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  Aerosmith
  Aerosmith is an American hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "'''America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band'''". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston.
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  Alec Guinness
  Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. His most prominent role in his later career was as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy.
  http://wn.com/Alec_Guinness
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  Bill Black
  William Patton "Bill" Black, Jr. (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American musician who is noted as one of the pioneers of rockabilly music. Black was the bassist in Elvis Presley's trio and the leader of '''Bill Black's Combo'''.
  http://wn.com/Bill_Black
• Bobby Bare
  Robert Joseph (Bobby) Bare (born April 7, 1935 in Ironton, Ohio) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.
  http://wn.com/Bobby_Bare
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  Buck Owens
  Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos. They pioneered what came to be called the Bakersfield sound—a reference to Bakersfield, California, the city Owens called home and from which he drew inspiration for what he preferred to call American music.
  http://wn.com/Buck_Owens
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  Carl Perkins
  Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954. His best known song is "Blue Suede Shoes".
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• Dawn Eden
  Dawn Eden (full name Dawn Eden Goldstein, born September 3, 1968) is an American author and journalist who was formerly a rock historian and tabloid-newspaper headline writer. Her book The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On (W Publishing Group/Thomas Nelson, 2006, ISBN 0-8499-1311-X) has been translated into Spanish, Polish, and Chinese.
  http://wn.com/Dawn_Eden
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  Dick Clark
  Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American businessman; game-show host; and radio and television personality. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Dick Clark Productions, which he has sold part of in recent years. Clark is best known for hosting long-running television shows such as American Bandstand, five versions of the game show Pyramid, and ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve''.
  http://wn.com/Dick_Clark
• Dorsey Burnette
  Dorsey Burnette (December 28, 1932, Memphis, Tennessee - August 19, 1979, Canoga Park, California) was an early Rockabilly singer. With his younger brother, Johnny Burnette, and a friend named Paul Burlison, he was a founder member of The Rock and Roll Trio.
  http://wn.com/Dorsey_Burnette
• Doyle Holly
  Doyle Floyd Hendricks, known by the stage name Doyle Holly (June 30, 1936 - January 13, 2007) was an American musician best known as the bass guitar player of the country music band Buck Owens and the Buckaroos and for his solo hit songs "Queen Of The Silver Dollar" and "Lila". Holly's contributions on bass guitar and rhythm guitar were a key component of the Bakersfield sound. The Buckaroos had more than 30 Top 40 singles on the country music charts in the 1960s and early 1970s, with 20 number one hits such as "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail," "Love's Gonna Live Here,"and "Act Naturally." Their sound influenced later artists such as Jackson Browne, The Eagles, The Derailers and the Desert Rose Band.
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  Elvis Presley
  Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
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• Frankie Avalon
  Frankie Avalon (born September 18, 1940) is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol.
  http://wn.com/Frankie_Avalon
• Gary U.S. Bonds
  Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson, June 6, 1939, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer. He is also a prolific songwriter.
  http://wn.com/Gary_US_Bonds
• Gene McDaniels
  Gene McDaniels (born Eugene Booker McDaniels, February 12, 1935, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American singer and songwriter, who had his greatest recording success in the early 1960s.
  http://wn.com/Gene_McDaniels
• Grady Martin
  Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929–December 3, 2001) was one of the most renowned, inventive and historically-significant American session musicians in country music and rockabilly.
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• P. J. Proby
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  Paul Burlison
  Paul Burlison (February 4, 1929-September 27, 2003) was a pioneer rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. Burlison was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, where he was exposed to music at an early age. After a stint in the United States Military, Burlison teamed up with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette to form the The Rock and Roll Trio. The band released several singles, but failed to attain chart success. The Trio disbanded in the fall of 1957 and Burlison moved back to Tennessee to start a family. There he started his own electrical subcontracting business which he ran faithfully for twenty years, taking a break when the Trio reunited in the early 1980s. He released his only solo album in 1997, which received positive reviews. Burlison remained active in the music scene until his death in 2003.
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  Perry Como
  Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943. "Mr. C.", as he was nicknamed, sold millions of records for Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and pioneered a weekly musical variety television show, which set the standards for the genre and proved to be one of the most successful in television history. His combined success on television and popular recordings was not matched by any other artist of the time. A popular television performer and recording artist, Perry Como produced numerous hit records with record sales so high the label literally stopped counting at Como's behest. His weekly television shows and seasonal specials were broadcast throughout the world and his popularity seemingly had no geographical or language boundaries. Como's appeal spanned generations and he was widely respected for both his professional standards and the conduct in his personal life. In the official RCA Records Billboard magazine memorial, his life was summed up in these few words: "50 years of music and a life well lived. An example to all." Composer Ervin Drake said of him,"... [o]ccasionally someone like Perry comes along and won't 'go with the flow' and still prevails in spite of all the bankrupt others who surround him and importune him to yield to their values. Only occasionally."
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  Ringo Starr
  Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940), better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr belonged to another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became the Beatles' drummer in 1962, taking over from Pete Best. In addition to his contribution as drummer, Starr featured as lead singer on a number of successful Beatles songs (in particular, "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", and the Beatles version of "Act Naturally") and as songwriter with the songs "Don't Pass Me By", "What Goes On" and "Octopus's Garden".
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• Rocky Burnette
  Rocky Burnette (born Jonathan Burnette, 12 June 1953) is an American rock and roll singer/musician and the son of rock and roll pioneer, Johnny Burnette. He is best known for his 1980 hit single "Tired of Toein' the Line."
  http://wn.com/Rocky_Burnette
• Snuff Garrett
  Snuff Garrett (born Thomas Lesslie Garrett on July 5, 1939, in Dallas, Texas) is a retired American record producer whose most famous work was during the 1960s and 1970s. His nickname is a play on Garrett's Snuff, a brand of smokeless tobacco.
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• Tiny Bradshaw
  Myron C. ("Tiny") Bradshaw (September 23, 1905 – November 26, 1958) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer from Youngstown, Ohio.
  http://wn.com/Tiny_Bradshaw

