"A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people." -Elvis
read ppl it's a quote from Elvis admitting he ain't start it and giving credit to blacks they called us colored back then don't yall see the quotations lol
It was the 50’s that’s what black peoples were called back then. You can’t hold people who were around 70 years ago to todays standards because those standards didn’t exist 🙄
Ray Charles is a race hustling uncle Tom. In 1981 when the African Nation Congress and the UN were sanctioning apartheid South African and their illegal occupation of Namibia, Ray toured that apartheid country for big money. A leaflet was passed out in Africa that read: VICTORY TO THE ANC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAPO OF NAMIBIA! "Hit the road Ray, and don'tcha come back no more!!!" The UN asked for a apology from Ray and he replied for them to kiss his a$$. When it comes to a dollar it seems Ray will sellout his own mother.
“Elvis didn’t steal any music from anyone. He just had his own interpretation of the music he’d grown up on, same is true for everyone. I think Elvis had integrity.” B.B. King
But Em didn't get famous off Nas music. He didn't get famous off Bone Thugs music. Lol em wrote his own shit and it was different, kinda wild and fuckin out there. Elvis on the other hand ate from many colored people's hands who weren't eating.
@@EWP. why because the u.s is made up mostly of Caucasians and they bought his albums and didn’t illegally download them? That’s all that’s it! He made goofy music with jokes for Caucasians. He’s YOUR king of hip hop, not THE king of hip hop. You people steal everything and feel because you are the “majority” then it’s law. 😂
I prefer Chuck Berry over Ray Charles anyday. "I identify a lot with Elvis, yeah. I love his style of singing. Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.” - The great CHUCK BERRY
As a black man I must say, Elvis wasn’t a punk for what he did. He may of been white but where he grew up and his environment black culture was apart of his culture (environment) that’s what he loved. It’s not his fault that he was born white performing black movements because that’s what he saw and learnt. Just like Ritchie Valens performing Rock & Roll as a Latino. It’s circumstance. It’s innovation. It’s their culture.
I think what Ray is unconsciously saying is the only reason why Elvis blew up is because he was white. Basically white privilege. Black folk were doing it well before him. Makes sense especially for the horrible era in regards to race relations in the country at their time.
Elvis is a punk because he copied their music and then never gave them any credit. The rolling Stones gave muddy Waters all the credit in the world and even took him on tour with them. Elvis was too concerned about how associating with black people would hurt his career. Don't be so ignorant
Are you shitting me Elvis was racist az hell period. He took our moves like they took everything else. Plus he has not always been blind. So that means he did see him
The irony here is that Elvis opened the doors to the mainstream for many black musicians....including Ray. And the black music Ray's referring to, wouldn't have been created without the integration of black slaves with European instrumentation. I mean, there's a reason Africa isn't the blues capital of the world.
Elvis himself has said that he credits rock and roll to black musicians and that he doesn't sing as well as fats domino. yall scared to admit the truth while defending a dude who slept with and married a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD.
@@FlipsideJr Funny how Precilla says different. And the rest of your points are total bullshit. But then morons like you aren't exactly big on checking facts. Idiot.
@@FlipsideJr You must be have been feeling pretty proud of yourself coming up with this lie..it’s laughable when people try to embellish their comments with a pack of lies like getting Priscilla’s age wrong when the were married she was 21 and she was a virgin on her wedding day, he met her in Germany when she was 14, didn’t see her for 3 years until she moved to America..you people need to get your facts straight.
You think Europeans invented musical instruments? Lol. All musical instruments stem from one another that originate from a few primitive instruments that date back thousands of years
Ray can’t be trusted on any opinion. In 1981 when the UN and the African National Congress was protesting and boycotting apartheid South African, Ray was paid big money by that racist government to tour the country. When the rest of Africa and the UN asked Ray for an apology Ray told them to kiss his a$$.
Actually he is right. Elvis literally used aa dance voice (Roy Hamilton, fats domino mama Thornton) And took it to white ppl as something new then HE became the face of something all bcuz he was NOT black. And Elvis knew that , which is why towards the end he tried to bring out some black artists but it was too late. African Americans people have ALWAYS had different sounds (Rock-RnB-Rap-Country) But white people as always get their hands on it and take it. Literally that type of dancing was called the devil's music all because black people were already doing it. Now you wouldn't even know country and rock were created by black Americans because the MOST Successful ones are ALL WHITE . The ones given the most money and the biggest push are the white people. Please don't be dishonest. Race DOES play a part in our culture.
Correct! Elvis never claimed to have invented a style, he would refuse to be called the King. Here’s a direct quote from Elvis in an interview “A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But Rock’n’Roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let’s face it: I can’t sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.” -Elvis Presley
after a performance in Las Vegas in which an interviewer referred to Presley as 'King', Elvis pointed towards Domino (referring to Fat Domino )who was sitting nearby, and said, “There's the real king of rock 'n' roll.” -Elvis Presley 1969-
And when Chuck Berry's name comes up I think of Chuck Berry's amazing music AND HIS WORDS: "I identify a lot with Elvis, yeah. I love his style of singing. Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.”
Elvis was a musical genius with a great voice and a great dancer. He didnt 'copy' his talent. And he didnt just sing rock and roll, he sang gospel, country, ballads, etc And he didnt copy it, he grew up among black people and it was the music of the culture he grew up with. Its not 'our kind of music', culture is shared, and elvis grew up with it anyway. Plus he gave lots of credit. Not the king of rock? Fine, he was still one of the greatest singers ever, performers ever, a very good dancer, and had a strong grasp of musical creativity. He doesnt have to be the king of rock and roll, he's the king of american music as a whole.
Growing up around Black people doesn’t make it your culture. Its just the environment you grew up in. He did emulate the Black people around him, which is technically copying.
@@Python-xs2iv lol aight dude. I didn't know there was a 4-person cap on geniuses in a field lol Guess what, Beethoven was a better composer than all of them. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Luciano Pavarotti a better singer than all of them. So now what?
@@user-qj8kf3kb7s Read my comment again. I said, "he can't play instruments *like* Prince or Stevie Wonder." Not, "He can't play instruments." Elvis was good for his time, but he's been surpassed artistically. I respect Elvis less for his actual music, and more for what he meant to music as a figure.
@@keithgupton9349 me telling you and you seeing it for yourself are 2 different things. Maybe the idea of a white man shaking his hips was mind blowing to Ray.
@@blackturkdog I personally think you're overthinking this. Ray Charles was blind, so regarding Elvis hip shaking, it was obviously described to him and he used his imagination to figured out what it potentially looked like. Even a person with sight doesn't have to see something to imagine what something looks like. Lastly I don't think Ray's mind was blown at all about a white man shaking his hips. I think Ray's issue was making a big deal over Elvis hip shaking considering its nothing new. Black men did it before Elvis and were better at it. Fact is, nothing is ever widely accepted until a white man does it. Rap wasn't considered music until white guys started rapping, then it became more acceptable.
“Music is owned by the whole universe. It isn't exclusive to the black man or the white man or any other color. It shared in and by our souls...” -B.B. King
Now you say that but whenever it's first started it was known as n***** music and the white Community hated it and hated him for betraying and copying black music and then you say he's a king of it that's what black people don't like
@@TheRetroManRandySavage no other ethics groups like that music tho only white people so why couldn't they just let our sound be ours because yall got a bad habit of stealing everything a black man ever created even actual inventions other than musical sound. This isn't a racist remark it's actual facts.
It's for everybody once it's created & put out there for all to enjoy but its no question different groups/ ethnicities/ cultures create music unique to their own group. And all know when they hear Black people music, even when others are mimicking the sound.
@@BegodeEx30 I agree it's for all to enjoy but stealing creativity means that I can start playing classical music and become a great, smh if I was a black man that was the greatest classical musician ever they would hide that truth from the people to act as if they are the originators and that's wrong flat out wrong to steal others identities and claim them as your own that's all I'm saying
I know a lot of people may think Ray Charles was hating but it’s deeper rooted. He had to experience several of his peers be blacked-balled and oppressed for their brand of music and then suddenly Elvis came along and it became popular. It’s like watching several of your friends go to jail for weed possession and then the government turns around and starts selling it while your friends are still in jail. I’m sure someone will deflect and say “not everyone is about race”. Go watch The United States vs Billie Holiday and the Green Book and you’ll see exactly how black musicians and artist were treated during that time
I've always thought about this about people in general. If somebody has an easier go at things, people will resent them and try to take them down even if said person had nothing to do with the disparity in treatment. Ray was foul for this one. His resentment was towards the populace that embraced him, not the King himself. I wonder if Ray thought lowly of any black folks that liked Elvis during the 50's.
@@junior0581 he thought lowly of the system that elvis took full advantage of. Just because elvis was a great singer of his time didn't make him any different from other white artists who re-recorded black music. If anything it made him a martyr for that format. Having an appreciation for the black community doesn't help the facts of it.
They're not interested in hearing the truth. Its better for them to believe the lies of this country's history and turn a blind eye so they can feel better about themselves.
He's right tho, Elvis wasn't the King of Rock and Roll. Most of his hit songs were already made by black ppl, he just got famous off it cause he was a white guy singing them and could dance. One of the greatest voices in music history?? Idk about that, great entertainer, good voice, that's sounds more realistic...
He's right. He didn't say he wasn't talented. He just got more credit for doing something that was already done, arguably better, and without as much appreciation
Elvis never once took credit for anything called Fats Domino the real king of rock & roll He was just the most popular guy who did it and tbh i think everyone just got a bone to pick with him because of that
I think it was a two fold for the artist of that time. R &B music was finally getting exposure but Elvis was getting paid and recognized singing that music.
@@skyjacksonA1 Ray WAS lying. Through his fake teeth. We know now that Elvis never stole a song. And we also know now that RAY CHARLES SOLD Elvis two of his songs to perform. AND Elvis not only paid for the song rights -- but offered ROYALTY MONEY during a down period in Rays career which helped put food on his table at a lowe point. Ray was AN ASSHOLE for saying this ish. Then he rescinds it after this interview and blamed his handlers for "misleading" him.
WRONG! Sorry, Ray. It was Elvis's own music, too. He grew up in poverty, immersed in the same music in culture. It was his own self expression. Yes, his influences were largely black singers and musicians, but it was part of his soul just as much as it was yours. And yet, he never failed to credit his predecessors respectfully. To say Elvis is a "punk" and not talented is just plain ignorant and jealous. I am thankful Elvis became the vehicle for introducing R & B to the the broader white world because he did so with respect and humility. And he also put his own stamp on it and owned it for himself. Black folks have no legitimate reason to hate on Elvis. He was a non-racist who taught a racist society to love black music. Thanks, King.
Black Americans don't hate Elvis. So that statement is nonsense. Also this idea that Elvis introduced Rock and Roll/Blues to White people is also nonsense. How can you introduce something to someone that they already knew about? The only reason why the masses of white people didn't openly listen to Rock and Roll/Blues was because they were told by racists that Black music was designed to bring white people down to the level of black people who they considered inferior. And I didn't even mention the sexual aspect of having little impressionable white girls idolizing strong virile black men shaking their hips. White America certainly couldn't have that. So we'll give you the next best thing. A white man who could do the a similar thing. Sam Phillips basically said as much. Remember Sam Phillips of Sun Records? He was one of the few white record producer who recorded black artists in the south. He basically said. If I could find a white man who could do what the black artists could do we'll be rich. Because he understood the racial implications behind what made Rock and Roll/ Blues not acceptable by white people. I think its unfair to call Elvis a racist. But I'm not going to give him credit for doing something that he should have done. Giving black artists their respect. In my heart Chuck Berry or Little Richard deserves to be called the King of Rock and Roll more than Elvis does. The original is more valuable than a copy.
