This was one of my mom's favorite songs. She used to sing it often. I donated her a kidney back in the summer of 1995 and she lives another 6 years and 4 months I think of her often and still miss her. I will see her and my dad again one day.
a beautiful song sung by a beautiful classy elganct and talened lady then. The song is about a lady who has been hurt so much. That she cannot form a bond because she lost so much. When she strat,s to form a bond she cat,t out of fear of more hurt and so she leaves out of fear of being hurt again. Every song is a storey told in musicul form.
Regardless of how it was performed, still a very rare clip of a wonderful singer in her prime, with perhaps her biggest hit -- also "You Are My Sunshine"-- you don't see anything on Gale anywhere.. very good quality of a good tune for the times...now almost 50 years ago!
Yay! I always loved this song, and her. I love this particular performance because at :57, you can see her lip-synching "My daddy" when the lyric is "I'll sing" -- she got one verse ahead! Ya gotta love TV in those days! Gale is/was a beautiful and talented singer, writer and actress, and I think she rocks best as Francesca in Mad Monster Party!!!
back in 64' when me and my yahoo buddies heard this song in a roadhouse bar, we hollered about it and played it over and over again. it was a favorite of all the redneck girls. we wondered who the new country girl singer was. then we learned she was a folk singer and Canadian. we were stunned. this song is the ultimate cross-over song. i pop my tab and swig a salute to Gale Garnett!!!!!!
I was 12 years old when this song came out. My Mom used to go nuts over this. It was either on an old 78 or 45. She'd yell downstairs to me to keep playing it(on our home stereo) over and over again. RIP Moms..Your Son is listening to it now,over and over(again).
@Heartun21 I can assure you it was definitely a 45! 78's were from the generation before us 60's kids. I am curious, why do you listen to this frequently?
@JubalCalif - I keep coming back over & over to look at that amazing gaze. I have to say something else - someone commented (different video - same song) about how much pain the lyrics really embody...only someone extremely hurt in their past would write them. If you really study the expressiveness of her eyes at certain moments here - it really dove-tails that theory... as though she's remembering painful events and loss in her life. Only this vid shows that - the others don't. Heartbreaking.
I enjoyed reading your comment! THANKS! Very insightful & thoughtful. You make many very valid & interesting points. It really is a heartbreaking song. But Gale is the perfect singer for it, that's for sure!
@JubalCalif Glad it was helpful to you ...and you are correct indeed - Gale is the perfect person to sing it (and she wrote it too, let's not forget :)
No, I did NOT know Gale wrote the song! JINKIES! Had no idea! What a talent! And what a gorgeous lady! THANKS so very much for the fascinating info! I appreciate it so VERY much! :-)
Always remember this being played by Bryan Vaughn on Radio Caroline South back in the 60s here in the UK. Wherever you are Bryan, hope you are keeping well. By the way Caroline continues online and satellite across the world....
Her video is on You Tube, Gale Zoe Garnett. I think it's realistic fiction, part mystery, some comedy. She has four books out and did a bit part in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
So was Gale up for a Grammy the year this was out? I'm assuming that the show this is from. She is now up in Toronto writing fiction. No longer sings.
I was five years old when this song made the charts, playing frequently over the pop AM radio station my mother tuned to. It sounded happy but I didn't fully comprehend the story. When Gail sang this song on a variety television show I sat cross-legged in front of the TV and fell into my first romantic crush, far deeper than I'd felt for the neighbor girl with whom I'd shared candy on the swingset. Thanks for posting this and reminding what it felt like to be that young. God Bless Gail.
This was one of my mom's favorite songs. She used to sing it often. I donated her a kidney back in the summer of 1995 and she lives another 6 years and 4 months I think of her often and still miss her. I will see her and my dad again one day.
MrMikeb1958 2 weeks ago
This song is disturbing yet beautiful.
