If you deny the influence of country, Bluegrass and other western genres and styles in his music it just means that you've done nothing but read through a few tumblr posts His impact on the music industry > MJs
Are you really saying Elvis invented something?
The man couldn't write his music and was the original Beyst
I mean, lots of Elvis's music is terrible for today's standards (mainly because of his voice), but he essentially created rock and roll and was one of the first musicians to do anything provocative on live television. His impact >
The way people blatantly deny this cuz of tumblr justice Taking different styles and combining them to create something new =/= blatantly copying
People coming for elvis being manufactured. As if MJ didn't have sex with children to reclaim the childhood he lost when he was forced to be a pop star Puh leese, do not compare the biggest musical legend to Beyst, like ever
His music career began there in 1954, when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusionof country music and rhythm and blues