Did you notice how humble he was when he walked into the room shaking everybodys hand and such respect for others and look how good he is in his rehearsals
The Sweet Inspirations were a group formed by Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother. They not only sang for Elvis, according to Whitney, they sang back-up on all of Aretha's songs, as well as countless other acts in those days. You will find interviews with members of the Sweets here on RUclips. They ALL spoke highly of Elvis.
When Elvis was signing a contract to appear at the { As of then } .... Unfinished International Hotel in Las Vegas .... It shows just how human Elvis was as he cracks up seeing the bold man in the front row .... Well just watch and it will all be explained .... And yes .... Whitney Houston mom did sing with Elvis .... But only for a five weeks Engagement .... But the group .... The Sweet Inspirations stayed on with Elvis .... Cissy left because she wanted to be at home with her family .... And so listen to this as Cissy is the one .... That keeps singing and Elvis says " Sing it baby " to her .... As Elvis can't stop laughing .... Elvis had a laugh that could spread like wildfire once it start .... ruclips.net/video/WoqVFEE1UBY/видео.html
As Angela Goodwin mentioned, there are interviews with Elvis's back-up singers on RUclips. In an interview with Estelle Brown she talks about how when one of them called him boss he said "I'm not your boss I'm your brother". She also said "remember the show Touched by an Angel? We was all touched by an angel". That pretty much sums up how they felt about Elvis.
I’ve read that anecdote about the day they joined the group and he gave them some feedback and they said, “ok boss” and he said, “I’m not your boss. I’m your brother” so that goes right along with what you wrote.
Elvis was always polite and humble to everyone . This song was written by the Bee Gees, they were thrilled that Elvis sang it. Thanks for the Elvis videos.
Did u know that Elvis nearly didn't play the Astord Dome in Texas, because the promoters didn't want his backup singers because they were black, so he said if they don't want them there then he was going not 2 perform THERE. So they had 2 allow them, when they arrived there he made sure they were front nd centre nd driven 2 their accommodation in open cars with a blond woman driving their cars. He didn't see colour he saw talent.
Imagine just sitting there having an informal conversation with perhaps the most famous person on the planet! -you made some very good points regarding communication.
Elvis was always polite , humble and he saw people as people no matter what race , religion etc as it should be we are all on this wave of life together! Elvis had a really good hear musically and he knew how he wanted the song , if someone was slightly out he would know...on just pretend live vegas 1970 you hear Elvis mid song saying come on man that's because someone goofed in the band ..he picked up on it but to the likes of me who isn't musical couldn't tell ... love your Elvis reactions I'm glad you're going on the Elvis journey I have loved him all my life ( due to my parents especially mum being a fan ). You should react to aloha from Hawaii American Trilogy is amazing and I'll remember you .x
💯% locked with you. I've noted that myself too watching this video in the past the way he gets down eye-to-eye I on a genuine respectful level when talking with people...like he did here with The Sweets. Also, that pretty lady you mentioned in the video is Sylvia Shemwell. Sadly she passed away of cancer in 2010. But Sylvia and Elvis were close. Actually he was close with all of them. Most Elvis historians never document or cover this very much but all those ladies said that almost every night throughout the 1970s after every one of Elvis' concerts, he would end up spending some time visiting with them either in his hotel suite, or in their hotel suite, before saying goodnight. (That's over a thousand different nights that Elvis made a point of finding them and telling them goodnight) He truly was a Class Act. They weren't lying when they said "he was more like a brother than a boss", or more than just someone that just signed their checks Also, back in 1970s Sylvia had a cancer diagnosis that understandably she was upset about. One of the other ladies said when Elvis found out he immediately went to Sylvia asking what he could do to help her out... knowing that she also was a mother with children. Elvis got right in the trenches with her, praying and crying, paying his own money to have medical specialists flown in to check on Sylvia. Here's a video right here of Sylvia herself touching on this - if you may ever be interested in doing a reaction video to this. ruclips.net/video/mvj92kdos3c/видео.html
Well said. Thanks for the info. Myra also said that after Elvis prayed and they also prayed, that when Sylvia went back for another test, the cancer was gone. God heard their prayers. 👍🙌🙏
You hit the nail on the head. Some people think he wasn't smart because of his poor Southern background and a high school education. He knew how to talk to people and ingratiate them with his humble ways and self depreciating manner. When it comes to being smart I think this is the greatest form of intelligence. People loved him and therefore bent over backwards to please him and he benefited from that greatly. He made it a win win situation for everyone. Thats a smart man.Vicki
I remember reading somewhere that Elvis and Jerry Schilling (his close friend ) both liked one of the Sweet Inspirations and when Elvis found out , he backed off . Jerry married her and they were together for several years . Elvis was a real man with a loving , generous heart and God given talent . He cared more about others than himself ... his downfall was just those damned prescription drugs that kept him alive and working for all the people he supported !!!!
Yeah, the Sweet Inspirations were formed by Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother, and Elvis loved them while Cissy loved Elvis. However, Cissy also only did the first long and major gig with Elvis in Las Vegas as she had an opportunity for a solo career and went for it. While with Elvis, as you have probably noticed, he loved a big sound and harmony, plus the best of every musical genre. Hence the reason he had a white male southern Christian group back him in the Imperials and later JD Sumner and the Stamps, and the Sweet Inspirations with him, too. (for that black gospel sound) the entire 8 years he was touring live from 1969 - 1977. He also loved having that orchestra with him as he loved arranging and producing major orchestrations as he so often did. And this is what made the Elvis Presley show so great to see. As not only did you have Elvis front and center, but you also had top talent in the Sweets and others on that stage and all those voices, combined, could do anything. So, for instance, you also had JD Sumner on stage who during his time with Elvis was in the Guiness Book of World Records for singing the lowest bass note in history. And, the TCB band, comprised of Ronnie Tutt, John Wilkerson, Jerry Shift, and James Burton - his rhythm group - was tops in the country as Burton is considered one of the great guitar players of all time.
