I was in high school in 1995 and my HISTORY teacher (who was born about 5 years prior to the baby boomer started) shitted on Pat Boone. My teacher was a white man. He said white people should have never infiltrated black music. And he cited how Pat Boon stole and butchered Little Richard songs. I was only 15 years old at the time and didn’t really care to learn more about what he was talking about. But when the internet and CZcams became popular, I started researching. And man was he so correct.
@terry waller I honestly never heard about Pat Boone until Little Richard died and everyone mentioned how he ripped off LR's songs. And honestly, he did make them sound worst
@angel denson Little girl you need to learn how to express yourself without resorting to sewer talk. Little Richard's father was a bootlegger. You only know revised portions of your history. You are a bigot. You need some maturity.
@A Proletariat I have a guess, he has been with a girl that aged between 14-18. Guys, I hate to brake it to you biology says otherwise. Of course child protection laws make sense but our sense of "what is a child" has changed through centuries, hell even it was different 60 years ago.
Little Richard was certainly not "The Originator." Rock music came before him. He called himself the "Architect of Rock and Roll." That doesn't mean he was. I will give him credit for being innovative though. But so were others. It's a strange thing that the vast majority of his fans were whites. Blacks did not come to his concerts --only a handful.
Pat Boone took a good song (Tutti Frutti) and wanted to climb the pop charts with it. That's exactly what Little Richard and his producer wanted, when they changed the original words.
Yup, Little Richard and his producer wanted their record to climb the pop charts. Unfortunately, in those days there was no way for him (or any Black R&B performer) to get on network television or get airplay on the largest radio networks, and Boone had access to those markets. No one, including Boone, disputes that racism was involved. He felt his versions helped break down some barriers, but said: "It was called 'race music' and the artists were limited to their own stations and charts."
@mike stambaugh Nat Cole had the highest rated show on network television, and it went off the air after a year because no sponsor was willing to be associated with a Black artist. Yes, he was popular, but when he moved into a white neighborhood in Hollywood, the neighbors protested because they thought it would reduce their property values. The fact that some Black artists managed to fight their way past many of the barriers is a credit to them, but it doesn't change the fact that they faced those barriers and were limited by them, even at the height of their success.
Jesus, PB is literally doing finger snaps on the 1 and the 3. This is like that scene in "Airplane" where the nun is singing "Respect" by Aretha Franklin and the black guys are throwing up.
This video shows that it wasn't only just elvis that borrowed from black music. There were lots of white performers in those days borrowing from black music. Georgia gibbs, bill haley, the crew cuts, the diamonds, jerry lee lewis, and later in the 60s, the beatles, the rolling stones, the yardbirds and more all borrowed from black music. Somehow, people act like it was only elvis who was doing it. If elvis is a thief then most white artists like bill haley, pat boone, the crew cuts, the beach boys, the beatles, the rolling stones and more were all thieves too. I find it bizarre when some rock critics talk about the 50s white rock n roll artists as if like they are thieves and then they praise the rolling stones and beatles for doing SIMILAR things. Hypocrisy and saving white guilt to protect other white artists is real here.
They’ve been trying to accuse pretty much all of them of stealing, or in their words, commenting “cultural appropriation”. I’d say they were influenced, just like black artists were influencing other black artists. It’s also enraging when people accuse white artists of watering down black music to be accessible to the mainstream. They might have a case with Pat Boone, but the others? They should shut their fucking mouths.
Elvis didn’t cover their songs and release them while they were trying to climb the charts with their original song. Pat Boone did though, he’s a cunt.
@@gwendolynwhethers2930 Every singer has took inspiration from another. Pat Boone was a great singer that was simply not suited for Rock & Roll classics.
Sad times with the covers, but this is so cynical. Clean cut guy with his tie halfway down his chest.... As someone else commented, I don't dislike Pat Boone but his covers were bad and thankfully have not stood the test of time.
You want something that Pat recorded that *has* stood the test of time? How about "Moody River," "Sugar Moon," "April Love," "Love Letters in the Sand," and "Speedy Gonzales." Those cuts totally blow away his lackluster R&B covers.
Lloyd Price was wonderful, but his first hit was "Just Because," in 1957, and by that time Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry had already reached a huge white audience and had numerous Top 10 pop hits. By the time "Stagger Lee" went to number 1 on the pop charts in February 1959, the Silhouettes, Coasters, and Platters had all already had number 1 hits -- but Price's record stayed at number 1 for four weeks, which was the longest run for a Black R&B artist up to that time.
