In 1958, a Minneapolis based Catholic youth magazine, "Contacts", launches a campaign for "clean lyrics in pop songs." Songs they target include Presley's "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" because it promotes going steady.
As if people didn't go steady at the time. I think it was normal for girls at the time to wear their boyfriends ring around their neck. Our parent's generation didn't like Elvis because of the way he moved his hips. I was a toddler when this song came out.
I've only just listened to this song. Kinda nice, quite typical of many Elvis songs. I do wear my wedding ring around my neck, safer than around my finger. Two billion Catholics around the world with weird ideas of what's right or wrong, often trying to make their preferences doctrinal. Still happy to be Catholic, but, avoid such thinking.
I wore a ring around my neck starting when I was 15. I dated and married that man. I did not have to get married. I married him at seventeen and we were married 59 yrs before he passed two years ago. We lived a simple but nice life. We had a son who takes care of me now. I miss him so much. He’s with the Lord now. No more pain.
Carol. You TOLD IT LIKE IT WAS. I WANTED SO MUCH TO GO STEADY WITH A BOY AND GET AN ANKLE BRACELET BUT MY STEPMOTHER WAS RELATED TO CINDERELLA’S STEPMOTHER. BUT WHEN I WAS 40 I DATED THIS AMAZING LOVE OF MY LIFE AND HE GAVE ME THAT ANKLE BRACELET AND I WORE IT AROUND MY NECK. WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM. ❤️
A song cannot harm or hurt anyone. Elvis did not harm or hurt anyone. He was a greatest singer of all times And generous and down to earth , beautiful human being
I have to disagree that a song can't harm anyone. I think lots of ideas carried in songs are untrue or wrong and definitely influence at least some people in the wrong direction
Why do people take a simple and innocent song and try to make it dirty? At that time teenage couples that were "going steady" that is, not dating others, the girl would either wear their boyfriend's ring on her finger or on a chain around her neck, hence the song's name. Very innocent!
I refused to not date others so I turn every guy who asked me to go steady down. But I continued to go out with them. Just too many football, basketball players and just plain good guys around asking me out.
That’s not true. Anyone who was a teenager during that time will tell you that it was completely innocent when a girl wore a guy’s ring around her neck. Usually they had never even been on a date. It was just the beginning of teenagers flirting. It was before the birth control pill and society was much less promiscuous then.
This is absolutely nuts. I remember when i was in high school, a lot of girls wore a ring on a chain around their neck. All it meant was that they liked each other and were going steady. It didn't mean anything about pre marital sex. Besides they could do that ring or no ring. People just like to gripe about stupid stuff. I guess they have nothing better to do. 🙄
But my impression is that he really wanted be a movie star. And after watching some of his best scenes, I think he could have been as good as James Dean.
I knew a USMC Korean War Veteran (courageous Man) that pastored a mountain church in Oregon. He wore his girl's ring with his Dog Tags when he went ashore. He came back, married that young woman, raised his family, and was my Pastor in High School. A very fruitful life! If anything counted in life, that ring did.
I heard this song when I was 5yrs old and I was hooked. My mom bought me a little red record player and that 45. I played it so much, I wore it out. I am 71 yrs old now and still have that worn out 45. It brings me very good memories. There is nothing dirty, evil or decadent about this song. Get your heads out of the gutter and stop trying to dirty something clean and wholesome. Have some respect and let him rest in peace. ☹️
YOURE LOOKING AT A SONG FROM SIXTY ODD YRS AGO,WITH VALUES AND NORMS OF TODAY. LIZZO,AND JUST ABOUT EVERYVOTHER FEMALE "SINGER" TODAY,WOULD BE JAILED FOR INDECENCY, LEWDNESS AND ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER CHARGES WITHOUT QUESTION!!
Elvis was the greatest entertainer..he got backlash for his pelvic moves and now his song...way better than the crap that is on the radio today...I can listen to Elvis hits day and night
in the mid 50s and early 60s high school boys would give their class ring to their girl friend. It was almost always to big for the girls finger so she would wear it on a chain around her neck. It was a very common and popular custom back then ! hence forth, the title for the song. Nothing dirty about it.
In the early 70s she would often put tape around it to make it fit. But it could also be worn as a necklace. Didn't the guys wear the girl's ring as a necklace, too?
"YES" :) :) In Middle School, BEFORE the kids were old enough to Order their Class Rings, the local jewelry store sold "friendship" rings for $1.50 to $2.50. @@ajp2812
It's just something people like to do..throw shite.We Elvis,s fans know how genuine and respective Elvis was, people just love to talk pure shite they love to hear themselves talk .
