Elvis has been snubbed by the Blues hall of fame.

Elvis IS in the Blues Hall of Fame. He was inducted sometime around 2002-2005. Can't remember the date but it was newsworthy back then and Priscilla accepted in his honor for his induction. It's the Rhythm & Blues Hall Of Fame that he has yet to be inducted into but it's relatively new and only has 9 members.

No.

Elvis isn't and never has been inducted into the Blues Foundation's blues hall of fame.

As i said in my original post that's the most important and the major blues hall of fame there is.

I mentioned all of this in my opening post.

You're right. It was an award he received from the Blues Hall Foundation in 1984 for keeping the blues alive in Rock & Roll.

In the mid '50's Elvis was regarded as the best white blues singer. Elvis indruduced the blues to countless people, myself included. George Harrison once said that Elvis had a great blues voice.

I notice from the list that Chuck Berry has been inducted, I have never thought of him as being a blues singer?

Yeah, that's interesting. Chuck is known for his great rock 'n' roll records, but he also cut some great blues sides like Wee Wee Hours, Blues for Hawaiians, Things I Used to Do....so I'd say if Berry belongs in the blues hall, so does Elvis. I see Fats Domino's name in that list, too, and I don't think of him as a bluesman.

Ray Charles is what the blues is all about. None of these other 50's guys came close to that.

Ray Charles is what the blues is all about. None of these other 50's guys came close to that.

I don't even think of Ray as a pure bluesman. He was all over the map musicially - jazz, rhythm and blues, country and western, pop, hard to confine him to any one genre. A bit like a certain guy from Tupelo.

Despite having a track record of introducing the blues to many musician's and helping increase the popularity of it...

I'm sorry, he did what?

My question is... and is probably more appropriate... when will Elvis be inducted into Cooperstown???

You being sarcastic is unappreciated and it isn't a stretch at all to say Elvis should be inducted.

Also you should know about Elvis' contributions to the popularity of blues music since you are a die hard fan.

For instance Robert Plant has said that after hearing Elvis sing ''Hound dog'' and ''One night'' he later went and got the original versions by Big Mama Thorton and Smiley Lewis.

So Elvis did introduce Robert Plant and others to blues music and that helped increase the awareness of it among the white audiences.

As i said to Matthew you don't have to be the most influential artist to be inducted into a music hall of fame.

You should know that.

First of all... relax, I was kidding around. Second of all, I would disagree that Elvis should be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. While he did record what some would consider Blues songs, he was not a blues artist. Also, Elvis' versions of Hound Dog and One Night are not Blues... because someone decided to track down the original recordings does not make Elvis an influence with regard to Blues... that would be BMT and SL.

Despite having a track record of introducing the blues to many musician's and helping increase the popularity of it...

I'm sorry, he did what?

My question is... and is probably more appropriate... when will Elvis be inducted into Cooperstown???

You being sarcastic is unappreciated and it isn't a stretch at all to say Elvis should be inducted.

Also you should know about Elvis' contributions to the popularity of blues music since you are a die hard fan.

For instance Robert Plant has said that after hearing Elvis sing ''Hound dog'' and ''One night'' he later went and got the original versions by Big Mama Thorton and Smiley Lewis.

So Elvis did introduce Robert Plant and others to blues music and that helped increase the awareness of it among the white audiences.

As i said to Matthew you don't have to be the most influential artist to be inducted into a music hall of fame.

You should know that.

First of all... relax, I was kidding around. Second of all, I would disagree that Elvis should be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. While he did record what some would consider Blues songs, he was not a blues artist. Also, Elvis' versions of Hound Dog and One Night are not Blues... because someone decided to track down the original recordings does not make Elvis an influence with regard to Blues... that would be BMT and SL.

If it wasn't for Elvis' recording those songs those future artists never would have tracked down the originals in the first place.

That's the whole point he contributed to the popularity of those artists and to Blues music by doing that.

That is helping the genre and that is a contribution.

He was also a great blues singer and he did record some blues.

You don't have to be strictly a blues artist to be inducted as they have inductees that aren't.

Yep - Bo Diddley is on their hall, and although he did many great blues tracks, he is mostly remembered for his pioneering contributions to rock 'n' roll. Ditto for Fats Domino and Chuck Berry.

