I didn't realize how cool my dad was when I was a little girl. He was a pianist who had all of Sergio Mendes records. I would listen along with him. I still to this day, love Lani Hall and Karen's amazing vocals. This cover of Fool On The Hill is magical.
The studio versions were all Lani with her doubling or tripling her voice, IOW, no Karen. There have been many great singers in Brazil 66,77,88,99 etc but nobody had the impact and sound signature as did Lani, perhaps not a stupendous singer overall, i.e.: as per operatic standard or distinctive song stylist, but the EXACT right sound for Brazil 66. Warmth, color, flexibility, precision and just the right amount of inflection and her non native Portuguese was excellent.
Kenneth i love your comment ,, ive always been addicted to this very fine classic ,, all these decades on i stll am , my twin sister and i always wanted to sing with this lovely duo ,,,,we would have blended in rather nicely xx lol Jane x🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸
Who is still watching /listening to this in 2021? The memories it conjures up brings tears to my eyes! I am suffering from a case of nostalgia, and I don't need no cure... (SIGHHHHH)
The best music ever was in the 1960s from adult contemporary to jazz, to R&R! Every week a new blockbuster song hit the top of the 40 chart! What do we have today to compare? Yep- nothing! Medicine song writing and mundane performers with so-so vocals.
I am 59 this year . I heard and loved all their Beatles covers as a boy before I heard the originals. I actually thought Sergio's group did them first!
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE! I think the brunette is Lani Hal, Herb Albert's wife... What voices! How could he not KEEP them... The subsequent ladies sang like you or I ! :(
Yes, and what a fantastic example. I was 6 years old and this was my favorite song that my parents played on the turntable. It was the beginning of and launched my love of music.
You forgot that they had talent as well. Todays music (sic) is written by just a few writers being paid by the number of "songs" they can come up with.
Perhaps I wasn't mature enough to appreciate this performance when I was 9 years old, but I do now. Every performer and every note is exactly where it should be, creating musical perfection.
I loved this Beatles song by Sergio Mendes from the very first time I heard it way back in 1968. I love the Beatles version but there is something so right about this version. It's been a favorite for a lot of years. Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤
I remember hearing this version on the radio back-in-the-day, but didn’t realize it was the same song on ‘Magical Mystery Tour.’ This version’s arrangement by Mendez and Brasil ‘66 is sweet genius. Btw is that a Fender Rhodes Sergio Mendez is playing? Just ❤️ its sound!
I found the album (Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66) on my way to school and when I got home and listened to it...damn, I was hooked. I don't know how or why it was just laying in the street but thanks for it!
This is the most beautiful version of this song I've ever heard! Those pure, delicate voices are almost otherworldly, and are a perfect foil for the instrumentals. Thanks for finding gems like these!
Respect to you also sir! I'm Australian who grew up listening to Brazil '66 on the radio. What classy music they all made! Sergio is an absolute icon. Bless him.
I was 10 years old when this was playing on the radio in my moms new Impala, beautiful song and a beautiful car...miss my Mom so much, and that Impala.
My other older sister Maureen loved this song Fool on the hill by Brazil 66. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was. My family had the 45rmp record Fool on the hill. Such a beautiful classic song.
This is definitely the best song of Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66! This is musical perfection, the voices, the piano, the guitar and the percussion! I love the bongos!! 👍👍🤓🥳
These girls sang as one. Musical perfection. Musical genius, is the sound of Sergio Mendez and Brazil ‘66. Sergio, like Stevie, was born with the happiness gene. Just an amazing assemblage of artists.
🌹♥♥♥Always loved B'66 and still do!! When the group came out, the kids in school would think I was weird for listening to Sergio and Brasil '66. I didn't care.
I love this version. It reminds me of being a child. Thank you Paul & John for writing this song. If it wasnt for the 2 of them, we would never have this beautiful version of Fool On The Hill
By 1967, when this song was written, John and Paul were no longer writing songs together. John and Paul would bring their own songs into the studio and inform each other, and also George and Ringo, the arrangement of the song.
