Jealous of what you fools.... This is Ray Charles we're talking about. The man who defied odds being black, blind and poor, all he had was his talent. He is a legend and well deserved. No gimmicks, no imitations, just raw artistry 🙅🏽♀️
CooManTunes And You’re definitely confused and delusional, Elvis didn’t open up No damn doors for any Black artist you meant black legend open up the door for him and white artists like the Rolling Stones the Beatles and many others to do black music.
@@Lynda0917-lm9bp you do realize that a lot of people that used to talk like you, including Publuc Ememies Chuck D, have done a humble 180 turn on that after they actually researched it. BB King, Rufus Thomas, James Brown, Little Richard made Chuck sit down and literally straightened him out on that whole era. They made it clear Elvis smashed down doors for themselves and others to walk through. And he also took an awful lot of hate from racist mainstream white America in doing it. Go ahead and dig a Little Deeper into that then maybe you have in the past. You'll see it's true.
Seamus Lannon 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Bullshit!! you sound like a fool!!! You have clearly lost your damn mind if you truly believe, Elvis Presley, inspired black artist like ,Ray Charles, James Brown, Chuck Berry and little Richard, All these legendary black artists was making black music way before Elvis Presley, became famous for pretty much singing black music 🎼 and you are really delusional!! If you truly believe a white man, Inspired any black Artists singing their own kind of music; Elvis style of singing and dancing he clearly stole from black artist; Oh and by the way, I already knew two white men wrote you ain’t nothing but a hound dog” But a black woman ( Big Mama Thornton,) was the first to recorded it, And gave it true rhythm and soul and please tell me? where in the hell do you think, Elvis got his dance moves from; He damn sure didn’t get it from another white man, cause we all know, you white people are definitely NOT known for soulful singing or having true rhythm; and the ones who do have a a lil soul and rhythm, have clearly imitated black artist, even white artist today like ,Justin Timberlake, Sam Smith, Eminem, Adele and others appropriate black music and have become famous from doing so; At least, legendary older white Artist like, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones have admit it on several occasions that they where definitely inspired and totally influence by soulful Black singers, like, Muddy waters, Howling wolf and little Walter, And The Queen of Soul herself, the late Mrs. Aretha Franklin..., So how dare you sit there and claim, that Elvis Presley inspired Black any artists, of the past or present, When he himself and many other white from 60s ripped off many black artist by stealing their music all the time, there has even been several movies made about it! It’s funny how white people, like urself have no problem giving credit to Elvis Presley falsely claiming he inspired legendary iconic Black Artist , what a joke!! 😆 😂 and you know as well as I do that’s one of the Biggest LIE Ever been told...I repeat, Elvis Presley only became famous because he appealed to his peers young and old whites, who had never seen a white man shake his hip, like a black man, so they decided label him, this so called king of rock ‘n’ roll; There are plenty king of rock ‘n’ roll’s, but I can promise you None are white, and you better believe Elvis Presley definitely ain’t one of them; and Elvis Presley would be considered a pedophile because he started dating Priscilla Presley when she was only 14 years old, and some of the biggest, pedophiles and rapists, and child molesters, in the present and throughout history, going all way back to slavery have been white men.
"In 1969, during an interview in Las Vegas, a reporter referred to Elvis as the “king of rock 'n' roll,” prompting Elvis to interrupt and correct them by saying, “No… That's the king of rock 'n' roll.” He pointed to Domino, who was also in the room at the time. "
He grew up in a time where you couldn’t speak your mind, especially about white people. He is being as candid as he is allowed. Truth is it still happens today
I don't know enough about popular music today but it seems reversed since the time of Ray Charles... Black music is dominant even though rap for example was the art form of White people which was culturally expropriated by Black people
Elvis was instrumental in breaking the segregation laws in Memphis which he did in 1956 and it helped change all remaining such laws down South. He also insisted black songwriters / musicians get paid for their creative work and as such Elvis always credited each songwriter on each of his albums NO EXCEPTIONS. In addition, when the Astrodome execs in Texas wouldn't allow Elvis' band the Sweet Inspirations a black female group into the building - Elvis demanded that they not only be allowed to enter the building but that needed to be treated with the same respect he got, including coming through the front doors that whites got to use, no back "colored only" entrances, or HE WOULD NOT SHOW UP. Elvis won, and proceded do drive them around the Astrodome field in a drop top convertible so EVERYONE COULD SEE THEM TOGETHER. Here is the proof -- Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis. ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html
Elvis would agree with Ray. Elvis never referred to himself as the 'King'. It was a title that was given to him that he was embarrassed about. That interviewer was trying to get Ray to say negative things about Elvis.
Elvis would totally agree. Elvis was a humble dude that fell into the hands of profit crusaders. Love his gospel tho, I'm not religious or a believer but gospel music inspires me and Elvis was great at it.
Facts Ray, when Elvis started singing rock and roll the white folks didn’t like it, didn’t accept it and was calling it nigga music.. now he’s the king, foh !!
White folks back then, when Elvis was at Sun Records recording in 1954 called him White Trash and a N×gg× Elvis was very poor growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi and raised around Black People and hangout with Black Folks in his hometown listening to Black Gospel, R&B, Jazz and Blues. I think African Americans should take credit for Elvis Presley, because Black Folks created and molded him in Black Culture and Blacks are responsible for what Elvis Presley became of and he open the door for Black Music and I want to thank Black people so much because if it wasn't from Blacks there wouldn't be no Elvis Presley. I personally think Ray Charles was jealous because never heard of another Black Artist degrading Elvis. People should search on RUclips of the Sweat Inspirations testimonies of Elvis, they was all Black Females singing in his band along with Cissy Houston sung amazing high notes and Whitney Houston is Cissy's daughter. A lot of famous Black Celebrities bragged about Elvis like B.B. King, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Sammy Davis Jr. and so forth.
Only bitter, uneducated, racist blacks say anything bad about Elvis. Most Elvis reaction videos are by black people, and they all call him the King. :'D
@Ali Baba the truth is Ray Charles is brilliant and Elvis is brilliant but Ray can't say anything nice about Elvis because he is white and Ray is being racist because he is black and can be. Elvis is white and was never a racist and never said a bad word about any other entertainmer. Black or white. Charles should be ashamed of himself.
@@davidgibbs7232 You racists and racist apologists fuckin sicken me. In before "you're just a racist", nah, I'm only here for the truth unlike a brain-dead fanboy like you.
@@scorpinok3006 grow up you fucking idiot. Ray Charles and Elvis are both brilliant singers and the color of their skin has nothing to do with that as far as I am concerned. I have both in my collection. I just happen to think Charles is talking shit here. As you yourself are you great seeker of truth my arse. 🖕
If Elvis were black Ray and most other lowkey racist black people would go on and on about how he was ahead of his time and a legend that appealed to white people
No, not facts. "Jailhouse rock" was written by two white guys, leiber and stoller. and to say..."greater" its an opinion, not a fact. If ray think that fats domino was better, its ok, but it is not a fact. I could say that the beatles and brian wilson alone wipe the floor with all that 50's artists (including ray) in terms of creativity, complexity of sound and technique... just listen to "Here Today", "God Only Knows" , "Good Vibrations" , "A Day in the Life", " Strawberry Fields Forever"...i presented you many arguments...but it is still MY OPINION, not a fact. Here we saw RAY'S OPINION NOT FACTS.
Indeed. Same goes for "Hound Dog" which people keep reffering to as a song that Elvis 'stole' from Big Mama Thornton, while he actually copied it from some white singer he saw in Vegas in the spring of '56. This too is a Leiber & Stoller track. Should those guys be charged with cultural appropration as well? This whole discussion is starting to get tiresome. And I never hear anybody talk about Chuck Berry, the so-called 'inventor' of Rock & Roll. While I agree he is one of the important innovators; the thing that made Maybellene his first hit is that he based the song on an old country tune ("Ida Red"). R&B = black music. C&W = white music. But R&R is both. Let's all stop hijacking history to fit our own agenda of identity politics. Peace.
@@J.A.R.H.P In that case in terms of talent, creativity, complexity, sound & technique artist like James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder even Pink Floyd made the Beatles and Brian Wilson look like abc musicians
@Adam Price LMAO...a white dude with no semblance of history talking out of the side of your mayo filled neck. Ray Charles, JEALOUS of Elvis!?!? LMAO...are you a fucking loon? RAY CHARLES...one of the 6-7 greatest musicians of the 2nd half of the 20th century, is jealous of Elvis??? LOL...so funny. He rightfully pointed out the secret to Elvis's success is being at the white place at the white time. Having the complexion for the connection. If you think Elvis somehow was superior to all the people he emulated on Beale Street in Memphis, you're an idiot. Did he have talent? Sure. Was he the 'king' of a genre he literally stole from? Absolutely not. He was white. That, as usually is the case in AmeriKKKa, was enough.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 *You can & should let Ray have his opinion, but He is also saying what was repeated around Black community what He would have heard & joked about, so He's not going to fall out with His own color over Elvis. *Secondly, what He is actually repeating is the Afrocentric view that "Rock'n'Roll music is just Black Blues re-packaged for white people ,by white people".(cue the 'Pat Boone stories'!) Now, that's so afroncentric it's as deluded as the KKK were/are about racial superiority. *If Rock'n'Roll was just Blues it would never have been as successful ,nor diverse musically. 1)No backing vocals/Harmonies, 2)lack of diversity in lyrics 3)no chord progression's outside the 1-4-5 Blues progression, 4)none ,or very few "great" guitar players or iconic guitar solos(compare Scotty Moore's guitar playing to Mama Thornton's guitar player :original studio recordings onlyTHORNTON: ruclips.net/video/vyEnWa6pbaE/видео.html PRESLEY/Scotty Moore Guitar: ruclips.net/video/fG7DESOodNU/видео.html). Basically 'just Blues' & not as Good a a Hybrid Rock'n'Roll . If it had been Just Country alone ,it would never have an audiance outside the Grand Ole Opry & not as good or successful as Rock'n'Roll either. *Or, if you prefer, LET YOUR BRAIN OFF THE HOOK, don't look at the issue of Rock'n'Roll's success musically at all, why Rock'n'roll was so successful? ,yeah it couldn't of been that all those non racist white&black Rock'n'Roller innovators Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry,Eddie Cochran,Little Richard,Everly Brothers,Bo Diddley shared & created great music ,together. No way, it's a civil rights only issue! Stop talking about music AHH, MY BRAIN HURTS! who can help us? Ladies & Gentlemen: RACHEL DOLEZAL & JUSSIE SMOLLETT(..defeaning applause)here, to lecture you with they're definitive story of Rock'n'Roll from the 50's, an unbiased take.
Got to respect his point of view. He is from the same Era where he would have seen many of his friends and contemporaries do the same thing Elvis did and not get the same praise. For me it's nothing against Elvis... it was just a different time then.
@@werwergtgtg But Ray Charles and Bo Diddley did. They told the truth about elvis that they couldn't say in the 1950's. That's the point you are purposely overlooking.
@@timkinley9134 True but Ray and Bo never met him. James Brown, Rufus Thomas, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, BB King and many more black artists knew him and they say he was legit. They knew Elvis grew up in Shake Rag, the historical black community. He had black neighbors, attended a black church and learned black music. He even credited BB King as one of his early teachers. Elvis and James Brown used to sing spirituals together going late into the night. If you’re interested check out the youtube video called Elvis Presley and the black community. You’ll see and hear black artists talk about Elvis.
So many people in the comments section are calling Ray jealous and yet not pointing out a single lie that he said in the video. The man was asked a question and he answered it truthfully, he has the right to an opinion much like everyone else. Doesn’t make him jealous.
The LIE was implying Elvis was NOT great and NOT talented. LIE ! Ray Charles was great but he only had ONE dimensional style of singing. And , YES, his own statement about Elvis PROVES he was jealous of Elvis. You can be great and jealous too. Don't get it twisted. Elvis Presley , for a man who did not write songs, would take songs of song writers to a NEW level nobody could match to this day. Jackie Wilson, James Brown, BB King and Chuck Berry all RATE Elvis highly. In fact, BB King calls Elvis the King. FACT. Here's the direct reference of the LEGENDARY blues singer BB King calling Elvis the King. If Elvis was black some of you haters would be rating him too. ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html
B.B. King wrote: ”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.”
@@alexanderblake3569 you are of course talking bull shit and your comments are based on Elvis's race giving no account to his God given talant that was as great as any and more than most whatever their colour or creed. You my man are racist pure and simple. You should be ashamed of yourself.
@@p.o694 dumb? that old as man stole 7 song alone from 1 band alone. Let it be, something, yesterday, along winding road etc etc. imgaine how many songs he just took overall from other bands, 40 songs? i dont fucking know
@@duff0120 Covers? things that artists did regularly in the 60s? The beatles and ray charles both did alot of them, and thats not even the point. The is that (along with other black artists) were pioneers in the music genres themselves and did not steal anything. There are many times the beatles talked about this (as well as elvis).
Elvis recorded Ray's compositions "I Got A Woman" and "What 'd I Say". Elvis greatly admired Ray. And Ray willingly sold his songs to Elvis, and Ray made very good money. Ray knocked ELVIS every chance he got. When approached by reporters on what Ray said, Elvis said "There's room for everybody, I hate to criticize another performer". It's too bad Ray Charles wasn't as gracious. To say Elvis had no talent was pretty pathetic, bitter and ill-informed. When reporters asked Ray before he died, he admitted that he wasn't properly informed about Elvis and that his handlers misinformed him about Elvis.
@@djscott1129 Ray was out on his luck and needed the money, and boost to his career. Ray had creative control and relied on white country stars to fund his coffers in the 1960s and 70s. He only sold 10.4 million albums total. The great majority of his albums sold were because of white music artists and white fanbase that purchased his albums. You can bet many of them were also Elvis fans. Elvis was a crossover artist as was Ray. Elvis willingly helped Ray out and Ray must have been willing to do it or else it wouldn't have happened. Ray made his biggest paychecks because of Elvis. Maybe he was bitter about that. His other boost came when he worked with the Blues Brothers.
@@djscott1129 Ray Charles' best selling album while he was alive was "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" a 1962 album which featured white country artists and was purchased by a predominantly white audience.
@@djscott1129 You sound quite unknowledgeable about Ray Charles. If Ray wasn't willing then Presley COULD NOT have recorded it. Charles collects big $$ on song rights and even BIGGER $$$ on royalties on Presley's sales. Elvis and his band absolutely KILLED THIS. Elvis, DJ Fontana, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black. 1956 Check it out! ruclips.net/video/KfAoeM-uT4A/видео.html
For Gods sake people....jealous??? Why would the master Ray Charles be jealous of Elvis?? The man just answered the question and was honest on his opinion on Elvis...im a huge Elvis fan and have loved his music since i was 3yrs old....but im also a musician and respect other artists too...Ray Charles is a legend and very influential...Elvis himself hated being refered to as 'The King'...in fact he said "Theres only one king, and thats God"....Elvis also admitted that he was inspired by gospel and R&B and he infused his white country roots with the blue note he felt and he conveyed and combined it alltogether to create his own style. Elvis was the most successfull male artist and sold more records than anyone else in the 20th century...but Ray Charles has been honest on how he felt....dont go against him coz he wasnt keen on Elvis.....hes entitled to his own opinion, that dont take away anything from Elvis as he will never be matched again! Theres only one Elvis, only one MJ, only one James Brown, only one Stevie Wonder/Prince/Bob Marley/Frank Sinatra/Barry White, the list is endless......and guess what....yes you guessed it....only one Ray Charles! But still Elvis will always be the biggest. His presence/looks & beautiful voice is un-matched...but as Whitney Houston said when she met Elvis in the late 60s, his presence was mind blowing and he was beautiful to look at...other black artists who loved Elvis...BB King/Rufas Thomas/James Brown/Al Green/Beyonce/50 Cent/Sammy Davis Jnr/Eddie Murphy....they loved him.....music has no colour people and Elvis himself would be the first to admit this. Stop throwing that racist card all the time...Ray Charles was a blues jazz gospel and to a degree country black beautiful artist who spoke his mind....and hay i should be against him now after seeing this clip after what he said about Elvis, but hell no why should i.....Elvis recorded 3 Ray songs...YOU DONT KNOW ME/YOUR CHEATING HEART & I GOT A WOMEN.....Elvis will always be number one for me, but Ray spoke his truth and had no reason to be jealous...hes Ray Charles, a genius!! May Elvis & Ray both r.i.p and their music live on forever....now stop bringing Lisa Marie, MJ Priscilla and all these sick accusations into it, What the hell has that got to do with this interview....come on grow up people!!
