Cole, Cooke & Redding

(Spoken):

A wonderful lady whom I admire very much, by the name of Moms Mabley, sung a song about a lot of great men

But you know, somehow I still feel that there's a lot of great men to be sung about

I've got some friends, ladies & gentlemen, who have gone home before me

& I hope you don't mind if I take a little time now to tell you about them