I LOVED YOU, BABY (’TIL YOU GOT FAT) (Obscure 1960s soul music)

This rediscovered AI classic comes from the late, great “Bunk Hopkins“, the Detroit soul master who spoke to a generation of men with his hard hitting tales of romance and romance gone wrong. This one was a number one hit for several weeks in 1962. Bunk was married 22 times before his death in 1990, the reasoning for divorce usually being difference of opinion on matters regarding weight gain. RIP Bunk, we celebrate your brilliance. Lyrics: You and me baby, yeah we had such a special thing, 15 good years, yeah we did our thing and maintained We didn’t have much, but we had our love, passion and romance, yeah it was all the above You was so fine and you was all mine honey, mmm I was in a place so divine But lately something’s changed and it can’t be ignored, it’s got me down on my knees now begging the Lord Cause yeah, there’s somethin’ different ’bout the way you appear, and it’s somethin’ baby that makes my boner disap