I heard this song on the radio when I was a kid. My parents played it. I thought it was old foggy then. Now that I hear this it’s so beautiful. They had the best music then!
HATE I never have had the privilege to meet Sergio! His group used to rock me to sleep when I was just a toddler, i can remember it on the radio and in my grandmas house, My uncle played it. Then when coming from school I remember watching them on the Mike Douglass show and then have to take a nap. God has been tooo good to my life,. I never deserved such good memories
ive adored these lovely gals since their beginning ,, What utter beauty and voices ,, This classic will be played until eternity lol to all fans xJane xxxxx🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
The only thing more beautiful than this song is the women who sing it and the voices they sing it with. Completely captivating and enchanting in so many ways.
Lani Hall is one of the best female vocalists of all time. Perfect pitch, flawless. And could sing in a variety of languages. Incredibly under rated as relates to notoriety.
@@bbhrdzaz "Never Say Never Again" from 1983. Although the movie isn't considered Bond "canon," most Bond fans consider it just another movie in the series.
There are a few women who, when I hear them sing, make me sure that they are the best in the world. Then when I hear one of the others, I change my mind again. Lani is one name on that short list.
I can close my eyes and hear this song coming from the Marantz console record player in my family home. Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 was one of my parents' favorite music groups. I grew up listening to these folks ❤
I remember this beautiful song by Sergio Mendes Fool on the Hill. My oldest sister loved this song before she passed away. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was out.
This track is a masterpiece! Every time I listen to it, I hear another little nuance in the vocals, the band, and the arrangement. Listen to the dynamics... so well executed!
Sadly, the only ones still alive in this video are Sergio and the two lovely ladies. All his side men are gone. RIP Tao Neto and Dom Um Romao and Rubens Bassini
This video clip, no matter how many times I watch it and hear it continues to mesmerize me, I was a teenager worrying about being drafted for the war in Vietnam back when it was filmed, yet this song back then brought hope and escape from the fear of being drafted.
I was only 10 in 68 ,and though that young....I also worried about being drafted to that horrific war when I became of age. Thank heaven and Nixon it ended in 74.
I borrowed my oldest sister's album. I would listen to this song so much. I almost wore out the album. I bought her new one just before I left. Left her note. Thank you for the memories.just in case I don't come home? 68 Nam start of the TET offensive!!
Thank God I accidentally found this song/video, I’ve never seen it before, this song brings back bitter sweet memories of traveling/ camping the west coast with my wonderful parents as a child in our Chevy truck with its cab-over camper, magical times that I will always cherish.
@@1984mickyb ~ If you said double tracking the first time, I would've known exactly what you meant. I thought you were referring to the performance on the show, which of course was prerecorded and lip synch... hence my initial comment.
Its such a shame one of the singers dead now. They BOTH had beautiful distinctive voices. I never got sick of listening to their well known songs & music It was great music back then. Not like the music is these days but many young and older singers have turned to singing jazz now. Jazz will never die out just crap pop music will. 🥀💔🥀❣💚
Just absolutely love this in 2024!!!!!!!! Who else does?????? 😉😉👍👍
Actually did a better job than the Beatles...
I'm with you...greatest piece of music ever!
Just showed up. Had to hear this group again.
I think it's extremely rare that a "cover" equals (let alone surpasses) the original. But in my humble opinion, this is definitely up there.
Agreed.......just posted this video to Facebook and said the same thing
You’re right!
love the beatles, however this verrsion is the best.
Earth Wind and Fire's cover of Got to Get You Into My Life is another.
It is by far the best version...by far!
I didn't realize how cool my dad was when I was a little girl. He was a pianist who had all of Sergio Mendes records. I would listen along with him. I still to this day, love Lani Hall and Karen's amazing vocals. This cover of Fool On The Hill is magical.
The studio versions were all Lani with her doubling or tripling her voice, IOW, no Karen. There have been many great singers in Brazil 66,77,88,99 etc but nobody had the impact and sound signature as did Lani, perhaps not a stupendous singer overall, i.e.: as per operatic standard or distinctive song stylist, but the EXACT right sound for Brazil 66. Warmth, color, flexibility, precision and just the right amount of inflection and her non native Portuguese was excellent.
