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Now updated! The end of the Fifties also meant the ending of Elvis Presley’s career as a soldier, more or less, and yet somehow his popularity never waned. In fact, his (and the Colonel’s) determination to never be seen as anything but the ordinary grunt endeared him to the hearts of his followers, ensuring [...]

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Now Updated! The turn of the decade found rock and roll in a fitful slumber, according to popular wisdom, but Elvis was the first of rock’s founding fathers to return triumphant from his exile. Was popular music there to welcome him (finally) with open arms, or there to assimilate him once and for all? The [...]

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