Do You Hear What I Hear?
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Some years ago, the late Mort Shuman, a marvelous composer and one of the first generation of rock n roll songwriters, took me to lunch. Mort had written Why Must I Be A Teenager In Love? and Can t Get Used To Losing You and a bunch of stuff for Elvis, including Mess O Blues , Suspicion and Viva Las Vegas . But, like most successful music biz types, he wanted to talk about what he was doing next. So, after the usual pleasantries, he slid across the table a script bearing the title Save The Last Dance For Me - after his Number One hit for the Drifters.