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I was born on Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, then lived a while in Fayetteville, North Carolina, before moving, at the age of 5, to Walnut, NC. I graduated from Madison High School in 1977. After a brief time in college, I spent the most of the 1980s in Nashville, Tennessee, working as a songwriter and playing in a band. I spent most of the 1990s in school and now teach at a university in Tennessee. My household includes wife and son and cat. In South Carolina I have a son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Elvis

From the 5 July Writer's Almanac:

On this day in 1954 Elvis Presley recorded his first rock and roll song and his first hit, "That's All Righ (Mama)," which had originally been written and recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup.

posted by mac | 5:29 AM

3 Comments:

Blogger Ruth W. said...

ELVIS LIVES!!! I wished..

7/05/2007  
Blogger quig said...

That is good information...I was actually alive then and probably playing a pick-up game of baseball down at the school yard - Julio was not present!!! Thanks for sharing that information MC.. Hope you are well, john

7/05/2007  
Blogger Dennis and Marie said...

The first song I remember from Elvis was Heartbreak Hotel. I think it hit England about 1955.

7/05/2007  

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