Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American sin… Read Full Bio ↴Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate, just 42 years of age.
Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate, just 42 years of age.
Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.
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Elvis Presley Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Elvis Presley:
'68 Comeback Special Well, since my baby left me Well, I found a new…
'A Big Hunk O'' Love' Hey baby, I ain't askin' much of you No no no…
'Don''t Be Cruel' You know I can be found Sitting home all alone If you…
'Don''t' Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine I get…
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear Baby let me be, Your lovin' teddy bear Put a chain around…
(Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame A very old friend came by today 'Cause he was telling…
(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I (Words & music by Trader) (Now and then there's a fo…
(Such an) Easy Question (words & music by Blackwell - Scott) Do you or don't…
(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (for Me) Oh well, I'm tired and so weary But I must go…
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care You don't like crazy music You don't like rockin' bands You …
(You're the) Devil in Disguise (words & music by Giant - Baum - Kaye) You look…
01- ALWAYS ON MY MIND Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should…
02. I Got A Woman Well, I've got a woman Way cross town She's good to me…
05 Blue Christmas I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue…
06 All Shook Up A well'a bless my soul What'sa wrong with me? I'm itchin' …
08 Anyplace Is Paradise Whether I'm riding down a highway Or walkin' down a street I…
08 Mansion Over The Hilltop I'm satisfied with just a cottage below A little silver and…
09 He Knows Just What I Need My Jesus knows when I am Lonely He knows each pain,…
10 I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water I'll…
11 We almost shared a dream We almost made it as a…
12 His Hand in Mine You may ask me how I know my Lord is…
12 Love Letters Love letters straight from your heart Keep us so near while…
12.Can't Help Falling in Love Wise men say only fools rush in but I can't help…
13 As the snow flies On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' A…
14 Fools rush in, where angels fear to tread And so I…
14 If i can dream There must be lights burning brighter somewhere Got to be bi…
15.It's Now or Never It's now or never Come hold me tight Kiss me my darling Be…
16 A rose grows wild in the country A tree grows tall…
18 King Creole There's a man in New Orleans Who plays rock an…
18. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
19 FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Well hello there, My it's been a long long time How am…
20 I left my home up in the hill far behind…
20.CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Wise men say only fools rush in but I can't help…
207_-_wild in the country A rose grows wild in the country A tree grows tall…
21 Shake... the little tambourine Shake a-ring a jing -jing a-l…
21 A Fool Such As I Now and then, there's a fool such as I Pardon me…
25 Bridge Over Troubled Water When you're weary, feeling small When tears are in your eyes…
26 In The Ghetto As the snow flies On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' A…
27 Suspicious Minds We're caught in a trap I can't walk out Because I love…
3 I said three corn patches about four cotton fields away I…
3096.We Can Make The Morning I just thought I heard a small voice crying Looked again…
31 A Little Less Conversation Little less conversation, a little more action please All t…
6-Raised on rock I remember as a child I used to hear Music that…
7 Mexico, Mexico They've got muchas mucha-chas, amigos Latin…
8-Frankie And Johnny Frankie and me we were lovers Oh Lordy how we could…
9 An angel sent from above, is Mama And everyone fell…
A Big Hunk o Hey baby, I ain't askin' much of you No no no…
A Boy Like Me When a boy like me meets a girl like you Then…
A Cane An A High Starched Collar Cowboy, cowboy marry me I'll bake you a cherry pie Well than…
A DOG You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You…
A Dog's Life If I had my life to live over I know just…
A Foll Such as I Now and then there's a fool such as I Pardon me,…
A Fool Fool, you didn't have to hurt her Fool, you didn't have…
A Fool Such As I Now and then there's a fool such as I Pardon me,…
A House That Has Everything I can see you now living like a queen In a…
A Hundred Years from Now Well a hundred years from now I won't be crying A…
A Little Bit of Green Now that the truth is hard to face I can't forget…
A Little Less Conversation A little less conversation, a little more action, please All…
A Little Less Conversation (J.X.L. Remix) A little less conversation a little more action, All this ag…
A Little Less Conversation (JX A little less conversation, a little more action, please Al…
A Little Less Conversation - JUNKIE XL REMIX A little less conversation a little more action, All this ag…
A Mess Of Blue I just got your letter baby Too bad you can't come…
A Teenager in Love Wise men say Only fools rush in But I can't help falling…
A Thing Called Love Six foot six stood on the ground, weighted 235 pounds But…
A Whistling Tune Did you ever notice when the sun goes down Out of…
A Wonder Like You When no-one else can understand me When everything I do is…
A World of Our Own Ou kiss me darling, a miracle starts A magic feeling, comes…
Adam and Evil Now Adam and Evil, they go hand in hand Eve taught…
After Loving You But now after loving you, what else is there to…
Ain I could ride around the world in an old oxcart And…
Al That I Am All that I am or ever hope to be Lies in…
All I Needed Was The Rain Hello misfortune, how's my old friend "Mr. Misery"? I've bee…
All Shock Up A well'a bless my soul What'sa wrong with me? I'm itchin' …
