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In 1973, while the Australian band Mississippi was playing a concert, singer/songwriter/guitarist Graeham Goble spotted a girl dancing in the audience, and was immediately struck by her grace and beauty.
He made a note to himself to track her down after the show, and introduce himself.
Unfortunately, at the end of the show, he turned around to set down his guitar, and when he turned back, the girl had disappeared. He tried looking for her, but no dice.
This struck Graeham as a missed opportunity for a possible romance, (the REAL kind, not a one-night stand" ) and the disappointment was so hard to shake, he felt compelled to write a song about it. "Lady" turned out to be a "Great Song of the '70s!"
Time passed, Mississippi morphed into The Little River Band, and in 1978, the decided to record "Lady" for their "Sleeper Catcher" album.
When "Lady was released as a single, it climbed into the Top 10 on two Billboard Charts: Adult Contemporary (#7) and Hot 100 (#10). Oddly, it barely cracked the Top 50 in their home country of Australia (#46).
Does the story have a happy ending? In a way, I guess.
Graeham never found her--or even learned her name, and because the girl never knew he was looking for her, she obviously never came forward.
But at least "Lady" became a "Great Song of 1978" for Graeham Goble and The Little River Band!
Tomorrow: A #1 TV theme from an almost forgotten show.
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