It’s 2022 and I am re discovering Elvis Presley. Where have I been , you may ask… ? Before the movie Elvis came out, I was already obsessing about Elvis and his music. What a treasure of brilliant songs and impeccable interpretation! After watching the movie, I started looking up and reading all the books that had been written about him. At my library, on Amazon …the movie left me with an unsatisfied hunger …I wanted more… I searched all the TH-cam video concerts and watched them in delight…wish that there had been more but it was 50 years ago …HBO is streaming the movie and I will watch it again. Elvis, what a shame you left us so young on your unfinished life journey… you will never be forgotten! You live in all your fans’ hearts…forever. And thank you ! Merci
And now in 2022, it's been 45yrs and he's still gaining new fans. Thousands are still gathering for candlelight vigils. You will never be forgotten, Elvis. Your magic still lives! ❤
@Gigi Moore And don`t forget the many, many Elvis fans who live far away from Graceland and can`t attend the candlelight gatherings. Our candles are lit and we gather all over the world. There are many millions of us thinking of him at the same time. So much love and positive energy on this earth can`t pass unnoticed. I am sure it even sends an echo into the Universe.
"He didn't understand what made him great"....... WOW.... a truer comment I have never heard. Elvis was a humble person that is why he couldn't understand his greatness. Furthermore, I totally agree with something else that was said in this video by a fan. She states that Elvis was not an American icon, he belonged to the world. She was right when she said you didn't even have to speak English, you didn't have to understand what he was singing. So why did we all connect with this man and his music? Here is my answer...... There is a universal language we all understand perfectly, it's called LOVE. This Master Human Being called Elvis Aaron Presley was full of it. We sensed it, we felt it, we could see his authenticity, and we could see his spirit, and he was beautiful inside and out. A gift from above, even if it was for only a short period of time. His creator wanted him to come home, he was very tired. Rest in Peace Elvis, many of us hope to meet you someday dear brother. I could write a thesis on this incredible human being and his impact on this world, musically, socially, and culturally but I'll just conclude by saying thank you very much for this video. It was appreciated.
I agree with Everything you said I just wish people would stop telling lies about Elvis and let him rest in peace we need more people like you fighting Elvis corner Thankyou Elvisly yours ❤
Elvis is known for his generosity and kindness. Not to mention his uncomparable talent. I hope still that his close friends had been as loyal to him as well.
That smile he always had and sense of humor! He didn’t need all the fancy clothes! He was so talented he was great with out all that! There was no welfare! Families and neighbors helped each other!
When he was turning 40, his fear was that no one will remember him when he's gone. That was so not true. It's been 45 years since he was gone, and yet people especially his fans young & old talk about him, watch his movies, sing his songs, buys his records & memorabilias. Thanks God for TH-cam, we are still able to watch his live concerts and documentary films of his life. Definitely he will always be remembered til the end of times. Long live The King. Will forever love Elvis.❤❤❤🤴🤴🤴
A touching documentary. He was truly a Game Changer for the Whole Music Industry. When he sang his Gospels & Ballads, you could see & feel it coming from his soul. Truly an amazing soulful soothing yet powerful voice! Unlike Any Other! I’ve enjoyed listening to him sing for over Six Decades now & it never gets old.
Elvis deserves the love and loyally that was the same as he felt for us. Some have come close to imitating his,voice, but nobody has or ever be able to initiate his charisma. He was, is, and will always be the one and only Elvis that we loved about him. He was indeed one of a kind that will live on in our hearts forever as it should be. He didn't have to worry about about how long he would be remembered throughout all time. R.I.P. our dear Elvis.I only wish they would stop about his short comings and let us remember him for all the wonderful memories he left for us to cherish. 🙏😇😍😘 We should also Denver that after all that he was only a human like the rest of us. I believe in the way I was brought up that if you can't say anything nice about a person then don't say anything at all!
This documentary only touches a small part of Elvis’s life. There was so much more to him than this could possibly show. He was a great performer, a great innovator of music, and he was a great humanitarian! Elvis gave so much money to charities. He did a lot of work with the children who had polio. He was one of the original donators to the Pearl Harbor Memorial, he provided his time and money to this great project. When funding for the memorial stalled Elvis stepped In again and helped to raise the remainder of the money to complete this memorial that honors the men who died on that ship that day. He also served his country willingly and proudly! How many other celebrities would leave their booming career to go into the Army and live a normal life if a soldier? No one now days or in the past has been willing to do what he had done!!
Most Handsome sweet and one vry precious person Love you Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis AMEN
ELVIS WAS AN AMASING PERSON AND THE MOST HANDSOME SWEET PERSON WHO WAS ALWAYS POLITE Simply the best Entertainer ever The one and only Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis
ELVIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, AND A KATRILLION TIMES MORE!!! HEY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LARGEST NUMBER IS, SO I JUST MADE ONE UP. LOL BUT NOBODY WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO ELVIS PRESLEY, HIS VOICE AND HIS GENEROSITY, AND HIS LOVE FOR PEOPLE!!! I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT JESSE DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR A REASON BCUZ THEY'RE JUST WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON EARTH FOR TWO OF THEM. I'M GLAD WE GOT THE BEST OF THEM!!!!
Wonderful documentary. After reading 7 biographies on Elvis, this is pretty accurate. That being said, it is difficult to sum up this man in any one documentary or biography since there are no words that adequately describe the phenomenon of Elvis Aaron Presley. He had a voice that caresses like velvet with a Rande and style that was incomparable. He was the consumate performer, the likes of which we shall never see again. His beautiful face while totally masculine was breathtaking and hard to take your eyes off of. His charisma, humanity and generosity all make Elvis the unforgettable legend that he is. I lived during the 50's, 60's and 70's and saw his star rise to heights that no other performer has reached and also saw the sun set on him which was a sad, sad day. He is still remembered and mourned for the beautiful and enormous talent that he was that left us too soon RIP my dear Elvis.
Elvis is unforgettable , ❤ Iam grateful because the 2022 ELVIS movie , brought him back to the mídia . Feels like a REVIVAL - Elvis is a special human being , In&Out beautiful, a big heart , he loves people , one of those human beings that it is a light ✨💫 in a world 🌍 full with darkness people . Dear Elvis , we are light , we have our Lord ‘s DNA 🧬 🧬 Love you forever !
People who lived in the decades of 1950, 1960 and 1970 know how much influence had on the Entertainment world from his hair, looks, sensual moves, costumes and the Voice. If Gladys lives then Parker might have been fired.
