So nice to here about Elvis younger years when he was part of the gang. I grew up in New York City. There was no segregation in the Bronx. All the kids played together in the streets. Innocence is a beautiful thing. We did not see color. We were all equal.
@angelosworld01 Elvis's Friends always called him EP or E even when he was an adult, so whoever said he didn't like being called that, was mistaken. ❤
Thanks for reacting to this video; it was a lot of fun listening to Sam Bell again. Sadly, he has passed. I grew up in a large family of ten kids and we were very poor; peanut butter was a staple for poor kids because it was cheap 'back in the day;' and also nutritious. We ate peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, peanut butter with bananas & peanut butter with chopped onions sandwiches. Give them a try sometime; they're great.
@ paulasmith3179: What's interesting is that there are hundreds of statements from black people (artists, musicians, actors, civil rights activists, politicians, etc.) who met Elvis Presley personally: All of them only say good things about Elvis Presley. There isn't a single bad thing to say about Elvis. The statement: “Elvis stole music from black people, it never came from black culture”! By the way: Elvis recorded over 800 songs. 95% were written by white songwriters. Elvis loved black culture, but his successes came from elsewhere. This is a fact that you can read about.
This is how they made the movie Elvis in 2002. People were shocked to learn about the black upbringing that was featured in the movie thanks to Baz taking time to learn from Sam Bell. 👍👍
Thanks for your reaction. Good thing you found the interview with Mr Sam Bell. Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. Like you can hear in this clip, childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis. 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.
Actually Elvis verbally DEMANDED behind the scenes that the venue promoters and staff treat the black members of his band and crew with the SAME RESPECT they treated him OR he would not play that venue. Elvis' method helped to CHANGE EVERYTHING down south. It was the final straw of segregation as venue owners had to do away with BLACK ONLY ENTRANCES which separated the black from the white guests. And of course the black entrances were poorly lit, if lit at all. It was DEMEANING BEYOND today's understanding. Even the LARGEST PAYDAYS, such as the Houston Astrodome would treat black people inhumanly, even the musicians. Especially the musicians. Elvis put a stop to that. And the real CRAZY THING? Elvis never gave a SINGLE INTERVIEW or WORD about it. ZERO promotion.... he just DID IT. He didnt want no praise or admiration. He did it out of the kindness of his HEART, because he just could not understand WHY people were segregated. He took it very very serious even as a child, and as a teen, and when he became powerful enough as an adult he CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER in a very good way. Even in this interview you can recognize his morals and beliefs on matters of race. For example: Elvis calling his black friends' parents by Mr. and Mrs. ----- That tell you ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW that Elvis was raised to love everyone and treat everyone with respect and he NEVER FORGOT THAT. Elvis COULD NOT have been racist. Once you see interviews like this, it becomes OBVIOUS. Blues legend BB King spent thousands of hours with Elvis hanging out and playing music together, and wrote in his autobiography. "That man Elvis did not have a racist bone in his body. Believe me, I would know."
@@depper Re BB King: that's a bit surprising since he told Charlie Rose in an interview that he did not really hang around with Elvis much after shows. th-cam.com/video/aznpMRCvK6s/w-d-xo.html
Sadly BB didn’t do many interviews about Elvis. But he clearly extensively hung with Elvis. If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist', charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview. 'Then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history. 'Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite', King stated. 'I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing'. 'I'll tell you a secret', King winked and laughed. 'We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them." 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
@@jayeginn5963 The fact is that B.B.King only said good things about Elvis Presley. When Elvis wasn't so famous, Elvis Presley often visited B.B.King when he (B.B.King) played music on the street.
Love this video with Elvis childhood friend Sam Bell. About the banana and the peanut butter sandwich, i tried it and its delicious 😋 Thank you for your Elvis reactions ❤
I have never heard that Elvis didn’t like to be EP. He had jewelry that had those initials displayed in diamonds. I know he did not like being called The King of Rock and Roll.
Loved this love hearing stories like this, what great interview from sam bell about the neighborhood friends and the friendship with elvis... Great memories he had with elvis.. Thanks again for another great reaction
Elvis was 12 when the moved to Memphis and it is as his forever home state. Although he did go back to Tupelo now and then to do concerts or drive in the nighttime to show people where he lived and came from.