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  Australia
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  Brooklyn
  Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough with approximately 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area.
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  California
  California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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  Glendale, California
  Glendale () is a upper middle class city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to Mapping L.A. by the Los Angeles Times, the average income in Glendale is $57,112 which is considered about average for the County of Los Angeles. It lies at the eastern end of the San Fernando Valley, is bisected by the Verdugo Mountains, and is a suburb in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The city is bordered to the northwest by the Sun Valley and Tujunga neighborhoods of Los Angeles; to the northeast by La Cañada Flintridge and the unincorporated area of La Crescenta; to the west by Burbank and Griffith Park; to the east by Eagle Rock and Pasadena; to the south by the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles; and to the southeast by Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Golden State, Ventura, Glendale, and Foothill freeways run through the city. The city is policed by the Glendale Police Department.
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  Los Angeles
  Los Angeles ( ; , Spanish for "The Angels") is the second most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of California and the western United States, with a population of 3.83 million within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Los Angeles extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of over 14.8 million and it is the 14th largest urban area in the world, affording it megacity status. The metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is home to nearly 12.9 million residents while the broader Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area (CSA) contains nearly 17.8 million people. Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos" ().
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  Memphis, Tennessee
  Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
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  New York
  New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
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  Tennessee
  Tennessee () is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,214,888, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 626,144. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 670,902. Nashville has the state's largest metropolitan area, at 1,521,437 people.
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  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a country and sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island nation, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign state, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. Great Britain is linked to continental Europe by the Channel Tunnel.
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  United States
  The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
  http://wn.com/United_States

• Alan Freed
• Alec Guinness
• American Bandstand
• Australia
• Bill Black
• Billboard Hot 100
• Bobby Bare
• Bread (band)
• Brooklyn
• Buck Owens
• California
• Capitol Records
• Carl Perkins
• Chancellor Records
• Connie Francis
• Coral Records
• David Gates
• Dawn Eden
• Dick Clark
• Dirk Bogarde
• Dorsey Burnette
• Doyle Holly
• Eddie Cochran
• Elvis Presley
• Fabian (entertainer)
• Frankie Avalon
• Gary U.S. Bonds
• Gene McDaniels
• Gene Vincent
• Glendale, California
• Golden Gloves
• Grady Martin
• Gramophone record
• H.M.S. Defiant
• housing project
• Imperial Records
• Johnny Horton
• Kraft Music Hall
• Liberty Records
• Los Angeles
• Memphis, Tennessee
• Mississippi River
• New Musical Express
• New York
• Niagara Falls
• NME
• P. J. Proby
• Paul Burlison
• Perry Como
• Reprise Records
• Ricky Nelson
• Ringo Starr
• rockabilly
• Rocky Burnette
• sleeve notes
• Snuff Garrett
• Ted Mack
• teen idol
• teen idols
• Tennessee
• the Buckaroos
• The Ed Sullivan Show
• The Yardbirds
• Tiny Bradshaw
• Tonight Show
• Train Kept A-Rollin'
• United Kingdom
• United States
• You’re Sixteen

