I am so sick of this shit. Elvis never claimed he invented rock and roll. He always expressed admiration for black artists. He was raised on gospel and country music. Blues came later. Gospel quartets were his first love. He discovered the blues and mixed them all together. His first hit single in 1954 was That's All Right Mama, a blues song. But you know what the song on the other side was? Blue Moon of Kentucky, an old country music song. And I'm tired of hearing that Elvis copied Chuck Berry or Little Richard. Elvis had a No.1 hit before Chuck's first hit Maybelline and Richard's Tutti Frutti. Check the dates. And when Elvis started out he was not universally accepted. He received a lot of criticism from the white community. You have to remember that in the 50's blacks were around 10% of the US population. That would be like Dolly Parton going to Nigeria and dominating their music industry. If not for Elvis, black music wouldnt have become popular for another decade or more. And just because Elvis didnt invent rock and roll doesn't mean he couldn't be the King of it. Michael Jordan didnt invent basketball but most people call him the greatest. And Michael Jackson didn't invent pop music but everybody calls him The King of Pop. d Elvis didnt copy anybody. There has never been anybody like him. He is the ONLY artist in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. Thats just a fact. He is the biggest selling solo artist of all time. He has the biggest selling gospel album of all time. He has the biggest selling Christmas album of all time. Over 500,000 people every year visit his home and museum Graceland. There has never been anyone like him. Chuck Berry himself said about Elvis, "He's the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be."
So true, the biggest black American icons like; Ali, BB King, James Brown, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson and many others had nothing than the highest praise on Elvis!
This woman has no idea what she’s talking about. She is NOT spitting facts. FACT: The music business was racist. ELVIS FOUGHT THAT. 1. Elvis NEVER stole a song. 2. HE DEMANDED that black songwriters got paid. Elvis paid royalties to each songwriter, based off of HIS OWN sales. ALL Elvis' songwriters were paid, including black songwriters (Otis Blackwell's family stated that ELVIS BOOSTED Otis' fledgling career and he was even able to tour again with song royalties.) FACT: Elvis opened up THREE NEW REVENUE STREAMS FOR BLACK SONGWRITERS. 1. Song Rights. 2. Royalty checks based on Elvis' own sales. 3. Black artists' OWN RECORD SALES would skyrocket when Elvis covered their song because ELVIS CREDITED EACH SONGWRITER ON HIS ALBUMS, no exceptions. So many Elvis fans would buy the original album or the 45 single of the original artist as well. FACT: Black songwriters SOLD SONG RIGHTS TO ELVIS - SO THIS IS A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING in the black community today. The truth is that Elvis Presley is credited for tearing down walls of racism in the music business. Not by words and interviews but BY ACTIONS. There is also proof that Elvis fought for the Sweet Inspirations, his black female singers that were barred in clubs and stadiums down south. Elvis would REFUSE to play music venues unless they would be allowed to accompany him AND BE TREATED WITH THE SAME DIGNITY AND RESPECT that he received. This ENDED those "colored only" entrances around the south. So Presley was actually quite the REBEL. FACT: Rock music IS NOT only Black Music. Rock music is also mainly made up of Country music (mostly white artists), and Gospel music (many white and black churches and artists) and the Blues (mostly black artists). Lets add to that the legendary song writers (such as Leiber and Stoller). Lets also add European, Asian, Middle East and African cultures where many music instruments used in Rock music were invented. That's where rock and roll sprang from. Elvis Presley is the only musician inducted into the Gospel, R&B, Country and Rock Halls of Fame. FACT: Elvis Presley was singing in the 1940s in black and white churches down south during segregation in the Great Depression, putting together/arranging new sounds, before Chuck Berry and Little Richard ever cut a record in the 1950s. ELVIS MERGED THE BLUES AND ROCKABILLY AND GOSPEL and gave it a sound and stage presentation. NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM…. He was absolutely one of its pioneers and he engineered a very creative style that’s inspired everyone in the business one way or another. Elvis gave credit to many in the black community. Arthur Cruddup, Mahelia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown, Fats Domino. And they ALL sang their music FOR THE SAME REASON: TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. FACT: Elvis' viewpoint coming from dirt poverty was profound. His twin brother was stillborn and buried in a shoebox. His home was a shotgun shack with no electricity or running water. That was his humble beginnings. He grew up in two legendary neighborhoods Shakerag in Mississippi and Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. Elvis came from gospel and country and knew as many blues songs as BB King (BB said that!) and they were great friends as you saw in the movie. That’s the holy trinity of rock ‘n’ roll. So Elvis was absolutely a pioneer as he was singing before Little Richard and Chuck Berry cut their first record. FACT: Little Richard exposed the truth about Elvis about this very topic. "Elvis made my song TUTTI FRUITI bigger, and made ME BIGGER" and he said THIS: “I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road...” - Little Richard. Elvis paid his black songwriters very well. And that is THE TRUTH. FACT: Elvis was different, and his perspective was different than most white people of his day, especially among other whites in the South. Elvis grew up in the poorest parts of the South during the Great Depression and Segregation. And he understood the very lowest depths of poverty. Only 4 white families on his block, he lived and played with black children while living in a 1 room shotgun shack without running water and without electricity. His father built the home with a borrowed $150, then lost it because they couldn't afford to pay it back. How poor was Elvis? His twin brother Jesse Garon Presley was still born about 30 minutes before Elvis... and were so poor that they couldn't afford a coffin, so Jesse had to be buried in a shoebox. He was laid to rest in Priceville Memorial Gardens in Tupelo. A SHOE BOX. This is why Elvis REMAINED HUMBLE and did his humanitarian and social work WITHOUT lights and cameras. He never did it for fame. He was invested in young people no matter who they were.
