VeeGee - I Only Have Eyes For You

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Jan 16, 2025 02:26am

<p><strong>From Wikipedia: The Flamingos</strong>&nbsp;are an American&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">doo-wop</a>&nbsp;group formed in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chicago</a>&nbsp;in 1953. The band became popular in mid-to-late 1950s and are best known for their 1959 cover version of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Only_Have_Eyes_for_You" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Only Have Eyes for You</a>". They have since been hailed as being one of the finest and most influential vocal groups in pop and doo wop music history.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flamingos#cite_note-billboard-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flamingos#cite_note-Ankeny-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a>&nbsp;In 2001, the band was inducted into the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a>.</p><p>The band's cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You" was ranked number 158 on&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Rolling Stone</em>&nbsp;magazine</a>'s list of the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">500 Greatest Songs of All Time</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flamingos#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[4]</sup></a></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/1XTV/4224fd1097_TEQC_media.gif"></span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/TSHZ/a7d5a64049_4JTY_media.gif"></p>