As an Elvis Fan. . .I have GOTTEN SO-SICK-OF "priss" going on . . .and On. . .and ON about a "FRIENDSHIP RING" Elvis was SUPPOSED-TO-HAVE-GIVEN. . .her, when she went to School in Memphis :( :( Elvis speaks of TRADING "friendship rings" with Judy Speckles in a short black & white Interview! ! ! I agree with YOU ! "priss" has ALWAYS BLOWN every "little" thing(s) Elvis has done. . .out of PREPORTION(s) ! BEFORE Elvis became Famous, DURING and until his death ! @@DeeAndrews-g6k
When Elvis hit, parents thought the world was coming to an end! Little did they know that in 2023 he is more popular than ever. Listen to his Spirtual songs. They will melt you!! Absolutely beautiful!! He was a good innocent man. His manager Parker ruined him. Elvis loved him mother. Just listen to "Mama liked the Roses"..My son would say that about me too. Rest in Peace, Elvis. You gave us & still do give us so much!! Thank you!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So true, his spirituals fed us in 60 s and 70 s and even now. He always brought the fans to foot of the cross, that’s where Gladys raised him ! She was a loving woman who loved the Lord.
I heard somewhere that Elvis and his father would go out in his town and play gospel songs on the streets. And that’s where he started his musical training. Anyone else have any knowledge of that?
It was my wife's favourite song. Before she died of Cancer she asked me if I would always wear her ring around my neck. I still wear it 18 years later.
The people against this song were looking for any reason at all to NOT like Elvis. The reasons were ridiculous and I’m glad it was a successful record for Elvis. I love the song, along with most of Elvis’s recordings!
Elvis is alive. Look up Pastor Bob Joyce and listen to him sing. His grandson has an amazing voice and performs at Las Vegas. I heard him sing with Pastor Bob and you know Pastor Bob is Elvis
I remember this song and the era very well. I was in high school at the time. Wearing a guy's graduation ring on a chain around her neck was a sign of going steady. The ring was not worn on the girl's finger because it would have been in a man's size and probably would not have stayed on. When my father first heard this song he said to my mother that 'they're still doing this' and smiled.
It was a success because that's what we teenagers did back then. Girls wore their boyfriend's ring around their necks. It meant they were going steady. There was nothing "wrong" about it.
I am 64 years old and an Elvis fan since childhood, I researched a lot about him. Do you like Elvis or are you out to put him in a bad light with your videos?
This person must not like Elvis!! BOYCOTT this channel!! I will & will get many others to BOYCOTT YOU!! Shame on you for trying to make something out of nothing!! Those times were very different than now!!
I was around eight years old when this song was released. I didn't listen to radio much in those days, except when my mom had it on. My earliest memory of Elvis was when he performed on the Ed Sullivan show. I remember two songs: Don't Step on My Blue Suede Shoes, and You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog. I'm 74 and my memory is sometimes a little 'iffy'. But those two songs have stayed with me, because I liked dogs back then, and still do. And my grandpa had a couple of Hound Dogs. snicker. Regarding the Blue Suede Shoes, LOL, I was a kid who hated wearing shoes. And I didn't know what 'suede' was, but someone was wearing BLUE SHOES. Blue has always been my favorite color. EVERY shade of Blue. So that song stuck with me. I know I heard him singing over the years, but I was still a kid and most of his music didn't filter through my brain that was filled with childhood pleasures and treasures. But I remember him from twelve years and on. smh Still, I never heard 'this' song. Now, as to wearing a ring around my neck, ROFLMBO... I think I got confused and thought people actually had 'large' rings made for their necks. So, it's wearing a ring on a chain that is worn around the neck? Seriously?!! That's what the fuss was about? No one noticed before the song that some people wore rings around their necks? Did I still mis-understand? smh I was going to look for this song anyway. Now, I'm leaving before I forget it.
i agree , im a big Elvis fan since i was a kid im now 58 , sounds like b.s. to me . only controversy with Elvis I ever heard of and known about , was the way he danced , calling him Elvis the pelvis.
This is stupid! High school kids who were dating often exchanged high school rings when they were "going steady," which meant they were committed to dating each other exclusively. Back then, dating didn't mean sex. The exchanged rings were the wrong size, so they were often worn on a chain around one's neck. Often a girl would put tape around the boy's ring in order to "resize" it to fit her finger, but she could also opt to wear it as a necklace. Guys didn't have a way to resize the ring, so they would have to wear it as a necklace. There was no hidden meaning in that song!