George Mick Exactly. We have only never heard a top artist say this was cuz Ray had guts enough yo say it. I think more than a few artists felt the same way about Elvis. Its ok too.
Exactly! It doesn't take anything away from Elvis. He'll always be the most talented, gorgeous and humble human being in my book. He had it all. No one can take that away.
Gloria Ortega Right!! Ray was entitled to his own opinion and it doesn’t mean he was at all jealous - why on earth? Ray was an icon in his own right!! Elvis was great and so right that Ray’s opinion doesn’t diminish one thing about him. Both men awesome talents.
The point Ray was making is really would Elvis been recognized or called the King if he had been black instead of white? Chances are he would have made his music listening to the same Memphis sounds but not gotten the same recognition as he did . He would have had to struggle to be heard outside of Memphis because that was already being done by blacks in Memphis before him. It took a white man unfortunately to open it up to America because it of racist attitudes . He was not picking on Elvis's abilitie s or talent but on his white privilege
One of my favorite 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
@@ldelaney2160 Tens of millions of people love Elvis and the music and entertainment he created and performed for us. Elvis gave an astronomical 1,684 Concerts and over 6,000 Live Performances during his 24 year career, an astonishing and amazing achievement not surpassed by anyone else in the music business! And over 1 Billion Records sold Worldwide (international sales went largely unreported so no one truly knows how many more records he actually sold around the world). The Highest Selling Single Artist in the History of Recorded Music. AND the Only Entertainer in the World that is a member of these 4 major Music Halls of Fame - Rock 'n Roll HOF, R&B HOF, Country HOF and Gospel HOF! His contributions to the blues and gospel and rockabilly often is misunderstood or undervalued. "Elvis created a new style all his own, and gave an injection to black music like no other artist had ever done." --- Legendary black entertainer Rufus Thomas.
My grandmother used to wait on Elvis before he was really famous.. he used to come in an order a burger and chocolate shake an would tip her a qaurter back then (like a 5 or better now).. she said if she had known he was gonna be that famous she would have gotten an autograph
@@TrizzleTV Ray was no genius. LOL he's Small Potatoes compared to Elvis. Doesn't even come close. Elvis had the greatest voice. Stage presence Entertainer. More talented all the way around. Ray Charles is just a little angry black man. He ain't nobody
Elvis explained the origins of his music "the coloured folk been singing it and playing it just like I'm doing now for more years than I know, they played it like that in their shanties and no one paid it no mother until I come and goosed it up. I got it from them down in Mississippi I used to hear old Arthur crudup band his box the way I do now.
Elvis grew up in a black neighborhood, he was inspired by the music and style from the community which led to the type of music he was playing, He never stole songs, he covered black artists and payed them very well for it, funny how when Elvis died Ray and Otis Blackwell suddenly say he stole music, they didn’t say anything when they were getting those checks
I’m so so so lucky that I got to see Ray Charles perform, twice. One of the greatest music legends who ever existed. PS I’m also a big Elvis fan. But, musically speaking, no comparison. Mr. Charles was a true musical genius.
@@steve-uq5tl I honestly can’t speak on his acting. And like I said, I love Elvis and everything he represented through most of his career, visited his birth home in Tupelo, STAYED in his first apartment in Memphis, toured Graceland, ate at many of the restaurants where he was a regular. But objectively speaking, Ray Charles is on different and higher level, musically speaking, an accomplished musician, pianist, songwriter, singer., arranger. And all this, while blind. Very impressive.
These comments... How can a person whose people created the genre be jealous of the person whose people were copying it? That would be like Beyoncé and Black college students/alumni being jealous of Taylor Swift’s Coachella/HBCU inspired billboard performance.
I feel like he has a right to be a little bitter. At a time when black artists were being subjugated and finding limited mainstream success, some dude with a different skin tone comes along with a carbon copy from a team full of song writers and blows the roof off. Top that with the fact that hes widely recognised as the "King of rock and roll", while the pioneers of the genre have faded into obscurity for most of the world... you'd be slightly pissed too.
WiFi Pirate I don’t mean jealous or bitter in that sense. Per my “these comments” at the beginning of my post, I am talking in reference to the Elvis fanatics in the comment section talking as if Elvis was “better” than the Black artist (hence him being “jealous” in their close-minded brains).
@NM1Raider if elvid did not songs and bring the black sound to main stream than ray chales little richard chuck berry the beatles roy hamilton and many other black artists would be unknown because their songs were thrown on juke boxes and had no air play on the radio. He opened the door and there was no more color barrier. Elvis never claimed to be the king. The public called him that. In his mind hecwas just an entertainer. He was very humble unlike col parker his mgr
In fairness Elvis was so great not only because he did Black music but as BB King said Elvis had the whole package Voice, could play and the looks. Ray couldn’t see what he looked like.😂
Ray lied. He knew the truth. Ray made good money with Elvis when he sold the rights to his song "Ive Got A Woman." Ray enjoyed great success in the black and white community and was sadly misinformed and lied when he misspoke. Ray knew Elvis wasnt a thief because he sold rights to his own music to Elvis.
Elvis was instrumental in breaking the segregation laws in Memphis which he did in 1956 and it helped change all remaining such laws down South. He also insisted black songwriters / musicians get paid for their creative work and as such Elvis always credited each songwriter on each of his albums NO EXCEPTIONS. In addition, when the Astrodome execs in Texas wouldn't allow Elvis' band the Sweet Inspirations a black female group into the building - Elvis demanded that they not only be allowed to enter the building but that needed to be treated with the same respect he got, including coming through the front doors that whites got to use, no back "colored only" entrances, or HE WOULD NOT SHOW UP. Elvis won, and proceded do drive them around the Astrodome field in a drop top convertible so EVERYONE COULD SEE THEM TOGETHER. Here is the proof -- Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis. ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html
BARRY WHITE: "Elvis Presley saved my life." White continued: "It was like he was telling me: ‘Change your life, Barry, you’re thinking about going another way. It’s now or never.’ I understood that."
"Weeell...aaaah okay" Iconic 🤣😂🤣😂 I Feel bad for black artists in the past that didn't get the credit they deserve. Music is nothing without black people. They're genius creature.
@@slicemoney100 They're still genius and rich and still better than your entire life. Any problem with that? You can argue with your poor soul. Enjoy your moment, sissy
Ray Charles assertion on Presley stealing & popularizing "Black music" when Country, or "white music" as you would call it, influenced Ray Charles ,not only that but THE DIRECTION OF HIS CAREER in a big way. He BORROWED from Country , had big time success with it & everyone LOVED His interpretation of it. I'm sure we are all cool with that ,or if He decided He had wanted to record Heavy Metal tunes. We'd love to Hear that also. He made a lot of money out of Country music. Country & Grand Ole Opry was the first music Elvis listened to, that He identified as his influence Just as much as Blues. www.popmatters.com/ray-charles-modern-sounds-country-western-2495597393.html ruclips.net/video/uFwezLSuT4I/видео.html “I just wanted to try my hand at hillbilly music,” Charles wrote in Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story, his 1978 autobiography. “After all, the Grand Ole Opry had been performing inside my head since I was a kid in the country.” www.opry.com/story/how-ray-charles-shaped-country-music/ 3"18 ruclips.net/video/BCOVC5Q7HLU/видео.html David Cantwell: ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE: "When Charles first announced he wanted to do an album of country songs, his new record label, ABC, argued it was a bad idea: He’d lose fans. But Charles bet that, though he might anger some of his listeners, he would gain many more. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music and its sequel Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Volume 2, both originally released in 1962, proved immensely popular. In addition, they aided Charles’ transition from soul giant and budding pop star to American icon. The albums have gone in and out of print over the decades, more often cited for their historical importance than actually listened to. Now both albums are being reissued, digitally and on CD, as well as vinyl, by Concord Records, with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum also hosting a panel discussion of the records" Sounds almost like the prejudice Presley came up against singing Rock'n'Roll. Doesn't it.
''Music is nothing without black people'' you just discredited classical/baroque music? which is the music genre that survived the longest of any. It is still popular in several countries all over the world. I assume you've never been to Germany, Austria, Japan or Russia. If Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky or Händel were not genius then I can't argue with your ignorance Jazz would not exist without classical music as it first came from marching band music and marching band music grew out of the classical genre. Also i hope you don't listen to film music, electronic music or country
I don't know much of Ray Charles's music but I can certainly empathize with his opinion on the matter. Elvis borrowed heavily from musical influences born predominantly from the black culture and he was immediately adorned and developed and catered to a mostly white audience because he was good looking and white. I'm sure a lot of the black musicians that came just before him were unhappy because they were largely ignored and spent most the remainder of their lives getting screwed out of performance opportunities and a tremendous amount of economic prosperity. I would have been quite pissed off myself were I in their shoes. Everything is relative. People tend to ignore this.
Oh please. He was a 19 year-old truck driver who walked into Sun studios to record a record for his mom’s birthday. Sam Phillips like what he heard and called him back. Elvis didn’t steal anything. He was singing the music he grew up around and was influenced by. You really think a teenage kid walked into a recording studio with this master plan of ripping off black artists? Please.
Elvis was hated by most white people at the time because he didn't agree with racist ideas like segregation so enough with this "he's white so he's racist" shit
XANDER XANG now why you lying 🤥 hated by most white people? Lmaoooooooooooo. And if he was so against segregation, where’s the proof? Where’s the record of him speaking out agains it publicly?
I always feel it is important to note that Elvis never referred to himself as the King. That's what people called him... & He is on record for correcting that. Ray Charles is a giant though, & a legend in my eyes. I love his honesty!
Not a single lie was told. RC's opinion is probably one of the reasons why I listen to Big Mama Thornton's original version of _Hound Dog_ rather than Elvis. The original is crystal clear, and _still_ sounds like it came out yesterday. RIP RC.
The song was written by two white men, Leiber and Stoller. Elvis did a different interpretation of it. You may prefer Big Mama Thorton's. A lot more prefer Elvis'.
Blind physically and mentally. Elvis is one of the greatest entertainers of all time who took Gospel, Rhythem & Blues and Country and made it his own. His voice was touched by God and he had global fame and appeal. He influenced not only music by kick starting Rock n Roll but also influenced fashion and hair style because of his rebel look and the way he moved and carried himself. FACT - this is a bitter Ray Charles listening to too many Elijah Mohammed tapes. Tired of hearing the whining! Every great musician is influenced or appropriates something. Elvis made it his own. That's why he's the King and is on a another stratosphere than Ray Charles and race has NOTHING to do with it! Elvis was and is the King of Rock and Ray is just another famous entertainer. And it clearly bother him. Costas is looking at him like he's nuts and bitter! I can count on my hands the number of Ray Charles songs I know or are decent. The Elvis list is loo long to count. Here endeth the lesson!
Elvis,John Cena,Michael Bolton etc. all got in at the right time. Ray Charles definitely isn't hating and he isn't wrong. Fats Domino,Chuck,Berry,Little Richard are the real Kings.
Awe, the elvis stan got his feelings hurt? No criminal record ever and there are centuries of people who look like you doing far worse. You skip riots and go right to massacres. You have a blessed day. I love you
Black musicians did not invent all American music. And ROCK MUSIC is not black music. Thats the problem with the internet. Too many people think they know everything about everything. Elvis is the only musician enshrined in these halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, Gospel Hall of Fame, Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame, Christian Music Hall of Fame. Rock and Roll was merged together with many music genres and cultures BY AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and cultures. Country music, rockabilly and Honky Tonk are created by white people. The first commercial recording of what is widely considered to be the first country song featuring vocals and lyrics was Fiddlin' John Carson with "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh Records on June 14, 1923. He was white. Gospel music was about 50% black and 50% white in Elvis' growth era (1930-1950s). The first published use of the term "gospel song" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white. To take it back even further, white people were singing Christian music before Jesus was born. Black musicians invented the blues. I love the blues. William Christopher Handy was black. In 1912 he published “Memphis Blues,” now considered the first blues song. My point is simple. Educate yourself. Rock music is composed of multiple genres of music. Black and white cultures and genres ... and many others too (the instruments of R&R were invented all over the world, and the legendary SONGWRITERS of every walk of life!), are important ingredients of Rock and Roll and American music as a whole.
I really respect Ray Charles but to be Frank, much of the magic of Elvis was visual. His looks and his stage presence were things Charles could not appreciate for obvious reasons
This is Ray’s version of nice gowns…beautiful gowns…stop trying to force your heroes on us. Ray knows better lmao and he’s a genius. This man changed music.
NO respect for Ray Charles after that! Elvis never ever spoke bad about another performer! Elvis respected greatness! He performed some of Ray Charles songs! Ray Charles may be the asshole that people say he was!
As much as I love Ray, I have to disagree with him here (other black artists from that era disagree with him as well). Elvis was extremely charismatic and had great stage presence, and most importantly he had a fantastic voice and was a versatile singer. These are things that you can't really learn or teach, they are things that you are just blessed with. Check out his "If I Can Dream" performance and tell me that he was not a great talent, he definitely was. There is no doubt that Elvis was influenced by black artists (he said so himself) but let's not undermine the man and discredit him. Elvis himself hated the title of "the king" because he thought Fats Domino was more worthy of that title, and also because he was a Christian and believed Jesus Christ was the only king.
Yeah Ray did undermine Elvis a bit, but there were black artists doing the same thing as Elvis years before he was known to people. I'm not taking anything away from Elvis, but a lot of black folks were angry that he took there music and got famous off of it and not them. Also I'd have to disagree with you on how he was blessed with his voice. God wanted him to be a singer but with hard work and learning. Elvis said he learned a lot of his singing from black churches and hanging around a lot of black clubs in Memphis. Most black singers started in the church as well and still didn't get recognized because they were black during times of racism and segregation.
even you using the term "influenced" is absurd. He copied. plain and simple. Influenced implies that their were other tributaries of influence that mold his initial career. Then he had a whole hype train behind him to mold and flesh out his repertoire
Those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those, hahahaha Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body
Those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those, elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body, hahahaha, hahahaha 😂 😂
Elvis was not only an auditory experience but a visual experience as well. Unfortunately Ray’s disability deprived him of the ability to take in the full effect of Elvis. BB King, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson and Little Richard all legends differ from Ray’s opinion. Even the greatest Muhammad Ali called him the King. Another legend Rufus Thomas said it best “music is not black or white, music belongs to everyone”. Elvis was never comfortable with being called the King. In his mind there was only one King. God Almighty. 🙏
*You can & should let Ray have his opinion, but He is also saying what was repeated around Black community what He would have heard & joked about, so He's not going to fall out with His own color over Elvis. *Secondly, what He is actually repeating is the Afrocentric view that "Rock'n'Roll music is just Black Blues re-packaged for white people ,by white people".(cue the 'Pat Boone stories'!) Now, that's so afroncentric it's as deluded as the KKK were/are about racial superiority. *If Rock'n'Roll was just Blues it would never have been as successful ,nor diverse musically. 1)No backing vocals/Harmonies, 2)lack of diversity in lyrics 3)no chord progression's outside the 1-4-5 Blues progression, 4)none ,or very few "great" guitar players or iconic guitar solos(compare Scotty Moore's guitar playing to Mama Thornton's guitar player :original studio recordings onlyTHORNTON: ruclips.net/video/vyEnWa6pbaE/видео.html PRESLEY/Scotty Moore Guitar: ruclips.net/video/fG7DESOodNU/видео.html). Basically 'just Blues' & not as Good a a Hybrid Rock'n'Roll . If it had been Just Country alone ,it would never have an audiance outside the Grand Ole Opry & not as good or successful as Rock'n'Roll either. *Or, if you prefer, LET YOUR BRAIN OFF THE HOOK, don't look at the issue of Rock'n'Roll's success musically at all, why Rock'n'roll was so successful? ,yeah it couldn't of been that all those non racist white&black Rock'n'Roller innovators Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry,Eddie Cochran,Little Richard,Everly Brothers,Bo Diddley shared & created great music ,together. No way, it's a civil rights only issue! Stop talking about music AHH, MY BRAIN HURTS! who can help us? Ladies & Gentlemen: RACHEL DOLEZAL & JUSSIE SMOLLETT(..defeaning applause)here, to lecture you with they're definitive story of Rock'n'Roll from the 50's, an unbiased take.
