Most movies, documentaries and TV shows skillfully incorporate musical soundtracks to highten various scenes or stages in a story. If I made a movie about my life, here are the songs I would include as the soundtrack.
Solitary Man Neil Diamond (Title Theme for my Life—fatherless boy goes it alone)
You Belong to the City Glenn Frey (growing up in Camden)
What’s New Pussycat? Tom Jones (My lullaby to get my sister Monica to sleep and not cry when she was a baby.
Break My Stride Matthew Wilder (High school days)
I Can’t Stop Dancing Archie Bell and the Drills (playing basketball)
Love Her Madly The Doors (college dorm life)
Ohio Neil Young (Vietnam politics)
Superstar The Carpenters (first love, lost love)
Honey Please Can’t Ya See Barry White (discos and trying to find a girlfriend)
Christine Ben Jelen (girlfriend and wife found)
You Take My Heart Away Bill Conti (wedding)
Theme from Rocky (running, tennis, basketball)
She Believes in Me Kenny Rogers (wife’s faith in me as I struggle)
I See Your Smile Gloria Estefan (Sandra’s death)
Running Down a Dream Tom Petty (career struggles)
The Lonely Bull Herb Alpert (going it alone)
As Good as I Once Was Toby Keith (getting older and accepting limits)
I Am a Rock Simon and Garfunkel (protecting myself from hurt and disappointment)
The Greatest Love of All George Benson (self reliance)
One Moment in Time Whitney Houston (achieving a dream)
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