Editing Wynonie Harris (section)

==Legacy==
He was the subject of a 1994 biography by Tony Collins.<ref>Collins, Tony (1995). ''Rock Mr. Blues: The Life & Music of Wynonie Harris''. Big Nickel Publications. {{ISBN|0-936433-19-1}}.</ref>

Since the end of the twentieth century, there has been a resurgence of interest in his music. Some of his recordings are being reissued, and he has been honored posthumously.
* 1994: Inducted into the W.&nbsp;C. Handy [[Blues Hall of Fame]] by the [[Blues Foundation]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
* 1998: Inducted into the Nebraska Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]]
* 2000: Inducted into the High School Hall of Fame at [[Omaha Central High School|Central High School]] in Omaha, Nebraska
* 2005: Inducted into the [[Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame]]<ref>Harris was one of the 40 inaugural inductees to the [[Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame]] in 2005</ref>

In 2011, Harris's song "Quiet Whiskey" was number 9 the list of Top 10 Drinking Songs published by [[AskMen.com]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AskMen's Top 10 List of Drinking Songs|url=http://www.askmen.com/top_10/entertainment_250/254_top_10_list.html|website=Askmen.com|access-date=August 6, 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, Harris's song "Grandma Plays the Numbers" was featured in the video game ''[[Fallout 4]]''.

The Blues Hall of Fame provides these comments: "Harris recorded sporadically afterwards [after 1952] but never again enjoyed the glory or success he'd known as one of the kings of jump blues. Today he is most acknowledged for laying the groundwork for rock 'n' roll".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blues.org/blues_hof_inductee/wynonie-harris/|title=Wynonie Harris|website=Blues.org|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>

===Influence on Elvis Presley===
[[Elvis Presley]] may well have seen Harris perform in Memphis in the early 1950s, although this is not documented.<ref>{{cite book|last=Guralnick|first=Peter|title=Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley|year=1994|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-33220-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/lasttraintomemph00gura_0/page/51 51]|url=https://archive.org/details/lasttraintomemph00gura_0/page/51}}</ref><ref name="Collins 1995 112">{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Tony|title=Rock Mr. Blues: The Life and Music of Wynonie Harris|year=1995|publisher=Big Nickel Publications|isbn=0-936433-19-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/rockmrblueslifem00coll/page/112 112]|url=https://archive.org/details/rockmrblueslifem00coll/page/112}}</ref> According to [[Henry Glover]], Harris's record producer, Elvis "copied many of the vocal gymnastics of Wynonie as well as the physical gyrations. When you saw Elvis, you were seeing a mild version of Wynonie".<ref name="Collins 1995 112"/> Harris remarked in a 1956 interview that Elvis's hip movements were stirring controversy in a way his own never did: "Many people have been giving him trouble for swinging his hips. I swing mine and have no trouble. He's got publicity I could not buy".<ref>{{cite book|last=Tosches|first=Nick|title=Unsung Heroes of Rock'n'Roll|year=1999|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0-306-80891-9|page=52}}</ref>

In the television miniseries of 2005, ''[[Elvis (TV miniseries)|Elvis]]'', Harris was played by Marcus Lyle Brown.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elvis |others=TV miniseries|website=[[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437714/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|access-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref>