Will there ever be another Elvis?

He died along time ago and it seems like there would have been someone to take his place by now and there just isn't anyone. Phil Collins can barely speak. Half of the Beatles are gone. Most of the Monkees are gone. the original Lynyrd Skynyrd is all gone. and there really aren't any bands or singers around to take their places, are there? why is everyone so mediocre now?

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Human1000 · M

Given how Elvis changed pop music, and his effect on culture, not likely.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Human1000 I would have said that Elvis's greatest contribution was introducing white kids to Black music. And he shared that contribution with Buddy Holly among others.

[quote]The film includes flashes of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Yola), Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (Shonka Dukureh), Little Richard, Mahalia Jackson (Cle Morgan) and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (Gary Clark Jr.) singing "Hound Dog," "That's All Right" and more – recognizing them as the original vocalists behind Elvis' covers. The movie also shows the admiration between Elvis and blues singer King.[/quote]

[quote] ... Thornton, widely acknowledged as the vocal architect of "Hound Dog," made the song a hit, only for it to be eclipsed by Elvis' cover.

... Thornton's story is not unique, as Elvis was influenced by B.B. King, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Jackson, Tharpe, Big Boy and more.

Little Richard argued that he was the rightful heir to the king of rock 'n' roll title, with Berry up there with him. "I sang (rock 'n' roll) a long time before I presented it to the public," Richard told Rolling Stone in 1990. “I really feel from the bottom of my heart that I am the inventor." [/quote]

[b]https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/06/30/elvis-presley-complicated-relationship-black-music/7746069001/[/b]

DIABLISS

@ElwoodBlues I don't think anyone knows who invented rock and roll because it was gradual. a radio announcer came up with the name. but Little Richard was too weird to have had an impact on that many in a serious manner. all of the rest you named i am sure had a big impact on Elvis but that is just the way it goes. We are all inspired by people and become what we are and then only one became Elvis.

Human1000 · M

@ElwoodBlues @DIABLISS Great points. I’ve found Fats Domino to be the perfect segway of blues into rock. Little Richard’s music still amazes me because the energy is just so insane!