@@xxAngel.Girlxx He get's held accountable for a lot of things, so we may as well add the facts that He 1)didn't run a soup kitchen in poor Black neighborhoods(didn't He grow up in one?) or turn into Che Guevara ,but ,alot of black folks who actually knew Him seem to think He was ...well ,you decide. Either way, He helped some black people personally, in some cases ,collectively: 1)2"52 :ruclips.net/video/eBVGMjbLZb4/видео.html 2) House & Station Wagon. 3"50: ruclips.net/video/TU571wHrEuY/видео.html 3)ruclips.net/video/Kfiqbo0clzs/видео.html 4)ruclips.net/video/bZONclwpXR4/видео.html 5)ruclips.net/video/_s0mWDSGc9g/видео.html 6)ruclips.net/video/8IC3areNetI/видео.html 7) ruclips.net/video/PO8Kq_3KTyI/видео.html ruclips.net/video/k1vDfWtGg6E/видео.html 8)ruclips.net/video/U07zchTVAyI/видео.html 9)ruclips.net/video/aznpMRCvK6s/видео.html 10)ruclips.net/video/8aZO85MVsPI/видео.html www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fats-domino-dead-elvis-presley-king-of-rock-and-roll-music-inspired-hated-friends-a8019706.html People also assume Presley accepted the journalistic construct of "The King" & blame Him for it when He really didn't take it seriously. ruclips.net/video/8aZO85MVsPI/видео.html Avioded being political (perhaps) ruclips.net/video/HBKzMdSMx1E/видео.html He wasn't just influenced by Blues or the black community ,that that was one component to his influences for sure. His first Idol(literally) was MARIO LANZA & Country music/Grand Ole Opry singers ruclips.net/video/gV43_2bSi3A/видео.html 3"18 ruclips.net/video/BCOVC5Q7HLU/видео.html
No, not facts. "Jailhouse rock" was written by two white guys, leiber and stoller. and to say..."greater" its an opinion, not a fact. If ray think that fats domino was better, its ok, but it is not a fact. I could say that the beatles and brian wilson alone wipe the floor with all that 50's artists (including ray) in terms of creativity, complexity of sound and technique... just listen to "Here Today", "God Only Knows" , "Good Vibrations" , "A Day in the Life", " Strawberry Fields Forever"...i presented you many arguments...but it is still MY OPINION, not a fact. Here we saw RAY'S OPINION NOT FACTS.
The problem is that Ray didn't see how elvis was the king of the performer. Elvis himself said fat domino was the best and the king. Charles for sure is not the king of performances. But he is up there as the king of talent. So talented that his color or his blindness and even his imperfections stopped him from succeeding to the heights that he did. I mean his song is the official song of Georgia.
Ray lied. He knew the truth. Ray made good money with Elvis when he sold the rights to his song "Ive Got A Woman." Ray enjoyed great success in the black and white community and was sadly misinformed and lied when he misspoke. Ray knew Elvis wasnt a thief because he sold rights to his own music to Elvis.
@@depper A lot of these people are angry. They feel like the music Elvis sung belongs to them, and that anybody who sings it, doesn’t own it. At least not really. Don’t pay them any mind. Elvis may not be a writer, but he was a GREAT performer. There’s literally countless of artists nowadays, real successful ones, that don’t write their own music. Because that’s nat their talent or their skill they wanna focus on. It’s the singing and the performing!!!
@@yayastedi Yup And playing music instruments. Elvis was a renowned rhythm guitarist. And he could sing and play the piano so he was a multi instrumentalist not to mention a band leader and producer.
Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records: “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars!” He found his white man alright.
Ray Charles is speaking in terms of America. Elvis made American music famous outside the US - the influence Elvis had in spreading rock & roll worldwide is phenomenal.
Did it bother anybody else that Ray talks about Elvis singing "Willie Mae Thornton's 'Jailhouse Rock'"? She sang "Hound Dog," Ray. "Jailhouse Rock" was an Elvis original, a 1957 song that topped the pop, r&b, and country charts simultaneously, and that was performed as the finale of your movie "The Blues Brothers." And it was the BLUES BROTHERS that rejuvenated your career which was in the toilet. It also was written not by Ms. Thornton but by two white Jewish kids from New York, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who, in addition to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" wrote hits for YOU RAY and just about every other r&b and rock'n'roll performer in existence. Give credit where it's due, Ray. And get it right!!
Nobody understands Ray Charles because he's a stupid piece of s***. Come on comparing Elvis to Ray Charles LOL nobody can compare to Elvis the greatest voice of all time highest operatic voice of all time. How Great Thou Art. On chain Melody. Hurt. Suspicious Minds. Give me a break
Elvis explained the origins of his music "the coloured folk been singing it and playing it just like I'm doing now for more years than I know", they played it like that in their shanties and no one paid it no mither until I come and goosed it up. I got it from them down in Mississippi I used to hear old Arthur crudup band his box the way I do now.
uh-huh...but it's his insistence that he "goosed it up" that is laughable. He made it safe and palatable for the white masses. He also said plenty negative and racist about those who did it before him.
Mario there is no evidence for this. There is little evidence Elvis possessed any racist views, especially given he grew up in the Deep South during Jim Crow
@@etch1353 I thought he said he moved like him. Going back now. I don't think I heard that. So my mistake. But yeah, "King of Rock and Roll" or not, Elvis was a talented vocalist. Rather than completely writing him off, Ray could have saved time by saying, "yeah, I did resent some of them."
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)
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 physically 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 because they were so close. After the wake, back to the studio to cut a personal tribute to his lifelong friend, a song they sang together privately ruclips.net/video/TCH_OROH_WI/видео.html -- but JB changes the words as only he can.
So, basically he' was mad because they called Elvis "The King" but Elvis never claimed that title just like Michael Jackson never claimed that title either. I can understand he didn't like that, but that wasn't Elvis's fault. On the other hand, he didn't like that Elvis was doing "their music" which is just ridiculous because if you're going to start doing that, then don't use any instrument created by other people, microphones, etc. Invent yours. Sure, Elvis couldn't do your music, but many black folks could sing ballads or other "white" genres if they wanted and there was no problem, right? That's just ridiculous. Artists are always inspired by other previous artists, that should be an honor, not a cause of controversy. Not to mention that each artist has their own musical preference and that's fine.
... And guess how RAY CHARLES GOT HIS START? In a WHITE COUNTRY BAND. AND... his biggest hit album was a WHITE COUNTRY ALBUM with WHITE COUNTRY GUESTS... who were HELPING RAY break into the business. Hypocritical Ray Charles....
How Elvis gave Rock & Roll a face: Elvis Presley was singing in the 1940s in black and white churches down south during segregation in the Great Depression. His viewpoint coming from dirt poverty was profound. His twin brother was stillborn and buried in a shoebox. His home was a shotgun shack with no electricity or running water. That was his humble beginnings. He grew up in two legendary neighborhoods Shakerag in Mississippi and Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. Elvis came from gospel and country and knew as many blues songs as BB King (BB said that!) and they were great friends as you saw in the movie. That’s the holy trinity of rock ‘n’ roll. So Elvis was absolutely a pioneer as he was singing before Ray Chales, Little Richard and Chuck Berry cut their first record. ELVIS MERGED THE BLUES AND ROCKABILLY AND GOSPEL and gave it a sound and stage presentation. NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM…. He was absolutely one of its pioneers and he engineered a very creative style that’s inspired everyone in the business one way or another. For a white man to be breaking segregation laws and fighting for black artists to be able to enter THE FRONT OF music venues and treated with dignity the same way a white person forever changed those dark and dirty “colored only “ entrances on the rear or side of venues. No single human being changed the face of music more than Elvis Presley dead and that’s just plain facts.
So what was Elvis' actual contribution to music? It was specifically love, timing, environment and distribution. Ok so Rock music is mainly made up of Country (mostly white artists), Gospel (50% white 50% black artists) and the Blues (mostly black artists).Lets add to that the legendary song writers (such as Leiber and Stoller). Thats where rock and roll sprang from. Elvis was uniquely born at a time and place, Tupelo (SHAKERAG) AND Memphis (BEALE STREET) when so much new music and dance were happening. Elvis was TRAINED BY BLACK MUSICIANS in black churches (and white churches) in the 1940s BEFORE most of the black legends like Little Richard or James Brown or Chuck Berry rocked the world. Rev W Herbert Brewster of the East Trigg Baptist Church asked Elvis to join when he was 13ish as soon as he moved to Memphis. They were jamming before and during the legendary black musicians got heard. AND as soon as ELVIS started to make money THEY ALL MADE MONEY! Little Richard talked about this: "He sung my Tootie Fruti & 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 The NUMBER ONE talent who helped shape Elvis from a child is Reverend W HERBERT BREWSTER of East Trigg Baptist Church in Memphis. In the 1940s Elvis was jamming with black and white gospel choirs and quartets. Much of his soul comes from these sessions. Much of ROCK AND ROLL came from those 1940s sessions. Elvis WAS part of the change. He WAS a pioneer. Its not culture appropriation / culture vulture when you are a pioneer of a sound. Elvis never stole a song. He credited everyone. He jammed with those that came before him. He was friends with all the legends.. BB, Otis Blackwell, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino. You cant STEAL "COOL" You cant steal "RHYTHM" You cant steal "SOUL". You cant STEAL "HOW TO DANCE". You can't steal "HOW TO SAAANG". You either HAVE THESE SKILLS, or you do NOT. Elvis was ABLE TO MERGE MUSIC AND CULTURE better than any one else alive at the time. So thats what made Elvis so unique in those days, and controversial because today people don't understand who the good guys and bad guys were and all the details of the day. Its hard to look back and see who exactly were the thieves and who was trying to HELP. Elvis didnt only help, that man tore down walls of racism for everyone. He stood up and did it a man's way. Without concern for his own health and safety, his career, and his quality of life. This gets talked about by the great, late Reverend himself. Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis. ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html&t=
Actually Ray Charles walked his Elvis comments back in a Canadian interview a couple months after his Bob Costas interview. And Ray Charles biggest selling albums were his two country albums in the early '60s, full of covers written by a bunch of white country dudes. Cultural appropriation?
Two Elvis defense, he actually did give Matt props to all the artist before him, and he never considered himself the king of rock ‘n’ roll. The white media did that!!! it was once said when they spoke about Elvis being the king of rock ‘n’ roll and comparing him to Jackie Wilson, which the media called him the black Elvis but he also said if I’m the king then Jackie Wilson is the white Elvis
Agreed and also in 1957 black owned Jet magazine interviewed Elvis. He said I didn’t invent this music and I can’t sing as good as a black person. He used to turn up at black charity events when he was told not to. At one of them BB King was there and he thanked him publicly for all the lessons he gave him. In BB King’s autography he said Elvis was hated by bigoted white America and especially the KKK because he introduced their children to black music plus he treated blacks as equals both in public and in private.
oh yes. And Elvis was totally alone in not writing his own material. Do your homework ;) Even Ray didn't write all of his own stuff. Back in those days almost no one did.
Elvis was Greater, Kinder & more intelligent than this man ever was! Jealousy doesnt become anyone!! The truth is, Elvis didnt sing his own praises. His fans do but he didnt. He would have stepped back & honored this man. Yet, this man cant say anything kinder about Elvis, who has passed. Ever heard of the saying that goes; “If you cant say anything nice then say nothing at all!” This man should have practiced this rule & shut his mouth!
Ray never got to see elvis move. Never saw the complete package. Listen to BB king and some of the treat r and b folks talk about elvis. Listening to elvis Presley without seeing him is like listening to gone with the wind without seeing it. But the man is entitled to his opinion. Hes a legend
Lmao I juts realized u said that’s like listening to gone w the wind without seeing it lmao. It is exactly like that bc u can’t really see how offensive it really is.
Ray was shit liar, those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those, Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body
Ray Charles should let go of all the hatred and jealousy he has towards Elvis. It's not Elvis's fault that he's a trillion times better looking than Ray and all those other Black singers.
Elvis recorded his compositions "I Got A Woman" and "What 'd I Say". You can hear Elvis sing a fragment of "Crying Time" in "That's the Way It Is". Elvis greatly admired Ray. And Ray willingly sold his songs to Elvis, and Ray made very good money. Ray knocked ELVIS every chance he got. When approached by reporters on what Ray said, Elvis said "There's room for everybody, I hate to criticize another performer". It's too bad other performers, including Ray Charles, weren't as gracious. To say Elvis had no talent was pretty pathetic, bitter and ill-informed.
@@TechhNique The point is that Ray OFFERED his music to Elvis, and Elvis paid Ray. Ray was bitter and probably told incorrect info from his handlers to make such a mean remark about Elvis after his death. Ray was either lied to by his own staff, or he WAS bitter for no reason what-so-ever. You just WANT ray's words to be correct about Elvis. But they are not fact. They are not NEAR fact. They are lies. Do you think you have evidence that Elvis was a thief? Or that he was racist? One piece of evidence? Of course you do not.
@@loulou5949 lol! Don’t be a fool. dre didn’t invent that. His name was attached to it for marketing purposes. Besides it a headphones. Dre didn’t invented the headphones you knob.
@@ryanbanks4265 Within 80 years dispute Jim Crow, lynches recognize greatness black folks have achieved,. How could black folks create anything if they couldn't read or hung if they even though about doing so. As always you give yourself too much credit. What about all the inventions by black yet stripped away because of the times, but to your point though. Just out of curiosity isn't being "white" a derivative of being "black" ? You know recessive genes, albinism, etc. Just curious Ryan. One love.
Elvis sang from his heart and soul, he was brought up in poor neighborhoods and grew up around black culture and could not help but be part of it... his love for gospel and R&B shows in how he delivered a good part of his early work. He was a simple country boy who just loved all kinds of music and just found his place in it.
@@mileshall3177 For the same reason Country music hadn't becomes as famous as "it" also. Rock'n'Roll was more appealing, as well as being more musically interesting, than Blues music alone ,or Country music alone. It came afrom a bigger gene pool than just Black Blues or white hillbilly.
The problem is thinking in terms of "white culture" and "black culture" when in reality all the people here are all part of the same American culture which has already historically been shaped by both European and non-European cultural influences before any of these people were born. You go to nearly every other nation in the Americas and they already accept that fact and people from all races and ancestry will just simply culturally identify by their nation. I myself just simply do likewise as an American.
Thanks, breakfast Club!!! They're trying to demonize Michael Jackson right now so they can put a Justin Timberlake or that sqweeky kid Justin Bieber as King of Pop!!!
@@Doomzdayxx It's your white people that say that. Michael Jackson is not a child molester. Maybe your people need to stay in their lane and stop being culture vultures, Rock n Roll was created by black people and yet your people run it today, Country music, created by black people, yet today your people own it. Michael Jackson was attacked by your people simply because he owned his catalog!!!
Two things I got to say about this clip. Firstly, Elvis never called himself The King and was actually embarrassed by that title. Secondly, Ray Charles never saw Elvis, what he looked like, how he moved on stage etc so he was limited in his opinion of Elvis. Visually, Elvis was on another level than any other singer before or since.
Exactly right...and who sold the most records who sold out every single show, who holds the all time Vegas records..i could go on and on..but one thing that is sad. Why does everyone put music into race. NO BLACK MUSIC!! NO WHITE MUSIC !! Only music. ELVIS did it by far the best of anyone. Why is he the only one that is still remembered after all these years?
@@vincekolstad8315 it's the same resolution white ppl are so quick to claim Emeneim is the best rapper of all time. Even call em the "rapgod". Same shit, different day
Ray is not educating here. He is misleading people. Elvis never claimed to invent the blues, or any ingredient of R&R. Elvis MERGED AND ARRANGED Gospel, Country and R&B to create A NEW HYBRID SOUND & STAGE PRESENTATION that attracted YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and turned off the OLDER elites in the 1950s. Elvis was a tremendous guitarist and pianist and vocalist. GOSPEL MUSIC: White people were singing Christian music since BEFORE the birth of Jesus Christ. Modern Gospel was influenced in large part by white Christian music. There were black and white practitioners in churches down South in Elvis' growth era (1935-55). Elvis was inspired by BOTH. The first published use of the term "gospel song" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white. THE BLUES: The blues were invented by black people. COUNTRY MUSIC: White people invented Country and Rockabilly music. The first recordings of what now is considered traditional country music were "Arkansas Traveler" and "Turkey in the Straw" by fiddlers Henry Gilliland & A.C. (Eck) Robertson on June 30, 1922, for Victor Records. Elvis changed EVERYTHING and opened up NEW BUSINESS MODELS for black songwriters and even fought with VENUE OWNERS to allow black musicians to walk in and out of the SAME ENTRANCES AND EXITS that white people used. Elvis Presley had a VERY UNIQUE STYLE and NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM. Nobody.