@@elijahwald Laudy Miss Claudy was a cross over hit in 1952 before the others. Unfortunately Price went into the army and by the time he got out the other singers had big hits. He was more involved in Race music before the others were.
@@bftime1 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" was a number one R&B hit in 1952, and undoubtedly reached some white buyers -- but it got no play on white radio and did not make either the white jukebox or sales charts. By contrast, the Dominoes' "Sixty Minute Man" in 1951 was an even bigger R&B hit and crossed over to the pop top 20. Price was a terrific singer, and a very important figure, and you are right that he was deeply involved in the R&B scene before Little Richard or Chuck Berry -- but not before Fats Domino, who had been getting top 10 R&B hits since 1950 and played piano on "Lawdy Miss Clawdy."
Lots of great tunes came from this man, including "Moody River," "Bernadine," "Don’t Forbid Me," and the big ballads, of course. Little Richard and Fats Domino, both understood the business and eventually were thankful that those "covers" were made. Their bank accounts thanked him, too. His detractors can pile on him all the want, but Pat Boone had 65 charting singles from 1955 to 1969.
Elvis recorded little Richard’s Tutti Frutti (Album Track) Long Tall Sally (Album Track) Rip it up (Album Track) Ready Teddy (Album Track) Pat Boone little Richard’s covers were all released as Singles in direct competition with little Richard’s originals Elvis gets the hate but it should be Pat Boone and Bill Haley
I don’t think a lot of you understand that it was an other world back then. Do you think it was just a fluke that a white handsome boy from Memphis became the supposed King of Rock n Roll. No way would the music industry or media have allowed an African American to rise to such heights. Even Elvis was banned from wiggling his hips. African Americans were the founders of Rock n Roll.
His "rock and roll" sides were terrible and obviously rip-offs, but he was not "one trick" -- he was far more successful as a pop ballad singer than as a rock and roller, and his most popular album of the 1950s was of standards in the Sinatra tradition.
@terry waller Sorry, but that's simply wrong. It was the beginning of Richard's career, and he made a lousy deal, selling the rights to "Tutti Frutti" for $50 and agreeing to a 1/2 cent royalty per recording -- and according to all reports, he did not even receive that. In 1959 he sued and got $11,000 total for back royalties on all of his songs. In the 1980s he sued again, and settled out of court, presumably getting a very substantial sum -- but by then Boone's record sales were irrelevant.
@angel denson Boone became famous doing rip-offs of Black artists in 1955-56, but in 1957 he got an even bigger hit with a ballad, "Love Letters in the Sand," followed by "April Love," and from then on hit with romantic ballads that were not copied from Black artists. I don't like them, but they were a different style, and were his biggest hits. So he absolutely built his first reputation with lightweight rock 'n' roll ripped off from Black artists, but then he changed direction and got even more popular as a lightweight ballad singer, doing romantic songs and pop standards.
Well to be sald ':Little Richard is Tutti Frutti. Pat Boone did a few songs with his wife there are good. FATS DOMINO Sing Aint thats a shame and IT was a shame Pat Boone cover IT. I go for black musis Elvis and Jazz.
Here is a consistent reminder of how counterproductive it is to bow the knee to the mainstream media and let them dictate your musical taste for you: Pat Boone has recorded in almost every imaginable genre excluding perhaps fusion, and he excelled at all of it. But the mainstream media has a cookie cutter mini-bio of the guy, and that's what the lazy armchair quarterbacks invoke out of hand ("white shoes," "goody goody," "has zero biz singing African-American records,"). Did you know he put out a new country album last year? You probably did, and he had pushed it very heavily. But that lot doesn't want hear it or hear about it. Did you know he once covered the Byrds' "Mr. Spaceman"? That still doesn't fit their narrative. Let me save everybody here a few years of frustration: that lot aren't real fans of anything. They are casual/peripheral observers for whom music is not a priority. There is no point in trying to placate nor appease them. On the other hand, the cerebral and/or the hardcore will stand in solidarity with you. And they do so for life, instead of in reaction to whichever way the wind blows.
