White Christmas Gets banned from Radio
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Today in History December 2, 1957 Elvis Presley's White Christmas is Banned on Radio
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Elvis was a very religious and spiritual man who loved Christmas. Elvis meant no disrespect. Elvis sang it in his style, just like he did all his songs. I've always loved it.
But Elvis was not very enthusiastic about recording either of his Christmas albums. He preferred recording his 3 religious LPs.
Ironically, the album is now the best selling Christmas album in history!!
Best version!!! I will be listening forever! We will be listening to Elvis’s Christmas songs long after today’s Christmas music is gone
I still say he is and will always a legend. No one will ever take his place. He was a beautiful soul. REST IN PEACE MR. PRESLEY.❤❤😊😊
I thought Elvis's version of "White Christmas",when I first heard it blew the doors off of any version of the song I've ever heard! Thanks Wicked Acorn!
Elvis' christmas albums are the BEST. His version of 'White Christmas' is much preferred because it is uplifting and hopeful. Like EP, Christmas is my favorite season 🎄☃️✨💯⚡❤️
Elvis legend ♥️
I loved him in 1956 and own everything he ever did. I am now 80, see the wonderful Documentary "Elvis Presley and the Black Community". You see I was 12 when I first saw Elvis, in the time segregation was so bad, White stations would not play black music. And when Elvis did, he was banned everywhere. He struggled with this but kept on being an advocate for black artist. Few know that Elvis propelled the careers of both James Brown, and Jackie Wilson. My parents didn't want me to watch him, they said he was demonic. Poor Elvis. I love him to this day for not only being the a wonderful entertainer, but so good and generous to others. Also see "Elvis Presley King of Kindness". thanks By the way, Elvis 3 gospel albums won him 3 grammies.
I Agree With Everything You Say 👍🙏❤️💯💯🌹
Elvis’s voice always sounds wormer to other singers. He had a unique tone. That no other has.
Love Elvis. 🧡🧡🧡
I'm a long time Elvis fan and I certainly learned something new thanks to this video. I would never have thought that his Christmas songs were banned in 1957 on radio because at that time it was mostly his moves on stage that caused much controversy. Thank you and I'm looking forward for more Elvis content if possible.
You’re a long time fan and never heard this story? Strange…
@@FrankieLovesElvis I'm more than thrilled when I learn something new about Elvis, nothing strange here.
@@clevec.claire I’m just saying, This Story has been known since the 1950’s. Even my casual Elvis friends know about it. Didn’t mean any disrespect.
@@FrankieLovesElvisI’m 76 and been a fan since the late 1950s and have never heard this story about White Christmas.
@@katperson7332 Hot Damn!!! 😆
Unbelievable story. Thanks for sharing.
I'm sure there's a lot more stories like this. People were not only against Elvis' music but they were jealous of the man. My dad was one of them.
Yes, there are and still goes on even today ....usually based on petty jealousy.
You are absolutely right ❤
"Ho ho hooo we'll make a Christmas album and make it snnoooww, it'll be a white Christmass after all, put on the sweater Mr Presley!" -☃Colonel Tom.
♥️♥️ EP ♥️♥️
White Christmas
Thanks. I’m in the UK. Been here going on 8 years. This channel is mostly about the history of this country. Mostly local history around Manchester. These quick little this day in history videos are promoting a concert I plan to do about the history of Christmas and Christmas songs. It will be the more traditional songs but there will be a few by the King no doubt.
That sounds very interesting and something I would like to see. I'll subscribe and look out for updates. Cheers from East Yorkshire.
Very enjoyable......!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH....!!!
It's one of the best Versions in my opinion, but I might be biased as I'm a fan of The King. I never knew this so it's interesting. Hope you don't have a Blue Christmas. Cheers from the U.K.
The above was supposed to be a reply to you.
Elvis wow my favourite by the king is silver 🔔 bells love from Newcastle UK 🇬🇧 😊
It was a violation of the "FREE SPEECH" rights of the DJ..... and he should have taken it it court!
