It is to laugh.
Elvis’ dalliance with rock and roll was brief.
The Col. and RCA shifted him away and then Uncle Sam gelded him.
He sang a ton of covers in his career, songs that had already been hits in previous generations.
Here’s a 4-CD set of songs Elvis covered (including recordings by the rocker Al Jolson). And plenty of people covered Elvis’ songs. It’s as ridiculous an assertion and no one ever covered the Beatles because they were too good.
1-1 –Al Jolson Are You Lonesome Tonight 3:09
1-2 –Bing Crosby Aloha 3:15
1-3 –David Hill (4) All Shook Up 2:11
1-4 –Gene Autry Blueberry Hill 2:35
1-5 –Russ Morgan (2) Blue Christmas 3:03
1-6 –Roy Acuff Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain 2:41
1-7 –Bing Crosby Blue Hawaii 3:04
1-8 –Frankie Trumbauer & Band* Blue Moon 3:07
1-9 –Bill Monroe Blue Moon Of Kentucky 3:05
1-10 –Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes 2:15
1-11 –The Golden Gate Quartet By And By 2:15
1-12 –Darell Glenn* Crying In The Chapel 2:57
1-13 –Bob Wills Faded Love 3:16
1-14 –Glenn Miller Fools Rush In 2:32
1-15 –Hank Snow A Fool Such As I 2:28
1-16 –Roy Brown Good Rockin’ Tonight 2:57
1-17 –Claude Thornhill Harbour Lights 2:41
1-18 –Lulu Belle & Scotty* Have I Told You Lately 2:28
1-19 –Gene Autry Here Comes Santa Claus 2:34
1-20 –Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton* Hound Dog 2:49
1-21 –Eddy Arnold How’s The World Treating You 2:57
1-22 –Frankie Laine I Believe 2:13
1-23 –Patti Page I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine 2:42
1-24 –Blackwood Brothers* If We Never Meet Again 2:35
1-25 –Bing Crosby I’ll Be Home For Christmas 2:53
2-1 –Eddy Arnold I’ll Hold You In My Heart 2:42
2-2 –Leon Payne I Love You Because 2:43
2-3 –Hank Snow I’m Movin’ On 2:48
2-4 –Hank Williams I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry 2:46
2-5 –Ivory Joe Hunter I Need You So 3:10
2-6 –Stuart Hamblen It Is No Secret 2:47
2-7 –Eddy Arnold It’s A Sin 2:26
2-8 –Emilio De Gogorza O Sole Mio 3:04
2-9 –The Shelton Brothers Just Because 3:00
2-10 –Bill Monroe Little Cabin On The Hill 3:10
2-11 –Dick Haymes Love Letters 2:45
2-12 –Ch. Brown* And J. Moore* Merry Christmas Baby 2:35
2-13 –Sleepy John Estes Sloppy Drunk Blues 3:02
2-14 –The Trumpeteers Milky White Way 2:32
2-15 –The Drifters Money Honey 2:57
2-16 –Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup My Baby Left Me 2:28
2-17 –The Delmore Brothers Blues Stay Away From Me 2:51
2-18 –Johnny & Sondra Steele* My Happiness 3:04
2-19 –Hank “Little Junior” Parker* Mystery Train 2:22
2-20 –Red Foley Old Shep 2:51
2-21 –Red Foley Peace In The Valley 2:54
2-22 –Tony Bennett Rags To Riches 2:49
2-23 –Lowell Fulson Reconsider Baby 3:09
2-24 –Big Bill Broonzy See See Rider 2:34
2-25 –The Ames Brothers Sentimental Me 3:14
3-1 –Faye Adams Shake A Hand 2:50
3-2 –J. Wakely* And M. Whiting* Silver Bells 2:54
3-3 –Thomas A. Dorsey Take My Hand Precious Lord 7:31
3-4 –Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup That’s All Right 2:53
3-5 –The Ink Spots That’s When Your Heartaches Begin 3:20
3-6 –Rufus Thomas Tiger Man 2:48
3-7 –Ernest Tubb Tomorrow Never Comes 2:54
3-8 –Horace Heidt & His Orchestra* Tomorrow Night 2:59
3-9 –Frankie Carle Barcarolle 3:48
3-10 –M. Sembrich* G’Schichten Aus Dem Wienerwald 1:46
3-11 –Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head 2:29
3-12 –W. Walker & G. Sullivan* When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 2:36
3-13 –Rudy Vallee The Whiffenpoof Song 3:08
3-14 –Bing Crosby White Christmas 3:03
3-15 –Guy Lombardo Winter Wonderland 3:04
3-16 –Blackwood Brothers* Working On The Building 1:27
3-17 –Carousel Broadway Cast* You’ll Never Walk Alone 2:39
3-18 –Hank Williams Your Cheatin’ Heart 2:42
3-19 –Juan Arvizu La Golondrina 3:19
3-20 –The Shelton Brothers Aura Lee 2:39
3-21 –Emilio De Gogorza La Paloma 2:09
3-22 –Emilio De Gogorza La Golondrina 2:57
3-23 –Monte Rey Santa Lucia 2:57
3-24 –Monte Rey Torna A Surriento 2:55
3-25 –Bill Kenny I Believe In The Man In The Sky 2:36
4-1 –Red Foley Mansion Over The Hilltop 2:44
4-2 –Nina Keieliwahana* Ke Kali Nei Au 3:04
4-3 –Billy Eckstine Blue Moon 3:10
4-4 –Bill Gaither Trio* He Touched Me 2:36
4-5 –John Hurt* Frankie And Johnny 3:21
4-6 –Andrea Crouch* I’ve Got Confidence 2:54
4-7 –Nat “King” Cole* Mona Lisa 3:25
4-8 –Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup So Glad You’re Mine 2:46
4-9 –Hank Williams Jambalaya 2:53
4-10 –Eddie Miller (3) Release Me 2:27
4-11 –Pee Wee King Tennessee Waltz 2:58
4-12 –Bob Wills San Antonio Rose 3:20
4-13 –The Sons Of The Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds 2:50
4-14 –Cliff Carlisle You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone 3:17
4-15 –Gene Autry I’ll Never Let You Go 2:43
4-16 –Wynonie Harris Good Rockin’ Tonight 2:46
4-17 –Bing Crosby Silver Bells 3:00
4-18 –Gene Autry Yellow Rose Of Texas 1:43
4-19 –Arthur Gunter Baby Let’s Play House 2:45
4-20 –The Eagles* Tryin’ To Get To You 2:36
4-21 –Billy Emerson When It Rains - It Pours 3:05
4-22 –Golden Gate Quartet* Working On The Building 3:35
4-23 –Golden Gate Quartet* Swing Low Sweet Chariot 2:41
4-24 –Gene Autry You’re The Only Star 1:57
4-25 –Guy Mitchell My Heart Cries For You 2:44
I haven’t the faintest idea what it is you’re trying to say, or prove.