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    Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, rhythm & blues, adult contemporary, and gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He also holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
    "In the Ghetto" (originally titled "The Vicious Circle") is a 1969 song recorded by Elvis Presley and written by Mac Davis.
    A boy is born to a mother who already has more children than she can feed in a Chicago ghetto. The boy grows up hungry, learns how to steal and fight, purchases a gun and steals a car, tries to run, but is killed. The song ends with another child being born in the ghetto, and implies that the newborn could meet the same fate, continuing the cycle of poverty and violence. The feeling of an inescapable circle is created by the structure of the song, with its simple, stark phrasing; by the repetition of the phrase "in the ghetto" as the close of every fourth line; and finally by the repetition of the first verse's "and his mama cries" just before the beginning and as the close of the last verse. It is played in the key of B flat.
    "In the Ghetto" was recorded during Presley's session in the American Sound Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. It was Presley's first creative recording session since the Elvis '68 Comeback Special. Other hits recorded at this session were "Suspicious Minds", "Kentucky Rain", and "Don't Cry Daddy".
    The song was published by Gladys Music, Inc., Elvis Presley's publishing company.
    The song was Presley's first Top 10 hit in the United States in four years, peaking at number 3, and number 2 in Canada. It was his first UK Top 10 hit in three years, also peaking at No. 2. It hit No. 1 on Cashbox and No. 8 Easy Listening.[2] It was a number-one hit in West Germany, Ireland, Norway, Australia and New Zealand.
    As a major international hit, Presley included it in his setlist during his return to live performances at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in 1969. It was a staple of his shows in the first two seasons, however in his third (August/September 1970), he included it only once,[3] at the dinner show on August 13, for the benefit of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cameras filming the documentary Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970). This version started without pause at the end of another hit from 1969, "Don't Cry Daddy"
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  • @victormolina3601
    @victormolina3601 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Watch..Elvis and the Black Community. The echo will never die.

  • @paulasmith3179
    @paulasmith3179 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +202

    Elvis was born into poverty and he lived in the black community as a child. he never forgot where he came from. Thank you

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I didn't know that thanks for the info I appreciate it

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DaybombTV he was born poor to a white family, not poor to a black family.
      here is the clue. did his mother carry him on her back whilst picking cotton?

    • @DanBlabbers
      @DanBlabbers 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Today white america experiences vastly more pain than black America. White Americans silently carries deep burdens. Look at the success of Oliver Anthony. Millions of white working class are fucked

    • @christopherbilko9243
      @christopherbilko9243 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@DaybombTVelvis saw this grewing up in tupelo Mississippi abd he was 1 of 4 white families in the hood. The whote community didn't want anything to do with those 4 families and they abd their black friends were raused by all of their moms tsking turns while the other mothers were working. He also went to black church and he put on a fake liking face fir white peolle but he trusted black people

    • @Altruistic-Viking
      @Altruistic-Viking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@DaybombTVhe demanded to have the Jordinares as his backup singers, he would refuse to perform if anyone had a problem with it

  • @peggy5003
    @peggy5003 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Elvis was raised in poverty. He had great compassion.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I didn't know that thanks

  • @katinacobb2814
    @katinacobb2814 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You want a change, you need to change hearts! Elvis wanted to make a difference! He did with his music!

  • @richardpierce7819
    @richardpierce7819 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    Once when Elvis was in Dallas Texas he was told his black back up singers ( the sweet inspirations ) could not perform with him his response was " Heres what your going to do you are going to give them the star treatment or I will not perform " needless to say they were given the star treatment and he went on. This song was written by Mac Davis and Elvis was the only one who had the balls to record it.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bull$hit!

    • @terrygarcia897
      @terrygarcia897 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It was in Houston ASTRO dome

    • @tonys1836
      @tonys1836 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Very true, just look up interviews with the singers. He wouldn't let them calling him boss either.

  • @lillianthomas8445
    @lillianthomas8445 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Elvis GOAT

  • @betsyjonex9364
    @betsyjonex9364 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Elvis was raised in a black ghetto in Mississippi and went to a black church. He was an advocate. You need to watch "Elvis Presley and the Black community". The echo will never die. Also watch his tribute to MLK in the song "If I Can Dream". Thanks man, good reaction.

