Elvis absorbed the raw energy and vocal stylings of Black blues and gospel artists like Arthur Crudup and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The argument persists because it's a painful reminder of America's racial economy that rewarded a white face for a Black sound. My work tracing royalty lineages for reissue labels shows me the concrete documents—the contracts and pay stubs that were systematically unjust. That's why I can't buy the romantic "cultural fusion" line; I've held the paper trail of theft.
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