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Book explores the African Americans who made Elvis ‘the King’
Issued on the 90th anniversary of Elvis’s birth on Jan. 8, Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African Americans Who Made ...
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Arthur Crudup: What to know about the bluesman who wrote Elvis's first hit and barely got paid
FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right" would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart ...
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Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released.
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New book 'Before Elvis' explores the music of the Black artists who influenced the King
The book highlights R&B performers like Little Junior Parker, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, and Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. Lauterbach examines the complex relationship between music and race in the ...
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New book 'Before Elvis' explores the music of the Black artists who influenced the King
The book highlights R&B performers like Little Junior Parker, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, and Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup. Lauterbach examines the complex relationship between music and ...