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ADVANCED MUSIC HISTORY Cheat Sheet for July 2

Published 4 years ago

BORN


BETH ORTON
“PROFESSOR” ROY BITTAN of The E Street Band


THIS HAPPENED


In 1956, Elvis Presley recorded “Hound Dog” at RCA Studios in New York; this was the first time The Jordanaires worked with Presley. “Hound Dog” sold over 10 million copies globally, becoming Elvis’s best-selling song, and it was #1 on the Pop chart for 11 weeks—a record that stood for 36 years.

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