“Reflections Of Charles Brown” has been a favourite single of mine since it was released in 1967. It reached No.13 in Australia and, I believe, entered the Top 10 in Canada.
Some people believe that it is at least partially cloned from Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” but wasn’t that, in turn, based on a classical piece?
I like the melody of the song, as well as the way the lyrics depict both the helplessness and hopelessness in Charles Brown’s life. One feels that he has done very little, other than work, and nor is anything likely to alter this in the austerity that was Britain, for many, at that time.
http://youtu.be/AenoFDr9nSI
A list of more of my favourite recordings can be found in the suggested playlists. I shall be adding to this list from time to time.