The Kirby Stone Four were an American vocal ensemble popular in the 1950s a… Read Full Bio ↴The Kirby Stone Four were an American vocal ensemble popular in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Kirby Stone founded the group and enrollled Eddie Hall, Mike Gardner and Larry Forsterand to complete the quartet.

The group began playing clubs in the New York area. They won slots on local television, including The Ed Sullivan Show, and soon after signed to Columbia Records. Several LPs followed, including Baubles, Bangles and Beads; their version of the song Baubles, Bangles and Beads became a hit in the U.S. in 1958.

Among the backing musicians that played on Kirby Stone Four albums were Jimmy Carroll's orchestra, the Kai Winding Quartet, Alvino Rey, Shelly Manne, and Al Klink. Their style, which melded swing jazz, vocalese, and early rock & roll was referred to as "The Go Sound."

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@usmale49

18w↑1

Oh how I love this song by the Kirby Stone Four...such a great sound and the STEREO is absolutely glorious! Fantastic song for 1958! Thank you for uploading and sharing!!

@USRoute66

15y↑25

This has to be not only best version of this song ever recorded, but one of the best vocal groups of all-time. Sadly, they are not to so well known today, but they still shine like a diamond in the night.

@jamescity1160

1y↑1

I agree!

@leedaniels7196

Absolutely!,😊

@chatman2a

42w

This is the only version I grew up listening to. It was the first and is absolutely the best.

@wowjef

23w

Agreed!

@usmale49

16w↑1

Yes, this is the very best version. However; Barbara Eden sang it in the TV production of "Kismet" which isn't too bad either!!

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@lostsoul3154

4y↑4

Before all this COVID s**t, there was the late, great year of 1958 and the K.S.4 with this great, great sound.

@jeffmarshall9420

1y↑1

I have loved this since 1958 when I was 5 and mom had 1310 WRR Dallas on in the kitchen. I still love it.

@chrisn7259

5y↑19

One of those records where it all came together perfectly. The vocals, the driving arrangement, etc. After all these years it is as refreshing as a cool breeze.

@nealbradleigh5069

2y↑1

A cornerstone pillar of the soundtrack of the '50s. You heard this EVERYWHERE in 1958 (I'm researching their possible musical collaboration with ad agencies for commercial work. Get some blood to the ol' brain cells, and try to recall a particular 1960s commercial for LUCKY STRIKES ["......REMEMBER HOW GREAT cigarettes used to taste....] ).
Wait a minut... was this the group that scored more radio airplay with the musical ditty HAPINESS IS (which was also covered by an ad agency for ANOTHER cigarette brand, KENT cigarettes)?

@arnulfoalvarez1743

I was a busboy at that time a very exclusive night club in Kansas City named Eddy’s , and singers and entertainers would come and perform for 2 weeks at a time, and so I listened to the Kirby Stone Four and enjoyed their music, those were the good ol’ days, only memories remain.

@enjoy7024

22w↑1

Absolutely Absolutely Beautiful! Thanks to the artists!!

@JohnnyJTav

2y↑1

I remember this song as a kid. A Very Lively Song...

@PetrusRuppert

13y↑8

Let me add to the reminiscing! I heard this ONCE in 1958 in a store in West Hempstead, New York where TV's and stereos were sold, my mother was buying an Andrea B&W TV, and this was playing on a stereo there at the store entrance, and I couldn't forget it. Thanks for posting this, it is TIMELESS!!! By the way, the Andrea TV was a headache forever after, but she kept the cabinet, like everybody else, and still has it.

@paladin520

1y↑2

My family bought 2 ANDREAS from the factory in Long Island City. First one (no case, so the tubes would stay cool) was great, lasted a long time. Second one not so great.

@ChuckWroste

11y↑13

Summer of '58, I was just back in the 48 after two years on Guam. Spent the summer with my cousins in Encino, CA. Found KFWB on my radio, and they were playing this song, loved it at once. Searched for it for 445 years, finally found it at a thrift store, So great to hear real singers doing a great song.

@michelmotta4339

10w

1958 foi um ano musical espetacular.

@Wolfsky9

15y↑15

This is a true 50's song if there ever was one, & I love it today, just as I did in '58. this is timeless, and we will never hear the likes of this again. The memories are forever. Wolfsky9

@todfoster6288

3y↑1

Thank you so much. Larry Foster was my dad(Glasses)

@musicman5236

5y↑4

Brings back wonderful memories of my mom and dad dancing together when I was a little boy.

@tedszyrko8336

4y↑8

This is a feel good song...one of the all time greats

@michaellazzeri9439

WOW----------THIS REALLY DOES TAKE ME BACK TO '58-------AND MY DAD, WHO LOVED THIS SONG. i WAS JUST 12 Y/O.

