I knew Gayle. Believe it or not, she ended up being a sales person at a Circuit City in the St. Louis area. She would rarely talk about her music career unless asked. She was incredibly nice and humble. I remember I found a copy of the album on cassette and started playing it in the audio department - she was so incredibly proud. I only recently found out she passed away about 7 years ago.
I knew her too. My sister and her were like sisters. My sis died of cancer, she died a few years later. What a wonderful human being, but she wanted absolutely nothing to do with that life. It's a mystery why, but I think drugs were involved
@@pauljoseph8338 No, not mixed up at all. She worked at Circuit City selling TVs and was quite a pleasant woman. She may have ended up at Macy's, but I used to see her daily on the sales floor at the Circuit City in Bridgeton, MO.
This is mine & my late husband’s song to a tee! I met him in 1969 at a Christmas party when this song came out! He was gorgeous and knew it. I won in the end tho! We got married in June 1970! I just lost him in 2020 after 50 years together! He was my baby and now he’s my angel. I can’t wait to be with him again one day!
I have never said this before in my entire life(64 years), but this cover blows away the BEATLES and all others that I've heard. I LOVE The BEATLES but the emotion in this version is astounding, wish I could've told her what an amazing piece this was. We're all lucky though, we can hear Gayle anytime and be inspired. Greg Deyarmond Toronto
@@BarkleyConners Oddly, in my Universe, she was a superstar. This song, in particular. There's no conspiracy theory needed (Lord knows we're SICK of them). This was a hit record. There were thousands of songs released every year that did not receive airplay, but this was not an example.
My older sister and I watched this on TV mesmerized when it first aired; the second it was over we ran into her room and tried all her necklaces as headbands- we were so enthralled with the sound, the look, the song, the band!
I used to be a singer in a Rock band in the 70’s and I sang this song!! I was always out of breath when it ended! But I gave it my all! I later lived in Costa Rica and recorded it there. I still have it on an old practice cassette!! It needs to be transferred to something else cos it’s seen its last days!! What a song!! Always an honor to sing it. In fact I had long blonde hair like hers and dressed like a hippie. I cut 4 singles (8 songs) most of our own on a CBS label. But it was Costa Rica! I had my 15 minutes of fame!! Something I’ll treasure forever!! I can’t believe she passed away. I’ll never forget her, that’s for sure!
Thank you, Mr. Tarantino for resurrecting this classic rock song in your film, 'DEATH PROOF'. I never heard of A Group Called Smith, and I never heard this song before I saw your film. Respect.
In the fall of 69, Smith covered this old song and covered it well.I was a senior in HS and heard it while painting my parents house on weekends. I loved this arrangement as the girl did a knock up job The rest of Smith were good musicians!
The song was released in July, 1969. I was living in Cincinnati, OH at the time. I would listen to it sitting in rush hour traffic. WSAI played it at about the same time each day right after I got off work..
@@MotorCityPhoenix313 Gayle out did the original. This is a hard thing to do. She did it. She had to put EVERYTHING she had into this song. Passion ? Oh yes she put it all out for this song, and it shows. I am very glad I found it.Dave in Sierra Vista AZ.
they had minor hits from 2nd lp Minus Plus: Take a Look Around, Comin Back to Me. She charted as a solo with It's a Cryin Shame. But her whole catalog is full of amazing songs & vocals. I like her more than Dusty Springfield who she is compared to.
Jeff H, If Gayle seen today for what passes for talent. She would find a .50 Caliber machine Gun & settle all of this filth going on today. Here & the shithole countries. England France Germany Sweden. Political correctness is a socialist, leftist disease that will not be stamped out.
WOW,...…..WOW AND JUST WOW,...……...This girl can sing. Forget Linda Ronstadt, forget what's her name with Fleetwood Mac, even take a step back Janis Joplin,.........……...none of you can belt it out like this young lady. I don't recall any singer that can get as strong as this from the depths of their soul in such a natural way like she can. If I live to be 100 I still won't outlive this classic.
You know someone’s got talent when they can sing live and sound that great! Man what a fabulous time period to live in. Soooo much great music back then!
