From: billinnis@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, 31 August 2016 at 21:50:32 UTC-4, Mack A. Damia wrote:   
   > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:35:15 -0700 (PDT), imoge...@gmail.com wrote:    
   >    
   > >Did you ever find your song? I'm looking for the same one!!!   
   > A quick search on a number of lyrics sites reveals that you have lines    
   > from a dozen or more songs. You have some pretty specific    
   > identifiers, so something "should" click......but it doesn't.    
   >    
   > Something is not right. Maybe the song was never published.   
   > >On Thursday, July 29, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Bill Pires wrote:    
   > >> No, I know it's not that song either. I think maybe you're refering to    
   > >> "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac:    
   > >> Yeah, Thunder only happens when it's raining    
   > >> Players only love you when they're playing    
   > >> And women, they will come and they will go    
   > >> When the rain washes you clean, you'll know    
   > >>    
   > >> I'm also aware of the songs, "Three Times A Lady" by The Commodores, as   
   well    
   > >> as, "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Bee Gees. All 3 songs are great, but   
   not    
   > >> what I'm looking for. I really appreciate the feedback though - more help    
   > >> would be great!!    
   > >>    
   > >> ====================================    
   > >> Does anyone recognize the lyrics to this song, know who the artist might   
   be    
   > >> or what the song title might be?    
   > >>    
   > >> I heard it only TWICE about 13 years ago, and never heard it since!    
   > >> It was so long ago since I last heard it, but I do believe it was a male    
   > >> vocalist.    
   > >> It was a ballad-like song (circa late '70's or early '80's is my guess).   
   I    
   > >> think I    
   > >> heard it on an "easy listening" radio station. It's a song that touched    
   > >> both    
   > >> my wife and I deeply - I've tried searching sporadically over the years,   
   but    
   > >> to    
   > >> no avail. Our wedding anniversary is approaching and I would love to    
   > >> present her with a copy of this song. ANY help would be very much    
   > >> appreciated!    
   > >>    
   > >> I can only remember some of the lyrics as follows:    
   > >>    
   > >> "You're my light in the night in the darkest hours,    
   > >> you're my rainbow after the rain.    
   > >>    
   > >> You're as beautiful to me as a desert flower,    
   > >> you take away the pain.    
   > >>    
   > >> You came into my life,    
   > >> you became a special part of me,    
   > >> now you've got the very heart of me,    
   > >> and I wanted you to know,    
   > >> you came into my life."   
      
   OH! MY! GOODNESS!!! Wow!!   
      
   I cannot believe I have finally found it!!  You have no idea how joyful I am   
   right now!   
      
   As you know, I have been trying to figure out the name of this song and artist   
   for over 36 years now.  I kid you not.  My wife (girlfriend at the time) and I   
   heard the song TWICE on AM radio in Ontario in the early '80s, and it   
   resonated so deeply with    
   us that we wanted to have it as our first dance at our wedding reception.  We   
   remembered the bulk of the lyrics almost verbatim.  We've never heard it again   
   since.  Over the decades, I have been searching sporadically in record stores,   
   lyric databases,    
   and scrolling through umpteen online resources… all in vain.  Trust me,   
   NOTHING existed online that I could find.  Yesterday on a whim, I searched yet   
   again…   
      
   Appropriately enough, it's called, "You Came Into My Life" (surprise,   
   surprise!).  As it turns out, it's by a Canadian artist/producer by the name   
   of Ron Mahonin!!!   
      
   I found the following on Spotify: "In 2020, Ron turned over his entire library   
   of copyrights to RPM Creations and is currently producing Meg Evans, Kindred   
   Joy, Allan Markin, himself, and others."   
      
   That probably explains why the song can be found so readily now, and not   
   before.  I didn't know the name of the song, and certainly didn't know the   
   name of the artist.  I was only able to search based on partial lyrics.  Even   
   now when searching "You Came    
   Into My Life", or even the bulk of the lyrics, it doesn't come up.  But when   
   searching "You Came Into My Life" + "Ron Mahonin" ... BAM!!  You can now find   
   it on YouTube, Apple, SoundCloud, etc.   
      
   Also, you're able to download an mp3 file of the song, as well as other songs   
   by Ron, here:   
      
   The Calgary Cassette Preservation Society (CCPS)   
   http://www.calgarycassettes.org/2021/06/ron-mahonin-close-to-you   
   -love-one-step.html   
      
   I can't believe it after all these years!  Thank you Ron, CCPS and others who   
   have commented.  Happy day!  :-)   
      
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