Y’all, I gotta say this. Elvis is the most beautiful man, inside and out, I’ve ever seen. I’ve loved for as long as this 47 year old mind can remember. He was so suave and debonair. Just breathtaking. Visiting Graceland was an amazing experience, too. I could feel his presence as soon as I walked through those doors. I swear it felt like the best hug I’d ever had. His body may be gone, but his spirit lingers. God bless, y’all! 💜
It wasn't just them, he surrounded himself with the absolute best and they all loved him. And of course there were tensions. If you ever played in a band at all much less minivans like I have much less huge figures like elvis, with so much money and huge contracts and all this stuff, he always found a way to push his agenda and arrange things the way he wanted it and bring out the best in people and he was the first one to criticize himself also, but throughout that process everybody loved him. And it's just so awesome at that time when there was so much divide in the country, that he was just so relaxed and at home with people of color including black women, which at the time wow. And you put that together with the whole context where I'm sure you're familiar with it by now but there was one point they were getting ready to play the Houston Astrodome for the first time ever in fact I think he might have been the first major music concert there and it was a newfangled building, you know the astrodome. And everybody was looking forward to it and it was a huge important gig then they try to tell him a day or two before that the Sweet Inspirations and he also had other black people throughout his band. He had instrumentalists that were black he had staff that were black and so forth and he was told that he pretty much needed to leave the black people at home and do the show without them. In general it really pissed him off and I read one account where he got so angry and started throwing furniture around the room he was so upset. And then he just made a decision and told them that if they weren't there then you can cancel the show. Which was a huge deal I mean an absolutely huge deal. And then when they gave in, he doubled down on it and he had the Sweet Inspirations drive out in open top convertibles in the parade of Vehicles driving on to the Astrodome field in front of that huge crowd with all the spotlight on them and they got their moment to be completely emphasized to this huge audience. This just speaks volumes. But there's plenty of footage of them all goofing around behind the scenes and also of some serious work arranging things and working through issues and practice but almost always having fun as well. This was all just representative of that. And by the way, that woman you talking about? Not only were they all super hot in each their own way, and I love that woman rocking that classic fro from the time, that's just badass. And she's got those early seventies pants I don't even know what you call them where women were being a little provocative for the time but wearing what looked more like men's pants and it had the buttons on the crotch and all that stuff but anyway. The woman that you were attracted to which of course I totally am as well. I can't remember, I've been subscribed to you for a while and I've seen a lot of your Elvis stuff and I know you must have done the classic 1970 Vegas or whatever year it was in the white jumpsuit of suspicious minds that's so mind-blowing? And if you remember there's that point where you just kind of almost like a panther just kind of pads across the stage towards the Sweet Inspirations and then he singles this same exact woman out that you're talking about, any fucks with her and she's just laughing her ass off and melting and then being shy and then laughing and it is a completely hilarious moment where he pranks her and acts like oh I'll never mind screw you man and he looks out the audience and then he startles her and makes her jump and then she just collapses almost completely laughing and then he starts laughing himself and then immediately goes back into Stage performance and does like a double 180 360 thing or something and swirls back to center stage and they start kicking ass again. That was that exact same woman that you noticed. But also, if you watch a lot of this footage from that era, those women were always switching up their looks. From fro to using some hair straightener and get it long to probably wigs at some point I don't even know, but they were very conscious of the fact that they were in the spotlight and they were having fun switching up their looks and stuff. Everything about it is just so damn cool.
"Words"-- a Bee Gees written song. Barry Gibb sang it in most of his concerts. I LOVE that Elvis put it on his set list regulary and that he did a great job singing it.
Elvis loved everyone. Elvis once said: "no matter who you are, no matter where you come from - we all come from God". Elvis made regular donations to 50 charities. Elvis knew that God gave him this happiness so that he could make people happy.
Those shades were prescription for his glaucoma. They were all fabulous and personalized for Elvis because of his unique style. There is a book called shades of Elvis where big stars get to be photographed in his different shades. I bought a replica pair at Graceland of his gold TCB ones. TCB always had a lightning bolt with it. It was his moto. Tacking care of business in a flash
Thank you, for sharing. Yes. Elvis was positively savvy when relating to people. And he was a man of many skills and talents, but unfortunately, the music industry didn't render him the acknowledgments that he deserved. However, his gold, platinum records/albums speak volumes as one of the top-selling recording artists in world history. In the 60s EP was the highest-paid actor in the film industry. Most of his films were box office hits. He was the top paid performer in Las Vegas, NV for close to a decade. He had many friends and associates from the top-down, cross-cultural and respected and embraced ethnic differences. He was humble, a believer that was typically well liked by most. I could go on and on but I'll stop there. #ep4ever
I love that you've fallen down the Elvis rabbit hole! it happens to the best of us! LOL! God took his time when he created Elvis. Great channel and wonderful reactions. Thanks! Love to you and your family from a Canadian
The cute girl you had your eye on was Myrna Smith..they were very good friends if you know what I mean. He bought her a light blue Cadillac and her license plate said Lady blue. She ended up marrying his friend and bodyguard Jerry Shilling. Unfortunately she died a few years ago...Great reaction..thanks!✌
Elvis broke barriers and one of them said to Elvis, boss he turned around and said I’m not your boss I’m your brother. Also when he did the tribute to MLK they said the backround singers were crying they said they never seen him sing with such passion.
I see you're figuring out that Elvis was much more than just a singer. He did everything by ear and preferred to hire musicians that also played by ear. He loved when they and the back-up singers added new sounds on their own (even if it was during a live performance) to make a song better. He arranged and produced much of his music.
The Sweet Inspirations were a RnB Soul music group who were originally formed as a sessions group as Cissy Houston And The Drinkard Singers, and were discovered by a producer/songwriter and renamed them. They started out with Aretha Franklin and then Elvis called them to come work with him. They loved him so much that they stayed with him from 1969 to his death in 1977. Elvis had a personal relationship with the girl with the big afro named Myrna. He loved her and she even lived at his home in California.
The sweet inspirations ,were Elvis’ choir or back up singers,you could say. He always used them ,exept for the early days . They were a team ,they went everywhere with him .❤️
Loved to have been part of these rehearsals...he's so handsome..elvis never wrote his own songs but he could take anyone's song and make it his ...amazing
The band makes up four different groups. *The Sweet Inspirations The Stamps Quartet Joe Greico Orchestra* and the *TCB Band ( Elvis Band ).* Plus a lady named *Cathy Westmoreland* who sings the High Notes.
