Music Can Make You Feel Old

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There's nothing that can make you feel better than music. The beauty of a melody, the way lyrics can penetrate your heart, and the voice or the instruments can move you in a million different ways. But, music can also make you feel really OLD. That happened earlier this week when Frankie Ford, who had the 1959 hit "Sea Cruise," died. Although that song came out before I was born, it seems to me my brother had that 45 (he's seven years older than I am). Dozens of acts have covered the song (and, ironically, the big hit version was itself a cover of a version recorded by its writer, Huey "Piano" Smith), but when I mentioned this classic oldies tune as being the "big hit" of Ford, the general replies were shrugs and, "Never heard of it." Oh, do I feel old. Pass the Geritol.