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The wise-cracking Eddie Murphy<\/a> once said, \u201cI started out as an impressionist and that\u2019s all about observing \u2013 how people move, their voice quality, their attitudes and quirks.\u201d<\/p>\n In the process, he learned the secrets of charisma, and his defining conclusion was that you can only fake it so far. Some people just have a certain je ne sais quoi that causes heads to turn and the masses to swoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n In Murphy\u2019s view, nobody has had more of it than the King. \u201cThat\u2019s my idol, Elvis Presley,\u201d the famed Nutty Professor actor<\/a> once said. As it happens, he was practically a fanboy. \u201cIf you went to my house, you\u2019d see pictures all over of Elvis.\u201d <\/p>\n However, there is a good reason for his adoration. \u201cHe\u2019s just the greatest entertainer that ever lived. And I think it\u2019s because he had such presence,\u201d Murphy explained. Born in 1961, the comic actor might not have seen Elvis\u2019 peak in real time, but there are legions of folks for whom that makes little difference.<\/p>\n Owing to Presley\u2019s shattering swagger, for millions of fans, he represents something that cuts through the stilted mundanity of modern life. According to Eddie, he even had that effect on the rooms he walked into. \u201cWhen Elvis walked into a room<\/a>, Elvis Presley was in the f***ing room. I don\u2019t give a f*** who was in the room with him, Bogart, Marilyn Monroe.\u201d<\/p>\n While Murphy might have only been 16 when the King departed, so he was never in the same room, he\u2019s been on the receiving end of a plethora of stories from his older peers over the years that testify to this head-swivelling belief. Even when the King\u2019s power was waning, his charisma still commanded a room like no other.<\/p>\n In many ways, Elvis changed the very nature of stardom, let alone music. As even BB King recalled, hinting that his charm was always inherent, \u201cI remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent.\u201d <\/p>\n Further reading: Cutting Room Floor<\/strong><\/p>\n BB King continued, \u201cHe was a dynamic young boy. His phraseology, his way of looking at a song, was as unique as Sinatra\u2019s. I was a tremendous fan, and had Elvis lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n All the same, Murphy\u2019s devotion (and that of millions of others like him) is proof that the mark the King made on the world was comparable to the effect he had on any given room he swanned into, and that will always remain.\u00a0For Murphy, it was clear from there that to be a true entertainer, you needed more than just talent; you had to appeal to people with charm. From the outset, he looked to emulate that (just in a more mortal, less earth-shattering way).<\/p>\n As Elton John attested, \u201cAsk anyone. If it hadn\u2019t been for Elvis, I don\u2019t know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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