1959: Elvis meets Priscilla. HUSHABYE - Jay Black, Vocal

Music by Mort Shuman
Lyrics by Doc Pomus ( born: Jerome Felder).
HUSHABYE, a big hit for THE MYSTICS, rose
on the hit parade that November 1959.
At approximately the same time, in Wiesbaden,
Germany Elvis met 14-year old Priscilla Beaulieu, stepdaughter of Paul Beaulieu
whom he met in the Army.
Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus provided many
songs for Elvis beginning in 1960. As far
as I know, HUSHABYE was not one of them,
since it had already been recorded by
The MYSTICS.
Yet, this would have been a great song for
Elvis with which to serenade the young
Priscilla Beaulieu. I wonder if Elvis ever
sang this song in public or privately.
This version recorded by Jay Black around
1968 was well received.

MORT SHUMAN & Doc Pomus (Wikipedia:
"Songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
Profile of Songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman:

Doc Pomus was born Jerome Solon Felder on June 27, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. He suffered from polio as a child, which left him to walk on crutches. After hearing blues singer Big Joe Turner, he became obsessed with the blues. He began his career while still a teenager, taking on the name Doc Pomus. He played saxophone and sang in Greenwich Village clubs. He recorded for a variety of labels but wasn't very successful. By the early 1950s he began to write. In 1955, he wrote "Boogie Woogie Country Girl" for his idol Big Joe Turner.

Mort Shuman was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 12, 1936 to Jewish immigrant parents. He studied music at the New York Conservatory and , like Pomus, was devoted to R&B music. Doc Pomus completely gave up singing by 1957 and in 1958 teamed with Mort Shuman to write for the Aldon Music Publishing. Shuman had played piano on some of Doc Pomus's recordings. They set up offices in the famous Brill Building in New York. (Side note: The Brill Building at 1619 Broadway got it's name from the owners, the Brill Brothers, who once had a clothing store in a part of the building. They leased the rest of the building to companies in the music business. By 1962 there were 165 music business in the building and it was a Mecca for song writers.)

The partnership of Pomus and Shuman authored hundreds of songs, specializing in "blue-eyed soul." For the most part Doc Pomus wrote the lyrics and Mort Shuman wrote the music to their songs, but they sometimes worked on both In 1960, they wrote the #1 song, "Save The Last Dance For Me" for the Drifters.

They began writing for Elvis in 1960. They continued to write for Elvis over the next five years however, neither one of them ever met Elvis. Elvis did call Mort Shuman in the middle of the night of June 25, 1961. He was calling for advice when he was recording "(Marie's The Name of) His Latest Flame" because they couldn't quite get the piano line down as Mr. Shuman had written it.

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[sharonkayb]

Wonderful talent Jack Black.

[albertdiner]

It's Jay Black, a very talented pop

vocalist and also yiddish singer.

During the 1960's onward he was the

lead singer of jay and the Americans.

[albertdiner]

There's a physical resemblence between the

young Priscilla in 1959 and the 1958 photo

of Gladys Presley ( Elvis' mother). I can see

why Elvis chose her.

[epmelodygirl]

Yes Elvis did fall in love with Ann Margret. They met 3 months after Priscilla moved in, and he had made promises, but there was no formal commitment. Everyone around Elvis has said they knew it was serious with Ann when he picked her up-something he didn't even do with Priscilla, She has said there was a" force between them they couldn't control." Ann is not a Marilyn wanna be, but is a serious actress and live performer. They dated a year, and Elvis tried to get her back after his divorce.

[epmelodygirl]

Elvis did NOT pay for all of Priscilla's schooling at the "finest schools." He did not pay for any of her schooling because she only moved to Memphis the last few months of her senior yr & went to Catholic school. He also did not move her in at 14 or 16,& he did not "raise" her!

[zappasaurus]

@ana418ful No? Colonel Parker seemed to do a good job of it. He was a great singer and entertainer ... but it stops there.

[whirlbirdy]

@epmelodygirl ann is a lady. she has been with the same man for years. she is very beautiful. could have her pick.of men if she wonted. she as more than just a pretty face. a brain.

[ana418ful]

@ElvisFreak77 it's impossible, elvis married priscilla because he was in love with her, he was a very special man, he did whatever he wanted , nobody coulde pressed him ...

[ana418ful]

@epmelodygirl priscilla dont't say she told him she did not love him any more she said she wanted to grew up,,,,,

[esd2000]

Jay Black's voice is simply amazing. This guy could probably make any song sound great.

[YZ0007]

Thank you for the video and thank you too to remember Mort Shuman. He was a great, talented singer-songwritter in Europe.

[mamushk9love152]

The pictures are lovelies, what a man. I love him, and I`ll do it until the last day of my life. GOD bless you Elvis where ever you are.

[whirlbirdy]

@prettylatinachic1 dont blame you. dont care how good looking he was.

[ipdailykrsct]

this is just beautiful ! Enjoyed reading the bits of history and comments thanks

[elvisp99]

this is beautiful. they are a dream couple