I was thinking of songs from my younger days and recalled this favourite. It was sung by Norman "Hurricane" Smith, written by his wife Eileen Sylvia Smith, and released in 1972. It reached #3 on Canada's
RPM Top Singles, #36 overall, and the US
Cash Box Top 100
[11].
With Saxophonist Frank Hardcastle, Smith sang the song in a 1930s Vaudeville style which he captured to a T.
Lyrics:
"As I have hoped for half a chance
To even ask if I could dance with you...You oo
Would you greet me or politely turn away?
Would there suddenly be sunshine on a cold and rainy day?
Oh, Babe,
What would you say?
For there are you sweet lollipops
Here am I with such a lot to say, Hey Hey
Just to walk with you along the Milky Way
To caress you through the night time
Bring you flowers everyday
Oh Babe,
What would you say?
Just so, Baby I know
I know I could be so in love with you
And I know that I could make you love me too
And if I could only hear you say you do oo oo oo oo
But anyway,
What would you say?
Just so, Baby I know
I know I could be so in love with you
And I know that I could make you love me too
And if I could only hear you say you do oo oo oo oo
But anyway,
What would you say?"
Norman Smith (22 February 1923 – 3 March 2008)
[1] was an English musician, record producer and
engineer. In the 1960s, he notably engineered all of
the Beatles'
EMI studio recordings up to the end of 1965 and produced three
Pink Floyd albums including their first,
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). He later had a successful recording career as Hurricane Smith, achieving a transatlantic hit single with "
Oh Babe, What Would You Say" in 1972.
He was born in Edmonton! ...er Edmonton, Middlesex.
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