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The Beatles Did Their Best Cover Work On Little Richard's 'long Tall Sally' And Music Influenced By Richard, Such As Larry Williams's 'dizzy Miss Lizzie.

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.

Bob Dylan Was The Source Of Pop Music's Unpredictability In The Sixties. Never As Big A Record-seller As Commonly Imagined, His Importance Was First Aesthetic And Social, And Then As An Influence.

On First Listening, Joni Mitchell's 'court And Spark,' The First Truly Great Pop Album Of 1974, Sounds Surprisingly Light; By The Third Or Fourth Listening, It Reveals Its Underlying Tensions.

The Only Criticism Heard With Any Frequency Of Elton John's First American Album, 'elton John,' Was That The Production Was Too Grandiose. The Melodies Were Superb, And Lyrics Frequently Very Good, And The Performances Flawless.