Sixty Years of Pretty Girl
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Classic Soul
An original example about a 60th anniversary song from eleven grandchildren to Grandma Lorraine and Granddaddy Clarence in Detroit. He tried to skate backwards at the roller rink on Grand River and slid to her feet, and she says she married him because he made her laugh that night. They married on October 22, 1966. He still puts on their old 45s on Saturdays, bows, asks her to dance and calls her "Pretty Girl," and not one grandchild can make her sweet potato pie.
The people and story in this song are fictional.
1960s classic soul at 98 BPM with a strutting backbeat and tambourine. Soulful male baritone with a call-and-response chorus and a belted final chorus. Punchy horn stabs and tonewheel organ over a tight live band with warm vintage tape sound.
“An original example of a 60th anniversary song from the grandchildren, in 1960s soul, about a roller-rink tumble and sixty years of "Pretty Girl."”
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Down at the roller rink on Grand River Clarence skated backwards, trying to look fine Then he hit the floor and slid Right to your feet, Lorraine, just in time You say you only married him 'Cause he made you laugh that night Come October twenty-second, sixty-six He was standing at your side
Sixty years of Pretty Girl (Pretty Girl) Granddaddy bows and you take a twirl Every one of us came from that fall Sixty years of Pretty Girl
Clarence, you worked the line at the plant Came home whistling every single evening Now Saturdays the old forty-fives come out And the living room gets that feeling You take a bow and ask her to dance Like the boy who slid across the rink Then you call her what you always call her Pretty Girl, quicker than she can think
Sixty years of Pretty Girl (Pretty Girl) Granddaddy bows and you take a twirl Every one of us came from that fall Sixty years of Pretty Girl
Every one of us has baked your pie, Grandma That sweet potato never tastes the same All eleven of us tried and missed Guess some things only you can make Four kids, eleven grandkids, two great-grandbabies All back home in Detroit tonight Sixty years from one October Look what grew from one laughing night
Sixty years of Pretty Girl (Pretty Girl) Granddaddy bows and you take a twirl Every one of us came from that fall Sixty years of Pretty Girl
So spin that record one more time Let him bow, Grandma, let him lead We learned what love is watching you two That's all the lesson that we need
Sixty years of Pretty Girl (Pretty Girl) Granddaddy bows and you take a twirl From all eleven of us, one more dance Sixty years of Pretty Girl
Down at the roller rink on Grand River
Down at the roller rink on Grand River
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