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Honey Cone - Want Ads (1971) | TV Appearance
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4 жыл бұрынHoney Cone was an American R&B and soul all-girl vocal group, who are best remembered for their Billboard #1 hit single, "Want Ads". They were the premier female group for Hot Wax Records, operated by Holland-Dozier-Holland after they had departed from Motown Records.
Honey Cone was formed by lead singer Edna Wright (sister of Darlene Love) with Carolyn Willis and Shelly Clark in 1969. They were the newly created Hot Wax Records' first signing to the fledgling record label. The trio had previous musical experience with Willis, a member of Girlfriends, Clark an ex-member of the Ikettes, and Wright, a member of a gospel group the Cogics. Wright and Willis were also "part-time" members of Love's group The Blossoms.
Honey Cone and Hot Wax's debut single "While You're Out Looking for Sugar" peaked at #26 on Billboard's R&B chart, but the follow-up "Girls, It Ain't Easy," reached #8 on the same listing. Their third release "Want Ads" proved to be their biggest success, topping both the R&B and pop chart, selling over one million copies, awarded with a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in May 1971. - wikipedia
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@user-xn2rw4bi6t 5 ай бұрын
This song only gets better and better who’s with me 2024
@EpitomeofALady22 4 ай бұрын
Right here! I have the 45!
@user-xn2rw4bi6t 4 ай бұрын
@@EpitomeofALady22 sweet
@Mike-yg8ig 3 ай бұрын
Edna Wright had sick talent.
@1goldbaby 2 ай бұрын
Legendary!!
@daisysos Ай бұрын
@@EpitomeofALady22 I wish I had this on vinyl 🙂Lucky!!
@henrycraig4150 5 ай бұрын
Listening in 2024 Real Music Never Dies ❤
@clarencewright9841 2 жыл бұрын
Can't believe that is 1971, sound so fresh, way ahead of their time
@gtripmusic2906 Жыл бұрын
It was #1 too. I'm getting Jay Z / Kanye vibes in the beats with the Chipmunk Soul vibes
@AntwhaleNearfar 5 ай бұрын
Sounds a lot like a Jackson 5 track.
@57highland 3 ай бұрын
@@AntwhaleNearfarThere was some kind of connection between the label that issued this song ("Hot Wax") and Motown. Forgot what it was.
@AntwhaleNearfar 3 ай бұрын
Specifically “Sugar Daddy”.
@57highland Ай бұрын
@@guyintenn That's right, I forgot. HDH also had something to do with Invictus Records, I think, which issued The Chairmen of The Board. Correct? (or no?)
@JeffTheGent 2 жыл бұрын
🕊 Rest in Peace to Edna Wright, 2/2/45 - 9/12/20, who led this song to perfection! 🎤 🎼
@danielrae861 Жыл бұрын
And as always the Funk Brothers provide the finest backing track to her and the Honey Combs vocal
@matthewtaylor6564 Жыл бұрын
If I happen to find a ticket back to the past, I'm going back to these times. Best times and music ever....
@donnaeast4845 3 ай бұрын
These are the golden oldies
@trifectakush 4 жыл бұрын
That’s my Godmother Shelly Clark!!! Honey Cone got that fire 🔥 🔥 🔥
@yococomanolo 4 жыл бұрын
Trifecta Kush is she still living?
@trifectakush 4 жыл бұрын
yococomanolo yes she is, in great condition lol she still looks like a supermodel. I see her everyday.
@yococomanolo 4 жыл бұрын
Trifecta Kush yassss tell her I said slay on 🙌🏿
@tsbonner 4 жыл бұрын
@@trifectakush Awesome! I loved this group when they came out...I was only 8! :-)
@pausetapemedia7942 4 жыл бұрын
Whoa!😯 your Grandmother did she get paid from the Sample of this song by Mary Mary???
@ThePassionOfTheMarc 4 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1971 but their hair, the dance and their voices are what I love about the 1970s. Beautiful women.
@jamesfox2579 Жыл бұрын
I've loved this song for 52 years!💕
@Michelles222 6 ай бұрын
Same here!
