Otis Blackwell: I Taught Elvis Presley How to Sing

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[@brendaaguilera572]

This man deserves a lot more credit for making so many artists famous with his beautiful music, he is a genius

[@IthacaPegasus]

He’s in 3 hall of fames

[@markr8326]

He deserves credit for His songs NOT HIS SINGING like they to try to insinuate in this crappy video.

[@noelcruz2020]

@@brendaaguilera572 i agree

[@valmikiramani580]

Mr. Blackwell, you should be recognized in a big way for writing so many good songs.

[@IthacaPegasus]

Of course he is. He’s in three Hall of Fames!

[@markr8326]

He deserves credit for His songs NOT HIS SINGING like they to try to insinuate in this crappy video.

[@thebudsnorton8588]

Otis Blackwell is my great grandfather because my aunt is Ellen Blackwell his daughter

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

Stop lying.

[@thebudsnorton8588]

@@punkanelliefonkbush8811 no my aunt is ellen kelly she my grandma sister so im related to him

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

@@thebudsnorton8588 stop lying and go take all your meds

[@thebudsnorton8588]

all i can say is google it

[@moonchild1772]

@@thebudsnorton8588 We can find out who he is related to, but that won't prove that you're related to them.

[@camerondavis1149]

We should make a movie about him...the true king👑

[@sakhu8945]

Ill help invest in it.

[@Alfie-ft3bx]

Phs

[@markr8326]

​@@Alfie-ft3bx He deserves credit for His songs NOT HIS SINGING like they to try to insinuate in this crappy video. He can't sing like Presley ,not in the slightest. This is more Afrocentric wishful thinking.

[@highaltitude787]

More like assistant to the king

[@gingeroneal398]

@@highaltitude787Yeah really.

[@stephanePerras69]

I truly admire Mr Blackwell he was a superb songwritter a genius that's for sure but he din't taught Elvis how to sing that's for sure Elvis learned how to sing by himself and was influenced by black artists who he dearly loves but he never had a singing lesson in his life

[@gregpage117]

When Elvis received Teddy Bear, he wasn't sure how to sing it. He sent it to Otis, and Otis sent him the tape. I worked with him in the 80s, when we did the video for The Kings Not Dead. It's here on KZbin.

[@8610sarge]

@@gregpage117 that's not true, it was original backing singers who worked through it, one of them is on a video on KZbin explain what it was like working with elvis in the 50's. He goes on to tell the interviewer about Teddy bear, elvis hated it but once the backing group finished with it elvis felt better about it.

[@PlasticStrws]

He wasn't mad at Elvis because like hey it was his music being sang beautifully. I think he was proud of that.

[@Carling2001]

I'm mad. He didn't get paid.

[@geraldlewis5006]

Thanks Otis for Elvis Presley s best Don't be cruel record

[@markr8326]

Presley's "best" record was definitely 'Heartbreak Hotel' ,written by MAE AXTON. Moody. Sounded like nothing that came before it. Blues/Country/POP/Rock. Based off a true (suicide)newspaper story ,great piano solo from Floyd Cramer, Guitar solo from Scotty Moore. Musically interesting.Great vocal delivery. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYfUnKiEh715pq8

[@JDBDJB-e3y]

Don't Be Cruel was on the B-Side of the Hound Dog record. It was Hound Dog that got Don't Be Cruel noticed. lol.

[@simmiewilliams5970]

My grandfather told me Elvis singing style was created by singer he grew up with named Otis...I remember laughing at the name “Otis” because I thought he was joking.

[@johnnyrocker7495]

Elvis wasn't at all influenced by a mediocre voice like OB's. He WAS influenced by Roy Hamilton, Clyde McPhatter, Jake Hess, Mario Lanza, and Dean Martin, along with many others. Your grandad was pulling your leg :)

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

@@johnnyrocker7495 then why do I only hear Otis Blackwell's voice when Elvis sings and I hear none of the others that you mentioned. You're either deaf or delusional. Or likely both.

[@johnnyrocker7495]

@@punkanelliefonkbush8811 Keep taking the Deludanol. It's clearly working perfectly for you.

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

@@johnnyrocker7495 ha ha . GOTCHA!

[@bluemoon1960]

@@punkanelliefonkbush8811 at one of Elvis's concerts was a very famous singer by the name of Paul Simon. He watched him sing Paul's and Harte Garfunkel's song bridge over trouble water and after witnessesing the performance said why do we bother singing that was perfection. Elvis sang in a perfect baritone voice on the level of Mario Lanzer!!!!! One of Elvis's idols.

[@florabraswell-nm1re]

No where in any book , any video or Historical Americans that l have followed have l heard about Otis Blackwell teaching Elvis to sing 🎵 Elvis loved music ‘he studied it he may have listened to Otis but Elvis Presley taught him self to sing by his talented gift and love of all kinds of music, if you notice how his voice seemed to progress through the years ‘ he ate ,and breathed music constantly singing not because he had too but because he enjoyed it to pieces and had a ear for it he wanted to provide his fans and himself with almost perfection ! as he did with most anything acting’ football he gave a 💯 percent of himself 🙏❤️

[@IthacaPegasus]

Otis said he never met Elvis.

[@markr8326]

He deserves credit for His songs NOT HIS SINGING like they to try to insinuate in this crappy video. He can't sing like Presley ,not in the slightest. This is more Afrocentric wishful thinking.

[@p.russell5597]

I wonder why you never heard it🤫🤔🤔it bothers you that a Black man wrote Elvis' hit songs and Elvis copied his style🤣🤣🤣

[@CimarronHopper]

@p.russell5597 your a little bug steps on you

[@brooklynwilliams2419]

I miss my uncle Otis R.I.P

[@TerriBingham]

He was way ahead of his time for sure.

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

My condolences. Did he leave you any money honey?

[@georgepaciullo8260]

Great songwriter.

[@walterrankin6401]

Otis a great song writer he would send in the demos in elvis stile for him to listen to and hope he liked them and record them

[@Rock4UNow]

Like 100s of other demos sent to Elvis. Before he wrote it Elvis reached stardom to the point of where Otis wanted him to record his song.

[@atta1798]

@@Rock4UNow not really the man was a composer

[@Rock4UNow]

@@atta1798 then why would he say, he liked the arrangement they had and the fact that they never met because he didn't want to jinx it. That sounds like he needed the money/royalty rights checks. I'm a song writer and I would gladly have a big name like Elvis record my songs.

[@ryanmagdangal776]

Remember before it was called 'Rock & Roll" it was called colored music.

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

Yeah and parents of all those white teenagers were calling it N music. Saying it on television when asked about it by reporters. But thanks for acknowledging that. Some won't. Even Elvis acknowledges that. He never made the claim that he created rock n roll. But he certainly did more than anyone could have done to promote it and make it popular or more popular.

[@chicagomont]

Officially called race records

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

@@chicagomont right, they called it race records. Sick. America is as sick as a mangy dog with worms. And that's no exaggeration

[@landon0823]

It’s was called race music

[@isaumar-ve8hs]

I read that white America dubbed it Negro Music. Thanks White America! at least your vilification of the music genre gave credence to it original inventors, especially with the ongoing debates about its founding progenitors.

