I did not know anyone at the time named Al but my father was a barbershop quartet singer and had this big reel to reel player and wanted to tape us kids singing. So I made up a song. I later met a guy named Albert ( 1976) and married him in 1997, We divorced in 2004 and are still friends. It's Al's BD today. He is 55. I am busy making him some manicotti from 'scratch' ( his fave) and will start on the butternut squash soup next.  He also asked for a carrot cake but that will be in the morning. He is working to renovate my bathroom on his bd...so it made sense to cook for the dear guy. We are friends after all.