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[@anniebygrave9300]

Elvis was born in a ghetto. His family was one of only four white families in a black neighbourhood. He had native American blood too. He knew what it was like to be poor and discriminated against and he fought for equal rights for all people of all races. He was a genuine, generous and kind man. Some people complained that he misappropriated black music - but that's the music he grew up with. It was his music too. Music has no boundaries, no religion, no colour, no creed. It's a universal language.

[@Mydogpenny1970]

He had one native ancestor but his blood was mainly English and Irish just like a lot of us here in the South..I do genealogy and I’ve done a little digging into him..was curious to see if I might have some ancestor connection

[@anniebygrave9300]

@@Mydogpenny1970 yes, I also believe he was mainly English and Irish. His great grandfather on his mother's side married a Cherokee woman which is where he got the Native American ancestry from. As a young man he had distinctive high cheekbones and skin that was quite dark for someone of Irish and English descent. They do say that genetic traits sometimes skip a generation or two. I think he could have passed as a Native American. He did play a role as a mixed-race American Indian in the film Stay Away, Joe (1968).

[@maijaliepa119]

@@Mydogpenny1970💙there’s a genealogical sight where I read that Elvis’ mother had Jewish ancestry.💙

[@maijaliepa119]

@@anniebygrave9300. I

[@Mydogpenny1970]

@@maijaliepa119 my DNA shows I have Jewish ancestry also..I don’t know where it comes from..I’m mainly Scot Irish and English .Also some Basque and not sure where that also comes from …I do have some German ancestors but none of my DNA shows any .Ive done DNA with three different companies and mainly they show Scot Irish ,English and with some different other countries

[@boomeister2]

And the cycle repeats. 55 years later and this song is still relevant.

[@melissalochamy229]

Heartbreaking, but too true

[@fuzzoctavius5621]

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[@FionaKay-ju9uq]

Unfortunately still the same 😢

[@Jere616]

The best comment I've ever heard about "In The Ghetto" is that the color of the child is never mentioned.

[@rosecarr7956]

Elvis was not afraid to sing about difficult subjects, he wanted to sing songs that had meaning and affected people's emotions. 👑⚡🎶

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

name these songs.

[@ejtappan1802]

As an older person, what truly breaks my heart is that we really fought hard back in the late 60's and early 70's... women's rights, racial equality, make love not war, all that stuff.... and yet here we are not just still fighting the same fights but sometimes it feels like we are losing so much ground. --- I know it can get better but only if decent people stand up and speak out.

[@janesharp4341]

You are so right. We thought we would change the world but the world changed us.

[@Mydogpenny1970]

Bull crap ..Womens rights , make love not war ..Was you one of them Jane Fonda supporters who slapped our military men in the face ? And yes I’m female and I sure didn’t burn my bra ..

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

It’s so sad, we really thought we would make it better, didn’t we! Yet in my opinion it’s worse. Less care and compassion less kindness. I don’t know what we did wrong.

[@user-bg7km4ij7f]

@@jennifermcdonald5432 History knows…

[@mitchjay2108]

Well said truly agree 😢

[@julialesleysheppard]

This was originally known as “ The vicious circle” Mac Davis wrote it and asked Sammy Davis Jnr to sing it. But Sammy referred him to Elvis because he knew Elvis could actually relate to it as he’d grown up in a ghetto in Tupelo til he was 13,, Elvis, for all his fame and wealth always said “ I can be ever earn enough money to forget how it was to be dirt poor!” “If I can Dream” is another Elvis song that is as relevant today as it was when he first sang it in 1968. 👌💕🕺

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

WRONG! Sammy said wtf is a white guy doing giving a black man a song to sing about the ghetto. And WTF does a white guy know what it is like to be black? He then said "give it to that white boy Elvis.

[@kathleenfarraher9894]

Check out "Elvis and the black community"At least one more person might get it.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@kathleenfarraher9894 this video you speak of. is it the one where they interview a few black artists that met Elvis?

[@bryanrendleman2001]

Mac grew up in the Barrios of Lubbock next door to the ghetto as did I.