Anyone else noticed that Elvis played movie roles (before his mom passed away) whose mothers had passed. I had a nagging thought the colonel ordered his characters to be as such, as it was probably colonel's secret wish.
This documentary is the best yet of Elvis, it should be televised. I especially loved Mary Ann's contribution as she describes him as an innately giving kind person. It is incredible to see the global fans, his appeal is truly special. I can't help feeling despite being surrounded by people he was lonely one of my favourite songs is... 'I'm Leaving' long version on you tube. I am a new Elvis fan, after seeing the film four times. I loved the honesty of his step-brother as he is candid on his views about Elvis death, yes it was a drug overdose. Thankyou to the production team/director of this great documentary. Thankyou
I knew he was big in the states, and I was privileged to see him him in concert soon after Aloha, but I never dreamed of that worldwide popularity and adulation. It is incredible!
Elvis .... the greatest and brightest star that has ever lived. Born to be King. A title, which in the sweetness and humility of his spirit, he never accepted. "There is only one King, and his name is Jesus Christ", Elvis said. He could have accepted that title, but he would not, because he believed in the true King, " The King of Kings " our Lord and saviour.... JESUS. Elvis was loved this world over for many reasons, this statement he made was one of them. It takes a truly humble and loving soul to say something like that, and one that clearly understood that he was gifted, and that that came from God. It's true Elvis didn't fathom his greatness, but he did know that whatever it was he had, was a gift from above. Rest In Peace dear man, hope to meet you someday on that beautiful shore.
You know sometimes you hear these so called people who had opinions on ELVIS , how much weight he gained and being hooked on prescription medications but I WILL NEVER EVER BELIEVE THE THINGS THEY SAID ABOUT HIM AND THE BAD THING IS THAT HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF THEM IN EVERYWAY UP UNTILL HIS DEATH ! HE WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A VERY GOOD MAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD AND LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY ( Pricilla, Lisa and his Dad and his precious mama that was his Guardian angel! No one can ever change how I felt about the person that he was , I person that had a heart of gold for everyone , always buying and helping anyone he knew of that needed any kind of help ! He was so humble from the beginning and the end and I KNOW HE THANKED OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR ALL THE THINGS HE HAD DONE IN HIS LIFE, Believe THAT WITH ALL MY HEART! ♥️🙏 All those people will have to live with all the stuff they said that he done for the rest of their lives and answer to our Heavenly Father for all the things that they had tryed to make money off of either by writing books , giving interviews and anything else that they could possibly do to make money off Of , SHAME ON ALL OF YOU , YOU WILL ANSWER FOR ALL THE HARM YOU TRYED TO DO TO ELVIS AND HIS FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS, ALL YALL CARED ABOUT WAS ALL THE MONEY HE GAVE TO EACH OF YOU NOT TO MENTION ALL THE STUFF THAT HE HAD GIVEN TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FROM THE DAY YOU ALL HAD COME TO WORK FOR HIM TILL THE DAY THAT HE PASSED , ALL OF YOU JUST STOOD AROUND WITH YOUR HANDS OUT ACTING LIKE HE OWED YOU! Some day y’all will all answer for all the crap that each of you had to say about him cause I believe none of it to be true!!!! He will never ever be forgotten by all that loved him and from all the younger ones that have grown to love his music and love him also, thank you all for loving the best entertainer in our lives lives ! RIP IN PEACE OUR SWEET FRIEND , TILL WE ALL MEET AGAIN ! If I have said anything wrong meant no harm in it ,I JUST SPOKE FROM MY HEART ABOUT A MAN THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, I KIND AND GENEROUS MAN THAT HAD A HEART OF GOLD AND TOUCHED MANY MANY LIVES! I THANK OUR SAVIOR FOR SHARING WITH HIM ALL OF US FOR AS LONG AS HE DID! 🙏🙏♥️♥️💕💕
I agree with you totally 💯 after all these years from his death to now all those that apparently has been close to him have made money off of his name some bad some good but some put a bad light on him. I think those 3 so called friends of him was the worse (I guess because they were cut off from the limelight with him). Yet none could help him a man that gave his all and yet received nothing. I just saw a doci about his younger life before fame (Gary Tillery wrote a book about him) about a story where he was 5years old his parents bought him a tricycle and he gave it away his dad went to get it and he gave it away again. From a young age he was giving and although in his later years became rich he was still that giving soul and material things wasn't his priority. If you surround yourself with wrong people you will always search for what is missing, he was a searcher and I'm glad he always included the gospel music in his concerts. Such a brilliantly beautiful soul whose life was cut short, God had greater things for him but now his doing it all up in heaven...
Elvis had it all... Elvis: "don't say anything about my feet... what size shoe I wear? I wear a 12 honey, I can go skiing barefooted really I do, I mean the Lord gave me some build in sled woman" Now we also know why the women went mad for him 🤣🤣🤣 He was so charming and funny the above was from a concert and he always used to tease his stage members... gone but never forgotten🙏
Just think it's getting towards 100 years since that little boy Elvis was born, dirt poor, in a little shack on the edge of dusty Shake Rag in Tupelo Mississippi. From such humble beginnings to very quickly becoming the most popular and most beloved man on the planet, and all that time has gone by and he still is. He changed everything for us all, just by being himself...Totally different! Never going to be another man like him.
Какой же красивый солдат был Элвис Пресли О,да, Элвис, тебе удалось создать свою, ни на кого непохожую технику Покойся с миром, удивительный человек. Надеюсь, там где ты находишься, ты смотришь с улыбкой на нас и понимаешь, что все было не зря и ты спокоен и благодушен
If they knew he was a sleep walker the army would have given him a medical exemption. He didn’t let them know he had insomnia. Or sleep walking. He was terrified they’d find out and he would be embarrassed. How he kept them from it I have no idea.
