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Great American Music: Passing the Torch
Great American Music: Passing the Torch
The Originals
Elvis Presley: "In the end, a big voice and a huge
melody has got to win the day," said Robert Plant, talking about the King's
smash "A Little Less Conversation," a surprise hit 25 years after Presley's
death. Our national fascination with the first-ever rock superstar ... more may never
end. The passage of time has taken the focus off of white panties and
bullet-riddled TVs and put it back on the peaks of the Tupelo, Miss., native's
music. That's for a good reason -- Presley instinctively blended blues,
rock, gospel and folk into a style unmistakably his own and a voice like no
other.
(ABC / Retna Ltd.)
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