The Spinners in Concert

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the mighty, mighty Spinners!

(audience applauding and cheering) JESSIE: What's up, PBS!

(audience continues applauding) You wanna have a good time with The Spinners?

Right-o!

("Could It Be I'm Falling In Love") MARVIN: Come on, y'all So how's everybody feeling tonight?

Come on, y'all.

Since I met you, I've begun to feel so strange Every time I speak your name That's funny You say that you are so helpless too That you don't know what to do You Each night I pray there will never come a day When you up and take my love away Say you feel the same way too And I wonder what it is I feel for you You Could it be I'm falling in love With you, baby Could it be I'm falling in love Woo Could it be I'm falling in love With you With you With you I don't need all those things That used to bring me joy 'Cause you've made me such a happy boy And, honey, you'll always be the only one for me Meeting you was my destiny You You can be sure I will never let you down When you need me I'll be around And, darling, you'll always be The only one for me Heaven made you specially Could it be I'm falling in love With you, baby Could it be I'm falling in love Woo Could it be I'm falling in love Ooh, yeah With you With you With you MARVIN: Come on, put your hands in.

Oh, yeah.

And darling, you'll always be The only one for me Heaven made you specially Could it be I'm falling in love With you, baby Could it be I'm falling in love I wanna know now, baby Could it be I'm falling in love Ooh, yeah With you With you With you I walk around with my heart in my hands, hey I gotta hold and feel you as long as I can Now, baby I used to sing fa, fa, fa, fa But right now I feel so good I sing la, la, la, la Once you get me up, won't let me down Could it be I'm falling in love Let me take this feeling Could it be I'm falling in love Skip the beat with my heart girl Could it be I'm falling in love Skip the beat with my heart girl Could it be I'm falling in love Ready now, right now Could it be I'm falling in love Could it be, could it be, could it be, could it be Could it be I'm falling in love (C.J.

vocalizing) Could it be I'm falling in love Could it be I'm falling in love Could it be I'm falling in love I love you, and I'm always thinking of you Could it be I'm falling in love (C.J.

vocalizing) Could it be I'm falling in love (C.J.

vocalizing) Could it be I'm falling in love Could it be Oh, yeah Could it be, could it be I'm falling In love, love Love (audience applauding and cheering) JESSIE: Thank you so much.

What's going on, everybody?

We got "Mighty Love" on PBS, y'all.

KEITH: One, two, three, four.

("Mighty Love") Once there was a boy and a girl Boy said, I love you so Girl said, I'll never leave you They grew older and left each other 'Cause that's the way love goes That's the way love goes And then there are times Seems like you'll never find Someone willing to love you You gotta keep on lovin', you'll soon discover A mighty love Will sometimes makes you weep and moan, hey A mighty love You sit all day by the telephone 'Cause you're all alone You need a mighty love, hey, hey Some say that you're sure to find True love and peace of mind Ooh, yeah At the end of a rainbow Ooh, there's no sign in the sky to follow 'Cause that's the way love goes Baby, that's the way love goes Ooh, and so there's a rhyme That says life will soon be fine See, but love is just what you make it You gotta keep on lovin', and you'll soon discover A mighty love Will sometimes make a, a weak man strong, yeah A mighty love Will sometimes make a, a rich man weak And knock him off his feet You need a mighty love Hey, mighty, mighty, mighty Mighty, mighty, mighty love Jones Comin' down on me, baby With a mighty love, you can Mighty love Sometimes turn the world around, yes, you can I feel the mighty love Mighty love Make you move, make you groove Gotta happy, happy, ha-happy, happy Might love Anybody feel it, can you feel it Do you feel it Mighty love Then put your hands like this, come on Ooh Hey Ooh Hey Mighty love I know you gotta mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Mighty love Jones comin' down on me, baby Woo Make you feel it Ooh Let me feel it Mighty love I'm talking about a mighty love I'm talking about a Mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Mighty love Mighty, mighty Mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty love Jones Ah, baby Mighty love Ooh Ooh Come on Ooh Mighty love Make it move, make it groove, come on Ooh Yeah Mighty love Hey Ooh Who got it, you got it Ooh Now put your hands like this, come on Ooh Ooh You got it Mighty love Now put your hands like this, come on Ooh Mighty love Hey Ooh Come on, you got it She got it Mighty love Look at her dance, go girl (C.J.

