美國黑人靈魂歌手Wilson Pickett在未成名前曾寫了一首《If You Need Me》，並將試唱帶寄給了Atlantic唱片公司，冀望能得到出唱片的機會，但未獲得回音，只得另找其他唱片公司，就在該曲即將推出之際，Atlantic在未知會Wilson Pickett的情況下，由公司的當家歌手Solomon Burke同時發行該曲，形成了同曲對打的局面，最後竟然還是由Solomon Burke獲勝 ( R & B 榜 #2 )。

此首《Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You》為Solomon Burke於1975所推出的歌曲，成績並不理想，只在R&B榜得到第72名，但至今證明，喜歡此曲的歌友並不少。Bruke的身形、體重隨著年齡不斷地增加，2006年前後作秀時，只能坐在舞台中的大椅子上，估計他當時應有300到400磅 (約136至180公斤)。2010，Solomon Burke搭機赴荷蘭作秀，才甫降落阿姆斯特丹機場，即已呼吸中止過世，享年74歲，之後公布的死因為「肺栓塞」。

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亂談(587)If You Need Me
http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/tabidog01/post/1367099543

同場加映：《Cry To Me》/ Precious Wilson
此亦為Solomon Burke知名的歌曲，之前介紹時並未貼此版本。Precious Wilson原為Eruption樂團的成員，之後單飛。她在此影音中，無論是造型、台風和演唱，均堪稱水準之作。就連Bass手(白衣者) 唱作俱佳的投入，也成為了吸睛的焦點。

亂談( 633 ) Cry To Me

http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/tabidog01/post/1368492176

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Hey, come on baby
Come on don't be, don't be looking like that
I don't want you to be depressed
Or hung up on anything
You see we've got something going for us
Between our signs
You know and like, I wanna be your everything
I want you to know that you've got me to depend on
And to lean on
To talk to and to walk with
And if you need somebody to love you baby
Well here I am baby
Come get what I've got for you.

Let me wrap my arms around you
Honey let me squeeze and hold you tight
Let me give you all the love you need
Lord I wanna give good love tonight
Let me wrap my arms around you baby
Honey let me squeeze and hold you tight
Let me give you what you want
What you really, really need tonight.
Guard this love and show some feeling now
The best love that I've ever had,
(The best love that I've ever had)
If we lose this magic feeling that we've got
Lord I believe it'll drive me mad, mad, mad, mad
I want to you give you what you want baby, baby, baby
Let me squeeze you squeeze and hold you tight
I wanna keep this love all to myself
I don't want you to give it to nobody else, hey, hey, hey
Come here woman, do you comprehendez, maschoist, my smoocho, mucho
And let me wrap my arms around you and hold you tight
Give you all this loving that you need tonight
I'm gonna love you honey and love you right
Go on say it again for my friends now honey
Let me wrap my arms around you and hold you tight
Give you all the love that you ever need tonight
Oh honey, gonna love you, and love you right.
You've been hurt so much you don't understand
That you've really got yourself a good man
I've been hurt the same way too
But here's one thing girl that we both can do
Forget about the past now honey tell me honey
And let me wrap my arms around you and hold you tight
Oh, let me love you and love you right
Believe it or not honey tonight's the night
Oh, let me say it again now baby
Let me wrap my arms around you and hold you tight.