Guess Who : STAR BABY

by Frank Shankly

Although The Guess Who had a dozen higher-charting songs, STAR BABY remained on the chart longer than any of their other hits—19 weeks, which was four weeks longer than their AMERICAN WOMAN.

The Guess Who’s songwriter/vocalist Burton Cummings said of the song: "One of our roadies was having an affair with Bonnie Bramlett (from Delaney & Bonnie), who was opening for us at the time." 

When I wrote it, I was trying to see Bonnie through our roadie’s eyes and what he might say to her. It was finished really quickly. I wrote that in about 20 minutes."

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