Many black artist (including Little Richard) credit Pat Boone for getting his song on the radio. Little Richard was washing dishes when he heard Pat Boone's version come on the radio, Richard got excited because he wrote the song, threw down the rag and quit his job. By Pat Boone performing many of the black artist songs, it opened the the door that allowed their music to be accepted and heard on stations around the world. Pat also narrowed the race gap by having the majority of popular black artist on his TV show in the 50's. Pat Boone turns 88 on June 1, 2022. He has two movies, a book, and a double album coming out this year.
@@grandnagus1 I agree, it should have never been an issue. Thanks to Pat Boone for opening the door that allowed people of color to get their music heard. Pat was accused of stealing Fat's Domino's song. When this was brought up to Fat's he held up his hand to display a massive ring shaped like a piano, filled with diamonds and said if it wasn't for that white kid playing my song, I wouldn't have this. Pat Boone had his own TV show. Going into his third season Pat was told by his sponsor not to have so many black artist or they would drop the show. Instead, Pat dropped the show.
Neither of whom were in the R&B field... and Cole's TV show was cancelled after one season, because despite its high ratings he couldn't find a sponsor who wanted to be associated with a Black show. (His comment was, "Seems like Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.")
Wow, some many here are hating on Pat Boone. Most of his hit songs were not covers of black artists. Fats Domino had nothing but nice thing to say about Pat Boone. Little Richard had nothing unkind to say of him. Elvis did covers of black songs, but not get nearly the hate as here. Pat did some excellent ballads. He's a good man heading for 90 in a few years. He deserves honor not disrespect.
I agree and was a witness to all of this when I was a kid back in those days. Pat Boone, for me, will always be remembered for the gigantic pop hit, Love Letters in the Sand. A great melody, lyric and performance. By the way, I knew Boone was covering Little Richard because my older brothers had his records. Along with the great Fats Domino...
@@lisaaugustin5400 It's "Tutti Frutti" to be precise. And, as I said earlier, he was most noted for his ballads. They heavily outweighed his R&R ventures.
Lot of artist have always done other Atreus songs Richard was just unhappy that he wasn’t getting the royalties off him singing his songs which he had every right to be and that he wasn’t allowed to get his music out there cause he wrote that music.the system they had in place with music when it came to blacks is what bothered Richard he didn’t have hate in him he was a loving person he laughed at a lot of stuff that was really hurting him but he knew he wasn’t suppose to hate but to love and he did that.
Randy wood was responsible for those covers of Little Richard songs Pat Boone who sang those songs wasn't as bright either he tried to change the name of a Fats Domino song Ain't That a Shame to isn't that a shame which obviously doesn't work. Randy wood was the owner dot records. This guy was so ignorant that when Sun Records offered Randy wood Elvis's contract he turned it down because, according to him he already had a rock and roll singer on his label. Also it is well known that Pat Boone wanted to remove all the kissing scenes in the movies he made because he was a born again Christian. Everything turned out okay for both of them but can you imagine what would have happened if Randy wood would have signed Elvis to his label instead of RCA?
Sometimes music is a black/white thing, but not in a bad way. White crooners like Pat Boone, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra sang in a different style from black guys like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Sam Cooke. I like cream of wheat AND oatmeal......cream of wheat with white sugar, oatmeal with brown sugar & cinnamon. That’s just how I like it. Both good to me, but different. My gosh, trying to make Pat Boone sing a Little Richard song was painful! Elvis could have done it, but he was one in a million! Yeah, I’m a fat middle aged white guy from the south.....what’s my top three CDs I keep close in my truck?.......Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, and Little Richard! RIP gentlemen.
I already hated Pat Boone for his homophobic robocalls, but now im furious he ripped of little Richard ... he was like the Donald Trump of the 50's, may he rot in hell 😈
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Well Little Richard got the last laugh. He's an icon who will always be loved and remembered. Nobody cares about Pat Boone.
I was in high school in 1995 and my HISTORY teacher (who was born about 5 years prior to the baby boomer started) shitted on Pat Boone. My teacher was a white man. He said white people should have never infiltrated black music. And he cited how Pat Boon stole and butchered Little Richard songs. I was only 15 years old at the time and didn’t really care to learn more about what he was talking about. But when the internet and CZcams became popular, I started researching.
And man was he so correct.
@terry waller you wish!