• Dreamin'
• You're Sixteen, You're Beautiful
• Little Boy Sad
• Girls
• Clown Shoes
• Big Big World
• Girl of My Best Friend
• Moody River
• Mona Lisa
• Dream Lover
• The Fool
• You're the Reason
• A Lover's Question
• Let's Think About Living
• Settin' the Woods on Fire
• Cincinatti Fireball
• Sweet Suzie
• Crying in the Chapel
• It's Only Make Believe
• Walk on By
• All Week Long (I Wish It Were)
• Love Me
• That's the Way I Feel
• Don't Do It
• The Opposite

• You're Sixteen
• Dreamin'
• Little Boy Sad
• You're the Reason
• Settin' the Woods on Fire
• Walk on By
• The Fool
• Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
• Me and the Bear
• Clown Shoes
• Cincinnati Fireball
• Lovesick Blues
• Finders Keepers
• Mona Lisa
• The Fool of the Year
• Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)
• The Poorest Boy in Town
• Moody River
• Girl of My Best Friend
• In the Chapel in the Moonlight

• Cincinette Fireball
• Love Me
• Settin' the Woods on Fire
• A Lover's Question
• That's the Way I Feel
• Don't Do It
• Love Kept a-Rollin'
• That's All I Care
• Honey Tree
• My Destiny
• Speak No Evil
• Little Miss Shy
• Green Hills
• Lonely Island
• I'll Give You Three Guesses
• (Wish It Were Saturday Night) All Week Long
• It Isn't There
• Congratulations, You've Hurt Me Again
• Walkin' Talkin' Doll
• You Tonight Me the Way to Love You
• The Opposite
• The Corner of Heartache and Dispair
• Aunt Marie
• Two Feet in Front of Me
• If I Were the Artist
• And Her Name Is Scarlett
• I Think She Knows
• Sweet Suzie
• Skipping School
• It All Depends on Linda
• Congratulations, You've Hurt Me Again
• Interview

• Dreamin'
• I Want to Be With You Always
• My Special Angel
• Finders Keepers
• I Really Don't Want to Know
• Lovesick Blues
• Please Help Me I'm Falling
• Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
• Love Me
• Kaw Liga
• Love Kept a Rollin'
• That's All I Care
• Some Enchanted Evening
• You're Sixteen
• It's My Way
• That's The Way I Feel
• Little Boy Sad
• I Love My Baby
• (I Go) Down to the River
• Singing the Blues
• Let's Think About Living
• It's Only Make Believe
• Oh Lonesome Me
• Dream Lover
• You're So Fine
• Blue Blue Morning
• Pledge of Love
• I Beg Your Pardon
• Crying in the Chapel
• Gimme Gimme Loving
• You'll Learn to Cry

• Settin' The Woods On Fire
• Don't Do It
• Dreamin'
• Cincinnati Fireball
• You're Sixteen
• I Beg Your Pardon
• I Love My Baby
• Little Boy Sad
• (Go) Down To The River
• Big, Big World
• I'm Still Dreamin'
• I've Got A Lot Of Things To Do
• Girls
• Fools Like Me
• God, Country And My Baby
• Second Chance
• Clown Shoes
• The Fool Of The Year
• The Poorest Boy In Town
• Damn The Defiant!
• It Isn't There
• The Opposite
• I Think She Knows
• It All Depends On Linda
• Sweet Suzie
• Rocketing Rythyms Interview by Jack Brown

• Dreamin'
• You're Sixteen
• I Beg Your Pardon
• Little Boy Sad
• I'm Still Dreamin
• God, Country and My Baby
• Second Chance
• The Poorest Boy in Town
• It All Depends on Linda
• Sweet Suzie
• Big, Big World
• Settin' the Woods on Fire
• Don't do It
• Cincinnati Fireball
• I Love My Baby
• Girls
• Rockabilly Boogie
• Tear It Up
• The Train Kept A-Rollin'
• Drinkin' Wine (Spo-Dee-O-Dee)

Born: 1934-03-25

Died: 1964-08-14

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