“Some Kind of Wonderful” songwriter John Ellison talks about his famous song on WTIP
John Ellison is a West Virginia Music Hall of Fame inductee and has been making music since the early 1960s. In 1967 he wrote the song “Some Kind of Wonderful” with his band the Soul Brothers Six, which would go on to be recorded by Grand Funk Railroad and become an instant classic popular song, recorded by dozens of artists since then.
On the Scenic Route with Will Moore, he tells the incredible story of how the song came to be, how its popularity changed his life, and why he recently re-recorded the song himself for an upcoming album due out this fall.
John Ellison will be performing alongside the Carpenter Ants at Radio Waves Music Festival on Sunday, September 10th. Complete festival details are available here. Note that the online ticket option ends at midnight on Tuesday, September 5th!
