Quincy says he wouldn’t have worked with Elvis Presley: “He was a racist” | Cocktails with Queens
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- The Qeens talks about latest interview of Quincy Jones whwre he said that he wouldn’t have worked with Elvis Presley, alleging in a new interview that the late singer “was a racist”.
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Why does Quicy Jones wait til someone dies to talk bad about them Before u ladies throw stones at Elvis do your research, instead of the listening to Quicy Jones he never met Elvis. Al green,James Brown, refers him as Brother Elvis BB king, Little Richard, Muhammad Ali, and so many famous Black people loved Elvis. Quicy Jones said nasty stuff about Michael Jackson and other black Performers but most the time when they not around to defend themselves. Unfortunately Elvis has been gone for nearly 44 years why now.
Black racism
Whatever
Exactly the true racist Is Quincy Jones
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He had a black woman who was his cook whom he loved. And he grew up listening to the Blues and learning from these musicians in his town. Jones is talking crap.
James brown said Elvis was his "soul brother" how much do you trust him??
selective hearing my dude. if it agrees with them they listen. if it doesnt they put their fingers in their ears and walk away
@@yagmi6182 Was Elvis Presley Really Racist?
Was elvis of yes he was very racist and I saw him at kkk meetings. Eating pop corn playing cards saying tcb. What tcb really meant was tell them cons too back up.
@@kyfresh2death Yeah right...🙄🤣🤣🤣
@@hord81 oh I was there I seen him naw I'm just trolling he wasn't racist
So you love Quincy Jones for spreading a lie? That's horrible. Just go ask All the black people who actually knew and worked for Elvis. How about Mary Jenkins, the sweet black lady who Elvis hired as a cook. Elvis bought her a house as a gift. Ask the Sweet Inspirations who were the black back up singers Elvis hired to tour with him. Texas asked Elvis not to bring his black back up singers. Elvis responded " If they can't come then I'm not coming". Ask Muhummed Ali who Elvis had an expensive boxing robe made for and gifted to him. Ask James Brown who stayed in the room with Elvis's body at the viewing for hours and refused to leave and said Elvis was his brother. Ask the stranger black lady who told Elvis she liked his car and so Elvis bought her one to have too. I could go on and on. These are NOT the behaviors of a racist.
Elvis said that he chose Mary Jenkins for his head cook because she resembled his mother so much ..... doesn't that prove that he actually saw no colour
@@leolina973 the burden of proof is on the people that make the claim. Elvis does not have to prove innocence. If you truly are interested in the truth on this subject then watch Elvis and the black community on youtube. There you will see many people of color who knew him persnally and they will disagree with theb racist claim.
@hello is it me youre looking for What's your problem??? that's exactly what I said: of course, he was no racist, he was completely colourblind. Are you not able to read or dumb yourself? Or just willing to offend somebody no matter who?
If Jackie Wilson was alive he would have told you who Elvis was. When Jackie fell off that stage and could not perform anymore and was in a hospital until he died, Quincy didn't pay his bills,Elvis did. And the picture Jackie had on his night stand until he died was of Elvis and himself. James Brown had to be helped away from in front of Elvis"s casket because of his grief. Listen to what Ali said about Elvis at Elvis's memorial service. It was recorded, Listen to it,nothing but great things about Elvis. BB King, Little Richard, Sammy Davis Jr., Ruffus Johnson and more.
How can Quincy talk...he only liked white women.....I grew up believing that Elvis was racist, but I no longer believe that after reading a lot of things said by black entertainers who loved him...Maybe he just didn't like Quincy and it had nothing to do with race....
“With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know.” - B.B. King (2010)
There are many other comments like this from those who actually knew Elvis, such as James Brown, Sammy Davis Jnr, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Wilson, The Sweet Inspirations (his backup singers, which included Cissy Houston .. Whitney’s Mum)
Furthermore, he grew up in poverty, lived amongst black neighbourhoods and went to the black churches. So of course he would be influenced by gospel and blues, that’s all he knew. None of the black artists back then said “he stole black music” ... but actually praised him for opening the doors.
Here are some quotes:
“Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.” - Chuck Berry
“A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man’s music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.” - Jackie Wilson
“Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.” - Little Richard
Maybe you should do some research before passing judgment. I’d suggest watching “Elvis and the Black Community “ on UA-cam ...and listen to his songs “in the ghetto “ and “If I can dream” ... the later is a dedication to Martin Luther King.
Stated with facts unlike the real racist
Dude you can hate somebody in still be a bigot
I said the EXACT same thing!!! People have been “hearing” it as rumor but NOTHING as fact!!! He had black INFLUENCES, yes and he made it big off the “black” music but doesn’t mean he wasn’t talented because he we definitely that and doesn’t mean he was racist 🙄
If he was he was the best racist that ever lived. A real racist lashes out completely, if y'all take any white or black person that says the n word every blue moon or black folks that say cracker or hoogie then we're all racist. A real racist, well, theirs no distinction band that's any color. Quit labeling people that of any color say it now and then and compare them to evil hunters.
Quincy Jones is sooo wrong. How much time did he spend w/Elvis to arrive at his conclusion? Probably just after opening in Vegas or Probably not at all!!! Jealous???
Just go look at what Muhammad Ali said about me. Look at was Sammy Davis, B.B. King and James Brown said about me. I remember when we played in Houston at the Astro Dome. They didn't want my backup singers to come with me. I told them if they didn't come, I wasn't coming. Only RACIST is Quincy Jones. His many whites did he help?
Jelious of WHAT! ??? Elvis was a over weight over dosed , ORIGINAL CULTURE VULTURE drug ADDICT! He stole
EVERYTHING from BLACK culture . Quincy is a musical genius! 90 years old STILL traveling producing music around the would… DRUG FREE he didn’t go that route … he was smarter than that!! Soooo who’s winning ??? 🗣Q!!!
@@jonburrows2684 he helped many! Watch his boi on Netflix … He helped Frank Sinatra for many years
@@msla4life896 Well, let's see who's winning!! A billion records sold worldwide and still selling 43 yrs after death. A home that is a national landmark and visited by 10's of thousands a year. His own radio station. Does Quincy Jones have those achievements?? Oh ya that's right NOPE!! Way to be jealous! People still know and love Elvis Presley 40 plus yrs after his death. No one cares about Quincy Jones! He'll be forgotten 2 min after he croaks!! FACTS!! Deal with it! Facts don't care bout your feelings!
@@epfanatic8170 Are you comparing the achievements of an African American man who by default have to work twice to get the same recognition to Elvis??? Of course he was meant to sell billion records worldwide !! Yes, you are right! Quincy Jones will be forgotten 2 mins after he croaks but he'll will be forgotten by the same people who will spend 10 years mourning the loss of Eminem and Justin Bieber. I can see you are another fool unaware of his/her environment and history.
If anyone says Elvis Presley was a racist', charged B.B. King in the 2010 interview. 'Then they don't know a thing about Elvis Presley or music history. 'Many nights after we finished our sets and I'd go up to his suite', King stated. 'I'd play Lucille (on Elvis' guitar) and sing with Elvis, or we'd take turns. It was his way of relaxing'. 'I'll tell you a secret', King winked and laughed. 'We were the original Blues Brothers because that man Elvis knew more blues songs than most in the business - and after some nights it felt like we sang everyone one of them." 'Let me tell you the definitive truth about Elvis Presley and racism', The King of the Blues, B.B. King said, 'With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know'.
“Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.” - Chuck Berry
“A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man’s music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.” - Jackie Wilson
“Elvis was God-given, there's no other explanation. A Messiah comes around every few thousand years, and Elvis was it this time.” - Little Richard
"I'm an IDIOT" - Quincy Jones
It’s crazy to me how people still insist Elvis was racist when there is SOOO much evidence proving he was not!!
People are just sooo ignorant it makes me sick
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@@marilynpresley2am blind ignorance my friend. its the modern era where people want everything to be racist or nazi or alt right etc. they just want to hate and burn and add more fuel to the fire. if you say you hate rap music, your racist, if you say you like rap music, your a cultural appropriator and a racist.
Mary Jenkins, a wonderful African American Lady, and Elvis Presley's head cook at Graceland, said in an interview that Elvis was nice and respectful to her and her family. He made her head cook, and used to give her and her Family nice gifts. Doesn't sound racist to me. He also was good friends with Kitty White, a wonderful African American singer with a great voice, who said he was a very respectful man. I wish Jones would stop spreading lies.
Do you know that you can be married to a Black person and still be racist.
@@janine3330 "Do you know that you can be married to a Black person and still be racist"
Do YOU know the majority of African Americans & hard left leaning white's are taught domestically ,& in school's & colleges to believe Elvis was "racist" ,even though there is
1) no documented personal experience's of anyone experiencing racism from Him
2) lots of documented evidence & lived experience ,form the black community to contradict Him being racist, do you know that ?
Is that why Elvis said that the only thing that a black person could do for him, and he didn't use the word black person by the way, was shine his shoes. Please don't try to explain to me anything about racism.
@@janine3330 They researched it extensively, where & when He was supposed to have said it were shown to have been impossible.
Here is what Black people that ACTUALLY knew Him have to say about Him. And no, it's not "oh He had Black friends he can't be racist" ..This is THEM saying it about HIM. In many cases It's also more profound than "friends".
(2"12)Rufus Thomas attending(black only) events with Elvis,Memphis 1956: (2"12) ua-cam.com/video/-atYRdC7hpA/v-deo.html
“I loved that Man and He loved us,and we knew that” (3”15) ua-cam.com/video/UjN9lf8ELwU/v-deo.html
“I loved Him, he loved me,we knew that” (2 mins) ua-cam.com/video/HzxMGZLc1yw/v-deo.html
“This is the house that Elvis bought for me”(2”50)
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“Elvis wasn’t gonna do the (Texas)Astrodome unless His girls were with Him”
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Jackie Wilson
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Sam Bell(childhood friend of Elvis) (0”15 to 0”38)
“they were one of 3 or 4 white families in the neighbourhood”
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JACKIE WILSON SON: 8”20 Elvis brought other artists to my Father’s shows” 9”40: “in ’75 Elvis took care of my Father’s medical bills until He passed”
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“I don’t care what nobody say’s, I know Elvis”
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Cissy Houston working w/Elvis (1”18) “He was such a gentleman to me” (2”15) “I never felt His prejudice & I don’t think He was prejudice”
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(Elvis hated being called "The King" ,He said Fats Domino is the REAL KING. I can't attach those articles from my books, & Fats Domino's biography on youtube ,but I'm sure it's all on Google by now . anyway Himself & Elvis were CLOSE friends)
“A wonderful Man i love so well, I think of this man everytime I come to my Bandstand” (30 sec’s in)
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(Part 1)Muhammed Ali
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@@janine3330 When Elvis said that? Never in the life because is a false rumor they created for Elvis's career to drop, and they didn't make it because everyone found out that Elvis never went to the place where he supposedly said such a thing
"I used to live in Memphis, back when Elvis was alive. He bought football uniforms, band uniforms, etc., for Humes H.S. Yes, he graduated from there. By the 70s, Humes was predominantly Black. And Elvis showed no embarrassment that he went to school there. Nor did his generosity cease when the school's demographic changed. A racist would've acted differently." -- a alumni student of Humes HS
Elvis defended, respected and gave so much to black people and opened doors for black music to be accepted in white America and that's the thanks he gets. Even the black people who knew him said he had a black soul.
@Døn Dada That is so true! Elvis definitely understood their importance as it translated into all of his styles of music and singing. It also influenced his swagger and style in fashion.
@Døn Dada please.
I agree. I have to disagree with these ladies! Unfortunately, there is a lot of stuff that was not opened up until now that they do not know about. I think that a lot of folks will change their minds about Elvis in the future. His family did quite a bit to protect black families during times when it was very dangerous to do so. It did not stop. But the story was never told fully to the public or its music audience. Love all these ladies and this show thought!
To be fair as well- the family should not have hid that they lived next door or in black neighborhoods until now.
@@raycarter8070 I 100% agree! EPE whitewashed the story to appeal and cater to the ones who bring in the revenue, white people. Unfortunately Lisa is guilty of that as well.
These smirks and grins on these "reporters" are disgusting. Spreading a completely unverified and obviously false account of a brilliant artist that is dead is below low. These females should be removed from the airwaves and internet.
They’re not reporters. They’re the TMZ of the gutter tabloids.
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I am a music historian and know a LOT about Elvis Presley. DO SOME RESEARCH FOLKS!!!! This show is race baiting at its finest. Jealousy & Lies. Quincy Jones is just a jealous man Elvis Presley has been gone over 40 years and he doesn't have ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE. Not ONE WITNESS. His words conflict with REALITY. Quincy Jones said that he saw Elvis and Otis Blackwell together more than once when Otis was coaching Elvis to sing. FACT: Elvis and Otis Blackwell never met, even Otis Blackwell admitted this is several interviews, including on video on DAVID LETTERMAN.
Correct. Thanks.
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As shown in a 1957 interview with Jet magazine, Elvis was always the first to give credit to the black community.
“A lot of people seem to think I started this business, but rock ‘n’ roll was here a long time before I came along,” Elvis told Jet‘s Louie Robinson. “Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let’s face it: I can’t sing it like Fats Domino can. I know that. But I always liked that kind of music. I used to go to the colored churches when I was a kid - like Rev. Brewster’s church (Rev. W. Herbert Brewster of East Trigg Ave. Baptist Church in Memphis).” NOT ONE RACIST BONE in Elvis body. Muhammad Ali and James Brown both called Elvis their brother. They would be VERY MAD at Quincy for this OBVIOUS LIE.
#coctailwithqueens These 4 women need to READ a little bit.
@@urfever they do read. shame its just twitter
Absolutely if anybody wants to know if Elvis Presley was a racist talk to Sam Bell who was his childhood friend or talk to the lady that was his cook that he purchased a house for and gave a Cadillac too he also gave a Cadillac to an African woman that was just walking by the dealership he wasn't going to do the Houston Astrodome which was going to pay him a lot of money because they didn't want his African American singers to go with him so he wasn't going to do the concert anyone that says Elvis is a racist just does not know about Elvis Presley and are just repeating erroneous comments that are not based in factual information
He better give credit to the black community he owes his whole identity to us 😂
@@jaiiskii2262 IGNORANCE is free. And I see that you excel in it. It is PUBLICALLY available information that Elvis Presley was deeply involved in the civil rights movement.
