Bertie Higgins - "Key Largo" (Official Music Video)

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Bertie Higgins

16 жыл бұрын

The official music video for Bertie Higgins 1982 hit, "Key Largo"!
To buy this CD and more, visit www.bertiehiggins.com

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@pamelap6767 4 ай бұрын

My brother Arch Pearson played bass guitar in this recording. I love that I can still hear him. He died in 2003.

@natlogue 3 ай бұрын

💙💙💙💙

@fortecarter1 3 ай бұрын

Wow God Bless his soul

@taniamarriott6951 3 ай бұрын

💛 that’s so lovely.

@gj_lyricmelodist1610 3 ай бұрын

Wow that’s so very very beautiful.

@laurahunt5358 2 ай бұрын

❤

@Lizgrneyes Жыл бұрын

For my husband of 40 years. Who passed 7 years ago. We truly had it all. ❤️

@kellybruno9341 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful memory ❤God bless

@michaelwhitehouse5282 Жыл бұрын

❤️

@annoftheoldbogroad1534 Жыл бұрын

Same for me. He actually looked like Bertie. I didn’t look her however 😂 but it was magic. Of course not all the time but when it was

@annoftheoldbogroad1534 Жыл бұрын

It’s very tough but hope you are doing ok. Honey I was your hero.

@stevenmyhre2242 Жыл бұрын

Sorry babe 😢

@druewade7191 Жыл бұрын

This probably won’t be seen by anyone but my Grandma, who grew up in Tarpon Springs FL where Bertie grew up said she knew him fairly well. She told us he used to go over her house and hangout with her and her dad every so often. She got married and moved and forgot about him for a number of years till she said she heard him on the radio and couldn’t believe it! She is the reason I got to know his music! I always was so fascinated how she knew him! Anyways she’s passed away now and every time I hear this song I think of her❤️Miss her very much.

@heathergallardo1862 3 күн бұрын

That is so sweet great story

@dalenjurgens6751 12 сағат бұрын

We see it. :D that's awesome!

@dalenjurgens6751 11 сағат бұрын

I was just trying to piece together the lyrics. Didn't know who sung this song. "Just like [Lauren] Bacall. " but it's Bogie. LOL oops.

@juanvaldes2458 4 ай бұрын

Very personal to me. My wonderful wife of 50 years and I would vacation in Key Largo back in the early 1970's. We made love on the beach in the evenings and fell in love with each other there. Also Humphrey Bogart was one of my favorite actors. This song really brings it all home to me. Thank you Bertie Higgins.

@GreenTeaViewer 3 ай бұрын

TMI🙃

@skipjacks85 2 ай бұрын

“Made love?” Ok, boomer

@billmason2785 18 күн бұрын

👏👏🤜

@RolandjHearn 4 жыл бұрын

It was 1982, I was lying on the living room floor with the most beautiful girl in the world and we were falling in love to this song. A few months later I was taking her to the beach to ask her to marry me. A fateful tyre defect caused the car to crash. She was taken from this world and my life turned upside down. My life moved on. I have been married now for more than 30 years and have 4 wonderful adult children. But I am sitting here in the dark listening to this song and I feel her arms around me. My first real love, gone way way too soon. My heart breaks with the memory.

@LilliR4116 4 жыл бұрын

Your time with her was not on this earth. Another time, another space you will meet her again.

@Awakandaa 4 жыл бұрын

Cherish the memories,God Bless

@tonyfriend7413 4 жыл бұрын

at rolly tire....stupid..

@drlin520103 4 жыл бұрын

Roland Hearn I am in touching your love affair

@Andrea1542 4 жыл бұрын

@@drlin520103 huh?

@DiscoHits257 2 жыл бұрын

A message to the future generations. Don't let this song die.

@johntoomey1888 Жыл бұрын

Songs like this, and lots of others from the 70's and 80's are SO MUCH better than anything from today, and that's why I have so many CD's and some vinyl. I can promise that this song and so many others will NEVER die as long as I have a pulse!

@stevenatkinson1228 Жыл бұрын

Impossible, this song will never die!

@livealittle1100 Жыл бұрын

27 here.. I won't and I will make sure my kids listen to the 80s as well.

@sabana7564 Жыл бұрын

19 here, don’t think it can :)

@tonkuriihq8133 Жыл бұрын

I'm young, 22 years old and recently heard this in a movie..it was just a silly comedy movie but this song stood out to me and made me feel so emotional in a way I couldn't explain. So yes, even the new generations are carrying this song.

@YAHUAHSsavagewarrior183 2 жыл бұрын

I miss music like this

@angelamyrmel236 Жыл бұрын

I was born in 1979. I'm 44 now. It's almost impossible to find someone around my age that loves the old B&W movies, like I do.

@E.C.2 Жыл бұрын

I was born in late 70's,have 3 older siblings and,they got me into their favorite pop culture. We exist but are aren't common. 💪 Stay strong brother. God bless.

