This was such a beautiful story from your grandfather, he seems so humble and kind. Sorry for your loss but he’s still touching hearts with this precious story of unity and love amongst his childhood friend group that included Elvis Presley…. This makes my heart smile and we need this innocence in America today, there is so much strife and division in our culture.
You missed an important part of the interview. Mr Bell stated that his grandparents loved Elvis and enjoyed him the most of any of his friends. He stated that Elvis called his grandparents sir and ma'am during a time when whites did not show that type of respect to blacks. This respect for all people, including blacks, never ended.
RIP Mr. Bell ... I understand he died shortly after this interview ... never got to see the movie that Baz created from all the stories he gleaned from people like Sam Bell . Elvis was a good , kind , caring man !
@@ppresley9208 yeah Presley could be common enough thought possible distant cousin. On hour of power the pastors wife maiden name Presley too. On a news channel someone is Pressley extra s
So glad that Mr Sam Bell was able to share his story about his friendship with Elvis! Cause theres some people out there that wants to discredit Elvis's real influence way back to his childhood. Some jealous folks keeps saying EP is a copycat blah blah blah!! When you grew up to that kind of genre of music and culture then thats who you are- you aint a fake!!
That was fascinating. What a wonderful old bloke. All that absolute rubbish about The King having been a racist, I could never, ever take seriously at all. Least of all after watching his childhood friend reminiscing.
That was awesome to see you do. Honestly I would just do a complete play through in your next attempt. That’s American history right there. Elvis and Sam Bell and the rest of their friends were practicing modern day normality of everyone playing together in the middle of the great depression and segregation in the deep south. They were so ahead of their time and they didn’t even know it as Sam said they weren’t black or white they were just friends. This is the stuff we should be reading about in the history books. So yes I think this interview is important as this is real history. As real as it gets. Incredibly Sadly Mr. Bell died shortly after this interview. He never got to see the Elvis movie. This information helped to shape the early Elvis years in the movie.
Yes, Please play the whole interview. He is right, this is History and people should know the truth, Elvis and His family were one of only 4 white families in an all black area, it's a beautiful story of friendship amidst a time of segregation. I would Recomend the New Bio Pic Movie E L V I S, It's playing in Theaters Right now.
THANK YOU A THOUSAND TIMES AND I ECHO ALL TO GET IN HISTORY IN WAY EVEN CHILDREN CAN UNDERSTAND WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER LIKE HE READ HELP YOUR BROTHER ALONG FOR SAME GOD MADE YOU MADE HIM SO YOUR BROTHERS WITH BROKEN HEARTS. THANK YOU LOVE AN OLD GAL.🤗
Elvis grew up in the ghetto. As his friend says here “you were just a kid. You weren’t a black kid or a white kid. You were just a kid”. This is Australian Baz Luhrmann, he directed the new Elvis movie. It’s a good watch if you haven’t seen it yet! ❤️
Elvis's was born & his early childhood was in Tupelo Mississippi. His family later moved to Memphis Tenn. They lived in subsidized housing for whites surrounded by similar housing for blacks. It was a poorer area and racially diverse but was not a ghetto. Unlike similar areas today.
@@victorparker308 ha I’ve been waiting for someone to say this as I realised after i used the wrong wording for American audiences. Where I’m from the ghettos just means areas of immense poverty. Apologies for the confusion 😉
@@victorparker308 “a run down area of any town or city, but most often used in terms of the inner city. Any area with low or non-existent property value” I realise this is not how it works in the US so again my apologies.
Absolutely no doubt that Elvis was digging the black sound all the way back to his childhood and that influence made him the singer,dancer that he became. Had Elvis had not grew up where he did we would have never heard of Elvis Presley.
Before Elvis there was nothing ,The Icon the legend, untouchable. Elvis Aaron Presley is the King of music, Greatest of all time, 1935- until the end of time.
Thank you for reacting to this- RIP sweet Sam.. there's video of Sam talking about his childhood with Elvis. They used to go to the movies but it was segregated. Whites on one side & Blacks on other side. Elvis would sneak over to Sam and they sat in the isle. Just beautiful! Sad that he passed away before seeing movie, however, he's with his old friend again. ❤
The whole video is great even the first three minutes. This is how much Research Baz Luhrmann does before he makes a movie. This was for the Elvis movie.
Thank you for this. There are so many untruths out there about Elvis and people believe what they hear, but they need to look into it and find the truth like you are.
Baz said the beginning of the Elvis movie is straight from Sam Bell’s description of their time as kids with Elvis. That’s cool. Wish you watched it all though; hard to just hear a slice. ❤U
Elvis had a huge bathroom and he would often read in his bathroom. Elvis had chronic constipation and sometimes like we all do read a book on the toilet. Elvis had a heart attack while on the toilet and fell face first into his carpet. Sometimes a heart attack symptoms can make you feel like you’re having indigestion. It’s an embarrassing way to pass away but there was more to Elvis’s health than what people actually know. He had a lot of health problems at the time of his death. As a huge Elvis fan I appreciate that you’re taking the time to learn about Elvis‘s backstory. Because as you can already tail Elvis was far from racist he didn’t see colour he treated everybody the same no matter if you were the president or a butler you got the same treatment Elvis was amazing
Elvis was NOT on the toilet when he died. That was a tabloid story spread as gospel. He was sitting on his couch reading in his master bathroom when he apparently collapsed and died.
Thanks for your, always insightful reaction. He truly loved black people and helped many black artist in their careers. The lie about him being a racist was a JET magazine article submitted by a white journalist and repeated over and over. It later was repeated by Quincy Jones who whose wife once dated Elvis. Also "Public Enemy " sang it. No matter how many researchers have corrected the lie it still rolls on. It breaks my heart having grown up in the 50's, and now 78 seeing how Elvis has been so maligned. He was also a financial supporter of MLK, and was crushed when he was killed. Thank you once again for helping dispell that lie. Be Blessed
If you havent seen the new Elvis biopic, do yourself a favor, go see it !! It is amazing, GREAT acting by Austin Butler (will be nominated for ab oscar), GREAT music, both Elvis, Butler, remixes and Eminem, Doja cat etc. Beautiful filming AND a history lession, All in one. There is a reason that it is fast becomming the most seen biopic, passing "I walked the line", "Rocket Man" and many others. It is a wonderful movie.
