Sonny James Songs - It's Just a Matter of Time, in the Jailhouse Now, Young Love, My Love, Only the Lonely, Lovesick Blues, Running Bear (Paperback)

Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Chapters: It's Just a Matter of Time, in the Jailhouse Now, Young Love, My Love, Only the Lonely, Lovesick Blues, Running Bear, Since I Met You Baby, That's Why I Love You Like I Do, I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know, Only Love Can Break a Heart, When the Snow Is on the Roses, You're the Only World I Know, Born to Be With You, Bright Lights, Big City, Take Good Care of Her, Here Comes Honey Again, Behind the Tear, It's the Little Things, a World of Our Own, Is It Wrong, Empty Arms, Endlessly, Don't Keep Me Hangin' On, Heaven Says Hello, Need You. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 87. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: "It's Just a Matter of Time" is a popular song written by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis. The original recording by Benton topped the Billboard rhythm & blues chart in 1959 and peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 pop chart, the first in a string of hits for Benton that ran through 1970. The song later found a second life as a country song, with major hit recordings by three different country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s, two of which hit number one. Brook Benton and Clyde Otis established themselves as a songwriting team in the late 1950s, penning hits for Nat King Cole ("Looking Back") and Clyde McPhatter ("A Lover's Question"). During one songwriting session, Benton expressed frustration that they were not hitting on any good ideas, to which Otis replied, "It's just a matter of time, Brook." Those words inspired them to write a love song from the point of view of a man who misses his love, but believes she will come back to him. Benton and Otis placed the song on a demo tape for Cole, and he agreed to record it. However, Otis became an A&R manager at Mercury Records, and signed Benton to the label. Otis felt that "It's J...http: //booksllc.net/?id=12383121