FIRST TIME HEARING Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto [REACTION]
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- Original Video: Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Live In Las Vages 1970
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This song was written by Mac Davis in 1969. RCA and Col. Parker told Elvis not to record this song. Elvis said "I'm recording this song" and walked out. Plus, once his backup singers, the Sweet Inspirations, were with Elvis down South for a show. The hotel Elvis was going to stay in said his back-up singers had to stay somewhere else. Elvis told the manager, if they can't stay here neither will I. Elvis was born in Tupelo MS. in a 2 room shack. He moved to Memphis with his parents when he was 12. They were dirt poor and lived in the projects. Elvis used to go to the black church sometimes, just to listen to the Gospel music. He loved R& B also. He was good friends with BB King and used to go to his club in Memphis. Elvis was color blind. He respected all people and shame on some of the young black entertainers who talk trash about him. Elvis broke barriers back in the day. How many entertainers would go on a stage in Las Vegas full of a predominately white audience and sing "In The Ghetto", only Elvis. He was also good friends with Sammy Davis Jr. This country will never really be at it's greatest until people come together as Americans and stop letting Political Parties divide us for their own personal agendas.
You said it all you said it right we all need to pull together because if we keep going down the same road that keeps splitting us up and not voting a good leader for our country America we will fail and our enemies will not be concerned about us we will be locked up and live by their rules we need to make a change and now
Frank Sinatra did the same thing for Sammy down south.
I think it was Dean Martin who got up in the venues owners face along with Frank (and his Italian body guards) - they told him there would be no show if Sammy wasn't allowed to perform.
He performed 😂
I grew up in the 60s and honestly didn't like some of his earlier stuff. But when he came out with In The Ghetto and Don't Cry Daddy I took notice. He had a good heart and bad demons.
You are my favorite song analyzer. I'll repeat the same song just to feel your reaction. As to your saying "You don't have to be one of us", listening to this kind of poetry makes us one, opens our hearts. Mac Davis understanding how a mother's heart can break in so many ways is so powerful. Blessings.
The whole world too!!
This song was originally written by Mac Davis. He wrote it and asked Sammy Davis Junior to record it. Mr Davis told him I can’t sing that song because I didn’t grow up this way, but I know someone who did, Elvis Presley grew up in the ghetto. The rest is history as Elvis Presley stood in the gap in the 60s and 70s. The 1st to have black singers in his band has a white person. The 1st to sing a tribute song to Martin Luther King Junior, after he was murdered ( If I Can Dream) and was honoured to be asked to record In The Ghetto. Great reaction!
What a lot of people don't know is before this performance the producers of the show said that he could not have his background singers on stage with him because they were African-American. Including Whitney Houston's mom who was one of Elvis's background singers. And Elvis turned to them and said if they cannot be on stage with me then I will not do the show. And as you see the show went on so Elvis has always been a advocate for equal rights and opportunities for all people
Reminds me of the Beatles being told one of their shows in the south had to be segregated, and their response was to tell the venue it was either gonna be an unsegregated show or there wouldn't be a show at all.
With the utmost respect, that is not true. You are thinking of the performance at the Houston Astrodome in 1970 where he was told he could leave the "black girls" behind and he refused. This performance was in Las Vegas and there was no issue with the Sweet Inspirations. They backed him from the very start in Las Vegas without issue.
I’m white but I’m also color blind. We all are equal. Thank you for sharing this
After the producer told him that, Elvis yelled at his crew ….” pack it up, we’re leaving” ! Instead of screaming racism…..he got his point across “in a flash”. I sure miss him.
Elvis loved every one and tried to many people as much he can did not came much of fame and money just love to entertain and be very giving and generous, a special man everybody adored
He grew up poor in A black neighborhood. He loved everybody and I lived this era. This took guts in A charged racial climate. He was the first white dude to hire a lot of black singers to sing with him. He was inspired by black gospel music and actually wanted to be a gospel singer. Thank you for remembering Elvis he was a nice guy. Another great song "Walk A Mile in My Shoes" Vegas 1970. Thanks Be Blessed
Elvis wasn't a nice guy only, he was a compassionate man who took care of his brothers and sisters. "I Can Dream."
