Troy Wrote:
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> People like Bo Diddly, Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson
> set that ball in motion for rock music even before
> Elvis. You can't say Elvis is solely responsible
> for bring black music to white people. It was
> already gaining momentum.
>
> As a matter of fact. I see a lot of Jackie Wilson
> in Elvis.

They were still playing on the Chitlin Circuit though, it was Elvis that 'allowed' them to enter the mainstream. It's not about the music, Elvis was doing nothing new, black blues/R&B and white country singers had been doing the same thing for years.