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Mark Kureishy's avatar

The King. No other. And no other even comes close to the cause and effect he had on popular culture.

There really wouldn’t have been a Beatle or a Rolling Stone, let alone a Dylan, without him, which would have meant no Bowie or Pistols, either.

And even in black music, it’s difficult to see how the line from jazz, and earlier still, Africa, could have arrived at Motown, Hendrix, Aretha, Prince, and Marley, without the genre crossing and viral cross contamination that Elvis induced in the world.

As I said, the King.

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John Holmstrom's avatar

I heard that Elvis got to hang out at Sun Studios because his mom had a good supply of meth? It was a common thing back then. The Rolling Stones called it "Mother's Little Helper," if you remember.

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