Elvis grew up in the Mississippi ghetto (moving to Memphis, Tennessee when he was 13) and was a part of the culture as much as any black child. Because he wasn't black and had star power he was able to speak/sing about issues others couldn't get away with. He was hugely active and played a major role in the civil rights movement. It makes me sad when I hear young generations saying he was racist. That couldn't have been further from the truth.
I always like to remind people that poor is poor. Black, white, yellow, or pink; Elvis, Cash, or Dolly Parton. A lot of the racial division is pushed by rich people who don't want poor people to realize they have more in common with other poor people. Colour doesn't matter.
Well said
Elvis was born in tupelo Mississippi
Exactly he's talking like that in 1970. This dude wasn't doing social justice warrior BS for Instagram brownie points. He grew up in plight and he felt connected to his fellow people that were born with obstacles.
you do know the song writer was, right?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425what's your point? Elvis grew up in a ghetto and sang about it perfectly with soul. He didn't write it.
@@jennyjorgensen9935 Elvis didn't frow up in the ghetto, he spent some time there. You do know Mac offered to a black artist first right? Here's a question, if Elvis cared so much about when did he speak about it? If you answer it will be an interesting read, but I think it is a baffling question.
Elvis was a Social Justice Warrior, sorry that hurts your feelings
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425Elvis was the only one with the clout to get this song recorded and published. The record companies were afraid of the song but elvis was too famous to ignore
No one would record this Mac Davis song IN THE GHETTO as it was too raw, especially during the race riots in the 1960s. A top RCA executive said we can't release it.
Elvis heard it and said, "That's my next single, son" and walked away.
The great Sammy Davis Jr famously turned it down. Only Elvis was willing to risk his career to get that record on the air-waves.
Only Elvis could have performed it and gotten the radio play when it came out in the late 1960's, during the Civil Rights Movement. He made it his platform.
One of his major public statements on the issues of racism and poverty. Without uttering a single press release or public statement. Not a single political word or comment.
Amazing power of song by a very brave and loving human being.
Elvis did nothing for civil rights. Grow up accept reality.
So this guy above has caused lots of racist arguments in lots of reactors- its best to report him and delete his comments. He’s been blocked by many Elvis reactors for his nonsense.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Elvis did more for civil rights than your crap zapper dapper that's for sure 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Elvis did way more for civil rights than your performer zapper dapper that's for sure. By Elvis singing in the ghetto and if I can dream Elvis drew the attention of the world to the conditions the poor black people were living in around the USA and the World. What did your performer do for the black communities fuck all. Now go back under your zapper dapper rock and stay there.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 you are a sad mean guy , you don't know anything about Elvis only spewing your hate , you are ignorant, you can't accept the fact and the truth , you are despicable. Educate yourself on the subject , your hatred is clouding your judgement, maybe you were filled with lies about Elvis so you can't accept the truth. I pity you, you are a sad , mean person trying to tarnish Elvis but guess what you opinion doesn't matter you are nobody
Elvis wasn’t from Chicago but he grew up dirt poor In Tupelo Mississippi . They lived in a two room wooden house. He knew what it was to be desperate. That’s one of the reasons he was so generous with his money. He could really relate to poverty and never forgot where he came from .
He's talking about the cycle of violence in Chicago; one man dies, and another one is born. WOW. He was ahead of history talking about Chicago.
You might also realize that he has black background singers. That wasn't common back then.
He had organizers tell him to leave the black girls at home. He told them that they either come all or he won't come either. Even made the organizers seat them all in the best area.
Thanks for your reaction.
Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory.
Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off.
