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Here is a small group of the top movers and shakers in the black community back in Elvis' era. I like listening to the people that knew him personally.
CHUCK BERRY: “Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.”
MUHAMMAD ALI - 'Elvis was my close personal friend. He had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know. We must understand, Elvis did lot for poor people, he cared for people, he had a good heart, he just wasn't a person who was great with talent, but he was great in spirit and with God in his heart. I wouldn't praise nobody if he don't deserve it, because I am the greatest of all time in boxing, in boxing. I said boxing ! But I'm telling you, I'm Black, I'm a Islamic, I'm 100% different from you. But I’ll tell the world Elvis was the greatest of all time. I'm a Muslim who's black who stands up for what he believes. I don't have to say what I don't feel, I'm not false, I don't have to say this. I have no Bosses. I'm free. He to me, is one of the greatest singers, actors and all round men of all time.” ~ "THE GREATEST" MUHAMMAD ALI.
BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'. -- BB KING
The "GODFATHER OF SOUL" JAMES BROWN: “I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him … I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There will never be another like that Soul Brother”. During Elvis' private family wake, James was the LAST ONE TO LEAVE. 3 hours and 30 minutes later -- it took several of his security guards to help him out of the room. James was devastated -- James and Elvis sang Gospel together many a night to all hours of the morning at each others' homes. James Brown was considered family by the Presley they were so close.
JACKIE WILSON: "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied from Elvis." --- JACKIE WILSON (Elvis quietly paid for Jackie's medical expenses until the day he passed away in 1977. Before Jackie's stage accident he would carry a small signed photo of Elvis in his pants pocket. Every day, bar none.)
LITTLE RICHARD - "He sung my Tootie Frutti & by him singing it, made it bigger & made ME bigger" And then he said: “I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road...”- Little Richard
CISSY HOUSTON: "Elvis loved gospel music. He was raised on it. And he really did know what he was talking about. He was singing Gospel all the time - almost anything he did had that flavor. You can't get away from what your roots are." - Cissy Houston (The Sweet Inspirations co-founder & member & sang vocals for Elvis, also mother of Whitney Houston)
RANDY JACKSON of the JACKSON 5: "Elvis used Rock and Roll to bridge the gap between whites and minorities. He was a wonderful person."
ISAAC HAYES - "Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business." - Isaac Hayes
WHITNEY HOUSTON - " Elvis was very nice to my mother, Cissy. I would see him backstage, he was amazing to look at!"
ESTELLE BROWN of the SWEET INSPIRATIONS: "When I first started working with Elvis, I made the mistake once of calling him "BOSS" Elvis replied back to me, "Estelle, I'm not your boss, I'm your brother." After that exchange --- the bond between Elvis and the Sweet Inspirations strengthened into a lifelong bond. Estelle said that "We felt like equals." The Sweet Inspirations spent the rest of their lives explaining whenever the questions arose how wonderful Elvis was to them.
I loveeeeeeeeee that you literally just took your time and did this. THANK YOU!!! I appreciate your time and the information!!
Thank you for all of this educational history, @deeper! Just a little constructive criticism, to the reactor… Try and do your homework/research, prior to your commentary. JS peace and love
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@@MoniCharli677 Ms Berry is among my very favorite reactors. I would much rather that she came here to talk to her subscribers with a clean slate and a lot of her own research.... to get the full story from Elvis fans with actual sources than to go off on tangents and political and race rants like we hear so often nowadays from seemingly everyone. Kudos to MsBerry with her open hard and brilliant mind! She did it right
Estelle Brown also called him "our angel".
THE ANSWER IS A BIG NO!! HE LOVED EVERYONE AND WAS MOST RESPECTFUL! 😊
ELVIS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY!! A must watch. Will answer all your questions.
I LOVED this recent quote from ELVIS movie producer and director Baz Luhrmann: "The young kid who’s now grown up, has sadly passed, Sam Bell, in the gospel tent, where Elvis goes from the blues joint to the gospel tent. That was told to me verbatim. I didn’t make that up. So Elvis was deeply spiritual. His safe place was gospel, I think he’s always, since a child, trying to make up for “Dad goes to jail.” “We’re the poorest of the poor.” He’s trying to mend things, trying to bring people together, and he’s been given this Orphean-like gift of music and he’s just doing it. It’s all about not pulling people apart. There are artists who do that. His was to unite."
