i used to watch a lot of different singers on you tube but when i discovered Elvis it was all over. He stole my heart and my soul. thank you great reaction..
I didn’t start listening to all of his songs until 5/6 yrs ago & once I did, he became my top singer. Now I listen almost exclusively to him because no matter how many times I listen to one of his songs, I pick up something new each time. He truly is an icon.
THAT RAMP from the STAGE: Producer/director Marty Pasetta told Parker he wanted to build a ramp for Elvis to walk out onto & Parker said no. Even though Pasetta explained that it would be 8 ft. wide & Elvis could stay in the middle or go to the left or to the right if he wanted to because Pasetta knew how important the audience was to Elvis, Parker stll said no. Fortunately, Pasetta was able to meet w-Elvis & he explained exactly what he told Parker. Fortunately again, Elvis overrode Parker & told Pasetta to build the ramp. Paseta told Elvis he wanted him to lose 25 lbs., which Elvis did. Elvis then hugged Pasetta & said you are one of the few people who has been totally honest w-me. Without that ramp the concert would have been very different if Elvis did not have the option to get in close touch w-the audience. Yes, his emotion for every song he did poured out from his soul & his gut, even the upbeat one. The amazing thing about his powerhouse voice was that he could be powerful without yelling.
Another very Heavenly reaction 👼🏾 ⛪ 🙏🏾! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds, Love Me, Too Much, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, Ready Teddy, Blue Suede Shoes, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, My Way, Polk Salad Annie, Take My Hand Precious Lord and (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me). You Gave Me A Mountain is a song from Elvis Presly's 1973 album: Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite. The song was written by Marty Robbins. It was produced by Jimmy Bowen. The song wasn't released as a single by Elvis Presley. The song was originally included on Marty Robbins 1969 album: It's A Sin. This live performance is from Elvis Presley's 1973 televised Honolulu Concert "Aloha From Hawaii". The song has been recorded by many artists, including the original songwriter Marty Robbins himself, but the highest-charting version of the song was by Frankie Laine in 1969 (#1 Easy Listening / #24 Pop). In Frankie Laine's autobiography: That Lucky Old Son, he stated that: "Marty Robbins once told me that he'd been trying to bring 'You Gave Me A Mountain' to my attention for several years before he finally succeeded in November 1968. I wish he'd been quicker about it. There were many times in the mid-60s when I longed for a song of its quality". The lyrics to the song detail a series of challenges that the singer has endured in his life, including the death of his mother while giving birth to him, deprived of the love of his father was like time spent in prison "for something that I never done" and the singer's wife taking their child and leaving. He describes these setbacks as hills that he has scaled in the past, but then states that "this time, Lord, you gave me a mountain / A mountain you know I may never climb". The original third line of Marty Robbins' song mentioned that he was "despised and disliked from my father", but Frankie Laine requested that this line be changed to "deprived of the love of my father" when he recorded his version, since Frankie Laine's father had died shortly before the recording took place. The song has been covered by many other artists including 📻: Don McLean, Johnny Bush, Eddy Arnold, Ray Price, Jerry Vale, Margie Singleton, Gene Watson, Jim Nabors, Dean Martin, Billy Walker and more. Lyrics 📝: Born in the heat of the desert My mother died givin' me life Deprived of the love of a father Blamed for the loss of his wife You know Lord I've been in a prison For something that I've never done It's been one hill after another And I've climbed them all one by one Oh but this time Lord you gave me a mountain, A mountain you know I may never climb It isn't just a hill any longer You gave me a mountain this time My woman got tired of the heartaches Tired of the grief and the strife, So tired of working for nothing Just tired of being my wife She took my one ray of sunshine She took my pride and my joy She took my reason for living She took my small baby boy Yeah but this time Lord you gave me a mountain, A mountain I may never climb It isn't a hill any longer You gave me a mountain this time Yeah Lord, You gave me a mountain Don't you know You gave me a mountain this time Elvis Presley Info 📰: Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy. Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country. Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth. In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special: Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation". Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including Pop, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Adult Contemporary and Gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He also holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the top ten with 76. As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut. As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27). Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit. In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor. In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone . In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida. Miscellaneous Info 🗃: Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready. On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery. Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com. Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺: Elvis (1968) Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973) Elvis In Concert (1977) Elvis Presley Filmography 📽: Love Me Tender (1956) Loving You (1957) Jailhouse Rock (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Flaming Star (1960) Wild In The Country (1961) Blue Hawaii (1961) Follow That Dream (1962) Kid Galahad (1962) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun In Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Viva Las Vegas (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Tickle Me (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Stay Away, Joe (1968) Speedway (1968) Live A Little, Love A Little (1968) Charro! (1969) The Trouble With Girls (1969) Change Of Habit (1969) Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬: Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973) Elvis In Hollywood (1977) Elvis (1979) Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981) This Is Elvis (1981) Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984) Elvis: One Night With You (1985) Elvis '56 (1985) Elvis: His Life And Times (1987) Heartbreak Hotel (1988) Elvis And Me (1988) Elvis Is Alive (1988) Elvis: The Great Performances (1990) Elvis (1990) America Comes To Graceland (1993) Elvis: The Tribute (1994) Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995) Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996) Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) Finding Graceland (1999) He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999) Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001) Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001) A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002) Elvis Lives (2002) 200 Cadillacs (2002) Elvis (2005) Elvis By The Presleys (2005) Viva Elvis (2007) Protecting The King (2007) Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009) Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009) Elvis & Nixon (2016) Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) The King (2018) ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀: Elvis Presley (1956) Elvis (1956) Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) Elvis Is Back! (1960) His Hand In Mine (1960) Something For Everybody (1961) Pot Luck (1962) Elvis For Everyone! (1965) How Great Thou Art (1967) From Elvis In Memphis (1969) From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969) That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971) Love Letters From Elvis (1971) Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971) Elvis Now (1972) He Touched Me (1972) Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973) Good Times (1974) Promised Land (1975) Today (1975) From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976) Moody Blue (1977) Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀: Loving You (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Blue Hawaii (1961) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun in Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Speedway (1968) Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Blue Hawaii, Heartbreak Hotel, That's All Right, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Mystery Train, Please Don't Drag That String Around, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Baby Let's Play House, (Such An) Easy Question, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, Just Because, (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I, Viva Las Vegas, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Party, Moody Blue, A Fool Such As I, King Creole, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk O' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, One Sided Love Affair, Money Honey, Anything That's Part Of You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You), T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Mystery Train, Little Sister, Fame And Fortune, Anyplace Is Paradise, Return To Sender, Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Guitar Man, A Mess Of Blues, Crying In The Chapel, Always On My Mind, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, Memories, Kentucky Rain, Big Boss Man, Shake Rattle And Roll, I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin'), The Wonder Of You, Paralyze, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', I'm Yours, Playing For Keeps, Frankie And Johnny, Wild In The Country, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Never Ending, Hard Headed Woman, I Got Stung, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Rock-A-Hula Baby, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Puppet On A String, Blue Moon, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, How's The World Treating You?, So Glad You're Mine, Blue River, Spinout, Party, I Feel So Bad, Little Sister, Paralyze, I Just Can't Help Believin', Don't Ask Me Why, Rip It Up, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone, Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me), Clean Up Your Own Back Yard, Memories, Guitar Man, If Every Day Was Like Christmas, That's Someone You Never Forget, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Mama Liked The Roses, Until It's Time For You To Go, Life, I Really Don't Want To Know, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Patch It Up, Kentucky Rain, A Little Less Conversation, Judy and Blue Moon Of Kentucky. Fun Fact 🕵♂: Elvis Presley has been inducted into five Halls of Fame: Rock ‘n Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and R&B. He is the only artist inducted into all five Hall of Fames.
never been to spain,im leaving, crying in the chapell, long black limousine , strange in the crowd, urgent, remenber my channel rock/ metal only alive , not corpyright and etc joke, we need alive
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Dusty Springfield- Son Of A Preacher Man Live (The Ed Sullivan Show YT channel), Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles- You"ll Never Walk Alone Live (MOR Music Clips YT channel) or Céline Dion- The Power Of Love (Official Video).
i used to watch a lot of different singers on you tube but when i discovered Elvis it was all over. He stole my heart and my soul. thank you great reaction..
Elvis es asombroso y hermoso como no habrá alguien así en éste planeta ❤
You are just adorable and I love your Elvis reactions. Thank you for this one. His voice is so powerful and gorgeous. ❤❤❤
I didn’t start listening to all of his songs until 5/6 yrs ago & once I did, he became my top singer. Now I listen almost exclusively to him because no matter how many times I listen to one of his songs, I pick up something new each time. He truly is an icon.
