The King Of Rock and Roll from the 50s
 

Who of the following three rock 'n' roll legends from the 1950s deserve the title "The King of Rock and Roll". These are the only ones I know that have been called this from the 50s?

Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Little Richard

Elvis!!! For sure!

There can only be one king ... ELVIS!! :a040:

I don't remember Chuck Berry and/or Little Richard being called the King of Rock and Roll.

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I agree Elvis was special. BUT if it weren't for Chuck Berry, rock n roll as we knew it would not be the way it was. Through the fiftie and sixties, music was filled with the Chuck Berry influence. Taking nothing away from Elvis, he did not write his stuff or invent guitar work that was at the time unheard of. Go Johnny Go.

For white folks..Elvis...as he made "race music" acceptable. In terms of invention and brilliance...Chuck Berry is THE MAN.

Bill Haley ?

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Elvis is not only the "King of Rock & Roll" but I would go so far as to say -- the greatest entertainer of all time!!!!

Little Richard?????? Are you kidding me???

I agree wih kathy & al. Elvis is the greatest entertainer of all times & the king of rock & roll, but he was also a fool for letting drugs destroy his life. I remember sleeping with his picture under my pillow. He was my hero in the 50's.

Chuck Berry he influenced many guitar players like Keith Richards. He did things with the guitar no one had before him.

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I liked Elvis and still think his songs were great but Chuck Berry ruled.

When Buddy Holly died in the horrible plane crash who kept the music going?

Who stepped up to the stage the day AFTER the music died?

What performer caused Robert Zimmerman (BOB DYLAN)to hitchhike from Hibbing MN to Fargo to see him perform?

BOBBY VEE!

Little Richard is someone opinion. He or she is entitled to it. Not fair to knock the person. I was not of fan of little Richard but he did leave his mark on music.

Regarding Little Richard. Paul McCartney was Heavily influenced by Little Richard "wooo!"

Check out all the early songs. Paul ( a very successful music entrepenuar) said Little Richard was his greatest influence. John (meanwhile) said Little Richard "didn't matter"

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The Big 3 from the 50's were, IMO, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and The Killer (Jerry Lee)

The Platters belong in there as does Dion and The Everly Brothers and Roy Orbison although the last three crossed into the early 60's. Unfortunately, Buddy Holly didn't hang around long enough to set his mark.

Elvis was the best ever and I was fortunate to see him in person in Charlotte, NC in 1976, a year before he died. His concert was without a doubt the most fabulous concert I have ever seen. He sang nonstop for two hours.

McCartney sang none stop for 2 1/2 hours. By far the greatest concert I ever attended. 2002 - front row seats were expensive but worth it.

I agree with kathy and al. Elvis was the very best .

Tom-with all due respect to your reply I can only say that I was not dissing the OP in any way. He asked "Who of the following three r&r legends from the 50's deserves the title of King of R&R".
Somehow (and to answer his question) I find it hard to believe that Little Richard could be anywhere close in legendary status and deserve the King of R&R more than Elvis. Just my opinion but I would bet that of the three mentioned (and there are a lot more) that Elvis dominates big time. Not even close!!

I still remember the night he died, I was devastated. :cryin2:

Bare is absolutely correct - There has never been another entertainer who stirred peoples emotions like the pelvis.

Chuck Berry was great, but a very twisted human being. He is lucky he didn't suffer the same fate as Elvis. If you want to see a terrific documentary rent or buy Hail Hail Rock and Roll - the LONG version. Documents Chuck's sixtieth birthday bash.

I have seen Bobby Vee in person three times and he continues to put on a great show. I have vacationed and owned a lake home in the Detroit Lakes, Minnesota area for many years. Vee got his start performing at the Lake Pavillion in DL.

Bill Haley started it all with "Rock Around The Clock".

Chuck Berry was one of a kind.

Elvis the Pelvis was the the King of rock-n-roll.

He had the older generation in a tizzy with his gyrations.

Wait, that's us. :D

Barefoot was speaking about the day Elvis died.


I feel the same way on the day that Lennon was shot.

I know Feb 3, 1959 was considered the day the music died, but I feel it was on December 8, 1980.

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Not according to his quote in wikiquote.

Considering all those kudos from top entertainers Little Richard could arguable be called the Father of Rock and Roll.

He went almost 3 hours in the 2005 US Tour. I saw him at the Air Canada Center in Toronto and it was my favorite concert of all time. (Number two was Elvis in 1976 and number three was John Sebastian in 1971.)

As far as the question asked, let us quote John Lennon -

“Before Elvis there was nothing.”

Impressive you can remember the John Sebastian concert with all the marijuana smoke that had to be in the air that night.

For all the Elvis fans out there...it's kind of interesting to learn how he really died. Yes, opiates were involved...but, it's because opiates make certain functions very difficult and the King's heart wasn't up to the stress. Yeah - he had a hunk - a hunk of something...and it might have been burning..but, I don't think one would call it "love." Even Kings are sometimes subject to the irony of being human.