Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)

Album: Gee Whiz (1960)
Charted: 10
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  • Gee whiz, look at his eyes
    Gee whiz, how they hypnotize
    He's got everything a girl could want
    Man, oh, man, what a prize
    Oh, oh

    Gee whiz, he's all the joy
    Gee whiz, I could find in a boy
    He's awful nice, it's paradise
    I hope I'm not his decoy (decoy)

    Heaven up above knows how much
    I love that fella's soul
    Angels sing of a love like this
    I hope our love will grow and grow

    'Cause, gee whiz, I love that guy
    Gee whiz, my, my, oh my
    There are things we could do
    I could say I love you
    But all I can say is
    Gee whiz Writer/s: Carla Thomas
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Bruce Big Bold Harrison from Lawton, OkThe delivery of the lyrics by such a young Carla Thomas, on Gee Whiz, really is mesmerizing. I could listen to this song all day. #Stunningly beautiful!
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 10th 1968, the Broadway musical 'George M!', featuring the music of George M. Cohan, opened at the Palace Theater in New York City...
    Bernadette Peters played the part of Josie Cohan, and she won a 'Theatre World Award' for her performance...
    Exactly twelve years later on April 10th, 1980 Bernadette Peters' debut charted record, a covered version of Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)", was at #68 on Billboard's Hot Top 100; a little over six weeks later on May 25th it would peak at #31 {for 2 weeks} and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on April 10th, 1961 Carla Thomas' original version was at #17 on the Top 100; it had peaked at #10 {for 1 week} on March 27th, 1961...
    Ms. Peters had one other Top 100 record and it was also a covered version, "Dedicated to the One I Love", it would reached #65 in 1981.
  • Mary Helen from HomeThe Gee Whiz by The Innocents is a different song than the Carla Thomas hit. That Gee Whiz was originally recoded in 1957 by Bob and Earl (who did Harlem Shuffle). Check it out : http://youtu.be/O0BwqwbchoM
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 27th 1961, Carla Thomas performed "Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Three days later on January 30th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on March 27th it peaked at #10 (for 1 week) and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #5 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    Between 1961 and 1972 she had nineteen hits on the R&B Singles chart; with six of them making the Top 10, and her biggest hit was a duet with Otis Redding, "Tramp", it peaked at #2 in 1967...
    Ms. Thomas celebrated her 71st birthday one month ago on December 21st (2013).
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