@greeneyedsoutherngirl6468 8 ай бұрын

Same! Except off by two years 😁

@JohnLee-ln6no 5 ай бұрын

You are really Young ... find color😀

@ARochelleC05 5 ай бұрын

I find it so crazy that we were born in the same year, have the same first name, and both love old black and white movies. :)

@angelamyrmel236 5 ай бұрын

@@ARochelleC05 nice to meet you! :) Please tell me you're not a Capricorn as well!! LoL 🤣

@jackwessels9189 4 жыл бұрын

2020 and still enjoying this song. Anyone else?

@cyliaunderly4864 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@satinbeesade1654 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes!!!! 💛🎼🎼🎼💛

@gandlar5489 3 жыл бұрын

2021 enjoying it

@davidwadsworth8982 3 жыл бұрын

Me jack.2021 too.

@juliansauter9720 3 жыл бұрын

Cool Profile pic

@dennishurley3475 3 жыл бұрын

If you're listening to this song right now your brain is functioning well and you enjoy life. Congratulations!

@anthonydean3213 3 жыл бұрын

You couldn't be more right sir.

@maryf4728 3 жыл бұрын

Free.

@maryf4728 3 жыл бұрын

Sharing n hug when safe n a smile that's

@maryf4728 3 жыл бұрын

Half n half these were always my songs from my heart. After 36 years I just am getting a Divorce . So I play my 🎶 loud n sing right along. Love to All. Keep sharing a simple hello n smile to anyone. Life goes on n I just begun.🤗🌹🤠

@cloudsfluff5505 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU NEVER EVER GIVE UP ON ANYTHING

@michaellnbnj Жыл бұрын

This song seems like it could be the 1st song you hear when you enter into heaven. Peaceful, calming, soothing & beautiful.

@Rugerforevercat Жыл бұрын

What an incredibly appropriate comment 😊

@KrisBryant99 Жыл бұрын

hahahahaha you read my mind

@tomhoffmann6442 Жыл бұрын

AMEN X 2😇

@michaelbruns449 11 ай бұрын

Wow i feel exactly what your saying.

@michaelbruns449 11 ай бұрын

@@Rugerforevercat Seriously and this song is perfection of its genre and place in time.

@grammiedaniels5717 10 ай бұрын

This song has always been a favorite of mine. I told my husband I wanted to go to Key Largo and play it forever. Sadly, he passed, 2 days after our 25th Anniversary. That was 3 years ago. I will make it to Key Largo, even if it's only in my dreams ✨️ 🎶 Thank you Bertie, for keeping hope and romance alive, every time this song is played. ❤️🎹🎼

@CryptidWalks 9 ай бұрын

I’m here tonight, in Key Largo. I hope you made it.

@grammiedaniels5717 8 ай бұрын

No. Crying 😢 once again. 💔

@vickieviresrichie7622 8 ай бұрын

The neighbor down the hall is preparing to move to key largo.

@not-so-smartaleck8987 8 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear about your loss--at least the two of you got to celebrate your 25th anniversary before it happened, although I suppose by that point your husband might not have been capable of "celebrating" anything (??). Again, my condolences. 😢

@kenw5754 8 ай бұрын

A great song and great video😊

@martinkobert4321 2 жыл бұрын

I was 22 in 82' now I'm 62 & still loving this song ! Bertie your song will play til the end of time .

@tomhoffmann6442 Жыл бұрын

God bless you 🙏

@TheAdrian91706 Жыл бұрын

I was 19 with a full set of hair in 82......I still have a full set of hair and its still mostly black. Maybe its good music like this that has kept my youth. lol .

@Theaddora Жыл бұрын

Scary how time flies. That was the year I got married!!

@kathysowers Жыл бұрын

I'm 72 and in tears again - this song ... !

@BlueBeeThemeMusic Жыл бұрын

Was 21 in '82 - and you are so right. The current crop ain't got it in em to sing about love.

@bertiehiggins 3 жыл бұрын

Ahoy, Mates! From Quahog all the way to Vista Del Mar! WOW! Grateful my music is finding new audiences in "Disjointed",, "Family Guy" and "Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar" (They also used my song "Florida", which was wonderful!) Thanks to all the Bertie's Boneheads and other yacht rock fans for the love and support, always! - BH

@johnglazewski44 3 жыл бұрын

I can listen to this 10 times a day. When music was magical.

@jeffwolfe4058 3 жыл бұрын

Love this song forever! My mom had a paper route in early 80s delivering Atlanta paper and i would drive around with her this song was on radio all the time. Great memories.

@NAVYMEDIC610 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings Bertie. I love this song. I played several times a day while on vacation in Key Largo. It was the perfect song to listen to in the morning, then at lunch , dinner & on the water watching the gorgeous Florida Keys sunsets on the sunset cruises. This song is a timeless classic that will new grow old. The African Queen boat docked in Key Largo has be repaired & renovated. Now it is able to sail again for couples cruises.

@christineadams1284 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnglazewski44 I play this song over and over. 💕💕 Bertie, thank you for bringing us joy and happiness with this song.

@benh4900 3 жыл бұрын

Love the music.