The Shirelles, The Beatles, and Smith. All of these three did a great version of this song, but only one was the greatest, and that was Smith, the passion and emotional heart felt tone of Gayle's voice when singing this song is unmatchable, plus the psychedelic style in this version is what makes it unique. The best version ever!!! Goodbye, beautiful Gayle.
Amazing when you are put back in your shoes 50 years ago at 10 years old on a summer day listening to AM Radio having that same feeling today as you did then how powerful is that..!? Compared to today they would say we had so little But we had it All! All that we needed! Thanks for the memory 🙏💕
Woke up this morning with this song in my head. Don’t know why or where it came from. Been a very long time since I heard Smith do this song. What a voice.
And @@johnwagner2119 there are Drum fills that doen't correspond to the Drummer's movements. Synching with the record was (and still is) commonplace in "live" performances for TV. Why try to reproduce what's already been produced in a Recording Studio.
It's Oct, 1969 and I can remember you couldn't go anywhere without overhearing this on someone's car or transistor radio. No one ever got tired of hearing it. They played this over the PA system at halftime during one of our football games in high school. Just great memories. I got a 45 in early 1970 and still have it. Peaked at #5 on Nov 1, 1969 and stayed there for three weeks.
I was born in 1968.Heard loads of music of all genres since my 11-12 years of age as amazed by this new world for me.I only found them now,strange.I listened the song in a loop more than ten times.Class!
Considering all the amazing music that came out that year, if you could hang on to #5 for three weeks in 1969, you were something. I mean, you're competing against Abbey Road, of all things!
A very nice cover for Smith. The organ is great. This was my senior year in HS. I heard it from my radio driving to and from school. Nice memories! A lost 45!
For years, when this song came on the car radio I would just pull over, stop, and listen for that last "BAYbay it's you". She had some power in her voice.
Sad that she passed away....always loved this song by her from my childhood. I swear Ann Wilson of Heart must have watched her. I miss the 60's! Awesome music and talent.
Great band, just so unbelievably good! The phrasing, the timing on this song, and Gayle's voice - Lord, she gives me chills and all kinds of other feelings!
Never could understand how this group and Gayle didn't explode and become a HUGH HIT!! Incredible voice, not exactly hard to look at and a style that NO one had in that time period.
@@Vector_Ze - I always got a Janis vibe from her vocal. But when I asked Gayle if she'd been compared to her she said "No, not Janis, but Linda Ronstadt."
@@BarkleyConners I envy you for having known her! But, Linda Ronstadt? No. I enjoy Ronstadt and Joplin, but their styles are very different. In my book, Gayle is more like Joplin. These things are subjective. EDIT: You know, I don't even know why we're comparing her to other vocalists. Gayle was an underappreciated superstar in her own right. I may be exhibiting misogyny, but if this song was sung by B.J. Thomas or Engelbert Humperdink, I would probably not be typing this comment about them. The idea sounds a bit creepy. I don't know why I even mentioned them. Gaggggg.
@@Vector_Ze - I didn't actually know her but I called her in St. Louis and interviewed her. She said she thought the "Flesh & Blood" album might've been too raw. But I love it, and I love the Shadybrook single and used to own all of her vinyl. Happy New Year 2023.
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Although it was recorded by others, this version was by far the best. From the crisp fall of 69, we got this from Smith. The organ was great. The girl was beautiful but they had just this one hit. It brings me right back to my senior year of that fall. Only a song can do that!
I liked to hear this group singing this song. The girl Singer has a way of singing that really touches me. I have liked this song for over forty years.
Seek out music from Morgan James. An amazing (seriously, ridiculously good) singer and she absolutely refuses to be autotuned, which she can do as she owns all her own material.
The Summer of '69, I listened to this song over and over ,,,,,, seemed it was always on the radio on the way home after work. I lived in Cincinnati at the time! Wow! Those were the days .... 18 was such a young age!