All Shook Up A-well a-bless my soul What's a-wrong with me? I'm itchin' l…
All Shook Up! A well'a bless my soul What'sa wrong with me? I'm itchin' …
All That I Am All that I am or ever hope to be Lies in…
Alla En El Rancho Grande Allá en el rancho grande Allá donde- Allá en el rancho gran…
Almost We almost shared a dream We almost made it as a…
Almost Almost True I was always, baby, I was always Well almost always true…
Almost In Love Your lips were made for kisses so tender I'm almost in…
Aloha Aloha-oe, aloha-oe, ikeona ona noho ikanipo One fond embrace…
Also Sprach Zarathustra/An American Trilogy Glory, glory, hallelujah His truth is marching on His truth …
Always Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should…
Always In My Heart I said I'd hold, I said I'd hold, I said I'd…
Always On My Mind Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should…
Am I Ready Am I ready, can my heart be true? Am I ready,…
Amazing Grace Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like …
amazing grace 480p Amazing grace, oh, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch…
America O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain Fo…
America The Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For …
American Trilogy Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton Old…
An American Trilogy Glory, glory, hallelujah His truth is marching on His truth …
An American Triology Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton Old…
An Evening Prayer If I have wounded any soul today If I have caused…
And I Love You So And I love you so That people ask me how…
And The Grass Won't Pay me no Mind Listen easy, you can hear God calling Walking barefoot by t…
And The Grass Won't Pay No Mind Listen easy, you can hear God calling Walking barefoot by th…
Angel Angel, with those angel eyes Come and take this earth boy Up…
Animal Instinct Don't ever take tour eyes off me Not even for a…
Any Day Now Any day now I will hear you say Goodbye my love You'll…
Any Place Is Paradise Whether you're riding down a highway Or walkin' down a stre…
Any way you want me I'll be as strong as a mountain, Or weak as a…
Any Way You Want Me That's How I Will Be I'll be a strong as a mountain Or weak as a…
Anyone Anyone could fall in love with you Anyone who knows you…
Anyplace Is Paradise Whether you're riding down a highway Or walkin' down a stree…
ANYTHING THAT I memorized the note you sent Go to all the places…
Anyway That You Want Me I'll be a strong as a mountain Or weak as a…
Ar You lonesome Tonight Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you so…
Are You Lonesom I play an old piano from nine till a half…
Are you lonesome tomight Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you so…
Are You Lonesome Tonight? Are You Lonesome Tonight Performer：Elvis Presley & The Jor…
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (6Pm Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you so…
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Laughing version) Are you lonesome tonight Do you miss me tonight Are you sorr…
Are You Lonesome Tonight? / That Are you lonesome tonight Do you miss me tonight? Are you sor…
Are You Lonesome Tonight? / That's My Desire Are you lonesome tonight, Do you miss me tonight? Are you …
Are you lonsome I play an old piano from nine till a half…
Are You Lonsome Tonight Are you lonesome tonight, Do you miss me tonight? Are you …
Are You Sincere Are you sincere when you say I love you Are you…
As Long as I Have You Let the stars fade and fall And I won't care at…
As Long As I Have You/Outro Let the stars fade and fall And I won't care at…
As Long I Have You Let the stars fade and fall And I won't care at…
As Love As I Have You Have I told you lately that I love you? Could I…
As We Travel Along On The Jericho Road As you travel along on the Jericho Road Does the road…
Ask Me I'll go on loving you (loving you) Don't ask me why…
Away In A Manger Away in a manger, no crib for his bed, The little…
Baby You gave me love to enjoy Like a bright shiny toy…
Baby I Don Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine I get…
Baby i don´t care You don't like crazy music You don't like rockin' bands You …
Baby If You'll Give Me All of Your Love (words & music by joy byers) I'll send you red roses…
Baby Let Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby Baby, baby baby, be-be-be-b…
Baby Let's Play House Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby Baby, baby baby, be-be-be-be…
Baby Oh Baby You gave me love to enjoy Like a bright shiny toy,…
Baby What You Want Me To Do We're goin' up, we're goin' down We're goin' up, down down…
Baby What You Want Me To Do (6 We're goin' up, we're goin' down We're goin' up, down down…
Baby What You Want Me To Do/That's All Right/Blue Christmas/One Night/Tiger Man/Trying To Get To You We're goin' up, we're goin' down We're goin' up, down down…
Baby What'd You Want Me To Do We're goin' up, we're goin' down We're goin' up, down down…
Baby%2C Let's Play House Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby Baby, baby baby, be-be-be-be…
Baby, What You Want Me To Do (First 'Stand-Up' Show) [Live] We're goin' up, we're goin' down We're goin' up, down down…
Baby/ Let's Play House Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby Baby, baby baby, be-be-be-be…
Bad Nauheim Medley I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen (Thomas P. Westendorf)…
Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (Dream on, dream on teenage queen prettiest girl we've ever…
Barefoot Ballad I want a barefoot ballad yes a barefoot ballad Won't you…
Beach Boy Blues (words & music by sid tepper - roy bennett) I'm a…
Beach Shack When you're through swimming I'll dry your back Come and rel…
Because of Love I love you because you understand dear Every single thing I…
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@@benmoore42 Yes. Elvis devoted himself to film acting for quite some time in the 60s. “Although there were good songs and hit songs during the Elvis movie era.”
