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jack020
04-22-2021, 10:57 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFa9eagREI0
PeaceNHarmony
04-22-2021, 11:24 AM
Wow. Now THAT'S a hot mess. The hip-swivel-boogie-dip at 2:35, right??
Motown Eddie
04-22-2021, 02:02 PM
Great clip; Thanks jack020 for sharing [and yes PNH, that "hip-swivel-boogie-dip" at the 2 & half minute mark was Somethin' Else].
9A
04-22-2021, 02:06 PM
1967 -- Ah, I remember it well. What fun. They were probably followed by a plate spinning act or Seņor Wences.
PeaceNHarmony
04-22-2021, 07:34 PM
Of course I have to add that the guys sound great and sure do look good!
SatansBlues
04-22-2021, 09:28 PM
What an odd song for the Temptations to perform on Sullivan.
jack020
04-23-2021, 02:50 AM
Why? its a Motown song!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ve_Made_Me_So_Very_Happy
9A
04-23-2021, 08:53 AM
Why? its a Motown song!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27ve_Made_Me_So_Very_Happy

Just read the Wikipedia entry. Yes, Motown, co-written by Berry Gorde. No mention of the Temptations, who had dozens of other hits. Good question, SatansBlues. Brenda Holloway and Blood, Sweat & Tears both charted with "You've Made Me So Very Happy."

However, the performance on Sullivan was very entertaining. Great choreography.
[Thank you, Cholly Atkins -- per Ralph.]
reese
04-23-2021, 09:25 AM
As Sullivan was a variety show it wasn't unusual for artists to performs the hits of others as well as their own, something they did in concert as well. In another Sullivan performance, the Tempts did a medley of current hits including I'LL BE THERE and MY SWEET LORD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqkGu9I7Qww
9A
04-23-2021, 10:33 AM
:o Big smile. Thanks, reese.
StuBass1
04-23-2021, 10:55 AM
LOL... I never realized that Sullivan allowed lip syncing on his show...Perhaps an exception for big production numbers...And Carol Kaye could have flown to New York and played that recording session, and intimated to the public that she played on YMMSVH suggesting that she was a member of Blood Sweat & Tears...
BayouMotownMan
04-24-2021, 10:59 AM
Wow. Now THAT'S a hot mess. The hip-swivel-boogie-dip at 2:35, right??

I agree, it was hard to sit through this when it originally aired.