Load of bull why would the school stop them from dancing to this song. just don't play the song duh someone likes the sound of their own voice btw it's a great song as is all of elvis songs ❤
Why? It's a good song "Wear my ring around your neck" Elvis Presley. I remember the day he died. Loved his music A Decent and Respectfull Man but like any Man born of Woman - he was few of days and full of troubles . May God Rest His Soul. May God bless all Y'all here.
This is a "crock". I was in high school when it came out and we all loved it but no one thought anything of it. We were already swapping rings of each other by then, going steady.
Elvis The Greatest Entertainer To Have Walked This Planet ! Music Is What It Is Today Because Of Revolutionary Elvis ❤ Like John Lennon Said, Before Elvis There Was Nothing !
Absolutely ridiculous! They also said Elvis was vulgar the way he danced. People just needed something to whine about to add negativity about a very clean cut man who sang gospels.
I can't believe "Cherry Pie" by Skip and Flip didn't get banned in, was it 1959? It sounds so obviously suggestive now, but maybe it went over the censor's heads.
Ridiculous... I was around in those days, and nothing wicked was inferred or implied about wearing a ring on a necklace... I knew one girl who wore her deceased grandmother's ring on a chain. Sin?.. Very nice song, and NOTHNG wrong with it.
Nothing provocative with the song lyrics, just close-mindedness and ignorance of the times back then, and people with agendas being self-righteous now. Elvis Forever🤘🏼💯⚡❤
Listening to your video. You mentioned this song ( Wear My Ring Around Around Your Neck ) was played in the movies you mentioned; Jailhouse Rock and Viva Las Vegas. Either I misunderstood something, but this song is not played in any of those movies.
Some people just arent happy unless their trying to bring someone great down!! Ridiculous!! Talk all you want , you arent hurting anyone but yourself!!!
Both songs Wear My Ring Around Your Neck and She Wears My Ring are both wonderful songs and whoever thought this is corruption to anyone should worry about what’s happening in the world today! This video was not worth anyone watching it! Everyone tries to take Elvis Presley down but with his fan base never wavering he had, still has & upcoming generations have as they become fans, Elvis will forever be the best entertainer in all of history! I miss him. I miss Lisa Marie. ❤❤️👑🙏🎤🎸⚡️
Thank you so much for this video it was simply awesome anything that's got to do with Elvis is simply awesome thanks a lot once again Merry Christmas hope you have a prosperous new year
Wearing your boyfriends ring around your neck simply meant you were going steady. People can take the simplest things and make them into something they’re not.
People make me sick. I wore a guy's letter man's jacket one day because I was cold. Little did I know but a rumor went around school that I had slept with the guy. Of course he did nothing to dissuade folks from imaging whatever. Years later, when I found out, I understood why a few people wrecked my yearbook with comments about their "disappointment" in my morals.
I find it hard to believe that this song was controversial when other songs - All Shook up ''There's only one cure for that body of mine and that's to have that girl that I love so fine'' makes a very obvious sexual reference and Jailhouse rock has homosexual references and is even more controversial but I recall no campaigns about those particular lyrics corrupting us all. There were mentions of Elvis being a danger to youth but that was general and not specific to particular songs. Of course they were right rock and roll was corrupting us all thank goodness. What I liked about Wear My Ring was the innovative arrangement where the bass would come in and get answered by the guitar - still sounds fresh.
I have heard that song many times and thought it was a peppy uptempo song that was very much in tune with Elvis’ style. I saw nothing sexual about it. Young romance, back then, was rebellious. And so was the popular music of that time and even before. This song was and is harmless.
That's ridiculous. Did the speaker in this piece do the research or someone else. This guy can't even pronounce Everly, as in Everly Brothers, correctly. It's NOT Ever-lie Brothers; it's Ever-lee Brothers.
The management of St. Louis radio station KWK, had all Rock 'n' Roll music banned from its play list. The disc jockeys gave every Rock 'n' Roll record in the station library a "farewell spin" before smashing it to pieces. The station manager, Robert Convey, called the action "A simple weeding out of undesirable music." A Minneapolis based Catholic youth magazine, Contacts, launches a campaign for "clean lyrics in Pop songs." Records they target include Elvis Presley's "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" because it promotes going steady. this gives it more context, and all it meant in the song was going steady having a commitment to each other
People can never be satisfied, they will always find an excuse to rant and rave over nothing, Elvis, Sir Cliff Richard my late mother adored their songs and at 64 i prefer to listen to all The Golden oldies than some of the cr....p playing on radio stations today, just wish I could turn back the hands of time
Wear a ring around your neck meant that you were wearing that instead of wearing that "class ring" on your finger, you put it on a chain and wore it there instead. Sometimes to hide a relationship you didn't want your parents to know about, lol. This happened before the days of thread and fingernail polish to "size" the ring for a smaller finger. It took lots of time to make the ring fit and a razor blade to remove the layers. Obviously, I am old and remember these things. 74 with 8 great grandchildren.