@Da_GrandiMan 5 ай бұрын
Mee2 !
@crsmith845 Ай бұрын
Meeeee 3❤
@glindaconard4363 2 жыл бұрын
Young people this real music 😍❤️
@luciverdad4834 4 жыл бұрын
The lead singer is Edna Wright, sister of Darlene Love. The lady on the left with the long hair is Shelly Clark. Shelly was an Ikette with Ike & Tina Turner in the 1960s, she has been married to Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire since 1980.
@SouthSideRalph1 4 жыл бұрын
Shelly fiiirrre even by 2020 standards!
@debrawilliams7983 4 жыл бұрын
Luci nln Great 👍
@lawsonj39 4 жыл бұрын
Edna's the only one you can hear---not that I'm complaining.
@FunkyBruja 4 жыл бұрын
Really? Wow...
@bowlegg41smith71 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that info
@marysmith2615 Жыл бұрын
I love this song. I grew up listening to old school music. My mom had a nice collection of old records. The beautiful sister in the middle is so smooth when she dance. I love watching her.
@Da_GrandiMan 5 ай бұрын
The one on the end is my new cutie ! (53 yrs late 😮)
@Visionary0001 2 жыл бұрын
My mom used to sing this in the kitchen when I was a toddler, while my dad was fighting in Vietnam.
@ragingbull3157 5 күн бұрын
Wow 🙀
@vos6136 2 жыл бұрын
A beautiful time back then....No twerking, No cussing.....
@samuelpajoa215 2 жыл бұрын
I agree 💯%😀
@misstoyaj 2 жыл бұрын
People cursed and twerked (or whatever provocative dance) back then. My grandma is 80 and said they use to do a dance called The Dog. She curse like a sailor too 😆 Not sure why people romanticize back in the day as if them folks wasn't wild! Anyway great song!
@imrickjamesbiiiiitchhh6161 2 жыл бұрын
@@misstoyaj *oh yeah they were wild!! Only difference with then and now is kids didn't have easy access to to raunchy music back then. Also, they didn't play raunchy music on the radio. Very clear separation for the inappropriate vs the family-friendly stuff, but nowdays,parents are like "fukk it, my kids can cuss twerk and listen to nasty music 🤷🏻♀️"*
@imrickjamesbiiiiitchhh6161 2 жыл бұрын
*there were cussin songs back then, but ppl WERE more respectful back then too,, yes.*
@57highland Жыл бұрын
@@imrickjamesbiiiiitchhh6161 There was only occasional twerking but today it's the rule, it's in your face. And there was no cussing, that I remember. They didn't need that stuff, because they had real talent.
@Investinyourselfdarling 2 жыл бұрын
They look like they enjoyed singing this together ❤ heard this a zillion times in my mom home.
@feralLove 3 жыл бұрын
These lovely ladies singing have me remembering how much more wholesome and laid back the vibe was back then. Love the song and the "hot pants" when they were in fashion!
@mssg2707 5 ай бұрын
I remember this song as a kid. I loved hearing it on the radio and my mom singing it.
@rayjonest.v7258 3 жыл бұрын
R.I.P miss Edna Wright love your group the Honey cone, your voice will last forever.
@falanajerido875 3 жыл бұрын
Which one edna?
@kevinsupreme2514 2 жыл бұрын
@@falanajerido875 Lead singer....
@GizmoFromPizmo 7 ай бұрын
The radio played the HELL out of this song. I got SO tired of it. And 60-years later, I'm looking it up on KZfaq. 😄 Nice hot pants, tho, for real!
@BrianFootwork Жыл бұрын
GIFTED voices, simple funky DANCING, and gifted sound....and pretty.
@gli7utubeo 3 ай бұрын
Wow, a live performance of this great record. Awesome.
@shannadixon2265 4 жыл бұрын
My beautiful black women, I was born in the early eighties and I love the older songs
@jamiesmith6838 4 жыл бұрын
A time when songs made people feel good and optimistic about the future.
