Being a Long Island girl I was blessed to have seen him live many times... each time an effortless beauty in that man's voice. The morning they announced he was gone... I dropped my husband at work ... drove around the corner from his job and cried my eyes out while The Maestro sang "I believe" There was no local charity that ever heard the word no from Johnny. His efforts like his voice were tireless. I now regret I didn't go to the East Islip church for his funeral mass. God Bless You Johnny!
I blasted this song as a 45 on my record player when I was 16, and now at 66 yrs. young, I still blast it. Johnny Masestro was one of the greatest . R.I.P. You're missed. Thank you for the wonderful memories.
sauquoit13456 1 second ago On this day in 1968 {December 15th} the Brooklyn Bridge performed "Worst That Could Happen" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'... Six days later on December 21st it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #3 and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100... It was written by Jimmy Webb... First recorded by the 5th Dimension for their 1967 LP album 'Magic Garden'... R.I.P. Johnny Maestro {1939 - 2010} and Mr. Sullivan {1901 -1974}...
Sure was! He's from my parents generation but I grew up on oldies and Motown...I fell in love with him and this song.. I had the pleasure of seeing him in concert 3x in the late 1990s and actually met him and got his autograph....he was so kind and had fans from multiple generations, cultures, ethnicities ...amazing that a voice, song or person can bring so many different kinds of ppl together!
@53Topanga well... I wasn't young then but my MOM was so she took me to see them when I WAS young and then again and again and again when I was older and my son knows them too... amazing how many generations are impacted by their music. I did have the plesure of meeting them and they are true gentlemen... what can I say but WOW!!!
Hands down the G.O.A.T Doo Wop singer of all time. Go back and listen to The Crests and all the Brooklyn Bridge material. When you stop crying, thank God that we had Johnny and generations to come will have these songs. Every year this time I relive my youth ( now 70).
I listened to this on my transistor radio when I was 9 yrs old and still love it. I'm 63 now . I never get tired of this song or this era of music . Thank You .
I don’t comment about pop tunes very often, but this performance by Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge of the classic Jimmy Webb song is almost perfect. If you don’t dig the visuals just forget the cornball club vibe and just listen to the band & vocals. Also, check out the trumpet players singing backgrounds, playing keyboards then pulling off the horn parts on the fly. Those are the kind of musicians I want to be in a band with. RIP - John Peter Mastrangelo aka Johnny Maestro; May 7, 1939 - March 24, 2010.
I met Johnny and the group at The Cheetah Club on 54th Street in NYC. We became good friends actually. I had a baby and the group became the godfather to my son. I still [after 42 years] have the original carriage and mattress with the Brooklyn Bridge emblem on it...wonderful group, wonderful people. He will be missed.
March 30, 2010 I miss him so very very much! Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... come on. What are you waiting for? The older ones are dying, while the younger ones are inducted first! Johhny Maestro..... Pavoritti... Pavoritti... Rest in the arms of Jesus!
Johnny Maestro had an unbelievable range and he always seemed like a really nice man. I wish I had had the opportunity to see him in concert!!🥰I was born in 1947 and didn’t hear much about him owing to the fact that country and gospel in my home. I worked and raised my children and was never able to really hear him until this past year and I wish I could have heard him earlier, I simply love to watch him sing, I could listen and watch for hours and never get tired of him🥰💜
@@jessiem276 I loved to watch him sing he had a phenomenal voice and range 🥰 I rewatch his videos and I never get tired or bored listening to him 🙏🏻🥰💜😇♥️He is very much missed especially by me🥰
Mizkitty1122, when Johnny passed the world lost not only a great tallent, with one of the most durable voices of all time, but also a true humble gentleman. The gates of Heaven automatically opened for Him.
A True R & R Hall of Famer, according to ALL the Fans, and we go to the shows and buy the records, and cd's. I don't care what a few ppl. on a committee say, they are the best. Great voice, fab songs and Johnny & the guys are true Gentlemen... I know him, and the group forever! He is the Best of the Doo Wop Genre or ever will be.. no one has those pipes, no one!! Best, Marcie B. xxx
I'd hear him sing and say,"how does he sound the same,even after all these years?" I guess simply put, Johhny was blessed as few singers are....having a voice that never quit. We were fortunate to hear him. RIP Johnny.
Im a 63 year old Male from Northern Calif. I lost a girl in about 1968 and have been so very DESTROYED by it all these years ..... First time I heard this was right after we split up .... Why is it we torture ourselves and listen to these things that Make us CRAZY ? ....... All I can add is like most everyone else here .... RIP Sir ..... You were quite a voice Johnny Maestro .
