Hugh Masekela

Songwriter: John Lennon Paul McCartney

Who knows that I have loved you
Will know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime?
If you want me to, I will
I will

For if I ever saw you
I didn't catch your name
But it never really matters
I will always feel the same

Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're together
Love you when we're apart

And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear me to you
Ah, you know I will
I will

Do do do do do do do do do
Do do do

Hugh Masekela (1939-2018) was a famed South African trumpeter and bandleader.

Masekela was a prominent figure in 1960s jazz. A student of Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, Masekela used this tutelage, coupled with the deep African influences of his home country’s music to create a style all his own. Masekela grew popular within the hippie counterculture, performing at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.

He’s released a steady output of music in the fifty years since, often collaborating with artists like The Byrds, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. He passed away in 2018 from prostate cancer.

From the album

Reconstruction (1970)

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