The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me (live appearance)

[blueticecho]

Wow.. A great song and I can still smell the Butch Wax..

[1kachs]

hermosa cancion, recuerdos de universal stereo en los 80s, ahi fue donde la escuche y mucho tiempo querindo saber como se llama, apenas hace un año que supe como se llamaba, tengo 42 años, yde los 80s me refiero al 80 81 que la escuche. mexico

[WorldMafiaHipHop]

Mafia 2, probly the best song on there... When im driving to my last mission i listen to this. May i say, this is the softest 2 step ever!

[JackoReaper]

i want to buy an old 50s car and drive downtown and listen to this old music.

[Beatlereviewer]

I love you pandora for introducing me to them :')

[SuperTheMaster99]

I love Mafia 2 because it make me know this song

[MANforSOCHI]

Im Russian, and me very love it is SONG!!!!!

[MaleBosszz]

Waiting for Mafia 3.

[jakkree2029]

I'm proud to say that "Mafia 2" and Vito Scaletta bring me here.

[hunnyb6]

Me too!! :)

[pivan23]

green lantern lead me to this

[hunnyb6]

@pivan23 Me too!! :)

[mediale3]

un doux tam tam pour une fin de dimanche gris..

[thinwizzyfit]

"Hi Barbara....I mean Gretchen... I mean...... now, which one are you? ... Doesn't matter I guess. Dow dow dabby do down a dooby down...."

[glamourpho]

super nice .

[getafack]

This song was on mafia 2 radio station :D

[peralez2383]

15 years I wanted to know what this was called, and who sang it...thanks Mafia 2

[MsArrow313]

awww Gary looks so nervous and awkward but cute all at the same time. lol :)

[joemoe23]

that dude looks like leonardo dicaprio. love this song btw



[georgebur]

Why is that guy so self-conscious?

[John1948Five]

@georgebur Because he's young and new to fame.

[georgebur]

@John1948Five Just as well he was before the Videos era!

[rnuge01]

@georgebur Elvis got in a lot of trouble for not being self-concious. Just enjoy the harmony.

[nbanolfkid]

@georgebur because it is 1959.



[jdollinter]

Three High school kids from Olympia WA

[amainefan]

Did he have a serious lisp, or is it the recording? I don't remember hearing it in the original version, and if they were lip synching, what were they lip synching to??

[WytZox1]

@amainefan -- They were lip synching to their own recording. AB was a relatively low budget show and performers often didn't have their back-up musicians with them or time to set up their own electronics for their instruments when they performed on AB so for those reasons it was easier to just lip synch their own recordings.

[isoron]

He certainly was a hottie!

[darkpink958]

wer can i download this to my phone?

[muzicgalaxy]

@darkpink958 google for come softly to me mp3 .. sure you will find one

[Tipledan]

The Fleetwoods did a reprieve on the 2005 Do Wop music featured on many PBS stations during fundraisers ....it is out there. It might have been Do Wop v54?

[9mmfirestar]

Hey beiber check the dress code, and I'll not one of them spent a grand a month on their hair!!

[brunoydz]

French cover by : Dave "Doux tam tam"

[mayonaiseizationable]

Lip sync or not, it's lovely <3

[jbdmed]

thanks for the post!

[MICKEY714061]

There is some new kid, Eliza Doolittle, who does a song called "Missing" and it "samples" as they say, from this song. It is one of the best new pop songs I have heard in years! I grew up listening to stuff like this, if you like this, you're bound to like Doolittle's take on it. Check it out on Youtube! It really is worth a listen, and for what it's worth, I think Eliza is going to be HUGE!

[FCTamura]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT VIDEO



[rockabellytday]

this is my song for the day :)

[watchman1066]

DOM DOM DAH OOOH DOM DOOBY DO

[red62es335]

This kind of music is a total aural sensory thing.Louis Prima and others made it a visual medium with the advent of TV.

[unclebobunclebob]

to those of you who replied to my "I wish they would have let them sing instead of lip synching" comment. They DID have the technology. They just didn't trust it. It wasn't PERFECT for them, just like a lot of the concerts performed like phony-baloney musicians can't trust their own voices. But I love the Fleetwoods. Wish I could really hear them live.