Elvis Presley produced, with rare exceptions, his own records. Steve Sholes was assigned by RCA to be Elvis' producer, but in reality had no such function.
I'm stumped as to why they found "Wear My Ring round Your Neck" too risque but not the earlier rocker "Let's Play House" which was way, way more suggestive. Weird.
Instead of giving a test after watching the video they should have a better commentator. I’ve heard of the Everly Brothers, but not the Everlie Brothers. Also, they should’ve checked the spelling , volume is spelled VOLUME, not VOLUMAE.
😂 By heck to rhymn with neck? By heck is a old Lancashire expression in the UK. Hearing Elvis singing is too funny. A million sales of this little ditty shows me that if he sang the telephone directory, he'd have sold as much. What a guy. ❤ It might be that it was racy depending on the age Elvis was at the time.
In 1958, a Minneapolis based Catholic youth magazine, "Contacts", launches a campaign for "clean lyrics in pop songs." Songs they target include Presley's "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" because it promotes going steady.
Not all seniors can get this grocery card unless you change your insurance to something other than what you already have.
As if people didn't go steady at the time. I think it was normal for girls at the time to wear their boyfriends ring around their neck. Our parent's generation didn't like Elvis because of the way he moved his hips. I was a toddler when this song came out.
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Amazing isn't it
I've only just listened to this song. Kinda nice, quite typical of many Elvis songs. I do wear my wedding ring around my neck, safer than around my finger. Two billion Catholics around the world with weird ideas of what's right or wrong, often trying to make their preferences doctrinal. Still happy to be Catholic, but, avoid such thinking.
I wore a ring around my neck starting when I was 15. I dated and married that man. I did not have to get married. I married him at seventeen and we were married 59 yrs before he passed two years ago. We lived a simple but nice life. We had a son who takes care of me now. I miss him so much. He’s with the Lord now. No more pain.
Carol. You TOLD IT LIKE IT WAS. I WANTED SO MUCH TO GO STEADY WITH A BOY AND GET AN ANKLE BRACELET BUT MY STEPMOTHER WAS RELATED TO CINDERELLA’S STEPMOTHER. BUT WHEN I WAS 40 I DATED THIS AMAZING LOVE OF MY LIFE AND HE GAVE ME THAT ANKLE BRACELET AND I WORE IT AROUND MY NECK. WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM.
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Sounds so much like our story. My husband of 57 years passed on March 27 of this year! I so miss him also! 3:29
I admire you Ma'am, I'm so sorry for your loss but you'll see him again one day. ❤
God bless you and your sweetheart. Hopefully you'll be reunited again soon.
Beautiful
Compared to today's songs Elvis was clean....🎉
Hello Sandra, how are you doing?
But our culture ultimately went down the immoral sewer.
We should have listened to those preachers. They knew what they were talking about.
Agreed 👍
Preach!
oh amen
A song cannot harm or hurt anyone. Elvis did not harm or hurt anyone. He was a greatest singer of all times
And generous and down to earth , beautiful human being
They would have sued Shakespeare for Romeo and juliet for promoting suicide not me I'm just comparing
I have to disagree that a song can't harm anyone. I think lots of ideas carried in songs are untrue or wrong and definitely influence at least some people in the wrong direction
Yes...., but did you know ? that every word that is said or uttered must be accounted for before God. (Word of God )
Yes, but did you know that every word that is said or uttered must be accounted for before God
Oh my God how crazy was that we all did it in the 70 nothing wrong with this song I love it ❤❤❤❤
Why do people take a simple and innocent song and try to make it dirty? At that time teenage couples that were "going steady" that is, not dating others, the girl would either wear their boyfriend's ring on her finger or on a chain around her neck, hence the song's name. Very innocent!
I refused to not date others so I turn every guy who asked me to go steady down. But I continued to go out with them. Just too many football, basketball players and just plain good guys around asking me out.
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Perry ‘Cummo’ & The ‘Ever-lie’ Brothers.
Because they need something to batch about.
Indeed...
That’s not true. Anyone who was a teenager during that time will tell you that it was completely innocent when a girl wore a guy’s ring around her neck. Usually they had never even been on a date. It was just the beginning of teenagers flirting. It was before the birth control pill and society was much less promiscuous then.
