Originally sung and recorded by Carla Thomas in 1961, this cover of "Gee Whiz! (Look at His Eyes)" by Bernadette Peters became one of the big surprises o. .

Album Bernadette Peters. Gee whiz, look at his eyes Gee whiz, how they hypnotize He's got everything a girl could want Man, oh, man, what a prize (What a prize) ooh-ooh. Gee whiz (gee whiz) he's all the joy Gee whiz (gee whiz) I could find in a boy He's awful nice, it's paradise I hope that I'm his decoy (his decoy). Heaven up above knows how much I love that fellow so Angels sing of the love that he brings I hope our love will grow and grow. Oh, gee whiz (gee whiz) I love that guy Gee whiz (gee whiz) my, my, oh my There are things we could do I could.

Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)" is a song written and performed by Carla Thomas. It reached on the . R&B chart and on the . It was featured on her 1961 album Gee Whiz. The song was produced by Chips Moman. The song ranked on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961. Bernadette Peters released a version of the song as a single in 1980 which reached on the adult contemporary chart and on the .

Bernadette Peters (born Bernadette Lazzara; February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer and children's book author from Ozone Park, Queens, New York.

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Album cover from Bernadette Peters (painting by Vargas, 1980). Peters has recorded six solo albums and several singles. Three of her albums have been nominated for the Grammy Award. Peters' 1980 single "Gee Whiz", remaking Carla Thomas' 1960 Memphis soul hit, reached the top forty on the . Billboard pop singles charts  . Her next solo album, Now Playing (1981), featured songs by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch, and Stephen Sondheim (for example, "Broadway Baby"). Bernadette Peters was re-released on CD in 1992 as Bernadette, with the 1980 Vargas cover art, and included some of the songs from Now Playing.