[John1948Five]

@unclebobunclebob Yes, the technology was available but not every TV studio spent the money for it. Ed Sullivan studios had the newest and best and artists did not usually lip-synch there. American Bandstand did not. Most TV shows did not.

[crazychiliquaker1959]

I've met Gretchen Christopher in my backyard actually, she was so sweet! I had her sign two of my records, she's so pretty here! She lives in my town! :D

[jimidee33]

Love this tune. Absolutely love it. Something about it makes me yearn for a true love that I have never had.

[kielego]

i dont het it. first time i heard the song i thought its cum softly

[sirmrmeonly]

This song is so catchy i cant get it out of my head. i love it!

[USMC1917]

THIS IS AN AWESOME SONG

[youngmindedman]

love it love it.

[davo67]

...unfortunately, music PRODUCTION evolved much slower than the music itself. This tune was probably recorded in mono in one take, meaning ALL musicians and singers performed in REAL time...just like they were on stage. They would repeat the tune over and over and the the BEST recording was selected to release. I cannot even IMAGINE this song being done using MODERN equipment and techniques.

[mybrawling]

@davo67 That was the best way to do it. When you hear them live you know they'll sound good because their voices weren't remixed to sound good. Unlike now where going to listen to someone live usually leaves you disappointed.

[USMC1917]

awesome song

[USMC1917]

it is the picture graPHICS of the 50s 

[kokolanza]

This is one of the 10 greatest songs since Rock n Roll. Thank you. Regarding the lipsynch, they did this on the Ed Sullivan show also, and that was live. Does anyone have a copy of that?

[hjb103055]

@kokolanza This is Dick Clarks show. At the very beginning for just a second you can see Dick Clark.

[kokolanza]

This is one of the 10 greatest songs since Rock n Roll. Thank you.

[nevermore1043]

This song really takes me back, i grew up in the fifties on Chicago's south side, I remember how I and a couple of friends used to watch bandstand(when it was in Philadelphia) almost every day, we even knew the names of some of the kids dancing, Like Justine Carrili, Pat , Joe Venuti and others I can't recall. I seem to remember Justine changed boyfriends a lot. This song also reminds me of a girl I let slip away.

[ynotmanalo]

Kors Clan, You old folks are making me yearn for those good old days.

[GHAriana]

This is the fist You Tube post I have come across that includes complete and useful information. Thank you.t

[blackprix]

Dick Clark had Bandstand Mon-Friday. As that show got popular, he got a Saturday night show where we got to see a lot of the popular groups of the day.

I remember how we use to look forward to these shows ...

[dondrapersvoice]

man, why don't they have songs like this anymore. there's michael buble but he seems to be getting more and more full of himself :( these guys are just so humble when they perform :D

[theoxley]

Wonder who did their choreography???

[emb1st]

AND DONT FORGET THAT 3 INCH SPEAKER IN THE TV....I remember when Johnny Carson made a comment about putting in better speakers that someone

gave it a thought and put it into action. Also: a live orchestra for every performer?

wasn't going to happen...small budgets and too many acts on one show...

[unclebobunclebob]

Unfortunately, as with all Dick Clark stuff, they are just moving their lips. Why didn't he just let the acts actually PERFORM.

[John1948Five]

@unclebobunclebob Most TV performances were lip-synch in those days because of the poor quality of the sound systems. A feww major studios were able to do a credible job - like Ed Sullivan but Dick Clark could not.

[unclebobunclebob]

@John1948Five I understand that. But this was a hit show that was on the air for a long, long time. They never upgraded their sound system. It was just easier for them to have the people lip synch. Which is too bad.

[harponercam]

@John1948Five

agreed. Plus Dick Clark and Bandstand were daily- most network shows were just once a week- the mixing board in a televison studio back then was crude compared to the record recording mixers- so it was just much easier and full proof to play the record that everyone already knew and lip sync- than to try and mix a performance live- I suspect at least. The more attention had to be on the picture.