[@goldspout]

Got to meet Otis a few times in 1983. Played on a session he produced for Lester Chambers (Chambers Brothers) on a solo album of songs written by the late Albert Weisman. I played alto and bari sax. Then the recordings changed hands and Lester's vocal tracks were replaced by those of doo wop singing duo 'Johnnie and Joe.' (See song 'Double Dealing')

[@valritz3100]

Yesssss, That's how we do it !!!!! Give him he Do respect..

[@IthacaPegasus]

Otis's net worth at death was $1.5 million, in 2023 its now $5 million. He's in 3 hall of fames including the writers hall of fame.

[@dnotez1546]

Otis Blackwell & Roy Hamilton!!

[@IthacaPegasus]

Some say Elvis stole everything from Roy but before Roy it was Otis Blackwell that Elvis stole everything from. And before Otis it was Author 'Big Boy' Crudup. These 3 artists sound nothing alike yet Elvis is supposed to sound exactly like them. This is hysterical all these anti-Elvis groupies are totally confused.

[@eliasportillo2859]

Michael Jackson was right, they put Elvis on the covers but they never dedicated a book to Otis, the great dance pioneers were always black, but the music industry didn't seem to care, they resented seeing people of color on top.

[@werwergtgtg]

According to James Brown, Rufus Thomas sand BB King Elvis is legit and genuine.

[@IthacaPegasus]

What are you talking about? Otis only wrote 8 songs for Elvis. Elvis sang over 700.

[@geraldlewis5006]

1956 at his best friend and write er of Elvis Presley s best 1956 hit period Amen rest in peace you both in Heaven

[@sakhu8945]

That wasnt his friend.

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Now now kids...calm down and take a moment to listen to the music and appreciate the seriously cool music that got people Dancing .

[@joseadan13m]

Elvis may have used his songs, but no way Elvis “stole” his voice, that was a gift from god

[@gingeroneal398]

Bravo! You tell it! 1:28 1:31

[@isaumar-ve8hs]

Otis is an elderly man here, and his voice has changed. You should listen to the original demo from Otis which he did when he was younger. Elvis' version is almost a copy in sound and tone.

[@gingeroneal398]

@@isaumar-ve8hs Elvis had his own style with his first record, and he sang all types of music. He was one of a kind.

[@dekerivers5798]

Elvis had been singing professionally for almost 2 years when he recorded Don’t Be Cruel. Maybe Otis did what a lot of demo singers did? That is, record the demo the way they thought Elvis would sound like…

[@dekerivers5798]

Elvis‘ biggest hit was It’s Now Or Never.

[@JDBDJB-e3y]

Elvis made his first record in 1953. That was long before Otis came into the picture. Blue Moon of Kentucky and That's Alright Mama were the songs that put Elvis on the map. Be that as it may, Don't Be Cruel was on the B-Side of the Hound Dog record. It was Hound Dog that got Don't Be Cruel noticed. lol.

[@geraldlewis5006]

Amen and beautiful ❤️ well put and Merry Christmas Too All of you

[@user-kr9dg1wh5t]

Otis Was a great Songwriter...but definitely not a singer. Bless him...Elvis had the voice, The Look, The moves, The Style.. Elvis always gave credit to black musicians. He never copied anybody..just melted what he learned.

[@sungip]

Elvis had the skin tone, he stole his style, moves, sound, from black people. He was the "bad boy" but he was white so parents wouldn't be as upset with his poster on their daughter's wall vs James Brown.

[@sakhu8945]

I’m glad the truth is out. Micheal Jackson even had to tell us about this genius.

[@redbluebae4397]

The has always been out, u just look like a biased jealous black woman

[@dr.alexander7039]

And Ray Charles also saw through the BS.

[@geraldlewis5006]

Heaven on earth to All of you

[@songshineoriginalmusic]

Interesting that he has an all white band backing him up. This guy did a lot for music and needs more recognition. He gifted us with some real classics and Elvis owes his stardom to him in many ways.

[@peaceful671]

Otis wrote some good songs, Elvis made those songs better,it was a good relationship....

[@IthacaPegasus]

Elvis had big hits and a number one before he heard of Otis. Otis wrote 8 songs for Elvis in total. Elvis recorded over 700.

[@peaceful671]

Complete rubbish, Elvis owns his stardom to no one but himself,he was and always will be without equal ...cheers

[@gingeroneal398]

@@peaceful671Definitely.

[@254OOPS]

Genius song writer

[@acex8124]

HI KYLE! THIS IS MRS. ACE X. I AM THE LADY THAT WAS WORRIED ABOUT YOU THAT NIGHT THAT YOU HAD ASKED PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR YOU, WHEN YOU WERE STRANDED AFTER WORK. THANK YOU FOR TEXTING THAT YOU HAD GOTTEN YOUR BATTERY JUMPED, AND THAT YOU WERE O.K.. MY HUSBAND ALREADY KNEW OF OTIS. I DID NOT. HE DID NOT KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHAT YOU HAVE PRESENTED HERE. IT IS VERY EXCITING TO LEARN ABOUT HIM AND HIS REMARKABLE INFLUENCE ON ELVIS, AND I AM SO SURE HIS INFLUENCE ON OTHERS, AS WELL. I IMAGINE THAT THEY WILL BE JAMMING TOGETHER IN OUR ALMIGHTY GODS GREAT BEYOND. WHAT A COLABERATION! YOU ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AT THIS, KYLE. I NEVER KNEW ABOUT YOU OR YOUR CHANNEL UNTIL YOU ASKED FOR PRAYER. I CLICKED ON YOUR IMFORMATION AND GOT TO WATCH THE BAZ INTERVIEW WITH SAM BELL. I LOVED IT! I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE TO LOOK IT UP. MAY MANY BLESSINGS BE UPON YOU, HONEY.

[@floydthebarber9956]

Blackwell deserves all the credit in the world, but come on now. Presley sounded like Presley before Otis.

[@BriantNixon]

Lies. Elvis needed otis for a reason. Fame!

[@user-rr3yw9dn1l]

Elvis was famous before even recording one otis song.

[@matrix5000100]

@@BriantNixon Why do they write such nonsense and lies? What they write has never been written by Otis Blackwell and never by a black artist. But why do you write this lie? If you're not a fan of Elvis, that's okay. but you don't have to say lies about Elvis.