As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (ua-cam.com/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/v-deo.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
Thank you for sharing this info. Knowing his family background gives me an even better understanding of the man. I was born in '56 in Texas. My I didn't know I had Cherokee blood til I was 13. When I asked my Mom why no one told me she said it's just not something you talk about in the south. I told her well I'm proud of it cause everything in me makes me what I am. It was her mother was 1/2 Cherokee. But by time I came along her hair was gray and cut short. Mom said when grannies was young she had jet black hair down her back. I was born with black hair then it turned blonde by time I was 10 months old.But oddly I still have a black stroke in my widows peak even now amongst the gray lol. The blond came from her daddy who was German descent. I'm a real mixed bag 😅😅
If there was a 2nd room, it was the bathroom, because the house is one room with a pot belly stove for his mama to cook and heat the house on chilly southern evenings.
Elvis genuinely looks so heartbroken singing this.
i agree
Elvis was born into desperate poverty in a shotgun shack in Mississippi that his father built. He knew very well the tragedy of ghetto life. The movie Elvis by Baz Lurhman gives a good impression of him learning black people's music as a child. This song is so emotional because Elvis feels it from his personal experience.
you beat me too it. The saddest part of the Elvis legacy is how the media made the people of the world believe that somehow Elvis came from riches. They were lying then and they are lying worse today. DONT BELIEVE THE SNOOOOOZ. If they tell ya its raining you better go check for yourself!
It wasn't even a shotgun shack. I've been in it. Literally 1 room.
When I first heard this in 1969, I cried like a baby. Mac Davis wrote this for Elvis. I was 17 and not looking forward to my eighteenth birthday. Vietnam was raging and tearing the soul and the fabric of America apart. I was brought up in the projects, and I have seen this song play out more than once. Poverty breeds a sense of hopelessness which then turns to anger. I was almost beaten to death when I was six years old by a thirteen-year-old boy. He knocked out all my teeth and kicked me in the dirt like I was less than a human being.. Ya'll we have to love one another. Thank you for a great song that needs to hit the charts again today. I did go into the army and watched Vietnam tear our nation apart, and its soul is still wounded. This is your boy in Tennessee trying to spread the love of Jesus Christ. If we all lived for him and loved one another, hatred would stop, and there would be no crime.
God Bless you. Peace and Blessings to you and yours.
Thank you for your service!
I cried too and again now😢
Thank you for your service sir and thank you for making it through all of the things u have sir. May God bless you sir.
A lot of singers turned down recording this Song. They were scared of what it might do to their reputation. Elvis insisted that he record this Song. Shows the type of man he was.
Elvis had legit love for Black America, growing up in poverty himself, his friends were mostly poor Black kids, he attended the good ol fashioned Gospel Churches of the day, he identified with their Faith and Plight. Elvis was a good man, period.
Mac Davis wrote this song and couldn't find anyone to sing it. Elvis wanted to sing it because he could relate to it. He grew up poor in a mostly black neighborhood in Tupelo, Mississippi.
He was singing about the things he wasn't allowed to talk about back then....music was his language ❤❤❤
Elvis just sang songs other people wrote.
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425dayum, your continued stupidity astounds me. It's 2024, dude....grow up, yo 🫵🏽
Elvis was the truth; He lived that life when he was young. They called him the king for a reason.
My Mom was arrested at 9mths pregnant (w me😊) while marching w MLK in front of a restaurant in TN where Blacks were not allowed to dine inside. This was her 2nd fav Elvis song- the 1st being If I Can Dream & 3rd Walk A Mile In My Shoes. All 3 were played often & early in our home- not merely songs but mantras; models by which our parents raised myself & my siblings in a too-slowly evolving South. How incredibly blessed we were!!!!!!!!!
