I believe everything JD Sumner say, without a shadow of doubt. This man was a man I wish I can be. He and Elvis Presley was very very close. If he says that Elvis Presley is dead I would have to take his word.
Thank you for answer u know the truth let him rest in peace his health was cause of death he should had people help with his health my health is bad and doc. Keep adding new and stronger meds with side efforts enjoy jd bless u
I met JD several years ago at the National Quartet Convention when it was in Louisville KY. He really was a nice man. I believe he was one of the most kind hearted people in the music business. If I recall correctly he died not too long after I met him. I am glad I had the privilege to meet him. He had a voice like no other!
I wish I would have known about that and been able to meet JD before he passed. I'm born and raised in Louisville and still live right across the bridge in New Albany now.
@@bluedevil0704 The Convention would have been around September I believe, so he did not live very long afterwards. Hard to believe it has been that many years ago!
I have known J.D.Sumner all of my life . Both of my parents knew J.D. and many others as teenagers in their lives respectively . You can believe every word that JD Sumner has to say concerning Elvis. The Presley family treated and felt J.D more like family then a life long friend . ," Which J. D. was . One of Elvis ' s favorite quartet's other then the Stamps quartet , was a group called " The Blackwood Brother Quartet '' . Elvis loved one of the founding members , James Blackwood Sr. .... again , one of my oldest friends . Elvis had so much respect for James , he refused to call him by his first name . Elvis always called him Mr. Blackwood . They are all gone now and I miss each of them !
@@46reno I don't know what you're listening to, but the gospel I listen to and was brought up on, is the best music in the world. The words are straight from Scripture. Not sure you know what you're even talking about. J.D. Sang gospel his entire life, so by your comment, you're saying J.D. Isn't too good of a fella. Please...He had a heart larger than his voice.
Well said JD. If you ever see Elvis on stage or rehearsals and he goes for a deep tone, he always turns round to JD & he smiles and nods at Elvis. He was his father who he tried to impress on stage.
We went to a Gospel concert in Long Beach, CA back in the '70s to he as r the Stamps and several other groups. ELVIS WAS THERE! Just "hanging out backstage" with his buds! He came out onstage in his beautiful white Cape and waved to the audience. J.D. explained that he wasn't allowed to sing or even speak to us because of his contracts, but it was a thrill to see him.
I ENJOY GAITHER HOMECOMING GATHERINGS FROM THE LATE 80'S AND 1990'S, THE GOSPEL LEGENDS ELVIS LOVED GATHERED THOSE YEARS AND SANG GOSPEL AND VHS AND DVD'S WERE MADE. ELVIS WOULD HAVE MADE RARE APPEARANCES WITH THEM AND SANG HAD HE LIVED. J.D., JAMES BLACKWOOD, JAKE HESS, HOVIE LISTER, THE GOODMANS, MAN ELVIS LOVED THEM ALL! NOW THEY ARE ALL IN HEAVEN SINGING TO THE LORD AND J.D. IS LEAD BASS SINGER.
What the heck man.....Larry Gellar has been on many interviews saying he is the one who touched up Elvis' hair for the funeral....I sure do feel inclined to believe Mr. Sumner.
Larry Gellar has claimed that he was hairdresser not just to Elvis but many hollywood stars! Don’t know how true it is. Looking at Elvis’s hair, it didn’t look like it had been done by a professional.
Larry was a freak! He was fired at one point… how he weaseled his way back into Elvis’ life I don’t know? I don’t believe whoever says. JD is a loyal friend to Elvis. ♥️
I'm a baritone bass and people stop me all the time to just "say something more" but when I hear this dude I just want to either clam up or start practicing more
I grew up in the funeral home business. Trust me, that was Elvis in the casket. Caskets are heavy, period. No matter what they are made out of, now put a big man in the casket, dead weight. It's heavy regardless.
I can't find not ONE interview where Elvis speaks out against racism and segregation. But I CAN find interviews of the Beatles refusing to play to a segregated audience and also speaking on it. Link - ua-cam.com/video/UHIDnFd3Ltw/v-deo.html
It wasn't an issue with him, one way or the other. He employed The Sweet Inspirations..... black female singers. Just because he didn't "speak out against it" doesn't mean he was a racist. For God's sake, your statement is very out of place here!
@@vanmoody He did/does know Jesus, but it's not just Christians who survive death, people who say you have to believe or die/go to hell, chase more people away from Christianity than they attract.
@@deanbrandt2748 Larry was one of Elvis' hairdressers. He came and went at different times, but was there, including during a movie or two. Larry said it was Vernon who asked him to do Elvis' hair to prepare him for his coffin. Charlie Hodge said he would accompany Larry, and together they went to the funeral home. Larry used a lady funeral attendant's mascara to color the white roots of Elvis' hair, which took some time. Charlie also cut his hair while there. Apart from Charlie and Larry, a longtime friend who lived with Elvis and the guys in L.A., Patti Perry also did his hair at various times. It was Patti who did his hair for the Hawaiian Satellite show in 1973 because he wasn't happy with the way it looked in the rehearsal show. I don't know why JD would deny Larry's account, other than saying Elvis never had a single person actually titled as his hairdresser.
I remember now all of these stupid questions trying to hint at a conspiracy about wax dummy in the casket etc. I guess when someone is so famous and so young it’s just too hard to believe that they are dead.
I believe Larry Gellar is a nice harmless man but everybody who knows him says he’s a strange bird. In other words, he’s got splinters in the windmills of his mind. The elevator doesn’t reach the penthouse. He’s playing hockey with a warped puck. Get my drift?
He WAS one of several people to do Elvis' hair. Larry came and went, but he did style Elvis' hair during the sixties and seventies. Others were Charlie Hodge, Patti Perry and even his cousin Billy Smith who would wash and dry his hair. I believe JD was saying that there was no single person given that title.
@@smartlylever9908Larry was around in the ‘60’s then Elvis got rid of him. Sometime after Priscilla left he crept back in but he wasn’t around as much as he portrayed. Certainly I believe JD over Larry any day!
