You are so cute!! I love watching you watch Elvis. He was something wasn't he?? Even better and more handsome in person. Thanks for your Elvis reactions. They are so fun!!!❤❤❤
Never get tired of seeing this, it's so interesting. I can't remember if I've seen you react to Suspicious Minds 1970 live in Vegas in the white jumpsuit. It's just a rollicking adventure basically, laugh.
A very electrifying reaction 🕺! Might have been a phone number ☎or message 📝. She shot her shot at Elvis 🤩. lol I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds, Too Much, Love Me, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, Ready Teddy, Blue Suede Shoes, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again and My Way. Polk Salad Annie is a 1968 song written and performed by Tony Joe White. It was produced by Billy Swan. It peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 in 1969. Elvis Presley picked up the song, and it became a staple of his live performances during the 1970s. Elvis Presley's February 1970 live recording became the only version of the song to chart in the UK (#23) and Ireland (#16). Traditionally, the term to describe the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke salad, a cooked greens dish made from pokeweed. The song vividly recreates the Southern roots of Tony Joe White's childhood and his music reflects this earthy rural background. As a child he listened not only to local bluesmen and country singers but also to the Cajun music of Louisiana, the hybrid of traditional musical styles introduced by French settlers at the turn of the century. In the song, after gathering the leaves, Annie drags them home in a 'tote sack'. The alligators are used to her antics, despite the fact that they were chomping the Granny. Her mother worked in a chain gang, while her father was lazy and no-count, with a bad back, and her brothers were stealing the watermelons of out the narrator's truck patch. The song's intro is spoken, as well as the lines between the chorus, the other 2 verses, and the outro. White makes grunting and other nonsensical noises, especially towards the ending of the instrumental as well as the outro. In a January 17, 2014, interview with music journalist Ray Shasho, Tony Joe White explained the thought process behind the writing of the songs: "Polk Salad Annie" and "Rainy Night In Georgia". I heard "Ode To Billie Joe" on the radio and I thought, man, how real, because I am Billie Joe, I know that life. I've been in the cotton fields. So I thought if I ever tried to write, I'm going to write about something I know about. At that time I was doing a lot of Elvis and John Lee Hooker onstage with my drummer. No original songs and I hadn't really thought about it. But after I heard Bobbie Gentry I sat down and thought … well I know about polk because I had ate a bunch of it and I knew about rainy nights because I spent a lot of rainy nights in Marietta, Georgia. So I was real lucky with my first tries to write something that was not only real and hit pretty close to the bone, but lasted that long. So it was kind of a guide for me then on through life to always try to write what I know about. Elvis Presley played the song at many of his concerts, including a performance on February 18, 1970 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas that was included on his live album: On Stage (1970). For Tony Joe White, this was a thrill, since he performed a lot of Elvis Presley songs when he first started out. Elvis Presley arranged for Tony Joe White, who was living in Memphis at the time, to fly to Las Vegas so he could be in the audience for the concerts that were compiled into his live album: On Stage (1970). "They recorded it, like, six, seven nights in a row, so every night after the show, we would sit back in the dressing room and talk and hang out", Tony Joe White told us. "He had an old acoustic guitar back there and he would always get me to play him an old blues lick or something. And then he would try and learn it. He loved guitar but he really didn't play it a lot. He treated me really good, though, every time I was around him". In 2014, Tony Joe White performed the song with Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters on Late Show With David Letterman. Elvis Presley's rendition was issued on several albums including 📀: On Stage (1970) Elvis: That's The Way It Is *Documentary (1970) Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (1972) Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters (1995) Best Of Artist Of The Century (2000) Elvis 75 (2010) Though not originally on the album: Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (1974), it was put on the legacy edition of that album in 2014. The song was performed at the Memphis concert from which the album was taken. The song has been covered by some artists including 📻: James Burton, Clarence Reid, Tom Jones, Los Lonely Boys, Joe Dassin, Dutch Mason, Jimmie Van Zant, Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, Richard "Groove" Holmes and more. Elvis Presley Info 📰: Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy. Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country. Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth. In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special: Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. ***CONTINUE BELOW***
Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation". Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis 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, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the top ten with 76. As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut. As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27). Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit. In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor. In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone . In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida. Miscellaneous Info 🗃: Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready. On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery. Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com. Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺: Elvis (1968) Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973) Elvis In Concert (1977) Elvis Presley Filmography 📽: Love Me Tender (1956) Loving You (1957) Jailhouse Rock (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Flaming Star (1960) Wild In The Country (1961) Blue Hawaii (1961) Follow That Dream (1962) Kid Galahad (1962) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun In Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Viva Las Vegas (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Tickle Me (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Stay Away, Joe (1968) Speedway (1968) Live A Little, Love A Little (1968) Charro! (1969) The Trouble With Girls (1969) Change Of Habit (1969) Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬: Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973) Elvis In Hollywood (1977) Elvis (1979) Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981) This Is Elvis (1981) Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984) Elvis: One Night With You (1985) Elvis '56 (1985) Elvis: His Life And Times (1987) Heartbreak Hotel (1988) Elvis And Me (1988) Elvis Is Alive (1988) Elvis: The Great Performances (1990) Elvis (1990) America Comes To Graceland (1993) Elvis: The Tribute (1994) Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995) Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996) Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) Finding Graceland (1999) He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999) Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001) Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001) A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002) Elvis Lives (2002) 200 Cadillacs (2002) Elvis (2005) Elvis By The Presleys (2005) Viva Elvis (2007) Protecting The King (2007) Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009) Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009) Elvis & Nixon (2016) Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) The King (2018) ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀: Elvis Presley (1956) Elvis (1956) Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) Elvis Is Back! (1960) His Hand In Mine (1960) Something For Everybody (1961) Pot Luck (1962) Elvis For Everyone! (1965) How Great Thou Art (1967) From Elvis In Memphis (1969) From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969) That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971) Love Letters From Elvis (1971) Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971) Elvis Now (1972) He Touched Me (1972) Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973) Good Times (1974) Promised Land (1975) Today (1975) From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976) Moody Blue (1977) Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀: Loving You (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Blue Hawaii (1961) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun in Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Speedway (1968) Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Blue Hawaii, Heartbreak Hotel, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Mystery Train, (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me), That's All Right, Please Don't Drag That String Around, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Baby Let's Play House, (Such An) Easy Question, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, Just Because, (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I, Viva Las Vegas, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Party, Moody Blue, A Fool Such As I, King Creole, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk O' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, One Sided Love Affair, Money Honey, Anything That's Part Of You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You), T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Mystery Train, Anyplace Is Paradise, Return To Sender, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Guitar Man, A Mess Of Blues, Crying In The Chapel, Always On My Mind, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, Memories, Kentucky Rain, Big Boss Man, Shake Rattle And Roll, I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin'), The Wonder Of You, Paralyze, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', I'm Yours, Playing For Keeps, Frankie And Johnny, Wild In The Country, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Hard Headed Woman, I Got Stung, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, Rock-A-Hula Baby, I Feel So Bad, Puppet On A String, Blue Moon, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, How's The World Treating You?, So Glad You're Mine, Party, Little Sister, Paralyze, I Just Can't Help Believin', Don't Ask Me Why, Rip It Up, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone and Blue Moon Of Kentucky. Fun Fact 🕵♂: Tony Joe White explained: "This being the late '60s, many listeners thought that "polk salad" was code for marijuana. He continued: "The early days on the tour we was out and it was a big hit, a lot of the hippie festivals, flower children and everybody, they would bring deep bags of grass back to the dressing room or back in my tent. And they said: 'We brought you a little polk'. They all thought polk salad was marijuana. And I was, like: 'That's not the kind I'm talking about.' Anyway, everybody got it after a while".