If you’ve not seen it, HIGHLY recommend the minidoc (14mins) Elvis and The Black Community: The Echo Will Never Die. You will learn much about Elvis as both a performer & a person. Shorter & worth a listen: Paul Harvey’s ‘Poor Boy With a Guitar’. And more recently- Baz Luhrmann’s film simply titled ‘Elvis’. Luhrmann has a frenetic style of directing, but it works for me here: Elvis’ life was nothing if not frenetic! But the movie lends itself to offering the viewer a window into some of what shaped Elvis, his career, his home life, and sadly- what invited some of his greatest challenges.
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Elvis was the perfect person to sing this song. He lived that poor ghetto type life even though he was white. This is my favorite song he sings.❤
Elvis was from the south. But he grew up in the ghetto. He knew.
Elvis respected everyone...he didn't care about race. He was pure. His backing singers were beautifull black women and that was very progressive in that time. He was more than just the King of Rock 'n Roll...he was The King...full stop!
A lot of people don’t this but 1 of Ladin singers was Whitney Houston’s mother! In a interview Whitney tells about meeting Elvis as a little girl, and how her mother and the rest of the singers would stay up really late with Elvis singing gospel songs until early the next mornings. They were call the Sweet Imperations
He is a king, but not the King. Jesus Christ is the King and Elvis would be the first to tell you that.
@@monawenger932Amen!! Jesus is the king of all kings!!
The first time I listened to "In the Ghetto" it made me cry! I was a 10-year-old girl living thousands of kilometres away from Chicago in Australia. I didn't know what a ghetto was, and I wasn't aware of poverty. However, even though I wasn't a mother, I could feel the pain and despair and the truth in Elvis' heartfelt words! That was 55 years ago, and this song STILL makes me cry every time I hear it. I still ask myself why these mothers are still crying for their children and WHY " Do we simply turn our heads, and look the other way?"
Very powerful song - full credit to its writer, Mac Davis, and to Elvis for having the guts to release it. An entire scene and history painted in under three minutes. Cleverly powerful too - it's a jolt to realise that it's never mentioned in the song what colour the boy's skin is, but we all get the same picture of how he looks. And what that says about America, American society, and us, is very telling.
He was trying to make everyone aware of the poor children living in sad and poor situations. Elvis was a great human being and was concern about those children.
I saw a story were Elvis was on the phone with MLK and wanted to go march with him. And King said no you keep doing what you are doing. And that is why he was so tore up when he was killed. Check out the song If I Can Dream. It is in honor of MLK and Robert Kennedy Jr..
Mac Davis, from Lubbock TX, wrote this song. Elvis felt it because he was raised in the ghettos of Mississippi and Memphis.
Elvis grew up in Tupelo, in the ghetto. I can't even give you an estimate of how many times I cried over this song.
If Elvis could of helped everybody who needed it, he would of.
I remember crying when I heard this for the first time as a little girl. It still reonates today and it still makes me cry.
Same, it really struck me deeply and still does.
Elvis added the words, “And his mama cried.”, he never got credit for it but Mac Davis wrote this song and Sammy Davis Jr. was offered the song but Elvis wanted it and did grow up that way. A treasure of a song 🎶 by Elvis. If you want to know about Elvis, watch Elvis and the Black Community 1&2 and Elvis the King of Kindness. These are just two of the videos that show how a person like Elvis existed and gave so much to others.
Watched the King of Kindness for the first time this last week. I knew a lot about Elvis’s charitable activities but this was a step further. That’s why we love him . For his beautiful soul 😢
@@debralewis9737 St. Jude still affects children to this day and polio has been increasing lately but for over sixty years children were protected by this vaccine. Elvis changed our generation for the good.
This song broke my heart as a child and ripped it from my chest after I became a mother.
Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in a shotgun house.He was taught to sing in a black church with open arms and love.Im from Mississippi, I live 45 minutes south of Tupelo. He was a twin,(brother),he survived, (Elvis).He always felt guilty from that.He moved to Memphis,Tennessee, there is where he resided until death.His home in Memphis, Tennessee is known as,GRACELAND. MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
I remember listening to this in the 70s crying. It's timeless.God bless the children. He was born in Tupilo Mississippi.