[@loveandloss635]

Might want to consider editing misleading video title. Nowhere in his interview does Otis say the words - "I taught Elvis to sing". But that's jus me. I'd be embarrassed to have misleading title on a video. It's one of the oldest myths in Rock & Roll history that Elvis learned to sing this way from Otis Blackwell. It's ridiculous and embarrassing for people that keep pushing that. Many of Elvis's recordings prior to him ever doing Otis Blackwell songs are evidence that he already had that swooping hiccuping, Blue Note in his voice, going back to nearly 2 years earlier. Most people that research this realize that. This is exactly why Otis says in this interview "either Elvis sounded like me or I sounded like him". Otis also said in another separate interview that he was told by others in the industry at that time in 1956 "about a new singer named Elvis that had a very similar voice to his". That's important. Otis was convinced he should push his songs Elvis's way, because "... it would not take much for me to alter my style to get Elvis to record my song since we already sounded similar", another quote from one of his many interviews. Key here is Otis admittedly acknowledged that Elvis naturally had a similar voice to his own. One of the reasons is because they both had similar musical backgrounds both of them influenced by Country, Gospel and Blues. Otis demos were a "vocal guide" (same as with any demos done for any singers). But in Elvis case, not so much that he needed someone like Otis Blackwell for him to learn to sing like that, lol. But rather they needed "each other" as Kindred Spirits (as Otis implied in yet another separate interview) because Otis wanted to get his music out there, and felt Elvis was naturally one of the perfect people talent-wise to "put the same feeling into the songs as I did". Folks need to research / read / pay better attention to his interviews. No excuse for ignorance. They're all out there for people to look up and read themselves. The whole "Otis taught Elvis to sing" culture over years is funny. Otis was fantastic Talent and great songwriter, but people get carried away, bordering on sounding silly. It's ignorance of music history and disrespect to not only Elvis, but to Otis to twist his words to imply something he never actually said.

[@mightybasedzao3057]

Even Quincy jones confirmed Otis taught him

[@loveandloss635]

@@mightybasedzao3057 uh Quincy Jones is not a credible source. He's a great legendary talented producer, but he's been known to talk a lot of s*** over the years. Meaning he ran his mouth in some interviews about stuff, but other people in the industry said Quincy got some things wrong, he wasn't always telling it accurate. He just told them the way he wanted to. When he brought up Elvis and Otis that was a prime example. Quincy completely made that up. Quincy's family members have said he's been showing signs of early dementia, (which would explain his silly inaccurate comments about Elvis and Otis in that interview last year). Otis himself said in many interviews he never even met Elvis. (Read that last sentence again. It's important) Otis couldn't have taught Elvis to sing since he admitted they never were even in the same room together. Quincy Jones doesn't speak for Otis. Otis spoke for himself. Otis never said the words "I taught Elvis how to sing". What he did say many times, including in this interview, is that he and Elvis had similar voices. That is true. He also said in another interview that before he even sent Elvis a demo, he had already been told about a new singer named Elvis that had a remarkably similar vocal style to his own. That's the whole reason Otis decided to start sending his songs to Elvis in the first place. Anyone that knows how to do basic research would know this. Going to have to do a lot better than using Quincy Jones as a source. As I already mentioned above, Otis spoke for himself pretty well. He said "Elvis and I had similar voices so he copied the demo close to my original Style", but Otis never said "I taught Elvis how to sing".

[@2charlesjr]

He did because Elvis mimicking Otis Blackwell

[@loveandloss635]

@ Willie Lee , gee that's interesting, because Otis himself said - "Elvis and I sounded alike. So it was really easy to write songs or do demos for him because I would try to sing them, like the way I thought he would sing them" ( - Otis Blackwell quote Source - Fayetteville North Carolina Observer Times newspaper 1989) "I always tried stay as close to that style that Elvis liked as I could when I made a demo, to give me the greatest chance of him wanting to record it". - Otis also said he was told by people at Shalimar Music and Hill & Range that Elvis was a new singer that had a naturally similar voice to Otis' so they convinced Otis he should start sending his demos to Elvis. (El Toro records interview 1979). ------------------------------ Sure sounds like Otis is admitting he would try to mimic Elvis' voice on the demo's. Especially since he acknowledged they both actually had similar voices. But keep pretending Otis never said this if you want.

[@jrockminerva2383]

u might wanna watch it again 😂

[@hatim4790]

He sounds nothing like elvis stop accusing elvis of stealing his style some say roy Hamilton some say fat domino some say little Richard others say dean martin or mario lanza where they all influenced him but none of em sound like him he had his own timbre and tone otherwise we would have seen dean martin singing tutti frutti and fat domino singing serenade opera.

[@marygbonhan]

True

[@welcometothemovie3623]

He copied his style. Two different people so obviously it wouldn’t be the exact same. Maybe Elvis had overall better vocals but that doesn’t change the fact that he copied the man’s style

[@brendathompson2378]

All artists mimic/dance/try to sing like others. Until they find their own space. You can hear Jackie Wilson's influence and see his dance influence in Elvis.

[@BakeTampa]

Otis need to be talked about more

[@sheldinduplessis1424]

Elvis stole literally everything from this man .

[@JDBDJB-e3y]

Oh BS! lol.

[@paulorlando5877]

bs

[@shawnmosley8412]

Ignorant comment!

[@lorrainejohnson7769]

Elvis admired, we could say Mr. Blackwell. Roy Hamilton,and Jackie Wilson too. To me you’re complimenting one another. Everyone borrows from everyone, only formulating your own feel. For instance Bruce Lee, added to and taken from other styles, and called it Jeet Kune Do. Michael Jackson, did the same. Everyone has a talent, no matter the venue. To me it’s Art. In my humble expression. Thank you.

[@rong805]

Very well said.

[@RafaelAlivtres]

Elvis already sang like that since 1954.

[@JDBDJB-e3y]

Exactly! Funny no one has these "so called" demos so we can listen to them. LOL.

[@robertb1508]

Hehehehe Hahahaha! Wow, I love this so much. As a musician, it would good to hear wear the songs came from.

[@professordick4868]

God bless Mr. Otis. God bless Elvis.

[@josephcrawford4038]

I just don't agree with the voice-over guy. Elvis doesn't sound anything like him. Blackwell didn't have that good of a voice and Elvis had a great one. Blackwell was primarily a songwriter and Elvis made Blackwell a lot of money by singing some of his songs. Many others sang his songs too.

[@werwergtgtg]

Agreed

[@harrypool71]

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[@jittboy1]

He didn’t teach Elvis any vocal he started writing for him in 1956 elvis earliest known recording is 1955 before meeting Elvis . Elvis already sounded that way. Now he wrote amazing songs for him. That’s it!

[@bradlogan4474]

Look up Roy Hamilton and you will see where Elvis got most of singing style from , not taking anything away from Elvis he helped to build the bridge of what at the time was called Race music over to main stream radio

[@bradlogan4474]

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[@fatcat1967]

But Otis he wrote for unknown elvis but pelvis listened to him n Roy Hamilton nice try..You're mad. Yt been stealing from black ppl n other races for years n claim it

[@werwergtgtg]

@@bradlogan4474 Roy was Elvis's hero and good friend. Elvis was influence by Roy after his comeback in 1968 and not before.

[@bradlogan4474]

@@fatcat1967 I like Elvis and wouldn’t say he stole POC music , it’s for everyone that why it t transcends many areas in our lives . Elvis was allowed because of his color to perform to white audiences what a POC wasn’t allowed to do and go on all the major airways , and yes he did a little of Otis but major role is Roy Hamilton

[@gingeroneal398]

I listened to a demo of Otis singing Don’t Be Cruel, and I can tell the difference between their voices. 5:51

[@BB-je8hm]

THE BEST!