I just looked this up due to the passing of Mr. Bacharach. Del Shannon arranged this version of the song. An album of his tinkering with an entire collection of Bacharach songs would've been something. Maybe a project for an AI robot of the future... Thanks for taking the effort to put this up originally. Never would've seen it otherwise.
She is gorgeous, like stupefying Nordic Goddess type, and she has real soul that comes from deep down in her gut. I must have missed her in her day but so glad I caught this performance.
There's a number of different versions of this song done by a number of different bands, but Imo Gayle McCormick here & Smith's version is by far the best. Gayle, this band, & this song were quite popular back in the day. Gayle was both talented & pretty. Sad to think she's gone now. *
And when this song came out I was sitting with my mom in the living room I fell in love with the girl I was like 12 years old and I thought man I can't wait to grow up and be a hippie
In Gods name, how did she out shine the original? The Sherilles, that might be spelled wrong, but how, did she do it? I listened to all of the people who did this song. I have to say by far, this version of this song is the best. The very best. I am real glad I did that, or I never would have found tbis gem. This song that was mixed in with all the others, is a tribute to Gayle the singer of this song. She put EVERYTHING she had in this song. I mean EVERYTHING in this song. I am privileged to here it. Dave in Sierra Vista, AZ.
I can't remember his name, but "Smiths" guitarist was living in Albany Oregon in 1990 something, our group was working one of the last venues for live music. One night he came in and after some discussion we invited him up, he brought his tele and amp in and played a couple of covers with us, then we invited him to sing, oh man what a soulful voice, the man could sing anything and own it. He had the voice the rest of us all wish for, well, me anyway. True story folks.
I have loved this version of Baby it's You for more years than I care to remember. It's still the best rendition of this classic. No one ever did it better or looked as good singing it either, LOL!!! The quintessential hot hip chick look of that era, captured forever. It's pretty groovy .
The Beatles were definitely good but this girl belted it out from the bottom of her soul. As for these bubblegum comments,next to the dark sophistication of the Doors,they truly were.
They were awesome! Did you notice how they were introduced? A Group Called Smith. That was their actual name. If not, they would have only been introduced as Smith! No one seems to remember that. But it is true! I have a sealed copy of this album and on the front cover their name is written clearly as, A GROUP CALLED SMITH.
Personally I think the female vocalist singing here did the best version. Of course that only my opinion, but wow I get chills every time she sings this. She puts emotion behind this song unlike the Beatles version. Don't get me wrong I'm a big Beatles fan. I just think she did a better job with Smith. Thanks for posting this. Great memories.
I was 15 in '69 and a friend brought over a 45 of this song by SMITH. I wore the needle off the RCA record player listening to it over and over. I was in love with Gayle. Teenage boy crushes were hard!
i am very, very sad at this time. i never got to meet you, gayle, though you lived somewhere close to me, just minutes away. i wish that you had not been so reclusive after you came home to st. louis from L.A., but i respect that that is how you wanted it. you've taken your last breath, but the voice it powered will live on long, long afterward. farewell, R.I.P., and may we finally meet in the next life.
Awesome song, I've heard of it several years ago, Quentin Tarantino, did a movie and played it,I was hooked every since, There is a Rock and roll heaven, and Im sure you're kicking butt,bless her threw her journey 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
I knew Gayle. Believe it or not, she ended up being a sales person at a Circuit City in the St. Louis area. She would rarely talk about her music career unless asked. She was incredibly nice and humble. I remember I found a copy of the album on cassette and started playing it in the audio department - she was so incredibly proud. I only recently found out she passed away about 7 years ago.
uh....the good ones always die young....I loved her talent. The way she did this song was amazing.
I knew her too. My sister and her were like sisters. My sis died of cancer, she died a few years later. What a wonderful human being, but she wanted absolutely nothing to do with that life. It's a mystery why, but I think drugs were involved
@@pauljoseph8338 No, not mixed up at all. She worked at Circuit City selling TVs and was quite a pleasant woman. She may have ended up at Macy's, but I used to see her daily on the sales floor at the Circuit City in Bridgeton, MO.
Thank you for sharing! ❤🌈🙏
Great story. With her voice she should have never had to work at Circuit City!