Watch Elvis and the black community
I can recommend two videos for you: Elvis Presley and the Black Community and Baz Luhrman's interview with Elvis's childhood friend Sam Bell. Also, he sang a song called "If I Can Dream" after MLK was assassinated in Memphis, his home town. I think these will shed some light on the real Elvis. Also, being a black person who grew up during the Civil Rights era, I understand how people could have believed the rumor. In those days with all the racial tension going on, black people sometimes had to question whether or not a non-black person was racist. Being that Elvis was from the south probably added fuel to the fire, but thankfully RUclips provides answers with the videos suggested. On a sad note, Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis has passed on suddenly. RIP Lisa Marie.
With his very first recording in 1954 Elvis did something no one had ever done before. "He brought black culture and white culture together on one record,” said William McKeen, a University of Florida journalism professor and co-author of the Norton Book of Rock n’ Roll.
Elvis' first single from Sun Records included the bluegrass standard “Blue Moon of Kentucky” on one side, while a black blues song called “That’s All Right” was on the other. That original blend of styles, combining Presley’s love for white and black gospel music and musicians with country music, came to be called rock n’ roll.
McKeen said Presley should be remembered for what he did both musically and culturally and not for the absurdity many today associates with him, such as overeating, bad movies, eccentric lifestyle or being a racist.
“Everyone is aware of Elvis as a character,” McKeen said. “But he is important way beyond the music. He was part of a movement to knock down barriers in society.”
BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me --- I should know'.
THANK YOU MS Berry for tackling this heavyweight champion title fight hyped BS head on and letting it air out for what it is. Love your channel and open heart and mind.
I think its also important to discuss Elvis crediting the artists that came before him. The same people that would call Elvis a racist, without knowing or caring about A THING about him, would say he stole music or entire songs.
Elvis credited every song owner for every song and on every album. No exceptions. Never stole a single lyric, song or signature dance move. Elvis was a creative supernova. A legendary song arranger that would interpret music in new ways that attracted young people. Noone else had that kind of ability back then. Black, white, or anyone else. Bach some call the greatest of them all. Yet all he did was interpret the music before him better than anyone else in his century. Classical music is a loooong way from Rock and Roll... but its the same art form, music.
Black song owners like Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Otis Blackwell loved working with Elvis. They had a routine .... Elvis would buy the song rights, then Elvis would send royalty checks to them based on his own sales. In addition to that, their own record sales would skyrocket as America would seek out the original artists to songs Elvis would record.
So black songwriters would get three new income channels that would exist solely because Elvis covered their song: 1. song rights, 2. royalty checks in the mail. 3. Their own album sales would skyrocket.
THIS is how Elvis began to tear down racist barriers in the music business and he legit opened it up to everyone. And the corruption of the record CEOs were so bad... even black record exects were ripping off their black artists. Exhibit A: Big Mamma Thorton.
Big Mamma was paid $500 for her work on Hound Dog. Given to her by Don Robey, gangster and owner of Peacock Records because he knew she was illiterate, she couldn't read or write. So he made her sign all her profits over to him and he fed her almost nothing in return. He made her sign contracts that he knew she couldn't read. Legally, nothing could be done about it. She died almost peniless. He stole Millions of dollars that belonged to her. And he mismanaged her career in clubs where he knew the owners and got paid directly.
Thank you SO much for this!!!!!
@@MsBerryReacts Thank you too, for being truthful.
Elvis was raised in one of the poorest Black communities and so was probably the least racist person on earth, and that exposure to the black community is where his sound developed, NOT stolen. And the movie was pretty accurate as attested to by his family, Priscilla & Lisa-Marie.
Elvis's childhood friend, Sam talking about racist claims Link: -ruclips.net/video/MC7QSP0s9Bg/видео.html
Elvis's childhood friend, Sam talking to director Baz Luhrmann about Elvis's love of church music Link:-ruclips.net/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/видео.html
Can you plz look at the other video of Elvis history alot of black music legends liked him the only ppl call him racist are racist I seen dudes from public enemy call him racist
Very true. Here's a quote that debunks ANY NOTION that Elvis was a racist man. The "GODFATHER OF SOUL" JAMES BROWN: “I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, and dedicated, and God loved him … I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There will never be another like that Soul Brother”. During Elvis' private family wake, James was the LAST ONE TO LEAVE. 3 hours and 30 minutes later -- it took several of his security guards to help him out of the room. James was devastated -- James and Elvis sang Gospel together many a night to all hours of the morning at each others' homes. James Brown was considered family by the Presleys, Elvis, Priscilla, Lisa Marie and other Presleys, they were so close.