@terry waller I honestly never heard about Pat Boone until Little Richard died and everyone mentioned how he ripped off LR's songs. And honestly, he did make them sound worst
@angel denson Little girl you need to learn how to express yourself without resorting to sewer talk. Little Richard's father was a bootlegger.
You only know revised portions of your history. You are a bigot. You need some maturity.
@angel denson Do you admire Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, Mandella and the ANC?
Little Richard was the true king of rock and roll fantastic performer RIP
I know that's right!!
"Lucille" is the best rock song ever made.
Elvis I still think is the king but i think Richard is the prince of rock and roll
@@Heycrew.486 Little Richard was the queen of Rock and Roll.
@@Heycrew.486 So the prince gave birth to the king?
The religious wholesome Pat Boon singing a song about cruising for men.And not understanding what he was singing .. Fantastic
😂
Or did he? 😈
Pat Boone danced like Howdy Doody.
Rest in Peace 5/9/2020
@Colonel Muammar Covfefe prove that because I've never even heard of an allegation
@A Proletariat I have a guess, he has been with a girl that aged between 14-18. Guys, I hate to brake it to you biology says otherwise. Of course child protection laws make sense but our sense of "what is a child" has changed through centuries, hell even it was different 60 years ago.
The only time I hear Pat Boone is when "The Innovator", "The Originator", and "The Architect of Rock and Roll Little Richard talks about him
Little Richard was certainly not "The Originator." Rock music came before him. He called himself the "Architect of Rock and Roll." That doesn't mean he was. I will give him credit for being innovative though. But so were others.
It's a strange thing that the vast majority of his fans were whites. Blacks did not come to his concerts --only a handful.
@cruelvixen03 I said nothing of Pat Boone. I gave my observation of Little Richard. You disagree. That's that.
Lol aw Little Richard seems so amazing
Your right he's a fantastic person and a great performer little Richard
He got the last laugh in the end. Little Richard is a icon. Who is Pat Boone but an old man who does infomercials now?
He alive?
I bloody loved Little Richard.
Little Richard layed the blue prints for all of Rock n Rock....You can't be a rockstar and not pay him his respect....
I love that man, when I feel a bit low, I play Little Richard, and I feel great.
I love both artist but Little Richard did it best! Love!!!!
Pat Boone trying to dance 😳😂😂😂
Gagged me!
They want our culture and rhythm but never our blues.
Otis Thelonius; I don't want any of it. You're welcome to it.
@@b.deville3236 if only your voice was powerful enough to make the rest of them give it back.
Gee they sing in the English language, play the great Italian and Spanish instruments (piano and guitar) and call it "black music".
@@cascade3769 you could make the same claim with any genre.
🎂Pat Boone 06-01-2022
No way could Pat Boone compete with Little Richard and come out the winner.
Ultimately Litttle Richard and others made music the great unifier and race as far as music went. They were loved by most all.
This doc used to be named That Rhythm, Those Blues, directed I thought by Portia Maultsby. Been searching for this with the wrong title all this time.
Pat Boone took a good song (Tutti Frutti) and wanted to climb the pop charts with it. That's exactly what Little Richard and his producer wanted, when they changed the original words.
Yup, Little Richard and his producer wanted their record to climb the pop charts. Unfortunately, in those days there was no way for him (or any Black R&B performer) to get on network television or get airplay on the largest radio networks, and Boone had access to those markets. No one, including Boone, disputes that racism was involved. He felt his versions helped break down some barriers, but said: "It was called 'race music' and the artists were limited to their own stations and charts."
@mike stambaugh Nat Cole had the highest rated show on network television, and it went off the air after a year because no sponsor was willing to be associated with a Black artist. Yes, he was popular, but when he moved into a white neighborhood in Hollywood, the neighbors protested because they thought it would reduce their property values. The fact that some Black artists managed to fight their way past many of the barriers is a credit to them, but it doesn't change the fact that they faced those barriers and were limited by them, even at the height of their success.
Jesus, PB is literally doing finger snaps on the 1 and the 3. This is like that scene in "Airplane" where the nun is singing "Respect" by Aretha Franklin and the black guys are throwing up.
