“Not all songs about crying are necessarily sad. This one at least sounds happy…Led by Rudy Martinez, who actually changed his name to ? …(he) never appears in public without his sunglasses; I gotta admit, they did make him look pretty cool.”
“He was more successful as a songwriter than as a singer, and that’s a sin ‘cause he’s a hell of a singer. He’s got one of the most melodious voices ever transferred to a piece of vinyl... The boy could sing like a bird, he still does as a matter of fact.”
Solomon Burke
Cry To Me
“Here’s a mighty, mighty man, a mammoth talent...He’s the father of 14 daughters and 7 sons...He has 64 grandchildren, and 8 great-grand children. No wonder he’s singing this song!”
“Pete got his start as a disc jockey on WCBN in Boston on the Late Night Soul Show, playin’ all the platters that matter, from swing to sweet, bop to ballad, and blues to boogie…see Pete, I can do it too!”
Peter Wolf
“Pete got his start as a disc jockey on WCBN in Boston on the Late Night Soul Show, playin’ all the platters that matter, from swing to sweet, bop to ballad, and blues to boogie…see Pete, I can do it too!”
“Well, the old clock on the wall says it’s time to go, and it’s a good thing, ‘cause I’m out of Kleenex anyway. So I’m gonna hop in my car, and head down the Robinson Freeway, and get myself a beer I can cry into.”
Bob's Bits of Wisdom
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, siilhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sand, with all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, Let me forget about today until tomorrow