JustPetrov 1 month ago
a beautiful song sung by a beautiful classy elganct and talened lady then. The song is about a lady who has been hurt so much. That she cannot form a bond because she lost so much. When she strat,s to form a bond she cat,t out of fear of more hurt and so she leaves out of fear of being hurt again. Every song is a storey told in musicul form.
sophie1065 1 month ago
@sophie1065 What great insight.
jp3923 4 weeks ago
Priceless....
reddnec 1 month ago
A truly lovely song, superbly performed by Gale Garnett!
hayesman76 1 month ago
Regardless of how it was performed, still a very rare clip of a wonderful singer in her prime, with perhaps her biggest hit -- also "You Are My Sunshine"-- you don't see anything on Gale anywhere.. very good quality of a good tune for the times...now almost 50 years ago!
313curt 1 month ago
Though I never loved Jim Morrison, I'll be with Him One Year...Dan O'Niallain, Grafton, Ma.
oldiesbutgoodies67 2 months ago
Yay! I always loved this song, and her. I love this particular performance because at :57, you can see her lip-synching "My daddy" when the lyric is "I'll sing" -- she got one verse ahead! Ya gotta love TV in those days! Gale is/was a beautiful and talented singer, writer and actress, and I think she rocks best as Francesca in Mad Monster Party!!!
sclerismockrey 2 months ago
she's got crazy eyes!
mrskingsbury71 3 months ago
@LVRed1.... Gale Garnet was 22 when she had a hit with this song and she also wrote it, so how is your story possible?
AGibsonJ 3 months ago
poor thing, she looks like that corset of-a dress is sucking the air right out of her.
orangecrush1900 4 months ago
Love it! I remember playing this on the jukebox all the time when I was a kid. It's on my Ipod! I still love it, and SO enjoyed seeing this vid!
HopiRaven 4 months ago
wow - I was 4 when this song came out....dammmmm and Im 51 now.....the same day this video was uploaded..July 31, 1960
rextrek 4 months ago in playlist More videos from SixtiesPopGold1
I love thisd this then, and love it STILL, Thanks for sharing!!
418sadeyes 5 months ago
I Can't Stop Crying
motortrivia 5 months ago
Thanks for the video....great song :)
jeydee35 5 months ago
This is one of my favorite songs. I love her outfit and her braid, too.
Dysthymia9 6 months ago
theres a fly on her chin
SuperBnichols 6 months ago
I love this girl...
chenarch 6 months ago
This song was written by my mother-in-law when she was 14, this is her mother performing it...
LVRed1 7 months ago 9
@LVRed1 that's amazing. Congrats. Loved this one growing up.
jaelahd 7 months ago
@LVRed1 Gale Garnett was born in 1942, making her 22 when the song was recorded in 1964. She couldn't possibly have had a 14 year old daughter.
ARandomNomen 5 months ago 2
@LVRed1
Wow! Awesome!!!
greg1lewin 2 months ago
@LVRed1 Really! I am very impressed
nancyyac1 2 months ago
@LVRed1 All the online stuff report it written by Gale Garnett.
nancyyac1 2 months ago
this was my sister and her husbands song. they are both gone now and it bringmemories flooding back.
mamaferley 7 months ago
Happy 69th birthday to a New Zealand treasure.
rotsa1 7 months ago
She is so beautiful...Anyone else here ever seen her Kojak episode?
ChopstickBrando 7 months ago
back in 64' when me and my yahoo buddies heard this song in a roadhouse bar, we hollered about it and played it over and over again. it was a favorite of all the redneck girls. we wondered who the new country girl singer was. then we learned she was a folk singer and Canadian. we were stunned. this song is the ultimate cross-over song. i pop my tab and swig a salute to Gale Garnett!!!!!!
09abletexan 8 months ago
I was about 16 when I first this while hauling cotton trailers to the gin at Number Nine Ark.
jerrymhuff 9 months ago
I was 12 years old when this song came out. My Mom used to go nuts over this. It was either on an old 78 or 45. She'd yell downstairs to me to keep playing it(on our home stereo) over and over again. RIP Moms..Your Son is listening to it now,over and over(again).
