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"Come a Little Bit Closer" is a song by the 1960s rock and roll band Jay and the Americans. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 21, 1964, making it the band's highest-charting single. [1] It also peaked at number 4 on the Cashbox chart and at number 1 on RPM's singles chart.
"Come a Little Closer" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in July 2005 as the second single from his 2005 album Modern Day Drifter . The song went to number one on the U.S. Country chart and held that position for the chart weeks of December 3 and December 10, 2005.
The music video for "Come a Little Closer" was directed by Matthew Schultz and released on November 12, 2013. [3] A mix of animation and live-action footage, it depicts the members of Cage the Elephant being transported to an alien planet and trying to escape from several monstrous beings, and in Schultz's case, having to navigate out of the ...
Traynor was the third lead vocalist of the Mystics, singing falsetto on "The White Cliffs of Dover", and lead on "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Blue Star".Later, he started Jay and the Americans with Kenny Vance and Sandy Yaguda, and was the original lead singer.
He had previously used David Black as his professional name, but changed his first name to suit the band's existing name. He would later bill himself as "Jay Black and the Americans" after the original band had broken up. The band had numerous hits, including "Come a Little Bit Closer", "Cara Mia", and "This Magic Moment". [2]
Sneaky Pete Kleinow of the Flying Burrito Brothers plays some nice pedal steel on “Come a Little Bit Closer,” and “Bad Loser” and the title track are among McVie’s most underrated songs.
"A Song in the Night" A: 5 5 Come a Little Bit Closer "Come a Little Bit Closer" (w/ Janie Fricke) 4 2 1978 "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)" 1 1 The Best Is Yet to Come "Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby to You)" 4 7 1979 "Slow Dancing" 6 8 See You When the Sun Goes Down "The Lady in the Blue Mercedes" 9 21 Straight from Texas: 1980
After signing to United Artists Records in 1961, they released their first single; Tonight b/w The Other Girls. Jay Traynor left in 1962 and Jay Black came in as the new lead singer. In the following years, the Americans would garner more hits such as This Magic Moment, She Cried, Come a Little Bit Closer, and Cara Mia.