Cassius Clay, Vocal Stylist

Above is a clip of Muhammad, then Cassius, singing with Sam Cooke on the BBC. The song they're doing is from an album that Cooke produced for Clay called "I Am the Greatest," and the song is called "The Gang's All Here." The full song is below, and you'll quickly notice when you watch the clip and then listen to the recording that it's a hell of a lot better when Sam Cooke is helping out. But if you've ever watched the first Liston fight, and wondered about the moment at the end when Clay is going nuts while he's being interviewed and then suddenly stops and yells, "let that man in here! that's Sam Cooke! that's the greatest singer in the world!", and then waits while Sam comes up and gives him a hug... well, here you go. Sam was something of a mentor to the young Ali, even went so far as to produce a record for him. They definitely were two handsome young sons of bitches - one can only imagine what kind of damage they did to the ladies when they went out on the town.