I’m not sure of all the cases where he stole things or not but it really is apparent he stole hound dog and I never see that talked about anywhere, originally performed by big mama thorton
Little Richard lamented the loss of his friend. “I love him. That’s my buddy, my baby. I love him. We are very good friends, and it was a very great loss to the music world,” he said in an interview after Presley’s death in 1977. “Elvis is one of the greatest performers who ever lived in this world.
Little Richard also said that Elvis being white was the reason he became such a succes. That's basically why Ray is bitter. It's not Elvis his fault it was the fault of the wide spread racism at the times. Ray just channels his anger on Elvis while he should have done it on society.
@@SmilerAmv314 Ray isn’t bitter. He wasn’t lying. Nat King Cole did what Elvis did before Elvis and got death threats. Y’all gotta stop lying to yourselves as if black artists were popular than white artists in those days
Sad. You sound like a white racist man who can’t accept the truth. The funk Ray got to be jealous about?!? He was a musical genius. And lived far longer. So maybe whitey should, idk, stfu
Elvis did more to unite races than most could ever dream of and he paved the path for many black artists to attain a much higher level of mainstream acceptance. Any artist who says they don't imitate and emulate other artists is full of shit
What does that mean .."colorblind" He played segregated venues for years.So you think he did not know there WERE ONLY WHITE PEOPLE in the audience??? ..or do you vase that on the stories of how "kind" he was to negroes? Just so you understn clearly........... NO ONE WAS "COLORBLIND" IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH IN THE 50s.... NO ONE. Stop fooling yourself.
In 1981 when the UN and the African National Congress was boycotting Apartheid South Africa, Ray was paid big money to tour there and he did! When the UN and the African National congress asked for an apology he told them to kiss his a$$. All this is documented and can be found online in the African Activist Archives. This is how stupid people are: Elvis supports blacks and Ray sells them out. Yet Ray is the hero.
FACT: The music business was racist. ELVIS FOUGHT THAT. 1. Elvis NEVER stole a song. 2. HE DEMANDED that black songwriters got paid. This is why Elvis is credited for tearing down walls of racism in the music business. Not by words and interviews but BY ACTIONS. HERE's THE EVIDENCE: 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. 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 house (shack) with a porch, 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.😞
Without a doubt the time Ray Charles was growing up in race did play a big role that's why it's important to him but we cannot sit here and say that we knew Elvis cuz we didn't but I have heard nothing but good things like how he gave his Cadillac to some dude who just said he had a nice car
@@mical2great You are as ignorant as they come. Start with basic education. Grades 1 thru 6 would be a good start for you. Name ONE SONG ELVIS stole and name the MUSICIAN he stole it from. Do your research now before you answer or I'm going to make you look stupid., again. I'll give you a hint, Elvis NEVER STOLE a single song from a song writer. Not once.
@@mical2great "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied from Elvis." --- JACKIE WILSON (Elvis quietly paid for Jackie's medical expenses until the day he passed away in 1977. Before Jackie's stage accident he would carry a small signed photo of Elvis in his pants pocket. Every day, bar none.)
Well he obviously resentful of something isn’t he? he wouldn’t have given a damn if he was successful and made more than EP. “Just a punk” hardly someone that had credibility when he couldn’t state his opinion without personal insults.
Elvis grew up in a black neighborhood, which is where he learned how to dance and sing. He was inspired by the people around him growing up. I don't think he looked at the black community with the intention to steal and copy a certain style of music. He just wanted to be like the people he looked up to. Apparently, though, he can't sing and dance a certain way because of his race. That's pretty racist.
@@uiu510 Frank Sinatra for example NEVER wrote a song yet they still called him ole blue eyes! Nobody in the 50’s hardly ever wrote their songs 🙄 Maybe do some real research instead of looking like an uneducated fool on the internet 🤦♀️
Elvis didn't steal anything from anyone. ELVIS CREATED HIS OWN STYLE and paid the black artists he worked with very, very well. That "Elvis was a racist and stole black music" narrative was a false narrative that bears no truth and has zero evidence. ALL black artists that worked with him PRAISED HIM. Elvis is the only musician inducted into the Gospel, R&B, Country and Rock Halls of Fame. FACTS: 1. Elvis Presley has NEVER stolen a song. Not even in one instance. Elvis WORKED ** WITH BLACK SONGWRITERS **. In particular, Otis Blackwell, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, among a few others. Elvis paid for SONG RIGHTS, which went to each black artist. 2. Elvis then sent ROYALTY CHECKS to the artist based on HIS sales. 3. Because Elvis CREDITED EACH ARTIST, on EACH ALBUM, black artists' ALBUM SALES skyrocketed when Elvis recorded one of their songs. Elvis opened up THREE REVENUE STREAMS for black artists when almost NO ONE ELSE WAS. There absolutely were white artists and executives that were stealing black music, but Elvis was NOT in that group. Elvis gave an injection to black music and musicians, that is why they willingly worked with Elvis, and CREDITED ELVIS for doing JUST THAT. Examples: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Otis Blackwell, Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson. Mahalia Jackson. Cissy Houston. James Brown. Isaac Hayes. Al Green. They all credited and put mad respect on Elvis' name. Elvis came FROM NOTHING. Born in a shack with no running water or electricity. Twin brother died at birth and was buried in a SHOEBOX. So poor his black friend Sam Bell called him the poorest of the poor. Yet his ability to interpret and arrange a song by merging three distinct genres, R&B, Country and Gospel was revolutionary. Elvis was an ARRANGER as much as he was a lead vocalist and dancer. He was a creator of stage presentations, of clothing attire, and the look of a rock and roll star. He was a crossover youth symbol for many young white, black and Hispanic people in the 1950s, no matter their race or creed, and always went against the order of older elites of the day. Elvis was a youth rebel, who dressed with Italian and Cuban collar shirts, wide-legged, pleated trousers, blousons , long raised Pompadour hairstyle, sharp colors, denim and leather jackets, and always looked youthful and fresh. Always dressed on point. All eyes were on Elvis. And the older people hated the look and would threaten to arrest him and even kill him for his singing and dancing. Death threats became the norm until the day he died. Elvis was a strong supporter of civil rights, hiring black musicians and staff members when almost noone was at the time, even during the race riots of the 1960s. His voice and action is dearly missed as it could really help in today's atmosphere.
I much prefer Chuck Berry to Ray Charles. Chuck Berry: "I identify a lot with Elvis. I love his style of singing. He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.”
NO black people were doing what ELVIS did SORRY. Elvis created a STYLE OF HIS OWN. NOBODY looked or sounded like him. Elvis was a PIONEER of Rock and Roll, merging white Gospel and Country with black R&B and Gospel. Elvis MERGED these genres into a YOUTH-BASED MUSIC GENRE for EVERYONE and black music sales SKYROCKETED in Elvis era BECAUSE of Elvis. MORE black people purchased Elvis albums than they purchased Rays music.
@@djtopscore2869 Elvis wasn't popular when Ray could see there could have been no way Ray could have seen him because both were children when Ray went blind
So using his convoluted logic, when Ray Charles recorded a country music record he was copying from hillbillies and that’s white music and therefore makes Ray Charles a punk!!
Naw he just had a white populous machine behind him ...his manager and RCA records plus the radio stations..... America was not pushing black music like that back then😅
he never said Elvis "stole" the music, he just pointed out that black people originated the Rockabilly that Elvis got so famous for. To white America Elvis was a pioneer, but to black America he was nothing new, just a variation of the blues that had already been playing in the South for decades
@@learnenglishwithblaine9604 no, he said Elvis copied the music he heard growing up (black music), which I am pretty sure Elvis himself has confirmed that. Stealing and Copying are two very different terms when it comes to music and songwriting. sounds like the truth to me 🤷🏻♂️
I have to disagree. I don't think he was ONLY copying black music. Yes, he grew up around black folks and went to black churches so obviously he was heavily inspired. You can see over time how he developed his own style and was singing all different styles of music. He eventually added his own personality to his music which made him so special. I don't think he stole it but was inspired but it.
@@michaelhernandez1236 I'm 50.yrs old so I already knew he had grown up around black culture. Heard him say it in interviews also. Yes I saw the movie but knew his whole life story before hand.
@@welllivedlife-desireeg2804 I’m only 22 so I didn’t really grow up with Elvis. Everything I know of Elvis is thanks to movies, books, and his new movie but yeah you’re right !!
@@michaelhernandez1236 Really nice to see the younger generation discovering him! One of the greatest entertainers of all time, if not the greatest. Glad you enjoyed the movie.
If you think this is racist you should try to hear your great grandparents opinions of other races in America. Black or white I bet you won't like it. U all need to learn what context is...
In the 1940s Elvis was jamming with black and white gospel choirs and quartets. Much of his soul comes from these sessions. Much of ROCK AND ROLL came from those 1940s sessions. Elvis WAS part of the change. He WAS a pioneer. Its not culture appropriation / culture vulture when you are a pioneer of a sound. Elvis never stole a song. He credited everyone. He jammed with those that came before him. You cant STEAL "COOL" You cant steal "RHYTHM" Elvis Presley just had that God-gifted IT FACTOR. You can't steal "SOUL". You can't STEAL "HOW TO DANCE". You can't steal "HOW TO SAAANG". You either HAVE THESE SKILLS, or you do NOT. And Elvis was the TOTAL PACKAGE. RAY KNEW!!! That's why HE SOLD TWO OF HIS SONGS OVER TO ELVIS TO RECORD!!! And Elvis PAID HIM HANDSOMELY. Naturally Ray doesn't mention that conflicting fact!!!!! Once Elvis broke out -- EVERYONE OF THEM MADE MONEY on a much more respectful and fair scale. And so many artists copied Elvis' swag. Elvis' earlier 1950's dress sense marks him as a true style icon. And it feels particularly relevant today - Cuban collar shirts, wide-legged, pleated trousers, blousons - these are all garments making the rounds on the menswear circuit, but they were also integral to Elvis’ 1950s style wardrobe. He did it all first.
Not here to play games or call names. Just spit facts. But don't take it from me. Research musicians such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Otis Blackwell, Fats Domino, Barry White, Randy Jackson, BB King. Mahalia Jackson. Roy Hamilton. Cissy Houston. James Brown. Dionne Warwick. They spoke on Elvis Presley. They know better than you or I.
Little Richard, Chuck Berry and BB King praise Elvis for adopting some of Black Culture into his own style. They loved him for sticking up for Black America and paving the way to allow Black Culture a larger audience. Anything negative or more pointedly Anti Elvis will Garner a little attention, but even the Beatles regarded Elvis as a great influence. No one is perfect. No one is free of having made mistakes...but there will only ever be one Elvis Presley and what an awesome stamp he left upon our American Culture!
@@Kevin12321 Name a musician that hasn't performed a cover? All of us have. Its how we learn to build our knowledge and figure out reinterpretation that is called "our style" So for you to chastise the greatest performer in American Music History for it, shows you're just an angry and jealous person yourself for not having the cajones to use what is known and create better. He kicked open the doors for Blues, Gospel, Rock etc. They all owe him. If Little Richard doesn't tour and hire a guitarist by the name of Jimi Hendrix, our world would be very different.