@1948ian

11y↑6

I dont know why they re recorded this song in 1964 and 68. This version in 1958 could never be improved on... A classic

@hectormata449

2y↑2

For those claiming this is the original and best version have not lived as long as I have. While I have an original Kirby Stone 33 1/3 RPM album by them, they are not the original recording of this song. It was one of the songs in the 1953 BROADWAY musical called KISMET, the music adapted from composer Alexander Borodin’s Prince Igor, and subsequently made into a 1955 film musical starting Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, and Vic Damone….if my addled memory serves me well. The Broadway stars were Alfred Drake and Dolores Morrow. The Broadway and movie versions have a sad, or wistful tone while the Kirby 1958 version is uplifting…but all are emotionally moving in their own way. I love them all.

@cjwoodring9877

I was a junior in high school and had this LP at home. Absolutely loved it! My go-to radio stations were WOWO here in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and WLS up Chi-Way. It was a real rush hearing this just now, and thanks for sharing! I'll be 82 next month, and this sounds as great as it did when I was 16.

@rizmid

4y↑4

My personal favourite version! ♥️

@mikehaiduck99

11y↑12

I agree that this is the best recording and one of the greatest songs recorded.

@jimsouthern1398

6y↑11

Summer-1958. I just got back from two years on Guam (Dad's in the Navy), listening to KFWB, 980-AM in L.A. Heard this song a lot, loved it. About 50 years later, found the 45 in a thrift store. It's where it belongs now, in the collection of a true vinyl junkie!!

@lostsoul3154

So many great recordings from 1958. Wonderful year for music.

@deborahbrown6408

Jim Southern: I remember KFWB AM radio in LA Calif.!! Good music, great memories...Remember the transistor radios we had!!??🤔🎶🎶😍🎶🎶

@donnsunderland2684

@@deborahbrown6408 Deborah I remember KFWB broadcasting live from the Topanga Plaza when it was under construction in 1961- 1962. We would pedal our bicycles there frequently just to see their live broadcast radio show. Some fun!

@jeanesingsjazz

Here in the San Francisco Bay area we had KEWB.

@Lupton2000

1y↑2

I remember hearing this song for the first time in April 1988 on the radio. I thought back then this music was better than what was made at the time.

@Wolfsky9

14y↑4

I hear my Dad sing along to this wonderful song, every time I hear it. What memories; they are Forever. Wolfsky9

@southbreeze6745

47w

Just great music memories from that time. Mom always had the radio on, and this song was popular.

@kimmr100

8y↑32

What a pleasure it is to listen to a bright, happy, piece if music - makes it great to be alive. Thanks for posting.

@craig98shari

10y↑6

Thank you so much for posting this extremely happy song. When I was a young girl and growing up as well always gave me a warm and good feeling after listening to Kirby and his group.Cheers, Shari

@ldfreitas9437

3y↑2

This song is so 1958! I remember it being played on the radio then, in the late 50's and early 60's. I was only four, five, six, but it stuck in my head. A long, long time later, like four years ago, having a classic music station on, I heard a piece by Borodin that sounded somewhat like this song, and it's the classic that this tune came from.

@kevinlikethevideooflynnfer9597

45w

Denver this song whenI grew up in the 50’s love ❤️ it

@johndough181

10y↑16

BLESS THESE DUDES WHEREVER THEY ARE.

@enjoy7024

Beautiful sense of humor!

@stephenbrowne3399

4y↑5

This is always great no matter how many times I hear it. All the Kirby LPs are great too. All class, music and style.

@popgems

15y↑4

One of the best "feel good" songs of all time!!!

@dewey44

12y↑2

Rmember this song from 1958. I was 14 then and always enjoyed this group. They appeared on TV quite a bit back then.

@jimhynes7039

10y↑11

One of my favorite 50s Pop songs.

@robertbonter1190

10y↑2

This takes me back to the girls in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School chorus who used to sing it when it was popular, in 1958. Where have you gone Ruth Rhea, Carol Shannon, Carolyn Mehler, Patricia Sprague, Linda Garvin, et al?

@johnrinehart4927

4y↑3

This was one of my mother and father's favorite songs and I never forgot the sound of it and I'm 66

@ferdinandfrancis9673

8y↑13

Oh yes, lots of memories, i was 11 years old living on the island of jamaica ,this played a lot on the radio was my mom's fav, rip mom.

@Cinema320

11y↑2

Flashback to a sunny afternoon in August of 1958 - a bar and grille on Mass Ave in Boston. My dad putting salt in his beer as this song played on the juke box.

@brittanythomas2239

50w

When music was truly great...and catchy.

@juanrojas-lr4kh

Juan rojas muy bonito tema me trae recuerdos de mi infancia ese guego de voces lo ace espectacular tambien lo conocia por baratijas muchas gracias por traerlo

@ChuckWroste

11y↑2

Heard this song many times on KFWB-L.A. in the summer of '58. Finally found it in a thrift store a few years back, not even in a sleeve, for .25. Got it home and it was still in great shape. I've now got 8 LP's by the guys, great listening!

