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ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 12

Published 4 years ago
ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 12

BORN


CHRISTINE McVIE of Fleetwood Mac
DAN MURPHY of Soul Asylum
ROBIN WILSON of Gin Blossoms

THIS HAPPENED


In 1954, Elvis Presley signed a contract with Sun Records and gave his notice at his day job at The Crown Electric Company. Sam Phillips from Sun Records originally intended to use the 19-year-old Elvis to make demos of songs meant for other artists.

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