Fred Stobagh considers himself tone-deaf, but a beautiful and heartbreaking love song he penned for his wife has turned him into an international recording sensation.
The 96-year-old US man met the love of his life, Lorraine, in 1938. He describes her as “the most gorgeous girl I ever saw”.
They would rarely leave each other’s side for the next 75 years until Lorraine passed away two months before their 74th wedding anniversary.
But now, the woman who Fred says “gave me 75 years of her life”, will never be forgotten, immortalised in a touching and heartbreaking love song that Fred has recorded in her memory.
The US man began humming a tune one night that he just couldn’t get out of his head, which developed into the song “Sweet Lorraine”.
He sent it into a singing/songwriting competition put on by label Green Shoe Studios, and was surprised to win, seeing the touching tribute to his wife recorded and already taking the internet by storm.
Fred sings that he wishes he and his wife “could do all the good times all over again” with his late wife in the single, available on iTunes.
Speaking of their relationship in a touching documentary released by Green Shoe Studios, Fred reminisces on their time together.
“That was a wonderful 75 years. I often think I was dreaming or something, but it was real,” he said.
“She was just the prettiest girl I ever saw,” he recalled of their first meeting.
“I just fell in love with her right there.”