Its interesting. I dont knew about It. Thank you.
This is true….., at least as far back as the 60’s….sometimes we wore angora to match our clothes all wrapped around the rings!
Class ring was a biggie.
This is absolutely nuts. I remember when i was in high school, a lot of girls wore a ring on a chain around their neck. All it meant was that they liked each other and were going steady. It didn't mean anything about pre marital sex. Besides they could do that ring or no ring. People just like to gripe about stupid stuff. I guess they have nothing better to do. 🙄
It was popular even when I was in high school in the '90s.
.....nothin better to do than looking for something to complain and bitcha'bout.
Elvis will live in our hearts forever.
But my impression is that he really wanted be a movie star. And after watching some of his best scenes, I think he could have been as good as James Dean.
ELVIS, was a beautiful man inside and out, miss him more than words can say.❤
Amen 🙏
I knew a USMC Korean War Veteran (courageous Man) that pastored a mountain church in Oregon. He wore his girl's ring with his Dog Tags when he went ashore. He came back, married that young woman, raised his family, and was my Pastor in High School. A very fruitful life! If anything counted in life, that ring did.
I heard this song when I was 5yrs old and I was hooked. My mom bought me a little red record player and that 45. I played it so much, I wore it out. I am 71 yrs old now and still have that worn out 45. It brings me very good memories. There is nothing dirty, evil or decadent about this song. Get your heads out of the gutter and stop trying to dirty something clean and wholesome. Have some respect and let him rest in peace. ☹️
I am going to be 73 soon and I agree with you on this song. To many idiots today want to destroy everything that was good and wholesome.
Let it be as Elvis said. 😄
I agree with both of you too many people are doing that these days
YOURE LOOKING AT A SONG FROM SIXTY ODD YRS AGO,WITH VALUES AND NORMS OF TODAY.
LIZZO,AND JUST ABOUT EVERYVOTHER FEMALE "SINGER" TODAY,WOULD BE JAILED FOR INDECENCY, LEWDNESS AND ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER CHARGES WITHOUT QUESTION!!
Just shows that even the most innocent of lyrics can be misinterpreted - particularly when viewed through 21st century lenses.
Say all ya want. Years from now when we’re all gone…they’ll still be playing Elvis.
Elvis was the greatest entertainer..he got backlash for his pelvic moves and now his song...way better than the crap that is on the radio today...I can listen to Elvis hits day and night
There will always be people that put down for the sake of NOTHING. Bless you Elvis.
Yes!!!!
in the mid 50s and early 60s high school boys would give their class ring to their girl friend. It was almost always to big for the girls finger so she would wear it on a chain around her neck. It was a very common and popular custom back then ! hence forth, the title for the song. Nothing dirty about it.
In the early 70s she would often put tape around it to make it fit. But it could also be worn as a necklace. Didn't the guys wear the girl's ring as a necklace, too?
"YES" :) :) In Middle School, BEFORE the kids were old enough to Order their Class Rings, the local jewelry store sold "friendship" rings for $1.50 to $2.50. @@ajp2812
It's just something people like to do..throw shite.We Elvis,s fans know how genuine and respective Elvis was, people just love to talk pure shite they love to hear themselves talk .
As an Elvis Fan. . .I have GOTTEN SO-SICK-OF "priss" going on . . .and On. . .and ON about a "FRIENDSHIP RING" Elvis was SUPPOSED-TO-HAVE-GIVEN. . .her, when she went to School in Memphis :( :( Elvis speaks of TRADING "friendship rings" with Judy Speckles in a short black & white Interview! ! ! I agree with YOU ! "priss" has ALWAYS BLOWN every "little" thing(s) Elvis has done. . .out of PREPORTION(s) ! BEFORE Elvis became Famous, DURING and until his death ! @@DeeAndrews-g6k
@@ajp2812Or instead of tape, sometimes angora yarn was wrapped around to band, so the ring wouldn’t slip off the girl’s finger. Very cool!
Elvis NEVER said he didn't care about what people thought of him or his music as long as they bought his records.
I have never heard this before Elvis was a good man an respectful
Elvis was a pervert..
Dating 14 year old girls when he was in his mid twenties
Amen
When Elvis hit, parents thought the world was coming to an end! Little did they know that in 2023 he is more popular than ever. Listen to his Spirtual songs. They will melt you!! Absolutely beautiful!! He was a good innocent man. His manager Parker ruined him. Elvis loved him mother. Just listen to "Mama liked the Roses"..My son would say that about me too. Rest in Peace, Elvis. You gave us & still do give us so much!! Thank you!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So true, his spirituals fed us in 60 s and 70 s and even now. He always brought the fans to foot of the cross, that’s where Gladys raised him ! She was a loving woman who loved the Lord.