@shannadixon2265 4 жыл бұрын
Jamie Smith I bet🖤🖤🖤
@obdiane 4 жыл бұрын
I miss black women with our natural healthy shapes. Instead of the false narrative that we all are, "super thick' and fat, with queen ant shapes. Sigh..
@brockcureton2989 4 жыл бұрын
INDEED
@brockcureton2989 4 жыл бұрын
Im33 beautiful women bas in the days
@peternilsson7133 2 жыл бұрын
She has an amazing voice.
@TafariMosi Жыл бұрын
She reminds me of Jennifer Hudsan
@Dragon129Slayer 3 ай бұрын
great song and vocal, brings back memories of the old days
@AirForceFalcons_9922 4 жыл бұрын
Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee....LOVE this old jam. My older sister played this on her 45 record player every day. Had me singing with her. Of course I was around 4 or 5 years old and only joined in the song with my fabulous "Extra! Extra! Read all about it". You couldn't tell me I wasn't a baby honeycone as my sister called me Lol! Lord knows I miss being a child in the 70's...Life was great back then in D.C.
@reelblack 4 жыл бұрын
A great memory. What did you pretend was your microphone?
@AirForceFalcons_9922 4 жыл бұрын
@@reelblack My Playschool airplane 😂😂😂😂😂😂 You would think a Barbie doll or a brush, but not me. I had to be extra-extra and sing into a huge indestructible toy airplane... Smh
@ccth22 4 жыл бұрын
@reelblack...as usual you’ve struck gold! Do you think you’ll be able to get “For The Love Of Ivy” starring Sidney Poitier & Abbey Lincoln?
@bridgetcafarella3693 4 жыл бұрын
I am a white girl born in 1969 and I love this type and era of music this is actually the first time I have heard of this group but I love them.When I was little my fav songs were Freida Paynes Band of Gold,Betty Wright The Cleanup Woman anything by Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell and Rocking Robin by the Jackson Five and Bubbling Brown Sugar which I forgot who sang it.I was a white girl who grew up listening to all types of music Soul,R&B ,Do Wop,Elvis,Credence Clearwater Revival,James Brown etc. I appreciate that my parents exposed me to different types of music !
@mangot589 4 жыл бұрын
bridget cafarella ‘60 here . I haven’t heard this in a LOOONNNG time, but I still remembered quite a bit of the the words. And the Clean Up Woman! I remembered that for years! And is now on my iPod lol. That, in my opinion is is the greatest thing about these newfangled gadgets. Man, we can get some great tunes on them, can’t we? And still for the price of a 45👍.
@maricaphilpott6852 4 жыл бұрын
I love old school music. I was 6 years old when that song came out.
@DJWOLFLIVE 4 жыл бұрын
Marica Philpott So was i
@dfelicia3809 4 жыл бұрын
I love it...I was 5 and it’s funny how you can remember lyrics.
@couponnation 3 жыл бұрын
I was 9 years old.
@wandaboynton2021 2 жыл бұрын
I was 7,8
@ivanleg 2 жыл бұрын
Yep I was born in 65 too
@martyklaus6051 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent song back in 1971 still listen to it today 50 years later
@TWTR4EVER 4 жыл бұрын
The Honey Cone string of Hits like "Want Ads", "Stick Up" and "One Monkey" solidified them on Pop and R&B Music in the 1970's
@andreschavez5565 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@kshinokevin Ай бұрын
One Monkey (Don't Stop No Show)
@tiffanym.walker6596 3 жыл бұрын
RIP Edna Wright 🙏🏽❤
@ronaldmoore7440 4 жыл бұрын
Heard this song a million times and this is the first time I've seen it performed
@annettelacen6805 3 жыл бұрын
They performed this song on the first episode of Soul Train.
@isaiahwinbrone 4 жыл бұрын
When music was good and fun
@AirForceFalcons_9922 4 жыл бұрын
FACT 💯
@donaldlemmons6098 4 жыл бұрын
I remember them on that Tv night with grandma, mom and aunties
@jaybird8192 4 жыл бұрын
Fact! When the music was so good! I need a time machine to take me back there for a while!