I've known J.D.Sumner , James Blackwood Sr. and all of the singers J.D. talked about all of my life . I've never none him to say a lie about anything . My father was a Gospel music producer and promoter . Everything he has said about Elvis is TRUE ! 100 % . I receive many question that the people brought up about Elvis faking his death, The Wax dummy , The Air Conditioned coffin, Insurance policies, etc..., One thing J.D. left out, But he sort of answered, Elvis told J.D. , '' I'll only take the Stamps Quartet if you come with the group . Elvis wanted J.D.Sumner to hang out with . They were life long friends .
That's wild that he basically called out Larry Gellar as a liar... Larry says he did Elvis's hair for years and also he did Elvis's hair at the morgue for the funeral. He also says he was last person to touch Elvis's body as they were closing the casket for the last time.
@@francoisfavreau769 I agree, this isn't the only thing that Gellar has said that others said was not true. Col Parker and a few others tried to keep him away from Elvis because he was pushing all kinds of stuff they considered weird on Elvis and thought it was a big reason why Elvis started acting differently and not wanting to record anymore and other stuff. He even said he was gonna quit showbiz once and become a monk after Gellar took him and introduced to him to this lady who ran some kind of monisary in California. I cant remember what the place is called but it's still there. So yeah I kinda think those guys were right and Larry Gellar took advantage of Elvis' spirituality or more so his question of why he was given the talent he was given and able to have the life he was living and used that get close to Elvis by showing him all kinds of things that especially for regular southern boys back in the late 60 and early 70s was considered weird or hippie like to them.
@@francoisfavreau769 I agree I don’t even listen to anything with Larry in it. I don’t buy anything he says , his literally putting on a performance when he talks.
@@rwieber79it’s called SRF Self Realization Fellowship. In Los Angeles. There is one in my town also Encinitas. They are good people. Larry was a con man. It has nothing to do with SRF.
I believe JD Sumner folks. I will take the word of a fellow brother in Christ over a nonbeliever any day! Mr. Sumner is godly man who loved the Lord Jesus Christ and he also loved Elvis. That man that had said he was Elvis’s hair dresser was full of crap, and when he said he talked about spiritual things with Elvis but Jesus was never mentioned I knew then that Larry was lying! Elvis knew and believed on the Lord Jesus Christ because he said he did, and I believe him. We are all sinners and we ALL fall short of the Glory of God. Salvation doesn’t make us perfect down here on this earth. So I don’t care how Elvis died, we WILL see Elvis Presley in heaven one day!
i was ten yrs old in the backyard in michigan breaking beans that we brought back from alabama mother said my grandmother was lying she told her turn the TV on there it was Elvis had past ;>(
Elvis knew about the book. He knew it was coming out before it came out. Jerry Schilling told him about it! Red,Sonny and Dave tried to get Jerry to go in with them on them on book … he told them no!! Then he told Elvis that the book was actually happening… contracts were signed! Elvis, are they do about the book, but he didn’t know the contract has been signed and it was going forward.
Who to believe, Larry Geller or J.D. Sumner. Sumner by his own admission was drinking two fifths a day when he worked for Elvis, he said he even drank onstage, telling Elvis it enabled him to sing low. I'm not saying anyone is being purposely deceitful, I've always liked J.D. and grew up listening to him and other southern gospel singers, and maybe his account is 100% accurate. However, I also think there exists the possibility of one's memory being a bit cloudy due to drinking two fifths of alcohol a day, as heavy alcohol use has been proven to damage memory function.
JD was a loyal Elvis's beloved friend. He certainly is telling the truth in this video, except for one tning: that he had not a hairdresser. What about Larry Geller? His hairdresser, friend and mentor?
..as well as Patti Parry who was also the only female member of the memphis mafia also did Elvis' hair. A fact is that after the Jan 12th 1973 Aloha rehearsal concert, Elvis wasn't happy with his hair so he flew in Patti and she did Elvis' hair for the Aloha Jan 14th 1973 concert ;)
anna maria , you may wish to ask a few of the others concerning Larry Geller . Although I found Larry to be a nice person , like others , he spreads it on a little thick concerning his roll's. Charlie Hodge did more concerning Elvis' s hair and appearance . It's out there for you to see !
Byron, I named only Larry in my comment, because he had an important part in Elvis life, not only as hairdresser, but I know also that Charlie helped him a lot. I like Charlie and I think that he has been understated and wrongly judged also by Vernon Presley ,who threw him out of Graceland after Elvis's death. He was a musician, he played and harmonized with Elvis, he supported Elvis on the stage, his role was more meaningful than the others' and I think that he was a loyal friend. Patty Parry too sometimes took care of Elvis's hair, but Vernon asked Larry to do his son's hair in the casket.
Anna Marie Facchiano , I was going to suggest asking those around Elvis . They to have all died as well as Elvis. Many people try yo make themselves to be a little more important then they should. . For instance, Shawn Neilson who sang for the Elvis tour for around the last few years of Elvis life and concert years felt he was Elvis's favorite singer , It's even on hi s little tomb stone . It's sad that the truth is being mixed together with made up stories. All over Facebook or blogs dedicated to these crasy stories . I gill I your a well your a well educated woman and I know you will see the truth over these outlandish stories. Geller also states he was Elvis spiritual leaders. That to is untrue .
Byron I agree with you. Unfortunately I didn't share Elvis life, and how could I have? I live in Rome/Italy. But I am a tremendous Elvis's fan, I tried (and still do) ,to see and to read as much as I could about Him. I've avoided gossips and books written only for money, vanity and visibility.I do not want to be presumptuous, but guided by my instinct,, my love to him, and all the books by reliable and documented authors,I think to Know, just a little bit, Elvis (a genius can't be completely understood) and I think to be able to distinguish a true news from a false one. As you know. Elvis after the crazy 50s, when he was young, famous,handsome,sexy, adored by women, he became a spiritual man, looking for answers to his inquisitive mind, about the meaning of his life, the reason of his surviving to his dead tween, about his fame, about God's goals on him and so on, he found in Larry someone who could understand and help him in his quest. Nobody, around him, even his wife, shared his interests. That's why I trust Larry , he talked hours with him, he prayed with him he meditated with him, he loved him.Ciao!
