I don't know who Frank Zimmerman and Derrick Stevens are but they did not write the lyrics to this song. A word is changed here and there, and a line or two are doubled, but that just makes them arrangers. I haven't found this cover on the internet so I can't tell if the music is different. The actual composer and lyricist for the original song with these lyrics is Paul Davis, who also was the first artist to record it and make it famous. Until Thriller, it led the list for length of stay on the Billboard Top 40, though it didn't reach the top 5. A great song, and Paul Davis' most successful.
I don't know who Frank Zimmerman and Derrick Stevens are but they did not write the lyrics to this song. A word is changed here and there, and a line or two are doubled, but that just makes them arrangers. I haven't found this cover on the internet so I can't tell if the music is different. The actual composer and lyricist for the original song with these lyrics is Paul Davis, who also was the first artist to record it and make it famous. Until Thriller, it led the list for length of stay on the Billboard Top 40, though it didn't reach the top 5. A great song, and Paul Davis' most successful.