Rockklassiekers: Elvis Presley - Book

Elvis Presley legacy of a phenomenon Summer 2014 marks the 60th year since the very first Elvis Presley record was released. Not all 'scholars' agree that 'That's All Right' invented rock 'n' roll. But Elvis was the first to become an idol thanks to this new music - blues, country and gospel together in the blender.

Bill Haley was your math teacher, Elvis the beautiful young god. More than 35 years after his death, Elvis still deserves an honorable mention in The Hall of Fame of rock music. But how can we describe The King's legacy? Is he not alive yet? And how did he influence the Dutch rock music world, then and now? Leo Blokhuis, Frédérique Spigt, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Tim Akkerman, Bennie Jolink, Douwe Bob, Gerard Ekdom and others come to surprising insights together with the author. Elvis Presley, Legacy of a Phenomenon, highlights key episodes in Elvis's life. Edwin Wendt (1967) has been active as a journalist for newspapers, radio, magazines and websites since he was nineteen.

He deals with diverse subjects such as architecture and spatial planning, but has always remained faithful to pop music, his great love, over the years.