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The Day Little Jimmy Scott Sang Just for Me

by Susan Sisko Carter

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Susan Sisko Carter's intimate musical homage to the legendary singer, Jimmy Scott, has struck an emotional chord with fans from Newark, New Jersey to Paris, France. Pianist Alex Minasian, who accompanied Jimmy the last five years of his life, is accompanying Susan. It took six months and two different coasts before their schedules were in sync, but Susan figured Alex would add emotional resonance to her song. She was right.

"Susan Sisko Carter captures the true essence of Jimmy, a kind giving heart. Knowing Jimmy as I do, it was honest and it moved me to tears. I absolutely love ‘The Day Little Jimmy Scott Sang Just for Me’. It's just beautiful." ––Jeanie Scott

"'The Day Little Jimmy Scott Sang Just for Me' is beautiful! Susan Sisko Carter made the moment come alive—especially poignant for me; I heard Jimmy at a nightclub in Newark when I was 11 or 12; my dad was a truck driver who delivered pretzels to bars and there was Jimmy, singing his heart out; changed everything for me "
–– David Ritz, author of Faith in Time...The Life of Jimmy Scott.

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"The Day Little Jimmy Scott Sang Just for Me"

Susan Sisko Carter

Ten year old white girl
Hanging out at Savoy
Newark New Jersey
Showing off my voice
Little girl with a big vibrato
Singing notes I could feel
Singing about things
I couldn't half know

Lubinsky owned the company
No one's bundle of joy
Introduced me to a singer
Recording for Savoy
Sing a song for Susie
The owner he left the room
The singer smiled at me kindly
Then sang a tune

Eyes closed hands clasped
Emotions in the present
Finding the past
Life in his voice
All the sad sweet mystery
The day Little Jimmy Scott sang just for me

The years drifted by
Some fast some slow
Girl became a woman
Singer semi known
Living in L.A.
Home of reinvention
Challenge to the spirit
And identity retention

Breakfast at Musso's
I'm reading The Times
I spill my coffee
What I read blows my mind
Jimmy's here at a club
In Hollywood
Jimmy's booked into the right club
But so far from the old neighborhood

Come back from obscurity
After so many years
Broke magnet for celebrities
He's bringing them to tears
Standing on stage
Large hands small frame
Voice a prayer for love
Cry for sweet nights
Plea for gentler days

I told him what he meant to me
After the show
His singing taught me
What I needed to know
About lies and truth
In a word In a note
He said that music's never gonna leave you
It's in everything you do

Eyes closed hands clasped
Emotions in the present
Finding the past
Life in his voice
All the sad sweet mystery
The day Little Jimmy Scott sang just for me

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released August 24, 2020
Susan Sisko Carter, accompanied by Alex Minasian on piano
Produced and Written by Susan Sisko Carter
Max Hound Music (BMI)

Cover photo: Cat Gwynn

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Susan Sisko Carter Los Angeles, California

Susan Sisko Carter is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter. Her album Wonderful Deeds and Adventures, for Epic. was recorded under the name Susan Carter, Her recordings as a teen, under the name Susan Rafey, include the Verve album "Hurt So Bad" produced by Creed Taylor. She is working on a new album. And sticking to one name--
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