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You've heard Bette Midler sing it -- too many times. It was the theme song from the immortal chick flick "Beaches". Toward the end of her version, try as she might, she doesn't even approach the high notes - she falls so short that when I first heard her version (after having heard the Gary Morris version, which was well done, and even a bit religious), I scrunched my body down in my car seat and prayed for God to take me. When He didn't, I thought of calling the Music Police to arrest her for lame, overschmaltzed, broadway-style singing.
Then, I heard the Lou Rawls version.
He rocks it with a gospel punch. He puts heart and soul into the song. The refrain is funkacious. He doesn't miss a note (key of F major), and doesn't make it into a sanctimonious "celebrity" quasi-rock cover. He rocks it like Sunday in the church choir. You'll want to stand up in your pew and clap. I played the refrain over and over again. Lou -- you had me a the D minor...
Click on the link or on the video player for a real gospel version of a song of unforgettable friendship and one person's confession of profound indebtedness to another.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRCS1AiAzJo
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