I was six or seven. We lived on Waterhill Street in Lynn Massachusetts. It was the second floor and there was a crawl space that led to an attic. I climbed up there and found a record player and some records. I remember Frankenstein, an instrumental, the ojays, waterloo by Abba, Another Saturday night by Cat Stevens. There was, Going to the Chapel, and then there was this song. I came from a broken family. This song stood out to me. I longed for a father figure that was sincere. Unfortunately, I never experienced that. However, the experience alone in that hot attic with those single records, and that record player, was like entering a spiritual realm with God himself for me. I love this song.
Ever since I can remember, my grandfather would play this in his garage while he stood there drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette, tapping and bouncing to the beat. He had a way of comforting all of those around him. He had a free yet grounded spirit. My love for him will persist throughout my life, and I'm happy for all of the great memories he gave me. Can't wait to see him again.
This reminds me of my step daddy and the love he had for my Mom. He loved her to pieces and would do anything for her. He died of lung cancer and she passed many years later when she was 80 in 2021 after the isolation pandemic by herself in assisted living from the horrific illness of dementia. She was my very best friend. I am happy knowing my loved ones are whole again and my belief is that I will be reunited again! Heaven is real and better than your human mind can understand. My step father was the man in this song❤.
I am so sorry, I just cannot imagine a Mother not wanting her child. My heart goes out to you. I lost a child when he was three, it just about killed me. Sending you a huge hug from California.
I live in a Small Town...I mean Small! I swear when I go into the little Grocery Store they purposely play Songs for me...tonight I was only in there for a few minutes...one of the few people there on a Sunday night...and this Song came on...They really do Care! ❤
Back when he played this song on the American Top 40, Casey Kasem told the listeners that Billy Swan had a couple of pet dogs that ran loose in the studio, and halfway through, the dogs were excitedly jumping up on some of the musicians, and some onlooker friends were clapping because the band managed to make it through the recording of the song ~
He probably just made it up, because those claps were actually dubbed in by the recording engineers to give the song a feeling of an in-studio party. The continuation of the instrumental was also included intentionally to pad the recording out since it was such a short song.
I was a freshman in high school when this song came out. It’s funny but I had a radio alarm in my bedroom and a lot of times this song woke me up. Such great memories!
Me too! Freshman AND the alarm haha. Roller skates to it alot as well. It was perfect for that because it was so fun and hard to sit still to. This brought back some fine memories!😉🛼 Have a great safe holiday🎄
Every morning when I wake up to go to elementary school, this song, Mary Hopkins " Those Were the Days Again, New Kid in Town by the Eagles would come on around the same time. Those were some good times.
This song just makes you feel good. Spreads good vibrations. Makes you wanna go out an kiss somebody just to make then smile an have a good day. Fun fact. Just found out two days ago. Billy Swan also wrote "Lover please" made famous by Clyde McPhatter.
I have been trying to remember the name Billy Swann and the title I can help for two years. Finally heard it on this radio station I listen to today. Such a great song.
@@bklyn2shoes After listening to both versions, I have to say that I do like the Billy Swan version best. Ringo's is cool, but I guess this is the original. Either way. Great song with a positive message.
C'est l'année de ma naissance ! .. cela nous rajeunit pas tout ça !! . Qu'est-ce que je l'ai entendu cette musique ! . Moi personnellement j'adore cette musique ! . 🎶💙
I have so much nostalgia of this song listening to it every morning on the radio around 5:30. Every single bit of it is something from the 70s, and I love it for that!
@@alivelittlemanenroutebigma6090 young enough to have never experienced the 70s save through music and other forms of popular culture. Nostalgia, in this case, is not applicable in the sense of time, but rather personal connection to the song as it played so often and was thus a prevalence in my life via a small town radio station.
oh I'm so HAPPY ;D))) this was my first favourite song as a little kid , I waited patiently every single day through out the day for it to play on my tiny radio . I loved it so much haha ;D STILL do
Yeah,this is the version that was on the jukebox at one place i used to hang, the radio version cut out ealier- the story was that his German shepard had him buy the leg during the last part of the song,thats why everyone was clappin and hootin at the end.Hell of a guitar lick!