Elvis gave credit on every album to the songwriters he worked with. And many others in the black community. He also was the first major star to pay for song rights and to pay black songwriters ROYALTIES. Black artists LOVED working with Elvis.
The biggest Legends in the black community THAT KNEW ELVIS are on record. Here are a few of the biggest, and they actually KNEW Elvis personally and professionally.
CHUCK BERRY: “Describe Elvis Presley? He was the greatest who ever was, is or ever will be.”
BEYONCE- Elvis is iconic; a lot of performers today look to him for inspiration.
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 physically 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 because 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.)
LITTLE RICHARD - "He sung my Tootie Frutti & 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)
RANDY JACKSON of the JACKSON 5: "Elvis used Rock and Roll to bridge the gap between whites and minorities. He was a wonderful person."
ISAAC HAYES - "Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business." - Isaac Hayes
WHITNEY HOUSTON - " Elvis was very nice to my mother, Cissy. I would see him backstage, he was amazing to look at!"
ESTELLE BROWN of the SWEET INSPIRATIONS: "When I first started working with Elvis, I made the mistake once of calling him "BOSS" Elvis replied back to me, "Estelle, I'm not your boss, I'm your brother." After that exchange --- the bond between Elvis and the Sweet Inspirations strengthened into a lifelong bond. Estelle said that "We felt like equals." The Sweet Inspirations spent the rest of their lives explaining whenever the questions arose how wonderful Elvis was to them.
SHONKA DUKUREH - "I hope people [watch the Elvis movie] with an open heart and be willing to learn or unlearn some things that they may have thought they knew about Elvis, his life and his legacy.”
Quincy is just mad that he couldn't make Priscilla Presley his 6th baby mama.
@Kerra Johnson * 🤣😅😂
The "racist" rumor was started by a white owned music magazine written for the Black community that had an agenda. The goal: To tear Elvis' reputation to shreds before he got any more popular and spread black music around the country, through the suburbs and countryside, aka white America. JET magazine did an investigation and found the rumor to be a complete fabrication. Those words went against Elvis entire being. Elvis was like Eminem but on a much deeper grass roots platform. Elvis opened up doors that noone else could have opened, nor wanted to open at that time. He shook the world.
Vivicia should ask 50 Cent what he thinks of Elvis. Was Elvis REALLY poor & from the hood: YES. Example: He didn't own his own pair of shoes until he was 9. THAT'S POOR. Great Depression. He always gave credit to those who came before him and ALWAYS paid the original song writers. Elvis was born (literally) in a two lightbulb shack in Tupelo, Miss. The small house only had one big room divided into living and sleeping quarters. He then moved to a government housing project in Memphis. His father was out of work, was arrested for forging a check, and they were dead broke. Yeah, Elvis knew about growing up dirt poor. He was a boy that grew up in black and white churches in the South. So, when he sang about "In the Ghetto" he knew what that was all about. These four women should educate themselves before they spread lies about a man they never knew. Quincy should be ashamed.
Jones also said he saw Otis Blackwell teaching Elvis how to sing. Blackwell states HE NEVER MET ELVIS!! Elvis was NOT a racist. Watch "Elvis & The Black Community: The Echo Will Never Die" on You Tube!
They may not have met face to face, but they did collaborate extensively in the late 1950's and 60's. Steal or borrowed, Elvis was highly influenced and even copied vocals and dancing styles from many black singers, such as Roy Hamilton, especially from Otis Blackwell. It has been said that the demos of several songs he wrote and sang such as "Don't be Cruel", "All Shook Up" which was sent to Elvis to perform, sounded the same as his demos. He clearly helped to increase Elvis' popularity.
Quincy doesn't even like black women....so who cares if he thinks Elvis was racist. Bye Quincy
Elvis liked black women, his showgirls were and they respected each other. So idk how was Elvis racist
Well said and true too.
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Shame on quincy
@@gabaduran3333 because he wasn't racist AT ALL !! PROBABLY many that detested elvis WERE/ARE Racist
“With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know.” - B.B. King (2010)
You as well as everyone else knows how racist Elvis Presley was so don’t you sit up there telling those lies about Elvis not being racist because he was and would admit to it on multiple occasions.
You folks sure hate when the truth comes out about y’all’s icons. It’s just like how white folks tried so durn hard to destroy James Brown’s legacy & name all because he was a black man. Now granite he lived a wild and ruff Musician’s lifestyle, but who hasn’t that’s been in his position? Like I said previously white folks love to lie and take up for there great white hope’s but when it came to black people, there name’s and image was destroyed from the hands of Caucasians. Smh we can’t never get alone and that’s not because of black people.
@@johnnylane9441 I do not believe he was. Where is the video or audio of him saying or acting as a racist? One link? One reference? One witness? Quincy was not a witness. Little Richard was though. “He was an integrator,” Little Richard explained. “Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn’t let black music through. He opened the door for black music.” Do you know better than Little Richard? Maybe you do. But I seriously doubt it.
@@johnnylane9441 James Brown was so close to Elvis that he called him his "brother", and he cried and was distraught during the viewing. Muhammad Ali called Elvis "the greatest". Jackie Wilson knew him very well and said he was not racist. So did BB King. These were real life friends of each other. I loved James Brown and Ali and BB and Jackie Wilson. I think you need to research quite a bit more about Elvis' life before casting stones. He was a good human being who believed in harmony of people and music. . And he did quite a bit of good for mankind.
@@johnnylane9441 James Brown was at the visitation for Elvis when he died and he cried beside Elvis' coffin for hours. How do you believe that a man who sang 'Say it loud, "I'm Black and Proud!' would be there for Elvis if he knew Elvis was racist? Elvis and James sang Gospel music together for hours privately, and were best friends. You are speaking nonsense. You might want to fill a narrative and take down a white man such as Elvis, but you can't for THIS REASON. Elvis was in no way, shape, or form a racist. Period. DO SOME RESEARCH ABOUT JAMES BROWN AT ELVIS' COFFIN. IT'S TRUE. Ali gave a memorial reading as well for Elvis. Its on UA-cam as well. Not hard to find.
Elvis was not racist he was a friend to the black community and admired them. He didn't steal anything, that's ridiculous, Elvis loved his singer's and treated them with respect no matter what the color of their skin was, it's just not right to speak of the people who have passed away and paid their due's just like we all will some sweet day we will see Jesus. Elvis was a Christian man and wouldn't tolerate racism. When he went to Houston he was told don't bring your black singer's, Elvis refused to listen. He made sure everyone got a royal treatment, he paraded in with the black backup singer's. I don't know what is wrong with Quincy, maybe he was jealous and just didn't appreciate a white artist in his circle of friend's. Elvis didn't go out with a lot of famous people, he stayed in with his family and friend's. I can't say enough to express how much I admire Elvis. I enjoyed Elvis doing the blue's, he learned a lot about the black culture and enjoyed having the talent to do their music. Elvis isn't just loved by the white community but the black community had a big influence on Elvis and he loved what they did. I can't even imagine Elvis looking down on anyone. He's gone and can't defend himself, let the king of rock and roll rest in peace!!!!