Those are his back up singers. The same ones when he was asked to perform In Texas. At the Astrodome but told him to leave the backup singers at home . So Elvis said if you want me to perform, I will be bringing my girls and again they said no so he said ok then you better book someone else cause Elvis does not perform without his singers. Well I guess they thought better and invited him to come and bring the singers so what did ELVIS DO HE SHOWED UP WITH 3 CADILLIAC CONVERTABLES AND HE WAS IN ONE HIS SINGERS WERE IN THE NEXT AND HIS BAND ON THE THIRD, AND THEY DROVE COMPLETELY AROUND THE FIELD INSIDE THE ADTRO DOME WITH ALL THE FANFARE OF ANGELS . THOSE WOMEN NOT ONLY LOVED HIM THEY RESPECTED HIM.
The ladies were great . Elvis could. Intimidating he was and is the king. He really did cross all people not just minorities . I am aboriginal Australian and because I have lupus I am white as snow with red face .my family have beautiful coloured skin . I love his relaxed style right here but god that smile melts me .I am 52 and I wasn’t into him when I was young but I now understand his genius and sex appeal . Man I’d of waited at home like the dutiful wife to be with him and I’m no push over but for him I’d be on my knees lol love your style dude love from Sydney Australia
Excellent analysis of Elvis talking to the black women singers. He was giving them the respect they deserved. Like you said, it wasn't manipulative, it was the genius of Elvis in knowing how to sincerely relate to people, and it came from his heart.
Elvis was executive Producer on all of his Music. Especially in the later years... He knew exactly what he wanted from the song. Elvis singing Bridge Over Troubled Water in Vegas 1970 is an example of one of his arrangements.
Thank you for picking up on and moreover, appreciating the fact that Elvis has the ear for how to produce and arrange songs. Although, he is one of the most well known and influential artists of all time, his musical abilities are often underrated & unknown. People say he wasn't a musician because he didn't write his own songs, he wasn't a good guitar player or people don't know about his impressive vocals... Elvis was the one that knew what he wanted to hear and if he wasn't hearing it or someone made a mistake, Elvis had a great musical ability. In fact, his signature style of moving to his music was natural and not something he was aware of until it was pointed out to him.
Thank you for posting so many things on Elvis, I have been a fan for a very long time, yes the sweet inspirations was Elvis Presley's back up singers, and just some info, one of the ladies is Whitney Houstons mom . Elvis died August 16, 1977 from a heart attack that was caused by many years of drug use, but he didn't think his use was bad, he would get all his pills from his doctor, and his doctor should have known better then to hive him so many, but apparently he didn't feel the need to , which in turn over time really destroyed Elvis from the inside out, Elvis was amazing and to this day is still amazing , he had love for everyone, you should research his charities that he still to this day fund's, during his life he helped so many people , of all colors and all walks of life, he had the biggest heart I have ever seen from a famous person. I think he gave over 50 cadillac's to people that were strangers and friends, he gave houses money , anything he had if someone else needed it. Again Thank you so much for putting Elvis out there. I would request a song , but I think you already did it , If I can dream , another great favorite Kentucky Rain but since it's Christmas time you should listen to Santa bring my baby back to me . Your youtube friend from Indiana
Hey man, I and the people who clicked on the video , clicked on it because we wanted to see elvis with his backup singers. Well we got to see about maybe 2 minutes altogether with elvis, and his girls. This is like 10 minutes we saw maybe 2 with elvis and the girls? Hey man , I didn't click on this to hear you talk, I clicked on it to see elvis with his girls.
I'm glad people talk about this. I'm not going to say much, I already read good comments. I've watched hours of interviews with every Sweet Inspiration member, including Cissy. They all loved him, because he treated everyone well. He was actually just a regular person.
Elvis Loved Everyone. Check Out Elvis At American sound studios in Memphis. Album ELIVS BACK IN MEMPHIS. Song. AND THE GRASS WON’T PAY NO MIND. His Vocals More Raspy. He Was At His Best. ALSO YOU’LL THINK OF ME. Thanks. Great Reaction. Seen Elvis In Concert Twice.
Speaking of the Sweet Inspirations, you should check out "Chain Of Fools" by Aretha Franklin in 1968. The ladies dancing around Aretha are the Sweets with Whitney Houston's mom Cissy was the leader and sang with Elvis for his first Las Vegas engagement, a year before this video.
Excellent reaction man! Musically speaking, Elvis was analogous to a great actor and director who brilliantly interpreted a script written by someone else.
He was a great talent, but most of all a great human being. Yes they were his singers. He really cared for them. In Elvis and the Black Community ( part 1) on U tube, your cute girl talks about Elvis after his death in nothing but glowing terms.
There is a video of Elvis singing "Sweet Inspiration" to his Sweet Inspirations and kisses each one on thd cheek, very nice. Elvis appreciated how his team worked so hard to make the show great.
thank your Sir, I'm an Elvis fan, I have just discovered your channel and subscribed to it, I like the way you comment on your videos - God bless you and your family
. .✨ thank you Quizzy for doing the Elvis sessions . ..your honest observations are cued in to who he was then, a very respectful individual- Good luck with your channels success ✨
I understand exactly what you are saying. regardless of the cultural differences. Elvis spoke to these artists as his equal. at that time he was an international superstar, and his camaraderie with his band and backup singers was awesome!
This was my first time checking you out, in truth, because I’m an Elvis fan…but, I want to give your production value props. The camera work was subtle and kept me engaged, unlike other reaction videos with a stationery camera. Good work brother.
Maybe you wanna react to an Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley duet? His daughter made a couple songs post mortem with Elvis. I think it's beautiful!! " don't cry daddy" is a favorite 💙
Elvis grew up in a black majority neighbourhood in Tupelo, Mississippi and hung out in black clubs and churches. He was probably a lot more comfortable with black people than white people. I'm a white Canadian from Vancouver, so I completely relate to that. If you live in Vancouver and you're a white racist, you're in the wrong place. I pity some white racist American who comes up here and starts trash talking other races because chances are, a white Canadian will talk some sense into them before a black or Asian person does. Sure, we have our "Freedom Convoy" type of people too, but the one time they tried to have a white supremacist rally in Vancouver to support Donald Trump, literally 10 people showed up and hundreds showed up to peacefully resist them. It was amazing. It was around the time we were bringing in Syrian refugees and America refused to do the same. Since then, the only violence involving those refugees was a domestic terrorist and racist trying to hurt those people, not the other way around. Those people just embarrass me as a white person. I grew up idolizing Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air in the 90s because they were so cool and classy. I never understood hating someone because they were cooler than you. I'd rather hang with them and hope that some of that rubbed off on me. Wishful thinking, but it's worth a try, right?