The king
This video shows that it wasn't only just elvis that borrowed from black music. There were lots of white performers in those days borrowing from black music. Georgia gibbs, bill haley, the crew cuts, the diamonds, jerry lee lewis, and later in the 60s, the beatles, the rolling stones, the yardbirds and more all borrowed from black music. Somehow, people act like it was only elvis who was doing it. If elvis is a thief then most white artists like bill haley, pat boone, the crew cuts, the beach boys, the beatles, the rolling stones and more were all thieves too. I find it bizarre when some rock critics talk about the 50s white rock n roll artists as if like they are thieves and then they praise the rolling stones and beatles for doing SIMILAR things. Hypocrisy and saving white guilt to protect other white artists is real here.
They’ve been trying to accuse pretty much all of them of stealing, or in their words, commenting “cultural appropriation”.
I’d say they were influenced, just like black artists were influencing other black artists.
It’s also enraging when people accuse white artists of watering down black music to be accessible to the mainstream. They might have a case with Pat Boone, but the others? They should shut their fucking mouths.
@@illegitimatefilm Shut up please!! There no evidence that your people were worth copying!!!😂😂😂
@@sandygreen8257
I have no people. What the fuck are you talking about?
Elvis didn’t cover their songs and release them while they were trying to climb the charts with their original song. Pat Boone did though, he’s a cunt.
LMFAOOO 😂 love this
I wonder if Pat Boone ever apologied
He did. With royalty cheques.
Richard W. Penniman 1932- 2020
Though Little Richard was a class act and brilliant rock and roll singer. Pat Boone was also a very fine singer with a great voice.
He was a very fine burglar of another persons work........he would not dare try that shit today!!
@@gwendolynwhethers2930 Every singer has took inspiration from another. Pat Boone was a great singer that was simply not suited for Rock & Roll classics.
Our little white suburban family (mostly the Mom and Pop's) considered Pat Boone an embarrassment when it came to music.
Bruh imagine being so racist you won’t let you children listen to music by another race. It doesn’t always feel like it, but we’ve come a long way
6,000 years of hating and swaggerjacking.
Where is the full episode of this
Unfortunately it never got released on tape or dvd, due to music rights issues.
Sad times with the covers, but this is so cynical. Clean cut guy with his tie halfway down his chest....
As someone else commented, I don't dislike Pat Boone but his covers were bad and thankfully have not stood the test of time.
It's apparent that you know very little of his discography.
Well, at least he was an OK guy. Richard knew him. He said Pat was his friend.
You want something that Pat recorded that *has* stood the test of time? How about "Moody River," "Sugar Moon," "April Love," "Love Letters in the Sand," and "Speedy Gonzales." Those cuts totally blow away his lackluster R&B covers.
Where’s this from
LLoyd Price was the first crossover from R&B Race Music to the larger White audience with Laudy Miss Claudy & Stagger Lee!
Lloyd Price was wonderful, but his first hit was "Just Because," in 1957, and by that time Fats Domino, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry had already reached a huge white audience and had numerous Top 10 pop hits. By the time "Stagger Lee" went to number 1 on the pop charts in February 1959, the Silhouettes, Coasters, and Platters had all already had number 1 hits -- but Price's record stayed at number 1 for four weeks, which was the longest run for a Black R&B artist up to that time.
@@elijahwald Laudy Miss Claudy was a cross over hit in 1952 before the others. Unfortunately Price went into the army and by the time he got out the other singers had big hits. He was more involved in Race music before the others were.
@@bftime1 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" was a number one R&B hit in 1952, and undoubtedly reached some white buyers -- but it got no play on white radio and did not make either the white jukebox or sales charts. By contrast, the Dominoes' "Sixty Minute Man" in 1951 was an even bigger R&B hit and crossed over to the pop top 20.
Price was a terrific singer, and a very important figure, and you are right that he was deeply involved in the R&B scene before Little Richard or Chuck Berry -- but not before Fats Domino, who had been getting top 10 R&B hits since 1950 and played piano on "Lawdy Miss Clawdy."
Pat Boone is still a great singer. Please stop shitting on him for covering a song. These comments are ridiculous.
Lots of great tunes came from this man, including "Moody River," "Bernadine," "Don’t Forbid Me," and the big ballads, of course.
Little Richard and Fats Domino, both understood the business and eventually were thankful that those "covers" were made. Their bank accounts thanked him, too.
His detractors can pile on him all the want, but Pat Boone had 65 charting singles from 1955 to 1969.
