NIGEL OLSSON WANTS TO BE AS BIG AS RINGO STARR

Next to Karen Carpenter, he's probably the cutest drummer in the world. He's reliable, economical, loves his work and is willing to travel. Tatum O'Neal had a crush on him and he used to be the Troggs' road manager. He can, he'll have you know, sing, write, arrange and produce as well as play. Is it any wonder then that Nigel "I Hardly Ever Break A Stick" Olsson may be located at the very top of the rock heap as a mainstay of the EJ phenomenon?

And now it seems that Nigel has his own album to do, a fact which, he affirms over and over, certainly does not signal any sort of rift in the organization.