There is NO WAY you could convince a man or woman of average intelligence that James Brown, creator of the hit "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" that he would for THAT TIGHT of a friendship and brotherhood, ESPECIALLY during the race riots of the 1960s. Just wouldn't make sense at all.
Roy Hamilton is the man your thinking of. He was Elvis' favorite singer. They met once and had a jam session together in 68'-69' (there are photos of the meeting). Elvis wanted to buy Roy a car but Roy refused. Elvis then offered Roy a song he was going to record (Angelica) and told him he would do it justice. Roy recorded it and died soon after. Elvis was so devastated Roy's son said he sent Roy's wife money and flowers for months. And of course you can hear similarities in their style we all try to apply traits of our favorite artist into our vocal style but, in no way did Elvis' steal anything. The whole argument you can steal a type of music is ridiculous. You can be influenced by it but, steal it? It's like saying Tiger Woods stole golf because he's not an old white guy.
You also can’t steal a voice. So many millions of Vocalists have been inspired by Elvis… from Beyoncé, to Prince to Doja Cat to 3 Six Mafia, to Eminem to Bruce Springsteen to Freddie Mercury to the Beatles to The Rolling Stones it’s impossible to count them all. BUT NAME ONE MAN THAT SOUNDS LIKE ELVIS… that stole his voice. Impossible. He had too many perfections and unique imperfections that he was gifted with to create a one of a kind voice. That cannot be duplicated - you need to be born with that ability- he didn’t steal it from Roy Hamilton or anyone else.
@@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor preaching to the choir
@@mattbowen4350 Oh I know Matt... I know :)
Not that we need ANY MORE EVIDENCE... but in today's day and age in 2023, you cant have TOO MANY reassurances to ensure peace of mind. THE BLUES PIONEER LEGEND Mr BB KING spent A LOT OF TIME WITH ELVIS on tour around clubs in the South. They'd have out sometimes all day and all night. And overnight. BBs insight is instrumental to understanding this topic. BB was the victim of a lot of racism. B.B. King was one of the best musicians of our time, hands down. You could see he played with all of his being. Music speaks to everyone, and his spoke loudly to so many. And he loved his friend Elvis, and discussed him in several outlets over the years.
In an Oct. 10, 2010 interview with this writer in his tour bus behind the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas, BB was particularly open in his comments. Perhaps it was because of the presence of Hilton Conrad Joseph, a saxophone player for King in the 1970's and 80's that the writer helped arrange the two to see each other after more than 20 years. King enthusiastically shared his thoughts about happiness, his famous guitar ('Lucille'), musical influences and Elvis, 'the other King'.
'All of our (Presley's and King's) influences had something in common', King explained. 'We were born poor in Mississippi, went through poor childhoods and we learned and earned our way through music. You see, I talked with Elvis about music early on, and I know one of the big things in heart was this: Music is owned by the whole universe. It isn't exclusive to the black man or the white man or any other color. It shared in and by our souls'.
'I told Elvis once, and he told me he remembered I told him this, is that music is like water', King pointed out. 'Water is for every living person and every living thing'.
King raised his finger up as if Elvis was still in front of him, and profoundly declared, 'Water from the white fountain don't taste any better than from the black fountain. We just need to share it, that's all. You see, Elvis knew this and I know this'.
'Many people make the mistake of being wrong about all of this', King continued. 'If you ask anyone, I'm talking about people from all kinds of music - Blues, Soul, Country, Gospel, whatever - and if they are honest with you and have been around long enough to know---they'll thank Elvis for his contributions. He opened many doors and by all his actions, not just his words, he showed his love for all people'.
On another occasion BB brought up his friend Elvis again .... 'Before Elvis we had Little Black Sambo, separate black restrooms and water fountains, and colored events that kept us away from the whites', BB King noted as he mention that Presley would attend events especially designated just for African-Americans.
In June 1956, Presley ignored Memphis's segregation ordinances by attending 'Colored Night' at the local fairgrounds amusement park. The following December, King was there as Presley opened up almost unbreakable racial barriers by attending and supporting the segregated WDIA black radio station's annual fund-raising event for 'needy black children' at Memphis' Ellis Auditorium. King wrote in his autobiography that he 'liked Elvis. I saw him as a fellow Mississippian. I was impressed by his sincerity.
