About The Fleetwoods The soft rock trio were one of America's most popular doo-wop groups in the late '50s. The original members of the group, Gary Troxel, Gretchen Christopher, and Barbara Ellis, met when they were seniors at Olympia High School in Olympia, Washington. Originally a female duo, they initially recruited Gary to play trumpet. The girls had composed a song while, independently, Gary had written a hook that went �n-do-be-do dum dum-dum do dum.� They put them together and Come Softly To Me was born.
Gary Troxel (b. November 28, 1939, Centralia, Washington) and Gretchen Christopher (b. February 29, 1940, Olympia, Washington) were two high school students waiting for Christopher's mother to pick them up after school. They started singing and humming a song together, and liked it enough to ask Christopher's friend and singing partner, Barbara Ellis (b. February 20, 1940, Olympia, Washington), to join them as a trio to perform it.
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Coolbreaz, NJ Great Group, was a pleasure seeing them once again on the Doo-Wop 50 specials on PBS.
Lou @ oldiestelevision.com Yes, God Bless T. J. Lubinsky fo working
so hard getting these groups on stage. I knew his grandfather,
Herman Lubinsky, owner of Savoy/DeLite Records (Kool & The Gang)
and he was dedicated to Gospel & R&B music.
PeterS, Thailand OK but the performance looks stylized
ripperruss just a pleasant song to listen to
kksnina A really pretty song with the harmonies of true talent. I love to hear the purities in the voices.