@@zdogg8 Yes, Lani is the only vocalist singing Fool On The Hill. There are so many different levels to her vocals. Again, just pure magic.
My dad too ,he was a musician, and loved Brasilian Music...Mendes and Jobim..a very special time for music.
We both had cool dads then.
Nice to hear!
Sergio Mendes had something really special. His music has stood the test of time.
Exactly! Eternally classic!
Such a shame for some reason he fired them then went their separate ways!
@@donnaquinn6746 Yes, they had a great sound.
Good thing never last...
@@anthonyagudo208 Actually, they "lasted" for many years.
Best of times growing up in 60's and 70's🥲❤️
Been hearing this song for 50 years and it still sounds so beautiful
Kenneth i love your comment ,, ive always been addicted to this very fine classic ,, all these decades on i stll am , my twin sister and i always wanted to sing with this lovely duo ,,,,we would have blended in rather nicely xx lol Jane x🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸🕸
Absolutely the best-still in 2023.
Still loving this song 🎵 since I was a little girl!😍
We had this on 8 track... lol
I'm 61 and this is beautiful...
Yes! The way the girls walk around the set enhances it!
@@MaloPiloto Yes, especially Lt. Dish! I mean Karen Philipp! Oops! lol
What an absolutely gorgeous son sung by the most talented and gorgeous ladies of their era
Natural beauty!!!
Lani Hall and Karen Phillips
Sérgio Mendes is a musical treasure...
Who is still watching /listening to this in 2021? The memories it conjures up brings tears to my eyes! I am suffering from a case of nostalgia, and I don't need no cure... (SIGHHHHH)
Bro 2024 are You alive?
Here in 2024♥️
Still listening in 2024
The best music ever was in the 1960s from adult contemporary to jazz, to R&R! Every week a new blockbuster song hit the top of the 40 chart! What do we have today to compare? Yep- nothing! Medicine song writing and mundane performers with so-so vocals.
Junho/24
I'm a black american and i consider this real music,👍👍👍😀.
no you're not
The 60's were just so amazing....Hearing this music sends chills up my spine.
Oh yes me too even 57 years later.
Best music ever!
I am 59 this year . I heard and loved all their Beatles covers as a boy before I heard the originals. I actually thought Sergio's group did them first!
Not a Beatles song; never was. They did have the talent to do such a classic.
@@rogercarter456 It is a Beatles song. It's from Magical Mystery Tour.
Easy to think that ,they were so good.
Absolutely brilliant ... takes me right back to when I was a young woman, and the world was kind, intelligent, beautiful.
Thank you very much indeed.
The 1960-1990 was magical time for music. The next 30 years not so.
No gimmicks , No hyped visualization - Just simplicity, talent and grace - Love this music
can these women sing or what..... what voices, so delicate, so feminine ........ gorgeous ...
Yes. Beautiful voices.. Not the "screamers" today who pass that off as "talent."
Lani was the voice mixed up high that caught the ear, while Karen's height caught the eyes. - a real one-two punch.
HOW RIGHT YOU ARE! I think the brunette is Lani Hal, Herb Albert's wife... What voices! How could he not KEEP them... The subsequent ladies sang like you or I ! :(
@Louise Broitman a shame he fired the whole band in a year or two and Lani Hall at Alpert's request.
The way Lani and Karen's voices blend and compliment each other is amazing. Perfect combination.
Absolutely. Big time. The way they both prolong the "spinning roooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnndddd" gives me goosebumps every time.
Its mostly if not all Lani. Her vocals were multi tracked on most of brasil 66's output
@Phil Allison /Wow!! Incredible.
@R Pryce
No Doubt....The only other ones that even come to mind besides them were Frida and Agnetha of ABBA.
When I was 14, I idolized Karen and Lani.
A beautiful sound I have not heard for so long....
Harmonies were so great, women were so beautiful, and musicians were so sophisticated back then.
