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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Daily Cascade
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.
Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.
August 16, 2025 at 11:08am August 16, 2025 at 11:08am
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Prompt:
On this day in 1977, American singer Elvis Presley, known as the “King of Rock and Roll,” died of a heart attack brought on largely by drug abuse.
Were you an Elvis Fan? If so favorite song? How about a few trivia questions about Rock and Roll?
Who was the first rock-and-roll superstar?
What singer was inducted three times in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
What was the first rock song to become famous around the world?
Which single was the last number one given by Elvis Presley in 1969?
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Oh, Wow! Elvis!
In those days, just about every young person was an Elvis fan. I guess I was a fan, too, but not for his on-stage actions or fast rock'n roll songs. Possibly for being slightly older than the Baby-Boomer generation, I liked his songs that emerged later, when he matured more, songs like "Are You Lonesome Tonight?", "Love Me Tender", "Can't Help Falling in Love", "In the Ghetto", and "Crying in the Chapel".
As to the rest of the questions, I had to look them up. I might have known or remembered the answers to those, say 60 years ago, but right now, my mind drew a blank.
*The first rock-and-roll superstar is Chuck Berry. as is considered by some but not all. In the running was the 1951 song “Rocket 88” recorded by Ike Turner's band the Kings of Rhythm and credited to its vocalist Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats.
*Eric Clapton was the only one who was inducted three times in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a consistent hitmaker and one of the greatest guitarists. I think I liked him just as much or even better than Elvis and the song he composed and sang after his son died touched me greatly.
*As to the first rock song to become famous around the world, I found several different answers. Here they are:
# "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets, released in 1954, is widely considered the first world-famous rock and roll song.
# "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, recorded in 1951, is widely considered to be the first rock and roll song.
# "Rock Awhile" by Goree Carter was recorded in April 1949.
* Elvis Presley's last number one single in 1969 was "Suspicious Minds", according to Billboard. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart on November 1, 1969. This was his 18th and final number one hit in the US. I liked this song, too, but it wasn't among my best-loved Elvis songs.
When all is said and done, I asked myself this question: Why was Elvis so loved?
Elvis was in the right place at the right time in the history of popular music. Much of the conveniences of life, like the internet, too many TV channels, etc., that emerged later weren't there, so our general attention became fixed on Elvis. Elvis also favored what the we all favored, such as God, country, love etc., and also, he came from rags to riches as a country boy making it big.
Yet, even more than all that, he had charisma, talent, humanity, and emotion, and when he performed, he gave his performance his all. That is how he became an icon. Later, his sudden tragic death even added more to his fame.
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