You forget to mention Elvis put in the work as well he didn't just get recognition without working for it. He wasn't afraid to take race music to the masses because he respected black people & employeed many of them when it was frowned upon. E never discriminated.
Off copying the black mans style rock in roll was invited from black folks white man stole there style like they stole everything else back then let's keep it 100 and I'm not even black lol
@@CUZ_2 Eminem outsold Dr Dre. Dr Dre signed Eminem to a record deal. Eminem has a song titled “being white in America” from his second album dating back to 2001. The lyrics references the fact that he’s only popular and a rich rapper because he’s white in America . That should answer all of your questions with regards to Elvis and the fruit loops😂😂😂😅
Ok Elvis did not steal music from black people. That is a lie told by people who are purposefully spreading mistruths or uneducated to who the bad guys really were, the execs of record companies, radio stations and concert venues. Elvis battled ALL THREE for the betterment of the black community. Elvis opened the door for a lot of black musicians. Elvis CREDITED EVERY SONGWRITER on EVERY SONG, on EACH ALBUM. EVERY SONG WRITER GOT PAID, and some paid really well (Little Richard, Chuck Berry and especially Otis Blackwell made a fortune on royalties) Black songwriters SOLD SING RIGHTS TO ELVIS to perform their artwork, Elvis didn't steal any song. The truth? Elvis was a pioneer. One of the architects of Rock and Roll. He did not steal black music. The 1950s was an era of music and culture experimentation and many thousands of hours jamming melding of R&B, Gospel and Rockabilly. Elvis was in the churches in the 1940s putting together new sounds, before Chuck Berry and Little Richard ever cut a record. Elvis was a genuine part of this era and new sound. He was a pioneer. Not first. But still a pioneer. In that era, it was an age of legendary song writers. Elvis performed some ~700 songs. He was a musician who played great rhythm guitar and piano and boy could HE SING. Legendary sought after rich baritone. ZERO of his works were stolen. Legends such as Al Green, BB King, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr, Chuck Berry and Little Richard roamed the Earth at the same time Elvis did and they all knew Elvis, loved him, and praised him very highly. Elvis merged black and white music to help form Rock and Roll jolted a youth movement and civil rights movement to the forefront so both could succeed. It’s safe to say you know nothing about Elvis. Maybe you can give his story a chance.
@@Lilyscraps For a while they were, but many of Memphis' police were saluting Elvis' body in the limo. He changed many minds... brought a lot of people together
Elvis came out of the same poor misery as you Mr Charles , I guess he just woke up one morning because he is white and said I want to play the guitar I want to dance and sing he never practiced all his life ? Come on man the same white people that purchased your tickets , albums purchased his there is room for all to be loved and appreciate all talent in this world regardless.I thought Ray was better than that
Love me some Ray Charles. But for him to say it like they could turn any good looking young white boy at the time with some talents into Elvis is absolutely ridiculous! In fact they did try to replicate Elvis with good looking young white boys while he was away in the army but they couldn’t do it. This came off quite arrogant of Ray Charles actually. I never saw this side of him. Many many extremely talented black artists gave Elvis his due and they never had to do it to kiss up to him. Elvis never thought of himself as the king of Rock n’ Roll. He himself said rock and roll came from Black music. He may or may not have been the greatest at a specific area, but as a whole Elvis is the greatest entertainer who has ever lived. That....was his talent.
Elvis will always be a legend in my book. I don't know why people the folks that say he stole black culture aren't called racists. Basketball originated from white people, but I don't hear anyone saying that Michael Jordan stole from white culture. He's one of the most famous basketball players of all time!
@@billbertboyce324 black people changed the game of basketball. It’s different. No one was dunking, dribbling behind the back, crossing people over. We over all played faster, harder, jumped higher, taller and better.
@@Journeylivin and people probably considered Elvis to be better, overall. Or what about Eminem in hip hop? Just because something is done better by a skin colour, doesn't mean they're trying to "steal" that culture. Quite a few black folks are usually better at basketball (Michael Jordan for example). And Elvis was considered to be the king of rock n roll. You can't go at someone for stealing any culture just because they're getting attention from the people
Elvis grew up in Shake Rag, the historical black community. He has black neighbors, went to a black church and learned black music. He even credits BB King as one of his early teachers.
Ray is not educating here. Rock and Roll IS NOT BLACK MUSIC. It was born as YOUTH REBEL MUSIC during the YOUTH REVOLUTION of the early mid 1950s. Ray is misleading people. Elvis never claimed to invent the blues, or any ingredient of R&R. Elvis MERGED AND ARRANGED Gospel, Country and R&B to create A NEW HYBRID SOUND & STAGE PRESENTATION that attracted YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and turned off the OLDER elites in the 1950s. Elvis was a tremendous guitarist and pianist and vocalist. GOSPEL MUSIC: White people were singing Christian music since BEFORE the birth of Jesus Christ. Modern Gospel was influenced in large part by white Christian music. There were black and white practitioners in churches down South in Elvis' growth era (1935-55). Elvis was inspired by BOTH. The first published use of the term "gospel song" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white. THE BLUES: The blues were invented by black people. COUNTRY MUSIC: White people invented Country and Rockabilly music. The first recordings of what now is considered traditional country music were "Arkansas Traveler" and "Turkey in the Straw" by fiddlers Henry Gilliland & A.C. (Eck) Robertson on June 30, 1922, for Victor Records. Elvis changed EVERYTHING and opened up NEW BUSINESS MODELS for black songwriters and even fought with VENUE OWNERS to allow black musicians to walk in and out of the SAME ENTRANCES AND EXITS that white people used. Elvis Presley had a VERY UNIQUE STYLE and NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM. Nobody.
Meaning what? That seeing Elvis would’ve changed or reversed the raw logic of what Ray was saying? That pretty androgynous Elvis being seen would’ve softened an economic argument over appropriation & opportunism? Stupid ass comment. If anything, NOT being able to see Elvis afforded a fairer assessment, which Ray honestly & bravely gave there.
There is a reason that people called Elvis the king. It wasn’t just his music. It was his looks, charisma, flamboyance, stage presence, the “It” factor, the dancing. Could Ray see any of that? No! Ray was an incredible artist, but he couldn’t hold a candle to Elvis as an entertainer. No one could.
@@salmineo4132 And your point???!?!?!? OMG?!?!? NEED more punctuation!!?!? Calm down dude. I was simply pointing out that it was not popular in that era to talk disparaging against somebody as popular as Elvis was. Hell Ray even said he was about to lose 1/3rd of his fanbase. (semi-jokingly) But the question was how good was Elvis. If you don't think Elvis was one heluva singer, you are biased. The question wasn't are you mad because Elvis became more famous than those who originally created rock and roll music. Ray is biased. And that's ok. That's his prerogative AND perspective.
@@brandyharding7692 Elvis was a watered down version of the original ....like Pat Boone.The Caucasity to watch the black performers who he imitated and say he was better lol Elvis was just a familiar vehicle to bring black music to white ppl...for them to turn around and claim it and hide the true history of its origins.LIKE ALL AMERICAN MUSIC AND POP CULTURE! Black ppl made country and pop and rock and roll and punk.All the dances you guys do came from black people,the slangs etc etc .....Elvis isn't anything new,even eminen rapped about why he was more popular than allot of black artists ....cause y'all rather spend money on someone who looks like you!
@@salmineo4132 shit racist jacko was the greatest music cheat, thief and liar, he fooled the whole World with his non music talent, especially the children, overrated Freak, he manipulate and abused children, thats his talent, he stole all his dance moves from white artists, he stole everything, he did not invent anything, only shit fools and little boys adored him
Ray started in white country music and was a crossover artist. Noone accused Ray ofd Stealing white music. The hypocracy is real with Ray. Elvis also put food on his table, Elvis didn't steal him or any black musician (or any other musician period.). That's just false. Elvis PAID ROYALTIES (something most artists didn't do with black artists BUT ELVIS WAS VERY DIFFERENT), yes Elvis paid royalties to RAY CHARLES for two songs. Elvis moves were original, he didnt steal them from anyone.So Ray is a liar.
@@therealbuzzlightyear2542 Elvis was a good guy, he paid a Hospital Bill $$$$$ for Jackie Wilson , A Black Artist /Singer whom Elvis really respected and consolted with on songs and moves
Jealous of what you fools.... This is Ray Charles we're talking about. The man who defied odds being black, blind and poor, all he had was his talent. He is a legend and well deserved. No gimmicks, no imitations, just raw artistry 🙅🏽♀️
Charles was a blind moron who could never help his own people as much as white Elvis did. ;)
CooManTunes And You’re definitely confused and delusional, Elvis didn’t open up No damn doors for any Black artist you meant black legend open up the door for him and white artists like the Rolling Stones the Beatles and many others to do black music.
Ray Charles is not a legend in my book. Elvis and Jackie Wilson were legends
@@Lynda0917-lm9bp you do realize that a lot of people that used to talk like you, including Publuc Ememies Chuck D, have done a humble 180 turn on that after they actually researched it.
BB King, Rufus Thomas, James Brown, Little Richard made Chuck sit down and literally straightened him out on that whole era. They made it clear Elvis smashed down doors for themselves and others to walk through. And he also took an awful lot of hate from racist mainstream white America in doing it.
Go ahead and dig a Little Deeper into that then maybe you have in the past. You'll see it's true.
Seamus Lannon 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Bullshit!! you sound like a fool!!! You have clearly lost your damn mind if you truly believe, Elvis Presley, inspired black artist like ,Ray Charles, James Brown, Chuck Berry and little Richard, All these legendary black artists was making black music way before Elvis Presley, became famous for pretty much singing black music 🎼 and you are really delusional!! If you truly believe a white man, Inspired any black Artists singing their own kind of music; Elvis style of singing and dancing he clearly stole from black artist; Oh and by the way, I already knew two white men wrote you ain’t nothing but a hound dog” But a black woman ( Big Mama Thornton,) was the first to recorded it, And gave it true rhythm and soul and please tell me? where in the hell do you think, Elvis got his dance moves from; He damn sure didn’t get it from another white man, cause we all know, you white people are definitely NOT known for soulful singing or having true rhythm; and the ones who do have a a lil soul and rhythm, have clearly imitated black artist, even white artist today like ,Justin Timberlake, Sam Smith, Eminem, Adele and others appropriate black music and have become famous from doing so; At least, legendary older white Artist like, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones have admit it on several occasions that they where definitely inspired and totally influence by soulful Black singers, like, Muddy waters, Howling wolf and little Walter, And The Queen of Soul herself, the late Mrs. Aretha Franklin..., So how dare you sit there and claim, that Elvis Presley inspired Black any artists, of the past or present, When he himself and many other white from 60s ripped off many black artist by stealing their music all the time, there has even been several movies made about it! It’s funny how white people, like urself have no problem giving credit to Elvis Presley falsely claiming he inspired legendary iconic Black Artist , what a joke!! 😆 😂 and you know as well as I do that’s one of the Biggest LIE Ever been told...I repeat, Elvis Presley only became famous because he appealed to his peers young and old whites, who had never seen a white man shake his hip, like a black man, so they decided label him, this so called king of rock ‘n’ roll; There are plenty king of rock ‘n’ roll’s, but I can promise you None are white, and you better believe Elvis Presley definitely ain’t one of them; and Elvis Presley would be considered a pedophile because he started dating Priscilla Presley when she was only 14 years old, and some of the biggest, pedophiles and rapists, and child molesters, in the present and throughout history, going all way back to slavery have been white men.
"In 1969, during an interview in Las Vegas, a reporter referred to Elvis as the “king of rock 'n' roll,” prompting Elvis to interrupt and correct them by saying, “No… That's the king of rock 'n' roll.” He pointed to Domino, who was also in the room at the time. "
Did he really say that or did you just get that from the movie😭
@@taniahdance8727 google it, plenty of sources. The movie didn't cover this
@@carybensilhe4869 the movie did “cover it” tho
@@taniahdance8727 not sure where you're going with this.
That's right! Elvis was humble. He was great! ❤
He grew up in a time where you couldn’t speak your mind, especially about white people. He is being as candid as he is allowed. Truth is it still happens today
no it doesnt tf
@@aaravshah4432
Prove it
Eminem
Does it really 🤔
I don't know enough about popular music today but it seems reversed since the time of Ray Charles... Black music is dominant even though rap for example was the art form of White people which was culturally expropriated by Black people
Ray basically said "I said what I said, Don't @ me" LOL
Elvis was instrumental in breaking the segregation laws in Memphis which he did in 1956 and it helped change all remaining such laws down South.
He also insisted black songwriters / musicians get paid for their creative work and as such Elvis always credited each songwriter on each of his albums NO EXCEPTIONS.
In addition, when the Astrodome execs in Texas wouldn't allow Elvis' band the Sweet Inspirations a black female group into the building - Elvis demanded that they not only be allowed to enter the building but that needed to be treated with the same respect he got, including coming through the front doors that whites got to use, no back "colored only" entrances, or HE WOULD NOT SHOW UP. Elvis won, and proceded do drive them around the Astrodome field in a drop top convertible so EVERYONE COULD SEE THEM TOGETHER.
Here is the proof -- Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis.
ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html
Liar
Ray Shit racist
He held that opinion of him for decades.
Hypocrites
Elvis would agree with Ray. Elvis never referred to himself as the 'King'. It was a title that was given to him that he was embarrassed about. That interviewer was trying to get Ray to say negative things about Elvis.
The interviewer was a devious creep who knew the answer he would get.
@@davidgibbs7232 It's Bob Costas, who loves nothing more than to spread hate and division.
@@spirittammyk thank you. He sure did a good job here didn't he. The plank.
Elvis would totally agree. Elvis was a humble dude that fell into the hands of profit crusaders. Love his gospel tho, I'm not religious or a believer but gospel music inspires me and Elvis was great at it.
Even a genius may be wrong just sometimes, this is not the way I wanna keep the Genius on my mind
Facts Ray, when Elvis started singing rock and roll the white folks didn’t like it, didn’t accept it and was calling it nigga music.. now he’s the king, foh !!
Elvis never uttered those words.. 100 percent rumor..
@@javierserna1000 no one said Elvis did.. try reading... But Elvis did have relations with underage girls... That's a fact. Say something...
White folks back then, when Elvis was at Sun Records recording in 1954 called him White Trash and a N×gg×
Elvis was very poor growing up in Tupelo, Mississippi and raised around Black People and hangout with Black Folks in his hometown listening to Black Gospel, R&B, Jazz and Blues.
I think African Americans should take credit for Elvis Presley, because Black Folks created and molded him in Black Culture and Blacks are responsible for what Elvis Presley became of and he open the door for Black Music and I want to thank Black people so much because if it wasn't from Blacks there wouldn't be no Elvis Presley.
I personally think Ray Charles was jealous because never heard of another Black Artist degrading Elvis.
People should search on RUclips of the Sweat Inspirations testimonies of Elvis, they was all Black Females singing in his band along with Cissy Houston sung amazing high notes and Whitney Houston is Cissy's daughter.
A lot of famous Black Celebrities bragged about Elvis like B.B. King, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Sammy Davis Jr. and so forth.
@@sicilianupazzu5374 people will brag when they're getting paid.
@@etch1353
Don't be ignorant my friend you don't even know the man.
Stop asking older black folk questions if you don’t want a REAL answer 😂
Only bitter, uneducated, racist blacks say anything bad about Elvis. Most Elvis reaction videos are by black people, and they all call him the King. :'D
@Ali Baba the truth is Ray Charles is brilliant and Elvis is brilliant but Ray can't say anything nice about Elvis because he is white and Ray is being racist because he is black and can be. Elvis is white and was never a racist and never said a bad word about any other entertainmer. Black or white. Charles should be ashamed of himself.
Exactly l!!
@@davidgibbs7232 You racists and racist apologists fuckin sicken me. In before "you're just a racist", nah, I'm only here for the truth unlike a brain-dead fanboy like you.
