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Norman Petty: How We Cut the Golden Hits

Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, 11 September 1976

"I THINK," said Norman Petty, carefully selecting his words, "that if Buddy Holly was alive today, he would be on an equal basis with Elvis Presley. Anybody who had the remarkable talent that Buddy had would have risen like that.

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