The facts are familiar. Memphis, Tennessee, July 18th 1953. A 19 year old kid wanders into The Memphis Recording Service 706 Union Ave. He wants to record a couple of recent hits as a present for his mother. Company secretary Marion Keisker, alone in the office that day, runs off an extra copy and tells her boss the kid's a good ballad singer. Six months later the kid stops by again, Marion tells Sam Phillips, the boss, to listen. June 1954 Sam's looking for a session signer. Marion mentions the kid. Sam's keen but doesn't have his number. Marion does. The kid's in the studio before the phone is back in the cradle. The kid works with Sam for a day and he's recommended to Sun session guitarist Scotty Moore. Scotty's unimpressed but books the kid for a session at Sun on the 5th of July. Rock N' Roll is invented that day and the world changes forever! But there's a lot more to the legend of Elvis Aaron Presley and the transformation of music and society than is suggested in the story abov
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Length: 01:29:00 Posted: 10/10/2009
