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Dewey and Elvis : the life and times of a rock 'n' roll deejay /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cantor, Louis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Presley, Elvis, > 1935-1977.
Phillips, Dewey.
Popular culture > United States.
Rock music > Tennessee > Memphis > History and criticism.
Disc jockeys > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.