My god that man is a legend! This is one of the most powerful songs I’ve ever heard…and it was the 1970s!!! Rest in peace legend
He lived it.
until what age?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425what 'bout you, sis...what you doing for the less privileged and people of color?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425he was in the eighth grade when the family moved into a boarding house in Memphis…
@@Elvista The subject is about Elvis and what he didn't do for civil rights people. But since you want to know I will tell you. At the age of 19 I was conscripted to go to a place called Vietnam and kill people who had done nothing to me and me to them. All because some US president LBJ thought it would be a great way to make money for the US. After sending mates home in body bags and doing unspeakable things to people we returned. Heroin was a great substitute to stop the torture, until my mate crucified himself on a needle full of heroin. I got clean and some say I have done very well for myself. It is not unusual for me to be in a supermarket and alike and see a family struggling to pay for food, so I gladly pay for it. I spend my time and my money with no government assistance whatsoever helping returned soldiers from wars that the US creates. I don't discriminate. Now, what do you do?
@@timlubbers2884 must have been hard for his mother picking cotton with him on her back.
Elvis wanted to sing this song. Who was going to tell Elvis no? It was a hit.
Born in the poor town of tupelo Mississippi move to Memphis Tennessee both were ghetto's where he was in .he enjoyed going to black churches and joined the gospel group In a black church
If everybody in the world no matter what race you are, we are all brothers sisters in Christ our Lord I love the way that you were talking about this
Elvis was a preacher and everyone listened. The disparities were so evident and the nation was grappling with the truth and how to change things for the better. Kudos to Mac Davis for writing it, and Elvis for doing it.
This was going on way before the 70's. Elvis lived in the ghetto in Tupelo Mississippi as a child. Then he lived in the ghetto in Memphis. He knew what it was like to be invisible to people that didn't want to see the problem. You should watch the interview with Sam Bell. He was Elvis' childhood friend. Plus there's a documentary called Elvis and the black community. Both explains a lot ☮️❤️
The genius of the songs writer, Mac Davis, is that race is not mentioned at all. Mac later became a huge star in his own right.
He took his background singers to a hotel that did not allow blacks. Elvis left until he found a hotel for everyone.
Elvis has a connection with this song because he grew up dirt ass poor ..his daddy went to jail for writing bad checks to feed his family and his Mama had to do what she could to take care of her 2 yr old baby.. I just watched Sounder for the 3rd time probably a few days ago.. same kinda thing.. not totally the same, obviously, Elvis was white.. but the same kind of story... Mama has to hold things together and just hope and pray her man comes home to take some of her burden away.. Man made the wrong decision trying to feed his family. Just makes me realize how blessed I am.. I grew up lower middle class but we did have food.. might have been kraft mac n cheese.. but it was something to eat. I've raised 5 children and never had to worry about them being shot on a daily basis.. which, unfortunately, is still happening in our country... SAD. This country truly needs to come together . I'm 56 yrs old and I doubt it will happen in my lifetime... but I can hope for my children and grandchildren for the hate to stop.
and if that was a balck man that did that he would either still be in jail or given the death penalty.
bwana-ma-coo-bah425 you're a total fool you really are may God( Jesus Christ) help you one day?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Your back again you must be a sad lonely pathetic person you really must? Why don't you do something positive like finding God ( Jesus Christ) and stop trolling Elvis?
