Emotional!!! Elvis Presley and the black community
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- Elvis Presley and the black community
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Elvis Presley is one of the most iconic singers of all time, and 'That Echo Will Never Die' is one of his most iconic songs.
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Elvis grew up in poor, black neighborhoods; he lived in the projects in Memphis for a few years. He loved all people and didn’t really see color. He believed in racial harmony.
He didn’t look like a racist hence the so much love ❤️
Personally when I heard ppl saying he stole from the Black Community.. it hurts.. he didn't steal anything.. he just sang his songs and was so amazing as an entertainer. He grew up with black music and he was just at the right place in the right time to make everyone's career become better with him breaking the boundaries. Anyone saying he stole it .. they're just jealous.. because they never became anything. You listen to Sammy Davis, Jr. and Stevie Wonder and many others.. they loved Elvis.
Thank you so much ❤️❤️
Thank you what a beautiful reaction to a beautiful man. You are so right he has been dead 46 years and he is still loved around the world. His beautiful music will stand the test of time.
Thank you so much for watching
Elvis was a kind and wonderful human being. He was born into poverty and mixed with his black neighbours. He loved their music and greatly influenced by what he heard. His first love was gospel.
Elvis is loved!!!
Lovely reaction. Elvis was colorblind and loved everyone he worked with and had friends from every background and color. That is one reason he is still so beloved today.❤❤❤
Thank you so much for watching...,
Elvis basically grew up in a Black ghetto and absorbed the music he listened to such as Black and White gospel, Black R&B and White country. He kicked down the door for Black artists to follow. He did not "steal" music as it was his too as he grew up and he always gave credit where credit was due. These ugly rumors are so hurtful to his fans and are totally undeserved. He was and is still The G.O.A.T.
He’s totally Amazing!!
Elvis loved everyone and stood up to people that said something about his band members
Elvis is totally loved...
......there are 2 parts to this documentary.....!!!!!
So I heard, I just got to know about it...
I'm a senior citizen, but I had no idea about Elvis' relationship to the Black community until now. He was truly ahead of his time. I loved your reaction. Thanks so much!
I’m glad you love the video ❤️❤️
No matter what. He is the Greatest of All Time. Particularly live. There has never been anyone as good as Elvis was live when he was at his prime. it is sometimes uncanny to watch.
No technology, only the King on stage..doing what only he could do.
Yes he is 🤗🤗
Watch Elvis the King of Kindness.
He’s indeed a king 👑
Sinatra didn't have a nice word to say about Elvis or his music either until he had him on this tv show to boost flagging ratings.
Who is Sinatra???
elvis loved black folk
Indeed!!!
@@itsmira-j He showed it in a different way.
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory.
Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off.
As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (ruclips.net/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/видео.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write about this.... I really appreciate...
There is a short part 2 to this video.
I just learnt about that... Thank you
Forever the king !!! The best !! He was the complete package 💯♥️
He is the best ❤️❤️
Beautiful, heartfelt reaction. God bless you for being open to receive the information & appreciate his journey.
Thank you so much for coming to my channel!!
Haters will say he’s a songs thief. He never stole his VOICE from anyone.
@@pct7620 exactly!!!
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I've been an Elvis fan for 48 years and they was rumors he was a racist but I'm glad his friends came out to have set the record straight so I do get very emotional too when I hear people trashing him that didn't even know him I guess you had jealous people wanted to be where Elvis was at that time Elvis was the biggest thing in rock and roll music so you always going to have haters out there so thank you for taking your time for the video .
Elvis didn’t come off as a racist to me!!! Obviously hatersssss
yes I know you don't think he's was racist but what I was saying it was rumors that he was what I was saying people need to do their homework before you judge someone and thank you for doing these videos
This is one of the all time finest reactions to this video. Im glad Im subscribed to you!!!!!
Thank you so much!! you are amazing
I agree, it was very genuine and moving..
Thank you for checking out Elvis. I enjoyed your reaction.
Thank you so much and I am glad you love it
Elvis truly broke the walls for Black artists to be Heard. Even though he was ostracized by white ppl at the time.. he still did his thing and never backed down... Call him what you want.. I think he made music what it is today for all genres. The man could sing everything and anything from Rock, Blues, Country, Gospel, Jazz.. the list goes on.. but never a racist bone in his body.. even being born and raised in Mississippi way back in the day.
Elvis is amazing!!!
Elvis was the most charismatic singer entertainer and humanitarian ever ! No one today can match his brilliance 💕
He’s totally amazing!!!
Thank you for watching this important documentary.
It took one-jealous artist to start a hateful rumor that still causes hate towards Elvis today.
What rumour was that???
You’re a lovely lady. Thank you so much for such a heartfelt reaction.
Thank you so Much Sam
awesome
Thank you!!
Absolutely GREAT 🙏 Thank You Mira⚘️
You are welcome 🤗
I love your reactions, there is a part 2 that you might want to check out.