The criticism thrown at white folks running the industry is accurate but not the criticism towards Elvis. Elvis signed contracts and got permission to do those black artist songs and they got paid well which was a contrast to how most Black Artist were treated at that time. People also need to remember some of those songs that were sung by the black artists were written by white folks and it wouldn't be fair if anybody said they stole from white folks. As long as you get permission and you sign contracts to pay the original writer or owner of the song it's all legitimate.
It's not debatable because little Richard was quoted about nice checks coming from Elvis management. That being said the record companies that signed many of these black artist obviously took horrible advantage of them. Elvis wasn't the absolute 1st to invent rock n roll but he was one of the 1st and took a metaphorical bullet for the Black Artist that influenced him.
Elvis often said he was lucky to come along at the right time. However, I believe Elvis had such of an impact because he had everything. He would be iconic in any era.❤❤❤
Just start with "there is no black nor white music", there is just music. Mana Big Thornton sung Hound Dog earlier but it was written by a white person.
Elvis did do a lot of covers but like you said he did it in his own style he never called himself the king people called him that he said the one true king is God because of him singing the way he did it gave black artists the recognition they deserved as you'll find out when you listen to those black artists that really knew him not second hand great reaction thank you 😊
They are confused with copying something and being inspired by something!!! Elvis opened the door for black musicians,go look at Elvis in the black community!!
Hound Dog was owned by the writer and publisher of the song. Anyone could record the song if they paid the owners of the song. At least five singers recorded the song between Big Mama Thornton and Elvis.
Two Jewish guys from NY named Lieber and Stoller wrote and owned the song. They wanted Mama to record it. she recorded it in 53 with a good record sale, but her manager stole her money and put her out of business. Later Elvis heard the song in 1956 in Florida sung by a group. He liked the son and contacted Lieber and stoller to see about recording it. He had lyrics changed to reflect a man's viewpoint and recorded it. Lieber and Stoller were thrilled about it because they didn't think Elvis would have a hit. But when Lieber was in Paris he heard Elvis recording and that it was number 1 and he said, wow, I'll be a rich man. "
Black people love Elvis. Contemporaries like Sammy Divis Jr., Little Richard, James Brown, Chuck Berry etc. all loved Elvis and acknoledged that Elvis broke down barriers. Only many black people who didn´t know Elvis didn´t like him and it´s all envy, nothing else.
You are really great! I wish all the best to your channel!☀️ He is such a big legend, that everyone should know the truth. He was born 8. January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He grew up in a black neighborhood and listened to a wide range of music. He covered music he liked (except his movie songs) and always paid credits . The story of his friendship with Jackie Wilson ( told by his son Bobby) , or with Muhammad Ali ( both with footage) are great. Thank you for doing videos like this!💚🎄
Hound dog was written by Mike Stoller and Jerry Lieber so they got the song credits..not Mama Thornton..those guys were awesome song Righteous back then wrote a lot of singers songs 🎵
So many people are jalouse at Elvis because Elvis had everything, the looks, the swag, the voice, the personality, the stage mannerism. Try listening to 10 different Elvis songs from different genrers and show me ONE black or white person who did that. Elvis' first 5 singles all had one country song and one rytme and blues on it, and often it was the country songs that was most popular. And what people forgrt is, Black people started copying Elvis too ! Elvis first number 1 hit was Heartbreak Hotel , please show me a song done by ANYONE before Elvis that sounded like this !? AND some of Elvis biggest hits "its now or never" , and "are you lonesome tonight" (actually these were the songs that made Elvis popular in my country Denmark as we could not buy his records before 1959 here) were pop songs ! I have studiet Elvis since zi was 11 years old (1985) and when I hear all these shallow facts about him I almost lose hope for humanity. People WANT it to be true thst he "stole" his style because they are so mad that a "white boy" is the best selling artists ever.
Truth is a lot of (not all) black people then and today dislike Elvis because of misconceptions and reversed racial discrimination and racism. And yes, black people can be racist towards other cultures and races. Elvis embraced black music and more importantly black people. But the black community never embraced him due to uneducated ignorance and even jealousy, despite that he did dominate the black music scene in the 50s and early 60s before fading due to the Hollywood scene and had more r&b hits than Little Richard. Not to mention he promoted black music to white audiences. Jackie Wilson said "most black performers get their stage mannerisms from Elvis ". So who stole from who?🤫
Elvis Presley. Born in 1935, mid depression. Due to circumstances in a 2 room shack in a poor neighborhood of Tupelo, at some point moved to an even pooer area called Shakrag. These were basically black communities. Of course he grew up listening to black artists. He called them neighbors. On many occasions he would be walking up a street, go onto a place of business, and told his friend would have to wait outside. He hated that. The music, was just part of who he was, it wasn't just something that he was trying to copy. Fast forward to the 70,s, When Elvis was contracted to play the Astredome in Huston, they asked him not to bring the sweet inspirations along. (Because they were black), Elvis told them If they weren't allowed there then he wasn't going to be there either. I'm looking for a way to put this to not offend, but here goes, Elvis wasn't a white guy trying to sing like a black man, Elvis was a black man with white skin.
Black people should focus on fixing their victim mentality instead of focusing on people like Elvis. Then again maybe they would if it wasnt so lucrative.
