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11. The song was mainly composed by songwriting team Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, but Sam Cooke

Reply to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #9)

Wed Sep 8, 2021, 04:54 PM

Sep 2021

revised the lyrics in order to steer the song toward the subject of schooling.

Writing credit for the threesome, Adler, Alpert, and Sam Cooke was given to the pseudonymous name "Barbara Campbell"

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