Totally agree and they look good too..
Fantastic
Yes, and what a fantastic example. I was 6 years old and this was my favorite song that my parents played on the turntable. It was the beginning of and launched my love of music.
Classy, no doubt.
You forgot that they had talent as well. Todays music (sic) is written by just a few writers being paid by the number of "songs" they can come up with.
I do like it...but...it's all unisons, no harmonies is the vocals...
Perhaps I wasn't mature enough to appreciate this performance when I was 9 years old, but I do now. Every performer and every note is exactly where it should be, creating musical perfection.
I'm 64 and recall my parents playing this record. Loved it as a child, love it still. Had forgotten all about this music. Thank you for sharing
I loved this Beatles song by Sergio Mendes from the very first time I heard it way back in 1968. I love the Beatles version but there is something so right about this version. It's been a favorite for a lot of years.
Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤
McCartney has said he prefers this version to his own.
I remember hearing this version on the radio back-in-the-day, but didn’t realize it was the same song on ‘Magical Mystery Tour.’ This version’s arrangement by Mendez and Brasil ‘66 is sweet genius.
Btw is that a Fender Rhodes Sergio Mendez is playing? Just ❤️ its sound!
I found the album (Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66) on my way to school and when I got home and listened to it...damn, I was hooked. I don't know how or why it was just laying in the street but thanks for it!
This version is the one I grew up with and still love it. It takes me straight back to my childhood
@@michaeldrasic7587 I remember my Aunt buying this album late 66 and we all played the hell.out it to it basically was worn out.
This is the most beautiful version of this song I've ever heard! Those pure, delicate voices are almost otherworldly, and are a perfect foil for the instrumentals. Thanks for finding gems like these!
Yes, my uncle had this on a mix cd he made
Also check out Mas que Nada: czcams.com/video/QM1lWkyFGcg/video.html
And they look good too yummy
Goodness setup much better think one of the females with Lani Hall was it not great voices and all
Lanny Hall was a force.
I have met Sergio Mendes personally in Beverly Hills. He's from Brazil, like me. He's a nice person.
Respect to you also sir! I'm Australian who grew up listening to Brazil '66 on the radio. What classy music they all made! Sergio is an absolute icon. Bless him.
Fabulous arranger..
Have never seen this version before ,
Sergio and the girls , played like it was always meant to be
Brazil 66 own this
The girls vocals were actually only Lani Hall (the brunette). They double tracked Lani Hall's vocal and the blonde only lip synced
I was 10 years old when this was playing on the radio in my moms new Impala, beautiful song and a beautiful car...miss my Mom so much, and that Impala.
I've listened to Brazil 66 since the 60's back when raw talent was required now all they need is a marketable face and technology does the rest
This song was my introduction to the wonderful music of Sergio Mendes. Been hooked ever since.
Beautiful, simply beautiful.
The Beatles may have written the songs but sergio's interpretations are the best.
No,
True better than paul
@@josealeman1647 No, I did not say that, it is outstanding, but "better than Paul." no.
@@garymorris1856yep!
Can't get enough of Lani's beautiful voice!💞
it's the voice of god, brother
no tats, no fanfare, just plain awesome performance!
My other older sister Maureen loved this song Fool on the hill by Brazil 66. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was. My family had the 45rmp record Fool on the hill. Such a beautiful classic song.
From Niterói to the World. Great Sergio Mendes. Very good.
Lani Hall is beautiful and has the best voice.
This is definitely the best song of Sergio Mendez and Brazil 66! This is musical perfection, the voices, the piano, the guitar and the percussion! I love the bongos!! 👍👍🤓🥳
Brazil 66 was one of the most popular groups back in the 60's. Timeless music.
These girls sang as one. Musical perfection.
Musical genius, is the sound of Sergio Mendez and Brazil ‘66.
Sergio, like Stevie, was born with the happiness gene. Just an amazing assemblage of artists.
🌹♥♥♥Always loved B'66 and still do!! When the group came out, the kids in school would think I was weird for listening to Sergio and Brasil '66. I didn't care.
