Luther was a background singer for my Father before his solo career

They actually used to play this on the radio. The whole thing. No one batted an eye about it.

Side note Major Harris was a member of The Delphonics in the 70s before his debut single which is the subject of this video

One beautiful song! Never gets old….only better with age….like “fine wine” 🔥❤️🙏🏻☮️

One of the Greatest songs of all time!

Continue to R.I.P Mr Major Harris ❤. Thanks for reacting to this beautiful classic.

I haven’t heard this in years, great Soul music

The look on your face when the woman started moaning was priceless. 😆😆😆😆😆

Classic Soul…Philly Soul at that.

Written, produced and arranged by my friend, the late Bobby Eli. Vinnie Barrett was the co-writer. Major was a member of the Delfonics from 1971 to 1974. He was the lead on "Walk Right Up The Sun." BTW, the moans heard throughout the song were by the late Barbara Ingram, one third of the Sweethearts of Sigma, who sang background on many a Philly Soul hit, along with her partners, Carla Benson and the late Yvette Benton.

never gets old to me!

Loved this song. Major Harris was a major talent!

The only version that matters to me ❤❤❤❤❤

I remember the first time I heard this song when I was 14, shock! Lol😅 I'm so happy that you reacted to this gem ❤❤

Major Harris, Al Green, Sylvia Robinson, Al Wilson and the Teddy Pendergrass, all you need is your love one and great wine and magic!!

She was moaning because she stepped on a Lego in the Dark! 😂

This is high level 70's lounge goodness! The fuzzy horns, the confident lounge singer delivery, moans of ecstasy...player, player! Seriously, this song is a time capsule, and I dig the "skankay" disco cheesiness. Great vid! 👍

in the 70's and 80's life was way more freer than it is now, this song was on the radio all the time and no one thought anything about it, it's a great R&B song

Great song for getting it on with your lover, riding those waves of pleasure all the way to ecstasy.

Love this song from the 70s, when I was 14, now 63, still great. Oh! That's how you know this song... Luther I love this one much better. Stop putting 2024 standards on 1975 standards🥰

Now this was the Jam back in 1975 I was 12 years old probably shouldn't have been listening to the song but it was on the radio so I couldn't help it LOL I just hope you enjoy it

Love the oldie classics like this song 🎶🔥♥️

I was 5 years old when this smooth song hit the airwaves..CLASSIC.

Graduated HighSchool in 75..

He was one of the members of the group The Delfonics.

I'm a 70's kid so this is my fav but I like both versions. And Luthor did not have a fly lid like that haha

Your face in the thumbnail is great!..lol Knew exactly what caused it before I clicked on. But yeah, this is a great old soul tune. I love his little Sam Cooke riffs he throws in there at times.

The LEGENDARY Mr Major Harris

Wow! That must make you look at your Father, Uncle etc. with different eyes now, huh!. "For real now Daddy. That was you???".

I bought this song when I was 14.

A wonderful classic song. One listen and you'll never forget. Hopefully you will enjoy. Luther has a good ear but he forgot the backing vocals.

Sweet Philly Soul 💯

Classic classic classic

Love this song!!

Nice original with sound effects. This singer actually was with the Delfonics back in the day. And no one was bothered back in the day with the women moaning.

This and pillow talk by sylvia were great slowies back in the mid 70s

The sound of the girl moaning was a bit of a fad at that time. Rod Stewart did it with Tonight's the Night, Donna Summer did it with Love to Love You Baby, Duran Duran with Hungry Like the Wolf and there were others.

1975 ... Everyone had Moaning in a song about Sex... From Donna Summers to Isley Brothers ... It was the 70s... Free Love and drugs....

Major Harris a former member the Delfonics.

A couple oldies...' You're still a young man' by Tower of Power the you tube 40th anniversary version is the best.

Ohhhhh boy ....just ......phewwwww...

