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Paul McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the most successful musician and composer in popular music history, with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles.
I might add that he is also still active,performing in concerts at the the ripe old age of 67.Something that will never be said about Michael or Elvis
Here's a question for you all to ponder:
On all of the Beatles songs,how can you tell,just by listening,who wrote the song?(answer to follow)
It's not about record sales. It's about quality of entertainment (subjective at best), showmanship, & innovation.
For pure showmanship, I've never seen anyone top James Brown. How come he never comes up in these conversations?
ill take Led Zeppelin over anyone named in this thread so far
On most of their songs, the songwriter was the lead singer: George sang all his own songs, as did Ringo, and both were credited as solo writers. However, John and Paul had made an agreement (rather informal initially) that they would share credit on all their songs, regardless of who wrote the song or to what degree the song was co-written. John, being the elder and the band's founder and titular leader, had his name listed first (which led to a conflict between Paul and Yoko a few years ago when Paul wanted to list his name first--not remove John's name--on songs he wrote, and Yoko fought him legally and won).Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyclops
Now, most of the time, if Paul was singing lead, it was his song, and likewise for John. However, they co-wrote several songs, often with one having the verses down and the other providing the middle eight, or even combining two songs into one (famous example: "A Day in the Life," which was mostly written by John but which features Paul's "woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head" changeup in the middle). Also, you can't tell for certain by who's singing with songs written by John or Paul for Ringo to sing (e.g., "A Little Help from My Friends," "What Goes On," and "Yellow Submarine"); if you went by the singer, you'd think Ringo had written these songs.
that's a great photo.
http://www.boxing-memorabilia.com/images/alielvisP.jpg
I dont think you can say either one was better, I would say they stand as equals as the two greatest entertainors of the 20th century, And when I mean greatest, as judged by their record sells, charisma, cultural impact, and overall entertainment ability these two giants are both king of there particular eras.
Elvis dominated the rock charts, sold millions of records under the country music genre, and won at least one grammy maybe more for his gospel music. Until he became a parady of himself in his later movies, for a time was the number box office draw in Hollywood, and at the time of his death was his image was the most reproduced figure in the world behind Mickey Mouse.
Micheal Jackson was the first black man on MTV, the biggest selling album of alltime he virtually revived the record industry single handidly, revolutionized MTV. He fuzed RnB with pop, and rock that changed what kind of music we listen to today influincing stars such as Usher, Justin Timberlake and many more..
Why is there no option for 'neither?'
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Before Elvis there was nothing.
John Lennon
So Elvis invented rock music? :lol: :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by dbev
Nope. He ripped it off from black culture. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 2009AD
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