That's Myrna Smith with the Afro, to the left of Elvis, and I had always thought she was the prettiest of the sweets while Elvis' best friend, Jerry Schilling, married her. Elvis and Myrna often flirted, too, but never went all the way. While Elvis did, for a short time in the 70s, date a young black girl.
@@USMale-fy1xy Appreciate the comment, my friend, while I will obviously infer - given your screen name - that you love Elvis, as well. And for a while I had believed my story was unique, but later learned not so much so. As I was only a child when Elvis died & hardly knew who he was except for seeing a few of his movies when I'd fake being sick to stay home from school. lol But when he died, I was overwhelmed with grief that I didn't start back to school until late September and the shrink really thought I was crazy. Thus the beginning of my fascination w/Elvis as I really started to wonder, once I got into my 20s, how someone I barely knew of affected me so deeply. While, in fact, I didn't even start listening to Elvis until into my 20s when I started researching him. And in that research, though many were older fans, I also found that Elvis had a profound impact on a lot of people, even my age, which says a whole lot about charisma or being able to emote emotion. With my finally concluding that there is something just remarkable and unexplainable about the guy that I'll never be able to put into words. And then in my 30s, as I'm a writer by trade, I actually worked for several Elvis online magazines and ended up getting to interview, at one time or another, pretty much everyone who was in Elvis' world; thus my knowledge. While I'd be happy to answer any questions about Elvis you might have, but I imagine you already know the answers. But, having shared a limo drinking w/Esposito at a fundraiser or sitting with Red West at Alfred's, I've also been able to pick up some pretty good stories that most people don't know. I even had a date with Joyce Bova as we both live in the Maryland/DC area and she happened to be really good friends with my Aunt.
@@christophertyler3425 Wow you actually had a conversation with Red. He would be the one that I would like to talk to, Red's been with Elvis since the very beginning. You said if I had any questions........ Well I do have a question that's always bothered me. Why the hell did he stay with Tom Parker? The man was a crook and an illegal immigrant. Parker wouldn't let Elvis tour outside of the U.S.A because the U.S. wouldn't have let Parker re-enter the U.S.. And I believe Parker didn't want to have Elvis away from him for any period of time because somebody probably would have convinced Elvis to get another manager or at least renegotiate that fucked up contract where Parker got half of whatever Elvis made. Mgrs usually get 10 to 15 % not 50% that's just crazy. Elvis still holds a few records for sales though the Beatles finally passed Elvis for total LP sales. But if Elvis was able to do just a few World Tours, his sales and popularity would've probably doulbled. I mean he's already the #1 icon of the 20th century & he never left the country that's never going to happen again. If the Beatles, Madonna, The Stones or Michael Jackson or anyone just stayed in their country, they would not be talked about today. I heard that when Elvis ever was asked about leaving Parker, he say that he felt he had to be loyal to Parker because Parker helped get Elvis started. You know that Parker didn't open any doors, once Elvis dropped that first record and it took off, you or I could've managed Elvis. I mean Parker was damn carney & he would've gladly took 10 to 15% if Elvis pushed him on it. If Elvis had a mgr team that just half-assed cared about him, he may not be alive today but he sure as hell wouldn't have died in '77'. Well sorry I went a little long, lol 😃. I'd appreciate if you could shine some light on that. Thank you and God Bless. Or as the King would say "Uh Thank you, Thank you very much."
Did you notice how humble he was when he walked into the room shaking everybodys hand and such respect for others and look how good he is in his rehearsals
The backup singer to the right of Elvis, once called him "Boss".
Elvis replied: "I`m not your boss, I`m your brother"
Elvis treated everyone with respect from the CEO to the janitor equally.
Hard to find a wonderful Super Star like him！🙏🏼
The Sweet Inspirations were a group formed by Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother. They not only sang for Elvis, according to Whitney, they sang back-up on all of Aretha's songs, as well as countless other acts in those days. You will find interviews with members of the Sweets here on RUclips. They ALL spoke highly of Elvis.
They also opened a lot of Elvis' concerts.
Elvis treated them like family 👑⚡🌟
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When Elvis was signing a contract to appear at the { As of then } .... Unfinished International Hotel in Las Vegas .... It shows just how human Elvis was as he cracks up seeing the bold man in the front row .... Well just watch and it will all be explained .... And yes .... Whitney Houston mom did sing with Elvis .... But only for a five weeks Engagement .... But the group .... The Sweet Inspirations stayed on with Elvis .... Cissy left because she wanted to be at home with her family .... And so listen to this as Cissy is the one .... That keeps singing and Elvis says " Sing it baby " to her .... As Elvis can't stop laughing .... Elvis had a laugh that could spread like wildfire once it start .... ruclips.net/video/WoqVFEE1UBY/видео.html
Did you know that Whitney sang backup also for a month before she went solo?
As Angela Goodwin mentioned, there are interviews with Elvis's back-up singers on RUclips. In an interview with Estelle Brown she talks about how when one of them called him boss he said "I'm not your boss I'm your brother". She also said "remember the show Touched by an Angel? We was all touched by an angel". That pretty much sums up how they felt about Elvis.
I loved that she referred to Elvis as an "Angel". That is high praise right there!
I’ve read that anecdote about the day they joined the group and he gave them some feedback and they said, “ok boss” and he said, “I’m not your boss. I’m your brother” so that goes right along with what you wrote.
Elvis was always polite and humble to everyone . This song was written by the Bee Gees, they were thrilled that Elvis sang it. Thanks for the Elvis videos.
Elvis was the MAN !! Amazing how grounded he was!!!! Treated everyone with respect !!!!
Did u know that Elvis nearly didn't play the Astord Dome in Texas, because the promoters didn't want his backup singers because they were black, so he said if they don't want them there then he was going not 2 perform THERE. So they had 2 allow them, when they arrived there he made sure they were front nd centre nd driven 2 their accommodation in open cars with a blond woman driving their cars. He didn't see colour he saw talent.
Imagine just sitting there having an informal conversation with perhaps the most famous person on the planet!
-you made some very good points regarding communication.
