The Beatles & Elvis.

Elvis was one-of-a-kind in the sense that very few performers were able to incorporate the two musical cultures into an explosive combination. Enter The Beatles. As teenagers, The Beatles, especially John Lennon were strongly infliuenced by Elvis Presley. They started wearing their hair slick back like Elvis. They admired his rebelliousness and his appeal to women, not to mention his musical talent. 

'Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis, there would be no Beatles' - John Lennon

In the early days of The Beatles live performances, they frequently sang rock and roll songs made famous by Elvis Presley. Several of The Beatles live performances of these songs were recorded live at the BBC for The Beatles special radio series in the 1960s. One of Presley's songs that Paul used to sing was 'That's All Right (Mama).'

Here's Paul McCartney singing Elvis Presley's 'That's All Right (Mama)' for a special tribute with Elvis' original guitar player, Scotty Moore original drummer, DJ Fontana.