This Day in Rock History – July 8th

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1954: Elvis Presley is played on the radio for the very first time when DJ Dewey Phillips of his home town radio station WHBQ, plays the future king’s first single, “That’s Alright, Mama.” Response is so positive, Phillips will play it 14 more times on that same show.

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