Ok, I think I have to totally surrender, lichanos

…I was referring more to the person and his ways, and less to the music.
As for the person, I think it was his swinging hips that were his main attraction. This too, was directly copied from black performers. Compare him to his white contemporaries, and the contrast in sexual energy is amazing.

When he appeared on the Ed Sullivan TV show, they only showed him from the wasit up! Really!!

I cannot but yield to your superior knowledge on this stuff

PS
Although I was referring more to the person and his ways, and less to the music. It was only a feeling. But of course the reason for his success was the music, no doubt, so I guess I’m wrong.

You probably were commenting on *this post*.

Nope. Presley was the first to admit that his major influences were the blacks, or negroes as was the proper word then. Of course, many people now say he “stole” their music, but since he was always so honest about it, and since artists always “steal” from one another, that’s not fair. What he did was make the earthiness and sexuality of The Blues okay for young white women and men to enjoy…although their parents radically disapproved.

Latin culture ain’t got nothin’ to do with it, sorry. In American popular music, it’s all about the European mingling with the African, with the latter usually taking the lead in innovation.