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1954 has been, quite arbitrarily, chosen as the year Rock 'n' Roll found it's most important voice. Therefore, taking a pragmatic view, 2004 is the 50th Anniversary of Rock 'n' Roll! And the singer chosen to epitomise the event is the one and only, Elvis Presley 1935-1977. Arguably the most versatile vocalist ever to enter a recording studio. His amazing versions of "That's All right Mama", and, "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on the Sun label, is the seminal single, which launched a career so meteoric we are still to this day feeling and hearing it's repercussions. The later RCA singles , "Heartbreak Hotel"/ "I Was The One", "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel", and "Love Me Tender" etc., copper fastened Elvis's unparalleled hold on the music charts.
Writing these words after being told back in 1957, "Elvis would be just a flash in the pan", One can't help but smile. How fast people jumped to false conclusions in spite of the great mass of evidence to the contrary. Even the likes of , "The New......

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