I only have eyes for you..... who was it that had the big hit?

[havocmom]

You know the one: "Are the stars out tonight?
I can't tell if it's cloudy or bright"

Havocdad is going at this like the search for the holy grail and I am having senile attacks. There will be no sleep in this house till he finds out who it was that had the big hit of this song way back. Not Johnny Mathis. More like the Platters or some group like that.

Help me out here, trivia DUers. This is like a plague on my house.....

Muchas gracias.. shoo bop shoo bop.....

[Bozita]

1. the Skyliners

IIRC

[Dookus]

3. I think it was the Flamingos n/t

[Bozita]

11. You're right. Now what was the biggie from the Skyliners?

My memory seems to be fading.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

9. You're thinking of Since I Don't Have you

[Bozita]

12. Thanks, I feel better now.

[johnnie]

Thought..

It was the Flamingos

[havocmom]

14. yep, that's the version he was thinking of

Thanks, jonnie... now I can get some rest around this asylum!
shoo bop shoo bop

[Bertha Venation]

2. Art Garfunkel

[Catshrink]

4. Didn't Frankie Valle record it?

[havocmom]

15. Everybody did a recording of it. Even Homer and the doughnuts

I knew it was an old song, but Jolson did a recording of it. Didn't know it was that old though.

[bookman]

22. Frankie's was...

...Can't Take my Eyes off of You.

[johnnie]

5. Thought..

It was the Flamingos

[Bertha Venation]

6. Art Garfunkel

[Bertha Venation]

7. well shit.

:shrug:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

10. He did have a hit with it in the 80's

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. Flamingos had the best luck with the song..

[havocmom]

13. Thanks NSMA , I was thinking Flamingos too but not sure

Have to giggle at the Art Garfunkle responses.... I feel sooooo old.

[grasswire]

18. well..............

....Al Jolson introduced the song. Probably in the 1930s. I'm too lazy to look for the discography notes right now. It was a huge hit.

[havocmom]

16. Thanks, evil DUer's from me 'n Havocdad

He is amazed at your fast and helpful responses. Now he can get his CD and sing along.

you guys are wonderful
Thanks!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. Well he DAMN WELL

better be singing it to you! :D

[havocmom]

19. Oh, he does sing to me! Most romantic man I ever met!

sings in bed, he does!
which reminds me of a Dory Previn song or two..... :evilgrin:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

20. LOL!

I kept thinking of HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD all throughout Arnold's campaign.

[never cry wolf]

21. Definitely the Flamingos

At least the version most think of that was on theAmerican Graffiti soundtrack. A google search did turn up version by many including Art Garfunkle, Sinatra and more.

"I Only Have Eyes For You," The Flamingos

My love must be a kind of blind love
I can't see anyone but you
Sha bop sha bop

Are the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I only have eyes for you dear

The moon may be high
But I can't see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you

I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue

You are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all dissappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
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Do y'all know how to google search lyrics?? It really works great. You don't even need to know the name of the tune or the artist, just 4 or 5 words of the lyrics in parenthesis followed by the word lyrics. Feel the power.

[dweller]

23. shoo bop shoo bop

Hello, stranger
(ooh) It seems so good to see you back again
How long has it been?
(Ooh, seems like a mighty long time)
(shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby, ooh)
It seems like a mighty long time

Oh-uh-oh, I my, my, my, my
I'm so glad
You stopped by to say "hello" to me
Remember that's the way it used to be
Ooh, it seems like a mighty long time
(shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby, ooh)
It seems like a mighty long time

Oh-ahh-uh-oh
If you're not gonna stay
(Ooh) Please don't treat me like you did before
Because I still love you so a-a-although
It seems like a mighty long time
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby, ooh
It seems like a mighty long time

now you gotta sing Barbara Lewis back at havocdad...

shoo bop,
dp

[HEyHEY]

24. sha bach a bop

[newyawker99]

25. It is an old song. I believe it goes back to the 1930s.

I think the best version is by the Flamingoes.