@rhondabarber4631 Жыл бұрын

This song randomly popped in my head . Instantly took me back to my childhood. Damn I wish I could go back 😢❤

@gailpdevine Жыл бұрын

Don’t we all! Best of music, best of times!

@helenebennie3961 Жыл бұрын

It just popped into my head too.😊😊

@helenebennie3961 Жыл бұрын

@Greg Normal Not really I just liked the sound of this song when I was younger. And quite often old songs pop into my head. Have a nice day.

@paulozimek276 11 ай бұрын

Yes, I hear that. Actually, the second time I went to Florida I heard this on the radio while I was driving in the Florida Keys.

@lucycarmichael9228 10 ай бұрын

I’d give anything to go back when this song was out.

@annhathaway1475 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, the memories...music is not the same anymore

@Jigman51 4 жыл бұрын

This song never gets old. A real classic.

@brendacummings2982 4 жыл бұрын

nope

@jasonhitch660 4 жыл бұрын

Never!!!! He is a big Trumper too! Like him more!!

@Jigman51 4 жыл бұрын

@@jasonhitch660 What are you talking about?

@Kgio-2112 4 жыл бұрын

You said it! Great composition and great times. Never more but never forgotten...

@melissawalker4057 4 жыл бұрын

Love it

@persephanie7755 2 жыл бұрын

This was my Momma’s favorite song. She passed in January of this year from Covid. God, I miss her. I love you, Mom. ❤️

@delldunn7590 5 ай бұрын

41 years old and still better than anything on today's radio I miss the 80s

@kevinmckinley3305 4 ай бұрын

The last good decade

@thomasmorrison8739 2 ай бұрын

Have you tried radio garden? I’m pretty sure it won’t take you long to find something better.

@alpzepta Ай бұрын

Justin Bieber is not even close to be as good as Bertie Higgins

@Kimberlyanne-uu7yu Ай бұрын

I do too

@torys8236 Ай бұрын

✅🎯💯

@Smartass_Jedi Жыл бұрын

I've been listening to this classic for 40 years and I've always thought it was beautiful. They don't make em like this anymore. That's for sure

@NancyBK Жыл бұрын

Keeper of the stars is good. When you say nothing at all. Mr. Bojangles. Rock me gently. Ya

@yvettejansen1826 Жыл бұрын

I think the BeeGees try and isn't too bad xxx

@cherilynnsorensen668 4 жыл бұрын

I miss those days when music had love and meaning some one please take me back to the 1980s

@cherilynnsorensen668 4 жыл бұрын

@Magnum 357 yes i agree

@Johnny-jw1iz 3 жыл бұрын

You said that right,the Good ol days!!I don't know what this music is today,I'm ol skool when it comes to music!!

@eurodelano 3 жыл бұрын

I’m going with

@cloudsfluff5505 3 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY

@cloudsfluff5505 3 жыл бұрын

@@Johnny-jw1iz They don't know what heart felt music from the soul is. No one forgets that special music

@bartskid9235 6 жыл бұрын

The only love of my life, my husband, died a few days ago.We met in 1982..Life goes by too fast and it's gone..Hold tight to each other and don't be afraid to give your whole heart, when they come along. You'll know.

@treadmillrepair754 6 жыл бұрын

True.

@mariomuccino6040 6 жыл бұрын

Barts kid Sorry for your loss

@suzetteslinkard3432 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss, may your husband rip, and my god bless you

@bobbyodell8676 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice words. Thank you and I pray you find love again.

@jasommerfield 5 жыл бұрын

My condolences. Love goes by like a warm Sunday afternoon. I’ll keep holding on till the day I have to let go. Thanks for the reminder that this ships sails fast so enjoy the ride

@ClaudeAltvatter 4 ай бұрын

I’m 80 year young . Still one of favorite song. Thanks Berti. I’m living in Paris but I miss Key Largo.

@ralfie8801 11 ай бұрын

The lady in this video was so beautiful way back then, that beauty is timeless just like this song.

@stevenmyhre2242 5 ай бұрын

Ya I agree she's so pretty ❤

@johnpjones182 5 ай бұрын

Wikipedia identifies her as 17 year old Patty Wolfe. A real cutie.

@allenedmonds8356 4 ай бұрын

@@johnpjones182 Wikipedia's freaking amazing!

@jasoneldridge4738 20 күн бұрын

I think women looked better in the 80s.

@dylanhinton9148 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone still listening to this song Or just me :/

@rianaviljoen454 5 жыл бұрын

Listen this song always reminds me of my husband that passed 2 years ago

@rianaviljoen454 5 жыл бұрын

Love this song reminds me of my husband

@sammylee2429 5 жыл бұрын

15 June 2019 Melbourne Australia...what a song, wow !!!!!

@perception913 5 жыл бұрын

Never stopped listening!

@mrs.o3992 5 жыл бұрын

June 2019

@gonefishing218 9 жыл бұрын

I'm listen to this for my Dear wife who went to heaven last year!! We had it all! It might not have been in Key Largo, but it was everywhere were ever we were!

@Cotronixco 9 жыл бұрын

gonefishing218 She's in the grave. If she was a saint (repented), she'll be resurrected to life when Christ returns.