[@GeraldLewis-gy5vk]

Equally as is in my prayers Otis Blackwell deserve a the best and Things I'll turn out for the best just have F.A.I.T.H in Jesus Christ cuz he's TV The Answer.

[@IthacaPegasus]

Otis’s net worth at death was $1.5 million, in 2023 its now $5 million. He’s in 3 hall of fames including the writers hall of fame. But he only wrote 8 songs for Elvis. Elvis had hits before he ever heard of Otis. Elvis sang over 700 songs

[@uthmaanpacsa7259]

Otis never met Elvis and he certainly never taught Elvis how to sing as Otis voice in no way sounded like Elvis's voice whatsoever. Elvis recorded songs before recording Ottis' songs and Elvis's singing and style has always been the same. Elvis himself said he sounds like no one! Ottis never gave Elvis Presley singing lessons as they never met in person. In fact Elvis was influenced by Dean Martin's singing style. It's obvious Ottis is not telling the truth as he knows Elvis was a better singer and had better range than him. No way on earth Ottis has the voice nor the talent to teach Elvis how to sing because Elvis was born gifted to sing like a King. Ottis singing voice on this video is proof he sounds nothing like Elvis otherwise if Elvis imitated Ottis' less than average singing it be evident in Elvis's voice and style thank God it wasn't. Ottis wasn't the only one that written hit songs for Elvis that produced a style of singing that Ottis never had in the first place because simply Ottis was not a brilliant singer and artist like Elvis the King Of Rock n Roll. Ottis was simply jealous of King Elvis period!

[@sakhu8945]

Sometimes I wish Otis didnt give anything to Elvis even though at the time he felt he had to. I just wish he didnt feel he had to. Wish he knew, like all of us, that white domination wouldnt last forever.

[@maggielucas8685]

Absolute bollocks. Elvis had a voice of his own, a style of his own and a charisma so huge it created a storm so massive that Elvis still influences 45 years after his death. Otis and Elvis do not sound alike at all!!!! 45 years Elvis has been dead and Otis still is'nt as big as Elvis and never will be.

[@DarkSkies72]

He wishes

[@harrypool71]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4vZn4RpaZ1lirc

[@NicolettaTrumpyBear]

I just love brethren . F the lizards who destroy EVERYTHING brotherly

[@rodneyLee336rlb]

thank you sir!!!

[@fredfells209]

Elvis no better than Milli Vanilli

[@werwergtgtg]

Bruh according to James Brown, Rufus Thomas and BB King, Elvis is legit and genuine.

[@JoyHarrison]

EP was a song thief and now vocal style thief!

[@IthacaPegasus]

@@JoyHarrison Stop smoking that crack! 😂

[@paulorlando5877]

this guy can't sing,Elvis could

[@fredfells209]

@@paulorlando5877 Yeah he wrote the hits and Jerry Lee Lewis's Great Balls of Fire. Most songwriters can't sing or have the looks

[@faithclark8661]

What a voice

[@paulorlando5877]

y'all gotta be kidding me,comparing a songwriter to the greatest singer that ever lived

[@GeraldLewis-gy5vk]

God is got his back in the here and now Someday

[@hollielee9649]

Elvis great grandma 😍 was Cherokee Indian 🌈 He was also Jewish American and he had European ancestry. Elvis voice was from God 🙏 Elvis was MULTI - TALENTED. Elvis who grew up dirt poor 😢 learned to play the guitar 🎸 bass 🎸 piano 🎹 accordion 🪗 ukelele and drums 🥁 Elvis was a very talented, natural but underappreciated music 🎵🎶 arranger/composer/producer, dancer 🩰 choreographer 🩰 and actor 🌈 who did. a lot of his own stunts in the thirty movies 🍿 he starred danced 🩰 and sang in. Elvis worked very hard and paid his dues. Elvis was A PROVIDER 🤑 for an army 🪖 of FREELOADERS 🆓💰 LIARS and Bloodsuckers for over twenty years. A physically ill 🤒 Elvis 😇❤️ who was in a lot of physical pain for a long time 😢 was worked to death 💀😰

[@atta1798]

Elvis voice stemmed from the black culture .....that simple...so your research

[@atta1798]

He was a white black man 😊

[@francisrankingarwun8359]

Elvis Presley was influenced by Roy Hamilton looked at his documentary Roy Hamilton History both Roy Hamilton and Elvis Presley 👏and also Otis Blackwell ❤😅😢

[@jackcarson6288]

Elvis already had a singing style way before he recorded any of Otis Blackwell songs just maybe Otis was imitating Elvis.

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

No he didn't. He was copying other black artists before he ever copied Otis. His own singing style? Yeah right. He had someone else's singing style.

[@johnnyrocker7495]

@@punkanelliefonkbush8811 You've a huge chip on your shoulder.

[@harrypool71]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4vZn4RpaZ1lirc

[@paigebigelow4420]

@@punkanelliefonkbush8811 Complete ignorance to claim Elvis had "someone else's singing style." It is a very small person who cannot recognize and celebrate talent in others. I don't see anyone on this string disrespecting Otis Blackwell's talent. It is only the ridiculous claim that Elvis owes his singing style to Otis Blackwell that is being disrespected, because it is a ludicrous claim.

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

@@paigebigelow4420 nope it's the truth. On KZbin, search Otis Blackwell on David letterman. The proof is in the pudding 🍮. And it's downright tasty 😋

[@paulinetaylor2812]

sorry dude, God taught my boy to sing and what better teacher could he have had.

[@analimatraducoes]

Vindo aqui depois de ter visto aquele discurso feito em 2001 pelo Michael Jackson falando sobre o legado incrível de Otis Blackwell.

[@petef7323]

This guy should have been a multi millionaire. Presley paid him $25 in advance per song!!

[@marleyking4208]

Black is power.

[@anunturipubli7997]

yet a great guy

[@edniceps299]

Increadble history

[@YogaBlissDance]

IF he sent sound demos then yeah Elvis patterned after him, and other artists-- its pretty striking. Did he pay him for the songs? IF so then I honestly think its inspiration, all musicians and visual artists too, do get inspired and copy, THEN you are to make it your own...and I think Elvis did that. Sadly because of rampant racism at that time- Otis couldn't have, and wasn't allowed to break through to a general audience. It was even enforced separation of races at shows... Even Elvis was pressured and called names to tone down his moves and music ....he toned down his appearances for TV and to break through. I would have liked to see Otis in his youth to see if he also had charisma as well as his vocal skill. Some black musicians were able to break through- including Little Richard, Tina Turner, BB King etc. and created change as times changed.... Rather than fighting about this now, why not insure that musicians and writers are paid fairly for their talents and given a chance regardless of race.