Pat Boone sound like a deep voice hero 😂 lol not trying to be mean but he does 😂 lol
Elvis recorded little Richard’s
Tutti Frutti (Album Track)
Long Tall Sally (Album Track)
Rip it up (Album Track)
Ready Teddy (Album Track)
Pat Boone little Richard’s covers were all released as Singles in direct competition with little Richard’s originals
Elvis gets the hate but it should be Pat Boone and Bill Haley
Pat Boone stole from little richard
He didn’t steal anything. He would have been told what to sing or would have been out on his ear.
I don’t think a lot of you understand that it was an other world back then. Do you think it was just a fluke that a white handsome boy from Memphis became the supposed King of Rock n Roll. No way would the music industry or media have allowed an African American to rise to such heights. Even Elvis was banned from wiggling his hips. African Americans were the founders of Rock n Roll.
Pat Boone,rien à voir comparé à Little Richard
Pat Boone was a completely different style, more like a crooner. I prefer Little Richard’s version but I like Pat Boone in other types of songs.
Pat looked ridiculous
Pat Boone is a rip off! A one trick corn ball
His "rock and roll" sides were terrible and obviously rip-offs, but he was not "one trick" -- he was far more successful as a pop ballad singer than as a rock and roller, and his most popular album of the 1950s was of standards in the Sinatra tradition.
@terry waller Sorry, but that's simply wrong. It was the beginning of Richard's career, and he made a lousy deal, selling the rights to "Tutti Frutti" for $50 and agreeing to a 1/2 cent royalty per recording -- and according to all reports, he did not even receive that. In 1959 he sued and got $11,000 total for back royalties on all of his songs. In the 1980s he sued again, and settled out of court, presumably getting a very substantial sum -- but by then Boone's record sales were irrelevant.
@terry waller That's about what Fats Domino said of his friend Pat Boone. Fats thanked Boone for recording his music; it enriched him.
@terry waller thank him for taking his music? Said no true artist
@angel denson Boone became famous doing rip-offs of Black artists in 1955-56, but in 1957 he got an even bigger hit with a ballad, "Love Letters in the Sand," followed by "April Love," and from then on hit with romantic ballads that were not copied from Black artists. I don't like them, but they were a different style, and were his biggest hits. So he absolutely built his first reputation with lightweight rock 'n' roll ripped off from Black artists, but then he changed direction and got even more popular as a lightweight ballad singer, doing romantic songs and pop standards.
Well to be sald ':Little Richard is Tutti Frutti. Pat Boone did a few songs with his wife there are good.
FATS DOMINO Sing Aint thats a shame and IT was a shame Pat Boone cover IT.
I go for black musis Elvis and Jazz.
Id rather hear a BA BOONE SING Tutti Fruity than Pat Boone
Here is a consistent reminder of how counterproductive it is to bow the knee to the mainstream media and let them dictate your musical taste for you:
Pat Boone has recorded in almost every imaginable genre excluding perhaps fusion, and he excelled at all of it. But the mainstream media has a cookie cutter mini-bio of the guy, and that's what the lazy armchair quarterbacks invoke out of hand ("white shoes," "goody goody," "has zero biz singing African-American records,").
Did you know he put out a new country album last year? You probably did, and he had pushed it very heavily. But that lot doesn't want hear it or hear about it. Did you know he once covered the Byrds' "Mr. Spaceman"? That still doesn't fit their narrative.
Let me save everybody here a few years of frustration: that lot aren't real fans of anything. They are casual/peripheral observers for whom music is not a priority. There is no point in trying to placate nor appease them. On the other hand, the cerebral and/or the hardcore will stand in solidarity with you. And they do so for life, instead of in reaction to whichever way the wind blows.
I’m sorry and not jump on Pat Boon… but when they cut away to him dancing it reminds of Steve Martin the jerk when he first heard jazz
Many black artist (including Little Richard) credit Pat Boone for getting his song on the radio. Little Richard was washing dishes when he heard Pat Boone's version come on the radio, Richard got excited because he wrote the song, threw down the rag and quit his job. By Pat Boone performing many of the black artist songs, it opened the the door that allowed their music to be accepted and heard on stations around the world. Pat also narrowed the race gap by having the majority of popular black artist on his TV show in the 50's. Pat Boone turns 88 on June 1, 2022. He has two movies, a book, and a double album coming out this year.
This should have never been an issue. Black music should have been accepted from the start and not stolen and profited from because of racism.
