The sexual morals were strict back them, and Elvis was considered vulgar and dangerous by many adults. Most older singers, thought Rock and Roll music and Elvis were a passing fad. Elvis influenced music, hair and clothing styles and was the talk of the nation back in 1956. He was on the cover of magazines and was given a lucrative movie contract. Soon he proved he was a great singer who could master all genres of music.
Not to mention the racial aspect as well. Elvis was a white guy from the south, who was very vocal about his love of black music and was openly friends with black musicians. That was a pretty daring way to be in the 50s, but that's how he grew up.
I love watching these live versions of Elvis back in the early days. Hound Dog is a great song! This was performed on the "Ed Sullivan" show in 1956. His movements were considered scandalous to show on TV. Some shows only filmed him from the waist up.
Hu Greg, I am loving your Elvis reactions, you know ELVIS was the first to perform like this,, and it caused a big rift because of his moves, he was really just beginning his career and even then the Charisma was oozing out of him, I wasn't born yet, but I have seen it many many times, and got the dream come true to actually see him in concert 3times, ELVIS was the first at so many things, he started a freaking revolution, and to this day, we love 💕 this beautiful man more than you could ever know, he has more fan clubs than any other artists even after being gone 45 yrs, so that should say a lot, picture stay on the Elvis journey, the Man is PURE MAGIC. Thanks sweetheart for the great reaction. TCB 1935🕺🕺🕺⚡⚡⚡👑👑👑🎵🎵🎵🙏🙏🙏
Elvis had soul because he grew up singing gospel songs in the deep south. His biography says that when he first started singing in public his legs would shake from nerves but since he got such a big reaction, he was told just keep doing whatever it is you're doing. After while, he played the whole thing up, that was all part of his country charm.
He brought church into his music, my departed dad saw him looking the the windows and sitting on the porch while the black folks played their music, forreal,my pop was from Mississippi and had a memory that would not quit,that's why I remember the tale that he told me from Tupelo and Canton Mississippi, rest in peace 🙏 Pop 💙😘
I absolutely love your elvis reactions!! I just began my own Elvis journey three months ago, myself! Not at all being aware of his amazingly beautiful talented performances & the deep emotions he shows through his songs & his voice, that will grab heart & soul every time you hear another one of his songs! Im just going to leave u a list of some favorites songs to possibly react to! Songs/Performances that i think you will really enjoy! And that will truly not disappoint, if anything you'll be unexpectedly surprised because of his enormous range and his ability to switch up his vocal sounds within a song, that will hit you out of nowhere!! I appreciate you! Much Love!💞💞💞 #1 "MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY"-(1970 Live Las Vegas) #2 "TRYING TO GET TO YOU" (68 Comeback Live Jam Session) #3 "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING" (1970 Live Las Vegas) #3 "HOW GREAT THOU ART" (1977 Live) #4 "ONE NIGHT WITH YOU" (68 Comeback Session Live Jam Session) #5 "YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME" (1970 Live Las Vegas) #6 "UNCHAINED MELODY" (1977 Live) #7 "SUSPICIOUS MINDS" (1970 Live Las Vegas) #8 "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER"(1970 Live Las Vegas) #9 "POLK SALAD ANNIE"(1970 Live Las Vegas) #10 ELVIS PRESLEY-FUNNY MOMENTS (1970)
@@lynne8346 No Elvis is the greatest selling solo artist of all time, they even said it at end of the Elvis movie Garth has sold more then Elvis in the US but World Wide Elvis is number 1 😁
The amazing thing about Elvis --- no-one saw a singer move away from the mic -- musicians stood still and sang. Elvis let loose and did whatever he felt and teenagers and 20 somethings were ready to rebel against older elites. It was the same time the civil rights movement was building up... Elvis would see teens riot as the Youth Revelution exploded across the country and TV was the gasoline that was added to the fire. It was more powerful than the Internet or social media because every home in the country got to choose between 3 to 5 stations And sometimes 50 to 80% of the country may be watching a single broadcast.
His 1st performance of this song on the Milton Berle show earlier in the yr is the one that caused a massive uproar.500,000 complaints, yes this is true because Milton Berle said so.Key in Milton Berle on Elvis 4min 25secs.Very interesting.They tried to get him banned from TV after that performance.
