The women were his permanent group of back-up singers. At one venue the owner didn't want them in the concert (due to their ethnicity) and asked Elvis to replace them. Elvis responded with an answer that if they were not allowed to sing then he would not. Elvis got his way. Elvis was not a racist and would not support racism.
@@eliju-io2mwAh NO!. Elvis will only ever be the great white hope for white America. Music was changing, white artists were using and singing with black artists. The colonel saw this, thought he better try it. It was too late Elvis was headed for the can.
Elvis was from the ghetto, he was born into poverty in Tupelo, Mississippi. He lived in a shack with no running water. His dad was in prison for awhile. He had a twin brother that died at birth. He was his mamas whole world, and she was his until his daughter Lisa Marie was born. The man had a heart of gold, so generous and giving. People took advantage of him, especially his manager. He gave until he had nothing left to give but his life. Trying to take care of everyone killed him. He gave his all in every performance, he left it all on stage. He was one in a trillion. He could sing anything and loved everyone, even took care of those that used him. Watch the Elvis movie from 2022, even his daughter thought it was brilliant. Listen to His 1968 Comeback Special, If I Can Dream. Do a reaction video to that song. He sang it against his manger's demands, against the sponsors desires, he did it because it was in his heart and in honor of the two great men who were assassinated for trying to make the country a better, more inclusive world, Martin Luther King, and Robert "Bobby" Kennedy. Elvis was not afraid to stand up for what he believed in and what was right. I remember when he died, my mom was heartbroken, so were my little sister and I. He was a gift and gone too soon.
I was a young boy in Norway at the time Elvis died, I was 12 years old. I remember talking about him walking on the road with one of the girls from the neighborhood. She was a bit older, we were so sad about the news. Both of us growing up listening to Elvis and the rest of the great singers from the 50-60. Even this song is about Chicago, without dying with the gun in hand we could definitely associate how it is to grow up in a big family, struggle was real, we were 9 kids, dad a fisherman and farmer. Although we never had lack of food, we certainly had not much of anything else. Norway found oil in the 70's and the government made a system where everyone could get a education secured by government student loans (do not be mistaken it was a loan but we were given a chance) So the two youngest kids, myself and my sister (later on, some of the older ones went back to study) where the only one who went directedly into higher education after high school. She is now a School Superintendent in Norway, and I am an Engineer in the US.
Yep, Mac wrote it thinking about a friend he grew up with. Their fathers both worked at the same place, and even though Mac said his family didn't have much his friend's family was even worse off. They were black and he wasn't taught that should make a difference so he said he wondered why they were so much worse off when their fathers worked at the same place. It stuck with him. And Apparently when Elvis was putting together this album, Mac had shopped the song around and no one would touch it so he sent it to Elvis with other songs for the album. As soon as Elvis heard it he wanted it cuz he wanted something socially relevant. His manager and record label said no, its career suicide. And he was all... I don't think you understand, I'm Elvis.... and they were like ok we will go prep the band now... lol Only someone the Calibur of Elvis could do the song to begin with AND do it with such sincerity and passion and compassion.
Elvis picked the song up and performed as no other artists wanted to touch the song due to tensions developed. Thankfully, Elvis already had a track record by refusing to perform if the venue had a problem with his African American back up singers . . . The venues always caved to my knowledge, he gave no quarter
And it goes on and on. I’m from Minneapolis and as blacks began building communities the politicians broke them down. They disrupted a black neighborhood to build a freeway. They pretty much pushed blacks into north Minneapolis away from the neighborhoods that were built around Lake communities. Johnson’s war on poverty was more like a war against the black communities
When Elvis played the Houston Astrodome, 1974. They were giving him a hard time about his back up singers. He said if they don’t get the royal treatment, first class everywhere, I don’t play. In Elvis’s eyes everybody’s equal.
Beautiful reaction to this LEGENDARY tune. Elvis grew up in the ghetto in Tupelo, Mississippi, poor, father in and out of prison, struggling mama. He was humble, kind, exceptionally generous. He was King. Loved your sincere reaction ❤❤❤
He really had a heart for the poor. He was also raised in the church and really took the best away from Christianity - kindness, compassion, generosity, etc. That's what a Christian is supposed to be, IMO.
When this song was recorded, his manager and the record company rep both said it couldn't be released. Elvis replied, "That's my next single, son" and walked out. Once it was, songwriter Mac Davis was able to pay cash for his dream car and entertainment center WITH THE FIRST ROYALTIES CHECK.
Credit for the lyrics goes to Mac Davis. Not a wasted word in telling this moving story. Elvis added a whole extra dimension of pain and empathy. Also note there is no mention of color in the song, it’s about poverty and hopelessness.
Elvis added the lyrics "and his mama cried" Mac Davis liked it and kept it. Those lyrics really bring the meaning home, along with Elvis' emotional singing.
Once you go down the Elvis rabbit hole you will become obsessed. "An American Trilogy" live from the Aloha from Hawaii show will blow your mind. "Trying to get to you" and "If I can Dream" from the 68 comeback special are definitely a must also!
Thank you for doing Elvis! He was really poor before he became famous. Grew up in Tupelo and later Memphis Tennessee. His parents had to bury his twin brother (still born) in a shoe box... Watch the new ELVIS movie to become an idea. He was very close or friend to many black artists and his song " IF I CAN DREAM" was written in memoriam to Martin Luther King and R. Kennedy. Short documentary: ELVIS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY Thank you and good luck for your channel!💚
He’s from Mississippi. As a kid he went to a black church and he could relate. They say that’s where he got the music in his soul. He recorded a lot of gospel songs
Thank you for reacting to Elvis us fans truly appreciate it. Elvis put his entire career on the line with doing songs like this especially back then, but this just goes to show the great character of this man.
I didn't go down in the comments, but Elvis was a vet, and a black belt. He was charitable to the end, and was often uncomfortable with gift coming to him.
Elvis had his faults just like everyone, but he was a sincere, kind hearted, giving man who, like most people getting started back then, trusted the wrong people. This song always makes me cry and you can tell watching him sing it that this was a problem that truly touched his heart. Oh, and he loved singing his christian songs!
What a great Elvis song to start your journey on, Elvis knew what it was like to be dirt poor, born in Tupelo Mississippi he grew up in the black community and struggled for the first 20 years of his life until he became famous. He never forgot where he came from and while he rarely did political social songs this was an incredible choice in 1968 at the height of the civil rights movement and the struggles US was facing of which they seem to be facing in increasing abundance today. You got to listen to more Elvis and try his "If I can Dream" from his 1968 comeback where he sings from the heart after the assassination of Martin Luther King. Great and honest reaction thanks.
Elvis was from Memphis Tennessee where he grew up dirt poor. He had black backup singers at a time when that was unheard of, and any time a venue said he couldn't bring black people on stage he refused to perform. He also would refuse to perform if they were treated any differently than white singers. This song "in the ghetto" was actually written by a lesser known country singer named Mac Davis, but Mac didn't have the clout to be able to have his career survive a white guy releasing a song like this at that time. The fact that this song came out in 1969 (one year after Dr. King was shot) is pretty incredible when you consider how true it still rings to this day.
Love your reaction please do more Elvis I just subscribed. Elvis was born January 8th 1935 in Tupelo Mississippi his family was dirt poor as others have commented he was a twin but his brother was stillborn effected him his whole life! They moved to Memphis Tennessee when he was 13 or 14 when he hit it big he bought Graceland for him & his family in 1957 it is now the most visited house in America other than the White House. He sang all genre of music he was gorgeous talented & his voice was out of this world & unbelievable charisma and boy could he entertain like nobody else such a generous & humble man he was and still is the GOAT!
