Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me

[TrueLight55]

His brilliance is unspeakable. No words for it. It's a greatness beyond explanation. I think Phil Spector said it best for me: "You have no idea how great he is. you really don't. It's just impossible." Sammy Davis tried: "On a scale of one to ten I give Elvis an eleven." And Robert Plant: "All we knew about Elvis was he sang like a motherfucker and that's all that mattered" or Ian Gillian "when I heard the voice of EP--you knew it was coming from the source". We keep trying but can't express.

[essessessesq]

masterful guitar by Scotty Moore here...

[thomascow1]

.*****Thumbs up

[McCoYiSaWsOmE101]

.. i swear i clicked the wrong video. it sounds just like That's Alright Mama!

[FabFM]

@McCoYiSaWsOmE101 Yes. Both songs were written by Arthur Crudup!

[bettyboob486]

the original "Baby Lets Play House" on sun records was his

best ever on Sun recordings

[FabFM]

@bettyboob486 His best sun recording was not issued untill he moved to RCA, "Trying to get to you" was the best early Elvis number IMO.

[Gio1776]

Look That's alright mama? isn't me

Love it!!!

[JAARNO88]

this is totaly different from the crudup version, how can anyone be so blind as to not recognise the fresh approach these guys had, and the energy that still comes off this recording?

[mshollydolly2013]

these pictures are great!

[75619630]

Absolute Gem.....KING at hes best.

[jpjames1]

bill haley was the 1st but elvis took it to a wider audience

[TheDJGrandPa]

@jpjames1 I dunno... Bill sold 25 million copies of "Rock Around the Clock", that'a a record (no pun intended) to this very day, but yeah, I believe you're still right.

[sask523]

got a boner from this song

[sonicsteev]

oh yea!

[willpn100]

Arthur Crudup´s intro was used by Elvis musicians. No innovations was brought!

[xTHExLONEWOLFxM4]

this is pretty much Milk Cow Blues just with different words lol but still I LOVE ELVIS!!! best singer that ever will be

[JMRepaye1]

Hey it's Elvis.....can't be much better than this for this genre.....

[blueyisblue1]

If a better version exists, i'm yet to hear it.....

Elvis OWNS this great tune, owns it in the sense he sounds like he's in pain...

[chadcy75]

Bill may have been first, but Elvis was still the King.

[willpn100]

Bill Haley is known the world over as the Father of Rock ’n’ Roll/Rockabilly. Haley was the first white artist to combine elements of rhythm & blues, western swing, and hillbilly music to produce the upbeat, danceable, and infectious sound known today as rock ’n’ roll/rockabilly.

[Snake7X7]

he nerver will die

[sunrecords56]

Wearin' Blue Stones

[spalmerism]

This kinda exactly has the same like sound as thats alright mama lol

[sharkunalin]

@spalmerism that's because they're both covers of arthur crudup songs

[Galoport]

This is one of the ultimates Rock Performances. Elvis is The KING. This music is Rock Heavan!

[Port20dude]

That's Faron Young in the white shirt @ 1:12, isn't it?

[eyefreesia]

that lovely sexy tummy:P

<3 the king

[1emminem]

why would you leave elvis!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eldorado62]

A fantastic sound! America produced some truly great music back then. Elvis' vocals backed by the great guitar licks from Scotty Moore was a hard combination to beat.

[plwblj]

mighty bo young on youtube Baby lets play HOUSE:

Bo With You 1.4.11 "Speak Up Jam"

[geckman2022]

The original was by Arthur Crudup a Blues musician... Recorded in the 40's. That's why Elvis is not the king. If this song is why he is the king, then the original artist must have been even better.

[myluv4elvis]

@geckman2022 You know... every artist is influenced by someone. Most people consider it the highest form of flattery. Elvis was not a songwriter but he was the best singer/interpreter of music ever. That is why he is The King. Elvis was very humble and never called himself The King. That title was bestowed on him first by the press because of his unparalled record sales. Then the fans and public kept the title going. People will still know who Elvis is long after you and Crudup are forgotten.

[prairiedoggers]

@myluv4elvis well said!!

[Port20dude]

@geckman2022 Quite often the original artist doesn't make the most popular version of the song. This is not to say the original isn't good. But someone like Elvis can take a song to another level. What Elvis does on the bluesy covers is kick up the tempo and put an edge on the vocal. To check this out, compare Big Joe Hunter's "Shake, Rattle 'n' Roll" with Elvis' rendition.

[littlebutterfly19]

Of course I prefer this version which is the original. 195 ???

It was my first record of Elvis 45 rpm and kept playing over & over again.

I sing this with my The Classics Band. It's just my style.. love it so!

[zthetha]

IMMACULATE!

[monteleone1010]

have been an Elvis fan since 1956, but believe it or not, I only finally realized in about 1996 that this tune and "That's All Right" had the same melody...

[TheLovingelvis]

does anyone know what the video is called of a ghost like Elvis singing this song and dancing ?

[007tje]

@TheLovingelvis do you mean Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave ??

[TheLovingelvis]

@007tje no but thanks anyway, but i finally found it, it's called ghost of Elvis, it's really cool have you seen it?

[qqsomething]

20 years before Morrison, Elvis made a shirtless photo session...and in the 50s! How pro was this man??

