ELVIS ADORED THE BLUES, GOSPEL AND R&B THAT SPRANG FROM THE C SOUTH, BUT DID HIS APPROPRIATION GO TOO FAR? THE JURY HAS T RETURNED, AND DAVID BURKE PRESENTS THE VERDICT . . ....
IN AMERICA, THE TASK OF RELEASING ELVIS’ INCREDIBLE RUN OF ’56-’57 SINGLES FELL TO RCA VICTOR, WHILE IN THE UK HE WAS CHAMPIONED BY THAT MOST BRITISH OF LABELS, HMV. AND AS TREVOR SIMPSON REVEALS, THERE WAS THE MAHER OF THAT DOG . . ....