We ALL have the right to our own opinions!
Interesting
There is a video on UA-cam with Rosemary Clooney talking about the movie White Christmas and the fact that Irving Berlin was constantly on the set of the movie, having a meltdown on the way they were doing White Christmas!
He must have been a fun guy to be around!😂
Elvis owns this song, like he does ALL OF THEM!
So if Irving Berlin hated Elvis' version of White Christmas and the whole Christmas Album why didn't he return all the royalties that Elvis' record gave him? I wish someone asked Irving Berlin that question.
He didn’t like or appreciate what Elvis brought to the table. Why would he have to relinquish his royalties?
Leiber and Stoller hated Elvis’ version of “Hound Dog”. So they have to return their royalties to?
@@FrankieLovesElvis Irving Berlin should've given back the royalties just as Leiber and Stoller but they decided they would keep that and continue slating Elvis as a one off singer that's not very professional but that's what they did.
It’ll probably get banned again. Because of some woke idiots who will take offence because it says white instead of rainbow
...or that it is ray cyst
We can always piss in their snow to make it yellow
I grew up with Crosby version…my parents loved Crosby. When I first heard Elvis, rendition, I hated it, despite being an avid Presley fan, and still am. So there you go! 🙏🇦🇺
Christmas show sounds good.
Thanks Shirley. So far it looks like me and you and another guy. I guess people don't leave comments. Spread the word. Let's see if we can make this happen.
Elvis song anything better than anyone. He could even sing a telephone directory!
I love Elvis. He’s still the best and could belt out any genre.
Bing Crosby is the original but it's boring... Elvis owns this song....Best version....Also Elvis has the all time best selling Christmas album....Proof is in pudding....
Love E
Fascinating.
I WAS SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL BEE-CAUSE I LOOKED LIKE ROCK AND ROLL. THEY'RE ALL GONE, I'M STILL PLAYING R&R ELVIS PRESLEY. SAW HIM IN CONCERT ABOUT 74? !!JESUS!!
Very interesting hadn’t heard that. Mymy
Very interesting.
Elvis emulated the style of The Drifters version of White Christmas. Why wasn't Irving Berlin trying to ban THEIR version?
Yes, It’s been known for years that Elvis’ original Christmas album/song, “White Christmas”, the DJ actually got fired!!! Bad boy Elvis!!! 😊
It may surprise many what the INITIAL sales of Elvis' LPs from the 50s brought. Each of them went on to sell so much more after they left the charts. I was surprised for example, how Elvis' Golden Records did not do so well initially. His 2nd LP and Loving You were his best sellers at the time they were released.
Now Elvis Christmas Album and Golden Records are the top sellers of this 50s LPs BY FAR.
1. Elvis Presley (1956) 300K (RCA's biggest selling LP at the time of release)
2. Elvis (1956) 500K
3. Loving You (1957) 350K
4. Elvis Christmas Album (1957) 200K
5. Elvis' Golden Records (1958) 150K
6. King Creole (1958) 250K
7. For LP Fans Only (1959) 200K
8. A Date With Elvis (1959) 175K
9. Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2 (1959) 100K
It is obvious that a movie greatly boosted Elvis' record sales. And later in the 50s and early 60s, the biggest selling LPs were soundtracks to movies and/or Broadway plays. Even the King Creole LP sold fairly well. It was released a month or more AFTER one single and two 45 extended play albums with 10 of the eleven songs from the movie sold over 500,000 each!
Some say his 1957 iteration of Christmas Album was his best seller. Not quite true. It is his CAMDEN Christmas album that got the diamond award, not the LOC-1035/LPM-LSP-1951 album. 1969 was the LAST year LSP-1951(e) 12 track Christmas Album was available. It was superseded by the 10 track Camden CAL-2428 in 1970. That version, has been retitled and rereleased with the same content and tracking order through the years. One example was called "It's Christmas Time". And it is the 10 track version with Mama Liked The Roses that earned the Diamond award. The 10 track version eliminated the 4 tracks originally released on the Peace In The Valley Extended Play 45. But those four religious songs DID reappear on the Camden album You'll Never Walk Alone.
