cameltrail- you got it right. Elvis was before Chuck Berry and Little Richard. A year before they recorded their first singles, " Maybellene", and "Titti-Frutti" Elvis had already become successful. He recorded 3 singles in Jan. 54. Then on July 5th-54 he recorded "That's Alright". It be came in instant hit. Rolling Stone Magazine credits it as the first Rock N Roll single ever recorded. He went on to record 10 more singles in 1954 and signed on with the L.H.R.
@sonnstarr Chuck Berry hit the national charts in 1955, before Elvis. In 1954 Elvis went on Country hit parade. Little Richard started recording in 1951. In 1954, Bill Haley exports the first international rock and roll hit "Shake, Rattle and Roll, #7 on Billboard charts.
@willpn100 Barry did hit the charts on Aug 20th 55. Elvis had a # 3 national hit on the Billboard country chart I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone, March 1955. His followed up was the #1 smash I Forgot To Remember To Forget in July 1955. The flipside was Mystery Train, a huge hit on the B&R Charts. All three were before Barrys, and Richards hit. That's all Right July 1954, and released on 19 July 1954 pre-dates them all including Haley. Little Richard did not record pop until 55.
@sonnstarr That´s what I said. But Billboard hot 100 is more important than country hit parade. So that Elvis was unknown nationally, cos country parade is not pop.Only Bill Haley was a known rock and roller. Elvis was nationally known in 1956 when he charted Billboard Hot 100.
No way does Chuck Berry do this sog Better than Elvis.....he may have wrote it but that don't mean he has THE version...he may have done the Guitar part better than Scotty Moore,but he doesn't top Elvis's vocal on this or any other song, and Elvis was recording a year or so before Chuck Berry so stop all this "Elvis ripped off Chuck Berry" SHIT..Elvis,nor anybody Else, had heard of Chuck Berry when Elvis first starting recording in 1954.
@cameltrail Chuck Berry did not write 'Maybelliene"......Chuck stole the song from country singer Bob Wills ....Wills had a song called "Ida Red" and Berry stole it and turned it into Maybellieene.....Berry admitted this many years later
Oh yeah, and one more thing ... the public picks who the King of Rock is, and NOT those commentators on this blog who try to lessen Elvis contribution. The term KING was used beginning in the 50's by fans. Versus Michael Jackson's publicist who invented a title and began sending press releases that used King of Pop, and REQUIRED the media to use that term otherwise MJ would not perform for them.
**YOU CAN'T COMPARE A PRIMITIVE LIVE VERSION OF ELVIS TO THE rehearsed STUDIO VERSION OF CHUCK BERRY. Elvis should NOT BE JUDGED AS IF IT WERE ELVIS' OFFICIALLY RECORDING IT. AS FOR WHITES STEALING FROM BLACKS, MUSIC IS MUSIC. ONCE A SONG IS OUT THERE, ANYONE CAN RECORD IT, even a Chinese guy. WHAT FRUSTRATES Black so much is that Elvis did R&B better & is the MOST SUCESSFUL RECORDING ACT IN History. MORE GOLD PLATINUM RECORDS, MORE #1 SONGS, MORE TOTAL RECORDS SOLD
Well this is nice.. but Chuck kills the guitar and STIL manages to sing perfectly, better than Elvis, in my opinion. He's the true king. But good cover, anyway.
Elvis did not steal a damn thing. Music is for all...it is a shared "commodity". Black arists and song writers have made a mint by the likes of Elvis and Co recording their material. In 1957 black artist, Little Richard recorded a version of "Hound Dog" a year AFTER Elvis recorded the song. Anyone shouting that "Richard" stole the song......of course not. Because he did not, he just made another version of it. You, "Lefties" should not get so easily "All Shook Up".
its a fact that he stole what was hot at the time and sung it as if it was his won..wouldnt call him a king. kings are original,and he most definitely wasnt.did he steal BLACK MUSIC well yes he did its in the history books do your research
When did Presley claim the song as his own? The band was doing a live version of Chuck Berry's hit- so what? Every Rock and Roll band plays a Chuck Berry song. The audience knows Presley was doing a Chuck Berry song. Rock and Roll isnt black music- its a combination of White Hillbilly and Black Blues- it was called Rockabilly- thats what Presley is doing.
23mickey- take a listen to ELvis' Sun recording where he combines two forms of American music, Country and RnB in 1954. Obviulosy the guy was original-its a discredit to what he did to dismiss his Sun recordings, which youve probably never heard.
Elvis didn't steal,nor did he call himself a King. Did he steal from the COuntry guys too , because he did cover their stuff at this time too?
It's also in the History Books that he faced death threats and was slammed by racists for embracing the music. Elvis was unashamed to call people like Fats Domino "one of my influences"
BB King, CHuck Berry, and Little Richard all respect Elvis for what he did.
