I love learning new things, making new discoveries, esp. when they happen serendipitously.
The radio was on in the background. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) was playing. I love Roy Orbison and so I was suddenly intrigued by the history of the song. Had he written it? No. A lady named Cindy Walker had. Curious wording for a female songwriter as usually men would write about “babies” in that regard. Usually a female songwriter would be talking about boys or men. “Dream Boy” would be perhaps what I’d have expected from a female songwriter.
Reading up about her on her Wikipedia entry, I saw that a previous song she’d written was performed and released by a performer called Eddy Arnold. The title of it – “Jim, I Wore A Tie Today”.
I am always flummoxed by stuff like that. Those kind of curious coincidences that result from such sudden curiosities.
She had started her songwriting career by having a song she’d penned for Bing Crosby sung by him called Lone Star Trail.
I’ll put the link to her Wikipedia entry HERE so you can read about her. It’s a fascinating story.
I think I may just take a listen to Willie Nelson’s album from 2006 called “You Don’t Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker”.
In the meantime…
UPDATE: Going back over things, I just noticed – tomorrow is her birthday. If alive still she’d be turning 102. Even more crazy serendipity.
