If there was never an Elvis Presley, who would then be the King Of Rock N Roll?

[EyeDocOfRock]

If there was never Elvis Presley, who would then be considered the King of Rock N Roll ?

[demolition23]

Chuck Berry

[Luigi]

Lemmy

[Psychobolia.com]

King Diamond

[Sleek]

Dennis DeYoung.

[EzyRider]

Chuck Berry

Lemmy

King Diamond

These are all correct ... I'd go with Little Richard, that technically might be 'Queen of Rock and Roll' though

[Hatchets Molly]

Understanding the roots of rock n roll, do you really think a black guy would have made that happen back in that era? It seems like it would have taken a white guy that grew up in the south and fell in love with those artists to bridge that gap. What do I know? Lemmy is too recent. I'm an Elvis music fan and dug his early days style. I'm not familiar with other white artists that came from that era that didn't go the straight country route.

Johnny Cash?

I understand why he gets pegged as country, but I've never seen it that way. He was more rock n roll in behavior than a lot of rock n rollers.

[EzyRider]

Dennis DeYoung.

Hang on, we have a potential winner (wiener??)

[Hatchets Molly]

It's so hard to believe Dennis is heterosexual.

[LAglamrocker]

Jon Bon Jovi 1987

[VinnieVincentsVag]

Chuck Berry

He was the king

[MetalSludgeCEO]

Understanding the roots of rock n roll, do you really think a black guy would have made that happen back in that era? It seems like it would have taken a white guy that grew up in the south and fell in love with those artists to bridge that gap. What do I know? Lemmy is too recent. I'm an Elvis music fan and dug his early days style. I'm not familiar with other white artists that came from that era that didn't go the straight country route.

Johnny Cash?

I understand why he gets pegged as country, but I've never seen it that way. He was more rock n roll in behavior than a lot of rock n rollers.

""""""""""""Johnny Cash?""""""""""""""

This.

For the Lemmy mention... F'ing nonsense.. not even close.

$tEvil

[HueyRamone]

What Elvis did can barely be called Rock n Roll in the modern sense.
I say we give it to Dave Grohl. Or Chad Kroeger.

[EzyRider]

You're picking Johny Cash over Lemmy as the undisputed KING OF ROCK AND ROLL??



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLv1HxnlWf8

[Neil Diamond Dave]

There would be four of them - John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

[Nate S Axel]

Johnny Cash?

I understand why he gets pegged as country, but I've never seen it that way. He was more rock n roll in behavior than a lot of rock n rollers.

In terms of "behavior" I'd choose Merle Haggard over Johnny Cash, since Haggard lived the life Cash only sang about, but Johnny was definitely more popular. Good answer.

Otherwise, maybe Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, or Buddy Holly.

There probably would be a Mount Rushmore instead of a single king.

Or Chad Kroeger.

Now we're talkin'!

[eddie lee roth]

Pat Boone

[Sleek]

Understanding the roots of rock n roll, do you really think a black guy would have made that happen back in that era? It seems like it would have taken a white guy that grew up in the south and fell in love with those artists to bridge that gap. What do I know? Lemmy is too recent. I'm an Elvis music fan and dug his early days style. I'm not familiar with other white artists that came from that era that didn't go the straight country route.

Johnny Cash?

I understand why he gets pegged as country, but I've never seen it that way. He was more rock n roll in behavior than a lot of rock n rollers.

""""""""""""Johnny Cash?""""""""""""""

This.

$tEvil

I think that nobody looks at Johnny Cash as the king of rock and roll because he did not do rock and roll.

Kind of like how nobody claims that Sinatra, Woody Guthrie or Bing Crosby should be.

[HueyRamone]

He was more rock n roll in behavior than a lot of rock n rollers.

I think that nobody looks at Johnny Cash as the king of rock and roll because he did not do rock and roll.

Kind of like how nobody claims that Sinatra, Woody Guthrie or Bing Crosby should be.

Yep. If "Rock N Roll Behavior" got you to be the king of Rock N Roll, then just give it to Jesse James, or Rasputin, or Mozart

I feel like you have to be at least as heavy as the Rolling Stones to be considered Rock N Roll these days, so Elvis and the Beatles are out. Its high time for a critical reevaluation of this genre and The Big Bopper and Richie Valens arent in it any more. They can be "Old-timey proto rock n roll (formerly Rock n Roll)", or O-TPRnR(FRnR) for short, which I think rolls off the tongue.

Im fine with Elvis' new title of "The King of O-TPRnR(FRnR)" or simply, "The King"

[Sleek]

So would the revivalists be NWOO-TPRnR(FRnR)?

[HueyRamone]

So would the revivalists be NWOO-TPRnR(FRnR)?

Yes.

It would have been called that for a short time, during the changing of the guard, but the label would largely be an anachronism by now.

[Turner Coates]

It's so hard to believe Dennis is heterosexual.

Especially a hunka hunka burnin love heterosexual.

[cowpins]

Chuck Berry

He was the king

This is the correct answer.

[Fat_Elvis]

Buddy Holly
Carl Perkins
Bill Haley
Jerry Lee Lewis

It still would have been a white dude borrowing from Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc...

[WolfgangVonPage]

Roy Orbison

[Love_Industry]

The baddest cat alive, Top Jimmy he's the King...

[aznsquirt]

You guys are missing a huge one: Fats Domino.

If you take Elvis out of the equation, I believe he was the most successful rock act of that era. No, I'm not counting Johnny Cash.

He just seems to have been forgotten vs. guys like Chuck Berry, Little Richard for whatever reason.

[rubysdad]

Pete Townsend.

[Wiseacre]

Having grown up on Johnny Cash, I can definitely say he was not ever and should never be considered "RnR". Not by any definition.

[JinglesTheChristmasMouse]

Graham Bonnet.