This magic momentThe Drifters (with leadzanger Ben E. King)

Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman

Opgenomen 23 december 1959

Leadzanger: Ben E. King

"The heart of rock and soul -

the 1001 greatest singles ever made"

Uitgebracht in 1989

Dave Marsh over ‘This magic moment’As with many things for which I have no words of my own, there is a record that expresses what I'm talking of.

Cold on the page, without the baion bass and strings and the crying in the singer's voice, it may tell only a part of the story.

But I'll put what it says here anyway, in hope that that fragment is enough.

It's a record by the Drifters, written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, sung by Ben E. King:

As with many things for which I have no words of my own, there is a record that

expresses what I'm talking of. Cold on the page, without the baion bass and strings and

the crying in the singer's voice, it may tell only a part of the story. But I'll put what it says

here anyway, in hope that that fragment is enough. It's a record by the Drifters, written by

Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, sung

by Ben E. King:

This magic momentThis magic momentSo different and so newWas like any otherUntil I kissed you

And then it happenedIt took me by surprise I knew that you felt it tooBy the look in your eyes

Sweeter than wineSofter than the summer nightEverything I want I haveWhenever I hold you tight

This magic momentWhile your lips are close to mineWill last forever Forever til the end of time

Oh.......Oh.......Mm......

Sweeter than wineSofter than the summer nightEverything I want I haveWhenever I hold you tight

This magic moment While your lips are close to mineWill last forever Forever til the end of time

Oh.......Magic moment......Magic moment......Magic moment......