Elvis Presley Blue Moon of Kentucky

[BrianTP1939]

That's the way to sing "Blue Moon of Kentucky.", and don't it sound GOOD, only the KING can warm your ears with the way HE sang it. ALWAYS WAS THE BEST, AND STILL IS, ALTHOUGH HE HAS GONE, HE'LL ALWAYS BE KING.

[krumov001]

@BrianTP1939

Amen to that, Brian!

[LogicalBeats2010]

The origin of Slapback delay what a song.

[Leffus66]

In the summer of 1957, this was the song in Lysekil, Sweden

[patrickb5197]

Its ELVIS's birthday 2day, a great day in AMERICA and the World. It should be an AMERICAN Holiday.....like CHRISTMAS

1-8-12

[krumov001]

@patrickb5197

International holiday if you ask me...

[RickGibbonsOfficial]

The music in the first three years of Elvis' career was better than everything that came after combined.

[patrickb5197]

Its 2012, and ELVIS IS STILL THE KING.

1-2-12

[kilanox2]

@patrickb5197 Amen to that!!

[patrickb5197]

Great

[newsoul29]

my hubby (;

[Slaindarr]

I came into existence in the year 2963. In the year 2976, I travelled back in time to confirm that this music is the best thing in 3000 years. I'm 13.

[3ombieautopilot]

@Slaindarr not bad

[PhillipSmith44]

This song combines my two favorite things....Elvis and Kentucky! Rock on!

[McCoYiSaWsOmE101]

I can't get this song out of my head!

[fickendatsmooshy]

Classic

[SuspiciousHunter]

great song

[tommieparch]

one of the few covers Elvis did that someone else did better (Bill Monroe) & it wasnt in c...

[laqueralesl]

Magnifica interpretación que hace El Rey, que habrá pasado con la versión de Ray Charles la quitaron

[sonicsteev]

love this song!

[willyfisterbottomm]

forget the beatles, ill take Elvis anyday...

[TheHitDetector]

Elvis's voice had the aerodynamic capacity to fly those lyrics into breath taking loops and all manner of manoeuvres. This track is sung with such easy that we really enjoy it so much we forget the hard work that must have gone into its production. Superb.

[TrueLight55]

@TheHitDetector So true...Elvis had a way of making it sound exceedingly effortless. Another example is Jailhouse Rock which Elvis said was the hardest song he ever sang...he said after many takes "I thought my tongue was going to fall out"...but listening to it, it seems like Elvis can just easily sing like that. He really was a master vocalist...he sang with such mastery, and versatility...in so many genres. Truly one of the supreme vocal artists of all time.

[TrueLight55]

@TheHitDetector You might like this one: ;)

"He flings his voice up beyond the grip of gravity..." --Catherine Rankovic, Poet

A song that gives me the feeling his voice defies the grip of gravity is his performances of Like A Bridge Over Troubled Water (the mix, version) His voice suddenly rockets up...as if into the heavens :)

Maybe that's what Pavarotti meant when he said "His voice is bigger than mine" Pavarotti's is loud and powerful but EP's voice had an indescribable force behind it.

[Th3Dav33dSh0w]

hes allright, every artist of music has good songs and bad, even now a days (besides justin bieber he's completely terrible) but i think he should have let Bill keep this song i think its better the original way. and i have to say even though i was raised with elvis all around me i am a beatles person

[yunorisson]

Amazing! Just three guys making this fabulous sound.

[dimetrisnicolaides]

they dont call him the king for nothing and whoever does not like him is not human

[mikedonn71]

Elvis died on my 6th birthday, which at my house pretty much took a back seat to the news of the day. Both my folks cried as did my dad's best friend, who was in the Hell's Angels. It was a sad day for all real Americans.

[mikedonn71]

If you don't like Elvis, you probably also hate apple pie, your mother, the star spangled banner and the 4th of July. I just can't trust anyone who hates the King.

[phillymrsandmr]

I love to look at Elvis young and beautiful like those pics in your video. Great Job!!!!!

[ScialomRoland]

When Elvis recorded this music, he was in one of his best shapes. I mean, it was the time in which he succeeded to drive an auditorium to the highest enthusiasm. Thanks to Elvis and thanks to whom posted this music in Youtube.

[rauldxxx]

There was no Beatles without Elvis.....John Lennon himself said so.....

[DuecePiece]

King Of The Hill brought me here! :D "I tell you that boy ain't right!"

[PlumLocoRecords]

CHECK OUT plutonium fields version of this song

[patrickb5197]

@bumblebeemoi

When did you take this poll about my "logic escaping everybody "and how many people did you poll ?

