(WFRV) – 86 years ago today, the “King of Rock and Roll” Elvis Presley was born.
Jim’s Music in Green Bay told Local 5 how important Presley was to music industry.
“Everything that we have done today, Elvis did first. You look at the stuff Lady Gaga did or the stuff Peter Gabriel did or any of the big solo artists did, Elvis did it all first.”, says Trent Sinclair.
The performer that Presley was is something many remember him for. The dancing visuals that came along with his singing were vital to Presley’s image. Even the outfits and jumpsuits he wore were unique.
Elvis Presley is shown performing in this undated photo at an unknown location. (AP Photo) 
**FILE** Elvis Presley sings during a concert in this 1973 file photo. Presley fans will soon have a place in the islands to fondly remember why they couldn’t help falling in love with the star of “Blue Hawaii.” Wearing his signature flare-legged, big-collared, bejeweled and strategically snug ensemble, the King will reappear in the islands in the form of a life-sized bronze statue marking the site of his historic 1973 concert “Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii.” (AP Photo) 
In this April 30, 1956, file photo, Elvis Presley is shown at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. One of the first stages Elvis sang on has been refinished during the renovation of the auditorium at his elementary school in Tupelo, Miss., the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported Friday, July 21, 2017. Elvis Presley Birthplace employee Judy Schumpert says the rock ‘n’ roll king’s time at Lawhon was instrumental in helping him pursue music as a boy. Schumpert says Presley’s fifth-grade teacher, Oleta Grimes, entered him in his first talent competition.(AP Photo/File)
“Elvis moved around. Elvis got people up and going. They even had to ban him at one point because he was so dynamic. Even in the later years with his jumpsuits and karate, he always put on a show. He wanted people to go to his concerts and kind of be overwhelmed by the whole presentations”, Sinclair explains.
Consistency was a word that stuck out to Jim’s Music when talking about Presley.
“He could take any song, adapt it, mold it, and it would always have the Elvis signature and he knew how to make songs that weren’t that great, work for him”, says Sinclair.
Singer and actor Elvis Presley is shown in an undated photo. (AP Photo) 
Singer Elvis Presley gestures during a press conference inside his private railroad car at Los Angeles Union Station, California, United States as he arrived on April 20, 1960 to make a movie. (AP Photo/HPM) 
Cigar in hand, Elvis Presley walks down the ramp after arriving in Charleston, West Virginia on July 11, 1975, for the first of three concerts in the West Virginia capital city. Elaborate security precautions kept Presley a safe distance away from the crowd which greeted him at the Kanawha Airport and at his downtown hotel. More than 18,000 tickets were sold for the concerts, one Friday at night and two Saturday. (AP Photo) 
Elvis Presley, left, 23-year-old rock and roll singer, gestures at his short hair as he chats with a former school chum, Farley Gey, 22, who is entering the Army with Elvis, in Memphis, March 24, 1958. Robert Maharrey, 22, another inductee, looks on from the rear. The scene took place at the local draft board headquarters. (AP Photo/Fred J. Griffith) 
** ARCHIV ** Rock’n’Roll-Saenger Elvis Presley auf einem undatierten Bild vor dem Schild seines Battaillons in Friedberg, wo er 18 Monate – von 1958 bis 1960 – als Soldat stationiert war.In Bremerhaven wurde der “King” am Morgen des 1. Oktober an der Columbuskaje sehnlichst erwartet. Unter Hunderten von Soldaten verliess er den Transporter “General G. M. Randall”. “In der mittelhessischen Kleinstadt Friedberg haben Elvis-Fans laenger Gelegenheit, ihr Idol zu sehen. Der 23-Jaehrige tritt dort seinen Dienst bei der 3. US-Panzerdivision an. “Man hat dem Tag entgegen gefiebert”, erinnert sich Claus-Kurt Ilge, der als 15- Jaehriger die Ankunft des “King of RocknRoll” erlebte. Gegen 19.30 Uhr sei der Zug an einer Verladerampe der “Ray Barracks” eingefahren. Trotz einer massiven Praesenz der Militaerpolizei gelingt es Ilge, die Absperrungen zu ueberwinden und einen Blick auf sein Idol zu erhaschen. (AP Photo/Archiv) ** zu unserem KORR. APD0728 ** — ** FILE ** The undated file photo shows Elvis Presley beside a sign of his US Army unit in Friedberg, Germany, where he spent 18 months between 1958 and 1960. (AP Photo)
The legacy that Presley left behind is still being shared throughout the world by many today. His music is still largely played and the name Elvis is connected to rock and roll forever.
“You can go into a bar where they are playing Metallica on the jukebox and you can play Elvis and everyone loves it. I don’t care what they listen to in their free time, they all love Elvis at some point”, Sinclair tells Local 5.
