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  • Monster hit on WOR-FM 98.7, the greatest FM station of all time anywhere. It was a stone smash in the fall of `68. Their play list was so much hipper than WA Beatle C or WMCA plus every other song they played was an oldie from `67-`72.

  • They always had wonderful harmony.

  • Actually the only two releases of this particular song that I'm aware of were by the Happenings and The Duprees. The others were a completely different song originally put out by Jesse Belvin in 1955-56. Jesse wrote that one but I'm not sure he ever got credited. Alan Freed used to sign off his radio show with the Belvin recording which remains a classic.

  • @Mstrblu Also a great version by the 4 Coins

  • @Howieshet Could be, Howie but I can't find it. If you have it, you should post it just for the history of it!

  • @Mstrblu It is posted on Phunkyjunction. I once requested it and he posted for me. Magnificent vocals. Check it out, you will not be disappointed.

  • @Howieshet Checked Phunkyjunctions's channel uploads and couldn't locate it. He may have posted just for you and deleted. I'll keep watching for it!

  • @Mstrblu YES, YOU ARE RIGHT CONCERNING ALAN FREED'S SIGN OFF SONG, I REMEMBER IT VERY WELL..LOL X

  • Check out this song by the 4 Coins on Phunkyjunction. Probably the best version of this song that I have heard.

  • In my opinion this was one of the very best songs that the Duprees ever released. Comparable to the Happenings version.

  • This Duprees release was in 1968; it bubbled under in Billboard for 3 weeks in November. As previously pointed out, the song by the McGuire Sisters, etc. is a completely different song, which charted pop by 5 different artists from 1957-69, with 2 additional r&b chart versions in 1956 & 77, the former being the original Jesse Belvin hit. Interestingly, both songs include the line "sleep tight my love".

  • This was released in 1969...

  • You'll be seeing and hearing Mike Kelly again very soon, I believe...Hold on ok?

  • I had this on a 45 when I was little... This is the only clip I can find that has the correct "Goodnight My Love" lyrics... but my 45 was by another group... but I can't recall their name! *EEP* Well, I guess it's not on YouTube anyway. I sure can't find it, so...

    Thank you, VinylNostalgia, for posting this one!! ;) :)

  • There was a version in 1957 by the McGuire Sisters.

    A version in 1963 by the Fleetwoods.

    A version in 1969 by Paul Anka

  • @VinylNostalgia That ain't the same song! There are three different "Goodnight My Love"'s and this is not the one sang by the Fleetwoods or Paul Anka.

  • That other group was the Happenings who recorded it in late 1966. There is another totally different song with the same title, but a different melody and different lyrics that was a hit for Jesse Belvin in 1956 and later by Paul Anka in 1969.

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  • another great Mike Kelly song. :) This is a sad song to me....

  • !!Belle chanson!!

  • Yes it is!

  • I love this version of this song. The Happenings version is really good, but there's something more subtle about this rendition. The Duprees truly were an underrated, versatile group with a strong harmony blend. I love their Columbia, Heritage sides in particular, and Mike Kelly was my favorite Duprees' lead singer.

  • @JDDrummer73 Joey Vann wasn't too shabby

  • Wow - The Real Duprees - Mike Kelly, John Salvato, Joe Santollo and Mike Arnone.

  • o.k. so how is it going? any chance we get to see them singing soon? well not all of them.. at least two. :)

  • Kelly was laying down vocal tracks in the studio just this week. I understand that the engineer at the studio was blown away with what he heard.

  • i cant even begin to tell you how excited I am for them, and eager to hear them sing again. I have talked to Salvato a few times and he says mike sounds great too. Im happy for them! when when??

  • Waiting is so hard....

    can we come to the recording sessions.? We'll be well behaved. :D

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