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Rhythm 'n' blues (the music of the black South) and other manifestations of the black "sound," like urban doo-wop, came to the attention of whites--like the record mogul Ahmet Ertegun in Washington, the songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (who wrote "Hound Dog" and "Kansas City") in Los Angeles, DJ Alan Freed in Cleveland, and Elvis Presley in Memphis, who was totally immersed in black music almost by accident.
Freed and Ertegun bring commercial rapacity to rock.
While doing his best to expose the men behind the curtain--Ertegun, Warhol, McLaren--Miller rarely falls into the pat stance of so many social-crit rock writers who, unable to trust their ears, rely upon unspoken formulations like Commercial = Sucks and judge all music accordingly.