@@Kinobambino It’s nothing to do with song writing you idiot! People called him that the because he was a hit maker ..successful..millions of people bought his records. He had soul and passion when he sang..there’s nothing worse than a robotic performer..there have been singer/songwriters but they just didn’t evolve..and only catered to a certain audience,so that’s their lookout but Elvis catered to many different audiences because he was so versatile. Why don’t you learn a few facts instead of listening to a blatant jealous hater. I am willing to bet if he weren’t successful nobody would have said anything about him stealing black music. It wasn’t guaranteed that he would make it..and if he didn’t make it at that time who would have?
Ray - listen to one of your heroes and Elvis' heroes - the great Mahalia Jackson. Mahalia Jackson (on being asked whether Elvis Presley stole the black man’s music): “Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don’t talk skin to me”. And that happened with Big Momma Thorton too. Black mob boss Ron Robey owned Peacock Records and robbed Big momma blind. Took millions from her and left her broke. HE KNEW she couldn't read or write and he took advantage of her. He paid her $500 for Hound Dog. He made millions in royalties.
@@marymeeks6680 being blind doesn't mean you get a license to disrespect the dead man who never chatted shit about you! Give respect and take respect Life is as simple as that Thanks for being the one sided moral police! Today's world is messed up because of people like you!
Music can be connection to culture which is also racial. It can be difficult to see where those lines cross but there's something to that. What Elvis did was make the blues his own.
He had to be a prick , thats why he got where he did. Made more money than BBking. Got better contracts than frank sinatra. Stayed true as he possibly could
James Brown: 'I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him ... I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There'll never be another like that soul brother.
@@PatchesOhoulihan159 When did Elvis discriminated you or any of your black people? It's easy to claim something happened but it is hard to prove it with concrete evidence, where's your evidence that Elvis discriminated anyone of you?
Black people should give their unending graces to Elvis Presley for making their music accessible to the white populous which was to inevitably happen at some point anyway, but never have happened by a black artist. Same for Eminem
Right but they took that piano and gave it der own sound didn’t copy and der instruments wer stripped from them and given what der quote on quote masters gave them to play to entertain them
Elvis said over and over again that his influence was the music of black people. Blacks can't accuse Elvis of claiming ownership to the music or his style of dance. I can't agree with Ray here. He's just hating in white people.
No matter what you say, Elvis haters will say he claimed the opposite. Even when it comes out of Elvis’ own mouth they will ignore it and keep their hate of Elvis.
Elvis paved the way for most black artists today, he used his “privilege” for good and was a warrior for the African American community up until his death. He grew up in an all black neighborhood, which explains his music taste. He exposed the rest of the world to African American music AND even risked going to prison over segregation laws, as he continued to hang out with African Americans when it was illegal. If it wasn’t for Elvis, black artists wouldn’t have half the platform they have today.
right... It was elvis that was a "warrior" for black people in th 50s and 60s. lol Move over Martin Luther King the great white hope is coming to save your people.
Blonde hair is not a cultural trait, nor is it exclusive to white people. There are black africans with naturally blond hair. Cultural traits are things that are passed down through tradition. The issue people have with culture is not getting respect and recognition for the source. Elvis copied black music and got all the credit for it
According to James Brown, Little Richard, BB King and many Jim Crow era black artists, Elvis was unique and genuine. Even Chuck D who called Elvis a racist and copycat recanted his statements in 2002 and said he was a great talent that had more appreciation and respect for black music than most blacks.
Country/western music was heavily influenced by blues, gospel music, Mexican and even Hawaiian musical styles (they contributed the pedal steel guitar). The roots of bluegrass and folk music go way back into England, Ireland, and Scotland, but the 20th century country/western that we know and love is a very diverse mix of all of those influences. It belongs to black Americans just as much as it does to white Americans.
@@SteelyEyedMissileDan All existence (which music is a part of I hope we can all agree) belongs to Logic (the logic of the universe as it is objectively aka the one true God) and music specifically belongs to the sector of Logic known as music theory, not any man. No one has ever truly “made” or “created” anything from scratch. It’s all discovering possibilities Logic already made (in the metaphysical realm) and that this one true God contains knowledge of. Musicians serve Logic and help the substance of Logic (the incorporeal God of Israel) take the form of Music. We do not truly make music as it is a form of Logic/God that like all other things comes from God/Logic. The proper way to think of it is this: God aka Logic made God aka Logic (or it wouldn’t truly be THE God and THE Logic of the universe) and only needed to be the substance of logic to be substantive and logical (existing formlessly) then the substance of logic branched out and made forms of logic and applied logic to itself and other things. Consciousness (logical reasoning and self awareness) is one of the subjects that arose once that began to happen and reality (largely connected with space-time when looking at this from the angle of physics) was verified for the first time immediately after that. Eventually consciousness became embodied and did things like pluck strings and help discover some of the infinite forms the substance of logic can take, such as math, science, language, and music. The substance of logic makes music (a form and application of logic) possible and music makes the musician possible. Too many people get this completely backwards and steal the glory from God aka Logic. The musician cannot exist without music any more than the author without literature, the entertainer without entertainment, the comedian without comedy, the politician without politics, the philosopher without philosophy, or the logician without logic. It is Logic, the one true God that is not a mythological God that makes me a logician, philosopher, and musician.
Dont do drugs boys and girls, will even make a blind man act like he sees color. Elvis was poor, grew up in a black town with black people and sang in a black church. It was HIS MUSIC and HIS DANCING. Culture, is not a color. its what you grew up in.
@@vincentsmith6697 that's not all Ray was saying other wise that's all he would've said. You're literally lying about a video we all saw lol. He even called Elvis a punk? Fucking idiot dude lol
what race isn’t influenced by the blacks? we’re highly influential, feels good to be black and all the other black ppl should be proud and embrace it ✊🏾
Influence and cultural appropriation are 2 different things… if Elvis wasn’t Yt, he’d be irrelevant and because he’s Yt, now he’s the “King” of something he stole… there’s nothing to be proud of there.
I find the whole black and white thing hilarious. Science shows that absolutely every single one of us came from a black woman. Even every man started as a malformed woman, there is not really that much difference between a man and a woman. Not much difference between any of us really. Got to keep people scared of the dark like the rich white idiots are though right? The only thing that is sad is the constant urge for most black people to be flashy and feel important because of the years of abuse, the black panther movie would be closer to their true legacy. One day they will reconnect with that spirit and be great again, but we all have to do our part in humiliating the rich white idiots who think they are God.
You can talk all that shit about Elvis but Elvis will remain on my playlist! I wouldn’t want to hear Ray Charles singing suspicious minds! So hit the road jack!! 😂
BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'. -- BB KING
Sorry sir we all know the truth about Elvis.....it's 2022 we all know that the average racist doesn't want it to be known..... Elvis was the typical closet racist and a copycat
@@PatchesOhoulihan159 Soo BB King is wrong? No. Muhammad Ali was wrong? No. John Lee Hooker was wrong? No. Little Richard was wrong? No. Jackie Wilson was wrong? No. Sammy Davis Jr was wrong? No. James Brown was wrong? NO. YOU ARE WRONG. HERE ARE THE FACTS: The great legends of color in his era: BB King - Jackie Wilson - James Brown were there to witness Elvis‘ creativity. He was a one-of-a-kind super talent that grew up in the black community during the Great Depression and segregation in the deep South. Born in 1935 in a shack his father built (no electricity or plumbing). His twin brother died at birth. The Presleys were so poor that they buried his stillborn twin brother in a shoe box. So Elvis experienced the depths of poverty from the day he was literally born. He grew up playing with black friends on the streets and in black and white southern Baptist churches, in the poorest mixed and black neighborhoods in Tupelo -- a potentially deadly activity back in the 1940s-60s down South. Elvis' support for the civil rights movement was real and is not known by the greater population in America. The new Elvis 2022 movie examined this part. This is why almost all black musicians from that era absolutely loved Elvis because he was able to take that Memphis sound all around the country and then the world. Little Richard credited Elvis Presley multiple times for opening up the door for black music and creating a path that he could travel and so he could make his mark. Clearly a terribly racist time Elvis put poverty and racial socialization on his platform. But he did it all through Music and his behind the scenes actions alone. He never got political I think that’s what actually made him so powerful and able to succeed. FAMOUS QUOTES BY THE MOST KNOWN BLACK MEN and WOMEN OF THE 1940s-80s and beyond WHO ACTUALLY KNEW ELVIS: JOHN LEE HOOKER - "Elvis was a really good friend of mine.... He was the king." -- John Lee Hooker MUHAMMAD ALI - 'Elvis was my close personal friend. He had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know. We must understand, Elvis did lot for poor people, he cared for people, he had a good heart, he just wasn't a person who was great with talent, but he was great in spirit and with God in his heart. I wouldn't praise nobody if he don't deserve it, because I am the greatest of all time in boxing, in boxing. I said boxing ! But I'm telling you, I'm Black, I'm a Islamic, I'm 100% different from you. But I’ll tell the world Elvis was the greatest of all time. I'm a Muslim who's black who stands up for what he believes. I don't have to say what I don't feel, I'm not false, I don't have to say this. I have no Bosses. I'm free. He to me, is one of the greatest singers, actors and all round men of all time.” ~ "THE GREATEST" MUHAMMAD ALI. BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'. -- BB KING The "GODFATHER OF SOUL" JAMES BROWN: “I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him … I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There will never be another like that Soul Brother”. During Elvis' private family wake, James was the LAST ONE TO LEAVE. 3 hours and 30 minutes later -- it took several of his security guards to help him out of the room. James was devastated -- James and Elvis sang Gospel together many a night to all hours of the morning at each others' homes. James Brown was considered family by the Presleys they were so close. JACKIE WILSON: "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied from Elvis." --- JACKIE WILSON (Elvis quietly paid for Jackie's medical expenses until the day he passed away in 1977. Before Jackie's stage accident he would carry a small signed photo of Elvis in his pants pocket. Every day, bar none.) RANDY JACKSON (of the Jackson 5): "Elvis used Rock and Roll music to bridge the gap between whites and minorities. He was a wonderful person." LITTLE RICHARD "He sung my Tootie Fruti & by him singing it, made it bigger & made ME bigger" And then he said: “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 CISSY HOUSTON: "Elvis loved gospel music. He was raised on it. And he really did know what he was talking about. He was singing Gospel all the time - almost anything he did had that flavor. You can't get away from what your roots are." - Cissy Houston (The Sweet Inspirations co-founder & member & sang vocals for Elvis, also mother of Whitney Houston)
@@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor what he did is stole black people from the south. When he got on camera he never stated he stole the music from black Americans. When black Americans was shaking they behind and they call it rock and roll. White people called it NIGGER MUSIC AMD DEVILS MUSIC. WHEN THE white man copy it and they was copying black Americans music. Just like when they had band stands and white folks would copy black people music, the way they dance,and how they dress from the way they wore they hair, shoes, clothes, . Then the white dancers would call it an interpretation. They STOLE AND COPY. BLACK PEOPLE CREATION FR BLUES, JAZZ, COUNTRY, ROCK AND ROLL, RHYTHM AND BLUES, SOUL, HOUSE, REGGAE, DANCEHALL TO THIS DAY.
That was tacky. I'm disappointed in him because stars back then didn't talk chit about each other. This "tit for tat" could go back and forth all day, so don't lower yourself by starting it. You begin looking jealous, bitter.