It's a travesty.

It's a travesty.

But ... is it a snub?

What really surprised me is that Elvis made it into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. I assumed that honor was reserved for full time gospel singers (is Johnny Cash in it?), and that their lives had to be spotless. Considering all the stuff that has been said about Elvis and his drug addiction, womanising, etc, I would've thought the Christian music biz would wanna stay as far away from Elvis as possible. I'm not endorsing that attitude - there are plenty of full-time gospel singers with scandal in their personal lives; but the church tends to disown their wounded, rather than try to help them.

but the church tends to disown their wounded, rather than try to help them.

Aha, right.

your on a loosing battle with Matthew, he is very blinkered in his view on everything.

This is what i hate about FECC is when you try to to have a serious discussion about something some individual comes on here and makes a comment such as this.

I think i debated Matthew rather well and and for robg to just dimiss it like that is rather disturbing.

But I've got a blinkered view and i'm crazy for thinking Elvis should be in the blues hall of fame according to the genius poster named robg

If you don't think Elvis should be in the Blues hall of fame fine but good grief.

Um, wasn't rob siding with you and calling Matthew's view "blinkered"?

Who knows, you never can tell what MrsG's going to do next.

brian, I don't agree with you.

your on a loosing battle with Matthew, he is very blinkered in his view on everything.

This is what i hate about FECC is when you try to to have a serious discussion about something some individual comes on here and makes a comment such as this.

I think i debated Matthew rather well and and for robg to just dimiss it like that is rather disturbing.

But I've got a blinkered view and i'm crazy for thinking Elvis should be in the blues hall of fame according to the genius poster named robg

If you don't think Elvis should be in the Blues hall of fame fine but good grief.

Um, wasn't rob siding with you and calling Matthew's view "blinkered"?

oops i'm sorry i read that wrong.

My apologies to Robg.

Is Elvis in the Balladeer's Hall of Fame ?

Is Elvis in the Balladeer's Hall of Fame ?

They don't have a balladeer's hall of fame.

They should, and Elvis would be first!

Despite having a track record of introducing the blues to many musician's and helping increase the popularity of it...

I'm sorry, he did what?

My question is... and is probably more appropriate... when will Elvis be inducted into Cooperstown???

You being sarcastic is unappreciated and it isn't a stretch at all to say Elvis should be inducted.

Also you should know about Elvis' contributions to the popularity of blues music since you are a die hard fan.

For instance Robert Plant has said that after hearing Elvis sing ''Hound dog'' and ''One night'' he later went and got the original versions by Big Mama Thorton and Smiley Lewis.

So Elvis did introduce Robert Plant and others to blues music and that helped increase the awareness of it among the white audiences.

As i said to Matthew you don't have to be the most influential artist to be inducted into a music hall of fame.

You should know that.

I agree with you Brian, there is a case to be made for inclusion for various reasons, unfortunately at present political reasons will deny Elvis consideration. The unjust racism tag and the stolen music issue are still peddled and believed by some misinformed people. It would take some same major grade A African Americans to promote Elvis for him to get consideration.
Here is a link to an interesting article on Elvis and the blues

http://www.elvisinfonet.com/blues.html

If only Elvis had done that 1973 blues album.

He is in the Rock and Roll hall of fame,the Rockabilly hall of fame,the Country hall of fame and the Gospel hall of fame.These are the genres Elvis had a major influence and impact on and can be considered a seminal artist in these categories and he deserves his place in their illustrious Halls Of Fame but blues i'm not so sure.He cut some cool blues tunes,some of his best material in fact, but not enough to merit a place in their hall of fame IMO.

norrie

The biggest injustice of all is not in this, but rather in the lack of 'Grammy' awards (other than for his sacred recordings, of course). There should at least be some posthumous/lifetime award and the Estate should produce a video presentation, perhaps fronted by some luminary from the music world, in order to achieve this. Maybe in 2015.

Elvis received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1971 ("Bing Crosby Award"). Source: http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy ... ime-awards.

Here's an interesting blog entry about Elvis from 2011 on Grammy.com: http://www.grammy.com/news/king-for-a-week