@@scorpinok3006 grow up you fucking idiot. Ray Charles and Elvis are both brilliant singers and the color of their skin has nothing to do with that as far as I am concerned. I have both in my collection. I just happen to think Charles is talking shit here. As you yourself are you great seeker of truth my arse. 🖕
I dont think hes being racist or jealous. What hes saying is facts. He didnt even say he was bad
If Elvis were black Ray and most other lowkey racist black people would go on and on about how he was ahead of his time and a legend that appealed to white people
@@alessandrocorleone5445 spot on.
No, not facts. "Jailhouse rock" was written by two white guys, leiber and stoller. and to say..."greater" its an opinion, not a fact. If ray think that fats domino was better, its ok, but it is not a fact. I could say that the beatles and brian wilson alone wipe the floor with all that 50's artists (including ray) in terms of creativity, complexity of sound and technique... just listen to "Here Today", "God Only Knows" , "Good Vibrations" , "A Day in the Life", " Strawberry Fields Forever"...i presented you many arguments...but it is still MY OPINION, not a fact. Here we saw RAY'S OPINION NOT FACTS.
Indeed. Same goes for "Hound Dog" which people keep reffering to as a song that Elvis 'stole' from Big Mama Thornton, while he actually copied it from some white singer he saw in Vegas in the spring of '56. This too is a Leiber & Stoller track. Should those guys be charged with cultural appropration as well? This whole discussion is starting to get tiresome. And I never hear anybody talk about Chuck Berry, the so-called 'inventor' of Rock & Roll. While I agree he is one of the important innovators; the thing that made Maybellene his first hit is that he based the song on an old country tune ("Ida Red"). R&B = black music. C&W = white music. But R&R is both. Let's all stop hijacking history to fit our own agenda of identity politics. Peace.
@@J.A.R.H.P In that case in terms of talent, creativity, complexity, sound & technique artist like James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Quincy Jones, Stevie Wonder even Pink Floyd made the Beatles and Brian Wilson look like abc musicians
Ray delivering that ether.
Mr. B 💯🔥👑
@Adam Price LMAO...a white dude with no semblance of history talking out of the side of your mayo filled neck. Ray Charles, JEALOUS of Elvis!?!? LMAO...are you a fucking loon? RAY CHARLES...one of the 6-7 greatest musicians of the 2nd half of the 20th century, is jealous of Elvis??? LOL...so funny. He rightfully pointed out the secret to Elvis's success is being at the white place at the white time. Having the complexion for the connection. If you think Elvis somehow was superior to all the people he emulated on Beale Street in Memphis, you're an idiot. Did he have talent? Sure. Was he the 'king' of a genre he literally stole from? Absolutely not. He was white. That, as usually is the case in AmeriKKKa, was enough.
@Adam Price THEY where all a bunch of suckers, Elvis is the King and thats enough,period
More like Ray delivering that envy.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 *You can & should let Ray have his opinion, but He is also saying what was repeated around Black community what He would have heard & joked about, so He's not going to fall out with His own color over Elvis.
*Secondly, what He is actually repeating is the Afrocentric view that "Rock'n'Roll music is just Black Blues re-packaged for white people ,by white people".(cue the 'Pat Boone stories'!) Now, that's so afroncentric it's as deluded as the KKK were/are about racial superiority.
*If Rock'n'Roll was just Blues it would never have been as successful ,nor diverse musically. 1)No backing vocals/Harmonies, 2)lack of diversity in lyrics 3)no chord progression's outside the 1-4-5 Blues progression, 4)none ,or very few "great" guitar players or iconic guitar solos(compare Scotty Moore's guitar playing to Mama Thornton's guitar player :original studio recordings onlyTHORNTON: ruclips.net/video/vyEnWa6pbaE/видео.html PRESLEY/Scotty Moore Guitar: ruclips.net/video/fG7DESOodNU/видео.html). Basically 'just Blues' & not as Good a a Hybrid Rock'n'Roll . If it had been Just Country alone ,it would never have an audiance outside the Grand Ole Opry & not as good or successful as Rock'n'Roll either.
*Or, if you prefer, LET YOUR BRAIN OFF THE HOOK, don't look at the issue of Rock'n'Roll's success musically at all, why Rock'n'roll was so successful? ,yeah it couldn't of been that all those non racist white&black Rock'n'Roller innovators Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry,Eddie Cochran,Little Richard,Everly Brothers,Bo Diddley shared & created great music ,together. No way, it's a civil rights only issue! Stop talking about music AHH, MY BRAIN HURTS! who can help us? Ladies & Gentlemen: RACHEL DOLEZAL & JUSSIE SMOLLETT(..defeaning applause)here, to lecture you with they're definitive story of Rock'n'Roll from the 50's, an unbiased take.
Got to respect his point of view. He is from the same Era where he would have seen many of his friends and contemporaries do the same thing Elvis did and not get the same praise. For me it's nothing against Elvis... it was just a different time then.
i agree with every thing you said except one part... i dont think ray actually "saw" anyone do anything ... just sayen
@@whynot3966 good one. Lol
Well they've all had time to get noticed now that racial segregation no longer exists yet Elvis still appeals more 🤷♂️
Ray was a hypocrite, ignorant
Ray charles was a racist
Ray knows more than we could ever fathom. He will forever be a great.
So did James Brown and he said the opposite what's Rays saying.
Hypocrites
Ray charles was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist
@@werwergtgtg But Ray Charles and Bo Diddley did. They told the truth about elvis that they couldn't say in the 1950's. That's the point you are purposely overlooking.
@@timkinley9134 True but Ray and Bo never met him. James Brown, Rufus Thomas, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, BB King and many more black artists knew him and they say he was legit. They knew Elvis grew up in Shake Rag, the historical black community. He had black neighbors, attended a black church and learned black music. He even credited BB King as one of his early teachers. Elvis and James Brown used to sing spirituals together going late into the night. If you’re interested check out the youtube video called Elvis Presley and the black community. You’ll see and hear black artists talk about Elvis.
Where’s the lie?🤷🏾♂️ “Well...ok!”🤣 Give it another 25 years and they’ll be saying Justin Timberlake was the King of Pop🙄
The pregnant pauses between those 2 words took me ALL the way out.
The lie in saying that he wasn't vocally talented.
@@rainsong7327 . RAy was influenced by white music..Infact more black artist have covered white music than whites covering black artist..
@@NGVP2 ..Elvis is the king because he was the whole package..A QUOTE from B.B King...
Clandestine Comments black girls invented ass clapping
So many people in the comments section are calling Ray jealous and yet not pointing out a single lie that he said in the video. The man was asked a question and he answered it truthfully, he has the right to an opinion much like everyone else. Doesn’t make him jealous.
Right! As soulful and talented as Ray Charles is there is no need for him to be jealous!
No reason for ray charles to be jealous at all. It is what it is.
It's obvious white people have always been jealous of blacks
@@NSMissy LMAO! Quit being such a racist bottom-feeder. Elvis did more for blacks than your entire degenerate crackhead family has done. FACT. ;)
The LIE was implying Elvis was NOT great and NOT talented. LIE !
Ray Charles was great but he only had ONE dimensional style of singing. And , YES, his own statement about Elvis PROVES he was jealous of Elvis. You can be great and jealous too. Don't get it twisted. Elvis Presley , for a man who did not write songs, would take songs of song writers to a NEW level nobody could match to this day. Jackie Wilson, James Brown, BB King and Chuck Berry all RATE Elvis highly. In fact, BB King calls Elvis the King. FACT. Here's the direct reference of the LEGENDARY blues singer BB King calling Elvis the King. If Elvis was black some of you haters would be rating him too. ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html
B.B. King wrote:
”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.”
lmao
Oh, he definitely was heavily influenced by Black artists. Ray Charles spoke nothing but truth. Elvis did take it and made it his own for sure.
He stole music. It’s documented proof on the World Wide Web !
Elvis got his style/Sound from black artist .
Cause he literally grew up in a black neighborhood and was inspired from that
James Brown, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Al Green and even Muhammad Ali disagreed with Ray on this subject.
Add Sammy Davis Jr to the list
@@superfly19751 and Jackie Wilson
@@superfly19751 and most black performers that knew the King 👑.
Ray is the Tupac of the lot. He spoke the truth. He didn’t tell one lie. Elvis was not close in talent to ANY of his black contemporaries.
@@alexanderblake3569 you are of course talking bull shit and your comments are based on Elvis's race giving no account to his God given talant that was as great as any and more than most whatever their colour or creed. You my man are racist pure and simple. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Elvis paved the way for these black artists 💯
Elvis stole all his music from black artist
Ray said "welll, uhh, ok"😂😂😂😂😂😂
When he did that I laughed out loud. Cause the pause was like are y’all sure y’all want me to be honest? Ok
@Roberto Ribeiro what talent
Ray was an overrated singer
And liar
The words of a racist and shit ray was one of those
Elvis was a talented guy... Ray Charles "Welllll..... ok?!" I am CRYING
ray charles couldnt even write good music in his adult life and had to steal 7 songs from young british group who were all 20s, the beatles. pathetic
@@duff0120 how does it feel to be a crippling loser?
@@duff0120 Are you dumb?
@@p.o694 dumb? that old as man stole 7 song alone from 1 band alone. Let it be, something, yesterday, along winding road etc etc. imgaine how many songs he just took overall from other bands, 40 songs? i dont fucking know
@@duff0120 Covers? things that artists did regularly in the 60s? The beatles and ray charles both did alot of them, and thats not even the point. The is that (along with other black artists) were pioneers in the music genres themselves and did not steal anything. There are many times the beatles talked about this (as well as elvis).
50,000,000 Elvis fans can’t be wrong.
Love Ray Charles but this ain’t it, he never really got to know Elvis, ask BB King, he’ll tell you the truth.
Elvis recorded Ray's compositions "I Got A Woman" and "What 'd I Say". Elvis greatly admired Ray. And Ray willingly sold his songs to Elvis, and Ray made very good money.
Ray knocked ELVIS every chance he got. When approached by reporters on what Ray said, Elvis said "There's room for everybody, I hate to criticize another performer".
It's too bad Ray Charles wasn't as gracious. To say Elvis had no talent was pretty pathetic, bitter and ill-informed.
When reporters asked Ray before he died, he admitted that he wasn't properly informed about Elvis and that his handlers misinformed him about Elvis.
I love how you just threw the term "willing" out there. Were you there?
@@djscott1129 Ray was out on his luck and needed the money, and boost to his career. Ray had creative control and relied on white country stars to fund his coffers in the 1960s and 70s.
He only sold 10.4 million albums total. The great majority of his albums sold were because of white music artists and white fanbase that purchased his albums. You can bet many of them were also Elvis fans.
Elvis was a crossover artist as was Ray. Elvis willingly helped Ray out and Ray must have been willing to do it or else it wouldn't have happened.
Ray made his biggest paychecks because of Elvis. Maybe he was bitter about that. His other boost came when he worked with the Blues Brothers.
@@depper lol... where did you read that?
@@djscott1129 Ray Charles' best selling album while he was alive was "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" a 1962 album which featured white country artists and was purchased by a predominantly white audience.
@@djscott1129 You sound quite unknowledgeable about Ray Charles. If Ray wasn't willing then Presley COULD NOT have recorded it. Charles collects big $$ on song rights and even BIGGER $$$ on royalties on Presley's sales. Elvis and his band absolutely KILLED THIS. Elvis, DJ Fontana, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black. 1956 Check it out! ruclips.net/video/KfAoeM-uT4A/видео.html
For Gods sake people....jealous??? Why would the master Ray Charles be jealous of Elvis?? The man just answered the question and was honest on his opinion on Elvis...im a huge Elvis fan and have loved his music since i was 3yrs old....but im also a musician and respect other artists too...Ray Charles is a legend and very influential...Elvis himself hated being refered to as 'The King'...in fact he said "Theres only one king, and thats God"....Elvis also admitted that he was inspired by gospel and R&B and he infused his white country roots with the blue note he felt and he conveyed and combined it alltogether to create his own style. Elvis was the most successfull male artist and sold more records than anyone else in the 20th century...but Ray Charles has been honest on how he felt....dont go against him coz he wasnt keen on Elvis.....hes entitled to his own opinion, that dont take away anything from Elvis as he will never be matched again! Theres only one Elvis, only one MJ, only one James Brown, only one Stevie Wonder/Prince/Bob Marley/Frank Sinatra/Barry White, the list is endless......and guess what....yes you guessed it....only one Ray Charles! But still Elvis will always be the biggest. His presence/looks & beautiful voice is un-matched...but as Whitney Houston said when she met Elvis in the late 60s, his presence was mind blowing and he was beautiful to look at...other black artists who loved Elvis...BB King/Rufas Thomas/James Brown/Al Green/Beyonce/50 Cent/Sammy Davis Jnr/Eddie Murphy....they loved him.....music has no colour people and Elvis himself would be the first to admit this. Stop throwing that racist card all the time...Ray Charles was a blues jazz gospel and to a degree country black beautiful artist who spoke his mind....and hay i should be against him now after seeing this clip after what he said about Elvis, but hell no why should i.....Elvis recorded 3 Ray songs...YOU DONT KNOW ME/YOUR CHEATING HEART & I GOT A WOMEN.....Elvis will always be number one for me, but Ray spoke his truth and had no reason to be jealous...hes Ray Charles, a genius!! May Elvis & Ray both r.i.p and their music live on forever....now stop bringing Lisa Marie, MJ Priscilla and all these sick accusations into it, What the hell has that got to do with this interview....come on grow up people!!
George Mick Exactly. We have only never heard a top artist say this was cuz Ray had guts enough yo say it. I think more than a few artists felt the same way about Elvis. Its ok too.
George Mick Your Cheating Heart was written by Hank Williams
Exactly! It doesn't take anything away from Elvis. He'll always be the most talented, gorgeous and humble human being in my book. He had it all. No one can take that away.
Gloria Ortega Right!! Ray was entitled to his own opinion and it doesn’t mean he was at all jealous - why on earth? Ray was an icon in his own right!! Elvis was great and so right that Ray’s opinion doesn’t diminish one thing about him. Both men awesome talents.
Too long
The point Ray was making is really would Elvis been recognized or called the King if he had been black instead of white? Chances are he would have made his music listening to the same Memphis sounds but not gotten the same recognition as he did . He would have had to struggle to be heard outside of Memphis because that was already being done by blacks in Memphis before him. It took a white man unfortunately to open it up to America because it of racist attitudes . He was not picking on Elvis's abilitie s or talent but on his white privilege
Exactly. Ray was just a dumb, jealous, blind racist. 😂
I gotta hand it to MIchael Jackson he was the one that open doors for the black musician community. Globally people started to accept.
Its a whole package, talent, looks, etc. Dont make it sound like its a negative to be good looking, others were just unlucky
more likely not.
@@natejoel7303 and it all starts somewhere, Micheal Jackson went on to marry Elvis daughter, ah.
One of my favorite 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
Emotional
You really really love Elvis huh??
@@ldelaney2160 Tens of millions of people love Elvis and the music and entertainment he created and performed for us. Elvis gave an astronomical 1,684 Concerts and over 6,000 Live Performances during his 24 year career, an astonishing and amazing achievement not surpassed by anyone else in the music business! And over 1 Billion Records sold Worldwide (international sales went largely unreported so no one truly knows how many more records he actually sold around the world). The Highest Selling Single Artist in the History of Recorded Music. AND the Only Entertainer in the World that is a member of these 4 major Music Halls of Fame - Rock 'n Roll HOF, R&B HOF, Country HOF and Gospel HOF! His contributions to the blues and gospel and rockabilly often is misunderstood or undervalued. "Elvis created a new style all his own, and gave an injection to black music like no other artist had ever done." --- Legendary black entertainer Rufus Thomas.
@@depper Elvis was and is a pedo
@@ldelaney2160 it was a little richard quote... richard was bigger than ray
Kevonstage brought me here
Wtf how from roast me ?!?!
Same 😭😂
Yuppppp
Same here
Facts
I can honestly say that Elvis put in the work. He gave his all when he was on stage and left a legacy. So did Ray Charles.
Well his point is that Elvis didn’t even compose any music. He was just a performer. Ray Charles is out of Elvis’s league
Ray was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist
Women you don't still black people music
Heroin is a good drug, hahahaha
He didn’t write his songs. He didn’t put in the work. Period.
