Elvis Presley: A Revolutionist Gage E. Trollinger
Elvis Presley is the single most significant figure in rock and roll history. He completely changed music and he also changed entertainment through his influences. In the 1950’s Presley’s music broke past these racial barriers. He allowed Caucasian and African Americans listen to the same type of music. Elvis challenged the social and moral values because his music and his dance moves created a new generation.
By 1955 Elvis had gone to a national sensation. People quickly fell in love with his style of music and dancing, Critics loved and hated him at the same time altho girls were in awe with him. The fact that Elvis shook his hips, thrust his pelvis, and danced passionately on stage, turned parents against his music. Elvis posed a threat to the values and morals of wight american cicity. Presly “set in motion a style of music that dominated the world for the rest of the century. It was the beginning of youth culture, the breakdown of sexual inhibition, and the end of racial segregation.” …show more content…
Although there is no exact date or time that history tells us is the birth of rock n’ roll, July 5, 1954 in the studio of Sun Records changed music forever, But its defining moment was when Elvis presley appeared. Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and started singing at church. The first songs he recorded was for his mother in the summer of 1953. A year later, the owner Sam Phillips called Elvis back to the studio for a recording session. Elvis played a few songs but it was not until he broke out into “That’s All Right Mama,” a 1946 number by Mississippi bluesman Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, that music would never be the