Sonny James Of "Young Love" 1950s Fame Passes At 87
By Seth Garth
There was a time, a junior
high school, middle school time, a time when every young boy and girl fussing
with puberty, trying to figure out why that girl that last year’s “stick” girl
all of a sudden was “interesting” and that guy who had been constantly taunting
that girl all of a sudden had dreamy eyes Sonny James filled the airwaves with
his classic song of blossoming, Young
Love. Who knows what else he sang, or what happened to him later in life.
What was important was that when you were at the school dance your mother
forced you to go to learn some social skills (maybe “forced” is too strong once
those girls became interesting and those guys had dreamy eyes) you waited,
waited until perdition if you knew what the word meant but at least until that
last dance, last chance time to go up in all your blushed innocence and ask for
that last dance, or waited to be asked. And guess whose song you prayed to the
high heavens would be played so you could hold on tight. Sonny, RIP. And all those youthful dreams too.
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