My grandmother used to wait on Elvis before he was really famous.. he used to come in an order a burger and chocolate shake an would tip her a qaurter back then (like a 5 or better now).. she said if she had known he was gonna be that famous she would have gotten an autograph
“He ain’t no king, he’s a punk” -Ray Charles 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾💯
Ray was a hater.
@@loualbino5536 Ray was an innovative genius! Unlike Elvis culture vulture ass
He didn’t say “he’s a punk” Ray said “that’s bunk”
This!
@@TrizzleTV Ray was no genius. LOL he's Small Potatoes compared to Elvis. Doesn't even come close. Elvis had the greatest voice. Stage presence Entertainer. More talented all the way around. Ray Charles is just a little angry black man. He ain't nobody
It was hot today, so I needed some shade.
Elvis explained the origins of his music "the coloured folk been singing it and playing it just like I'm doing now for more years than I know, they played it like that in their shanties and no one paid it no mother until I come and goosed it up. I got it from them down in Mississippi I used to hear old Arthur crudup band his box the way I do now.
Ray was a black ignorant, he was a liar and hypocrite
@@marlon-jl4ge You sound butthurt.
Those are the words of a racist
Nice one bro 😂😂😂👊👊🏻
“The music wasn’t that good to care about”
FACTS.
Let Those people have their God.
@@darhyllacy7795 God??? Weird.
Shit racists
Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body, hahahaha
Shit blind racist, hahahaha
Elvis grew up in a black neighborhood, he was inspired by the music and style from the community which led to the type of music he was playing, He never stole songs, he covered black artists and payed them very well for it, funny how when Elvis died Ray and Otis Blackwell suddenly say he stole music, they didn’t say anything when they were getting those checks
I’m so so so lucky that I got to see Ray Charles perform, twice. One of the greatest music legends who ever existed. PS I’m also a big Elvis fan. But, musically speaking, no comparison. Mr. Charles was a true musical genius.
An Elvis wasn’t ? Elvis was also a good actor and don’t forget it !
@@steve-uq5tl I honestly can’t speak on his acting. And like I said, I love Elvis and everything he represented through most of his career, visited his birth home in Tupelo, STAYED in his first apartment in Memphis, toured Graceland, ate at many of the restaurants where he was a regular. But objectively speaking, Ray Charles is on different and higher level, musically speaking, an accomplished musician, pianist, songwriter, singer., arranger. And all this, while blind. Very impressive.
Ray charles can go cleaning shoes of elvis
@@marlon-jl4ge Nice to prove to the world how ignorant you are! Congratulations!!
@@marlon-jl4ge 100 years from now folks is going be like Elvis who? And listening to ray Charles 👍
These comments... How can a person whose people created the genre be jealous of the person whose people were copying it?
That would be like Beyoncé and Black college students/alumni being jealous of Taylor Swift’s Coachella/HBCU inspired billboard performance.
I feel like he has a right to be a little bitter. At a time when black artists were being subjugated and finding limited mainstream success, some dude with a different skin tone comes along with a carbon copy from a team full of song writers and blows the roof off. Top that with the fact that hes widely recognised as the "King of rock and roll", while the pioneers of the genre have faded into obscurity for most of the world... you'd be slightly pissed too.
WiFi Pirate I don’t mean jealous or bitter in that sense. Per my “these comments” at the beginning of my post, I am talking in reference to the Elvis fanatics in the comment section talking as if Elvis was “better” than the Black artist (hence him being “jealous” in their close-minded brains).
@@JazzyFizzleee Ah, my bad G
Because elvis was the best. Second to nonr
@NM1Raider if elvid did not songs and bring the black sound to main stream than ray chales little richard chuck berry the beatles roy hamilton and many other black artists would be unknown because their songs were thrown on juke boxes and had no air play on the radio. He opened the door and there was no more color barrier. Elvis never claimed to be the king. The public called him that. In his mind hecwas just an entertainer. He was very humble unlike col parker his mgr
0:30 - That “…WELL!” and facial expression told it all. 😂 Love it!
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In fairness Elvis was so great not only because he did Black music but as BB King said Elvis had the whole package Voice, could play and the looks. Ray couldn’t see what he looked like.😂
"Jailhouse Rock" was written by a couple of Jewish guys. Guess Ray Charles was blind and dumb.
He’s definitely not wrong, and I love his honesty and realness sooooooo much. 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️
Ray lied. He knew the truth. Ray made good money with Elvis when he sold the rights to his song "Ive Got A Woman." Ray enjoyed great success in the black and white community and was sadly misinformed and lied when he misspoke. Ray knew Elvis wasnt a thief because he sold rights to his own music to Elvis.
didn't need to be said..it was a cheap shot showing jealousy
Elvis was instrumental in breaking the segregation laws in Memphis which he did in 1956 and it helped change all remaining such laws down South.
He also insisted black songwriters / musicians get paid for their creative work and as such Elvis always credited each songwriter on each of his albums NO EXCEPTIONS.
In addition, when the Astrodome execs in Texas wouldn't allow Elvis' band the Sweet Inspirations a black female group into the building - Elvis demanded that they not only be allowed to enter the building but that needed to be treated with the same respect he got, including coming through the front doors that whites got to use, no back "colored only" entrances, or HE WOULD NOT SHOW UP. Elvis won, and proceded do drive them around the Astrodome field in a drop top convertible so EVERYONE COULD SEE THEM TOGETHER.
Here is the proof -- Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis.
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Ray charles was a hypocrite
Liar
BARRY WHITE: "Elvis Presley saved my life." White continued: "It was like he was telling me: ‘Change your life, Barry, you’re thinking about going another way. It’s now or never.’ I understood that."
I think he was in jail at the time he heard its now or never, and decided to change his life of crime
"Weeell...aaaah okay"
Iconic 🤣😂🤣😂
I Feel bad for black artists in the past that didn't get the credit they deserve. Music is nothing without black people. They're genius creature.
Rii Kean genius creature? Is that why every country in Africa is a 3rd work country?
@@slicemoney100 They're still genius and rich and still better than your entire life. Any problem with that? You can argue with your poor soul. Enjoy your moment, sissy
Ray Charles assertion on Presley stealing & popularizing "Black music" when Country, or "white music" as you would call it, influenced Ray Charles ,not only that but THE DIRECTION OF HIS CAREER in a big way. He BORROWED from Country , had big time success with it & everyone LOVED His interpretation of it. I'm sure we are all cool with that ,or if He decided He had wanted to record Heavy Metal tunes. We'd love to Hear that also. He made a lot of money out of Country music. Country & Grand Ole Opry was the first music Elvis listened to, that He identified as his influence Just as much as Blues. www.popmatters.com/ray-charles-modern-sounds-country-western-2495597393.html
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“I just wanted to try my hand at hillbilly music,” Charles wrote in Brother Ray: Ray Charles’ Own Story, his 1978 autobiography. “After all, the Grand Ole Opry had been performing inside my head since I was a kid in the country.”
www.opry.com/story/how-ray-charles-shaped-country-music/
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David Cantwell: ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE:
"When Charles first announced he wanted to do an album of country songs, his new record label, ABC, argued it was a bad idea: He’d lose fans. But Charles bet that, though he might anger some of his listeners, he would gain many more. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music and its sequel Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Volume 2, both originally released in 1962, proved immensely popular. In addition, they aided Charles’ transition from soul giant and budding pop star to American icon. The albums have gone in and out of print over the decades, more often cited for their historical importance than actually listened to. Now both albums are being reissued, digitally and on CD, as well as vinyl, by Concord Records, with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum also hosting a panel discussion of the records"
Sounds almost like the prejudice Presley came up against singing Rock'n'Roll. Doesn't it.
''Music is nothing without black people'' you just discredited classical/baroque music? which is the music genre that survived the longest of any. It is still popular in several countries all over the world. I assume you've never been to Germany, Austria, Japan or Russia. If Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky or Händel were not genius then I can't argue with your ignorance
Jazz would not exist without classical music as it first came from marching band music and marching band music grew out of the classical genre.
Also i hope you don't listen to film music, electronic music or country
@@b_rabbit435 lol triggered
I don't know much of Ray Charles's music but I can certainly empathize with his opinion on the matter. Elvis borrowed heavily from musical influences born predominantly from the black culture and he was immediately adorned and developed and catered to a mostly white audience because he was good looking and white. I'm sure a lot of the black musicians that came just before him were unhappy because they were largely ignored and spent most the remainder of their lives getting screwed out of performance opportunities and a tremendous amount of economic prosperity. I would have been quite pissed off myself were I in their shoes. Everything is relative. People tend to ignore this.
Stole. He didn't borrow. Borrow means you give back.
Oh please. He was a 19 year-old truck driver who walked into Sun studios to record a record for his mom’s birthday. Sam Phillips like what he heard and called him back. Elvis didn’t steal anything. He was singing the music he grew up around and was influenced by. You really think a teenage kid walked into a recording studio with this master plan of ripping off black artists? Please.
Elvis was hated by most white people at the time because he didn't agree with racist ideas like segregation so enough with this "he's white so he's racist" shit
Linus Primo you named 4 people when Elvis stole and profited off of 100 other black artist. Elvis is a no talent thief.
XANDER XANG now why you lying 🤥 hated by most white people? Lmaoooooooooooo. And if he was so against segregation, where’s the proof? Where’s the record of him speaking out agains it publicly?
I always feel it is important to note that Elvis never referred to himself as the King. That's what people called him... & He is on record for correcting that.
Ray Charles is a giant though, & a legend in my eyes. I love his honesty!
He is quite a racist to be honest
He's racist...for speaking on historical facts?
Ray was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist, he was a shit liar and thief
Not a single lie was told. RC's opinion is probably one of the reasons why I listen to Big Mama Thornton's original version of _Hound Dog_ rather than Elvis. The original is crystal clear, and _still_ sounds like it came out yesterday. RIP RC.
LMFAO!!! Big Mama Thornton over Elvis? BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
@@CooManTunes She is the originator of the song and she did it better. Elvis was a thief.
@@mojo-mediaIt's not ironic to racists. It's just racist. Lots of racist ignoramuses here who are simply jealous of Elvis.
@@bbbccc5111 Everyone who ever covered a song is a thief. Noted.
The song was written by two white men, Leiber and Stoller. Elvis did a different interpretation of it. You may prefer Big Mama Thorton's. A lot more prefer Elvis'.
Blind physically and mentally. Elvis is one of the greatest entertainers of all time who took Gospel, Rhythem & Blues and Country and made it his own. His voice was touched by God and he had global fame and appeal. He influenced not only music by kick starting Rock n Roll but also influenced fashion and hair style because of his rebel look and the way he moved and carried himself. FACT - this is a bitter Ray Charles listening to too many Elijah Mohammed tapes. Tired of hearing the whining! Every great musician is influenced or appropriates something. Elvis made it his own. That's why he's the King and is on a another stratosphere than Ray Charles and race has NOTHING to do with it! Elvis was and is the King of Rock and Ray is just another famous entertainer. And it clearly bother him. Costas is looking at him like he's nuts and bitter! I can count on my hands the number of Ray Charles songs I know or are decent. The Elvis list is loo long to count. Here endeth the lesson!
Elvis,John Cena,Michael Bolton etc. all got in at the right time. Ray Charles definitely isn't hating and he isn't wrong. Fats Domino,Chuck,Berry,Little Richard are the real Kings.
Try focusing on not adding to your rap sheet. Life is more than rioting and looting stores. ;)
@@CooManTunes yeah y'all white folks sure know about rioting and looting stores 🤣🤣
Awe, the elvis stan got his feelings hurt? No criminal record ever and there are centuries of people who look like you doing far worse. You skip riots and go right to massacres. You have a blessed day. I love you
@@rodharper6112 you don't see black folks shooting up schools or churches. Y'all yt folks are the devils.
@@rodharper6112 and that white boy ain't the king of rock n roll lmaooo
Calling the biggest selling recording artist of all time a "punk" is simply ignorant.
And you're a punk for saying that . If it wasn't for Black people, there wouldn't be Elvis. Now stfu
Just because you sell a lot of records doesnt mean youre the best youre a stupid little sheep can you go baa?
Wrong. Michael Jackson sold more records than him. Lol.
@@derricklawson7771 and MJ has more little boys.
@@derricklawson7771 stop dreaming and lying to yourself, jacko was not even worth the shit from elvis
Black musicians did not invent all American music. And ROCK MUSIC is not black music. Thats the problem with the internet. Too many people think they know everything about everything.
Elvis is the only musician enshrined in these halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, Gospel Hall of Fame, Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame, Christian Music Hall of Fame.
Rock and Roll was merged together with many music genres and cultures BY AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and cultures. Country music, rockabilly and Honky Tonk are created by white people.
The first commercial recording of what is widely considered to be the first country song featuring vocals and lyrics was Fiddlin' John Carson with "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh Records on June 14, 1923. He was white. Gospel music was about 50% black and 50% white in Elvis' growth era (1930-1950s).
The first published use of the term "gospel song" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white. To take it back even further, white people were singing Christian music before Jesus was born.
Black musicians invented the blues. I love the blues. William Christopher Handy was black. In 1912 he published “Memphis Blues,” now considered the first blues song. My point is simple. Educate yourself.
Rock music is composed of multiple genres of music. Black and white cultures and genres ... and many others too (the instruments of R&R were invented all over the world, and the legendary SONGWRITERS of every walk of life!), are important ingredients of Rock and Roll and American music as a whole.
Jackie brentson invented rock
I really respect Ray Charles but to be Frank, much of the magic of Elvis was visual. His looks and his stage presence were things Charles could not appreciate for obvious reasons
Of course but don't forget Elvis vocal talent. Sorry but RC could never have sung all the musical genres that Elvis sang. And this is a fact.
@@elvis78ale
Charles did R&B, pop, ballads, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Traditional (Americana), Country/Western, and Rock and Roll.
@@elvis78ale what are talking about 😭😭😭
Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body, hahahaha
Shit ray was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist, hahahaha
Ray might have been blind but he could see through the bullshit.
He could a shit
Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body, hahahaha
This is Ray’s version of nice gowns…beautiful gowns…stop trying to force your heroes on us. Ray knows better lmao and he’s a genius. This man changed music.
Ray charles was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist and hypocrite, he stole music from white artists, hahahaha
He was not even worth the shit from elvis
@@king-wv7eu that’s not what your grandmother thought when she was sneaking to listen to the Genius of music
@@SoSillyWilly26 a lot of other musicians were more important, more Talented and much better than this overrated clown ray
He changed a shit, hahahaha
NO respect for Ray Charles after that! Elvis never ever spoke bad about another performer! Elvis respected greatness! He performed some of Ray Charles songs! Ray Charles may be the asshole that people say he was!
As much as I love Ray, I have to disagree with him here (other black artists from that era disagree with him as well). Elvis was extremely charismatic and had great stage presence, and most importantly he had a fantastic voice and was a versatile singer. These are things that you can't really learn or teach, they are things that you are just blessed with. Check out his "If I Can Dream" performance and tell me that he was not a great talent, he definitely was. There is no doubt that Elvis was influenced by black artists (he said so himself) but let's not undermine the man and discredit him.
Elvis himself hated the title of "the king" because he thought Fats Domino was more worthy of that title, and also because he was a Christian and believed Jesus Christ was the only king.
John Titor what dod he do innovative beside be white NOTHING FACTSSSSSS
Yeah Ray did undermine Elvis a bit, but there were black artists doing the same thing as Elvis years before he was known to people. I'm not taking anything away from Elvis, but a lot of black folks were angry that he took there music and got famous off of it and not them. Also I'd have to disagree with you on how he was blessed with his voice. God wanted him to be a singer but with hard work and learning. Elvis said he learned a lot of his singing from black churches and hanging around a lot of black clubs in Memphis. Most black singers started in the church as well and still didn't get recognized because they were black during times of racism and segregation.
even you using the term "influenced" is absurd. He copied. plain and simple. Influenced implies that their were other tributaries of influence that mold his initial career. Then he had a whole hype train behind him to mold and flesh out his repertoire
Because ray was an ignorant, liar
Those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those, hahahaha
Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body
Even Ray Charles saw through the bullshit
Liked you? Shit ray was a black ignorant, liar and hypocrite
Those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those, elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body, hahahaha, hahahaha 😂 😂
Elvis was not only an auditory experience but a visual experience as well. Unfortunately Ray’s disability deprived him of the ability to take in the full effect of Elvis. BB King, James Brown, Chuck Berry, Jackie Wilson and Little Richard all legends differ from Ray’s opinion. Even the greatest Muhammad Ali called him the King. Another legend Rufus Thomas said it best “music is not black or white, music belongs to everyone”. Elvis was never comfortable with being called the King. In his mind there was only one King. God Almighty. 🙏
History we can’t forget these legends
Ray came with the only tea to which he was speaking facts!