YEAH, BUT SAYING HE DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING, IS A MFn LIE!
No i dont like QJ Because Elvis was not a racist it makes me angry do your own reserch!
The older Quincy gets the more reckless he talks, he said he wouldn't have worked with Elvis? But he slept with some of Elvis' sisters 😊 I like Elvis and he may have left the building but I'll speak up for him 😊❤️🖤💚
I agree with you Evonza.
@Seamus Lannon By "sisters", I think she meant "white women".
Before Elvis' burial, James Brown did a visitation. He wept beside Elvis' coffin for hours. They had to help him out of the room.
Anyone believe that the man who sang, 'Say it loud, "I'm Black and Proud!' would react that way to a man he thought was a racist? Impossible.
Jealousy is a terrible trait.
Quincy Jones abandoned black woman for Becky. Unforgivable, unacceptable, and unforgettable.
😜Right😒
Exactly 💯💯💯💯💯💅🏾💅🏾
Cissy Houston and the sweet inspirations toured with Elvis and they all say he was not racist brought them cars jewelry etc
Cissy did not know that all of her children were drug addicts.
@@PHOENIX980567 That has been debunked. ua-cam.com/video/hzZ0e9mlsIc/v-deo.html
@@PHOENIX980567 he never said that, as a matter of fact him and Ali were good friends, him and james brown were also good friends.
Racheal derenoncourt ... your ignorant and clueless .. elvis never had a racist bone in his body ... he was friends with Ali ... jackie Wilson ... sammy Davis junior ... James brown n Roy Hamilton which he worked with ... n sent red roses to his widow for 6 months when he passed .. oh n his back up singers were the ( sweet inspirations ) oh n he paid Jackie wilsons hospital bills when he wasn't well .. go figure!
I'm not racist I have black friends and backup singers...and I tour with Black people....🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 I cant.
“Elvis was a great man and did more for civil rights than people know,” said African-American photojournalist Ernest Withers. “To say he was a racist is an insult to us all.”
Quincy always spilling someone else's tea, but what about all of the foolery we've heard about him? 😒
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Quincy gossips & runs his mouth more than some women I know .🙄
What sealed the deal for me towards Elvis was finding out about his friendship with Jackie Wilson. Both entertainers had respect and admiration for one another. Both their careers had similar peaks and valleys. During the mid-70's, when Jackie suffered a heart attack on stage, the health scare essentially put an end to his performing days. Elvis was so hurt by the news, he informed Jackie's family that he'd personally handle all medical bills. Elvis did this right up until his own death in August of 1977. Now that's a true friend. NO RACIST would
do this. IMPOSSIBLE.
Anyone who believes this stupid rumor is ignorant. Elvis was NOT racist at all.
My grandpa said he knows a pastor who was a personal friend of Elvis. That pastor said that Elvis was the most PERFECT person he’d ever met in his whole life. He said that Elvis was Extremely nice to everyone he met, and he was Super generous to everyone.
It makes me sick whenever I hear people call Elvis a racist because I am 100% he was not a racist.
Also, why do people have to bring race into conversation when people call Elvis the King of Rock n Roll? Elvis may have not invented rock n roll, but he did it WAY better than anyone else!
Michael Jackson didn’t invent pop, and people call him the King of Pop. No one makes any complaints about MJ.
I think people just hate the fact that a white man was able to sing better than any other of the time.
Elvis is not a racist he loved all people regardless of race. He loved singing all types of music. He combined hill billy county with rythym and blues with gospel music and the style that he chose to sing it in was his own. He was influenced my all types of music as he grew up and he liked it. He didn't steal from no one he had a sincere love for all types of music. Mohamed ali, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr, BB King, Jackie Wison and his backup singers the Sweet Inpirations loved him. There are live interviews and documentation stating those facts.
"There WAS NOT AN OUNCE OF RACISM IN THAT MAN." -- B.B. KING about ELVIS PRESLEY. And BB actually KNEW Elvis personally. Quincy never did.
Quincy who???
Tell me this...how does Quincy know Elvis was racist if he never met him?
Exactly, they never met. What a liar
he didn't know Elvis, but claims he was racist. Despicable. All the other black artists that Elvis was friends with didn't feel that way.
Elvis did say," A black man can shine his sho". It hurts I was a Elvis fan. And Elvis Ex wife was totally against her daughter marrying Michael. Actually the whole family, said Elvis would of been disappointed.
@@pamelaakachicago1408 No he did not say that. that was a rumor started in the 50s that no one has claimed and Elvis denied he ever said that.
@@pamelaakachicago1408 “With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know.” - B.B. King (2010)
“Elvis was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you’d want to know.” - Muhammad Ali
There are many more comments just like these from those that actually knew him, such as James Brown, Sammy Davis Jnr, Jackie Wilson, John Lee Hooker, Fats Domino.
Before passing judgement, you should take some time and watch “Elvis and the black community” on UA-cam or listen to his songs “In the ghetto” and “If I can dream” ( the later was his tribute to Martin Luther King).
@@renatodovecer8368 Lady im sorry if i heart your feelings with your Idol. My Idol is God, and only he is the finale judge. All of us had said some things, we are not proud of. Again I liked Elvis, Did I know him absolutely not. Have a great day, and do me a favor, SMILE and spread LOVE, because GOD is.
@@pamelaakachicago1408 That is what bothers me, that many people who were fans of Elvis are no longer, just because of the unjust accusations that are made against him and the rumors that he never said, a true fan would never leave things like that, on the contrary, they would investigate as much as they can until they finds the truth
Ugh... I’ve lost all respect for Quincy Jones
"Elvis was a giant and influenced everyone in the business." - Isaac Hayes
Please, please, please stop going on about the subject of Elvis being racist.
I will unsuscribe
Elvis Presley was not racist. These woman are racist.
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These women are bitter and racist. They don't represent the black community even if they think they do.
These people needs to learn history, Elvis was far from a racist.
"His biggest hit, “Hound Dog” was actually stolen from a Black woman named Big Mama Thornton." "Actually stolen." That's a factual statement that can be checked, and shown to be false. The song was written by two white guys, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
Well Elvis didnt steal it from the song writers either. The song writers got paid. Big Mama Thornton and Elvis got a LOT of mileage from the song. Sadly Big Mama didnt profit much because White America wasnt investing in her music. It was a VERY racist culture against black folks. Elvis was the one who was most effective at BREAKING DOWN WALLS so that in the 60s and 70s black entertainers COULD GET their music out there... COULD WALK through the front doors of venues and not snuck in the back lots and doors... Elvis ACTUALLY helped change the business and world. Death threats from white bigots followed Elvis throughout the 50s 60s and 70s because he succeeded in promoting INTEGRATION and HARMONY of music and people.
@@depper so because he gave crumbs to the culture he stole and profited from black people should be grateful? 🙄😒
"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
If anyone would have called out Elvis for “stealing” from black people or being a racist, it would have been Muhammad Ali - and yet Ali called Elvis “The Greatest”:
“We black people are kinda funny about music,” Ali told a crowd of Elvis fans. “We aren’t going to follow someone unless they’ve got soul - Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Michael Jackson - but the only white boy that had soul, who could sing as good as any of them was Elvis… He had singing ability, he had everything - he was pretty, I know.