10-7-11

[brelfan]

A lot of artists have covered this song extremely well, including, no slouch herself, Patsy Cline. But this is why everybody loved Elvis. He was really creative, fun and sexy at the beginning.

[coyotesong]

@brelfan Your comment is an excellent summary of E's talents in the beginning as epitomized here in Blue Moon of Kentucky.

[Nath57022]

superbe vidéo :) vive elvis ça sera toujours elvis le king du rock!!

[CrazyProductions0002]

I wonder who is here cause Elvis, who is here cause this classic bluegrass song, and who is here cause they're from Kentucky

[patrickb5197]

@WhittierRickyBassguy:

So according to you, Vernon and Gladys only had ELVIS because of Hank W n black people ? Thats kinda dumb, dontcha think ?

And if airplanes were never invented the Beatles would not have come to America ?

Nothing couldve stopped ELVIS from being "The KING OF ROCK n ROLL.

9-25-11

[bumblebeemoi]

@patrickb5197 Your logic escapes everybody and doesn't address the point. El;vis was an exponent of a style of music that developed from a variety of sources. By "exponent" I mean that he sang and interpreted them; in fact incredibly well. However, he didn't write any! R&R came from people like Hank Williams and other earlier Rockabilly artists as well as black artists (that list could get very long, but certainly Fats Domino and a host of others). Yes, he had the greatest range of all.

[TheDinzdale]

That's it. Right there, fucking year dot.

[patrickb5197]

Pure greatness

9-23-11

[ckelley63]

All hale Scotty Moore!!!

[juanyoable]

no importan los comentarios, fue el mejor y no se puede comparar con nadie no por voz ni por movimientos ni por guapo, ni por espontaneidad, le soorbraba talento por los cuatro costados, no se puede comparar con nadie, es el mejor cantante de toda la historia.

[joedanger666]

Everything changed after this song. The undercurrents were there, but this was a big, big deal.

[ChineseOpera8]

Elvis sang this song at his only Grand Ole' Oprey performance in 1954,...and got 'booed'! The Oprey audience wasn't ready for a rock-a-billy version of Bill Monroe's 'National Anthem' back then,...LOL! Rock it baby'!

[ChineseOpera8]

''Hearing Elvis for the first time was like Bustin' out of Jail'' - Bob Dylan

[RememberSoCal]

just found out i got relatives in kentucky.. nice

[hoss73ford1]

at then time he recorded this, someone said Elvis would never make it big in the business---yeah,,,what did he know???

[TheJamShot]

how did we go from this to justin bieber... :(

[mrbarleymob]

@TheJamShot you are saying exactly what evryone over the age of 15 said about elvis at the time.what a load of old noise.why dont you listen to proper music.my parents said the same in the 70's and 80's what a load of old noise not like real music..and so on .popular music is called so because it is popular, good or not good is in the ear of the listener not for indivdiuals to say one way or the other. justin whatever is very popular so in the ear of millions it is good and the olds dont agree.

[RoyVVithOboy]

57 years ago we had this kind of music, we had Elvis. Now music sucks, and we're stuck with Justin Bieber... WHAT HAPPENED?

[areyouwatchingluke]

@RoyVVithOboy Interestingly, a lot of adults now are reacting in a similar way to how adults acted when Elvis first came out. Something to think about.

[RoyVVithOboy]

@areyouwatchingluke However I'm only 16 years old, ain't that something to think about? : ))

[alexmortland]

@RoyVVithOboy Nothing happened. The 50s had Pat Boone, Frankie Avalon, Fabian..... genius is rare, hacks are common.

[RoyVVithOboy]

@alexmortland Words of wisdom.

[ratoborrachudo1000]

Im only 12 and I say that the best music was from the 50s to the 80s. Now it sucks.Anyone else???????????????

[sirtyler79]

@ratoborrachudo1000

there is a lot to be appreciated from the 90's as well. you're only 12 so you have much to discover about the music world. while i agree that the mainstream radio music scene these days is pretty awful, there are a few tings to keep in mind:

[sirtyler79]

@ratoborrachudo1000

music is ever-evolving, music in the 50's and so-on would not be the same if it were not for everything that came before that influenced it. also, there is an endless cavalcade of underground and independent music around these days that is absolutely wonderful to be explored.

[rstysmms]

@ratoborrachudo1000 Lots of good music around today, you just need to look a bit harder because there's so much out there! Good luck!

[savingsilverman]

@ratoborrachudo1000 shut the fuk up man. your clearly not 12. theres good music now and there was good music then. now shut up and stop looking for peados to upvote u on youtube

[LedZeppelin2055]

@ratoborrachudo1000 15

[Battleearl]

@ratoborrachudo1000 I completely agree!

