Without question he is stil King! Elvis Presley did not invent Rock and Roll, but he made it mainstream. Before Elvis, music belonged to adults...there was not an form of music that the teens and young adults could call their own. Through his looks, gyrations and age, he created the Rock and Roll persona. Without Elvis Presley, the all important black influence would never have taken effect...James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Little Richard, B B King, Chuck Berry, Berry Gordy, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Wilson Pickett and countless others are on record as saying so.
Elvis was the first Rock sex symbol, it's first movie star, and the first super star. So you see, yes elvis did not invent Rock And Roll but he did invent the formula for it that has kept it around for nearly 7 decades!
Is Elvis Presley Still The True King Of Rock 'n' Roll?
Shawn Amos
2010/01/07 01:00:00
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Momentaug 2010/01/08 17:36:06
And of course we all know the powers behind the recording industry discriminated against the true inventors of the rock n roll sound. Those powerful executives could boycott the original artists, cut them out, or even shut them down (such as when they came up with a way to imprison Chuck Berry.) Then they repackaged the sound for their own white artists, and for their own profit. Often the original artist was not even given credit at least for writing the songs!
Elcis "copycat" Presley took all Berry's credit! Presley is dead and an old has-been failure of music. Chuck Berry is STILL ALIVE and is going strong!
Long live Chuck Berry, The King Of Rock And Roll
I don't like the oldies rock 'n' roll very much, but I prefer listening to Chuck Berry over Elvis anyway.
I have nothing against Elvis, I just know that he didn't invent rock 'n' roll (or the dances he did).
That phrase was used to describe him in 1965. And it still applies.
Elvis: King of Pop, Rock, Country and Gospel.
There will never be another. RIP Elvis you are truly missed.
Elvis was the first Rock sex symbol, it's first movie star, and the first super star. So you see, yes elvis did not invent Rock And Roll but he did invent the formula for it that has kept it around for nearly 7 decades!
I listen to Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Metallica, Aerosmith, Elton John... The good stuff.