I'm so glad you young people are getting into Elvis! You will be amazed at what he did for music industry! That's why he is the King of Rock!! Then now and forever the greatest entertainer ever!!! No way prejudice either like some wanted to believe!!! RIP Elvis
This was around 1968 and I loved your reaction to this wonderful song that broke all kinds of traditions on the radio back in the day! This kind of stuff wasn't supposed to be talked about and ELVIS singing about it was like a breath of fresh air, we knew these things existed, hell I'm from a poor white neighborhood and we were called Bridgeton River Rats because of where we lived, but we survived. And most of us got out of there! I live about 25 miles from there and the difference is amazing! From the little thumbnails off to my right I can see you've been pointed to some other Elvis songs so I won't go into that! Again, great reaction!
ELVIS sung( my way) in 1977. . Two weeks later he died. Befor he died he wrote a letter to god and was crying in a hotel room. And house keeping came in and cleaned the room. When they did . They found the letter in the trash and grabbed it. After he passed the letter went to auction. And wayne Newton bought it. Its called the Elvis letter. Elvis had planed to check out. . Wayne Newton took the letter and did a tribute to Elvis. And it tells about how Elvis gad enough. He wanted out of this life. Its called the letter by wayne Newton
Loved your reaction to "In The Ghetto." Elvis recorded more than 700 songs & was a giant in music. You can't go wrong checking out more of his music. Always good to see someone of your generation discover more about the man, his presence & his VOX. New subscriber; keep Elvis reactions coming. More than 40 years since his death & Elvis still has millions of fans who love to watch the youngers' reactions to his videos.
There is so so much for you to learn about this great man. Did you know that Elvis also made 31 movies and was the highest paid actor back in the day. Please react to 3 songs from his movies. Return to Sender, Bossa Nova Baby and Come on Everybody with the beautiful Anne Margaret. Elvis fans adore him on another level. I was 15 when my idol died and I literally didn’t get out of my bed for over a week, couldn’t go to school I was so distraught. Hello from Australia. 💕💕
Elvis grew up singing in the church. He wouldn't go in stage without his back up singers who were black. They tried to keep them out and he told the producers he would walk without his back up ladies.
BRO, As you can tell by your commenters, ELVIS has millions and millions of diehard fans. His legacy of music is still as important today. Coming from Minnesota, I can be pretty sure, I might be his biggest fan in the state. You said you wanted to explore what the ELVIS world is all about, so I'll Subscribe to your Channel with that hope. THANK YOU!
Elvis and i were friends for 10 yrs. up until his death. Sexiest man god ever created. We both needed a friend and we were that for each other he asked nothing of me and i asked nothing of him. How we met was kind of a long story but i will not explain because people judged and commented nasty hurtful things that they know nothing about it hurt me deeply. So i will not post anything about our friendship ever again, We had a short conversation a few days before his death we were both very emotional. i will love and miss my friend forever. i walk past Graceland everyday sometimes i go in and walk around the grounds and talk to my friend at his final resting place. they know me there lol. All they say is hey girl what's up. love to you from the one and only Memphis Tn. Great reaction young man. He was born in Tupelo Ms. he was very poor.
Elvis loved Spirituals, Country, Rock and Roll, Pop, Folk Music - the list goes on. He was so much more than the movies and early hits. The man grew and his music grew with him but he never forgot his roots - was a really nice man as well.
I've been to his birth home in Tupelo Mississippi. It was so tiny & full of Presley energy. Then I stopped at Graceland at 2 am. I touched the gate & could feel the Presley energy. It was so beautiful! ❤
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (ruclips.net/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/видео.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
A fun fact about this song is the writer of this song asked Sammy Davis Jr to cover it first. Sammy said he wasn't raised in the ghetto but that Elvis was and he may do the song.
Elvis Presley's first Breakout hit was in 1954 at the age of 19, (EDITED: Elvis Presley's first Breakout hit Regionally began on July 19,1954 with the release of "That's All Right" at the age of 19), but he became a National and International Super Star Phenominon in 1956. Not only did Elvis's Singing Career take off, he also Stared 4 Motion Pictures before being Drafted into the Army in 1958 - 1960. When he returned from his two year Tour of Duty in Germany (and while Completing his 2 year Reserve Duty after returning home 1960 - 1962), he Focused on his Movie Career, Starring in a Total of 31 Motion Pictures and 2 Concert Documentary Films, until 1968 when he Re Launched his Music Career Returning to Sold Out Live Stage Audience's in Vegas and Across the Country. He Continued Recording and Touring until his Untimely Passing from a Heartattack at the age of only 42 in 1977. Elvis was born into Poverty in 1935 in East Tupelo Mississippi, just across from Shakerag, one of the poorest Ghetto's in America, during the time of Segragation and the Great Depression. His Family was one of only 4 White Families in a Predominatly Black Community so many of his friends growing up were black. There were times when his family had to depend on the kindness of their black neighbors just for enough food to eat. Elvis was drawn to the Gritty Blues of Shakerag, He also enjoyed Country Music and Sang Gospel in both Black and White Church's but his favorite Music was what he called Colored Spirituals, that was the music of his soul. In 1948 when Elvis was 13 his Family moved to the Projects of Memphis Tennessee where he Discovered Beale Street, and the Memphis Sound and often Jammed with his Contemporaries, Greats like BB King, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Big Mama Thorton, James Brown and Jackie Wilson and Many Others. So Elvis was Different, he had a Different Sound and a Different way of Thinking than most other Whites in the South at that time, he never saw Color. Elvis had a Dream that Someday he could lift his Parents out of Poverty by Singing. He could never have imagined where that Dream would lead. ELVIS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE: R&R Hall Of Fame R&B Hall Of Fame Rock-a-Billy Hall Of Fame Country Hall Of Fame Gospel Hall Of Fame Pop Hall of Fame AND MANY OTHER'S He Received 4 Grammy's 3 for Gospel and 1 for His Lifetime Achievement and Scores of Gold and Platinum Records that Line the Walls of Graceland, his Memphis Home. He is Still Today, the Top Selling SOLO Artist of All Time According to the Guinness Book of World Records 🌎 with well Over One Billion Records (Vinal, 8 Trac, Cassette, CD etc.) Sold World Wide 🌎
Actually he became regionally popular by 1955, but his breakout didn't come until 1956, when his first recording for RCA, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released. It was his first hit on the Billboard Top 100 and went to number one. His 1954 recording of the single "Good Rockin' Tonight / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" didn't make the charts until after "Heartbreak Hotel" was released, then it climbed to number 74. He did have three songs in 1955 that were his first to hit the Country Music charts, "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", released in April, hit number 5, "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", released in August, went to number 1, and the flip side "Mystery Train", hit number 11.
@@ptournas (EDITED: Elvis Presley's first Breakout hit Regionally began on July 19,1954 with the release of "That's All Right" at the age of 19), CLARIFICATION AS PER YOUR SUGGESTION.
Elvis was a fantastic singer but it’s unfortunate that it was drugs that killed him in the end. It was sad to see him deteriorate, his in stint in Las Vegas was the beginning of the end for him. During his later concerts you could see he was heavily drugged, his eyes glazed over and out of it. The fact they found him dead on the toilet said it all, such a waste of his life and talent, those around him should’ve helped him instead they did the opposite.
Stevie Wonder. 1. a blind man. 2. a black man 3. wrote most of his songs 4. played most instruments. 5. brilliant song writer. 6. 25 Grammys, the most by any solo artist 7. 1 Oscar 8. did I mention he was blind and black? 9. 23 studio albums, three soundtrack albums, Elvis 1. 3 Grammys 2. never wrote a song.
