Reverend Brewster baptized me. he was a sweet kind soul we lost him October 15th 1987 at 90 yrs young i will never forget you sir. i love you. Awesome reaction love to you from the one and only Memphis Tn. I will never leave here i am 82 and i miss all my friends that have gone before me. Elvis was my best friend i will never forget out time together never. He was like me we never had a filter on our mouths. Elvis and i always knew where we stood with each other. TCB mean takin care of business.
Hey BFF, great reaction, you will notice in the video, you will even see black chicks back in the 50s going crazy over Elvis. He had a magnetism that transcended all races, the ladies loved him, and the men wanted to be him. Love you, my sis!
I am 80 and lived this. Back in the 50's white stations would not play black artist till Elvis changed that. He brought a lot of black artist to the mainstream. He was an advocate for many black artist like James Brown and Jackie Wilson. He was raised up in a poor black neighborhood during the great depression. He went to a black church and was great influenced by black gospel. He loved it and started out in gospel. He loved people and all the negative you hear about Elvis is from jealousy and hate. I loved your reaction. Thanks for showing proof of the greatness of Elvis. Be Blessed.
Whitney Houston's mom was one of Elvis's backup singers. ❤ And some places told him he couldn't perform if he brought his black backup singers. The king said, "They come or I don't!" 👏 👏 👏
I loved that bout him. Dude could have been like Julius Cesar and he would have thrown some crown on the ground and said " F*** This, Man! " He loved the Lord and let you know it real quick!
@@noelennon420 Amen to that. Aint none of us. That's why Solomon said " Remember the Lord, in the days of thy youth " a man is better off than being rich or famous
I'm biracial and was about 5 years old when I experienced racism for the first time. This was the 70s and a different time. I was in a small convenience store with my white dad. An old (he looked ancient to me) white man looked at me and then looked at my dad and said, "who's little n****r is that?" Without hesitation my pops says, "She was a gift from God to my wife and I!" And then pops leaned into the old buzzard and whispered something that I couldn't hear. Once I was older and we were talking about the incident he told me what he said. "If I see you out and I don't have my child, you better walk the other way or I'm going to teach you a rough lesson!" My pops was a badass till the end!
Ppl don't know what hardship Elvis endured when he 1st started out. He was called everything but his name. He grew up poor loved going to black churches was not racist growing up in the south (Mississippi) loved music of all kind & ppl.
All the people that worked for Elvis had TCB necklaces which stood for Taking Care of Business - it was a motto that he had and all the women had TLC necklaces standing for Tender Loving Care - he was one of a kind entertainer - love and miss him so much 👑💛⭐
James Brown loved meeting with Elvis to talk about music and life. When Elvis died, James went to his viewing. James spent all day beside Elvis' casket crying over his friend.
Awesome I was waiting for you to get to this video. It’s really eye opening and proves that this “GORGEOUS” man was definitely not racist and didn’t discriminate. But because he accepted the black community his own people turned on him. The beautiful fact is that he stayed true to himself and didn’t change or turn his back on the black community to fit in during that racist time period with his FINE A**😝🤣!
Elvis was SO important to the country. You saw all the old a**holes with their racist BS, and Elvis kicked them ALL in the face, and got so big that they couldn't hold him OR his message down. The funny part is, he didn't even know what his message was lol you saw the part with him on that phone saying "I don't feel I'm doing anything wrong", and he was being real. He never even considered feeling differently about skin color. WHY would you? He grew up in a poor spot. He grew up in the black community. He LOVED the black community, and his voice spoke loudly to spread love regardless of skin color, and that waas beautiful.
Such a Gorgeous Man! My favorite picture of him is him in his Army dress uniform in Germany! ❤😍❤️ You will love that picture of him pretty lady he looks soooooooo handsome I could scream! 😀
@@kshavon3098have you watched his song It’s Now or Never with the army footage to go along with it? Because it’s a MUST (both the song and the footage) him and the song are absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis. 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.
There is so much more that Elvis supported and cared for all people. This is only just a little bit. If you needed help and Elvis heard of it. He would help. Elvis gave ,Money, Cars, jewellery, Houses. Payed many bills for anyone. And so much more. Muhammad Ali. James Brown. B.B. King, Little Richard. The list goes on, All spoke of their close friendship with Elvis.