And when it comes to boxing, nobody has the class, the style, the wit, the speed, the beauty of Ali. And when it comes to singing, nobody had everything like Elvis… I’ll tell the world, Elvis was the greatest of all time.”
You know I can't believe such people. Attack a man who was generous to the core with all races and now he's gone and he's being crucified. How low can any of you be? Attack a dead man's name and he was the king of rock and roll. Any of you who are doing that should be ashamed of yourself you're shameful!!!
It’s funny how Quincy so quick to call someone racist but never had a black girlfriend.
Elvis Presley WAS NOT A RACIST. Muhammad Ali, BB KIng, and James Brown and many others attested to that.
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.
So why not just BE HONEST, and acknowledge that Elvis opened up THREE REVENUE STREAMS for black artists when almost NO ONE ELSE WAS. That is just BEING HONEST.
What is the point of spreading a false myth that HE was stealing music when that was not the case?
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. Mehelia Jackson. Cissy Houston. James Brown. Isaac Hayes. Al Green.
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 Lead vocalist and Dancer. He was a creator of stage presentation, of clothing attire, 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 to 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.
Quincy Jones knows dam well that he’s lying. Elvis wrote “Can I dream” for king and was a close friend of Ali. 🤦🏽♂️
It's easy to accuse someone of something after they are dead. Plenty of other artists who have worked with him have said otherwise. I'm not even a Elvis fan I prefer Chuck Berry but dragging someone who is dead isn't my cup of tea.
Many people don’t realize that it was Elvis Presley that took rock ‘n’ roll to Hollywood. Hollywood made rock ‘n’ roll famous around the world.
So if someone tries to tell you that Elvis Presley did not invent rock ‘n’ roll -- just let them know that Elvis represents the gospel roots and the country roots of rock ‘n’ roll, and it was he and no one else that expanded the reach of this music genre. That includes opening it up to black songwriters and artists to earn a fair wage.
Elvis implanted rock ‘n’ roll into young people across the world. And there’s no way that ANYONE can deny him of that.
I'll take the late and very great James Brown's comments about Elvis over Jones any day, they were very close personal friends (away from the lights and cameras and spent time together singing and talking) and both great artists.
Anyone who personally knew Elvis would tell you that he was not a racist. Presley’s maid from 1963 to 1977, Mary Jenkins, shared a conversation with Jet magazine in 1986 she had with Presley. Elvis told Mary in the mid-1960s that he was still very upset about the rumor about him started in the 1950s started by a jealous white musician trying to stir things up so the black community would turn on Elvis so he wouldn't SUCCEED in bringing people and music together.
Elvis told Jenkins, “I couldn’t have[been racist]. If it wasn’t for black people and the Lord, I wouldn’t be living today. I would have starved.”
It's funny that you old people are older than me yet i know that Elvis WAS NEVER A RACIST! AND HE NEVER TRIED TO COPY BLACK PEOPLE MUSIC! First of all Elvis grew up in a diversity community he went to a diversity church that singed gospel the style that's famous in the black community. Elvis went to diversity school and he even dated and slept with black girls in school and he tried to date his black background singer but she didn't want to because it would've gotten negativity. Cissy Houston even said Elvis wasn't a racist when she singed with him. Elvis stood up for black people when white people called him a "n*gger lover" Elvis said he didn't care what people had to say about him he supported black artist and their music constantly and gave them credit he opened the doors for black artist the man even bought his black maid a house and cars and he even help pay for Martin Luther King funeral. When Elvis was supposed to perform they told him his back ground singers the sweet inspiration couldn't come in but Elvis stood uo for them and said if they can't come in then he can't either. Elvis grew up on music that's mostly associated with black people so thats how Elvis singed! Elvis was original and Elvis isn't the King of Rock and Roll he is THE KING OF MUSIC PERIOD!
Who wasn't racist in the 50's.
Elvis
Oh man. I used to LOVE VIVECA A. FOX. How can she sit there and take joy and he so smug about one man slandering another when so many in our community say otherwise?
These women are full of hate and victimhood. They set us back 70 years.
“With Elvis, there was not a single drop of racism in that man. And when I say that, believe me I should know.” - B.B. King (2010)
There are many other comments like this from those who actually knew Elvis, such as James Brown, Sammy Davis Jnr, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Wilson, The Sweet Inspirations (his backup singers, which included Cissy Houston .. Whitney’s Mum)
Furthermore, he grew up in poverty, lived amongst black neighborhoods and went to the black churches. So of course he would be influenced by gospel and blues, that’s all he knew.
REALITY CHECK: Wouldn't it be MORE BENEFICIAL to your cause and narrative to TROLL AN ACTUAL RACIST? Why pick on Elvis when #1 Its WELL KNOWN that Elvis was NOT racist. #2 He helped the black community by hiring black musicians and staff AND FIGHTING FOR THEM. #3 Elvis Generosity to and support for the Civil Rights movement is WELL DOCUMENTED.
Elvis reinvigorated Otis' dying career by selling Elvis the rights to record some of his songs. Otis and Little Richard made A FORTUNE thanks to Elvis' insistence. Elvis changed the game for the better.
The black performer name B.B. King 👑 said that Elvis 😇 ❤️ does not/and did not 🚫 🚭 have a drop 💧 of racism.
The biggest problem about this new idea of "cultural appropriation" is that it STOPS at the BLUES in the 1930s and 40s. If you take IT BACK to the beginning of music, the whole racist cultural appropriation idea vanishes. Black Gospel and Blues greats studied European gospel and Jazz. THAT is where the southern black blues was originated. EUROPE. But how many Europeans do you hear crying that the BLUES GREATS were heavily influenced by Gospel and Jazz from EUROPE? ITS ART FOLKS. Its very purpose is TO INSPIRE and TO RECREATE.
Elvis was called the King on stage by a fan and he was recorded as stating that there "IS ONLY ONE KING, Jesus Christ." Elvis was HUMBLE. He was PART OF the engineering of Rock and Roll which CAME FROM the Blues and Gospel. THAT is what causes the confusion , so anyone with an agenda can use the evolution of the Blues and Rock music as "stealing" when it was just music and musicians and creative people taking music in a new direction. Elvis never created Rock and Roll or black music, but he was instrumental in getting black music, the Blues, Gospel music, Jazz and Rockabilly music heard on a grand stage during a period of segregation and racism. Elvis was synergy, he was fusion, he was totally non-racist. In fact he was the opposite of racist. He provided a platform for this music and wanted ALL of America to get a taste of it like he did. He created a whole new style of dance and clothing and hair and the way he performed on a stage was even more unique. When someone tells me Elvis STOLE black music... I reply back NO, he came up WITH IT and was responsible for fusing it with other genres and that brought a LOT of new faces and wallets to black music that no other artist had ever done. The reason black figures liked or loved Elvis was because as BB King said Elvis TRULY MEANT IT. He took the music SERIOUS and shared it with the whole world.
Elvis is still loved by all kinds of people all over the world even he had been long gone and this new generation ha !