Also a lot of people didn't realize that a lot of his moving around and dancing and the way he moved wasn't trying to be sexual he was moving with the music his drums and his guitar and the band itself.... If you haven't reviewed, You should check out 'Elvis and the black community; that echo Will never die part 1 & 2
He moves so much when he performs for an audience because he was always nervous on stage and always had stage fright even up in his later years before he died in 1977
His movements had nothing to do w-stage nerves -- Elvis was born w-what is known as a "nervous energy" so that even when he was standing & talking to someone, he was always moving, he could not stand still for too long -- it was his temperament, nothing to do w-being on stage. His movements on stage were due to the music that he was feeling through his body -- he was moving to the feel of the song.
2 powerhouse performances from the '68 comeback special: "Blue Suede Shoes" from sitting to center stage th-cam.com/video/Ak5KEbi8Nac/w-d-xo.html & "Jailhouse Rock" th-cam.com/video/87N6Qa0D7KY/w-d-xo.html -- they both total just 4 min. so you could do one then follow it w-the other. This is Elvis unleashed doing what he did best. The water throwing incident from 1972 Hampton Roads, Virginia when at the very, very start of the video Elvis called out “Please Release Me” but the band began playing “I Can’t Stop Loving You” - he didn’t stop them, he went right into the song, he then walked over to his glass of water, picked it up & playfully threw it at Glen @ piano -- a fun, energetic, powerhouse th-cam.com/video/LNtP5Gd8QGE/w-d-xo.html -- make sure you hear him say Please Release Me & then the water incident will make sense. Also note his little irritated look @ beginning. Thanks.
Elvis was the King, made to perform for crowds. ❤
Just the king
He is soo beauful human being soo handsome no one ever like him in this world,thank you for happy reactions✌️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
You are so cute!! I love watching you watch Elvis. He was something wasn't he?? Even better and more handsome in person. Thanks for your Elvis reactions. They are so fun!!!❤❤❤
.You do so good. We all.love anything Elvis. What a voice, what a hunk of a man. The best. " "Fever " 1973 Hawaii is great. Thank you!
Never get tired of seeing this, it's so interesting. I can't remember if I've seen you react to Suspicious Minds 1970 live in Vegas in the white jumpsuit. It's just a rollicking adventure basically, laugh.
In fact it's from this same show actually. Just like, Bridge Over Troubled Water, which is a masterpiece of a live performance.
The greatest entertainer ever IMHO
That was actually the words to the second verse which he could never remember
Great reaction
High energy Elvis.
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❤ Merry christmas
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A very electrifying reaction 🕺! Might have been a phone number ☎or message 📝. She shot her shot at Elvis 🤩. lol I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds, Too Much, Love Me, Love Me Tender, In The Ghetto, Ready Teddy, Blue Suede Shoes, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again and My Way. Polk Salad Annie is a 1968 song written and performed by Tony Joe White. It was produced by Billy Swan. It peaked at #8 on the Hot 100 in 1969. Elvis Presley picked up the song, and it became a staple of his live performances during the 1970s. Elvis Presley's February 1970 live recording became the only version of the song to chart in the UK (#23) and Ireland (#16).
Traditionally, the term to describe the type of food highlighted in the song is polk or poke salad, a cooked greens dish made from pokeweed. The song vividly recreates the Southern roots of Tony Joe White's childhood and his music reflects this earthy rural background. As a child he listened not only to local bluesmen and country singers but also to the Cajun music of Louisiana, the hybrid of traditional musical styles introduced by French settlers at the turn of the century.
In the song, after gathering the leaves, Annie drags them home in a 'tote sack'. The alligators are used to her antics, despite the fact that they were chomping the Granny. Her mother worked in a chain gang, while her father was lazy and no-count, with a bad back, and her brothers were stealing the watermelons of out the narrator's truck patch. The song's intro is spoken, as well as the lines between the chorus, the other 2 verses, and the outro. White makes grunting and other nonsensical noises, especially towards the ending of the instrumental as well as the outro.
