Sol Knopf

"You Were the One" was my dear Mother's favorite song. I wrote it in 1984 after coming home off the road. A real good friend of mine called and was crushed because his girlfriend had broken up with him. We all thought the two of them would be together forever. His heart was broken and I really felt for him, not only because he was a dear friend, but because I had recently gone through a tough break up as well. My very first version of this song was recorded on a cassette 4 track and I've lost it. This is a version that was done a few years later and my good buddy Dave Simmons played drums on it.
I remember meeting one of my singing idols, Gary Puckett...and asked him if he would listen to it. I sent him several tunes..but this was the one he wrote me back about. It was a real handwritten note...that I've since lost! sigh... It was a beautiful note telling me he loved the song but that I should submit it to Gary Morris...which I never did.