It's Elvis no matter how many other artist you list, because without Elvis rock-n-roll does not exist. Without Elvis there is no Rolling Stones, Beatles, Zeppelin, etc. People argue that those bands and all artist after would have probably still come after him and maybe that's true but think about all of those artist Elvis inspired to do what they did, Jimmy Page has stated that hearing Baby Let's Play House inspired him to start playing guitar. And on another note he wins because he was the first. When he went to Sun Studios in 1954 and recorded "That's Alright Mama" that's when it all started. Somebody else would have come along mostly likely started the whole thing but since he was first, he is the king. I could keep going but this sounds pretty good.
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