Passing Strangers – Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan

This is one of my mother’s favourite songs and it’s her birthday this week.

It’s more than just one of Ma’s favourite songs though, it’s connected to her growing up and her cousin coming to stay and playing lots of Ella (ok, he was hiding having fled from national service – he may have spent more time in the ‘Glasshouse’ than actually completing his National Service). So I guess it’s about the things happen to you and your family and you pass on to your children, things that I don’t know enough about because my Grandma died too soon and my Grandad didn’t like to talk about it.

It’s about inheritance, which is a strange and changing thing, this song is one of the many things my Mum has given me.

Happy Birthday for Tuesday Ma xx