@TracyTodd2199 9 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry gonefishing. I understand heart pain.

@NattyBumppo48 9 жыл бұрын

+gonefishing218 She sleeps my friend, and waits for His return....

@jbjohnson2927 9 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss gone fishing god we help you thru your pain

@gonefishing218 9 жыл бұрын

Jb Johnson thank you!! anyone tells you it gets easier with time, it doesn't for me!! God bless

@michaelfortner973 4 ай бұрын

That's what music is supposed to sound like. Good ole days. The best time

@dannygutierrez8010 Жыл бұрын

I remember taking Vietnam refugees to thrift stores and walmart. (1982). This was on a school bus 50 passenger bus as a Sw'er. These were good times. Now, I have a stroke. I'm 68 years young. May GOD give me 35-45 more years so I can teach.

@raccoon874 Жыл бұрын

why did god give you a stroke

@gj_lyricmelodist1610 3 ай бұрын

How deep

@Robert-xe2jl 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when this song came out. I couldn't get enough of it. That was a long time ago, and I still come back to it here or on itunes. Absolutely timeless. Here's lookin' at you, Bertie.

@Smiling_styling_ostrich 2 жыл бұрын

A Classic

@kimr.2284 2 жыл бұрын

YES INDEED!👍

@jamesbrown6385 2 жыл бұрын

Awe the 80's beautiful!

@stevencrough6569 2 жыл бұрын

God love you

@CarterKey6 2 жыл бұрын

Lol I’m not sure I remember it coming out because I would have been a baby but I still love coming back to it. A classic

@drewbrees4408 4 жыл бұрын

So let me get this straight... Quarantine has brought us all back to legendary songs like Key Largo

@angies2389 4 жыл бұрын

One at a time, we are finding our way back....

@josephfdanza4937 4 жыл бұрын

@@angies2389 Well it's about time!! Liberals have almost destroyed us and the world as we know it. The pendelium is going the other way!!!!!!

@slomaj 4 жыл бұрын

So true..it something good in everything🎶

@lydialillico7596 4 жыл бұрын

I was always listening 😘

@PebblyPirate 4 жыл бұрын

Legendary is questionable, but, yeah, this song has been drifting in and out of my consciousness for a few days now.

@iolanisjourney4828 2 жыл бұрын

My Mom's favorite song. She would play it over and over again. 💜🎼💜

@Jalba1219 Жыл бұрын

My Moms also !!!!!that’s what brought me here she’s gone 20 years this year good memories

@erichsh58 10 ай бұрын

This song was playing over and over again when I gave my fiance her engagement ring at Pal's Cabin in West Orange, NJ. I would give anything to go back to that point in my life.

@MrDan708 3 жыл бұрын

I was a South Florida resident when this song exploded. It was all over radio, both on Top-40 stations and adult-contemporary. 13 million youtube views says this song has some staying power!

@johnbell1810 3 жыл бұрын

and the bumper to bumper traffic all the way to the key west.

@serenatwilite4005 2 жыл бұрын

I had just moved to Florida about the time this came out, and then it was followed by Miami Vice being a huge hit. Jimmy Buffett was still big at the time too, it reminded me a lot of his "Come Monday", kind of a similar laid back sound. Those early 80's seemed like such easy, breezy days compared to now. People weren't quite sure how to follow the excitement of the 70's, and everybody was just kind of laid back, letting the 80's settle into place, wondering what path things would take next. It felt like a great time to be in Florida and soaking up the tropical vibe on the beaches, and at the tiki bars and cocktail lounges ( remember the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail"?), it was the perfect atmosphere for it. This song was kind of one of the last of the songs that still had a 70's sound to it, after that it was all about the new wave and the British bands hitting it big. I will always love this song and thrilled to see so many others feel the same.

@forgottonbabyforgottendeca1483 2 жыл бұрын

Ask him about when he used to sing in the bar in Illinois back in the day;-)

@timmy1874 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, heavy rotation on JOY 107 in the 80s🤣

@ronaldbogucki796 2 жыл бұрын

never gets old together for 55 yrs. married 52 yrs. "Yes here's looking at you kid"!

@scook5998 4 ай бұрын

My first grown up love and my first real broken heart. I loved that man like I've never loved anyone else. His ex came back and they remarried for their kid's sake. I never really got over him. He's been gone now for a few years. I still miss him and everytime I hear this song, those beautiful memories flood in of that winter together in that old house with the big fireplace. ❤

@JackieSkellington Ай бұрын

Never underestimate the power of a song ❤‍🩹

@maryjohnson4189nnkb Ай бұрын

Oh my goodness what a handsome man!! Love this song even in July 2024

@lonnievieu1308 3 жыл бұрын

Songs like this never gets old at least to me, I enjoyed it in the 80s and still love it in 2021

@redneck568 2 жыл бұрын

I love the 80s music the order I get and the more my kids and people make fun of me because of my hairstyle '80s never left me and I never left the '80s I don't care what your year it is

@jamesperry2497 2 жыл бұрын

May 2022

@theinh7451 2 жыл бұрын

I'm love this song.😊😊♥️♥️

@johnloudaros800 2 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this song 24/7. I remember playing it for my wife while driving from Miami to Key West. She instantly fell in love with this song

@richbrake9910 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy Lonnie, You'll never hear music this good again.