Heartun21 9 months ago 31
@Heartun21 r
Loved it too! Thanks for your post.
greg1lewin 2 months ago
@Heartun21 I can assure you it was definitely a 45! 78's were from the generation before us 60's kids. I am curious, why do you listen to this frequently?
nancyyac1 2 months ago
Can't help but watching over and over just to see her eyes!
64hokie68 9 months ago
@64hokie68 ... you and me both. Those gorgeous browns against the words of the song could bring the toughest man to tears.
fletchergatsby 9 months ago
She's got the most beautiful eyes.
fletchergatsby 9 months ago
@fletchergatsby
I second that emotion! What gorgeous eyes! A truly beautiful lady...with a voice to match! THANKS for your comment! CHEERS, mate! :-)
JubalCalif 9 months ago
@JubalCalif - I keep coming back over & over to look at that amazing gaze. I have to say something else - someone commented (different video - same song) about how much pain the lyrics really embody...only someone extremely hurt in their past would write them. If you really study the expressiveness of her eyes at certain moments here - it really dove-tails that theory... as though she's remembering painful events and loss in her life. Only this vid shows that - the others don't. Heartbreaking.
fletchergatsby 9 months ago
@fletchergatsby
I enjoyed reading your comment! THANKS! Very insightful & thoughtful. You make many very valid & interesting points. It really is a heartbreaking song. But Gale is the perfect singer for it, that's for sure!
JubalCalif 9 months ago
@JubalCalif Glad it was helpful to you ...and you are correct indeed - Gale is the perfect person to sing it (and she wrote it too, let's not forget :)
fletchergatsby 9 months ago
@fletchergatsby
No, I did NOT know Gale wrote the song! JINKIES! Had no idea! What a talent! And what a gorgeous lady! THANKS so very much for the fascinating info! I appreciate it so VERY much! :-)
JubalCalif 9 months ago
i remember when this song came out in 1964. it got alot of airplay on local radio stations.
definitedoll 9 months ago
@definitedoll
How true! It was a MONSTER hit & was played on local radio CONSTANTLY...just as "Hey Jude", "Mrs Robinson" and many other hits were later.
JubalCalif 9 months ago
I really like this. I wish I could stop thinking about Dr. Evil.
BlackAngusYoung 9 months ago
Always remember this being played by Bryan Vaughn on Radio Caroline South back in the 60s here in the UK. Wherever you are Bryan, hope you are keeping well. By the way Caroline continues online and satellite across the world....
Bolly558 9 months ago
Her voice is certainly sultry that's for sure.
pacheckoff 10 months ago
I wanna know who that 1 dillweed is that doesnt like this so i can kick him in his gina FFS !
tslick57 10 months ago 2
I was 16 when this song was released, Folk music was big. It was a perfect fit for the times. Great song!
arkyron1947 1 year ago
I'll bet those eyes have slain a few.
TheWick53 1 year ago
Her video is on You Tube, Gale Zoe Garnett. I think it's realistic fiction, part mystery, some comedy. She has four books out and did a bit part in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
harvey1954 1 year ago
On family trips watching out the window as the power lines went up and down. Across America in the 60s,with this song you can taste it!
Haunting brilliant folk classic,stays with you forever !
c4xfire 1 year ago 2
On family trips watching out the window as the power lines went up and down. Across America in the 60s,with this song you can taste it!
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c4xfire 1 year ago
So was Gale up for a Grammy the year this was out? I'm assuming that the show this is from. She is now up in Toronto writing fiction. No longer sings.
harvey1954 1 year ago
@harvey1954 what kind of fiction?
roaringwaterbay 1 year ago
I was five years old when this song made the charts, playing frequently over the pop AM radio station my mother tuned to. It sounded happy but I didn't fully comprehend the story. When Gail sang this song on a variety television show I sat cross-legged in front of the TV and fell into my first romantic crush, far deeper than I'd felt for the neighbor girl with whom I'd shared candy on the swingset. Thanks for posting this and reminding what it felt like to be that young. God Bless Gail.
roscoe008 1 year ago 2
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MaryTutterow 1 year ago
Such wholesome rejection! Great tune. Keep'em coming.Thanks!
quieterrps 1 year ago