Sumner skirts a lot of questions and drones on about much of nothing. His answer to a question about a life insurance policy on Elvis made no sense. Elvis did have a life insurance policy for several million dollars. When asked if Elvis was really dead, Sumner couldn't answer directly. Instead, he jumped to his Mother's death the year before. I don't believe Sumner wasn't called about the tour being cancelled. He was an integral part of the show. Very evasive. I believe Elvis is dead but these guys don't help by evading the questions. How hard is it to say, Elvis is dead?? Sumner died in 1998.
His question about the life insurance policy made perfect sense? The Presleys couldn’t afford a life insurance policy when he was a kid and there was no need for when Elvis was an adult because he had plenty of money. Simple truth! I understood it? What was so difficult to understand?
I heard that his spiritual adviser, personal friend and hair stylist Larry Geller, did Elvis's hair. He said he borrowed a small tube of Black mascara to cover the growth of gray hair and doing this took him 45 minutes to complete. The video is on here to watch.
They also had an old Cadillac white one with a Crown in the back seat covered good sir and I don't think it was Elvis ever saw that car but I could be wrong
I dint care if elvis is alive or dead but he was a great singer and this story doesn’t sound right coz elvis did have a hair dresser who was his good friend and I saw an interview and he said that he did Ellvis hair and prepared him to be buried now this dude says he did his hair and el is had no hairdresser that’s a load of bullshit I’ve seen lots of interview that his hair dresser says he did his hair to be prepared for his burial so it’s a different story and if jd organised the burial then why doesn’t hie j led that elvis hair dresser did his hair now he says he did his hair that’s two different stories
why is Elvis real orginial atospy put on hold until 2027 ??? Do you really believe Elvis OD a killed himself being the religious man he was or Do you believe he could had possibly been murdered ????
I recently read David Stanley's book on ELVIS. In the book he describes how he got up to Elvis' bedroom on Aug. 16th, 1977. When the paramedics got up there he told them Elvis' OD'd Will we ever really know? All we have is the books & their accounts on his passing.
+HD_AUDIO personally in my opinion he was tired of everything a evverbody using him a the loss of his family he loved he believed he failed at love ELVIS use to say what does it matter if you have money car jewelry a everything in material s if you're not Happy. I believe after Elvis got older he wanted to get out of the business a get clean a start living for Jesus Christ a somebody didn't wanna see him do this a I believe he tried to get out get away a he was murdered. to make money off him dead or either Elvis had help getting away to fake his death in 77 but I believe he's dead now this is what 40 yrs later a people are still talking a asking questions why the big cover up. ?????
HD_AUDIO, David was NOT in the bathroom. He drove a friend of the property when he heard Elvis was "sick". When he came back he met with Billy Smith and Billy got in the car and they drove to the hospital. David place himself everywhere that day.- Its was Al Strada who made the OD remark, not David.
@@HDaudioEnhance paramedics do not have the authority to make that diagnoses they are not doctors ..back then people said things that they presumed were true because that is what they believed from what they heard from gossip..that irritates me.plus his autopsie was botched .. that hospital was just a little rinky-dink hospital .. its not even there any more..
Not sure why Elvis always had JD do the jet imitation after I Got A Woman night after night, tour after tour. It seemed very unfunny to me, for Elvis to make fun of JD's unfortunate foghorn voice.
His Holiness Mr. Arthur Sultan First "His Holiness" and "Mr" says your a self exorbed ass**** and night after night is a lie and to make fun of him is in your mind .Strange fella
This is not meant to bash anyone ... it is meant to tell the truth. Motives that lead me to believe that Elvis did not die in 1977. 1- The picture of him in the coffin, he had the appearance of an Elvis in his 30 years and slim.. Elvis was bloated and older. 2- His (family) did not claimed the insurance policy of 1 million dollars. In case they took that money, it would have been illegal. 3 - The woman who lived with him at the time Ginger Alden did not claim inheritance. 4 - No photo of the body made by the police and why not?. 5 - Elvis's cousin Gene smith said that the one in the coffin was not Elvis ... 6 - on that date of his death Elvis had more new concerts and did not want to make new costumes for his show or new music ... usually he would always change everything with each new album and show .. in fact he knew in advance that he would not do any more concerts. 7 - Elvis' friends also had his employees buy a ticket that day for a guy with the look and voice of Elvis with the name of Mr. John Burrows heading to Argentina. 9 - at the autopsy, medical examiners did not mention overdoses of illicit drugs and drugs (medicine). All Elvis friends and relatives said that Elvis drank heavily and used cocaine among other illicit drugs. Funny that this was not mentioned at the same autopsy. 10 - In the tomb of the Elvis was purposely put the wrong name .. AAron Presley with 2 As .. in fact Elvis's name was with an Aron Presley. 11 - Elvis was a threatened with death by an organization called: "the fraternity" and "CIA" with which the FBI put Elvis in witness protection .... providing him a new name and social security number. 12 - before giving Elvis as dead .. the same day a black helicopter landed in Graceland... a man hiding entered that helicopter and took off. 13 - Elvis was used by the FBI to find out about Mafia transactions (mobsters) in the sale of an airplane ... with that, Elvis was sworn to death by them. 14 - in an interview among others in the program of Oprah winfrey 2005 Priscilla Presley let slip up again that Elvis spoil Lisa Presley too much .. using the verb in the present tense and never in the past ..... Priscilla said: "It's exactly what he said the other day "before correcting herself and saying," you said, "to Oprah. 15 - in another interview this time with Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa.. the famous Larry king asked her if she still has communicated with Elvis to see if she would also deliver that elvis would be alive ... Lisa Presley replied: "I do not want to talk about this "weird isn't though?" 16 - A man with the appearance of Elvis older, grey hair and gestures of the same one was filmed and photographed taking care of the garden in Graceland when it's not open to public visits... 