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Even if guitar-band rock is a niche market now, supplanted by hip-hop as the reigning format of pop music, it still qualifies as the lingua franca of pop culture. Roughly a half-century after Elvis recorded Heartbreak Hotel, nearly everybody under 70 has some emotional attachment to electrified...
The sales of his recordings (including more No. 1 hits, by far, than either Elvis Presley or the Beatles had) were astronomical. He was Hollywood's biggest box-office draw for five consecutive years in the '30s, and if dollars are adjusted for inflation, he was the third biggest box...
He calls the back corner of the restaurant--filled with momentos he has been collecting for at least 15 years--his "Elvis corner."
A sign saying "I love Elvis" adorns the frappe menu.
What was Crosby's secret? The seamlessness, the integrity of the package: His smooth, pleasant face perfectly suited his smooth, pleasant voice and the casual wit of his professional personality. One would call the Crosby style debonair, if the word didn't suggest class. Bing was of every class and...