[@juliasheppard-hv8bs]

@@bryanrendleman2001what a great connection for you to have with history 🙏👌🕺

[@ella5319]

Elvis grew up poor, born in Mississippi in a two room house, his family moved to Memphis, Tenn into goverment housing. Elvis loved gospel music, and listening to the black artists that influenced him. Elvis and The Black Community video is a little background about his connection to the black community, you might like to check it out, some of it can be hard to watch, but you get to see the world Elvis was in when he began his career, he was not liked very much in his own community.

[@cyntalkz87]

Did you notice that he doesn't dance around for this song. You can tell he takes it to his heart !!

[@Whoozerdaddy]

While he does sing it with some heart, I don't think he sings it with as much soul as the studio version.

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

It would be easier to get into the song, if one isn't distracted by his diamonds and jewel-encrusted pantsuit. I'm sure the audience enjoys it while imbibing in their caviar and champagne.

[@Whoozerdaddy]

@@michaelbrinkers1145 Close your eyes. His fans loved it.

[@suzie4417]

Elvis grew up in a ghetto, he survived growing up dirt poor in Mississippi and Tennessee! He always gave back, because he remembered his life as child with a runny nose & he remembered the kindness of the black community to his Mom & Elvis 💔❤️‍🩹❣️☮️

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

he didn't grow up in the ghetto, he spent some time there.

[@SayItAintSo4real]

​@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 actually, he did. His father, uncle and grandfather built the two-room house he and his parents lived in. He was born in that house and yes, it is called a ghetto in Tupelo, MS. They lived in that area until he was 13 yrs old.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@SayItAintSo4real and why did his father go to jail?

[@oldbroadwithbaggage5472]

​@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425- His father went to jail for forging/altering the amount of a check, trying to provide for his family. What has that got to do with him growing up poor and being one of just a few white families in an otherwise poor, predominantly black community? I think spending his childhood in this area gave Elivs a unique perspective and insight into a life that a majority of white people will never be able to comprehend. And very sadly, a life that far too many non-white people are still experiencing to this day.

[@davidhodgins7122]

This is a very powerful message song. Elvis grew up poor with nothing. He didn't care about color and had a huge heart for his fekkow man.

[@nanizon]

from a 65yo white female: this is why we call him the king. I cry because we have failed this king, Dr. King and the King of Kings. Thank you, you are an amazing soul.

[@lindatrischler2927]

True story.He was scheduled to appear in Vegas& was told his black back up singers were not allowed to participate. Elvis replied then I won't sing.

[@drew67gmdrm72]

Many don't know this side of Elvis. As noted he grew up in the ghetto and the was influenced by black gospel music . He attended clubs and befriended Little Richard and BB king ,i believe . I wasn't a huge fan of early Elvis ,though i liked some of his stuff . But when I discovered this side of him , he earned my respect . I think his mom's death while he was in the Army in Germany in 1958 i believe effected him deeply . And then MLK and Bobby within 2 months in 1968 , he felt both deeply . Elvis was mismanaged and put in a cage i believe ,by Colonel Parker and i believe that is what caused his early death. I believe he would have given up his fame to have his mother back. Fame ain't all it's cracked up to be

[@leepyper939]

Listen to, If I can dream, you won’t be disappointed!

[@kjh6903]

Yes 🙌🏼 the best song ever !!

[@user-vy6nc7yq3z]

Elvis sings better than anyone else to this day. Play more Elvis

[@jameswilliams4566]

Yes, and he didn't even talk about his singing. I was disappointed he didn't give his opinion on how Great a singer he was.

[@user-hg6gd7rq2m]

And so your journey begins…. When really educating oneself who Elvis REALLY was , it’s like an onion you have to peel to the next level. Please respond to A Generous heart it’s two parts just saw Pluto respond to it and I believe your head will spin when you find that he gave away financially almost as much as he made …then Elvis and the Black Community. Peel the layers until your heart is opened to see a soul of a man you never knew. I’m saying this as just the human being and not as the fan. His kindness and spirit helped a little girl 62 years ago,me, survive horrifying issues that I endured throughout my childhood. He gave me hope. He made me feel loved as his music quieted my pain. I honestly loved the man. My spiritual friend who I needed…. that gentle man who made me survive. ❤❤❤

