Originally Posted by
Ged
My father in law was one too, I posted a pic of him on the Franconia on another thread. He served on there when Dom Volante was the gym instructor. The 2 chaps above told me they took Bill Harry to task making him eat his words that there were no such things as Cunard Yanks bringing previously unheard songs and LP's back from America. I expect they did do that but that also I know that record stores could order overseas records for their shops.
Hi Ged
I think it was probably a bit of both. The story that the Cunard Yanks brought the music over sounds great, but they probably were not the only ones responsible for bringing rock and roll back to the UK.
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My father emigrated to the United States in September 1954 and was able to sample the bounty of the New World, initially staying in the YMCA in Manhattan and sampling the joys of automats and doors that opened for you, etc. The younger generation probably have no concept of the economic and technological gulf that existed between the U.S. and the U.K. in that era -- these days the two countries are much more alike.
Great thread!
Cheers
Chris
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