Elvis was a huge Chuck Berry fan. It is really great to hear him sing this song in his early years. Later he was doing very good versions on "Memphis Tennessee" and "Promised Land".
What`s with all this bull that Elvis "Stole" music from black performers like Chuck Berry. Always a compliment when artists have work covered. Berry certainly has nothing to complain about, he has made a mint from having his songs recorded by performers like Elvis, Beatles and the Stones. And they did better versions..CB was/is no great shakes as a singer.
Elvis wouldn't be nothin without BLACK people he stole this from Chuck Berry and he can't dance. He tried to dance like blacks but he's as stiff as a damn broom
Nobody stole it from Chuck. Elvis was doing a cover song of Maybelline because it was a hit record out at the time. You cant steal a song by recording a cover version of it.
THat was the reality of the moment. He took songs and he sung better, don't you think? He wasn't composer, so what? That's the only comment you must have. Watch the great concerts of great rockers, they sing all those wonderful songs which must be taken from generation to other, the golden years of rock'n roll.
Us blacks got love for Elvis, AKAThe King,AKA The King of Rock 'n' Roll,AKA Elvis the Pelvis,AKA The Hillbilly Cat Elvis was good and im not taking anything from him,Do u know Elvis was influnced by BB King BB KINg said he knew Elvis before he was famous he said Elvis use to watch them perform on Beale St in Memphis.Elvis is King but only one of them thats all and im sorry if people get offended by that.Hell my grandma was in love with Elvis back in da 50's he had black support as well.
Tell me how u gonna call Elvis the King when he stole all of Chess records music from Black people.Hell he stole Chuck Berry song Maybelline,and he stole Hound Dog from Big Mamma Thornton so how the hell he gets credit for blowing up rock and roll just the typical white american cant accept the fact blacks started Rock and Roll so they just erase us from Rock and Roll archives and said that started it Elvis.He stole all of Chuck Berrys moves.I got love for Elvis but blacks started Rock&Roll.
There were tons of covers during this era, and nobody disputes the influence of African Americans on rock and roll. Elvis gets credit as "The King" because he does it better than most, not to mention his explosive on stage presence. Rock & Roll existed years before Elvis as well, so I don't really see your point about blacks vs. Elvis.
csnee101...Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" was a R&B hit and Elvis version differ as much as sugar from salt. I like both. Erased...I think Fats was really big in the '50s, 2nd after Elvis in sales I heard. There are real big blanks in your reasoning. What abut all the rock-a-billy records? Grow up
i don't want to cause any commotion but Maybellene by Chuck Berry was originally a country and western song called Ida Red recorded by Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys in 1938. Chuck was the one who 'borrowed' this time, not Elvis who said in the 50's that Rock 'n Roll had been around for years only it was called rhythm 'n Blues. Elvis and band gave it some dynamism and fresh energy. Houndog was written by Leiber and Stoller. Both versions are classics and totally different to each other.
cameltrail- you got it right. Elvis was before Chuck Berry and Little Richard. A year before they recorded their first singles, " Maybellene", and "Titti-Frutti" Elvis had already become successful. He recorded 3 singles in Jan. 54. Then on July 5th-54 he recorded "That's Alright". It be came in instant hit. Rolling Stone Magazine credits it as the first Rock N Roll single ever recorded. He went on to record 10 more singles in 1954 and signed on with the L.H.R.
sonnstarr 5 months ago
@sonnstarr Chuck Berry hit the national charts in 1955, before Elvis. In 1954 Elvis went on Country hit parade. Little Richard started recording in 1951. In 1954, Bill Haley exports the first international rock and roll hit "Shake, Rattle and Roll, #7 on Billboard charts.
willpn100 2 months ago
@willpn100 Barry did hit the charts on Aug 20th 55. Elvis had a # 3 national hit on the Billboard country chart I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone, March 1955. His followed up was the #1 smash I Forgot To Remember To Forget in July 1955. The flipside was Mystery Train, a huge hit on the B&R Charts. All three were before Barrys, and Richards hit. That's all Right July 1954, and released on 19 July 1954 pre-dates them all including Haley. Little Richard did not record pop until 55.
sonnstarr 2 months ago
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@sonnstarr That´s what I said. But Billboard hot 100 is more important than country hit parade. So that Elvis was unknown nationally, cos country parade is not pop.Only Bill Haley was a known rock and roller. Elvis was nationally known in 1956 when he charted Billboard Hot 100.
willpn100 2 months ago
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willpn100 2 months ago
Gene Vincent´s version of "Maybelline" is better than this one!
willpn100 8 months ago
@willpn100 ur a retard
handycappo 2 months ago
just enjoy the song!!