@havajafrljuckic8833

6y↑6

most wonderful song. transports me to another time. although I was not born during the time of this song it just has a wonderful familiarity to it. It uplifts my spirit. So beautiful. I miss songs of this nature.

@Cheapnis

2y↑3

As you wander aimlessly through the isles at Kmart looking for nothingness generally, this tune had to be part of their Muzak line up for sure.

@NBCRecords

11y↑12

It's with great sadness that I write to advise that the last surviving member of The Kirby Stone Four, Edwin Holzman (Eddie Hall), passed away last Friday, 16 November 2012, in Las Vegas Nevada. He was 91. Thank you Kirby, Larry, Mike and Eddie - your music will continue to live on.

@lostsoul3154

4y↑2

Sad indeed. Epic sound will live, thank God.

@e-care-books9867

2y↑1

@@lostsoul3154 I am just seeing this note now. Blessings to them all — and, thanks for the music.

@melbourne1945

10y↑7

Takes me right back to the summer of '58 in Pittsburgh and our vacation trip to Cooperstown in Dad's car. No air-conditioning in '50s cars-- windows down the whole 7 hours.Great rendition of a great Glazunov melody.

@Glinkaism1

10y↑3

Wh00ps! R!wong composer! Tis from Alexander Borodin. Same first name. But no cigar, booby.

@jmtrunner

For some reason this popped into my head today, so here I am. Thanks YouTube!

@alienmcqueen

10y↑1

i know im from the new generation but when i was going camping when i was 5 or 6 my dad would play this song and id just start dancing everytime. i thank him for putting me on to this music :)

@Qrail

They appeared regularly at Harrah’s. Thanks for showing that in this video.

@ckelly365

4y↑1

Brings so many memories. Very popular in 1960. Danced to this with a pretty special person...well at the time.

@icabod9345

2y↑1

Bumped into this while browsing and I was instantly transported back to the late 1950s. I was just a kid back then and Ihis tune was played on the radio all the time. Interestingly, this song was originally in the stage production of "Kismet" earlier in the 50s (and it didn't sound anything like this). The Kirby Stone Four were quite popular back then.

@Wolfsky9

13y↑3

This was one of my Dad's all-time favorite songs--Jan-Feb., of '58. Timeless, & classic. Wolfsky9

@jdollinter

13y↑1

Back in the 60's and 70's I remember grocery stores and pharmacies selling easy listening, adult contemporary records but nothing this good.

@hernanmanzo1731

6y↑6

Qué bellos recuerdos de mi adolescencia,,,un temon.!!!!

@Joannegmurphy

13y↑1

When I was a kid we lived for a couple of years in a home built by one of these guys. 27 Dogwood Road, Searington NY. It broke my mom's heart to move out of that house....it was gorgeous!

@SpeedTriple59

14y↑1

Loved jiving to this with a old flame?? Miss you Lel..

@TheJazsinger

9y↑7

This song drove me nuts for a long time. I never minded because it's such a great song!

@BillSU77

8y↑20

Very cool song. In my opinion this is still legit today. A fun, well written, performed and produced song. The womens chorus is mentioned if you look into the Kirby Stone Four's history.

@ferdinando1945

12y↑1

Outstanding oldy of 1958 , when I was 13. Thx to NBCrecords

@Elainerulesutube

3y↑1

What fabulous music we had then compared to today's rubbish!

@elliotbishop4475

I thank God I'm old enough to have lived during a time when pop music was beautiful and uplifting. How tight are the vocals on this track?

@manuelvalencia1543

24w

This song reflected so well the confidence and optimism of the time. Not long after the times and the music became darker, more pessimistic.

@TomTimeTraveler

8y↑3

A true summertime song!

@geraldinaaguilera3672

This the best version of this song....the best song....

@carlhorowitz5916

A strange, seductive hybrid of pop, jazz and rockabilly. Perfect for those sophisticated "Mad Men" get-togethers. What the hell did I know then? I was turning six.

@sauquoit13456

12y↑3

On this day in 1958 {August 20th} the Kirby Stone Four performed "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" on the late Dick Clark's American Bandstand... Three weeks earlier on July 28th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart for only a three-week stay, but did manage to peaked at #25??? It first charted in 1954 by Peggy Lee; her version reached #30... Leader Kirby Stone passed away on July 13th, 1981 at the age of 63... R.I.P. Mr. Kirby and Mr. Clark...

@MrNoejr

10y↑1

USMC boot Camp in 1958 loved this song and still do

@morna45

At 14 years old, I was crazy about this song. Go figure.

@jeffpagan7735

4y↑1

My parents loved this. Now so do I.