Since I started listening to the song again after so many years, it’s in my head every day I wake up and it’s in my head and that’s not a bad thing. Love it love it.
We lost the best of an era before his time- and that's the worst that could happen. We are struck dumb. Yet we will remain grateful for his impact on our memories and lives through his charm, talent and power and kindness.
Wow, you can't say enough about this guy what a beautiful voice, love and remember him very well thank you man for all the good music then, and still today R.I.P. Johnny 😥
He was the best and any attempt to replace him is nothing but an insult. No one can fill his spot, not now, not ever. I loved and still love Maestro and only Maestro. Rest in peace good brother.
A dead on, flawless performance from the late, great Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge...R.I.P Mr. Maestro, you were one of the great vocalists of our time.
Never got to see him...i'm only 32, but i discovered his music about 10 years ago. Oldies 100 in ocean county nj. Never knew til a few years ago that he sang 16 candles.
I remember seeing Johnny Maestro in the Lindberg Ball room in New Jersey in the mid 60's. Fabulous then, fabulous till the day he passed...... he sang what people "felt". RIP Johnny Maestro.
The day before the Jets and Joe Namath upset the Baltimore Colts in January of 1969, my high school basketball team won our conference tournament. I was on a high the next day and remember vividly listening to this song. If you lived in the 60’s you know that this group and this song was not typical of most of the music. You got a group with a great vocalist as the lead singer and awesome background harmonies like we heard in the Do Woo era but a big band with horns. They had like 11 members. This was the number 1 song in the country and I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing while that song was playing that afternoon. Johnny Maestro is the best of all time.
You should be proud JOHNNY. You sing it even better live today , than you did in the studio in 1969. I used to fall asleep after a hard days work , listening to this song over and over. A great song with a great band and singers.
Because it is run by how many seats they can sell for the event. It is an expensive event for a seat, trust me, plus it is run by young ones who could care less about those who led the way for them. But he IS the first one that was put into the EAST COAST HALL OF FAME! The Rock And Roll Hall of Shame isn't what it was supposed to be all about. People who dropped out of sight are in and Johnny is not.
Johnny was the Do Wop Maestro for sure. Never get tired of these great 50-60 slngs....greatest era to be a teen.OMG...what a voice....Johnny. Maestro- and Frankie Valli... two of the greatest!🎶⭐🎶
I won't say better but very close was originally recorded by The 5th Dimension in1968. I still like Johnny better but give the 5th Dimension a listen. They were excellent.
I had the privilege of not only hearing him perform live, but sharing the stage with him and being able to hang around him both before and after the show. He was absolutely amazing with that incredible voice of his, but he truly was a gentleman of a caliber rarely seen. Today's "greats" have a long way to go to be able to match him both in talent and in being a decent human being.
What a great singer!. He was the best up to the end. So sorry he is gone. Love his music and voice was the greatest. He was blessed with his voice. Wish he was still here. RIP.🙏🙏😪
With a heavy heart I sit here at my computer for a sheer shock has come over me to find out that Mr. Johnny Maestro passed away on March 24th, 2011. With all the love in my heart and soul Johnny you will be missed. God Bless and R.I.P.
Should be in Rock &Roll Hall of Fame
How is Johnny not in the rock and roll hall of fame?
One of the best vocalists of the era, along with Jay Black & Gary Puckett.
He should be in the Hall of Fame. Enough already, put him in ❤
Dear god yes.
Nobody else should be allowed in until he gets in.
My group was the warm up group for the Bridge. I still get chills hearing the Worst That Could Happen. What a voice and a really nice guy.
Being a Long Island girl I was blessed to have seen him live many times... each time an effortless beauty in that man's voice. The morning they announced he was gone... I dropped my husband at work ... drove around the corner from his job and cried my eyes out while The Maestro sang "I believe" There was no local charity that ever heard the word no from Johnny. His efforts like his voice were tireless. I now regret I didn't go to the East Islip church for his funeral mass. God Bless You Johnny!
I blasted this song as a 45 on my record player when I was 16, and now at 66 yrs. young, I still blast it. Johnny Masestro was one of the greatest . R.I.P. You're missed. Thank you for the wonderful memories.
Right there with ya' Gina!
