Elvis vs Jacko

[JamesHunt]

who was the best?

Even though Elvis ended up a 42 yo overweight burger guzzling druggie, I still think he blows whacko Jacko off the planet. What say you lot???

[Quiet Reflections]

I say MJ since Elvis was a racist song thief but what does one base the comparison on. MJ has better sales, a bigger following and sung different music to a different generation.

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

I think you're out of your mind comparing Elvis to the King.........

think back to those Elvis movies, you'll find your answer

[2009AD]

I say MJ since Elvis was a racist song thief but what does one base the comparison on. MJ has better sales, a bigger following and sung different music to a different generation.

Q.R.

Elvis was not a racist...

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/presley1.asp

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/op...lPZObW+gceDVVA

For a racist he sure did hang around a lot of black blues, jazz, rock and gospel singers

Elvis and Fats Domino



Sammy Davis Jr.



B.B. King


Ali


I should remember the name of this buy, but right now it escapes me. he was a blues musician



Mahalia Jackson

[2009AD]

double post

[fred41]

Apples and Oranges...two totally different types of performers belonging to different generations.

...but my preference would be Elvis. Michael Jackson might have him in the overall multiple talent dept....but come on..Elvis was a guy...with a guy's voice. Guys wanted to be Elvis. Seriously..how many normal guys wanted to be Michael Jackson?

[Star Angel 86]

Elvis Presley.

[Ecstatic]

I say MJ since Elvis was a racist song thief but what does one base the comparison on. MJ has better sales, a bigger following and sung different music to a different generation.

Better sales? Of a single album, Thriller, yes: that album is the all-time best-selling album. But Elvis and the Beatles are all-time rivals for selling the most records, with over 1 billion sales each. Michael comes in third, at 750 million, and will likely pick up another 20 million or more following his death, but he remains behind the other two. Bing Crosby ranks 4th with over 500 million sales.

As for who was the better singer: Elvis. The better actor: Elvis. The better dancer: Michael. Who had the greater social impact? Probably a tie there. So it all depends on what you're comparing.

[alpha2117]

Elvis didn't have the broad talent base of Jackson so I think Jackson edges Presley.

[Quiet Reflections]

I say MJ since Elvis was a racist song thief but what does one base the comparison on. MJ has better sales, a bigger following and sung different music to a different generation.

Q.R.

Elvis was not a racist...

http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/presley1.asp

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/op...lPZObW+gceDVVA

For a racist he sure did hang around a lot of black blues, jazz, rock and gospel singers

Elvis and Fats Domino



Sammy Davis Jr.



B.B. King


Ali


I should remember the name of this buy, but right now it escapes me. he was a blues musician



Mahalia Jackson

Publicity photos don't mean shit we all know that. And 1 comment researched by snopes means not a lot either. Its funny people live and die by their public image and nobody ever considers what the people were like behind closed doors. I didn't know Elvis but growing up in the south i got to meet a lot of people with a lot of stories and i tend to believe those old guys rather than the publics stories we are told of this supposedly great man