Gayle McCormick was in my opinion one of the most underrated singing stars of her era. The information I have learned about her leads me to believe she just did not want the "supper star" life style and all you must sacrifice to achieve that level. She certainly had the vocal talent to make it to the top.
@BarkleyConners10 ай бұрын
Her albums are incredible and display her range. On "Flesh & Blood" she wrote a couple songs.
@Mike-yg8ig6 ай бұрын
No question, she had sick talent. She was the whole package. The music biz is weird, so any make it big with 1/10 the talent she had. And she looked damn good on stage too.
@brianj42014 ай бұрын
Same thing with Judee Sill. Beautiful folk singer. Better voice than Joni and better writing skills as well. She just refuses to play the game to get big in the music industry. She had too much integrity.
@misterwhipple28704 ай бұрын
But maybe the Breakfast Star life-style would have suited her fine.
@retrofuturistic8 Жыл бұрын
I've now listened to other versions of this song here on the youtubes. Conway Twitty. The Grass Roots. Cher. And Ms. McCormick clearly does the definitive version of this song. That's a bit strange because this is a male song, written from the male perspective. The line about "when I saw the name you signed" is the giveaway, as that is clearly a reference to a man getting a good-bye letter from an ex-girlfriend and seeing that she signed it with her new "married" name. Yet this does not matter. What makes this version the best version among all the others, whether sung by a male or female, is how she handles the key change on the third verse. In the first two verses, she is singing it very cool. It's no big deal that the love of her life has married someone else. But then with the key change, that facade is beginning to crack and some real emotion is coming through. Cher, of all people, underplays this. Cher could really be overly dramatic on certain songs. "Dark Lady," for example, of "If I Could Turn Back Time." But Cher's tone and emotion doesn't really change over the course of the song. The Grass Roots, on the other hand, over-emote on that last verse, almost to the point of comedy. They overdo it. Ms. McCormick's delivery here is absolute perfect. The change in tone and emotion fits the song perfectly. Dang-it she was good!
@BarkleyConners10 ай бұрын
Very informative post. I like Cher's version and had the album, which has her version of "Flashback" another good tune. The album sank because Cher's career was at a low point.
@mhoroky Жыл бұрын
It's a cryin' shame that this song didn't crack Billboard's Top 40. Just missed it. # 44 in 1971. It should've made it to the Top 10.
@The53rrc Жыл бұрын
This really is a good song. Underrated.
@MYJETGLO6 ай бұрын
100% perfection in everyway....this is exactly what modern life is missing...thank you for this upload!!
@Ariesmount Жыл бұрын
Thank you for introducing me to this talented woman. I don’t think I remember this song, but it’s great! In the vein of Diana Ross. And what a beautiful woman!
@myflyisopen.87323 жыл бұрын
How was this not a huge hit? RIP Gayle McCormick. Thank you for the music.
@annchovey208910 ай бұрын
It was a big hit. I remember it well.
@myflyisopen.873210 ай бұрын
@@annchovey2089 I was born in 74. I just got her albums! She's incredible!! Her voice is so powerful, passionate and clean.
@TheOriginalRick2 жыл бұрын
In about the mid-60s I was watching a local St. Louis, Missouri TV station on a Sunday morning. They had a "talent show" on featuring local people singing and performing various things. The winner that day was a cute, young local girl by the name of Gayle McCormick. She was head and shoulders above everyone else on the program.
@legendarymcdinis33919 ай бұрын
Material and vocals remind me of Freda Payne, no small feat.
@jerrycruitt53752 жыл бұрын
I just woke up and this song was blaring in my head - 3/18/2022. Strange. I temporarily couldn't remember who sang it, grabbed the computer, and good old Gayle was there. She was gorgeous and really a great singer. The general consensus is right - she should have been much, much bigger.
@angelchavez4582 жыл бұрын
Me too ✋ 😪 😢
@tcw56115 ай бұрын
I remember this song, was just turning 8 in December of 1971, but I have neither heard it, nor thought of it in ages. Like you, just a couple of days ago the tune and the lyric "JUST WALK out the door, it’s a cryin' shame we don't have it no more ..." popped into my head. I also had to look it up, which is why I'm here now. Now I'm realizing that my memory played a slight trick on me with my incorrect rendition of the lyric.
@uriahsteel Жыл бұрын
Great song. One of my favorites from that time. Gale had a beautiful and powerful voice. This is singing. The people on American idol and the voice should listen to this lady and linda ronstadt to hear what true singing is.
@BarkleyConners10 ай бұрын
I interviewed her on the phone once and she said she was often compared to Linda Ronstadt
@scotturibe1879 Жыл бұрын
A song that I totally forgot about! I remember hearing this all the time on the radio! Gayle was an exceptional singer. Rest in peace.
@MelPillsbury6 ай бұрын
Fantastic!
@KC-ef6zvАй бұрын
This is one of my childhood's favorite song and still one of the favorite today. I still play it a lot. Thanks for posting this live video of Gayle McCormick singing this song. Just ran across it today from YT recommendation.