I remember it well . I was at my Grandfathers in upstate NY. And it came across the TV . Elvis Presley Has Died. I remember my Aunt Kathy crying and my sister. I was only 10 also. But never forgot that day. Love his music. Never be another.
Elvis, like many singers of his time who broke out through Sun Records, came from extreme poverty. He literally grew up in the ghetto and he was different so the kids bullied him. He didn't write this song, I believe it was written by Mac Davis who grew up in the segregated South (as did Elvis). Mac wrote the song to call attention to what was going on in the ghetto and he thought Elvis should be the one to sing it so middle class white America would hear the truth. And they were right. I was a child when this song came out. I lived in a small town with no diversity at all. I grew up during busing and riots with no understanding of what was going on because it was so far away from me. I just didn't get it. Then this song came out and it liked to have ripped my heart out because you could feel the hopelessness of the ghetto and the people living there. I think Elvis could sing it because he knew extreme poverty and hunger and what that could do to people. He knew what was happening to the black population because he saw it first hand. And Elvis was hugely popular with white America so no one would dare call him out for telling the truth. This played on the radio all the time on stations white people listened to and I remembering crying the first time I heard it. It still makes me cry. The real horror is that it's all still true. We haven't learned a thing.
Elvis was the 1st true storyteller I discovered as a child you def SHOULD watch some of the documentaries on his life he been thru it! Great storytellers are some of the best artists
He was born in 1935 and grew up in Tupelo Mississippi dirt poor in a one room shack. He was not afraid to show the world his love for black people. When he sang it was raw and live. No computers to auto correct a singers voice were invented back then...like they use today. I was blessed to see Elvis live in the 70's 3X at Chicago Stadium. So yes, he knew Chicago quite well. Love your reaction. You are spot on.
I remember my parents talking about Elvis, I was very young when he died. Elvis used his music and influence to push for better treatment of the black communities. His childhood was spent in Tupelo, MS.
I just came across your channel because this song popped up in my feed. I'm a 60-year-old white dude and I'm sure others will have already talked about his upbringing in poverty. And also his connection to the black community. But just for information, this was a huge radio hit for him and then this live performance in Vegas is from 1970. And those backing singers are known as The Sweet Inspirations, and Whitney Houston's mother was one of them although not for this show, and then the band overall was fantastic and it was called the TCB band. And they were together for years starting around 1969. He died seven years later than this in 1977 at far too young of an age and it was a huge deal in not only this country but around the world. And yeah you're right, Elvis was known for his moves and just being one of the greatest entertainers of all time, usually mentioned in the same breath with Michael Jackson. Although decades apart obviously. But he got going around the age of 20 in 1955. And so you can find RUclips video in old black-and-white from that very young age all the way up through his incredible 1968 Comeback Special when he finally got out of a movie contract. And then all the way up through 70, 72, the Honolulu Hawaii concert in 73 that was beamed by satellite to millions of people around the world, and then a final last sad concert in 77, 6 weeks before he died. So there is plenty to check out about him, but I would also strongly strongly strongly strongly suggest that because you liked this, you've got to check out his MLK tribute at the end of his 1968 Comeback Special. His corrupt asshole manager and some of the producers wanted him to do a classic Christmas song like Here Comes Santa Claus, but he was so choked up about the assassination and also just the general strife of that era, Bobby Kennedy had also been assassinated, that he insisted that he do something meaningful. One of his producers and songwriters sympathized with him and knew Elvis really well, so he wrote out this tribute song, If I Can Dream. Believe me brother, I know for a fact that you will be absolutely blown away. It is one of the greatest performances from that era that I have ever seen and it is so emotional. It was also considered highly risky at the time. No messing around, no dancing, and so much soul, and honestly, he sounds like a wounded animal at times and yet his voice and singing are just so incredible. Lots of people have reacted to it and you cannot miss it. He is in a white suit and a red tie and his name Elvis is behind him on the backdrop and again, it is the finale at the end of his 1968 Comeback Special television show. And whatever you do, please do not miss the historic mic drop moment at the end. Just don't cut it off too early. And then apparently he goes backstage after that and curls up into a ball and cries for hours. Thanks for the reaction and I just subscribed.
Elvis's great, great Grandma on his Mom Gladys's side was Cherokee. She was called Morning Dove. There are b/w pics of her online. On his Dad's side he had Irish & German ancestry. You asked for other Elvis recommendations . His comeback TV special. He sings live , while playing guitar, dressed head to toe in black leather & just the band & some fans sat so close they're practically touching him. He looks & sounds fantastic. That's him before illness & 7 shows a week at Vegas took their toll.
I'm a little old white lady who had a wonderful family upbringing. Elvis' Storytelling of this, reaches out to those of us who never experienced this pain, and it always reduces me to tears. Colonel Parker's poor management skills had Elvis singing too many poor songs, when he could sing like this.
His managers and producers said, "No way you can sing this song in from of an audience of rich white people." He was successful enough and grounded enough to tell them to take a hike, he was going to sing it and those people in the audience were the very ones who needed to hear it. He didn't grow up in a Ghetto as we know them today. He grew up in a very poor farming community in Mississippi. He was heavily influenced by the black gospel music in his community. In fact much of rock and roll as we know it had its roots in black gospel music. So did swinng dancing, lindy hop, etc come from the southern black community. He saw what was going on with the black community and was an integral part of it. The injustices concerned him very much. This was his way of bringing attention to the issue. He didn't effect a lot of change, but he put his career on the line to state his message. He did it again later with his "If I Can Dream," song in his comeback tour. Shortly after that he began his downward spiral with drugs. Great entertainer, loved by most everyone, and his death was a blow to the world. You should make a trip to Graceland, you would love it.
Elvis fought to sing this song. When the writer, Mac Davis, presented it to Elvis his manager didn't want him to do it because it didn't fit the "image" he wanted to present of Elvis. In the end Elvis won the battle abd put all if his emotions and childhood memories of the ghetto he was raised in into the song.
