Fact #2782
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Short story:
Elvis Presley gets his first airplay, when his cover version of
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's That's All Right Mama is broadcast on WBHQ radio, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Full article:
Little Richard : Let me tell you this - when I came out, they weren't playing no black artists on no Top 40 stations. I was the first, but it took people like Elvis to open the door for this kind of music, and I thank God for Elvis Presley.
(Source : interview in Rolling Stone magazine, late 1960s)
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(Source : interview in Rolling Stone magazine, late 1960s)