Elvis was definitely NOT a racist. Do your research before repeating random, ignorant rumors. I’m black and I love Elvis rendition of many of the songs mentioned. Diddy is not the only one who can remix.
Ask the African Americans who knew Elvis. Do any of these women think Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali or James Brown would call Elvis a friend if he was a racist. You can't fool those dudes.
The story was garbled in delivery. Jones said that Tommy Dorsey said he didn't want to work with Elvis implying some sort of prejudice. Presley never said he didn't want to work with Jones. They didn't have a relationship. In Tommy Dorsey's bio he had only good things to say about Elvis. Jones also said he saw Otis Blackwell coaching Presley. Blackwell said on Letterman he'd never met Elvis. BB King said they didn't make a mistake when they called Elvis the King. Quincy Jones has made some unflattering comments about other performers, including the Beatles and even his former collaborator Michael Jackson. The ladies on this panel are letting their own prejudices show. They're ready to lynch.
Keep hearing the regurgitated statement that Elvis was racist, yet nobody can give you direct stories to what he has said that made him racist, his maid always spoke highly of him.
I heard that he didn’t like black men but favored black women.
He was not a racist!!
@Polly I also read him and james brown was good friends
I saw an OLD interview of that maid before she died and she was a “mammy character”
@@FCLaney Her name was Mary Jenkins... a very sweet Lady!
I was stunned and outraged to read that there is some talk about removing Elvis’ statues - what the…?! Elvis Presley did not have a shred of prejudice in his whole body; his only bias was against people who hurt other people. Growing up in the deep South, Elvis saw firsthand and understood how awful and even deadly racism was. Elvis was proud to announce the authentic influences at the core of the heart and soul of music. I was there; he and I spoke of this many times in private over the years, and he spoke of it to his audiences, as many of you know.
I posted this story before - but now it is more pertinent and timelier than ever.
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It was sometime during our hiatus in June of 1965, at Graceland - Elvis’ refuge and sanctuary. He thrived on the long, lazy humid Memphis days. Soon we’d be off to Hawaii to make “Paradise Hawaiian Style.”
Most afternoons the two of us would retreat upstairs where I would take care of Elvis’ hair. The ideal setting to relax and talk before our midnight run to the Memphian Theater with everyone to watch movies til the wee hours of the morning. Our days were filled with laughter, excitement, and exuberance. Life was radically amazing - could anything be any better than this?
One afternoon Elvis decided to stop by the office in the back of Graceland to visit for a few minutes. When we left he grabbed a stack of the fan mail that poured in every day from around the world before we retreated upstairs to his dressing room.
As I was brushing Elvis’ hair he began reading a few letters. He came to one letter and shook his head, “No, this girl has it all wrong. I’ve heard all this before, but I wasn’t the one who invented Rock ‘n Roll. No way, no way!”
“Larry,” Elvis began passionately, “let me tell you the truth that most people have no idea about, how the whole thing really happened.”
Elvis was silent for a moment, as his mind wandered back over the years. He stared into the distance and began to point with his index finger, indicating the stretch of time.
“It all began not too far from where we are right now, in the heart of the deep ol’ South. Man, back in those days the poor ol’ colored slaves were forced to work their asses off. I mean they had to, or they’d be whipped, tortured or raped, even killed by the sons of bitches in charge. Those slaves really knew what pain and suffering were, more than most people can ever imagine. From the time the sun came up til it went down, they worked in the fields picking cotton, or whatever else they had to do. It broke their damn backs and bodies, bending down and working all day long in the hot blistering sun. But it didn’t break their spirit. I mean they would drive those slaves half to death whipping them until their bodies were streaked with blood. I know…I’ve been told some horrible things about what happened back then that you wouldn’t believe."
I was soaking up every word Elvis spoke, his entire body reflecting the deep, overwhelming emotions he was experiencing. He looked down for a moment - then his eyes carefully looked into mine.
“And do you know how they survived, Larry, how they got through it? They sang. It was their music and their faith, that’s how. Slavin’ their lives away they did what came natural to them; they sang. They sang their hearts out, from deep down in their guts, their souls. All day long slavin’ in the fields they would all sing, crying out to God together, makin’ up the words as they went along. And some of those songs from back then are still with us today.
What blows me away is that during all that, they never lost their faith in God. Their faith was something else, and that’s what got them through it all. Man, a lesson for all of us, that’s for sure. What a message! They brought their music right into their churches, and then white people started copying what they did. As time went by their music spread outside the churches to become honky-tonk and ragtime in places like New Orleans, and Beale Street right here in Memphis. Later it became the birth of the blues in St. Louis, Chicago and New York; then it eventually evolved down to our times in the form of rhythm and blues.”
I pretended not to notice as Elvis brushed his hand across his eyes.
“Look, real truth is that I wasn’t the one who invented Rock ‘n Roll. I was just lucky enough to have been in the right place at the right time. All I did was to introduce their music to a white audience, an’ I owe them a hell of a lot. And right there is why I love this country so much. I mean, no matter who you are, or where you came from, or even if all the odds are all against you to making it, you can dream the impossible dream and get the chance to achieve it. That’s what America is all about. Believe me, I know; I’m so damn grateful - because I’m living that dream.”
Let alone not there, these woman were not even alive during Elvis Presley’s time but speak with so much confidence about shit they don’t know
Sad how the black people reacted about someone who open the door for everyone after him in music. He did not steal the music. He embraced it and brought out for the world to appreciate. You people need to sit back and think. Is this true if someone tells something about you and you know and your family know is not the truth. He was accused of bringing the devil's music into the white man's world. But he didn't care. He loved it given the way America was then, he was his own person and believed in himself. This is the problem with the world. It goes backwards with these sorts of nonsense instead of embracing what is good in everybody. Us non white people appreciate his music and don't listen to someone like Quincy who is a racist and preferred white women to black women. And did he ever meet Elvis or is he a senile old man who is resentful cause apart from black community who else in the world think of him as an Icon. He even ran his own person under the bus Michael Jackson. So why you people believe The Racist comment. This is 2021. The rest of the world do our best for the Black Life matters, sad about the b's carrying on. Look within yourselves. There is racism in every single one of us!!!
It's very very true, I hope one day they take off the blindfold
These women do not know what they are talking about 🤦♂️ they don’t know the facts at all whatsoever and just trusting Quincy.
They bring up Hound Dog?? Lieber and Stoller, two Jewish songwriters, were in love with R&B, black culture, and they wrote ‘Hound Dog’. All the black artists of the day loved Elvis, and in the 1950s, Presley’s music was popular in the black community. As noted by Michael Bertrand, author of Race, Rock and Elvis, between April 1956 and September 1958, Presley had 22 songs among the Top 15 on Billboard’s rhythm and blues charts - charts that were “meant to capture the tastes of black listeners and buyers.”
“A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man’s music,” said soul singer legend Jackie Wilson, “when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.” Elvis' idol was Jackie Wilson. Elvis grew up in Black churches in Tupulo and Memphis in the poorest neighborhoods. Not a racist bone in Elvis' body.
Lmao no black performer stole elvis's mannerism. How can you steal something that was created before elvis.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 he profited and copied from black culture no matter how you swing it.
