My favorite folk-singing group, The Limeliters, started busting up in 1963 with its tenor Glenn Yarbrough moving on to a solo career. By 1965, he was really established as one with a big hit record — "Baby, the Rain Must Fall," which was the title song to a movie that year of the same name. It starred Lee Remick and Steve McQueen and it was a modest hit. A lot of folks seemed to think Mr. Yarbrough's rendition of the song mattered a lot.
Here he is lip-syncing it on the TV show Hollywood á Go Go, which was a syndicated show hosted by L.A. disc jockey Sam Riddle. The amazing thing about this series was that they shot it in the studios of KHJ TV over on Melrose. I worked in that studio and it was about the size of a three-car garage but they somehow made it look like real television.
You will note that when the song starts, you briefly hear an echo on Mr. Yarbrough's lovely voice. I think he started to sing to the record and the engineer quickly cut off his microphone so there'd be only the one voice. It's a great song though…