vocalizing) Mighty love I know you, come on, put your hands like this, hey Mighty love Say yeah Ooh Yeah Mighty love She got it, she got it She got it Mighty love She got it, she make me wanna Ooh Mighty love Ooh Ooh Yeah Ooh Yeah Mighty love Ooh, ooh Mighty love Ooh, ooh Mighty love (audience applauding and cheering) C.J.

: Thank you.

We love you.

(audience applauding and cheering) ("Funny How Time Slips Away") RONNIE: Ladies and gentlemen, this is a song that was written by Willie Nelson, sung by Joe Hinton and yours truly.

Hello there My, it's been a long, long time Yeah How you doin' Oh, I guess I'm doin' fine It's been so long now But it seems like It was only yesterday Ain't it funny, it's so funny how time Can slip right away Ooh How's your new love Oh, I hope he's Doin' fine I heard you told him That you're gonna love him Ooh 'Till the end of time Whoa-oh, that's the same thing that you told me It seems like it was the other day Ain't it funny, oh, it's so funny how time Can just slip right away Ooh I got to go now Ooh Oh, I guess I'll see you Somewhere 'round But you never can tell, never can tell Never can tell when The Spinners will be back in your town Oh, please remember Remember What I told you In time you're gonna pay Ain't it funny (audience applauding and cheering) (audience member whistles) So It's so funny It's so funny How time Slips right Away (audience applauding and cheering) C.J.

: Give it up for Ronnie Moss!

("I'll Be Around") Oh yeah, oh right, oh right Woo This is our fork in the road Love's last episode And there's nowhere to go Oh, no You made your choice And now it's up to me To bow down gracefully I know you hold the key, but baby Come on, whenever you call me I'll be there Whenever you want me I'll be there Whenever you need me I'll be there I'll be around I knew just what to say And now I found out today That all the words had slipped away But I know there's only one chance A tiny spark that remain A spark turns into a flame And love will burn once again, I know you know Whenever you call me I'll be there Whenever you want me I'll be there Whenever you need me I'll be there I'll be around, yeah MARVIN: Come on, Vegas, put your hands right here.

Oh yeah Yeah Oh yeah Yeah Do you know this song?

'Cause if you know it, come on, sing with me.

Whenever you call me, I'll be there Whenever you want me, I'll be there Even when I have to crawl, I'll be there I'll be around Just call me on the phone, I'll be there I'll never leave you alone, I'll be there Just call out my name, I know, I know you know I'll be around I'll be skippin' and a-jumpin', I'll be there I'll be a-rippin' and running, I'll be there I'll be calling out your name to let you know I'll be around You hear Baby, I'll be around JESSIE: Give it up for Marvin Taylor.

(audience applauding and cheering) All right.

("It's A Shame") C.J.

: Now listen, if you know the words, just sing along.

But if you can't sing with us, come on, just snap your hands.

Come on, hey.

Ooh.

(singers vocalizing) It's a shame, the way you mess around with your man It's a shame the way you hurt me It's a shame, the way you mess around with your man I'm sitting all alone, by the telephone Waiting for your call, but you don't call at all It's a shame Shame The way you mess around with your man It's a shame Shame How you play with my emotions It's a shame Shame The way you mess around with your man You're like a child at play, on a sunny day 'Cause you play with love And then you throw it away Why do you use me, try to confuse me How can you stand to be so cruel Why don't you free me from this prison Where I serve my time as your fool It's a shame Shame The way you mess around with your man It's a shame, baby Shame How you hurt me It's a shame Shame The way you mess around with your man I try to stay with you, showing love so true But you won't appreciate, the love we try to make Oh, it's got to be a shame Oh, baby, woo Why do you use me, try to confuse me How can you stand to be so cruel Why don't you free me from this prison Where I serve my time as your fool Oh, it's gotta be a shame The way you mess around with your man It's a shame, baby Shame The way you hurt me Hey, it's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame The way you mess around with your man You've got my heart in chains And I, and I must complain And I just can't be confined Oh it's about the time (singers vocalizing) It's a shame, baby Shame The way you hurt me It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame Whoa-ooo It's just that is a shame (audience applauding and cheering) ("Sadie") (audience cheering) C.J.

