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"Elvis is like the Big Bang

of rock 'n' roll. It all came

from there."

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Posted by Spinner Staff on Aug 14th 2007 6:00PM
Filed under: Celebrity, Potent Quotables

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joe laginestraat 8-12-2007

I am a Beatles fan and know that the Beatles are the best but without Elvis Presley there would be no Beatles, so thank you Elvis you are the king and forever will be #1 in rock and roll. Say hello to me Mum up there alright !
joe blinn

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lwilt13at 1-08-2009

I agree. Without Elvis the Beatles but not have become what they became. Elvis had a dynamic effect on so many things, it is a mindblower if you think about it. I know it's a stretch but JFK might not have been shot if Elvis had never come along, he just had an effect on so many things. The writer William F. Buckley once wrote that Elvis Presley was the greatest cultural impact on the twentieth century.

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Alanat 8-15-2007

Elvis is the first person I can think that only needed one name. Bonos quote says it best. The big bang of rock 'n roll.

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Henryat 1-11-2009

How bout jesus?

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Reginaat 8-16-2007

I love Bono
I love Elvis
S�o os melhores do mundo sem d�vidas.

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National housesat 10-24-2007

I am not so crazy about Elvis, but i like Bono, as a singer and a person.

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TeamPowerPushat 8-08-2008

If you would lesen to the words for the later Elvis 70's you will see they come from a very kind said Hart

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babsfaythat 1-08-2009

Oooops, Elvis will be 74 tomorrow 1/8/09, not 73. Born 1935

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Detra and Chrisat 1-08-2009

It's going to be awefully tough to get an opinion from Frank Sinatra (as the link says: From Bono and Frank Sinatra)

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jorge427cocoat 1-08-2009

ELVIS WAS BORN THE SAME YEAR MY FATHER(RIP) WAS BORN IN 1935 SO HE WOULD BE 74 TODAY !!! I LOVE ELVIS HE WAS... HE IS... & HE ALWAYS BE THE KING BABY !!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!

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marleneat 1-08-2009

I agree, Elvis will always be THE KING! There will never be another like ELVIS!!!!!!

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fourdogslaughingat 1-08-2009

MAY HE REST IN PEACE !! HUGA HUGA BURNING LOVE!!

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fourdogslaughingat 1-08-2009

never will be another entertainer like him! one of a kind!!

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aes9008at 1-08-2009

Elvis was born in 1935 which would make him 74 in January

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BIG EL TCBat 1-08-2009

Elvis will always be the king of rock and roll. Elvis said when fans called him the king he would correct them that Jesus is the one and only King.... May he be in heaven singing for the LORD.

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irishrose496935at 1-08-2009

Joe, I too, am a Beatles fan and I wouldn't go so far as to say that without Elvis there would be no Beatles. The Beatles had several influences. Elvis was only one and with or without him, the dynamic duo of John and Paul would have left their mark in rock and roll history.

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momsmail443at 1-08-2009

I grew up in the "Elvis era". Words cannot describe the effect he had on people. You had to be there to appreciate the out pouring of emotian from his fans and critics alike. Elvis truly polarized the country. I was lucky enough to attend his last public apperance in Indianapolis In. That memory will forever be with me.

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hkosrofianat 1-08-2009

ELVIS WAS TRULY AN AMERICAN ORIGINAL, BEATLES BEING FROM ENGLAND CAN`T BE EMBRACED IN THE SAME WAY.ELVIS PRESLEY`S REIN HAS LASTED FOR GENERATION`S AND STILL ALL THESE YEARS AFTER HIS PASSING IS, TALKED ABOUT AND SELLING LIKE NO OTHER ARTIST WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US. THE BEATLES WINDOW WAS TRULY VERY SHORT FROM THE TIME THEY HIT THE US 1964-69,AS INDIVIDUAL`S THEY WENT ON TO DO MANY FINE THING`S BUT AS THE BEATLES, IT REALLY WAS SHORT LIVED.

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wsillywilly35at 1-08-2009

Elvis was the greatest of the great. Too bad he did'nt have enough sense to listen to his fans and not his so called doctor. He might still be around today. I still miss him, thanks for the records, tapes and CD's I can still listen to him, and I do.

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