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Poll Question: Chuck Berry or Elvis Presley?
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    Posted: January 13 2017 at 16:02
Your pick?

I would go with Elvis slightly.
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Presley for "In the Ghetto".
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Elvis Presley went through some changes from "pre army" Elvis to "Vegas" Elvis.
Chuck Berry remained true to his original form (except for that "Ding A Ling" song Disapprove). 
I voted Chuck Berry.

(Besides, without Chuck Berry who knows what would have become of Keith Richards)  
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Chuck is a musician, Elvis was a performer.

I'll go with Chuck
            
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Chuck. Every day, all day. Elvis always seemed rather fraudulent to me.
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Chuck Berry is the man! One of the great rock n' roll riff-writers of all time (even if it was just the same riff in most songs). And he's still playing to this day! 
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Chuck wrote his own stuff, Elvis didn't.  No contest.
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Elvis was not only a good voice, but a force of nature, a paradigme shift
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Always preferred Chuck's stuff to Elvis. Blame Back To The Future and Pulp Fiction. LOL
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Overall, Elvis.  He has the better discography, with more variety.

On some song matchups, I'd easily pick Chuck Berry though.

So I do like both, but Elvis wins the poll for me.
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