This is mine & my late husband’s song to a tee! I met him in 1969 at a Christmas party when this song came out! He was gorgeous and knew it. I won in the end tho! We got married in June 1970! I just lost him in 2020 after 50 years together! He was my baby and now he’s my angel. I can’t wait to be with him again one day!
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I have never said this before in my entire life(64 years), but this cover blows away the BEATLES and all others that I've heard. I LOVE The BEATLES but the emotion in this version is astounding, wish I could've told her what an amazing piece this was. We're all lucky though, we can hear Gayle anytime and be inspired. Greg Deyarmond Toronto
I always forget how adorable Leslie Uggams was.
Agree, but 2nd fiddle here.
You're right!
Love the lady. No one else covers the song so well. Still loving her in 2024. RIP,, Gayle.
she gives me chills when singing this song.. The best version by far RIP Gayle
When did she pass? Music from the 60s-90s was more real. More from the heart/soul. Not Canned stuff like today.
@@staceyy5595 Gayle McCormick passed away in 2016.
She was known around L.A. to be a phenomenal singer, but someone or something derailed her career . . . what is the mystery of Gayle McCormick?
@@BarkleyConners Oddly, in my Universe, she was a superstar. This song, in particular. There's no conspiracy theory needed (Lord knows we're SICK of them). This was a hit record. There were thousands of songs released every year that did not receive airplay, but this was not an example.
@@Vector_Ze - i am not a conspiracy believer. I am a drama queen.
to this day this has remained my favorite version of Baby it's You.
Best performance. She sang with her heart & soul. The keyboard player (Larry Moss) did an outstanding job for this song. R.I.P. Gayle.
My older sister and I watched this on TV mesmerized when it first aired; the second it was over we ran into her room and tried all her necklaces as headbands- we were so enthralled with the sound, the look, the song, the band!
Gayle McCormick, the vocalist formerly of Smith, sadly passed today March 3, 2016. Thank you for the music.
Actually, she died March 1st. But I'm sure she's glad we all noticed. She fought a long and brave battle against cancer. RIP Gayle.
@@instructme RIP GAYLE
Rest in Peace, Gayle, you sweet angel.....
She was beautiful. Hope to meet her in heaven...
So sad to read this
I used to be a singer in a Rock band in the 70’s and I sang this song!! I was always out of breath when it ended! But I gave it my all! I later lived in Costa Rica and recorded it there. I still have it on an old practice cassette!! It needs to be transferred to something else cos it’s seen its last days!! What a song!! Always an honor to sing it. In fact I had long blonde hair like hers and dressed like a hippie. I cut 4 singles (8 songs) most of our own on a CBS label. But it was Costa Rica! I had my 15 minutes of fame!! Something I’ll treasure forever!! I can’t believe she passed away. I’ll never forget her, that’s for sure!
She was a smoker and lived near the toxic landfill.
Thank you, Mr. Tarantino for resurrecting this classic rock song in your film, 'DEATH PROOF'. I never heard of A Group Called Smith, and I never heard this song before I saw your film. Respect.
1969 BABY ITS YOU ........SMITH. LOVE THIS SONG. BEAUTFUL VOICE
In the fall of 69, Smith covered this old song and covered it well.I was a senior in HS and heard it while painting my parents house on weekends. I loved this arrangement as the girl did a knock up job The rest of Smith were good musicians!
The song was released in July, 1969. I was living in Cincinnati, OH at the time. I would listen to it sitting in rush hour traffic. WSAI played it at about the same time each day right after I got off work..
I was a teenager in late 60’s and early 70’s. Best time ever!
Me too!
One of my favorites then !
ditto. am turning 67 july 28th. peace
So was I. As a matter of fact I’m still one today.
When I was a teenager same as you late 60's things were good, but I didn't know that would be the best years of my life!
She's so exotic/beautiful. You can see the emotion in her face, hear the pain in her voice. This is what passion sounds like.
So true. I feel the passion in her voice. Powerful stuff.