@@grandnagus1 I agree, it should have never been an issue. Thanks to Pat Boone for opening the door that allowed people of color to get their music heard. Pat was accused of stealing Fat's Domino's song. When this was brought up to Fat's he held up his hand to display a massive ring shaped like a piano, filled with diamonds and said if it wasn't for that white kid playing my song, I wouldn't have this. Pat Boone had his own TV show. Going into his third season Pat was told by his sponsor not to have so many black artist or they would drop the show. Instead, Pat dropped the show.
Not quite true--there were always some Black artists that white stations played, but only a few, like Nat King Cole and Harry Belafonte.
Neither of whom were in the R&B field... and Cole's TV show was cancelled after one season, because despite its high ratings he couldn't find a sponsor who wanted to be associated with a Black show. (His comment was, "Seems like Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark.")
If you're going to steal some ones music you should be able to have the talent to sing it right!!.....oops you failed pat b!!
Wow, some many here are hating on Pat Boone. Most of his hit songs were not covers of black artists. Fats Domino had nothing but nice thing to say about Pat Boone. Little Richard had nothing unkind to say of him. Elvis did covers of black songs, but not get nearly the hate as here. Pat did some excellent ballads. He's a good man heading for 90 in a few years. He deserves honor not disrespect.
I agree and was a witness to all of this when I was a kid back in those days. Pat Boone, for me, will always be remembered for the gigantic pop hit, Love Letters in the Sand. A great melody, lyric and performance. By the way, I knew Boone was covering Little Richard because my older brothers had his records. Along with the great Fats Domino...
Pat Boone singing tooty fruity and the way he was dancing he should be disrespected !!!!
@@lisaaugustin5400 It's "Tutti Frutti" to be precise. And, as I said earlier, he was most noted for his ballads. They heavily outweighed his R&R ventures.
Lot of artist have always done other Atreus songs Richard was just unhappy that he wasn’t getting the royalties off him singing his songs which he had every right to be and that he wasn’t allowed to get his music out there cause he wrote that music.the system they had in place with music when it came to blacks is what bothered Richard he didn’t have hate in him he was a loving person he laughed at a lot of stuff that was really hurting him but he knew he wasn’t suppose to hate but to love and he did that.
@angel denson Aw, somebody is having a pity party.
Pat Boone looks like a robot.. Leave the job to Little Richard.
And the money
A Dam Shame , the great is always discriminated against and murdered ! They hated on Jesus too!
Pat Boone walked so white Tik Tok-ers could fly.
I dont dislike Pat Boone but his covers sucked
Randy wood was responsible for those covers of Little Richard songs Pat Boone who sang those songs wasn't as bright either he tried to change the name of a Fats Domino song Ain't That a Shame to isn't that a shame which obviously doesn't work. Randy wood was the owner dot records. This guy was so ignorant that when Sun Records offered Randy wood Elvis's contract he turned it down because, according to him he already had a rock and roll singer on his label. Also it is well known that Pat Boone wanted to remove all the kissing scenes in the movies he made because he was a born again Christian. Everything turned out okay for both of them but can you imagine what would have happened if Randy wood would have signed Elvis to his label instead of RCA?
Covers?
Pat Boone singing tootie fruity and dancing like that, he should be disrespected !!!
@Pat Boone seeing that old vedio of u song tutti frutti..lol u a no rythm as nigga..dam ...
@@sierria64 lmaoooo🤣
@@sierria64 that ain't the real pat boone lol
Sometimes music is a black/white thing, but not in a bad way. White crooners like Pat Boone, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra sang in a different style from black guys like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Sam Cooke. I like cream of wheat AND oatmeal......cream of wheat with white sugar, oatmeal with brown sugar & cinnamon. That’s just how I like it. Both good to me, but different. My gosh, trying to make Pat Boone sing a Little Richard song was painful! Elvis could have done it, but he was one in a million! Yeah, I’m a fat middle aged white guy from the south.....what’s my top three CDs I keep close in my truck?.......Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, and Little Richard! RIP gentlemen.
SMH
Pat Boone ewww
I already hated Pat Boone for his homophobic robocalls, but now im furious he ripped of little Richard ... he was like the Donald Trump of the 50's, may he rot in hell 😈
Pat Boone’s isn’t even good in a karaoke way
So much anti-white racism in this film and in the comments. Oh well, you gotta go where the money is.