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Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 5:00 PM
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One might argue he pales as to vocal talents compared to a Pavarotti.
Maybe Mick Jagger is more entertaining on stage.
To understand the luv for ELVIS you must first accept him as the "KING".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNYWl13IWhY
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 5:10 PM
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Best what? Elvis was many things but is not in the Top 5 singers, certainly not composers or song writers but he was a great entertainer.
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is not
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Aug 19, 2025, 5:14 PM
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Facts disagree with you as over one billion records sold and 146.5 million certified albums.
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Re: is not
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Aug 19, 2025, 7:57 PM
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I saw him perform 3 times and he was the best music entertainer I have ever seen or heard. I would put Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, and Neil Diamond up there as well. Saw them all several times. Listening to them on recordings or radio or tv is not the same as seeing them perform live on stage.
His rise from a poor kid from the deep south to a world wide star has to be one of the greatest human interest stories ever. Loretta Lynn fills the female role to a poor Appalachian nobody to world wide fame.
There's many great human interest stories among the country music singers. Hank Williams is probably the Elvis of Country music. Literally, Drank himself to death.
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Silly the Baby shark dance song has over 15 billion views lmao***
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Aug 19, 2025, 10:08 PM
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 5:37 PM
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Not in the Top 5? In the 70 +/- years since he started, the field has grown, but who is his competition as to male "pop" or rock singers? Freddie Mercury, Roy Orbison, Nat King Cole (pop?), Bing Crosby (pop?), Ray Charles...
For my part, when it comes to rock, the only person that I think could really compete would be Freddy Mercury. Roy Orbison probably had a greater range and perhaps this should be the objective standard, but he comes in no better than 3rd for me.
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Many others may have had more talent
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Aug 19, 2025, 5:53 PM
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Many others were technically better singers or musicians.
But never in history of man has there been the absolute star appeal of that man. All over the world his crowds refused to leave the building. To this day that has never happened again. “Elvis has left the building” is a cliche joke today. But it was true to frickin’ life for him, they had to make that announcement every night or people would not leave.
Say what you will of his talent. Bemoan his artistry. But he did what is most important, fill the seats and sale records.
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 10:25 AM
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A simple poor boy to an unbelievable rise in stardom that still has legions of fans today.
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 6:12 PM
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Yep, and I was one of em. Tug's on a roll 2nite. All kinds of down time treasures.
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 5:40 PM
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One might argue he pales as to vocal talents compared to a Pavarotti. Maybe Mick Jagger is more entertaining on stage. To understand the luv for ELVIS you must first accept him as the "KING". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNYWl13IWhY
No question. All other singers in the same genre are a distant second.
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Easily MJ... till swift overtakes him.***
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Aug 19, 2025, 6:13 PM
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you're just looking for a fight with the older dudes, right?
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Aug 19, 2025, 8:43 PM
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Go Tigers!..
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I'm an older dude..
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Wait what is older?
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Yes.
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Aug 19, 2025, 6:19 PM
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Viva la King!
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 6:22 PM
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No…not in the top 20 for me at least. My mom certainly loved him and he rose to stardom at just the right time…5 or 6 years later and he would have been lost in the pack. He was a great entertainer though.
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ? My first boss gave Elvis the key to the city
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Aug 19, 2025, 6:42 PM
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Its in the movie Elvis on Tour. This was after I worked for him years before he became mayor and did this.
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 7:06 PM
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Yes. He was the right man at the right time and his impact on modern music cannot be understated or debated. Even if one was to dislike him (how that’s even possible I don’t know?) you still have to give him his due credit for how he changed music and opened the door for basically everything that has come after.
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Best ever what? Singer? Nope. Entertainer? Nah. Musician? Laughable.
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Aug 19, 2025, 8:25 PM
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He was a great celebrity who came along at the right time.
His cultural impact was undeniable however. But he was quickly surpassed by MANY MANY MANY who came after.
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Re: Best ever what? Singer? Nope. Entertainer? Nah. Musician? Laughable.
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Aug 19, 2025, 9:59 PM
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Who? Perhaps I need to re- read the op but only one poster gave a name with MJ, who was an unbelievable entertainer, but so far no other names. So who is the competition?
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Well.
Aug 20, 2025, 12:18 AM
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As a musician, #### near, everybody is better than Elvis.
As a singer, there are countless rock stars with far better voices far better range and far better character… Mick Jagger, Roger Daltry, Ozzy Osbourne, Freddie Mercury, Prince, James Brown, at least two of the Beatles… I could go on, but the list would be too long.
As an entertainer? Prince, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Frank Sinatra, hell even Garth Brooks was a better entertainer.
Elvis‘s greatest gift was the timing in which he arrived on the scene.
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Re: Well.
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Aug 20, 2025, 8:06 AM
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You're one of the few people I am aware of that would say Jagger is even a good singer. Ozzy? Why don't you throw in Milli Vanili? LOL Clearly we're on a topic too subjective for much consesus.
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Aug 20, 2025, 12:30 PM
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Elvis is a mediocre singer. There are tons of singers with more character and better voices… Freddie Mercury, Robert Plant, and Roger Daltry could #### better vocals than Elvis.
He also isn’t a songwriter. Like I said, his place in culture is sealed because of his timing, but he is nowhere near the top when it comes to musicians songwriter, or singers… He was an elite level entertainer.
He’s basically just super safe music for old people.
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I have NOT heard your songs...where's your song list?
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Re: Well.
Aug 22, 2025, 7:21 PM
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The dumbest got damm argument people can make...
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Yep.***
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
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Aug 19, 2025, 10:45 PM
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Of course he is the best ever… the end.
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Aug 20, 2025, 6:50 AM
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Had a little to much moonshine?
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Aug 20, 2025, 8:55 AM
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XM Channel 76
No question
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Re: Is ELVIS the best ever ?
Aug 20, 2025, 9:00 AM
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especially around Christmas
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Aug 20, 2025, 10:12 AM
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Thank you, thank you very much.
The King.
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