But Elvis evolved in the 60's and 70's and accomplished many great things.
In the 70's Elvis was crazy about concerts, playing big shows like Madison Square Garden and Aloha From Hawaii.
He could do almost anything. Jailhouse Rock, if i can dream, its now or never, blue moon, surrender, one of his best songs, but there were many other great songs as well. I think Elvis' take on funk is perfection. "I Got A Feeling In My Body 1974". Elvis focused on country in the 70's. Elvis was a perfectionist in song interpretation and recording. His voice was deep and one of the most soulful singers. passion, heart and soul.
Deep Purple's lead singer and frontman, Ian Gillan, a damn good singer in his own right, said: " he was the greatest singer that ever lived."
Henry Pleasants, Classical Music Critic in his book “The Great American Popular Singers” (1974). Elvis had a magnificent voice and towards the end of his life, he enjoyed singing in a somewhat operatic style, displaying his amazing range. Opera star Kiri Te Kanawa told Michael Parkinson that the young Elvis had the greatest voice she had ever heard. The tenor Placido Domingo similarly enthused in an interview in Spanish magazine Hola in 1994: “His was the one voice I wish to have had.” Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel told The New York Times in 2007 that Presley was: “very classically orientated with his voice and diction and very sincere and wanting to get everything perfect.”
The australian Elvis Network there is an article called "the 50 voices of Elvis" and a lot of voice specialists (great) oppinion of Elvis. Pawarotti is on record saying " I can't sing as Elvis, but he can sing as I !" Elvis was not an opera singer and whether or not he could have been does not matter. What made him so different was not his so-called opera singer range but the utter freedom of his singing.
"People will often say that opera singers sound too stiff and operatic when singing contemporary music. This is because the vowels in an operatic style tend to be more open, whereas in a rock style singers tend to thin out the vowel. There is nothing wrong, and everything right, in opening the vowel in the higher register so that the higher notes can be sustained. Elvis Presley was very open in his singing style even though he was 'the' rock and roller." - Brian Gilbertson, world-famous voice teacher
Record producer John Owen Williams says of Elvis: "People talk of his range and power, his ability and ease in hitting the high notes. But the real difference between Elvis and other singers was that he could sing majestically in any style, be it rock, country, or R&B – because he had soul. He sang from the heart. And that is what made him the greatest singer in the history of popular music.”
Only singer in music Hall of Fame Rock, Country, Blues, Gospel.
"I taught him some lyrics in Spanish and he learned them. I wrote it for him the way it was sung (phonetically). He was very talented. It was very difficult Mexican music." --Manny Lopez, RCA vibraphone recording artist known as the King of the Cha Cha Cha, explaining how, under his tutelage, Elvis sang the Mexican standard, Guadalajara, (1963) in Spanish, like an authentic Mariachi, as published in Las Vegas' The Desert Sun, on March 16, 2007.
Elvis' lowest effective note was a low-G, as heard on 'He'll Have To Go' (1976); on 'King Creole' (1958), he growls some low-F's; going up, his highest full-voiced notes were the high-B's in 'Surrender' (1961) and 'Merry Christmas Baby' (1971), the high-G at the end of 'My Way' (1976 live version), and the high-A of 'An American Trilogy' (1972); using falsetto, Elvis could reach at least a high-E, e.g, as in 'Unchained Melody' (1977), so, it was very nearly a three-octave range, although more practically two-and-a-half'. (George Barbel).
