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DIED. OTIS BLACKWELL, 70, pioneer rock-'n'-roll tunesmith; of an apparent heart attack; in Nashville, Tenn. He wrote songs that helped define the careers of Elvis Presley (Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up), Jerry Lee Lewis (Great Balls of Fire), Peggy Lee (Fever) and James Taylor (Handy Man). A modest man who never met most of the singers made famous by his songs and one of the few black composers of the proto-pop era, Blackwell blended country with rhythm and blues to make music the world still sings...
...DIED. OTIS BLACKWELL, 70, prolific songwriter whose compositions have sold more than 185 million records and provided hits for such performers as Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Otis Redding and Billy Joel; in Nashville. Among his greatest songs were rock 'n' roll classics like Presley's All Shook Up and Don't Be Cruel, Jerry Lee Lewis' Great Balls of Fire and Peggy Lee's signature Fever. DIED. ANTOINE RIBOUD, 83, founder of Danone, one of the world's largest food manufacturing groups; in Paris. The maverick businessman began his career at his family's glass company before switching his sights...
...name you will probably not hear is Elvis Presley. How can a man be considered underrated, when he is commonly called The King? Moreover, it is not as if Elvis has vanished. His name is at least as well known today as it was at any point during his lifetime, and his image is everywhere. Ironically, the ubiquity of Elvis’ name and image are the primary cause of his underappreciation...
Maybe this is best captured through the words of those who have been influenced by Elvis. This makes for an impressive list. “Elvis Presley is like the ‘Big Bang’ of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” says U2’s Bono. “You had two cultures colliding there. You had a kind of white, European culture and an African culture coming together—the rhythm of black music and the melody chord progressions of white music—just all came together...
...Beatles and the Stones themselves agree: “When we were kids growing up in Liverpool,” recalls Paul McCartney, “all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.” “No-one, but no-one, is his equal, or ever will be,” says Mick Jagger; “He was, and is supreme.” John Lennon agreed, saying “Before Elvis there was nothing.” Such lofty praise from stars so mythical in their own right speaks for itself...