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elvis presley
One Night / I Got Stuck

Born. Elvis Aaron Presley, 8 January 1935, Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, d. 16 August 1977, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The most celebrated popular music phenomenon of his era and, for many, the purest embodiment of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley's life and career have become part of rock legend.
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ashamed
blame
cost
earth
feel
hand
harm
helping
lose/lost
nothing
paying
quiet
see/saw
sin
stand
still
sweet
things
wrong

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