The Rock and Roll genre wasn't CREATED by one race, it was created BY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE of ALL RACES. Period. I'll go deeper. Elvis MERGED elements of white, Spanish and black music genres together and created a new style and sound that YOUNG PEOPLE OF EVERY COLOR AND CREED LIKED and YEARNED FOR. Not just white kids... black young people too. Spanish young people too. Young people period. It was a youth revolution going on at the time. Elvis is the only musician enshrined in these halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, Gospel Hall of Fame, Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame, Christian Music Hall of Fame. Rock and Roll was merged together with all these music genres: Country music, rockabilly and Honky Tonk are created by WHITE people. The first commercial recording of what is widely considered to be the first country song featuring vocals and lyrics was Fiddlin' John Carson with "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh Records on June 14, 1923. He was white. Gospel music was about 50% BLACK and 50% WHITE. The first published use of the term "gospel music" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white. BLACK musicians invented the blues. I love the blues. William Christopher Handy was black. In 1912 he published “Memphis Blues,” now considered the first blues song. My point is simple. Educate yourself. Rock music is composed of multiple genres of music. Black and white and Spanish cultures and genres ... and others too, are important ingredients of Rock and Roll and American music as a whole. The instruments and songwriters came from ALL OVER THE WORLD. R&R was YOUNG PEOPLE MUSIC created BY YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and marketed to YOUNG PEOPLE looking for a new sound and to revolt against the older generation.
Hi i just found your channek today and loved seeing you reacting to elvis this is such a good documentary cause for years people said elvis was a racists and that he didnt like black people and you can clearly see that race didnt matter to him he loved everyone he grew up very poor in the ghetto in tupelo ms si he knows what its like to be poor and he would give strangers he didnt know he'd buy them cars homes jewlery, his house keeper was a black women and he bought her a brand new home as a Christmas gift..he loved to share his wealth with everyone... Tcb stands for taking care of business he'd give his guy friends a necklace that had a lightning bolt in it which meant taking care or business in a flash he'd give the wives or girlfriends the same necklace but theres would say tlc tender loving care.. Not sure if you knew this but whitney houstons mom sang in elvis band.. I jusf subscribed to your channel You have a lovely start to your week😊😊😊😊😊
Shavon, watch the movie “ Elvis”- it’s fantastic and you’ll really get to see how he grew up ( in the Black church!) and all his influences. ❤ I love the old choir director in this doc!
TCB stood for "Taken care of Business" it was a favorite motto of Elvis's and he often gifted gold necklaces with those initials to his friends and family..
He wanted a signature to identify himself. He came up with TCB with a lightning bolt. In the early '70's when he signed his name on documents and papers it had TCB with a lightning bolt. It stands for Taking Care of Business in a flash because he was about to embark on non-stop touring schedules for several years. So he was having to be at different places in a hurry. In just a few years he added this symbol to his airplane jets, and had custom jewelry made and on some of his karate suits.
A TCB chain is a necklace that features the initials "TCB," which stands for "Taking Care of Business" "Elvis Presley first used the initials "TCB" as the name of his backing band in the 1970s and as his personal motto. In 1970, he commissioned jeweler Sol Schwartz to make 12 custom TCB necklaces, which he gave as gifts to his friends and associates. "
It is amazing to see how far society has evolved. Crazy how racist media was back then and people in general were. It is shocking hearing some of the footage but it also reminds me how far we have come. Great reaction as always.
Do you know how he learned to dance how amazingly? His black friends helped him learn how to overcome that way. I am not racist. I have had wonderful friends that were black. One of my favorite black singers was Ella Fitzgerald, I loved Whitney Houston too.
“I got my blue suede knee pads for him”?! Bahaha, girl you are my FAVORITE! I can’t wait to hear more of your little quips and jokes! Already subscribed after watching the first video I saw, and I’m excited for more 🥰
Bottom line... Elvis was THE KING. he was not racist... Had many ppl famous and not to vouch for that... He Earned everything he worked for... When it came to every aspect of entertainment... He did it all FIRST. thats why he's the KING. His life and ppl arpund him was only human and not perfect... But no matter what no one can deny gis mark and his talent changed the world.... TCB. taking care of Business.....
In 1972 (72 !?!)...Elvis was scheduled to perform at The Houston Astrodome and he was asked to leave his "black girls" home..(The Sweet Inspirations)..He told the promoter "If they don't play, I don't play."...Elvis rode those "black girls" out into the stadium in a convertible driven by a blond......😉
The daughter of the racist promoter drove, I believe! Elvis stood in the open-topped car, too and the Sweet Inspirations were seated in the back. It was a very clear statement without saying a word! There is some grainy footage on youtube of this event.