Amen to that❤. I have just finished watching this documentary and reading all the comments. Tears streaming down my face, so much love for this Man. I saw him on stage in 1976 and will never forget the impact he had on me, I felt like I had been touched by an angel❤❤❤
@@Patracat lucky you!!! Poor dear. He was struggling then, compelled to keep working to support all the people he financially carried. His magnetism & charisma cannot be overstated. Elvis was almost other-worldly. 🤗
@@synchronicity1470 I know....I really think in future generations he will become idolised to the point of having shrines built where followers can go and reflect/pray. It is already happening, with people building homes like Graceland around the world. Melbourne cemetery is the only one outside America to have a shrine erected to remember Elvis, even though he is not buried there and wasn't even Australian😇
EAP is best ever way Started out in Christian music then went Hillbilly then blues then Love Rock & Roll but was true Christian person if started out sang Rock & Roll One thing He was Icon sang A genius in music E is was So gorgeous looks had Voice to go with looks no body will not ever walk in foot 🦶 steps we all 💕 loved EAP one of best child. Our Heavenly Father made to change world in music we were all happy when EAP came out 1955 when on to August 16, 1977 age 42 the world 🌎 stood still EAP lives on one best won’t be another EAP just the one ☝️ in this world 🌍 all Thinks Goes to God Think You Our Lord SaviorJesus Christ Amen 🙏🏼
@@maryrowell1122 Hi Mary! I think Elvis` example should teach us something. Most of us are often unaware of the fact that we mean much more to other people than we think. Elvis thought he would be forgotten and we think very similarly. And yet, so many years have gone by, and every new generation is still touched by him, in one way or the other. I believe that this is true for most of us. Every one of us leaves finger- and footprints all over and people don`t forget each other so easily. I find it wonderful and magical when I see young people discovering the wonder of Elvis. It gives me hope in this seemingly cold world :)
ElVIS,I NEED SOMTHIING THAT YOU HAVE TOUCHED.I HAVE BEEN TO YOUR MANSION.BOUGHT SOMTHING YOU HAD NEVER TOUCHED I AM 85 YEARS YOUNG .I LOVED YOU MUCH. WHO DIDNT I PLAION SEEING YOU SOMEDAY Lovedyou son!
Элвис был талантлив во всем , даже в легкомысленных фильмах , да и были среди них очень хорошие !!! Присциллу не люблю ! Забрала его лучшие годы , не понимала его , не заботилась и бросила в в самый тяжёлый период его жизни , когда ему помощь была нужна , ничем не помогла !!! Какой она друг ему !!!???
Elvis was so sad and his mama was so unwell and she adored his Elvis and Annmargaret often visited GLADYS AND ALWAYS LOVED Elvis and his Mama and Daddy
Pricilla was a disease and she still is a very nasty person She said so many nasty things to Elvis I guess i just didnt like pricila and she stole all of Elviss money I guess it was a very bad time and hopefully Elvis will find real love with AnnMargaret SOO sad Elvis would still be alive
Elvis i knew him in Africa u had posters in my dorm room . Only for a few years to me then he was gone. But ibought his annuals which i hope my mother has not thrown away. Now i have a new one the greatest voice, k8ng of vocals Dimash Kudaibergen from Kazakhstan. ❤❤💗💗❤❤
God sent an angel to earth,not to preach but to give us a wonderful voice. This world will love you and your beautiful voice for ever. Love you elvis aaron presley for ever.xx
Elvis gave his all for his fans and his health suffered terribly. All who love him are so grateful for the love and happiness he gave to the world. He bought so much joy to my life and still does and Im 67. His love of Almighty God and Jesus Christ is a light shining in the world. He knew that a good name with God is worth more than all the riches the world has to offer.
He had so many illnesses he had a enlarged heart bad kidneys, twisted intestines,glaucoma, according to charlie hodge elvis also had bone cancer. I was watching a video with charlie hodge saying that he was sworn to secrecy to keep quite on the cancer
I thought about this comment for a minute (remembering John Lennon's statement "Before Elvis there was nothing"), but have to politely disagree, Ken. We still have his music and movies and millions of photographic images to keep his legacy alive. I hear what you are saying, "Elvis has left the building....permanently" but on the other hand...
@@Patracat I recall where I was (in a store looking to buy a new TV) when I discovered Elvis had died (every TV in the store suddenly lit up with the news). My first thought after the shock hit home was “How could you do this Elvis?” Then anger set in when it hit me that there would never be any new songs coming from him and that my Elvis music library was now complete. I still (irrational as is is) am angry with Elvis.
@@kenmcgowansze4572 Oh, that would have been a horrible way to find out about Elvis dying 😞. Do you buy the FTD Outtakes releases? I personally don't see the attraction in buying slightly different versions of songs I already have, but then again, Sony/RCA seem to dig up some 'new' tracks from some archives.
Love Elvis. But he did not gave birth to Rock N Roll ... 👀 (*from the video title). Black singers were doing it way before him but due to Segregation Laws, they could not play it on radio, tv ... Elvis made it popular and mainstream. He is an icon and he was gifted. I wish he would have lived longer and travel the world. 🙏
That's why you hear him say that Rock n Roll was around many years and it used to be called Rythm and Blues. Elvis always gave credit to black musicians he drew inspiration from. He was in love with music and that really transpired in every fibre of his body. I know he wasn't perfect and had his flaws like any human being, but I am forever in awe of how much he loved and embodied music itself! I'm only 35 BTW and have only started looking into his story and his first years... I just fell in love ❤️
НЕ СОГЛАСНА !!!Элвис не был наркоманом , а больным человеком . Он принимал много лекарств , чтобы ЖИТЬ И РАБОТАТЬ ! Его последний концерт замечательный , хотя он и плохо себя чувствовал ! И умер он не от передозировки лекарств а от сердечного приступа .Правильно ли его лечили !???
This is quite an extraordinary documentary profile on the meteoric rise to the very top of the world of the entertainment business of the one and only "Hillbilly Cat" himself Elvis Aaron Presley. However one of most highly annoying glaring issues is all the repeated mispronounciations particularly when it comes to his birthplace city of Tupelo, and his mother's name Gladys, not Gladeees, GLADISSS.
I'm Australian and my strong feeling is that the narrator is from New Zealand. Their pronunciation of many words is unusual. The way she says Tupelo would match her pronunciation of Subaru, with emphasis on the middle syllable rather the first. Just one of those things I've noticed over the years.
I found out that Elvis stopped sleep walking in the army! It must have been psychological cause he never walked in his sleep after the army! He still had violent dreams and wake up fighting but no sleep walking!
My father had nightmares like that. Never tried to wake him up fast. Take your life in his hands. He grewup during the 50s. Wore his hair like Elvis, dressed flashy, read books. I think that's why I loved Elvis so much they were very simular. One of the sadest days of my life when Elvis passed when I was 13.