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 What are you on about the death penalty? Elvis Father did time in prison for writing a bad check no black person would get the death penalty for that you utter 🤡
@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Mate you really need to get some help, ELVIS father spent eight months in jail for writing a bad check in 1938. No black man would have got a death sentence for writing a bad check in 1938 what the hell are you on about??
i'm pretty sure there will NEVER be another like him
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi. A two room shack. In the black neighborhood, a typically segregated area. His mom on her own, his dad in jail for check forgery. Then moved into low income housing in Memphis, Tennessee. He sang in church. Along the way met and knew MLK. Elvis never ever forgot where he came from. He showered all kinds of people with kindness and generosity. So many stories of him buying Cadillacs for strangers peering into a Cadillac dealership window. A remarkable man. ❤
Hi. This video popped up on my “for you page” Tonight. I’m Swedish and I am a social worker. I’ve worked with kids and teens for 20 yers. Some of those years with kids and teens who had committed crimes or had been mixed up with different types of gangs. What Elvis are singing about in this song is more or less happening all over the world. The last couple of years we have had increased problems with criminal gangs. And it’s now one of the most talked about political issues. Social workers, teachers, police has been sounding the alarm for at least the last 15 years. Even if we yet have a lot to tackle and a lot of work to do I’m so glad to be living and working in a country where there are resources and help and support from the Swedish government. Social security and social safety-net is key to be able to help and support people and to provide for all children. No matter where they live or who their parents are. I wish Americans could have the same help and support as we have in Sweden. I really can’t understand why Americans are so against that. In my opinion it is crucial in order to make any type of change especially for the moms and the children, the young men Elvis is singing about
Elvis spoke the truth
Elvis is one of the most famous people in music history, & no doubt, one of the most talented, however his heart & love for humanity, is his legacy 💚💜💗💚💜
I can guarantee you that Elvis's own mother had those same thoughts you mentioned in the beginning when Elvis was born as he was born in the ghetto so he is singing from his own real history too. I was a little girl 9 years old in the city of Chicago where I was raised. I knew then the importance of this song then as well as NOW! This song was a huge impact on me when it came out on the heels of the horrible riots that that wonderful city suffered through. Still brings a tear in to my eye! I lived this song!!❤ A commenter once said about this song "if this song dosent touch your heart then we can't be friends" LOL i couldn't agree more!! ❤
I enjoy seeing the reactions of you younger people to these ever so important and TIMELESS songs ty for your upload!
He was born in the ghetto in tupelo miss..
Shakeray is where he learned the blues and love for it.
@@nancy9891 Shake Rag
@@monasrum4321 Thanks for the correction. I have always heard as Shakeray but it makes more sense. 🙏
I couldn't tell you how many times I have listened to that song, but I can tell you that it brings tears to my eyes every single time.
Elvis was born in Tupelo, Miss. He loved and was moved by gospel music and it helped shape him as an artist. I hear this song and it gives me straight chills every single time. I hate that it still has relevance today, but it does. We all need to do better for our neighbors, no matter where they come from.
In the Ghetto is probably the most HONEST song recorded, ever !
Elvis definitely knew the struggle he gave almost all of his money away to charities that were close to his heart ❤️ in Memphis, another inner-city with poverty. Tyvm brother ⚡️⚡️👍🏽
I’m from Elvis’s hometown, Tupelo MS. His family was dirt poor and he and his twin were born in a poor sharecropper’s shotgun shack. He spent a lot of time out playing and listening to black musicians play and sing. Mac Davis wrote this song but Elvis felt it in his bones.
It was going on even further back than that. Elvis grew up in the wrong side of the tracks and saw it, lived it, first hand. He was from Tupelo, Mississippi. Then Memphis housing projects. Thank you for showing and sharing our hometown boy, Elvis. We miss you, Elvis, and we love you...still. (Judy C)
...and still going on 55 years later.
You should watch and listen to Elvis' "If I Can Dream" from his 1968 Comeback special. From what I understand, the powers that be wanted him to end his special with a Christmas song but he chose to sing "If I Can Dream" in honor of MLK and also Bobby Kennedy who had been assassinated a few weeks prior to the song's recording. Watch it all the way to the end when he says breathlessly, "Good night". A powerful performance!
This song has always brought tears to my eyes and pain in my heart. Gods love to all.
