1958 Michael Holliday: The Story Of My Life

Written by Bacharach and David, 'The Story Of My Life' breezes along with a jaunty whistle and a spring in its step that lets you know that even when things are bad ("The sorrow when our love was breaking up, the memory of a broken heart"), they'll soon be alright again ("But later on, the joy of making up, never never more to part") with the underlying message of togetherness foreverness ("So the story of my life can start and end with you") able to force a smile out of the most granite of hearts. Holliday hailed from Liverpool, but on this recording he could have been from anywhere in the Anglo/American axis. His voice sounds never less than chipper throughout and the wink in his tone conjures up images of him surrounded by cartoon birds whistling along as they perch on his shoulders. Which makes it all the more distressing that he actually committed suicide five short years hence following a mental breakdown.