  • @user-tp6yp8cr5v
    @user-tp6yp8cr5v 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    excellent reaction, please give us more Elvis reactions

  • @marygammons3323
    @marygammons3323 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    From a third generation Elvis fan thank you for keeping Elvis alive.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thank you I appreciate it

  • @rhonda-FreeSpirit-65
    @rhonda-FreeSpirit-65 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis grew up in the slums of Tupelo Mississippi. I grew up in old Seminole Heights Tampa. He speaks the truth bruh❤. I saw him in Tampa in concert months before he passed. I was 12. He was a True Human Being ❤

  • @andrewc318
    @andrewc318 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The king

  • @cindyv1401
    @cindyv1401 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    THEN. and. NOW 🙏🙏🙏

  • @entaos777
    @entaos777 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis was raised and lived in the Housing Projects and his family was very poor! He speaks factS!

  • @djsherrard8904
    @djsherrard8904 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Powerful. 1974 but sadly holds true today. People need to stop pretending to all be deaf and dumb. We need to take care of one another now more than ever.😢❤❤❤

  • @carytakagawa2760
    @carytakagawa2760 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +119

    Elvis was a singer, not a songwriter. This song was written by Mac Davis about a childhood friend. He initially wanted Sammy Davis Jr. to do this song, but Sammy turned it down because he didn't grow up this way. But Sammy told him that he did know someone who did grow up in this kind of poverty - Elvis. So the song was offered to Elvis and the rest is history.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      I ended up seeing that when I looked in the description thanks for the info I appreciate you taking the time out of your day to give me some info peace to you.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DaybombTV sorry, that story has been edited to make Elvis look good.
      The real story is this. The song was handed to Sammy. Davis read the lyrics and said to Mac, wtf is a white guy doing giving a black man a song to sing about the ghetto? wtf does a white guy know what it is like to be black? and 2 wtf does a white guy know what it is like to be black and live in the ghetto? he then said give it to that white boy Elvis!

    • @matrix5000100
      @matrix5000100 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Sammy Davis Jr. and Elvis Presley were good friends.

    • @Sergio54321
      @Sergio54321 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Elvis wasn’t a songwriter but he changed most of the songs he recorded-changed the arrangements, tempo, and some words. He took pop, country, rhythm and blues, and gospel songs and turned them into rock and roll. Elvis had more talent, charisma, generosity than any other performer-to this day.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Sergio54321 you do know in order to change arrangements, you need to know how to write the music that the musicians are going to play right? the rest of your rhetoric, is just that rhetoric.

  • @db90990
    @db90990 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Elvis was born and raised in Tupelo Mississippi & lived in the projects in memphis Tennessee

  • @jofox5418
    @jofox5418 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    His daughter recorded the song singing along with Elvis and there's a great video. She too was touched by the words.

  • @johntalik5937
    @johntalik5937 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Also watch him in The ECHO Will Never Die. You will see his life.

  • @Jeri_C11
    @Jeri_C11 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    He bleeds his emotions when he sings. He came from abject poverty and was dirt poor. He knew what it was like. He went to a tough high school and was going to get beaten up and his haircut by a bunch of bullies. A guy came in named Red ( hair color). He said you cut his hair, you cut mine. He was a big guy (went into the Marines later). He and Elvis became close friends and when Elvis became famous, Red joined his group ( known as the Memphis Mafia). Elvis was so unique, he was made fun of back then, but he never conformed to match the crowd. I guess he showed those bullies by becoming a cultural and musical icon. He was one of two families living in a poor black neighborhood and his friends were black, his Church he went to, he sang in a black Gospel choir. He became a rebel later because he hung around the blacks and sang their songs in a different way. When they became hits it allowed the blacks to come forward with their music. But this was a time of segregation still and the establishment wanted him to stop and threatened him with jail. They followed him & took pic of him with B. B. King and Little Richard etc who he hung out with. They called him a vulgar white N---word. But he never gave up and fought back. Then they drafted him for 2 years hoping he’d straighten out. Well, history shows that he was never stopped. He reinvented himself every decade until his untimely death at age 42. His story is beyond interesting. If you’re curious, watch the Blockbuster movie from last year (2022) ELVIS. You’ll learn so much. Anyway, sorry so long. But thank you for sharing this with us. Another famous song about MLK and Bobby Kennedy’s assassinations which upset him so much, was If I can Dream, live in 1968 during his Comeback special. Watch or react to him singing it in the white suit and shoes. He is so soulful when he sings it. Thanks again. ❤❤😊🥹🥹🎸🕺🏻🎸🕺🏻🎤🌹🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks for the info I will be checking out that Live performance I appreciate you taking the time out go your day towrope some knowledge peace to you.

