However, completely unbeknownst to Rodriguez as he installed drywall, his unusual, soulful recordings – gritty, streetwise material like “Sugar Man,” “I Wonder” and “Climb Up On My ...

US singer and musician Sixto Rodriguez, seen here performing in Paris in 2013, had hits including "Sugar Man" and "I Wonder" - Copyright AFP PIERRE ANDRIEU US singer ...

Compared to his debut’s opener, “Sugar Man”, this was a definite ... Likewise, sticklers will quibble that Rodriguez’s line “I wonder about the loneliness that’s mine” doesn ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUGAR MAN") SIXTO RODRIGUEZ ... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WONDER") RODRIGUEZ: (Singing) I wonder about the love you can't find. And I wonder about the loneliness that's mine.

Sixto Rodriguez ... Fact” contained songs such as the trippy “Sugar Man” that would have sounded at home next to Jose Feliciano, Stevie Wonder or Cat Stevens on AM radio — the groove ...

whose hits included “Sugar Man” and “I Wonder.” Born July 10, 1942 in Detroit to Mexican-American parents, Rodriguez worked on assembly lines while moonlighting as a musician, putting out ...