@@BirchwoodBums Thank you :)
Is your record player still working?
sauquoit13456 1 second ago
On this day in 1968 {December 15th} the Brooklyn Bridge performed "Worst That Could Happen" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
Six days later on December 21st it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #3 and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
It was written by Jimmy Webb...
First recorded by the 5th Dimension for their 1967 LP album 'Magic Garden'...
R.I.P. Johnny Maestro {1939 - 2010} and Mr. Sullivan {1901 -1974}...
Johnny was a phenomenal singer and performer. His career was unbelievable and he was one of the Greatest Singers of all time as far as I am concerned.
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Yes he was I totally agree 🥰I listen to him every time I get the chance, love to watch him sing, he had such a fantastic range 🙏🏻🥰♥️💜💗😇
Sure was! He's from my parents generation but I grew up on oldies and Motown...I fell in love with him and this song.. I had the pleasure of seeing him in concert 3x in the late 1990s and actually met him and got his autograph....he was so kind and had fans from multiple generations, cultures, ethnicities ...amazing that a voice, song or person can bring so many different kinds of ppl together!
Phenomenal, every single song he ever sang. They'll always be one of my favorites.
How could a voice not change in 40 years???? This is when singers could really sing! RIP Johnny. A true great and gifted artist!
Ha ha ha. Voices can get better for 40 years if you take care of them. I am at my singing peak now at 63
Singing to his own track
one of jimmy webbs' greatest tunes!
How can 5 people not like this? His voice will live on forever.
❤
Memories.
They go on thanks to music like this
@53Topanga well... I wasn't young then but my MOM was so she took me to see them when I WAS young and then again and again and again when I was older and my son knows them too... amazing how many generations are impacted by their music. I did have the plesure of meeting them and they are true gentlemen... what can I say but WOW!!!
Hands down the G.O.A.T Doo Wop singer of all time. Go back and listen to The Crests and all the Brooklyn Bridge material. When you stop crying, thank God that we had Johnny and generations to come will have these songs. Every year this time I relive my youth ( now 70).
Not in the hall of fame? Unbelievable!
I listened to this on my transistor radio when I was 9 yrs old and still love it. I'm 63 now . I never get tired of this song or this era of
music . Thank You .
I don’t comment about pop tunes very often, but this performance by Johnny Maestro and The Brooklyn Bridge of the classic Jimmy Webb song is almost perfect. If you don’t dig the visuals just forget the cornball club vibe and just listen to the band & vocals. Also, check out the trumpet players singing backgrounds, playing keyboards then pulling off the horn parts on the fly. Those are the kind of musicians I want to be in a band with. RIP - John Peter Mastrangelo aka Johnny Maestro; May 7, 1939 - March 24, 2010.
❤️
I met Johnny and the group at The Cheetah Club on 54th Street in NYC. We became good friends actually. I had a baby and the group became the godfather to my son. I still [after 42 years] have the original carriage and mattress with the Brooklyn Bridge emblem on it...wonderful group, wonderful people. He will be missed.
Great singer, still touches my heart!
Johnny, when I take the journey I'll pack this song and bring it for you, it'll be "The Worst That Could Happen" to Earthlings...and me!
Music lost a legend when Johhny Maestro died.
And he and the BB are not in the R&R HofF??? Unbelievable! What can we fans do to get Johnny and our BB in there???
RIP Johnny. I used to go see you at The Bottom Line in NYC and you never lost your voice, or your gracefulness.
Jimmy Webb and Johnny Maestro. One of the best songs of all time!
This man's smooth voice could melt jello!!! Purrrrrr!!!
Johnny maestro was the BEST.❤
Such a brilliant singer and entertainer.sadly missed by millions of fans.r.i.p.johnny. Thank you
Another Jimmy Webb masterpiece beautifully sung by Johnny.
March 30, 2010
I miss him so very very much!
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... come on.
What are you waiting for?
The older ones are dying, while the younger ones are inducted first!
Johhny Maestro..... Pavoritti... Pavoritti...
Rest in the arms of Jesus!
It's not just that he hits the high notes, listen to the quality of his voice.
Right up to a few months before his death. I miss him so very very much. I am proud to say we were friends. Still makes me cry.
Beautiful - Sure he is hitting the high notes in heaven.
Johnny Maestro had an unbelievable range and he always seemed like a really nice man. I wish I had had the opportunity to see him in concert!!🥰I was born in 1947 and didn’t hear much about him owing to the fact that country and gospel in my home. I worked and raised my children and was never able to really hear him until this past year and I wish I could have heard him earlier, I simply love to watch him sing, I could listen and watch for hours and never get tired of him🥰💜
@@florawest9333 I saw him when I was only seventeen... and he sounded even better in person. His voice just blew me away!