All so true thank you ❤❤❤for the time you took to write all this that is so true love Elvis. ❤
It depended upon the parents. My father was born in 1919 and my mother in 1920 and they were fine with him and Rock and Roll.
I heard somewhere that Elvis and his father would go out in his town and play gospel songs on the streets. And that’s where he started his musical training. Anyone else have any knowledge of that?
It was and is a harmless song. I miss the days when no one tried to make sweet, innocent things dirty.
It was my wife's favourite song. Before she died of Cancer she asked me if I would always wear her ring around my neck. I still wear it 18 years later.
Love that thanks for telling us your love was special for sure ❤❤❤
The people against this song were looking for any reason at all to NOT like Elvis. The reasons were ridiculous and I’m glad it was a successful record for Elvis. I love the song, along with most of Elvis’s recordings!
Hahaha The King he will never die, even the Haters Love this man...❤❤❤❤❤
Wise piggy
Elvis is alive. Look up Pastor Bob Joyce and listen to him sing. His grandson has an amazing voice and performs at Las Vegas. I heard him sing with Pastor Bob and you know Pastor Bob is Elvis
I remember this song and the era very well. I was in high school at the time. Wearing a guy's graduation ring on a chain around her neck was a sign of going steady. The ring was not worn on the girl's finger because it would have been in a man's size and probably would not have stayed on. When my father first heard this song he said to my mother that 'they're still doing this' and smiled.
It was a success because that's what we teenagers did back then. Girls wore their boyfriend's ring around their necks. It meant they were going steady. There was nothing "wrong" about it.
Some people have to complain about anything and everything.
I am 64 years old and an Elvis fan since childhood, I researched a lot about him. Do you like Elvis or are you out to put him in a bad light with your videos?
Well said Mrs I often think that myself about some of the video,s.
I wasn't allowed to listen to him. Never got a taste for his music. Nothing against him though.
This person must not like Elvis!! BOYCOTT this channel!! I will & will get many others to BOYCOTT YOU!! Shame on you for trying to make something out of nothing!! Those times were very different than now!!
I was around eight years old when this song was released. I didn't listen to radio much in those days, except when my mom had it on. My earliest memory of Elvis was when he performed on the Ed Sullivan show. I remember two songs: Don't Step on My Blue Suede Shoes, and You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog. I'm 74 and my memory is sometimes a little 'iffy'. But those two songs have stayed with me, because I liked dogs back then, and still do. And my grandpa had a couple of Hound Dogs. snicker. Regarding the Blue Suede Shoes, LOL, I was a kid who hated wearing shoes. And I didn't know what 'suede' was, but someone was wearing BLUE SHOES. Blue has always been my favorite color. EVERY shade of Blue. So that song stuck with me. I know I heard him singing over the years, but I was still a kid and most of his music didn't filter through my brain that was filled with childhood pleasures and treasures. But I remember him from twelve years and on. smh Still, I never heard 'this' song. Now, as to wearing a ring around my neck, ROFLMBO... I think I got confused and thought people actually had 'large' rings made for their necks. So, it's wearing a ring on a chain that is worn around the neck? Seriously?!! That's what the fuss was about? No one noticed before the song that some people wore rings around their necks? Did I still mis-understand? smh I was going to look for this song anyway. Now, I'm leaving before I forget it.
I had a friend who had a chain around her neck with any number of rings on it. She collected them from fellows. Most, if not all, she slept with.
I’ve read everything about Elvis since 1957, and I have never heard of this which is unusual in this case.🤔👌😎
i agree , im a big Elvis fan since i was a kid im now 58 , sounds like b.s. to me . only controversy with Elvis I ever heard of and known about , was the way he danced , calling him Elvis the pelvis.
This is stupid! High school kids who were dating often exchanged high school rings when they were "going steady," which meant they were committed to dating each other exclusively. Back then, dating didn't mean sex. The exchanged rings were the wrong size, so they were often worn on a chain around one's neck. Often a girl would put tape around the boy's ring in order to "resize" it to fit her finger, but she could also opt to wear it as a necklace. Guys didn't have a way to resize the ring, so they would have to wear it as a necklace. There was no hidden meaning in that song!
Load of bull why would the school stop them from dancing to this song. just don't play the song duh someone likes the sound of their own voice btw it's a great song as is all of elvis songs ❤
If this song is so bad then why didn't they banned it. This is ridiculous
Elvis Presley was the king of all music period.