Shon...I cried watching your reaction to The King! I don't usually watch "reaction" utubes, but somehow, for some reason tonight I did a marathon of music and came upon your channel. I will be 76 years old in September. Watching a young person watching Elvis for the very first time was so very interesting to me! LOL! Yes! Elvis was the King of Rock & Roll. Gorgeous, Stunning Man... and a voice that stole your soul. I watched Elvis's very first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show on September 9, 1956. I would be 10 years old that month. My sister was almost 15 at the time. She was screaming & crying watching him on our small maybe 8" T.V. Our mother thought she was crazy. I never stopped loving Elvis since that night and never will stop loving him. Though I loved so many of his songs & appearances (especially his "comeback" in 1968...you must watch it. It's on UTube), The Ghetto was one of my very favorites. I still get emotional when I listen to it. Watching you, a young black man, watching him and listening to the story of his song made me cry... as often I do, when watching Elvis. I miss him so very much. He died on August 16, 1977. He was only 42 years old. I cried for days. He threw his life away using drugs. It was very sad. I hope you watch many more videos of him before you watch this last one in June 1977. Though he could hardly stand up. He was surely on drugs and looked terrible...but... his voice was remarkable. Unchained Melody...his very last performance. Don't miss it! ruclips.net/video/gfnZbjFPSrU/видео.html. Thank you. Take good care of yourself. Our world is changing. White Supremacy is rearing it's ugly head loud & clear. Though it was always here, it's out loud...again. Women, Black, Brown, LBGTQ people are being discriminated & targeted against. The YOUNG people must VOTE BLUE & get these racists out of existence. Love is Love. We are all HUMAN. They don't see it that way. Please Be safe.🙏🏻❤
Elvis is considered a icon of music and pop culture. Elvis was a participant , along with others, to the creation of rock and roll. Before the ‘50s, the was no such thing as rock and roll. He was the first super star. Massive amount of girls screaming at concerts, clothes being torn off, etc. All the girls wanted to be with Elvis. All the boys wanted to BE Elvis. You asked for more information. He is a very brief history. Elvis recorded his first album in 1954. By 1956 he was making tv appearances and making movies. He was 21 when national fame hit. He recorded and toured till August 16, 1977 when he unexpectedly die at 42. The world went into shock. Elvis was born in Tupelo Mississippi. The family was very poor. The house he was born in only had 2 rooms, no indoor plumbing and no electricity. When he was 14 , the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee to look for better job opportunities. Elvis’s family lived in a housing project called Lauderdale Courts. Moving into this housing was a big step up for them. Elvis made an amateur record at Sun records when he was 18/19 years old. ( There is a whole lot more to the story, but this is the brief version). He became a regional hit in the south. When he signed with colonel Parker he became a National success. Huge record deal with RCA. Movie deal with a large studio. Two years later he gets drafted during peace time. Serves 2;years in Germany. All the time the colonel is releasing music so the fans won’t forget him. Elvis returns to US in 1960. Girls all go crazy. He makes 3 movies a year with a total of 31. He wanted to be a serious actor, but the studio and his manager just wanted to make money. The movie after his service are not very good. he gets bored and less than happy with his career. 1968 is a huge milestone in Elvis’s career. He is signed to do a Christmas special for NBC. It is very edgy. Nothing like a typical Christmas special. The headlines read,” Elvis is back.” And boy was he. He signed a contract in 1969 to play Vegas at the new International Hotel. People flew from all over the world to see him perform. He changed the whole fabric of the Las Vegas strip. Soon after, he begins to tour the US to sold out crowds. 1973 he does a charity concert in Hawaii. It is the first satellite concert ever. It was beamed to many countries simultaneously. Some sources report that more people saw this concert than people saw the first man walk on the moon. In the mid ‘70s Elvis became tired of touring. His health started to significantly deteriorate, but still he toured. He died the day before the first day of a new tour. His background singers and band were already in route when they found out about his death. His funeral was held August 18, 1977. A white hearse and 16 white limousines proceeded down Elvis Presley Blvd to his mausoleum. And the world wept. Songs to listen to - ALWAYS a live performance. 1950s Heartbreak Hotel, Don’t be cruel, Hound Dog 1960s Trying to Get to You, Guitar man, all from the 68 Comeback special. Actually, anything from the special is great 1970 live Vegas shows. Suspicious Minds, Love Me Tender 1973 Aloha from Hawaii- American Triology, Fever, Burning Love. Enjoy your journey.
His best friends were James Brown and Muhammed Ali!!! He was popular from 1952 until his death in 1977. James Brown was so upset at his funeral that he had to be literally pulled away from the casket, after 3 hours of grieving!
I don’t really get into these reaction videos, but I love this song and now have watched probably 30…you are my absolute favorite! Subscribed last night. I was only gonna check out this song, now I’m watching all of yours. I am in love with your sincerity and personality!
Elvis, famously, is from Tupelo Mississippi. He is a Mississippi icon - no, an American icon. You should listen to music from all the periods of his life - his early, hip-swinging music is fun rock and roll. His religious music is phenomenal, and the later music, like the one you played is again, completely different.
I must have been about seven when I first heard this song, on the car radio back in the '70s. It haunted me then, and it still does now. The cycle of poverty and hopelessness in the inner city. "On a cold and gray Chicago morn, another little baby child is born, in the ghetto. And his mama cries."
Elvis Presley was ALL ABOUT HIS PPL.. He loved ppl BUT he STOOD up for what he believed in and that was LOVE and the GOD.. He was born very poor.. HE LOVED HIS MAMA SO MUCH .. HE LOVED HIS DAUGHTER AND NEVER GOT OVER HIS DIVORCE.. He was a person who was a TRUE DEFINITION OF WHAT I WOULD CALL DAMN NEAR PERFECT... YES HE SINNED.. THAT'S WHY I SAID "DAMN NEAR" ONLY 1 IS PERFECT AND THAT IS "JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF"....
Elvis born in Tupelo, moved to Memphis at about 10 years old. Family were very poor. Elvis can sing any genre and does. He is in 5 different hall of fames
Elvis was from the 60’s and 70’s. He grew up around Black people. From Tupelo Mississippi…..Thats where he got the inspiration for most of his music. Was his documentary
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The women were his permanent group of back-up singers. At one venue the owner didn't want them in the concert (due to their ethnicity) and asked Elvis to replace them. Elvis responded with an answer that if they were not allowed to sing then he would not. Elvis got his way. Elvis was not a racist and would not support racism.
Some people did not want Elvis to have black back up singers and he was having none of that racism.
why did it take him 14 years to use any black artists?
Maybe because Nor of thern apply for the job think about it
It's always about race there's a movie of him being a doctor working in the ghettos even before this record I think go look it up
@@eliju-io2mwAh NO!. Elvis will only ever be the great white hope for white America.
Music was changing, white artists were using and singing with black artists. The colonel saw this, thought he better try it. It was too late Elvis was headed for the can.
@@eliju-io2mw WOW! life imitating art.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If anyone knows poverty and ghetto, it's Elvis. He grew up in the ghetto in Tupelo Mississippi. He did So much for the black community. Check it out.
Back in the 60's some southern clubs didn't want his back up singers. Elvis said, if they go. I go. Final word. !!!
Reading the comments is very shocking, I had a totally different very of Elvis, thank you so much🤞🏽
Elvis spent some time in the ghetto.
Elvis did nothing for the black community.
But humour me, tell me what he did.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Google is free. Your dismissed.
@@Assassyn1980 Google agrees with me, Elvis did nothing for the black community.
Since it's free use it.
Elis Presley- the only white entertainer that could get away with doing this song at that time! Priceless!!
Elvis was from the ghetto, he was born into poverty in Tupelo, Mississippi. He lived in a shack with no running water. His dad was in prison for awhile. He had a twin brother that died at birth. He was his mamas whole world, and she was his until his daughter Lisa Marie was born. The man had a heart of gold, so generous and giving. People took advantage of him, especially his manager. He gave until he had nothing left to give but his life. Trying to take care of everyone killed him. He gave his all in every performance, he left it all on stage. He was one in a trillion. He could sing anything and loved everyone, even took care of those that used him. Watch the Elvis movie from 2022, even his daughter thought it was brilliant.
Listen to His 1968 Comeback Special, If I Can Dream. Do a reaction video to that song. He sang it against his manger's demands, against the sponsors desires, he did it because it was in his heart and in honor of the two great men who were assassinated for trying to make the country a better, more inclusive world, Martin Luther King, and Robert "Bobby" Kennedy. Elvis was not afraid to stand up for what he believed in and what was right.
I remember when he died, my mom was heartbroken, so were my little sister and I. He was a gift and gone too soon.
I was a young boy in Norway at the time Elvis died, I was 12 years old. I remember talking about him walking on the road with one of the girls from the neighborhood. She was a bit older, we were so sad about the news. Both of us growing up listening to Elvis and the rest of the great singers from the 50-60. Even this song is about Chicago, without dying with the gun in hand we could definitely associate how it is to grow up in a big family, struggle was real, we were 9 kids, dad a fisherman and farmer. Although we never had lack of food, we certainly had not much of anything else. Norway found oil in the 70's and the government made a system where everyone could get a education secured by government student loans (do not be mistaken it was a loan but we were given a chance) So the two youngest kids, myself and my sister (later on, some of the older ones went back to study) where the only one who went directedly into higher education after high school. She is now a School Superintendent in Norway, and I am an Engineer in the US.
Mac Davis wrote "In the Ghetto" but Elvis added the chilling lyrics "and his mama cried". Mac loved the addition. We did too.
Yep, Mac wrote it thinking about a friend he grew up with. Their fathers both worked at the same place, and even though Mac said his family didn't have much his friend's family was even worse off. They were black and he wasn't taught that should make a difference so he said he wondered why they were so much worse off when their fathers worked at the same place. It stuck with him. And Apparently when Elvis was putting together this album, Mac had shopped the song around and no one would touch it so he sent it to Elvis with other songs for the album. As soon as Elvis heard it he wanted it cuz he wanted something socially relevant. His manager and record label said no, its career suicide. And he was all... I don't think you understand, I'm Elvis.... and they were like ok we will go prep the band now... lol Only someone the Calibur of Elvis could do the song to begin with AND do it with such sincerity and passion and compassion.
@@TheRubberDuck77 I always heard that Mac Davis wanted BB King to do the song, but BB King said give it to Elvis, he knows what the ghetto is like.
Elvis picked the song up and performed as no other artists wanted to touch the song due to tensions developed. Thankfully, Elvis already had a track record by refusing to perform if the venue had a problem with his African American back up singers . . . The venues always caved to my knowledge, he gave no quarter
@@discourius26he first offered it to Sammy Davis
The cycle never ends. This song is more than 50 years old and it could have written about things happening today. He is the King..x
Absolutely spot on- and shows how far WE HAVE NOT advanced as a society- that a young man faced down in the street- and no one bats an eye??
And it goes on and on. I’m from Minneapolis and as blacks began building communities the politicians broke them down. They disrupted a black neighborhood to build a freeway. They pretty much pushed blacks into north Minneapolis away from the neighborhoods that were built around Lake communities.
Johnson’s war on poverty was more like a war against the black communities
It’s so tragic to me how relevant this is today 50 years later. Elvis never forgot his roots.
I agree and it breaks my heart.
When Elvis played the Houston Astrodome, 1974. They were giving him a hard time about his back up singers. He said if they don’t get the royal treatment, first class everywhere, I don’t play. In Elvis’s eyes everybody’s equal.
I was there.
Beautiful reaction to this LEGENDARY tune. Elvis grew up in the ghetto in Tupelo, Mississippi, poor, father in and out of prison, struggling mama. He was humble, kind, exceptionally generous. He was King. Loved your sincere reaction ❤❤❤
He really had a heart for the poor. He was also raised in the church and really took the best away from Christianity - kindness, compassion, generosity, etc. That's what a Christian is supposed to be, IMO.
When this song was recorded, his manager and the record company rep both said it couldn't be released. Elvis replied, "That's my next single, son" and walked out. Once it was, songwriter Mac Davis was able to pay cash for his dream car and entertainment center WITH THE FIRST ROYALTIES CHECK.
The king does not talk shit, He tells the truth
In many ways Elvis was the worlds first megastar that you could literally go anywhere on the planet and they’d know him
Unfortunately he never performed outside of the US.
Rudy Valentino look him up
Credit for the lyrics goes to Mac Davis. Not a wasted word in telling this moving story. Elvis added a whole extra dimension of pain and empathy. Also note there is no mention of color in the song, it’s about poverty and hopelessness.
Elvis added the lyrics "and his mama cried" Mac Davis liked it and kept it. Those lyrics really bring the meaning home, along with Elvis' emotional singing.
Once you go down the Elvis rabbit hole you will become obsessed. "An American Trilogy" live from the Aloha from Hawaii show will blow your mind.
"Trying to get to you" and "If I can Dream" from the 68 comeback special are definitely a must also!
Thank you for doing Elvis!
He was really poor before he became famous. Grew up in Tupelo and later Memphis Tennessee. His parents had to bury his twin brother (still born) in a shoe box...
Watch the new ELVIS movie to become an idea.
He was very close or friend to many black artists and his song " IF I CAN DREAM" was written in memoriam to Martin Luther King and R. Kennedy.
Short documentary:
ELVIS AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY
Thank you and good luck for your channel!💚
I never knew the twin brother bit. Imagine if the world had two Elvis'
Lisa Marie was cool too. I remember watching her on Howard Stern, not taking any of his sh*_t.
Christ. I never knew he was a twin.
He’s from Mississippi. As a kid he went to a black church and he could relate. They say that’s where he got the music in his soul. He recorded a lot of gospel songs
I remember when this song first came on. I was a young teenager. Whenever it came on the radio it would make me cry. Still does.
IF I CAN DREAM in white suit 68 Comeback Special.
Thank you for reacting to Elvis us fans truly appreciate it. Elvis put his entire career on the line with doing songs like this especially back then, but this just goes to show the great character of this man.
So lovely to see your reaction..He came from poverty..so sad that he died relatively young...one of my favourite songs.☮️💓🇬🇧
He is the King for a reason.
I LOVE when people discover the sound of Elvis, especially this song. I could hear it a million times but still get the chills every time!
Elvis had alot of soul. He stood up to Texas! Check out what one of his backing vocalist said about it!🙏💛☯️🌞
I didn't go down in the comments, but Elvis was a vet, and a black belt. He was charitable to the end, and was often uncomfortable with gift coming to him.
Enjoy the Elvis journey.. it’s awesome. He will be with you forever. 👑
Elvis had his faults just like everyone, but he was a sincere, kind hearted, giving man who, like most people getting started back then, trusted the wrong people. This song always makes me cry and you can tell watching him sing it that this was a problem that truly touched his heart. Oh, and he loved singing his christian songs!
What a great Elvis song to start your journey on, Elvis knew what it was like to be dirt poor, born in Tupelo Mississippi he grew up in the black community and struggled for the first 20 years of his life until he became famous. He never forgot where he came from and while he rarely did political social songs this was an incredible choice in 1968 at the height of the civil rights movement and the struggles US was facing of which they seem to be facing in increasing abundance today. You got to listen to more Elvis and try his "If I can Dream" from his 1968 comeback where he sings from the heart after the assassination of Martin Luther King. Great and honest reaction thanks.
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Elvis was from Memphis Tennessee where he grew up dirt poor.
He had black backup singers at a time when that was unheard of, and any time a venue said he couldn't bring black people on stage he refused to perform. He also would refuse to perform if they were treated any differently than white singers.
This song "in the ghetto" was actually written by a lesser known country singer named Mac Davis, but Mac didn't have the clout to be able to have his career survive a white guy releasing a song like this at that time.
The fact that this song came out in 1969 (one year after Dr. King was shot) is pretty incredible when you consider how true it still rings to this day.
plenty of artists used black artists prior to Elvis.
Love your reaction please do more Elvis I just subscribed. Elvis was born January 8th 1935 in Tupelo Mississippi his family was dirt poor as others have commented he was a twin but his brother was stillborn effected him his whole life! They moved to Memphis Tennessee when he was 13 or 14 when he hit it big he bought Graceland for him & his family in 1957 it is now the most visited house in America other than the White House. He sang all genre of music he was gorgeous talented & his voice was out of this world & unbelievable charisma and boy could he entertain like nobody else such a generous & humble man he was and still is the GOAT!
Thank you for subbing! Never would’ve guessed that his backstory was like that, this info changed my whole perspective on Elvis🔥
One person could influence the world.that man's kindness is forgotten about.
I'm so glad you young people are getting into Elvis! You will be amazed at what he did for music industry! That's why he is the King of Rock!! Then now and forever the greatest entertainer ever!!! No way prejudice either like some wanted to believe!!! RIP Elvis
This was around 1968 and I loved your reaction to this wonderful song that broke all kinds of traditions on the radio back in the day! This kind of stuff wasn't supposed to be talked about and ELVIS singing about it was like a breath of fresh air, we knew these things existed, hell I'm from a poor white neighborhood and we were called Bridgeton River Rats because of where we lived, but we survived. And most of us got out of there! I live about 25 miles from there and the difference is amazing! From the little thumbnails off to my right I can see you've been pointed to some other Elvis songs so I won't go into that! Again, great reaction!
