Rose Marie McCoy's laud of Elvis, who recorded a couple of songs she co-wrote with Charles Singleton, and included one of them in his first album, which spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts, as published in NPR̺'s "Lady Writes the bluesː The Life Of Rose McCoy", on February 27, 2009
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In 1954, R&B̪ writer Charles Singleton and I wrote "Trying to Get to You," which was first recorded by The Eagles, a black vocal group. Elvis Presley heard their version in a store in Memphis, and he decided to record the song. Elvis did it like The Eagles. Amazing how he did that. He wasn't a big star at that point, and we thought that he couldn't sing. We just didn't understand, yet, were grateful to him. Thank God for Elvis.

— Rose Marie McCoy

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About Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.