The lies that was told on Elvis was designed to wreck his career from the first record he cut, he had to overcome resentment from the black community and out right hate and hostility from the white community, but he overcame through his talent and to the people that really knew him his kindness. God Rest his soul.
I'm not a Christian but even I would like to attend a black church service in the south. It looks like a great time with welcoming loving people. Also any reason to dance and sing is good enough for me.
Another great video about Elvis's beginnings is here on CZcams called Elvis Return to Tupelo. I think you'd love that.Elvis is the greatest rags to riches story there could be, and you're right, he was the exact opposite of being racist. Someone created that nasty rumor in order to damage Elvis. it's sad, but anyone who pays attention to Elvis knows it's a lie. Thanks for accurately covering him.
should have watched the whole thing ,every body says Elvis stole from the black entertainers where did the black entertainers learn from the church and copying also Elvis learned the same way he learned in church. They were just jealous that he became so big don't forget besides being very talented with a great voice he was great looking girls loved him. they don't take the time to do any research and thats sad
Elvis would refuse to sing at an event if they wouldnt allow his backup singers to sing. He united the communities together and was very good friends with BB King and Fats Domino when they were singing in the back bars, he brought them out to the forfront to the stage. He loved Martin Luther King and did a tribute song to him after he was assassinated. Please watch the new movie released cause you will see the influence he really had with uniting.
What medically was happening with Elvis at the end? Elvis suffered from a little-understood disease at the time in the 1970s called Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease that likely developed or was accelerated as a result of one or more head traumas that he suffered earlier in life. Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease occurs when brain tissue is leaked into the general blood circulation. This tissue is toxic to the rest of the body and when leaked, the antibodies start attacking normal tissue throughout the body. This can cause pain all over the body, including the spine, joints and muscles and eventually organs. During the autopsy, Elvis' colon was 3 TIMES THE SIZE of a normal man's and his heart was enlarged. There are at least 4 documented instances of Elvis suffering head trauma as an adult. While some of those instances may seem minor, it’s important to note that even minor brain damage from head traumas can lead to significant consequences. In 1956, Elvis was knocked in the head during a fight at a gas station. Also in 1956, Elvis was struck in the head by a man at a hotel bar. In 1958, he was repeatedly knocked down throughout some rough roller skating “war games”; these were so rough that Elvis provided each player with an oxycodone/aspirin pill. The last, and most severe, head trauma occurred in 1967 when Elvis fell and hit his head hard on a porcelain bathtub and was knocked unconscious. ELVIS tragically got a massive heart attack while reading a book called "A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus" by Frank Adams on the toilet. He fell forward and died on the floor. He was unable to call out for help. This book examines the Shroud of Turin from many scientific perspectives, written and researched by a U.S. Army retired Colonel, patiently and methodically searching for the face of a man who lived more than 2,000 years ago. Proves exactly what Myrna, one of the Sweet Inspirations, said years ago... that he was on a search looking for his passage to Heaven. Without a doubt, Elvis is in Heaven and he's leading the choir of angels.... and you know who's in his band... If Elvis or his family had known he was suffering from an autoimmune disease, brought on by traumatic brain injuries, is it possible he could have received treatment rather than relying on drugs to self-medicate? Could he have been saved? I BELIEVE SO!!! Many medical professionals did. But all Dr Nick would do is medicate Elvis to the gills instead of recommending to Elvis to get the proper thorough examination and treatment for his painful unexplained symptoms of traumatic brain injuries. While we can’t change history, we can learn from the Elvis' tragic misfortunes and work to prevent others from suffering the same fate in the future by knowing the facts about traumatic brain injury. I spoke to my doctor and asked him about Elvis -- and he said that TBIs can cause paranoia, reclusive behavior, poor hygiene, hostility and drug use. He said that Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease can cause headaches as well as pain throughout the body, and many patients are misdiagnosed with fibromyalgia. If you or a loved one has suffered head trauma, whether from a car crash or motorcycle wreck, or from a fall, be aware of the symptoms of traumatic brain injury and make sure to receive a full and complete workup and diagnosis.
Someone wrote a book about this it’s about Elvis called Destine to die Young… have you read this? Is this where your wealth of information came from concerning his medical issues and history
@@karimuncey1987 Actually from several sources, from medical professionals one of which read Elvis actual medical records. I did not read that book. Not sure who their sources were.
@@karimuncey1987 I left out the fall that was seen in the movie. God only knows if there were other falls Elvis may have suffered. In addition ... he was a martial artist, and that's more opportunity for possible head/body trauma.
Yeah, the rest of this video is an amazing first-person "me and Elvis as kids" story about growing up in those early years in that environment. Sam talks about how Elvis (they called him "EP") was always a big "dreamer" with big ideas about his future (even though he had no real idea of what his future would actually turn out to be) that the other kids just kind of laughed off. It's a fabulous inside look at the poor kid who would be King. Check it out if you get a chance.
The whole thing is great iv seen it and you get a whole new perspective of elvis . Ok elvis died from a hear attack but his colon was damaged for there was a back up of fesus in his intestine . Constipation is caused by this . So it's a very easy fix by surgery and 1 in 5 people suffer from it . Any strain can bring on a heart attack . Elvis was reading in his study and even getting up from that can bring it on . He was found 2 feet from his bedroom door in the toilet . Do you see how facts can get mixed up and a story can be then made
His colon was 6ft longer than normal. When he died and the autopsy showed he had 4ft of his colon full of 4months of waste that was like cement it was so hard.
7:32 that made me chuckle… “Elvis was always invited to the barbecue.” Elvis was getting the Holy Ghost you know ;) Hearing his childhood friend who was black & that Elvis was the only white kid who ever called his grandparents “sir” or “ma’am” makes it mind-boggling that people ever attached racism to him. Like y’all got the wrong guy!