@johnnydingo8680 3 жыл бұрын

It has become a classic. There is no other song like this.

@Amaberean Жыл бұрын

Yeah there is. Real World by Alan Jackson

@MyLife-ij4tf Жыл бұрын

what they teach kids these days.. desantis gives parents some rights

@johnnydingo8680 Жыл бұрын

@@Amaberean Your ears must hear something other than mine 😊

@PS-hv7on 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't heard this gem in decades. Gives me a warm feeling.

@MultiSilberpfeil Жыл бұрын

Unforgettable moments.... the eighties... "Key Largo"... pure romantic top class, both lyrically and musically including a song with an international message for young and old. Bertie Higgins... pure youth sentiment...!

@tomhoffmann6442 Жыл бұрын

I love her singing 🎉

@wildrootvnam1645 4 жыл бұрын

Born in 1950. Served 26 months Vietnam flying helicopters and just never stopped loving this song!

@dennycox205 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome home, brother. Spent 19 in rice country

@e.romero9309 3 жыл бұрын

Thanking You BOTH for your service. And may your memories this song brings You Bring A huge smile to your faces!!!! ❤❤

@rickymartin1968 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome Home...

@eddiefarris1273 3 жыл бұрын

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@aspirecan4829 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@marionhayman33 2 жыл бұрын

This song brings back memories from a happier time in my life

@tomhoffmann6442 Жыл бұрын

Here's looking at you kid!

@debbiegentrup3010 Жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@Wil_Liam1 Жыл бұрын

Me too.. I still miss her to this day..

@gilbertoreyes8413 Жыл бұрын

This Song is 40 Years old!! I was 20 years old in 1982 and I feel young everytime I heard it again ☺️

@jeffmartin9557 Жыл бұрын

There are songs and then there's Earth moving hits like this that never age or die.... and I thank God for that. What a great song. Thank you Bertie for sharing with the world and now all these years later.

@all4musica 6 жыл бұрын

For a short while my late husband and I lived in the Keys.... Here's to you kid!💖💖☘☘

@GR8SCOT22 5 жыл бұрын

If Christopher Cross is the Captain of Yacht Rock, Bertie was his 1st mate. The guy oozes chilled out

@nikkivenable3700 5 жыл бұрын

This comment is literally everything!

@oprah1236 4 жыл бұрын

Romantic song..👍👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼great memories

@michaelkenny7652 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@nygirl7195 3 жыл бұрын

Then would you say Jimmy Buffett was their cool cousin?

@GR8SCOT22 3 жыл бұрын

@@nygirl7195 guiding force uncle

@mariascott5968 2 жыл бұрын

I’m 17 and me and my mom have been singing this since i was 7 and it will never get old #memories ❤️

@lakeside93 Жыл бұрын

This song was the soundtrack to my first marriage falling apart. I even remember quoting ".... I love you still, baby this can't be the end". Bittersweet memories

@timelessmusicfamilymusic9175 6 жыл бұрын

This song gets better as time goes by😊💽❤👍

@claryruiz5501 5 жыл бұрын

Love this song

@joemasters2270 5 жыл бұрын

Damn skippy! :)

@seekatree2019 5 жыл бұрын

YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD !

@thehitman8026 5 жыл бұрын

Other creepy videos of men with kids 1. Benny Mardones - Into the night 2. Gilbert O Sullivan - Clair

@dianelewis5355 5 жыл бұрын

Timelessmusic Familymusic yes,it does

@robertpotter1265 6 жыл бұрын

The 80's WE had it all. All those great songs 👫

@billbelzek6748 5 жыл бұрын

Takes me right back to 1982 --- when I was in 7th grade and loving my Atari 2600 game system !!

@bluejeans1773 4 жыл бұрын

Got that right ❤😎👍

@Kgio-2112 4 жыл бұрын

And the feel was different. People were more real. Maybe it was the mindset... cause i haven't changed.

@Kgio-2112 4 жыл бұрын

@@billbelzek6748 yes! Combat, river raid, so many classics.

@TheMapkiss 9 ай бұрын

Bertie once supported himself as a sponge diver, and began his career in show business at the age of twelve as a ventriloquist. No wonder his voice is so unique as he would have built up lung capacity. He was also a drummer for Tommy Roe. So yes he had it all and made the most of it co-writing this song and making it one of the most memorable songs of all time. Once you hear it he hooks you like a Tarpon so that you have to keep playing it over and over again flooding you with memories of that special love you had and maybe lost and your life was never the same again.

@user-xo9xv1ed7b Жыл бұрын

This takes me back to my younger year with a sweetheart that lasted 56 years. It brings tears of joy such fond memories.