Beautiful ❤
Remember this song from the '60's. Today it still just as beautiful as then.
I love this song even today in Nov. of 2019
Ernest Godin ~ A great song is a great song, and timeless.
One of my favorite songs of all time ! Memories of am radio filling my mind !😎😎
YES. We still listen to beautiful music.
Lani Hall is tremendous!!👍👍🤓😄 This is the BEST version of “Fool on the Hill”!!👍🤓
I love this version. It reminds me of being a child. Thank you Paul & John for writing this song. If it wasnt for the 2 of them, we would never have this beautiful version of Fool On The Hill
Just Paul on this one.
John did not write it
By 1967, when this song was written, John and Paul were no longer writing songs together. John and Paul would bring their own songs into the studio and inform each other, and also George and Ringo, the arrangement of the song.
Pretty much 100% Paul
I heard this song on the radio when I was a kid. My parents played it. I thought it was old foggy then. Now that I hear this it’s so beautiful. They had the best music then!
Always a big fan of his...thanks to Herb Alert and his record label for bringing this talent to us!
HATE I never have had the privilege to meet Sergio! His group used to rock me to sleep when I was just a toddler, i can remember it on the radio and in my grandmas house, My uncle played it. Then when coming from school I remember watching them on the Mike Douglass show and then have to take a nap. God has been tooo good to my life,. I never deserved such good memories
Their music always just leaves me feeling happy.
I am so glad I grew up in a classy world it is sad that it is gone but it will come back, I hope!
Totally agree
@@petermercer6282 cool
Keep hoping...Jesus is coming back soon😊
He will turn up eventually...
@@jeanettehammond8460 yesh!!
still listening 2020\
horrible year. take me back to the 60s
Jesus what memories man! I’m 63! Soo soo great
It's timeless for a reason. The band was really playing and the singers were really singing.
ive adored these lovely gals since their beginning ,, What utter beauty and voices ,, This classic will be played until eternity lol to all fans xJane xxxxx🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
This reminds me of my childhood it was mesmerizing to here it from beginning to end
Timeless music. For me just its yesterday and I’m 24 again!
The only thing more beautiful than this song is the women who sing it and the voices they sing it with. Completely captivating and enchanting in so many ways.
This was the first version of the song that I heard as a child in Washington DC. It's one of my happiest memories.
Just listened to Lani perform this song tonight in concert. Just fantastic.
I am glad I lived as a kid during this time! Classic music which was truly music!
Lani Hall is one of the best female vocalists of all time. Perfect pitch, flawless. And could sing in a variety of languages. Incredibly under rated as relates to notoriety.
she sang a title song for a James Bond Movie. She is still married to Herb Alpert.
@@bbhrdzaz "Never Say Never Again" from 1983. Although the movie isn't considered Bond "canon," most Bond fans consider it just another movie in the series.
She's still singing
There are a few women who, when I hear them sing, make me sure that they are the best in the world. Then when I hear one of the others, I change my mind again. Lani is one name on that short list.
agree
Again and again: MARVELOUS!!!
Heard this on AM radio riding with my family to the beach as an eleven year old. Loved it then and love it now!
Amen to all the comments about the back in the day...I feel like a young teen again hearing this incredible, timeless song.
Awesome time to have been a kid. No babysitting, no locked doors, no idiots and crazies...
was a young mother such good times
I love this song. Childhood memories
Iam so glad I was here when this first came out I was five. How can I ever forget. Bravo for them amen
I remember it from 1969 and it's as magical today as it was then.
What beautiful voices and music.
Memories are a cheap form of time travel. I just went back to junior high days when I bought this new record with this song on it.
I can close my eyes and hear this song coming from the Marantz console record player in my family home. Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 was one of my parents' favorite music groups. I grew up listening to these folks ❤
Those females voices have the force to tremble my body and make my eyes watered...Being born in 1966 makes it more special !!
Have been a longtime fan of Sergio's music......managed to see him live in London back in the late 1970's I think and they gave a beautiful concert.
