Steve Forbert (born 1954, Meridian, Mississippi) is an American popular singer. He is best known for his song, "Romeo's Tune", which reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980. The song, although "dedicated to the memory of Florence Ballard" on the sleeve of the album, Jackrabbit Slim, is not about Supremes singer Ballard who died in 1976. "Forbert admits that Ballard became a timely connection for "Romeo's Tune", written about a girl from Meridian. "That seemed like such bad news to me and such sad news. She wasn't really taken care of by the music business, which is not a new story" (see[LINK: http://www.steveforbert.com/PRESS/Art-MemphisCommercialAppealJan2000.htm] [1]). Critics hailed him at the time as "The new Bob Dylan" because of a similar vocal timbre and thoughtful songwriting. The front cover of his second album, Jackrabbit Slim encourages such comparisons with its simplicity: a black and

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