Song of the Day #6,299: ‘Moments to Remember’ – The Four Lads

Throwing back to the week of October 4, 1955, we find the usual crowd of repeat offenders atop the chart (I won’t bother listing them… they’ve all been shouted out repeatedly by now).

At the #5 spot that week, on its way to a peak at #2, was ‘Moments to Remember,’ a sleepy pop ballad by Canadian quartet The Four Lads. This song is tied with 1956’s ‘No, Not Much!’ as the foursome’s top-charting single.

Lois Winters of the Ray Charles Singers provided additional vocals, while singer Pat Kirby recited the spoken-word interlude in the middle of the song. Neither were credited on the original release.

The Ray Charles Singers, incidentally, have nothing to do with blues legend Ray Charles. This Ray Charles was allowed to perform under that name because the Ray Charles we all know and love was actually registered as Ray Robinson.

January to December
We’ll have moments to remember

The New Year’s Eve we did the town
The day we tore the goalpost down
We will have these moments to remember
The quiet walks, the noisy fun
The ballroom prize we almost won
We will have these moments to remember

Though summer turns to winter
And the present disappears
The laughter we were glad to share
Will echo through the years

When other nights and other days
May find us gone our separate ways
We will have these moments to remember

The drive-in movie where we’d go
And somehow never watch the show

We will have these moments to remember

Though summer turns to winter
And the present disappears
The laughter we were glad to share
Will echo through the years

When other nights and other days
May find us gone our separate ways
We will have these moments to remember

2 thoughts on “Song of the Day #6,299: ‘Moments to Remember’ – The Four Lads

  1. Dana Gallup says:

    This sounds like a high school Alma Mata song.

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