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Music is one of those things that brings people together.

Good music crosses language barriers, countries and cultures.

And like Storycore, can even start a conversation.

It's a Storycore podcast from NPR. I'm Camille Akashani.

On this episode, the little-known stories behind some well-known music.

First, we'll hear from Jada Salter and her grandfather, William Salter.

And if that name sounds familiar to you, it's because he helped write one of the most iconic American love songs.

We'll get more into the song later.

Even the William is a lyricist, bass player and music producer to his granddaughter, Jada.

He's always just been grandpa.

As a kid, when I would come to your house, I just remember stuff on the walls.

Like, there'd be Tashiki, African mask and African print wallpaper, the smell of food, grandma's cooking.

So, you know, ackee and saltfish, stuff like that.

And when I would walk into your room, it's like a whole another world.

For a kid, it's kind of like Narnia, you know, when you walk into the closet, that's how it was with music.

And everywhere you'd look, there'd be guitars, there'd be a keyboard, there'd be notes on the wall.

And there'd literally be notes floating in the air because you'd be humming.

Even when we're eating, you'd hum in between the bites.

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