Presley Jailhouse
They do not make singers like that anymore!
Thomas Edison made the first recording of a human voice on December 6, 1877, but he did not record a singer. The the first great singer Enrico Caruso was recorded, and made over 250 recordings. There may be singers prior to Caruso, who was great virtuosos, but we have not way to know that because sound recording is the final judge of the ability of a singer. In recording studios, has often said that "tape does not lie". Even the best recording engineers can not be a good singer sounds like a great singer. Skip recently by the jazz age, a few good singers that deserve an honorable mention to Billy Holiday, Al Jolson, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Tony Bennett. The concept of what a great singer is subjective, but the most important qualities that a great singer should answer, reach, timing, phrasing, pitch, timbre, emotional impact and originality of style.
Elvis Presley was the first great rock and roll singer. His first hit in 1954 titled That's All Right was a blues song by Arthur Crudup and it turned out that Elvis had a unique quality in his voice. Songs like Jailhouse Rock and All Demonstrated Shook Up Elvis was the embodiment of rock 'n roll, and songs like Are You Lonesome Tonight and Can not Help Falling in Love show the world that Elvis was the emotion of love in putting a vocal track with intense male sexuality. With one of his last fiery bursts of energy in 1972, Elvis appeared that he was a hunk-a hunk-a burning Love in his wake. Elvis can be credited with breaking down the racial barrier that existed for black singers in the record companies in the year 1950. Little Richard said, "He was an integrator. Elvis was a blessing. They would not let black music through. He opened the door for black music." Elvis opened many doors. He showed Pandora out of her box and girls across the country began to scream at the sight of Elvis. Much has been written about the King of Rock and Roll and his impact on our culture, but the focus of this article is a unique vocal quality that has not received attention. Elvis pioneered many direct memorable vocal mannerisms that will be collectively referred to as the rock and roll vocal schtick. It is possible that Elvis took his vocal schtick, Otis Blackwell, songwriter who wrote many of the early hits of Elvis' records, because Otis sang his original songs on the demos that Elvis heard and Otis created much of the phrasing that Elvis recorded. But much water passed under the bridge since then and we can never know if the Memphis schtick chicken preceded the egg Otis.
The word "schtick" is derived from a Yiddish word and it refers to the various bits of business that an artist causes are immediately memorable. Prior to introducing the concept of Elvis in the rock and roll, it was common for actors in the film business to achieve fame under their schtick. Jack Benny was notorious for being stingy and a bad violinist, although in real life, he tipped lavishly and he was an expert violinist. Groucho Marx had ducked his strutting, his lustful eyebrow raising, and his cigar. Elvis had his gyrating hips and from the hand, leg shaking, but he puts a new kind of mannerism in his singing. On All Shook Up, he turned "Mm mm mm oh oh oh, yeah yeah yeah!" In a memorable chorus, before the Beatles famous yeah yeah yeah's about 10 years. That predate Elvis, four years, Fats Domino had already developed his signature vocal style by the time he was the R & B charts in 1950 hit with The Fat Man, who sold more than one million copies. One year after Elvis opened the door That's All Right, Fat transfer to the mainstream with Is not That a Shame in 1955, and soon millions of people found their threeee-sick-sick Blueberry heeee. That there is rock and roll vocal schtick in a nutshell, and numerous singers picked the right groove.
In the years 1950, original vocal styles literally flowed from the radio every day. Tony Williams, the lead singer of The Platters, was really a great singer, who had all – range, timing, phrasing, pitch, timbre, emotional impact and originality of style. As a professionally trained singer, Tony was able to express emotional essence of previously recorded songs When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with a professional style and grace, but he also influenced the new rock 'n' roll vocal style. In the number one selling hit record, Only You, Tony would have sung the words "Only you can make this in my" phrasing using simple and traditional, but instead sang he "cand-one to make this change in me" and threw a little schtick. Marty Robbins and Ben E. King were two seminal rock & roll singers who embodied all qualities that define a great singer. There were many other outstanding singers in the 1950s, but the most sublime singer of them all was Smokey Robinson. In addition to any other quality discussed earlier, complex blues melismas Smokey sang as if God said to him secretly and said: "Smokey, you make everyone think this is easy." Nobody could sing like Smokey Robinson, no one can duplicate his vocals, and when Linda Ronstadt recorded her version of Ooh Baby Baby, she had been white out melismas, because she had too much sense try to duplicate it. Buddy Holly, among his many accomplishments, can be credited with the introduction of the hiccups in the rock and roll vocals (great schtick). But the price for the most outrageous rock and roll schtick ever going to Little Richard for "a WOP-bop-a-loo-mop ALOP-bam-boom" and the earth shaking, high-pitched woo Paul McCartney duplicated with a huge commercial success. Other major primal rock 'n roll singers of the 1950s that deserve most honorable mention by Roy Orbison, Brenda Lee, Del Shannon, Jimmy Jones, Frankie Valli and the list goes on.
The great singers of rock and roll during the peak years 1960 and 1970 by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin. Robert Plant 12-year career with Led Zeppelin began forming the band in 1968 and remained until John Bonham's death in 1980. That fateful day may have been the turning point in the history of the great rock and roll singers, because although a number of very good singers achieved fame and success after 1980, are not in the same lofty league with the Great Ones. Discussing each of the major singers can generate an entire article for each of them, but suffice it to say that history has already pass opinion on them and declared their venerable status. In terms of the major vocal qualities defined in the first paragraph of this page, Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin also received an honorable mention. But in terms of the large number of hits and brilliant singing that all the qualities of a world class singer to record, Paul McCartney is perhaps be the best rock and roll singer of all time. It's always nice to finish an essay with a provocative statement like that one, and then immediately disappear into oblivion hit before anyone can throw a tomato.
About the Author
Peter Cross is a singer/songwriter/producer/Web Master. You can find this article at: They don’t make singers like that anymore! and his home page at: Rock and Roll with an Immortal Soul. All work protected by Library of Congress Registration No. TXu1-257-177.
What kind of socks Did Elvis Presley wear on stage the year 1950?
I'm an Elvis Tribute Artist and I specialize mainly in the year 1950, but I often trouble finding the right socks to wear with my 1950 Elvis outfits. Does anyone know what kind of socks Elvis wore on stage in the year 1950? I know he sometimes white socks contributed some photos of the stage and in the movie Jailhouse Rock, but what about on stage with his outfits? Can someone give me an answer ASAP as I race a Grand finals on December 3 and I `m doing the year 1950?
The type of socks you wear on your feet;)
Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 1957 colour
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