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On a hot Saturday afternoon in the late summer of 1953, a beat up ford pickup truck sat in front of The Memphis Recording Studio, where, anyone for 4 dollars a pop could make themselves a record. The truck driver- an eighteen year old, aspiring country music singer who made only $40 a week as a deliveryman for crown electric had saved up four dollars to sing and play guitar as a late birthday present for his mother. A woman by the name of Marion Keisker made conversation with the young man. "What kind of singer are you?" She asked him. "I sing all kinds," he said. "Well, who do you sound like?" she asked. "I don't sound like nobody," he replied. "Do you sing hillbilly?" she asked. "Yeah, I sing hillbilly," he said. "Well, what hillbilly do you sound like?" she asked. "I don't sound like nobody," he said.
It was at last the young man's turn. Ms. Keisker went to the back of the studio to get everything setup and decided to stay back and listen to him sing. For his first......

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