From Aloha from Hawaii via Satelite, (I was there in Hawaii) the first concert ever broadcast via Satelite, on third of all people on earth watched it
GOOSEBUMPS GALORE! AWESOME AWESOME REACTION SWEETHEART ❤❤😊😊
Very nice reaction again !
Always love your reactions!!
Lovely reaction. Definitely try reacting to American Trilogy at the Aloha from Hawaii concert. And bridge over troubled water live.
THAT RAMP from the STAGE: Producer/director Marty Pasetta told Parker he wanted to build a ramp for Elvis to walk out onto & Parker said no. Even though Pasetta explained that it would be 8 ft. wide & Elvis could stay in the middle or go to the left or to the right if he wanted to because Pasetta knew how important the audience was to Elvis, Parker stll said no. Fortunately, Pasetta was able to meet w-Elvis & he explained exactly what he told Parker. Fortunately again, Elvis overrode Parker & told Pasetta to build the ramp. Paseta told Elvis he wanted him to lose 25 lbs., which Elvis did. Elvis then hugged Pasetta & said you are one of the few people who has been totally honest w-me. Without that ramp the concert would have been very different if Elvis did not have the option to get in close touch w-the audience. Yes, his emotion for every song he did poured out from his soul & his gut, even the upbeat one. The amazing thing about his powerhouse voice was that he could be powerful without yelling.
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You worked so hard to get here I'm proud of you queen keep it up remember real niggaz still believe in you 💙 🖤
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Another very Heavenly reaction 👼🏾 ⛪ 🙏🏾! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds, Love Me, Too Much, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, Ready Teddy, Blue Suede Shoes, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, My Way, Polk Salad Annie, Take My Hand Precious Lord and (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me). You Gave Me A Mountain is a song from Elvis Presly's 1973 album: Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite. The song was written by Marty Robbins. It was produced by Jimmy Bowen. The song wasn't released as a single by Elvis Presley. The song was originally included on Marty Robbins 1969 album: It's A Sin. This live performance is from Elvis Presley's 1973 televised Honolulu Concert "Aloha From Hawaii".
The song has been recorded by many artists, including the original songwriter Marty Robbins himself, but the highest-charting version of the song was by Frankie Laine in 1969 (#1 Easy Listening / #24 Pop).
In Frankie Laine's autobiography: That Lucky Old Son, he stated that: "Marty Robbins once told me that he'd been trying to bring 'You Gave Me A Mountain' to my attention for several years before he finally succeeded in November 1968. I wish he'd been quicker about it. There were many times in the mid-60s when I longed for a song of its quality".
The lyrics to the song detail a series of challenges that the singer has endured in his life, including the death of his mother while giving birth to him, deprived of the love of his father was like time spent in prison "for something that I never done" and the singer's wife taking their child and leaving. He describes these setbacks as hills that he has scaled in the past, but then states that "this time, Lord, you gave me a mountain / A mountain you know I may never climb". The original third line of Marty Robbins' song mentioned that he was "despised and disliked from my father", but Frankie Laine requested that this line be changed to "deprived of the love of my father" when he recorded his version, since Frankie Laine's father had died shortly before the recording took place.
The song has been covered by many other artists including 📻: Don McLean, Johnny Bush, Eddy Arnold, Ray Price, Jerry Vale, Margie Singleton, Gene Watson, Jim Nabors, Dean Martin, Billy Walker and more.
Lyrics 📝:
Born in the heat of the desert
My mother died givin' me life
Deprived of the love of a father
Blamed for the loss of his wife
You know Lord I've been in a prison
For something that I've never done
It's been one hill after another
And I've climbed them all one by one
Oh but this time Lord you gave me a mountain,
A mountain you know I may never climb
It isn't just a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time
My woman got tired of the heartaches
Tired of the grief and the strife,
So tired of working for nothing
Just tired of being my wife
She took my one ray of sunshine
She took my pride and my joy
She took my reason for living
She took my small baby boy
Yeah but this time Lord you gave me a mountain,
A mountain I may never climb
It isn't a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time
Yeah Lord, You gave me a mountain
Don't you know
You gave me a mountain this time
Elvis Presley Info 📰:
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country.
Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley.
His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth.
In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special: Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation".
Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including Pop, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Adult Contemporary and Gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He also holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the top ten with 76.
As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut.
As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27).
Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit.
In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor.
In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone .
In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor.
In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida.
Miscellaneous Info 🗃:
Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready.
On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery.
Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com.
Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺:
Elvis (1968)
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973)
Elvis In Concert (1977)
Elvis Presley Filmography 📽:
Love Me Tender (1956)
Loving You (1957)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Flaming Star (1960)
Wild In The Country (1961)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Follow That Dream (1962)
Kid Galahad (1962)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun In Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Tickle Me (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Speedway (1968)
Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
Charro! (1969)
The Trouble With Girls (1969)
Change Of Habit (1969)
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬:
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973)
Elvis In Hollywood (1977)
Elvis (1979)
Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981)
This Is Elvis (1981)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984)
Elvis: One Night With You (1985)
Elvis '56 (1985)
Elvis: His Life And Times (1987)
Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Elvis And Me (1988)
Elvis Is Alive (1988)
Elvis: The Great Performances (1990)
Elvis (1990)
America Comes To Graceland (1993)
Elvis: The Tribute (1994)
Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995)
Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996)
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
Finding Graceland (1999)
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001)
Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001)
A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002)
Elvis Lives (2002)
200 Cadillacs (2002)
Elvis (2005)
Elvis By The Presleys (2005)
Viva Elvis (2007)
Protecting The King (2007)
Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009)
Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009)
Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
The King (2018)
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Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀:
Elvis Presley (1956)
Elvis (1956)
Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Elvis Is Back! (1960)
His Hand In Mine (1960)
Something For Everybody (1961)
Pot Luck (1962)
Elvis For Everyone! (1965)
How Great Thou Art (1967)
From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969)
That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)
Love Letters From Elvis (1971)
Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971)
Elvis Now (1972)
He Touched Me (1972)
Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album
Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973)
Good Times (1974)
Promised Land (1975)
Today (1975)
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)
Moody Blue (1977)
Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀:
Loving You (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Speedway (1968)
Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Blue Hawaii, Heartbreak Hotel, That's All Right, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Mystery Train, Please Don't Drag That String Around, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Baby Let's Play House, (Such An) Easy Question, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, Just Because, (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I, Viva Las Vegas, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Party, Moody Blue, A Fool Such As I, King Creole, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk O' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, One Sided Love Affair, Money Honey, Anything That's Part Of You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You), T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Mystery Train, Little Sister, Fame And Fortune, Anyplace Is Paradise, Return To Sender, Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Guitar Man, A Mess Of Blues, Crying In The Chapel, Always On My Mind, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, Memories, Kentucky Rain, Big Boss Man, Shake Rattle And Roll, I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin'), The Wonder Of You, Paralyze, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', I'm Yours, Playing For Keeps, Frankie And Johnny, Wild In The Country, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Never Ending, Hard Headed Woman, I Got Stung, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Rock-A-Hula Baby, (It's A) Long Lonely Highway, Puppet On A String, Blue Moon, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, How's The World Treating You?, So Glad You're Mine, Blue River, Spinout, Party, I Feel So Bad, Little Sister, Paralyze, I Just Can't Help Believin', Don't Ask Me Why, Rip It Up, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone, Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me), Clean Up Your Own Back Yard, Memories, Guitar Man, If Every Day Was Like Christmas, That's Someone You Never Forget, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Mama Liked The Roses, Until It's Time For You To Go, Life, I Really Don't Want To Know, You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Patch It Up, Kentucky Rain, A Little Less Conversation, Judy and Blue Moon Of Kentucky.
Fun Fact 🕵♂: Elvis Presley has been inducted into five Halls of Fame: Rock ‘n Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and R&B. He is the only artist inducted into all five Hall of Fames.
PLEASE REACT TO NEW ORLEANS AND YOUNG DREAMS AND CRAWFISH CHOICES FROM HIS MOVIE KING CREOLE SCENES GIRL THAT MOVIE HAD SO MANY GREAT SONGS
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Some reactions to consider 🤔: Dusty Springfield- Son Of A Preacher Man Live (The Ed Sullivan Show YT channel), Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles- You"ll Never Walk Alone Live (MOR Music Clips YT channel) or Céline Dion- The Power Of Love (Official Video).
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