[@victoriarios3726]

ELVIS IS TIMELESS ❤❤❤

[@user-dr2yc1de9e]

No other performer would sing this song as it was too political back in 1969. A lot of black performers refused to record the song even Sammy Davis jr refused. Stating he never came from a ghetto but he knew of one singer who came from the ghetto and stated he would sing the song. The singers name was Elvis and Elvis, did come from the ghetto. Elvis was born in a small black community in East Tupelo Mississippi and grew up in extreme poverty. When Elvis was told about the song Elvis, said i am going to record this dam song parker and RCA tried to stop Elvis. But he told them in certain words he was recording the song and the rest is history.

[@susanworkman529]

Elvis Must watch: * "What Now My Love" (1973 Aloha concert rehearsal video) * "Suspicious Minds" ( 1973 Aloha concert video) * "American Trilogy" (1973 Aloha Concert video) *Tryin' To Get To You" (1968 Comeback Concert video) * Elvis and the Black Community docu. video) You have so much yet to discover about Elvis.

[@WoodsWoman822]

I Agree, for this One Song !! The 1973 Aloha REHERSAL Concert is the Best Version Of Elvis Presley's "What Now My Love"

[@alicesullivan4089]

Kentucky Rain!

[@AngelsnowNami]

Yes, Elvis grew up in the ghetto and knows what he's singing about. I cry every time I hear this song! Beautiful reaction video.

[@brandonsmith5930]

This song was written by country singer/song writer Mack Davis. Elvis understood growing up in poverty from his childhood. He had a reputation for profound generosity, likely fueled by his experiences with poverty.

[@patriciaheinzer9884]

Elvis also grew up in the ghetto in one of the poorest towns in Mississippi. He lived life in the ghetto and watched what it did to some people.

[@HorseSaddleRider]

Elvis loved R & B - note the difference in his music when he wasn't singing in his films....He wasn't afraid to speak for his brothers and his very sad message still rings true.

[@beverlystufflebeam5731]

And you know he understands just listening to the heart in his voice.

[@carolyn_sm7182]

Its so sad that 50 yrs later this song is still relevant and still fact. Elvis knew from experience what it was like and hoped to be able somehow through his music to make a difference. He also grew up singing in a choir in a Baptist Church, his gospel songs are so very beautiful, I hope you'll give them a listen. .

[@cindyphifer970]

Elvis always the best, beautiful generous soul

[@lorisutton5267]

Hey Momt this is A song written by Mac Davis and he asked Sammy Davis jr to record it Sammy Davis said I didn't grow up that way , but I can tell you Who did. And that was of course Elvis , they were very good friends , Sammy was always at Elvis performances and vice versa Elvis knew all about the ghetto and he never forgot where he came from, so you can feel the pain of the words, I think you should check out, Elvis singing Walk a Mile in my shoes you will. Understand why Elvis is, Loved Around the world _46, yrs later and I Agree that he was way ahead of his time. He is, a Once in a lifetime and never to be replaced Thanks for the great reaction. TCB 1935

[@Mplsgirl369]

I am 50 years old. When I was a child in Minneapolis I went to school with a lot of poor kids and I used to listen to this song over and over again on my sisters record player. I felt so sad and would cry. Always my favorite Elvis song and my Mom was a HUGE Elvis fan so his music was played often in my house. I also love ‘are you lonesome tonight’ ‘teddy bear’ ‘all shook up’ so many great songs. Enjoy your Elvis journey

[@rebelstacker3671]

This song was written by Mack Davis, he offered it to Sammy Davis Jr and he said " I dont know anything about living in a Ghetto, Man" " BUT I know who does.. Elvis Presley!

[@DougerSR]

This song is touching even if you’ve lived as a white farm boy in Nebraska. It’s always brought me to tears.

[@Elvista]

Bless your heart, brother....appreciate you taking the time to listen, watch, and learn about Elvis Presley. He will change your mind, heart, and attitude. Peace ✌🏼💯⚡❤️

[@marion_R]

I am glad, that you made it out of this vicious circle! I am from Germany and. I've been visiting Chicago around 1988. When my friend was talking about no go areas, i thought he was joking. Elvis always tried to help people, he was very generous and that makes me love him even more! Loved your reaction! 💚Thank you!☀️

[@maryland8532]

Elvis sang this because He Cared!

