Jeanne Hatch and the Young@Heart Chorus sing Please Send Me Someone to Love

Mostly Live

Please Send Me Someone to Love/Please, Please, Please/Shotgun

Soloist Jeanne Hatch (RIP) and the Young@Heart Chorus sing "Walk on the Wild Side" from their album Mostly Live.

Walk on the Wild Side (Live)

Soloist Dora Morrow sings Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Long as I Can See the Light" by Young@Heart in End of the Road by No Theater.

Young@Heart End of the Road

Young@Heart - Long As I Can See The Light (Soloist: Dora Morrow)

Critically acclaimed album by The Young@Heart Chorus released in 2008 with a mixture of 17 live and studio recorded songs. Solo by Janice St. Laurence (1928-2020)

The Young@Heart mourns the loss of Janice St. Laurence, who passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020, of natural causes. Janice came to Young@Heart in 2000 and performed with us until 2013. She was one of the purest musicians that we’ve ever seen in the group. Her rendition of Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody to Love” was enthusiastically received by audiences from Japan to New Zealand, Colorado to the Newport Folk Festival, just to name a few.

At one of her last performances she sang the Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” at John M. Greene Hall in Northampton. Struggling for the words at the beginning of the song she became stronger and stronger throughout and by the end the audience was on their feet for one of the longest sustained ovations we’ve ever seen for a Y@H performance.

She studied both classical and modern music including theory and was an accomplished pianist developing a really great stride piano style. She played for tap and ballroom dance classes starting at age 12 and accompanied choral groups and played trombone and Irish whistle in her high school band. In 1964, she accepted a position as an accompanist at Smith College where she also composed music for dance. She and her husband, a former B-29 pilot, enjoyed flying small planes, doing aerobatics, cross-country flying, and traveling together. 

Janice loved her family and they adored her. It’s to them that we extend our deepest sympathies and appreciation for allowing us the time to be able to experience the musical genius of Janice.

Somebody To Love [Solo by Janice St. Laurence]

Critically acclaimed album by The Young@Heart Chorus released in 2008 with a mixture of 17 live and studio recorded songs.

Fix You [Album Version]

Should I Stay Or Should I Go [Album Version]

Young@Heart Chorus new live album to be released October 2, 2020.
Recorded and mixed by Dan Richardson (except * by Tom Mahnken).
Mastered by Mark Alan Miller at Sonelab.

Miss You

With a Little Help From My Friends

Young@Heart mourns the loss of Andy Walsh who died Sunday November 29, 2020, at the age of 92. 

Here he is in a live recording from our 2012 album "Now" performing one of his many signature songs, "Dirty Water" about his hometown of Boston.

Andy came to the Young@Heart group in 2010 suggesting he might play a little violin which is what he played in the Quincy Symphony Orchestra for 27 years. It didn’t take us very long to discover that Andy was one of the most naturally gifted lead singer/performers to ever join the group. He loved all the challenges we would throw his way and always wildly surpassed our expectations. Audiences enthusiastically received his unique interpretations of Screamin' Jay Hawkins “I Put a Spell on You”, “Miss You” by the Rolling Stones, "Let’s Go Crazy" by Prince and so many others. Even in his last weeks Andy was working on another song for our new show. 

In 2018 when we toured Holland and Belgium we knew we wouldn’t be able to bring Andy. We filmed him at our local public access station doing the song “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell. Amazingly Andy did it perfectly in a single take. He stole the show on that European tour. He was magical. 

Beyond his artistic ability Andy had a charm and magnetism that drew all of us to him. He was simply one of a kind and the chorus will be guided by his performances for years to come. 

His wife of 67 years, Patricia died this past January. We extend our deepest condolences to his children and their families and thank them all for allowing us to share some remarkable time with Andy.

Young@Heart Chorus Now

Dirty Water (Live)

A blast from the bast -- in 1997 Young@Heart invited 3 elderly Dutch singers who had seen us perform in Rotterdam to join us for a show at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton, Massachusetts. This is Jopie singing “My Funny Valentine”. She was 80 at the time. Y@H Band members Mark Gionfriddo accompanies her on piano and Chris Haynes on accordion.

Live From The "Road To Heaven"

My Funny Valentine (Live from 1997)

What started out in 1982 at a Western Massachusetts elderly housing project to joyfully pass the time instead of passing before your time has developed into the stereotype-defying, genre-bending, generation-crossing musical extravaganza better known as The Young@Heart Chorus. Ranging in age from 73-89, these folks do in retirement what most teenagers fantasize about: tour the globe rocking sold out shows. From The New York Times to TIME, Jay Leno to The Daily Show and stars of a hit indie documentary, Young@Heart, this group of spirited seniors continues to wow audiences from Northampton to New Zealand, Europe to Japan, with their knock-your-socks-off musical celebration that proves it’s “possible to grow old without growing boring” (The Dartmouth).

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