Elvis Presley, Can’t Help Falling In Love - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

Saw Elvis in person three times. His vibrato was as excellent as his charisma!

Elvis's vibrato came naturally it was never contrived

Opera singer Placido Domingo who was a big Elvis fan said Elvis could do everything I can do but I could never do what He do's . Elvis sang almost every genre of music

One of the really amazing things about Elvis is his ability to sing any genre of music. He’s in, I think, the Country, Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, and Gospel Halls Of Fame, and most of his awards were in Gospel music. Pavarotti said that if he’d been trained from a fairly early age he could have been our best ever opera singer, which is high praise.

Girl you have a goldmine of music to discover with Elvis! He could sing anything rock'n'roll, soul, country, ballads, rythm'n'blues and gospel you name it.❤❤❤

Elvis sings many genres rock n roll, rockabilly, gospel, blues, country, RnB, ballads Elvis is the greatest of all time. I love Elvis so much❤❤❤

Elvis Presley is the greatest of all time… The GOAT! What do I know? This song gets my vote as the most beautiful song ever. And, ELVIS is the greatest of our time. You’ll find out

Elvis is more than the king of Rock’n’ roll … is the greatest ever

Elvis had an amazing voice and was an amazing vocalist, of many genres. His vibrato was one of the amazing parts of his voice.

Elvis sang many different styles of music and did them all beautifully. I love his rich, gorgeous vibrato. HIs voice is so expressive.

Take a step into his 68 comeback special journey! You will understand who Elvis is! 😃 Also 1970's Vegas shows! a mesmerizing performer! The king!

Did you know that Elvis sang Rock, Rockabilly, Pop, Gospel, Country, Blues songs, he is in all of those Hall of Fame Genre's

Elvis recorded over 800 songs in many different genres

I like Elvis' vibrato!!

Who said that Elvis only could sing rock music??? He could do all kind of music, that's why he is worldwide known as one of the best singers and musicians of all time. And also one of the best selling artist of all time. Surely a musician like yourself must have heard this before??

4:00 - If you listen to something like "Hound Dog" or "Jailhouse Rock" you'll hear Elvis use somewhat more of a Rock and Roll tone in his voice. This is a quiet love song, so he goes all smooth with it. 6:25 - Remember also that this is from a movie soundtrack, so it also has to advance the story. I think the guitar sound is intended to sound Hawaiian 10:50 - In jazz, vibrato went out of style in the bebop era. Players like trombonist J. J. Johnson were specifically reacting to the big, plummy vibrato that was being used by swing-era players like Tommy Dorsey. I'm not bothered by the vibrato, but it does make it sound somewhat old fashioned.

This is the number one song used at weddings in the UK. Elvis was the most diverse singer ever. Ranker at the 14th best country singer of all time in the biggest country magazine in the world. He has the best selling christmas album and Gospel album (also got 3 Grammys for his Gospel music). Is the king of rock'n roll and one of the best rockabilly singers. He also had two semi opera songs that both went to number 1 on billboard top 100 (its now or never, and Surrender) . Tiri Te Kanawa one of the best female opera singers, said Elvis had the best voice she ever had heard. Robert Plant (lead singer of Led Zeppelin) used Elvis singing of "anyway you want me" as his example of why he regarded Elvis as the worlds best singer.

I absolutely LOVE vibrato--in rock vocals or anywhere else--and Elvis' is beautiful!

