Baby It's You

Curious, a couple of days ago, I suddenly remembered the lass who sang a hit song, "Baby It's You", then this evening was looking at electric bike videos on YouTube, and there it was, the one-hit-wonder song from the 70s.

I was a young man then, and the female vocalist made an impression on me, for a couple of reasons, as you will see from the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqM3P7LziIc 

Here they are performing the song at other venues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqso_3AnHK0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgOd3dQicJA

Here are the lyrics:

Baby it's you
You're here with me now but you're saying
You don't want me any more
You're holding me now but you're saying
You can't see me no no more
You whisper good-bye then cling tighter to me
I can't take no more....ooooh nooo...

Baby it's you
Who makes me feel all the way that you do
You know I cannot forget you so soon
Baby it's you.

Running your fingers through my hair
But saying you care no more
You're kissing my ear with a heart chilling breath
but you care no more
Laying beside me with legs all around me
I care no more,  oooh nooo...

Baby it's you
Who makes me do all the things that I do
You know I can't cast aside you so soon
Baby it's you.

Changing the show
Adding dramatics to help love grow
Your heart is your life
Cut it carefully with your knife
Don't leave the world
Stay right here
Don't make,  don't make anything rough.

Baby it's you
Who makes me feel all the way that you do
You know I cannot forget you so soon
Baby it's you.

Baby it's you
Who makes me do the things that I do
You know I can't cast aside you so soon

Baby it's you.
Watching the pretty flowers grow
Never again no summer

The female singer is Leslie Knauer. The "Promises" was a family band, and the two men in the above photo are her brothers. Leslie has a Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/leslie.knauer.79

And there is a tribute page to her:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050408125216/http://www.rocketcityrecords.com/leslieknauer/ 

EDIT 2021-02-19:
I received an email informing that "Baby It's You" was written by Burt Bacharach and recorded in 1962 by The Shirelles.

But no, that is a completely different song. Different tune, different lyrics. The Beatles also sang the Burt Bacharach version. 

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