  • @Desertrat-uj4xk
    @Desertrat-uj4xk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    One of those back up singers was Whitney Huston's mom

  • @dorisbrown5528
    @dorisbrown5528 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis believed all people deserved to be heard. He was to play Houston AstroWorld and he was told he could his girls at home. Elvis said "if his girls weren't to come, he wouldn't play there. He insisted his girls be given the star treatment - they went he rode in a red convertible jeep
    standing up; his girls rode in the jeep and a little blonde drove them around.

  • @karenstrong8887
    @karenstrong8887 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You need to watch Elvis and the Black Community. One of his backup singers was Cissy Houston, Whitney’s Mother.
    Elvis was the only white man standing up for equal rights in the 50’s in the South. I would tell you what they called him but you need to see it yourself. No matter what he never backed down. When he was a little boy in Tupelo Mississippi he found a Baptist Church with music. His first love was Gospel Music and he didn’t know all of his friends were not the same colour he was or why he had to go to a different school or sit across the aisle at the movies.
    Elvis never saw colour or race, he was pure love. The world needs him today. Today I listen to the more than 220 Gospel songs he recorded when I work. He was inducted into 23 Halls and Walks of fame, I didn’t know there were that many. Know him a little because you will never forget him.

  • @AlienCatTweets
    @AlienCatTweets 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Did you see Cissy Houston in this? She's one of the background singers. Mac Davis wrote this song and Elvis recorded it in 1969. He was told it was too controversial but he didn't care, he grew up dirt poor in Tupelo Mississippi and his family lived in a two-room home. He sang in the choir at church from a young age and he loved hymns.

  • @justafanmiller7486
    @justafanmiller7486 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    Mac Davis wrote the song BUT Elvis added the hauting words "and his momma cried" Mac Davis loved the addition and we did too!❤

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Thank you!

  • @ednaash5330
    @ednaash5330 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do a REACTION TO (Elvis Presley & The Black Community - That Echo Will Never Die). You will understand

  • @jimgarvin6313
    @jimgarvin6313 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You so right. Thank you for understanding .

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for watching!

  • @SusieAnderson-ds7dq
    @SusieAnderson-ds7dq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Check out " If I Can Dream " Elvis' tribute to the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, after his assassination...it's beautiful!❤

  • @jeanettemccloud964
    @jeanettemccloud964 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Righteous Brothers -- unchained melody

  • @BrendaAgosta
    @BrendaAgosta 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Mac Davis was a wonderful writer.

  • @hillsboroughguy
    @hillsboroughguy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    What people today do not realize that it took a lot of courage to do a song like this back then and many told him not to do it. Please react to "If I can Dream" which was Elvis' tribute to MLK and RFK and "Elvis and the Black Community". Thanks

    • @stevedahlberg8680
      @stevedahlberg8680 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      💯

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      which meant nothing to Elvis.

    • @djsherrard8904
      @djsherrard8904 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes!❤

    • @brianloveless2717
      @brianloveless2717 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Umm, do you actually know anything about Elvis, by your comment obviously not.@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

  • @savageman2194
    @savageman2194 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    One of the reasons we love Elvis ❤️ . Still true to this day. He was a pioneer.

  • @zulmamorales402
    @zulmamorales402 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Listen to I can Dream! Whew! Also, his gospel albums showcase his voice!

  • @SusieAnderson-ds7dq
    @SusieAnderson-ds7dq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mac Davis wrote this song..tried to get a lot of people, including the great Sammy Davis Jr. to sing it, but none of the black singers would touch it, to controversial...Elvis said " that's my next record, son!" And a hit was born!