@Joshua Joestar How did Elvis help poor black people?
*You can & should let Ray have his opinion, but He is also saying what was repeated around Black community what He would have heard & joked about, so He's not going to fall out with His own color over Elvis.
*Secondly, what He is actually repeating is the Afrocentric view that "Rock'n'Roll music is just Black Blues re-packaged for white people ,by white people".(cue the 'Pat Boone stories'!) Now, that's so afroncentric it's as deluded as the KKK were/are about racial superiority.
*If Rock'n'Roll was just Blues it would never have been as successful ,nor diverse musically. 1)No backing vocals/Harmonies, 2)lack of diversity in lyrics 3)no chord progression's outside the 1-4-5 Blues progression, 4)none ,or very few "great" guitar players or iconic guitar solos(compare Scotty Moore's guitar playing to Mama Thornton's guitar player :original studio recordings onlyTHORNTON: ruclips.net/video/vyEnWa6pbaE/видео.html PRESLEY/Scotty Moore Guitar: ruclips.net/video/fG7DESOodNU/видео.html). Basically 'just Blues' & not as Good a a Hybrid Rock'n'Roll . If it had been Just Country alone ,it would never have an audiance outside the Grand Ole Opry & not as good or successful as Rock'n'Roll either.
*Or, if you prefer, LET YOUR BRAIN OFF THE HOOK, don't look at the issue of Rock'n'Roll's success musically at all, why Rock'n'roll was so successful? ,yeah it couldn't of been that all those non racist white&black Rock'n'Roller innovators Buddy Holly,Chuck Berry,Eddie Cochran,Little Richard,Everly Brothers,Bo Diddley shared & created great music ,together. No way, it's a civil rights only issue! Stop talking about music AHH, MY BRAIN HURTS! who can help us? Ladies & Gentlemen: RACHEL DOLEZAL & JUSSIE SMOLLETT(..defeaning applause)here, to lecture you with they're definitive story of Rock'n'Roll from the 50's, an unbiased take.
@@xxAngel.Girlxx He get's held accountable for a lot of things, so we may as well add the facts that He 1)didn't run a soup kitchen in poor Black neighborhoods(didn't He grow up in one?) or turn into Che Guevara ,but ,alot of black folks who actually knew Him seem to think He was ...well ,you decide. Either way, He helped some black people personally, in some cases ,collectively:
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www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/fats-domino-dead-elvis-presley-king-of-rock-and-roll-music-inspired-hated-friends-a8019706.html
People also assume Presley accepted the journalistic construct of "The King" & blame Him for it when He really didn't take it seriously. ruclips.net/video/8aZO85MVsPI/видео.html
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He wasn't just influenced by Blues or the black community ,that that was one component to his influences for sure. His first Idol(literally) was MARIO LANZA & Country music/Grand Ole Opry singers
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No, not facts. "Jailhouse rock" was written by two white guys, leiber and stoller. and to say..."greater" its an opinion, not a fact. If ray think that fats domino was better, its ok, but it is not a fact. I could say that the beatles and brian wilson alone wipe the floor with all that 50's artists (including ray) in terms of creativity, complexity of sound and technique... just listen to "Here Today", "God Only Knows" , "Good Vibrations" , "A Day in the Life", " Strawberry Fields Forever"...i presented you many arguments...but it is still MY OPINION, not a fact. Here we saw RAY'S OPINION NOT FACTS.
The problem is that Ray didn't see how elvis was the king of the performer. Elvis himself said fat domino was the best and the king. Charles for sure is not the king of performances. But he is up there as the king of talent. So talented that his color or his blindness and even his imperfections stopped him from succeeding to the heights that he did. I mean his song is the official song of Georgia.
Ray Charles "did not saw" ...because he can't see
He never seen him… 90% of Elvis is his presence
S/o To Godfrey who mentioned this interview on Vlad TV
I love Godfrey’s interviews, but I must’ve missed this part. Which one was it? I’d love to hear his take on it.
@Adam Price 😂😂😂
NOT. ONE. LIE. TOLD and that came from a REAL artist and REAL GENIUS 👏🏿
Ray lied. He knew the truth. Ray made good money with Elvis when he sold the rights to his song "Ive Got A Woman." Ray enjoyed great success in the black and white community and was sadly misinformed and lied when he misspoke. Ray knew Elvis wasnt a thief because he sold rights to his own music to Elvis.
@@depper A lot of these people are angry. They feel like the music Elvis sung belongs to them, and that anybody who sings it, doesn’t own it. At least not really.
Don’t pay them any mind. Elvis may not be a writer, but he was a GREAT performer.
There’s literally countless of artists nowadays, real successful ones, that don’t write their own music. Because that’s nat their talent or their skill they wanna focus on. It’s the singing and the performing!!!
@@yayastedi Yup And playing music instruments. Elvis was a renowned rhythm guitarist. And he could sing and play the piano so he was a multi instrumentalist not to mention a band leader and producer.
Alot of tears in the comments section 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
jealousy expressed and understood
Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records: “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars!”
He found his white man alright.
he said 'million'
@@JimmyLee27 he said billion: www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/books/review-sam-phillips-the-man-who-invented-rock-n-roll-by-peter-guralnick.html
@@91toinfinity ok italian girl... i dont think no one here knows who sam philips is
@@dngdnf4862 always to do with race with you people.
Dude Elvis was a fraud.....He stole his whole style from Roy Hamilton look it up it's on youtube. Nothing original about him
Ray Charles is speaking in terms of America.
Elvis made American music famous outside the US - the influence Elvis had in spreading rock & roll worldwide is phenomenal.
Did it bother anybody else that Ray talks about Elvis singing "Willie Mae Thornton's 'Jailhouse Rock'"? She sang "Hound Dog," Ray.
"Jailhouse Rock" was an Elvis original, a 1957 song that topped the pop, r&b, and country charts simultaneously, and that was performed as the finale of your movie "The Blues Brothers." And it was the BLUES BROTHERS that rejuvenated your career which was in the toilet.
It also was written not by Ms. Thornton but by two white Jewish kids from New York, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who, in addition to "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" wrote hits for YOU RAY and just about every other r&b and rock'n'roll performer in existence. Give credit where it's due, Ray. And get it right!!
So Elvis profited off of black musicians …okay got it lol
@@DJYSM racist.
Ray charles was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist, hahahaha
He stole music from white artists, hypocrite
the king of WHAT?!😂🤣....only black people understand Ray 100%. What is understood doesn't have to be said.
Nobody understands Ray Charles because he's a stupid piece of s***. Come on comparing Elvis to Ray Charles LOL nobody can compare to Elvis the greatest voice of all time highest operatic voice of all time. How Great Thou Art. On chain Melody. Hurt. Suspicious Minds. Give me a break
Ray was a shit liar, an overrated clown
Elvis had more talent in his little finger,than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body, hahahaha
Heroin is a good drug, hahahaha
Elvis explained the origins of his music "the coloured folk been singing it and playing it just like I'm doing now for more years than I know", they played it like that in their shanties and no one paid it no mither until I come and goosed it up. I got it from them down in Mississippi I used to hear old Arthur crudup band his box the way I do now.
uh-huh...but it's his insistence that he "goosed it up" that is laughable. He made it safe and palatable for the white masses. He also said plenty negative and racist about those who did it before him.
Mario there is no evidence for this. There is little evidence Elvis possessed any racist views, especially given he grew up in the Deep South during Jim Crow
@@mkn.567 It’s widely known the accusations (that I know of) were spread to create gossip and drama. It wasn’t real…
@@mkn.567 BS!!...do some real research before you spread such nasty lies.
Great point my friend. Elvis was no racist and loved and admire the huge talent of so many black artists.
Charles "fathered" a total of 12 children with ten different women -- TEN WOMEN!!! So Ray's credibility is pretty much in shatters, historically.
TBC sent me here & this man didn’t tell one lie he hold no filter , forever great the legend ray Charles
Do you remember which breakfast club was it?
He told a lie about Elvis moving just like Nat King Cole. I mean unless he used sonar to tell exactly how they both moved.
@@NGVP2 how's that a lie??
@@etch1353 I thought he said he moved like him. Going back now. I don't think I heard that. So my mistake. But yeah, "King of Rock and Roll" or not, Elvis was a talented vocalist. Rather than completely writing him off, Ray could have saved time by saying, "yeah, I did resent some of them."
Ray charles hypocrite
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)
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@@dannyanime3468 Yep that's what they're called. We need to listen to our forefathers and mothers who came before us. You might learn something...
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 physically 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 because they were so close. After the wake, back to the studio to cut a personal tribute to his lifelong friend, a song they sang together privately ruclips.net/video/TCH_OROH_WI/видео.html -- but JB changes the words as only he can.
So, basically he' was mad because they called Elvis "The King" but Elvis never claimed that title just like Michael Jackson never claimed that title either. I can understand he didn't like that, but that wasn't Elvis's fault. On the other hand, he didn't like that Elvis was doing "their music" which is just ridiculous because if you're going to start doing that, then don't use any instrument created by other people, microphones, etc. Invent yours. Sure, Elvis couldn't do your music, but many black folks could sing ballads or other "white" genres if they wanted and there was no problem, right? That's just ridiculous. Artists are always inspired by other previous artists, that should be an honor, not a cause of controversy. Not to mention that each artist has their own musical preference and that's fine.
... And guess how RAY CHARLES GOT HIS START? In a WHITE COUNTRY BAND. AND... his biggest hit album was a WHITE COUNTRY ALBUM with WHITE COUNTRY GUESTS... who were HELPING RAY break into the business.
Hypocritical Ray Charles....
How Elvis gave Rock & Roll a face: Elvis Presley was singing in the 1940s in black and white churches down south during segregation in the Great Depression. His viewpoint coming from dirt poverty was profound. His twin brother was stillborn and buried in a shoebox. His home was a shotgun shack with no electricity or running water. That was his humble beginnings.
He grew up in two legendary neighborhoods Shakerag in Mississippi and Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. Elvis came from gospel and country and knew as many blues songs as BB King (BB said that!) and they were great friends as you saw in the movie. That’s the holy trinity of rock ‘n’ roll.
So Elvis was absolutely a pioneer as he was singing before Ray Chales, Little Richard and Chuck Berry cut their first record. ELVIS MERGED THE BLUES AND ROCKABILLY AND GOSPEL and gave it a sound and stage presentation. NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM…. He was absolutely one of its pioneers and he engineered a very creative style that’s inspired everyone in the business one way or another.
For a white man to be breaking segregation laws and fighting for black artists to be able to enter THE FRONT OF music venues and treated with dignity the same way a white person forever changed those dark and dirty “colored only “ entrances on the rear or side of venues. No single human being changed the face of music more than Elvis Presley dead and that’s just plain facts.
So what was Elvis' actual contribution to music? It was specifically love, timing, environment and distribution.
Ok so Rock music is mainly made up of Country (mostly white artists), Gospel (50% white 50% black artists) and the Blues (mostly black artists).Lets add to that the legendary song writers (such as Leiber and Stoller). Thats where rock and roll sprang from. Elvis was uniquely born at a time and place, Tupelo (SHAKERAG) AND Memphis (BEALE STREET) when so much new music and dance were happening.
Elvis was TRAINED BY BLACK MUSICIANS in black churches (and white churches) in the 1940s BEFORE most of the black legends like Little Richard or James Brown or Chuck Berry rocked the world. Rev W Herbert Brewster of the East Trigg Baptist Church asked Elvis to join when he was 13ish as soon as he moved to Memphis. They were jamming before and during the legendary black musicians got heard.
AND as soon as ELVIS started to make money THEY ALL MADE MONEY!
Little Richard talked about this: "He sung my Tootie Fruti & 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
The NUMBER ONE talent who helped shape Elvis from a child is Reverend W HERBERT BREWSTER of East Trigg Baptist Church in Memphis. In the 1940s Elvis was jamming with black and white gospel choirs and quartets. Much of his soul comes from these sessions.
Much of ROCK AND ROLL came from those 1940s sessions. Elvis WAS part of the change. He WAS a pioneer. Its not culture appropriation / culture vulture when you are a pioneer of a sound. Elvis never stole a song. He credited everyone. He jammed with those that came before him. He was friends with all the legends.. BB, Otis Blackwell, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino.
You cant STEAL "COOL" You cant steal "RHYTHM" You cant steal "SOUL". You cant STEAL "HOW TO DANCE". You can't steal "HOW TO SAAANG". You either HAVE THESE SKILLS, or you do NOT. Elvis was ABLE TO MERGE MUSIC AND CULTURE better than any one else alive at the time. So thats what made Elvis so unique in those days, and controversial because today people don't understand who the good guys and bad guys were and all the details of the day.
Its hard to look back and see who exactly were the thieves and who was trying to HELP. Elvis didnt only help, that man tore down walls of racism for everyone. He stood up and did it a man's way. Without concern for his own health and safety, his career, and his quality of life. This gets talked about by the great, late Reverend himself. Elvis and the Black Community. A great collaboration of interviews by legends and historic figures in the black community discussing Elvis. ruclips.net/video/xd1pXw1DmsA/видео.html&t=
Ray charles was a hypocrite, liar
@@marlon-jl4ge Ray was misinformed
Ray was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist, hahahaha
Actually Ray Charles walked his Elvis comments back in a Canadian interview a couple months after his Bob Costas interview. And Ray Charles biggest selling albums were his two country albums in the early '60s, full of covers written by a bunch of white country dudes. Cultural appropriation?
Two Elvis defense, he actually did give Matt props to all the artist before him, and he never considered himself the king of rock ‘n’ roll. The white media did that!!! it was once said when they spoke about Elvis being the king of rock ‘n’ roll and comparing him to Jackie Wilson, which the media called him the black Elvis but he also said if I’m the king then Jackie Wilson is the white Elvis
Agreed and also in 1957 black owned Jet magazine interviewed Elvis. He said I didn’t invent this music and I can’t sing as good as a black person. He used to turn up at black charity events when he was told not to. At one of them BB King was there and he thanked him publicly for all the lessons he gave him. In BB King’s autography he said Elvis was hated by bigoted white America and especially the KKK because he introduced their children to black music plus he treated blacks as equals both in public and in private.
He's right. Elvis didn't even write his own material. Just sang and pranced around on stage. King of Rock n Roll, my arse.
Little Richard is the King of Rock
oh yes. And Elvis was totally alone in not writing his own material. Do your homework ;) Even Ray didn't write all of his own stuff. Back in those days almost no one did.
Who are you?
Ray charles was an overrated clown, a hypocrite, jealous and liar
Ray was a racist and liar
Elvis was Greater, Kinder & more intelligent than this man ever was! Jealousy doesnt become anyone!! The truth is, Elvis didnt sing his own praises. His fans do but he didnt. He would have stepped back & honored this man. Yet, this man cant say anything kinder about Elvis, who has passed. Ever heard of the saying that goes; “If you cant say anything nice then say nothing at all!” This man should have practiced this rule & shut his mouth!
D. B. Shit jealousy is the truth lmao what’s innovative about elvis then besides him being white.
757 Trucker FACTS
Who did he copy?
Alan Jones What did elvis do original nothing
Lot off racial jealousy flying round not interested in haters,what did big mama Thornton do original,he did it better than anyone else period
Ray never got to see elvis move. Never saw the complete package. Listen to BB king and some of the treat r and b folks talk about elvis. Listening to elvis Presley without seeing him is like listening to gone with the wind without seeing it.
But the man is entitled to his opinion. Hes a legend
Aloha Traveler um I’ve seen him move. And ray Charles is dead on.
BigTrouble lil China bitter about what. I’m a fish lol
Lmao I juts realized u said that’s like listening to gone w the wind without seeing it lmao. It is exactly like that bc u can’t really see how offensive it really is.