I like your reactions to Elvis more than anyone’s because you are a singer and you notice things others don’t-- please do more Elvis, You MUST listen to New Orleans from the movie King Creole. This song is the best example of Elvis’s style and the reason his singing broke things open for musicians of color. This song is way too short but it is a gem and rarely listened to--you will want it to go on forever. When you watch it you will see Elvis’s raw talent and amazing interpretive style. He was only 24 yo in this movie clip. I would love to hear your thoughts on it especially after your having seen his love for the black community. czcams.com/video/A9C-oQ_mFSc/video.html
Until their death they will, I'm not going to pay any attention to this stuff anymore as long as it don't get out of hand, if it does i will put them in their place!
It was a white guy that published that ELVIS WAS RACIST in Ebony magazine (a black magazine) so that he'd sell more magazines. Elvis was very hurt by it.
Elvis would have picked up the “gospel black sound” same way a black person growing up would. If a black child grew up around country music it would influence the way he sounded too. Any person.
And Country Music was equally influential as R&B to Elvis. The kind of Gospel Music Elvis liked and influenced him were primarily white Southern quartets.
Elvis has suffered A LOT of attempts at defaming his caracter and spreading lies about him and it's been going on for years now if not decades and it's so sad because no matter how many evidence you show to the contrary some people just want to hate the man
I love when people actually do the research instead of just listening to people that knew nothing about the topic. Cancel Culture is a very big problem. Yes people need to answer for crimes they commit but it needs to be based on facts and not opinions and emotions
MEMPHISROCKS1. ''THERE Is Only One Man Of Music And Entertainment. That Was The One And Only True World Crowned King. THAT IS KING OF MUSIC ELVIS AARON PRESLEY. HE IS AND WILL ALWAYS REIGN KING OF MUSIC UNTIL THE END OF TIME''.
A man that traveled with Elvis said they came upon an old black man and woman broke down in an old truck full of wood he picked them up took them to a new car lot bought them a new truck went back and loaded their wood
sadly, I think he did die while being on the toilet but they like the disrespect and ridicule that comes with it. The way people take pleasure at others misfortune makes me weep for "humanity". Where has it all gone wrong?
He was telling him about the 4 white families including Elvis’s that lived among them in the Black neighborhood. It’s worth watching him explain. Please listen to the whole thing at some point.
@ ThatSingerReactions ; 1st : Chuck D.' comment in the 90's song "Fight the power" was based on a lie of the 50's - made up by a white owner of a 3rd rate magazine Sepia - he revamped just because he (Chuck D.) needed a white artist as a scapegoat to blame for the in-equality in financial earnings within the entertainment industry between black and white artist in financial compensation compared to "white" artists. So instead of taking on the white bosses / CEO's of those media empires who controlled & paid out everything , Chuck D. took on the artists who got paid the highest and were the most popular . Like shooting the messenger instead of the one who wrote the message . Later on Chuck D. visited Graceland and retracted his 90's comment when he was confronted what Elvis really stood for when he grew up in the 50's between blacks , and how he opened the music doors for black artists to come trough in segregated USA despite Elvis took and got the heat from fellow whites for being and hanging around with blacks and praising them . Still the damage to Elvis his image within the black community was already done and the lie kept being there . 2nd : The lie Chuck D. revamped in the 90's was first written in a white owned 3rd little magazine called Sepia in 1957 in a small article called . " How negroes feel about Elvis " = The only thing a black man can do is buy my records and shine my shoes . Jet Magazine , the premier popular black magazine , investigated this article , talked to Elvis himself , people around in the black & white entertainment industry then , and came to the conclusion it was al a made up lie by the white owner of Sepia because in the 50's , white liberals owned 98% media outlets like Sepia and MADE MONEY EXPLOITING STATEMENTS and FALSIFYING others because SO MANY WHITES DURING 50's SEGREGATION in the South , OPENLY MADE STUPID REMARKS AGAINST BLACKS . So when Black radio stations decided to play Elvis’ music and Black people started acknowledging that they listened to and bought Elvis’ records, WHITE LIBERALS WENT INTO PANIC MODE and lies like these to shame Elvis as a n..lover , were born to make him hated with in the black community . So Chuck D. fell for a 50's white lie , and was sucked in and made him later on look like a fool when more and more people found out about the truth regarding Elvis . 3rd : Go see Baz Luhrmann movies ELVIS and you'll see what Elvis endured during the 50's as a white kid growing up being raised in Tupelo MISS between blacks . Whites hated him , wanted him banned from TV and Elvis received death treats for daring to be seen around blacks , mingling with them in segregated USA and enjoying their company and music . 4th : Elvis biggest achievement ? Daring in a time of segregation as a white kid to go into black neighborhoods , hang around with blacks and daring to record black songs and bringing it to a white audience = mostly kids of the 50's , and wanting white teens to enjoy also black music and having it become mainstream = nationwide FM radio stations , instead of being hidden on some local AM radio station in the south . So in the end Elvis was a white kid with a black soul and broke with out knowing racial barriers in segregated USA of the 50's . Minder tonen
- - - - This new Elvis movie made him out to be some kind of blues copycat, with no other influences! But history shows him as an innovator & uniter he truly was. Elvis was always credited with de-segregating our music and merging Country Music with the Blues. Watching this movie, Baz threw out all of elvis' other influences. Growing up in the 1930s & 40s Elvis was was influenced by the music of the time: Big Band (Glen Miller) and the Movie Singing Cowboys (Roy Rogers & Gene Autry), again, not even hinted at in the new movie. living in Memphis & Tueplo Elvis was esxposed to Bluegrass Music (Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, etc) as well as Country Music (hank snow, hank williams, etc) which was discarded in the movie. I could go on... Les Paul & Mary Ford, Chet Atkins, Mario Lanza (opera) and Dean Martin (his biggest idol & influence), all not mentioned and relegated to irrelevancies.
Well, It was told from Col. Tom Parkers eyes but, I think Baz wanted to prove the lies that were told about Elvis, he's got a directors cut that's 4 hours long, he said he would bring out if this movie done good enough at the box ofc but, it would be a while!
