02511cim a2200361 i 4500 2778843920 TxAuBib 20250609120000.0 260609s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668647080 1668647087 augep4g9 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib rda Lauterbach, Preston. Before Elvis [CloudLibrary] : The African American Musicians Who Made the King / Lauterbach, Preston. Unabridged. [S.l. : Hachette Audio, 2025. 1 online resource(1 sound file (7hr.,39min.,45sec.).) spw rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Audio book. Smith, Jaime Lincoln. In this thought-provoking book, the Black musicians who influenced Elvis Presley's music finally receive recognition and praise. After Baz Luhrmann’s movie, Elvis, hit theaters, audiences and critics alike couldn't help but question the Black origins of Elvis Presley’s music and style, reigniting a debate that has been circling for decades. In Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King¿, author Preston Lauterbach answers these questions definitively, based on new research and extensive, previously unpublished interviews with the artists who blazed the way and the people who knew them. Within these pages, Lauterbach examines the lives, music, legacies, and interactions with Elvis Presley of the four innovative Black artists who created a style that would come to be known as Rock ’n’ Roll: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, and mostly-unknown eccentric Beale Street guitarist Calvin Newborn. Along the way, he delves into the injustices of copyright theft and media segregation that resulted in Black artists living in poverty as white performers, managers, and producers reaped the lucrative rewards. In the wake of continuing conversations about American music and appropriation, Before Elvis is indispensable. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Hachette Audio 2025 Available via World Wide Web. Format: MP3. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 210.5 MB.) MUSIC|Rock. MUSIC|Genres & Styles. Electronic books. CloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ereadtexas-document_id-augep4g9 CloudLibrary TXGID