In a January 17, 2014, interview with music journalist Ray Shasho, Tony Joe White explained the thought process behind the writing of the songs: "Polk Salad Annie" and "Rainy Night In Georgia".
I heard "Ode To Billie Joe" on the radio and I thought, man, how real, because I am Billie Joe, I know that life. I've been in the cotton fields. So I thought if I ever tried to write, I'm going to write about something I know about. At that time I was doing a lot of Elvis and John Lee Hooker onstage with my drummer. No original songs and I hadn't really thought about it. But after I heard Bobbie Gentry I sat down and thought … well I know about polk because I had ate a bunch of it and I knew about rainy nights because I spent a lot of rainy nights in Marietta, Georgia. So I was real lucky with my first tries to write something that was not only real and hit pretty close to the bone, but lasted that long. So it was kind of a guide for me then on through life to always try to write what I know about.
Elvis Presley played the song at many of his concerts, including a performance on February 18, 1970 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas that was included on his live album: On Stage (1970). For Tony Joe White, this was a thrill, since he performed a lot of Elvis Presley songs when he first started out.
Elvis Presley arranged for Tony Joe White, who was living in Memphis at the time, to fly to Las Vegas so he could be in the audience for the concerts that were compiled into his live album: On Stage (1970). "They recorded it, like, six, seven nights in a row, so every night after the show, we would sit back in the dressing room and talk and hang out", Tony Joe White told us. "He had an old acoustic guitar back there and he would always get me to play him an old blues lick or something. And then he would try and learn it. He loved guitar but he really didn't play it a lot. He treated me really good, though, every time I was around him".
In 2014, Tony Joe White performed the song with Dave Grohl and The Foo Fighters on Late Show With David Letterman.
Elvis Presley's rendition was issued on several albums including 📀:
On Stage (1970)
Elvis: That's The Way It Is *Documentary (1970)
Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden (1972)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters (1995)
Best Of Artist Of The Century (2000)
Elvis 75 (2010)
Though not originally on the album: Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (1974), it was put on the legacy edition of that album in 2014. The song was performed at the Memphis concert from which the album was taken.
The song has been covered by some artists including 📻: James Burton, Clarence Reid, Tom Jones, Los Lonely Boys, Joe Dassin, Dutch Mason, Jimmie Van Zant, Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi, Richard "Groove" Holmes and more.
Elvis Presley Info 📰:
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country.
Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley.
His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth.
In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special: Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
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Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation".
Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis 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, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the top ten with 76.
As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut.
As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27).
Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit.
In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor.
In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone .
In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor.
In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida.
Miscellaneous Info 🗃:
Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready.
On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery.
Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com.
Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺:
Elvis (1968)
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973)
Elvis In Concert (1977)
Elvis Presley Filmography 📽:
Love Me Tender (1956)
Loving You (1957)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Flaming Star (1960)
Wild In The Country (1961)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Follow That Dream (1962)
Kid Galahad (1962)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun In Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Tickle Me (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Speedway (1968)
Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
Charro! (1969)
The Trouble With Girls (1969)
Change Of Habit (1969)
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬:
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973)
Elvis In Hollywood (1977)
Elvis (1979)
Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981)
This Is Elvis (1981)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984)
Elvis: One Night With You (1985)
Elvis '56 (1985)
Elvis: His Life And Times (1987)
Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Elvis And Me (1988)
Elvis Is Alive (1988)
Elvis: The Great Performances (1990)
Elvis (1990)
America Comes To Graceland (1993)
Elvis: The Tribute (1994)
Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995)
Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996)
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
Finding Graceland (1999)
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001)
Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001)
A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002)
Elvis Lives (2002)
200 Cadillacs (2002)
Elvis (2005)
Elvis By The Presleys (2005)
Viva Elvis (2007)
Protecting The King (2007)
Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009)
Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009)
Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
The King (2018)
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Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀:
Elvis Presley (1956)
Elvis (1956)
Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Elvis Is Back! (1960)
His Hand In Mine (1960)
Something For Everybody (1961)
Pot Luck (1962)
Elvis For Everyone! (1965)
How Great Thou Art (1967)
From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969)
That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)
Love Letters From Elvis (1971)
Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971)
Elvis Now (1972)
He Touched Me (1972)
Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album
Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973)
Good Times (1974)
Promised Land (1975)
Today (1975)
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)
Moody Blue (1977)
Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀:
Loving You (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Speedway (1968)
Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Blue Hawaii, Heartbreak Hotel, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Mystery Train, (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me), That's All Right, Please Don't Drag That String Around, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Baby Let's Play House, (Such An) Easy Question, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, Just Because, (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I, Viva Las Vegas, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Party, Moody Blue, A Fool Such As I, King Creole, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk O' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, One Sided Love Affair, Money Honey, Anything That's Part Of You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You), T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Mystery Train, Anyplace Is Paradise, Return To Sender, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Guitar Man, A Mess Of Blues, Crying In The Chapel, Always On My Mind, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, Memories, Kentucky Rain, Big Boss Man, Shake Rattle And Roll, I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin'), The Wonder Of You, Paralyze, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', I'm Yours, Playing For Keeps, Frankie And Johnny, Wild In The Country, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Hard Headed Woman, I Got Stung, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, Rock-A-Hula Baby, I Feel So Bad, Puppet On A String, Blue Moon, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, How's The World Treating You?, So Glad You're Mine, Party, Little Sister, Paralyze, I Just Can't Help Believin', Don't Ask Me Why, Rip It Up, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone and Blue Moon Of Kentucky.
Fun Fact 🕵♂: Tony Joe White explained: "This being the late '60s, many listeners thought that "polk salad" was code for marijuana. He continued: "The early days on the tour we was out and it was a big hit, a lot of the hippie festivals, flower children and everybody, they would bring deep bags of grass back to the dressing room or back in my tent. And they said: 'We brought you a little polk'. They all thought polk salad was marijuana. And I was, like: 'That's not the kind I'm talking about.' Anyway, everybody got it after a while".
.My dear you have worked so hard for this holiday season. Just to let you know it's appreciated. Now I love this song ❤. I hope yall enjoy.
Also a lot of people didn't realize that a lot of his moving around and dancing and the way he moved wasn't trying to be sexual he was moving with the music his drums and his guitar and the band itself....
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He moves so much when he performs for an audience because he was always nervous on stage and always had stage fright even up in his later years before he died in 1977
E1vis moved on stage, because he felt every note, he felt the whole song, he was complete into every song. E1vis is music.
His movements had nothing to do w-stage nerves -- Elvis was born w-what is known as a "nervous energy" so that even when he was standing & talking to someone, he was always moving, he could not stand still for too long -- it was his temperament, nothing to do w-being on stage. His movements on stage were due to the music that he was feeling through his body -- he was moving to the feel of the song.
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@@carolhayar3037 I watched an interview that was done with Elvis where he was asked about his dancing and if it was were sexual in mature
And he told the interviewer that he always had stage fright and had to move his arms and leg how he did because it helped to calm him..
2 powerhouse performances from the '68 comeback special: "Blue Suede Shoes" from sitting to center stage th-cam.com/video/Ak5KEbi8Nac/w-d-xo.html & "Jailhouse Rock" th-cam.com/video/87N6Qa0D7KY/w-d-xo.html -- they both total just 4 min. so you could do one then follow it w-the other. This is Elvis unleashed doing what he did best.
The water throwing incident from 1972 Hampton Roads, Virginia when at the very, very start of the video Elvis called out “Please Release Me” but the band began playing “I Can’t Stop Loving You” - he didn’t stop them, he went right into the song, he then walked over to his glass of water, picked it up & playfully threw it at Glen @ piano -- a fun, energetic, powerhouse th-cam.com/video/LNtP5Gd8QGE/w-d-xo.html -- make sure you hear him say Please Release Me & then the water incident will make sense. Also note his little irritated look @ beginning. Thanks.