Let me say at the outset, I was never a big Elvis fan. But not too long ago, I saw a documentary on Elvis' gospel music and was totally blown away. His version of *Amazing Grace* is sublime. In all the songs, you can hear the pain and pathos in his voice.
After Elvis went into the Army and before the British Invasion, the years 1958-63 were rock's forgotten years. But they were the years that shaped the musical tastes of baby boomers and of acts from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to Bruce Springsteen and the Ramones. Hear the dance sensations, the one-hit-wonders, the girl groups and doo-wop singers, surfers and rockabilly twangers, the birth of Motown, the evolution of R&B into soul and so much… more »