17 - A nurse (Baptist Memorial Hospital) said that the man's body was not Elvis'. 18 - A man named Major Bill LaCarn Smith claimed to have been Elvis producer in the late 80s' and had a tape recorded on Elvis' speech... He claims that Elvis is alive. 19 - Joe esposito said Elvis was on the floor in the bathroom when the ambulance came in. In the same day elvis death, Esposito said Elvis was lying on the bed when the ambulance came in ( he let the cat out of the beg. for sure elvis didn't die in august 1977.... All the proofs are on youtube, blogs and official sites... plus, mister Trump promised us to free Elvis bringing him back he needs a Presidential pardon to come out of witness protection ... Anyway, I'm still a huge fan of the king of rock and roll... ua-cam.com/video/tujGdI1zAVo/v-deo.html on this video I can say the Information may be right but Elvis himself faked his voice here www.classicbands.com/MajorBillSmithInterview.html ELVIS IS ALIVE. 1978 POOL HOUSE DOOR PHOTO ua-cam.com/video/hOHniua-Tuk/v-deo.html Joe Esposito let the whole cat out of the bag when he said Elvis was on the bed.. Elvis was in the bathroom when he was pronounced dead In his recently published book, "One Gay Man" Donald Taylor claims that Elvis blew him one time. www.howardstern.com/show/2007/6/5/gay-hollywood-ldquodark-chocolate-bars-RundownGalleryModel-9733/ www.topix.com/forum/who/elvis-presley/T2QJSRM6735LI8RGR/elvis-was-a-closed-homosexual ua-cam.com/video/9im-xK-_xeM/v-deo.html ELVIS IS ALIVE !!!! - " News Media Coverage " lindahoodsigmontruth.com/elvis-was-still-alive-on-june-18-1990-without-a-doubt-joe-esposito-on-geraldo/ and that’s how Elvis feels about this situation.” June 18, 1990 Gail Brewer-Giorgio Esposito he lied... he let the cat out of the bag,.. first they said elvis was in the bathroom and they called the ambulance ... now he said elvis was lying on the bed.. lol ua-cam.com/video/pN9nE48XKBw/v-deo.html
sanderson alberto , May I ask ? Were you there ? Did you view the body or the poor photo taken in secret from behind soneones coat . About waist level ?
sanderson alberto , Your a brave or unique person if your using your real name . Most if not all of your questions where answered by his only life long friend that goes back to Elvis's childhood . My life long friend , J.D.Sumner . I will answer a few of your pionts . Elvis had NO insurance , nor any need for life insurance and there is no proof he ever took out a policy . The photo you see is the worst picture taken . Elvis died and layed face down on the carpet for hours allowing his nose to be fixed in that position. People . It's been over 40 years since he died . Please leave the surviving Presley family to continue to mourn in peace . Are we going to wait another 10 or 20 years and hear these ridiculous theories about this great icon . If people say these thing's and call themselves Elvis fans , They are just showing us the lack of respect for Elvis . Additionally , Larry Geller was a friend of Elvis . He was NOT a mentor orhair dresser as he and he alone states . He says he was all of these things ,but no one else that knew Elvis would back him up. It's not just Larry . A number of those around Elvis have tried to build them selves up more then what they where .
sanderson alberto Elvis never drank, who said he was a heavy drinker. It was proven the man in the picture in the pool house was someone else, even interviews with him. The caretaker was identified as a real employee of Graceland. There is an interview with him and a radio producer that went to Graceland and found him. JD Sumner was a good Christian man and we can believe anything he says
I believe everything JD Sumner say, without a shadow of doubt. This man was a man I wish I can be. He and Elvis Presley was very very close. If he says that Elvis Presley is dead I would have to take his word.
Did you have doubts? Did you actually think Elvis was alive before you heard this?
Thank you for answer u know the truth let him rest in peace his health was cause of death he should had people help with his health my health is bad and doc. Keep adding new and stronger meds with side efforts enjoy jd bless u
I met JD several years ago at the National Quartet Convention when it was in Louisville KY. He really was a nice man. I believe he was one of the most kind hearted people in the music business. If I recall correctly he died not too long after I met him. I am glad I had the privilege to meet him. He had a voice like no other!
I wish I would have known about that and been able to meet JD before he passed. I'm born and raised in Louisville and still live right across the bridge in New Albany now.
He Died in November of 1998.
@@bluedevil0704 The Convention would have been around September I believe, so he did not live very long afterwards. Hard to believe it has been that many years ago!
Good for you my friend! That is some memory
Elvis Presley and JD are singing in heaven now two beautiful voices and men love you Pamela Burton of Somerset KY
I have known J.D.Sumner all of my life . Both of my parents knew J.D. and many others as teenagers in their lives respectively . You can believe every word that JD Sumner has to say concerning Elvis. The Presley family treated and felt J.D more like family then a life long friend . ," Which J. D. was . One of Elvis ' s favorite quartet's other then the Stamps quartet , was a group called " The Blackwood Brother Quartet '' . Elvis loved one of the founding members , James Blackwood Sr. .... again , one of my oldest friends . Elvis had so much respect for James , he refused to call him by his first name . Elvis always called him Mr. Blackwood . They are all gone now and I miss each of them !
What memories I was 6 years old and look at Elvis like a role model the dad in my mind love all his music and one day I will get to grace land
If you knew JD, then you know that gospel isn't all its cracked up to be.
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@@46reno I don't know what you're listening to, but the gospel I listen to and was brought up on, is the best music in the world. The words are straight from Scripture. Not sure you know what you're even talking about. J.D. Sang gospel his entire life, so by your comment, you're saying J.D. Isn't too good of a fella. Please...He had a heart larger than his voice.
Have always loved Mr. Sumner's voice, singing or speaking.
Thank you JD
Thank You JD you were such a wonderful man and friend to Elvis.
Great person JDSumner great singer.Wonderful person.God bless JD in heaven with Elvis.
Well said JD. If you ever see Elvis on stage or rehearsals and he goes for a deep tone, he always turns round to JD & he smiles and nods at Elvis. He was his father who he tried to impress on stage.