Elvis home is graceland in memphis tennessee, he was the most handsome and sweet man of our time. And had the best voice.
ELVIS sung( my way) in 1977. . Two weeks later he died. Befor he died he wrote a letter to god and was crying in a hotel room. And house keeping came in and cleaned the room. When they did . They found the letter in the trash and grabbed it. After he passed the letter went to auction. And wayne Newton bought it. Its called the Elvis letter. Elvis had planed to check out. . Wayne Newton took the letter and did a tribute to Elvis. And it tells about how Elvis gad enough. He wanted out of this life. Its called the letter by wayne Newton
Shon Elvis was in tupello missippi and grew up in a black community there in a black neighbourhood
Loved your reaction to "In The Ghetto." Elvis recorded more than 700 songs & was a giant in music. You can't go wrong checking out more of his music. Always good to see someone of your generation discover more about the man, his presence & his VOX. New subscriber; keep Elvis reactions coming. More than 40 years since his death & Elvis still has millions of fans who love to watch the youngers' reactions to his videos.
Elvis is from Tupelo Mississippi. That’s where he was born and he was popular from the 50s till he died in the 70s.
There is so so much for you to learn about this great man. Did you know that Elvis also made 31 movies and was the highest paid actor back in the day. Please react to 3 songs from his movies. Return to Sender, Bossa Nova Baby and Come on Everybody with the beautiful Anne Margaret. Elvis fans adore him on another level. I was 15 when my idol died and I literally didn’t get out of my bed for over a week, couldn’t go to school I was so distraught. Hello from Australia. 💕💕
Happy heavenly Birthday Elvis 90 years you will never be gone.
Elvis grew up singing in the church. He wouldn't go in stage without his back up singers who were black. They tried to keep them out and he told the producers he would walk without his back up ladies.
That's why they call hom the king Rest on peace
BRO, As you can tell by your commenters, ELVIS has millions and millions of diehard fans. His legacy of music is still as important today. Coming from Minnesota, I can be pretty sure, I might be his biggest fan in the state. You said you wanted to explore what the ELVIS world is all about, so I'll Subscribe to your Channel with that hope. THANK YOU!
Elvis and i were friends for 10 yrs. up until his death. Sexiest man god ever created. We both needed a friend and we were that for each other he asked nothing of me and i asked nothing of him. How we met was kind of a long story but i will not explain because people judged and commented nasty hurtful things that they know nothing about it hurt me deeply. So i will not post anything about our friendship ever again, We had a short conversation a few days before his death we were both very emotional. i will love and miss my friend forever. i walk past Graceland everyday sometimes i go in and walk around the grounds and talk to my friend at his final resting place. they know me there lol. All they say is hey girl what's up. love to you from the one and only Memphis Tn. Great reaction young man. He was born in Tupelo Ms. he was very poor.
He was, is, and will forever be the king of rock-and-roll
He was from Memphis, TN and he was ahead of his time with this!
Elvis loved the black community! He was raised in Tupelo by a mom and dad looking for a better life!
Elvis loved Spirituals, Country, Rock and Roll, Pop, Folk Music - the list goes on. He was so much more than the movies and early hits. The man grew and his music grew with him but he never forgot his roots - was a really nice man as well.
Elvis always my favorite beautiful generous soul
Elvis died before I was born but I'm from TN and it's well known THIS is what he wanted to sing. He had to fight like hell to do it too.
Elvis's voice is so tender. The best ❤
Song was written by Mac Davis for Elvis. Elvis lived and grew up in the ghetto.
“If I can dream”. In the white suit. Please please please. I subbbed. Tyvm
I've been to his birth home in Tupelo Mississippi. It was so tiny & full of Presley energy. Then I stopped at Graceland at 2 am. I touched the gate & could feel the Presley energy. It was so beautiful! ❤
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory.
Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off.
As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (ruclips.net/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/видео.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
A fun fact about this song is the writer of this song asked Sammy Davis Jr to cover it first. Sammy said he wasn't raised in the ghetto but that Elvis was and he may do the song.
Such simple yet powerful lyrics. It was originally called "the vicious circle" Sadly still true today.
I'm happy you like that song, Elvis grew up there. He seen it all. Very sad he died at such a young age.
Elvis was born in a shotgun house in Tupelo, MS and moved to Memphis as a teenager. He sang this song but wasn't born in Chicago.
Yes, I did know that. I ment he been in and around the ghetto. 😊
@@lorilashea Yes, I did know that. I ment he been in and around the ghetto. 😊
Elvis Presley's first Breakout hit was in 1954 at the age of 19, (EDITED: Elvis Presley's first Breakout hit Regionally began on July 19,1954 with the release of "That's All Right" at the age of 19),
but he became a National and International Super Star Phenominon in 1956. Not only did Elvis's Singing Career take off, he also Stared 4 Motion Pictures before being Drafted into the Army in 1958 - 1960. When he returned from his two year Tour of Duty in Germany (and while Completing his 2 year Reserve Duty after returning home 1960 - 1962), he Focused on his Movie Career, Starring in a Total of 31 Motion Pictures and 2 Concert Documentary Films, until 1968 when he Re Launched his Music Career Returning to Sold Out Live Stage Audience's in Vegas and Across the Country. He Continued Recording and Touring until his Untimely Passing from a Heartattack at the age of only 42 in 1977.
Elvis was born into Poverty in 1935 in East Tupelo Mississippi, just across from Shakerag, one of the poorest Ghetto's in America, during the time of Segragation and the Great Depression. His Family was one of only 4 White Families in a Predominatly Black Community so many of his friends growing up were black. There were times when his family had to depend on the kindness of their black neighbors just for enough food to eat.
Elvis was drawn to the Gritty Blues of Shakerag, He also enjoyed Country Music and Sang Gospel in both Black and White Church's but his favorite Music was what he called Colored Spirituals, that was the music of his soul.
In 1948 when Elvis was 13 his Family moved to the Projects of Memphis Tennessee where he Discovered Beale Street, and the Memphis Sound and often Jammed with his Contemporaries, Greats like BB King, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Big Mama Thorton, James Brown and Jackie Wilson and Many Others. So Elvis was Different, he had a Different Sound and a Different way of Thinking than most other Whites in the South at that time, he never saw Color.
Elvis had a Dream that Someday he could lift his Parents out of Poverty by Singing. He could never have imagined where that Dream would lead.
ELVIS WAS INDUCTED INTO THE:
R&R Hall Of Fame
R&B Hall Of Fame
Rock-a-Billy Hall Of Fame
Country Hall Of Fame
Gospel Hall Of Fame
Pop Hall of Fame
AND MANY OTHER'S
He Received 4 Grammy's 3 for Gospel and 1 for His Lifetime Achievement and Scores of Gold and Platinum Records that Line the Walls of Graceland, his Memphis Home.
He is Still Today, the Top Selling SOLO Artist of All Time According to the Guinness Book of World Records 🌎 with well Over One Billion Records (Vinal, 8 Trac, Cassette, CD etc.) Sold World Wide 🌎
Actually he became regionally popular by 1955, but his breakout didn't come until 1956, when his first recording for RCA, "Heartbreak Hotel" was released. It was his first hit on the Billboard Top 100 and went to number one. His 1954 recording of the single "Good Rockin' Tonight / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" didn't make the charts until after "Heartbreak Hotel" was released, then it climbed to number 74.
