The King and his unfinished revolution

Elvis Has Left the Building: The Day the King Died. By Dylan Jones. Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, €21.40. Reviewed by Brendan Daly.

Elvis Presley pictured during his mid-1970s decline. Picture: Getty

Elvis Has Left the Building: The Day the King Died

**By** Dylan Jones

**Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd,** €21.40

**Reviewed by** Brendan Daly

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It’s 60 years since an 18-year-old truck driver triggered a musical revolution. In July 1954, Elvis Presley recorded That’s All Right, his first single. Lasting just one minute and 57 seconds, Presley stumbled on rock’n’roll by fusing rockabilly and country music. The world’s first teenage pop star, he soon ...