I remember this. The older generation thought it was absolutely scandalous the way he swiveled his hips. Later they would only film him from the waist up! 😂😂😂☮️👵🏼
You can see moves MJ took or was inspired from from Elvis, the moves of shoulders, or flows or fake starts of moves that would suddenly stop etc. Of course Elvis was also inspired by other rock n roll artists but he took it way further, and then MJ was inspired and took from this and took it to his pop direction. It is a very interesting bucket of inspirations.
Holy crap, I was 3 when this was shown live. Anyway, try to understand that no one, HAD EVER danced like that in public, much less a man. It ignited that spark that is within us all to just dance as we want and move to the music. Before this, dancing was quite formal and scripted. All moves were built in. This man threw that out the window. That's why they all loved him. Of course, the ladies loved him for his looks, as well.
I was six years old when so herd this song at a friends place .I couldn’t get enough of it I asked to play it over and over .think they got sick of it .Still love it till this day .On my Sixties now .I never tire of it .❤️
When he was on this show in 56 I was just born Love to watch Elvis tapes from when he just started out & he just got better & better! Elvis sang all genre of music was in all 4 Hall of Fames Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Country & Gospel won two Grammy’s for his Gospel songs & I think he was a great actor they just used him to make money which his films did he was the highest paid actor at that time! He played a tough character in King creole which showed he could act loved all his movies he was just gorgeous to look at & charisma to no end! but even back then Hollywood was EVIL & used people! He hated Hollywood couldn’t wait to finish out his contract obligations! That’s when he came back with what is now called the 68 come Back Special & he was right back on top sold out every concert til last concert! PLEASE MORE ELVIS! I subscribed because you played Elvis!
Elvus was hillarious. He just moved like that because when he sand he couldn't stay still..the first time he fud it he was scared because he didn't know why they were screaming..
BRO, ELVIS did have his unique moves. In his movies, a lot of singing and dancing, but he shows he can really dance. Can you say "moonwalk" anyone?....
Ed Sullivan had the camera man shoot from the waist up during that time on the show! 😹 America hadn't seen such enthusiastic fans since Frank Sinatra and his bobby soxers! (that's what they were called, young girls) And we didn't see anything else like it until Beatle mania. They grew up listening to Elvis and Chuck Berry along with Motown which had a definite impact on their music 🎶
Teen girls were so excited when Elvis sang rock and roll songs because most of the singers before him were crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. etc. They had great voices but they appealed to an older audience.
I was 14 when Elvis first sang on TV. Never got the chance to see him in person. He mentioned his first film was going to be released. My friend and I were at the premiere in Times Square. Everyone was screening including me. After seeing the movie one and a half times I had no voice left. I got in trouble because I was supposed to go for a singing lesson and was late. I also couldn’t sing and still can’t, ha, ha. There was no one like Elvis then and now.
Great video. If im.not mistaken Elvis was told to tone it down and not shake his hips as it was considered vulgar thus why he was making fun of that by crossing his legs and at tempting to be still lol
I don't think Elvis really had a single signature dance move as much as he just dance the way he wanted to each song and even that change sometimes between performances. I think it had a lot more to do with Harry was 20 years old and had really only been world-renowned as a breaking celebrity for a year or so if that. And probably a lot of these people had not seen him live, maybe a picture in a magazine and read all the gossip and listen to his records and he was on the radio all the time and they just knew that they were going to go off on just every little facial mannerism every little dance move that's all it took. But the great thing is that he also could just have fun with it, and he's always been that way.
Supposedly, they had told Elvis he would never be allowed back on the show if he “jirated” his hips. Most times, he was only shown live from the waist up. 😂❤
The ladies were still screaming as loud when Elvis was in his mid-thirties, & beyond. He had a great sense of humour, & sometimes he would playfully twitch his shoulder & they would start screaming. Elvis was 21 here. He was such a superstar (the world’s first), that when he was drafted into the army when he was 22, at the height of his global stardom, & shipped off to Germany for 2 years, even though he had not recorded a single record during those 2 years, & had not sung publicly, there were big crowds of young ladies waiting for him on his arrival back in America, screaming. He became the highest paid actor in Hollywood, at a million dollars a movie (in 1960s) …. & he made a total of 33 movies up until 1968, & then went back to doing live concerts, & within a year, he was a global superstar again.
