The Rascals, A Beautiful Morning | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 109th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “A Beautiful Morning” by The Rascals.   

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 109th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2024), we recollect and reflect on “A Beautiful Morning” performed by The Rascals.

“It’s a beautiful morning, ah / I think I’ll go outside a while and just smile.” The positive, feel-good vibes are alive and well on “A Beautiful Morning”, the 1968 classic by The Rascals.  What better way to begin a beautiful playlist? The Rascals had been called The Young Rascals. “A Beautiful Morning” is credited to The Rascals. Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati, vocalists for The Rascals, penned the blue-eyed soul classic.  Unsurprisingly a pop hit, it peaked at no. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.

“If the weather’s fine and you got the time

It’s your chance to wake up and plan another brand-new day

Either way, it’s a beautiful morning, ah”

Good, positive vibes were crucial to the success of “A Beautiful Morning.” So was the musical accompaniment.  Enthusiastic from the onset, the ringing wind chimes set the tone.  From there, the listener is blessed with a soulful drum and percussive groove, a big bass line, and sublime guitar and keys. Also amplifying “A Beautiful Morning” instrumentally are the bright, articulated horns. The lead vocals (Cavaliere) are sensational – assertive and gritty from the beginning. Adding to the excellence is a tuneful melody. Also, the harmonized background vocals are superb too, adding sweetness. Nearly 60 years after its release, “A Beautiful Morning” remains the ultimate, feel-good, morning vibe.

The Rascals // Time Peace: The Rascals’ Greatest Hits // Atlantic // 1990

The Rascals, A Beautiful Morning: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 109 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Atlantic; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom from Pixabay]