: This next song, I'd like to dedicate to all the ladies, all the beautiful ladies in this audience.

(audience cheering) AUDIENCE MEMBER: Yes, sir!

C.J.

: I mean, you, you, you, you, you, you.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Hey, what about down here?

(audience laughs) C.J.

: I see you.

I see you.

And I also like to dedicate this to your mother, you grandmother, your auntie, your nana.

Now, if you know the words, please sing along.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Okay.

C.J.

: Rocky.

Early one Sunday morning (audience cheers) Breakfast was on the table And there was no time to eat She said to me, boy, hurry to Sunday school Filled with the load of glory We learned the holy story And she always have her dreams Despite the things That this troubled world can bring Oh, Sadie Don't you know we love you, sweet Sadie A place no one above you, sweet Sadie Well, well, well Living in the past And sometimes it seems so funny But no money can turn her love around Sweeter than cotton candy Stronger than papa's old brandy And always that needed smile Once in a while she would break down and cry But sometimes she'd be so happy Being with us and daddy Standing the worst of time Breaking the binds Breaking the binds With that one simple C.J.

: If you know the words, come on.

Oh, Sadie Don't you know we love you Oh, in a special way Well, well, well Place no one above you, sweet Sadie Livin' in the past Ooh, she's never sinnin' But in love she's always winnin', yeah Sadie Sadie Don't you know we love you Sweet Sadie I love you, mama Well, well, well Place no one above you How you gave me love, she gave this word Living in the past If there's a heaven up above I know she's teaching angels how to love Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait C.J.

: If you don't mind, Nevada, Can I talk about, talk about, talk about my mama Listen, I am the ninth child that my mother had.

Oh yeah, that's what I said.

There's two things about being the last, as my mother called the pee in a dish, there's a good part and a bad part.

The good part is she was already tired of whooping ass when I came in.

(audience laughs) The bad part is I got away with everything.

But then there was a time that I couldn't get away with everything, and I came home escorted by the police.

But listen, it gets better.

(audience and C.J.

chuckle) Do anybody know about a praying mother (audience shouting indistinctly) Don't fool me My mother was down on one knee when I walked in, and she said some real simple, real simple prayer.

And it said, "Lord, I give up.

I put 'em in your hands."

In that very day, my whole life changed.

I'm gonna ask you one more time.

Anybody know about a praying mother (audience shouting indistinctly) (C.J.

vocalizing) Now, here's what I'd like to do.

Because of time, I wanna talk about that special woman in your life that pushed you, your mother, your grandmother, your nana, your auntie, your big sister.

Can you call out the name?

One, two, three.

(audience shouts indistinctly) Now, listen, since I don't know what the hell you said, (audience laughs) we gonna change the name to Sadie because I want you to sing to that special someone tonight.

Can we do it?

It's real simple.

Marvin, you got me?

It's real simple.

We gonna do it for you, you gonna start with us, we just gonna make this one big happy choir, all right?

All you gotta do is say Sadie Ah, yeah Don't you know we love you, sweet Sadie There we go.

Place no one above you, sweet Sadie And just say... Well, well, well 'Cause we don't wanna know what you've been through.

All right, you ready?

Are you ready?

Come on!

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Ready, ready.

C.J.

: Let me hear you say, say... Sadie Oh, yeah.

Don't you know we love you, we love you Sweet Sadie Place no one above you, sweet Sadie Well, well, well.

Well, well, well All right, all right.

Let me try this out.

We gonna do it one more time.

Come on.

Let me hear you say, say... Sadie Mm, don't you know we love you, sweet Sadie Ooh, Sadie, Sadie Place no one, no one, no one Oh yeah, I think they're ready Well, well, well All right, you did crooned enough.

Now, here's what I need you to do.

