With The Beatles
The 1960 Olympic champion, Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship in 1964 and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
His refusal to serve in Vietnam made him a hero to some, a traitor to others.
'Why couldn't he be like Joe Louis?', white polite society asked. 'I am the Greatest!" answered Ali.
So what is Cassius Clay / Muhammed Ali doing on a soul music site?
Sam Cooke and Muhammed Ali
Well, back in 1966 (as Cassius Clay) the man released a version of Ben E. King's classic 'Stand By Me'.
Muhammed Ali & James Brown
... take a look at an excerpt from 'When We Were Kings', right here.
Single:
Stand By Me (1966)