He said himself he is not the king. He’s there is only one king and that’s God.
I wore my first loves ring around my neck as a token of our love for each other
As a teen when it was released, no one I knew thought it controversial whatsoever. Just more created drama...
Ring round your neck They went steady this way nothing wrong song great song
It's so sad that even when they use robots, they don't even bother to check the pronunciation of the words.
Leave the man in peace. Who cares about this 😡
Ty so very much for sharing 😊
Why? It's a good song
"Wear my ring around your neck"
Elvis Presley.
I remember the day he died.
Loved his music
A Decent and Respectfull Man but like any Man born of Woman - he was few of days and full of troubles .
May God Rest His Soul.
May God bless all Y'all here.
ELVIS Forever príncipe do paraíso seu reinado nunca terá fim amor da minha vida louca por ELVIS sempre ❤
Elvis is the KING of Rock and roll... If you've been to Graceland, you will see all the gold records.
For crying out loud--it was about going steady.
OMG!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!¡
It never entered my mind that this was dirty song, 😵💫
I don't remember it.
So many untruths about Elvis. A ring around your neck is not vulgar. Not sure where these stories originate!
It was called 'Teddy Bear' and not Wear My ring Around My Neck, that was a line from the song
That's what I thought.😂
My brother and his wife's song. They're still married too.
That song was beautiful people take things that are beautiful and try to make them ugly ❤❤
So even way back then there's been people who had their minds in the gutter!
Elvis is the king. I wish he was still around.
If you think, "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" is bad, trust me, don't ever listen to "Such a Night" by Elvis.
That is so beautiful ❤
Elvis was right and still is today.
This is a "crock". I was in high school when it came out and we all loved it but no one thought anything of it. We were already swapping rings of each other by then, going steady.
A great artist, he will always be remembered as king of rock and roll!
Elvis The Greatest Entertainer To Have Walked This Planet ! Music Is What It Is Today Because Of Revolutionary Elvis ❤ Like John Lennon Said, Before Elvis There Was Nothing !
It's my mom's favorite song. This video is just another clickbait from Elvis’ hater.
Absolutely ridiculous! They also said Elvis was vulgar the way he danced. People just needed something to whine about to add negativity about a very clean cut man who sang gospels.
A lot of women chose to wear engagement or wedding rings on a chain for various reasons.
I didnt see anything wrong or bad about that song.i loved it.❤❤❤
"One Night of Sin", "Blue Berry Hill", now those were raunchy. Drums on "Wera My Ring" are off the hook hot. What a snare.
I can't believe "Cherry Pie" by Skip and Flip didn't get banned in, was it 1959? It sounds so obviously suggestive now, but maybe it went over the censor's heads.
Ridiculous... I was around in those days, and nothing wicked was inferred or implied about wearing a ring on a necklace... I knew one girl who wore her deceased grandmother's ring on a chain. Sin?.. Very nice song, and NOTHNG wrong with it.
Love this man ... ❤ no hate to Elvis thankyou !!!
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Nothing provocative with the song lyrics, just close-mindedness and ignorance of the times back then, and people with agendas being self-righteous now. Elvis Forever🤘🏼💯⚡❤
I wear my husband’s ring around my neck since he passed 3 years ago.
We have come a long way from this kind of thinking. Or have we?
Listening to your video. You mentioned this song ( Wear My Ring Around Around Your Neck ) was played in the movies you mentioned; Jailhouse Rock and Viva Las Vegas. Either I misunderstood something, but this song is not played in any of those movies.
I wore a ring around my neck & glad I did.
I was a little over a month old when this came out. I was born December 27th, 1957.
Some people just arent happy unless their trying to bring someone great down!! Ridiculous!! Talk all you want , you arent hurting anyone but yourself!!!
Lotta crap!@ Elvis ❤❤❤😂😂unique, funny forever, authentic with the best powerful voice that ever existed...
Hello Maria, how are you doing?
Controversial.. My ass! Just a good rockin' song!👌
Elvis is still amazing 😅
Both songs Wear My Ring Around Your Neck and She Wears My Ring are both wonderful songs and whoever thought this is corruption to anyone should worry about what’s happening in the world today! This video was not worth anyone watching it! Everyone tries to take Elvis Presley down but with his fan base never wavering he had, still has & upcoming generations have as they become fans, Elvis will forever be the best entertainer in all of history! I miss him. I miss Lisa Marie. ❤❤️👑🙏🎤🎸⚡️
Thank you so much for this video it was simply awesome anything that's got to do with Elvis is simply awesome thanks a lot once again Merry Christmas hope you have a prosperous new year
God bless mr elvis Presley amen 🙏 🙏 🙏
Wearing your boyfriends ring around your neck simply meant you were going steady. People can take the simplest things and make them into something they’re not.