@@MotorCityPhoenix313 Gayle out did the original. This is a hard thing to do. She did it. She had to put EVERYTHING she had into this song. Passion ? Oh yes she put it all out for this song, and it shows. I am very glad I found it.Dave in Sierra Vista AZ.
Was this their only Hit?
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they had minor hits from 2nd lp Minus Plus: Take a Look Around, Comin Back to Me. She charted as a solo with It's a Cryin Shame. But her whole catalog is full of amazing songs & vocals. I like her more than Dusty Springfield who she is compared to.
Gayle McCormick brings this song to a new level. Amazing rendition of a beautiful song.
Another hit written by the late Burt Bacharach
did not know that
I was madly in love with her back in the day. She was a beauty for sure. She, as many of our generation, are going before their time. RIP Gayle.
Jeff H, If Gayle seen today for what passes for talent. She would find a .50 Caliber machine Gun & settle all of this filth going on today. Here & the shithole countries. England France Germany Sweden. Political correctness is a socialist, leftist disease that will not be stamped out.
WOW,...…..WOW AND JUST WOW,...……...This girl can sing. Forget Linda Ronstadt, forget what's her name with Fleetwood Mac, even take a step back Janis Joplin,.........……...none of you can belt it out like this young lady. I don't recall any singer that can get as strong as this from the depths of their soul in such a natural way like she can. If I live to be 100 I still won't outlive this classic.
Nah!
She's got it all, beauty, talent, my God that voice, she gives me goosebumps.
There is absolutely no reason she shouldn't have gone on to become a star.
@@LKx979 I think her record label had too many huge names and they did not take time to know what to do with a voice like that.
Blue Eyed SOUL 🎶🎵🎼🎤💥
Just wondering how Cher made it big, and this monster talent, didn't
@@matthewcumberland6877 I'm wondering the same thing 🤔 😕
Breath taking beauty 😍 RIP we all loved you.
You know someone’s got talent when they can sing live and sound that great!
Man what a fabulous time period to live in. Soooo much great music back then!
You better believe it
Every day a new hit
Yes it was. Wish I could do it all again
The Shirelles, The Beatles, and Smith. All of these three did a great version of this song, but only one was the greatest, and that was Smith, the passion and emotional heart felt tone of Gayle's voice when singing this song is unmatchable, plus the psychedelic style in this version is what makes it unique. The best version ever!!! Goodbye, beautiful Gayle.
Still nothing on the. Sherelles
Love this song, I remember jamming to it on am radio when I was 8. Excellent band-RIP Gayle. 🙌🏻❤️
Phenomenal performance. So much raw talent, it still makes me sad that she and they weren't bigger. Should've been.
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Great cans
Smith was an awesome band, this song rocks.
This song has never left my heart ❤️ What a voice!!!! Unique
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OMG! Amazing.Thank you Del Shannon for discovering this band and doing the arrangement.
Interesting, thanks.
Saw them perform in an open air concert in OKC and like every other male teen there fell instantly in love with her, her voice and this song.
Amazing when you are put back in your shoes 50 years ago at 10 years old on a summer day listening to AM Radio having that same feeling today as you did then how powerful is that..!?
Compared to today they would say we had so little
But we had it All! All that we needed!
Thanks for the memory 🙏💕
To the Gorgeous Gayle Annette McCormick with the fantastic talent. She is gone on 03/01/16 but still loved. Rest In Peace beautiful Gayle.
Woke up this morning with this song in my head. Don’t know why or where it came from. Been a very long time since I heard Smith do this song. What a voice.
This live version gave me the chills🔥🎵🙏 her voice!
Don't see guitars plugged in, so how can it be live?
And @@johnwagner2119 there are Drum fills that doen't correspond to the Drummer's movements. Synching with the record was (and still is) commonplace in "live" performances for TV. Why try to reproduce what's already been produced in a Recording Studio.
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Look again.
It was pre-recorded. Hahahaha
@@johnwagner2119the vocal is live
Man, she had some vocals! RIP Gayle
This is the version I heard as a kid. The music we hear growing up dictates our musical oponion
The best "BABY" ever sung and I've been listening to rock for over sixty years.