You can always break the video into 2 or 3 parts and finish reacting to it. I don't know why someone told you to only watch 3 to 11 minute mark. The whole thing is about Elvis, where he lived, who he hang out with and what he was like.
Elvis was born in a 1 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. He always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. But he was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (czcams.com/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/video.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
Yes, this is true! Red West said 2 boys got Elvis in the bathroom at school and was going to cut his hair and, Red said, what are you doing boys, they we're going to cut Elvis' hair, he said if you do you'll have to cut mine too! They took off running!
The BS claim about racism was created by a writer who literally never met Elvis, but in 1957 published a made up interview which claimed Elvis said something he never said, and the article was debunked by Jet magazine who owned the smaller publication. Jet said Elvis was never even in Boston at the time the article claims, and it was made up by a disgruntled employee who was mad over Elvis' success. Unfortunately, the first article stuck in the black community for many years. However, many of Elvis black friends and associates said they never believed it once they knew Elvis and that it was just a rumor. Elvis even told Jet on the set of Jailhouse Rock that he'd never say something like that and anyone who knows him knows he would never say anything like that. Ernest Withers the great Civil Rights photographer said he knew it was BS because when Elvis called him Sir, then the white reporter asked Elvis why he called Ernest as Sir when he's a tar boy and Elvis replied because he's a person. Ernest's two sons took a photo with Elvis that you can find online and they told Ernest afterwards Elvis invited them to his house whenever the wanted to come by. James Brown said Elvis wasn't only his friend but his brother and B.B. King said there wasn't a racist bone in Elvis' body and then said Believe me I'd know. Jackie Wilson was also close friends with Elvis and Elvis sat at his bedside during Jackie's coma. The Sweet Inspirations, Elvis all black girl group said Elvis was gonna cancel the Houston Astrodome dates if they didn't let his girls go too after the Texas racist told him to leave them home. Muhammad Ali was a huge Elvis fan growing up and him and Elvis we're great friends and Elvis had a robe made for him that said People's Choice, although it was supposed to say People's Champion, and hung out at Ali's camp and said Elvis was the most humble man you'd ever want to know. It's significant to consider that Elvis made the robe for Ali and that it said Ali was for the people because this was prior to him defeating Foreman. Ali in 1973, a year before the Foreman fight, was still disliked by the white establishment. It wasn't until he upset Foreman that all the white folks finally respected him and began cheering him on as a hero. Elvis was supporting him before that. Now can we get any ore credible than the black and proud personalities of James Brown and Muhammed Ali and the King of the Blues in B.B.? There are countless photos of Elvis with friends and associates that were visiting him or who he was visiting. It's so unfortunate that so many don't know that Elvis' peers who were black knew Elvis was legit musically too and going up to bat for them with R&B music being performed with respect and not like Pat Bone. James Brown said Elvis was an American Original and they'll never be another like that soul brother. B.B. King said Elvis had a unique way of looking at a song and had he lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness. Little Richard said Elvis was an integrator and a messiah. Chuck Berry said Elvis was the best there ever was or ever will be. Jackie Wilson said People accused Elvis of stealing black music but some black solo artists copied their stage mannerisms from Elvis. Ernest Withers, the black and great Civil Rights photographer, said Elvis did a lot for Civil Rights. Early Wright, the black and popular Mississippi DJ, played Elvis until he retired. Even guys that came later gave Elvis props. Stevie Wonder said Elvis helped do away with racism. Al Green said Elvis broke the ice for all of us and Isaac Hayes said Elvis influenced everyone in the business. People also confuse race with culture. Elvis' culture growing up was Blues, R&B and Country music based. He was from Tupelo Mississippi and Memphis Tennessee. It was in his DNA
Sam Bell was my grandfather. He is greatly missed. Thank you for this.
This was such a beautiful story from your grandfather, he seems so humble and kind. Sorry for your loss but he’s still touching hearts with this precious story of unity and love amongst his childhood friend group that included Elvis Presley…. This makes my heart smile and we need this innocence in America today, there is so much strife and division in our culture.
I loved Sam! RIP Sam and Elvis!
I'm so sorry for your loss! Prayers for you and, family!
Many blessings to you and your family. Sorry for your loss.
We all appreciate your grandfather sharing his story and memories with the world. 🙏
Mr. Bell was such a nice, sweet man. Love watching him talk and be interviewed. Bless him and you had a very special grandfather.
You missed an important part of the interview. Mr Bell stated that his grandparents loved Elvis and enjoyed him the most of any of his friends. He stated that Elvis called his grandparents sir and ma'am during a time when whites did not show that type of respect to blacks. This respect for all people, including blacks, never ended.
Thank you for pointing that out! I was going to say the same thing.
RIP Mr. Bell ... I understand he died shortly after this interview ... never got to see the movie that Baz created from all the stories he gleaned from people like Sam Bell . Elvis was a good , kind , caring man !
RIP Mr. Bell 🍃
@Michelle McLoughlin
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Any relation name?😮
@@60sbaby456 Don't I wish ... no , just a huge fan for all my 78 years !
@@ppresley9208 yeah Presley could be common enough thought possible distant cousin. On hour of power the pastors wife maiden name Presley too. On a news channel someone is Pressley extra s
I am so glad that ppl are looking into Elvis again these days. I hope the “Elvis was racist” lies get corrected.
So glad that Mr Sam Bell was able to share his story about his friendship with Elvis! Cause theres some people out there that wants to discredit Elvis's real influence way back to his childhood. Some jealous folks keeps saying EP is a copycat blah blah blah!!
When you grew up to that kind of genre of music and culture then thats who you are- you aint a fake!!
That was fascinating. What a wonderful old bloke. All that absolute rubbish about The King having been a racist, I could never, ever take seriously at all. Least of all after watching his childhood friend reminiscing.
That was awesome to see you do. Honestly I would just do a complete play through in your next attempt. That’s American history right there. Elvis and Sam Bell and the rest of their friends were practicing modern day normality of everyone playing together in the middle of the great depression and segregation in the deep south. They were so ahead of their time and they didn’t even know it as Sam said they weren’t black or white they were just friends. This is the stuff we should be reading about in the history books. So yes I think this interview is important as this is real history. As real as it gets. Incredibly Sadly Mr. Bell died shortly after this interview. He never got to see the Elvis movie. This information helped to shape the early Elvis years in the movie.
