U2's Bono has at times emulated both the singing and bigger-than-life stage persona of Elvis. It was sad to see a talent like that go away.' 'Even at the start of his Las Vegas decline, he was phenomenal. 'Elvis was a great, great performer,' saysВ San Diego-born avant garde vocal wizard Diamanda Galas. Ditto his ability to transcend even so-so songs through the sheer force of his musical skills and personality. Yet, while Elvis may have been a far more adept musical synthesist than an actual innovator, the power, range and emotional depth of his singing - on stage and on record - were undeniable. 'He changed the whole feeling of rock 'n' roll.' 'It's unfortunate that a lot of songs Elvis was famous for were written by African-American music artists that he didn't really credit,' saysВ noted New Orleans drummer Herlin Riley. Sadly, Blackwell's own singing career never ignited, despite the fact that Presley's recordings were almost identical to how Blackwell sang them on his demonstration recordings. Three of Elvis' landmark early recordings - All Shook Up, Don't Be CruelВ and Return to SenderВ - were written by Otis Blackwell. Many of these songs are available in the new 3-CD Sony Legacy box set, A Boy From Tupelo - The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings. He also recorded Crudup's So Glad You're MineВ and My Baby Left Me,В along with Roy Brown's Good Rockin' Tonight,В Little Junior Parker's Mystery Train,В Arthur Gunter's Baby Let's Play House,В Kokomo Arnold's Milkcow Blues Boogie,В Jesse Stone's Money Honey,В Ivory Joe Hunter's I Need You SoВ and Smiley Lewis' One Night (of Sin)В (which was sanitised by Presley and his producers as One Night With You. The sizzling sensuality of their songs and performances was a major inspiration for him.Д®lvis' first commercially released recording was his reverent 1954 version of bluesman Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's That's Alright Mama. They included a wealth of gifted but obscure African-American musicians and songwriters who created rock 'n' roll and paved the way for Elvis and many more.ДЄt a time when much of America wasВ still segregated, Elvis frequented black nightclubs in Memphis to absorb and study the music of Ike Turner, Jackie Wilson, Little Junior Parker, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy and others. In fact, there was much before Elvis - and many who inspired him profoundly from the worlds of blues, gospel and rhythm-and-blues. 'Before Elvis,' the bespectacled Beatle once famously said, 'there was nothing.' The late John Lennon put it more bluntly. 'Everything he did from the beginning of his career up to his 1968 comeback В special, where he wore the black leather jumpsuit, is pretty untouchable.' 'There's not too much to not like about Elvis, other than the fact that he was friends with В Nixon,' lang says. The cover photo for her 2006 album, Reinternation,В pays homage to the cover photo of him on Elvis Presley,В his 1956 debut album. Many people are still making a career out of being Elvis impersonators.Д¬anadian vocal star lang paid tribute to Elvis in a different way.

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