@@Canuck24_7 Completely false. You think you know more than Jackie WILSON!? YOU DO NOT. BB King, said the same thing. He knew Elvis very well. So did Rufus Thomas. So did Chick Berry. So did Little Richard!
Elvis never stole from A SINGLE SONG WRITER ----- in fact he CREDITED AND PAID EVERY SINGLE ONE HANDSOMELY!!!! Just ask the above legends.
All his albums credited each song's creators/song writers. No exceptions.
Elvis gave AN INJECTION to black music, he didn't appropriate it or steal it. In fact he propelled it.
@@Canuck24_7 Stealing? You are clearly NOT a musician or an artisan of the trade. Big Joe Turner, Bo Diddly, Wynonie Harris, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Sammy Davis Jr and Fats Domino came to national prominence after Presley's acceptance among mass audiences of White American adults. The economic power of Presley's fans became evident when they tuned in to alternative radio stations playing his records. And they bought not only Elvis records but Fats and Little Richard and Chuck Berry records enmasse. NO ONE ALIVE was able to sell more records than Elvis Presley and it was not close. Young black teenagers and 20 somethings were buying Presley records too
In an era when radio stations were shifting to an all-music format, in reaction to competition from television, profit-conscious radio station owners learned quickly when sponsors bought more advertising time on new all "rock and roll" stations, some of which reached enormous markets at night with clear channel signals from AM broadcasts. This new success boosted R&B and Jazz radio stations as well!
And the craziest thing? White stations didn't put Elvis on at first. IT WAS BLACK MUSIC STATIONS WITH BLACK DJs that introduced Elvis Presley to the world.
Quincy Jones the man who never even met Elvis Presley accusing Elvis of being a racist!!! Tell the Black couple who were admiring a car through a shop window, Elvis asked if they liked the car, then came out with the Car keys after buying the car for them! Ask them if Elvis was a racist!! He backing singers were Black, he worked with lots of Black artist who had nothing but good things e say about Elvis. Elvis grew up in the South and went to a Black church.
Quincey Jones refused to work with Elvis!! Elvis didn't need Quincey Jones!!!
Quincey Jones sounds like a bitter, jealous, senile old man, who is the real racist here, making disgusting accusations about Elvis, who he never met!
trying to sabotage Elvis's legacy, he is not here to defend himself. Please just leave Elvis alone and let him Rest In Peace.
CLEARING SOME INACCURACIES UP: 1. Elvis did NOT have sex with Priscilla until she was OF AGE. Period. No one in the know debates that. Including PRISCILLA!! And she made that CLEAR in her book "Elvis & Me". 2. Elvis got married when Priscilla was 22. That's not bizarre even for today's standards. 3. Elvis and Priscilla had their only child together when she was 23. Elvis was 33. Kids are having babies at 14 these days! 23 IS NOT CRAZY. 4. The purity remark was a guess by an associate Red West. Nobody but Elvis knew why he didn't have sex with Priscilla the year after she gave birth except Elvis. Many husbands and wives change things up after birth of a child. Couples go through stages. They were under intense & constant pressure being under the spotlight. The SPOTLIGHT killed their relationship, they both loved each other immensely.
Y'all dead wrong for pushing this false story
Also Elvis never claimed to be King of Rock and always said that black musicians sang it better.
Not all black people agree...WAKE UP
And thank God they don't, they are very right in understand that Elvis wasn't racist
so because what sounds like 1 angry jealous black man said elvis is racist that means its true now? and he doesnt even have evidence for it? but we have the dozens of other black starts and people who both knew and loved elvis praising him for being a good friend. yeah no.
Elvis actually wasn’t racist it was a rumor that started in a magazine article called SEPIA who claimed he said racist things in a show in Boston… yet elvish was never in Boston anywhere around that time … btw I don’t know any of his music so I’m not defending him as a fan 🤷🏽♂️ you can look this up
Why would elvis ever want to work with quincy jones? Elvis had it all and needed nothing ftom quincy jones.
A person can’t have a “contentious relationship” with someone they refused to work with-there was no relationship. Elvis has been dead for decades and died sick and close to broke, having given away most of his money. Hatred doesn’t allow the sun to shine on QJ own genius and multimillion dollar success-it put a cloud in the way. Unfortunately in the end, QJ might be better known to next generation for simmering bitterness than his talent-thanks to viral videos like these. Hate is💰💰
This rumour was started by a white owned magazine, that had an agenda, to stop Elvus from spreading black music around the country/word. And now these foolish women want to spread lies that they know absolutely nothing about, about a dead man. And Quincy. I used to respect Quincy, but if Quincy really said that about Elvis, then I have lost all respect for him.
Why say something like this, when it's clearly not true. That make me loose all respect for Quincy, because to say something that he likely knows is not true, suggests to me that Quincy would have said this through jelousy. Because unless Quincy really beeived it then I cannot see any other reason why he would have ever said it. And there is no way on earth he could have ever beeived for one minute that Elvis Preskey was ever a racist.
The guywas deeply religious and learnt his music, firstly by going to black churches, as a child in black neighbourhoods. A child knows no hate. And so a child growing up around black people who gave that child love back could never grow up to become racist.
Unless that child grew up feeling rejected by those black people. But not when that child whole being, their whole life and carrer shine because of what they learnt through being around black people, then that person could never then be racist towards those people. Sorry, but anyone whoever beleives that it brainless.
Lmao it's very very sad that not one of you 4 woman actually did any research on this subject!!! Quincy Jones and Elvis never crossed paths!!! Elvis never met Otis Blackwell which throws Quincy's quote out the window!!
this just can show me that some black people can be racist too
You ladies should be ashamed of yourselves, Elvis was not a racist and get your facts straight before you put dirt on his name
Elvis did not have a racist bone in his body this man never even met him he said so on the David Letterman show in the '80s you will not find not one instance no evidence whatsoever that Elvis is racist other than a rimmer that got started 60 something years ago and it's been debunked a thousand times you look at all the Black entertainers and people that knew him the Sweet inspirations was his backup group Estelle brown one of the members did Elvis with an Angel to her and she loved him and he loved her the other one said you didn't have to be any kind of racial persuasion for Elvis to love you he loved everybody Muhammad Ali and Elvis was great friends this is what Ali said and I quote I don't admire anybody but Elvis Presley was one of the sweetest nicest humblest men that you'd ever want to know Jackie Wilson said Elvis has not only my favorite singer Elvis is my favorite person Sammy Davis Jr did Elvis is a great friend and I love him James Brown said Elvis is not just my friend he is my brother and you can find all these quotes online you can even find a clip of them saying it please watch Elvis and the black community it's a 20-minute documentary elliston so much for the black community I am of a mixed race and I dug deep into this you will not find any negative comments coming out of anybody's mouth that new Elvis or work with him that would say such a thing there's my two cents
Black song creators WERE credited by Elvis Presley and most Elvis fans. Elvis CREDITED ALL songwriters underneath each song title on EVERY album. AND Elvis paid for song rights AND paid royalties to them all based on his sales, no exceptions. So black songwriters such as Otis Blackwell, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Fats Domino were VERY HAPPY to work with Elvis. They made huge amounts of money on residuals from Elvis.