Very interesting!! Gospel music was so important to Elvis .love the story about Elvis aged 14 hanging around listening to gospel
Nice interview from a gentleman :-) !
We went to a Gospel concert in Long Beach, CA back in the '70s to he as r the Stamps and several other groups. ELVIS WAS THERE! Just "hanging out backstage" with his buds! He came out onstage in his beautiful white Cape and waved to the audience. J.D. explained that he wasn't allowed to sing or even speak to us because of his contracts, but it was a thrill to see him.
I ENJOY GAITHER HOMECOMING GATHERINGS FROM THE LATE 80'S AND 1990'S, THE GOSPEL LEGENDS ELVIS LOVED GATHERED THOSE YEARS AND SANG GOSPEL AND VHS AND DVD'S WERE MADE. ELVIS WOULD HAVE MADE RARE APPEARANCES WITH THEM AND SANG HAD HE LIVED. J.D., JAMES BLACKWOOD, JAKE HESS, HOVIE LISTER, THE GOODMANS, MAN ELVIS LOVED THEM ALL! NOW THEY ARE ALL IN HEAVEN SINGING TO THE LORD AND J.D. IS LEAD BASS SINGER.
What the heck man.....Larry Gellar has been on many interviews saying he is the one who touched up Elvis' hair for the funeral....I sure do feel inclined to believe Mr. Sumner.
Larry Gellar has claimed that he was hairdresser not just to Elvis but many hollywood stars! Don’t know how true it is. Looking at Elvis’s hair, it didn’t look like it had been done by a professional.
@@serenity8145 true 👍
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You better believe JD he would not lie.
Larry was a freak! He was fired at one point… how he weaseled his way back into Elvis’ life I don’t know? I don’t believe whoever says. JD is a loyal friend to Elvis. ♥️
I'm a baritone bass and people stop me all the time to just "say something more" but when I hear this dude I just want to either clam up or start practicing more
If JD said it,,, Its Fact chisled in stone!
Elvis had a record collection that spanned every genre, not just gospel. You can look at the records and see that some had heavy use in all genres.
I grew up in the funeral home business. Trust me, that was Elvis in the casket. Caskets are heavy, period. No matter what they are made out of, now put a big man in the casket, dead weight. It's heavy regardless.
Mr. Sumner answered these questions very well. My mother had already paid for her funeral and she had no life insurance
Any Elvis fan who thinks that Elvis is still alive. Should listen to this. Elvis rip my friend ❤
I can't find not ONE interview where Elvis speaks out against racism and segregation. But I CAN find interviews of the Beatles refusing to play to a segregated audience and also speaking on it. Link - ua-cam.com/video/UHIDnFd3Ltw/v-deo.html
It wasn't an issue with him, one way or the other. He employed The Sweet Inspirations..... black female singers. Just because he didn't "speak out against it" doesn't mean he was a racist. For God's sake, your statement is very out of place here!
If Elvis knew Jesus as his Savior then he IS still ALIVE! He is just apart from his body.
No, they should listen to pastor Bob Joyce
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He did/does know Jesus, but it's not just Christians who survive death, people who say you have to believe or die/go to hell, chase more people away from Christianity than they attract.
Good interview ....... 👍👍👍
I always believe JD Summers and anything he said is the truth he truly was elvis closets friend
Larry Gheller just got called out lol. Always hate that guy. JD set that record straight here as far as Larry’s claims
Yes. Larry said he started to work as his personal hairdresser. I am surprised to hear this now. Wow. 😮
Amen, brother Greene, Amen!
@@deanbrandt2748
Larry was one of Elvis' hairdressers. He came and went at different times, but was there, including during a movie or two.
Larry said it was Vernon who asked him to do Elvis' hair to prepare him for his coffin.
Charlie Hodge said he would accompany Larry, and together they went to the funeral home.
Larry used a lady funeral attendant's mascara to color the white roots of Elvis' hair, which took some time.
Charlie also cut his hair while there.
Apart from Charlie and Larry, a longtime friend who lived with Elvis and the guys in L.A., Patti Perry also did his hair at various times. It was Patti who did his hair for the Hawaiian Satellite show in 1973 because he wasn't happy with the way it looked in the rehearsal show.
I don't know why JD would deny Larry's account, other than saying Elvis never had a single person actually titled as his hairdresser.
Sir only two people I didn’t like that Elvis had around Larry Geller and ginger TCB ⚡️⚡️
@@smartlylever9908I will believe JD. Larry is A freak
I remember now all of these stupid questions trying to hint at a conspiracy about wax dummy in the casket etc. I guess when someone is so famous and so young it’s just too hard to believe that they are dead.
I wonder what Elvis would think of all the "music" that's on the radio today.
I thought Larry was his hair stylist. It's nice to hear this cleared up.
I believe Larry Gellar is a nice harmless man but everybody who knows him says he’s a strange bird. In other words, he’s got splinters in the windmills of his mind. The elevator doesn’t reach the penthouse. He’s playing hockey with a warped puck. Get my drift?
He WAS one of several people to do Elvis' hair.
Larry came and went, but he did style Elvis' hair during the sixties and seventies.
Others were Charlie Hodge, Patti Perry and even his cousin Billy Smith who would wash and dry his hair.
I believe JD was saying that there was no single person given that title.
@@smartlylever9908Larry was around in the ‘60’s then Elvis got rid of him. Sometime after Priscilla left he crept back in but he wasn’t around as much as he portrayed. Certainly I believe JD over Larry any day!
@@smartlylever9908he did not do his hair when he died!
I believe this man loved a admired Elvis until the end a real caring friend.
and vernon knew that , asking him to officiate the funeral , knowing elvis as he did he would know wat sings
He loved you, and respected you so much.
