On 28 April 1988: #BWStevenson, American country singer, died at 38.
#RIP 💔🕊️

"My Maria" is a song co-written by #BWStevenson and #DanielMoore. Lindy Blaskey, a music publisher at ABC/Dunhill Records, thought Moore had a possible hit with his verse and chorus, but could not get him to finish the song, so Blaskey took what Moore had so far and asked Stevenson to finish writing it with an additional verse. David Kershenbaum, Stevenson's producer at RCA, agreed with Blaskey that it sounded like a hit and produced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyu4dIVj-8

My Maria 🤹
#BWStevenson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-8tb8IC40

"Shambala" is a song written by #DanielMoore and made famous by two near-simultaneous releases in 1973: the better-known but slightly later recording by #ThreeDogNight, which reached No. 3 on the #Billboard Hot 100, and a version by #BWStevenson. Its title derives from a #mythical place-name also spelled Shamballa or #Shambhala.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE

My Maria 🇧🇷
#BWStevenson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR-8tb8IC40

My Maria 🇵🇹
#BWStevenson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewyu4dIVj-8

My Maria 🇵🇹
#BWStevenson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBvTvxHy7E

"Shambala" is a song written by #DanielMoore and made famous by two near-simultaneous releases in 1973: the better-known but slightly later recording by #ThreeDogNight, which reached No. 3 on the #Billboard Hot 100, and a version by #BWStevenson. Its title derives from a #mythical place-name also spelled Shamballa or #Shambhala.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE

#OnThisDay in 1949, #BWStevenson, American country singer, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1988).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🥀

My Maria 🇵🇦
#BWStevenson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdBvTvxHy7E