Upper East Side Soundtrack II

Per Elvis Presley in an August 1957 Jet magazine article by Louie Robinson, “A lot of people seem to think I started this business, but rock ‘n’ roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let’s face it: I can’t sing it like Fats Domino can. I know that. But I always liked that kind of music.”

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