Delta Rhythm Boys "Come Softly to Me"

[reneecalling]

They look like they're singing to you direct from heaven.

[MrSwingGuitar]

Incidentally, Gaines also wrote the lyrics to Take the A Train.

[MrSwingGuitar]

Lee Gaines is my hero!

[califgirl47]

Really cool version. Thanks for sharing it with the world.

[missmatched1]

Love it

[SoulSister66]

Love the Delta Rhythm Boys!!!

[yoshimitsuification]

wow tnx 4 uploadin this vid! =P

everyones great! but i mostly like the bass! =P

[1234567braeden]

fleetwoods did it better

[DanielGardner]

Who says yu can't make an awesome music video with only one camera??? These guys rock!!!!!!!

[jor99912]

They were before my time!

I Guess!

A Lot of "DO WOP" was borrowed from the 40s.

Especially the PLATTERS, COASTERS.

And JAMES BROWN, "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You, Prisoner of Love.

KETTY LESTER Love Letter "Pure Soul"

I thought it was THE FLEETWOODS song!

FLEETWOODS benefited from the more exciting 1950s DO WOP creation.

30s and 40s did not have the MASS APPEAL of DO WOP. Then came SOUL" and even more MASS APPEAL!

[escobarsfriend]

terrible screaming sound in the background.

[starlet1984raggarn]

anyone have the song called "flickorna i smaland"? that i know they recorded?

[SyberkaPL]

Damn! I heard this when i was very young (now i have 16). My own memories.

[DoowopJohnnyBoy]

HHMMMM looks like its taken you 10 months to find out. I got my Aswers back then mate good though init!!!

[timlooney]

I wasn't sure - cricketboy said 1961. Is that right?

[whatever30345]

This song might have been recorded by Delta Rhythm Boys in '61 (I prefer Fleetwoods #1 version from '59), but I think this Scop was recorded later in '60's.

I think if I'm not mistaken 1st color Scopitones came from U.S. in 1962, French followed shortly after in that year, but I believe that many artists re-recorded songs in both countries (not actually singing, but lip synching to recording) a little later in '65 - 66 after other artists had success w/ original recordings on Scops.

[whatever30345]

There was a matter of fact a huge bevy of artists recording Scops in both France & the U.S. shortly after the success of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made Of Walkin'" in late 1965 - early 1966 (when that song went to #1 on Billboard Mag's HOT 100 charts), then the other artists decided to record lip synched Scops of songs that had previous success.

[marcusnns]

shake your moneymaker!

[themondster]

This just makes u wanna say Stuff!!!!!!! Say n more.

[thegasworks]

Brilliant!

[pineappleschool7]

It just doesn't get much better than this GREAT GROUP

[lolatmarshall]

im 20ish and i love this kind of music its the best .

and yeah my parents played it all day :)

[Streamline09]

The gentleman standing behind Lee Gaines in the closing sequence is Rene De Knight, the group's arranger and pianist. He would leave the group a few years later and eventually become the live performance musical director of The Fifth Dimension. I remember seeing them perform at venues in NY, such as the Royal Box in the Americana Hotel, the Westbury Music Fair, and the Ed Sullivan Show. Sadly, he died a few years ago at 90, but left a beautiful musical legacy. Thank you for posting this video.

[Cricketboy1200]

do u know if there are any living Delta Rhythm Boy's left?

[Streamline09]

I think Carl Jones is still living; he was at Rene DeKnight's memorial a few years ago.

[wolwerone]

great singers!!thank you a lot for your video:))

[chanse117]

The minimalist choreography in this piece is so subtle and yet so precise as to give it a dreamlike quality. This is also beautifully done in their "Undecided" video. These guys are very, very good and should be much more highly appreciated.

[DoowopJohnnyBoy]

What year is this footage from its got to be years

and years before the fleetwoods 1959 version which i must say is massively inferia to this . This is Breathtaking it could be from the 1940s for me.

[Cricketboy1200]

it was actully 1961, the baritone Kelsey Pharr(second from right at start), died shortly after this

[mofo197]

The 1940s? Uhm, considering the Fleetwoods wrote the song I'm guessing this doesn't predate their version.

[alnitemike]

i just received this 7" on my mail today..

four songs..

what songs!

you bet!

thanks for publishing this video whoever you be

[alnitemike]

anybody know when is this footage. it doesn't in the dee jay compilation or any delta's discography on the internet. what year can it be, aproximately???

[alnitemike]

astounding

[DONTHEMAGICWON]

i enjoyed that version it put it a diffrent twist to the fleetwoods version!

[Godsmackluvr]

it's good i love this song!! but i like it better by the Fleetwoods, but i still love this song so much!

[doctordoowop]

Very unusual!! A fantastic classic (early) R&B group

singing what is commonly referred to as a "wimpy, white " hit.

[Redliwyaw]

Great song XD

[LIBRA8706]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!