While The Beatles Always Had George Martin

Soul Was The Music Made By And For Black People. For Most Of The Sixties It Was Thoroughly Divorced From White Popular Music, But By The End Of The Decade Several Artists With Their Roots Firmly In Both Soul And R&b Traditions Had Crossed Over.

The Stones Were Always Exemplary Of One Of The Best Of All Rock Qualities: Tightness. They Have Always Been Economical, The Opposite Of Ornamental. Having A Very Clear Idea Of What They Wanted To Say They Could Go Into A Studio And Make It All Up On A Three Minute Cut.

The Title Song Of David Bowie's 'young Americans' Is One Of His Handful Of Classics, A Bizarre Mixture Of Social Comment, Run-on Lyric Style, English Pop And American Soul.

The Rolling Stones Are Constantly Changing, But Beneath The Changes They Remain The Most Formal Of Rock Bands. Their Successive Releases Have Been Continuous Extensions Of Their Approach, Not Radical Redefinitions, As Has So Often Been The Case With The Beatles.

Since Her Landmark 'tapestry,' Carole King Has Both Oversimplified And Over Elaborated That Masterful Album's Style Until Her Music Has Become Something More Overtly But Less Effectively Personal.