heard in the summer of 74 (75?, 76?)

I remember only parts of the chorus. It was one bass voice starting out:

"A gone gone gone, she been gone so long, she been gone gone gone, she been gone so long"

Then a tenor comes over the second time with:

A gone gone gone, well I wonder if I'll ever see her again...."

And then some other tenor parts added too.

And then I think it comes to a unifying part where all the voices sing at the same time:

"My Girl! She is the best to me!.....My Girl!

That's all I got. If it helps, I heard it on a college radio station in Binghamton, NY. TIA

I can only assume it is "My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone)" by Chilliwack.

A-Gone, gone, gone, she been gone so long
She been gone, gone, gone so long (twice)

A-Gone, gone, gone, she been gone so long
A-Gone, gone, gone, gone so long

Gone, gone, gone, she been gone so long
Well I wonder if I ever gonna see my girl (twice)

Ever since she left me, I sure feel all alone
A little misunderstanding, I can´t get her on the telephone
Hangin´ on down the mainstreet, livin´ in a different world
Standin´ around with the gang on the corner talkin´ about my girl

YES!!! That's it!!!

Wow! I couldn't even begin to identify this song for the longest time and you get like...like..Magic!

Thanks so much. Do you know when this song was out?

Wikipedia says it was out in 1981! It is also on Chilliwack's Greatest Hits if you are looking for a CD.