Always reminds me of my best friend Jacki [since we were 3 years old] Always said one day we would share a flat together when we grew up and when we were 17 we did and on the first morning I woke up and put on the radio and this was playing so I ran into Jacki's room and started jumping up and down on her bed singing this at the top of my voice Jacki woke up and did the same Happy Days ! Jacki died when she was 36 from breast cancer and I miss my best bud every day and always when I hear this track
This was at the height of the great girl group era. The Chiffons, the Ronnettes, The Shirelles, the Supremes, the Shangri-Las, the Marvelettes, the Dixie Cups, the Crystals, the Angels, the Vadellas, the Toys, the Pony Tails, the Exciters, the Honey Bees etc; etc; Great sounds from the best decade of music ever.
So pretty. This is a typical song we lucky Sixties teens got to sample first hand. ...Every week another fantastic record would roll off the presses and it would debut on AM radio..one after the other after the other. All great stuff. The songs, to make it, had to have a real pretty melody, good lyrics, people who could carry a tune, a great manager, great production, top notch musicians and lots of luck. The tunes were orchestrated by and large by older men, studio musicians of the Forties and Fifties who still wore suits to the recording studio and who had an authentic resume in music. Some came from symphony orchestras. Unlike today's....uh......."music". Take me back, please!
I'm 58 yrs old and I was born a bit too late to be a part of this fantastic era, but I tell you what at least I'm old enough to appreciate great music, of a special era..
I should have been born in 51 instead of 61.. Pure brilliance from these girls and others from this time