When he came to the Goodwill Review (the event WDIA fund raisers of 1956 and 1957), he did himself proud'. 'The Goodwill Revues were important', he wrote. 'The entire black community turned out. All the DJs carried on, putting on skits and presenting good music'. In his autobiography, King said he held no grudges because 'Elvis didn't steal any music from anyone. He just had his own interpretation of the music he'd grown up on, same is true for everyone. I think Elvis had integrity'.
'If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist', charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview. 'Then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history. 'Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite', King stated. 'I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing'. 'I'll tell you a secret', King winked and laughed. 'We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them."
'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elvis wasn't just influenced by 'Black music'. The flip side to his first big hit 'That's All Right Mama' was a radical take on Bill Monroe's 'Blue Moon of Kentucky'. At the time, much of the country music world saw this as a form of blasphemy. He also loved the great quartets of the 40s like the Blackwood Brothers and the Statesmen Quartet. There's no doubt that the masters of the delta sound had an enormous influence on his music, but the fusion of these cultures and musical styles is what made Elvis unique and unmatched by any other artist.
ELVIS'S ONLY CHILD, HIS DAUGHTER LISA MARIE PRESLEY AGE 54, DIED TONIGHT,
SHE WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AND IN CARDIAC ARREST IN HER HOME AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, PLACED ON LIFE SUPPORT AND WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.
R.I.P. LISA, YOUR IN YOUR DADDY'S ARMS TONIGHT.
Love and Prayers to the Presley Family, so Very Sorry for Your Loss.
💗💗💗💗💗🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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AMEN 😢
I have been a fan for over 50 years, and from experience I found that people who thought he was a racist are either misinformed or are racist themselves. He was not a racist and he never said that about blacks and that in fact! As a matter of fact, the magazine retracked that statement many years later when proven false.
What sealed the deal for me towards Elvis was finding out about his friendship with Jackie Wilson. Both entertainers had respect and admiration for one another. Both their careers had similar peaks and valleys. During the mid-70's, when Jackie suffered a heart attack on stage, the health scare essentially put an end to his performing days. Elvis was so hurt by the news, he informed Jackie's family that he'd personally handle all medical bills. Elvis did this right up until his own death in August of 1977. Now that's a true friend. NO RACIST would do this. IMPOSSIBLE.
LOVE your Channel as you know MsBerry! You are brave for tackling this one. Ok -- LETS TALK ABOUT THIS and air it out - Im down...
Ok... as the dude says in the video, the "shine shoes" rumor was started by a white-owned music magazine written for the Black community that had an agenda (sometimes against the black community). The goal: To tear Elvis' reputation to shreds before he got any more popular and spread black music around the country, through the suburbs and countryside, aka white America. JET MAGAZINE did do an investigation and found the rumor to be a complete fabrication. One of the SWEET INSPIRATIONS said "it must have been singer who wanted to be where Elvis was because all I know is HE TREATED US ROYALLY." White Racists don't treat black people royally, respectfully, or hell even kindly.
Those words went against Elvis entire being. NOONE THAT KNEW ELVIS believed he said that. They all KNEW he wouldn't say that.
Elvis was like Eminem but on a much deeper social grassroots platform. Elvis opened up doors that noone else could have opened, nor wanted to open at that time. He shook the world. And at great risk to his own personal safety considering the era and famous assassinations. Malcom X. MLK. Robert Kennedy. John F Kennedy. What could THOSE FOUR possibly have in common? Fighting for civil rights.
Elvis may have been shy, but he refused to back down and thats what made him a true bonafide rebel. Elvis was a strong supporter of the civil rights movement. He spoke with MLK on the phone. He was close friends with civil rights leaders in Memphis and around the nation. You could literally see signed checks that Elvis wrote checks to the NAACP and other black hospitals and schools and organizations as some of them are ON DISPLAY at Graceland. Clearly, no racist is doing all that.
Yes! This has been swirling around foreverrrr and since I’m on my Elvis journey, it only made sense to tackle the subject for the dumb asses in the back and move on! Lol thank you so much for taking the time to talk about it with me!!!! I honestly never thought he was a racist, it was just something I would hear through the years from people who apparently didn’t know him like I do now. 🥴😂
A proven quote of Elvis is this - " God made two mistakes when he made me. He didnt make me a bass singer and he didnt make me black" .