It really annoys me when people say Elvis stole Black music. But the likes of BB King and others never said he stole music. They loved him, EP jump started their careers
@Will-nn3pb: They say it because they have no idea or just want to badmouth Elvis. I know some people who go to every Elvis site (youtube) and always say the same lie (they know it's a lie). They (often Michael Jackson fans) just want to write Elvis Presley lies. The truth is that during Elvis' time there was no other white artist who had as many fans and personal friends among the black population. It is also a fact that there are hundreds of statements from black artists, civil rights activists, etc. who said nothing but wonderful things about Elvis Presley. There isn't a single black person who said that Elvis stole black people's music. Apart from that, that would also be nonsense. Only a very small portion of the songs Elvis sang (5%) came from black songwriters. All of his number one hits (world record / most) were written by white people. Little Richard: "Without Elvis I wouldn't be able to walk down the street I'm walking today"! Chuck Berry: "Elvis is the greatest. There will never be anyone greater than Elvis Presley"! B.B.King: "In the 50s, Elvis always came over to us when we were playing music on the street. Elvis Presley was always one of us"! James Brown: "I wasn't just a fan of Elvis, we were brothers too"! I can't think of the name at the moment that said: "Elvis has done more for us blacks than any politician in this world"!
Quincy Jones refuses to talk about Elvis to this day. Some kind of bad blood between them. Judge Joe Brown says that Jones has a reputation for sleeping with young male artists that he produces, seducing them, propositioning them, etc.
Elvis got black artists recognized and exposure . The beatles especially caused black music neglected so that they had to turn to own radio stations. Btw, Rufus Thomas was playing Elvis records on black radio, despite being told to not . He said all music belongs to the people regardless of color.
ELVIS LOVED JACKIE WILSON AND THOUGHT HE SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST SINGER IN THE WORLD. HE WANTED TO GET JACKIE A MOVIE SCREEN TEST, BUT JACKIE WAS ALWAYS BOOKED UP TOURING. JACKIE AND ELVIS MY TWO FAVOURITES ❤
In the first half of Little Richards interview, he says that he doesn't consider Elvis to be the King, because he has seen so many incredible and fantastic artists that were just as good as Elvis was that never became famous. They didn't put THAT statement in the video!
@@kshavon3098 TCB pendants were, in main, given to the people that Elvis worked with or his friends ... mainly men, their wives/girlfriends often got a TLC pendant, " Tender Loving Care " ...
@@jayceewaldner8505 1st. Hoffienz pavilion. At university of Houston. 2nd Astrodome, all in Houston. 3 Rd, where rockets use to play. Now it's Lakewood church. Can't remember the years. He was awesome ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
The only label I like to slap on people is human. I've been trying to live by that my entire life but ignorance makes it a tough, tough fight. We've also been indoctrinated, all of us, to classify each other. Fear is a powerful emotion that drives ignorance and the need to throw everyone in the same box according to the many labels we place upon one another. In reality, it's just not that simple... but it makes it easy for people to deal with their fear. I wish more people would take the time to learn about the beautiful complexity of keeping it simple. Sure, it takes work and will power to think differently but it feels so good as a human being. As one of my favorite bands said "When you lose small mind, you free your life." It's so fucking true. #seehumanbehuman I grew up with a father who looked and sounded just like Elvis so I grew up listening to Elvis. My father passed in March 2024 and I never thanked him for introducing me to this amazing human being. Thanks dad and I love and miss you so much.
Reverend Brewster baptized me. he was a sweet kind soul we lost him October 15th 1987 at 90 yrs young i will never forget you sir. i love you. Awesome reaction love to you from the one and only Memphis Tn. I will never leave here i am 82 and i miss all my friends that have gone before me. Elvis was my best friend i will never forget out time together never. He was like me we never had a filter on our mouths. Elvis and i always knew where we stood with each other. TCB mean takin care of business.
Hey BFF, great reaction, you will notice in the video, you will even see black chicks back in the 50s going crazy over Elvis. He had a magnetism that transcended all races, the ladies loved him, and the men wanted to be him. Love you, my sis!
