Jonas Bernholm in his book Soul Music Odissey

Next stop was the Sun Studio. It was not the old one at 706 Union Avenue, by many considered the birthplace for the post war youth culture. Even if Elvis Presley was the most talented artist of his generation, had he not been born, someone else sounding similar, but not as good, would have probably surfaced in another town and in another studio. Talking about Elvis, it was six days before I arrived in Memphis and tried to meet him, albeit unsuccesfully, that I had actually seen Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five in Chicago. Since we had been sharing the same dressing room after their performance, I could have been the first person to tell Elvis that I had met his future son-in-law, later to be married to his then unborn daughter Lisa Marie..

— Jonas Bernholm

What It Means

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Elvis Presley

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.