Take 1 banana mass it up with fork , then take about a teaspoon of peanut butter stir up in the banana . You can add about a tad of sugar. Then spread on bread. Still make it. It was a pour folks food. But it really was good
Before moving to the Hill the Presley's actually also for a time lived in a really rundown shack closer to the Shake Rags. They lost a second house in east Tupelo because they couldn't afford the paymements, and they really hit the bottom. Kids at school would laugh at Elvis because he lived in the porest black neighbourhood close to the landfill and his house didn't have a porch. He was also the only boy in school with overalls and no shoes. Moving up the the Hill they got a more comfortabel home, but most white people wouldn't have wanted to live there because it was in a black neighbourhood.
A sandwich Elvis also loved was white bread with peanut butter, bacon and jam, don't know if it was too jam. I skipped the peanut butter but had bacon jam and then I toasted the sandwich. I can say it's damn good, you can't eat much of it but when the sweet and salty meet in your mouth. I recommend and try it. One of the best sandwiches I've had try 😆😃
Yes grilled peanut butter & banana sandwiches are delicious very rich though I only have them once in a while but they certainly can be addictive that’s how good they are but not the healthiest nowadays especially as I’m older if I was younger I’d have them regularly! 😋
I’m 65. I grew up on peanut butter and banana sandwiches. (Still eat them.) My kids, who are in their 30s, did too. We didn’t fry them, though. It is so strange to me that some people make fun of Elvis for eating pb&b sandwiches. Like it is some personal idiosyncrasy. Just a staple for us. The question was not if you ate them, but if you mash the bananas or slice them. I prefer sliced.
This so good and yes Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are good. Put peanut butter and sliced bananas on your bread and then butter the outside and grill it like a grill cheese. Yum 😊.
You can’t get a better interview than this one to describe who Elvis Presley was in his heart. Obviously not a racist.
So nice to here about Elvis younger years when he was part of the gang. I grew up in New York City. There was no segregation in the Bronx. All the kids played together in the streets. Innocence is a beautiful thing. We did not see color. We were all equal.
That’s a awesome piece of history
RIP Sam Bell! He gave us beautiful memories about Elvis.
Thank you for sharing this interesting video with us!💚☀️
You are very welcome I can't wait to react to more Elvis related/ Elvis interviews
@angelosworld01
Elvis's Friends always called him EP or E even when he was an adult, so whoever said he didn't like being called that, was mistaken. ❤
Thanks for reacting to this video; it was a lot of fun listening to Sam Bell again. Sadly, he has passed. I grew up in a large family of ten kids and we were very poor; peanut butter was a staple for poor kids because it was cheap 'back in the day;' and also nutritious. We ate peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, peanut butter with bananas & peanut butter with chopped onions sandwiches. Give them a try sometime; they're great.
When people say he stole black music its not true. Elvis grew up in the black community so that was his culture.
💯💯💯
@ paulasmith3179: What's interesting is that there are hundreds of statements from black people (artists, musicians, actors, civil rights activists, politicians, etc.) who met Elvis Presley personally: All of them only say good things about Elvis Presley. There isn't a single bad thing to say about Elvis. The statement: “Elvis stole music from black people, it never came from black culture”! By the way: Elvis recorded over 800 songs. 95% were written by white songwriters. Elvis loved black culture, but his successes came from elsewhere. This is a fact that you can read about.
@@matrix5000100 this should tell how good they were agreed!!!
He did have black relatives. Good family!
Thank you!
Your welcome 🙌🏾!
This is how they made the movie Elvis in 2002. People were shocked to learn about the black upbringing that was featured in the movie thanks to Baz taking time to learn from Sam Bell. 👍👍
💯💯 there was an Elvis movie that came out in 2002 what is that called? Or you talking about the one that came out in 2022?
@@angelosworld01 My bad, I meant 2022.
Thanks for your reaction. Good thing you found the interview with Mr Sam Bell.
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory.
Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off.
As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. Like you can hear in this clip, childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis. 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.
Actually Elvis verbally DEMANDED behind the scenes that the venue promoters and staff treat the black members of his band and crew with the SAME RESPECT they treated him OR he would not play that venue. Elvis' method helped to CHANGE EVERYTHING down south. It was the final straw of segregation as venue owners had to do away with BLACK ONLY ENTRANCES which separated the black from the white guests. And of course the black entrances were poorly lit, if lit at all. It was DEMEANING BEYOND today's understanding. Even the LARGEST PAYDAYS, such as the Houston Astrodome would treat black people inhumanly, even the musicians. Especially the musicians. Elvis put a stop to that.
And the real CRAZY THING? Elvis never gave a SINGLE INTERVIEW or WORD about it. ZERO promotion.... he just DID IT. He didnt want no praise or admiration. He did it out of the kindness of his HEART, because he just could not understand WHY people were segregated. He took it very very serious even as a child, and as a teen, and when he became powerful enough as an adult he CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER in a very good way.