[AGUIABDON]

@ratoborrachudo1000 80´s? (N) daah no way 50 60 and the begining of 70 maybe.

[beerman1231000]

@ratoborrachudo1000 im 12 too and ur very rite :)

[robismename]

@ratoborrachudo1000 there's some great music out there son...you just got to search for it. don't be afraid to explore new avenues. listen to everything you can, at least once...good luck!

[MsGallows]

@ratoborrachudo1000 im 98 and you are right

[baldricksnosehairs]

@MsGallows i am 218 and dead and i have to say this beats the shite out the music about when i was alive !

[marsjake8]

@ratoborrachudo1000 Dont forget the 90s

[cbchodgson]

@ratoborrachudo1000 nope

[TheNuckowski]

@ratoborrachudo1000 ,wait until you are older and then you will appreicate how simple life was, and this man was inspiring us,not many singers do that now!!! (humble opinion)

[TeashadesAtNight]

@ratoborrachudo1000 Nobody gives a shit how old you are. Don't you have to be 13 to sign up for a Youtube account? Way to lie about your age.

[simonne234]

@ratoborrachudo1000 I'm very much older than you and I agree with you........your right

[VeranzaTheKing]

@ratoborrachudo1000 Myself. But I'm 13.

[mrlee70]

THE KING!

[HappyGuitarFellow]

I'm 24, and I love ELVIS !!!!!!!!!!!

[bagr79]

Elvis was genius. The Greatest of The Greatest!!!

[coolest12]

elvis will always be the king

[MegaMikss]

BRAVO !!!!!

[gusyyy23]

Sun Records sent me here ;)

[paulmccartney7ElvisP]

34 years ago today god took away the legend of all legends .. R.I.P Elvis Presley you were the best thing that happened to music!! ♥

[ThePaperFalcon]

equalling* 

[ThePaperFalcon]

Yup, if people can believe that some numbers equally greater numbers are genius, we can believe that Elvis was one too.

[tink00000000]

@antisonicteam Both are brilliant. One ushered in bluegrass, the other rockabilly

[tink00000000]

@antisonicteam Both are brilliant. One ushered in bluegrass, the other rockabilly.

[syncswim123]

Interesting to hear how wonderfully raw his voice was in his first recordings. Then when you hear him later, towards the end of his life, his voice was so powerful, almost operatic. Wonderful! A genius for sure.

[909chuck]

In his early tour of Texas beginning his show he strummed his guitar, broke a couple strings and shook his leg and the girls screamed for over a minute. The world had changed and he was the prototype for the next few years. Then, things receded to safe heart throbs. Times change.

[stupidshitsucks]

Ahhh..brings back memories of the 50s. Bill Monroe did this too and it was fantastic. I used to sit up half the night listening to WWVA Wheeling, WV to Lee Moore, "Your coffee Drinkin' Nighthawk" playing this (The Bill Monroe version) and then jjust a little later Elvis came out with it. Just about every girl in High School (Lincoln High, Philly) had Elvis' picture on the inside of their locker doors.

[ThatsaCryinShame]

damn i give up playing music this is perfect

[gusyyy23]

Before Elvis, there actually were Jazz musicians and black music.

But Elvis created something new.. and he is the greatest of all time

[EricDavidFloyd]

When Elvis arrived it was like the caveman who showed the others how to make fire...its been burning ever since.

[W3lshwolf]

I Quantum leaped here

[gameboy12341]

i know every word of this song, i got a good imersonation of elvis's dance moves/ voice my perants tell me i look alot like him when he was a kid, ive heared every one of his songs, seen all his films, collected all collectables etc etc.... and im only 14..... and im an addict....

[gompth1966]

Ahh, Elvis and the Beatles. Sort of like having a Ferrari and a Lamborghini in your driveway. Which to drive today? :)

[gompth1966]

"There's two kinds of people in this world, Elvis people and Beatles people. Now Beatles people can like Elvis. And Elvis people can like the Beatles. But nobody likes them both equally. Somewhere you have to make a choice. And that choice tells me who you are."

~Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction

[0coincidences]

@gompth1966 hrmmppphhhh... cant make up my mind...i love em both and both diffrently... in my mind as much. but still like and understand the quote.

[gompth1966]

@0coincidences We're lucky to have both! They were miracles.

[bluekittye]

@gompth1966 i'm a beatle girl, and i love this version :3 long live the memory of the King!

[8woldy8]

@gompth1966 I'll take the Beatles. More good songs.