@AdventureswithRoger 3 жыл бұрын

A long time ago, my Mother was sick and very anxious. I bought her a book about natural healing. It suggested listening to “Key Largo” to reduce stress, and it helped her calm down and stop worrying. So here I am, roughly 22 years later, listening to your song and feeling the calm! Thank-you Bertie, for a song that’s helped people more than you’ll ever know!

@keithrobertson3358 3 жыл бұрын

You listen to these songs you don't have to see the world as it falls....go back to years before and feel the piece. Me and my grandkids listen to this song every week here in Key Largo

@christineadams1284 3 жыл бұрын

Yes Thats why I am here. 💕💕💕

@CH67guy1 Жыл бұрын

Before music was profane. What a classy and classic song!

@naudianeels1328 Жыл бұрын

I agree. Ahhh the good ole days ❤️😉🎶

@irsalman Жыл бұрын

"wrapped around each other" is profane! Society will always change and the music will change to keep in step.

@michelewalburn4376 Жыл бұрын

Your music didn't shock your parents? Come on. Music breaks down barriers. Ours did and now theirs is. Maybe if we weren't so bad they wouldn't have to work so hard to shock us. Ever think about that?

@alexpastor8582 Жыл бұрын

yes music changes through time, today's music has morphed into feces

@privatename3621 2 ай бұрын

@@michelewalburn4376 No. You're wrong. Forget Rap and Hip Hop music with its constant race to the bottom on vile lyrics (I'm looking at you Cardi B and your disgusting WAP song). But when you see today's radio friendly pop artists constantly dropping F-bombs (I'm looking at you Olivia Rodrigo) in their explicit versions of so many of their songs (even freaking Taylor Swift has jumped on this terrible trend) ...that is the difference. Except for very rare cases, swearing in songs was just not a thing in past generations. Now it seems difficult for some artists to avoid doing it. And, like their stupid tattoos, vaping, and body piercings, it seems that cussing in music is also a big part of today's "rebel youth" counterculture. And unfortunately, these are the people whom todays' 6, 7 and 8 year olds aspire to be and will repeat what they see and hear.

@lisaelliott839 Жыл бұрын

This song takes me back to 1993.. My husband took me to Key Largo for the first time. We did have it all back then but we took it for granted and thought it would last forever. I'd give anything to go back there with him one more time...

@samuelhibron8567 Жыл бұрын

I feel the same about taking life for granted. I don't know how to enjoy it until it's a long passed memory. Maybe that's how it's supposed to be? I visited Key Largo back in the 90's with my former wife. We loved it and it was very beautiful at the state park there. Our baby is now in her 30's, was always with us on trips. Great memories.

@lc.c6835 4 жыл бұрын

Not only is this an exceptional song, the story behind the song is special, and for me, it brings back fond memories - a special era.

@marshalljarvissr1182 3 жыл бұрын

I knew some what about it just can't remember. It's been a while

@mabeleem4432 3 жыл бұрын

General Hospital, when even the guys were watching, LOL.

@tammimccormick7300 3 жыл бұрын

Rebe M Luke and holly themes ❤️

@lc.c6835 3 жыл бұрын

@@mabeleem4432 I know I was...shhh

@christineadams1284 3 жыл бұрын

@@mabeleem4432 Yes, I just watched the video of Luke tearing up his room on the boat holding Laura's pink dress, screaming & crying, I am still crying. I had to come and listen to this song, I usually listen to it about 10 times in a row. Luke & Laura Forever. 💕💕💕💕💕

@jon02002 4 жыл бұрын

My dad loved this tune so much he asked me to make him a cassette of it on repeat. He'd listen to that 120 minute tape for hours back in '82.

@whyicare 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps this song reminds him of a love relationship he once had.

@thenightporter 2 жыл бұрын

So nice of you to do that

@serenatwilite4005 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a story! Thanks for sharing that, as a singer myself I'm very touched to know a song could mean that much to someone. It must have had some deep meaning for him, even if it might have been just about the sound of it really soothing him in some way. I've had songs I loved where just the sound of it really got to my emotions.

@jon02002 Жыл бұрын

@@whyicare I'll say that he was a HUGE Boogie and Bacall fan. Yes, he found the tune to be very nostalgic. Thank you.

@livealittle1100 Жыл бұрын

Music takes you right back to those precious intangible moments you ache for.

@David-cz4xm Жыл бұрын

Dear Mr Higgins just wanted to let you know I am a disc jockey and have a large vinyl collection. And your music is among that collection. Great Work!!

@flajim 3 жыл бұрын

Bertie, I was the music director and midday DJ in South Carolina when Cat Family Records released this song. We played this thing in rotation even after MCA records wanted us to send it back because they were re-releasing it. The listeners were more important and they wanted to hear the song, sooo... we replaced the record when the newer release came in. Years later and living on Amelia Island Florida, you and your band came and played at the Shrimp Festival. Great memories, man. Thank you.

@jamie_po2176 4 жыл бұрын

if you still listening to this type of music in 2020 you are special 🍀❤

@mabeleem4432 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, so are you !

@hotcoffee1271 3 жыл бұрын

this is at least better than cardi b's pussy song

@1812Katy 3 жыл бұрын

And so is this music.

