For those interested in the origins of Rock and Roll.

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10. You really ought to have carried on

The program continued pointing out the racial prejudice that drove the early executives and politicians. You also should also listen to the commentary that follows "the day the music died" (about minute 52) where the condemnation of the homogenisation that followed that disaster.

BTW in condemning all white artists as uncreative you ignore Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Why do you condemn all cover versions when the (white) Carl Perkins song "Blue Suede Shoes" was done in a far better cover by Presley? It is not unusual for covers to be better than the original.