JD has no reason to lie he was there all rhe time best friend to elvis elvis is dead
I've known J.D.Sumner , James Blackwood Sr. and all of the singers J.D. talked about all of my life . I've never none him to say a lie about anything . My father was a Gospel music producer and promoter . Everything he has said about Elvis is TRUE ! 100 % . I receive many question that the people brought up about Elvis faking his death, The Wax dummy , The Air Conditioned coffin, Insurance policies, etc..., One thing J.D. left out, But he sort of answered, Elvis told J.D. , '' I'll only take the Stamps Quartet if you come with the group . Elvis wanted J.D.Sumner to hang out with . They were life long friends .
Battle
no battle , His story
The speaking voice.
Mesmerizing
Damn my headphones be vibrating!!
Elvis loved Gosple music he said it eased his mind. I believe he loved a had alot Faith in God. rip Elvis
People like Elvis Presley owned the insurance company 😄J. D. had the most honest responses.
I am 57 years old I know exactly the house I was in When I heard on the radio that Elvis Presley had died And ran home and told my parents
LOVE JD' TOO!! beautiful man !! I was 14 when Elvis left us on 8 /16 /77
i was 17
I was 14. Had just seen him in Oct. Cried like a baby.
14 as well
Amen
I believe Elvis had a blast singing w JD Sumner. laughing a cutting up w him just being himself.
When Elvis was in Las Vegas, my dad worked at the pharmacy and delivered his meds. That was his daytime job. At night he was a radio announcer.
there were alot of people jelious of Elvis a took advantage of such a sweet God loving man that gave so very much of house to make people happy.
Does jelious go with peanut butter 🤣🤣
That's wild that he basically called out Larry Gellar as a liar... Larry says he did Elvis's hair for years and also he did Elvis's hair at the morgue for the funeral. He also says he was last person to touch Elvis's body as they were closing the casket for the last time.
well i have a lot of Elvis documentary which involve Lawrence Geller and he sure is really a theatrical guy and not everything in theater is true
@@francoisfavreau769 I agree, this isn't the only thing that Gellar has said that others said was not true. Col Parker and a few others tried to keep him away from Elvis because he was pushing all kinds of stuff they considered weird on Elvis and thought it was a big reason why Elvis started acting differently and not wanting to record anymore and other stuff. He even said he was gonna quit showbiz once and become a monk after Gellar took him and introduced to him to this lady who ran some kind of monisary in California. I cant remember what the place is called but it's still there. So yeah I kinda think those guys were right and Larry Gellar took advantage of Elvis' spirituality or more so his question of why he was given the talent he was given and able to have the life he was living and used that get close to Elvis by showing him all kinds of things that especially for regular southern boys back in the late 60 and early 70s was considered weird or hippie like to them.
@@francoisfavreau769 I agree I don’t even listen to anything with Larry in it. I don’t buy anything he says , his literally putting on a performance when he talks.
Larry's story sounded like his own novel. Everything he said sounded Eastern fake Zen. Elvis had many weirdo around.
@@rwieber79it’s called SRF Self Realization Fellowship. In Los Angeles. There is one in my town also Encinitas. They are good people. Larry was a con man. It has nothing to do with SRF.
very moving interview. What year was this recorded?
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I believe JD Sumner folks. I will take the word of a fellow brother in Christ over a nonbeliever any day! Mr. Sumner is godly man who loved the Lord Jesus Christ and he also loved Elvis. That man that had said he was Elvis’s hair dresser was full of crap, and when he said he talked about spiritual things with Elvis but Jesus was never mentioned I knew then that Larry was lying! Elvis knew and believed on the Lord Jesus Christ because he said he did, and I believe him. We are all sinners and we ALL fall short of the Glory of God. Salvation doesn’t make us perfect down here on this earth. So I don’t care how Elvis died, we WILL see Elvis Presley in heaven one day!
i was ten yrs old in the backyard in michigan breaking beans that we brought back from alabama mother said my grandmother was lying she told her turn the TV on there it was Elvis had past ;>(
Very interesting
I heard that two of his body guards red and sonny wrote a book about him that Elvis didn't know about)
Elvis knew about the book
Elvis knew about the book. He knew it was coming out before it came out. Jerry Schilling told him about it! Red,Sonny and Dave tried to get Jerry to go in with them on them on book … he told them no!! Then he told Elvis that the book was actually happening… contracts were signed! Elvis, are they do about the book, but he didn’t know the contract has been signed and it was going forward.
Sumner sounds a bit like God. 😄
Really? When did you last speak to God, did he phone you? 😆
@@desolationangel5136 Somebody cannot take a joke.
@@Vanerov I was joking too. 😄
@@desolationangel5136 Well, okay. Lmao
Yeah. I have his number. 🤣
Who to believe, Larry Geller or J.D. Sumner. Sumner by his own admission was drinking two fifths a day when he worked for Elvis, he said he even drank onstage, telling Elvis it enabled him to sing low. I'm not saying anyone is being purposely deceitful, I've always liked J.D. and grew up listening to him and other southern gospel singers, and maybe his account is 100% accurate. However, I also think there exists the possibility of one's memory being a bit cloudy due to drinking two fifths of alcohol a day, as heavy alcohol use has been proven to damage memory function.
I will bet on JD! Hands-down! Larry Geller is a liar
Billy Smith said Larry Geller did his hair.
J.D. vs Richard Sterban! What a low-voice contest!
Richard is a better singer, but J.D. could sing much lower👍✌
What year was this interview?
1988.
Cool
Wow! Larry Gellar has been lying all those years! Incredible! Charlie was a great friend as well as JD! ♥️
JD was a loyal Elvis's beloved friend. He certainly is telling the truth in this video, except for one tning: that he had not a hairdresser. What about Larry Geller? His hairdresser, friend and mentor?
..as well as Patti Parry who was also the only female member of the memphis mafia also did Elvis' hair. A fact is that after the Jan 12th 1973 Aloha rehearsal concert, Elvis wasn't happy with his hair so he flew in Patti and she did Elvis' hair for the Aloha Jan 14th 1973 concert ;)
anna maria , you may wish to ask a few of the others concerning Larry Geller . Although I found Larry to be a nice person , like others , he spreads it on a little thick concerning his roll's. Charlie Hodge did more concerning Elvis' s hair and appearance . It's out there for you to see !
