My Ambition Was To Be A Record

Atlantic's Jerry Wexler Believes First-rate Records Are Made By First-rate Voices. He Certainly Has Worked With Enough Of Them: Clyde Mcphatter, Joe Turner, La Vern Baker, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett And Aretha Franklin.

As Long As Elton John Can Bring Forth One Performance Per Album On The Order Of 'someone Saved My Life Tonight,' The Chance Remains That He Will Become Something More Than The Great Entertainer He Already Is And Go On To Make A Lasting Contribution To Rock.

'call Me' Is Not An Exceptional Al Green Album, But It Is As Solid As A Rock At Its Center.

One Gets The Impression That Elvis Presley Does What His Business Advisors Think Will Be Most Profitable. My Advice To Them: Put Elvis Presley In The Studio With A Bunch Of Good, Contemporary Rockers, Lock The Studio Up, And Tell Him He Can't Come Out Until He's Done Made An Album That Rocks From Beginning To End.

Aretha Franklin's 'let Me In Your Life' Is One Of The Few Recent R&b Albums That Places The Emphasis Entirely And Deservedly On A Voice. Many R&b Producers Have Been Making Records On Which The Singer Is Outshined By The Song, The Arrangement And The Sound.