@shaynescott3039

I was about ten years old, travelling on the old Sunlander train with my Grandparents,the rythum of this song matched the sounds of train.I still can hear it after all these years.Great music.

@ciberbom

11y↑4

Que hermoso recuerdo de los 50, este tema que se llamó, en español, baratijas por los Kirby Stone Four. Gracias por traerlos al presente cuando ya no existen fisicamente.

@kevinshanahan5738

Fantasticks still love it

@Wolfsky9

11y

Jimmy Carroll arranged & produced this all-time favorite by this legendary 50's & 60's group. This song will forever, remind me of my Dad, who loved it, & sang it all the time, even though he was tone deaf, & couldn't sing to save his life. He gave my Brother & I such a wonderful love for music--& I miss him today, & every day. Wolfsky9, 66 y//o

@steveperry1344

4y↑1

i always liked their sound and we used to hear it on regular am radio back when.

@eneidasoares7204

10y↑8

Amo esta música desde criança.

@tedszyrko8336

Can you believe 60 years old...love playing this close to Christmas...

@swami1

5y↑1

Reminds me of driving from Rhode Island to Philadelphia with my family in the mid-60s. Thanks for posting.

@ftjax

8y↑3

from my HS days....remember this group well from the radio

@martapinho9635

4y↑3

Voltei no tempo!!!!!👏👏👏👏

@johndough181

10y↑11

KIRBY: You guys had it together on this one!!!!!

@e-care-books9867

6y↑3

This is the best slide show I have ever seen for a song!! Cheerfulness of the song way matches the slide show ... you go !!

@barbaracowell7948

7y↑1

Very beautiful Good I'm in love most definitely

@e-care-books9867

4y↑1

Perhaps another one of those songs from that space in between rock and roll -- and "grown ups' music" -- which existed from about the late 50s to the mid 60s -- an awesome time for music!

@TomTimeTraveler

7y↑3

The original and the BEST version. Brings back memories of warm, sunny days.

@MrNoejr

9y↑19

usmc boot camp when this song was a hit

@Wolfsky9

14y

We'll not hear the likes of these guys, ever again. Sensational, & I know: I was there, 11 y/o, Listening to my Dad sing along . Wolfsky9

@ebf1957

I heard this song in a dream I had last night.

@MostlyIC

20w

I do really like this version, but one reason this song is so timeless is that its based on a movement from a Borodin string quartet, and that guy was a genius !!!

@jironsr9558

I'm wiggling my finger in the air to this jam.. First heard this song on my dads cassette tape.. Memories!

@freddywessels2941

9y↑7

the all-SUPER SOUND from the 50ties years onley(SO COOL) the best

@bassbone52

9y↑3

Great chart. Nice bass trombone lick and then the key change.

@Neurodisco77

True

@SpeedTriple59

Classic upbeat foot tapper..

@SuperIliad

Their rendition never ages.

@richirvine4519

3y↑1

I loved this song the first time I heard it on KNX radio, Torrance, CA. I heard it on a crystal radio receiver I made but then since we lived less than a mile from the 50,000 watt clear channel radio tower it was easy to tune into. But I never knew the name of the group to buy a recording of it. I was pre-teen when I heard it. Decades later my brother told me the name of the group was the Kirby Stone Four which didn't sound right because I heard all those women's voices and probably men's voices too singing in the background.

@frankcarbone2526

splendid artistry from Kirby and his guys whose singing could pick up up cheer your heart dispell any hurt and make you smile so that I was certain my cheeks might shatter with delight how dear and wonderful they remain in my heart

@carolinemckay7110

6y↑1

This brings back great memories from the early 60's when I met them in Melbourne.

@neilcolombari8910

That’s very cool Caroline

@iansmethurst3610

Really That's great would have loved to meet them. Was that in Australia or Florida

@carolinemckay7110

It was in Melbourne Australia.

@iansmethurst3610

@@carolinemckay7110 I didn't know the came to Australia. Would of loved to have seen them. Always loved Baubles.

@freddywessels2941

8y↑3

i love this songssss

@luissalcedo1211

6y↑1

hermoso tema me tranporta a otra epoca de mi vida

@megateriollamas183

10y↑2

Thanks NBC!

@robwargo

Love this jazzy version of one of my favorite Broadway tunes.

@angelocibotti7945

11y↑1

Yes he did. I believe that he worked for the ABC Theatrical Agency out of Las Vegas. I worked with Kirby for five or six years back in the mid 70's. Kirby Stone Co. For a while we worked Vegas three to four times a year. As a matter of fact Art was instrumental in getting us the gig at the original MGM about six months after it opened. Good times. That's when Vegas was fun.

@SpeedTriple59

11y

Fantastic vocals,arrangement,loved this song since i first heard it played...Beautiful..

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