THX BESTIE LUV U TOO
He did go to a all black church as a kid... he had that black soul side to him
I am 80 and lived this. Back in the 50's white stations would not play black artist till Elvis changed that. He brought a lot of black artist to the mainstream. He was an advocate for many black artist like James Brown and Jackie Wilson. He was raised up in a poor black neighborhood during the great depression. He went to a black church and was great influenced by black gospel. He loved it and started out in gospel. He loved people and all the negative you hear about Elvis is from jealousy and hate. I loved your reaction. Thanks for showing proof of the greatness of Elvis. Be Blessed.
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Now you understand why we love Elvis. We are the same people that love you.
65-year-old Caucasian
Santa Barbara, California
THX BABE LUV U TOO😘
I grew up having black and white friends. I loved them all.
Whitney Houston's mom was one of Elvis's backup singers. ❤ And some places told him he couldn't perform if he brought his black backup singers. The king said, "They come or I don't!" 👏 👏 👏
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He also made sure they had good hotel rooms and were treated well by the staffs, and that they were allowed to eat in the restaurants.
Elvis had a very beautiful soul ❤ Thanks
Elvis hated being called the King he said the only King is Jesus Christ
I loved that bout him. Dude could have been like Julius Cesar and he would have thrown some crown on the ground and said " F*** This, Man! " He loved the Lord and let you know it real quick!
well he can't be perfect..
@@noelennon420 Amen to that. Aint none of us. That's why Solomon said " Remember the Lord, in the days of thy youth " a man is better off than being rich or famous
Time for part 2 . Gotta roll up MS with my pads lol
TCB stood for 'taking care of business'. It was about Elvis's entourage who were known as the 'memphis mafia'.
King Elvis 47 years later is still in our hearts 💞
I'm biracial and was about 5 years old when I experienced racism for the first time. This was the 70s and a different time. I was in a small convenience store with my white dad. An old (he looked ancient to me) white man looked at me and then looked at my dad and said, "who's little n****r is that?" Without hesitation my pops says, "She was a gift from God to my wife and I!" And then pops leaned into the old buzzard and whispered something that I couldn't hear. Once I was older and we were talking about the incident he told me what he said. "If I see you out and I don't have my child, you better walk the other way or I'm going to teach you a rough lesson!" My pops was a badass till the end!
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I'm a 71 year old white guy that shudders at the N word just like you. Much respect for Elvis.
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I'm a 49 yo.female. White and let me tell you, I hear that word and it infuriates me!
@@paulr.3220 63 year old white woman and I feel the same way. People need to grow up.
@@lady4vols The spirit of those old black and white racist videos is still here today. It's called maga today.
K Shavon, I would suggest reacting to Elvis’s performance of, Trying to get to you from his 1968 comeback special.
I WILL BABE♥️
I was also hoping you would get to this video.
Love your videos and you.
Never stop being you
I THANK U FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
A fan of Elvis 🙌🎤
Ppl don't know what hardship Elvis endured when he 1st started out. He was called everything but his name. He grew up poor loved going to black churches was not racist growing up in the south (Mississippi) loved music of all kind & ppl.
Seeing these young black guys singing with Elvis is very cool...
I dream for a day race is not something we have to divide ourselves over.
All the people that worked for Elvis had TCB necklaces which stood for Taking Care of Business - it was a motto that he had and all the women had TLC necklaces standing for Tender Loving Care - he was one of a kind entertainer - love and miss him so much 👑💛⭐
James Brown loved meeting with Elvis to talk about music and life. When Elvis died, James went to his viewing. James spent all day beside Elvis' casket crying over his friend.
Elvis lived that song in Tupelo MS. It was offered to Sammy first and he said he never lived that, but Elvis did. That’s how Elvis got it.
Dang
Over here crying
Another get video Beautiful
United we stand divided we fall
Awesome I was waiting for you to get to this video. It’s really eye opening and proves that this “GORGEOUS” man was definitely not racist and didn’t discriminate. But because he accepted the black community his own people turned on him. The beautiful fact is that he stayed true to himself and didn’t change or turn his back on the black community to fit in during that racist time period with his FINE A**😝🤣!
Elvis was SO important to the country. You saw all the old a**holes with their racist BS, and Elvis kicked them ALL in the face, and got so big that they couldn't hold him OR his message down. The funny part is, he didn't even know what his message was lol you saw the part with him on that phone saying "I don't feel I'm doing anything wrong", and he was being real. He never even considered feeling differently about skin color. WHY would you? He grew up in a poor spot. He grew up in the black community. He LOVED the black community, and his voice spoke loudly to spread love regardless of skin color, and that waas beautiful.