To the narrator of this otherwise good video, Elvis's birthplace is pronounced "TOO-pello", not "To-PELLO". Maybe this sounds too nitpick y, but as a history buff, accuracy and in-depth research is very important.
I was also aware of the mispronunciation. I came to the comments to see if anybody else noticed. It's not the first time the name Tupelo was a thing. When Richard Pryor did his old man character on stage he says "I was born in Tupelo Mississippi." Someone in the audience yells "where is that at? Pryor says "Tupelo? That's near *_One below"_* Get it? I knew that you could! Elvis Forever!
@TakersMissy The narrator is from New Zealand (I'm fairly sure - I'm Australian). Their pronunciation is often different. The To-PELLO thing is similar to the way the say Subaru. They emphasise the middle syllable, so it's suh-BAAH-roo instead of SOOO-buh-roo. But I agree they should've done a bit of research and said it the way the residents do.
This is very poor indeed . Not at all up to the usual standard of Perspective documentaries. You can tell because the documentary makers aren't even licenced to play Elvis's music! How can you have an Elvis docmentary with generic, anodine so-called 'rock 'n' roll' as the soundtrack instead of the Elvis classics? It's an unquestioning hagiography as well. When That's Alright Mama became a local hit, Elvis was dragged out of a cinema and into a radio studio for an interview. The first question the interviewer asked him was what High School he went to. This was a coded way to tell people in the area what colour he was, That he was white. Safe to listen to. That has often been stated, of course, but the reason behind it is isn't usually mentioned: black musicians were making that kind of music already! It was called rhythm 'n' blues and had been going since the late Forties. Elvis innovated nothing... rockabilly and rock 'n' roll were simply R 'n' B made by white musicians. In fact Elvis was a huge Dean Martin fan and couldn't wait to get back to crooning in Vegas (see Peter Guralnick's biography 'Mystery Train' amongst others). I'm not saying he wasn't brilliant, talented and an all-time great.. he is of course. Because of a stil largely segregated radio network, he was also the first contact many people had with rock 'n' roll so he changed lives. He made three years worth of timeless, wonderful music. I don't question that. He just didn't invent rock 'n' roll, that's all. It's absurd to think he did.
I love Elvis, he is an absolute rock and roll/ rock a billy icon but I don't think HE" GAVE BIRTH TO ROCK AND ROLL"........ Chuck Berry, Little Richard did and the fore fathers were other black artists like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson. Not trying to take away from his legacy but let's stop white washing history and acknowledge the massive contribution that black men and women have made to modern popular culture.
You need to learn how to pronounce the city Elvis was born in Tupelo Ms. IF you're gonna tell it, tell it right millions of people are listening & watching.
Elvis Presley was a gift for all of us
His Legacy will live on!!!
It’s 2022 and I am re discovering Elvis Presley. Where have I been , you may ask… ? Before the movie Elvis came out, I was already obsessing about Elvis and his music. What a treasure of brilliant songs and impeccable interpretation! After watching the movie, I started looking up and reading all the books that had been written about him. At my library, on Amazon …the movie left me with an unsatisfied hunger …I wanted more… I searched all the TH-cam video concerts and watched them in delight…wish that there had been more but it was 50 years ago …HBO is streaming the movie and I will watch it again. Elvis, what a shame you left us so young on your unfinished life journey… you will never be forgotten! You live in all your fans’ hearts…forever. And thank you ! Merci
Look at the young and very handsome Elvis. He looked so gorgeous in his military uniform.😍😍
Music is forever and Elvis rocks on!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕
And now in 2022, it's been 45yrs and he's still gaining new fans. Thousands are still gathering for candlelight vigils. You will never be forgotten, Elvis. Your magic still lives! ❤
@Gigi Moore
And don`t forget the many, many Elvis fans who live far away from Graceland and can`t attend the candlelight gatherings. Our candles are lit and we gather all over the world. There are many millions of us thinking of him at the same time. So much love and positive energy on this earth can`t pass unnoticed. I am sure it even sends an echo into the Universe.
@@lechat8533 Love Elvis forever
@@CSmith-ic1rpthe king forever
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Most beautiful voice ever.
Elvis was one of the best example of how a human being should be. Sure, he had his faults, but he loved his fans.
Elvis is still the King in 2024 ! Rest in peace E.P You will always be loved and missed by millions of people from all over the world.
I agree and that'sall that matters
Elvis Presley lives on and will always live on in the hearts and minds of his many fans for many years to come. And may I add long live the king.
"He didn't understand what made him great"....... WOW.... a truer comment I have never heard. Elvis was a humble person that is why he couldn't understand his greatness. Furthermore, I totally agree with something else that was said in this video by a fan. She states that Elvis was not an American icon, he belonged to the world. She was right when she said you didn't even have to speak English, you didn't have to understand what he was singing. So why did we all connect with this man and his music? Here is my answer......
There is a universal language we all understand perfectly, it's called LOVE. This Master Human Being called Elvis Aaron Presley was full of it. We sensed it, we felt it, we could see his authenticity, and we could see his spirit, and he was beautiful inside and out. A gift from above, even if it was for only a short period of time. His creator wanted him to come home, he was very tired. Rest in Peace Elvis, many of us hope to meet you someday dear brother.
I could write a thesis on this incredible human being and his impact on this world, musically, socially, and culturally but I'll just conclude by saying thank you very much for this video. It was appreciated.
I totally agree with you about the magnificence of Elvis.
So very magnificent!
Such a well written beautiful post, it brought tears to my eyes. Thank you😢❤
Very well said ,Love conquers all ❤❤❤
I agree with Everything you said I just wish people would stop telling lies about Elvis and let him rest in peace we need more people like you fighting Elvis corner Thankyou Elvisly yours ❤
Elvis is known for his generosity and kindness. Not to mention his uncomparable talent. I hope still that his close friends had been as loyal to him as well.
Sure he was sexy. Sure he was gorgeous. But it was ... it is his voice. After all those years his voice still moves me deeply. Love you my King.
I agree completely!!!!😉
@@rebeccarobbins6558 Me too! I still get chills after listening to all the songs thousands of times over 60 yrs. I appreciate him more everyday!
I agree
You're right. He had it all in spades, but most of all it was that voice. But then, those lips, that smile......
@@nitasheehan2704 And those sexy blue eyes - sigh!
That poor man . He was burnt out! RIP. Love you Elvis ! ☹️🥺
I love Elvis Presley, what a great great man!
