![]() ![]() Here’s a clip from the film featuring the song as sung by Powell and Keeler. musical Dames, starring Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell among others. The song was written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin for the 1934 Warner Bros. It had previously been covered by the likes of Peggy Lee and Al Jolson, and in its original form was considerably more bouncy. That is, until their cover version of a song a quarter century old brought them musical immortality. In the spring of 1959, the Flamingos - by then consisting of Zeke Carey, Tommy Hunt, Paul Wilson, Jake Carey, Terry “Buzzy” Johnson, and Nate Nelson - released their version of “I Only Have Eyes for You” (b/w “Goodnight Sweetheart”) on End Records. ![]() Their intricate, occasionally otherworldly harmonies and arrangements influenced some of the great Motown and R&B/soul groups of the ’60s and ’70s. The group, which formed in Chicago in the early 1950s, enjoyed regional success and some Top 10 placements on the Billboard R&B chart, but widespread appeal eluded them. While the Flamingos were not the most commercially successful vocal group of the 1950s by a long shot, they were nearly without peer in terms of pure talent and impact. ![]()
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