Not my favorite Elvis song, but I never thought anything negative about it.
Just ridiculous!
People make me sick. I wore a guy's letter man's jacket one day because I was cold. Little did I know but a rumor went around school that I had slept with the guy. Of course he did nothing to dissuade folks from imaging whatever.
Years later, when I found out, I understood why a few people wrecked my yearbook with comments about their "disappointment" in my morals.
I find it hard to believe that this song was controversial when other songs - All Shook up ''There's only one cure for that body of mine and that's to have that girl that I love so fine'' makes a very obvious sexual reference and Jailhouse rock has homosexual references and is even more controversial but I recall no campaigns about those particular lyrics corrupting us all. There were mentions of Elvis being a danger to youth but that was general and not specific to particular songs. Of course they were right rock and roll was corrupting us all thank goodness. What I liked about Wear My Ring was the innovative arrangement where the bass would come in and get answered by the guitar - still sounds fresh.
I have heard that song many times and thought it was a peppy uptempo song that was very much in tune with Elvis’ style. I saw nothing sexual about it. Young romance, back then, was rebellious. And so was the popular music of that time and even before.
This song was and is harmless.
What a lot of NONSENSE!!!
That's ridiculous. Did the speaker in this piece do the research or someone else. This guy can't even pronounce Everly, as in Everly Brothers, correctly. It's NOT Ever-lie Brothers; it's Ever-lee Brothers.
Who's the guy playing elvis in all the photos
Sign of the times. In my day if a girl wore a ring around their neck it meant they were going steady, nothing about premarital sex.
The management of St. Louis radio station KWK, had all Rock 'n' Roll music banned from its play list. The disc jockeys gave every Rock 'n' Roll record in the station library a "farewell spin" before smashing it to pieces. The station manager, Robert Convey, called the action "A simple weeding out of undesirable music."
A Minneapolis based Catholic youth magazine, Contacts, launches a campaign for "clean lyrics in Pop songs." Records they target include Elvis Presley's "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" because it promotes going steady. this gives it more context, and all it meant in the song was going steady having a commitment to each other
God sent Elvis to be a 😮 special guy 😢and he was awesome and I believe it was all God😊
People can never be satisfied, they will always find an excuse to rant and rave over nothing, Elvis, Sir Cliff Richard my late mother adored their songs and at 64 i prefer to listen to all The Golden oldies than some of the cr....p playing on radio stations today, just wish I could turn back the hands of time
What song? Play it!
God bless Elvis
Wear a ring around your neck meant that you were wearing that instead of wearing that "class ring" on your finger, you put it on a chain and wore it there instead. Sometimes to hide a relationship you didn't want your parents to know about, lol. This happened before the days of thread and fingernail polish to "size" the ring for a smaller finger. It took lots of time to make the ring fit and a razor blade to remove the layers. Obviously, I am old and remember these things. 74 with 8 great grandchildren.
Actually since it was the girl wearing the ring around the neck it would have been too big for her finger.
Hello, Elvis, has left the house
Sorry, can't sit through this again. Was it mentioned that the song featured in 'King Creole' and other Elvis films? It didn't!
Elvis Presley produced, with rare exceptions, his own records. Steve Sholes was assigned by RCA to be Elvis' producer, but in reality had no such function.
I'm stumped as to why they found "Wear My Ring round Your Neck" too risque but not the earlier rocker "Let's Play House" which was way, way more suggestive. Weird.
Just print the words. I guess I haven’t heard it out of all the songs I’ve listened too. Have no idea about that song.
Instead of giving a test after watching the video they should have a better commentator. I’ve heard of the Everly Brothers, but not the Everlie Brothers. Also, they should’ve checked the spelling , volume is spelled VOLUME, not VOLUMAE.
It's a computer obviously
A lot of people could be wearing a ring on their neck, it could have belonged to a cherished mother or grandmother !
😂 By heck to rhymn with neck? By heck is a old Lancashire expression in the UK. Hearing Elvis singing is too funny. A million sales of this little ditty shows me that if he sang the telephone directory, he'd have sold as much. What a guy. ❤
It might be that it was racy depending on the age Elvis was at the time.
The reason girls wore the ring around their necks was the rings were usually too big for their finger since they were usually the boyfriend's ring.