Look if you want to know who Elvis really was ,watch Elvis and the black community ,part one ,that echo will never die ,and part two ,none of this other crap ,did Elvis steal black music
She is wrong! Elvis himself said there is only one king and that is God himself! He also opened up the whole music market place for black music to be played by black artists on white radio stations where they could get the credit and recognition and pay they deserved. There would never have been a Motown without there first having been an Elvis. Why do you think he got so much praise from black artists such as Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, BB King was a close friend of his, he grew up in a black neighborhood and was poor. He attended a black Baptist church growing up and sang in the choir there! I get so sick of his name being trashed like this. Because he was such a big star so many were so jealous of him they had to try to tear him down. Shame on them! Elvis was very giving and generous. Watch the videos Elvis a Generous Heart and 200 Cadillacs and many other videos available which documents Elvis's generosity. Sheesh!
Elvis wasn't a one trick singer. He could do it all. If it was based on just "black" music he would have been finished after a couple of years but he took all sorts of music from all genres and just did it better, bigger and with more personality and charisma. He sung plenty of "white" music. You don't get white performers saying he stole their music and if wasn't for oppression they would have been just as big?? Cr@p. He just had more talent!
Just watch the docu Elvis and the black community....there was no racist bone in the man's body. Loads of black artists admired him and today artists as well. They said Elvis was the true king of rock n roll. Even people like 50 cent admires him.
That's one of the WORST VIDEOS I'd ever seen on Elvis Presley. Even (and especially) the TITLE spreads NONSENSE about Elvis. PLEASE DONT Do part 2. Elvis outsold Ray Charles in records sold to black people, EVEN IN RAY CHARLES' heyday of the 1960s. Ray sold 10.9 million albums total in his career. Elvis scored over 10 Million by 1955 HIS FIRST YEAR. Now he's hovering between 2-3 BILLION. She twists up the Hound Dog credits. MUSIC HISTORY is helpful here. So lets get to right to it. DID ELVIS PRESLEY STEAL HOUND DOG? Actually not at all. Hound Dog was written and is fully owned by its two song writers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, two Jewish white men. It was not Big Mamma's song. She covered it just like Elvis did, and dozens of other artists at the time. They all got the right to sing it from Jerry and Mike. But what about BIG MAMMA! She got robbed, right? YES. But not by Elvis. HER BLACK-OWNED RECORD LABEL, PEACOCK RECORDS, was corrupt and owned by black mobster Don Robey. Robey stole Big Mamma money in studio and on tour. Poor Big Mamma RARELY GOT PAID while her record manager became a multi-MILLIONAIRE. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO BIG MAMMA?: Peacock CEO Don Robey made her sign contracts that he KNEW that she could not read or write (because she was illiterate). Big Mamma supposedly made just $500 on the song Hound Dog. That was solely Don Robey's "business decision". He kept the residuals from her record sales. It was Leiber and Stoller that never got paid one penny. Robey was a gangster, a crook. He robbed everyone, including his own talent. That had NOTHING AT ALL to do with a young 19 year old Elvis Presley, who from the very beginning opened a LOT OF DOORS for black artists such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown and helped to changed the WORLD. Black artists and Elvis worked together. There was no stealing. Once Elvis broke out -- EVERYONE OF THEM MADE MONEY on a much more respectful and fair scale. Sadly, super talented Big Mamma got dumped in the Chitlin circuit by her corrupt management and that's where her career ended. Robey was getting paid directly from the club owners while paying Big Mamma peanuts. Robey stole a ton of her money... millions of dollars in today's math. Thank you for calling that lady out ON HER BS. Please DONT DO part 2. I for one will UNSUBSCRIBE.
Elvis always gave credit to others and grew up with all sorts of music. MJ openedly admitted to his credit he was strongly influences by Elvis, Jackie Wilson, and others and it is clear to see how he copied some of Elvis' moves an dress style exactly, but no one seems to be bothered by this. From my experience over the many years, people who thought Elvis stole or was racist were either misinformed or racist themselves. Music has no color and it takes both the black and white keys on a piano to play music keep that in mind.
Stoller and Leiber (2 white guys) wrote Hound Dog. While big mama Thornton had a hit withher version of it, she didn't write it. Elvis was aware of Big Mammas versions but he didn't do that. He leard the song from Freddie Bell and the Bellboys.
If you research the background of Hound Dog, you will find that Elvis did not take this song from Mama Thornton , although it was a great hit for her, she did not write it, it was actually written by 2 white guys,Jerry Lieberman and Mike Stoller. Elvis admired Mama Thornton as he did , BB King and Little Richard. Any song Elvis sang, he always credited the writers on his label so they got full recognition and hence royalties. So any song writer was thrilled if Elvis chose their song because they knew it would make them money. Little Richard said “ by Elvis singing Tutti Frutti and making it a hit made me famous “. 👌💕🕺
Elvis Presley never claimed to be a king, never claimed to invent anything, he just loved music and constantly praised fellow black musicians who he was friends with, they had mutual respect. Elvis blew open the doors for black artists and artists of the time will tell you that, listen to interviews from Little Richard, James Brown, Rufas Thomas, and B.B, King for starts. He also employed black artists within his group at a time of racial separation and discrimination. Listen to interviews from the Sweet Inspirations about Elvis the man. TCB⚡️
I agree with you…the stars aligned for Elvis. Back then, artists doing covers was prolific, and with Elvis, he could pull off doing R&B cuz he was a white boy influenced early on as a child in the black community, and he loved the music. You do what you know, and that’s what he did. But there’s something that’s overlooked by those that discount it, and that was the “it” factor, like B.B. said. He had that unbelievable charisma that was off the charts. And he paid artists to make covers, and after he signed with RCA, a black songwriter was hired to write songs for him. Incidentally, his first hit recording with RCA was Heartbreak Hotel, which was written by a white woman. So, he’d pretty much sing anything, wherever it came from, written by anyone, if it appealed to him. And that’s the way it should be, with race not mattering…good music is good music, irregardless. And that brief clip of Pat Boone singing Tutti Frutti is cringeworthy. Pat definitely was no Elvis.