Yes of course, since a lot of people suggested
There's part 2 of this on here. Yeah Elvis was great friends with Muhammad Ali. James Brown. Eddie Murphy is an Elvis fan. Elvis bought his cook. A black lady. A car and a house. Elvis also bought this other black couple that were looking in a Car shop window and Elvis stopped and said , Do you like that car? they said yes but we could never afford that. but Elvis went inside and bought the car for them, Came out and gave them the keys.
Everyone loved and loves Elvis
Elvis love to give that's the reason he was almost broke when he died
@@maryrowell1122i think you should do more research. Elvis was broke because Priscilla took him to court for a second time and she was given so much money that he had to sell his early record catalogue to RCA. ruclips.net/video/L_YjBPkEkws/видео.htmlsi=ts295cW9lkptBPL-
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1935 on January 8 a huge star was born, but sadly in 1977 on august 16 we lost a great musician, a amazing singer, but we also lost a amazing humanitarian that helped so many people that he did not even know.
Today over 46 years after his death, people are still calling Elvis the King of Rock'n'Roll (he said that Chubby Checker was the one that should be called King of Rock'n roll, if any human should), Elvis didn't like that title and he believed that the only King was God and he actually told this to his fans several times, he said:
I believe that God is the only true king, sometimes he added Jesus Christ.
I think that Elvis is a MASTER not only of king of Rock'n roll, he is A MASTER of many genres of music because he can sing very well in any genre, but what do you think, is he good enough to be called a music king?
Elvis was really in my mind, a MASTER of GOSPEL and other music, no one does it better then him, he is best known for making Rock'n roll famous, so he was called The King of Rock'n roll, but he never liked that people called him that, he repeatedly stopped fans who said that he was the king of rock'n roll, telling them:
I'm just an entertainer and singer, God is the only true King (sometimes he also said Jesus Christ is the only King)...
He also never liked the "so called joke" Elvis the Pelvis, he loved Jokes, but that was for him very hurtful to hear people say, or write that.
Did you know that Elvis was a Sandy Blonde with Blue Eyes...
Elvis was born in the poor part of Tupelo Mississippi (in a shotgun house) and it was mainly Afro Americans living there, at the place where Elvis family lived there only lived 3 more white families, the rest was colored people, his family was dirt poor until he became an artist after singing in a mainly colored peoples church during his childhood.
Did you know that he had several friends that where Afro Americans, one of his friends where James Brown, yes THAT James Brown (The King of Soul), another artist was B.B King, yes that B.B King...
He also was a good friend with Mohamed Ali, yes the GREATEST boxer of all time, he even had a Robe made for him, but it was to much bling on it so Ali wouldn't where it more then one time to a fight.
Elvis really admired Martin Luther King very much, Elvis felt that all people are equal, unfortunately he never got to meet him, that would have created to much problems for both of them at that time.
He had several medical problems, Glaucoma, (Insomnia) sleeping problems, irritable bowel syndrome, things that affected his real life and made him need medication to function.
Yes, he took medicines that today are considered to be called drugs, but at that time doctors prescribed it to him and to ordinary people, they did not know of the problems it could give people (side effects).
He never took any so-called street drugs, but unfortunately he did not realize that those medications would be a problem for him, he thought that they where ordinary medicine because his doctor prescribed them to him and to everyone else that needed it.
Many out of his relatives died at a relatively young age, so even if he wouldn't have the medication, he might have died at about the same age.
He could never be alone and thus himself, at that time the word superstar did not exist, so nothing could prepare him for that kind of life.
Did you know that a big group of white people actually smashed his records and wanted to ban his music, just because they called the music he did so called N... music, that is so painful to think that some people actually can think like that, skin color is just color and nothing more, when will people start to realize that?
There are some videos of when Elvis joking and messing up, he loved to joke around and pretend that he did not have control, but he had total control, he actually conducted his musicians and back up choirs all the time !
He is the only person to have 60 records gone to sell Gold since he died.
Elvis is also in almost every genre of Music Hall of Fame (5 that I'm sure of Rock 'n' Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and Rhythm and Blues), if Gospel is a genre in Music Hall of fame, then he should be in there to, but no one else is in more then perhaps 2 genres.
Not bad for someone who failed in his music class (in school, he got a F), he also never took a single singing lesson, yes he sang in church so perhaps he learned a little there, right?
Something else that people tend to overlook:
He always conducts his musicians and backup singers, he never gets credit for being able to doing that.
Imagen you are a singer, you have great Musicians, you have great backup singers, no Guest Artists, no Auto tune, no Lip singing and no Fireworks, now all is about your skill, could you handle that pressure?
At the time when Elvis started to perform, Auto tune did not exist yet and when it became available, then he still did not use it, he did not need to, he always sang so that you could hear every word that he sang, the Fans always felt that he sang to just you !
That is what Elvis did in over 1600 concerts (during his 20 years as an artist), despite having problems with his health, like his Glaucoma, the headlights must have hurt his eyes like crazy.
He sang over 800 songs, I wonder how he could remember them all, he never wrote a song himself, so he had to remember other peoples lyrics, well that is amazing in it self.
The fact that he had Glaucoma must have been difficult being in the headlights all the time, that could be why he sometimes closes his eyes, but also sometimes squinting!