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Such a Gorgeous Man! My favorite picture of him is him in his Army dress uniform in Germany! ❤😍❤️ You will love that picture of him pretty lady he looks soooooooo handsome I could scream! 😀
I KNOW HE DID
@@kshavon3098have you watched his song It’s Now or Never with the army footage to go along with it? Because it’s a MUST (both the song and the footage) him and the song are absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous
Elvis went through so much negativity but he never gave up.
James Brown set in with Elvises body for two hours crying.
TCB = Taking Care of Business - Elvis personal motto was made into a TCB logo that he had jewelers design into necklace chains etc
TCB was a logo and motto that Elvis created- "Taking Care of Business".
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory.
Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off.
As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis. 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.
Fantastic. React to Elvis and the Black Community part 2
There is so much more that Elvis supported and cared for all people. This is only just a little bit. If you needed help and Elvis heard of it. He would help. Elvis gave ,Money, Cars, jewellery, Houses. Payed many bills for anyone. And so much more. Muhammad Ali. James Brown. B.B. King, Little Richard. The list goes on, All spoke of their close friendship with Elvis.
told u shavon, remenber the king and tnks from brazil! u welcome cat, elvis =god
Best one yet . So good. ELVIS was a good man.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
TCB takin care of business . Always felt Elvis saw people not color . Check out Elvis the King Of Kindness , the man gave away a lot of his wealth .
Elvis forever in our hearts! A day no pass without thinking of you E ! 🪽❤️🩹
Great Reaction My Love 👍🙏💯🦾💪🏻😎
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The Rock and Roll genre wasn't CREATED by one race, it was created BY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE of ALL RACES. Period.
I'll go deeper. Elvis MERGED elements of white, Spanish and black music genres together and created a new style and sound that YOUNG PEOPLE OF EVERY COLOR AND CREED LIKED and YEARNED FOR. Not just white kids... black young people too. Spanish young people too. Young people period. It was a youth revolution going on at the time.
Elvis is the only musician enshrined in these halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Country Music Hall of Fame, Rockabilly Hall of Fame, Gospel Hall of Fame, Honky Tonk Hall of Fame, Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame, Christian Music Hall of Fame.
Rock and Roll was merged together with all these music genres: Country music, rockabilly and Honky Tonk are created by WHITE people.
The first commercial recording of what is widely considered to be the first country song featuring vocals and lyrics was Fiddlin' John Carson with "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh Records on June 14, 1923. He was white.
Gospel music was about 50% BLACK and 50% WHITE. The first published use of the term "gospel music" appeared in 1874. The original gospel songs were written and composed by authors such as George F. Root, Philip Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby. All of them were white.
BLACK musicians invented the blues. I love the blues. William Christopher Handy was black. In 1912 he published “Memphis Blues,” now considered the first blues song. My point is simple. Educate yourself. Rock music is composed of multiple genres of music. Black and white and Spanish cultures and genres ... and others too, are important ingredients of Rock and Roll and American music as a whole.
The instruments and songwriters came from ALL OVER THE WORLD. R&R was YOUNG PEOPLE MUSIC created BY YOUNG PEOPLE of all races and marketed to YOUNG PEOPLE looking for a new sound and to revolt against the older generation.
Hi i just found your channek today and loved seeing you reacting to elvis this is such a good documentary cause for years people said elvis was a racists and that he didnt like black people and you can clearly see that race didnt matter to him he loved everyone he grew up very poor in the ghetto in tupelo ms si he knows what its like to be poor and he would give strangers he didnt know he'd buy them cars homes jewlery, his house keeper was a black women and he bought her a brand new home as a Christmas gift..he loved to share his wealth with everyone...
Tcb stands for taking care of business he'd give his guy friends a necklace that had a lightning bolt in it which meant taking care or business in a flash he'd give the wives or girlfriends the same necklace but theres would say tlc tender loving care..
Not sure if you knew this but whitney houstons mom sang in elvis band..
I jusf subscribed to your channel
You have a lovely start to your week😊😊😊😊😊
THANK U MY NEW BFF😘🙏🏾
Elvis = Love ♥
I’m with you ❤
TCB means Taking Care of Business in a flash, God Bless pretty lady. ❤
Luv all your reactions BFF! Let's continue luvin each other and music❤❤
THX BESTIE ILY2😘
Shavon, watch the movie “ Elvis”- it’s fantastic and you’ll really get to see how he grew up ( in the Black church!) and all his influences. ❤
I love the old choir director in this doc!
