tavis: henry mancini became hank mancini. one of the best. >> terrific. tavis: how did -- i of the story, but for those who don't, how did the two of the meet after being born in the hospital four years apart? >> we were riding with the same composer. i was writing in the morning and in the afternoon. they decided to introduce the lyric and we wrote a song that day. a terrible song. but we enjoy the process. it was 1956 and we have been writing together ever since. tavis: hughes said that you suffered a severe injury. >> i was living in a fifth for building in new york. headstones that were worn from years of traffic. it had been raining that they have the staff -- high took a header down the steps and then broke both my shoulders. house going to college in new york at the time, and my parents -- it was new york, beautiful. tavis: beautiful, but dumb. >> i had come out here. from my mother. and the only friend i have here , it was a successful songwriter. [inaudible] i said, what do i have to do out here? it will be weeks and weeks. i said, i can drive, i