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In a smoky cutting-room on Sunset Boulevard, the entire history of rock 'n' roll flashed before my eyes.

November 1, 1978
John Pidgeon

I came out of the school that never listened to rock `n'roll. Charlie Watt.

In a smoky cutting-room on Sunset Boulevard, the entire history of rock 'n' roll flashed before my eyes: Elvis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Haley, Vincent, Cochran; and the high school heroes, all the Bobbys, Spector's girl groups and the beginnings of Motown; and the British Invasion, the Beatles and the Stones.

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