[BOBLA90069]

@John1948Five

Lots of this stuff was recorded in a bathroom or whatever to get the sound -- and you cant really do harmony, dance, and look pretty at the same time on TV

[Super3851]

@unclebobunclebob Unfortunately the Electronics of Today did not exsist then. thus lip syncing.

[headly66]

@unclebobunclebob I actually think this is live, the dynamics of up and down don't seem studio and this is not the original recording if it is a recording, plus the lip sync is perfect if it is lip sync.

[blueberries4ever]

@unclebobunclebob Not true. The acts really did sing, but I am sure some chose to lip synch.

[tinytalent]

This is the one Fleetwoods song that everyone knows. It is timeless.

[tummielvr]

@tinytalent I think everyone knows Mr. Blue too... it was played in enough movies. I am in my early 20s and although I just naturally like older music, I know this group from Back to the Future movies (Mr. Blue was featured prominently), and I learned of Come Softly to Me after my initial interest in the group... they are so awesome

[warmrobby]

I prefer Mr Blue. This nice :)

[MarvelettesDude]

I wasnt around in the 50's or 60's to hear this kind of music but i wish it could come back. The "music" they pump out today cannot even compare to the music from the 60's.

[vigorousera]

I love how in old clips of live pop music, more often than not, the clapping is "off" -- on the downbeat rather than syncopated. As if people still weren't sure how to process the new sound.

[monkaa]

good song

[iron1215]

Such wonderful harmony.

[VandalRoy100]

Thank you for posting. Your efforts keeps this great music alive for younger generations.

[angelofbebop]

Superb! One of my favorite songs and to watch them perform - it's just heavenly :-)

[anitashelby]

This Is only one of my very favorite songs by "The Fleetwoods! & I love the live vid!!!! 5*s Thankyou John...Anita..

[angelofbebop]

Anita.....Aaahhhh...it's one of my FAVORITES too! Thank you for sharing - I loved watching them perform :-))

[coyotesong]

I hated, absolutely hated, ninth grade. Listening to this song somehow lightened the load of getting through that hideous year.

[peteboy1113]

who does that old 60s song - that goes -and im still seaching. ile find you someday. it sounds like the fleetwoods.

[John1948Five]

I can't place that one. Maybe someone else can help.

[captrich0905]

@peteboy1113 Sounds like you're thinking of the old Coasters song called "Searchin". The lyrics go: "Cause I been searching..................you know I'll bring her in someday". Hope that's it.

[beatum]

@captrich0905 "cause I been searching and just like the northwest mounties you know I'll bring her in someday."

[BOBLA90069]

@peteboy1113 Not 60s, 50s the Coasters "Searchin"

[slayerrules114]

@peteboy1113 Searchin' by The Coasters?

[inseptik]

they need a few dance lessons from chris brown :p

[kennbix]

If you can't speak english, then please don't speak at all. These are american classics.

[John1948Five]

Ken it's a song I put on my channel. I put it up for everyone and welcome all polite and respectful comments regardless of the language.

[1234567braeden]

@John1948Five that is mean what ken put

[Chacmool]

Excelente armonias de voces lograron Los Fleetwoods con este super clásico "Come softly to me". No necesitaron más que sus voces para crear una hermosa y sensual canción! Ojala y perduren estas imagenes ya que este es uno de los videos mas subidos y borrados. Thanks a lot for post it John!

[John1948Five]

Chacmool, También espero se permita que el vídeo se quede, pero si YT lo baja realmente lo tengo en mi harddrive y lo cargaré a clipser.

[Chacmool]

Ojalá y no sea necesario John! Gracias una vez más por el video y mis más sinceras felicitaciones por los excelentes canales que tienes! Son realmente impresionantes! Saludos John!

[John1948Five]

Gracias por las palabras amables sobre mis canales. Me alegro usted podría inderstand mi respuesta. No sé ningún español y uso un programa de traductor en línea libre.

John

[Chacmool]

I understand you perfectly John! Thanks a lot for sharing us your amazing videos and songs! Greetings from México amigo John!