Even in this interview you can recognize his morals and beliefs on matters of race. For example: Elvis calling his black friends' parents by Mr. and Mrs. ----- That tell you ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW that Elvis was raised to love everyone and treat everyone with respect and he NEVER FORGOT THAT. Elvis COULD NOT have been racist. Once you see interviews like this, it becomes OBVIOUS.
Blues legend BB King spent thousands of hours with Elvis hanging out and playing music together, and wrote in his autobiography. "That man Elvis did not have a racist bone in his body. Believe me, I would know."
@@depper Re BB King: that's a bit surprising since he told Charlie Rose in an interview that he did not really hang around with Elvis much after shows. th-cam.com/video/aznpMRCvK6s/w-d-xo.html
Sadly BB didn’t do many interviews about Elvis. But he clearly extensively hung with Elvis.
If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist', charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview. 'Then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history.
'Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite', King stated. 'I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing'. 'I'll tell you a secret', King winked and laughed. 'We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them."
'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
@@depper 100% Correct! Anyone who says otherwise is a liar or has no idea.
@@jayeginn5963 The fact is that B.B.King only said good things about Elvis Presley. When Elvis wasn't so famous, Elvis Presley often visited B.B.King when he (B.B.King) played music on the street.
Love this video with Elvis childhood friend Sam Bell. About the banana and the peanut butter sandwich, i tried it and its delicious 😋 Thank you for your Elvis reactions ❤
No problem I'm so glad you enjoyed it I hope you enjoy the other Elvis reactions I have otw
I have never heard that Elvis didn’t like to be EP. He had jewelry that had those initials displayed in diamonds. I know he did not like being called The King of Rock and Roll.
Loved this love hearing stories like this, what great interview from sam bell about the neighborhood friends and the friendship with elvis...
Great memories he had with elvis..
Thanks again for another great reaction
Always 🙏🏾
This was the late 1930s to the early 1940s that he is talking about. By 1948 Elvis’ family moved from Tupelo to Memphis.
Elvis was 12 when the moved to Memphis and it is as his forever home state. Although he did go back to Tupelo now and then to do concerts or drive in the nighttime to show people where he lived and came from.
Yes I have had peanut butter and banana sandwhich...very good!!!❤
I'm definitely gonna have to try it one day
Wow,very informative ❤
Take 1 banana mass it up with fork , then take about a teaspoon of peanut butter stir up in the banana . You can add about a tad of sugar. Then spread on bread. Still make it. It was a pour folks food. But it really was good
Before moving to the Hill the Presley's actually also for a time lived in a really rundown shack closer to the Shake Rags. They lost a second house in east Tupelo because they couldn't afford the paymements, and they really hit the bottom. Kids at school would laugh at Elvis because he lived in the porest black neighbourhood close to the landfill and his house didn't have a porch. He was also the only boy in school with overalls and no shoes. Moving up the the Hill they got a more comfortabel home, but most white people wouldn't have wanted to live there because it was in a black neighbourhood.
Thank you very important fact that folks didn't know but would be shocked!
A sandwich Elvis also loved was white bread with peanut butter, bacon and jam, don't know if it was too jam. I skipped the peanut butter but had bacon jam and then I toasted the sandwich. I can say it's damn good, you can't eat much of it but when the sweet and salty meet in your mouth. I recommend and try it. One of the best sandwiches I've had try 😆😃
I definitely will try it one of these days
Yes grilled peanut butter & banana sandwiches are delicious very rich though I only have them once in a while but they certainly can be addictive that’s how good they are but not the healthiest nowadays especially as I’m older if I was younger I’d have them regularly! 😋
I definitely have to try it one of these days
I’m 65. I grew up on peanut butter and banana sandwiches. (Still eat them.) My kids, who are in their 30s, did too. We didn’t fry them, though. It is so strange to me that some people make fun of Elvis for eating pb&b sandwiches. Like it is some personal idiosyncrasy. Just a staple for us. The question was not if you ate them, but if you mash the bananas or slice them. I prefer sliced.
That's something I'm gonna have to try one day for sure
This so good and yes Peanut butter and banana sandwiches are good. Put peanut butter and sliced bananas on your bread and then butter the outside and grill it like a grill cheese. Yum 😊.
I'm definitely gonna have to try it
Je didn't mind being called EP it was being called King that he didn't like
He said the only one thats King id the man upstairs!
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