Elvis Presley’s Great Influence and Comment
on His Objection to the Racial Discrimination
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Cat king, whose English name is Elvis Presley, has
made a great influence to the world of music. It isn’t
exaggerated to say that the 20th century is the
century of Cat king. Elvis Presley may be the most
important person in the world of American popular
music. Judging from the distribution of his records,
he is the most successful musicman. Elvis Presley is
the first white singer who combines the country
music and Bruce music with folk-rock, which makes
him become a superstar. He is not only the model of
the folk-rock, but also the symbol of the folk-rock.
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In March 1958,Elvis had to join the army. He wanted to be an
ordinary soldier. When his hair cut, thousands of women cried.
When Elvis Presley died on 16th August 1977, radio and
television programs all over the world were interrupted to give
the news of his death. President Carter was asked to declare a
day of national mourning. Carter said：‘Elvis Presley changed
the face of American popular culture……He was unique and
irreplaceable. ‘Eighty thousand people attended his funeral. The
streets were jammed with cars, and Elvis Presley films were
shown on television, and his records were played on the radio
all day. In the year after his death, one hundred million Presley
LPs were sold.
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What I must admired is that Elvis Presley
himself is a White person, but he insists on
introducing the Black’s music to the White.
And during that time, the White people
always look down upon the Black, and many
of them blame Elvis Presley on his behavior.
But Elvis Presley ignores the great stress and
insists on his style of Black’s music, and show
people a mixed music of White and Black,
finally he shocked all the people.
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In my opinion, Elvis Presley has not only changed the style of
White music, but also the concept of the White people. We can
find a protesting spirit from his behavior, his protest to the
discrimination to the Black. Elvis Presley is really an unordinary
person, although he is not so famous as Martin Luther King, but
I think he deserves the second Martin Luther King. When all the
White people discriminate the Black, he is so brave, so special
that he stands on the side of the Black. However great the
stress is, at least in my heart, he is not only a singer, but also a
great politician, which makes him different from other singers in
history. The people will memorialize the great man, Elvis Presley,
forever!