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? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears with lyrics

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Uploaded by Steamstock on Mar 21, 2010

According to Wikipideia ? and the Mysterians was perhaps the first band to be described as punk rock, and also may be the first Latino rock group to have a general audience hit record in the United States. The band's frontman and primary songwriter was ?. Though the singer has never confirmed it, Library of Congress copyright registrations indicate that his birth name is Rudy Martinez. His eccentric behavior helped to briefly establish the group in the national consciousness. He claimed (and still claims) to be a Martian who lived with dinosaurs in a past life, and he never appears in public without sunglasses. 96 Tears was recorded in 1966 that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would go on to sell over one million copies and receive a BMI award for over three million airplays. ? wrote the song that would become their first and biggest hit, "96 Tears," with essential riffs and styling being contributed by the Mysterians. The song began as a poem called "Too Many Teardrops", written four years before the band was formed. 96 Tears was originally recorded on March 13, 1966 in Bay City, Michigan as a single for local Pa-Go-Go Records, owned by the group's manager, Lillian Gonzales. The song became a regional hit in the Flint and Detroit areas. ? licensed the record to Cameo-Parkway Records.

Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart to carry on
You're way on top now
Since you left me
You're always laughin'
Way down at me
But watch out now
I'm gonna get there
We'll be together
For just a little while
And then I'm gonna put you
Way down here
And you'll start cryin'
Ninety-six tears
Cry
Cry

And when the sun comes up
I'll be on top
You'll be way down there
Lookin' up
And I might wave
Come up here
But I don't see you
Wavin' now
I'm way down here
Wonderin' how
I'm gonna get you
But I know now
I'll just cry, cry, I'll just cry

Too many teardrops for one heart to be cryin'
Too many teardrops for one heart
To carry on
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry ninety-six tears
You're gonna cry cry, cry, cry, now
You're gonna cry cry, cry, cry
Ninety-six tears c'mon and lemme hear you cry, now
Ninety-six tears (whoo!) I wanna hear you cry
Night and day, yeah, all night long
Uh-ninety-six tears cry cry cry
C'mon baby, let me hear you cry now, all night long
Uh-ninety-six tears! Yeah! C'mon now
Uh-ninety-six tears!

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Uploader Comments ( Steamstock )

hi there! im clyde mullen and i was listening to video 96 tears-question mark and the mysterians and really sounded good on turntable. what turntable you using and cartridge?where have all the "top 40 hits gone"?can you do more music videos of 60's,70,s,80's hits of the past?one of my favorites is sugarloaf-dont call us we call you,and under my thumb-the rolling stones,and lonnie mack-memphis,and i could gp on and on!

hairyhothornylover1 7 months ago
Hi, I use technics turntables, glad you like the sound... I forget the name of the cartridge, sorry! I'm sure you could find most, if not all of the songs you mention, by typing the title and artist into the youtube search box.

Steamstock in reply to hairyhothornylover1 7 months ago 2
Yes, this upload is terriffic!!!! This was a really "HOT" number in Boston back in the Sixties. Thanks for the good sound.

spurtong 1 year ago 3
You're most welcome.

Steamstock in reply to spurtong 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SONG TOO! Spooky & trippy my favorite combination! It's such a shame the record labels cencored them- they originally were going to call it "69 tears"

Christinacolasanto 1 year ago
Didn't know that Christina, thanks for the info.

Steamstock in reply to Christinacolasanto 1 year ago

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All Comments (13)

Finally someone playing this with a decent turntable and cartridge, and at the correct speed too!

CenaTv2 2 weeks ago
y la letra????

jokerdoowop50s 1 month ago
great!

seekesme 1 month ago
? said 96 tears has some deep meaning.....WHAT DOES IT MEAN!? Thanks if you know

afro20man 3 months ago
Its funny how tge popular music back then was actually good stuff.. Now the billboard stuff or radio stuff is garbage.. What happened?

seandlulis 7 months ago
JESUS CHRIST is the only only only -one way- to HEAVEN...Reverend Norman Edward Vail

NormanEdwardVail 8 months ago