Very soulful and I remember when that song was huge. Great voice!
It's Oct, 1969 and I can remember you couldn't go anywhere without overhearing this on someone's car or transistor radio. No one ever got tired of hearing it. They played this over the PA system at halftime during one of our football games in high school. Just great memories. I got a 45 in early 1970 and still have it. Peaked at #5 on Nov 1, 1969 and stayed there for three weeks.
I was born in 1968.Heard loads of music of all genres since my 11-12 years of age as amazed by this new world for me.I only found them now,strange.I listened the song in a loop more than ten times.Class!
Considering all the amazing music that came out that year, if you could hang on to #5 for three weeks in 1969, you were something. I mean, you're competing against Abbey Road, of all things!
@@seanstipsky9473 Yes you got that right. It was one of those songs that people never got tired of.
AWESOME SONG HER VOICE RANGE IS SOFT, SENTIMENTAL AND OH SO POWERFUL, BEAUTIFUL LADY, GOD BLESS
A very nice cover for Smith. The organ is great. This was my senior year in HS. I heard it from my radio driving to and from school. Nice memories! A lost 45!
For years, when this song came on the car radio I would just pull over, stop, and listen for that last "BAYbay it's you". She had some power in her voice.
yes! It even sounded great coming out of the crummy speaker in my friend's 63 Beetle!! Gayle had an astounding voice!!!
Yes
Most under-rated song ever. Ahead of it's' time.
whaT ? a GIGANTIC HIT by the Shireles in the 60s
It's a remake- not the original
Beatles version is the best. But this very good.
well put!..beautiful song,,singer,,..
Vee Kee. I agree. It was already dated by the time the Beatles covered it. The whole sha la la thing is a bit naff.
WOW!!! This lady blowed my hair back!! What an awesome voice and beautiful to boot.
Love this version. Great voice.
Hi Pat
If you haven't already, listen to Haley Reinhart's version of this song. She remade this exact version and did it justice.
@@rottdog7864 just went and listened to it. Wow! Incredible version.
@@rottdog7864 Oh look what i found. Mr. Fragile. Keep it up. 📸👋🏾
The raw emotion of her voice is magnificent.
Sad that she passed away....always loved this song by her from my childhood. I swear Ann Wilson of Heart must have watched her. I miss the 60's! Awesome music and talent.
How I wish I had been born at that time, just so I could get close to her ear and call her: MY LOVE.
😅😅😅Hahahah...
🥲🥲🥲🥲R.I.P. Gayle
Great band, just so unbelievably good! The phrasing, the timing on this song, and Gayle's voice - Lord, she gives me chills and all kinds of other feelings!
I saw them in Memphis in 1971.
Never could understand how this group and Gayle didn't explode and become a HUGH HIT!! Incredible voice, not exactly hard to look at and a style that NO one had in that time period.
Smith did the Song "Weight" in Easy Rider
Her passion reminds me of (dare I say?) Joplin.
@@Vector_Ze - I always got a Janis vibe from her vocal. But when I asked Gayle if she'd been compared to her she said "No, not Janis, but Linda Ronstadt."
@@BarkleyConners I envy you for having known her! But, Linda Ronstadt? No. I enjoy Ronstadt and Joplin, but their styles are very different. In my book, Gayle is more like Joplin. These things are subjective.
EDIT: You know, I don't even know why we're comparing her to other vocalists. Gayle was an underappreciated superstar in her own right. I may be exhibiting misogyny, but if this song was sung by B.J. Thomas or Engelbert Humperdink, I would probably not be typing this comment about them. The idea sounds a bit creepy.
I don't know why I even mentioned them. Gaggggg.
@@Vector_Ze - I didn't actually know her but I called her in St. Louis and interviewed her. She said she thought the "Flesh & Blood" album might've been too raw. But I love it, and I love the Shadybrook single and used to own all of her vinyl. Happy New Year 2023.