Elvis heard the Freddie Bell & The Bellboys version of “Hound Dog”. Not Big Mama Thornton. Elvis stated that fact. Shake Rattle & Roll was a huge hit by Bill Haley & the Comets far before Elvis did it. Never a hit by Joe Thornton. In the music business, it has always been legal to cover other peoples songs. In the early 1900’s songwriters wanted dozens of artists to record their songs. Anyone can do anyone songs live. That’s why they are called “cover bands”. Both of those are how songwriters have always made money. Your video’s narrator, is wrong in many of her explanations, & is either ignorant of the legal facts or purposely being misleading.
hound dog was written for big momma thorton by 2 white jewish song writers she did not write the song this was in 1952 Elvis recorded it 1956 thats what they call a cover it was also covered by a bunch of other entertainers before Elvis did it's justthat Elvis waspopular and it became a big hit
Blacks and others have been fed a lot of made-up racial stuff about Elvis. The ones who hate him have no idea that he grew up dirt-poor and ran the streets with other poor little black kids. His manager was a racist, unfortunately. I'm a Black Man and like Eddie Murphy, I was fascinated by his presence and style that I found to simply be on another level than anyone.
Elvis was raised dirt poor ! All he wanted was to play the guitar and sing the songs of the brothers at the Gospel Black Worship sound ! I like you my man ! You want to know who trashed Elvis Presley all over the public ? Look for a homosexual black man ,very famous ! TH-cam must have this dude and his autobiography !! But !! I don't think EP needed to take these other people songs to be a Superstar over many white individuals already multimillionaire before EP's time !!! Remember Quincy Jones ? Look him up and check out why he trashed talked so much ???!!! Thank you for being very mature about this situation my young brother in Christ Name ,Amen !
She did part of her homework. Elvis gave credit to all of the artists whose songs he covered. But not all of his music was from black artists. I think his first number 1 hit was Heartbreak Hotel written by a white woman who presented the song to Elvis. Blue Suede Shoes was written by Carl Perkins a white performer. The b side of his first single was a country tune written by a white performer. My point is that Elvis picked songs because he liked the songs. I would also recommend just reading the wiki article about Hound Dog. It was one of the most litigated songs of all time but the details reveal a lot about the music industry during the mid 20th century. While racism hurt black artists in terms of audience access, the music business was just really corrupt and still is by most accounts. Elvis did cover a lot of tunes by black artists, but he covered them because he legitimately loved singing them. He also loved opera and one of his biggest hits was It's Now or Never which was based on O' Solo Mio. Is that cultural appropriation too?
The hound dog that elvis sung was not the same he got that from a couple of white guys that sung their own version if u listen to big mama thortons it says u ain't nothing but a hound dog stop snooping around my door elvis says u ain't nothing but a hound dog crying all the time he's talking about an actual dog she's talking about a man so it's totally different except u ain't nothing but a hound dog so don't belive that at all he only covered other songs that he was in love with and he did give them credit for their musical talent!!
To be honest, she sounds like she is on a mission which is sad music evolves you take the pass you make a present nobody invented nothing the music today is bits and parts of the past music modernized how is that wrong airport? Woman has nothing but hate in her Scott, nothing to do with black or white music has no color music is love music is happiness stop making it not happiness
Would anyone outside of the rhythm and blues genre hear these great songs, or the artists that created them. Elvis could not help that he had the popularity to bring these great songs to a wide audience. And by the way, Elvis had nothing to do with being called the King, he told people there was only one King that is Christ. It is small to complain about show business PR giving him that title. Get over it.
Why is music so different than another art or science where everyone builds on what went before them? What a selfish and immature thought. We are all awesome children of the same God and I’m sorry that any one has to hoard anything to make them feel good about themselves. Send more time thinking about the wonder you already are and being your own greatness.
I have nothing against Elvis Presley. He was a great entertainer. But I probably would have listed Little Richard or Chuck Berry as the king of rock and roll before Elvis. And this is coming from a white male who grew up in the 60s.
Elvis was a pure human being that never forgot his roots or those brilliant black artists that influenced him. Art can not be appropriated because art is for all human beings, to be admired and enhanced. The poetic formula of rap music was invented in the 1800's by a pale white British poet. I'm east Louisiana white trash and for me Otis Redding is THE KING OF SOUL!
I am so sick of this shit. Elvis never claimed he invented rock and roll. He always expressed admiration for black artists. He was raised on gospel and country music. Blues came later. Gospel quartets were his first love. He discovered the blues and mixed them all together. His first hit single in 1954 was That's All Right Mama, a blues song. But you know what the song on the other side was? Blue Moon of Kentucky, an old country music song. And I'm tired of hearing that Elvis copied Chuck Berry or Little Richard. Elvis had a No.1 hit before Chuck's first hit Maybelline and Richard's Tutti Frutti. Check the dates. And when Elvis started out he was not universally accepted. He received a lot of criticism from the white community. You have to remember that in the 50's blacks were around 10% of the US population. That would be like Dolly Parton going to Nigeria and dominating their music industry. If not for Elvis, black music wouldnt have become popular for another decade or more. And just because Elvis didnt invent rock and roll doesn't mean he couldn't be the King of it. Michael Jordan didnt invent basketball but most people call him the greatest. And Michael Jackson didn't invent pop music but everybody calls him The King of Pop. d Elvis didnt copy anybody. There has never been anybody like him. He is the ONLY artist in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame. Thats just a fact. He is the biggest selling solo artist of all time. He has the biggest selling gospel album of all time. He has the biggest selling Christmas album of all time. Over 500,000 people every year visit his home and museum Graceland. There has never been anyone like him. Chuck Berry himself said about Elvis, "He's the best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be."