Elvis will never leave us because we Elvis fan's will NEVER LET THAT HAPPEN. ELVIS WILL LIVE ON UNTIL THE END OF TIME. LONG LIVE THE KING
Long Live the King🌹❤️🌹
That smile he always had and sense of humor! He didn’t need all the fancy clothes! He was so talented he was great with out all that! There was no welfare! Families and neighbors helped each other!
Yes he will and has because we are living in the very last days!!
When he was turning 40, his fear was that no one will remember him when he's gone. That was so not true. It's been 45 years since he was gone, and yet people especially his fans young & old talk about him, watch his movies, sing his songs, buys his records & memorabilias. Thanks God for TH-cam, we are still able to watch his live concerts and documentary films of his life. Definitely he will always be remembered til the end of times. Long live The King. Will forever love Elvis.❤❤❤🤴🤴🤴
@@benjiefernandez8251 They kept on using him till they used him up!
Absolutely fascinating still in 2022!
A touching documentary. He was truly a Game Changer for the Whole Music Industry. When he sang his Gospels & Ballads, you could see & feel it coming from his soul. Truly an amazing soulful soothing yet powerful voice! Unlike Any Other! I’ve enjoyed listening to him sing for over Six Decades now & it never gets old.
So have I. It never gets old and I just go from one recording to another.
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I have seen a good number of documentaries on Elvis (saw him twice in concert) and this is one of the best since it is accurate.
Elvis deserves the love and loyally that was the same as he felt for us. Some have come close to imitating his,voice, but nobody has or ever be able to initiate his charisma. He was, is, and will always be the one and only Elvis that we loved about him. He was indeed one of a kind that will live on in our hearts forever as it should be. He didn't have to worry about about how long he would be remembered throughout all time. R.I.P. our dear Elvis.I only wish they would stop about his short comings and let us remember him for all the wonderful memories he left for us to cherish. 🙏😇😍😘 We should also Denver that after all that he was only a human like the rest of us. I believe in the way I was brought up that if you can't say anything nice about a person then don't say anything at all!
Elvis Presley is my favorite rock and roll singer
This documentary only touches a small part of Elvis’s life. There was so much more to him than this could possibly show. He was a great performer, a great innovator of music, and he was a great humanitarian! Elvis gave so much money to charities. He did a lot of work with the children who had polio. He was one of the original donators to the Pearl Harbor Memorial, he provided his time and money to this great project. When funding for the memorial stalled Elvis stepped
In again and helped to raise the remainder of the money to complete this memorial that honors the men who died on that ship that day. He also served his country willingly and proudly! How many other celebrities would leave their booming career to go into the Army and live a normal life if a soldier? No one now days or in the past has been willing to do what he had done!!
Most Handsome sweet and one vry precious person Love you Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis AMEN
ELVIS WAS AN AMASING PERSON AND THE MOST HANDSOME SWEET PERSON WHO WAS ALWAYS POLITE Simply the best Entertainer ever The one and only Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis forever and always AMEN God Bless you Elvis
Love this post Elvis was one of the men and he did a great job
Well said! Lovely man and fabulous performer!!! 👌
ELVIS WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, AND A KATRILLION TIMES MORE!!! HEY I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LARGEST NUMBER IS, SO I JUST MADE ONE UP. LOL BUT NOBODY WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO ELVIS PRESLEY, HIS VOICE AND HIS GENEROSITY, AND HIS LOVE FOR PEOPLE!!! I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT JESSE DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR A REASON BCUZ THEY'RE JUST WAS NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON EARTH FOR TWO OF THEM. I'M GLAD WE GOT THE BEST OF THEM!!!!
Wonderful documentary. After reading 7 biographies on Elvis, this is pretty accurate. That being said, it is difficult to sum up this man in any one documentary or biography since there are no words that adequately describe the phenomenon of Elvis Aaron Presley. He had a voice that caresses like velvet with a Rande and style that was incomparable. He was the consumate performer, the likes of which we shall never see again. His beautiful face while totally masculine was breathtaking and hard to take your eyes off of. His charisma, humanity and generosity all make Elvis the unforgettable legend that he is. I lived during the 50's, 60's and 70's and saw his star rise to heights that no other performer has reached and also saw the sun set on him which was a sad, sad day. He is still remembered and mourned for the beautiful and enormous talent that he was that left us too soon RIP my dear Elvis.
Love this post, heartfelt. ❤❤❤❤thank you Donna
Elvis is unforgettable , ❤ Iam grateful because the 2022 ELVIS movie , brought him back to the mídia . Feels like a REVIVAL - Elvis is a special human being , In&Out beautiful, a big heart , he loves people , one of those human beings that it is a light ✨💫 in a world 🌍 full with darkness people . Dear Elvis , we are light , we have our Lord ‘s DNA 🧬 🧬 Love you forever !
My God Elvis looks so much like his sweet Momma!!
People who lived in the decades of 1950, 1960 and 1970 know how much influence had on the Entertainment world from his hair, looks, sensual moves, costumes and the Voice. If Gladys lives then Parker might have been fired.
And it is just the way he was.
when Elvis Died I wanted to go down there but I live on the other side of town and i knew I couldnt get through the traffic.
Anyone else noticed that Elvis played movie roles (before his mom passed away) whose mothers had passed. I had a nagging thought the colonel ordered his characters to be as such, as it was probably colonel's secret wish.
Great tribute to the greatest star ever
Y por los siglos de los siglos.
Jamás habrá otro como él. Único, irrepetible!!!!
We are still enjoying Mozart today…. Future generations will still be listening to this icon!
Standard doc but around end I.really loved the international perspective..it’s absolutely amazing how the world celebrates him to this day!
Elvis presley was a perfect handsome man no one else only elvis was a perfect beautiful face we love elvis
I still cannot believe he's not in this planet I've just now known him. Tears.
Long Live my darling Elvis Presley. The King 👑 of Rock And Roll. My ❤.
This documentary is the best yet of Elvis, it should be televised. I especially loved Mary Ann's contribution as she describes him as an innately giving kind person.
It is incredible to see the global fans, his appeal is truly special.
I can't help feeling despite being surrounded by people he was lonely one of my favourite songs is...
'I'm Leaving' long version on you tube.
I am a new Elvis fan, after seeing the film four times. I loved the honesty of his step-brother as he is candid on his views about Elvis death, yes it was a drug overdose.