Byron, I named only Larry in my comment, because he had an important part in Elvis life, not only as hairdresser, but I know also that Charlie helped him a lot. I like Charlie and I think that he has been understated and wrongly judged also by Vernon Presley ,who threw him out of Graceland after Elvis's death. He was a musician, he played and harmonized with Elvis, he supported Elvis on the stage, his role was more meaningful than the others' and I think that he was a loyal friend. Patty Parry too sometimes took care of Elvis's hair, but Vernon asked Larry to do his son's hair in the casket.
Anna Marie Facchiano , I was going to suggest asking those around Elvis . They to have all died as well as Elvis. Many people try yo make themselves to be a little more important then they should. . For instance, Shawn Neilson who sang for the Elvis tour for around the last few years of Elvis life and concert years felt he was Elvis's favorite singer ,
It's even on hi s little tomb stone . It's sad that the truth is being mixed together with made up stories. All over Facebook or blogs dedicated to these crasy stories . I gill I your a well your a well educated woman and I know you will see the truth over these outlandish stories. Geller also states he was Elvis spiritual leaders. That to is untrue .
Byron I agree with you. Unfortunately I didn't share Elvis life, and how could I have? I live in Rome/Italy. But I am a tremendous Elvis's fan, I tried (and still do) ,to see and to read as much as I could about Him. I've avoided gossips and books written only for money, vanity and visibility.I do not want to be presumptuous, but guided by my instinct,, my love to him, and all the books by reliable and documented authors,I think to Know, just a little bit, Elvis (a genius can't be completely understood) and I think to be able to distinguish a true news from a false one. As you know. Elvis after the crazy 50s, when he was young, famous,handsome,sexy, adored by women, he became a spiritual man, looking for answers to his inquisitive mind, about the meaning of his life, the reason of his surviving to his dead tween, about his fame, about God's goals on him and so on, he found in Larry someone who could understand and help him in his quest. Nobody, around him, even his wife, shared his interests. That's why I trust Larry , he talked hours with him, he prayed with him he meditated with him, he loved him.Ciao!
Sumner skirts a lot of questions and drones on about much of nothing. His answer to a question about a life insurance policy on Elvis made no sense. Elvis did have a life insurance policy for several million dollars. When asked if Elvis was really dead, Sumner couldn't answer directly. Instead, he jumped to his Mother's death the year before. I don't believe Sumner wasn't called about the tour being cancelled. He was an integral part of the show. Very evasive. I believe Elvis is dead but these guys don't help by evading the questions. How hard is it to say, Elvis is dead?? Sumner died in 1998.
he was just avoiding the some old crap he has been hearing since 8/16/1077
He said Elvis is dead I buried my best friend and decride the funeral for Elvis who sang ect.
His question about the life insurance policy made perfect sense? The Presleys couldn’t afford a life insurance policy when he was a kid and there was no need for when Elvis was an adult because he had plenty of money. Simple truth! I understood it? What was so difficult to understand?
I heard that his spiritual adviser, personal friend and hair stylist Larry Geller, did Elvis's hair. He said he borrowed a small tube of Black mascara to cover the growth of gray hair and doing this took him 45 minutes to complete. The video is on here to watch.
and he probably did , elvis must have had several
Bonnie Keough I've seen that to
He was lying! JD speaks truth!
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It's so weird that they all seem to have the same face shape.
I meant to say so much of himself to make people Happy
Some people can be so stupid and disrespectful of the type of questions they ask or stupid comment's they make yes Elvis Presley is dead
JD means "Black Beauties"
Old School.....speed
They also had an old Cadillac white one with a Crown in the back seat covered good sir and I don't think it was Elvis ever saw that car but I could be wrong
I met JD at Ohio state fair I think it was 1979 he was 79 he was selling pictures of him JD and Elvis my friend
In 1979 Jd could not have been more than 50
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I dint care if elvis is alive or dead but he was a great singer and this story doesn’t sound right coz elvis did have a hair dresser who was his good friend and I saw an interview and he said that he did Ellvis hair and prepared him to be buried now this dude says he did his hair and el is had no hairdresser that’s a load of bullshit I’ve seen lots of interview that his hair dresser says he did his hair to be prepared for his burial so it’s a different story and if jd organised the burial then why doesn’t hie j led that elvis hair dresser did his hair now he says he did his hair that’s two different stories
Just because Larry said it over and over again, doesn’t make it true? I will believe JD any day.!
why is Elvis real orginial atospy put on hold until 2027 ??? Do you really believe Elvis OD a killed himself being the religious man he was or Do you believe he could had possibly been murdered ????
I recently read David Stanley's book on ELVIS. In the book he describes how he got up to Elvis' bedroom on Aug. 16th, 1977.
When the paramedics got up there he told them Elvis' OD'd
Will we ever really know? All we have is the books & their accounts on his passing.
+HD_AUDIO personally in my opinion he was tired of everything a evverbody using him a the loss of his family he loved he believed he failed at love ELVIS use to say what does it matter if you have money car jewelry a everything in material s if you're not Happy. I believe after Elvis got older he wanted to get out of the business a get clean a start living for Jesus Christ a somebody didn't wanna see him do this a I believe he tried to get out get away a he was murdered. to make money off him dead or either Elvis had help getting away to fake his death in 77 but I believe he's dead now this is what 40 yrs later a people are still talking a asking questions why the big cover up. ?????
HD_AUDIO, David was NOT in the bathroom. He drove a friend of the property when he heard Elvis was "sick". When he came back he met with Billy Smith and Billy got in the car and they drove to the hospital. David place himself everywhere that day.- Its was Al Strada who made the OD remark, not David.
@@HDaudioEnhance paramedics do not have the authority to make that diagnoses they are not doctors ..back then people said things that they presumed were true because that is what they believed from what they heard from gossip..that irritates me.plus his autopsie was botched .. that hospital was just a little rinky-dink hospital .. its not even there any more..
no288 That is correct David worked 3 days a week and was not on shift that day.
