How did Elvis effect the music industry?

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Question by Zach Helms: How did Elvis effect the music industry?
I am doing a History project on Elvis and one this topic has me stumped. What are a few breakthroughs in the music industry? Like how did he change music?

Best answer:

Answer by rod85
He didn’t effect the industry. He affected it.

He was one of the first rock idols. There were rocking performers before him, but he was a performer that people wanted to both see and hear. The Beatles were better musicians but they respected him as a star and performer. Rock was not readily accepted by polite society but his introduction by Ed Sullivan to mainstream America made him more acceptable to a broad audience.

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