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BL
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581901
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b411120
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| Main Entry
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Cantor, Louis
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| Title & Author
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Dewey and Elvis : : the life and times of a rock 'n' roll deejay /\ Louis Cantor
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| Publication Statement
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Urbana, Ill. :: University of Illinois Press,, c2005
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| Series Statement
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Music in American life
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| Page. NO
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x, 287 p., [14] p. of plates :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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025202981X (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780252029813 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780252077326 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0252077326 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-276) and index
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| Contents
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Programmed chaos : Dewey Phillips on the air -- Before the storm : Dewey arrives at the five-and-dime -- The white brother on Beale Street -- The new Memphis sound : the birth of black programming -- "What in the world is that?" Is this guy black or white? -- Racial cross-pollination : black and white together -- The great convergence : pop tunes' one-stop -- The Phillips boys : soul (better than blood) brothers -- "Red, Hot, and Blue" : the hottest cotton-pickin' thang in the country -- Dewey and Elvis : the synthesized sound -- Dewey introduces Elvis to the world -- The king and his court jester : men-children in the promised land -- "Red hot at first-- blue at the very end" -- The final descent : "If Dewey couldn't be number one, he didn't wanna be." -- "Goodbye, good people" -- The legacy : the next generation and beyond
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Phillips, Dewey
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Presley, Elvis,1935-1977
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Disc jockeys-- Tennessee-- Memphis, Biography
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Rock music-- Tennessee-- Memphis-- History and criticism
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Popular culture-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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782.42166/092
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| LC Classification
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ML429.P52C36 2005
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