Amen and well said!!!
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Amen. I'm also so tired of the Elvis stole black music mantra.
So true, the biggest black American icons like; Ali, BB King, James Brown, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson and many others had nothing than the highest praise on Elvis!
This woman has no idea what she’s talking about. She is NOT spitting facts.
FACT: The music business was racist. ELVIS FOUGHT THAT. 1. Elvis NEVER stole a song. 2. HE DEMANDED that black songwriters got paid. Elvis paid royalties to each songwriter, based off of HIS OWN sales. ALL Elvis' songwriters were paid, including black songwriters (Otis Blackwell's family stated that ELVIS BOOSTED Otis' fledgling career and he was even able to tour again with song royalties.)
FACT: Elvis opened up THREE NEW REVENUE STREAMS FOR BLACK SONGWRITERS.
1. Song Rights.
2. Royalty checks based on Elvis' own sales.
3. Black artists' OWN RECORD SALES would skyrocket when Elvis covered their song because ELVIS CREDITED EACH SONGWRITER ON HIS ALBUMS, no exceptions. So many Elvis fans would buy the original album or the 45 single of the original artist as well.
FACT: Black songwriters SOLD SONG RIGHTS TO ELVIS - SO THIS IS A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING in the black community today. The truth is that Elvis Presley is credited for tearing down walls of racism in the music business. Not by words and interviews but BY ACTIONS. There is also proof that Elvis fought for the Sweet Inspirations, his black female singers that were barred in clubs and stadiums down south. Elvis would REFUSE to play music venues unless they would be allowed to accompany him AND BE TREATED WITH THE SAME DIGNITY AND RESPECT that he received. This ENDED those "colored only" entrances around the south. So Presley was actually quite the REBEL.
FACT: Rock music IS NOT only Black Music. Rock music is also mainly made up of Country music (mostly white artists), and Gospel music (many white and black churches and artists) and the Blues (mostly black artists). Lets add to that the legendary song writers (such as Leiber and Stoller). Lets also add European, Asian, Middle East and African cultures where many music instruments used in Rock music were invented. That's where rock and roll sprang from. Elvis Presley is the only musician inducted into the Gospel, R&B, Country and Rock Halls of Fame.
FACT: Elvis Presley was singing in the 1940s in black and white churches down south during segregation in the Great Depression, putting together/arranging new sounds, before Chuck Berry and Little Richard ever cut a record in the 1950s. ELVIS MERGED THE BLUES AND ROCKABILLY AND GOSPEL and gave it a sound and stage presentation. NOBODY LOOKED OR SOUNDED LIKE HIM…. He was absolutely one of its pioneers and he engineered a very creative style that’s inspired everyone in the business one way or another. Elvis gave credit to many in the black community. Arthur Cruddup, Mahelia Jackson, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown, Fats Domino. And they ALL sang their music FOR THE SAME REASON: TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
FACT: Elvis' viewpoint coming from dirt poverty was profound. His twin brother was stillborn and buried in a shoebox. His home was a shotgun shack with no electricity or running water. That was his humble beginnings. He grew up in two legendary neighborhoods Shakerag in Mississippi and Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee. Elvis came from gospel and country and knew as many blues songs as BB King (BB said that!) and they were great friends as you saw in the movie. That’s the holy trinity of rock ‘n’ roll. So Elvis was absolutely a pioneer as he was singing before Little Richard and Chuck Berry cut their first record.
FACT: Little Richard exposed the truth about Elvis about this very topic. "Elvis made my song TUTTI FRUITI bigger, and made ME BIGGER" and he said THIS: “I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road...” - Little Richard. Elvis paid his black songwriters very well. And that is THE TRUTH.
FACT: Elvis was different, and his perspective was different than most white people of his day, especially among other whites in the South. Elvis grew up in the poorest parts of the South during the Great Depression and Segregation. And he understood the very lowest depths of poverty. Only 4 white families on his block, he lived and played with black children while living in a 1 room shotgun shack without running water and without electricity. His father built the home with a borrowed $150, then lost it because they couldn't afford to pay it back. How poor was Elvis? His twin brother Jesse Garon Presley was still born about 30 minutes before Elvis... and were so poor that they couldn't afford a coffin, so Jesse had to be buried in a shoebox. He was laid to rest in Priceville Memorial Gardens in Tupelo. A SHOE BOX. This is why Elvis REMAINED HUMBLE and did his humanitarian and social work WITHOUT lights and cameras. He never did it for fame. He was invested in young people no matter who they were.
The criticism thrown at white folks running the industry is accurate but not the criticism towards Elvis. Elvis signed contracts and got permission to do those black artist songs and they got paid well which was a contrast to how most Black Artist were treated at that time. People also need to remember some of those songs that were sung by the black artists were written by white folks and it wouldn't be fair if anybody said they stole from white folks. As long as you get permission and you sign contracts to pay the original writer or owner of the song it's all legitimate.
Very well said..
You're correct. However, the artist being paid well is debatable.
It's not debatable because little Richard was quoted about nice checks coming from Elvis management. That being said the record companies that signed many of these black artist obviously took horrible advantage of them. Elvis wasn't the absolute 1st to invent rock n roll but he was one of the 1st and took a metaphorical bullet for the Black Artist that influenced him.