Thankyou to the production team/director of this great documentary. Thankyou
Welcome to team Ekvis Fan club!! ❤️
See Ron Laytner interview of billy sm ith
Wow! What an inspiring vid! I never doubted his popularity in the states but his influence transcended all across the world. Long live the king! 👑😎👍
I knew he was big in the states, and I was privileged to see him him in concert soon after Aloha, but I never dreamed of that worldwide popularity and adulation. It is incredible!
Outstanding documentary.
I just love Elvis Presley. He’s my idol!!! Such a handsome man!!!
Elvis .... the greatest and brightest star that has ever lived. Born to be King.
A title, which in the sweetness and humility of his spirit, he never accepted. "There is only one King, and his name is Jesus Christ", Elvis said. He could have accepted that title, but he would not, because he believed in the true King, " The King of Kings " our Lord and saviour.... JESUS. Elvis was loved this world over for many reasons, this statement he made was one of them. It takes a truly humble and loving soul to say something like that, and one that clearly understood that he was gifted, and that that came from God. It's true Elvis didn't fathom his greatness, but he did know that whatever it was he had, was a gift from above. Rest In Peace dear man, hope to meet you someday on that beautiful shore.
You know sometimes you hear these so called people who had opinions on ELVIS , how much weight he gained and being hooked on prescription medications but I WILL NEVER EVER BELIEVE THE THINGS THEY SAID ABOUT HIM AND THE BAD THING IS THAT HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF THEM IN EVERYWAY UP UNTILL HIS DEATH ! HE WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A VERY GOOD MAN WITH A HEART OF GOLD AND LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY ( Pricilla, Lisa and his Dad and his precious mama that was his Guardian angel! No one can ever change how I felt about the person that he was , I person that had a heart of gold for everyone , always buying and helping anyone he knew of that needed any kind of help ! He was so humble from the beginning and the end and I KNOW HE THANKED OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR ALL THE THINGS HE HAD DONE IN HIS LIFE, Believe THAT WITH ALL MY HEART! ♥️🙏 All those people will have to live with all the stuff they said that he done for the rest of their lives and answer to our Heavenly Father for all the things that they had tryed to make money off of either by writing books , giving interviews and anything else that they could possibly do to make money off Of , SHAME ON ALL OF YOU , YOU WILL ANSWER FOR ALL THE HARM YOU TRYED TO DO TO ELVIS AND HIS FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS, ALL YALL CARED ABOUT WAS ALL THE MONEY HE GAVE TO EACH OF YOU NOT TO MENTION ALL THE STUFF THAT HE HAD GIVEN TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU FROM THE DAY YOU ALL HAD COME TO WORK FOR HIM TILL THE DAY THAT HE PASSED , ALL OF YOU JUST STOOD AROUND WITH YOUR HANDS OUT ACTING LIKE HE OWED YOU! Some day y’all will all answer for all the crap that each of you had to say about him cause I believe none of it to be true!!!! He will never ever be forgotten by all that loved him and from all the younger ones that have grown to love his music and love him also, thank you all for loving the best entertainer in our lives lives ! RIP IN PEACE OUR SWEET FRIEND , TILL WE ALL MEET AGAIN ! If I have said anything wrong meant no harm in it ,I JUST SPOKE FROM MY HEART ABOUT A MAN THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER, I KIND AND GENEROUS MAN THAT HAD A HEART OF GOLD AND TOUCHED MANY MANY LIVES! I THANK OUR SAVIOR FOR SHARING WITH HIM ALL OF US FOR AS LONG AS HE DID! 🙏🙏♥️♥️💕💕
I agree with you totally 💯 after all these years from his death to now all those that apparently has been close to him have made money off of his name some bad some good but some put a bad light on him. I think those 3 so called friends of him was the worse (I guess because they were cut off from the limelight with him). Yet none could help him a man that gave his all and yet received nothing. I just saw a doci about his younger life before fame (Gary Tillery wrote a book about him) about a story where he was 5years old his parents bought him a tricycle and he gave it away his dad went to get it and he gave it away again. From a young age he was giving and although in his later years became rich he was still that giving soul and material things wasn't his priority. If you surround yourself with wrong people you will always search for what is missing, he was a searcher and I'm glad he always included the gospel music in his concerts. Such a brilliantly beautiful soul whose life was cut short, God had greater things for him but now his doing it all up in heaven...
What a beautiful heartfelt post you gave on Elvis . I have no doubt you shall see him in heaven one day .
Elvis had it all...
Elvis: "don't say anything about my feet... what size shoe I wear? I wear a 12 honey, I can go skiing barefooted really I do, I mean the Lord gave me some build in sled woman"
Now we also know why the women went mad for him 🤣🤣🤣
He was so charming and funny the above was from a concert and he always used to tease his stage members... gone but never forgotten🙏
Keep Rocking ❤
Very entertaining & Sonny is a great storyteller. And he has a good memory.
Elvis was one of my favorite singers. I love d his voice, good looks, and personality. He seems like a humble man and I loved all his movies.
Thank you!
Lots of young guys wore their hair the way Elvis did and I am 85 and I remember
Elviis Presley el hombre más talentoso y hermoso que ha caminado por este planeta...
Dios mío nadie dejaba de verlo... Todo mundo no quitaba su mirada del Rey...
Yo tampoco lo haría... Te amo Elvis
Just think it's getting towards 100 years since that little boy Elvis was born, dirt poor, in a little shack on the edge of dusty Shake Rag in Tupelo Mississippi.
From such humble beginnings to very quickly becoming the most popular and most beloved man on the planet, and all that time has gone by and he still is.
He changed everything for us all, just by being himself...Totally different! Never going to be another man like him.
How true is that.❤❤
Elvis was a very unusual man one of a kind
we loved elvis and that is all that matters
Какой же красивый солдат был Элвис Пресли
О,да, Элвис, тебе удалось создать свою, ни на кого непохожую технику
Покойся с миром, удивительный человек. Надеюсь, там где ты находишься, ты смотришь с улыбкой на нас и понимаешь, что все было не зря и ты спокоен и благодушен
great upload. love it
Heart disease ran in the family his mother and her two brothers passed from heart attacks
EP ♥ always and ever in my heart ♥ xxx 💝 🤗
He was the best
@Vivien Marie Amrhein
I can`t speak for others but for me, he was and always will be the best.
ÚNICO!!!
If they knew he was a sleep walker the army would have given him a medical exemption. He didn’t let them know he had insomnia. Or sleep walking. He was terrified they’d find out and he would be embarrassed. How he kept them from it I have no idea.
