Come A Little Bit Closer
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"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a popular song by the 1960s rock and roll
band Jay and the Americans
that reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100
in 1964, making it the band's highest ranking single ever (it remains their most popular song, according to the Last.fm
song rankings). It also peaked at #4 on the Cashbox chart and at #1 on RPM's singles chart. Due to the song's popularity, the band was able to join the Beatles on their first American tour, along with the Righteous Brothers.
It was written by songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
, as well as Wes Ferrell, and became Boyce and Hart's first top-10 hit.
episode "The Great Stink" and was covered by The Iguanas for the 1996 film, The Big Squeeze, starring Lara Flynn Boyle
and Danny Nucci.
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
band Jay and the Americans
Jay and the Americans
Jay and the Americans was a pop music group popular in the 1960s. Their initial lineup consisted of John "Jay" Traynor, Howard Kane , Kenny Vance and Sandy Deanne , though their greatest success on the charts came after Traynor had been replaced as lead singer by Jay Black.-Early years:They were...
that reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in 1964, making it the band's highest ranking single ever (it remains their most popular song, according to the Last.fm
Last.fm
Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
song rankings). It also peaked at #4 on the Cashbox chart and at #1 on RPM's singles chart. Due to the song's popularity, the band was able to join the Beatles on their first American tour, along with the Righteous Brothers.
It was written by songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Boyce and Hart
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart were a prolific songwriting duo, best known for the songs they wrote for The Monkees.-Early years:Hart's father was a church minister and he himself served in the Army after leaving high school, Upon discharge,...
, as well as Wes Ferrell, and became Boyce and Hart's first top-10 hit.
Popular culture
The song was featured on the 2006 Gilmore GirlsGilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
episode "The Great Stink" and was covered by The Iguanas for the 1996 film, The Big Squeeze, starring Lara Flynn Boyle
Lara Flynn Boyle
Lara Flynn Boyle is an American film and television actress best known for her performances as Laura Palmer's best friend Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks and Assistant District Attorney Helen Gamble in The Practice...
and Danny Nucci.
Cover versions
The following artists have covered the song:- Willie BoboWillie BoboWillie Bobo was the stage name of William Correa , an American jazz percussionist.-Biography:William Correa grew up in Spanish Harlem, New York City. He made his name in Latin Jazz, specifically Afro-Cuban jazz, in the 1960s and '70s, with the timbales becoming his favoured instrument...
- Billy Craddock
- Billy WalkerBilly Walker (musician)William Marvin Walker , better known as Billy Walker, was an American country music singer and guitarist best-known for his 1962 hit, " Charlie's Shoes"...
- Brian CollinsBrian Collins (singer)Brian Collins is an American country music artist. Between 1973 and 1974, he recorded two albums for Dot Records. In that same time span, he charted three Top 40 singles on the Billboard country charts. His highest-charting single was a #10 cover of Jack Greene's "Statue of a...
- Johnny Duncan and Janie FrickeJanie FrickeJanie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s....
- The Pozo-Seco Singers
- Don WilliamsDon WilliamsDon Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,...
- Trini LopezTrini LopezTrini Lopez is an American singer, guitarist and actor.-Career:Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas, on Ashland Street in the Little Mexico neighborhood. He began his entertainment career in Dallas playing at the Vegas Club, a nightclub owned by Jack Ruby...