![]() ![]() ![]() The group was surprised when Gorman added that line to the song's vocal arrangement. While running through the song prior to the recording session they ad-libbed a falsetto "doo-doo-doot" hook line as irreverent mimicry of Gorman's vocal style when he'd pitched them the song. According to Micale, the group's members still regarded the song as somewhat of a joke. The Reflections recorded the vocal for the track several weeks later at the RCA recording studio in Chicago. ![]() " However Reflections' lead singer Tony Micale recalls that none of the group responded positively to the song when Gorman first sang it for them: "It just didn't sound like much with just playing a little piano backup". Songwriter Freddie Gorman, who had been recruited by Golden World from Motown, would recall that he considered his recent composition "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" as "tailor made" for the doo-wop-styled Reflections "because it had a pop feel, as opposed to the R&B thing they were doing. Ed Wingate, owner of the newly formed Detroit-based Golden World Records, had signed the Reflections on the basis of the group's regional success with the single "You Said Goodbye" on the local Kay-Ko label. "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" is the title of a 1964 hit single by The Reflections, their recording of a composition by Bob Hamilton and Freddie Gorman. ![]()
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