[EricVonZipper2]

@8woldy8 U kidding, they only had 3 good albums...

[MAGICO240]

Elvis is the rock of pop music.

[chazzdurden]

I LOVE TO SING THIS SONG OUT LOUD LIKE A MANIAC =)

[wowimsoboredd]

I cant stand country music but I love this.

[theorioleguy]

@wowimsoboredd That's great that you can't stand country music, but despite being a Bill Monroe song (bluegrass music legend)... this is called rockabilly music.

[Gwuba]

What happened to music... The honesty, energy and simple brilliance of music is forever gone. But I guess it's not just the music - it's what the world is becoming.

[VeranzaTheKing]

This music is brilliant! Love Elvis!

[0coincidences]

to get technical... where does blues come from? country and folk... rock n roll, or rockabilly really at this era, it swings. it actually has the swing beat instead of a straight beat. this is country and jazz basically put together to make what we today call rock n roll... but in my opinion this is rockabilly, chuck berry and the rolling stones are rock n roll... way more straight forward.

[VeranzaTheKing]

@0coincidences THIS music is Rockabilly.

[0coincidences]

@VeranzaTheKing my point exactly! haha

[VeranzaTheKing]

@0coincidences Yeah, I wasn't against you.

[0coincidences]

@VeranzaTheKing i know man... was just saying. :)

[saltonowl]

Only 19 years old, compare it to today.

[perky108]

gotta be my fave of all.....bopped all night to it in 50s.....

[johnny9148]

LONG LIVE ROCKABILLY

[LonelyLonelyLoner]

sometimes i wish i was born around the 1930's xD

[snowey114]

This is Elvis Presley

I love elvis

he deffo is the king of rock & roll

and i agree with Q8iDude elvis is GOD

[TheRowdy40]

this is elvis

[razvedjonyj]

Not bad! Realy one!

older staff - spasibo!

[nicholasanhalt]

Carl Perkins and Elvis are the Kings of Rockabilly. I think it fair to say they share the title. Carl may have been first and Elvis was a huge fan. When Elvis first recorded Blue Moon of Kentucky it is said he exclaimed" that sounds like Carl".

[nicholasanhalt]

Every fan of Elvis should give Carl Perkins a listen if you never have. Carl is another Rockabilly King.

[Q8iDude]

Elvis is GOD.

[bluemoonkentucky1]

Pure gold talent. Nothing ever like him before or after. Thank you Elvis. This song makes me very happy. I know it was a cover...but everyone covered as much as EP did back then, believe me, both black and white artists. Anyway I like this 100x more than Bill Monroe’s or anyone else's. He created a sound unlike anything on this earth. A piece of heaven as far as I’m concerned.

[Truthiness231]

Modern music owes more to this one man than any other. Still amazing how Elvis changed music so drastically... (all one has to do is listen to music before and after him; one group of music is still listened to, one virtually isn't).

[WoodyWMan]

Woww, Bill Monroe's (original) version is awesome, Elvis' version is awesome and Paul McCartney's version is awesome!! Love the song XD

[randall3711]

IS RELLY COOL

[evillhillbilly]

Well, if you keep an open mind and do a little audio investigation,,,

Son House + Charlie Christian + Willie Dixon + Gene Krupa + Hank Williams + Les Paul + ( fill in the blank ). Mix 'em well, Add a handful of 'speed" a bottle of "Party Liquor", shake it, 'n bake-it out pops Rockabilly, and everything that comes afterward,,,,,,even ...Rap

[poogster]

"hearing Elvis foe the first time was like bustin outta jail"

Bob Dylan.

[8woldy8]

His early songs are the best.

[Port20dude]

Thanks for the video. The dynamics in Elvis' delivery on this song (BMOK) seem far beyond the ability of a young singer of 19, power-punching some lyrics and soaring with others. Incredibly effective! When this record came out with its flip side "That's Alright Mama," the people of Memphis and local performers must have been stunned, especially when they found out the singer was a little-known local guy. What an American story!

[sparkytrick]

@Port20dude Half of them thought he was too black for the radio and others said he was too country to be played after five A.M. The reaction to the record was crazy, you just couldn't combine black music ( the Blues ) and Country back then, which is pretty much what rockabilly is in a nutshell.

[Port20dude]

@sparkytrick You're right about the racial confusion that was an added component to the release of Elvis' first single--"That's All Right (Mama)"/"Blue Moon of Kentucky." As was his style, Dewey Phillips at WHBQ, to his credit, was oblivious to the racial thing. The country stations that did start playing him used "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and the blues stations used "That's All Right." Of course, pop radio play didn't come until later, probably as late as "Heartbreak Hotel."

