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Elvis Presley walked into a storefront studio on Union Avenue and changed music forever. The Beatles flew in for one night in 1966, and some people still say it was the show that ended their touring days. The Grateful Dead played a date at the Mid-South Coliseum that, depending on who you ask, never even happened. Years later, John Mayer wandered into Royal Studios to record horns and walked out having sung into the same microphone Al Green used.You probably already know Memphis invented rock and roll. That part's been told a thousand times.This book is about everything that got left out along the way. The names you wouldn't expect.The pull this city has on people just passing through, and the ones born here who never thought about leaving.And all of it has one thing in common.They All Came to Memphis.