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re: Why don't classic rock stations play Elvis?
Posted on 5/6/12 at 1:22 pm to TigerWoody
Posted on 5/6/12 at 1:22 pm to TigerWoody
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...same reason you don't hear Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, Chuck Berry, Dion & the Belmonts, Fats Dominoe, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, etc on classic rock stations.
Because his fanbase is slowly dying. Which is sad. I love 50s rock. But old people are not a valued market, so their tastes aren't reflecting on the radio. Remember big band stations? Same reason they don't exist anymore. Eventually, all but a handful of 1950s songs will disappear from the radio.
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