Hired-Hands!

Alex Chilton in the Box Tops kind of chafed at being under the thumb of Producer Dan Penn and hired-gun songwriters Wayne Carson Thompson, Chips Moman and Spooner Oldman.  Even though they were among the ones who provided the songs that helped propel the Box Tops to fame.  It seemed to be immensely frustrating for Alex to become famous for things he didn't necessarily want to be famous for.

And the guys in the Box Tops didn't even get to play their instruments on their records. That was left to the top-notch studio musicians that worked at American Studios in Memphis.  But it's hard to argue with the results from working with such great "hired-hands."

When it comes to creativity, it's not so much the means, it really is the ends that count... here's another great hit record from Dusty Springfield backed by Memphis' finest...