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The Best of Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Hailey and the Comets, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Frankie Laine all topped the charts in the '50s. Load a playlist of rock n' roll royalty. You're spoilt for choice.

— Sara Sheridan

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

— Tanya Tucker

Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.

— Rod Stewart

My older brother had a lot of Elvis on vinyl, and really, that was my first introduction to music during the Fifties.

— Kiki Dee

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

— Brian Wilson

Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.

— Little Richard

Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music.

— Peter Tork

My favorite artists have always been Elvis and The Beatles and they still are!

— Johnny Ramone

I don't think we listened to any rock n' roll at all in the early days. It was Miles Davis and John Coltrane 95% of the time.

— Butch Trucks

I loved rock and roll when that came in, Bill Haley, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, all those great records. So I begged my mom and dad for a guitar, which eventually they did get me for Christmas, but it went out of tune very quickly, and it hurt my fingers.

— Ian McLagan

✗Opposing Perspectives

The road has taken a lot of the great ones: Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Otis Redding, Janis, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis.

— Robbie Robertson