  • @pennywv8636
    @pennywv8636 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just ran across this, my all time favorite elvis song

  • @stacymoore9836
    @stacymoore9836 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Elvis was raised in serious poverty. He was born in 1935 during the depression. Then they lived in the projects in a apartment complex in. Memphis.

    • @stevedahlberg8680
      @stevedahlberg8680 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Indeed. And at one point his dad was thrown in jail for kiting checks or something and that left the family in an even more desperate situation. In the end it was the black families in the neighborhood that helped the Presleys' through.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      must have been hard for his mother picking cotton with him on her back.

    • @ElvisForever0910
      @ElvisForever0910 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Yes that is actually a fact. Look it up.

    • @stacymoore9836
      @stacymoore9836 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stevedahlberg8680 He alter a check. And was put in prison for 3 years.

    • @markmurphy558
      @markmurphy558 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One of his backup singers was Cissy Houston, the mother of Whitney Houston.

  • @kerrihennebury7616
    @kerrihennebury7616 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of those background singers was Whitney Houston’s Mother. Before this show in Vegas the owners of the club didn’t want the African Americans on stage to perform. Elvis said, if they don’t perform, I don’t perform. Period. As you can see, the show went on.

  • @cindyv1401
    @cindyv1401 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of rhe ladies singing is Whitney Houstons Mother ❣️

  • @stevedahlberg8680
    @stevedahlberg8680 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Oh yeah, and that backing female group you saw it were called The Sweet Inspirations, and less than a year before, when they were set to play the Astrodome in Houston, which was going to be a big show for Elvis, he was told to leave the black girls at home. Apparently he got so angry he was throwing furniture around the room. And then he called them back and said that if his girls couldn't be there with him then he wasn't going to play the Astrodome. And they gave in and then Elvis doubled down on it and made sure they got the Star Treatment, they got to ride in the convertible behind waving to the crowd with the spotlights on them and a cute little blond guy driving them. Kind of reminds me of Driving Miss Daisy, laugh.

  • @KathyHobbs-dq5bj
    @KathyHobbs-dq5bj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mac Davis, a cowboy from Texas, wrote this song for Elvis.

  • @chrispnw2547
    @chrispnw2547 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Sweet Inspirations are the black female background singers. The Imperials are the white male background singers. What is sad is black America does not keep our musical journey in this country alive. The MGM production of 'That's the Way It Is' chronicles the preparation for Elvis' performance at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Twenty Days and Twenty Nights is equally impressive.

  • @rebeccamccoy7294
    @rebeccamccoy7294 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    There will never be another ELVIS …Taken to soon.His daughter also❤

  • @andrewoleary9704
    @andrewoleary9704 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You REALLY need to watch “Elvis and The Black Community “

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I will be doing that one soon

  • @andrewoleary9704
    @andrewoleary9704 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Circle of life

  • @johnbiringer8123
    @johnbiringer8123 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Check out his record sales. It speaks for itself

  • @lindacrowe8428
    @lindacrowe8428 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mac Davis wrote this . Sammy Davis Jr turned it down saying he couldn't because he didn't grow up in the ghetto, elvis did.

  • @bertjones3067
    @bertjones3067 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis sang over 600 songs never wrote 1 but about history it's if you ignore history you are bound to repeat it thank you for your reaction

  • @kathyharze760
    @kathyharze760 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Elvis never wrote any of his songs he had writers though boy did he perform them he was one of a kind go down the Elvis rabbit hole for you won't be disappointed he did some great songs If l can dream Walk a mile in my shoes Suspicious minds and Polk salad Annie great reaction thank you 😊

  • @kerrypapworth1526
    @kerrypapworth1526 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Elvis was beyond great 💕

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The King!

  • @JoeNienaberNienaber
    @JoeNienaberNienaber 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Mac Davis wrote this song, he wanted to write a song about when he was growing up as a kid his best friend was black, he was white and they lived on different sides of the tracks.

  • @maryrogers4341
    @maryrogers4341 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love your response, you really missed a lot not growing up in the 70's

  • @JoeNienaberNienaber
    @JoeNienaberNienaber 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    look up a short doc. Elvis and the Black community.

