- Fleetwoods Trivia: From Olympia, Washington, they were Gretchen Christopher, Gary Troxel and Barbara Ellis, joining together as “The Fleetwoods" in the late 1950s.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: At first the group took the name Two Girls and A Guy. Their first #1 hit was "Come Softly To Me".
- Fleetwoods Trivia: "Come Softly To Me" started when Fleetwoods members Gary Troxel and Gretchen Christopher were waiting for a lift home from high school by her mother. Troxel started humming "Dum dum, domby doo wha..." and Gretchen noticed...
- ... that it was the same chord progression that she used in a song that she had just finished writing, "Come Softly." She asked him to slow his tempo, then sang her song atop Troxel's humming....
- ... They took it to Gretchen's singing partner Barbara Ellis, who liked it....
- And so, the high school classmates became Two Girls and a Guy.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: Since Gary Troxel joined the Navy in 1956, he could record only during shore leave. Occasionally, Vic Dana would fill in for Gary during tours when Gary was out at sea.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: Bob Reisdorff, a Seattle DJ, established Dolphin Records for the sole purpose of distributing Fleetwoods records.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: Originally "Come Softly To Me" was titled simply Come Softly. Bob Reisdorff changed the title because he feared that other DJs would think Come Softly too suggestive.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: Wanting a more commercial sounding group name, Reisdorff changed their name to the "Fleetwoods", based on the fact that...
- .... the only telephone exchange in the Olympia area where the three members lived was Fleetwood2-xxxx and Fleetwood7-xxxx.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: Between 1959 and 1963 the Fleetwoods had eleven Top 100 records; with three making the Top 10 and two, "Come Softly To Me" and "Mr. Blue", reaching #1.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: They had hits on both the pop and R&B charts.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: They were the only mixed-gender trio to have multiple #1 pop hits. And they were the first group (of any size or gender) to have TWO #1 Records top the Billboard Hot 100 in a single year!...
- ... The year was 1959, and the two #1 Hits were "Come Softly To Me" & "Mr. Blue".
- Fleetwoods Trivia: The Fleetwoods have been inducted into both the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and the Doo-Wop Hall of Fame of America in 2006.
- Fleetwoods Trivia: The group split up in late 1970s. Troxel was working in a plywood plant in Washington. Ellis was managing a trailer park in California, and Christopher was a housewife and modern jazz dance teacher in Washington at St. Martin's College and at The Evergreen State College.