[@jabreck1934]

Music is the only thing that’s keeping this country together. It’s the only thing that brings us all together…… thank you!

[@jofox5418]

It is very relevant today. One if Elvis's gifts is how his songs are so incredibly timeless. You should listen to this song with Lisa Marie, as an adult, actually singing it with her dad. So touching!

[@lifeandfaith]

Makes me want to cry every time I hear it.

[@MontWRLDtv]

Same!!

[@debraalswager9528]

Same here

[@petehanuszak4318]

His Manager Didn’t Want Elvis Recording Message Song. Afraid It Would Hurt His Career. The Song Was First Given To Sammy Davisjr He Turned It Down Said He Didn’t Grow Up In The Ghetto But He Knew Elvis Did. He Grew up Poor In Tupelo Mississippi On The Poor Side Sang In Black Churches Loved The Gospel. Elvis Got 3 Grammys In His Gospel Albums Check Out WE CALL ON HIM. It’s What This World Needs Today. Says Elvis Rabbit Hole Is Deep He Sang Rock, Pop. R.B., Country And Gospel. He Did 31 Movies, 3 Documentary’s Sang Over 600 Songs In His Short Life Time. He Passed Away August 16 1977 At The Age Of 42. There Will Be No 1 Like Him Again. Thanks Great Reaction.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

wow! Stevie Wonder. 1. a blind man. 2. a black man 3. wrote most of his songs 4. played most instruments. 5. brilliant song writer. 6. 25 Grammys, the most by any solo artist 7. 1 Oscar 8. did I mention he was blind and black? 9. 23 studio albums, three soundtrack albums, Elvis 1. 3 Grammys 2. never wrote a song.

[@WhodatLucy]

Elvis was born extremely poor in Tupelo, Mississippi.. he had all kinds of friends that were born in the projects

[@willow0828]

When you get the opportunity. I suggest you react to a little mini documentary called Elvis & the Black Community. I’m at the age where I had the opportunity to see Elvis perform live. It touches my heart to see this younger generation experience Elvis. He always said that no one will remember him once he was gone. I am so happy that that’s not the case.

[@paulinetaylor2812]

This man was the greatest singer ever

[@toodlescae]

Elvis was born in a 2 room house his father borrowed $100 to build with no running water or electdicity in the black neighborhood in Tupelo, Mississippi. When they moved to public housing (in the ghetto) in Memphis, Tennessee when Elvis was 13/14 it was an improvement.

[@monasrum4321]

The 2 room shotgun house was built in the pore white neighbourhoods of east Tulepo. They lost that house when Elvis was 3 years old and they moved around a lot for years. They ended up living in black neighbourhoods for about two years after loosing another home when Elvis was 11 years old. For a while they lived in a run-down shack close to the black section Shake Rags, then they moved up to the Hill where they were one out of four white familys living in a black community. He became good friends with his black neighbour Sam Bell, who Baz Luhrmann luckily did a great interview with before Sam died.

[@toodlescae]

@@monasrum4321 Thanks for the correction. I saw part of that Sam Bell interview.

[@monasrum4321]

@@toodlescae It's a fascinating interview, Sam tells how Elvis would sit and listen to black men sing the blues and attend their church where he would go up and dance and sing to the gospel music. He absorbed everything and got a lot of his moves from growing up in white and black churches.

[@user-yy7wh4bz8l]

A reason Elvis was and always will be king.

[@clementchristophe515]

fantastic reaction!! the most beautiful voice of all time undoubtedly possible . Try suspicious minds , live in Vegas in 1970 , another facet of the greatest man of stage .have a good day

[@bryanrendleman2001]

Written by Mac Davis who grew.up in the Barrios of Lubbock, Texas next door to the ghetto. I'm a White ghetto child.