  • @sgriffin2287
    @sgriffin2287 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Whitney Houstons mom Sissy was one of his back up singers

  • @eileenbaran7040
    @eileenbaran7040 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    His backup singers are called the Inspirations. When he came to the Astrodome to do a concert, he was told his singers couldn't go on with him. He said I'm leaving. They said we're sold out. Not my problem. So in the end his backup singers we're driven to the stage in brand new Cadillacs. He had no time to fight over racist issues and didn't play

  • @neraksirrah
    @neraksirrah 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Mac Davis wrote this song but Elvis added the haunting words "and his mama cried". Mac loved the addition & so did we! An Elvis fan, then, now & forever!

  • @ivansavoie3190
    @ivansavoie3190 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You should check out Elvis and the Black Community

  • @gedsmart7109
    @gedsmart7109 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The song that has a beginning but no ending

  • @1968sharada
    @1968sharada 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Sińce many years I let this song know to my children in the school, to show how important music and lyrics cold and should be. Teacherfrom Poland

  • @barbarabradley8881
    @barbarabradley8881 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The back up singers are The Sweet Sensations

  • @lloydstipe1034
    @lloydstipe1034 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ELVIS song in the GHETTO he recored in 1968 IN HIS come back tour

  • @anitawright7169
    @anitawright7169 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis knew what it was like. Being he came from those roots. Love your reaction!

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😊 thank you

  • @jayeginn5963
    @jayeginn5963 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Thanks so much for your reaction to Elvis (Jan. 8, 1935-Aug. 16, 1977).
    Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory.
    Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off.
    As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (th-cam.com/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/w-d-xo.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.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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  • @hollygolightly1302
    @hollygolightly1302 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's not happening again. It's still happening. This cycle is continuous. It's heartbreaking how we haven't managed to change it. 😢 ❤

  • @jennysmith9578
    @jennysmith9578 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Elvis’ manager hated Elvis singing this, said it would ruin his image, Elvis insisted he would always perform it as it’s truth and reality, he was a conscious man ❤

    • @rollomaughfling380
      @rollomaughfling380 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Elvis' 'manager' (if you can call him that) was a liar, a thief and a fraud.

  • @Aquarius69
    @Aquarius69 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Hi Daybomb, thank you for your reaction! Please react to Elvis song IF I CAN DREAM from his ´68 Comeback Special. Same true and currant words and Elvis put so much emotion, passion, soul and power in this song. it will blow you out of your seat!!! Fire, man, fire!!! Thank you. BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER, live 1970 in 4k, is another spectacular song!!! Don´t miss it, man!

  • @lgarnes1
    @lgarnes1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I understand that the song was initially offered to Sammy Davis, Jr., but he turned it down, saying he hadn't grown up that way, so couldn't give it the depth it deserved. He recommended that it be given to Elvis, who was a good friend of his, knowing that Elvis had grown up in a black ghetto and understood the vicious cycle of poverty and bigotry. He fought it every time someone disrespected his backup singers or crew. He had the power to shut down racists when they tried to oppose him. He was a very special human being. Thank you for your wonderful reaction. This was my first time seeing your channel, but I'll be looking for more.

  • @barbarabradley8881
    @barbarabradley8881 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Elvis grew up in the. Housibg Projects

  • @shawnblackwood1590
    @shawnblackwood1590 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Check out Elvis and the Black Community. It shows how that community influences him , how he stood for racial harmony, not just in songs but by his actions. Threatened to not perform at the Houston Astrodome if her black backup singers were not allowed in . He didn't see color he saw people.

  • @dianenewcomb4765
    @dianenewcomb4765 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    So happy watching young people discover Elvis! Please check out him singing If I Can Dream from the 68 comeback special. It's about Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy who were both assassinated. Elvis was from Memphis and had freat admiration for Dr. King

  • @user-br2sd7ul1j
    @user-br2sd7ul1j 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis was from a very poor family. He took a lot of risk singing about the ghetto. It was only 4 years after the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the world was in a turmoil. Elvis was a wonderful person, in addition to being the BOOMERS king !