@petegarza20252 жыл бұрын
Wow...A few minutes ago I just discovered that this minor underrated song by this lovely talented female artist has an actual performance video...R.I.P. Gayle...And You Tube keep up the good work ...
@petegarza20252 жыл бұрын
Ty for your feedback...Yes I absolutely love this song...Why it wasn't that big of a hit I don't know but it doesn't matter...I can watch this video over and over...
@RUDYNATACHA3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this on TV when this song was out! LOVE IT!!!! My absolute FAVORITE song at the time!
@misterwhipple28704 ай бұрын
I was twelve years old and I wanted to . . . well, I can't say on KZbin. Let's just say, I was in love!! Very sorry to see her go so young! I wonder how she would look now, at the beautiful young age of 76.
@cbfields73423 жыл бұрын
Great voice and very soulful. Attractive lady too.
@1hit1ders3 жыл бұрын
I agree, I like this much more than "Baby, It's You" that she sang while in Smith (sometimes incorrectly referred to as "A Group Called Smith", which was the name of the LP album).
@jalting91629 ай бұрын
I remember her the best from a member of " a group called Smith " great singer
@kingporter672 жыл бұрын
This is a very good one hit wonder song by Gayle McCormick, R.I.P. Gayle McCormick!
@Vector_Ze Жыл бұрын
Yeah, she should've been better known. But, One Hit Wonder? I beg to differ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnevfKN3oNuomrM
@BarkleyConners10 ай бұрын
She had a bigger hit with Smith
@allanfranklin96157 ай бұрын
What a song! What a voice! She had it, could have been big. I suspect not managed correctly but she was good.
@rainertrebbin-vf7nt7 ай бұрын
Baby it's you❤
@rhondahancock962 жыл бұрын
Such a great song & it's one of those that never gets played anymore I bought the 45 when it first came out! I was 12 in 1971 but this is just as fresh as it was back then!
@BarkleyConners Жыл бұрын
Had the album which was great if you liked pop-rock. Her next album "Flesh & Blood" was harder rock but still pop. I loved her voice.
@jodygoar72382 жыл бұрын
Ah, beautiful, gorgeous, talented Gayle.
@TheTorch19712 жыл бұрын
Could she be anymore gorgeous 😍
@Digitalozzie Жыл бұрын
I went to Pattonville H.S., graduated in 1967 and was fortunate to see Gayle perform with Steve Cummings and The Klassmen. Gayle and several of the Klassmen were also Pattonville students. Quarterback of our football team in 1966 Blake Fouts was their keyboard player. Also Bob Durrwachter, on guitar and Dale Massey on bass. They recorded "Without You" in 1967 with Gayle and the Klassmen. Even back then we knew how special she was. Here is that early recording from 1967. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH_TfnSOqtWdos0
@NUKE.2024 Жыл бұрын
Awesome; thanks for sharing the link. Did the Klassman do mostly rock-pop songs ?
@Digitalozzie Жыл бұрын
@@NUKE.2024 Yes they were a combination of current pop songs with some R&B and Motown plus their originals. Here is another of her early recordings with the Klassmen - "Mr. Loveman" 1968. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqm5nH1rmqh2rZI
@goyadressunofficial3 жыл бұрын
Wow new Gayle video!
@Elvisrivers13 жыл бұрын
I concur! This has HIT written all over it! Catchy! Hooks all over! Wth happened? I never heard of it until now. I was listening to Baby It's You. A travesty!
@erichentz4250 Жыл бұрын
Just...Incredible voice
@texasmama42482 жыл бұрын
What a voice!!
@retrofuturistic83 жыл бұрын
I am guessing that the 10 negative votes are from people who are furious that this was not a massive hit. It should've been Top 10, even Top 5, but for this to have just missed out on the Top 40? Cryin' shame, most definitely.
@JohnBeaty-l5l7 ай бұрын
Between the back vocals and that commercial instrumentation blasting, it kills her voice. RIP sister.
@CURVEDGLASS1233 жыл бұрын
Deserves more views.
@1hit1ders3 жыл бұрын
I agree. This is a great song by a great singer. One of my favorites from the 70s!
@juliecolby83542 жыл бұрын
This song has been playing over and over in my mind! So glad to hear it again!!!
@methatlovescats3602 Жыл бұрын
There should be a remix from someone , country pop or even rap just remix this. 🌹💗😢
@deanhatton9317 Жыл бұрын
Never seen this before, thanks for posting!
@BarkleyConners3 жыл бұрын
New footage of her, never seen this! At first I thought it was from American Bandstand, because she did this song & another from the album on that show, I saw it when I was a teenager but apparently Dick Clark Productions doesn't have it.
@idlertire3 жыл бұрын
Dick Clark production has most if not all of the American Bandstands. They should have it but they are not releasing any of the shows for streaming or in any format. I'm sure they have it. I'm pretty sure the only shows they are missing are the very early ones.