[@user-nx8pe6pc3h]

Story time Elvis played my hometown Lubbock Texas 5 time in a year in 1955. Opening for him was Buddy Holly and Bob Hardin. Buddy was a big star. Bob Hardin was a music executive. Carl Perkins(Blue Suede Shoes) and Johnny Cash also played. In the crowd were Waylon Jennings, Roy Orbison, and Mac Davis. Mac Davis wrote In the Ghetto. He also grew up poor. He wrote some major hits in the early 70s. There was a ton of musical talent at one of those shows.

[@KidBklyn]

MontWRLD.....Your reaction to In The Ghetto was truly heartfelt. Everything you said reflected the way Elvis sang it because he himself grew up dirt poor in the Ghetto. Again, beautiful reaction.

[@robbansa]

Great reaction, we want more Elvis.

[@karenstrong8887]

Elvis knows and he cared.

[@sharonnelson3713]

Just about every reactor has said the same thing that you said. The song is over 50 years old and the cycle continues on. I love Elvis, always have and always will. I know there have been suggestions to watch Elvis and the Black Community ( sorry if it’s not the correct title). A fun fact Whitney Houston’s mom was a back up singer for Elvis.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

for how long? and why did it take him so long to use any black artists?

[@sharonnelson3713]

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 I suggest you watch the documentary. He had black and white back up singers and you also need to keep in mind the context of the racism at that time. Because he worked with black artists, radio producers, etc he was called all kind of names including the “n” word. He was criticized by both blacks and whites but the majority of the general public absolutely loved and supported him. If you don’t know much about Elvis he is not only the king of rock and roll but a gospel singer. He believed and loved the Lord all his life. He had a concert scheduled i believe Houston or Austin and he was told to leave his “girls” (back up singers) behind and he told them he won’t come, he told them that they must be treated with utmost respect. There are many documentaries about Elvis and people who have worked with him being interviewed.

[@anitawright7169]

Love this song. Elvis was, is and always be The King. Love your reaction! ♥

[@tommypaint6734]

Elvis was for all people!! ❤️

[@ukdnbmarsh]

even back then Elvis was spittin facts, gotta keep thos families together, broken families lead to crime and disorder

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

what facts was he spittin? Bob?

[@thefloridian6072]

there were white projects back in Elvis's day. There wasn't room in the white projects, so his family was placed in the black projects.

[@belindalopes6774]

My mom has always been a fan of his. I was unimpressed getting the Suspicious Minds album for my 10th birthday. Fast forward 10 years and I added her vinyl albums to my vinyl collection.

[@hildagilbert2941]

Elvis had to fight Everyone just to record this Ballad. ❤

[@gperk4723]

Makes you want to cry. Elvis was spot on!!❤❤

[@MontWRLDtv]

Hell yeah he was this song was beautiful

[@lookingup82]

Elvis grew up in a ghetto with his mother,father (he had a twin brother who died at birth).

[@MaryJones-vo5nz]

He wanted people yo come together and fought all the way against segregation. He grew up in a poor black neighborhood in Mississippi. He was so poor, he didn't have an indoor bathroom till he was a teenager. Then when he became famous in 1956 he was shunned by white people as seen in the short doc "Elvis and the black community.". He was greatly influenced by black artists. And when he was 14 his parents moved to Memphis and he would go to Brake street and sit outside and listen to the black artists like BB King who later became his friend. If you didn't live in the 50's you do bond know how racist it was. People today have no concept of it, they had segregation laws you adhered to. Also Elvis was a generous humanitarian. See, " Elvis Presley King of Kindness. He loved Jesus and would do a gospel song right in the middle of a rock concert. You did a great reaction, I subbed

[@MontWRLDtv]

Warm welcomes!! 🤗❤️‍🔥

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

you say "He wanted people yo come together and fought all the way against segregation." your words not mine. tell me what Elvis did for civil rights. Be specific.

[@sarahtayloe957]

Written by Mac Davis, who also grew up in the ghetto in Lubbock, Texas.

[@shannonmcdougall478]

I saw Elvis at that exact same location. I was 10.

[@deborahdennehy9937]

It certainly was a very sad song from Elvis, yet singing about the truth in the Ghetto. Hard to believe he lived there once too. I have never lived there but to think of going through such a traumatic time really breaks my heart. How did Elvis manage to get through this trauma? It is hard to believe how famous he was, and managed to get away from there. God bless all the families in the ghetto.

