thaifood
Active member
A few years back John Rich had a talent show on TV. He told the contestants they would have to write an original song to perform if they wanted to be an artist. I agree with you there is wonderful artistry in interpreting and performing a song. Imagine the two great, great song stylists Frank Sinatra and Elvis, neither of whom ever wrote a lyric!! Then there is the artist John Rich.
I don't now if it has been definitively decided that Elvis never wrote anything. He is, after all, given a writing credit along with Mae Axton & Thomas Durden for Heartbreak Hotel.