@farwayout3 жыл бұрын
@@idlertire Certainly there are MANY PEOPLE that would LOVE to see old archive footage of American Bandstand and it's such a disservice DC Productions would not release AmericanBandstand footage from 1970 thru 1974!
@kristalm-e1k2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@drummerbraves Жыл бұрын
I didn't even know that Gayle had a solo career after Smith. The only thing that I knew about Gayle is Smith and their version of "Baby It's You".
@angelaackerman89347 ай бұрын
My understanding is the promoters fail to promote her albums etc. she should have had a long and great career. She had the the voice and the looks. But its true she did not want to be a druggie, sleezy type star. She also sang gospel .
@axxellein2 ай бұрын
TRES Cool/Heavy!!!
@janeweisner83643 жыл бұрын
Premonition…herd this song & knew letter waiting for me from my boyfriend was a Dear “Jane” goodbye letter. Took me years to find it again because it wasn’t a big hit. On October 4, 1971 when that letter arrived
@janeweisner83643 жыл бұрын
It was #64 on Billboards 100.
@reallyrarestuff2 жыл бұрын
Lots of radio airplay here in the fall of '71.
@janeweisner8364 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I heard it on the AM radio but didn't know who sang it.
@iskandermakhmudov3 жыл бұрын
Wow
@drummerbraves Жыл бұрын
Conway Twitty did a super version of this song for his 1972 album "I Can't See Me Without You". I didn't even know that Gayle recorded this song and that it charted in the Hot 100. Conway should have released this song as a single. It would have been a big hit for him.
@BarkleyConners10 ай бұрын
Cher also recorded it on her "i'd rather believe in you" album. It's a Lambert/Potter composition.
@joejones95204 ай бұрын
@@BarkleyConners they also wrote One tin soldier by Coven.
@sgillman162 жыл бұрын
I downloaded this and posted a clip on Instagram, then someone comments saying they just heard it on the radio. Lol
@dawnpatrol7002 жыл бұрын
This is before my time, but this is the music I most identify with. I was potty-training when this was out lol. I like my era (the 80s), but the 80s lost me circa 86, when the mixing and over-production was so over the top, it actually ruined the songs (bon jovi - new Jersey is a great example of production gone wrong). By 1986, I was longing for organic sounding stuff and started collecting 70s vinyl.
@fmaykallb3 жыл бұрын
nice song
@dhpbear23 жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like Freda Payne.
@philipcone357 Жыл бұрын
It was very big in Connecticut
@ogam56 ай бұрын
.....guessing Bob Steele spun it more than a FEW times on his WTIC morning show, then - retroactively remembered when I obtained the FIRST place where it's digitally available / remastered, Rhino's otherwise-ESSENTIAL Vol. 6 of 'Have A Nice Day', three-plus decades ago.....
@errolflynn451 Жыл бұрын
I have this record..fantastic..I also have a version by Canadian artist Goria Kaye!!
@drummerbraves Жыл бұрын
Conway's version is on here as a song he did live for the show "That Good Ole Nashville Music" from 1972. The album version is on here.
@danraider91532 жыл бұрын
great
@rockandroller8352 Жыл бұрын
Cher just makes this song #1 but this isn't bad
@wearashirt2 ай бұрын
Here because i passed on her vinyl record. Why aren’t her records published online?
@scorpio87165 ай бұрын
👀♥️🌹
@will89687 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating to see this but also kind of disturbing. Maybe it's bad makeup, lighting or transfer but she looks like hell. She would have been only 22 at the time of this appearance. I know she had a tough time in the spotlight, even spending some time in a mental institution when she was in Smith due to a bad LSD trip (one of her fellow band members had the bright idea to offer her acid.) Still, this is a great song that has gained in stature since it was released. Wish she had better luck in the music business. I loved her. Sad that she's gone.
@BarkleyConners10 ай бұрын
It was done when the music video was still being conceived and they didn't worry about hair, lighting, and make up.
@joejones95204 ай бұрын
smoking cigs makes women look rougher, she was a big smoker
@annchovey208910 ай бұрын
Love Gayle but she should have kept her hair blond.
@stephangeorgakarakos5 ай бұрын
aloso by stephanie desykes lambert&potter1974
@luizamorim1626 Жыл бұрын
The song is good but the production would have to be a little more "refined" to crack into the top 40. Competition is rife!😆
@kyleelsbernd7566 Жыл бұрын
Great note but I think it's actually overproduced.
@BarkleyConners Жыл бұрын
What do you mean by "refined?" Could you be more specific?
@luizamorim1626 Жыл бұрын
@@BarkleyConners Like the brass section Quincy Jones put in Lesley Gore's "It's my party"🎉... that's refinement...
@ogam56 ай бұрын
Nope - absolutely PERFECT as-IS.....
@Swaggletail Жыл бұрын
She became a brunette? Bad career move. Good record though.
@joes79302 жыл бұрын
I had the 45! And it’s NOT on Amazon Alexa. Travesty!