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Elvis Presley's Comeback Gets Off To Exciting Start

Mike Jahn, The New York Times, 18 August 1969

ELVIS PRESLEY, the "old groaner" of the rock 'n' roll generation, still has his snarl. The acknowledged king of early rock opened a month's engagement at the immense new International Hotel here and had everyone shaking their heads in wonder.

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