Bing Crosby’s version is my least favorite! It’s so slow and sad! Elvis is the King! Bing was evil like all the other singers! I banned Bings version from my house… Elvis is the GOAT❤️
Bing Crosby was not evil, not to Presley. He liked and encouraged him and foresaw a big future for him when other critics and major colleagues were lambasting him.
Bing's version was for the troops of World War two, and bing wasn't evil my grandfather met bing in the late 60s, he said he was a kind soul but very talkative. So I disagree, Bing AND Elvis are my idols, but Without Bing There wouldn't be a White Christmas.
Elvis wasn’t exactly a paragon of virtue. I’ll take Engelbert any day over Elvis.
99% of people hearing White Christnas have no idea Irving Berlin wrote this in an understandingly depressed & mournful mood. While I sympathize with his loss & grief, there is no hint or lyric that would indicate to the hearer this was in any an expression of personal grief of loss. The song invokes melancholy memories of past idealistic Christmas days with the yards and houses covered in snow. For Berlin to become so offended that he would demand Elvis' redition to be banned because Elvis chose a favorable remembrance tone rather than a mournful one, is revealing. Thinking his song, "White Christmas," was interpreted wrong and given a different tone is one thing, but to attack by censorship and personal derision of Elvis is not only inappropriate, IT'S CHILDISH
The argument for banning is unconvincing anyway regarding the 'Christmas spirit' since even then it was fully commercialised and all about selling goods and and using Christmas to coin in massive profits.
Only applicable in Northern
Hemisphere where snow abounds
Remember living in australia
And having xmas on the beach
Actually xmas is a roman catholic tradition combining
The mother and son idols
With the pagan winter solstice!
Presley takes the Drifters arrangement and does it their way.
Jailhouse Rock was banned by the BBC. Due to the lyrical about 2 imprisoned homosexuals.
Jailhouse Rock debuted at #1 in the UK in January 1958.
If it was banned, how’d it manage to get to the top and debut?
@ The BBC in Britain banned the track as it considered the lyrics to be ‘queer’ (their term)
As, they did with ‘Relax’ by Frankie 25 years later.
Such an action only increased interest with sales with it!
Christmas is a Christian holiday. It's a holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ - a festive occasion for Christians. Anyone who wants to celebrate this holiday is welcome to do so.
Elvis Presley was a Christian known for singing the Christian songs How Great Thou Art, In The Garden, Somebody Bigger Than You and I, Mansion over the Hilltop, Amazing Grace, Reach Out to Jesus, and many others.
Bing Crosby's version of White Christmas with its bells and strings is a crooner's version - nothing "bluesy" about it. Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby collaborated closely on the song "White Christmas."
Elvis Presley's version of White Christmas from 1957 borrows from the Drifter’s R&B version with a little more movement in it. From Elvis Presley's earliest years as a recording artist, he always gave credit to those who inspired him.
It was Bing Crosby...Bing Crosby instigated Irving Berlin into trying to prevent Elvis Presley's version of White Christmas - the entire album - from being played on the radio in 1957.
Just goes to show you some of our ancestors were nuts lol.
Irvin Berlin was crazy, why ban such a great classical Christmas song by the most famous singer the world has ever know very poor taste on Berlins
part.
Why? You don’t know the history? C’mon…
Wow I did not know they had a black station on the radio gears past
It’s definitely my favourite Christmas music. How ridiculous, Elvis’ version is beautiful. I’m sorry for Irving Berlin’s tragedy but it seems he went too far on this one.
That song didn't just belong to Elvis , Bing Crosby
Surprised it’s not banned today!
Bing Crosby. Was not my favorite. I. Didn't like him at all.