Uploaded by Nocaro on Aug 23, 2009
The Fleetwoods started out as a female duo from Olympia, Washington consisting of Gretchen Christopher and Barbara Ellis. They added one of their male high school classmates, Gary Troxel, with the original intent of using him as a trumpet player, but when Gary created the opening "do be do" hook for "Come To Me Softly", it was obvious he would become part of the vocal harmonization.
"Come To Me Softly" was the #1 song in the nation for all of March, 1959 and one of the all-time great pop hits in recording history.
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Man i loved this in Mafia 2 :)
1 year ago 35
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Thanks to Mafia 2 I'm now hooked on this song.
1 year ago 27
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Aw - that's beautiful :} makes me feel all warm
inside.
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WE WANT RITCHIE VALENS BACK!!!!!! LORD PLEASE BRING HIM BACK TO BLESS THE WORLD WITH HIS WONDERFUL MUSIC AND CHANGE LIFES!!!
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The vocals are SOOO smooth!
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Great song. Nothing evokes memories good and bad as music. It's very powerful. Thank you for the good ones. :-)
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@Beatlereviewer I love pandora for the Buena Vista Social Club, "Chan Chan"
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I first heard this in an early 90s porn advert ^_^
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love love love
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I love you pandora for introducing me to them :')
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The voice of an Angel.. Thank you.
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He has such a pure, sweet voice. I wish singers of today still aspired for purity of voice, rather than complexity of music. <3
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Bonnie Guitar discovered and rehearsed this group, wrote the vocal parts , arranged and produced the record in a studio with engineer Carney Barton on the 5th avenue in downtown Seattle. This was not a home recording. I was about 7 years old when my mom Bonnie recorded this and the rest of the Fleetwood album. I would lay (very quietly) in the corner of the studio and half sleep while they did take after take to get the soft sound she was looking for.
jerryy224 4 months ago 7
@jerryy224 Thanks for the note and insight. I think your mom did an incredible job on this.
Nocaro 4 months ago 4