Vince Calandra - on the Beatles' first US TV appearance

Very insightful. It's wonderful.
Thank you.

Elvis is the King, but the beatles were a phenomeno. sorry for my poor english.

elvis never wrote a song himself he is the KING OF KARAOKE....


he has a strong voice
but the beatles are the KINGS
even elvis knew it & said it lol

Oh yes I so agree. Ive been arguing about that so many times. Elvis were great, but just as an artist, the beatles were much greater in many ways

THANK YOU!

They were also four human beings who were very talented musicians, singers, and songwriters.

elvis: innovator of solo acts

beatles: innovators for pop groups

The funny thing about that is; Elvis really shouldn't even be considered "The King" as he first performed for Sam Phillips of Sun Records in 1955 where as Little Richard, the true founder of american Rock n roll, had been record music since late 1953. Infact Elvis "Covered" many of the songs Little Richard had already sang, such as Tutti Frutti and Clawdy Miss Lawdy, for example.

Well,
Brian Epstein was a great promotions person, and he was in general a great business person too. It helped that he was booking the greatest band in the history of rock. But back then, toys, t-shirts and other mass produced commercialized items (outside of records) were not as big as they became. Brian missed the boat on that because up until then the money earned from such things was nominal.

Regardless of what you thik if  Elvis was better or not. The fact is Elivis felt the Beatles were a threat to him, thats way he tried to get them banned.