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I agree about the 60s and 70s bit however, I was kind of referring to the fairly well documented fact that he wrote no music and possibly provided a few lyrics though in fairness, the term "icon" doesn't dictate that you have to create, simply be, an icon.
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Most of Elvis' songs were written by other people, most of Cliff's too.
I'm just playing devil's advocate here, but , unfortunately, sometimes it's charisma and marketing that make the big records big.