The intro you knew it was going to be a hit

I get the feeling, love wasn’t the only thing that had him in a hurry😛

Best line: "Luther didn't have this in there ?" LOL

YES

This was when FM radio was overtaking AM stations playing music. The FM stations had less restrictions as to lyrics and length of songs. For example, few if any AM stations played the uncensored version of 'Love to Love Me Baby' by Donna Summer. The women moaning was in the record to appeal to men, it also was for shock value as prior to the early-mid 1970s AM radio stations would have never played a song like this with the"love making" sounds. When reviewing songs, the accepted cultural norms of the era in which the song was written, recorded and released must be taken into account.

Love this old tune, so fun when it came out...a bit groundbreaking.

the original...and STILL the best. luther's was good but THIS....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The look on ur face is PRICELESS!!!!!

Hi Ms. D., I think "Here and Now" by Mr. Luther is an original; I think it was written by Ms. Dionne Warwick"s nephew or cousin.. They gave it to Mr. Luther to sing, he did an excellent job on it.. ♠Mr.G..

WE DEMAND MOANING WOMEN! NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!! ✊🏾

3:16 “Wait, Luther didn’t have this in there” Hahahahahahahahaha

lol. your facial expressions are priceless.

Great song from 75'! F.Y.I Major Harris was a member of the Delfonics before he went on his own! I'm from Old School I like the original better! Just my opinion!

BABYMAKING MUSIC! Heavy breathing was big thing in sexy 70's songs, check out Love to Love You Baby and Pillow Talk 😂

Ah, the 70s. Have you listened to Donna Summer doing Love to Love You, Baby? Kinda remembering that moaning was a thing in some songs back then. The Good Place is one of the best television shows I've ever watched, from the first episode to the finale. It's quite a ride

Yes ,beautiful song and smooth performance. Sounded like the type of song Luther would do, although I haven't heard his version. Agree with you about the women's sounds-Colin Ward

Sounded like xxx

a cover for luther your right angela luther did a lot of covers luther is still my fav singer in america great chice mike from england

This is the long version. For obvious reasons, this version was NEVER played on WDAS back in the day. It's still a Philly soul classic, regardless. 😎

This one is very sensual and sexual, obviously! It must have been a favorite request for a slow dance back in the 1970's! I hope you don't get too frazzled when you hear those female sounds in the background! Music is so magical isn't it? I'm surprised this kind of material didn't get censored back then, but that's the way it goes, we are all just babes in the woods I guess! But look at things like Only Fans and Tik Tok with all it's provocative content and countless other current fads! What a life and what a world, and the people in it make it even more confusing, weird, enigmatic and a plethora of other things! See you next time!

I didnt know that you didnt know that luther is the cover king. Luther was a great arrainger like donnie hathway, Aretha Franklin but he cover lots of songs line "House is not a home"(Dionne Warwick), creep (Stevie Wonder), If only for one night(temptations), bad boy (having a party) (Sam Cooke), If this world was mine (marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrel), Going out of my head ( little anthony and the imperials. Luther in my book is top five greatest male R&b Singers all time. My favorite is Marvin Gaye who is number one on my list but luther was a great singer he just covered a lot of songs. As far as the moaning that did this a lot in the seventies. Listen to marvin gaye's "you sure love to Ball' off of his "let's Get it" on Album. Marvin gaye's song was dedicated to a seventeen year old who eventually became his second Wife Janis Gaye. He was seventeen years older than her but his first wife was seventeen years older than him. Berry Gordys older sister Anna Gordy. You should read Janis Gaye's book "After the Dance" which was named after a song. MARVIN gaye written about Janis Hunter who became his second wife Janis Gaye! Great book. Or david ritz "Divided Soul" about marvin Gaye! Both on Kindle and both great books! See marvin played multiple instruments and in the seventies he sang all his background vocals on his albums so he's number one to me plus he wrote or co wrote all of his classic songs of the seventies and the greatest album of all time in my opinon "whats going on"

I think STOP TO LOVE is an origsong by Luther Vandross. It was a really good song that came out hot but faded.

That was uncomfortable for me too but I was laughing at your reaction

KAREN here ... Hi from New Zealand. I love watching your posts, especially the ones you've done on the Carpenters. Speaking of which, I have two suggestions for you, both Carpenters songs. The first is Ticket to Ride, recorded in 1969 (their first hit) and the second is Touch Me When We're Dancing recorded in 1983 (their last hit before Karen sadly passed away). I'd love to see what you think of them. Thanks.

