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The song “Turn Around, Look at Me” was written by Jerry Capehart, who also wrote songs for Eddie Cochran and Glen Campbell. Before The Vogues did their version, there were recordings of this song by Glen Campbell (1961), The Lettermen (1962), and The Bee Gees (1964). “Turn Around, Look at Me” was released in 1968 by The Vogues as a single, backed with “Then.” It was also on their 1968 album titled Turn Around, Look at Me. Theirs was the most commercially successful version, going to #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. Other artists covering the song were Eddy Arnold, The Bachelors, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and Esther Phillips.
The Vogues were a vocal-only group from Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Pittsburgh). They were originally called the Val-Aires and formed in 1958. The Vogues were Bill Burkette (lead baritone), Don Miller (baritone), Hugh Geyer (first tenor) and Chuck Blasko (second tenor).
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