[138hyde]

elvis is the reason i learned to play guitar RIP

[nicholsjoshua15]

Elvis should have putout a casting call for a drummer, a guitarist, a pianist, and a trumpet player and made a band. He should have Colonel Parke to get lost and  deep throat a shotgun. Had he did that he would still be alive.

[deathmetaleronofalso]

pinche copion le copiaste a chuk beery y a litle walter

[TheLovingelvis]

Wasn't he just a Doll!! and what a voice!!!!

[cherylbeee]

it's been 33 years since his passing...damn

[shanehenning26]

great song

[DeckyStrikesBack]

this kinda sounds an awful lot like thats alright mama.Still great tho.

[NakedCreep]

Isn't this a Beatle's song?

[JMarc85]

@NakedCreep No. It's another Arthur Crudup song.

[Willywaw]

Rock and Roll; no doubt ! Best ever.

[bender1958]

Dig the drum solo at the beginning of this song....one of the reasons why I love this song is because it sound like "That's Alright Mama."

[fiftysal2]

@bender1958

Yeah! The music was so simple back then. Love it.

[nicholsjoshua15]

@fiftysal2 I agree music was simple back then, but you can't have anything against deeper lyrics ether. My 60 year old mom is an Elvis Presley nut but I have recently gotten her addicted to Smashing Pumpkins and she loves the lyrics to their music so much. To me there will never be another Elvis or Kurt Cobain RIP the great ones.

[fiftysal2]

@nicholsjoshua15

Ironically I only listened to Mowtown growing up in Detroit until a friend in 9th grade in 1966 turned me on to Elvis. People have different tastes. It would be pretty boring if everyone liked the same thing. Keep on truckin'. Your mom is right HA HA!

I'll have to check out smashing pumpkins!

[nicholsjoshua15]

@fiftysal2 Yeah you will love Smashing Pumpkins, and Poets Of The Fall.

[fiftysal2]

@nicholsjoshua15

Cross country trip coming up, I'll buy a couple of cd's and see what gives. Any suggestions? Nothin too crazy!

[lilane4ever]

His My Baby!!!!

[Moonwater2000]

My mom and I are huge Elvis fans. I've been a fan of his since I was 14. I am in my early 30s and he's still the man. I like his music from the late 1950s when rocknroll was at its peak. Long live Elvis, rocknroll, and all of the other rock artists and bands that helped shape rock music. This song is one of my favorites, it rocks!

[VonDazzle]

its really great .. the same like a Thats all rigrht mama! great song

[mozfonky]

Don't know, when it comes to sheer brilliance, this might be the King's very best.

[789pequignot]

great song

[MJL3764]

One of the best rock n roll intros of all time !.

[serfdomthwart]

This song has a bit of the melody from "That's All Right".

[silvanski]

@serfdomthwart

Both songs were written by Arthur Crudup, who didn't get copyright!!!

[Mratking1]

Fucking guitar solo is the shit!!!!!!

[lgomez222]

elvis at his best...

[au05232003]

and his coolest...in the mid to late fifties!

[jimihenrydrix]

Turn back the clock to 1955, keep the "Blond" hair, then stay the hell away from HOLLYWOOD! "If I can dream" of what he would have been if they hadn't sanitized him. When he went to Hollywood he would never be the same again. Two Elvis's...pre 1958, I'll take the first one! Check out his music before then after...first a rocker then a shocker! Off with those "sideburns" son!

[999widgey]

no where without scotty moores guitar.

[mariobernard]

wanna know why Elvis is king?? just listen to this one!!

[kenesis]

Yeah and then go listen to the original guy who wrote it almost a decade before he did it.

[bladesmark1]

@mariobernard Listen to Shakin' Stevens singing this tune (Shaky sings elvis)

[ScottishCCRfan]

I am a big fan of Elvis anf to all those fans I do think its worth a mension about the little known cover of this great piece of music i'd recommend it

[rizoskris]

and I'm dying slowly in a sea of pain

[chermaster85]

Now I gotta tell you that it´s totally IMPOSSIBLE to sit still on this song, without any feet tapping or fingersnipping haha!!! AMAZING song, rock 'n roll at its absolute best!!!

[Norwayflex89]

cool! Brian Setzer allso got a cool version of this song

[ronkrisin]

This Is Elvis' Best Song

[Nicholas64]

For me the young Elvis was a genius. So exciting, so new, so individual. In 1958, I got dissatisfied and went back to 1955/56 for the authentic sounds of his Sun recordings.

[brcr29]

Me too.Elvis forgot what Sam Phillips told him,be himself.Dont try to be somebody else.

[brileb1]

thats all right mama

[pepsilover889]

YEAH ELVIS!!

Lol

WIsh U Were Still Alive See How Much More Music You Wud make!!

[noahf67]

Great ad-hoc duplicate of "That's All Right"

[rbound827]

Thats because both songs were written by Big Boy Crudup

[9mej]

you are right not allot of people know that

[cadence2070]

Awesome!!

Elvis=The Greatest Singer Of All Time:)

[SwingJetics]

One of his best, akin to Mystery Train and T'sARM.

Listen to the licks.

[buddyh09]

ich kann dir nur auf Deutsch ,,Danke,, sagen .Toller Song!!

[justicejayant]

Great song!

[789pequignot]

great song