@isaiahwinbrone 4 жыл бұрын
@@jaybird8192 if they made a Time machine by now
@dabigdikdangler 4 жыл бұрын
I guess you had to be there cause this is an average radio song to me, there's nothing special about it (and I listen to Soul music)
@GeoffErvin 4 жыл бұрын
Who's listening in 2019
@denisewhite9085 4 жыл бұрын
Wow..awesome
@blaqlight1918 4 жыл бұрын
Me!!! And I love it!!
@hopehendrick869 4 жыл бұрын
Memories....I was 11 y/o and loved it though I didn't really get it then. LOL!!!
@colelovechocolate3489 4 жыл бұрын
Born n 1965 Houston,tx and must I miss those times in acres home sub division
@BlaqueCzar 4 жыл бұрын
Just found ths song today. This sounds like clean up man in a way and they resemble an old school Desitiny's Child!
@mikewaine5433 2 жыл бұрын
Born in 64 remember this being played on the radio... along with Freda Payne...and loved the Supremes and Four Tops...my parents were huge Motown and the like fans...my band mates don't even know I am a huge fan of this genre of music...Holland Dozier Holland were the greatest song writers on the planet IMHO...would love to do a HDH tribute act..,but I am an old white long haired Rocker...so I don't see anyone taking me seriously...but I will keep searching....maybe some day...
@57highland Жыл бұрын
I loved the songs "Band of Gold" (Freda Payne) and "Up The Ladder To The Roof" (Supremes) and "Keeper of The Castle" (Four Tops).
@Mike-yg8ig 3 ай бұрын
@@57highland I love Diana, but "Up the Ladder" is the greatest Supremes song ever. Jeannie Terrell kills it, great voice never given her due credit.
@olesolja1407 4 жыл бұрын
This jam is still as HOT as it was when it was first released. Great memories.
@daisysos Ай бұрын
Why can't I get enough of this little gem- and in 2024!!! 🙂
@astrocross180 3 жыл бұрын
Man I have not heard this song in years brings good memories when I was young.
@carlosbright9615 3 жыл бұрын
I remember this song very well. I was in high school when this song came out. Damn, I am now old. Where did the time go? 😭
@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын
❤this song : &;; great 1970s song
@SilentProtagonistEARD 3 жыл бұрын
2021 anyone?.. We need these golden gems to resurface..
@unknownperson4732 3 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Mrs. Wright I grew up listening to your music. Every time I hear want ads I get up and dance. Well done rest on my sister
@bridgetgregory3876 4 жыл бұрын
This is the early 70's. I was in elementary school when this song came out. Outstanding music.
@philliprobinson-muhammad2034 4 жыл бұрын
The vibe is exciting and relaxing at the same time, if that makes sense.
@evelynvelasquez7999 4 жыл бұрын
Love this song 💜
@ericmoore402 3 жыл бұрын
How are you doing today my name is Eric
@delroyjeffers7340 3 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace Edna Wright. You have fulfilled your mission on earth.
@shirleyreyes7130 10 ай бұрын
Wow brings back memories❤
@tamanikahill6613 4 жыл бұрын
This is when natural beauty was everything!!!! And still is!!!! 👑 👊 seeing Jet magazine in a video brings back great memories!!!!👊
@davidval7188 4 жыл бұрын
I love how they are natural but still have on make up and are dancing and expressing emotions yet are classy and sexy and strong yet feminine. It was a great time to be part of the ADOS COMMUNITY. Everyone seem to understand the struggle and not out for quote "number one" ie their own selfish personal gain. There was a pride in being an "everyday people" Like the song by Sly and the family stone Sang. However there were also forces in play that would undermine all those COMMUNITY values mainly greed lack of education and all types of covert actions by the government to infiltrate and and undermine many of the community groups like the black panthers and the SCLC THE URBAN LEAGUE AND THE GENERAL TARGETING OF ADOS COMMUNITY WITH THE INFILTRATION OF DRUGS AND GANG VIOLENCE
@rondothard1698 3 жыл бұрын
They still had on wigs and make up like they do today. My sister had that long fall hair piece that Shelly Clark had I remember she got in a fight and some one pulled that fall hair piece out and her friend picked it up as she finished kicking the shit out of that girl! that was the early 70s, lol
@debrawilliams7983 4 жыл бұрын
This song has been SAMPLED so many times over the years
@ericmoore402 3 жыл бұрын
How are you doing today my name is Eric
@Monaedeezy 4 жыл бұрын
Born in the early 90s and love old school music. ❤️❤️
@beautifulinsideandout9822 4 жыл бұрын
This is a sample. People always sample greatness! 😊 Love it
@cjjaxxon 4 жыл бұрын
I love these girl's dance steps.