@tammyobrien240 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@judisholar2272 3 жыл бұрын

Well thank you!!!❤❤❤ It's just so sweet of you to say such a nice thing!! As a nice southern woman I'd like to say bless your little heart.

@jayweiss4378 2 жыл бұрын

Close your eyes and it takes you back to the 1980s - love it

@howiewill Жыл бұрын

I’ve been listening to this song for 41 years and saw the video first time ever today… what a mind trip. ❤

@thomasbranham4374 3 жыл бұрын

I listen to this song, with tears in my eyes because I miss my first real love. We truly had it all, just like Bogie and Bacall. Even though I’m happily married to a woman that I truly love, nothing can ever compare to the love me and my first true love shared

@whyicare 3 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel. I was in love with a woman who was married with a child. She and her husband were in a tumultuous relationship that it is a matter of time it would end in a divorce. I tried to wait it out instead being a homewrecker. Then surprisingly, she had another child with her husband. I was in my early 30s and I thought perhaps I was wrong, their marriage would last. I decided it was time to look elsewhere I am not getting any younger. Soon I met another woman who would end up to be my wife. I gave a wedding invitation card to her, and she said she's planning to get a divorce. I couldn't leave my fiance. Soon she ended her marriage. With two children, she remarried to a wealthy man who was at least 18 years older than she was. This was over 20 years ago.

@RobertStinnett 3 жыл бұрын

Back when music touched you and was something special... love this song.

@davidcarney1827 Жыл бұрын

Back then songs were catchy and beautiful. Went with the times Naturally. Miss the 80s but thank God the music never went away

@candacejones3059 2 жыл бұрын

Love this song. Did I say, I love this song? Yes, I did! ❤️❤️❤️

@monke.2191 Жыл бұрын

🎯📈🧬

@shellos8 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! I haven't heard this song in 30+ years. Within 30 seconds I was transported back to a time long, long ago.

5 жыл бұрын

a time long, long ago ... to key largo... HA!

@benlee913 5 жыл бұрын

No you weren't you're just a nut

@crisgonzaba7751 4 жыл бұрын

, 💟‼🔥💥🎷🎸🎤🎧🎻⚡‼⚡‼💟‼💟🔥🎸‼‼🎤‼🎧‼💟🔥🔥💟⚡💟

@artvandelay1967 4 жыл бұрын

damn, just posted basically the same experience.... we had it all...... and instant flood of lyrics and memories.

@yaboiiiogre1332 4 жыл бұрын

First time I ever heard this was in Key largo of all places.

@jackwessels9189 5 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone NOT love this song. Great memories.

@davidwadsworth8982 3 жыл бұрын

Jack, they got no heart and spend every second of their pathetic lives ALONE with their right hand. No discrimination from me ,left hand too.

@silverowlthrifter Жыл бұрын

I was about 22 and worked at a restaurant. There was this one bartender who was kind of a hard soul and sometimes could be a real jerk. But he loved old Humphrey Bogart movies. We would talk about them sometimes and whenever I hear this song I think of him.

@goodcitizen4587 11 ай бұрын

How many times has been memory been tickled by this song. It's one of the best ever songs.

@gjoemerc1143 2 жыл бұрын

This type of music is a medicine for anxiety and depression, I just chill out😇😌😌

@jackiemaupin5356 2 жыл бұрын

You are so right. 💞

@franciscoflores3718 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just quietly listening to all the songs I grew up with in my yard now, wish u could be here and enjoy them with everyone who grew up loving these Beautiful songs.

@lediashields9611 Жыл бұрын

This and a tropical drink do it 4 me

@chicagorainbow8935 Жыл бұрын

You Ain't Never Lied!!!!🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈

@toddbob55 4 жыл бұрын

Such a relaxing song they don't make songs like this anymore.

@jamesmaass8929 Жыл бұрын

Played this song many times on the radio during my alleged radio career in the great northwest. There was always something special about this song. It just touches you . Now I'm an old man with my clock winding down. I hope this song is never forgotten..life passes you in the blink of an eye

@paulweber3962 25 күн бұрын

I was a DJ back then too. Just as The Pina Colada Song finally fizzled this one came out. We called it housewife music. Ah, but guess what was on the horizon in 1983? "Ride Like The Wind".....ugh.

@anabelrhaburn3116 Жыл бұрын

I was born in 83, and I'm so in love with this song and what it represents. A time when everyone and everything was real.

@hawkeye1836 4 жыл бұрын

Just like Bogie & Bacall, better times, better memories. COVID 19 now, sometimes life ain't fair. God Bless all who made it through, to those who didn't, may you R.I.P.

@TheSpaLife69 2 жыл бұрын

Older men rock!!!

@hawkeye1836 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpaLife69 Agreed 💯%

@theirishgirl6809 3 жыл бұрын

I had it all once, and then it was all taken away... 30 + years later... my heart is still broken... What a blessing it is when you have love, enduring love...

@user-xj4ko9xl9x 4 ай бұрын

I understand. How beautifully sad.