Elvis was always polite , humble and he saw people as people no matter what race , religion etc as it should be we are all on this wave of life together! Elvis had a really good hear musically and he knew how he wanted the song , if someone was slightly out he would know...on just pretend live vegas 1970 you hear Elvis mid song saying come on man that's because someone goofed in the band ..he picked up on it but to the likes of me who isn't musical couldn't tell ... love your Elvis reactions I'm glad you're going on the Elvis journey I have loved him all my life ( due to my parents especially mum being a fan ). You should react to aloha from Hawaii American Trilogy is amazing and I'll remember you .x
ELVIS was so humble and treated all people with respekt! He had Charisma and looks phenomenal! Never be another like ELVIS! Thank you guy!
Thanks for who you are&your a good man.
I appreciate that so much
💯% locked with you. I've noted that myself too watching this video in the past the way he gets down eye-to-eye I on a genuine respectful level when talking with people...like he did here with The Sweets.
Also, that pretty lady you mentioned in the video is Sylvia Shemwell. Sadly she passed away of cancer in 2010.
But Sylvia and Elvis were close. Actually he was close with all of them. Most Elvis historians never document or cover this very much but all those ladies said that almost every night throughout the 1970s after every one of Elvis' concerts, he would end up spending some time visiting with them either in his hotel suite, or in their hotel suite, before saying goodnight.
(That's over a thousand different nights that Elvis made a point of finding them and telling them goodnight)
He truly was a Class Act.
They weren't lying when they said "he was more like a brother than a boss", or more than just someone that just signed their checks
Also, back in 1970s Sylvia had a cancer diagnosis that understandably she was upset about.
One of the other ladies said when Elvis found out he immediately went to Sylvia asking what he could do to help her out... knowing that she also was a mother with children.
Elvis got right in the trenches with her, praying and crying, paying his own money to have medical specialists flown in to check on Sylvia.
Here's a video right here of Sylvia herself touching on this - if you may ever be interested in doing a reaction video to this.
ruclips.net/video/mvj92kdos3c/видео.html
Well said. Thanks for the info. Myra also said that after Elvis prayed and they also prayed, that when Sylvia went back for another test, the cancer was gone. God heard their prayers. 👍🙌🙏
Elvis and the "Sweets" = perfection💞
I'm so proud of you 👏🏾💛
Lol ayeeeee thanks 🙏🏿 Ya boi focused ya feel me
@@quizzyondemand that's the only way to be 💪🏾 #Goals
You hit the nail on the head. Some people think he wasn't smart because of his poor Southern background and a high school education. He knew how to talk to people and ingratiate them with his humble ways and self depreciating manner. When it comes to being smart I think this is the greatest form of intelligence. People loved him and therefore bent over backwards to please him and he benefited from that greatly. He made it a win win situation for everyone. Thats a smart man.Vicki
I remember reading somewhere that Elvis and Jerry Schilling (his close friend ) both liked one of the Sweet Inspirations and when Elvis found out , he backed off . Jerry married her and they were together for several years . Elvis was a real man with a loving , generous heart and God given talent . He cared more about others than himself ... his downfall was just those damned prescription drugs that kept him alive and working for all the people he supported !!!!
The member was Myrna Smith
The Sweet Inspirations that they liked and Jerry Schilling later married was Myrna Smith (my cousin)
Yes, Elvis was a man for everybody. No one was left out. Elvis didn't really like the big celebrity thing. And they didn't come much bigger than him.
Yeah, the Sweet Inspirations were formed by Cissy Houston, Whitney's mother, and Elvis loved them while Cissy loved Elvis. However, Cissy also only did the first long and major gig with Elvis in Las Vegas as she had an opportunity for a solo career and went for it. While with Elvis, as you have probably noticed, he loved a big sound and harmony, plus the best of every musical genre. Hence the reason he had a white male southern Christian group back him in the Imperials and later JD Sumner and the Stamps, and the Sweet Inspirations with him, too. (for that black gospel sound) the entire 8 years he was touring live from 1969 - 1977. He also loved having that orchestra with him as he loved arranging and producing major orchestrations as he so often did.
And this is what made the Elvis Presley show so great to see. As not only did you have Elvis front and center, but you also had top talent in the Sweets and others on that stage and all those voices, combined, could do anything. So, for instance, you also had JD Sumner on stage who during his time with Elvis was in the Guiness Book of World Records for singing the lowest bass note in history. And, the TCB band, comprised of Ronnie Tutt, John Wilkerson, Jerry Shift, and James Burton - his rhythm group - was tops in the country as Burton is considered one of the great guitar players of all time.
You are adorable, Quizzy. Love your hair.
THANKYOU Laura, my hair is my pride and joy besides my son! I’m glad to have you here !
When both John Lennon and Johnny Cash say that ELVIS was the best singer they ever heard... says SOMETHING special! This was a practice session.
You get Elvis 🕺 that’s why for so many reasons he will always be the ‘KING’ no one can compare on any level. The mould broke that’s for sure.
Y’all, I gotta say this. Elvis is the most beautiful man, inside and out, I’ve ever seen. I’ve loved for as long as this 47 year old mind can remember. He was so suave and debonair. Just breathtaking. Visiting Graceland was an amazing experience, too. I could feel his presence as soon as I walked through those doors. I swear it felt like the best hug I’d ever had. His body may be gone, but his spirit lingers. God bless, y’all! 💜
Elvis is the most underrated music producer in history.
