In reply to Dossome.

@IStanForYourFav
Don’t you think there are artists with higher impact than Elvis and The Beatles?
NO, can you think of another musician with bigger legacy and impact in the music world, Elvis and the Beatles defined what Rock N' Roll music is today, the Rock world is bigger than every other genre in music history, from Metal to Grunge, all are subgenres of what Elvis and The Beatles created.

2nd round, it doesn't matter it Aretha influenced Whitney, even if Houston was inspired by Franklin, her legacy is bigger, simply as that, and as you say, today vocalists are influenced by people of the past but then again Whitney beats Franklin in that too, there's not such thing as being influenced by others indirectly, if someone is inspired by Houston, that does not mean that they are automatically influenced by Franklin too, just because she influenced Houston, that's bullshit, everyone creates their own trademark, almost every band in the world is formed after the Beatles, go to tell them that Elvis influenced their music as well. Music evolves as well as musicians, it doesn't matter when, where, from who, it comes from, once developed into something else, does not belongs to where it started.