on 1/15/2025, 7:50 am
hey there...authentic backstory: i wrote this in the early 60's for my girlfriend betty bannard who was in France. i had become good friends with john stewart of the kingstons who encouraged nick and bob to make the recording. and then i arranged to have the song played on new york radio the day that betty was due to return @ JFK. she wasn't on the plane. honest. i had champagne, rented limo, all set up. bummed, but so in love with her (we'd gone to highschool together and met by chance in nyc 5 years after graduation) that i persisted, and we've been married since 1963! (peter didn't write the song but he WAS my best man)
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