You have to understand....in 1956 this was crazy new. We had never seen anything like Elvis on tv. That's why the young ladies are screaming. TV was fairly new in '56 and not everyone owned one. There were sensors who monitored what could be seen....no cursing, no provocative language, no hip shaking like Elvis did here. I'm fact, after this performance, any time Elvis was on tv he was shown from the waist up. Ed Sullivan's was a family show that was broadcast live on Sunday nights. On tv shows like "I Love Lucy", married couples had to sleep in separate beds. The word pregnant couldn't be spoken. ( had to say " in a family way) As a matter of fact, curse words could not be said on tv until cable tv came into being. It was a much different time when Elvis started out. He was sort of a pioneer as he brought his version of R&B (black music) mixed with Rockabilly and gospel and made it his own. In doing so he helped black singers and their songs become popular with white people. You should watch the video Elvis and the Black Community, to truly understand where he came from.and what he wss about. He was a very complex guy. Way ahead of his time. Your next watch should be "Jail House Rock"
Dad's secretly wished they were him. Mom's acted shocked but secretly wished they could be with him. Teenage boys wanted to be him and the teenage girls...well you know!!
Please do reaction on Elvis * Stuck on you ( Frank Sinatra Welcome Elvis Show 1960 * Polk Salad Annie ( Live in Las Vegas 1970) * One night with you ( Comeback Special 1968) * Bridge over troubled waters ( Live in Las Vegas 1970) * You've lost that loving feeling ( Live in Las Vegas 1970)
Take that screaming and multiply it 100 times for one of his concerts. This was in a TV studio with a 300-400 people and only some of them were teenagers.
Many TV shows wouldn't show him from the waist down. They said he was too vulgar. Nobody else moved like that & the girls went wild. LOL This is a fun song. You might wanna hear it from the album without the screaming girls. 'Jailhouse rock' is another fun one & 'If I can dream' is a beautiful powerful song. 'In the Ghetto' is moving as hell and 'Blue Christmas' is a fabulous Christmas song. So many hits.
Some trivia that we oldies might know. Ed Sullivan was Humphrey Bogart's brother. Now that I think about it. Many of you won't have any idea who Humphrey Bogart was. Guess it's moot. lol I always enjoy catching up here with Greg. Glad I stopped by.
I'm an "oldie" & have never heard anyone say Ed & Bogie were brothers. I see no connection. Ed was the son of Peter A. Sullivan & Elizabeth F. Smith & grew up in a working class family, in a small house in Port Chester, NY. Bogart, son of Belmont DeForest Bogart (cardiopulmonary surgeon) & Maud Humphry (well known commercial artist), grew up wealthy, his parents owning an apt. in NYC's Upper West Side & a 55 acre estate in upstate NY.
@@wnsafford1854 My grandfather on my maternal side was a childhood friend. They may have been separated quite young but I never knew my Grampa to lie. He was a WWI and WWII vet. A serious man most of the time but had a big heart.
Yes!! Elvis the Pelvis!!! He woke up Hillbilly Rock and all that stuff that made girls go CRAZY!!! Classic, Not to mention he was "All bad" to the older generation!
Check out the Milton Berle Show 1956 version, where he was actually allowed to dance. White jacket. Due to establishment pressure, Ed Sullivan put too many restructions on him. J.H., England.
Also on the ed sullivan show elvis couldnt cut loose and dance like he normally would, if you want to see his "real" performance of this from the same era look up the version on the other shows, he has a lot more fun with it
Not this one, it was the Milton Berle show performance that caused all the trouble singing Hound Dog that caused the uproar & when they tried to ban him from TV.Key in Milton Berle on Elvis.Very interesting.
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The king was breaking down walls just being silly on stage. He set records in his time that was unmatched.
The sexual morals were strict back them, and Elvis was considered vulgar and dangerous by many adults. Most older singers, thought Rock and Roll music and Elvis were a passing fad. Elvis influenced music, hair and clothing styles and was the talk of the nation back in 1956. He was on the cover of magazines and was given a lucrative movie contract. Soon he proved he was a great singer who could master all genres of music.
Elvis faced alot of opposition.
