@BenjaminKuruga You mention "A change gonna come". I have to say that I think that song must have been one of the most difficult to write ever, let alone sing. I seldom use the word 'genius', but Sam Cooke's rendition took a touch of genius. I have a number of his CD's and I don't think he ever s...
@RhettL2011 Born in 1987 you say? Good Lord! I was born in 1944 in a small rural town in the UK and it seems my whole life is etched in the music of the past (we have that much in common). The music that my parents used to listen to on the radio. The fifties music (mostly from the US) enjoyed by ...
I was 20 years old and an apprentice in a small engineering factory in the UK when I first heard this song. I was always dating the girls but often felt devastatingly lonely. I learnt the words by heart and now I think I understand the meaning behind them. I met a great girl in 1970 and we fell i...
@BenjaminKuruga You mention "A change gonna come". I have to say that I think that song must have been one of the most difficult to write ever, let alone sing. I seldom use the word 'genius', but Sam Cooke's rendition took a touch of genius. I have a number of his CD's and I don't think he ever s...