Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King audiobook runs 7.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.7 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
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Jaime Lincoln Smith narrates 71 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 564 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
992 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King is an audiobook by Preston Lauterbach: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jaime Lincoln Smith, released January 7, 2025, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jaime Lincoln Smith
- Released
- January 7, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781668647080
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King audiobook?
Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is the Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King audiobook free?
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Who narrates Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King?
Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King is narrated by Jaime Lincoln Smith.