Elvis was born in a 2 room shotgun shack in Tupelo Mississippi! Then he lived in the projects in Memphis Tennessee
I heard the song for the first time as a German child in the 70s. I cried so much because we still knew our parents' WW2 war stories when they were children and how they had to starve.
One of the best reactions ever! Only one that ask how you doing! People walking around with a smile, but are dying inside. All the same story, ghettos in most big cities, just different places. Thanks for the reaction!
Elvis was an awesome individual! People that new him new his generosity caring side of him. He will always be The King! Love your reaction! ♥
Elvis came up in the flatesin Tupelo Miss. He had a heavy influence in soul music from there. His neighborhood was poor white and black folks. He sings with soul from attending a black church. If anyone cane hear this song and not have tears in their eyes they don't have a heart.❤
Thank you for playing & reacting to my favorite song
by Elvis! It touched my heart long ago when I was a teenager.
Still feel sad when I hear it. I grew up in a low income area.
Elvis was a beautiful soul who loved people. His life is so tragic. He was taken advantage of, driven to near bankruptcy by a corrupt manager, and was basically forced to work an insane schedule just to keep from losing everything. All of this drove him to drugs which ultimately damaged his body beyond help and caused his early death. Such a great talent, such a vulnerable person, such a tragic end. “What shall it profit a man should he gain the whole world and lose his soul?”
When Mac Davis was 5 or 6 years old, the esteemed Nashville songwriter couldn't understand why one of his best friends had to live in a bad part of town. He remembered that friend as he wrote "In the Ghetto," which Elvis Presley turned into a chart-topping hit in 1969.
Like others have mentioned already, Elvis grew up dirt poor. He had a twin brother who was stillborn. He was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave, that's how poor they were. 💔
The song was written by Mac Davis ❤❤❤❤
He's from Tupelo, MS. He grew up in a black ghetto. Elvis knew what the ghetto was like from experience.
He lived the life❤
For the record, a trip to Graceland will show some of the checks that Elvis wrote out to local Memphis charities, including black owned businesses and churches. Presley supported local radio stations that were raising funds for food for hungry black children. The local NAACP which was heavily involved in the civil rights movement received quite a few checks from Elvis.
In 1963, Dr Martin Luther King worked with NAACP and other civil rights groups to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which attracted 250,000 people to rally for the civil and economic rights of Black Americans in the nation's capital. There, King delivered his majestic 17-minute "I Have a Dream" speech. This speech resonated hard with Elvis, and he dedicated the final song of his comeback TV special in 1968 to Dr Martin Luther King, after his assassination. The song was written specifically for Elvis by a man who knew Elvis' dreams and feelings, which very much coincided with Dr Martin Luther King, and Robert Kennedy who were both publicly assassinated a few months before Elvis' TV special...
"In the Ghetto" was another social outcry, long before there were "social justice warriors" like we have today. Elvis understood the plight first hand, growing up hungry himself, and living in a 1 room shotgun shack/home with NO RUNNING WATER and NO ELECTRICITY.
Wow what a great memory. when I was a young teen in the mid 1970s. first time I heard this song I loved it, and ever since then, and still feel the same way about this song. It was then and still a great recording. And that why he was called Elvis the king.
68 years old, grew up in Greensboro during this era. This hit hard then & still does.
Mac Davis wrote this song ,but Elvis knew what is was like growing up dirt poor ,in Tupelo Miss ,so he wanted to record this song ,also Elvis was a very humble person ,treated everybody with total respect ,and a great humanitarian ,watch Elvis a generous heart ,or Elvis the king of kindness
Pity he didn't treat 14 year old girls with respect.
It hits home for a lot of people. Missing him working into it. Elvis always hits it and gets into our hearts.
I still cannot listen to this song without crying....beautiful
Great commentary. Elvis grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi and was dirt poor. He understood well the struggles. Thank you for sharing.
And read up on Elvis the generous man...
Many many many people through the
Decades have misjudged him terribly
That’s CC Huston, Whitney’s Mother singing back up.