@@jessiem276 I loved to watch him sing he had a phenomenal voice and range 🥰 I rewatch his videos and I never get tired or bored listening to him 🙏🏻🥰💜😇♥️He is very much missed especially by me🥰
Wow.... what a voice.. What a great song (thank you Jimmy Webb!), and aside from all that, this is one (*#)(* of an amazing live performance.
Mizkitty1122, when Johnny passed the world lost not only a great tallent, with one of the most durable voices of all time, but also a true humble gentleman. The gates of Heaven automatically opened for Him.
This song is a Masterpiece 💙
The Late GREAT Johnny Maestro the very best voice ever !
Now this guy can sing!
Such a beautiful voice!
A True R & R Hall of Famer, according to
ALL the Fans, and we go to the shows and buy the records, and cd's. I don't care
what a few ppl. on a committee say, they
are the best. Great voice, fab songs and
Johnny & the guys are true Gentlemen...
I know him, and the group forever! He is
the Best of the Doo Wop Genre or ever
will be.. no one has those pipes, no one!!
Best, Marcie B. xxx
one of the best voices of all time period.....
I'd hear him sing and say,"how does he sound the same,even after all these years?" I guess simply put, Johhny was blessed as few singers are....having a voice that never quit. We were fortunate to hear him. RIP Johnny.
Im a 63 year old Male from Northern Calif. I lost a girl in about 1968 and have been so very DESTROYED by it all these years ..... First time I heard this was right after we split up .... Why is it we torture ourselves and listen to these things that Make us CRAZY ? ....... All I can add is like most everyone else here .... RIP Sir ..... You were quite a voice Johnny Maestro .
Since I started listening to the song again after so many years, it’s in my head every day I wake up and it’s in my head and that’s not a bad thing. Love it love it.
Spectacular voice!!!
We lost the best of an era before his time- and that's the worst that could happen.
We are struck dumb. Yet we will remain grateful for his impact on our memories and lives through his charm, talent and power and kindness.
Surely the Worst that Could Happen was losing you Johnny....Rest In Peace..RoeRoe
Simply the best.no-one can match him for vocals.RIP Johnny,you’ll be sorely missed.
Great video, Great song, Great Singer, I love seeing the couples dancing, why can't we can't more of this type of dancing today?
johnny rip...the best,,absolutely no doubt about it.
from canada
jctoronto
Johnny & Ritchie Rossato (The Duprees), 2 f the best ever Doo Wop lead singers!
great sound...he had
My favorite vocalist. What a voice !
One of the Greatest of all times - Johnny Maestro
Wow, you can't say enough about this guy what a beautiful voice, love and remember him very well thank you man for all the good music then, and still today R.I.P. Johnny 😥
What an incredible contribution!
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He was the best and any attempt to replace him is nothing but an insult. No one can fill his spot, not now, not ever. I loved and still love Maestro and only Maestro. Rest in peace good brother.
A dead on, flawless performance from the late, great Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge...R.I.P Mr. Maestro, you were one of the great vocalists of our time.
Johnny Maestro is THE voice of rock n roll. Miss him. ❤
Still my favorite Song of Songs!
I’m a woman to boot!
How funny!
I think that was1968
I was born in 57!
Guess I found that song later !
I really miss him and his music Johnnie Maestro was a one of a kind, man what a voice!!! 1969.
Never got to see him...i'm only 32, but i discovered his music about 10 years ago. Oldies 100 in ocean county nj.
Never knew til a few years ago that he sang
16 candles.
This 1988 version is the best one I have ever heard !!!!
I wish I could have met him. His voice is so smooth.❤❤❤❤
Unbelievably good
Love this song!!
I remember seeing Johnny Maestro in the Lindberg Ball room in New Jersey in the mid 60's. Fabulous then, fabulous till the day he passed...... he sang what people "felt". RIP Johnny Maestro.
The day before the Jets and Joe Namath upset the Baltimore Colts in January of 1969, my high school basketball team won our conference tournament. I was on a high the next day and remember vividly listening to this song. If you lived in the 60’s you know that this group and this song was not typical of most of the music. You got a group with a great vocalist as the lead singer and awesome background harmonies like we heard in the Do Woo era but a big band with horns. They had like 11 members. This was the number 1 song in the country and I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing while that song was playing that afternoon. Johnny Maestro is the best of all time.