Yes, Please play the whole interview. He is right, this is History and people should know the truth, Elvis and His family were one of only 4 white families in an all black area, it's a beautiful story of friendship amidst a time of segregation.
I would Recomend the New Bio Pic Movie E L V I S, It's playing in Theaters Right now.
I love what you said here… they were innocent and United what a beautiful story❤️
THANK YOU A THOUSAND TIMES AND I ECHO ALL TO GET IN HISTORY IN WAY EVEN CHILDREN CAN UNDERSTAND
WE ARE ALL HERE
TOGETHER LIKE HE
READ HELP YOUR BROTHER ALONG
FOR SAME GOD MADE YOU MADE HIM SO YOUR BROTHERS WITH BROKEN HEARTS. THANK YOU
LOVE AN OLD GAL.🤗
Elvis grew up in the ghetto. As his friend says here “you were just a kid. You weren’t a black kid or a white kid. You were just a kid”. This is Australian Baz Luhrmann, he directed the new Elvis movie. It’s a good watch if you haven’t seen it yet! ❤️
Elvis's was born & his early childhood was in Tupelo Mississippi. His family later moved to Memphis Tenn. They lived in subsidized housing for whites surrounded by similar housing for blacks. It was a poorer area and racially diverse but was not a ghetto. Unlike similar areas today.
@@victorparker308 ha I’ve been waiting for someone to say this as I realised after i used the wrong wording for American audiences. Where I’m from the ghettos just means areas of immense poverty. Apologies for the confusion 😉
@@victorparker308 “a run down area of any town or city, but most often used in terms of the inner city. Any area with low or non-existent property value” I realise this is not how it works in the US so again my apologies.
@@Dr_KAP No problem. No hate intended just a thought to clear a possible misconception.
@@victorparker308 of course. Appreciate it!
Sam Bell was so sweet. RIP🕊❤️
Absolutely no doubt that Elvis was digging the black sound all the way back to his childhood and that influence made him the singer,dancer that he became.
Had Elvis had not grew up where he did we would have never heard of Elvis Presley.
Before Elvis there was nothing ,The Icon the legend, untouchable. Elvis Aaron Presley is the King of music, Greatest of all time, 1935- until the end of time.
Baz is doing the work. Putting the hours and asking the question to get this right.
Just saw the movie and it's a rollercoaster. Crazy good.
So glad people's getting out there and promoting so, Elvis will get Oscar!
That’s what I absolutely love about this video. Also just the respect for this older gentleman without being patronizing. He was very invested.
Sam Bell became successful and was a leader in his community. He died last Sept, at 87.
Well, I knew Sam was 2 couple yrs. younger or older than Elvis or, about the same age one.
This is such a beautiful story… the innocence and unity. What a work of God❤️
Praise God, he let Sam make it long enough for Baz to talk to him, so sad!
Thank you for reacting to this- RIP sweet Sam.. there's video of Sam talking about his childhood with Elvis. They used to go to the movies but it was segregated. Whites on one side & Blacks on other side. Elvis would sneak over to Sam and they sat in the isle. Just beautiful!
Sad that he passed away before seeing movie, however, he's with his old friend again. ❤
He got to see EP for real not a movie, I love Sam Bell. He was a sweet and kind man too! RIP EP and, Sam!
The whole video is great even the first three minutes. This is how much Research Baz Luhrmann does before he makes a movie. This was for the Elvis movie.
I think you're exactly right. Elvis was first a gospel singer.
Are you going to watch Baz Lurmhan’s Elvis movie? I think you should watch it and do a review, Austin Butler is amazing as Elvis.
Thank you for this. There are so many untruths out there about Elvis and people believe what they hear, but they need to look into it and find the truth like you are.
Baz said the beginning of the Elvis movie is straight from Sam Bell’s description of their time as kids with Elvis. That’s cool.
Wish you watched it all though; hard to just hear a slice. ❤U
Love that sweet man and this interview. Sad that Mr. Bell passed before the Elvis movie came out.
Elvis had a huge bathroom and he would often read in his bathroom. Elvis had chronic constipation and sometimes like we all do read a book on the toilet. Elvis had a heart attack while on the toilet and fell face first into his carpet. Sometimes a heart attack symptoms can make you feel like you’re having indigestion. It’s an embarrassing way to pass away but there was more to Elvis’s health than what people actually know. He had a lot of health problems at the time of his death. As a huge Elvis fan I appreciate that you’re taking the time to learn about Elvis‘s backstory. Because as you can already tail Elvis was far from racist he didn’t see colour he treated everybody the same no matter if you were the president or a butler you got the same treatment Elvis was amazing
Elvis was NOT on the toilet when he died. That was a tabloid story spread as gospel. He was sitting on his couch reading in his master bathroom when he apparently collapsed and died.
Thanks for your, always insightful reaction. He truly loved black people and helped many black artist in their careers. The lie about him being a racist was a JET magazine article submitted by a white journalist and repeated over and over. It later was repeated by Quincy Jones who whose wife once dated Elvis. Also "Public Enemy " sang it. No matter how many researchers have corrected the lie it still rolls on. It breaks my heart having grown up in the 50's, and now 78 seeing how Elvis has been so maligned. He was also a financial supporter of MLK, and was crushed when he was killed. Thank you once again for helping dispell that lie. Be Blessed
I totally lost all respect for Quincy Jones after hearing what he said. People that actually knew him speak the truth
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Look up Elvis singing OH Happy Day in rehearsals and you can see Elvis moving out to gospel music like they are talking about. ❤
If you havent seen the new Elvis biopic, do yourself a favor, go see it !! It is amazing, GREAT acting by Austin Butler (will be nominated for ab oscar), GREAT music, both Elvis, Butler, remixes and Eminem, Doja cat etc. Beautiful filming AND a history lession, All in one. There is a reason that it is fast becomming the most seen biopic, passing "I walked the line", "Rocket Man" and many others. It is a wonderful movie.
