I loved the song I Can Help. I loved the
fact that it would catch out the lazy DJs who never realised it had a force
ending. It faded out and came back again.
Fantastic! As far as the UK was concerned it was a one hit wonder. Mr.
Billy Lance Swan was born in 1942 in Missouri and in the 1960s played on the
road with the likes of Kris Krisstofferson and Conway Twitty.
The song was recorded in two takes only and
the applause on some versions at the end of the track is supposed to be down to
the fact the fact that a dog was pulling at Billy’s trousers during the
recording. Nice story for a song that went to No. 1 in many countries and went
gold in the U.S.
Swan was married to his late wife Marlu for 30 years. Marlu died on February 12, 2003, from cancer They had two daughters, recording artists Planet Swan and Sierra Swan.
