Posted January 3, 20169 yr Thought this might be interesting to some, given his many contributions to Soul Music, particularly in the 60's and 70's. Whilst listening to Sound's of the 60's on Radio 2 last Saturday, Alan Freeman played a tune that I wasn't familiar with Travellin Man by Ricky Nelson. Because of the production and delivery on the record, it immediately struck me as a Sam Cooke record. However further research led me to discover that it was in fact composed by Jerry Fuller , who offered it to Sam, who subsequently turned it down. Consequently it was released as a double A side to "Hey Mary Lou" which sold millions. I for one had never seen Jerry Fuller whose production and song writing credits light up many a Northern tune, here he talks about the song and production (my apologies to anyone who knows of the story) : Edited January 3, 20169 yr by Mick Sway
Thought this might be interesting to some, given his many contributions to Soul Music, particularly in the 60's and 70's.
Whilst listening to Sound's of the 60's on Radio 2 last Saturday, Alan Freeman played a tune that I wasn't familiar with
Travellin Man by Ricky Nelson. Because of the production and delivery on the record, it immediately struck me as a Sam Cooke
record. However further research led me to discover that it was in fact composed by Jerry Fuller , who offered it to Sam, who
subsequently turned it down. Consequently it was released as a double A side to "Hey Mary Lou" which sold millions.
I for one had never seen Jerry Fuller whose production and song writing credits light up many a Northern tune,
here he talks about the song and production (my apologies to anyone who knows of the story) :
Edited by Mick Sway