Lived a great portion of his life in a segregated America and constantly had to deal with the repercussions of that system, yet he wasn’t supposed to see color. He was just supposed to carry on, pretending his skin color wasn’t an issue. 😂 you’re a fool
@@deedeekong7161 a douchebag is still a douchbag, I don't care that much tbh. it's just crazy that someone who has achieved so much can still be a petty narcissist. It's hilarious
@@Kevin12321 covering songs isn’t stealing. Both Elvis and Ray made careers of covering songs and making them their own. Why is it stealing when Elvis does it? For a long time, most of hip hop and rap were made up mostly of samples. That’s closer to stealing than what both Elvis and Ray did, but it still wasn’t stealing. Go read interviews with Elvis and see how much praise he gives black artists, at a time when that was taboo. He listed many black artists that would never have been given recognition otherwise. Even said that he could never play their songs as good as they did. That’s high praise and conveniently left off anytime this subject is roughy up by those that accuse Elvis of stealing. It’s either misinformation or an outright lie.
FURTHER FACT CHECK: No one has seen "God". Yet Billions worship him EVERYDAY. There are written descriptions of Niccolo Paganini playing the violin yet there are no recordings and no one that is alive saw him play all we have is the music.
I love Ray Charles....but he copied damn near every jazz and blues black musician there was when he was trying to make it...then he went and took church music and recorded songs with it...not to mention he did it all smacked out on heroin and was a terrible father and husband....all music is a result of the music that came before...sorry for your racism Ray. It's a damn shame to see this
@@depper that's funny chuck first album was before rock and roll by Elvis and fats domino had the same title song in '56 as Elvis and little Richard first song was in '51 u can keep lying to yourself lol
@@krlm2280 Elvis was already singing gospel, and honing his craft IN THE 1940s!! He was learning from legendary Rev W Herber Brewster from the East Trigg Baptist Church in Memphis. 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. And THAT was ALL BEFORE Little Richard cut his first album.
A white guy that loved black culture and was inspired by black culture... shunned by black culture. Art is shared into the world and people get to enjoy it and dabble in it. I don't understand why we have black music or white music. Why can't we just have music? Give props to its origin but how weird is it to say you cant enjoy this because of the skin you were born with. I thought that was the opposite of our goal. Elvis always credited his inspiration to the black community. He grew up poor around black people. 🤷♂️ He was a talented singer that did just that. Sing. Whats the problem? Slightly disappointed to hear this since I think Ray is so awesome.
You not wrong at all about the world being willing to embrace music as one people however to judge Ray on this comments about an era that rejected many African American of that time who arguably created the art of Rock n Roll is absurd. Put yourself in the shoes of the people whose music was often refaced on white artist to sell millions. Beach Boys etc etc
Elvis s typical culture vulture. He steals, creates wealth for himself and others like him and don't give back from where he took from.Records companies was stealing like bandits from blk artist and Elvis did the same.He was a fucking thief and a racist...PERIOD.
Us As A People Black Folks Have Never Been Accepted In A White Mans World. Any Achievements Made By Blacks Was Put To The Back Or Erased. This U.S. Does Not Want To Solve The Ills Of Racism. To Level The Playing Field Would Cause Harm To Those Inflicting Pain And Suffering. I Am Talking Education From Connecticut To Compton. Equalize All Schools K-12.
Back then music was music. Sure. But black artist and people in general got the short end of the stick for sure. However now there is such thing as "black music" and "white music" because one of them glorifies murder, drug dealing, robbing your neighbors, and various other forms of self-destruction. Guess which one.
Well yeah but Ray is grouping Elvis with other whites like Pat Boone who did copy music. According to BB King, Rufus Thomas, James Brown, Elvis is legit. He may not be King but they say he was no copycat.
That's a damn lie. Forrest Gump taught him those moves as a kid while Elvis rented a room from his mom!
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So he stole moves from the handicapped. That’s wild trash.
You are full of it
Lmaooooo
You know you about to hear the truth when someone that old and black starts a sentence with "WHHEELLL" 😁
His version of the Truth.
Facts!
@@lionbolt2136 rang true to me...
Well not really. He was a bit misinformed about Elvis.
@@werwergtgtg uhh, he was there. WTH are you talking about?
"A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But rock 'n' roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people."
-Elvis
Colored people🤔
@@blacbeautei that's what I am thinking too he really said that.
We're called black or African American now not colored
read ppl it's a quote from Elvis admitting he ain't start it and giving credit to blacks they called us colored back then don't yall see the quotations lol
It was the 50’s that’s what black peoples were called back then. You can’t hold people who were around 70 years ago to todays standards because those standards didn’t exist 🙄
As soon as he said "Well....uh ok," I knew he was about to go in!!🤣🤣
💯💯💯🤣🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🙏🏽Right! Like when u ask the elders in ur family Y don't u like her or him
@@tyneshiajames1329 Yup!😅
Ray Charles is a race hustling uncle Tom. In 1981 when the African Nation Congress and the UN were sanctioning apartheid South African and their illegal occupation of Namibia, Ray toured that apartheid country for big money. A leaflet was passed out in Africa that read: VICTORY TO THE ANC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAPO OF NAMIBIA! "Hit the road Ray, and don'tcha come back no more!!!" The UN asked for a apology from Ray and he replied for them to kiss his a$$. When it comes to a dollar it seems Ray will sellout his own mother.
Right 😂
“Elvis didn’t steal any music from anyone. He just had his own interpretation of the music he’d grown up on, same is true for everyone. I think Elvis had integrity.” B.B. King
No lol he just did copys of black peoples music and got famous cause he's white lol there's nothing good about him
And what does a bb king quote have to do with anything lol
You salty brah?
B. B. Just like Ray have their own perspectives like we all have a right to.
@@Shel230 - it's easy to figure it out why are you rejected.
Saying Elvis is the king of Rock & Roll is like saying Eminem is the king of Rap
But Em didn't get famous off Nas music. He didn't get famous off Bone Thugs music. Lol em wrote his own shit and it was different, kinda wild and fuckin out there. Elvis on the other hand ate from many colored people's hands who weren't eating.
But Em is the king of hip hop. Or at least a contender
@@EWP. He’s definitely not the King of Hip Hop 😂
@Cody Hess An iq has absolutely nothing to do with my comment. Flex that ignorance lol 🤡
@@EWP. why because the u.s is made up mostly of Caucasians and they bought his albums and didn’t illegally download them? That’s all that’s it! He made goofy music with jokes for Caucasians. He’s YOUR king of hip hop, not THE king of hip hop. You people steal everything and feel because you are the “majority” then it’s law. 😂
I prefer Chuck Berry over Ray Charles anyday. "I identify a lot with Elvis, yeah. I love his style of singing. Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.” - The great CHUCK BERRY
You got it. But a lot of people want to ignore that quote and thousands of others like it.
As a black man I must say, Elvis wasn’t a punk for what he did. He may of been white but where he grew up and his environment black culture was apart of his culture (environment) that’s what he loved. It’s not his fault that he was born white performing black movements because that’s what he saw and learnt. Just like Ritchie Valens performing Rock & Roll as a Latino. It’s circumstance. It’s innovation. It’s their culture.
I think what Ray is unconsciously saying is the only reason why Elvis blew up is because he was white. Basically white privilege. Black folk were doing it well before him. Makes sense especially for the horrible era in regards to race relations in the country at their time.
N he was apart of dat culture
Elvis is a punk because he copied their music and then never gave them any credit. The rolling Stones gave muddy Waters all the credit in the world and even took him on tour with them. Elvis was too concerned about how associating with black people would hurt his career. Don't be so ignorant
Or eminem performing rap music
Are you shitting me Elvis was racist az hell period. He took our moves like they took everything else. Plus he has not always been blind. So that means he did see him
The irony here is that Elvis opened the doors to the mainstream for many black musicians....including Ray. And the black music Ray's referring to, wouldn't have been created without the integration of black slaves with European instrumentation. I mean, there's a reason Africa isn't the blues capital of the world.
A series of unfortunate events but the pie tastes nice in the end!
Elvis himself has said that he credits rock and roll to black musicians and that he doesn't sing as well as fats domino. yall scared to admit the truth while defending a dude who slept with and married a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD.
@@FlipsideJr Funny how Precilla says different. And the rest of your points are total bullshit. But then morons like you aren't exactly big on checking facts. Idiot.
@@FlipsideJr You must be have been feeling pretty proud of yourself coming up with this lie..it’s laughable when people try to embellish their comments with a pack of lies like getting Priscilla’s age wrong when the were married she was 21 and she was a virgin on her wedding day, he met her in Germany when she was 14, didn’t see her for 3 years until she moved to America..you people need to get your facts straight.
You think Europeans invented musical instruments? Lol. All musical instruments stem from one another that originate from a few primitive instruments that date back thousands of years
Wow...
Ive never seen someone be so unironically racist, but its ok, he is black🙄
Ray can’t be trusted on any opinion. In 1981 when the UN and the African National Congress was protesting and boycotting apartheid South African, Ray was paid big money by that racist government to tour the country. When the rest of Africa and the UN asked Ray for an apology Ray told them to kiss his a$$.
How is that’s racist because he said a white man took black style ? Stfu
Yt peopl playing the privileged victim as usual.
Oh cry me a river
Say what you need to say BUT Elvis will always be with us.
That's black music. Sorry guy but music isn't held by no one. It's universal. I think Ray was being petty or jealous or both...
Actually he is right.
Elvis literally used aa dance voice (Roy Hamilton, fats domino mama Thornton)
And took it to white ppl as something new then HE became the face of something all bcuz he was NOT black.
And Elvis knew that , which is why towards the end he tried to bring out some black artists but it was too late.
African Americans people have ALWAYS had different sounds (Rock-RnB-Rap-Country)
But white people as always get their hands on it and take it.
Literally that type of dancing was called the devil's music all because black people were already doing it. Now you wouldn't even know country and rock were created by black Americans because the MOST Successful ones are ALL WHITE . The ones given the most money and the biggest push are the white people. Please don't be dishonest. Race DOES play a part in our culture.
U sound like a culture vulture
@@happypeople3746 cool bro ever heard of being inspired? Elvis is the King and there’s no dispute
Elvis would tell you the same thing. He knows his music is black inspired he never denied that
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Did he ever talk about the greats who came before him?
Correct! Elvis never claimed to have invented a style, he would refuse to be called the King. Here’s a direct quote from Elvis in an interview
“A lot of people seem to think I started this business. But Rock’n’Roll was here a long time before I came along. Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let’s face it: I can’t sing like Fats Domino can. I know that.”
-Elvis Presley
after a performance in Las Vegas in which an interviewer referred to Presley as 'King', Elvis pointed towards Domino (referring to Fat Domino )who was sitting nearby, and said, “There's the real king of rock 'n' roll.” -Elvis Presley 1969-
I've got two words when the name "Elvis" comes up: Chuck Berry.
His #1 idol he studied the shit out some chuck
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And when Chuck Berry's name comes up I think of Chuck Berry's amazing music AND HIS WORDS: "I identify a lot with Elvis, yeah. I love his style of singing. Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.”
@@depper:
🖕😡🖕 th@ pedo, Elvis !!
He was nothing more than a "Culture Vulture"
Elvis was a musical genius with a great voice and a great dancer. He didnt 'copy' his talent.
And he didnt just sing rock and roll, he sang gospel, country, ballads, etc
And he didnt copy it, he grew up among black people and it was the music of the culture he grew up with. Its not 'our kind of music', culture is shared, and elvis grew up with it anyway.
Plus he gave lots of credit.
Not the king of rock? Fine, he was still one of the greatest singers ever, performers ever, a very good dancer, and had a strong grasp of musical creativity. He doesnt have to be the king of rock and roll, he's the king of american music as a whole.
Growing up around Black people doesn’t make it your culture. Its just the environment you grew up in. He did emulate the Black people around him, which is technically copying.
Musical genius? He gets clapped vocally by MJ and Freddie Mercury and he can't play instruments like Prince or Stevie Wonder.
