
Jim’s prompt for today is "can’t, don’t, shouldn’t, won’t," which sound really easy until you consider how anal I am about making sure my choices are unique. I looked through the year-end Hot 100’s until I found a song, and it’s actually pretty interesting…
Ral Donner, was born in Norwood Park, a Chicago neighborhood on the far northwest side, not far from O’Hare Airport. His voice was very similar to Elvis Presley’s, and in fact when his first single, an Elvis song called "The Girl Of My Best Friend," came out, many people thought it was Elvis. His biggest hit was 1961’s "You Don’t Know What You’ve Got (Until You Lose It)," a song by Paul Hampton and George Burton. It reached #4 on the Hot 100 and #25 in the UK.
The lyrics, from Genius:
You gave me you-your love but I abused it
And now I’m sorry for the things I didn’t say
`cause I know now I acted in a foolish way
(oh yeah) uh-huh-huh (oh yeah) oh-oh-yeah
You don’t know what you’ve got until you lose it
You gave me you-your love but I misused it
I never knew how lonely loneliness could be
And now I need you, dear, as you once needed me
(oh yeah) uh-huh-huh (oh yeah) oh-oh-yeah
So now if you’d come to this lonely heart you own
I’d give you all my lovin’ like you’ve never known
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
You don’t know what you’ve got until you lose it
You gave me you-your love but I misused it
And now I’m sorry for the things I didn’t say
`cause I know now I acted in a foolish way
(oh yeah) uh-huh-huh (oh yeah) oh-oh-yeah
And that’s Song Lyric Sunday for February 13, 2022.
He does have that velvety chocolate sound of Elvis. Nice song (hadn’t heard it before).
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It wasn’t one I heard, either, but it’s a good one.
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Very cool, he definitely sounds like Elvis! uh-huh-huh (oh yeah)
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If you didn’t know it was someone else, you’d swear it was him…
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Wow! He does sound like Elvis. If you would have just put this on your blog, I would have thought this was Elvis. This must have helped and hurt his career. I looked him up and he died young too..so sad.
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He was a good singer, that’s for sure.
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I thought it was Elvis too. New one on me John
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It was new to me, too, believe it ot not…
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🙂
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This made me ‘swoon’. Nice one!
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He sounds more like Elvis, than Elvis does. Nice choice John.
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He does sound like, Elvis. Wow!
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Well he certainly does sound like Elvis …💜
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