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One Ghost Too Many: Buddy Holly Lives On

The author goes where many have gone before and can’t tell if his story is different or the same.

Jun 10, 2019

One Ghost Too Many: Buddy Holly Lives On

Jun 10, 2019

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I Wanna Hold Your Hand Comes Back Around

Robert Zemeckis’s first film is the best we’ll ever have about Beatlemania-and so much more!

Apr 10, 2019

I Wanna Hold Your Hand Comes Back Around

Apr 10, 2019

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When the Funk was Flamin’ - Interracial Funk in the ’60s and ’70s

Black music was great, white music was great, and in Rock & Roll America, they were even better together.

Apr 5, 2019

When the Funk was Flamin’ - Interracial Funk in the ’60s and ’70s

Apr 5, 2019

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Elvis: That’s The Way It Was

How Much Can One Record Mean?

On the importance of “In the Ghetto” to Elvis Presley’s career (Part 1)

Mar 26, 2019

How Much Can One Record Mean?

Mar 26, 2019

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The Scottish Lass and Major Tom: Lulu, David Bowie and What Might Have Been

A brief history of British rock & roll’s “odd couple”

Feb 25, 2019

The Scottish Lass and Major Tom: Lulu, David Bowie and What Might Have Been

Feb 25, 2019

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When Lulu Went South

“My only sadness is that it didn’t continue until the day I die.” Lulu (on her time at Atco Records).

Feb 11, 2019

When Lulu Went South

Feb 11, 2019

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Why Elvis?

Fight the powers that be! Okay, but remember, only one man ever made the ground shake under their feet. (Summarizing the “Stupid About…

Jan 28, 2019

Why Elvis?

Jan 28, 2019

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Stupid about Elvis (2010 through 2018)

Subtitle: The New Millennium rolls on…but nothing stops the Elvis Stupid.

Jan 21, 2019

Stupid about Elvis (2010 through 2018)

Jan 21, 2019

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Stupid about Elvis (2002 — 2009)

After 9/11, with the world on the brink, Elvis Stupidity spreads like peanut butter (or kudzu)

Jan 19, 2019

Stupid about Elvis (2002 — 2009)

Jan 19, 2019

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Stupid about Elvis (1980 through 2001)

Elvis Stupidity enters the Frozen Silence.

Jan 18, 2019

Stupid about Elvis (1980 through 2001)

Jan 18, 2019

John Ross

John Ross

John Walker Ross is the host of the Pop Culture blog The Round Place in the Middle. If you like what you read here, you’ll find way more of the same over there.

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