Cliff Richard records song Gonna be alright written by Steve Balsamo

It's all GONNA BE ALRIGHT.
So here's a funny old story. It's long, and a bit rambling...but there are some lovely coincidences and weird stuff at play...
It's 1983 and Paddy, Blakey and I are waiting outside Con's house for our usual morning stroll to school. In the gutter I noticed a wallet, so picked it up to have a look inside. There wasn't any money (we were gutted as Space Dust was all the rage, and we fancied a hit before school), but there were a few credit cards with the initials M Hayes. At school I handed it into one of the teachers (Von Bastard I think it was), and a few hours later was called out of class as they'd found the owner.
Melvyn Hayes, the actor, was playing at The Grand Theatre in Swansea with Windsor Davies in Babes In The Wood, and he'd had his wallet stolen the night before. He was delighted I'd found it and invited me and some mates to the show. He was lovely (Windsor was too, but very, very drunk), and I remember asking him lots of questions about the film Summer Holiday, as my mam was a huge Cliff Richard fan and my brother and I had watched it many times.
As a kid I used to make up little songs before going to sleep (my son Frankie does exactly the same thing now), and mam used to tell me that Cliff would sing one of my songs one day. Even as a kid I remember thinking it was a random thing to say!
Years later, I'm playing Jesus at The Lyceum, and one evening Carol Spraggs our company manager says, 'make an effort today Balsamo, Cliff is in to see us'.
After the show, he popped back to say hello, and was delightful.
I told him that my mam would have had a small nervous breakdown if she knew we were chatting - she had been to see the show the day before, and was gutted when I told her. Cliff was playing Heathcliff in town at the time, and invited us along to his show. We had a great night.
A few years later mam was diagnosed with lung cancer, and after her second round of chemo, was struggling. Cliff had heard she was unwell through Carol Spraggs, and had sent a gorgeous card urging her to stay positive, keep her chin up and keep singing.
I remember visiting mam when she was very unwell. One of her loves in life was visiting the hairdresser regularly, but she had just returned and had what was left of her hair all cut off, and was feeling very fed up.
I said, "mam, there's a card here for you". "Who's it from", she said.
I said I didn't know, handed it to her and went to put the kettle on.
"Jesus Christ, it's from Cliff!", she screamed. Made her day, and probably her year.
Love her, she passed away not long after.
A few years ago, I wrote two cool songs with Ben Robbins and Peter Wright, both excellent writers. One was called Looking For The Lightening, and the other, Gonna Be Alright.
A few months ago Peter called and said that Cliff was really interested in singing one on his new album.
I'm delighted to tell you that Cliff Richard has recorded Gonna Be Alright. It's track 4 on his new album, Rise Up which is released in November.
Dear old mam was right!
Steve x