For awhile he was only shown from the waist up
Not to mention the racial aspect as well. Elvis was a white guy from the south, who was very vocal about his love of black music and was openly friends with black musicians. That was a pretty daring way to be in the 50s, but that's how he grew up.
The ladies are still screaming to this day. I call it the Elvis effect. thank you
When I watched Austin Butler sing TROUBLE I screamed like a girl.😅
There was no one like him before this and there has never been anyone since. He was amazingly talented and one of a kind entertainer.
true
We want much more Elvis.
I love watching these live versions of Elvis back in the early days. Hound Dog is a great song! This was performed on the "Ed Sullivan" show in 1956. His movements were considered scandalous to show on TV. Some shows only filmed him from the waist up.
RAW CHARISMA!!!!
Will always love Elvis, thanks Greg
Yup more Elvis please ✌🎵🎶❤
Hu Greg, I am loving your Elvis reactions, you know ELVIS was the first to perform like this,, and it caused a big rift because of his moves, he was really just beginning his career and even then the Charisma was oozing out of him, I wasn't born yet, but I have seen it many many times, and got the dream come true to actually see him in concert 3times, ELVIS was the first at so many things, he started a freaking revolution, and to this day, we love 💕 this beautiful man more than you could ever know, he has more fan clubs than any other artists even after being gone 45 yrs, so that should say a lot, picture stay on the Elvis journey, the Man is PURE MAGIC. Thanks sweetheart for the great reaction. TCB 1935🕺🕺🕺⚡⚡⚡👑👑👑🎵🎵🎵🙏🙏🙏
Elvis had soul because he grew up singing gospel songs in the deep south. His biography says that when he first started singing in public his legs would shake from nerves but since he got such a big reaction, he was told just keep doing whatever it is you're doing. After while, he played the whole thing up, that was all part of his country charm.
Real deal and humble
He brought church into his music, my departed dad saw him looking the the windows and sitting on the porch while the black folks played their music, forreal,my pop was from Mississippi and had a memory that would not quit,that's why I remember the tale that he told me from Tupelo and Canton Mississippi, rest in peace 🙏 Pop 💙😘
I'm 42 and I'm still screamin' when I see this clip. And I have probably watched it 100 times. Magnetism. No one had it like HIM.
So glad to see you dude giving Presley a chance because he was one of the greatest
My beautiful Elvis
Hello from Brasil its good see Young people talking in Elvis and old music was amazing
I absolutely love your elvis reactions!! I just began my own Elvis journey three months ago, myself! Not at all being aware of his amazingly beautiful talented performances & the deep emotions he shows through his songs & his voice, that will grab heart & soul every time you hear another one of his songs! Im just going to leave u a list of some favorites songs to possibly react to! Songs/Performances that i think you will really enjoy! And that will truly not disappoint, if anything you'll be unexpectedly surprised because of his enormous range and his ability to switch up his vocal sounds within a song, that will hit you out of nowhere!! I appreciate you! Much Love!💞💞💞
#1 "MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY"-(1970 Live Las Vegas)
#2 "TRYING TO GET TO YOU" (68 Comeback Live Jam Session)
#3 "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING" (1970 Live Las Vegas)
#3 "HOW GREAT THOU ART" (1977 Live)
#4 "ONE NIGHT WITH YOU" (68 Comeback Session Live Jam Session)
#5 "YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME" (1970 Live Las Vegas)
#6 "UNCHAINED MELODY" (1977 Live)
#7 "SUSPICIOUS MINDS" (1970 Live Las Vegas)
#8 "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER"(1970 Live Las Vegas)
#9 "POLK SALAD ANNIE"(1970 Live Las Vegas)
#10 ELVIS PRESLEY-FUNNY MOMENTS (1970)
Elvis was beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ I love him!
Great song, thanks
They didn’t see anybody dance like that, that’s why everyone went crazy!!!
Great reaction as always love it 💯🔥💯🖤🖤🖤
It's Elvis Baby !
I like your Reaktions on Elvis 👍👍👍
My first one was „if I can dream”” my favorite
Greets and cheers
MIK
The most gorgeous man to ever live. Beautiful human being! He still gets the biggest smile out me and I’m still screaming!