Elvis often said he was lucky to come along at the right time. However, I believe Elvis had such of an impact because he had everything. He would be iconic in any era.❤❤❤
But don't let the facts get in the way of an idiot trying to twist the mindset of black people.
Just start with "there is no black nor white music", there is just music. Mana Big Thornton sung Hound Dog earlier but it was written by a white person.
Jews aren't white.
By 2 white persons. Stoller and Leiber Which I do remember was the names beside the song on all the records.
Elvis did do a lot of covers but like you said he did it in his own style he never called himself the king people called him that he said the one true king is God because of him singing the way he did it gave black artists the recognition they deserved as you'll find out when you listen to those black artists that really knew him not second hand great reaction thank you 😊
They weren’t pushing Elvis. They tried to block him. He was being pulled by his fans!
Exactly.
They are confused with copying something and being inspired by something!!! Elvis opened the door for black musicians,go look at Elvis in the black community!!
James Brown 🤎 opened the door
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Hound Dog was owned by the writer and publisher of the song. Anyone could record the song if they paid the owners of the song. At least five singers recorded the song between Big Mama Thornton and Elvis.
Two Jewish guys from NY named Lieber and Stoller wrote and owned the song. They wanted Mama to record it. she recorded it in 53 with a good record sale, but her manager stole her money and put her out of business. Later Elvis heard the song in 1956 in Florida sung by a group. He liked the son and contacted Lieber and stoller to see about recording it. He had lyrics changed to reflect a man's viewpoint and recorded it. Lieber and Stoller were thrilled about it because they didn't think Elvis would have a hit. But when Lieber was in Paris he heard Elvis recording and that it was number 1 and he said, wow, I'll be a rich man. "
Elvis had the whole package.
Watch Elvis Presley and the black community that echo will never die. It will blow your mind.
Houndog was written by two Jewish guys
Black people love Elvis. Contemporaries like Sammy Divis Jr., Little Richard, James Brown, Chuck Berry etc. all loved Elvis and acknoledged that Elvis broke down barriers. Only many black people who didn´t know Elvis didn´t like him and it´s all envy, nothing else.
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He is such a big legend, that everyone should know the truth.
He was born 8. January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
He grew up in a black neighborhood and listened to a wide range of music.
He covered music he liked (except his movie songs) and always paid credits .
The story of his friendship with Jackie Wilson ( told by his son Bobby) , or with Muhammad Ali ( both with footage) are great.
Thank you for doing videos like this!💚🎄
Hound dog was written by Mike Stoller and Jerry Lieber so they got the song credits..not Mama Thornton..those guys were awesome song Righteous back then wrote a lot of singers songs 🎵
Elvis said there is room for everybody.
So many people are jalouse at Elvis because Elvis had everything, the looks, the swag, the voice, the personality, the stage mannerism. Try listening to 10 different Elvis songs from different genrers and show me ONE black or white person who did that. Elvis' first 5 singles all had one country song and one rytme and blues on it, and often it was the country songs that was most popular. And what people forgrt is, Black people started copying Elvis too ! Elvis first number 1 hit was Heartbreak Hotel , please show me a song done by ANYONE before Elvis that sounded like this !? AND some of Elvis biggest hits "its now or never" , and "are you lonesome tonight" (actually these were the songs that made Elvis popular in my country Denmark as we could not buy his records before 1959 here) were pop songs ! I have studiet Elvis since zi was 11 years old (1985) and when I hear all these shallow facts about him I almost lose hope for humanity. People WANT it to be true thst he "stole" his style because they are so mad that a "white boy" is the best selling artists ever.
Truth is a lot of (not all) black people then and today dislike Elvis because of misconceptions and reversed racial discrimination and racism. And yes, black people can be racist towards other cultures and races. Elvis embraced black music and more importantly black people. But the black community never embraced him due to uneducated ignorance and even jealousy, despite that he did dominate the black music scene in the 50s and early 60s before fading due to the Hollywood scene and had more r&b hits than Little Richard. Not to mention he promoted black music to white audiences. Jackie Wilson said "most black performers get their stage mannerisms from Elvis ". So who stole from who?🤫
Elvis Presley. Born in 1935, mid depression. Due to circumstances in a 2 room shack in a poor neighborhood of Tupelo, at some point moved to an even pooer area called Shakrag. These were basically black communities. Of course he grew up listening to black artists. He called them neighbors. On many occasions he would be walking up a street, go onto a place of business, and told his friend would have to wait outside. He hated that. The music, was just part of who he was, it wasn't just something that he was trying to copy. Fast forward to the 70,s, When Elvis was contracted to play the Astredome in Huston, they asked him not to bring the sweet inspirations along. (Because they were black), Elvis told them If they weren't allowed there then he wasn't going to be there either. I'm looking for a way to put this to not offend, but here goes, Elvis wasn't a white guy trying to sing like a black man, Elvis was a black man with white skin.
Black people should focus on fixing their victim mentality instead of focusing on people like Elvis. Then again maybe they would if it wasnt so lucrative.