BoxingvidsUK 1 year ago
No way does Chuck Berry do this sog Better than Elvis.....he may have wrote it but that don't mean he has THE version...he may have done the Guitar part better than Scotty Moore,but he doesn't top Elvis's vocal on this or any other song, and Elvis was recording a year or so before Chuck Berry so stop all this "Elvis ripped off Chuck Berry" SHIT..Elvis,nor anybody Else, had heard of Chuck Berry when Elvis first starting recording in 1954.
cameltrail 1 year ago 2
@cameltrail Chuck Berry did not write 'Maybelliene"......Chuck stole the song from country singer Bob Wills ....Wills had a song called "Ida Red" and Berry stole it and turned it into Maybellieene.....Berry admitted this many years later
Jacobrester 1 year ago
@Jacobrester He did write Maybellene he just took the way Ida Red went. But the lyrics are Chuck Berry's
fcbpuyol5 1 year ago
@fcbpuyol5 have u heard ida red?? its nearly the exact same.
handycappo 2 months ago
@Jacobrester Damn those blacks stealing from us whities, fucking racistbastards!
TheDJGrandPa 8 months ago
chucks version better
corn730 1 year ago
Ya he did it hella better than chuck Berry. I like how he shouts it. chuck berry was to calm
redemptonxx 2 years ago 2
Much love to elvis all artist steal music that's part of the industry
csnee101 2 years ago
Elvis didn't steal anything... He also sung "Blue Moon of Kentucky" did he steal from Bill Monroe too?
By putting Chuck Berry with Bill Monroe in one show he musicially brought together 2 worlds that were seperated by hatred.
andyjohnD 2 years ago
Oh yeah, and one more thing ... the public picks who the King of Rock is, and NOT those commentators on this blog who try to lessen Elvis contribution. The term KING was used beginning in the 50's by fans. Versus Michael Jackson's publicist who invented a title and began sending press releases that used King of Pop, and REQUIRED the media to use that term otherwise MJ would not perform for them.
severnkenpo 2 years ago
**YOU CAN'T COMPARE A PRIMITIVE LIVE VERSION OF ELVIS TO THE rehearsed STUDIO VERSION OF CHUCK BERRY. Elvis should NOT BE JUDGED AS IF IT WERE ELVIS' OFFICIALLY RECORDING IT. AS FOR WHITES STEALING FROM BLACKS, MUSIC IS MUSIC. ONCE A SONG IS OUT THERE, ANYONE CAN RECORD IT, even a Chinese guy. WHAT FRUSTRATES Black so much is that Elvis did R&B better & is the MOST SUCESSFUL RECORDING ACT IN History. MORE GOLD PLATINUM RECORDS, MORE #1 SONGS, MORE TOTAL RECORDS SOLD
severnkenpo 2 years ago
yeahhh mi elvisss maybellineeeee,auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
SuperElvispresley 2 years ago
Well this is nice.. but Chuck kills the guitar and STIL manages to sing perfectly, better than Elvis, in my opinion. He's the true king. But good cover, anyway.
nona666 2 years ago
Black people created everything for white people to steal period.
NSHouston19 2 years ago
Elvis did not steal a damn thing. Music is for all...it is a shared "commodity". Black arists and song writers have made a mint by the likes of Elvis and Co recording their material. In 1957 black artist, Little Richard recorded a version of "Hound Dog" a year AFTER Elvis recorded the song. Anyone shouting that "Richard" stole the song......of course not. Because he did not, he just made another version of it. You, "Lefties" should not get so easily "All Shook Up".
TheWhitehall 2 years ago 2
its a fact that he stole what was hot at the time and sung it as if it was his won..wouldnt call him a king. kings are original,and he most definitely wasnt.did he steal BLACK MUSIC well yes he did its in the history books do your research
23mickeyjordan 2 years ago
When did Presley claim the song as his own? The band was doing a live version of Chuck Berry's hit- so what? Every Rock and Roll band plays a Chuck Berry song. The audience knows Presley was doing a Chuck Berry song. Rock and Roll isnt black music- its a combination of White Hillbilly and Black Blues- it was called Rockabilly- thats what Presley is doing.
rbound827 2 years ago 2
23mickey- take a listen to ELvis' Sun recording where he combines two forms of American music, Country and RnB in 1954. Obviulosy the guy was original-its a discredit to what he did to dismiss his Sun recordings, which youve probably never heard.
rbound827 2 years ago
Elvis didn't steal,nor did he call himself a King. Did he steal from the COuntry guys too , because he did cover their stuff at this time too?
