R.I.P. Carl Bean (26/05/1944 - 07/09/2021)

Earlier this year I posted Valentino v Carl Bean. Carl Bean died on Tuesday (7 Sep 2021) and there is an obituary in The Guardian.

I revisited Valentino's original version on YouTube and noticed that Chris Spierer, the co-writer of the song, left the following comment:

"Thank you so much for posting this.

My name is Chris Spierer and I wrote this song with Bunny Jones back in 1974. It has been covered by many artists such as The Pet Shop Boys, Magnus Carlsson, Jimmy Somerville, Johnny Rodriguez, Paul Oskar, Dimitri From Paris, Marty Thomas, Pour Homme, Another Gay Movie  as well as Carl Bean..It has also been sampled  numerous times.

You're hearing Stevie Wonder on drums!!

I am playing the guitar along with great musicians from New York."