@@Python-xs2iv lol aight dude. I didn't know there was a 4-person cap on geniuses in a field lol
Guess what, Beethoven was a better composer than all of them. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Luciano Pavarotti a better singer than all of them. So now what?
@@immanuelcunt7296 Ok? Cool?
@@user-qj8kf3kb7s Read my comment again. I said, "he can't play instruments *like* Prince or Stevie Wonder." Not, "He can't play instruments." Elvis was good for his time, but he's been surpassed artistically. I respect Elvis less for his actual music, and more for what he meant to music as a figure.
How does Ray know Elvis was just shaking his hips??? 😳 🤔
Ray Charles was never blind. It was all apart of the mystique
Blind people have better perception
Is it possible that someone told Ray that Elvis was shaking his hips?
@@keithgupton9349 me telling you and you seeing it for yourself are 2 different things. Maybe the idea of a white man shaking his hips was mind blowing to Ray.
@@blackturkdog I personally think you're overthinking this. Ray Charles was blind, so regarding Elvis hip shaking, it was obviously described to him and he used his imagination to figured out what it potentially looked like. Even a person with sight doesn't have to see something to imagine what something looks like. Lastly I don't think Ray's mind was blown at all about a white man shaking his hips. I think Ray's issue was making a big deal over Elvis hip shaking considering its nothing new. Black men did it before Elvis and were better at it. Fact is, nothing is ever widely accepted until a white man does it. Rap wasn't considered music until white guys started rapping, then it became more acceptable.
“Music is owned by the whole universe. It isn't exclusive to the black man or the white man or any other color. It shared in and by our souls...” -B.B. King
Cut this shit out. You sound stupid
Now you say that but whenever it's first started it was known as n***** music and the white Community hated it and hated him for betraying and copying black music and then you say he's a king of it that's what black people don't like
@@TheRetroManRandySavage no other ethics groups like that music tho only white people so why couldn't they just let our sound be ours because yall got a bad habit of stealing everything a black man ever created even actual inventions other than musical sound. This isn't a racist remark it's actual facts.
It's for everybody once it's created & put out there for all to enjoy but its no question different groups/ ethnicities/ cultures create music unique to their own group. And all know when they hear Black people music, even when others are mimicking the sound.
@@BegodeEx30 I agree it's for all to enjoy but stealing creativity means that I can start playing classical music and become a great, smh if I was a black man that was the greatest classical musician ever they would hide that truth from the people to act as if they are the originators and that's wrong flat out wrong to steal others identities and claim them as your own that's all I'm saying
I know a lot of people may think Ray Charles was hating but it’s deeper rooted. He had to experience several of his peers be blacked-balled and oppressed for their brand of music and then suddenly Elvis came along and it became popular. It’s like watching several of your friends go to jail for weed possession and then the government turns around and starts selling it while your friends are still in jail. I’m sure someone will deflect and say “not everyone is about race”. Go watch The United States vs Billie Holiday and the Green Book and you’ll see exactly how black musicians and artist were treated during that time
I've always thought about this about people in general. If somebody has an easier go at things, people will resent them and try to take them down even if said person had nothing to do with the disparity in treatment. Ray was foul for this one. His resentment was towards the populace that embraced him, not the King himself. I wonder if Ray thought lowly of any black folks that liked Elvis during the 50's.
You need to research Elvis more and into his background
@@junior0581 he thought lowly of the system that elvis took full advantage of. Just because elvis was a great singer of his time didn't make him any different from other white artists who re-recorded black music. If anything it made him a martyr for that format. Having an appreciation for the black community doesn't help the facts of it.
They're not interested in hearing the truth. Its better for them to believe the lies of this country's history and turn a blind eye so they can feel better about themselves.
@@lunababy662 I think you should too and you should start with a man named Otis Blackwell
Everyone calling him racist but would Elvis be the king if he was black? It would be like crowing Justin Timberline as the king of pop instead of MJ.
You’re comparing JT to MJ? They’re from different eras! At least compare MJ to another white man of his time
Sounds like Mr Charles has a slight grudge. And how in gods name does he know Elvis was shaking??? He couldn’t even see him!!!!!!
Mr. Charles wasn't blind..he just told white people that so he could watch them behind those dark glasses..
How to say your part of the populous without saying it 😅
He had one of the greatest voices in the history of music get over yourself and your color
ELVIS WAS A CHILD PREDATOR
There were plenty of better voices than Presley.
@@TheKeetkeet66 They said "one of the greatest" which is absolutely true
He's right tho, Elvis wasn't the King of Rock and Roll. Most of his hit songs were already made by black ppl, he just got famous off it cause he was a white guy singing them and could dance. One of the greatest voices in music history?? Idk about that, great entertainer, good voice, that's sounds more realistic...
@@TheKeetkeet66 please, could you give me your opinion of such artists? No offense, but how old are you? Age does make a differences in this.
Ray didnt "hate" Elvis for bein white but the fact he was OVERRATED
Pale faces always overate their entertainers! All of them stole from and copied us!
He hated him bad enough to talk shit aboutvhis dancing... which he never saw.
ya that’s why he’s still relevant today 50 years after he died🙄
He's right. He didn't say he wasn't talented. He just got more credit for doing something that was already done, arguably better, and without as much appreciation
According to James Brown and BB King, Elvis is the King
Elvis never once took credit for anything called Fats Domino the real king of rock & roll
He was just the most popular guy who did it and tbh i think everyone just got a bone to pick with him because of that
What Elvis did, had never been done before. You wont find anyone before him, who sounded like him.
I think it was a two fold for the artist of that time. R &B music was finally getting exposure but Elvis was getting paid and recognized singing that music.
Cry more Charles
The “populous” is very upset in these comments. I love it lol
That ignorant old bad looking blind erectus should be thankful
Haha right. Defending a pedo at that
That was the flyiest comment that I read so far. Go get em SleazyTooEZ! 😂
They have good reasons to be mad. They have an inferiority complex.
Lmao
Damn Ray hit ‘em with the sorry not sorry lol.
.. and lies.
Look at you! It’s 2022 and you care about where Elvis got his style!? What a asshole! 🤣
@@depper he not lying deal with it lol
@@skyjacksonA1 Ray WAS lying. Through his fake teeth. We know now that Elvis never stole a song. And we also know now that RAY CHARLES SOLD Elvis two of his songs to perform. AND Elvis not only paid for the song rights -- but offered ROYALTY MONEY during a down period in Rays career which helped put food on his table at a lowe point. Ray was AN ASSHOLE for saying this ish. Then he rescinds it after this interview and blamed his handlers for "misleading" him.
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WRONG! Sorry, Ray. It was Elvis's own music, too. He grew up in poverty, immersed in the same music in culture. It was his own self expression. Yes, his influences were largely black singers and musicians, but it was part of his soul just as much as it was yours. And yet, he never failed to credit his predecessors respectfully. To say Elvis is a "punk" and not talented is just plain ignorant and jealous. I am thankful Elvis became the vehicle for introducing R & B to the the broader white world because he did so with respect and humility. And he also put his own stamp on it and owned it for himself. Black folks have no legitimate reason to hate on Elvis. He was a non-racist who taught a racist society to love black music. Thanks, King.
Black Americans don't hate Elvis. So that statement is nonsense. Also this idea that Elvis introduced Rock and Roll/Blues to White people is also nonsense. How can you introduce something to someone that they already knew about? The only reason why the masses of white people didn't openly listen to Rock and Roll/Blues was because they were told by racists that Black music was designed to bring white people down to the level of black people who they considered inferior. And I didn't even mention the sexual aspect of having little impressionable white girls idolizing strong virile black men shaking their hips. White America certainly couldn't have that. So we'll give you the next best thing. A white man who could do the a similar thing. Sam Phillips basically said as much. Remember Sam Phillips of Sun Records? He was one of the few white record producer who recorded black artists in the south. He basically said. If I could find a white man who could do what the black artists could do we'll be rich. Because he understood the racial implications behind what made Rock and Roll/ Blues not acceptable by white people. I think its unfair to call Elvis a racist. But I'm not going to give him credit for doing something that he should have done. Giving black artists their respect. In my heart Chuck Berry or Little Richard deserves to be called the King of Rock and Roll more than Elvis does. The original is more valuable than a copy.
ELVIS SUCKS!
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I’m not sure of all the cases where he stole things or not but it really is apparent he stole hound dog and I never see that talked about anywhere, originally performed by big mama thorton
Little Richard lamented the loss of his friend. “I love him. That’s my buddy, my baby. I love him. We are very good friends, and it was a very great loss to the music world,” he said in an interview after Presley’s death in 1977. “Elvis is one of the greatest performers who ever lived in this world.
Little Richard also said that Elvis being white was the reason he became such a succes. That's basically why Ray is bitter. It's not Elvis his fault it was the fault of the wide spread racism at the times. Ray just channels his anger on Elvis while he should have done it on society.
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@@SmilerAmv314 Ray isn’t bitter. He wasn’t lying. Nat King Cole did what Elvis did before Elvis and got death threats. Y’all gotta stop lying to yourselves as if black artists were popular than white artists in those days
@@coopc97 I agree with you tho.
Elvis wasnt white thooooooooo. He was native as they come
Elvis is the KING. Deal with it.
Michale Jackson is the King 👑 Elvis was a plant
@@Lefty_Bl4ck MJ was the king of POP..Elvis is the King of rock n roll.
Sad!! That sounds like a jealous man..
Sad. You sound like a white racist man who can’t accept the truth. The funk Ray got to be jealous about?!? He was a musical genius. And lived far longer. So maybe whitey should, idk, stfu
Elvis did more to unite races than most could ever dream of and he paved the path for many black artists to attain a much higher level of mainstream acceptance.
Any artist who says they don't imitate and emulate other artists is full of shit
Elvis was color blind
Ray is just blind.
Touche'
Exactly!
What does that mean
.."colorblind"
He played segregated venues for years.So you think he did not know there WERE ONLY WHITE PEOPLE in the audience???
..or do you vase that on the stories of how "kind" he was to negroes?
Just so you understn clearly...........
NO ONE WAS "COLORBLIND" IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH IN THE 50s....
NO ONE.
Stop fooling yourself.
@@FramrodLiggins You are TRULY a MORON
Color blind 🤣🤣you wiah
All these people getting mad at Ray are 100% white
Im not white and i say ray was a jealous cunt
Facts!
🤣🤣 ong these comments is too funny
@@Fasho_Tony they’re really mad!!
You misspelled "right" . What he's saying is complete ignorance.
Jealousy is a Real thing
So is the truth 😅
It’s the truth and it hurts, while many of the originators died in poverty and anonymity Elvis died a bloated millionaire addicted to drugs.
In 1981 when the UN and the African National Congress was boycotting Apartheid South Africa, Ray was paid big money to tour there and he did! When the UN and the African National congress asked for an apology he told them to kiss his a$$. All this is documented and can be found online in the African Activist Archives. This is how stupid people are: Elvis supports blacks and Ray sells them out. Yet Ray is the hero.
FACT: The music business was racist. ELVIS FOUGHT THAT. 1. Elvis NEVER stole a song. 2. HE DEMANDED that black songwriters got paid. This is why Elvis is credited for tearing down walls of racism in the music business. Not by words and interviews but BY ACTIONS. HERE's THE EVIDENCE: 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.
