OUR DAILY OLDIES: BY THE EARLY 1950s, WHEN ROCK AND ROLL WAS BORN, BLACK PERFORMERS WERE DOING WERE DOING "REVOLUTIONARY" MUSIC FOR THE AGE BUT THOSE WERE THE TIMES WHEN SEGREGATION WAS STILL LEGAL. WHITE ARTISTS USED TO DO COVER VERSIONS OF SONGS ORIGINALLY FROM BLACK ARTISTS BUT THE WHITE COVER VERSION WAS THE ONE SELLING MORE RECORDS AND PLAYING ON THE RADIO, MAKING FAMOUS THE WHITE "COPIERS". SAM PHILIPS OWNED A LITTLE RECORDING STUDIO IN MEMPHIS, TN (SUN RECORDS) MAKING RECORDS BY BLACK MUSICIANS AND SINGERS. HE SAID TO HIMSELF: "IF I FIND A WHITE GUY WHO COULD DO THESE SONGS, I COULD GET RICH". ONE DAY, ELVIS CAME WITH A GUITAR AND WANTED TO RECORD A SONG FOR HIS MOTHER... THE REST IS HISTORY. TODAY'S SONG IS 'READY TEDDY', ORIGINAL BY LITTLE RICHARD AND THE COVER VERSION BY ELVIS.

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