"Bernadette' by The Four Tops.

OK, girls and boys, back to the 60s: Lamont Dozier was only 12-years-old when he was smitten by an Italian girl from the neighborhood. Unfortunately for him, even at that early age, she was attracting quite a bit of attention from the other boys. This eventually inspired him to pen this classic 1967 four-on-the floor stomper, hard-driving rocker for The Four Tops from their "Reach Out" album on the Motown label. Killer bass line by James Jamerson from The Funk Brothers. #4 Billboard Hot 100, #8 Cash Box, #3 R&B. Signature "false ending" where the instruments stop and the backup singers hold a chord until Levi Stubbs shouts out the girl's name. Song? Answer: "Bernadette" by The Four Tops. In 1967, at age 15, I had the privilege of attending the Boy Scouts' World Jamboree at Farragut State Park in Idaho, along with seven other scouts from Puerto Rico. It was an experience to last a lifetime! As part of the pre-jamboree, we spent a couple of days in San Francisco. This was the epicenter of "the summer of love". Here we were, wearing Boy Scout uniforms, among countless hippies and flower children. I bought two LPs that had just been released and had not yet reached Puerto Rico - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Reach Out". I still have them both. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ4eRsEjIFY&list=RDvQ4eRsEjIFY&start_radio=1

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