BigTrouble lil China yes the segregated game t
Ray was shit liar, those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those,
Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body
Ray Charles should let go of all the hatred and jealousy he has towards Elvis. It's not Elvis's fault that he's a trillion times better looking than Ray and all those other Black singers.
Elvis recorded his compositions "I Got A Woman" and "What 'd I Say". You can hear Elvis sing a fragment of "Crying Time" in "That's the Way It Is". Elvis greatly admired Ray. And Ray willingly sold his songs to Elvis, and Ray made very good money. Ray knocked ELVIS every chance he got. When approached by reporters on what Ray said, Elvis said "There's room for everybody, I hate to criticize another performer". It's too bad other performers, including Ray Charles, weren't as gracious. To say Elvis had no talent was pretty pathetic, bitter and ill-informed.
Who is bitter? Ray Charles has no reason to be bitter towards that man.
What he said was his opinion & damn near facts. Y’all be missing the point.
@@TechhNique The point is that Ray OFFERED his music to Elvis, and Elvis paid Ray. Ray was bitter and probably told incorrect info from his handlers to make such a mean remark about Elvis after his death. Ray was either lied to by his own staff, or he WAS bitter for no reason what-so-ever. You just WANT ray's words to be correct about Elvis. But they are not fact. They are not NEAR fact. They are lies. Do you think you have evidence that Elvis was a thief? Or that he was racist? One piece of evidence? Of course you do not.
Ray was a shit liar, hypocrite
Black ignorants, hahahaha those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those,
A shit blind racist
Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body
Elvis was famous because he became a singer in the age of Jim Crow laws.
Just out of curiosity. What musical instrument or mike,sound system and speakers used to create ‘black music’ was created by a black man?
@@ryanbanks4265 beats By dr Dre
When did ray Charles become a singer?
@@loulou5949 lol! Don’t be a fool. dre didn’t invent that. His name was attached to it for marketing purposes. Besides it a headphones. Dre didn’t invented the headphones you knob.
@@ryanbanks4265 Within 80 years dispute Jim Crow, lynches recognize greatness black folks have achieved,. How could black folks create anything if they couldn't read or hung if they even though about doing so. As always you give yourself too much credit. What about all the inventions by black yet stripped away because of the times, but to your point though. Just out of curiosity isn't being "white" a derivative of being "black" ? You know recessive genes, albinism, etc. Just curious Ryan. One love.
Elvis sang from his heart and soul, he was brought up in poor neighborhoods and grew up around black culture and could not help but be part of it... his love for gospel and R&B shows in how he delivered a good part of his early work. He was a simple country boy who just loved all kinds of music and just found his place in it.
😂😂😂😂
Elvis is a THIEF.
@@power966 what did he steal
But how come blacks had been singing it for years and a white kid starts singing it and gets famous?
@@mileshall3177 For the same reason Country music hadn't becomes as famous as "it" also. Rock'n'Roll was more appealing, as well as being more musically interesting, than Blues music alone ,or Country music alone. It came afrom a bigger gene pool than just Black Blues or white hillbilly.
The problem is thinking in terms of "white culture" and "black culture" when in reality all the people here are all part of the same American culture which has already historically been shaped by both European and non-European cultural influences before any of these people were born. You go to nearly every other nation in the Americas and they already accept that fact and people from all races and ancestry will just simply culturally identify by their nation. I myself just simply do likewise as an American.
The king of what????? 😂😂😂
Exactly. RIP Ray Charles for being an innovator and truth teller.
Thanks, breakfast Club!!! They're trying to demonize Michael Jackson right now so they can put a Justin Timberlake or that sqweeky kid Justin Bieber as King of Pop!!!
Probably because Beiber and Timberlake aren't child molesters. Just a thought, spooky.
Doomzdayxx Michael isn’t either, try again.
@@Doomzdayxx It's your white people that say that. Michael Jackson is not a child molester. Maybe your people need to stay in their lane and stop being culture vultures, Rock n Roll was created by black people and yet your people run it today, Country music, created by black people, yet today your people own it. Michael Jackson was attacked by your people simply because he owned his catalog!!!
Doomzdayxx and Elvis was a child groomer, lets talk about that.
@@starfire7322 all are wrong
Two things I got to say about this clip. Firstly, Elvis never called himself The King and was actually embarrassed by that title. Secondly, Ray Charles never saw Elvis, what he looked like, how he moved on stage etc so he was limited in his opinion of Elvis. Visually, Elvis was on another level than any other singer before or since.
Exactly. Ray was just a dumb, jealous, blind racist. :'D
Exactly right...and who sold the most records who sold out every single show, who holds the all time Vegas records..i could go on and on..but one thing that is sad. Why does everyone put music into race. NO BLACK MUSIC!! NO WHITE MUSIC !! Only music. ELVIS did it by far the best of anyone. Why is he the only one that is still remembered after all these years?
@@vincekolstad8315 it's the same resolution white ppl are so quick to claim Emeneim is the best rapper of all time. Even call em the "rapgod". Same shit, different day
Y’all called him the kind and he stole music
Ray was really a racist,if elvis were black then you would have spoken differently,shitty Ray
Ray is not educating here. He is misleading people. Elvis never claimed to invent the blues, or any ingredient of R&R. Elvis MERGED AND ARRANGED Gospel, Country and R&B to create A NEW HYBRID SOUND & STAGE PRESENTATION that attracted YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and turned off the OLDER elites in the 1950s. Elvis was a tremendous guitarist and pianist and vocalist.
GOSPEL MUSIC: White people were singing Christian music since BEFORE the birth of Jesus Christ. Modern Gospel was influenced in large part by white Christian music. There were black and white practitioners in churches down South in Elvis' growth era (1935-55). Elvis was inspired by BOTH. The first published use of the term "gospel song" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white.
THE BLUES: The blues were invented by black people.
COUNTRY MUSIC: White people invented Country and Rockabilly music. The first recordings of what now is considered traditional country music were "Arkansas Traveler" and "Turkey in the Straw" by fiddlers Henry Gilliland & A.C. (Eck) Robertson on June 30, 1922, for Victor Records.
Elvis changed EVERYTHING and opened up NEW BUSINESS MODELS for black songwriters and even fought with VENUE OWNERS to allow black musicians to walk in and out of the SAME ENTRANCES AND EXITS that white people used. Elvis Presley had a VERY UNIQUE STYLE and NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM. Nobody.
Elvis just came along around the white place and the white time, that's all
History repeats itself !!!
You forget to mention Elvis put in the work as well he didn't just get recognition without working for it. He wasn't afraid to take race music to the masses because he respected black people & employeed many of them when it was frowned upon. E never discriminated.
Thats stupid because blsck and spanish people loved elvis. Ask james brown? Ask jackie wilson?
JHAMIRION WAY how the hell has Eminem stolen from hip hop when he was responsible for launching 50 Cent’s career ?
@@quentindugger5389 He was a known racist, SMH
I love Ray Charles!!!!!!!!
Ray was a shit liar and hypocrite
Those are the words of a racist and shit ray was one of those
Ray Charles sold less than 10.5 million records.
Elvis Presley sold over a Billion.
Nuff said!
Off copying the black mans style rock in roll was invited from black folks white man stole there style like they stole everything else back then let's keep it 100 and I'm not even black lol
@@trincast7014 Always about race with you Fruit Loops.
@@CUZ_2 Eminem outsold Dr Dre. Dr Dre signed Eminem to a record deal. Eminem has a song titled “being white in America” from his second album dating back to 2001. The lyrics references the fact that he’s only popular and a rich rapper because he’s white in America . That should answer all of your questions with regards to Elvis and the fruit loops😂😂😂😅
@@ssminowjohnson9687 I only deal in cold hard facts/numbers my man but everyone's entitled to their opinion.
Ok Elvis did not steal music from black people. That is a lie told by people who are purposefully spreading mistruths or uneducated to who the bad guys really were, the execs of record companies, radio stations and concert venues. Elvis battled ALL THREE for the betterment of the black community.
Elvis opened the door for a lot of black musicians. Elvis CREDITED EVERY SONGWRITER on EVERY SONG, on EACH ALBUM. EVERY SONG WRITER GOT PAID, and some paid really well (Little Richard, Chuck Berry and especially Otis Blackwell made a fortune on royalties) Black songwriters SOLD SING RIGHTS TO ELVIS to perform their artwork, Elvis didn't steal any song.
The truth? Elvis was a pioneer. One of the architects of Rock and Roll. He did not steal black music. The 1950s was an era of music and culture experimentation and many thousands of hours jamming melding of R&B, Gospel and Rockabilly. Elvis was in the churches in the 1940s putting together new sounds, before Chuck Berry and Little Richard ever cut a record.
Elvis was a genuine part of this era and new sound. He was a pioneer. Not first. But still a pioneer. In that era, it was an age of legendary song writers. Elvis performed some ~700 songs. He was a musician who played great rhythm guitar and piano and boy could HE SING. Legendary sought after rich baritone. ZERO of his works were stolen.
Legends such as Al Green, BB King, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sammy Davis Jr, Chuck Berry and Little Richard roamed the Earth at the same time Elvis did and they all knew Elvis, loved him, and praised him very highly. Elvis merged black and white music to help form Rock and Roll jolted a youth movement and civil rights movement to the forefront so both could succeed. It’s safe to say you know nothing about Elvis. Maybe you can give his story a chance.
Don't forget the government on the list of bad guys.
@@Lilyscraps For a while they were, but many of Memphis' police were saluting Elvis' body in the limo. He changed many minds... brought a lot of people together
Elvis came out of the same poor misery as you Mr Charles , I guess he just woke up one morning because he is white and said I want to play the guitar I want to dance and sing he never practiced all his life ? Come on man the same white people that purchased your tickets , albums purchased his there is room for all to be loved and appreciate all talent in this world regardless.I thought Ray was better than that
Dude Elvis was a fraud.....He stole his whole style from Roy Hamilton look it up it's on youtube. Nothing original about him
Love me some Ray Charles. But for him to say it like they could turn any good looking young white boy at the time with some talents into Elvis is absolutely ridiculous!
In fact they did try to replicate Elvis with good looking young white boys while he was away in the army but they couldn’t do it.
This came off quite arrogant of Ray Charles actually. I never saw this side of him. Many many extremely talented black artists gave Elvis his due and they never had to do it to kiss up to him.
Elvis never thought of himself as the king of Rock n’ Roll. He himself said rock and roll came from Black music.
He may or may not have been the greatest at a specific area, but as a whole Elvis is the greatest entertainer who has ever lived. That....was his talent.
Elvis will always be a legend in my book. I don't know why people the folks that say he stole black culture aren't called racists. Basketball originated from white people, but I don't hear anyone saying that Michael Jordan stole from white culture. He's one of the most famous basketball players of all time!
@@billbertboyce324 black people changed the game of basketball. It’s different. No one was dunking, dribbling behind the back, crossing people over. We over all played faster, harder, jumped higher, taller and better.
@@Journeylivin and people probably considered Elvis to be better, overall. Or what about Eminem in hip hop? Just because something is done better by a skin colour, doesn't mean they're trying to "steal" that culture. Quite a few black folks are usually better at basketball (Michael Jordan for example). And Elvis was considered to be the king of rock n roll. You can't go at someone for stealing any culture just because they're getting attention from the people
Elvis had more talent in his little finger than shit ray in his handicapped, racist body
Elvis Presley was like the Kardashians come into the black community and try to profit off of blacks💯💯💯🤦♂️💥💥💥
Elvis grew up in Shake Rag, the historical black community. He has black neighbors, went to a black church and learned black music. He even credits BB King as one of his early teachers.
Ray is not educating here. Rock and Roll IS NOT BLACK MUSIC. It was born as YOUTH REBEL MUSIC during the YOUTH REVOLUTION of the early mid 1950s. Ray is misleading people. Elvis never claimed to invent the blues, or any ingredient of R&R. Elvis MERGED AND ARRANGED Gospel, Country and R&B to create A NEW HYBRID SOUND & STAGE PRESENTATION that attracted YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and turned off the OLDER elites in the 1950s. Elvis was a tremendous guitarist and pianist and vocalist.
GOSPEL MUSIC: White people were singing Christian music since BEFORE the birth of Jesus Christ. Modern Gospel was influenced in large part by white Christian music. There were black and white practitioners in churches down South in Elvis' growth era (1935-55). Elvis was inspired by BOTH. The first published use of the term "gospel song" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white.
THE BLUES: The blues were invented by black people.
COUNTRY MUSIC: White people invented Country and Rockabilly music. The first recordings of what now is considered traditional country music were "Arkansas Traveler" and "Turkey in the Straw" by fiddlers Henry Gilliland & A.C. (Eck) Robertson on June 30, 1922, for Victor Records.
Elvis changed EVERYTHING and opened up NEW BUSINESS MODELS for black songwriters and even fought with VENUE OWNERS to allow black musicians to walk in and out of the SAME ENTRANCES AND EXITS that white people used. Elvis Presley had a VERY UNIQUE STYLE and NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM. Nobody.
He never saw Elvis so I’m not sure he has the whole picture
Meaning what? That seeing Elvis would’ve changed or reversed the raw logic of what Ray was saying?
That pretty androgynous Elvis being seen would’ve softened an economic argument over appropriation & opportunism?
Stupid ass comment. If anything, NOT being able to see Elvis afforded a fairer assessment, which Ray honestly & bravely gave there.
There is a reason that people called Elvis the king. It wasn’t just his music. It was his looks, charisma, flamboyance, stage presence, the “It” factor, the dancing. Could Ray see any of that? No! Ray was an incredible artist, but he couldn’t hold a candle to Elvis as an entertainer. No one could.
Ray was a blind old Heroin adiccted racist
Preach!!!!!!!!
Tell us how you really felt Ray! Love Ray and Elvis. Ray tells it as his perspective dictates. Nothing wrong with that.
I agree. Eddie van halen slacked off randy rhoads too.... They were both awesome. Just like Ray and Elvis
Perspective??? It's historic fact ...rock and roll came from black people!!!!
@@salmineo4132 And your point???!?!?!? OMG?!?!? NEED more punctuation!!?!?
Calm down dude. I was simply pointing out that it was not popular in that era to talk disparaging against somebody as popular as Elvis was. Hell Ray even said he was about to lose 1/3rd of his fanbase. (semi-jokingly)
But the question was how good was Elvis. If you don't think Elvis was one heluva singer, you are biased.
The question wasn't are you mad because Elvis became more famous than those who originally created rock and roll music.
Ray is biased. And that's ok. That's his prerogative AND perspective.
@@brandyharding7692 Elvis was a watered down version of the original ....like Pat Boone.The Caucasity to watch the black performers who he imitated and say he was better lol Elvis was just a familiar vehicle to bring black music to white ppl...for them to turn around and claim it and hide the true history of its origins.LIKE ALL AMERICAN MUSIC AND POP CULTURE! Black ppl made country and pop and rock and roll and punk.All the dances you guys do came from black people,the slangs etc etc .....Elvis isn't anything new,even eminen rapped about why he was more popular than allot of black artists ....cause y'all rather spend money on someone who looks like you!
@@salmineo4132 shit racist jacko was the greatest music cheat, thief and liar, he fooled the whole World with his non music talent, especially the children, overrated Freak, he manipulate and abused children, thats his talent, he stole all his dance moves from white artists, he stole everything, he did not invent anything, only shit fools and little boys adored him
Ray started in white country music and was a crossover artist. Noone accused Ray ofd Stealing white music. The hypocracy is real with Ray.
Elvis also put food on his table, Elvis didn't steal him or any black musician (or any other musician period.). That's just false. Elvis PAID ROYALTIES (something most artists didn't do with black artists BUT ELVIS WAS VERY DIFFERENT), yes Elvis paid royalties to RAY CHARLES for two songs. Elvis moves were original, he didnt steal them from anyone.So Ray is a liar.
I DONT KNOW, WHO SOLD MORE RECORDS ELVIS NEVER SAID A BAD WORD ABOUT ANOTHER ARTIST
ANTONIO YOUNG you do know that was just a rumor right? And it was found to be completely false, you fucking dumbass. #knowyourhistory
Elvis was a god in music ray was never on elvis's level ...in either record sells or quality
@@081yayo elvis was smart
@@081yayo Not True - Elvis never said that
@@therealbuzzlightyear2542 Elvis was a good guy, he paid a Hospital Bill $$$$$ for Jackie Wilson , A Black Artist /Singer whom Elvis really respected and consolted with on songs and moves