During the '60s, Columbia Records was putting out albums of relatively unknown female singers and announced the featured artists as "electrifying" to the buying public. They did it with Aretha Franklin when, in 1962, they released their second album, "The Electrifying". And they did it again in October 1965 when they released another LP which, to my greatest dismay and utter surprise, didn't succeed in bringing fame and glory to its protagonist. This LP went by the title "Introducing an Electrifying New Star". The new star was Rheta Hughes, born as Henrietta Hughes in Dallas.

1975 was a hell of a year for Creed Taylor's Kudu Records. Not only was the mighty, mighty "Feels So Good" album by Grover Washington, Jr. released, but so was saxophonist Hank Crawford's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing". It was one of two recordings issued by Crawford for the label in that calendar year. But perhaps the most deeply satisfying and out of character album from that year was the absolute soul-jazz masterpiece Upchurch/Tennyson by Chicago guitar god Phil Upchurch and pianist/vocalist Tennyson Stephens.