I need you to reach way down and sing, here we go... Ey Sadie Don't you know we love you, sweet Sadie Yeah, hey Place no one above you, sweet Sadie Well, well, well Oh, you've found a heaven up above I know she's teaching angels how to love Hey, Sadie My, my, my Don't you know we love you, sweet Sadie I love you, mama Place no one above you, sweet Sadie Yeah Living in the past She's never sinnin' But in love she's always winnin', yeah Sadie I love you, mama, I miss you, mama I love you, mama (audience applauding and cheering) ("Love Don't Love Nobody") Sometimes a girl Will come and go You reach for love But life won't let you know That in the end You'll still be lovin' her But then she's gone And you're all alone I never learned I never learned to give myself So many times I've been a fool But right now I need someone else Well, well, well Like boy blue I blow my horn And if you just lead me home Baby, I should've known That it takes a fool To learn that love don't love nobody It takes a fool To learn that love don't love no one It takes a fool Sometimes you have to suffer, well Make your bed hot some time You gotta sleep that way It takes a fool Oh yes, it does To learn That love don't love no one No one (vocalizes) The sign of pain Is on my face, well And my heartbeat stops I can't take the blame, no I gave her all The love I had within My love was strong But somethin' went wrong, ah It takes a fool to learn You gotta love nobody that love Love, love, love, love, love, love It takes a fool I was a fool To learn You were a fool That love That we gotta learn how to kiss and hug Well, well It takes a fool Oh, yes, it does To learn that love don't love no one It takes a fool Oh, no To learn that love don't love no one No one I was a fool See, I was a big, Black, bald-headed fool But I've learned, I've learned I've learned, I've learned, I've learned I've learned I've learned Learned (audience applauding) (audience cheering) JESSIE: PBS, give it up again to Mr. C.J.

Jefferson.

C.J.

: Thank you.

JESSIE: All right, let's turn this party up.

Help us count us off.

Come on, y'all.

Go, one, two, one, two, three, and here we go.

Come on now, everybody, come on now Come on, clap your hands Come on Everybody in the house Come on put your hands, y'all, one more time Come on One, two, aw (C.J.

trills) ("Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time") Well, all right Cupid Oh Cupid Yeah, yeah, hey, cupid Cupid Come on Cupid Draw back your bow And let your arrow go Straight to my lover's heart for me Nobody but me Cupid Please hear my cry And let your arrow fly Straight to My, my, my, my My lover's heart Yeah Straight to my lover's heart Now, I don't mean to bother you But I'm in distress There's dangers of me losing All of my happiness For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist And this you can fix Come on, hey Now, Cupid, draw back your bow And let your arrow go Straight to my lover's heart Yeah Straight to my lover's heart Now, Cupid, if your arrow Make her love strong for me I promise I will love her until eternity I know between the two of us her heart we can steal Help me if you will Ooh, Cupid, draw back your bow And let your arrow go Straight to my lover's heart Yeah Straight to my lover's heart I need you Straight to my lover's heart I don't know what I'm gonna do Straight to my lover's heart Oh Cupid Cupid Come on now Cupid Look, if you want, you can listen to me I loved you for a long time Now it's time to make you my baby I loved you for a long time Now it's time to make you my baby Oh, I look at you You turn away But I say to you Please look my way But you say to me Leave me alone Can't you see I can't live without you I loved you for a long time Now it's time to make you my baby I loved you, I loved you, I loved you I loved you, I loved you for a long time Now it's time to make you my baby Girl, didn't you know that My love's for you And it hurts me so bad I'm telling you Come on, look at you want Try it again Can't you see I can't live I loved you I loved you Make you my baby, make you baby Cupid, draw back your bow And let your arrow go Straight to My, my, my, my My lover's heart Yeah Need you Straight to my lover's heart I don't know what I'm gonna do Straight to my lover's heart Having a party Having a party Everybody's swingin' Everybody's swingin' Rockin' to the music Dancin' to the music On the radio On the radio Having a party Having a party Everybody oughta be swinging Everybody's swinging Now would you rock with me Dancin' to the music On the radio On the radio Now, now let me hear Mr. DJ Mr. DJ Let the record spin 'Cause we're having such a good time Come on, let's do it Dancin' with my baby We're having a party Having a party Everybody's swingin' Everybody's swingin' Rockin' to the music Dancin' to the music On the radio On the radio Having a party Having a party Everybody oughta be swingin' Everybody's swingin' Now won't you rock with me Dancin' to the music On the radio On the radio Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait I came to party, I came to party I came to party C.J.

: Anybody over here come to party?

We came to party, we came to party We came to party I came to party, I came to party I came to party Anybody else there came to party?

We came to party, we came to party We came to party I came to party, I came to party Anybody, anybody, anybody come to party We came JESSIE: Party people!

RONNIE: We love you.

JESSIE: Party people!

(audience applauding and cheering) Do you want some more?

(audience shouting) I said, do you want... JESSIE AND RONNIE: Some more?

(audience shouting) JESSIE: All right, here's what we're gonna do for you guys.

We're gonna go back.

Uh-oh, PBS style, baby.

We about to go... JESSIE AND RONNIE: Way back.

RONNIE: Okay.

JESSIE: We're gonna go back and get some more of The Spinners' biggest hits, is that all right with you?

(audience applauding and cheering) (Jessie shouts) ("Then Came You") C.J.

: All right, come on.

MARVIN: Now put your hands together like... Get 'em up.

C.J.

: Now put your hands together like this.

Come on, put your hands together like this.

Put your hands together.

Ever since I meet ya It seems I can't forget ya The thought of you keeps running through The back of my mind Every time I'm near ya I get that urge to feel ya The touch of you and loving you Makes everything right Oh, oh, tell me how you feel I've never knew love before I never knew love Then came you, then came you Then came you I never knew love before Then came you I gotta, gotta get your lovin' Then came you Hey, hey, yeah Oh, I never knew love before See, you taught me how to love Then came you With your power of love Then came you With your power of love I never knew love before So sweet, oh sweet, sweet, sweeter, sweeter Then came you Oh, I never knew love before Then came you (audience applauding and cheering) JESSIE: Thank you, PBS.

We love you, guys.

Thank you so much.

We love all the ladies too.

Thanks for all the love and support.

In fact, that's what girls are made for.

("That's What Girls Are Made For") And that's what girls are made for To love and to kiss That's what girls are made for To hold and to miss That's what girls are made for You gotta love them Love 'em Then you kiss them Kiss 'em You gotta hug 'em Hug 'em And you miss them Miss them Whoa, ooh 'Cause that's what girls are made for That's what girls are made for Oh, you gotta love them Kiss 'em.

You know you gotta kiss them too You gotta hug 'em Miss 'em And gotta miss them 'Cause that's what girls That's what girls are made for Why (audience applauding and cheering) JESSIE: Oh, thank you so much.

We're so happy to be here.

It is an honor to be here.

And we're so happy to be here with you now.

How could we let you get away?

DRUMMER: One, two, three.

("How Could I Let You Get Away") Like howdy do your tin soldiers, your clowns too They're all laughing at you I'm laughing at you too Like basketball, five fouls and that was all The games you really knew, yeah How couldn't I beat you In the middle of the room Got no time to count my sheep today How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon Like mother goose winds you up Then turns you loose And Block 10 was beatin' too And I can't tell green from blue, no, no Like cat and mouse, games of chase instead of house And I get so mad at you like parents often do In the middle of the room Got no time to count my sheep today How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon Mmm How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon C.J.

: Mr. Rocky Hendrick.

Ooh How could I let you get away When I When I knew I'd need somebody soon Like mother goose I can't let you loose And I need you, baby, ooh When I knew I'd need somebody soon Help me now, keep my feet on the ground How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon I need you, I need you How could let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon Ooh, hey, mmm How could I let you get away When I knew I'd need somebody soon Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute Wait a minute, wait a minute Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait A minute Hey I feel like this song was made just for men, 'cause we always messin' up.

Most of the time.

Here's what I need.

I need all the fellas to help me out.

I need you to do one thing.

It's real simple.

I just need you to sing along with me.

Just like this, you ready?