If you've got a problem, I don't care what it is If you need a hand, I can assure you this I can help, I've got two strong arms, I can help It would sure do me good to do you good Let me help It's a fact that people get lonely, ain't nothing new But a woman like you, baby, should never have the blues Let me help, I've got two for me, let me help It would sure do me good to do you good Let me help When I go to sleep at night, you're always a part of my dream Holding me tight and telling me everything I want to hear Don't forget me, baby, all you gotta do is call You know how I feel about you, if I can do anything at all Let me help, if your child needs a daddy, I can help It would sure do me good to do you good, let me help When I go to sleep at night, you're always a part of my dream Holding me tight and telling me everything I wanna hear Don't forget me, baby, all you gotta do is call You know how I feel about you, if I can do anything at all Let me help, if your child needs a daddy, I can help It would sure do me good to do you good, let me help
Cuando sonaba esta canción en la disco enseguida levantaba el culo del asiento para bailarla me gustaba un montón y me sigue gustando ,gracias por subirla 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
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I was six or seven. We lived on Waterhill Street in Lynn Massachusetts. It was the second floor and there was a crawl space that led to an attic. I climbed up there and found a record player and some records. I remember Frankenstein, an instrumental, the ojays, waterloo by Abba, Another Saturday night by Cat Stevens. There was, Going to the Chapel, and then there was this song. I came from a broken family. This song stood out to me. I longed for a father figure that was sincere. Unfortunately, I never experienced that. However, the experience alone in that hot attic with those single records, and that record player, was like entering a spiritual realm with God himself for me. I love this song.
That’s a beautiful story
Score!!
Ever since I can remember, my grandfather would play this in his garage while he stood there drinking a beer and smoking a cigarette, tapping and bouncing to the beat. He had a way of comforting all of those around him. He had a free yet grounded spirit. My love for him will persist throughout my life, and I'm happy for all of the great memories he gave me. Can't wait to see him again.
Your grandpa sounds cool!
This reminds me of my step daddy and the love he had for my Mom. He loved her to pieces and would do anything for her. He died of lung cancer and she passed many years later when she was 80 in 2021 after the isolation pandemic by herself in assisted living from the horrific illness of dementia. She was my very best friend. I am happy knowing my loved ones are whole again and my belief is that I will be reunited again! Heaven is real and better than your human mind can understand.
My step father was the man in this song❤.
I never met the guy but I love him
That was beautiful.
I am a 1975 model and grew up listening to this FABULOUS music. ❤😂🎉
Sunday will be a year since my dad passed, no one wanted me and my brother not even our mom.thank you. DAD,you always where there miss you,rip pops ❤️
I am so sorry, I just cannot imagine a Mother not wanting her child. My heart goes out to you. I lost a child when he was three, it just about killed me. Sending you a huge hug from California.
@@Anastajia2005 thank you
Bless You. For some of us, music is our family. Peace and Love to you then and now.
@@michaelsowden5892 thank you much needed.
From a single father I bet your dad was a awesome man were hard to find godbless your father hope you and your sister are doing alright
LAWD, Where are these kinds of folks these days?? We sure do need em now!!
We definitely do need these kinds of folks these days. So much hate is going around and a lot of people don't know how to relax and be happy
Today's Music don't have the same Soul Billy's voice is Yesterday Today and Forever
I live in a Small Town...I mean Small!
I swear when I go into the little Grocery Store they purposely play Songs for me...tonight I was only in there for a few minutes...one of the few people there on a Sunday night...and this Song came on...They really do Care! ❤
Back when he played this song on the American Top 40, Casey Kasem told the listeners that Billy Swan had a couple of pet dogs that ran loose in the studio, and halfway through, the dogs were excitedly jumping up on some of the musicians, and some onlooker friends were clapping because the band managed to make it through the recording of the song ~
I take it this was an outtake then? I still wish it didn't fade out.
EDIT: Upon closer listening, I think i hear a dog bak at 3:04?
His true name is William. He is American. I can help is an American song.
He probably just made it up, because those claps were actually dubbed in by the recording engineers to give the song a feeling of an in-studio party. The continuation of the instrumental was also included intentionally to pad the recording out since it was such a short song.
@@GroverKentThe song was 3 minutes long.
His dogs went to him and started grabbing at the him of his pants. That’s why he kept on keeping on.
The kind of music you'd hear at the Skating Rink....:)
Skateland!!😍
Ça glisse bien effectivement 👍🔴✋
This song has kind of a 50's feel to it which makes it all the more appealing.
Michael 4043. No. This has a 70s country feel.
I was 8 when it came out and every time it came on the radio I thought ot was an oldie.
What a great song with the rhythm and words.
Something about this song is just so sweet. Loved the song in 1974 and hadn't thought of it in a long while.
Golden Oldie
I remember hearing it when I was a young kid and now I'm almost 51
Same goes for me. I am 55 now.
I was 7
❤️ this early 1970s song
I remember Billy working as a bus boy at Denny's WAY BACK in the day... 😎 Awesome dude!
Are you from cape girardeau
Where??
San Jose California
Really, wow amazing very hard to believe story, ❤️ this super great 1970s song
One of our favorite songs to roller skate to when I was a teenager in the 70s! Thank you. I had forgotten this. What a rush🤭🛼
Such a great song that not even Elvis himself could better it.