I remember this beautiful song by Sergio Mendes Fool on the Hill. My oldest sister loved this song before she passed away. 1968 I was eight years old when that song was out.
So was I and remember this lovely song very well
PS My condolences for your sister
Sergio Mendes was BAD to the Bone, super-smooth!!
This track is a masterpiece! Every time I listen to it, I hear another little nuance in the vocals, the band, and the arrangement. Listen to the dynamics... so well executed!
hes so stylish
Definitely!!
I have the album '68 and never get tired of hearing all the song...so classic...
WOW......Supersonic rendition of the great song!!!!! It just doesn't get better than this...
My dad played this constantly in the late 60' s. R.I.P. Robert Earl Johnson!!!
Sadly, the only ones still alive in this video are Sergio and the two lovely ladies. All his side men are gone. RIP Tao Neto and Dom Um Romao and Rubens Bassini
Thanks in sharing. R.I.P.
@@LI.Agentio No Janis the tall one died in 2004.
@@bldomain No.......the second female singer is American Karen Philipp. She is 75 as of 2021.
This video clip, no matter how many times I watch it and hear it continues to mesmerize me, I was a teenager worrying about being drafted for the war in Vietnam back when it was filmed, yet this song back then brought hope and escape from the fear of being drafted.
Hey Pedro I’m glad you’re still here but did you get drafted my friend? I was almost 13 at that time so I was thinking about that too!
Spot on
I was only 10 in 68 ,and though that young....I also worried about being drafted to that horrific war when I became of age. Thank heaven and Nixon it ended in 74.
*....u.s. of war....245 years of existence, 227 years embroiled in conflicts and wars.*
I borrowed my oldest sister's album. I would listen to this song so much. I almost wore out the album. I bought her new one just before I left. Left her note. Thank you for the memories.just in case I don't come home? 68 Nam start of the TET offensive!!
Brings back memories from my junior high school era...was such a nice time then.
It’s 2020. Remember when this song came out in 1968.. beautiful song!
I watched them in 1968 live concert. It was both magical & breathtaking.
The Mendes Latin arrangement perfectly suits the song. The female vocals are pristine!
Just Lani Hall singing, twice.
In the videos, there are two singers,
but it's the same voice!
A truly eternal masterpiece!
Great music! No inappropriate
words or attire, very classy. 👍🏾
Thank God I accidentally found this song/video, I’ve never seen it before, this song brings back bitter sweet memories of traveling/ camping the west coast with my wonderful parents as a child in our Chevy truck with its cab-over camper, magical times that I will always cherish.
Beautiful women... Beautiful voices.
In all fairness the "voices" was Lani Hall dubbing over her lead vocal. She was THE voice of Brasil '66.
@@1984mickyb ~ Huh? Why would Hall "dub" her own vocal after it's already been done?
@@slimshine953 It's called "Double Tracking" and has been done for many years in the music industry. It adds texture to the vocal.
@@1984mickyb ~ If you said double tracking the first time, I would've known exactly what you meant. I thought you were referring to the performance on the show, which of course was prerecorded and lip synch... hence my initial comment.
She is Herb Alpert’s wife
Absolutely amazing piece of musical history... Nothing else to say
I almost forget this amazing cover by Sergio Mendes and his band!!
Thank you Segio by your music!!
Its such a shame one of the singers dead now. They BOTH had beautiful distinctive voices. I never got sick of listening to their well known songs & music It was great music back then. Not like the music is these days but many young and older singers have turned to singing jazz now. Jazz will never die out just crap pop music will. 🥀💔🥀❣💚
Such sweet singers n music 🎶 stays embedded stemming from my childhood 🎵
I was a fool not knowing how great this version was !!
First impression. Sergio Mendes respected the sound. Love it.
Remembered this song from a family trip when I was six years young; searched all over. Finally, located this video
As a little boy my late Dad would have them on WNEW 1130 AM in the car and here I'm 59 and the music is still amazing.
Wow - this is one of those classic "soundtrack of my youth" pieces. I was 7 when this hit the radio.