Love this song. Your reaction is fantastic. More Elvis please 💕💕💕💕
21 yrs old and already a master showman.
King was always clowning.🥰🥰🤣😅🤣😅
NOBODY has sold more records than Elvis. NOBODY. 👑
Actually, the Beatles are best-selling of all time. Garth Brooks second, Elvis third.
@@lynne8346 No Elvis is the greatest selling solo artist of all time, they even said it at end of the Elvis movie Garth has sold more then Elvis in the US but World Wide Elvis is number 1 😁
The amazing thing about Elvis --- no-one saw a singer move away from the mic -- musicians stood still and sang.
Elvis let loose and did whatever he felt and teenagers and 20 somethings were ready to rebel against older elites. It was the same time the civil rights movement was building up... Elvis would see teens riot as the Youth Revelution exploded across the country and TV was the gasoline that was added to the fire. It was more powerful than the Internet or social media because every home in the country got to choose between 3 to 5 stations And sometimes 50 to 80% of the country may be watching a single broadcast.
His 1st performance of this song on the Milton Berle show earlier in the yr is the one that caused a massive uproar.500,000 complaints, yes this is true because Milton Berle said so.Key in Milton Berle on Elvis 4min 25secs.Very interesting.They tried to get him banned from TV after that performance.
I remember this. The older generation thought it was absolutely scandalous the way he swiveled his hips. Later they would only film him from the waist up! 😂😂😂☮️👵🏼
You can see moves MJ took or was inspired from from Elvis, the moves of shoulders, or flows or fake starts of moves that would suddenly stop etc. Of course Elvis was also inspired by other rock n roll artists but he took it way further, and then MJ was inspired and took from this and took it to his pop direction.
It is a very interesting bucket of inspirations.
Holy crap, I was 3 when this was shown live.
Anyway, try to understand that no one, HAD EVER danced like that in public, much less a man. It ignited that spark that is within us all to just dance as we want and move to the music. Before this, dancing was quite formal and scripted. All moves were built in. This man threw that out the window. That's why they all loved him. Of course, the ladies loved him for his looks, as well.
Bro this was the early early days of rock n roll they were figuring it out on the run....
I was six years old when so herd this song at a friends place .I couldn’t get enough of it I asked to play it over and over .think they got sick of it .Still love it till this day .On my Sixties now .I never tire of it .❤️
Trolling for Elvis was actually teasing! I was 12 when he stole my heart and soul and I was born in 83
Fantastic reaction! You have a lovely genuine smile Thank you!
When he was on this show in 56 I was just born Love to watch Elvis tapes from when he just started out & he just got better & better! Elvis sang all genre of music was in all 4 Hall of Fames Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Country & Gospel won two Grammy’s for his Gospel songs & I think he was a great actor they just used him to make money which his films did he was the highest paid actor at that time! He played a tough character in King creole which showed he could act loved all his movies he was just gorgeous to look at & charisma to no end! but even back then Hollywood was EVIL & used people! He hated Hollywood couldn’t wait to finish out his contract obligations! That’s when he came back with what is now called the 68 come Back Special & he was right back on top sold out every concert til last concert! PLEASE MORE ELVIS! I subscribed because you played Elvis!
Elvus was hillarious. He just moved like that because when he sand he couldn't stay still..the first time he fud it he was scared because he didn't know why they were screaming..
Thank you,Thank you,very much ☝👍✌🕺🎸🎤❤🙏
This was mid 50s, conservative America. Revolutionary and considered vulgar. They drafted him in 57 to get him off the stage. He became bigger!
BRO, ELVIS did have his unique moves. In his movies, a lot of singing and dancing, but he shows he can really dance. Can you say "moonwalk" anyone?....
great reaction for a great person that believed in the lord.
Network television at the time thought his dancing was obscene
What a fabulous reaction from you! Well done, obvious enjoyment you had. 👏
That screaming went on until the day he died...
Love your reaction. Elvis the GOAT! Jailhouse Rock from the movie is fun. Anything from the 68 Special. Lawdy ,Miss Clawdy, Trying to Get to You.
I love reactions! Glad I found you!
Elvis was the best , back then they censored a lot,of his dancing that’s why he crossed his legs being funny , he was amazing .