AND Elvis fans not only purchased Elvis' records, but many purchased the original records from black artists such as Chuck, Little Richard, Fats, and Otis and opened up a whole new revenue stream in the industry for them. Otis was even able to tour again solely because of new demand based on his work with Elvis.
Chilllldddd Quincy talked against Michael Jackson. Let’s talk about what really happened to Tevin Campbell. Now for Dionne Warwick I was quite surprised her stance on Divas. Toni and Mariah are definitely Dive and Whitney was as well until her addiction to over. RIP my sister. I Love you girls by the way!!!!!
Racism comes in every shade just a small example from these sad clueless women ..
I’ve heard a lot that Elvis was racist, but Cissy Houston worked with him a lot and insists he wasn’t. Perhaps it’s perception 🤷🏽♀️
You can work with someone black and still be racist
Even his maid spoke highly of him
@@Love-dc5tq But didn't you see that she insists that Elvis wasn't a racist then? or are you blind?
Who are these moronic people? They say nothing in their response. Agreeing to comments made by a man who does not present any facts. I am so tired of these lies that people make in regard to a very talented and kind man. Elvis was humble and loved all people of any race. He did not see color but companion & love.
FIX THIS QUINCY. Admit you lied.
As a Blackman I'm disgusted with some of these black artist and celebrity's swallowed up by the Devil's brigade
JEALOUSLY , MY GOD!!! ELVIS GAVE TONS OF MONEY AWAY TO BLACK COLLEGE'S THATS A KNOWN FACT. THESES 4 BETTER GET THEIR IMFOMATION RIGHT!!!
These ladies are clueless. Here is how specifically Quincy lied in this case:
#1. Quincy stated that TOMMY DORSEY told him that HE REFUSED TO WORK WITH ELVIS because he's a racist. Guess what? Dorsey hired Elvis on SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS to perform on his show. Then Dorsey DIED in 1956. Elvis and Dorsey worked together up until the end of his life. So THAT ONE is BS.
#2. Quincy claims that he saw Otis teaching Elvis HOW TO SING in person many times. Quincy said "Every time I saw Elvis, he was being coached by Otis Blackwell, telling him how to sing."
FACT CHECK: OTIS BLACKWELL said on DAVID LETTERMAN in 1987 that HE NEVER MET ELVIS. ** NOT ONE TIME. ** Otis' family then verified that the only reason Otis never met Elvis was that he was very shy and was afraid to ruin the big royalty monies that he was getting from Presley sales. They also said ELVIS BOOSTED Otis' fledgling career and he was even able to tour again. SO THIS WAS A BIG LIE from Quincy that Otis' family disputed.
#3. Lastly, in response to Jones's weird reply, "I wouldn’t work with him," THERE IS NO EVIDENCE that Elvis ever asked Quincy Jones to work with him. So with Quincy's three major statements failing the smell test, it is clear that QUINCY WAS FULL OF CRAP.
This now marks yet another fabrication on Quincies part... he did the same thing to Michael Jackson, taking credit for the Thriller album saying MJ didnt do anything.
Over a dozen other celebrities fell victim to Quincy lies in the past 5 years. Quincy has lost his mind.
OTIS BLACKWELL said on DAVID LETTERMAN in 1987 that HE NEVER MET ELVIS. NOT ONE TIME. Otis' family then stated the only reason was that he was very shy and didn't want to ruin the big royalties monies he was getting from Presley sales. Otis and Elvis had a great working relationship -- they were just shy and never met in person. So Quincy lied here - a COMPLETE FABRICATION from the first word to his last.
He could have produced Elvis's If I can dream, or Aloha from Hawaii 1.5 billion people watched, maybe replacing Col. Parker. Because of that anonymous Sepia Magazine article that Jet and Ebony debunked he turned it down. Don't get that one. He could have used Elvis to headline other musicians that Parker blocked him from playing with. He could have asked Rufus Thomas, BB King, Sammy Davis Jnr, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Fats Domino, or even Chuck Berry about Elvis being racist. Jet Magazine cleared Elvis of that rumor in 1957 on Jailhouse Rock set. Tommy Dorsey (the one who told Quincy Jones that Elvis was a racist mfer) had Elvis on the Stage Show six times. Why would he invite him on his show so many times if he thought he was a racist?
Jones is a lyar and has nothing to do but to make up stories!And to the one with the gold whatever on her head Elvis DID NOT copy anything from the black people!!! He was born with rhythm point blank!!!! Get your facts straight and if you want and should learn from Elvis is to not lie and talk about other people and think you’re better!!! You should also learn from the sweet inspirations and Cissy about how Elvis treated them and being kind and soft spoken!!! My goodness!!
OK Quincy. Respect these sisters, but the discussion quickly turns into something else (appropriation/ etc), not if Elvis was racist or not. Quincy needs to give hardcore evidence of racism perpetrated by Elvis. Never heard of any except the very suspect Sepia magazine story. James Brown, Sammy Davis, Redd Foxx and Sam Cooke all seemed like they loved him. My young dad was at Fort Dix in the Army 1950s -60. He was not into Elvis songs, but told us Elvis went out of his way to shake hands with several black soldiers that recognized him.
He also swore that he knew for sure that Michael
Jackson didn’t have Vitiligo.
So he got one thing right, big deal. Must be back before he got senile.
From the original Hollywood Reporter-article this item is referring to:
"HR: Did you ever work with Elvis?
QJ: No. I wouldn’t work with him.
HR: Why not?
QJ: I was writing for [orchestra leader] Tommy Dorsey, oh God, back then in the ’50s. And Elvis came in, and Tommy said, “I don’t want to play with him.” He was a racist mother - I’m going to shut up now. But every time I saw Elvis, he was being coached by [“Don’t Be Cruel” songwriter] Otis Blackwell, telling him how to sing.
HR: [Blackwell told David Letterman in 1987 that he and Presley had never met.]
Re >> The interviewer unfortunately didn't bring up what the magazine does imply: Quincy Jones may have some holes in his memory. Which is very sad for him personally, but forgivable, since he's already in his late 80s and looking back on a huge life and legacy with more highlights and stories than most people gather during their lifetimes. It is not unlikely that he may make a mistake here and there in recalling past events. What we can reassemble from known historical facts is the following:
Elvis Presley made his national television debut in january of 1956 during an episode of CBS' Stage Show, which was hosted by brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and their bigbands. It must have been during rehearsals for this appearance that Dorsey made the alleged statement. Quincy doesn't continue to say what happened next. So not only is his assessment of Presley's character based on hearsay; we also can't confirm whether Dorsey indeed refused to work with Elvis because of his prejuidice. The only thing we can be sure of is that Presley made five more consecutive appearances on the show (feb through march of '56). So if Tommy Dorsey didn't keep his word on not wanting to work with a racist rock & roll singer, then how believable is this story? Also: if Quincy wouldn't work with Elvis either, what did he do those five following appearances? He stopped writing for Dorsey temporarily?
It's unfortunate that the interviewer just lets this pass and doesn't probe further. But I guess he was just happy to have ignited the flame of the old 'Elvis was racist' discussion again, right in the middle of the BLM movement. So that these four ladies can keep repeating the same rumours and keep people divided. Gotta love (social) media.
Quincy needs to do his homework. What a crock.
little Richard is the King of Rockn' roll