The “Marry Me Bill!” Song, a No. 1 Anniversary

“Wedding Bell Blues” by The 5th Dimension: the song went to #1 on this date, November 8 in 1969 and stayed at the top of the charts for 3 weeks. “It’s a song written by Laura Nyro that I always liked and held onto for just the right moment,” told producer Bones Howe to 5th/Mac biographer Robert-Allan Arno. Howe continued, “And when LaMonte whispered to me that Marilyn & Billy had been dating…that was it! We had Marilyn record it as a kinda’ wink…then the group came in to do the backgrounds and Billy was certainly pleasantly surprised!”

Listen to “Wedding Bell Blues” (official audio) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiQjJraovrI
Pictured: the iconic skit of “WBB” as performed on the Ed Sullivan Show
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