It wasn't just them, he surrounded himself with the absolute best and they all loved him. And of course there were tensions. If you ever played in a band at all much less minivans like I have much less huge figures like elvis, with so much money and huge contracts and all this stuff, he always found a way to push his agenda and arrange things the way he wanted it and bring out the best in people and he was the first one to criticize himself also, but throughout that process everybody loved him. And it's just so awesome at that time when there was so much divide in the country, that he was just so relaxed and at home with people of color including black women, which at the time wow. And you put that together with the whole context where I'm sure you're familiar with it by now but there was one point they were getting ready to play the Houston Astrodome for the first time ever in fact I think he might have been the first major music concert there and it was a newfangled building, you know the astrodome. And everybody was looking forward to it and it was a huge important gig then they try to tell him a day or two before that the Sweet Inspirations and he also had other black people throughout his band. He had instrumentalists that were black he had staff that were black and so forth and he was told that he pretty much needed to leave the black people at home and do the show without them. In general it really pissed him off and I read one account where he got so angry and started throwing furniture around the room he was so upset. And then he just made a decision and told them that if they weren't there then you can cancel the show. Which was a huge deal I mean an absolutely huge deal. And then when they gave in, he doubled down on it and he had the Sweet Inspirations drive out in open top convertibles in the parade of Vehicles driving on to the Astrodome field in front of that huge crowd with all the spotlight on them and they got their moment to be completely emphasized to this huge audience. This just speaks volumes. But there's plenty of footage of them all goofing around behind the scenes and also of some serious work arranging things and working through issues and practice but almost always having fun as well. This was all just representative of that. And by the way, that woman you talking about? Not only were they all super hot in each their own way, and I love that woman rocking that classic fro from the time, that's just badass. And she's got those early seventies pants I don't even know what you call them where women were being a little provocative for the time but wearing what looked more like men's pants and it had the buttons on the crotch and all that stuff but anyway.
The woman that you were attracted to which of course I totally am as well. I can't remember, I've been subscribed to you for a while and I've seen a lot of your Elvis stuff and I know you must have done the classic 1970 Vegas or whatever year it was in the white jumpsuit of suspicious minds that's so mind-blowing? And if you remember there's that point where you just kind of almost like a panther just kind of pads across the stage towards the Sweet Inspirations and then he singles this same exact woman out that you're talking about, any fucks with her and she's just laughing her ass off and melting and then being shy and then laughing and it is a completely hilarious moment where he pranks her and acts like oh I'll never mind screw you man and he looks out the audience and then he startles her and makes her jump and then she just collapses almost completely laughing and then he starts laughing himself and then immediately goes back into Stage performance and does like a double 180 360 thing or something and swirls back to center stage and they start kicking ass again. That was that exact same woman that you noticed. But also, if you watch a lot of this footage from that era, those women were always switching up their looks. From fro to using some hair straightener and get it long to probably wigs at some point I don't even know, but they were very conscious of the fact that they were in the spotlight and they were having fun switching up their looks and stuff. Everything about it is just so damn cool.
Elvis is the man and polite and humble person
"Words"-- a Bee Gees written song. Barry Gibb sang it in most of his concerts. I LOVE that Elvis put it on his set list regulary and that he did a great job singing it.
He never sang Words in "most of his concerts".
But mostly in 1969-70.
Sorry-- BARRY GIBB did sing it regularly -- you need to watch more of the videos of his concerts. He directed it to his wife Linda in the audience.
Elvis loved everyone. Elvis once said: "no matter who you are, no matter where you come from - we all come from God". Elvis made regular donations to 50 charities. Elvis knew that God gave him this happiness so that he could make people happy.
I realize you have other subscribers, but when you gain the Elvis fans, you’ll soar.
Yes, Elvis hand picked the sweet inspirations!
Those shades were prescription for his glaucoma. They were all fabulous and personalized for Elvis because of his unique style. There is a book called shades of Elvis where big stars get to be photographed in his different shades. I bought a replica pair at Graceland of his gold TCB ones. TCB always had a lightning bolt with it. It was his moto. Tacking care of business in a flash
Thank you, for sharing. Yes. Elvis was positively savvy when relating to people. And he was a man of many skills and talents, but unfortunately, the music industry didn't render him the acknowledgments that he deserved. However, his gold, platinum records/albums speak volumes as one of the top-selling recording artists in world history. In the 60s EP was the highest-paid actor in the film industry. Most of his films were box office hits. He was the top paid performer in Las Vegas, NV for close to a decade. He had many friends and associates from the top-down, cross-cultural and respected and embraced ethnic differences. He was humble, a believer that was typically well liked by most. I could go on and on but I'll stop there. #ep4ever
He was just a good man !!
I love that you've fallen down the Elvis rabbit hole! it happens to the best of us! LOL! God took his time when he created Elvis. Great channel and wonderful reactions. Thanks! Love to you and your family from a Canadian
Elvis Forever
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The cute girl you had your eye on was Myrna Smith..they were very good friends if you know what I mean. He bought her a light blue Cadillac and her license plate said Lady blue. She ended up marrying his friend and bodyguard Jerry Shilling. Unfortunately she died a few years ago...Great reaction..thanks!✌
Elvis was just relating and making his singers feel welcome and comfortable.
Yes….Elvis loved them all.
You are 100.... Great comments and observations
Keep it real and you will go far. You can learn a lot from Elvis's music an life.
Elvis had Respect for all. My wife is his biggest fan..I knew stuff of Elvis..my wife schooled me on the rest! 💯❤
Elvis was such a perfectionist!!! He would reharsh a song 30 to 40 times just to get it perfect to the sound he wanted
ELVIS was very comfortable talking with these ladies and you could tell it was done often. They were a big part of his career
Elvis broke barriers and one of them said to Elvis, boss he turned around and said I’m not your boss I’m your brother. Also when he did the tribute to MLK they said the backround singers were crying they said they never seen him sing with such passion.
BLESSED every time I watch EP. 💯❤💯
I see you're figuring out that Elvis was much more than just a singer. He did everything by ear and preferred to hire musicians that also played by ear. He loved when they and the back-up singers added new sounds on their own (even if it was during a live performance) to make a song better. He arranged and produced much of his music.
Hi Quizzy,
Elvis is amazing, just relaxing and talking. Love 😍 him xxx 💝
Wow, he is so handsome!
The Sweet Inspirations were a RnB Soul music group who were originally formed as a sessions group as Cissy Houston And The Drinkard Singers, and were discovered by a producer/songwriter and renamed them. They started out with Aretha Franklin and then Elvis called them to come work with him. They loved him so much that they stayed with him from 1969 to his death in 1977. Elvis had a personal relationship with the girl with the big afro named Myrna. He loved her and she even lived at his home in California.
The sweet inspirations ,were Elvis’ choir or back up singers,you could say. He always used them ,exept for the early days . They were a team ,they went everywhere with him .❤️
Loved to have been part of these rehearsals...he's so handsome..elvis never wrote his own songs but he could take anyone's song and make it his ...amazing
Notice how Elvis bent down to speak to them….he didn’t ask them to stand or talked below him. This alone tells you what type of person he was in life.