BB King used to talk about the work Elvis did for the black community in Memphis. In June 1956, Presley ignored Memphis's segregation ordinances by attending 'Colored Night' at the local fairgrounds amusement park. The following December, BB King was there as Presley opened up almost unbreakable racial barriers by attending and supporting the segregated WDIA black radio station's annual fund-raising event for "needy black children" at Memphis' Ellis Auditorium. King wrote in his autobiography that he "liked Elvis. I saw him as a fellow Mississippian. I was impressed by his sincerity."
Then there were his sizeable donations in the 1960s to the NAACP and other civil rights organizations including Dr Martin Luther King. Elvis and MLK would speak on the phone. One call was leaked but they were top secret for security reasons. Nothing was ever recorded for the same reasons - it was a dangerous time, a decade of assassinations (Black civil rights activists Medgar Evers and Malcolm X and MLK and President John F Kennedy and US District Attorney Robert Kennedy all assassinated).
Elvis also knew civil rights icon Medgar Ever well and supported him. You could have a whole movie based solely on Elvis charity work, donations and social issues / civil rights work.
I learned a lot about all this myself when I took a trip to Graceland. There are even checks on display that Elvis wrote to many of these organizations and people to verify these accounts. YALL GOT TO GO to Graceland and be sure to check out Elvis' CAR COLLECTION and 2 planes!
One made up story started that rumour, if he was racist he didn't need to use black singers, employ them, buy them cars or houses or associate with them. All of which he did.
Did you ever watch the documentary Elvis And The Black Community, The Acho Will Never Die? If not it will give you a big insight. Definitely worth watching.
yes, if you haven't seen ELVIS and THE BLACK COMMUNITY(2 parts to it)...you REALLY need to watch it. the story is told by Black Americans(I hate saying African Americans -Elon Musk is an 'African American'...his parents moved here with him from the country of South Africa)who KNEW and WORKED with Elvis...in other words go to the SOURCE .
first go online and read the whole artical by jet magazine on trheir investigation of what Elvis said. then check out 2 videos one is by Jackie wilson great singer back in the 50's explaining his friendship with Elvis this is only an audio, Then check out the video what his son Bobby wilson explaining his dad friendship with Elvis . I JUST SUBSCRIBED even if you don't react to it watch it for your own information
If you’re interested, below are a few references/resources that provide insight and perspective from the many black artists that actually knew, and were close with, Elvis Presley. All of which dispel the “Elvis stole music, moves, etc. from black artists” notion and the "Elvis was racist" rumor. Elvis was always publicly transparent about the fact that he did not create Rock’n’Roll; stating the following: “A lot of people seem to think I started this business, but rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let's face it; I can't sing it like Fats Domino can. I know that. But I always liked that kind of music.” And, he always credited his predecessors, who were his biggest musical influences. When a reporter referred to Elvis as the 'King of Rock'n'Roll' during a press conference following his 1969 Las Vegas opening, he rejected the title, as he always did. He then called attention to his friend in the room, Fats Domino, and said “[He is] one of my influences from way back. This is the real King of Rock’n’Roll.”
*B.B. King: “People today will say things about Elvis they just don’t know about. They want to say this is black music, this is white music, this is country music. But when Elvis came along all that was suddenly washed down the drain.”*
cleverjourneys.com/2020/06/17/b-b-king-others-knew-and-defended-elvis-presley-against-all-racist-assertions/
*Jackie Wilson: “A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.”*
www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis-not-racist.shtml
*Jackie Wilson Interview: Discusses Friendship with Elvis*
ruclips.net/video/_s0mWDSGc9g/видео.html
*Bobby Wilson (Jackie’s Son) Interview: Talks About His Father’s Friendship with Elvis*
ruclips.net/video/hvurXJE-tgw/видео.html
07:13 - 09:55
*Phenomenal Godfather of Soul, James Brown: “I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him. Last time I saw him was at Graceland. We sang Old Blind Barnabus together, a gospel song. I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There'll never be another like that soul brother.”*
James was the first entertainer to arrive at Elvis' funeral. He was so moved by Elvis' death that he requested, and was allowed, time alone with Elvis as he lay in his coffin at Graceland. James recorded a beautiful dedication track to Elvis, not long after his death:
ruclips.net/video/qG3t8NGCBEQ/видео.html
Etta James: In her autobiography, ‘Rage to Survive’, Etta wrote: “In a big club outside of Memphis, I shared a bill with Elvis Presley. I didn't know what to expect. He turned out to be supercool and extra-respectful, with his 'pleased to meet you ma'am' gentlemanly manners. He also touched my heart many years later when my good friend Jackie Wilson was down and out, vegetating
in some funky convalescent home. Elvis moved Jackie to a decent hospital - and paid for everything.”