[@johnnyrocker7495]

Otis was a good songwriter. But a good singer? No, not so much. No shortage of great black songwriters broke through in the wake of Elvis popularising the genre. Otis would've made it if he had been good enough. Unfortunately, he wasn't. His talent lay elsewhere.

[@VelhaGuardaTricolor]

@@johnnyrocker7495 You manage to be both RACIST and IGNORANT, well I guess they are one and the same.

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

@@johnnyrocker7495 Elvis was a total thief. Get real

[@jpdude7274]

He was paid millions then he said he didn’t mind when the checks came rolling in

[@harrypool71]

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[@dfreephoto]

Elivis should’ve have paid Otis Millions!!!

[@IthacaPegasus]

Otis died with a net worth of 1.5 million

[@matrix5000100]

@dfreephoto: Don't you know what Otis Blackwell said? "Elvis Presley was the first to pay me well. Without Elvis I would still be poor today. Thank you Elvis"!

[@hollielee9649]

Elvis listened to opera/Mario Lanza, country, white 🤍 🐻‍❄️ gospel and black and gospel ballads white 🤍🐻‍❄️ crooners and various ballads. Elvis recorded over 750 songs. Only five 🕔 percent of the songs that Elvis covered was written by black 🐈‍⬛ songwriters. Elvis gave large ⭕ royalty checks 🤑 to the five 🕔 percent black 🐈‍⬛ songwriters. Elvis gave a lot of money 💰 to the five percent black 🐈‍⬛ songwriters. Two white 🤍🐻‍❄️ songwriters name Mike Stoller 😍 and Jerry Leiber 😊 wrote ✍️ plenty of songs for Elvis. Leiber and Stoller wrote the songs Hound Dogs, Jailhouse Rock 🪨 and a lot of rhythm 🪘 and blues 💙 songs. Other white 🤍🐻‍❄️ songwriters and singers name Mac Davis and Jerry Reed also wrote songs for Elvis. Elvis was MULTI - TALENTED He was A TRIPLE THREAT 🌈 Elvis grew up dirt poor 😢 Elvis learned to play the guitar 🎸 bass 🎸 accordion 🪗 piano 🎹 ukelele and drums 🥁 on his own. Elvis was a very talented but underappreciated actor 🌈 dancer 🩰 choreographer 🩰 and music 🎵🎶 arranger /composer/producer. Elvis was A GIVER 🤑 🏡🚙💵💰 TOWARDS SO MANY PEOPLE 😈🤩 OF VARIOUS ETHNICITY AND TOWARDS A LOT OF CHARITIES 🤑 Quit the lies 🤥 about a very giving 🤑 humble intelligent 🤓 funny sensitive very talented hardworking proud 🦚 private down to earth 🌍 very helpful 🆘 and compassionate human being who has been deceased since August 1977 /forty six years.

[@destroyeverything-_-479]

HALL OF FAMER

[@raywhite4146]

Exactly Don't be cruel there's only one way to sing that song . There's only one way to make that song come out the way it did is the way it was written. Alison the song similar to all of this but there were slight differences in the lyrics how they were performed. Elvis carried out the notes a lot longer

[@patcuvie]

The title is clickbait as Otis never says, or ever said, he "taught Elvis how to sing." Blackwell was a great song writer but he wouldn't, nor could he, ever make such a claim as Elvis was singing long before he recorded "Don't Be Cruel" and had hits before and after he recorded the song that weren't written by Blackwell. Elvis obviously liked Otis' style but in the 50s songwriters would often submit demos to artists in the artist's style to show them the possibilities of the song.

[@jamesdelgatto7963]

This is FALSE! I’ve listened to the Otis Blackwells original recording for the 3 songs he wrote for Elvis (Fever, All Shook Up, Don’t Be Cruel). THEY SOUND NOTHING LIKE ELVIS. They sound horrible! ** Additionally Elvis already released 7 songs long before Otis was involved and those songs are Heartbreak Hotel I Want You, I Need You, I Love You I Was the One Baby Let’s Play House You’re a Heartbreaker That’s All Right Blue Moon of Kentucky All these songs have the same ELVIS SIGNATURE SOUND! This guy is cap 🧢 and was promoting his own album 30 years later. Yall are so easily fooled

[@IthacaPegasus]

Very true

[@G.A-m1t]

Makes sense. But like most things, success is a collaborative effort. Hope he isn’t now broke though…it still with us. Looks like some substance might be involved in his life. Anyone know if he’s still with us?

[@RobertHeidel]

First of all Otis wrote great songs for Elvis! But Elvis was doing his music two years before otis did any song for Elvis . Otis did not write Teddy Bear Leiber& Stoller did and Elvis first two number hits Heartbreak Hotel & I Want you I Need You had nothing to do with Otis writing. And went Elvis did Don’t Be Cruel on his 3th appearance on Ed Sullivan Show Elvis saw Jackie Willson in Vegas and copy his way of singing it and said it’s much better than the way i recorded it ! These are the facts you can’t change facts!!

[@ProphetsOfRockTV]

It’s more important to examine why it didn’t work out. Why this black man wasn’t given the opportunity to release the songs himself, or given the same team and effort of promotion or marketing as Elvis or any other white artist. Racism, whether you like to acknowledge it or not, played a part. Elvis was famously sought after and signed by people who famously did not want a “coloured man”, but a white man who sounded “coloured”. We see this in todays music industry, black songwriters who aspire to release music themselves are continuously pigeonholed and held back as songwriters or backing vocalist, as they are encouraged to give their words and aesthetic to non-black artists, often without a single recognition or their permission. This is not up for debate. He may have been ok with it, he most likely didn’t have much - this was an opportunity. Not mad at Otis, but he and so many black artists are the true pioneers of rock and roll and they are not in the Rock and roll hall of fame. They do not have movies made after them, they are not mentioned in the documentaries, and most have died penniless while their white counterparts who they nurtured and to fame died wealthy.

[@johnnyrocker7495]

Blah blah blah. It's all about racism because EP hadn't the talent to make it without the help of the KKK blah blah blah blah blah. Reality check! Otis wasn't much of a singer. Good songwriter - Very average vocalist. Never a sex-symbol, not particularly charismatic, not exactly an endearing personality.... and the jury's out on his dance moves.

[@rockinbones8508]

Blackwell didn't have the voice or star quality to make it. That's it. He was a good songwriter, decent singer, average piano player. He wasnt going to be the next Clyde McPhatter or Billy Ward Nothing to do with Presley. By 1956 Elvis had already had his Rockabilly recordings on Sun, as well as national number 1 songs and a movie contract lined up. Presley could've sang Old McDonald and the teens would've made it a million seller.

