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Article: HALL OF FAME TO HOUSE HEART OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.(SHOWTIME)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 20, 1995
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Byline: CHUCK MELVIN Associated Press
CLEVELAND It is the soundtrack of the 20th century, music so tightly entwined with society that the story of our times could not be told without it.
Rock 'n' roll has endured long enough to deserve a museum all its own.
And now it has one.
``It's art,'' said Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine and vice chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ``And like all art, it evolves, and the older art gets put in a museum, which is great and natural.''
But when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens on Labor Day weekend, visitors won't mistake it for any art museum ...