[sparkytrick]

@Port20dude I've read stories where radio Dj's were given the record for free to play at their station to promote Elvis arounnd the southern states. A Country man saw Arthur Crudup, a blues writer, name listed as a writing credit, he threw it out. If a Blues man saw "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," out it went. Over half of the discs were destroyed before being played and two months later everyone contacted Sun in attempt to have another free record sent to them.

[Useless2112]

That is not the voice of a 19 year old.

[hidalgo8323]

bumble...when you talk about hits...you are talking...about..Number one hits?...or just top ten,etc..

Because in the 70's...Elvis had..The Wonder of you, Kentucky Rain,Steamroller blues(peak at 17),burning love, promised land, way down,Don't Cry Daddy, my boy(peak at 5# in uk), my way(peak at 9# in uk,14 in can) , i've lost you (#8 in belgium,ausie#9,uk#9),Moody Blue(bel#4,uk#6,norway#6,nethe­rlands#14), always on my mind(france#10,nethe#15,uk#9).­..those aren't hits ?

[elvismioveni]

i love it

[annamh11]

Elvis just truly amazes me.

[HUNDezsoLaszlo]

Az első dal a legjobb ... first song is the best ...

[nissanmike24]

unrelated....but the timer @ 00:16, the guy on the far right...the way he smiles, looks EXACTLY like Clint Black!

[SouthParkPerson012]

one of the greats

[momac71]

No argument surely, we love them all, but there is but one who reigns over all

[19thcentury]

19 years old when he recorded this, pure great talent and genius, yes genius.

[carmellabe]

BILL MONROE SANG IT COUNTRY,ELVIS SANG IT ROCKABILLY

[bluemoonkentucky1]

@carmellabe True! And Elvis sang his own brand of Rockabilly! The ultimate innovator! For me he is absolutely the Rockabilly King.

[ToyMCardoso]

@19thcentury Elvis was GENIUS!!!!!

[giaphia]

i love you elvis! forever and always

[Davewise1965]

Elvis will always be the king.

[Silverwings63]

Best artist ever............... simplz.

[marypresley5]

Love you elvis presley and happy 76th birthday, we all miss you and love you:) Im 16 and ive loved this man since I was 6!! when i grow up i want to be just like him

[Sunshine4unme7]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIS! Love you always...Keeping you and your memory alive forever. Love, Sunshine4unme7

[naibastie]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN,ELVIS!

[SunStudioSessions]

we still love this song as much as when it was first recorded right here in our humble little studio, if anyone is coming to Memphis, be sure to stop in and see us where it all started.

[mustwinder]

Elvis, without question, had the best voice in rock and roll history.

[jordan69f5]

This version has much more appeal than Monroe's version not just because of Elvis's tremendous fan base, but because Monroe's original version of this song was slow, lonesome, and high. Monroe had a voice that most people don't care much for, I am a bluegrass mandolin player, and even I don't care much for Monroe's voice. However to say this version is better than Monroe's version is not true, its just easier for the average listener to appreciate.

[MELODY59833]

THE KING FOREVER <3 

[1ampixie]

jackie61 your videos are awesome,

[wofmann]

magic

[JimmyDeLocke]

Elvis was really cool back then -- don't knock his version -- Bill Monroe probably made a bundle in royalties!

[themasterofmovies]

@JimmyDeLocke this version is better than the bill monroe version anyway

[JimmyDeLocke]

@themasterofmovies I have to agree

[MrDmnhntr777]

not bad but i like bill monrose version way better. it just sounds wierd to me. not knocking elvis . he is a legend and i love his music but this isn't his best song . bill wrote it and he sang it right. agein not insulting elvis

[spiritualgirl86]

he's sooo handsome , since i was a child i loved him, now I'm 24 still like him! elvis rocks!

[AlienAutopsyTheBand1]

:D

[JSavic]

Elvis's 1st concert with Scotty & Bill. Elvis tells Sam Phillips he "doesn't do crowds" & he's so nervous that his legs are shaking. Elvis sings BMOK. Girls start screaming. "Why are they screaming ?". "They scream every time you shake your leg !"

Sam to Elvis : "Who was that up there ?!? Who was that !!".

[BWMcT]

Keep on shinning!!

[redcollargedeon]

I heard that this song, at the end of a recording session...was recorded in one take.

Last minutes of a recording session, they just played this for fun and nailed it.

[1wolfiesLady]

amazing<3 the greatest ever, the one and only king, love u always elvis.

[patrickb5197]

@bluegrassgirl909

Elvis makes this record great, and only ELVIS could make it famous.