To Craig. 817: I agree. Elvis wouldn't come close. It's the Swan's song -- only for him.
Love this song, was 15 years old in boarding school at the time. Youth, carefree, hanging with my buddies. Miss those days. ✌ ❤ 👋 🇦🇺
I can help defined one summer for me...part of our very being...smiles ! Thanks for the memories Billy S.
Golden Oldie
A great song
I loved this song ❤❤❤❤
J'adore également ce chef d'œuvre ! .
What a very optimistic song,everybody should sing it,whatever the situation,thanks for it!
I was a freshman in high school when this song came out. It’s funny but I had a radio alarm in my bedroom and a lot of times this song woke me up. Such great memories!
I was a freshman in college and this sing played a lot in the Student U. I see the inside of that building in my mind everytime I here this song.
Me too! Freshman AND the alarm haha. Roller skates to it alot as well. It was perfect for that because it was so fun and hard to sit still to. This brought back some fine memories!😉🛼 Have a great safe holiday🎄
your alarm was trying to help ya lol
Happy 80th birthday 🎂🥳🍾🎉🎊 Billy Swan
I'm having this song played at my funeral
LoL
Great idea !
Every morning when I wake up to go to elementary school, this song, Mary Hopkins " Those Were the Days Again, New Kid in Town by the Eagles would come on around the same time. Those were some good times.
Perhaps the happiest song ever written.
Gorgeous love song about a good man trying to make a woman's life better any way he can.
😂They would consider it toxic nowadays
Love the guitar licks!l AWESOME
Actually I love the sound this is a true classic
This song just makes you feel good. Spreads good vibrations. Makes you wanna go out an kiss somebody just to make then smile an have a good day.
Fun fact. Just found out two days ago. Billy Swan also wrote "Lover please" made famous by Clyde McPhatter.
This song needs to be remade
farts
I have been trying to remember the name Billy Swann and the title I can help for two years. Finally heard it on this radio station I listen to today. Such a great song.
Definitely an oldie but a goodie. Keep helping others folks because we ALL have a little good in us.👍🌎☮️
I remember when this one came out, takes be back, great tune and a much better world then too....
Great underrated song!
F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.O Billy Swan - I Can Help 🌹
I was 12 when this song came out.. we played the 45 non stop on the turn table 👍🏼
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single
December 14, 1974 - December 21, 1974 (two weeks)
Also, this song reached number one in the BBC and Luxembourg charts during this similar time.
...❤...Billy, Your Beautiful Song....
There's a live version out there on YT, but this one with the original intro and Farfisa organ still rules!
When I was a kid, I always thought this was Ringo!
Ringo does a version of this tune but Billy Swan's version is the real deal.
@@bklyn2shoes After listening to both versions, I have to say that I do like the Billy Swan version best. Ringo's is cool, but I guess this is the original. Either way. Great song with a positive message.
That is a badass song actually,, it's fun to sing along with,, I grew up with it,, what is so funny how it broke up twice at the end.. 😆
Watching this with my friend carsausage, nickman, Bearsfan! Missed the old days!
I remember listening to this back in north Carolina when I was station at ft.bragg loved it
I remember hearing this song from a very young age and now I'm 50
This song brings back an amazing memory for me.😢
Nice song Billy 🎤🎼🎵🎶🎧😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️
It was a HUGE old fave.. we played that old vinyl 45 MANY TIMES!
Great Song............................................
Friday nights in the 70s watching Big Chuck and Little John Show on WJW channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio. This song was played on every show.
That is just awesome. Finally I have found it.❤🧡💛💚💙
Pour moi une des meilleures musiques de tout les temps !! .
💙🎶
This was the first 45 rpm record I bought 1974
😅 Thanks for bringing back good memories
This takes me back to Christmas of 1974.
C'est l'année de ma naissance ! .. cela nous rajeunit pas tout ça !! .
Qu'est-ce que je l'ai entendu cette musique ! .
Moi personnellement j'adore cette musique ! . 🎶💙
Just heard this in Walgreens! Got it in my playlist now.
That's the kind of man I need! 👍🏼👌🏼👏🏼
I agree,this is what a real man should be like....If he calls himself a "MAN"!!!!!
You have to look hard to find one!!!!
@@darrellpryor1653 That's for sure! 🙄
This song makes me so happy yet so happy
Timeless. 💗
...👆A Big Gift From God....
...And You, Billy....❤....
CAN listen to Billy all day what a voice love hearing singing all the copiea
Hello Annie
When I listened to this as a kid in the 70s, I thought it was from the 50,s. Now I am almost 60 and this classic is ageless.
Still. 2024.
