[Dr. Franklin]

Elvis Presley’s ‘Jailhouse Rock’, The Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’, and The Who’s ‘My Generation’.
I’ll have to go back and give a re-listen.

The Who admitted to being influenced by Dave Davies of the Kinks when they wrote Can't Explain, and that was before My Generation. Dave Davies did a lot of interviews. Many of them are on YouTube. I've never heard him credit Elvis Presley for that.

[dayglored]

> The Who admitted to being influenced by Dave Davies of the Kinks when they wrote Can't Explain, and that was before My Generation.

Pete Townsend has stated in interviews that if it were not for Link Wray's power chords in "Rumble", he never would have picked up a guitar.

That's a pretty strong influence, IMO.