Come Softly to Me
Song by The Fleetwoods
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Search complete. 13 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Come Softly to Me".
Oct 6, 2026
Gretchen ChristopherGUEST
Oh.
speaker_8HOST
Gretchen, could you take us back to that week in April 1959 when Come Softly To Me went to number one? How did you find out that you had the number one song in the country?
Gretchen ChristopherGUEST
We were on our first tour.
Gretchen ChristopherGUEST
Four days out on that tour, I turned 19.
Gretchen ChristopherGUEST
The big deal was to be in New York and do The Dick Clark Show.
Gretchen ChristopherGUEST
As we approached the building, the little theater, some young man outside stuck out his hand and said, "Congratulations.
Gretchen ChristopherGUEST
Come Softly To Me just knocked Venus out of the number one spot." It was Frankie Avalon, bless his heart.
Gretchen ChristopherGUEST
[laughs]
Fred BronsonHOST
The other one's more obscure, but she was from Olympia, Washington.
Fred BronsonHOST
Gretchen Christopher, who wrote Come Softly to Me for the Fleetwoods.
Fred BronsonHOST
And you covered that in a medley with I Met Him on a
Cheryl BentyneGUEST
Sunday.