# Anybody remember Come Softly To Me by The Fleetwoods?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 14, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-come-softly-to-me-by-the-fleetwoods/798792 "2017-10-14T07:15:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-come-softly-to-me-by-the-fleetwoods/798792/1 "2017-10-14T07:15:21Z")

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I found this exquisite [a cappella version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2C1RktyFEQ) on Youtube tonight and thought I’d share. Don’t know what brought it to mind as I haven’t heard or thought of this song in decades, but I’m glad now that I was somehow reminded of it.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-come-softly-to-me-by-the-fleetwoods/798792/2 "2017-10-14T07:31:11Z")

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So pretty, I loved that!

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**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-come-softly-to-me-by-the-fleetwoods/798792/3 "2017-10-14T13:43:14Z")

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Yep, get that song stuck in my head often. It’s good one.

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**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-come-softly-to-me-by-the-fleetwoods/798792/4 "2017-10-14T14:17:18Z")

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Percy Sledge did a nice version: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64L5zEzvCls)

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-come-softly-to-me-by-the-fleetwoods/798792/5 "2017-10-14T14:29:23Z")

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Takes me back to senior year at high school. Very nicely done.

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**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-remember-come-softly-to-me-by-the-fleetwoods/798792/6 "2017-10-14T20:09:34Z")

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One night during our usual gig in LaConner, WA, someone in the band noticed that Gary Troxel (writer and lead singer of The Fleetwoods) was in the audience. He kindly came on stage and we were able to have a fabulous ‘High School Moment’ with _Come Softly To Me_. He still had that smooth voice and Jill and Bob remembered the harmony parts to perfection. Sometimes in life the stars align just like they’re supposed to.