Do Sources E and F support the evidence of Source B about the impact of Elvis Presley? Use your own knowledge to explain your answer.

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Q.3 Do Sources E and F support the evidence of Source B about the impact of Elvis Presley? Use your own knowledge to explain your answer.

Source B shows that Elvis Presley was making a big impact at the time. For example with the fact that he is on TV despite only having started his professional music career around two years previously in 1954 (performing to an enthusiastic audience at Overton Park, Memphis). Although this was his first appearance on television, he has shocked the newspapers and at least part of the public with his crude behaviour while performing: “It has caused the most heated reaction.” Despite the fact Source B shows some people were very negative about Elvis, and the newspapers thought he sung poorly: “Presley has no singing ability” (from the New York Times), it is still showing that he had an impact whether he was liked or disliked, because of the reaction he caused and because the papers consider him important enough news to write articles about him.

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        Sergeant Bilko, the television programme mentioned in Source E (from an American television and radio magazine) was a very popular comedy about army life. Source E shows that its ratings were topped by Milton Berle’s show for the first time that season. The reason this show’s ratings increased was that Elvis was making his first television appearance on that show. Ratings were important for television programmes as all TV channels relied on advertising revenue to pay for their programmes. Source E is therefore saying that Elvis is making a huge impact, as he is already well known enough (this was ...

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