The Crossroad ( MUSIC )

[murrayhill]

You're right, Myth;
there are quite a few that I like more than the originals.
Some, because they're re done for "business," deserve
to die quietly.
In Elvis' dry period, RCA had him recording, and often covering,
crap, because of business arrangements between various publishers,
Col Parker & the producers. It wasn't until Chips Moman stood
firm and wouldn't surrender the publishing on the classics
he produced for Elvis that rejuvenated "The King's" career.
In this case, they weren't covers, but Moman, through his own
publishing interests controlled them. This is how it works.
Suspicious minds written by Mark James is the pearl in the oyster of
those sessions.
In my modest endeavors, I covered it myself.