*Documentary: “Elvis & the Black Community: That Echo Will Never Die”*
ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/H17X71JVwKY/видео.html
Yessss Let’s talk about it! My experience so far on this Elvis journey has been nothing but exciting! I’ve heard it in the past, but it wasn’t until I started digging into his life and who he was really that I seen he wasn’t racist!!! Thank you so much for taking your time to type it all out and I appreciate the recommendations as well. Thank you!!
Oh I didnt know Etta James is on record as well. That's super cool. She was a vocal phenom as well, and also tributed Elvis on several occasions
You can never convince me that Elvis was racist.. NEVER.. this man grew up in the dirt poor in a black community and truly respected the ppl he grew up with.. I just watched a video with an older Black man that grew up with EP.. he said that's what we called him EP.. and this BLACK man said.. he was just one of us.. except for going to school.. because things were segregated.. Elvis went to the white school.. but after school.. EP was with all the kids in the neighborhood.. And this man was saying how Elvis was singing Gospel in the black churches..
You go girl speak your mind much respect😁
They pushed out that rumor a year after Rufus Thomas introduced Elvis at the WDIA Goodwill Revue, where he thanked BB King for all of those early lessons (Tri State Defender, Dec 1956) and the Tri-state fair "Rock and roll phenomenon cracked Memphis's segregation laws." (Memphis World News June 1956) and the 1956 Charlotte Observer interview. In my opinion, segregationist made up that rumor, and the stealing music thing record companies and agents used Elvis as a scapegoat. Big Mama Thornton only getting paid 500 for her (Leiber and Stroller) Hounddog they even went after Rufus Thomas's Bearcat reply to Hounddog, and Lester Melrose keeping Arthur big boy Crudup's royalties from him, even the Muddy Waters and BB King covers of him (his heirs finally got a settlement). Elvis didn't steal.
2:00 Sepia lied about Elvis, he was never in Detroit and didnt say that, when they claimed he was there and said that.
He doesn’t like Jelly in his Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich…Now that’s Sacralidge…And no he’s not racist..
Jet magazine proved it wrong, he wasn't in Boston at that time and he was never on that radio station. So it was all false.
I'm over that question.
Roy Hamilton elvis all time favorite signer
Well yeah probably. It was between Roy and Mahalia Jackon. Elvis believed in order to storytelling through music, that the words needed to be very well pronounced. Professional voice couches who do not know Elvis' musical journey can be seen online commenting on his excellent pronunciation. It was Elvis' way of showing off the artwork of the songwriters to which he always shown love and respect. It was the ultimate way to credit them in his mind.
This is old news, Elvis was not a racist and he didn’t steal anything he grew up in a black ghetto, he was just singing the music he heard in his neighborhood 😂
Yea well of course it’s old news, Elvis is 88 now lol… rest his soul, but it’s something that needed to be talked about for the dumb asses in the back.
Remember it wasnt only black music. Elvis was also raised on Country music and Gospel (from both black and white churches). Churches were one of the few segregated entities that was voluntary in away. If you were white you could pray and sing in many black churches. Same in white churches if you were black. This is why the church was a great way to bring people together because they were always bit different than the political and social status quos of the day. Elvis found unity in the church and Rock and Roll, and he brought them both to the masses in a very big way. Uphill. Upstream. Against the status quo. Against the demands of the social elites of the day. Elvis was truly 100% different and its taking us DECADES to unravel his story. Very special human being.
Elvis was never a racist that was someone that started that off because they might have been Jealous of him.
atch , Baz Luhrman interviews Sam Bell
Let’s ask the black people who actually knew him if he was racist.
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People have been trying to dig up racist dirt on Elvis for 66 years. There’s a reason why you’ve never heard anything from Elvis that was racist. You only hear from other Jack assess that never met the man. To me, anymore, it’s just as much an insult to his memory to even discuss as it is to come out and accuse him. Let it rest.