Yes, it's very beautiful! Unusually done. I had to see it a few more times. 😊
I second that!
The lies that was told on Elvis was designed to wreck his career from the first record he cut, he had to overcome resentment from the black community and out right hate and hostility from the white community, but he overcame through his talent and to the people that really knew him his kindness. God Rest his soul.
Baz used “I’ll Fly Away”, several times in the movie.
That since at the end, where Elvis passed his plane took off and, a Dove flew behind it, OMG this so sad! Now i'm crying again. RIP Elvis and, Sam.
RIP Sam. Say hi to EP for us.
I'm not a Christian but even I would like to attend a black church service in the south. It looks like a great time with welcoming loving people. Also any reason to dance and sing is good enough for me.
Elvis moved away back into town, got his bike- didn`t get to Memphis projects til his teens
Wow! That was fascinating. Saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and really liked it. 🤟🏼❤️🇦🇺
I would really Love you to react Elvis Presley song. Crying in the Chapel.
❣I hope we all win❣
Sam Bell died on the 6th September, 2021 aged 85 years.
Mr Sam Bell may he rest in peace . What a lovely man.
A day that I will never forget. I miss him so much!!!
A real classy reaction my friend
Another great video about Elvis's beginnings is here on CZcams called Elvis Return to Tupelo. I think you'd love that.Elvis is the greatest rags to riches story there could be, and you're right, he was the exact opposite of being racist. Someone created that nasty rumor in order to damage Elvis. it's sad, but anyone who pays attention to Elvis knows it's a lie. Thanks for accurately covering him.
should have watched the whole thing ,every body says Elvis stole from the black entertainers where did the black entertainers learn from the church and copying also Elvis learned the same way he learned in church. They were just jealous that he became so big don't forget besides being very talented with a great voice he was great looking girls loved him. they don't take the time to do any research and thats sad
Yes, just flat out jealous lies from both sides! Whites mistreated EP more than anyone else though!
Baz also used Get that Fool, in the movie. He did quite a lot research.
He put a touch of everything Sam told him in it because he knew he was telling the truth about it!
Elvis would refuse to sing at an event if they wouldnt allow his backup singers to sing. He united the communities together and was very good friends with BB King and Fats Domino when they were singing in the back bars, he brought them out to the forfront to the stage. He loved Martin Luther King and did a tribute song to him after he was assassinated. Please watch the new movie released cause you will see the influence he really had with uniting.
The whole interview is great. 🙂
What medically was happening with Elvis at the end? Elvis suffered from a little-understood disease at the time in the 1970s called Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease that likely developed or was accelerated as a result of one or more head traumas that he suffered earlier in life. Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease occurs when brain tissue is leaked into the general blood circulation. This tissue is toxic to the rest of the body and when leaked, the antibodies start attacking normal tissue throughout the body. This can cause pain all over the body, including the spine, joints and muscles and eventually organs. During the autopsy, Elvis' colon was 3 TIMES THE SIZE of a normal man's and his heart was enlarged.
There are at least 4 documented instances of Elvis suffering head trauma as an adult. While some of those instances may seem minor, it’s important to note that even minor brain damage from head traumas can lead to significant consequences. In 1956, Elvis was knocked in the head during a fight at a gas station. Also in 1956, Elvis was struck in the head by a man at a hotel bar. In 1958, he was repeatedly knocked down throughout some rough roller skating “war games”; these were so rough that Elvis provided each player with an oxycodone/aspirin pill. The last, and most severe, head trauma occurred in 1967 when Elvis fell and hit his head hard on a porcelain bathtub and was knocked unconscious.
ELVIS tragically got a massive heart attack while reading a book called "A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus" by Frank Adams on the toilet. He fell forward and died on the floor. He was unable to call out for help. This book examines the Shroud of Turin from many scientific perspectives, written and researched by a U.S. Army retired Colonel, patiently and methodically searching for the face of a man who lived more than 2,000 years ago. Proves exactly what Myrna, one of the Sweet Inspirations, said years ago... that he was on a search looking for his passage to Heaven. Without a doubt, Elvis is in Heaven and he's leading the choir of angels.... and you know who's in his band...
If Elvis or his family had known he was suffering from an autoimmune disease, brought on by traumatic brain injuries, is it possible he could have received treatment rather than relying on drugs to self-medicate? Could he have been saved? I BELIEVE SO!!! Many medical professionals did. But all Dr Nick would do is medicate Elvis to the gills instead of recommending to Elvis to get the proper thorough examination and treatment for his painful unexplained symptoms of traumatic brain injuries. While we can’t change history, we can learn from the Elvis' tragic misfortunes and work to prevent others from suffering the same fate in the future by knowing the facts about traumatic brain injury.
I spoke to my doctor and asked him about Elvis -- and he said that TBIs can cause paranoia, reclusive behavior, poor hygiene, hostility and drug use. He said that Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease can cause headaches as well as pain throughout the body, and many patients are misdiagnosed with fibromyalgia. If you or a loved one has suffered head trauma, whether from a car crash or motorcycle wreck, or from a fall, be aware of the symptoms of traumatic brain injury and make sure to receive a full and complete workup and diagnosis.
Someone wrote a book about this it’s about Elvis called Destine to die Young… have you read this? Is this where your wealth of information came from concerning his medical issues and history
@@karimuncey1987 Actually from several sources, from medical professionals one of which read Elvis actual medical records. I did not read that book. Not sure who their sources were.
@@karimuncey1987 I left out the fall that was seen in the movie. God only knows if there were other falls Elvis may have suffered. In addition ... he was a martial artist, and that's more opportunity for possible head/body trauma.
Yeah, the rest of this video is an amazing first-person "me and Elvis as kids" story about growing up in those early years in that environment. Sam talks about how Elvis (they called him "EP") was always a big "dreamer" with big ideas about his future (even though he had no real idea of what his future would actually turn out to be) that the other kids just kind of laughed off. It's a fabulous inside look at the poor kid who would be King. Check it out if you get a chance.
Like your realism, God Bless!
The whole thing is great iv seen it and you get a whole new perspective of elvis .
