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steve forbert performing on july 12 , 2008 1978 -- present meridian , mississippi , united states nemperor/cbs , rolling tide , koch , valley entertainment , silverline , , disky , 429 , blue corn geffen , giant , bmg , paladin steve forbert solo_singer 13 december 1954 guitar , harmonica , vocals . folk , americana , pop rock steveforbert.jpg steve forbert
 samuel stephen forbert musician , guitarist , singer-songwriter
steve forbert

samuel stephen `` steve '' forbert -lrb- born december 13 , 1954 -rrb- is an american pop music singer-songwriter .
he is best known for his song `` romeo 's tune '' , which reached no. 11 on the u.s. `` billboard '' hot 100 chart in 1980 , and is ranked as the 60th biggest american hit of 1980 .
the song also spent two weeks at no. 8 in canada , and is ranked as the 47th biggest canadian hit of 1980 .