@koniroyval9557 2 жыл бұрын

I feel decades younger and so happy whenever I hear this song! Sad no one ever KNOWS just when the best time of their lives are. Love now,love now,all we have IS now. Enjoy every moment of each day. It is the best. Miss music such as this so very much.

@pathfinder1962 Жыл бұрын

Bertie this song is as fresh today as it was when you first released in way back In the early 1980s. It's definitely a true classic

@eurodelano 3 жыл бұрын

Who down votes the Key Largo song?! And growing up near the Keys in south Dade County in 1981 when this song hit was a special time. It even inspired my oldest sister and her new husband, who married in 1981, to honeymoon in Key Largo.

@michaelbruns449 2 жыл бұрын

A serious musical contender for the most beautiful soft rock song of the 1980s. "We Can Find It Once Again, I Know"

@edgesage7729 Жыл бұрын

You know what's amazing about this song is the fond memories of my parents playing this song in the 80s on Fridays and Saturday nights with their 33s and 45s. I always remember my father in particular singing it; my mother would chime in on the female part. I can relate with an ex - kinda, when we moved from Central NY winter time 2014 to here in FL. And come to find out, I live about 45 minutes away from where it was filmed! Talk about small world. But yep, wouldn't we all want what Bogie and Bacall had - in Key Largo 😁

@pappinr 3 жыл бұрын

One of my all-time favourites from the 80s. So many great memories.

@s.l.3673 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song, its melody soothing and easy. I used to stay by my radio, and would get so happy when the tune came on. Bring back nice '80s memory.

@elizabethspicer9019 2 жыл бұрын

Bertie, this song is so beautiful. I woke up this morning and your song came into my ❤ heart and had my husband listen to it. Thank you 😊God bless you and your wife and family too

@mikhailbraggs3822 10 ай бұрын

I remember as a teenager, when I bought that particular song and album, back in New Orleans. I still love that song! It gives me goosebumps, just to hear it again, on this site!! 😄

@krishauch9601 10 жыл бұрын

This was one of my dad's favorite songs. Now that he's passed away, I feel like it helps me remember him, while helping me hold on to the nostalgia of my childhood. Love this!

@irmacavazos8186 Жыл бұрын

Married 50+ years. We went to Maimi in the 90s and drove on highway 1 all the way to Key West to eat. Stopped at Key Largo just to take pictures. We were so happy just to be there. We were fans of Bogie and Bacall! He is been gone 7 years but these songs keeps him here with me. ❤️❤️

@paulcrosby540 2 жыл бұрын

This song is so beautiful that it’s downright rare, in a class all by itself. I loved it when it was new, and I still love it, to this much later day. Bertie, thank you for creating it, and for sharing it with the the rest of us.

@jeffreyspatzspatz3863 Жыл бұрын

Remembered interviewing you in a concert in Tampa wishing you much Joy and many moments that make you smile you certainly gave your Joy freely away with thith this song ❤️

@monke.2191 Жыл бұрын

🥊

@redsed1565 2 жыл бұрын

What a classic. Everything was more beautiful back then! The women the music the wine!

@sharonhusby8943 Жыл бұрын

Its now 2023 and I could never get enough of this song. Reminds me of someone. Blake i will never forget you!❤😊

@thereselegendre9030 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone still listening to this song Or just me :/ I so remember 1982😎 This is the kind of love that I want, complete, pure, honest love ❤❤

@billbelzek6748 5 жыл бұрын

This song instantly takes me back to 1982 --- when I was in 7th grade and life in the 80's was GOOD

@larrydambrosio2960 4 жыл бұрын

Love this song it has alot of heart.

@larrydambrosio2960 4 жыл бұрын

Saw a interview with him and his girlfriend came back to him after hearing this song.

@philmarinebuckland-abdine6933 4 жыл бұрын

I was in high school then loved the song

@phantomcollector1976 4 жыл бұрын

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS OF ALL TIME

@Free_Samples 2 жыл бұрын

I remember my mom recorded this music video off of MTV in the 80s and listened to it over and over. Now as an adult I still listen to it and it brings back memories of a better time.

@davidwadsworth8982 8 жыл бұрын

anybody who says they don't like this tune is flat out a liar.

@catalinamartinez1033 8 жыл бұрын

+David Wadsworth lol..yup true!!

@werearethedreamteam3724 8 жыл бұрын

+David Wadsworth nice and smooth thats the way i like it..lol

@werearethedreamteam3724 8 жыл бұрын

+Catalina Martinez i feel a a little spanish influence in the song,dont cha thiink..haha

@catalinamartinez1033 8 жыл бұрын

hector vega I would say yes..that Hawaiian guitar gives it that sound:)

@davidwadsworth8982 8 жыл бұрын

true dancing and romancing music. Today where did all the romance go, so dam sad it's gone.

@seniorsurveyor 6 жыл бұрын

I lived in Key West in '73 and '74. This song always takes me back to those days. Love it.

@candipurple4405 Жыл бұрын

Me fixating on a random video from the early 80’s … Bertie was born in Tarpon Springs Fl, The lady in the video was 17 years old, and Mr. Higgins is still alive and touring!!