Writer's Block: Over the top
Who would you consider the most overrated musician, and why?
Elvis Presley. Most of "his" songs were not his and were instead taken from black artists. Elvis was one of many people of his era to take songs from African-Americans and make them popular for white people. I dislike that entire concept. This isn't to say that there was anything wrong with him singing in whatever genre he wanted to. Genre and dance are for everyone. Songs themselves have to come from you or be written for you or at least be used with permission if you're going to make money off them, without the aforementioned type of agenda.
I don't hate Elvis. But he is still adored today while Pat Boone (who was, in my opinion, truly evil about this whereas I wouldn't call Elvis malicious) and others have faded from memory.