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 house (shack) with a porch, 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.😞
Without a doubt the time Ray Charles was growing up in race did play a big role that's why it's important to him but we cannot sit here and say that we knew Elvis cuz we didn't but I have heard nothing but good things like how he gave his Cadillac to some dude who just said he had a nice car
Facts
Cap, elvis stole from black artist and the moves from black artist he looked up too.. aint a black person like or listen to elvis
@@mical2great You are as ignorant as they come. Start with basic education. Grades 1 thru 6 would be a good start for you. Name ONE SONG ELVIS stole and name the MUSICIAN he stole it from. Do your research now before you answer or I'm going to make you look stupid., again. I'll give you a hint, Elvis NEVER STOLE a single song from a song writer. Not once.
@@mical2great "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied from Elvis." --- JACKIE WILSON (Elvis quietly paid for Jackie's medical expenses until the day he passed away in 1977. Before Jackie's stage accident he would carry a small signed photo of Elvis in his pants pocket. Every day, bar none.)
And that people is what pure jealousy looks like!!
Oh. Elvis didn’t steal songs from black artist? What would he be jealous of. He’s ray Charles? Lol
Right!?
Well he obviously resentful of something isn’t he? he wouldn’t have given a damn if he was successful and made more than EP. “Just a punk” hardly someone that had credibility when he couldn’t state his opinion without personal insults.
@@AJ-jc1ye obviously you don’t no jack above Ray Charlse and his legacy before write something bad about King Charlse do some dam research 🧐
And this is what pure ignorance looks like
Would Elvis be just as popular if he were black? Same music and everything but different race.
He might now but wouldn't have been then.
"He's a punk - sorry!" 😆😂🤣🤣
Bet he wouldn’t say it to his face tho.
@@mrsg.9273I think he would 😂
@@mrsg.9273Let's put it in the past tense since they're both deceased - I think he would've 😉
I would @@mrsg.9273
So elvis bridged a gap between black and whit and he sees that as a problem..... i just lost a lot of respect for this man
Elvis grew up in a black neighborhood, which is where he learned how to dance and sing. He was inspired by the people around him growing up. I don't think he looked at the black community with the intention to steal and copy a certain style of music. He just wanted to be like the people he looked up to. Apparently, though, he can't sing and dance a certain way because of his race. That's pretty racist.
Then he should've been inspired to write his own songs!
@@uiu510 he was the greatest show on earth. Never claimed to be writing songs. Bye hater
@@shanefowler9443 And since when a "musician" is called "great" by copying OTHERS music? 🤔
@@uiu510 Frank Sinatra for example NEVER wrote a song yet they still called him ole blue eyes! Nobody in the 50’s hardly ever wrote their songs 🙄 Maybe do some real research instead of looking like an uneducated fool on the internet 🤦♀️
@@shanefowler9443 Exactly! Gotta love the uneducated trolls 🤦♀️😂😂
Elvis didn't steal anything from anyone. ELVIS CREATED HIS OWN STYLE and paid the black artists he worked with very, very well. That "Elvis was a racist and stole black music" narrative was a false narrative that bears no truth and has zero evidence. ALL black artists that worked with him PRAISED HIM.
Elvis is the only musician inducted into the Gospel, R&B, Country and Rock Halls of Fame.
FACTS:
1. Elvis Presley has NEVER stolen a song. Not even in one instance. Elvis WORKED ** WITH BLACK SONGWRITERS **. In particular, Otis Blackwell, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, among a few others. Elvis paid for SONG RIGHTS, which went to each black artist.
2. Elvis then sent ROYALTY CHECKS to the artist based on HIS sales.
3. Because Elvis CREDITED EACH ARTIST, on EACH ALBUM, black artists' ALBUM SALES skyrocketed when Elvis recorded one of their songs. Elvis opened up THREE REVENUE STREAMS for black artists when almost NO ONE ELSE WAS.
There absolutely were white artists and executives that were stealing black music, but Elvis was NOT in that group. Elvis gave an injection to black music and musicians, that is why they willingly worked with Elvis, and CREDITED ELVIS for doing JUST THAT. Examples: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Otis Blackwell, Fats Domino, Jackie Wilson. Mahalia Jackson. Cissy Houston. James Brown. Isaac Hayes. Al Green. They all credited and put mad respect on Elvis' name.
Elvis came FROM NOTHING. Born in a shack with no running water or electricity. Twin brother died at birth and was buried in a SHOEBOX. So poor his black friend Sam Bell called him the poorest of the poor. Yet his ability to interpret and arrange a song by merging three distinct genres, R&B, Country and Gospel was revolutionary.
Elvis was an ARRANGER as much as he was a lead vocalist and dancer. He was a creator of stage presentations, of clothing attire, and the look of a rock and roll star. He was a crossover youth symbol for many young white, black and Hispanic people in the 1950s, no matter their race or creed, and always went against the order of older elites of the day.
Elvis was a youth rebel, who dressed with Italian and Cuban collar shirts, wide-legged, pleated trousers, blousons , long raised Pompadour hairstyle, sharp colors, denim and leather jackets, and always looked youthful and fresh. Always dressed on point. All eyes were on Elvis. And the older people hated the look and would threaten to arrest him and even kill him for his singing and dancing. Death threats became the norm until the day he died. Elvis was a strong supporter of civil rights, hiring black musicians and staff members when almost noone was at the time, even during the race riots of the 1960s. His voice and action is dearly missed as it could really help in today's atmosphere.
Everything black people created white people took it from them we don't believe you check history I did
I much prefer Chuck Berry to Ray Charles.
Chuck Berry: "I identify a lot with Elvis. I love his style of singing. He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.”
Ray a little raycist. Elvis was a hell of a great man.
And pedophile
I believe Ray's PEOPLE where jealous and He followed. To me Elvis earned his title. I can't see Elvis as a "PUNK"😔
He was a great performer. But he slept with 14 year old, was serially unfaithful, the drugs and abortions. Pump the brakes on the great man stuff
@@louskunt2641 and Ray was drunk heroin addict. Nonetheless, they're both greats in music.
@@louskunt2641 Elvis didn't touch Priscilla until she was of legal age.
Seeing this interview just shows me Jamie Foxx Killed the Ray Charles role
He sure did!
Word yo
Majorly. One of the better movies ever made
If only he were alive to see... erm I mean hear it
Elvis had a very distinctive voice and his music is loved rightfully.
NO black people were doing what ELVIS did SORRY. Elvis created a STYLE OF HIS OWN. NOBODY looked or sounded like him. Elvis was a PIONEER of Rock and Roll, merging white Gospel and Country with black R&B and Gospel. Elvis MERGED these genres into a YOUTH-BASED MUSIC GENRE for EVERYONE and black music sales SKYROCKETED in Elvis era BECAUSE of Elvis. MORE black people purchased Elvis albums than they purchased Rays music.
Ray: I use to see Elvis...
Everyone: Hold on there...
He used to be able to see he wasn’t born blind so he just might’ve seen Elvis fr 😂
@Elkster Eidolon most blind people wear sunglasses because they're eyes be looking crazy sometimes and people can be judgemental.
@Elkster Eidolon yea but once he went blind his eyes didn't look the same
@Elkster Eidolon those aren't sunglasses, those are eye protectors as well as covers.
@@djtopscore2869 Elvis wasn't popular when Ray could see there could have been no way Ray could have seen him because both were children when Ray went blind
So using his convoluted logic, when Ray Charles recorded a country music record he was copying from hillbillies and that’s white music and therefore makes Ray Charles a punk!!
ray charles sang one country song lmao, he didn’t copy his whole discography like your “king”
@@BM4949. why does it matter, the world is better with both of their music?
Country music is black so please stfu
Wasn’t country music created by black folk
@@BM4949. oh I see. You’re just all over the comments, putting Elvis down. Go hard if it makes your day better
The Ulster Scots brought their fiddles, flutes etc, that's where the hillbilly rock"n"roll came from .
Blacks were pissed off because elvis did it better
Naw he just had a white populous machine behind him ...his manager and RCA records plus the radio stations..... America was not pushing black music like that back then😅
He didn't steal that music. He sang the music he grew up with.
It’s literally so simple I really don’t understand what people so pressed for.. the man is dead and created history he got some bangers
he never said Elvis "stole" the music, he just pointed out that black people originated the Rockabilly that Elvis got so famous for. To white America Elvis was a pioneer, but to black America he was nothing new, just a variation of the blues that had already been playing in the South for decades
@@Llamasondeck He insinuated Elvis was not talented and stole the music. Sounds jealous to me. Elvis "0wned" the music as much as anyone.
@@learnenglishwithblaine9604 no, he said Elvis copied the music he heard growing up (black music), which I am pretty sure Elvis himself has confirmed that. Stealing and Copying are two very different terms when it comes to music and songwriting. sounds like the truth to me 🤷🏻♂️
Otis Blackwell The original man Elvis Presley imitated
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I have to disagree. I don't think he was ONLY copying black music. Yes, he grew up around black folks and went to black churches so obviously he was heavily inspired. You can see over time how he developed his own style and was singing all different styles of music. He eventually added his own personality to his music which made him so special. I don't think he stole it but was inspired but it.
Facts, let me guess you saw “Elvis”? It was very enjoyable
@@michaelhernandez1236 I'm 50.yrs old so I already knew he had grown up around black culture. Heard him say it in interviews also. Yes I saw the movie but knew his whole life story before hand.
@@welllivedlife-desireeg2804 I’m only 22 so I didn’t really grow up with Elvis. Everything I know of Elvis is thanks to movies, books, and his new movie but yeah you’re right !!
Wow, that's the best explanation I heard!
@@michaelhernandez1236 Really nice to see the younger generation discovering him! One of the greatest entertainers of all time, if not the greatest. Glad you enjoyed the movie.
Elvis was the King
Yeah, and if you were to ask Elvis, who was the king of rock ‘n’ roll, he would say Fats Domino
Calling the King a punk, what he did was help bridge the gap...with race relations.
He was a selling product like coca cola
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No he didn't, he profited off of black music, he did nothing for race relations.
@@thatlsk and Ray Charles best selling album was a take on Country music. Elvis performed what Elvis liked and that's all there is to it.
Sad!!!😥 I hate that he is blind in more ways than eyesight!!!
Same could be said for most of seeing people.
You seem blind
If you think this is racist you should try to hear your great grandparents opinions of other races in America. Black or white I bet you won't like it. U all need to learn what context is...
In the 1940s Elvis was jamming with black and white gospel choirs and quartets. Much of his soul comes from these sessions. Much of ROCK AND ROLL came from those 1940s sessions. Elvis WAS part of the change. He WAS a pioneer. Its not culture appropriation / culture vulture when you are a pioneer of a sound. Elvis never stole a song. He credited everyone. He jammed with those that came before him. You cant STEAL "COOL" You cant steal "RHYTHM" Elvis Presley just had that God-gifted IT FACTOR.
You can't steal "SOUL". You can't STEAL "HOW TO DANCE". You can't steal "HOW TO SAAANG". You either HAVE THESE SKILLS, or you do NOT. And Elvis was the TOTAL PACKAGE.
RAY KNEW!!! That's why HE SOLD TWO OF HIS SONGS OVER TO ELVIS TO RECORD!!! And Elvis PAID HIM HANDSOMELY. Naturally Ray doesn't mention that conflicting fact!!!!!
Once Elvis broke out -- EVERYONE OF THEM MADE MONEY on a much more respectful and fair scale.
And so many artists copied Elvis' swag.
Elvis' earlier 1950's dress sense marks him as a true style icon. And it feels particularly relevant today - Cuban collar shirts, wide-legged, pleated trousers, blousons - these are all garments making the rounds on the menswear circuit, but they were also integral to Elvis’ 1950s style wardrobe. He did it all first.
Careful. Your racism is showing.
