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10. Ennis, p 168.

11. Ennis, p 171.

12. Ennis, p 176.

13. "Negro Radio: A Step-by-step Analysis", Sponsor, September 20, 1954, Vol. 8, No. 19, p 51.

14. Ennis, p 174. See Wheelin' on Beale, Louis Cantor, Pharos Books, New York, 1992 for the history of WDIA.

15. Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) Blues People, Morrow Quill Paperbacks, New York, 1963, p 171-172.

16. Dictionary of American Slang, p 539.

17. What Was The First Rock 'N' Roll Record by Jim Dawson & Steve Propes, Faber & Faber, Boston, 1992. Unless otherwise noted, all information about the songs listed comes from Dawson and Propes.

18. Honkers and Shouters by Arnold Shaw, New York, MacMillan, 1978, pp 160-161.

19. Dawson & Propes, p 7.

20. George, p 52.

21. Wright liner notes.

22. Dawson and Propes, p 49.

23. George, p 19.

24. Race and Democracy by Adam Fairclough, The University of Georgia Press, Athens, p XIX.

25. Dawson & Propes, p 94.

26. Last Train To Memphis by Peter Guralnick, Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1994, p 38.

27. Dawson & Propes, p 94.

28. Ennis, p 18. Ennis has no source for this item.

29. John A. Jackson, Big Beat Heat, Schirmer Books, New York, 1991, p 82.

30. Wright liner notes.

31. Dawson & Propes, p 96.