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Charlie Gillett
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(d. 2010) Radio presenter and director, Oval Records and Music, London. Author of The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll; Making Tracks: Atlantic Records and the Growth of a Multi-billion-Dollar Industry.
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Ry Cooder is an American guitarist and singer whose influence far outweighed his limited commercial success. Introduced to the guitar at age three, adept at the instrument by age eight, and a teenage habitué of the Los Angeles blues scene, Cooder formed the Rising Sons with Taj Mahal and played in…
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