You had to be there when the song dropped. It was groundbreaking, and one of the 70s R&B monster ballads like Lenny Williams ' Cause I Love You and Billy Paul's Me & Mrs. Jones. Probably closer to Sexy Mama by the Moments. Luther has some exemplary covers but his remake of this song isn't one of them.

This is the original...... And yes Luther did cover it and did an amazing job, but it don't touch the real deal.... Mr Major Harris was on point.

Fantastic and forgotten!!! What version is this??? 😂

And I thought 'Love to love you' was the 1st

Hahahahaha I love to see people get uncomfortable when the woman starts moaning. This was waaayyy above Luther's version.

Well, you need to understand the time frame of the song! In 1974 sex was still very private and society in many ways view it as a women's duty and to have babies not for her fulfillment so in this way the song is way out in front of the times! Today when you cannot watch a add or listen to a song without sex plastered on the TV or radio! Just keep it in perspective!!Another great song! Love your show!!

They did overdo the moaning a bit and it was louder. Similar to Rod Stewart’s Tonight’s The Night but even in that song it was buried a little more in the background. They liked having these somewhat controversial sounds in songs back in the 70’s

Love Luther, but this version is the best ...

Gurl this is grown up grown folk Daddy come to bed music. Most wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for these kinda songs in the 70s! This isn’t a song u listen to around ur kids. But u definitely listen with ur man!!! He will not miss any clues of what mama wants tonight for bedtime!

The woman was moaning because they was in the act not that he wanted her so bad that he couldn't wait to have her. This was mild compared to Luther's version. If you listen to the end of Luther's, he kept saying "I'm coming, I'm coming ( I can't wait) I'm coming, I'm coming! Replace the o

Great reaction as always, can you react to Peaches & Herb Reunited live or Luther Vandross and Gregory Hines, thank you

contrary to what people believe Luther covered a lot of songs. Because he was so good he made it his own song with his own style.

I remember this from Luther too. And....nope, he didn't have those "sounds" in his version!😮😂

Angela : You need to hear the great Miss Nancy Wilson do this, too. Her version is my all-time favorite. I like Luther's ,too, & of course, Major Harris. I have this 45 & it's an all-time late-night " pantie dropper " ---------------MJL, 77 y/o

Angela, Natural High by Bloodstone is a tastefully done sexy tune that was responsible in part for the baby boom. Great song. Please check it out.

Check out Deliver the World by War.

You are right it doesn't need that moaning, and it didn't back then either. for the life of me I don't know why it came out that way and why he decided to do it that way, I guess it must have just been that time the early 70s, and even though I was there as an adult, I agree with you it really made it cheesy when she started to do that crap.

I wonder if there is a song with snoring in the background lol

What about major lance ? He had some great soul sounds in the 60’s please check them out

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I love the Major Harris version for sure but i could not listen to this while my grandkids are around.

actually if u really listened to the lyrics, or read them...the song ain't about being in love, it's about them making love, they're in the actual act, Luther made it a love song cuz of how he sang it😂😂 but it's a lust sing, hence the female moaning😂

1:16 Excellent choice as usual Angela. It's been so long since I heard this great tune.

But that song was so good

I wondered ! Thanks for the Luther Vandross reference Also never remember the woman in the song I heard and it is not needed.. No Luther's is better . Thanks Angela

Please check out J.T. Taylor & Regina Belle: All I Want Is Forever

Some things should never be covered..

I take this over luther all day... it was the times

Who on earth is "Luther"??...but I cannot imagine anything better than this classic original.

This one's better it's just straight forward

Luther didn’t have this in there😮

I understand what you mean. I prefer hearing Major Harris sing but didn’t like the accompanying sounds from the woman long ago when it was popular. So, I agree that cheapened the song for me too. Your reaction was a good one.

ANgela, I agree with you. I know Luther covered this, but was this covred by a female artist?

It's about sex

They didn't have any of that Donna Summer stuff on the song when it was played on the radio. That really ruined the song. Otherwise, without it, it's a great song.