Not here to play games or call names. Just spit facts. But don't take it from me. Research musicians such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Otis Blackwell, Fats Domino, Barry White, Randy Jackson, BB King. Mahalia Jackson. Roy Hamilton. Cissy Houston. James Brown. Dionne Warwick. They spoke on Elvis Presley. They know better than you or I.
Little Richard, Chuck Berry and BB King praise Elvis for adopting some of Black Culture into his own style.
They loved him for sticking up for Black America and paving the way to allow Black Culture a larger audience.
Anything negative or more pointedly Anti Elvis will Garner a little attention, but even the Beatles regarded Elvis as a great influence.
No one is perfect. No one is free of having made mistakes...but there will only ever be one Elvis Presley and what an awesome stamp he left upon our American Culture!
He stole all his songs
Well said 👏🏻
@@Kevin12321 Name a musician that hasn't performed a cover?
All of us have. Its how we learn to build our knowledge and figure out reinterpretation that is called "our style"
So for you to chastise the greatest performer in American Music History for it, shows you're just an angry and jealous person yourself for not having the cajones to use what is known and create better.
He kicked open the doors for Blues, Gospel, Rock etc. They all owe him.
If Little Richard doesn't tour and hire a guitarist by the name of Jimi Hendrix, our world would be very different.
@@whip689 Those musicians also write music of their own. Elvis is called the king for what? He didn't write any of his songs
@@Kinobambino It’s nothing to do with song writing you idiot! People called him that the because he was a hit maker ..successful..millions of people bought his records. He had soul and passion when he sang..there’s nothing worse than a robotic performer..there have been singer/songwriters but they just didn’t evolve..and only catered to a certain audience,so that’s their lookout but Elvis catered to many different audiences because he was so versatile. Why don’t you learn a few facts instead of listening to a blatant jealous hater.
I am willing to bet if he weren’t successful nobody would have said anything about him stealing black music. It wasn’t guaranteed that he would make it..and if he didn’t make it at that time who would have?
Sounds a little jealous to me
Always like Ray Charles but it sounds like jealousy to me
Ray - listen to one of your heroes and Elvis' heroes - the great Mahalia Jackson. Mahalia Jackson (on being asked whether Elvis Presley stole the black man’s music):
“Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don’t talk skin to me”.
And that happened with Big Momma Thorton too. Black mob boss Ron Robey owned Peacock Records and robbed Big momma blind. Took millions from her and left her broke. HE KNEW she couldn't read or write and he took advantage of her. He paid her $500 for Hound Dog. He made millions in royalties.
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Everything was black in Ray's eyes..
Lmaoooooooo
Making fun of handicapped. Everything in your heart is black
@@marymeeks6680 being blind doesn't mean you get a license to disrespect the dead man who never chatted shit about you! Give respect and take respect
Life is as simple as that
Thanks for being the one sided moral police! Today's world is messed up because of people like you!
@@marymeeks6680 He’s not disabled he’s dead
@@marymeeks6680 if you can't find the funny in that? Your soul must be black
music has no color just soul
Obviously jealousy is the same way
WELL SAID!!!!!!!
Music can be connection to culture which is also racial. It can be difficult to see where those lines cross but there's something to that. What Elvis did was make the blues his own.
Yet they segregated soul music to black charts for decades.
It has a color back then anyone refusing to acknowledge that is delusional and just like the white ppl of that time it's sad...
Well , Elvis was a product of his environment, he grew up in a black neighborhood, his friends and his idols were black.
Elvis was up there with Freddie Mercury as one of the best voices in the rockscene
Anyone who’s ever worked around Ray Charles knows he was an insufferable prick. I like BB King’s take on Elvis a lot better. Plus BB King had class.
You agree with BB King so he isn't an insufferable prick huh? Jesus Christ you'll do anything to skate around the truth
I did a concert with him when I was a child. He was a wonderful and humble man from what I remembered.
Oh you must have known Ray very well.
It might surprise you to know that Elvis had quite a few ugly qualities as well.
ELVIS WAS A CHILD PREDATOR
He had to be a prick , thats why he got where he did. Made more money than BBking. Got better contracts than frank sinatra. Stayed true as he possibly could
James Brown: 'I wasn't just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him ... I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There'll never be another like that soul brother.
That's cool never knew that.
God doesn't love racist people
@@PatchesOhoulihan159 Why, does he discriminated you in anyway? Have you seen him in person?
@@zzzzxxxx341 Yes when you discriminate my culture you discriminate against me
@@PatchesOhoulihan159 When did Elvis discriminated you or any of your black people? It's easy to claim something happened but it is hard to prove it with concrete evidence, where's your evidence that Elvis discriminated anyone of you?
Ray tripping. Elvis had. That. Glow. He had. Something special
Black people should give their unending graces to Elvis Presley for making their music accessible to the white populous which was to inevitably happen at some point anyway, but never have happened by a black artist. Same for Eminem
Sorry Ray, but Elvis sold a "few" more records than you did!
Without using something from another culture we would be miserable. We would never have heard of Ray Charles because the piano ain't "his culture"
Right but they took that piano and gave it der own sound didn’t copy and der instruments wer stripped from them and given what der quote on quote masters gave them to play to entertain them
@@markanthonyholm what language are you speaking?
Elvis said over and over again that his influence was the music of black people. Blacks can't accuse Elvis of claiming ownership to the music or his style of dance. I can't agree with Ray here. He's just hating in white people.
No matter what you say, Elvis haters will say he claimed the opposite. Even when it comes out of Elvis’ own mouth they will ignore it and keep their hate of Elvis.
This is like saying Eminem stole rap music
“I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley, to steal black music so selfishly, and use it to get myself wealthy.”
- Eminem
@@jaymiddleton1782 your comment is the winner
@@jaymiddleton1782 Except RAP MUSIC is stealing music. Elvis CREDITED black and white artists on EVERY ALBUM. AND he paid them TOP DOLLAR ROYALTIES.
great point
There were a shot ton of people who said that....he got by most of it Cause Dre found him first
Elvis paved the way for most black artists today, he used his “privilege” for good and was a warrior for the African American community up until his death. He grew up in an all black neighborhood, which explains his music taste. He exposed the rest of the world to African American music AND even risked going to prison over segregation laws, as he continued to hang out with African Americans when it was illegal.
If it wasn’t for Elvis, black artists wouldn’t have half the platform they have today.
right... It was elvis that was a "warrior" for black people in th 50s and 60s. lol Move over Martin Luther King the great white hope is coming to save your people.
What he should've did was split some of Dat he made off of black artist.
@@KxngxBadger manager was too busy stealing it
@@KxngxBadger
Split it with who ??? Exactly who ??
@@stricknine8623 big mama
Lmao he liked black music and everybody hating on him . yoo cultures are meant to be shared . i see black people with blonde hair lmaooo.
Blonde hair is not a cultural trait, nor is it exclusive to white people. There are black africans with naturally blond hair. Cultural traits are things that are passed down through tradition. The issue people have with culture is not getting respect and recognition for the source. Elvis copied black music and got all the credit for it
Why do they wear blonde hair? Could be because they are discriminated for their real hair?
According to James Brown, Little Richard, BB King and many Jim Crow era black artists, Elvis was unique and genuine. Even Chuck D who called Elvis a racist and copycat recanted his statements in 2002 and said he was a great talent that had more appreciation and respect for black music than most blacks.
Coming from a guy who did quite well for himself playing country western songs….
And playing instruments made by white people.
Facts
Country/western music was heavily influenced by blues, gospel music, Mexican and even Hawaiian musical styles (they contributed the pedal steel guitar). The roots of bluegrass and folk music go way back into England, Ireland, and Scotland, but the 20th century country/western that we know and love is a very diverse mix of all of those influences. It belongs to black Americans just as much as it does to white Americans.
Which ones?
@@SteelyEyedMissileDan All existence (which music is a part of I hope we can all agree) belongs to Logic (the logic of the universe as it is objectively aka the one true God) and music specifically belongs to the sector of Logic known as music theory, not any man.
No one has ever truly “made” or “created” anything from scratch. It’s all discovering possibilities Logic already made (in the metaphysical realm) and that this one true God contains knowledge of.
Musicians serve Logic and help the substance of Logic (the incorporeal God of Israel) take the form of Music. We do not truly make music as it is a form of Logic/God that like all other things comes from God/Logic.
The proper way to think of it is this: God aka Logic made God aka Logic (or it wouldn’t truly be THE God and THE Logic of the universe) and only needed to be the substance of logic to be substantive and logical (existing formlessly) then the substance of logic branched out and made forms of logic and applied logic to itself and other things. Consciousness (logical reasoning and self awareness) is one of the subjects that arose once that began to happen and reality (largely connected with space-time when looking at this from the angle of physics) was verified for the first time immediately after that.
Eventually consciousness became embodied and did things like pluck strings and help discover some of the infinite forms the substance of logic can take, such as math, science, language, and music.
The substance of logic makes music (a form and application of logic) possible and music makes the musician possible. Too many people get this completely backwards and steal the glory from God aka Logic.
The musician cannot exist without music any more than the author without literature, the entertainer without entertainment, the comedian without comedy, the politician without politics, the philosopher without philosophy, or the logician without logic.
It is Logic, the one true God that is not a mythological God that makes me a logician, philosopher, and musician.
Dont do drugs boys and girls, will even make a blind man act like he sees color.
Elvis was poor, grew up in a black town with black people and sang in a black church. It was HIS MUSIC and HIS DANCING.
Culture, is not a color. its what you grew up in.
No Question.
But he’s not the king though
That’s all Ray is saying. Like come on keep it 💯 % Official .
#THETRUTHSHALLSETYOUFREE
Making statements like that makes you ignorant 😒 🤣
@@juliusbarnes245 Making dismissive statements like that with nothing to support it proves, you are ignorant. 🤡 🤡
@@juliusbarnes245 who you talking to
@@vincentsmith6697 that's not all Ray was saying other wise that's all he would've said. You're literally lying about a video we all saw lol. He even called Elvis a punk? Fucking idiot dude lol
Elvis always gave credit to Black Artists.
Totally
He had too cuz he know he stole everything from them 😅
except elvis was good looking...this guy sucks
what race isn’t influenced by the blacks? we’re highly influential, feels good to be black and all the other black ppl should be proud and embrace it ✊🏾
of course. all races are influential lol we are humans
Influence and cultural appropriation are 2 different things… if Elvis wasn’t Yt, he’d be irrelevant and because he’s Yt, now he’s the “King” of something he stole… there’s nothing to be proud of there.
You know what feels better than being black? You guessed it, being White.
I find the whole black and white thing hilarious. Science shows that absolutely every single one of us came from a black woman. Even every man started as a malformed woman, there is not really that much difference between a man and a woman. Not much difference between any of us really. Got to keep people scared of the dark like the rich white idiots are though right? The only thing that is sad is the constant urge for most black people to be flashy and feel important because of the years of abuse, the black panther movie would be closer to their true legacy. One day they will reconnect with that spirit and be great again, but we all have to do our part in humiliating the rich white idiots who think they are God.
@@chukuamorfam9819 stop using electricity, or speaking English, that's cultural appropriation.
Undisputed king Elvis Presley. Yea black people did it but Elvis did it better.
Same shit 50 Cent said about Eminem and Hip-Hop you clowns 🤡
Facts
Amen 🙏
@@jasonwashere8016 Elvis was trash. No black people ever listened to his music.
You can’t be the king of something if you’re not the OG, sorry. Unfortunately you’re the clown in this scenario😬
@@WanzerAllen White people are the King of tacos if you let Taco Bell lovers tell it
elvis is so handsome .black people never have that look.this is the real truth.