BET♥️
TCB stood for "Taken care of Business" it was a favorite motto of Elvis's and he often gifted gold necklaces with those initials to his friends and family..
He wanted a signature to identify himself. He came up with TCB with a lightning bolt. In the early '70's when he signed his name on documents and papers it had TCB with a lightning bolt. It stands for Taking Care of Business in a flash because he was about to embark on non-stop touring schedules for several years. So he was having to be at different places in a hurry. In just a few years he added this symbol to his airplane jets, and had custom jewelry made and on some of his karate suits.
That echo will never die ❤
Rufus Thomas, was part of Stax records. Along with his daughter, Carla Thomas. Check out, funky, chicken that’s Rufus Thomas.
We still need to come together and love one another for our character. Fuck racism. Much love to you all, sincerely. 💗
Elves' favorite music was Gospel!😊
Awesome video yeah 👍😎🤘
"TCB" Taken care of Business. Love the videos KShavon God Bless
THX STEVE
A TCB chain is a necklace that features the initials "TCB," which stands for "Taking Care of Business"
"Elvis Presley first used the initials "TCB" as the name of his backing band in the 1970s and as his personal motto. In 1970, he commissioned jeweler Sol Schwartz to make 12 custom TCB necklaces, which he gave as gifts to his friends and associates. "
Elvis said many times that he liked all types
of music. He had records from all types.
Elvis was the man, he got a lot of hate but even more love ❤❤❤
Truth!
You should react to Elvis Presley -The Wonder of You, when you have the time
WAS HOPING YOU GET TO THIS
It is amazing to see how far society has evolved. Crazy how racist media was back then and people in general were. It is shocking hearing some of the footage but it also reminds me how far we have come. Great reaction as always.
THX BABE
TCB= Taking Care of Business, and it was Elvis’s crew of friends
TCB means Taking Care of Business. Long Live the King!
I love your reaction and you speak truth
Elvis was and is number one !! In modern day , he lives on !! Harris - Walz 2024 !!
The King of Rock and Roll! "Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.” - Elvis Presley
Great reaction ❤
ELVIS IS THE MAN.........
Great review! This one is your most powerful yet. It touches us all a part of the human race
TCB 'Taking Care of Buisness' love ur reactions...keep it up ;)
THX BABE
TCB - Taking Care of Business
TCB Takin Care of Binness👍👍
Has a part 2 to this which I think you'd like to watch.
Thank you! ❤Elvis
TCB
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Taking care of Business
Do you know how he learned to dance how amazingly? His black friends helped him learn how to overcome that way. I am not racist. I have had wonderful friends that were black. One of my favorite black singers was Ella Fitzgerald, I loved Whitney Houston too.
TCB...TAKING CARE OF BUISNESS 😊⚡❤
“I got my blue suede knee pads for him”?! Bahaha, girl you are my FAVORITE! I can’t wait to hear more of your little quips and jokes! Already subscribed after watching the first video I saw, and I’m excited for more 🥰
LOL HEY BEST FRIEND 😘🙏🏾
I'm a Memphis girl. Elvis never forgot where he came from. 😎
Elvis the King!
Bottom line... Elvis was THE KING. he was not racist... Had many ppl famous and not to vouch for that... He Earned everything he worked for... When it came to every aspect of entertainment... He did it all FIRST. thats why he's the KING. His life and ppl arpund him was only human and not perfect... But no matter what no one can deny gis mark and his talent changed the world.... TCB. taking care of Business.....
Part 2
In 1972 (72 !?!)...Elvis was scheduled to perform at The Houston Astrodome and he was asked to leave his "black girls" home..(The Sweet Inspirations)..He told the promoter "If they don't play, I don't play."...Elvis rode those "black girls" out into the stadium in a convertible driven by a blond......😉
The daughter of the racist promoter drove, I believe! Elvis stood in the open-topped car, too and the Sweet Inspirations were seated in the back. It was a very clear statement without saying a word! There is some grainy footage on youtube of this event.
