Elvis Presley - Shake Rattle & Roll/Flip flop & Fly 1st TV appearance Good Quality

[cbbatista]

20 years old here :)

[michaeljustussvcc]

iam gonna shake rattle and roll your mom!

[rbain1865]

Thanks to You Tube we can still relive these great performances ty for posting this!

[ClintReno90]

I love this performance!! Great upload!

[marcudobenny2]

@ClintReno90 thanks for your nice comment

[xooXScaRFaceXoox]

classic ;D!

[vp81955]

Great stuff -- have never heard "Shake, Rattle & Roll" and "Flip, Flop & Fly" done as a medley (though it makes plenty of sense -- both were popularized by Joe Turner, and the latter is essentially a reworking of the former), and Presley does it seamlessly. This was still a transitional time for him; he had just cut his first record for RCA, "Heartbreak Hotel"/"I Was The One," and he still has more of a Sun records sound about him, not the pop feel RCA producers would encourage.

[elamite66]

@vp81955 by the way the RCA executives had a fit that Elvis didn't perform "Heartbreak Hotle" or "I was the One"

[margondine]

Actually it was Elvis who used Jackie Wislon's moves, rather than the other way around. Artrists always feed from each other's creativity. Jackie and Elvis were friends and had great respect for each other.

Watch Elvis singing Return to Sender: Jackie Wilson was on the film set that day and Elvis deliberately moved like him as a bit of a joke between them and for fun. You'll see the performance in a new light.

[margondine]

Thanks for this great video.

Much appreciated.

[margondine]

I don't understand the negative comments re Elvis.

This guy shook up the whole world of music and not only music.

Anyone who can't get that and respect the man is only showing their own ignorance re music and cuture.

But hey, it's easy making smartass comments from behind a monitor right, kids? And you'll never have a fraction of the talent or charisma that this man had.

[OmarGudmunds]

@margondine you're so right..and to y'all haters..if it hadn't been for him you wouldn't be listening to your favourite artists..

[margondine]

Elvis, one and only.

Best

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[margondine]

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[AaronBuzzer]

Elvis ate the United States before the United States ate him. Bono's words

[AaronBuzzer]

back in those days when the king of rock wasn't yet fat

[willpn100]

july/2011. Happy Birthday to the man that started it all. Many happy returns of the day Bill Haley. "Shake Rattle and Roll", became the first international rock and roll hit in 1954 reached #7 on Billboard.

[beenkenbarbara]

hier gaat het over... my god!!! Elvis is the one!!!!



[wovokanarchy]

@beenkenbarbara Didn't he die with his pants around his ankles on the toilet? And wasn't he over 300 pounds addicted to pills?

[acerflots]

do i notice a bit of a shock in the audience :P ?

[GlenQuagmireful]

Great beyond imagination...nothing has ever compared to him even remotely.

[freedencevia]

wonderful quality, thankssss muchhh!!!!

-freedencevia

[TheFunkhouser]

After watch Big Joe Turner do the same song theres still something missing here,, in this day and age, I guess back then a white guy doing that was cool but ib retrospect Joe still did it so much better... the Black rhythm n blues were just so much more unreserved, their bass, the whole outfit .. hard to explain. ...

[GlenQuagmireful]

@TheFunkhouser "Still something missing"? Good lord, this was the dawning of the modern world captured in the clip. A revolutionary artist the likes of which this country has never seen before or since. "Hard to explain"? Not at all, what you are trying to explain is the past, some antecedent.

[TheFunkhouser]

@GlenQuagmireful God you missed my point like a Mack Truck!! Nevermind *rollseyes

[GlenQuagmireful]

@TheFunkhouser I think because the point is "pointless" and without merit

[dignankumar]

Awesome. You can see the raw energy. He couldn't be contained, like a wild animal. No stage performer (other than James Brown!) has ever come close.

[margondine]

@dignankumar

Ever heard of Jackie Wilson? He was pretty good too. And also a friend of Elvis.

[dignankumar]

@margondine Yes and Jackie admitted that he took his stage moves from Elvis.

[angelprahl1]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaryWr1124]

thank you. I never saw this. thank you so much.

[sipuracku121]

2:15 ... yes he had

[Leroyfis]

omg, this is awesome too :)

he comes in with a dignity and pride, that noone can take away from him.

does his thing, and goes with the same attitude:)