All my kings, here we go.

Just say... How could I let you get away When I knew I'd That's it.

Test practice.

Come on, say it.

How could I let you get away When I knew I'd Here we go.

Now I just need the ladies, they already know their part.

How could I let you get away When I knew Ladies.

Just like I said, the ladies are always right.

Come on.

How could I let you get away When I knew I'd All right, one more time.

Come on.

How could I let you get away When I knew I'd, yeah I need you, I need you, I need How could I let you get away When I knew I'd I need you Need somebody soon Help me now, with my feet on the ground How could I let you get away I need you, I need you, I need you When I knew I'd need somebody soon Oh, how could I let you get away When I knew I'd (audience cheering) Need You soon (Ronnie vocalizing) (audience applauding and cheering) Two, three, four.

("One Of A Kind, Love Affair") Hey One-of-a-kind Love affair is The kind of love that you read about In a fairy tale When the Sun is shining on a rainy day It's a cloud of love Don't you know it's One-of-a-kind love affair is When your up is down, when your down is up But love stays around When you know you're right But you gotta make a little sacrifice You make it for love You gotta make it for love, oh I never thought about today would come When she would leave without goodbye Yeah, yeah She wrote a line or two upon the wall Said, I'm leaving you and I love you, too I can't stay with you, oh no And to this very day I could never say A discouraging word 'cause I love you Ooh C.J.

: Let's dance with me, hey!

RONNIE: Put 'em up there, y'all.

JESSIE: Come on, come on, come on.

Get 'em up.

("Games People Play") Can't get no rest Don't know how I work all day When will I learn Memories get in my way I walk around I can't hear a sound, folks talkin' loud But I don't see at all I gotta get away, gotta get away I don't know where to go We'll take it slow And I'll leave it alone 12:45 Headed for that subway home I took my time 'Cause I felt so all alone Not far away I heard a funny sound, took a look around, and I Could see her face Oh, smilin' as she came, callin' out my name, so I Know where to go, we'll take it slow And I'll call it a day Games people play Night or day, they're just not matching Don't know what they should do Keeps me feeling blue Been down too long Well, right, wrong, I just can't stop it Spending all day thinking just of you Games people play (audience applauding and cheering) ("The Rubberband Man") Hand me down my walkin' cane, hand me down my hat (audience applauding and cheering) Hurry now, we can't be late 'Cause we ain't got time to chat You and me are goin' out To catch the latest sounds Guaranteed to blow your mind So high we won't come down, hey Hey, y'all prepare yourself For the Rubberband Man You've never heard a sound Like the Rubberband Man You're bound to lose control When the Rubberband starts to jam Ooh, this dude is outta sight Everything he does seems to turn out right Once I went to hear them play At the club outside of town I was so surprised I was hypnotized by the sound these cats put down When I seen this short fat man Stretch a band between his toes I laughed so hard when the man got down When he finally reached his goal C.J.

: If you know it, come on.

Hey, y'all prepare yourself For the Rubberband Man C.J.

: I can't hear you.

You've never heard a sound Like the Rubberband Man You're bound to lose control When the Rubberband starts to jam (C.J.

vocalizing) Come on.

(continues vocalizing) (singers vocalizing) Guaranteed to blow your mind (singers vocalizing) They say all the ladies up in here are so fine!

(singers vocalizing) I need all the beautiful ladies to scream.

Let me hear ya!

(singers vocalizing) (audience cheering) I gotta get away Woo Oh yeah Oh, ah Everybody say yeah!

Say yeah!

Say yeah!

(audience cheering) ANNOUNCER: How about a nice round of applause for Mr. C.J.

Jefferson all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Give it up for Jessie Peck!

Marvin Taylor, Ronnie Moss!

Mighty, mighty Spinners!

(audience applauding and cheering) Hurry now, we can't be late 'Cause we ain't got time to chat You and me are goin' out To catch the latest sounds Guaranteed to blow your mind So high we won't come down, hey Hey, y'all prepare yourself For the Rubberband Man You've never heard a sound Like the Rubberband Man You're bound to lose control When the Rubberband starts to jam Ooh