Odetta, African American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and civil and human rights activist, speaking at the First Amendment Center on Presley's recording of Bob Dylan's Tomorrow is a long time", where she expressed pleasure in finding out Elvis was a fan of hers, as told on March 25th 1999.
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(In fact), Elvis Presley was a fan. I was thrilled by that; I really was. We never know how we affect the people we come in contact with. We cannot decide how it is we affect anybody. It makes me feel wonderful when I feel that it is something I have done that makes them go on.

— Odetta

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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.