Meet me in the middle of the day, let me hear you say everything’s okay, bring me southern kisses from your room. Meet me in the middle of the night, let me hear you say everything’s all right.
Forty years ago this fall, people turning on a Top-40radio station would have heard a recording artist with a raspy high-pitched voice singing those lyrics, preceded by a catchypiano opening. The song was “Romeo’s Tune,” and it put Steve Forbert on the pop music map.
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