“Can’t Stay Away From You” (words and music by Larry Kerchner) has everything a great song needs to be a standard — a strong melody set in a masterful chord progression and a lyric that will tear your heart out. Kerchner’s choice of young Madelyn Baillio to communicate his latest tune is a match made in torch song heaven. Michael Feinstein has this to say: “The combination of Madelyn and ‘Can’t Stay Away From You’ is sheer perfection!” — high praise from a man who knows singers, songs, and the people who write them! Produced by Kerchner, with sequencing by Daryl Kojak, this is a recording that will easily connect across the board to fans of pop, jazz, or R&B.
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