Ok elvis died from a hear attack but his colon was damaged for there was a back up of fesus in his intestine . Constipation is caused by this . So it's a very easy fix by surgery and 1 in 5 people suffer from it .
Any strain can bring on a heart attack . Elvis was reading in his study and even getting up from that can bring it on . He was found 2 feet from his bedroom door in the toilet . Do you see how facts can get mixed up and a story can be then made
His colon was 6ft longer than normal. When he died and the autopsy showed he had 4ft of his colon full of 4months of waste that was like cement it was so hard.
Yes, they've been so many lies told on Elvis and, people on here still putting him down, they were just jealous of him I believe that!
This is exactly why I don’t feel he stole from the black artists. He was immersed in black culture, it was his culture too.
Now I gotta go see the rest of that, lol. Really interesting.
yes, go watch it and start at the beginning so you can see it all, come back later and do reaction!
Please do a review on his song, I can dream.. His tribute to Martin Luther King after he was assassinated.
7:32 that made me chuckle… “Elvis was always invited to the barbecue.”
Elvis was getting the Holy Ghost you know ;)
Hearing his childhood friend who was black & that Elvis was the only white kid who ever called his grandparents “sir” or “ma’am” makes it mind-boggling that people ever attached racism to him. Like y’all got the wrong guy!
I like your reactions to Elvis more than anyone’s because you are a singer and you notice things others don’t-- please do more Elvis, You MUST listen to New Orleans from the movie King Creole. This song is the best example of Elvis’s style and the reason his singing broke things open for musicians of color. This song is way too short but it is a gem and rarely listened to--you will want it to go on forever. When you watch it you will see Elvis’s raw talent and amazing interpretive style. He was only 24 yo in this movie clip. I would love to hear your thoughts on it especially after your having seen his love for the black community.
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The people who are jealous are the haters and they will spread horrible lies about a person!
Until their death they will, I'm not going to pay any attention to this stuff anymore as long as it don't get out of hand, if it does i will put them in their place!
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Elvis' house had no electricity, running water or toilet.
It was a white guy that published that ELVIS WAS RACIST in Ebony magazine (a black magazine) so that he'd sell more magazines. Elvis was very hurt by it.
Probably a white liberal
Elvis would have picked up the “gospel black sound” same way a black person growing up would. If a black child grew up around country music it would influence the way he sounded too. Any person.
And Country Music was equally influential as R&B to Elvis.
The kind of Gospel Music Elvis liked and influenced him were primarily white Southern quartets.
Yes, that's right, just like Charlie Pride and Duris Rucker, their country. Charlie has passed but, there still others out there!
By the way I love this reaction thanks so much 🙏👍👍
*Elvis is the King of Rock & Roll....but the only Grammys he won was for gospel music.*
You're right, and I love his Gospel, but he also deserved Grammys for his other music!
He won a Golden Globe for his TTWII Tour!
@@chrism.c9965 True...he should have won other Grammys as the king
@@naomiwarner7117 We're talking Grammy's here....what this Golden Globe thing you talking about?
Keep playing it bro!
Elvis has suffered A LOT of attempts at defaming his caracter and spreading lies about him and it's been going on for years now if not decades and it's so sad because no matter how many evidence you show to the contrary some people just want to hate the man
It's weird right? It's almost like there's people who WANT Elvis to have been racist... Which begs the question "why?".
React to Elvis and the Black Community 1st and 2nd. Really informative
I love when people actually do the research instead of just listening to people that knew nothing about the topic. Cancel Culture is a very big problem. Yes people need to answer for crimes they commit but it needs to be based on facts and not opinions and emotions
Elvis lived there until he was 13 years old when his dad moved the family to Memphis and public housing.
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6:22 Okay can anybody tell me what this song is? It’s got such an incredible beat
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A man that traveled with Elvis said they came upon an old black man and woman broke down in an old truck full of wood he picked them up took them to a new car lot bought them a new truck went back and loaded their wood
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RIP brother Sam Bell. 👍🥃 Look at it this way, Elvis was white on the outside, and African American on the inside. LOL 🤣
YES, our boy was mixed and I love it!
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sadly, I think he did die while being on the toilet but they like the disrespect and ridicule that comes with it. The way people take pleasure at others misfortune makes me weep for "humanity". Where has it all gone wrong?
He was telling him about the 4 white families including Elvis’s that lived among them in the Black neighborhood. It’s worth watching him explain.
Please listen to the whole thing at some point.
Watch the entire interview yourself. There is a more that you can learn about him.
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1st : Chuck D.' comment in the 90's song "Fight the power" was based on a lie of the 50's - made up by a white owner of a 3rd rate magazine Sepia - he revamped just because he (Chuck D.) needed a white artist as a scapegoat to blame for the in-equality in financial earnings within the entertainment industry between black and white artist in financial compensation compared to "white" artists. So instead of taking on the white bosses / CEO's of those media empires who controlled & paid out everything , Chuck D. took on the artists who got paid the highest and were the most popular . Like shooting the messenger instead of the one who wrote the message . Later on Chuck D. visited Graceland and retracted his 90's comment when he was confronted what Elvis really stood for when he grew up in the 50's between blacks , and how he opened the music doors for black artists to come trough in segregated USA despite Elvis took and got the heat from fellow whites for being and hanging around with blacks and praising them . Still the damage to Elvis his image within the black community was already done and the lie kept being there . 2nd : The lie Chuck D. revamped in the 90's was first written in a white owned 3rd little magazine called Sepia in 1957 in a small article called . " How negroes feel about Elvis " = The only thing a black man can do is buy my records and shine my shoes . Jet Magazine , the premier popular black magazine , investigated this article , talked to Elvis himself , people around in the black & white entertainment industry then , and came to the conclusion it was al a made up lie by the white owner of Sepia because in the 50's , white liberals owned 98% media outlets like Sepia and MADE MONEY EXPLOITING STATEMENTS and FALSIFYING others because SO MANY WHITES DURING 50's SEGREGATION in the South , OPENLY MADE STUPID REMARKS AGAINST BLACKS . So when Black radio stations decided to play Elvis’ music and Black people started acknowledging that they listened to and bought Elvis’ records, WHITE LIBERALS WENT INTO PANIC MODE and lies like these to shame Elvis as a n..lover , were born to make him hated with in the black community . So Chuck D. fell for a 50's white lie , and was sucked in and made him later on look like a fool when more and more people found out about the truth regarding Elvis . 3rd : Go see Baz Luhrmann movies ELVIS and you'll see what Elvis endured during the 50's as a white kid growing up being raised in Tupelo MISS between blacks . Whites hated him , wanted him banned from TV and Elvis received death treats for daring to be seen around blacks , mingling with them in segregated USA and enjoying their company and music . 4th : Elvis biggest achievement ? Daring in a time of segregation as a white kid to go into black neighborhoods , hang around with blacks and daring to record black songs and bringing it to a white audience = mostly kids of the 50's , and wanting white teens to enjoy also black music and having it become mainstream = nationwide FM radio stations , instead of being hidden on some local AM radio station in the south . So in the end Elvis was a white kid with a black soul and broke with out knowing racial barriers in segregated USA of the 50's .