[@Hiuuiiihhh]

@@rockinbones8508 But he only had those opportunities because he was white. And even then, there were many people who wanted Elvis in jail for “dancing like n***,” and that is a direct quote from my great grandma. If a white man who people were making a shit ton of money off had to go to war to clean up his image for “acting black,” you should be able to envision how impossible it was for actual black people to break into the music space. His music was not original, it was to white audiences, but he was not the inventor of this style of music. And you can look up Elvis saying that himself, a reporter once called him “the king of rock n roll” and Elvis said that he wasn’t the king, Fats Domino was the king in Elvis’s eyes. It is okay to love Elvis and his music, but ignoring the political climate at the time to justify that love is just wrong. Elvis became famous because he delivered black music to white audiences in a way that they could digest. He was only able to do it because he was a white man, not because he was original. What was actually original about Elvis was that he was the first white man to seek fame using music like that. He was not a racist man in the traditional sense, but he and his team did take a lot of advantage. He was a pioneer in the way that he was not afraid to show the world that he loved people of all colors, and that was frightening to many people. But just because he grew up with black people doesn’t make the injustices okay, there is inspiration and there is mimicry. Many of his songs were just that. Also, do not put down Otis Blackwell. Some of Elvis’s biggest hits were Otis’s. We would not know Elvis if it weren’t for black artists. You can deny it if that’s what you need, but you can literally look up who the writers and original artists behind his songs were. You cannot say Elvis was more famous because he was a better performer, when he wouldn’t have had anything to perform without black people paving the way. America owes a lot of credit to black people for pop culture, and Otis deserves credit too.

[@rockinbones8508]

@@Hiuuiiihhh I met Otis Blackwell. He gave me personal demos. Yes he was a great songwriter. Elvis was already a star and had hits before Otis wrote songs for him. That's not putting Otis down. Elvis wasn't put in te Army of jail. The movie is bending time a bit. He was threatened with arrest not for moving like a bla k man,but because he was doing sexual gyrations and thrusting his hips as if he was having sex. Elvis was doing burlesque type moves in front of teenagers. No one says Elvis invented Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll is many forms of music put together. Elvis style was a mix of RnB and country. It was called Rockabilly. There's no problem with a white kid singing anyway he wants. You have a problem with that? Elvis said he listened to Rhythm and Blues all the time in interviews. He said his influences, both black and white. He wasn't just a white kid doing black music so white people cam enjoy it. That's simple thinking. White people loved Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole etc . The problem is you couldn't be sexual. White adults didn't want Elvis anymore than they wanted Little Richard. Both were corrupting the youth and censored. Elvis was just a bigger star,and he sang in more styles than Richard or some other artists. He went into the movie in 56 anyway and the in the Army in 58 and didn't sing in public for over 10 years so it doesn't matter anyway.

[@rockinbones8508]

@@Hiuuiiihhh Elvis was famous because he became famous. The kids in the 50s chose him. He represented youth culture for them. James Dean was killed in a car accident in 55. Elvis became the symbol of teenage rebellion. Of course, his skin color gave him opportunities, but that's the whole thing. In 55 it HAD to be a white kid to break down the door. You can't go back now in 2022 and cancel him for the time he lived in. He was ahead of his time. Chuck Berry also mixed white country and blues and got popular. Both helped integration. If Elvis had been just a white guy copying RnB he would be Pat Boone. His charisma, attitude, and upbringing made him genuine. He didn't ask to be a spokesperson for integration anymore than. Chuck Berry did. They both simply wanted to entertain and perform.

[@MarkRogersVOCFB]

Great songwriter. Did not influence Elvis' singing style. This is a bunch of trash.

[@samdaniels2061]

Do your own research because it's factual

[@johnnyrocker7495]

@@samdaniels2061 No it's trash.

[@werwergtgtg]

@@johnnyrocker7495 Not according to James Brown who knew Elvis and know him well enough to call him his Soul Brother.

[@Eddie-hv4yq]

I agree, great songwriter, but it sounds like he is just doing a bad Elvis impersonation. Plus, he wasn't there when Elvis sang: "That's All Right", "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Heart Break Hotel", and "I Want You", I Need You I Love You" to name a few. There is no denying Elvis was influenced by black music and entertainers that came before him, but they make it sound like without Otis Blackwell, there would be no Elvis which is absolutely ridiculous. I don't want to belabor it, but maybe he didn't make it big because he doesn't have a great singing voice. He is definitely no Sam Cooke, James Brown or Marvin Gaye by ANY stretch of the imagination.

[@werwergtgtg]

@@Eddie-hv4yq Very true

[@Melchizadeckk]

The vocals sound similar. But Elvis had the charisma, the look, the dance, the early rebel vibe like James Dean. It was a combination of things Elvis had that propelled him.

[@Bigbari100]

He was white that was the key factor in a very racist America

[@ceceree]

Yes, the theft of black culture by vultures propelled many imitators on to fame fortune fake american 🇺🇸 history.

[@corysimmons455]

total b.s

[@Dragon8-g2r]

yes ...Otis wrote the song as demo.... mmmm but as for teaching Elvis to sing..... many songs ELVIS covered he sang the same as others but made it his own.... his own sound charisma.... as Elvis could really sing ... a natural talent... you could not teach Elvis how to sing.....listen to If I can Dream..

[@Elvis-guy1973]

Ha! Ha! I've heard it all now! He's embarrassing himself!

[@arresteddevelopment2158]

God Almighty. He did all this work and yet he died penniless and largely unrecognised. But the white man who sang those songs has been practically elevated to the status of a deity over the last 50+ years. Hope you got your flowers and comfort on the other side.

[@IthacaPegasus]

That’s a myth. Otis died with a net worth of $1.5 million. He only wrote 8 songs for Elvis. Elvis sang nearly 700 songs. Most of Elvis’s song writers were white. Otis is in the Country and Rock n Roll Hall of Fames.

[@ikewp901]

Nonsense, Otis wrote 8 songs that Elvis sang, and 5 he had a deal to write specifically for Elvis movies. Elvis made him rich and gave him recognition as a great songwriter. In the racial climate of the 50s, if Otis had not had the good fortune to write for Elvis, no one would know who he was today. Elvis was an amazing vocalist, interpreter, and performer.

[@IthacaPegasus]

@@ikewp901 Agreed

[@GeraldLewis-gy5vk]

The answer I met

[@qministry]

A band that lasted about couple of years was called "Stones". A cement side walk at Great Neck NY was engraved; and the band members spread out after that. It is complicated. Blood tests, finger prints and carbon dating should be done across all people and the works in question from historic times. What if he was his son, when he was Kma, for example? What if he told Kma as a young man he is "all shook up" and a song was written for him to remind them of their father-son relationship? What if..

[@cooter-of7ej]

otis did not teach elvisand elvis first hit was in 1954 he already had his style

[@matrix5000100]

Elvis recorded over 800 songs. Only 5% were written by black songwriters. I can never understand how people always come up with the nonsense that Elvis Presley supposedly stole black music. No black artist has ever said that. why do you keep repeating this lie? By the way, Elvis' first style of music was country music (white music).

[@wilmomo9853]

@@matrix5000100 Sorry to say Country music is a black music.

[@matrix5000100]

@@wilmomo9853 Where did you get this nonsense from? I'm hearing that for the first time. Cuntry music origins come from Great Britain and Ireland. They were immigrants from Europe.

