That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station.
“When I was in top 40 bands, I always had to learn new material and new styles.”
“I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.”