The band makes up four different groups. *The Sweet Inspirations The Stamps Quartet Joe Greico Orchestra* and the *TCB Band ( Elvis Band ).* Plus a lady named *Cathy Westmoreland* who sings the High Notes.
Those are his back up singers. The same ones when he was asked to perform In Texas. At the Astrodome but told him to leave the backup singers at home . So Elvis said if you want me to perform, I will be bringing my girls and again they said no so he said ok then you better book someone else cause Elvis does not perform without his singers. Well I guess they thought better and invited him to come and bring the singers so what did ELVIS DO HE SHOWED UP WITH 3 CADILLIAC CONVERTABLES AND HE WAS IN ONE HIS SINGERS WERE IN THE NEXT AND HIS BAND ON THE THIRD, AND THEY DROVE COMPLETELY AROUND THE FIELD INSIDE THE ADTRO DOME WITH ALL THE FANFARE OF ANGELS . THOSE WOMEN NOT ONLY LOVED HIM THEY RESPECTED HIM.
The ladies were great . Elvis could. Intimidating he was and is the king. He really did cross all people not just minorities . I am aboriginal Australian and because I have lupus I am white as snow with red face .my family have beautiful coloured skin . I love his relaxed style right here but god that smile melts me .I am 52 and I wasn’t into him when I was young but I now understand his genius and sex appeal . Man I’d of waited at home like the dutiful wife to be with him and I’m no push over but for him I’d be on my knees lol love your style dude love from Sydney Australia
Those sweet ladies loved Elvis.
The only person to out due Elvis was Elvis : )))
Excellent analysis of Elvis talking to the black women singers. He was giving them the respect they deserved. Like you said, it wasn't manipulative, it was the genius of Elvis in knowing how to sincerely relate to people, and it came from his heart.
Great Stuff! Elvis was awesome. ♥️🎼🎶🎵🇨🇦🇨🇦
Elvis was executive Producer on all of his Music. Especially in the later years... He knew exactly what he wanted from the song. Elvis singing Bridge Over Troubled Water in Vegas 1970 is an example of one of his arrangements.
Elvis videos will get you lots of subs. Everyone loves Elvis. Any age Any race. Elvis could sing anything.
Elvis was in charge of EVERYTHING in the studio. He was in charge arrangement, music, layouts, he was in charge of song choice.
Just how I like to be Kelli !! You gotta have that control cause if your uncomfortable you can’t be your best self
With Elvis you cant lose .
This is pure respekt to the sweet inspirations.. They were HIS GIRLS to the end. And they love him, and he love THEM.
Thank you for picking up on and moreover, appreciating the fact that Elvis has the ear for how to produce and arrange songs. Although, he is one of the most well known and influential artists of all time, his musical abilities are often underrated & unknown. People say he wasn't a musician because he didn't write his own songs, he wasn't a good guitar player or people don't know about his impressive vocals... Elvis was the one that knew what he wanted to hear and if he wasn't hearing it or someone made a mistake, Elvis had a great musical ability. In fact, his signature style of moving to his music was natural and not something he was aware of until it was pointed out to him.
The king nothing more nothing less long live the king
Thank you for posting so many things on Elvis, I have been a fan for a very long time, yes the sweet inspirations was Elvis Presley's back up singers, and just some info, one of the ladies is Whitney Houstons mom . Elvis died August 16, 1977 from a heart attack that was caused by many years of drug use, but he didn't think his use was bad, he would get all his pills from his doctor, and his doctor should have known better then to hive him so many, but apparently he didn't feel the need to , which in turn over time really destroyed Elvis from the inside out, Elvis was amazing and to this day is still amazing , he had love for everyone, you should research his charities that he still to this day fund's, during his life he helped so many people , of all colors and all walks of life, he had the biggest heart I have ever seen from a famous person. I think he gave over 50 cadillac's to people that were strangers and friends, he gave houses money , anything he had if someone else needed it. Again Thank you so much for putting Elvis out there. I would request a song , but I think you already did it , If I can dream , another great favorite Kentucky Rain but since it's Christmas time you should listen to Santa bring my baby back to me . Your youtube friend from Indiana
Hey man, I and the people who clicked on the video , clicked on it because we wanted to see elvis with his backup singers. Well we got to see about maybe 2 minutes altogether with elvis, and his girls. This is like 10 minutes we saw maybe 2 with elvis and the girls? Hey man , I didn't click on this to hear you talk, I clicked on it to see elvis with his girls.
I like your comments, I'm learning too,
You go with Elvis and you'll get there with your great personality!!!
I'm glad people talk about this. I'm not going to say much, I already read good comments. I've watched hours of interviews with every Sweet Inspiration member, including Cissy. They all loved him, because he treated everyone well. He was actually just a regular person.
Its called being a decent human being...more people should try it ❤❤❤
Elvis Loved Everyone. Check Out Elvis At American sound studios in Memphis. Album ELIVS BACK IN MEMPHIS. Song. AND THE GRASS WON’T PAY NO MIND. His Vocals More Raspy. He Was At His Best. ALSO YOU’LL THINK OF ME. Thanks. Great Reaction. Seen Elvis In Concert Twice.
Such an amazing reaction.
Love Love Love! Keep grinding man! These Elvis videos are so rare and so are you! Thank YOU!!!
AAYYEE Stewart man that’s dope.. love the anime cat too for the profile picture! That’s dope
Hang in there Man. Just focus on creating good memories with your little one.
Yes, the sweet inspirations were his backup singers
The sweet Inspirations were a group on their own and he liked their sound so he hired them. Vicki
Look at how at ease the Sweet Inspirations are with Elvis. That speaks volumes as to how he treated people.
Speaking of the Sweet Inspirations, you should check out "Chain Of Fools" by Aretha Franklin in 1968. The ladies dancing around Aretha are the Sweets with Whitney Houston's mom Cissy was the leader and sang with Elvis for his first Las Vegas engagement, a year before this video.
Beautiful harmony with the Sweet Inspirations. That was something special.
This was recorded five days after I was born!
Yes, that's them!
This was great! 🙏🏼
Excellent reaction man! Musically speaking, Elvis was analogous to a great actor and director who brilliantly interpreted a script written by someone else.
Elvis knows how to conduct his band and his backup singers on how to make the song sound better not only to him and them but to the audience.