  • @lillianthomas8445
    @lillianthomas8445 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As one dies, and another one is born, it’s like it’s an ever going cycle. No, he did not write his own music, but there were singers at that time that were too scared to sing this song and advised him that he probably shouldn’t

  • @lorilashea
    @lorilashea 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Elvis loved everyone. A kind, caring, generous man who was called The King for a reason. Please watch "Elvis in the black community" and "If I can Dream". He sang that song on his 1968 comeback special in honor of MLK Jr (who was assassinated just 10 minutes from Graceland) and Bobby Kennedy. He had the utmost respect for them both.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thank you for the info peace to you.

    • @bwana-ma-coo-bah425
      @bwana-ma-coo-bah425 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      why should he watch Elvis and the black community?

    • @lorilashea
      @lorilashea 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 recommendation?? Or maybe he can just get all his info from you since you know everything about The King.

  • @sherylmcclure400
    @sherylmcclure400 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Mac Davis ,wrote this song ,but no one was brave enough to sing this ,but Elvis ,Elvis grew up very poor ,and knew what it was like ,and he gave back ,and never forgot where he came him,,now his manager did not want Elvis to sing message songs ,now you need to see him sing ,If I can dream ,68 comeback special live in his white suit ,he just wanted peace for every one ,

  • @rhondadananay2106
    @rhondadananay2106 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When Elvis performed in Texas,he was told they could get him white back up,singers. Elvis said if his girls weren’t’ wanted he would leave. He proudly paraded them around the grounds in convertibles for all the world to see. These same backup singers always talked about how Elvis treated them like family. One of those backup singers was Whitney Houston’s mom.

  • @andrewbradley8895
    @andrewbradley8895 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis never wrote a single one of his songs that were recorded.
    His writers are varied and very much all over the map.

  • @cathybrookeburt2616
    @cathybrookeburt2616 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Elvis had lots of black people in his band & in his life. He grew up in a poor neighborhood in Memphis & the black church. He worked with Dr. King & the civil rights movement & his performance devoted to Dr. King right after his assignation is amazing. Check out "If I can dream'. Just beautiful. He also has many Gospel albums. And the physical movements are because he is a black belt in martial arts & he always liked using his moves. you must hear 'If I can dream' & then check out something fun like 'Jailhouse rock' or sweet like 'Love me tender'.

  • @lillianthomas8445
    @lillianthomas8445 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not only could he make you feel what he was singing, whether it’s gospel or whatever he was such a storyteller with his voice

  • @vanmamawannabe6360
    @vanmamawannabe6360 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Sweet Inspirations sang with Elvis for YEARS! One of the members is Whitney Houston‘s mama (Cissy).

  • @patticriss2238
    @patticriss2238 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We have fought all
    Of these fights before. With the same people. They can’t admit they lost. 🤷‍♀️

  • @Sch586
    @Sch586 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Whitney Houston’s mother was one of Elvis Presley’s backup singers. And there’s also a video out there with Lisa Marie singing in the ghetto with Elvis

  • @101scetch
    @101scetch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi there. New subscriber. This is the first video I’ve seen you do and was really impressed. Elvis was actually born in Tupelo in a very poor neighbourhood. Back in those days if you were a white family living in a predominantly black neighbourhood you were considered very poor. His house was more of a one bedroom shack that is now in Graceland Elvis had it moved there after he became famous. He was made fun of in high school because he had black friends and back then that was a no no. The one thing I really respected him for (and you can google this) is that he was due to perform at a casino and they told him that his backup singers were not allowed to be on stage with him because they were three black ladies and Elvis told the casino that if they didn’t come through the front door with him and the rest of the band he would not perform. The casino told him that they had a contract and Elvis told them exactly where they could shove the contract. They did reluctantly finally agree to allow his back up singers to be on stage with him. You have to admire a man like that especially back in those days. I have always loved Elvis but when I found that out he went up even more in my estimation. Thanks for such a great video, I will continue to watch your videos. Take care and blessings to you from England.

  • @sharonvincent4238
    @sharonvincent4238 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elvis lived in the projects in Memphis while his dad was in prison for a while.