In his voice, he possessed the most beautiful musical instrument, and the genius to play that instrument perfectly; he could jump from octave to countless other octaves with such agility without voice crack, simultaneously sing a duet with his own overtones, rein in an always-lurking atomic explosion to so effortlessly fondle, and release, the most delicate chimes of pathos. Yet, those who haven't been open (or had the chance) to explore some of Elvis' most brilliant work - the almost esoteric ballads and semi-classical recordings - have cheated themselves out of one of the most beautiful gifts to fall out of the sky in a lifetime. Fortunately, this magnificent musical instrument reached its perfection around 1960, the same time the recording industry finally achieved sound reproduction rivaling that of today. So, it's never too late to explore and cherish a well-preserved miracle, as a simple trip to the record store will truly produce unparalleled chills and thrills, for the rest of your life; and then you'll finally understand the best reason this guy never goes away. (Mike Handley,'The Jim Bohannon Show', Westwood One Network)
On his live versions of songs like 'How Great Thou Art' (1975), 'Unchained Melody' (1976) and 'Hurt' (1977), you will be able to hear how high he can go; 'What Now My Love' really his true vocal power. (Cory Cooper on Elvis Presley's vocal range, as published February 4, 2005).
"Even in his laziest moments, Presley was a master of intonation and phrasing, delivering his rich baritone with a disarming naturalness. And when he caught a spark from his great T.C.B. Band, Presley could still out-sing anyone in American pop. You can hear it here on inspired versions of Muddy Waters' Got My Mojo Working, Wayne Carson's Always on My Mind, Chuck Berry's Promised Land, McCartney's Lady Madonna, Percy Mayfield's Stranger in My Own Hometown, Dennis Linde's Burning Love and Joe South's Walk a Mile in My Shoes..."
"Presley's voice was remarkable in the sense that, through it, he touched people in a way only great artists can do. (In fact), the people he touched are as diverse as humanity itself and, because of that his popularity has transcended race, class, national boundaries, and culture. There is no simple answer about why that is so, all I can say is he had that magic. - John Bakke, professor emeritus of the University of Memphis, in an interview with the US State Department, transcripted by UNUSINFO on July 18, 2006 on the legacy of Elvis Presley.
@Feeling-ie6cu
Elvis is one of the greatest legends.
1 out of every 3 records sold in the U.S. in 1977 was an Elvis record. If soundscan had been around, Elvis would have had no less than 40 albums on the hot 100 at the same time. The Beatles haven’t even come close to that.
At no other time in music history in western culture did the sale of guitars ever explode or increase as they did when Elvis burst onto the scene.
On Elvis’ records was where his guitarist, Scotty Moore, invented rock and roll guitar. Anyone who can read sheet music knows that Moore initiated the technique known as “power chording”. It’s an alternate chord figure that goes with everything. It’s mostly used by heavy metal and Punk Rock guitar.
He didn’t write a song but his sheer raw performing talent, his phrasing of a song and ability to make a song absolutely his were all so extraordinary that someone like Chuck Berry - who was a legend and who wrote all of his own songs - still said that Elvis was ‘the best and the best there ever will be
He became one of the most significant pop culture icons of the 20th century before passing away at the young age of 42.
To this day, he remains the best-selling solo artist of all time, racking up an estimated 600 million to one billion in album sales.
It’s not that he was the first to be associated with the term Rock and Roll; in fact, Rocking and Rolling had been around since the early 1900s as a descriptive of the spiritual excitement of African-American church services.“I don’t think there is a musician today that hasn’t been affected by Elvis’ music. His definitive years – 1954-57 – can only be described as rock’s cornerstone. He was the original cool.” (Brian Setzer)
“Heartbreak Hotel” had a colossal impact – both on Elvis’ career and on rock & roll history. It was Elvis’ first nationwide hit after a string of regional successes, and it changed the lives of countless future stars – John Lennon, George Harrison, Keith Richards and Robert Plant have all proclaimed its transformative effect. Elton John, recalling the day he first heard the song, said, “That weekend, my mum came home with ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ and that changed my life. … Elvis Presley changed everyone’s life. I mean, there would be no Beatles, there would be no Hendrix. There would be no Dylan.” Paul McCartney once declared it nothing less than the most important artistic creation of the modern era.
