My "bump" was in 2016 when, aged 48, I suffered a stroke. This blog charts my recovery. (Header clipart licensed by pngguru.com.)
I do like Fandango’s Who Won the Week post, and liked to join in with some quirky stories from my own newsfeeds. I pulled the last couple of posts because Corona tended to dominate the news, but I have still found a few interesting stories, with the Corona backdrop.
I know a lot of you guys don’t like Vladimir Putin, but which of us cannot look at this story and just think, what a good idea?
Such a shame it is fake.
Last week, Jim (NewEpicAuthor, A Unique Title For Me) set a theme of oaths (my selection). This week, he gives us the theme of senses.
Soon as I heard the prompt this week, I had my choice.
I have no great tale today. I suppose in my formative years, I figured that I liked soul music, and as I listened to more and more of it, this was a track I really liked.
My choice today is by Jackie Wilson (1934-84). I heard Jackie Wilson on some of my cassettes, and just assumed he was a soul singer from the Sixties/Seventies (which was true), but I never heard his name around any more, though, so I wondered what happened to him. In fact, he spent his last years performing in Las Vegas – alongside people like Elvis – where he suffered a heart attack while performing. He never recovered and died shortly afterwards.
But Jackie left us with some sweet, sweet music. He was active right the way through the late 1950s (remember Reet Petite?) right until his death, and my choicee today comes from 1969. I Get The Sweetest Feeling, written by songwriters Van McCoy and Alicia Evelyn, was only a modrate hit, charting at #34 on Billboard (#12 on the R&B chart) and #9 in the UK. By the time I heard the track, Jackie was already gone.
In recent years, Jackie Wilson has received acclaim from various sources, for example his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but of course these were mostly postumous honours.
Anyway, the tune. Always one I enjoyed.
The closer you get
Van McCoy, Alicia Evelyn
The better you look
baby
The better you look
The more I want you
When you turn on your smile I feel my heart go wild
I’m like a child with a brand-new toy.
And I get the sweetest feeling
Honey
The sweetest – sweetest feeling –
Baby
The sweetest – sweetest feeling – loving you
yeah!
The warmer your kiss
The deeper you touch me
Baby
The deeper your touch
the more you thrill me
It’s more than I can stand
Girl
When you hold my hand
I feel so grand that I could cry.
And I get the – sweetest feeling
Mama
The sweetest – sweetest feeling
Baby
The sweetest – sweetest feeling – loving you.
The greater your love
The stronger you hold me
Baby
The stronger your hold
The more I need you.
With ev’ry passing day I love you more in ev’ry way
I’m in love to stay and I wanna say.
I get the – sweetest feeling
Baby
The sweetest – sweetest feeling –
Honey’t the sweetest – sweetest feeling – loving you.
