A Tribute to the King of Rock n Roll

[gtopa1]

Greg

 

[gtopa1]

Greg

 

[Blaster]

Black women adored Elvis.

 

[gtopa1]

Greg

 

[Harry Dresden]

Elvis had a stage presence like no other performer and an incredible voice. Who cares if he didn't write his own songs. Nobody would have ever heard of Chuck Berry if Elvis didn't break the color barrier and opened mainstream radio to black artists. All those folks owe a debt of gratitude to him.

because the people who wrote the songs created rock n roll...and elvis owes a debt of gratitude to all those black artists he tried to emulate,without them he would not have existed....and in the middle 50's many knew who chuck berry was he was on many white tv shows and was getting air play on white radio stations....and one big reason for elvis success was the band he had behind him.....they made him sound pretty good....

 

[okfine]

"Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” (1956) is one of the biggest and most instantly recognizable pop songs in history. It’s a song so closely associated with the King of Rock and Roll, in fact, that many may mistakenly assume that it was a Presley original. In fact, the story of the song that gave Elvis his longest-running #1 hit (11 weeks) in the summer of 1956 began four years earlier, when “Hound Dog” was recorded for the very first time by the rhythm-and-blues singer Ellie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in Los Angeles, California."

 

[Natural Citizen]

Dang. I've probably got just about everything he ever released. And a lot of what wasn't officially released. A lot of his demos are way better than what made the record.

There's just too many. Impossible to pick favorites with his stuff.

 

[Natural Citizen]

This is a good one...

 

[skye]

Greg

So many great songs!!!

But that is my number one song ever from Elvis!!

 

[Harry Dresden]

"Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” (1956) is one of the biggest and most instantly recognizable pop songs in history. It’s a song so closely associated with the King of Rock and Roll, in fact, that many may mistakenly assume that it was a Presley original. In fact, the story of the song that gave Elvis his longest-running #1 hit (11 weeks) in the summer of 1956 began four years earlier, when “Hound Dog” was recorded for the very first time by the rhythm-and-blues singer Ellie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in Los Angeles, California."

and it was composed by 2 jewish guys who were one of the best song writing duos ever.....Lieber and Stoller....

 

[Natural Citizen]

Here's a few good slow rollers...

 

[Natural Citizen]

Grouchy Fauci would definitely not approve of these shenanigans...

 

[Natural Citizen]

 

[Natural Citizen]

Alright, last one, if I get on an Elvis kick, I'll be on this thing all night...

 

[Blaster]

because the people who wrote the songs created rock n roll...and elvis owes a debt of gratitude to all those black artists he tried to emulate,without them he would not have existed....and in the middle 50's many knew who chuck berry was he was on many white tv shows and was getting air play on white radio stations....and one big reason for elvis success was the band he had behind him.....they made him sound pretty good....

Elvis eclipses all other rock performers and is universally acknowledged as the King of Rock n Roll. This is just a fact.

 

[Blaster]

Grouchy Fauci would definitely not approve of these shenanigans...

Elvis was a chick magnet. Women wanted to be with him and men wanted to be him.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Elvis eclipses all other rock performers and is universally acknowledged as the King of Rock n Roll. This is just a fact.

all you are telling me is you are an elvis fan....i get that....if elvis wasnt white he would have just been another rock n roller.....

 

[Blaster]

all you are telling me is you are an elvis fan....i get that....if elvis wasnt white he would have just been another rock n roller.....

I started this thread as a tribute to Elvis but you decided you only wanted to troll here.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I started this thread as a tribute to Elvis but you decided you only wanted to troll here.

yea thats what happens to a lot of threads here....get used to it....

 

[Blaster]

yea thats what happens to a lot of threads here....get used to it....

You should limit your trolling to the political board and not the music site.