[@justwondering5651]

The song was written for Elvis by Mac Davis, who had his own successful career as a country singer.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

ac wrote this for Elvis?

[@justwondering5651]

Well, I wasn't there at the time but that's what the internet research says.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@justwondering5651 the internet said he wrote it for Elvis?

[@georgejackson4426]

Elvis was born into abject poverty. When his mother finally got accepted into public housing it was an upgrade because before that he didn't have running water and wood flooring. I've never seen anyone speak on this but noticed that whenever Elvis sang this song he never danced or smiled.

[@cindynail6168]

This song always made me cry. I didn't grow up in the ghetto so I couldn't image how bad it was until Elvis sang this song!

[@jenniferwarhawk7301]

So many Elvis songs make me cry every time I hear them. This is one of them. I get goosebumps every time that man starts singing, I don't care what song it is. Too bad he died so young and now his only child and only grandson are dead too. What an extended family tragedy.

[@lange6542]

Thank god for Elvis ❤ What a great men

[@michellejackson6679]

Mac Davis wrote this song.. Elvis preformed and sang it amazingly because he grew up with it.. His Daddy went to Jail when he was 2 for writing bad checks.. trying to get food on the table during the Depression.. This is why Elvis grew up watching Black Churches.. Their own Baptist church had pretty much ostracized them.. not sure if I'm giving facts right now. I do know that Elvis got his soul from being in black Church.. and he never lost that soul

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

don't you think you should research things before you make statements like "not sure if I'm giving facts right"

[@reneevaz7848]

I am in my 60s now, but I still remember the exact moment when I heard that Elvis died. And I was just a young girl I was devastated.

[@sangfroideur]

One of the best story telling song with a sad message. It belongs up there with Gordon Lightfoot's "The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and George Jone's "He stoped loving her today"

[@alexblue6991]

My age 71yr old from Scotland I started school at the age of 5yr old I was a sickly child with asthma but this didn't stop the young lady teacher's would make me hold out my hands and hit me with a thick leather belt most days of the week sometimes up to 5 times at once this went on throughout my primary school life Alec from Scotland

[@reneestewart9425]

This was also written at the time that we were trying to make so much change in the world. And yes it's sad that we've only gotten as far as we have. I'm a white girl from Southern California. And every time I hear this it brings tears to my eyes. And I heard it when it was first released.

[@danielschartzer1396]

You really need to react to " ELVIS PRESLEY AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY The Echo Will Never Die " part 1 It's really worth watching very educational you know Elvis started back in the 50s when there was a lot going on back then and his own people if you will turned against Elvis but anyway check it out you'll come out of there with a total different perspective of Elvis and what he stood for Keep up the good work 👍🏻

[@patriciadawson4164]

This is my all time favourite Elvis song. He fought to sing this song, his Manager and Label thought it was to political. 2nd favourite is Teddy Bear. And Elvis was so 😍 to look at.

[@delilahmorrow4606]

I'VE Loved everything about Elvis for seveal years. He's the ine.

[@MontWRLDtv]

You have to love Elvis!!

[@pegatheetoo1437]

He wasn't really going to dance. He was learning karate at this point & was so into it that he liked to incorporate some of the moves into his performance.

[@TheLwaller09]