Close your eyes let it take you back to the 70s! I was 14 or 15 when I first heard her sing this and mind blown! 💕❣️
beautiful song, rough sound, emotional lyrics... I love it.... where has this kind of music gone to today???
I would love this kind of music today.🙏🌈🌸🌼
No one feels anything anymore in this plastic world
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Susan Tedeschi is the closest currently active female singer to Gayle McCormick and Bonnie Bramlett
Although it was recorded by others, this version was by far the best. From the crisp fall of 69, we got this from Smith. The organ was great. The girl was beautiful but they had just this one hit. It brings me right back to my senior year of that fall. Only a song can do that!
I liked to hear this group singing this song. The girl Singer has a way of singing that really touches me. I have liked this song for over forty years.
That's funny. I never even noticed The Beatles did it, but Smith knocked it out of the park-then and now.
Hi Jerusha
Oh wow. This song sure does bring back memories of my youth. ;)
Great Great Voice, Beautiful ❤️
What power and soul. What a beautiful woman. Her solo album. Flesh and Blood is a killer, start to finish.
Love theHammond organ playing. What great cover.
I was 13 years old when this video came out...and puberty kicked in. Had the hots BIG time for this beautiful lady who was singing to me and me alone.
She and Linda Ronstadt are possibly the most beautiful rockers of all-time.
Check out the sweetheart from Shocking Blue. "Venus" Three-way tie.. And I was a major DJ through the sixties and seventies.
Yep
@@3Rubee Thank you for your service. Fun times.
Every time I play this, it's Goosebumps City. Can't believe this was their only hit.
legendary - "Don't leave me alone...CMON HOME" she found the soul at that chorus - stirring rendition....
Listen close kids. Pure talent. You may never have it again thanks to computer mixing and auto tune. Loved you Gayle.
Seek out music from Morgan James. An amazing (seriously, ridiculously good) singer and she absolutely refuses to be autotuned, which she can do as she owns all her own material.
It was the 70’s!! There was no autotune or any other tricks to make a singer sound better! She was just naturally talented!!
Morgan James in Palm Desert?
BEST rendition Ever! God Bless You Gayle. Tears for Ever.
The Summer of '69, I listened to this song over and over ,,,,,, seemed it was always on the radio on the way home after work. I lived in Cincinnati at the time! Wow! Those were the days .... 18 was such a young age!
Gayle is truly an ICON that represented the 60's culture !!
I never heard this before until today...love it
Hello there,how are you doing?
RIP Gayle. Superb performance. I wish there were more singers nowadays with your powerful beautiful vocal ability.
I just looked this up due to the passing of Mr. Bacharach.
Del Shannon arranged this version of the song. An album of his tinkering with an entire collection of Bacharach songs would've been something.
Maybe a project for an AI robot of the future...
Thanks for taking the effort to put this up originally. Never would've seen it otherwise.
She is gorgeous, like stupefying Nordic Goddess type, and she has real soul that comes from deep down in her gut. I must have missed her in her day but so glad I caught this performance.
Dreamed about this last night, woke up with it still in my head...couldn't shake it...had to see this again, and again, and again.
Great version of this song. She song it from the soul. Her voice though now silenced is fantastic.
There's a number of different versions of this song done by a number of different bands, but Imo Gayle McCormick here & Smith's version is by far the best. Gayle, this band, & this song were quite popular back in the day. Gayle was both talented & pretty. Sad to think she's gone now. *
She's class. All around. Great rhythm
One of the best songs of the 60's. RIP Gayle McCormick. Death is a cruel joke the God's play on us.
What a freakin great voice!
Loved it then and live it now..❤🙏🙏
indeed, outstanding!!
She should have sung for Jefferson Airplane. We would have been asking: "Who's Grace Slick"?
Glad to see this song come back on cable on the TV show Girls.....I remember it when my old man had clubs in the early 70s.
She checked all the boxes. Pretty, sexy and that soulful and incredible voice. Can we do the 1960s over again?
Leave the nam out of course
One of my first 45s I love this song. I was so young before dating.