Elvis the greatest ever end of
Look if you want to know who Elvis really was ,watch Elvis and the black community ,part one ,that echo will never die ,and part two ,none of this other crap ,did Elvis steal black music
I reacted to that check it out fam
I don't understand what you are on about Man Elvis was the greatest and he loved black people's music 😈🤔⁉️
Do you not listen to a word I say? I give Elvis his flowers
She is wrong! Elvis himself said there is only one king and that is God himself! He also opened up the whole music market place for black music to be played by black artists on white radio stations where they could get the credit and recognition and pay they deserved. There would never have been a Motown without there first having been an Elvis. Why do you think he got so much praise from black artists such as Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, BB King was a close friend of his, he grew up in a black neighborhood and was poor. He attended a black Baptist church growing up and sang in the choir there! I get so sick of his name being trashed like this. Because he was such a big star so many were so jealous of him they had to try to tear him down. Shame on them! Elvis was very giving and generous. Watch the videos Elvis a Generous Heart and 200 Cadillacs and many other videos available which documents Elvis's generosity. Sheesh!
She never said how alot of white people wrote those songs that the blacks performed like hound dog it was wrote by 2 white men look it up smh
Elvis wasn't a one trick singer. He could do it all. If it was based on just "black" music he would have been finished after a couple of years but he took all sorts of music from all genres and just did it better, bigger and with more personality and charisma. He sung plenty of "white" music. You don't get white performers saying he stole their music and if wasn't for oppression they would have been just as big?? Cr@p. He just had more talent!
When you are at the very top where no one has ever been people will try to bring you down just ask tom Brady. The king loved everyone
Just watch the docu Elvis and the black community....there was no racist bone in the man's body. Loads of black artists admired him and today artists as well. They said Elvis was the true king of rock n roll. Even people like 50 cent admires him.
Music is international no one owns it
That's one of the WORST VIDEOS I'd ever seen on Elvis Presley. Even (and especially) the TITLE spreads NONSENSE about Elvis. PLEASE DONT Do part 2. Elvis outsold Ray Charles in records sold to black people, EVEN IN RAY CHARLES' heyday of the 1960s. Ray sold 10.9 million albums total in his career. Elvis scored over 10 Million by 1955 HIS FIRST YEAR. Now he's hovering between 2-3 BILLION.
She twists up the Hound Dog credits. MUSIC HISTORY is helpful here. So lets get to right to it. DID ELVIS PRESLEY STEAL HOUND DOG? Actually not at all. Hound Dog was written and is fully owned by its two song writers, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, two Jewish white men. It was not Big Mamma's song. She covered it just like Elvis did, and dozens of other artists at the time. They all got the right to sing it from Jerry and Mike.
But what about BIG MAMMA! She got robbed, right? YES. But not by Elvis.
HER BLACK-OWNED RECORD LABEL, PEACOCK RECORDS, was corrupt and owned by black mobster Don Robey. Robey stole Big Mamma money in studio and on tour. Poor Big Mamma RARELY GOT PAID while her record manager became a multi-MILLIONAIRE.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO BIG MAMMA?: Peacock CEO Don Robey made her sign contracts that he KNEW that she could not read or write (because she was illiterate). Big Mamma supposedly made just $500 on the song Hound Dog. That was solely Don Robey's "business decision". He kept the residuals from her record sales. It was Leiber and Stoller that never got paid one penny. Robey was a gangster, a crook. He robbed everyone, including his own talent.
That had NOTHING AT ALL to do with a young 19 year old Elvis Presley, who from the very beginning opened a LOT OF DOORS for black artists such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown and helped to changed the WORLD. Black artists and Elvis worked together. There was no stealing.
Once Elvis broke out -- EVERYONE OF THEM MADE MONEY on a much more respectful and fair scale. Sadly, super talented Big Mamma got dumped in the Chitlin circuit by her corrupt management and that's where her career ended. Robey was getting paid directly from the club owners while paying Big Mamma peanuts. Robey stole a ton of her money... millions of dollars in today's math.
Thank you for calling that lady out ON HER BS. Please DONT DO part 2. I for one will UNSUBSCRIBE.
Songs are written to be sung.
Elvis always gave credit to others and grew up with all sorts of music. MJ openedly admitted to his credit he was strongly influences by Elvis, Jackie Wilson, and others and it is clear to see how he copied some of Elvis' moves an dress style exactly, but no one seems to be bothered by this. From my experience over the many years, people who thought Elvis stole or was racist were either misinformed or racist themselves. Music has no color and it takes both the black and white keys on a piano to play music keep that in mind.
Lol she didn't write that song. 2 white dudes did and they gave him permission to sing it
Elvis opened doors for Black entertainers, if you listen to Elvis and the black community you'll know that what I am saying is true!!
Stoller and Leiber (2 white guys) wrote Hound Dog. While big mama Thornton had a hit withher version of it, she didn't write it. Elvis was aware of Big Mammas versions but he didn't do that. He leard the song from Freddie Bell and the Bellboys.
If you research the background of Hound Dog, you will find that Elvis did not take this song from Mama Thornton , although it was a great hit for her, she did not write it, it was actually written by 2 white guys,Jerry Lieberman and Mike Stoller. Elvis admired Mama Thornton as he did , BB King and Little Richard. Any song Elvis sang, he always credited the writers on his label so they got full recognition and hence royalties. So any song writer was thrilled if Elvis chose their song because they knew it would make them money. Little Richard said “ by Elvis singing Tutti Frutti and making it a hit made me famous “. 👌💕🕺
Elvis Presley never claimed to be a king, never claimed to invent anything, he just loved music and constantly praised fellow black musicians who he was friends with, they had mutual respect. Elvis blew open the doors for black artists and artists of the time will tell you that, listen to interviews from Little Richard, James Brown, Rufas Thomas, and B.B, King for starts. He also employed black artists within his group at a time of racial separation and discrimination. Listen to interviews from the Sweet Inspirations about Elvis the man. TCB⚡️
I agree with you…the stars aligned for Elvis. Back then, artists doing covers was prolific, and with Elvis, he could pull off doing R&B cuz he was a white boy influenced early on as a child in the black community, and he loved the music. You do what you know, and that’s what he did. But there’s something that’s overlooked by those that discount it, and that was the “it” factor, like B.B. said. He had that unbelievable charisma that was off the charts. And he paid artists to make covers, and after he signed with RCA, a black songwriter was hired to write songs for him. Incidentally, his first hit recording with RCA was Heartbreak Hotel, which was written by a white woman. So, he’d pretty much sing anything, wherever it came from, written by anyone, if it appealed to him. And that’s the way it should be, with race not mattering…good music is good music, irregardless. And that brief clip of Pat Boone singing Tutti Frutti is cringeworthy. Pat definitely was no Elvis.
