TRAGEDY (The Fleetwoods)
“Tragedy” is a song by Gerald H. Nelson and Fred B. Burch. A 1961 cover version by The Fleetwoods rose to #10 on the charts. (More from Wikipedia)
Surprisingly, two of their stellar ballads hit #1 on the charts in 1959 in quick succession: “Come Softly to Me” and “Mr. Blue”. Nor was that the end of it: The Fleetwoods had a total of eleven Top 100 hits, with “Tragedy” landing in the Top Ten in 1961. The band called it quits in 1963 but have continued to tour periodically over the years in various incarnations.
(November 2013)