Not sure why Elvis always had JD do the jet imitation after I Got A Woman night after night, tour after tour. It seemed very unfunny to me, for Elvis to make fun of JD's unfortunate foghorn voice.
His Holiness Mr. Arthur Sultan First "His Holiness" and "Mr" says your a self exorbed ass**** and night after night is a lie and to make fun of him is in your mind .Strange fella
Majik0715 Exactly right!
@@kristopher9023 That guys not strange, he's an egotistical oxygen thief!!!!!!!
the guy in the casket wasn't Elvis at all... The one in the copper casket was too young and lean for sure... Sorry, Elvis didn't die at that time.
sanderson alberto Really ? Please provide your evidence and experience with Elvis Presley and his stage group's !
This is not meant to bash anyone ... it is meant to tell the truth.
Motives that lead me to believe that Elvis did not die in 1977. 1- The picture of him in the coffin, he had the appearance of an Elvis in his 30 years and slim.. Elvis was bloated and older. 2- His (family) did not claimed the insurance policy of 1 million dollars. In case they took that money, it would have been illegal. 3 - The woman who lived with him at the time Ginger Alden did not claim inheritance. 4 - No photo of the body made by the police and why not?. 5 - Elvis's cousin Gene smith said that the one in the coffin was not Elvis ... 6 - on that date of his death Elvis had more new concerts and did not want to make new costumes for his show or new music ... usually he would always change everything with each new album and show .. in fact he knew in advance that he would not do any more concerts. 7 - Elvis' friends also had his employees buy a ticket that day for a guy with the look and voice of Elvis with the name of Mr. John Burrows heading to Argentina.
9 - at the autopsy, medical examiners did not mention overdoses of illicit drugs and drugs (medicine). All Elvis friends and relatives said that Elvis drank heavily and used cocaine among other illicit drugs. Funny that this was not mentioned at the same autopsy. 10 - In the tomb of the Elvis was purposely put the wrong name .. AAron Presley with 2 As .. in fact Elvis's name was with an Aron Presley. 11 - Elvis was a threatened with death by an organization called: "the fraternity" and "CIA" with which the FBI put Elvis in witness protection .... providing him a new name and social security number. 12 - before giving Elvis as dead .. the same day a black helicopter landed in Graceland... a man hiding entered that helicopter and took off. 13 - Elvis was used by the FBI to find out about Mafia transactions (mobsters) in the sale of an airplane ... with that, Elvis was sworn to death by them. 14 - in an interview among others in the program of Oprah winfrey 2005 Priscilla Presley let slip up again that Elvis spoil Lisa Presley too much .. using the verb in the present tense and never in the past ..... Priscilla said: "It's exactly what he said the other day "before correcting herself and saying," you said, "to Oprah. 15 - in another interview this time with Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa.. the famous Larry king asked her if she still has communicated with Elvis to see if she would also deliver that elvis would be alive ... Lisa Presley replied: "I do not want to talk about this "weird isn't though?" 16 - A man with the appearance of Elvis older, grey hair and gestures of the same one was filmed and photographed taking care of the garden in Graceland when it's not open to public visits... 17 - A nurse (Baptist Memorial Hospital) said that the man's body was not Elvis'. 18 - A man named Major Bill LaCarn Smith claimed to have been Elvis producer in the late 80s' and had a tape recorded on Elvis' speech... He claims that Elvis is alive. 19 - Joe esposito said Elvis was on the floor in the bathroom when the ambulance came in. In the same day elvis death, Esposito said Elvis was lying on the bed when the ambulance came in ( he let the cat out of the beg. for sure elvis didn't die in august 1977.... All the proofs are on youtube, blogs and official sites... plus, mister Trump promised us to free Elvis bringing him back he needs a Presidential pardon to come out of witness protection ... Anyway, I'm still a huge fan of the king of rock and roll...
ua-cam.com/video/tujGdI1zAVo/v-deo.html on this video I can say the Information may be right but Elvis himself faked his voice here
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Joe Esposito let the whole cat out of the bag when he said Elvis was on the bed.. Elvis was in the bathroom when he was pronounced dead
In his recently published book, "One Gay Man" Donald Taylor claims that Elvis blew him one time. www.howardstern.com/show/2007/6/5/gay-hollywood-ldquodark-chocolate-bars-RundownGalleryModel-9733/
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ua-cam.com/video/9im-xK-_xeM/v-deo.html ELVIS IS ALIVE !!!! - " News Media Coverage "
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and that’s how Elvis feels about this situation.” June 18, 1990
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Esposito he lied... he let the cat out of the bag,.. first they said elvis was in the bathroom and they called the ambulance ... now he said elvis was lying on the bed.. lol
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sanderson alberto , May I ask ? Were you there ? Did you view the body or the poor photo taken in secret from behind soneones coat . About waist level ?
sanderson alberto , Your a brave or unique person if your using your real name . Most if not all of your questions where answered by his only life long friend that goes back to Elvis's childhood . My life long friend , J.D.Sumner . I will answer a few of your pionts . Elvis had NO insurance , nor any need for life insurance and there is no proof he ever took out a policy . The photo you see is the worst picture taken . Elvis died and layed face down on the carpet for hours allowing his nose to be fixed in that position. People . It's been over 40 years since he died . Please leave the surviving Presley family to continue to mourn in peace . Are we going to wait another 10 or 20 years and hear these ridiculous theories about this great icon . If people say these thing's and call themselves Elvis fans , They are just showing us the lack of respect for Elvis . Additionally , Larry Geller was a friend of Elvis . He was NOT a mentor orhair dresser as he and he alone states . He says he was all of these things ,but no one else that knew Elvis would back him up. It's not just Larry . A number of those around Elvis have tried to build them selves up more then what they where .
sanderson alberto Elvis never drank, who said he was a heavy drinker. It was proven the man in the picture in the pool house was someone else, even interviews with him. The caretaker was identified as a real employee of Graceland. There is an interview with him and a radio producer that went to Graceland and found him.
JD Sumner was a good Christian man and we can believe anything he says