He was a great talent, but most of all a great human being. Yes they were his singers. He really cared for them. In Elvis and the Black Community ( part 1) on U tube, your cute girl talks about Elvis after his death in nothing but glowing terms.
There is a video of Elvis singing "Sweet Inspiration" to his Sweet Inspirations and kisses each one on thd cheek, very nice. Elvis appreciated how his team worked so hard to make the show great.
Over 88,000 two years later! That baby is so darn cute that he gives Elvis a run for his money!
lol THANKYOU so much
thank your Sir, I'm an Elvis fan, I have just discovered your channel and subscribed to it, I like the way you comment on your videos - God bless you and your family
I've never heard that version by Elvis Presley. Well done by the RUclips artist.
. .✨ thank you Quizzy for doing the Elvis sessions . ..your honest observations are cued in to who he was then, a very respectful individual-
Good luck with your channels success ✨
I understand exactly what you are saying. regardless of the cultural differences. Elvis spoke to these artists as his equal. at that time he was an international superstar, and his camaraderie with his band and backup singers was awesome!
Yes they were his back up singers..he requested them specifically!
Yes Elvis had regular band and backup singers always.
Elvis had great respect and admiration for the Sweet Inspirations. They were among the best in the business. They were his peers.
Word's 👍 👌
he always was casual with everybody
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This was my first time checking you out, in truth, because I’m an Elvis fan…but, I want to give your production value props. The camera work was subtle and kept me engaged, unlike other reaction videos with a stationery camera. Good work brother.
Maybe you wanna react to an Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley duet? His daughter made a couple songs post mortem with Elvis. I think it's beautiful!! " don't cry daddy" is a favorite 💙
Yeah my brother you know for sure you have the right idea on this ,you have the good take on going to for 👍 merry Christmas gobless.
Hey man merry Christmas bro
Yes sir thank you very much and we gonna chat later have a good one brother.
Elvis grew up in a black majority neighbourhood in Tupelo, Mississippi and hung out in black clubs and churches. He was probably a lot more comfortable with black people than white people. I'm a white Canadian from Vancouver, so I completely relate to that. If you live in Vancouver and you're a white racist, you're in the wrong place. I pity some white racist American who comes up here and starts trash talking other races because chances are, a white Canadian will talk some sense into them before a black or Asian person does. Sure, we have our "Freedom Convoy" type of people too, but the one time they tried to have a white supremacist rally in Vancouver to support Donald Trump, literally 10 people showed up and hundreds showed up to peacefully resist them. It was amazing. It was around the time we were bringing in Syrian refugees and America refused to do the same. Since then, the only violence involving those refugees was a domestic terrorist and racist trying to hurt those people, not the other way around. Those people just embarrass me as a white person. I grew up idolizing Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air in the 90s because they were so cool and classy. I never understood hating someone because they were cooler than you. I'd rather hang with them and hope that some of that rubbed off on me. Wishful thinking, but it's worth a try, right?
That's Myrna Smith with the Afro, to the left of Elvis, and I had always thought she was the prettiest of the sweets while Elvis' best friend, Jerry Schilling, married her. Elvis and Myrna often flirted, too, but never went all the way. While Elvis did, for a short time in the 70s, date a young black girl.
My man, after reading your comments, it's clear you know your Elvis history.. A lot of people get it all screwed up, Good job. Long live the King.
@@USMale-fy1xy Appreciate the comment, my friend, while I will obviously infer - given your screen name - that you love Elvis, as well. And for a while I had believed my story was unique, but later learned not so much so. As I was only a child when Elvis died & hardly knew who he was except for seeing a few of his movies when I'd fake being sick to stay home from school. lol But when he died, I was overwhelmed with grief that I didn't start back to school until late September and the shrink really thought I was crazy. Thus the beginning of my fascination w/Elvis as I really started to wonder, once I got into my 20s, how someone I barely knew of affected me so deeply. While, in fact, I didn't even start listening to Elvis until into my 20s when I started researching him. And in that research, though many were older fans, I also found that Elvis had a profound impact on a lot of people, even my age, which says a whole lot about charisma or being able to emote emotion. With my finally concluding that there is something just remarkable and unexplainable about the guy that I'll never be able to put into words.
And then in my 30s, as I'm a writer by trade, I actually worked for several Elvis online magazines and ended up getting to interview, at one time or another, pretty much everyone who was in Elvis' world; thus my knowledge. While I'd be happy to answer any questions about Elvis you might have, but I imagine you already know the answers. But, having shared a limo drinking w/Esposito at a fundraiser or sitting with Red West at Alfred's, I've also been able to pick up some pretty good stories that most people don't know. I even had a date with Joyce Bova as we both live in the Maryland/DC area and she happened to be really good friends with my Aunt.
@@christophertyler3425 Wow you actually had a conversation with Red. He would be the one that I would like to talk to, Red's been with Elvis since the very beginning. You said if I had any questions........ Well I do have a question that's always bothered me. Why the hell did he stay with Tom Parker? The man was a crook and an illegal immigrant. Parker wouldn't let Elvis tour outside of the U.S.A because the U.S. wouldn't have let Parker re-enter the U.S.. And I believe Parker didn't want to have Elvis away from him for any period of time because somebody probably would have convinced Elvis to get another manager or at least renegotiate that fucked up contract where Parker got half of whatever Elvis made. Mgrs usually get 10 to 15 % not 50% that's just crazy.
Elvis still holds a few records for sales though the Beatles finally passed Elvis for total LP sales. But if Elvis was able to do just a few World Tours, his sales and popularity would've probably doulbled. I mean he's already the #1 icon of the 20th century & he never left the country that's never going to happen again. If the Beatles, Madonna, The Stones or Michael Jackson or anyone just stayed in their country, they would not be talked about today.
I heard that when Elvis ever was asked about leaving Parker, he say that he felt he had to be loyal to Parker because Parker helped get Elvis started. You know that Parker didn't open any doors, once Elvis dropped that first record and it took off, you or I could've managed Elvis. I mean Parker was damn carney & he would've gladly took 10 to 15% if Elvis pushed him on it.
If Elvis had a mgr team that just half-assed cared about him, he may not be alive today but he sure as hell wouldn't have died in '77'.
Well sorry I went a little long, lol 😃. I'd appreciate if you could shine some light on that. Thank you and God Bless. Or as the King would say "Uh Thank you, Thank you very much."
Another great reaction!