Claude Jeter
... that "I'll be a bridge over deep water if you trust in my name", from Claude Jeter's 1961 song "Mary Don't You Weep", was the inspiration for Paul Simon's 1970 song "Bridge over Troubled Water"?
... that "I'll be a bridge over deep water if you trust in my name", from <b id="mwDgQ"><a href="./Claude_Jeter" id="mwDgU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Claude Jeter">Claude Jeter</a></b><span id="mwDgY" typeof="mw:Nowiki">'</span>s 1961 song "Mary Don't You Weep", was the inspiration for <a href="./Paul_Simon" id="mwDgc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paul Simon">Paul Simon</a>'s 1970 song "<a href="./Bridge_over_Troubled_Water_(song)" id="mwDgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bridge over Troubled Water (song)">Bridge over Troubled Water</a>"?