back in the late 50s. I didn't know then it was preparing me for the 60s.
This. This is pure gold. 💽
I love mid century..Fifties Sixties had so much great music..
I am forever stuck in that era, and love it!
@@oakleysierney1918 me too and I born in 1995 LOL
@@SantiagoAQA yes it's before my time also. It's great how someone has all history and all the world to pick from for their music because of youtube.
To All my friends that I had in 1958,live long and prosper !!!!
Her voice is sultry beautiful.
Some call you a monster, some call you a genius. In fact, Pop music never where the same without you... from this song to the Beatles your footprint in music is gigantic....a tiger tank....rest in peace and i think wherever you are now you will be without the devils who threatend you in your lifetime
Lick boots, alright.
Today reading about of one of The Ronnets, I found this group. I Didn't know them. I like them. I was a teenager. How I miss all my family and my adolecence
Love her dress .it is so classic it could be worn today .
phil was a man with great talent and a future, it's a shame he didn't know how to overcome childhood traumas and ended the way he did
This was my favourite song when I was 16 I still love to hear it,brings back happy memories.
One of the best ever! Such beautiful music was made then.
I love this band. I couldn't believe when she said she was in high school!!!! She is/was absolutely adorable!! The way she smiles when she sings and her eyes sparkle. Yes, this is another treasure. So glad youtube is here!
That "absolutely adorable" singer is Carol Connors (real name: Annette Kleinbard). Also, the guitarist on the right, the one who was singing ba-da-da da-da-da as a backup voice, was none other than Phil Spector, who later became one of the foremost rock-n-roll producers in the industry. (Later, he was convicted of the murder of an actress, and he died in prison.)
he also wrote this song as a very young teen for his father. his father committed suicide and the songs title is written on his fathers grave. very said story. and Phil had mental illness he committed himself many times over the years.
@@markj.rockman5232 OMG really? no idea why this song came to my mind today, my Mum is 80 and has advanced cancer i lost my Dad 6 years ago
@@jackiesmithsmetaldetecting, well God bless mum, God bless Dad, and while i"m at it, God bless jackiesmith -- you've weathered and are weathering storms, and I wish you the best. (Yes, what I typed in is so, it can be fact-checked with just a little bit of internet searching.)
dude he was a murderer
I vividly remember this from 1958!
thanks for posting....I've never seen the full intro and Como talking to the "kids."
Even as young kid and listening to my sister's music, I really liked this song. I can't help but think that Phil Spector helped shape the youth of tomorrow in the 50's & 60". Possibly those that heard his songs had a great life living life to the fullest and respecting others. Great song and Thank You for putting on UA-cam!
1958- That was the year I was born, yet strangely I remember hearing this song when I was a little kid. Watching this video reminded me of how innocent American girls were back then and it kind of hits you right here.
So good harmony and great song ❤❤❤
She had an angelic voice!
Wow...what a beautiful girl, with a great voice.
Heartbreaking song. Phil Spector (on guitar) wrote that song about his father who had died when Phil was very young. Think of that and listen to the lyrics again. “Everyone says there’ll come a day when I will walk alongside him...”
I love this song for what it’s truly about.
Neil Coates. Never knew that Spector on the guitar. The studio version seems slower tempo and more haunting.
That's the inscription on his father's grave stone: To Know Him is to Love Him
It was a suicide, wasn’t it!
@@johnmoore4 yes
I dont think so... lyrics...why can't he see..that he was meant for me... dont think thats about a father son :)
Proper music n talent
very good ~~~~!!!
Beautiful voice young lady
What a doll! What a beautiful voice!
I was a young, almost teenager back then...I can tell you, women back then were not afraid to be feminine, sweet, yet retain their powerful charismatic sway over men!..Such meaningful simplicity in those kinds of tunes...and actually being able to temporarily hold a young lady in your arms, while dancing at a sock hop, was a thrill!
@@curbozerboomer1773 The Feels Man...
Brings back great memories for sure
Played this song at my mums funeral such a lovely song ❤️
Love this song ❤
Love this song but have had to wait til I am 75 to see them
Back in the day--one of the ultimate slow dance songs
Superb recording by the Teddy Bears. A timeless classic!