“On July 5th, 1954, at Sun Studios in Memphis, Elvis Presley, guitarist Scotty Moore, and bassist Bill Black were horsing around with ‘That’s All Right,’ a tune by bluesman Arthur Crudup, when producer Sam Phillips stopped them and asked, ‘What are you doing?’” Rolling Stone said. “‘We don’t know,’ they said. Phillips told them to ‘back up and do it again.’ Bridging black and white, country and blues, Presley’s sound was playful and revolutionary, charged by a spontaneity and freedom that changed the world. He released four more singles on Sun — including definitive reinventions of Wynonie Harris’ ‘Good Rockin’ Tonight’ and Junior Parker’s ‘Mystery Train’ — before moving on to immortality at RCA. They’re all here on a collection that serves as well as anything out there as a definitive chronicle of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll.” It’s notable Rolling Stone sees Elvis as having created rock ‘n’ roll.
Brian Setzer, “Everything in popular music is a tribute to Elvis”
Carl Perkins, “Everyone has their own ideas about what rock is. But make no mistake, The first time anyone ever did what was called rock-a-billy was when Elvis, Scotty and the boys started recording”
Roy Orbison, “Elvis was the firstest with the mostest”…
Dick Clark, “I know he didn’t write the songs but there isn’t anybody or act in rock and roll history that was more influential than Elvis” ca.1990
“There are some songs only Elvis could sing” Dick Clark, ca. 1987
Lennon, “Before Elvis there was nothing”
Bob Dylan, “I don’t look at myself as a ‘poetic genius’ ‘voice of a generation” or anything like that, I just want to be Elvis”….as told to Ed Bradley of 60 minutes around 1997
Bobby Womack black performer and producer, “Elvis sent a shockwave through the black community like nobody I have ever heard before. Now that’s power”
B.B.King, “Elvis had an influence on all of us. They didn’t make a mistake when they called him the king”
Glen Campbel, “Elvis is the best singer that ever lived”
Writer of Mary in The Morning, “I think Elvis was the best singer ever”
Trisha Yearwood, “You’ve got to be pretty bold to try and take on an Elvis vocal performance”
“Elvis had an influence on everybody with his musical approach. He broke the ice for all of us.”—Al Green
“Elvis is the best ever, the most original.” —Jim Morrison
“Elvis Presley possessed genuine rhythm guitar chops” — Johnny Cash
“Nobody can sing blues better than Elvis”. —Jackie Wilson,
"Nobody can sing the gospel better than Elvis" -Mahalia Jackson
“I remember Elvis as a young man hanging around the Sun Studios. Even then, I knew this kid had a tremendous talent. He was a dynamic young boy. I was a tremendous fan, and had Elvis lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness.”—B.B. King
“He was a unique artist, an original in an area of imitators.”—Mick Jagger
“He was just amazing and spectacular. He really opened the door to my whole love of music. Because of him, and because of the choice of his material, I found Smiley Lewis [and] all those great singers.”—Robert Plant
“Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.”—Rod Stewart
“You have no idea how great he is, really you don’t. You have no comprehension—it’s absolutely impossible. I can’t tell you why he’s so great, but he is. He’s sensational.”—Phil Spector
“There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king.”—Bruce Springsteen
“I wasn’t just a fan, I was his brother. There’ll never be another like that soul brother.”—James Brown
“When I first heard Elvis’ voice, I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody; and nobody was going to be my boss…Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.”—Bob Dylan
“Elvis Presley is like the ‘Big Bang’ of rock ’n’ roll. It all came from there and what you had in Elvis Presley is a very interesting moment because, really, to be pretentious about it for a minute, you had two cultures colliding there. You had a kind of white, European culture and an African culture coming together—the rhythm, OK,, of black music and the melody chord progressions of white music, just all came together in that kind of spastic dance of his. That was the moment.” —Bono
“Elvis is the greatest cultural force in the 20th century. He introduced the beat to everything, music, language, clothes, it’s a whole new social revolution – the ’60s comes from it.”—Leonard Bernstein
@armandoluevano6452
Hits different after the movie .
@SRLTUESDAYS
i cried in the cinema during this scene
@eliontopyeah
100%
@dawnraid7496
I cried as well. Two different emotions and meaning in one song. Apart from his effort to put ppl together during the crisis thru the song, he also tells how hard and why is he dream kept taken down. He tried to let us know what he actually felt actually.
@free1k821
U aint lyint bruv
@jamestyson458
I get misty eye everytime I watch this. Because Elvis was truly talented and he left us way too soon.
@DropTheMike53
After seeing the 2022 Elvis movie, I realized how much they nailed this scene. This is amazing
@chelseaphillips7459
Brought tears to my eyes, it was so beautiful!
@sizzles6006
was amazing, movie was just incredible
@edahandankocanoglu8607
I ran back home to watch this and cry more :')