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Who told you to start at a certain point? Why?
well that was disappointing you should have played all the video 😪
- - - - This new Elvis movie made him out to be some kind of blues copycat, with no other influences! But history shows him as an innovator & uniter he truly was. Elvis was always credited with de-segregating our music and merging Country Music with the Blues. Watching this movie, Baz threw out all of elvis' other influences. Growing up in the 1930s & 40s Elvis was was influenced by the music of the time: Big Band (Glen Miller) and the Movie Singing Cowboys (Roy Rogers & Gene Autry), again, not even hinted at in the new movie.
living in Memphis & Tueplo Elvis was esxposed to Bluegrass Music (Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, etc) as well as Country Music (hank snow, hank williams, etc) which was discarded in the movie.
I could go on... Les Paul & Mary Ford, Chet Atkins, Mario Lanza (opera) and Dean Martin (his biggest idol & influence), all not mentioned and relegated to irrelevancies.
Well, It was told from Col. Tom Parkers eyes but, I think Baz wanted to prove the lies that were told about Elvis, he's got a directors cut that's 4 hours long, he said he would bring out if this movie done good enough at the box ofc but, it would be a while!
You can always break the video into 2 or 3 parts and finish reacting to it. I don't know why someone told you to only watch 3 to 11 minute mark. The whole thing is about Elvis, where he lived, who he hang out with and what he was like.
The amount of $55.00 back in 1945 is worth $850.39 today adjusted for inflation.
Elvis was born in a 1 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. He always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. But he was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (czcams.com/video/LrFCyNMvZWk/video.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.
Yes, this is true! Red West said 2 boys got Elvis in the bathroom at school and was going to cut his hair and, Red said, what are you doing boys, they we're going to cut Elvis' hair, he said if you do you'll have to cut mine too! They took off running!
The BS claim about racism was created by a writer who literally never met Elvis, but in 1957 published a made up interview which claimed Elvis said something he never said, and the article was debunked by Jet magazine who owned the smaller publication. Jet said Elvis was never even in Boston at the time the article claims, and it was made up by a disgruntled employee who was mad over Elvis' success. Unfortunately, the first article stuck in the black community for many years. However, many of Elvis black friends and associates said they never believed it once they knew Elvis and that it was just a rumor. Elvis even told Jet on the set of Jailhouse Rock that he'd never say something like that and anyone who knows him knows he would never say anything like that. Ernest Withers the great Civil Rights photographer said he knew it was BS because when Elvis called him Sir, then the white reporter asked Elvis why he called Ernest as Sir when he's a tar boy and Elvis replied because he's a person. Ernest's two sons took a photo with Elvis that you can find online and they told Ernest afterwards Elvis invited them to his house whenever the wanted to come by. James Brown said Elvis wasn't only his friend but his brother and B.B. King said there wasn't a racist bone in Elvis' body and then said Believe me I'd know. Jackie Wilson was also close friends with Elvis and Elvis sat at his bedside during Jackie's coma. The Sweet Inspirations, Elvis all black girl group said Elvis was gonna cancel the Houston Astrodome dates if they didn't let his girls go too after the Texas racist told him to leave them home. Muhammad Ali was a huge Elvis fan growing up and him and Elvis we're great friends and Elvis had a robe made for him that said People's Choice, although it was supposed to say People's Champion, and hung out at Ali's camp and said Elvis was the most humble man you'd ever want to know. It's significant to consider that Elvis made the robe for Ali and that it said Ali was for the people because this was prior to him defeating Foreman. Ali in 1973, a year before the Foreman fight, was still disliked by the white establishment. It wasn't until he upset Foreman that all the white folks finally respected him and began cheering him on as a hero. Elvis was supporting him before that. Now can we get any ore credible than the black and proud personalities of James Brown and Muhammed Ali and the King of the Blues in B.B.? There are countless photos of Elvis with friends and associates that were visiting him or who he was visiting. It's so unfortunate that so many don't know that Elvis' peers who were black knew Elvis was legit musically too and going up to bat for them with R&B music being performed with respect and not like Pat Bone. James Brown said Elvis was an American Original and they'll never be another like that soul brother. B.B. King said Elvis had a unique way of looking at a song and had he lived, there would have been no end to his inventiveness. Little Richard said Elvis was an integrator and a messiah. Chuck Berry said Elvis was the best there ever was or ever will be. Jackie Wilson said People accused Elvis of stealing black music but some black solo artists copied their stage mannerisms from Elvis. Ernest Withers, the black and great Civil Rights photographer, said Elvis did a lot for Civil Rights. Early Wright, the black and popular Mississippi DJ, played Elvis until he retired. Even guys that came later gave Elvis props. Stevie Wonder said Elvis helped do away with racism. Al Green said Elvis broke the ice for all of us and Isaac Hayes said Elvis influenced everyone in the business. People also confuse race with culture. Elvis' culture growing up was Blues, R&B and Country music based. He was from Tupelo Mississippi and Memphis Tennessee. It was in his DNA
He grew up with the black community, and copped crap for it