Acknowledgments
The author wishes to acknowledge the writers of the song lyrics
played by The Cerebral Jukebox:
I Guess It Was Love
“Donna”: Ritchie Valens
Soldier Boy
“Soldier Boy”: Luther Dixon and Florence Greenberg
“Duke of Earl”: Gene Chandler, Earl Edwards, Bernie Williams
“Teenager in Love”: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
“Blue Moon”: Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart
Let’s Get It On
“Living for the City”: Stevie Wonder
“Let’s Get It On”: Marvin Gaye
Slice of Life
“Candle in the Wind”: Elton John
First Med
“Fallin’”: Alicia Keyes
“Thank You”: Dido
Cover photograph, 1949: ORegon-3-9833/Jack Margulies
Author photograph, back cover/Susan Margulies Kalish
Thank you to playwright Donald Margulies for permission to use the epilogue quotation.
A special thank you to my husband, Robert Kalish, for being rocksolid, dependable, and supportive.
Donna By Richie Valens
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