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In a Metal Mood

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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Otis Blackwell's Don't Be Cruel

In his early years, a lot of Elvis' songs were written by a man named Otis Blackwell. He wrote Don't Be Cruel, All Shook Up, Paralyzed, Return to Sander and Great Balls of Fire. If you want the definition of cultural appropriation, that's it.

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