He did have three songs in 1955 that were his first to hit the Country Music charts, "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone", released in April, hit number 5, "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", released in August, went to number 1, and the flip side "Mystery Train", hit number 11.
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(EDITED: Elvis Presley's first Breakout hit Regionally began on July 19,1954 with the release of "That's All Right" at the age of 19),
CLARIFICATION AS PER YOUR SUGGESTION.
Elvis was a fantastic singer but it’s unfortunate that it was drugs that killed him in the end.
It was sad to see him deteriorate, his in stint in Las Vegas was the beginning of the end for him. During his later concerts you could see he was heavily drugged, his eyes glazed over and out of it. The fact they found him dead on the toilet said it all, such a waste of his life and talent, those around him should’ve helped him instead they did the opposite.
Stevie Wonder.
1. a blind man.
2. a black man
3. wrote most of his songs
4. played most instruments.
5. brilliant song writer.
6. 25 Grammys, the most by any solo artist
7. 1 Oscar
8. did I mention he was blind and black?
9. 23 studio albums, three soundtrack albums,
Elvis
1. 3 Grammys
2. never wrote a song.
The one to know. He is the King of music
Elvis was ahead of his time. I wish we still had him today.❤
He was the king!
Elvis died August 16, 1977. I’ll forever remember the date because it was 2 days before my 10th birthday and the whole world mourned 😢
I remember it well . I was at my Grandfathers in upstate NY. And it came across the TV . Elvis Presley Has Died. I remember my Aunt Kathy crying and my sister. I was only 10 also. But never forgot that day. Love his music. Never be another.
A friend of mine still has the ticket from the canceled concert in Philly. They offered refunds, he said no way, keeping it.
ELvis also donated millions of dollars for poor people all over America. He knew first hand about being raised in the poor part of TOWN. ☹️.
Elvis Presley was a great man he loved everyone🔥🔥
Elvis, like many singers of his time who broke out through Sun Records, came from extreme poverty. He literally grew up in the ghetto and he was different so the kids bullied him. He didn't write this song, I believe it was written by Mac Davis who grew up in the segregated South (as did Elvis). Mac wrote the song to call attention to what was going on in the ghetto and he thought Elvis should be the one to sing it so middle class white America would hear the truth. And they were right. I was a child when this song came out. I lived in a small town with no diversity at all. I grew up during busing and riots with no understanding of what was going on because it was so far away from me. I just didn't get it. Then this song came out and it liked to have ripped my heart out because you could feel the hopelessness of the ghetto and the people living there. I think Elvis could sing it because he knew extreme poverty and hunger and what that could do to people. He knew what was happening to the black population because he saw it first hand. And Elvis was hugely popular with white America so no one would dare call him out for telling the truth. This played on the radio all the time on stations white people listened to and I remembering crying the first time I heard it. It still makes me cry. The real horror is that it's all still true. We haven't learned a thing.
Elvis was the 1st true storyteller I discovered as a child you def SHOULD watch some of the documentaries on his life he been thru it! Great storytellers are some of the best artists
Elvis was no story teller, the people that wrote the songs were.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 🤡🍆
Elvis did NOT write this song
The 1st storyteller? Not even close. This song was written by the late, great Mac Davis, not Elvis.
@@tommyk6719 was my comment too intellectual for you?
He was born in 1935 and grew up in Tupelo Mississippi dirt poor in a one room shack. He was not afraid to show the world his love for black people. When he sang it was raw and live. No computers to auto correct a singers voice were invented back then...like they use today. I was blessed to see Elvis live in the 70's 3X at Chicago Stadium. So yes, he knew Chicago quite well. Love your reaction. You are spot on.
From a third generation Elvis fan thank you for keeping Elvis alive. I hope you check out Elvis If I Can Dream
The white suit version.
Elvis was known as the king of music for good reasons ,
I remember my parents talking about Elvis, I was very young when he died. Elvis used his music and influence to push for better treatment of the black communities. His childhood was spent in Tupelo, MS.
The lead female backup singer is Cissy Houston, who was a famous gospel singer and the mother of Whitney Houston.
Shocked? This is and always will be the king Mr Elvis Presley
Elvis after I grew to know his heart, one of my main artists. A real soul.
I just came across your channel because this song popped up in my feed. I'm a 60-year-old white dude and I'm sure others will have already talked about his upbringing in poverty. And also his connection to the black community.
But just for information, this was a huge radio hit for him and then this live performance in Vegas is from 1970. And those backing singers are known as The Sweet Inspirations, and Whitney Houston's mother was one of them although not for this show, and then the band overall was fantastic and it was called the TCB band. And they were together for years starting around 1969. He died seven years later than this in 1977 at far too young of an age and it was a huge deal in not only this country but around the world.
And yeah you're right, Elvis was known for his moves and just being one of the greatest entertainers of all time, usually mentioned in the same breath with Michael Jackson. Although decades apart obviously.
But he got going around the age of 20 in 1955. And so you can find RUclips video in old black-and-white from that very young age all the way up through his incredible 1968 Comeback Special when he finally got out of a movie contract. And then all the way up through 70, 72, the Honolulu Hawaii concert in 73 that was beamed by satellite to millions of people around the world, and then a final last sad concert in 77, 6 weeks before he died.
So there is plenty to check out about him, but I would also strongly strongly strongly strongly suggest that because you liked this, you've got to check out his MLK tribute at the end of his 1968 Comeback Special.
His corrupt asshole manager and some of the producers wanted him to do a classic Christmas song like Here Comes Santa Claus, but he was so choked up about the assassination and also just the general strife of that era, Bobby Kennedy had also been assassinated, that he insisted that he do something meaningful. One of his producers and songwriters sympathized with him and knew Elvis really well, so he wrote out this tribute song, If I Can Dream.
Believe me brother, I know for a fact that you will be absolutely blown away. It is one of the greatest performances from that era that I have ever seen and it is so emotional. It was also considered highly risky at the time. No messing around, no dancing, and so much soul, and honestly, he sounds like a wounded animal at times and yet his voice and singing are just so incredible.
Lots of people have reacted to it and you cannot miss it. He is in a white suit and a red tie and his name Elvis is behind him on the backdrop and again, it is the finale at the end of his 1968 Comeback Special television show. And whatever you do, please do not miss the historic mic drop moment at the end. Just don't cut it off too early. And then apparently he goes backstage after that and curls up into a ball and cries for hours.
Thanks for the reaction and I just subscribed.
This always gives me goosebumps.
Elvis's great, great Grandma on his Mom Gladys's side was Cherokee. She was called Morning Dove. There are b/w pics of her online. On his Dad's side he had Irish & German ancestry. You asked for other Elvis recommendations . His comeback TV special. He sings live , while playing guitar, dressed head to toe in black leather & just the band & some fans sat so close they're practically touching him. He looks & sounds fantastic. That's him before illness & 7 shows a week at Vegas took their toll.
Elvis was before his time. He got it.
👍Millions of Elvis fans aren,t even born yet🚨🚨🚨
ELVIS was born on January 1935 in TUPELO MISSISSIPPI in the GHETTO.
I'm a little old white lady who had a wonderful family upbringing. Elvis' Storytelling of this, reaches out to those of us who never experienced this pain, and it always reduces me to tears. Colonel Parker's poor management skills had Elvis singing too many poor songs, when he could sing like this.
His managers and producers said, "No way you can sing this song in from of an audience of rich white people." He was successful enough and grounded enough to tell them to take a hike, he was going to sing it and those people in the audience were the very ones who needed to hear it. He didn't grow up in a Ghetto as we know them today. He grew up in a very poor farming community in Mississippi. He was heavily influenced by the black gospel music in his community. In fact much of rock and roll as we know it had its roots in black gospel music. So did swinng dancing, lindy hop, etc come from the southern black community. He saw what was going on with the black community and was an integral part of it. The injustices concerned him very much. This was his way of bringing attention to the issue. He didn't effect a lot of change, but he put his career on the line to state his message. He did it again later with his "If I Can Dream," song in his comeback tour. Shortly after that he began his downward spiral with drugs. Great entertainer, loved by most everyone, and his death was a blow to the world. You should make a trip to Graceland, you would love it.