[@hollielee9649]

ELVIS 😇❤️ GREAT GRANDMA 💕💟 was CHEROKEE AMERICAN INDIAN 🌈

[@Elvis-guy1973]

And as a side note "Its now or never" was Elvis' biggest hit not written by Blackwell!

[@bradlogan4474]

Can’t help falling in love , was his biggest hit !

[@Elvis-guy1973]

@@bradlogan4474 No, I have no idea where you heard that, but you are wrong.

[@JoyHarrison]

Don't be Cruel, and All Shook Up skyrocketed EP's career. Both were written by Otis Blackwell.

[@Elvis-guy1973]

@Joy Harrison Elvis Presley was already a huge and controversial star before "All Shook Up" & "Don't be Cruel". You really should do your homework before you make these kind of comments. Elvis Presley's first million seller and No 1 was "Heartbreak Hotel" , this was written by Durden/Axton in 1956. This was performed three times on national TV networks. Also "Hound Dog" was written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller and also sold a million records and was performed on the Milton Berle show. His performance of HD made him a hero to some and the devil incarnate to others, this performance made him world famous before "All Shook Up" & "Don't be Cruel" ever came into existence. And let's get something straight, Elvis Presley never even met Blackwell, who by the way before Presley hit the big time in 56) was a little known singer song writer. He couldn't hack it as a singer, so he began proffering his songs to Hill & Range the publishing company that handled songs for Elvis Presley. So as the title of this video suggests that Blackwell taught Elvis Presley to sing, it's absolutely ludicrous!😂

[@JoyHarrison]

@@Elvis-guy1973 EP copied various black artists including Blackwell. EP sang those 2 particular songs the exact way Blackwell sang them on his demos that were given to EP. The argument is not about EP having a career before Blackwell's songs. The claim here is that EP imitated Blackwell's singing the moment he got his demos. It's okay for you and others to admire EP as he's an icon. However, it's not okay to deny that black artists provided the blueprints for EP's R&R career.

[@valvacious2793]

With Elvis, it was about "APPRECIATION" not "appropriation" because he grew up in black communities, went to black churches and was immersed in black music from an early age 1. He ended up singing the kind of music he loved and respected. 2. This is how the music business works. When an artist releases a song written by another songwriter, the songwriter is listed on the record and gets PAID by the record company. 3. Elvis did covers of black songs and did songs written by black songwriters. However, some of the companies did not pay the songwriters. That is their fault not Elvis the singer. In 1954, when a young Elvis Presley recorded Arthur Crudup’s “That’s All Right”, Crudup again received national recognition, but still was not receiving royalties. Eventually, Presley would record three of Crudup’s songs; “That’s All Right”, “My Baby Left Me” and “So Glad You’re mine”. 4. The story of “The Father of Rock n Roll”; Arthur Big Boy Crudup is the king of those stories. www.linkedin.com/pulse/father-rock-n-roll-collects-royalties-after-decades-brian-lukasavitz/

[@JoyHarrison]

It can be seen as "misappropriation " when you strong-arm songwriters to give you half the credits for songs you didn't write at all. Elvis/Parker did that to Blackwell. Dolly Parton shared how they tried to do it to her when Elvis wanted to sing, I'll always love you. She stood her grounds and he didn't get to sing it.

[@deebrown1073]

He did do the covers and the music that he sang was from black artist, sounds like you are saying he paid homage to them. The bigger issue is that he did not compensate them fairly nor give them their proper credit. I have never heard Elvis doing anything of substance for any black artist he hijacked

[@valvacious2793]

@@deebrown1073 - I was not born in this era and only know what I have read from black artists that knew him. 1. James Brown, Little Richard, BB King, Fats Domino, CC Houston, and Mohammed Ali only had positive things to say about their relationship with Elvis. Little Richard, one of the pioneer's of Rock and Roll paid homage to Elvis, when he stated: If anything, Presley helped shine a light on black artists and helped give their songs wider exposure. Little Richard acknowledged: “By Elvis singing it [Tutti Frutti], he really made it bigger and made me bigger.” “He was an integrator,” Little Richard explained. “Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn’t let black music through. He opened the door for black music.” Muhammad Ali. - “Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.” CC Houston of back up singers The Sweet Inspirations - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3yldphjo8l1qpI 2. Once again, it is the responsibility of the record company, not the artist, to pay for royalties when a cover is made. Arthur Big Boy Crudup is the king of those rip-off stories. www.linkedin.com/pulse/father-rock-n-roll-collects-royalties-after-decades-brian-lukasavitz/ 3. Anyone who personally knew Elvis would tell you that he was not a racist. Presley’s maid from 1963 to 1977, Mary Jenkins, shared a conversation with Jet magazine in 1986 she had with Presley. Elvis told Mary in the mid-1960s that he was still very upset about the rumor about him started in the 1950s that claimed he said, “the only thing a black person could do for him was shine his shoes.” Elvis told Jenkins, “I couldn’t have said it if I wanted to. If it wasn’t for black people and the Lord, I wouldn’t be living today. I would have starved in Mississippi.” 4. Elvis’s interview with Jet‘s Louie Robinson. “A lot of people seem to think I started this business, but rock ‘n’ roll was here a long time before I came along,” “Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let’s face it: I can’t sing it like Fats Domino can. I know that. But I always liked that kind of music. I used to go to the colored churches when I was a kid - like Rev. Brewster’s church (Rev. W. Herbert Brewster of East Trigg Ave. Baptist Church in Memphis).” 5. “I don’t think he [Elvis] ripped ’em off,” B.B. King said. “I think once something has been exposed, anyone can add or take from it if they like. He was just so great, so popular, and so hot - and so anything that he played became a hit. To me, they didn’t make a mistake when they called him The King.” "I hate being called the king of rock and roll. I consider my friend Fats Domino to be the king of rock and roll." -Elvis Presley in 1969

[@valvacious2793]

