Mundy-Turner – Dance Hall Days (MP3)
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‘Dance Hall Days’ was written after a rock’n’roll gig I played at a local seniors’ home. Rock’n’roll from the ‘50s & ‘60s always gets these places jumping and I often get folks coming up at the end saying how much they loved the songs that had taken them back to their youth.
On this occasion, I had noticed a lady on crutches at the back of the room who had tears streaming down her face for most of the gig. She came up to thank me for my performance and explained that she met her husband at a rock’n’roll dance in 1959 when she was 19. He had been a great dancer & was always showing the girls how to do the latest moves.
They soon fell in love, married and had three lovely daughters. Throughout their marriage they had always danced together at dance halls, on cruises and at home, but Alzheimer’s had taken his life in his early 60s and she had been alone ever since.
So, I wrote the song for Olivia. Even though I played at that venue every month for a year after, I never saw her again, so she never knew I’d written the song for her.
Songfully,
Jay
