why don’t they make …
why don’t they make songs like this anymore?

Holy crap, the …
Holy crap, the guy’s white! I always thought Steve Urcle sang this…

Many groups in the …
Many groups in the late 50s and 60s (and some soloists) had a falsetto lead: Four Seasons, Tremolos, Diamonds, Jimmy Jones, Lou Christie, Del Shannon, Brian Wilson, etc. Groups like the Diamonds with a falsetto and the lowest bass you ever heard were quite striking!

A great start to …
A great start to Sat. morning. I was feeding my grandkids toast and jam and started singing this song,they thought I was nuts and I told them it was a real song back when I was young. I found it here and played it for them.A fun moring with the kids,Thanks.

Geeez, lighten up …
Geeez, lighten up some of you folks! The things all these groups from that era have in common is the simplicity of the music and beat, the lack of sophistication and everyone, band and audience, is having a ton of fun! Pop music performers today are too full of themselves, overly serious and just flat out boring.

Ahhhhh. Bubble …
Ahhhhh. Bubble Puppy – from Ft Worth along with Bloodrock (DOA). Use to listen to them on “Underground” radio in 69 and 70.

Fabulous!! Love …
Fabulous!! Love it. What a great song!
The guys are wonderful. thanks, to my friend for sharing!!! 10*~ Roses

@lthpd: LOL, well …
@lthpd: LOL, well yeah, I knew ALL of those musicians and singers hailed from Texas but I didn’t know Larry Henley came from TX (just found out that was his name). Also Bobby Fuller came from El Paso. In the late ’60s, two bands called The Bubble Puppy and Bloodrock to mention some lesser knowns.

Yep. Texas has had …
Yep. Texas has had a few “rockers”. A dude named Buddy Holly, Sir Douglas Quintet, the Winters Brothers, etc., etc. Lol. The Newbeats “lead” singer lived in the piney woods of Southeast Texas. Oh, yeah, and a chick named Janis Joplin. From Pt. Arthur, Texas.

@lthpd: Good gosh, …
@lthpd: Good gosh, you mean THIS came out of TEXAS?! I’ve known The Newbeats since I was just a kid (33 now) with my mom’s original 45 of “Run Baby Run” which I played to death. I was shocked enough at about age 22 when I picked up a copy of their record and thought, “Uh where’s the chick?” But now to SEE them perform and find out they were from TEXAS?! Oh that’s TOO MUCH MAN. WOW.

Hmm, dunno. I …
Hmm, dunno. I detect blood curdling overtones in his voice that suggest they were cracked between a couple of rocks
8-{}

I guess I’m in the …
I guess I’m in the minority, I always thought it was a white woman with a soulful voice, especially since the background guys were obviously white.

The story is that …
The story is that the Singer jumped up on stage at a wedding reception and started singing like this and the band was amazed,….. hired him on the spot!…..

his mom cut his …
his mom cut his nuts off when he was a baby so he could sing that high

Bill Clinton meets …
Bill Clinton meets Little Richard. LOLOL.

i wonder if his …
i wonder if his parents were black

Don’t forget …
Don’t forget the Toast and Jam!

AWSOME!
AWSOME!

Like a lot of …
Like a lot of posters here, I thought this was a black group. This song came out one summer while I was in college (mid-60’s), and I recall the little black kids in my town loved this song.

I think there’s a …
I think there’s a black woman stuck in his body.

An interesting fact …
An interesting fact…the lead singer, Larry Henley, became a successful songwriter in Nashville. He co-wrote “Wind Beneath My Wings”…!

All my life I …
All my life I thought it was a young black woman singing the high notes. I almost bricks watching this xDD

If you pay close …
If you pay close attention, they really are singing this. No lip synching here!

I thought for sure …
I thought for sure it was a woman too. Its kinda creepy looking at that guy singing it.
: )

When this song …
When this song first arrived on the scene, I actually thought it was a black woman singing it. It blew my mind to find it was a white male doing it, it totally floored me.

I too always wondered what his talking voice sounded like, lol.