A lot of people assume that Elvis appropriated a culture and used a lot of the black singers influences he heard growing up, to get rich and famous and didn't care that he took things from black music and black performers of the time. In reality, which has been documented multiple times before and after he died, nothing was further from the truth. Elvis revered black music and performers but even he, as famous as he became, couldn't change the racism that radio stations wouldn't play black artists in the 50's and early 60's. So basically Elvis said, well screw it if they're not going to play these amazing black artists on radio or put them on TV, I'll do it and show them why they should. It took a white guy doing black inspired music and dancing to get the old white people that controlled music and TV to see just how popular and ready the world was for this type of music. Elvis never tried to "steal" anything from anyone and claim it was his own. He told people many times (controversially I might add) where his influences came from and where he learned to sing and dance like that. Little Richard and James Brown both said that they owe the level of fame they experience back then to Elvis because without him doing "black music" and creating a demand for more of it, they would have been relegated to "black only" radio stations, much smaller venues to perform, and only regional exposure and air play. Elvis didn't wanna steal stuff, he wanted the world to see the type of music he loved and grew up with, but the only way he could do it is to do the music himself so people would be like "uhhh yeah, we need a lot more of this". White America, who controlled everything, was much more receptive in the following years to Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Little Richard, James Brown etc getting national airplay and recognition...but they were never going to give those artists their due on their own until someone disrupted the industry and held it in front of their face and said "LOOK at what your missing out on". Someone that they would listen to and not dismiss had to show them that "black music" or "black entertainment" was just MUSIC. Was ENTERTAINMENT. For everyone. And in that vein and for that reason, Elvis was much more important and influential than Buddy Holly or The Beatles. Elvis's music helped finally poke a hole in one of the biggest racial glass ceilings in our country, music & entertainment. And this song is a great testament to that. How many other performers at the time were singing about and trying to draw attention to poor people (both black AND white, there's no race mentioned in the song) and their struggles in the ghettos all across America? The same ghettos middle/upper class white America was trying to pretend didn't exist at the time?? No one.

[@lsbill27]

He's singing this song in a Las Vegas club to an audience of white, rich people. He wanted to make sure that as many people as possible understand how life can be for some people.

[@parkiwi4787]

Sadly many who adored Elvis never got the message through his lyrics. Elvis was trying to convey a message, a message that is still over 50 years later ignored!

[@MontWRLDtv]

So sad 😢

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

did Elvis write this?

[@melissagerber7231]

​@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425Mac Davis

[@RubyGB]

I think an important part of breaking the cycle is what Elvis speaks of near the beginning after the first child is born about the child needing a helping hand or he'll grow up to be an angry young man, so what do we do? A helping hand is not just giving handouts to the mother, but ensuring all children have a good, quality basic education, college or skilled job training, providing moral guidance, and exposure to avenues of escape other than sports or criminal activities. I once heard actor Danny Trejo state that if had known he could make a living acting, he would never have spent a day in prison.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

if the song writer didn't write the song would Elvis be speaking about this? Think about your comment and then think about my question.

[@brendatesnow5492]

Yes. Elvis grew up dirt poor in the projects with blacks. He was very conscious of black race relations, and did many things to help. If 'I can Dream' was written for Elvis, as his reaction, after the death of Martin Luther King (in Memphis). He recorded it 2 months after King's death. He performed it as the finale on his '68 Comeback TV special. He didn't perform it at his concerts, because he didn't want it to loose it's significance.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@brendatesnow5492 BULLSHIT! He never sang it again because after he sang it he said he would never act in another movie or sing another song he did NOT! believe in and that is why he never sang it again, because Elvis did NOT! believe in the song.

[@davidharrison1523]

Elvis is one of those singers who are timeless. I became a big fan of his in my teenage years & I’m now in my seventies. Never wavered in my admiration of his incredible voice. Married a lady who is an even bigger fan of Elvis P. & it does our hearts good to see a new generation now beginning to listen to that magical voice. So many hideous lies have been told since his death in 1977, in an attempt to bring down an Icon who was a caring, kind-hearted, giving individual. Glad I have just come across your channel, because it makes both my wife & I so happy to see people reacting to Elvis, who thought he might be forgotten when he was gone. If you would like do a Reaction on a more light-hearted Elvis, Poke Salad Annie in his live 1970 Las Vegas concert, is a good one. Elvis first shot to stardom when he was 19, due not only to his wonderful voice, but to the fact that he danced as he sang, in a time when singers stood still. In this 1970 live performance of Poke Salad Annie, a more mature Elvis shows that he’s still got the moves & he has fun doing it.

[@lisawindbigler2737]

Just went to Graceland for the first time, so much more too him, I was blown away

[@sallybrown4947]

the Best there will ever be. Elvis-#1

[@danc4355]

Elvis could unite the us all if we all could be deeper with feelings as he was.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

tell me what Elvis did to try and unite people. give me an example.