I have wondered that too.
just. wow!
Elvis was ethereally beautiful and sexy as hell at the same time!
INCREDIBLE
Amen to that❤. I have just finished watching this documentary and reading all the comments. Tears streaming down my face, so much love for this Man. I saw him on stage in 1976 and will never forget the impact he had on me, I felt like I had been touched by an angel❤❤❤
@@Patracat lucky you!!!
Poor dear. He was struggling then, compelled to keep working to support all
the people he financially carried.
His magnetism & charisma cannot be overstated. Elvis was almost other-worldly. 🤗
@@synchronicity1470 I know....I really think in future generations he will become idolised to the point of having shrines built where followers can go and reflect/pray. It is already happening, with people building homes like Graceland around the world. Melbourne cemetery is the only one outside America to have a shrine erected to remember Elvis, even though he is not buried there and wasn't even Australian😇
@@Patracat that would not surprise me.
He was pure spirit of love & kindness.
TuPa Low Mississippi was where Elvis and my Dad was born!!
The first Rock god, the best. He's the gold standard.👑
EAP is best ever way Started out in Christian music then went Hillbilly then blues then Love Rock & Roll but was true Christian person if started out sang Rock & Roll One thing He was Icon sang A genius in music E is was So gorgeous looks had Voice to go with looks no body will not ever walk in foot 🦶 steps we all 💕 loved EAP one of best child. Our Heavenly Father made to change world in music we were all happy when EAP came out 1955 when on to August 16, 1977 age 42 the world 🌎 stood still EAP lives on one best won’t be another EAP just the one ☝️ in this world 🌍 all Thinks Goes to God Think You Our Lord SaviorJesus Christ Amen 🙏🏼
"AND THIS ECHO WILL NEVER DIE!"
it's sad he actually thought he would be forgotten go to any country and say Elvis they know you are talking about
@@maryrowell1122
Hi Mary!
I think Elvis` example should teach us something. Most of us are often unaware of the fact that we mean much more to other people than we think. Elvis thought he would be forgotten and we think very similarly. And yet, so many years have gone by, and every new generation is still touched by him, in one way or the other. I believe that this is true for most of us. Every one of us leaves finger- and footprints all over and people don`t forget each other so easily. I find it wonderful and magical when I see young people discovering the wonder of Elvis. It gives me hope in this seemingly cold world :)
@@lechat8533 I want to say thank you that was beautifully said and awesome
@@maryrowell1122
Awe, thank you, Mary!❤
Sending much love your way.
Just for the record - it's pronounced TU-pel-o, not tu-PEL-o. Accent is on the first syllable.
Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison, look it up.
You nailed it!!
ElVIS,I NEED SOMTHIING THAT YOU HAVE TOUCHED.I HAVE BEEN
TO YOUR MANSION.BOUGHT SOMTHING YOU HAD NEVER TOUCHED
I AM 85 YEARS YOUNG .I LOVED YOU MUCH. WHO DIDNT I PLAION SEEING YOU SOMEDAY
Lovedyou son!
Элвис был талантлив во всем , даже в легкомысленных фильмах , да и были среди них очень хорошие !!!
Присциллу не люблю ! Забрала его лучшие годы , не понимала его , не заботилась и бросила в
в самый тяжёлый период его жизни , когда ему помощь была нужна , ничем не помогла !!!
Какой она друг ему !!!???
Elvis was so sad and his mama was so unwell and she adored his Elvis and Annmargaret often visited GLADYS AND ALWAYS LOVED Elvis and his Mama and Daddy
Pricilla was a disease and she still is a very nasty person She said so many nasty things to Elvis I guess i just didnt like pricila and she stole all of Elviss money I guess it was a very bad time and hopefully Elvis will find real love with AnnMargaret SOO sad Elvis would still be alive
Don't like Priscilla either.
Unfortunately you will not hear Elvis perform any of his music in this "documentary". What's the point?
Eivis in the world of my favourite singer King of the rock and roll Elvis Presley,,,,
Elvis i knew him in Africa u had posters in my dorm room . Only for a few years to me then he was gone. But ibought his annuals which i hope my mother has not thrown away. Now i have a new one the greatest voice, k8ng of vocals Dimash Kudaibergen from Kazakhstan. ❤❤💗💗❤❤
And I'll be a loyal elvis fan as long as i live 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
God sent an angel to earth,not to preach but to give us a wonderful voice. This world will love you and your beautiful voice for ever. Love you elvis aaron presley for ever.xx
I've being a big elvis fan since the age of 11 year's old and I'm now 58 year's old now 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
He was the best he was sexy and🫦 handsome and Women loved🫦 him..He's misses by everyone 💕 No on can be the King 👑 but
Elvis Presley..
🇺🇸✝️🇺🇸💥
💥🎶🎙🙏
Turns out Jimmy Carter was kin to Elvis on Vernon’s side of the family! That just came out in the last few weeks!
Eli’s lives on…
Elvis gave his all for his fans and his health suffered terribly. All who love him are so grateful for the love and happiness he gave to the world. He bought so much joy to my life and still does and Im 67. His love of Almighty God and Jesus Christ is a light shining in the world. He knew that a good name with God is worth more than all the riches the world has to offer.
He had so many illnesses he had a enlarged heart bad kidneys, twisted intestines,glaucoma, according to charlie hodge elvis also had bone cancer. I was watching a video with charlie hodge saying that he was sworn to secrecy to keep quite on the cancer
just because you make good documentaries doesnt mean you put plethora of Ads on it
And after Elvis once again there was nothing.
I thought about this comment for a minute (remembering John Lennon's statement "Before Elvis there was nothing"), but have to politely disagree, Ken. We still have his music and movies and millions of photographic images to keep his legacy alive. I hear what you are saying, "Elvis has left the building....permanently" but on the other hand...
@@Patracat I recall where I was (in a store looking to buy a new TV) when I discovered Elvis had died (every TV in the store suddenly lit up with the news). My first thought after the shock hit home was “How could you do this Elvis?” Then anger set in when it hit me that there would never be any new songs coming from him and that my Elvis music library was now complete. I still (irrational as is is) am angry with Elvis.
@@kenmcgowansze4572 Oh, that would have been a horrible way to find out about Elvis dying 😞. Do you buy the FTD Outtakes releases? I personally don't see the attraction in buying slightly different versions of songs I already have, but then again, Sony/RCA seem to dig up some 'new' tracks from some archives.
