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Explain the ways in which Elvis Presley paved the way for

rock and roll, with his sounds and image; and how his iconic status as 'The King' affected the next generation of music

Elvis Presley was born in the heart of the depression to a poor Mississippi family 1935 and he later on moved to Memphis his teenage years when he rose to fame in 1953. From the very beginning of his career, Elvis proved to be a very influential artist, with such a unique and versatile voice. The development of music technology in the 1950s allowed him to break musical boundaries and blur the distinctions between genres in ways never done before. Issues such as spill were minimized due to the overdubbing of vocals in order to increase clarity and music began to be released on vinyl-superseded 78 rpm records. His music was of a much better quality as he had access to a wider frequency production and better dynamic range at Sun Studio, in Memphis run by Sam Phillips.

Elvis's style was appealing to the mass audiences, it was a type o, music that didn't discriminate and was warmly accepted by people of different background and brought a sense of togetherness. He drew heavily on the style of black performers in his music such as Muddy Waters and B.B King. His sexual stage presence which was seen as controversial at first, changed the image of rock'n'roll forever, during performance he would include crazy footwork and pelvic thrusts and many TV critics frowned upon this and on some tv appearances, he had to be recorded from the waist upwards. Nevertheless, his fans still loved him and this just added to his fresh cutting-edge style.

Elvis was heavily influenced by southern popular music in the forms of blues, country and gospel and even though he wasn't necessarily the best or even most consistent, he was labelled as the king of rock and roll and managed to popularised rock'n'roll as the first pop superstar. Elvis didn't conform to the usual ways of the music industry in his time,...