  • @Nic-vx7fc
    @Nic-vx7fc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    React to If I can Dream by Elvis

  • @marion_R
    @marion_R 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    Sad but true! Still relevant to this day!
    If i only had the time, i could tell you many stories about his talent, humour, generosity, how many artists were inspired by him....
    I'd suggest to dive deeper into his legacy.
    IF I CAN DREAM is another strong song you might enjoy.
    Thank you very much for this reaction!💚🌞

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Thank you for the song titles and I am going to dive deeper into his music for sure peace to you

    • @stevedahlberg8680
      @stevedahlberg8680 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      💯

  • @thomaswisniewski6514
    @thomaswisniewski6514 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The temtion

  • @tanyahill2701
    @tanyahill2701 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My fave Elvia song - would love to see you react to Elvis’s If I Can Dream

  • @RobertMoore-mm9ub
    @RobertMoore-mm9ub 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    5:40 This song was written by Mac Davis. I also remember a documentary about Elvis having a concert in San Antonio, TX he was told he couldn't bring his black back up singers. He told them " then I am not coming" Be as big as elvis was they were like never mind the can come

  • @robbansa
    @robbansa 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    We want much more Elvis! Great reaction.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I will be doing more of the king.

  • @ronileigh9336
    @ronileigh9336 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Mac Davis was a song writer and a singer. He had a hit song Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me. He had his own tv show back in the 70's. You might want to check it out. If you want older music I can give many singers and songs. I just figured since reacted to a song Mac wrote. That you might want to check his music out.

  • @SheilaMatthews-zu6lm
    @SheilaMatthews-zu6lm 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The backup singers are known as the Sweet Inspirations. One of them is Whitney Houston's mom

  • @KlippityKlop1
    @KlippityKlop1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Sweet Inspirations., ( black girls) backed him, as well as the Imperials (quartet). This was 1970. Later on it was JD Sumner and the stamps Quartet instead of the Imperials.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for the info I appreciate it

  • @schlangenelixierundbarenst6340
    @schlangenelixierundbarenst6340 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

  • @Altruistic-Viking
    @Altruistic-Viking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Do listen to Elvis If I can dream

  • @yourdaywillcome5694
    @yourdaywillcome5694 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes he wrote this song

  • @hempchimp
    @hempchimp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You have an Open Mind Young Man.
    You have a Bright Future.

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you! I appreciate that peace to you

  • @jms1471
    @jms1471 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Watch the video on U tube, Called The "Echo Will never die", Part 1 & 2 you'll learn a lot about Elvis and who he really was...Also listen to "IF I Can Dream.".

  • @thomasmayes7091
    @thomasmayes7091 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    He’s the greatest gospel singer too walk the face of the planet!💯 don’t believe check out Josiah fit the battle, run on, if the lord wasn’t walking by my side, why me lord, swing down sweet chariot I’ve got plenty more that will put Elvis in perspective!💯

  • @melaniesander2569
    @melaniesander2569 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Great reaction on Elvis please keep them coming only 700+ songs to go through 🎶
    I recommend reacting to ( Elvis and the black community part 1&2 that echo will never die) not that long 12mins-it will answer a lot of questions and you’ll learn what Elvis went through..You won’t regret it!!!
    Please check out ** “68” comeback special ( If I Can Dream 3:13 ) white suit
    ** 1970 live in Las Vegas ( Suspicious Minds 6:19 ), Same show ( Polk Salad Annie 4:51 )
    Thank you for keeping Elvis alive! 👑🎶🎤🎸

    • @DaybombTV
      @DaybombTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      700+ songs that is a lot lol thanks for those song titles I will be getting into those videos real soon I appreciate you for the comment peace to you.

  • @shyba2011
    @shyba2011 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Whitney Houston mom..sang as a backup singer for Elvis..
    REMEMBER THE KING 1 8 35 🐕🕶

  • @kshores60
    @kshores60 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Elvis Presley knew what it was like to live in poverty he grew in tupelo Mississippi he went to a black church and was taught so much he never forgot where he came from he loved everyone and tried to help anyone that he could I just think that some people should do their research his twin brother died

  • @ricksurratt9034
    @ricksurratt9034 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Elvis has a plethora of the music he is in the country music, Hall of Fame, R&B, Hall of Fame, rock Hall of Fame and country Hall of Fame

    • @terrygarcia897
      @terrygarcia897 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gospel and the blues

    • @DarkSkies72
      @DarkSkies72 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Gospel hall of fame
      Memphis hall of fame, he’s in 7, I believe, rockabilly too