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Who sings 'Brandy'?

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Joseph Goodman

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Aug 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/10/98
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Hey. I hope this is the right newsgroup... I heard this song again and
decided I just have to know who sings it. It's a 50s or 60s song about
Brandy, the waitress with the silver locket given to her by the sailor she
loves; some of the lyrics go:

Brandy, you're a fine girl!
What a good wife you would be!
...

Can anyone tell me who sings this or where to find it on an album? Thanks!

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Jon-Jon

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Aug 10, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/10/98
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Peg is correct, the group was "Looking Glass" and yes it was 1972.  Not actually a  folk song but a great
song, regardless.  There is a webite that I think is called Music Trivia where you can probably get the lyrics.

Jon-Jon

PegBertsch

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Aug 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/11/98
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Somehow, whenever I think of this song, I remember being in Avalon, NJ on a
summer beach vacation with my family.

Which would've made it summer of '72. The band was Looking Glass.

I think ;-)

--peg

Freddy Letrange

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Aug 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/11/98
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Joseph Goodman dee-zay:

|>I heard this song again and decided I just have to know who sings it. It's
|>a 50s or 60s song about Brandy, the waitress

"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)," written by Elliot Lurie, recorded ca. 1972 by
"Looking Glass." A search under the (partial) track title "brandy you" at the
CD Database (http://www.cddb.com) yields a list of CDs ("Looking Glass: Golden
Classics" and various compilations) on which it's available; label, catalog
number and price info can probably be had at such online CD stores as
www.cdconnection.com, www.cdnow.com, www.cduniverse.com,
www.towerrecords.com...

Don't know as I'd call it "folk"; but if it's about a "waitress with the
silver locket given to her by the sailor she loves" (I've never paid much
attention to the lyrics, so I didn't know that), I guess there's a case one
could make here.

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Katherine Rossner

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Aug 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/11/98
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pegbe...@aol.com (PegBertsch) wrote:

Looking Glass sounds right, though I wouldn't have remembered that.
*Definitely* summer of '72...for me that was WABC blasting out of
radios on Fire Island. :)

There's also a science-fiction short story by Vernor Vinge loosely
based on the song...it might be called something like "Tin Soldier",
and I'm sure if that's wrong somebody here will correct me (please!).

Katherine
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Harold Groot

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Aug 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/11/98
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 20:43:05 -0400, perip...@mindspring.com (Joseph
Goodman) wrote:

>Hey. I hope this is the right newsgroup... I heard this song again and


>decided I just have to know who sings it. It's a 50s or 60s song about

>Brandy, the waitress with the silver locket given to her by the sailor she


>loves; some of the lyrics go:
>
>Brandy, you're a fine girl!
>What a good wife you would be!
>...
>
>Can anyone tell me who sings this or where to find it on an album? Thanks!


That was a hit for Looking Glass. I believe.


lokiSP...@midtown.net

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Aug 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/11/98
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Don't know the name of the album, but Looking Glass had the hit
sometime around 1972.

Loki

JohnS16545

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Aug 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/13/98
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To someone of my age and perspective, this thread's a hoot. Summer of '72, no
question, along with the Hollies "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" for which
John Fogerty never got inspirational royalties. What a shame.
One of the classier tunes on '70's Ugly Radio at the time, not folk, but lounge
rock that did a lot to set the tone for the rest of the decade. Not that I
blame them, mind you...
John Sherman

Rusty Wilson

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Aug 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/18/98
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I think "Brandy" was done by a group called "The Looking Glass", or
something very similar.

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Peter Guy

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Aug 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM8/19/98
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I have it on one of those "12 Number 1 Hits" type albums, which isn't much
help really is it *G*

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