This performance on The Ed Sullivan Show took place a two years BEFORE I was born. This video is a classic and so am I. 😊
Ed Sullivan had the camera man shoot from the waist up during that time on the show! 😹 America hadn't seen such enthusiastic fans since Frank Sinatra and his bobby soxers! (that's what they were called, young girls) And we didn't see anything else like it until Beatle mania. They grew up listening to Elvis and Chuck Berry along with Motown which had a definite impact on their music 🎶
Trying to get to you - Elvis.
Elvis the pelvis never gets old
If you like this era of Elvis, you gotta check out "Ready Teddy".
Teen girls were so excited when Elvis sang rock and roll songs because most of the singers before him were crooners such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. etc. They had great voices but they appealed to an older audience.
They screamed when he sang gospel!
He was fineeeeeee! And a sweet soul also.
A couple of Elvis Presley songs you could react to, are "My Baby Left Me", and "I Want You. I Need You. (I Love You)".
I'd like to see your reaction to Elvis's "Polk Salad" and also "Bosa Nova" . Those are my all time favorites that he did.
I was 14 when Elvis first sang on TV. Never got the chance to see him in person. He mentioned his first film was going to be released. My friend and I were at the premiere in Times Square. Everyone was screening including me. After seeing the movie one and a half times I had no voice left. I got in trouble because I was supposed to go for a singing lesson and was late. I also couldn’t sing and still can’t, ha, ha. There was no one like Elvis then and now.
Crazy awesome reaction my man 💪
Memorizing then and still is today
Great video. If im.not mistaken Elvis was told to tone it down and not shake his hips as it was considered vulgar thus why he was making fun of that by crossing his legs and at tempting to be still lol
The King!
Hi, Elvis was told not to shake his hips on TV. But he did it anyway. That drove the girls crazy.
My mom said when this aired on tv in Mississippi it would only show him from the waist up 😂
Do Elvis in the 68 Special 🔥
I don't think Elvis really had a single signature dance move as much as he just dance the way he wanted to each song and even that change sometimes between performances. I think it had a lot more to do with Harry was 20 years old and had really only been world-renowned as a breaking celebrity for a year or so if that. And probably a lot of these people had not seen him live, maybe a picture in a magazine and read all the gossip and listen to his records and he was on the radio all the time and they just knew that they were going to go off on just every little facial mannerism every little dance move that's all it took. But the great thing is that he also could just have fun with it, and he's always been that way.
Supposedly, they had told Elvis he would never be allowed back on the show if he “jirated” his hips. Most times, he was only shown live from the waist up. 😂❤
The ladies were still screaming as loud when Elvis was in his mid-thirties, & beyond. He had a great sense of humour, & sometimes he would playfully twitch his shoulder & they would start screaming. Elvis was 21 here. He was such a superstar (the world’s first), that when he was drafted into the army when he was 22, at the height of his global stardom, & shipped off to Germany for 2 years, even though he had not recorded a single record during those 2 years, & had not sung publicly, there were big crowds of young ladies waiting for him on his arrival back in America, screaming. He became the highest paid actor in Hollywood, at a million dollars a movie (in 1960s) …. & he made a total of 33 movies up until 1968, & then went back to doing live concerts, & within a year, he was a global superstar again.
His best version of this was on the Milton Burl show
Yes, but here he looks to die for...
I agree Kelly and he's a cut-up with Milton too. 🙂
@@lechat8533 absolutely!! 🥰🤗
Yeah, but the girls go crazy here, shows the power he had stage better here
You have to understand....in 1956 this was crazy new. We had never seen anything like Elvis on tv. That's why the young ladies are screaming. TV was fairly new in '56 and not everyone owned one.
There were sensors who monitored what could be seen....no cursing, no provocative language, no hip shaking like Elvis did here. I'm fact, after this performance, any time Elvis was on tv he was shown from the waist up. Ed Sullivan's was a family show that was broadcast live on Sunday nights.
On tv shows like "I Love Lucy", married couples had to sleep in separate beds. The word pregnant couldn't be spoken. ( had to say " in a family way)
As a matter of fact, curse words could not be said on tv until cable tv came into being.
It was a much different time when Elvis started out. He was sort of a pioneer as he brought his version of R&B (black music) mixed with Rockabilly and gospel and made it his own. In doing so he helped black singers and their songs become popular with white people.
