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I think his only white contemporary was Jerry Lee.
Once rock n roll was allowed across radio airwaves those earlier acts were washed
teen white girls made elvis and the beatles into top selling acts
How did Elvis Presley sell so many albums?
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I think his only white contemporary was Jerry Lee.
Once rock n roll was allowed across radio airwaves those earlier acts were washed
teen white girls made elvis and the beatles into top selling acts
We don't know that he really did. Before soundscan.
Whatever he did, it was less the MJ and The Beatles.
MJ received the award for the biggest selling artist of the millennium, not Elvis or The Beatles.
What's more impressive is that MJ put out far less music than everyone else. He put out an album every 4-5 years, while other acts were releasing albums multiple times a year.
how\why the fukk did elvis presley sell so many albums?? Only michael jackson and the beatles have sold more albums.
Ask Eminem
Elvis represented a new wave and was more "dangerous" due to how Rock n Roll was.
Eastside Get The Money
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He was the first controversy artist and he was attractive. Yes he took black music and ran with it without giving credit to blacks, but Elvis was the first to combine talent, sex symbolism, and outrage in one.
Became a dub in his later years tho doing karate on drugs and shyt
Became a dub in his later years tho doing karate on drugs and shyt
Hoodoo Child
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He had a huge white teenage fan base, and he also benefited from segregation.
Piff Perkins
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Easy to overlook the fact that he was one of the very first absolute superstars in America. His movies were smash hits, his albums sold out, his tours sold out. Hell, breh nearly single handedly eliminated polio in America by becoming the face of the US government's first big push to get people vaccinated against diseases.
Do you think he was a good singer and actor?
Piff Perkins
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Of course not. He was a great entertainer though and I understand why he blew up. (White) people hadn't seen anything like that before, of course they went crazy over it. He packaged a bunch of shyt black people came up with and introduced it to the white mainstream...that's always a blueprint for success but he was one of the very first people to do it.
Why didnt you think he was a great singer? I think he had a great voice and great vocal range. Acting wise i havent seen any of his movies so i cant comment.
Piff Perkins
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I like his singing on more rock n roll tracks but HATE his voice on ballads and country shyt...just sounds corny to me. I like some Elvis songs...it's hard to hate on some like Hound Dog...but overall? I just don't like his music. I understand why it was huge tho.
blassic movieI like his singing on more rock n roll tracks but HATE his voice on ballads and country shyt...just sounds corny to me. I like some Elvis songs...it's hard to hate on some like Hound Dog...but overall? I just don't like his music. I understand why it was huge tho.
what about Frank Sinatra? He is my favorite singer.
IsThatBrothaMouzone?
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This.
Whites always liked our music, but they had to put it in a package that was "acceptable" for the times. Elvis could sing. If you ever heard any of his gospel music, dude was talented....definitely more than a lot of white artists. Throw in some hip-shaking and he gives the average 1950's teenage white girl an outlet for her hormones. Swag that mimics a black man without actually being a black man.