This unfortunately made him temporary blind after the shows, that is why they led him of the stage and into his car, that is something that not many people knew about Elvis.
Elvis suits was made of 100% Polyester, or 100 cotton (I'm not sure witch one), it was originally a karate suit, it was very light, but it was hot, so it made him sweat a lot, he got some bad press about that, but if you give it all then you will sweat, it should be positive, right?
A important fact about Elvis success is his guitarist James Burton's sound, it was a big fact that made him sound different, naturally his voice is the main factor for his success to, I think both things played a crucial role in his success...
About the deep base voiced JD Sumner (a member of The Stamps Quartet) he is a Basso Profundo, I think it's called that, it is the deepest base singer there is.
A video about him helping others, look at this: ruclips.net/video/CrJ1c9tm-C0/видео.html
Elvis made a show where all the money went to build the Memorial after Pearl Harbor, he talked to the nations about taking the Polio vaccine, Elvis took the first injection himself, he helped by donating a big amount of money to St Jude hospital, they fight against cancer (especially children with), he gave away loads of jewelry, gave away cars, he even gave away some houses to total strangers.
Elvis started an organization that helps people to get out of Homelessness (Presley Charitable Foundation), this organization helps people even now close to 50 years after he passed away.
A thing that you perhaps did not know: Elvis ALMOST NEVER did a show OUTSIDE OF USA, yes he did sing a few times in Canada: 4 concerts, 2 times in Toronto, 1 time in Ottawa and 1 time in Vancouver (during the 50:s?).
When the Aloha From Hawaii (Live in Honolulu 1973) was showed it had close to 1.5 Billion viewers from around the whole world and 3.7 billion people lived on earth at this time, so it was close to 1/3 of all of the population on the earth that viewed the show, it was the first time a single artist was shown LIVE around the globe.
Video of Mohammad Ali speech after Elvis died:
ruclips.net/video/PO8Kq_3KTyI/видео.html
I have to say that I loved being at Graceland and seeing his home, first we were at the shotgun house in Tupelo Mississippi where he lived in his early years, he was born there !
You don't have a guide taking you on a tour, you can go all over yourself, but stay outside of the ropes and do not attempt to go upstairs, the outside is huge, so is the house, but you don't realize that from the front of the house.
I don't regret for a second that I was there, or that I stood at his grave site and said out loud that this is for the humanitarian Elvis/the person/the man and then I gave him a military salute, the others there just looked at me and asked if I didn't like his music.
So I told them that he was clearly one of the best singers and artists ever, but I loved his big heart more, he helped so many people without getting credit for it, he didn't want the credit of helping others, he did it out of love and respect and to me that is what true charity is all about.
This PLACE (GRACELAND) should be a protected part of music history and also American history forever, I think that people will keep coming for years and years and years to come !
Elvis did lots of things for America to, he helped in a big way to avoid getting Polio (he took the vaccine in a TV show and that made the interest for taking the vaccine to go up from 0,6 % all the way up to 80 % in 6 months), so in 6 months he got 79.4 % more of the American people take the Polio vaccine and shortly after it was eradicated from USA, he also helped in the fight to defeat Cancer by helping to build up St Jude's children cancer treatment clinic by donating a huge amount of money to them, he also helped to build the Memorial over Pearl Harbor and many other things!
Thank you so much for taking the time to talk about this ❤️
Elvis lived in the ghetto and all he wanted to do is make life better for others.
Everyone can tell he has a good heart!!
Elvis struggled his whole career I was three or four years old the first time I remember Elvis my mother was one of his biggest fans every time you turn around there was some kind of fuss about Elvis so I grew up with Elvis in my life he was like part of the family just thinking about it I want to cry the last video they show is Elvis doing Unchained Melody I remember watching that video and I started crying someone asked me what's wrong I said we're not going to have him much longer he looked so tired and sick .It wasn`t long after that he passed away ,it's still hard to watch that video 😢 .Growing up I use to think think the world of his manager Tom Parker not any more what a evil man he was he even used Elvis after he died .Maybe one day the'll make a movie about that
Now, this is so hard to hear, i never imagined the kind of pain he went throughout his entire music career
THERE IS A PART TWO OF THIS DOCUMENTARY.
Yes I heard!!!
Please React To Elvis Presley And The Black Community Part 2
Okay thanks
Just a side note.. Elvis didn't write In the Ghetto.. Mac Davis wrote that song.. don't know why or how.. but Elvis made it his own because Elvis understood every song he ever performed.
Oh that’s great
I appreciate this! Thank you!
Thank you 😊
Hi mira, great reaction to elvis. Mira elvis was never a racist, from marty in Belfast northern Ireland God bless and hope you are keeping well
Thank you Martin 🥰🥰❤️
Like that ❤️🙏
I’m glad you do!!😍
When the king first started out white people didn't like him. But he kept on doing his thing. If they stopped Elvis then no black artist could have never been on national tv and radio.
It was obvious he paved the way!!
For Goodness sakes, race should be irrelevant. We are all the same underneath the skin. Just grow up.
Honestly!!!