You should be proud JOHNNY. You sing it even better live today , than you did in the studio in 1969. I used to fall asleep after a hard days work , listening to this song over and over. A great song with a great band and singers.
An amazing voice. One of the people I would look to for singing style and tone. R.I.P.
One of the GREAT...and distinctive voices of the era. Always be remembered.
Thanks for the memories! RIP
One of the best voices in our era. Will miss you and your singing Johnny. 😢🙏🏻
Why is this man not in the Rock and Roll hall of fame? What am I missing?
Because it is run by how many seats they can sell for the event. It is an expensive event for a seat, trust me, plus it is run by young ones who could care less about those who led the way for them. But he IS the first one that was put into the EAST COAST HALL OF FAME! The Rock And Roll Hall of Shame isn't what it was supposed to be all about. People who dropped out of sight are in and Johnny is not.
@@charousel2 disgruntled white woman...get over it.
Because the Hall isn't worthy of this level of talent.
Johnny Maestro , The Maestro Of Doo Wop
Johnny was the Do Wop Maestro for sure. Never get tired of these great 50-60 slngs....greatest era to be a teen.OMG...what a voice....Johnny. Maestro- and Frankie Valli... two of the greatest!🎶⭐🎶
I pick Johnny over Frankie, just saying. To each his own.
Good Grief! This guy could really sing. My goodness he's belting it out, hitting notes few mortal men can reach, lol.
Was there any better vocal performance in pop music history than Johnny Maestro singing this song?
George Michael singing One More Try.
Not likely, I think I've heard em all. Gary Puckett and him at the top IMO.
I would love to hear Chuck Negron sing this one. They both posess those one of a kind vocals. I know that everytime I hear him. RIP Johnny Maestro...
Chuck Negron too, is great like that..They can sing anything!..
I won't say better but very close was originally recorded by The 5th Dimension in1968. I still like Johnny better but give the 5th Dimension a listen. They were excellent.
I had the privilege of not only hearing him perform live, but sharing the stage with him and being able to hang around him both before and after the show. He was absolutely amazing with that incredible voice of his, but he truly was a gentleman of a caliber rarely seen. Today's "greats" have a long way to go to be able to match him both in talent and in being a decent human being.
What a voice, what a song.. kinda been there many years ago... brings a tear to your eye
I have to say the arrangement, the heartbreak when the famous wedding recessional plays…
what a voice. as good a singer as this country has ever produced. thanks for posting
omg what a rare gift!!! He sounds exactly the same as he did 40 years ago!!!
RIP good sir!
The very same!! We were all so young!!
Johnny Maestro is the very best!!
Best voice(singer) of all time. Nobody will ever be this good and for his entire life. He never lost his voice.
I saw him in person at Finnigans in woodside Excellent
I am 44 my father showed me your music, and I can't believe you had the voice you had till the end. Incredible. RIP
I really liked this version. A great song is always a great song. RIP Johnny.
What memories. Still poignant today.
Sorry to have heard that he passed away today.Truly a golden oldie.The music will never die
when we get to heaven, this is the voice we'll hear..rest in peace johnny..
Johnny Maestro was a class act, a great voice, and a true pioneer of American music. Our nation has lost a treasure.
Just love this song and such an incredible voice!
Johnny sounds better here than original song I think! Great voice and song!
I saw him in person a few years before he passed and it was just a phenomenal concert. he just got better with age his voice unbelievable
how can people not like this? So much talent!
Such a fine song!
Incredible that he could belt it out like this at this age. Seriously amazing. Johnny was a beast.
Just incredible at this very slow tempo...what chops!
What a great singer!. He was the best up to the end. So sorry he is gone. Love his music and voice was the greatest. He was blessed with his voice. Wish he was still here. RIP.🙏🙏😪
THIS MAN COULD REALLY SING! R.I.P.
R.I.P. paisano. Thanks for the memories.
Reminds me of my youth. What a great entertainer. What a voice!
The absolute best.
Wow. I always loved his voice, but to hear a live performance that sounds this great is a rare treat. Thank you for your gift, Johnny.
With a heavy heart I sit here at my computer for a sheer shock has come over me to find out that Mr. Johnny Maestro passed away on March 24th, 2011. With all the love in my heart and soul Johnny you will be missed. God Bless and R.I.P.
R.I.P. My brother. You are one of the greatest voices I've ever heard.