Had I known it was prophetic
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And when this song came out I was sitting with my mom in the living room I fell in love with the girl I was like 12 years old and I thought man I can't wait to grow up and be a hippie
In Gods name, how did she out shine the original? The Sherilles, that might be spelled wrong, but how, did she do it? I listened to all of the people who did this song. I have to say by far, this version of this song is the best. The very best. I am real glad I did that, or I never would have found tbis gem. This song that was mixed in with all the others, is a tribute to Gayle the singer of this song. She put EVERYTHING she had in this song. I mean EVERYTHING in this song. I am privileged to here it. Dave in Sierra Vista, AZ.
Great version...Tarantino movies always have the best music, along with Guardians of the galaxy.
Mary Chapin, Janis Joplin, and Gayle McCormick make the hair on my neck stand up when they hit those perfect notes.
Ruby Starr sings cover great too
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Don't forget DUSTY SPRINGFIELD 🎶🎵🎼
What a great version!!!! She was one of rhe most beautiful woman i have ever seen !!!! A Goddess !!!! RIP lovely one !!!
It proves that a cover can be 100 times better than the original. They even did better than the Beatles cover!
Brilliant voice Gayle...You are truly missed...
I wish I could carry a tune. The gift of a beautiful voice and the hard work to achieve and share with others is a blessing.
I can't remember his name, but "Smiths" guitarist was living in Albany Oregon in 1990 something, our group was working one of the last venues for live music. One night he came in and after some discussion we invited him up, he brought his tele and amp in and played a couple of covers with us, then we invited him to sing, oh man what a soulful voice, the man could sing anything and own it. He had the voice the rest of us all wish for, well, me anyway. True story folks.
I have loved this version of Baby it's You for more years than I care to remember. It's still the best rendition of this classic. No one ever did it better or looked as good singing it either, LOL!!! The quintessential hot hip chick look of that era, captured forever. It's pretty groovy .
I can dig it, man!
Gayle could belt it out , Great version
What a beautiful woman, she seems surreal , a truly Wonder Woman !!!!
RIP
The Beatles were definitely good but this girl belted it out from the bottom of her soul. As for these bubblegum comments,next to the dark sophistication of the Doors,they truly were.
It's very interesting that you and others leave the Original version by the Shirelles out of your conversation
They were awesome! Did you notice how they were introduced? A Group Called Smith. That was their actual name. If not, they would have only been introduced as Smith! No one seems to remember that. But it is true! I have a sealed copy of this album and on the front cover their name is written clearly as, A GROUP CALLED SMITH.
Personally I think the female vocalist singing here did the best version. Of course that only my opinion, but wow I get chills every time she sings this. She puts emotion behind this song unlike the Beatles version. Don't get me wrong I'm a big Beatles fan. I just think she did a better job with Smith. Thanks for posting this. Great memories.
+Jesse Mendez This is my favorite as well
+Jesse Mendez i totally agree with you
+Jesse Mendez She passed away this week. RIP
+Jesse Mendez I agree, and also a Beatles fan
+Jesse Mendez Absolutely! Plain and Simple.
I was 15 in '69 and a friend brought over a 45 of this song by SMITH. I wore the needle off the RCA record player listening to it over and over. I was in love with Gayle. Teenage boy crushes were hard!
i am very, very sad at this time. i never got to meet you, gayle,
though you lived somewhere close to me, just minutes away. i wish that
you had not been so reclusive after you came home to st. louis from
L.A., but i respect that that is how you wanted it. you've taken your
last breath, but the voice it powered will live on long, long afterward.
farewell, R.I.P., and may we finally meet in the next life.
Awesome song, I've heard of it several years ago, Quentin Tarantino, did a movie and played it,I was hooked every since, There is a Rock and roll heaven, and Im sure you're kicking butt,bless her threw her journey 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
her vocal is live and it's breathtaking !!!!!!
I've only liked a few cover songs and this one of my favorites since I first heard it in 1970❤.
Loved this song the very 1st time i heard it in 1969
I heard it in Tacoma, Wash. Sitting on a front porch. I was in the Third Cav and just got orders for the Nam! Man time flew.