Elvis Presley sang Heartbreak Hotel and American music's course was forever altered. In the past music was selected and distributed from the top down. In the 1930's and 40's Corporate America in the form of radio broadcast corporations and the record companies they owned recruited the songwriters, musicians and singers and packaged their finished products, records.
Using the radio broadcast networks they owned to promote their record companies artists was similar to an automaker owning car dealerships, it eliminated opportunities to record and distribute music by singers and musicians who were not owned by the corporations. Amazon Offers FREE SUPER SAVER SHIPPING! Genuine Amazon Link
In the mid-1950's record producer Sam Phillips was recording and promoting Elvis Presley by having him play small country fairs arond the South, creating requests by his new fans to their local radio stations to play his early recordings on the Sun Records label.
Two Decades later Elvis The Great Performances were performed in Las Vegas and filmed for this DVD Boxed Set.
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