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[Handicappers]

The Stones didn't arrive in the United States until after the Beatles hit it big. The stones had a much larger male audience and a rougher looking image.

wrong

 

[Kburjr]

Without the Beatles, there would be no Stones.

 

[White Knight]

Without the Beatles, there would be no Stones.

Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.

 

[Kburjr]

Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.

Also true.

I look at the Beatles as 2 different bands. The Touring Beatles and the Studio Beatles. The Studio Beatles was the better band, but the Touring Beatles made everyone a rock fan.

 

[White Knight]

Also true.

I look at the Beatles as 2 different bands. The Touring Beatles and the Studio Beatles. The Studio Beatles was the better band, but the Touring Beatles made everyone a rock fan.

Elvis was the catalyst for the rock & roll explosion. The Beatles filled a void when Elvis was making movies and not recording original material. The British invasion was in full force in the mid 60's.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Elvis was the catalyst for the rock & roll explosion. The Beatles filled a void when Elvis was making movies and not recording original material. The British invasion was in full force in the mid 60's.

Elvis never recorded any original material

 

[Kburjr]

The British invasion was in full force in the mid 60's.

And the Beatles flat dominated it.

 

[White Knight]

Elvis never recorded any original material

He did early in his career.

 

[White Knight]

And the Beatles flat dominated it.

Only because they were the first in America.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

He did early in his career.

No he didn’t

 

[White Knight]

No he didn’t

Yes he did.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Yes he did.

Nope.

 

[White Knight]

Nope.

He didn't write his own material but very few did in that era.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

He didn't write his own material but very few did in that era.

Carl Perkins did. Elvis only ever made covers

 

[outofyourmind]

 

[White Knight]

Carl Perkins did. Elvis only ever made covers

No Elvis didn't only make covers.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

No Elvis didn't only make covers.

Literally all he ever did

 

[White Knight]

Literally all he ever did

Nonsense. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller wrote many of his early hit records.

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Nonsense. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller wrote many of his early hit records.

He covered their work.

 

[White Knight]

He covered their work.

Performing and songwriting were separate things. A true cover is recording another performer's song which he also did.

Elvis Presley’s “Hit” Songwriters

A Top 10 list of Elvis Presley’s hit-producing songwriters

www.elvis-history-blog.com