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rock ink, Part one: 1957-1963

precursors

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1943 - Woody Guthrie Bound for Glory
1947 - E J Khan The Voice: The Story of an American Phenomenon
1950 - Alan Lomax Mister Jelly Roll
1953 - Arnold Shaw The Money Song 
- Charles Beckman Honky Tonk Girl 


1954 - William Gwinn Jazz Bum 
1955 - Ray Sonin The Johnnie Ray Story
1956 -  Marshall Stearns The Story of Jazz
- Jack Baird Hot, Sweet and Blue  
1958 - Hazel Meyer Gold in Tin Pan Alley 
 - Rudi Blesh Shining Trumpets

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Frank Kane The Living End 
Presley: The Intimate Story Filosa US
Weatherall, Ernie Rock’n’Roll Gal Beacon US
Gehman, Richard Elvis Presley: Hero or Heel Whitestone US
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Brian Bird Skiffle
Fredericks, Vic Who’s Who in Rock’n’roll Fell US
Kennedy, John Tommy Steele Corgi UK
Boone, Pat Twixt Twelve and Twenty
Salisbury, Harrison – The Shook-Up Generation Crest US
​Robert Hancock The A&R Man Hutchinson UK
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Holmes, Robert The Three Loves of Elvis Presley Hulton UK
Hand, Albert A Century of Elvis Albert Hand UK
MacInnes, Colin Absolute Beginners MacGibbon & Kee
Dick Cark Your Happiest Years Rosho
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elvis

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James, Gregory The Elvis Presley Story Thorpe & Porter UK
Levy, Alan Operation Elvis Andre Deutsch US 
Ellis, Royston Driftin’ with Cliff Richard Chas Buchan UK
Richard, Cliff It’s Great to be Young Souvenir Press UK
​Mankowitz, Wolf Expresso Bongo Ace UK
​Borden Deal The Insolent Breed Hutchinson US

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royston ellis

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Ellis, Royston The Big Beat Scene Four Square UK
Ellis, Royston The Shadows By Themselves Consul UK
Higham, CharlesTeen Beat Horwitz AU
Higham, Charles The Big Beat Horwitz AU
Adam Faith Poor Me Four Square UK
Kahn, Steve Tops in Pops McFadden UK
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Doncaster, Pat (Ed.) Top of the Pops Daily Mirror UK
Hand, Albert The Elvis Presley Pocket Handbook Albert Hand UK
Richard, Cliff Me and My Shadows London: Daily Mirror UK
Harlan Ellison Rockabilly Gold Medal US
John Dexter Sin Song Nightstand US
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sir cliff 

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Buckle, Philip All Elvis Daily Mirror UK
Hamblett, Charles Elvis: The Swingin' Kid Mayfair UK
Clews, Frank Teenage Idols Brown, Watson
Richard Powell Follow that Dream Hodder & Staughton
David Jacobs Pick of the Pop Stars Palmer UK
Greg Randolph Rock Me Baby Art Enterprises US
Rohan, Criena The Delinquents Gollancz AU
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Sheridan, Bill My Boy George Rivers Horwitz AU
Leigh, Michael  The Velvet Underground McFadden US
Clews, Frank The Golden Disc Digit UK
​Grace and Fred Hechinger Teen-Age Tyranny Crest 
Janson, John Helen Shapiro, Pop Princess New English UK
Thomas Dewey Sad Song Singing 
Hilton, Hilary Sing a Song of Sex Beacon US
LeRoi Jones Blues People William Morrow ​
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pulp fiction

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