The Tennessean:
Robert Knight, who recorded the first version of “Everlasting Love,” one of the biggest songs to come out of Nashville, died Sunday after a short illness. He was 72 years old.
He was born Robert Peebles in Franklin on Apr. 24, 1945.
As young man, he was a member of the Fairlanes and sang lead for the Paramounts before becoming a solo artist.
In 1967, while performing during a fraternity party at Vanderbilt University, Mac Gayden heard “this voice coming from the Kappa Sigma House.” He ran over there and met Knight as he was coming off the stage. “He didn’t want to talk to me, but I gave him my card,” Gayden remembered. more here
A fantastic song I still often listen to. It’s the kind of song that at first hearing you love it and remember where you were and what was happening in your life at that time.
One of those songs you always sing along with. Thanks for the back story. Didn’t we all get along better when more of our music crossed over?
One of classics. Beautiful song. Millenials play this song at their weddings on a regular basis.