I'm 7 years old in 1958. My mom loved Perry Como. Today I love the Teddy Bears.
Beautiful Harmony 😍
Thank you to my Mom for playing the Best tunes around us...it has given me Blessed memories of our family singing to these tunes...
The very best song to dance to. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Yes, we ❤️ those slow Rock n Roll songs. Like Toussant McCall in the brilliant film, Hairspray. The girls were listening to him sing and hugging themselves. We ❤️ Rock n Roll.
Merry CHRISTmas!!
💖💓💝💘💗💖
💛💙💛💙💛💙
🎉🎅🏻🤶🏻🛷🍫🎂
❄️☃️🎄🎊🎈🍰
👸🏻💖👑🇬🇧💝👸🏻
🥰🇯🇲🏴🕊️🔥✝️
I love it when they perform live.
Beautiful song beautiful lady,beautiful voice
Beautiful Carol Connors ❤❤❤❤
Now a beloved classic of the rock-and-roll era.
so beatifull....love it!!
Beautiful 🤩 song , 🥰
I always sing this song to my favourite cat. Of course I sing "To know you is to love you". I think she likes it.
The cat despises you, and you know it. :)
Ha! Very nice....👍
(I mean singing to the kitty!!)
Love this song , I always put it on for my 2 yr old baby when I put him to bed . I have my pandora set under Peggy lee , the teddy bears , billy holiday and you’ll get all the good songs ✨♥️
the chord progression is so ahead of its time, something not usually heard until the 80s or 90s
Phil Spector was some kind of genius with his musical ideas..so sad, that he crashed and burned as an old man.
what a beautiful song :)
Hi. I have your new ! Channel I like this song I will put this in my library so keep the Songs coming your new ! No.1 fan
Wow! She's a sweet heart with the warmest smile that beckons any man to be by her side. Lately, all the women I've met seem to gravitate to my wallet.
A terribly fine song.
Always loved this song ❤❤❤
Wow!!! This is awesome!!! The sounds that Phil Specter is making @106 sounds like a saxophone! Beautiful!
I used to have have that same dress. I loved it..
Such a sweet song 🫶🏽
Any winehouse covered this song ❤️ can't believe it
My mom got me 45s and found this gem and had a feeling this was the original. I'm so happy
As with most songs that Amy covered, her surname should have been spelled "Whinehouse" ;-(
such a beautiful love song
Found this in my 45's that I am selling. I didn't know Phil Spector was a member of this group. He looks so different. So clean so polished. Wow, amazing!
I love the song and the singing of Carol Connors! I come back to hear it time and again. Adina.
First song I dance with my boyfriend in 1963 and later was killed. Teens had no counseling back in the days for us as students. Was so hard going back to school in 9th grade after his death. This will always be my favorite song of the time era
There sure was some great music back then .Nice story ..I meet my beautiful wife to be at a teen dance in 59.Hope he did learn guitar .I been playing for years .Mostly 50s 60s stuff.
Small faces .Yes a great group.
The year i was born i remember it.
Bloody lovely song!
Did not know this was Phil Spector, and written About his late Dad. Thanks for posting info. Love this song, and brilliantly sung.
Phil Specter, the guitarist and song writer, would become a major record producer in a few more years. His signature sound for his recording artists, including many of the 'Girl Groups' of the early 1960s, was a "Wall of Sound". He also married Ronnie Spector of the Ronnettes.
Yea so he could sexually violate the women in them girl groups.... even violated his adopted sons....! The fucking monster.....! He was an ugly looking weasel....! Thats why he forced himself on woman.....! He was hideous to look at
He was that but we was also a real scumbag too though he tormented one of the girls from The Ronettes .
He married Ronnie Bennett who became Ronnie Spector.
I love him.. someday I will have a man who will love me .
who knows you could be lucky
Heather be CAREFUL if you find someone check with an EX have a criminal ck ran it could save YOUR LIFE. I done this my daughter RUINED HER LIFE,She wouldn't listen!, She lost her home,her car, her pet dog(he had rottweiler), most important her 70+ K a year job@ Cummins,he took her 401k
As well! Be CAREFUL!.
The way the ad comes in at the end is hilarious