@d.mariej.9126 4 жыл бұрын
I love the music 🎶. It’s so upbeat. Great to exercise and dance to. 😄💃🏽🏃🏾♀️
@ericmoore402 3 жыл бұрын
How are you doing today my name is Eric
@teachone2261 2 жыл бұрын
LOVE IT and was loving it when it came out !!! Love Your photo too ! BELLA !
@aumarodaniels6361 2 жыл бұрын
Perfection at it's greatest
@nataliatass0 3 жыл бұрын
This song lighted my day with joy. Wonderful work ladies!
@raulontiveros8135 2 жыл бұрын
Great song 🎵.......loved it back then , still love it today...2021
@lisabolo26 2 жыл бұрын
Beyond fab!
@hunhun23 5 ай бұрын
8 YEARS OLD AND I WAS LISTENING TO THIS SONG AND DANCING TO IT
@Bro.Erik.D.C.M. Жыл бұрын
I love this song. I used to play the mess out of this on the record player when I was a kid.
@sharieffkhalifa5679 2 жыл бұрын
The best years this world has produced, especially in Atlanta!💯🙏
@ronniem3592 3 жыл бұрын
I was in high school when this song came out---R.I.P Edna Wright-- I love the 'Honey Cone"
@tedkistojr.1691 2 жыл бұрын
Thee absolute best of the girl groups, Love love love them💕 Still listening to them in 2022👊
@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841 4 жыл бұрын
Love them!! Love this song!!!!! THE GOOD OLE 70S!!!!!!!💖💕
@richardkoehler9917 3 жыл бұрын
This music you just can't beat it . I was lucky to listen this wonderful music when it came out .
@htxtaj 2 жыл бұрын
First time hearing this, glad I clicked it ❤️😩 That riff is burned into my subconscious from Mary, Mary…
@teachone2261 2 жыл бұрын
yea great sounds from back in our day !! beats most of whats out today ! lovely photo ! XXX
@jamiesmith6838 4 жыл бұрын
That was great. What's old is new again!
@nilarbackman1583 4 жыл бұрын
I remember when this song came out l was young
@jamiesmith6838 4 жыл бұрын
@@nilarbackman1583 Me too.😊 Just stay young at heart is the key.
@akrenwinkle 2 жыл бұрын
I'd say what's classic is timeless.
@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын
❤this oldie 1early 1970s
@mrmaxxx94 3 жыл бұрын
Classic song and vocals
@chancegoode173 3 жыл бұрын
I love this song when I was a youth and I still do. The current R and B stuff just doesn’t compare
@Adwoael 4 жыл бұрын
I was in college, when this came out. Love the the good ol' RnB when music was real music!
@bbutterscotch29 3 жыл бұрын
RIH, Angel Edna Wright, Thank You for your beautiful music
@MaryJADEMusic 4 жыл бұрын
My first time hearing the real song! I only heard Mary Mary sample it on their song ‘Heaven’. I love this!
@mmcg2007 4 жыл бұрын
this is sooooooooo grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat and brings back good memories
@jjsiegal1 2 жыл бұрын
Listen to that Bass Line... that's the way you play R&B!
@57highland 3 ай бұрын
I heard somewhere (forgot where) that it's Ray Parker, Jr (Raydio) on guitar in this song. Don't know who's on bass.
@mechtech220 4 жыл бұрын
As much as I love what The Avalanches did with it, the original is IMMACULATE! The type of groove where you feel your soul smiling while listening to it!