It really annoys me when people say Elvis stole Black music. But the likes of BB King and others never said he stole music. They loved him, EP jump started their careers
@Will-nn3pb: They say it because they have no idea or just want to badmouth Elvis. I know some people who go to every Elvis site (youtube) and always say the same lie (they know it's a lie). They (often Michael Jackson fans) just want to write Elvis Presley lies. The truth is that during Elvis' time there was no other white artist who had as many fans and personal friends among the black population. It is also a fact that there are hundreds of statements from black artists, civil rights activists, etc. who said nothing but wonderful things about Elvis Presley. There isn't a single black person who said that Elvis stole black people's music. Apart from that, that would also be nonsense. Only a very small portion of the songs Elvis sang (5%) came from black songwriters. All of his number one hits (world record / most) were written by white people. Little Richard: "Without Elvis I wouldn't be able to walk down the street I'm walking today"! Chuck Berry: "Elvis is the greatest. There will never be anyone greater than Elvis Presley"! B.B.King: "In the 50s, Elvis always came over to us when we were playing music on the street. Elvis Presley was always one of us"! James Brown: "I wasn't just a fan of Elvis, we were brothers too"! I can't think of the name at the moment that said: "Elvis has done more for us blacks than any politician in this world"!
WOW this is my first time here but not my last . God bless you
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There's a part 2 you should check out.
E was the Real OG!REAL TALK.TCB,Taking Care of Buisness!
I believe Jet magazine was the one that started spreading bad rumors about Elvis. Dr Dre was also spreading hate about Elvis.
Jet were the ones who debunked it. Said trying to trace down the origin of the rumor was like running a gopher to earth.
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones refuses to talk about Elvis to this day. Some kind of bad blood between them. Judge Joe Brown says that Jones has a reputation for sleeping with young male artists that he produces, seducing them, propositioning them, etc.
Great job👍😎
Elvis got black artists recognized and exposure . The beatles especially caused black music neglected so that they had to turn to own radio stations. Btw, Rufus Thomas was playing Elvis records on black radio, despite being told to not . He said all music belongs to the people regardless of color.
Both the Beatles and Elvis always gave credit and praise to their African American influences. They did lots of covers too
Please React To Elvis Presley And The Black Community Part 2.
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ELVIS LOVED JACKIE WILSON AND THOUGHT HE SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST SINGER IN THE WORLD. HE WANTED TO GET JACKIE A MOVIE SCREEN TEST, BUT JACKIE WAS ALWAYS BOOKED UP TOURING. JACKIE AND ELVIS MY TWO FAVOURITES ❤
Oooo She pretty....That's Whitney Houston's MOM!!!!!!!
There is part 2
Love Elvis Presley 😍
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In the first half of Little Richards interview, he says that he doesn't consider Elvis to be the King, because he has seen so many incredible and fantastic artists that were just as good as Elvis was that never became famous. They didn't put THAT statement in the video!
You would love it
T.c.b. Taking care of business. My husband is a super Elvis fan. 👍❤️🔥❤️🔥. I've seen Elvis in concert 3 different times. He was gorgeous 🥰🥰🥰🥰
DANG I WISH I WAS BORN BACK THEN
@@kshavon3098 TCB pendants were, in main, given to the people that Elvis worked with or his friends ... mainly men, their wives/girlfriends often got a TLC pendant, " Tender Loving Care " ...
Where and when did you see him perform? I wish I could’ve seen him live tooo😭😭
@@jayceewaldner8505 1st. Hoffienz pavilion. At university of Houston. 2nd Astrodome, all in Houston. 3 Rd, where rockets use to play. Now it's Lakewood church. Can't remember the years. He was awesome ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
The only label I like to slap on people is human. I've been trying to live by that my entire life but ignorance makes it a tough, tough fight. We've also been indoctrinated, all of us, to classify each other. Fear is a powerful emotion that drives ignorance and the need to throw everyone in the same box according to the many labels we place upon one another. In reality, it's just not that simple... but it makes it easy for people to deal with their fear. I wish more people would take the time to learn about the beautiful complexity of keeping it simple. Sure, it takes work and will power to think differently but it feels so good as a human being. As one of my favorite bands said "When you lose small mind, you free your life." It's so fucking true. #seehumanbehuman
I grew up with a father who looked and sounded just like Elvis so I grew up listening to Elvis. My father passed in March 2024 and I never thanked him for introducing me to this amazing human being. Thanks dad and I love and miss you so much.
HEY BABE WELL SAID, AND SORRY FOR UR LOSS💔
@@kshavon3098 Thank you babes. Sorry to get so serious on your channel. 😅😅
@WonderMommaOG NO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND LOL I GET LIKE THAT SOMETIMES TOO
The biggest Star ever