It's also in the History Books that he faced death threats and was slammed by racists for embracing the music. Elvis was unashamed to call people like Fats Domino "one of my influences"
BB King, CHuck Berry, and Little Richard all respect Elvis for what he did.
andyjohnD 2 years ago
Great 5***** E
EenterE 2 years ago
i love his version! :)
MrElvispresleyfan 2 years ago
Elvis was a huge Chuck Berry fan. It is really great to hear him sing this song in his early years. Later he was doing very good versions on "Memphis Tennessee" and "Promised Land".
allaboard70 2 years ago
Elvis at full throttle.
What`s with all this bull that Elvis "Stole" music from black performers like Chuck Berry. Always a compliment when artists have work covered. Berry certainly has nothing to complain about, he has made a mint from having his songs recorded by performers like Elvis, Beatles and the Stones. And they did better versions..CB was/is no great shakes as a singer.
TheWhitehall 2 years ago
black people = my shit
damnyeseadog666 2 years ago
Elvis wouldn't be nothin without BLACK people he stole this from Chuck Berry and he can't dance. He tried to dance like blacks but he's as stiff as a damn broom
chevyhead50 2 years ago
Nobody stole it from Chuck. Elvis was doing a cover song of Maybelline because it was a hit record out at the time. You cant steal a song by recording a cover version of it.
rbound827 2 years ago
Chuck berrys still alive 32 years after Elvis death - whats he doing- still playing the same licks he did in 1955!
MJL3764 2 years ago
great song elvis the king :D x
elvislover95 2 years ago
Grande grandissimo eterno Elvis
halsamdu 2 years ago
juwo your a dick
MTF107 2 years ago
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Elvis is a fuckin fake. Stole all Chuck Berry's music and Jackie Wilson moves
juwo 2 years ago
THat was the reality of the moment. He took songs and he sung better, don't you think? He wasn't composer, so what? That's the only comment you must have. Watch the great concerts of great rockers, they sing all those wonderful songs which must be taken from generation to other, the golden years of rock'n roll.
monicadumitre 2 years ago
Us blacks got love for Elvis, AKAThe King,AKA The King of Rock 'n' Roll,AKA Elvis the Pelvis,AKA The Hillbilly Cat Elvis was good and im not taking anything from him,Do u know Elvis was influnced by BB King BB KINg said he knew Elvis before he was famous he said Elvis use to watch them perform on Beale St in Memphis.Elvis is King but only one of them thats all and im sorry if people get offended by that.Hell my grandma was in love with Elvis back in da 50's he had black support as well.
csnee101 3 years ago
Tell me how u gonna call Elvis the King when he stole all of Chess records music from Black people.Hell he stole Chuck Berry song Maybelline,and he stole Hound Dog from Big Mamma Thornton so how the hell he gets credit for blowing up rock and roll just the typical white american cant accept the fact blacks started Rock and Roll so they just erase us from Rock and Roll archives and said that started it Elvis.He stole all of Chuck Berrys moves.I got love for Elvis but blacks started Rock&Roll.
csnee101 3 years ago
There were tons of covers during this era, and nobody disputes the influence of African Americans on rock and roll. Elvis gets credit as "The King" because he does it better than most, not to mention his explosive on stage presence. Rock & Roll existed years before Elvis as well, so I don't really see your point about blacks vs. Elvis.
Lasetacular 3 years ago
csnee101...Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" was a R&B hit and Elvis version differ as much as sugar from salt. I like both. Erased...I think Fats was really big in the '50s, 2nd after Elvis in sales I heard. There are real big blanks in your reasoning. What abut all the rock-a-billy records? Grow up
bellgardens53 3 years ago 2
i don't want to cause any commotion but Maybellene by Chuck Berry was originally a country and western song called Ida Red recorded by Bob Willis and the Texas Playboys in 1938. Chuck was the one who 'borrowed' this time, not Elvis who said in the 50's that Rock 'n Roll had been around for years only it was called rhythm 'n Blues. Elvis and band gave it some dynamism and fresh energy. Houndog was written by Leiber and Stoller. Both versions are classics and totally different to each other.
shakeahand1 3 years ago
Elvis would agree, there is a quote in a respected bio where he points to Fats Domino and says "That's the real King of Rock "N" Roll" right there.
But the fact that Elvis sung his R&B heros songs together with his country heros (which means if he stole music...he stole from white people too
He was called King by his fans, but in 56 he was hated by the White establishment for singing "Hound DOg" and moving to the music.
I know that ELvis performed on the same stage as BB King at a WDIA.
andyjohnD 2 years ago
chuck berry
hotsauce297 3 years ago
Artist: Elvis Presley
Originally written by: Chuck Berry
Recording date: August 20, 1955
Language: English
First release: On audio album The First Live Recordings (February 1984)
Comments: Live recording
charles7134 3 years ago
FINE.. and so on...
Erkele 3 years ago