Heartbreak Hotel is classic Elvis Rock & Rock. 👍💯🤠

1935 on January 8 a huge star was born, but sadly in 1977 on august 16 we lost a great musician, a amazing singer, but we also lost a amazing humanitarian that helped so many people that he did not even know. Today over 46 years after his death, people are still calling Elvis the King of Rock'n'Roll (he said that Chubby Checker was the one that should be called King of Rock'n roll, if any human should), Elvis didn't like that title and he believed that the only King was God and he actually told this to his fans several times, he said: I believe that God is the only true king, sometimes he added Jesus Christ. I think that Elvis is a MASTER not only of king of Rock'n roll, he is A MASTER of many genres of music because he can sing very well in any genre, but what do you think, is he good enough to be called a music king? Elvis was really in my mind, a MASTER of GOSPEL and other music, no one does it better then him, he is best known for making Rock'n roll famous, so he was called The King of Rock'n roll, but he never liked that people called him that, he repeatedly stopped fans who said that he was the king of rock'n roll, telling them: I'm just an entertainer and singer, God is the only true King (sometimes he also said Jesus Christ is the only King)... He also never liked the "so called joke" Elvis the Pelvis, he loved Jokes, but that was for him very hurtful to hear people say, or write that. Did you know that Elvis was a Sandy Blonde with Blue Eyes... Elvis was born in the poor part of Tupelo Mississippi (in a shotgun house) and it was mainly Afro Americans living there, at the place where Elvis family lived there only lived 3 more white families, the rest was colored people, his family was dirt poor until he became an artist after singing in a mainly colored peoples church during his childhood. Did you know that he had several friends that where Afro Americans, one of his friends where James Brown, yes THAT James Brown (The King of Soul), another artist was B.B King, yes that B.B King... He also was a good friend with Mohamed Ali, yes the GREATEST boxer of all time, he even had a Robe made for him, but it was to much bling on it so Ali wouldn't where it more then one time to a fight. Elvis really admired Martin Luther King very much, Elvis felt that all people are equal, unfortunately he never got to meet him, that would have created to much problems for both of them at that time. He had several medical problems, Glaucoma, (Insomnia) sleeping problems, irritable bowel syndrome, things that affected his real life and made him need medication to function. Yes, he took medicines that today are considered to be called drugs, but at that time doctors prescribed it to him and to ordinary people, they did not know of the problems it could give people (side effects). He never took any so-called street drugs, but unfortunately he did not realize that those medications would be a problem for him, he thought that they where ordinary medicine because his doctor prescribed them to him and to everyone else that needed it. Many out of his relatives died at a relatively young age, so even if he wouldn't have the medication, he might have died at about the same age. He could never be alone and thus himself, at that time the word superstar did not exist, so nothing could prepare him for that kind of life. Did you know that a big group of white people actually smashed his records and wanted to ban his music, just because they called the music he did so called N... music, that is so painful to think that some people actually can think like that, skin color is just color and nothing more, when will people start to realize that? There are some videos of when Elvis joking and messing up, he loved to joke around and pretend that he did not have control, but he had total control, he actually conducted his musicians and back up choirs all the time ! He is the only person to have 60 records gone to sell Gold since he died. Elvis is also in almost every genre of Music Hall of Fame (5 that I'm sure of Rock 'n' Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and Rhythm and Blues), if Gospel is a genre in Music Hall of fame, then he should be in there to, but no one else is in more then perhaps 2 genres. Not bad for someone who failed in his music class (in school, he got a F), he also never took a single singing lesson, yes he sang in church so perhaps he learned a little there, right? Something else that people tend to overlook: He always conducts his musicians and backup singers, he never gets credit for being able to doing that. Imagen you are a singer, you have great Musicians, you have great backup singers, no Guest Artists, no Auto tune, no Lip singing and no Fireworks, now all is about your skill, could you handle that pressure? At the time when Elvis started to perform, Auto tune did not exist yet and when it became available, then he still did not use it, he did not need to, he always sang so that you could hear every word that he sang, the Fans always felt that he sang to just you ! That is what Elvis did in over 1600 concerts (during his 20 years as an artist), despite having problems with his health, like his Glaucoma, the headlights must have hurt his eyes like crazy. He sang over 800 songs, I wonder how he could remember them all, he never wrote a song himself, so he had to remember other peoples lyrics, well that is amazing in it self. The fact that he had Glaucoma must have been difficult being in the headlights all the time, that could be why he sometimes closes his eyes, but also sometimes squinting! This unfortunately made him temporary blind after the shows, that is why they led him of the stage and into his car, that is something that not many people knew about Elvis. Elvis suits was made of 100% Polyester, or 100 cotton (I'm not sure witch one), it was originally a karate suit, it was very light, but it was hot, so it made him sweat a lot, he got some bad press about that, but if you give it all then you will sweat, it should be positive, right? A important fact about Elvis success is his guitarist James Burton's sound, it was a big fact that made him sound different, naturally his voice is the main factor for his success to, I think both things played a crucial role in his success... About the deep base voiced JD Sumner (a member of The Stamps Quartet) he is a Basso Profundo, I think it's called that, it is the deepest base singer there is. A video about him helping others, look at this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrJ1c9tm-C0 Elvis made a show where all the money went to build the Memorial after Pearl Harbor, he talked to the nations about taking the Polio vaccine, Elvis took the first injection himself, he helped by donating a big amount of money to St Jude hospital, they fight against cancer (especially children with), he gave away loads of jewelry, gave away cars, he even gave away some houses to total strangers. Elvis started an organization that helps people to get out of Homelessness (Presley Charitable Foundation), this organization helps people even now close to 50 years after he passed away. A thing that you perhaps did not know: Elvis ALMOST NEVER did a show OUTSIDE OF USA, yes he did sing a few times in Canada: 4 concerts, 2 times in Toronto, 1 time in Ottawa and 1 time in Vancouver (during the 50:s?). When the Aloha From Hawaii (Live in Honolulu 1973) was showed it had close to 1.5 Billion viewers from around the whole world and 3.7 billion people lived on earth at this time, so it was close to 1/3 of all of the population on the earth that viewed the show, it was the first time a single artist was shown LIVE around the globe. Video of Mohammad Ali speech after Elvis died: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO8Kq_3KTyI I have to say that I loved being at Graceland and seeing his home, first we were at the shotgun house in Tupelo Mississippi where he lived in his early years, he was born there ! You don't have a guide taking you on a tour, you can go all over yourself, but stay outside of the ropes and do not attempt to go upstairs, the outside is huge, so is the house, but you don't realize that from the front of the house. I don't regret for a second that I was there, or that I stood at his grave site and said out loud that this is for the humanitarian Elvis/the person/the man and then I gave him a military salute, the others there just looked at me and asked if I didn't like his music. So I told them that he was clearly one of the best singers and artists ever, but I loved his big heart more, he helped so many people without getting credit for it, he didn't want the credit of helping others, he did it out of love and respect and to me that is what true charity is all about. This PLACE (GRACELAND) should be a protected part of music history and also American history forever, I think that people will keep coming for years and years and years to come ! Elvis did lots of things for America to, he helped in a big way to avoid getting Polio (he took the vaccine in a TV show and that made the interest for taking the vaccine to go up from 0,6 % all the way up to 80 % in 6 months), so in 6 months he got 79.4 % more of the American people take the Polio vaccine and shortly after it was eradicated from USA, he also helped in the fight to defeat Cancer by helping to build up St Jude's children cancer treatment clinic by donating a huge amount of money to them, he also helped to build the Memorial over Pearl Harbor and many other things!