Elvis fought to sing this song. When the writer, Mac Davis, presented it to Elvis his manager didn't want him to do it because it didn't fit the "image" he wanted to present of Elvis. In the end Elvis won the battle abd put all if his emotions and childhood memories of the ghetto he was raised in into the song.
Shon...I cried watching your reaction to The King! I don't usually watch "reaction" utubes, but somehow, for some reason tonight I did a marathon of music and came upon your channel. I will be 76 years old in September. Watching a young person watching Elvis for the very first time was so very interesting to me! LOL! Yes! Elvis was the King of Rock & Roll. Gorgeous, Stunning Man... and a voice that stole your soul. I watched Elvis's very first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show on September 9, 1956. I would be 10 years old that month. My sister was almost 15 at the time. She was screaming & crying watching him on our small maybe 8" T.V. Our mother thought she was crazy. I never stopped loving Elvis since that night and never will stop loving him. Though I loved so many of his songs & appearances (especially his "comeback" in 1968...you must watch it. It's on UTube), The Ghetto was one of my very favorites. I still get emotional when I listen to it. Watching you, a young black man, watching him and listening to the story of his song made me cry... as often I do, when watching Elvis. I miss him so very much. He died on August 16, 1977. He was only 42 years old. I cried for days. He threw his life away using drugs. It was very sad. I hope you watch many more videos of him before you watch this last one in June 1977. Though he could hardly stand up. He was surely on drugs and looked terrible...but... his voice was remarkable. Unchained Melody...his very last performance. Don't miss it! ruclips.net/video/gfnZbjFPSrU/видео.html. Thank you. Take good care of yourself. Our world is changing. White Supremacy is rearing it's ugly head loud & clear. Though it was always here, it's out loud...again. Women, Black, Brown, LBGTQ people are being discriminated & targeted against. The YOUNG people must VOTE BLUE & get these racists out of existence. Love is Love. We are all HUMAN. They don't see it that way. Please Be safe.🙏🏻❤
Great reaction more Elvis please thank you 😊
Elvis did Karate,and his suits were made like that bc they were comfortable. Check out his catalogs!
Elvis is considered a icon of music and pop culture. Elvis was a participant , along with others, to the creation of rock and roll. Before the ‘50s, the was no such thing as rock and roll. He was the first super star. Massive amount of girls screaming at concerts, clothes being torn off, etc. All the girls wanted to be with Elvis. All the boys wanted to BE Elvis. You asked for more information. He is a very brief history.
Elvis recorded his first album in 1954. By 1956 he was making tv appearances and making movies. He was 21 when national fame hit. He recorded and toured till August 16, 1977 when he unexpectedly die at 42. The world went into shock.
Elvis was born in Tupelo Mississippi. The family was very poor. The house he was born in only had 2 rooms, no indoor plumbing and no electricity. When he was 14 , the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee to look for better job opportunities. Elvis’s family lived in a housing project called Lauderdale Courts. Moving into this housing was a big step up for them.
Elvis made an amateur record at Sun records when he was 18/19 years old. ( There is a whole lot more to the story, but this is the brief version). He became a regional hit in the south. When he signed with colonel Parker he became a National success. Huge record deal with RCA. Movie deal with a large studio.
Two years later he gets drafted during peace time. Serves 2;years in Germany. All the time the colonel is releasing music so the fans won’t forget him.
Elvis returns to US in 1960. Girls all go crazy. He makes 3 movies a year with a total of 31. He wanted to be a serious actor, but the studio and his manager just wanted to make money. The movie after his service are not very good. he gets bored and less than happy with his career.
1968 is a huge milestone in Elvis’s career. He is signed to do a Christmas special for NBC. It is very edgy. Nothing like a typical Christmas special. The headlines read,” Elvis is back.” And boy was he.
He signed a contract in 1969 to play Vegas at the new International Hotel. People flew from all over the world to see him perform. He changed the whole fabric of the Las Vegas strip. Soon after, he begins to tour the US to sold out crowds.
1973 he does a charity concert in Hawaii. It is the first satellite concert ever. It was beamed to many countries simultaneously. Some sources report that more people saw this concert than people saw the first man walk on the moon.
In the mid ‘70s Elvis became tired of touring. His health started to significantly deteriorate, but still he toured. He died the day before the first day of a new tour. His background singers and band were already in route when they found out about his death.
His funeral was held August 18, 1977. A white hearse and 16 white limousines proceeded down Elvis Presley Blvd to his mausoleum. And the world wept.
Songs to listen to - ALWAYS a live performance.
1950s
Heartbreak Hotel, Don’t be cruel, Hound Dog
1960s
Trying to Get to You, Guitar man, all from the 68 Comeback special. Actually, anything from the special is great
1970
live Vegas shows. Suspicious Minds, Love Me Tender
1973 Aloha from Hawaii- American Triology, Fever, Burning Love.
Enjoy your journey.
In one short song he showed the world the cycle of the ghetto and asks do we just look away. This was 1969.
His best friends were James Brown and Muhammed Ali!!! He was popular from 1952 until his death in 1977. James Brown was so upset at his funeral that he had to be literally pulled away from the casket, after 3 hours of grieving!
I don’t really get into these reaction videos, but I love this song and now have watched probably 30…you are my absolute favorite! Subscribed last night. I was only gonna check out this song, now I’m watching all of yours. I am in love with your sincerity and personality!
Elvis, famously, is from Tupelo Mississippi. He is a Mississippi icon - no, an American icon. You should listen to music from all the periods of his life - his early, hip-swinging music is fun rock and roll. His religious music is phenomenal, and the later music, like the one you played is again, completely different.
When Elvis started on the radio in the 50's some people thought he was black until he started making appearances.
Shon....gotta do Elvis live..... Suspicious Minds ‼️‼️💯❣️❣️
Vegas version of Suspicious Minds is the best to do.
There is a reason Elvis was called the King of Rock and Roll.
Elvis certainly knew poverty. His parents had nothing. He sure didn't let that stop him. This is definitely one of my favorite songs Elvis
I must have been about seven when I first heard this song, on the car radio back in the '70s. It haunted me then, and it still does now. The cycle of poverty and hopelessness in the inner city. "On a cold and gray Chicago morn, another little baby child is born, in the ghetto. And his mama cries."
70s kid here as well. So many songs haunt me from that time like Seasons in the Sun. Man that one did for sure. Lol
Elvis Presley was ALL ABOUT HIS PPL.. He loved ppl BUT he STOOD up for what he believed in and that was LOVE and the GOD.. He was born very poor.. HE LOVED HIS MAMA SO MUCH .. HE LOVED HIS DAUGHTER AND NEVER GOT OVER HIS DIVORCE.. He was a person who was a TRUE DEFINITION OF WHAT I WOULD CALL DAMN NEAR PERFECT... YES HE SINNED.. THAT'S WHY I SAID "DAMN NEAR" ONLY 1 IS PERFECT AND THAT IS "JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF"....
Elvis rules
Elvis born in Tupelo, moved to Memphis at about 10 years old. Family were very poor. Elvis can sing any genre and does. He is in 5 different hall of fames
Elvis sang this with heart and soul
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Elvis was from the 60’s and 70’s. He grew up around Black people. From Tupelo Mississippi…..Thats where he got the inspiration for most of his music. Was his documentary