George Foreman

1.You Send Me

Sam Cooke

It was probably the the most exciting and beautiful record, the first one I'd ever heard in my life. It started reminding me that maybe you need somebody in your life to fall in love with. And I heard this song and he made you feel love.

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2.William Tell Overture

Gioachino Rossini

Growing up in the tough Fifth Ward of Houston, all of us laughed at guys who would listen to classical music. But I love The Lone Ranger. All of us kids did. And then one day I found out it was a classic.

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3.Don't Be a Drop-Out

James Brown

When the great James Brown made this record I had no idea that celebrities were concerned about whether you got an education or not. He said that you could just lose everything if you didn't have an education. And you thought, man, I wish I just heard a a little earlier. I would have stayed in school.

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4.I Wish It Would Rain

The Temptations

I got my first job after... That realization of my crime life. And it was such a hard job. I'd make $1.25 an hour, and not much money at all. You work 17 hours, you get $17. And on the way to the work, I'd always hope it would rain so that we wouldn't have to go out on those trucks. And I heard this song one morning by the temptation, I wish it would rain. And I so wish it would rain.

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5.Little Girls

Vienna Boys Choir

my first daughter, born in just before I in 1973, before I became heavyweight champion of the world. And it seemed like I knew her all my life. And I never thought I'd even have a child. Then later on, you know, you start talking to men, and especially they want families. All they want was things they'd say before the day of the ultrasound. I'm going to have a boy, I'm going to have a boy. And they'd take their cigars to the hospital and they come out as though they were disappointed once they had a daughter. And so this song was written so that people could appreciate the little girls.

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6.Mama Said Knock You Out

LL Cool J

In the late 70s and early 80s, something called rap music came on the scene. I said, I hate this. How could they do this? I'm not going to ever listen to that. And I'd always go back to the oldies. And once I heard this song, listening to it, and this kid was singing, and the music was loud. He said, Mama says, Knock you out. He kept promoting his mama and knock you out. And the music was so intense, I liked it so much, and it converted me. All of a sudden, I would add on a rap music to my repertoire.

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7.All You Need Is LoveFavourite

The Beatles

the Beatles had come to to America years in the sixties and everyone was just screaming and you never could hear a word they were saying. You just j joined the screaming too. Then one day I said and listened to this song, All You Need Is Love and I thought all they really wanted people to do is listen to them sing.

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8.Strangers in the Night

Frank Sinatra

when I tr I travel so much and I'm always tired and if ever I get into an airplane or anything, uh Going down the street and listening to the radio and I hear Frank Sinatra, it always calms me down.

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