Such an awesome guitar solo
I have so much nostalgia of this song listening to it every morning on the radio around 5:30. Every single bit of it is something from the 70s, and I love it for that!
How old are you now?
@@alivelittlemanenroutebigma6090 young enough to have never experienced the 70s save through music and other forms of popular culture. Nostalgia, in this case, is not applicable in the sense of time, but rather personal connection to the song as it played so often and was thus a prevalence in my life via a small town radio station.
SO BEAUTIFULLY SANG,THANKS I FEEL BETTER🕺💯 ❤
'sung' not 'sang' remember your English literature now, said my teacher.
@@lduranceau8046 GET A LIFE, I GUESS
IT'S FULL OF MISTAKES.. HA/HA.. 8-))
In my youth one of my favorites, I sometimes hear even today. Timeless music.
I just love this song makes me 💃 love it ❤🕺🎤👏👌💃🕺💓😍
Hacía años que no lo oía ❤
Allway's make me Happy♥:-) Thank you★/ Lotta.
EARTH ANGEL😇. BILLY, WHERE HAVE YOU GONE???😍💕🤔😘💗
This is reminiscent of something that Steve Winwood or the Spencer Davis Group would write.
oh I'm so HAPPY ;D))) this was my first favourite song as a little kid , I waited patiently every single day through out the day for it to play on my tiny radio . I loved it so much haha ;D STILL do
Remember this song from the 70's
Big in Sweden 75
I love this tune I think I was 12 years old.
Wow, you can remember the seventies? lol
Where have all the years gone, this reminds me of being in Weblos 1974
It’s the 70s I’m bare feets hitching in the USA, best times ever
The song that never seem's to end...
Groundhog day
Yeah,this is the version that was on the jukebox at one place i used to hang, the radio version cut out ealier- the story was that his German shepard had him buy the leg during the last part of the song,thats why everyone was clappin and hootin at the end.Hell of a guitar lick!
懐かしいですね。スマホで聴かせてもらって感謝してます。１９７４年の全米ナンバーワンヒットです。
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I WAS VERY YOUNG WHEN THIS CAME OUT & IT STILL RINGS TRUE AS THE ALTIMATE SOS 2 THE CHICKS
Love this song!
A song about what a "REAL Man " Should be like!!!! Nuff Said!!!!!!!!!!
👏🏼👍🏼👌🏼✌🏼
Exactly the opposite of what women actually want when they're young
Yep
I knew someone who l thought fit this bill when this song came out. And everytime I listen to it I remember 😊
Most men today (2024) are limp wristed, can't change a tire or fix anything ladyboys
Great show
Geez I was 14 when this song came out. I always thought it was Ringo Starr from the Beatles after they broke up. Sorry Billy.
I'm not a great singer. I like Karaoke. Haven't had the chance to use this, but I would definitely sing this to someone special !
Dire qu a mon époque j ai adoré cette chanson et maintenant que j ai septante ans je l écoute avec tellement de plaisir merci beaucoup
Coś pięknego😊 najgorszy dzień potrfi zmienic w najlepszy
I was 6 when this came out and wore the needle off moms stereo with that song
I heard it in Conroe TX first time 1975 😢
I haven't heard this song in a long time brings back good memories!!!!
The song of my last night... Thank you God.
Maravillosa y Fantastica cancion del Billy Swan.
If you've got a problem, I don't care what it is
If you need a hand, I can assure you this
I can help, I've got two strong arms, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good
Let me help
It's a fact that people get lonely, ain't nothing new
But a woman like you, baby, should never have the blues
Let me help, I've got two for me, let me help
It would sure do me good to do you good
Let me help
When I go to sleep at night, you're always a part of my dream
Holding me tight and telling me everything I want to hear
Don't forget me, baby, all you gotta do is call
You know how I feel about you, if I can do anything at all
Let me help, if your child needs a daddy, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good, let me help
When I go to sleep at night, you're always a part of my dream
Holding me tight and telling me everything I wanna hear
Don't forget me, baby, all you gotta do is call
You know how I feel about you, if I can do anything at all
Let me help, if your child needs a daddy, I can help
It would sure do me good to do you good, let me help
He says needs a Dad not Daddy
Cuando sonaba esta canción en la disco enseguida levantaba el culo del asiento para bailarla me gustaba un montón y me sigue gustando ,gracias por subirla 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
FIRST CLASS !
Beautiful song for roller dancing !
... Billy, You Are Really SWAN...
... WHITE SWAN....❤....
I just love the girls on background vocals.
Nice to hear the whole thing and not the AM radio version. Thanks!
This song is my favorite ignoring joking like it’s my favorite song the best❤️
I always thought this was Ringo Starr All these years. Lol
Hahahaha! Me too!!!
Nice song my step son put it on for me. Nice dance song.