Where the hell is Tupello, MS. I always he was from Tupelo, MS. LOL
Love Elvis. But he did not gave birth to Rock N Roll ... 👀 (*from the video title). Black singers were doing it way before him but due to Segregation Laws, they could not play it on radio, tv ... Elvis made it popular and mainstream. He is an icon and he was gifted. I wish he would have lived longer and travel the world. 🙏
That's why you hear him say that Rock n Roll was around many years and it used to be called Rythm and Blues. Elvis always gave credit to black musicians he drew inspiration from. He was in love with music and that really transpired in every fibre of his body. I know he wasn't perfect and had his flaws like any human being, but I am forever in awe of how much he loved and embodied music itself! I'm only 35 BTW and have only started looking into his story and his first years... I just fell in love ❤️
The black musicians were played, but usually on their own stations, but they had plenty of white listeners.
НЕ СОГЛАСНА !!!Элвис не был наркоманом , а больным человеком . Он принимал много лекарств ,
чтобы ЖИТЬ И РАБОТАТЬ ! Его последний концерт замечательный , хотя он и плохо себя чувствовал !
И умер он не от передозировки лекарств а от сердечного приступа .Правильно ли его лечили !???
U r sooo right! I totally agree with u. Thank u!
Such a shame he didn't get serious movie roles and train as an actor.He would have been incredible. 😮
This is quite an extraordinary documentary profile on the meteoric rise to the very top of the world of the entertainment business of the one and only "Hillbilly Cat" himself Elvis Aaron Presley. However one of most highly annoying glaring issues is all the repeated mispronounciations particularly when it comes to his birthplace city of Tupelo, and his mother's name Gladys, not Gladeees, GLADISSS.
I'm Australian and my strong feeling is that the narrator is from New Zealand. Their pronunciation of many words is unusual. The way she says Tupelo would match her pronunciation of Subaru, with emphasis on the middle syllable rather the first. Just one of those things I've noticed over the years.
I think it started with the real Elvis Aron Presley! 🔥🔥🔥
His brother Jesse came in later! ❤️❤️❤️
❤ Is we all love lisa
Elvis is the origin.
indeed
Elvis was the very very best only one Austin butler did a great job
💖💖💖💖💔💖💐💐💐💐💐💐!!!!!!
เขาตกหลุมรักฉัน
It's not Tu-PELL-o. It's TU-pe/u-llo
Do or did you ever live there? Check your facts, Buster Brown. 3 syllables only, emphasis on the 1st.
Middle syllable is uh, as in duh. Phonetically, it looks like a backwards lower case "e."
Stop! He didn't give birth to Rock n Roll....he jump on it! And he made it work.....Stop!
"Singin wasn't his work. It was just his job". -Roseanne
I found out that Elvis stopped sleep walking in the army! It must have been psychological cause he never walked in his sleep after the army! He still had violent dreams and wake up fighting but no sleep walking!
Where did you find this?
My father had nightmares like that. Never tried to wake him up fast. Take your life in his hands. He grewup during the 50s. Wore his hair like Elvis, dressed flashy, read books. I think that's why I loved Elvis so much they were very simular. One of the sadest days of my life when Elvis passed when I was 13.
@@terihand6250 I heard someone asked Billy Smith. And he said it. He still had nightmares but he didn’t sleep walk no more.
He gave birth to rock and roll, in the same way that eminen gave birth to rap.
What a boring “tribute” to the one & only King of Rock.
EAP had so many beards & a lavender marriage. in hollyweird it was common back then.
To the narrator of this otherwise good video, Elvis's birthplace is pronounced "TOO-pello", not "To-PELLO". Maybe this sounds too nitpick y, but as a history buff, accuracy and in-depth research is very important.
I was also aware of the mispronunciation. I came to the comments to see if anybody else noticed. It's not the first time the name Tupelo was a thing. When Richard Pryor did his old man character on stage he says "I was born in Tupelo Mississippi." Someone in the audience yells "where is that at? Pryor says "Tupelo? That's near *_One below"_* Get it? I knew that you could! Elvis Forever!
@TakersMissy The narrator is from New Zealand (I'm fairly sure - I'm Australian). Their pronunciation is often different. The To-PELLO thing is similar to the way the say Subaru. They emphasise the middle syllable, so it's suh-BAAH-roo instead of SOOO-buh-roo. But I agree they should've done a bit of research and said it the way the residents do.
❤ The Stanley brothers are bums.
This is very poor indeed . Not at all up to the usual standard of Perspective documentaries. You can tell because the documentary makers aren't even licenced to play Elvis's music! How can you have an Elvis docmentary with generic, anodine so-called 'rock 'n' roll' as the soundtrack instead of the Elvis classics? It's an unquestioning hagiography as well. When That's Alright Mama became a local hit, Elvis was dragged out of a cinema and into a radio studio for an interview. The first question the interviewer asked him was what High School he went to. This was a coded way to tell people in the area what colour he was, That he was white. Safe to listen to. That has often been stated, of course, but the reason behind it is isn't usually mentioned: black musicians were making that kind of music already! It was called rhythm 'n' blues and had been going since the late Forties. Elvis innovated nothing... rockabilly and rock 'n' roll were simply R 'n' B made by white musicians. In fact Elvis was a huge Dean Martin fan and couldn't wait to get back to crooning in Vegas (see Peter Guralnick's biography 'Mystery Train' amongst others). I'm not saying he wasn't brilliant, talented and an all-time great.. he is of course. Because of a stil largely segregated radio network, he was also the first contact many people had with rock 'n' roll so he changed lives. He made three years worth of timeless, wonderful music. I don't question that. He just didn't invent rock 'n' roll, that's all. It's absurd to think he did.
I've seen a couple of Parker interviews & I don't hear an accent.
That's because the movie invented it. He must have been at some pains to get rid of it.
I don't care to look at Elvis impersonators. Ick.
I love Elvis, he is an absolute rock and roll/ rock a billy icon but I don't think HE" GAVE BIRTH TO ROCK AND ROLL"........ Chuck Berry, Little Richard did and the fore fathers were other black artists like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson. Not trying to take away from his legacy but let's stop white washing history and acknowledge the massive contribution that black men and women have made to modern popular culture.
Hmmmm David. Can't apologize for what you did.
You need to learn how to pronounce the city Elvis was born in Tupelo Ms. IF you're gonna tell it, tell it right millions of people are listening & watching.