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The Big Bopper

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Bill Haley and the Comets

683,483 plays (151,919 listeners)

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Gene Vincent

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Carl Perkins

695,273 plays (143,963 listeners)

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Little Richard

1,591,307 plays (236,249 listeners)

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Roy Orbison

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