Wedding Bell Blues

Album: Age Of Aquarius (1969)
Charted: 16 1
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  • Bill
    I love you so
    I always will
    I look at you and see
    The passion eyes of May (eyes of May)
    Oh, but am I ever gonna see
    My wedding day? (Wedding day)

    I was on your side, Bill
    When you were losin' (when you were losin')
    I'd never scheme or lie, Bill
    There's been no foolin' (there's been no foolin')
    But kisses and love won't carry me
    'Til you marry me, Bill

    I love you so
    I always will
    And in your voice I hear
    A choir of carousels (carousels)
    Oh, but am I ever gonna hear
    My wedding bells? (Wedding bells)

    I was the one came runnin'
    When you were lonely (when you were lonely)
    I haven't lived one day
    Not loving you only (loving you only)
    But kisses and love won't carry me
    'Til you marry me, Bill

    I love you so
    I always will
    And though devotion rules my heart
    I take no bows (take no bows)
    Oh, but Bill, you're never gonna
    Take those wedding vows (wedding vows)
    Come on, Bill
    Oh, come on, Bill

    Come on and marry me, Bill
    I got the wedding bell blues
    Please marry me, Bill
    I got the wedding bell blues
    Wedding bell blues
    (Blues)
    Marry me, Bill
    I got the wedding bell blues Writer/s: Laura Nyro
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 14

  • Carole Perdon from Stroudsburg PaWhat does "eyes of May" mean
  • Josiecool from Chippewa FallsIn wedding bell blues did billy Davis accept Marilyn McCool proposal?
  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenDelightfully rendered by Marilyn McCoo, who married her "Bill" (Billy Davis Jr) the following year and celebrated 50 years with him in 2019.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyExactly fifty years today on November 2nd, 1969 the 5th Dimension's "Wedding Bell Blues" peaked at #1 {3 weeks} on Billboard's Top 100 chart...
    It also reached #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and #1 in New Zealand...
    As noted above, "Wedding Bell Blues" was composed by Laura Nyro, her original version peaked at #103 {for 1 week} on January 1st, 1967 on Billboard's Bubbling Under the Top 100 chart...
    The rest of the Top 10 on November 2nd, 1969 was:
    At #2. "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis {Last week's #1 record, and it was also the last of his eighteen #1 records}
    #3. "Come Together" by The Beatles
    #4. "I Can't Get Next To You" by The Temptations
    #5. "Baby It's You" by Smith
    #6. "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies
    #7. "Hot Fun In The Summertime" by Sly and the Family Stone
    #8. "And When I Die" by Blood, Sweat and Tears
    #9. "Something" by The Beatles
    #10. "Smile A Little Smile For Me" by The Flying Machine...
    Original 5th Dimension member Ron Townson passed away on August 2nd, 2001 at the age of 68...
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 7th 1969, the 5th Dimension performed "Wedding Bell Blues" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
    Three months earlier on September 27th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on November 2nd, 1969 it peaked at #1 (for 3 weeks) and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100...
    Original group member Ron Townson passed away on August 2nd, 2001 at the age of 68...
    May he R.I.P.
  • Staley from Dallas, TxI love how this song is the "Blues" but the tone is so happy--you know Bill is going to marry her.
  • Steve Dotstar from Los Angeles, CaA favorite of mine during the early 70's
    I love the production and also Marilyn Mc Coo's voice! Hi, Marilyn! You sang it beautifully!!!

    Steveo
  • Adam from Philadelphia, PaYou can find Laura Nyro's original version, as well as "And When I Die," and "Stoney End," on her first album (from 1966), reissued as "The First Songs." The other songs are just as good and hold up better than the Fifth Dimension's somewhat schmaltzier take on her work, which included several other songs besides this.
  • Ken from Louisville, KyWhen they performed this song on stage or on TV, McCoo would sing this song directly to Davis who would make funny quizzical faces during her performace. This was part of the stage act, the two did get married later that year, and still are married today.
  • Richard from Talladega, AlCheck out Marilyn's CD "The Me Nobody Knows". I think it's out of print but available used. Find it fast!
  • Musicmama from New York, NyMuch as I like The 5th Dimension, I think that it borders on the criminal that the only mention Laura Nyro has on this site is as the author of this song. She was probably the most inventive, and the most feminine (and I don't mean girly) lyricist and performer of the rock'n'roll era. The thing is, her performances were very quirky and she didn't have the same kind of stage presence as, say, Joni Mitchell or Suzanne Vega. But they and any number of other performers credit her influence on them.
  • Carol from Irwin, PaI was dating a guy named Bill when this song was popular and it was so embarassing when it came on the radio....because I DID want to marry him. Didn't happen.....
  • Steve E. from Des Moines, IaWithout a doubt, Marilyn McCoo was the single most underated female vocalist of this era... too bad she allowed herself to be hidden amidst a quintet and while a loving husband (Billy Davis, Jr.) a decidedly less talented performer. If the 90's would have been her time, she would have have outdone any of the plethora of female artists of that era!
  • Martin from Sydney, AustraliaI used to work for a Department Of Social Security call centre. We had a compilation record playing on-hold music that included this song. We received a complaint from a Sole Parent Pension recipient about constantly hearing the lyric "Marry me Bill, I got the wedding bell blues".
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