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Billy Taylor spends the first of two days recording tracks in New York City, USA, for his RCA Records LP Right Here Right Now. Tracks recorded over these two days include I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, Afterthoughts and Stolen Moments.
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Billy Taylor : I wrote this song (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free), perhaps my best-known composition, for my daughter Kim. This is one of the best renditions I’ve done because it is very spiritual.
Kim Taylor (daughter) : Dad initially recorded it as an instrumental. But, as I recall, he had written the first verse of the lyrics pretty early on. He got stuck at one point and invited [lyricist] Dick Dallas to collaborate to help him finish the lyrics and that's when we got the later verses. I've always felt that there was a difference between the first verse and the later ones. I think you hear my dad's voice most clearly in the first verse.
(Source : https://www.songfacts.com/facts/billy-taylor/i-wish-i-knew-how-it-would-feel-to-be-free)
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Kim Taylor (daughter) : Dad initially recorded it as an instrumental. But, as I recall, he had written the first verse of the lyrics pretty early on. He got stuck at one point and invited [lyricist] Dick Dallas to collaborate to help him finish the lyrics and that's when we got the later verses. I've always felt that there was a difference between the first verse and the later ones. I think you hear my dad's voice most clearly in the first verse.
(Source : https://www.songfacts.com/facts/billy-taylor/i-wish-i-knew-how-it-would-feel-to-be-free)