[@danc4355]

Before asking a question like that please go and research the man in depth and listen to his music maybe then you will understand.@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425

[@AngelsnowNami]

I grew up in the "white' ghetto. When Elvis sings "and his hunger burns," I start crying. It is still happening :(

[@MontWRLDtv]

😔😔

[@cherivanhoover9663]

The second baby that is born is the son of the one who dies.

[@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor]

Its just the way he sings this song. We’re talking 10 years before anyone ever heard of the words “rap music”…. Yet he’s almost rapping’ or talking or dropping bars. He’s talking about real issues. And he would know because he grew up more poor than most people do in the ghetto today. How poor? He was born in a shotgun shack with no running water, and no electricity. So poor that his twin brother, who died at birth needed to be buried in a shoebox. So hunger and poverty was his childhood, and he was only one of four white families in a segregated black ghetto. So Elvis was one of the only entertainers they could touch on these issues. He’s really the only superstar that ever did during his era.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

wow! the $hit you spread is getting thick.

[@MrAlanfalk73]

This went to number 2 on billboard top 100, and number 1 on cashbox back in 1970. The same recording sessions that gave us "Suspisious minds" that went to number 1, and "Don't cry daddy" went to number 6. Also the two fantastic albums "From Elvis in memphis", and "Back in Memphis" two of his best albums. Elvis was on fire in 1969-70 ! Two years after he recorded "Burning love" that also went to number 2. Elvis had 18 number 1 hits in his lifetime and even got another number 1 single and album in 2002 with the remix of "a litte less conversation: and the album "30 number 1 hits" (30 because they also counted number 1 hits from the country charts).

[@Joshualuv13]

That song always makes me cry .. and I'm a white Australian, and I don't know how it is but we do have the original Australians the indigenous ppl and unfortunately similar similar cycles but without guns mostly.

[@neraksirrah]

Wanted you to know Mac Davis is the writer of In The Ghetto BUT it was ELVIS that added the haunting words "and his mama cried". Mac loved it, we did too and it became one of his biggest hits. BE SURE TO CHECK OUT SAME SONG SUNG BY ELVIS & HIS DAUGHTER LISA MARIE PRESLEY a tribute to her father & all thanks to advances in technology in piecing both voices together

[@user-mz4mr8zh3g]

Another Elvis song to give a try Elvis Presley ---His latest Flame

[@leonbarry5403]

4:15 Elvis is like the end product of movements of people's. Specifically Creole and Gaelic (Irish) When the two groups met along the Mississippi there was an explosion of creativity. Blues, rock and roll everything stems from the meetings of the two races. It's really interesting stuff and definitely worth a read.

[@1079walter]

Keep the father in the house. The story will change dramatically.

[@markmartin6365]

If mom doesn't need another hungry mouth to feed stop having babies. Abstinence or birth control .Seems simple to me?

[@WildlyEclectic]

This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it and I remember listening to it when I was a kid - I've heard it hundreds of times. Still, goosebumps every time.

[@willman9567]

Absolutely is still happening. I think Mac Davis wrote this song. Elvis did grow up in the black ghetto. His dad was in prison for awhile. He definitely knew what it was about.

[@laurencet6183]

Elvis est et restera pour toujours le king Ses interprétations sur scène étaient extraordinaires Il était unique ❤️ Merci de le faire découvrir à la nouvelle génération Kiss to France 🇨🇵

[@patriciadalton1454]

Elvis had Cherrechee in his back ancestry. HE WAS FENOMINAL.GOD BLESS HIM.

[@debbers]

This was my first time sitting in with you today and I want to thank you for allowing me to do that! I really enjoyed your reaction and the time I spent here with you so I subscribed and left a like for you while I was here!

[@debbers]

Thank you for the heart, I appreciate it very much!

[@dits791]

Please do a reaction of Elvis live in Hawaii 1973 singing American Trilogy , it's brilliant.

[@ruthanncrandall3978]

Elvis lived in Tupelo Mississippi then moved to Tennessee.

[@rebelstacker3671]

Another Great song by Elvis and in my opinion his most passionate is " If I Can Dream" from the "68 Come Back Special" My favorite other than his Gospel Music.