Sweet Inspiration?
Elvis was born in Mississippi. He served in the Army, and settled in Memphis TN, in a home he built and called it Graceland. Both homes can be toured.. He did say Chicago, but there is ghetto everywhere, now anyways. This song touches your heart and it is sad as a nation, that nothing has changed. I guess the question is, what should this nation do to help?? Elvis was an amazing artist with a big heart! Mac Davis had great insight as the writer of this song. Thanks for the review, be blessed!
Elvis is the KING
Elvis grew up in a dirt poor, black neighbourhood- he grew up colorblind, and stayed colorblind for as long as he lived. So sad to see that so many think Elvis was racist, he loved ALL people, no matter what color or background. He never forgot where he came from, and what really matters.
Great reaction❤ Elvis is wonderful, such a beautiful voice❤❤❤
Elvis was ahead of his time.
This is my favorite Elvis Presley song !! Wish I hadn't but I have seen this happen. R.I.P King 🤴
LOVING UR ELVIS REACTIONS PLEASE REACT TO IF I COULD DREAM BY ELVIS IN THE WHITE SUIT HE DEDICATED THAT TO MARTIN LUTHER KING A FEW MONTHS PRIOR IS WHEN MARTIN WAS ASSASSINATED AND THAT HURT ELVIS SO BAD HE LOVED HIM SO I PROMISE U WILL LOVE THAT SONG HE SUNG THAT WITH HIS WHOLE HEART IT WAS HIS 68 COMEBACK SPECIAL THANKS!
The Concert was 1970... The single is from the 60's 😎🎶🎵
Shoutout to the background singers. I love them ladies beautiful voices...
Them sisters sound so good they sound like angels
The end of the song the cycle repeats it's self .
❤ great song
He is such an amazing storyteller
I'm from this generation, but not a huge Elvis fan,,,,,, BUT,,,,,,, This song has always been one of my all time favorites, for the message, composition, and just plain quality of the song!
A cycle that needs to STOP! Elvis did this in 1968 or 69. Why hasn't it changed in 50 yrs. We obviously are not evolving.. we're in the same loop. Needs to change. And just to let you know.. Elvis grew up in the poorest of circumstances in Memphis, MS .. Southern city
Check out If I Can Dream by Elvis. A true civil rights anthem. Like In The Ghetto, it grabs you and it makes you feel every word. My mother was a huge Elvis fan. I grew up listening to his music in the background of my life. An amazing talent who lived a hard 42 years. Gone way too soon.
Elvis was born in Tupelo Ms. When young boy, most of his friends came from a community called Shake Rag. it was African American communities in Tupelo. That were, he got his love of music from the R and B to The Gospel. Then his father later in his life moved them to Memphis, and the rest is history.
The king
Elvis's parents were poor,Elvis seen it and lived it.
In all seriousness you would think after 54 years us government would do something to help there fellow man ..
My mom was 2 years older than Elvis and she totally loved him. The way we talked about him in our house was like he was family. We were happy when he was and sad when he started getting ill. I remember when this song was first played on the radio. It was pretty powerful. I still get joked up when I hear it. Elvis was one of the most loving and generous person you could ever imagine. Thanks for the moving reaction. I grew up as a teen in the 60’s living in Alaska. And we grew up very poor for awhile after my mom lost her job after the 1964 Earthquake. I know what it is like to be A ten year old taking care of younger siblings so my mom could work nights . Elvis also knew that kind of poverty and they had it way worse than we did.
This was always one of my favorites of all of his songs. Because it was so moving and it touched your heart. It used to make me cry every time I heard it. Great song.
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 and prayed with black children while living in a 1 room shotgun shack without running water or 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 the Presleys were so poor that they couldn't afford a coffin, so Jesse had to be buried in a shoebox.
Elvis was uniquely born at a time and place, Tupelo (SHAKERAG) AND Memphis (BEALE STREET) when so much new music and dance were happening.