You can talk all that shit about Elvis but Elvis will remain on my playlist! I wouldn’t want to hear Ray Charles singing suspicious minds! So hit the road jack!! 😂
BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'. -- BB KING
Sorry sir we all know the truth about Elvis.....it's 2022 we all know that the average racist doesn't want it to be known..... Elvis was the typical closet racist and a copycat
@@PatchesOhoulihan159 Soo BB King is wrong? No. Muhammad Ali was wrong? No. John Lee Hooker was wrong? No. Little Richard was wrong? No. Jackie Wilson was wrong? No. Sammy Davis Jr was wrong? No. James Brown was wrong? NO. YOU ARE WRONG.
HERE ARE THE FACTS: The great legends of color in his era: BB King - Jackie Wilson - James Brown were there to witness Elvis‘ creativity. He was a one-of-a-kind super talent that grew up in the black community during the Great Depression and segregation in the deep South. Born in 1935 in a shack his father built (no electricity or plumbing). His twin brother died at birth. The Presleys were so poor that they buried his stillborn twin brother in a shoe box.
So Elvis experienced the depths of poverty from the day he was literally born. He grew up playing with black friends on the streets and in black and white southern Baptist churches, in the poorest mixed and black neighborhoods in Tupelo -- a potentially deadly activity back in the 1940s-60s down South. Elvis' support for the civil rights movement was real and is not known by the greater population in America.
The new Elvis 2022 movie examined this part. This is why almost all black musicians from that era absolutely loved Elvis because he was able to take that Memphis sound all around the country and then the world. Little Richard credited Elvis Presley multiple times for opening up the door for black music and creating a path that he could travel and so he could make his mark.
Clearly a terribly racist time Elvis put poverty and racial socialization on his platform. But he did it all through Music and his behind the scenes actions alone. He never got political I think that’s what actually made him so powerful and able to succeed.
FAMOUS QUOTES BY THE MOST KNOWN BLACK MEN and WOMEN OF THE 1940s-80s and beyond WHO ACTUALLY KNEW ELVIS:
JOHN LEE HOOKER - "Elvis was a really good friend of mine.... He was the king." -- John Lee Hooker
MUHAMMAD ALI - 'Elvis was my close personal friend. He had a robe made for me. I don't admire nobody, but Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know. We must understand, Elvis did lot for poor people, he cared for people, he had a good heart, he just wasn't a person who was great with talent, but he was great in spirit and with God in his heart. I wouldn't praise nobody if he don't deserve it, because I am the greatest of all time in boxing, in boxing. I said boxing ! But I'm telling you, I'm Black, I'm a Islamic, I'm 100% different from you. But I’ll tell the world Elvis was the greatest of all time. I'm a Muslim who's black who stands up for what he believes. I don't have to say what I don't feel, I'm not false, I don't have to say this. I have no Bosses. I'm free. He to me, is one of the greatest singers, actors and all round men of all time.” ~ "THE GREATEST" MUHAMMAD ALI.
BB KING: 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said in 2010. 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'. -- BB KING
The "GODFATHER OF SOUL" JAMES BROWN: “I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. He said I was good and I said he was good; we never argued about that. Elvis was a hard worker, dedicated, and God loved him … I love him and hope to see him in heaven. There will never be another like that Soul Brother”. During Elvis' private family wake, James was the LAST ONE TO LEAVE. 3 hours and 30 minutes later -- it took several of his security guards to help him out of the room. James was devastated -- James and Elvis sang Gospel together many a night to all hours of the morning at each others' homes. James Brown was considered family by the Presleys they were so close.
JACKIE WILSON: "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied from Elvis." --- JACKIE WILSON (Elvis quietly paid for Jackie's medical expenses until the day he passed away in 1977. Before Jackie's stage accident he would carry a small signed photo of Elvis in his pants pocket. Every day, bar none.)
RANDY JACKSON (of the Jackson 5): "Elvis used Rock and Roll music to bridge the gap between whites and minorities. He was a wonderful person."
LITTLE RICHARD "He sung my Tootie Fruti & by him singing it, made it bigger & made ME bigger" And then he said: “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
CISSY HOUSTON: "Elvis loved gospel music. He was raised on it. And he really did know what he was talking about. He was singing Gospel all the time - almost anything he did had that flavor. You can't get away from what your roots are." - Cissy Houston (The Sweet Inspirations co-founder & member & sang vocals for Elvis, also mother of Whitney Houston)
Thank you for speaking the truth!
@@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor what he did is stole black people from the south. When he got on camera he never stated he stole the music from black Americans. When black Americans was shaking they behind and they call it rock and roll. White people called it NIGGER MUSIC AMD DEVILS MUSIC. WHEN THE white man copy it and they was copying black Americans music. Just like when they had band stands and white folks would copy black people music, the way they dance,and how they dress from the way they wore they hair, shoes, clothes, . Then the white dancers would call it an interpretation. They STOLE AND COPY. BLACK PEOPLE CREATION FR BLUES, JAZZ, COUNTRY, ROCK AND ROLL, RHYTHM AND BLUES, SOUL, HOUSE, REGGAE, DANCEHALL TO THIS DAY.
@@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor you are 100% correct. Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
STARTING TO THINK RAY WASN'T BLIND FOREAL HOW HE KNEW HOW ELVIS SHOOK HIS ASS LMAO 😳 😒 🤣 🤦 😂 🙄 😳 😒 🤣
Ray Charles: I read your comment
@@085dubz 🤣
He had ears,he could hear what people said.
Ray wasn't stupid,remember Ray owned his masters.Ray was quite intelligent.
@@davidmilton5887 have you thought that just maybe it was a joke
Ayooo
That was tacky. I'm disappointed in him because stars back then didn't talk chit about each other. This "tit for tat" could go back and forth all day, so don't lower yourself by starting it. You begin looking jealous, bitter.
He said 'It's a piece of bunk' he did not call him a punk.
Thank you. I was hoping someone caught that.
For a blind man he sure saw color....
Lived a great portion of his life in a segregated America and constantly had to deal with the repercussions of that system, yet he wasn’t supposed to see color. He was just supposed to carry on, pretending his skin color wasn’t an issue. 😂 you’re a fool
@@deedeekong7161 a douchebag is still a douchbag, I don't care that much tbh. it's just crazy that someone who has achieved so much can still be a petty narcissist. It's hilarious
He obviously didn't SEE color, but color is so powerful in America that even a blind man can FEEL it.
The Fucking smell of populous its sickening
He saw talent. Who had it, and who didn't.
Tell me you're prejudiced without telling me that you're prejudiced.
Elvis stole his songs from mainly black artist. The fact that you’re just assuming ray is lying is kinda…… ya know. Literally prejudice
@@Kevin12321 covering songs isn’t stealing. Both Elvis and Ray made careers of covering songs and making them their own. Why is it stealing when Elvis does it? For a long time, most of hip hop and rap were made up mostly of samples. That’s closer to stealing than what both Elvis and Ray did, but it still wasn’t stealing. Go read interviews with Elvis and see how much praise he gives black artists, at a time when that was taboo. He listed many black artists that would never have been given recognition otherwise. Even said that he could never play their songs as good as they did. That’s high praise and conveniently left off anytime this subject is roughy up by those that accuse Elvis of stealing. It’s either misinformation or an outright lie.
@@Kevin12321 damn ur racist asf
@@Kevin12321 what foolish statement.... under your logic Jimmy Hendrix stole from white music... this is truly insane logic....
....sigh.
oh colonizers.....
Ray Charles was good BUT... ELVIS was Bigger, and better!
There are a lot of haters in the comment section. White musicians stole black music and our style all the time back then. Look at history!
FACT CHECK:
Ray Charles never saw Elvis shake his hips or dance. He was blind.
Amazing how we can use words to describe what we see to blind people 🤡
FURTHER FACT CHECK: No one has seen "God". Yet Billions worship him EVERYDAY.
There are written descriptions of Niccolo Paganini playing the violin yet there are no recordings and no one that is alive saw him play all we have is the music.
👆 Two wah-babies.
Or was he????
@@corie6996
Yes he was blind. It’s been well documented.
I love Ray Charles....but he copied damn near every jazz and blues black musician there was when he was trying to make it...then he went and took church music and recorded songs with it...not to mention he did it all smacked out on heroin and was a terrible father and husband....all music is a result of the music that came before...sorry for your racism Ray. It's a damn shame to see this
Great post!!!...and, yes, it is very sad.
@@penmarie7123 Wow. I used to like Ray Charles. Now.....not so much.
He can’t be racist. He’s a minority 😂😂😂 try again
@@danielmiller8946 you’re stupid, anybody can be racist
@@danielmiller8946 OH, so only minorities can be racist??...now, I've heard it all.
I did like you but you don't run down Elvis. He will always be the king.
Michael Jackson is the king, Elvis is forgotten
@@4EverLakerhe’s music is trash 🤣 just grabbing his dick the whole time he performers
Little Richard should've had Elvis spot cause Little Richard is the architect of rock and roll
Sorry Elvis was singing long before Little Richard or Chuck Berry ever cut a record.
@@depper that's funny chuck first album was before rock and roll by Elvis and fats domino had the same title song in '56 as Elvis and little Richard first song was in '51 u can keep lying to yourself lol
@@krlm2280 Elvis was already singing gospel, and honing his craft IN THE 1940s!! He was learning from legendary Rev W Herber Brewster from the East Trigg Baptist Church in Memphis.
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.
And THAT was ALL BEFORE Little Richard cut his first album.
@@depper little Richard also was singing in the 40s and released his first album before Elvis
Lol one person had a list of facts one person just kinda repeated themselves lol, clear winner.
A white guy that loved black culture and was inspired by black culture... shunned by black culture.
Art is shared into the world and people get to enjoy it and dabble in it.
I don't understand why we have black music or white music. Why can't we just have music? Give props to its origin but how weird is it to say you cant enjoy this because of the skin you were born with. I thought that was the opposite of our goal. Elvis always credited his inspiration to the black community. He grew up poor around black people. 🤷♂️
He was a talented singer that did just that. Sing. Whats the problem?
Slightly disappointed to hear this since I think Ray is so awesome.
He never gave shit to black people. Gtfoh.
You not wrong at all about the world being willing to embrace music as one people however to judge Ray on this comments about an era that rejected many African American of that time who arguably created the art of Rock n Roll is absurd. Put yourself in the shoes of the people whose music was often refaced on white artist to sell millions. Beach Boys etc etc
Elvis s typical culture vulture. He steals, creates wealth for himself and others like him and don't give back from where he took from.Records companies was stealing like bandits from blk artist and Elvis did the same.He was a fucking thief and a racist...PERIOD.
Us As A People Black Folks Have Never Been Accepted In A White Mans World. Any Achievements Made By Blacks Was Put To The Back Or Erased. This U.S. Does Not Want To Solve The Ills Of Racism. To Level The Playing Field Would Cause Harm To Those Inflicting Pain And Suffering. I Am Talking Education From Connecticut To Compton. Equalize All Schools K-12.
Back then music was music. Sure. But black artist and people in general got the short end of the stick for sure. However now there is such thing as "black music" and "white music" because one of them glorifies murder, drug dealing, robbing your neighbors, and various other forms of self-destruction. Guess which one.
Ray is speaking his mind, from out his behind...... Jealous Man & he should be.
Wow the truth always hurt theirs a lot of sour white people leaving comments and Ray just told the truth.
They can’t stand the truth real talk. Even until this day 👈🏾
Well yeah but Ray is grouping Elvis with other whites like Pat Boone who did copy music. According to BB King, Rufus Thomas, James Brown, Elvis is legit. He may not be King but they say he was no copycat.