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In the early 70s I had trouble telling these two songs apart...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbI_awR4CKE" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbI_awR4CKE</a>

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqNUwNNkTo" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqNUwNNkTo</a>

I think Rod Stewart needed that crib sheet so he wouldn't start singing Maggie May.   

Good ol' Rod Stewart.  You could always count on him for great music videos...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrxgEln_Dw&amp;list=RDAqrxgEln_Dw&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrxgEln_Dw&amp;list=RDAqrxgEln_Dw&amp;start_radio=1</a>

 

But I liked Cat Stevens since I heard him sing this in 1968...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBccr-aLu4I" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBccr-aLu4I</a>

Even more so when I saw and heard this...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NRH_DxWJE" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NRH_DxWJE</a>

Yes, thanks, Barry; I knew all of that. It was played at my wedding and thus thoroughly researched ahead of time. 

When you posted the video, I figured you knew the whole backstory.

I've never cared for his version. I prefer the traditional renditions.

Until I heard Cat Stevens' interview on PBS in 1973, his was the only version I ever heard, Kathy.  Even the label on the LP said that he wrote all the songs...





What a "revelation" it was to hear him admit that the song was written 40 years prior.   

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Backbeat and I heard that the film is being re released on DVD & Blue Ray on 6th May 2024. I’m not sure if it’s been re mastered but if anyone hasn’t got it it’s worth getting.

Yes, Kathy.  A hymn very appropriate for this weekend. 
. . .
In an interview not long after, Cat Stevens explained the background of the song; a Christian hymn with words written by Eleanor Farjeon and set to a traditional Scottish tune "Bunessan" forty years before...

Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird . . .

Yes, thanks, Barry; I knew all of that. It was played at my wedding and thus thoroughly researched ahead of time. 

I first heard it in 1971 on Cat Stevens' LP Teaser And The Firecat...

I've never cared for his version. I prefer the traditional renditions.

Have some ice cream, Paul

Because it’s a nice sunny day and feels quite warm it has to be Here Comes The Sun https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc?si=8aifONkEL0sxOkk8