You should watch the video Elvis and the Black Community, to truly understand where he came from.and what he wss about. He was a very complex guy. Way ahead of his time.
Your next watch should be "Jail House Rock"
Dad's secretly wished they were him. Mom's acted shocked but secretly wished they could be with him. Teenage boys wanted to be him and the teenage girls...well you know!!
I'm an old straight man but damn, he was good looking.
Subscribed!
Elvis was not allowed to shake his hips due to censorship lol!!
those wiggly hips got him in trouble with that performance!
Have you seen the movie Elvis with Austin Butler as Elvis? Would love to see your reaction 😊
His performance of this song on the Milton Berle show is longer and he slows the melody down at the end
Please do reaction on Elvis
* Stuck on you ( Frank Sinatra Welcome Elvis Show 1960
* Polk Salad Annie ( Live in Las Vegas 1970)
* One night with you ( Comeback Special 1968)
* Bridge over troubled waters ( Live in Las Vegas 1970)
* You've lost that loving feeling ( Live in Las Vegas 1970)
Thank you for sharing the king Elvis .He was sexy and raw.
Please react to more Elvis! I ❤️ your reactions!!
Take that screaming and multiply it 100 times for one of his concerts. This was in a TV studio with a 300-400 people and only some of them were teenagers.
The original artist for Hound Dog is Ellie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton
Thats what the called Elvis the Pelvis !!
And "Old Swivel-Hips."
Do "Such a Night" by Elvis. Please!
Please react to his concert "aloha from Hawaii " lots of great songs
you're great bro. Keep it up
Many TV shows wouldn't show him from the waist down. They said he was too vulgar. Nobody else moved like that & the girls went wild. LOL This is a fun song. You might wanna hear it from the album without the screaming girls. 'Jailhouse rock' is another fun one & 'If I can dream' is a beautiful powerful song. 'In the Ghetto' is moving as hell and 'Blue Christmas' is a fabulous Christmas song. So many hits.
Some trivia that we oldies might know. Ed Sullivan was Humphrey Bogart's brother. Now that I think about it. Many of you won't have any idea who Humphrey Bogart was. Guess it's moot. lol I always enjoy catching up here with Greg. Glad I stopped by.
I'm an "oldie" & have never heard anyone say Ed & Bogie were brothers. I see no connection. Ed was the son of Peter A. Sullivan & Elizabeth F. Smith & grew up in a working class family, in a small house in Port Chester, NY. Bogart, son of Belmont DeForest Bogart (cardiopulmonary surgeon) & Maud Humphry (well known commercial artist), grew up wealthy, his parents owning an apt. in NYC's Upper West Side & a 55 acre estate in upstate NY.
@@wnsafford1854 My grandfather on my maternal side was a childhood friend. They may have been separated quite young but I never knew my Grampa to lie. He was a WWI and WWII vet. A serious man most of the time but had a big heart.
Yes!! Elvis the Pelvis!!! He woke up Hillbilly Rock and all that stuff that made girls go CRAZY!!! Classic, Not to mention he was "All bad" to the older generation!
Wasn't a dry seat in the house
Check out the Milton Berle Show 1956 version, where he was actually allowed to dance. White jacket. Due to establishment pressure, Ed Sullivan put too many restructions on him. J.H., England.
You should also check out the original version of this song by Big Mama Thornton.
that show had 82% of the television audience watching.
Listen to Big Mama Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog" to hear where Elvis got the song.
Also on the ed sullivan show elvis couldnt cut loose and dance like he normally would, if you want to see his "real" performance of this from the same era look up the version on the other shows, he has a lot more fun with it
This performance got him in hot hot 🔥 water
Not this one, it was the Milton Berle show performance that caused all the trouble singing Hound Dog that caused the uproar & when they tried to ban him from TV.Key in Milton Berle on Elvis.Very interesting.
Hi Greg, What about The Blues Brothers - Kinights in White Satin? I think you would be amazed. Xxxx
Before the show, he had to promise the producers and censors that he wouldn't do too much gyrating. Hound Dog was a HUGE hit for him at this time.
Jane H commenting …. Hoping you are going to start doing some Elvis Reactions again.
Watch Michael jackson and Elvis i got a feeling in my body