Hear Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali's spoken word album from 1963
by David Pescovitz from on (#1GA6Z)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m2LbZIXia4
In August 1963, Cassius Clay released a spoken word/musical LP titled "I Am The Greatest." This was before he became the heavyweight champion of the world and renamed himself Muhammad Ali after converting to Islam. Above is the title track from that album, which was also released as two different 7" singles. The first single's b-side was a song called "Will The Real Sonny Liston Please Fall Down," (released after Ali beat Liston), and the second was a cover of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me," both below: