Allen kept spinning the newest releases from Sam Cooke, Muddy Waters, and Aretha Franklin, while paying attention to the new soul scenes developing in the mid-1960s in two nearby cities: Memphis and Muscle Shoals.
ˈælən kˈɛpt spˈɪnɪŋ ðə nˈuːɪst ɹᵻlˈiːsᵻz fɹʌm sˈæm kˈʊk, mˈʌdi wˈɔːɾɚz, ænd æɹˈɛθə fɹˈæŋklɪn, wˌaɪl pˈeɪɪŋ ɐtˈɛnʃən tə ðə nˈuː sˈoʊl sˈiːnz dɪvˈɛləpɪŋ ɪnðə mˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z ɪn tˈuː nˈɪɹbaɪ sˈɪɾiz: mˈɛmfɪs ænd mˈʌsəl ʃˈoʊlz.