How Did Elvis Presley's Impact On American Culture

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame once said, “In 1954, the performer kicked off a musical revolution by modernizing traditional genres with his charismatic stage presence with then-scandalous hip-swings and body contortions, he set the charts [and hearts] ablaze” about the legend Elvis Presley. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a very prestigious and the way they talk about him accurately introduces him. Every person knows the name Elvis, he is an American name that created such a strong impact on many parts of today's culture. He was born in 1933 right after the baby boom in the “roaring twenties," he grew up extremely poor. Then in 1954, Elvis started to create a name for himself in the music industry. He transformed his reputation and changed the expected music and style of his time with inspiration from Chuck Berry, James Brown, and many other jazz and

Elvis Presley's music and movies defined the American dream when he gave inspiring messages through his songs to fans who were going through hard times, challenged the norms of American society with his role throughout two very different cultures in the music industry, and his image and dance moves widened the generational gap creating a very different yet amazing country for future generations: his legacy continued to grow his name, “The King of Rock and Roll”. Elvis’s songs drew groups of people who were struggling or going through hard times. The post-WWⅡ America experienced a lot of social change similarly to 1920s and that is where Elvis saw his opportunity. He used his struggle when he was younger in his music, he grew up very poor and living in a very unhappy home. The challenges he worked through were all poured out in his song “In the Ghetto”. Throughout the song, the lyrics “in the ghetto” were repeated multiple times to represent the vicious cycle of abuse, starvation, violence, and homelessness that families were in. This song was about a ghetto in Chicago where a