It seems incredible to me that we are already seven parts into this series, and yet it feels like we are just beginning. When I chose this topic for the ‘How Music Changed’ series, I knew it contained incredibly important information, artists and songs, but even I did not know the wellspring that would be started once we struck the vein. 

While the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame continues to garner praise on various bands and artists (and lately, many with debatable qualifications), the major players in this series can lay claim to recording innumerable well- loved hit records. In truth, if the players at American, Hi and Fame Recording Studios had recorded under their own names instead of the vocalists who they supported, they would register more charted hits than the Beatles and Elvis Presley combined! With this series, we plant to convey the full scope of the impact these players have had on our tastes, even though we don’t even know their names. 

Featured tracks from today’s show include;

1) Why Not Tonight – James Gilreath

2) Bossy Boss – Jumpin’ Gene Simmons

3) Mustang Sally – Wilson Picket

4) Uptight Good Woman – Dan Penn

5) Uptight Good Woman – Wilson Picket

6) You Left the Water Running (demo) – Dan Penn

7) You Left the Water Running – Otis Redding

8) You Left the Water Running – Wilson Pickett

9) Sweet Dreams – Mighty Sam

10) I’m Your Puppet – James and Bobby Purify

11) The Dark End of the Street – James Carr