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What if Elvis had never been born?

Max Bell, The Independent, 4 July 2004

Rock'n'roll exploded into new life 50 years ago tomorrow, says Max Bell, when some hick recorded 'That's All Right' in Memphis, thereby detonating the Big Bang of post-war popular mass-culture. But...

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