@marymckay7154 9 күн бұрын
At 11, this was one of my favorites...still is..my goodness gracious.
@mr.steelroots335 3 жыл бұрын
This song is so addictive, I love it
@storbokki371 3 жыл бұрын
I remember this. I was only 10 yrs old then, but the radio was such a big part of life with only 3 TV stations and a radio in the car and home. I listened to any and everything. This singer has a great and very unique voice.
@lisabolo26 10 ай бұрын
And all you had to do was turn a knob and the station came on!! No fiddling with some half-assed app.
@lacrema9843 3 жыл бұрын
Wow they are the most beautiful singers in my days...2021 and here am I having good memories...
@amethyst5393 4 жыл бұрын
My mom was 18, just graduated high school, reminds me of her and how she was so carefree and beautiful RIH Mom
@bororobo3805 3 жыл бұрын
You were alive when your mother was 18?
@ksr2059 3 жыл бұрын
A classic. Live on in Paradise now lead singer Edna Wright!!!
@vivianmccargo7214 3 жыл бұрын
LOVE THE HONEYCOMB.
@sherryhall6946 4 жыл бұрын
I always loved this song.
@danmseattle975 3 жыл бұрын
So 1971- dig the hot pants! I used to hear this on the radio when riding the bus to school. Late 60s to mid 70s Soul is my favorite kind of music.
@ericmoore3791 3 жыл бұрын
How are you doing today my name is Eric Moore
@blackwinter963 4 жыл бұрын
Sis said: young, single, & free! Okaaayy?!? 🔥🔥🔥
@curtistisdale8150 3 жыл бұрын
Classic Style, Sound and Beautiful Black Women who Rocked!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💕💕💕💕😘👏
@HH-ry2zn Ай бұрын
Great song with a wonderful arrangement and lyrics
@simmiewilliams5970 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! This was the jam...when I was a kid I thought this song had that Jackson 5ive vibe...so it was hit too me...love my people✊🏿
@57highland Жыл бұрын
The Motown influence is definitely there.
@anthonyx9481 4 жыл бұрын
I never heard this before. It just showed up in my feed 20 minutes ago. I immediately added it to my Spotify playlist.
@julienielsen4462 Жыл бұрын
I never heard this song, I came upon this cause of Darlene Love’s sister. Such an upbeat song.
@darcellegiles8176 2 жыл бұрын
Yes my favor song from the 70s. Much love ❤️ for you Shelly. Rest in peace Edna you are missed ❤️
@CeeLoGreen666 2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU such a forgotten gem
@charmaine1775 3 жыл бұрын
Great voice, great style and looks...the ladies had it going on.
@basquaittaylor5329 2 жыл бұрын
This made my day. 🙏
@coffeebrown7056 3 жыл бұрын
💃 I'za remember this when it came out. I was 8yrs old 😄😄😄
@jbs82love7 3 жыл бұрын
May you rest with God.!! Your voice/songs brought so many people love.!
@mariolisofsky6537 Жыл бұрын
They are one of my all-time favorite female soul groups. Wonderful !!!
@eagleswing44 Жыл бұрын
Love this song! Where has music gone?
@AirForceFalcons_9922 4 жыл бұрын
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS CHANNELL!!!
@empresserica 4 жыл бұрын
ME TOO!
@oussillah5373 4 жыл бұрын
I had a friend called Michela ,in Africa
@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын
❤ this 1970s song
@visigoth2020 Жыл бұрын
i love this group, they are so kool, they really do represent the 70s just the way they are dressed and dance
@aprilmay1061 4 жыл бұрын
🎶 Experienced in love preferred but will accept a young trainee. 🎶 That was my aunts favorite line in that song. 😆
@57highland Жыл бұрын
Most people with "experience" actually prefer the "young trainee."
@lynnwilson2615 3 жыл бұрын
When music was real and when people were real.
@mexicojoe1885 4 жыл бұрын
They all was fine as May wine!! 🎯💯🙏🍑
@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын
1970s greatest music ever made decade of music
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