@@deebrown1073 - I was not born in this era and only know what I have read from black artists that knew him. 1. James Brown, Little Richard, BB King, Fats Domino, Cissy Houston, and Mohammed Ali only had positive things to say about their relationship with Elvis. Little Richard, one of the pioneer's of Rock and Roll paid homage to Elvis, when he stated: If anything, Presley helped shine a light on black artists and helped give their songs wider exposure. Little Richard acknowledged: “By Elvis singing it [Tutti Frutti], he really made it bigger and made me bigger.” “He was an integrator,” Little Richard explained. “Elvis was a blessing. They wouldn’t let black music through. He opened the door for black music.” Muhammad Ali. - “Elvis Presley was the sweetest, most humble and nicest man you'd want to know.” Cissy Houston of back up singers , "The Sweet Inspirations" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3yldphjo8l1qpI 2. Once again, it is the responsibility of the record company, not the artist, to pay for royalties when a cover is made. Arthur Big Boy Crudup is the king of those rip-off stories. www.linkedin.com/pulse/father-rock-n-roll-collects-royalties-after-decades-brian-lukasavitz/ 3. Anyone who personally knew Elvis would tell you that he was not a racist. Presley’s maid from 1963 to 1977, Mary Jenkins, shared a conversation with Jet magazine in 1986 she had with Presley. Elvis told Mary in the mid-1960s that he was still very upset about the rumor about him started in the 1950s that claimed he said, “the only thing a black person could do for him was shine his shoes.” Elvis told Jenkins, “I couldn’t have said it if I wanted to. If it wasn’t for black people and the Lord, I wouldn’t be living today. I would have starved in Mississippi.” 4. Elvis’s interview with Jet‘s Louie Robinson. “A lot of people seem to think I started this business, but rock ‘n’ roll was here a long time before I came along,” “Nobody can sing that kind of music like colored people. Let’s face it: I can’t sing it like Fats Domino can. I know that. But I always liked that kind of music. I used to go to the colored churches when I was a kid - like Rev. Brewster’s church (Rev. W. Herbert Brewster of East Trigg Ave. Baptist Church in Memphis).” 5. “I don’t think he [Elvis] ripped ’em off,” B.B. King said. “I think once something has been exposed, anyone can add or take from it if they like. He was just so great, so popular, and so hot - and so anything that he played became a hit. To me, they didn’t make a mistake when they called him The King.” "I hate being called the king of rock and roll. I consider my friend Fats Domino to be the king of rock and roll." -Elvis Presley in 1969

[@NicolettaTrumpyBear]

I LOVE U OTIS & ELVIS u men r my heart

[@sammersalahofficial2789]

The Rolling Stones got their name from muddy waters song not from Otis song

[@raywhite4146]

Even return to center doesn't sound nothing like I was fairly version. Presley kick ass on return to sender All shook up and don't be cruel. Otis was a great writer don't get me wrong there but his voice can't even come close to Elvis

[@marisolgonzales5746]

Hope he got his credit for them. Like old Willie the bum

[@rockandroll8227]

Otis gave Elvis his “style”. Including the hiccups, etc Through the demos. That’s right all you haterz. Otis indirectly taught Elvis how to sing Goddammit. That’s right. 💪👊💥🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@loveandloss635]

Really? He gave Elvis his style huh? Hmmm, Interesting, because by May of 1956 Elvis was not only a national top-selling star in America, but also an International one. His records were popular & exploding across the ocean on European shores. So, he sure was doing good for himself ..... (*Considering Otis didn't even come along to give him his "style" until 2 months later in July 1956* .... after Elvis had already made his mark). Oh and also Elvis already had those hiccups & vocals in many of his early recordings at Sun Records long before Otis. Researched musicologists have made note of this decades ago. Sorry, he didn't indirectly teach Elvis how to sing. It's odd that when people get on the discussion of Otis Blackwell they sometimes seem to completely ignore the fact he already was singing like that. The people at Shalimar Records and Hill & Range told Otis about this. That's THE WHOLE REASON OTIS started to send his demo to Elvis in the first place. They convinced Otis since he and Elvis had such a similar style, that if Elvis heard some of his demos and decided to record his songs they BOTH would make a lot of money. And as it turned out Otis himself said it happened just like they predicted. By 1957 Otis had $100,000 in royalty payments. (And that was just the first check). But anyway, I know for some of you folks out there when you get on the subject of Otis Blackwell and Elvis, there's a desperate need to believe "Elvis didn't know how to sing like that at all until Otis came along", but honestly it's bad history and just not factual. Gonna have to do better.

[@redbluebae4397]

Indirectly? What a reaching that you’re literally use a word to describe exactly that

[@jackcarson6288]

Elvis already had the so called hiccups down Baby Lets Play House 1955 check it out way before he recorded songs from Otis maybe he was imitating Elvis.

[@punkanelliefonkbush8811]

@@jackcarson6288 Elvis had been copying hiccups and everything else from black artists, he knew that he wasn't authentic and would be the first to admit it

[@jackcarson6288]

@@punkanelliefonkbush8811 Not copying but influenced yes.

[@Rock4UNow]

🧐 How did he teach Elvis how to sing ?🙄 They have the same range. Did Otis write Good Rockin Tonight?? You don't think Otis might have heard that before he wrote "Don't Be Cruel"?

[@billf9847]

Wow

[@markmanning2451]

I don't think I can make it to those performances!😂

[@7DMEDIA1]

Wow, !! As a black American im embarrassed to say I never knew about mr Blackwell.. Elvis copied it to a T.. even the fluttering in his voice.

[@Bryman5000]

As a white American I’m embarrassed that I love Elvis so much when he’s only the diet version of his songs

[@soulman7429]

Well not entirely. Elvis had that flutter in his voice years before he heard Otis. We can hear it in his earlier recordings.

[@optimaldefiance4605]

No need to be embarrassed y'all it's unfortunate we missed out on it As a Mexican just be happy keep jamming and teach the young children about this music

[@johnnyrocker7495]

Otis was a mediocre singer. No one in their right mind would copy his voice.

[@MonteLeeMyPOV]

IF you do your research on the Sun recordings, you'll hear Elvis always sang like that. Thats why Sam Phillips signed him in 55. Long before otis.. Dont let a 7 minute video change 75 years of history.

[@davidharrison3399]

I think this is a little incorrect concerning Elvis and Rolling Stones got their name from a Muddy Waters song .

[@megilacuttyjones735]

I believe he did teach Elvis. And he also said he made ALOT OF MONEY off Elvis singing the songs that he wrote. Its the same in 2024...u have Excellent performers who sre extremely popular that people write music for so they can sing and bring the songs to a bigger audience... U still have the artists who do both but those are the taylor swifts etc who make the most money. Elvis Presley was able to bring the songs Otis wrote to an audience if teenagers that he never would have been able to capture. Its the truth...and its because Elvis performs extremely great AND looks like a gotdamm angel face when he was young. To those who are negative about Elvis....dont be so crazy as to think otis music was stolen or any of that BS thats been spread. Otis himself said he got RICH off of writing for Elvis. They were friends. Elvis didnt steal anything. They both had a vision for Elvis and created something extraordinary. Otis made a ton of money and he was happy about it.... atleast those were his words. Eminem wrote ALOT of dr dres best album (imo) chronic 2001 and nobody really gives eminem the credit because dre performs it so well...its his verses . .he bought them from eminem and in turn dre made Eminem famous ...a little like otis and elvis. They really did help each other..from what ive been able to gather...idk because i wasnt born in that era at all so my opinions are based off what ive read about. And my opinion supports both artists...not one over the other... I definitely give Otis credit for creating some of the most iconic music to hit this world...and i give Elvis credit for his iconic performances of those songs

[@joeysanguine3596]

Roy Hamilton taught Elvis how to sing

[@raywhite4146]

No he didn't Elvis Presley's voiced is 10 times better than this version. Elvis Presley has a three octave voice. Let the to sing together like in a competition the same song Elvis woodsmoke Otis. So this guy you don't know what you're talkin about bro

[@darlenecomp7363]

Otis sang this song well..but, Elvis sang the songs much better!❤😊

[@paulorlando5877]

O please

[@philipkelly3756]

Don't COMPARE But COMMEND