Elvis heard the Freddie Bell & The Bellboys version of “Hound Dog”. Not Big Mama Thornton. Elvis stated that fact. Shake Rattle & Roll was a huge hit by Bill Haley & the Comets far before Elvis did it. Never a hit by Joe Thornton. In the music business, it has always been legal to cover other peoples songs. In the early 1900’s songwriters wanted dozens of artists to record their songs. Anyone can do anyone songs live. That’s why they are called “cover bands”. Both of those are how songwriters have always made money. Your video’s narrator, is wrong in many of her explanations, & is either ignorant of the legal facts or purposely being misleading.
So Big mamma Thornton sang hound dog in a blues style But she didn't own it as it was written by 2 whites called Leiber and Stroller
hound dog was written for big momma thorton by 2 white jewish song writers she did not write the song this was in 1952 Elvis recorded it 1956 thats what they call a cover it was also covered by a bunch of other entertainers before Elvis did it's justthat Elvis waspopular and it became a big hit
Jews aren't white.
Segregation stopped a lot of black singers from producing greatness. Many couldn’t travel to exploit themselves.
Blacks and others have been fed a lot of made-up racial stuff about Elvis. The ones who hate him have no idea that he grew up dirt-poor and ran the streets with other poor little black kids. His manager was a racist, unfortunately. I'm a Black Man and like Eddie Murphy, I was fascinated by his presence and style that I found to simply be on another level than anyone.
Elvis love all people. he is a angel
Elvis was raised dirt poor ! All he wanted was to play the guitar and sing the songs of the brothers at the Gospel Black Worship sound !
I like you my man ! You want to know who trashed Elvis Presley all over the public ? Look for a homosexual black man ,very famous ! TH-cam must have this dude and his autobiography !! But !! I don't think EP needed to take these other people songs to be a Superstar over many white individuals already multimillionaire before EP's time !!! Remember Quincy Jones ? Look him up and check out why he trashed talked so much ???!!! Thank you for being very mature about this situation my young brother in Christ Name ,Amen !
She did part of her homework. Elvis gave credit to all of the artists whose songs he covered. But not all of his music was from black artists. I think his first number 1 hit was Heartbreak Hotel written by a white woman who presented the song to Elvis. Blue Suede Shoes was written by Carl Perkins a white performer. The b side of his first single was a country tune written by a white performer. My point is that Elvis picked songs because he liked the songs. I would also recommend just reading the wiki article about Hound Dog. It was one of the most litigated songs of all time but the details reveal a lot about the music industry during the mid 20th century. While racism hurt black artists in terms of audience access, the music business was just really corrupt and still is by most accounts. Elvis did cover a lot of tunes by black artists, but he covered them because he legitimately loved singing them. He also loved opera and one of his biggest hits was It's Now or Never which was based on O' Solo Mio. Is that cultural appropriation too?
Elvis get disliked because of 2 things, his colour! And because he was the biggest star (jealousy)
So he did someones song!!!! People doing that all the time!!
The hound dog that elvis sung was not the same he got that from a couple of white guys that sung their own version if u listen to big mama thortons it says u ain't nothing but a hound dog stop snooping around my door elvis says u ain't nothing but a hound dog crying all the time he's talking about an actual dog she's talking about a man so it's totally different except u ain't nothing but a hound dog so don't belive that at all he only covered other songs that he was in love with and he did give them credit for their musical talent!!
Leave Elvis alone
BS! Blacks were all for Elvis
Both him and his twin Jesse was born in 1935 not 34
To be honest, she sounds like she is on a mission which is sad music evolves you take the pass you make a present nobody invented nothing the music today is bits and parts of the past music modernized how is that wrong airport? Woman has nothing but hate in her Scott, nothing to do with black or white music has no color music is love music is happiness stop making it not happiness
Would anyone outside of the rhythm and blues genre hear these great songs, or the artists that created them. Elvis could not help that he had the popularity to bring these great songs to a wide audience. And by the way, Elvis had nothing to do with being called the King, he told people there was only one King that is Christ. It is small to complain about show business PR giving him that title. Get over it.
Have you seen what happened to jidion you need to react to it
Fasho… what video tho?
Why is music so different than another art or science where everyone builds on what went before them? What a selfish and immature thought. We are all awesome children of the same God and I’m sorry that any one has to hoard anything to make them feel good about themselves. Send more time thinking about the wonder you already are and being your own greatness.
I have nothing against Elvis Presley. He was a great entertainer. But I probably would have listed Little Richard or Chuck Berry as the king of rock and roll before Elvis. And this is coming from a white male who grew up in the 60s.
Elvis was a pure human being that never forgot his roots or those brilliant black artists that influenced him. Art can not be appropriated because art is for all human beings, to be admired and enhanced. The poetic formula of rap music was invented in the 1800's by a pale white British poet. I'm east Louisiana white trash and for me Otis Redding is THE KING OF SOUL!