This was my very first "favorite" song, Cracklin' Rosie by Neil Diamond, and I remember hearing it for the first time, just like it was yesterday.

There I was, sitting alone in the passenger's seat in my mother's car parked on the corner, waiting for her to come back from some errand (at the church?) when the song came on the radio. Loved it right away.

It was early 1970, I believe, and I was about 12 years old. That's around 55 years ago, and it remains one of my favorite songs.