Elvis Presley was a plagiarizer.

You need to look up the word plagiarize, Shaquetta.

@nayloroad They steal everything from Black people. He copied this guy too.

Lol we knew that. Elvis took everything from Rock and and Roll that Black people created. From our sound to style. I'm not even surprised with how many copycats there are. That's the sad part. 🤦🏾‍♂️

@KGHYourABum Something new I learnt today.

@KGHYourABum Yes but the Elvis version sounds better. It’s music. Most people copy and steal

@Heal_within96 Not everyone thinks Elvis sounded better and I don't either. I don't even like Elvis. So you just said something subjective. Also, saying "most people copy and steal," is just a weak excuse to justify it.

Yet again white ‘accomplishments’ are just theft and copying.

Not all White accomplishments are theft. Let's be reasonable here

They are covers, he never claimed to write the songs

Big Mama Thorton did not write the song. It was written for her by a songwriting team.

Coming from people who never invented the wheel or written language.

This is a lie She didn't write it she got paid, her black manager screwed her over on royalties.

10 people recorded Hound Dog before Elvis. The songwriters Lieber and Stoller who wrote it were glad he recorded it because it sold millions. They went on to write many songs for Elvis including Jailhouse Rock.

That’s still happening today! Ask Tricky!

"Hound Dog" was written by two Jewish guys.

Elvis was a performer, not a song writer. Every single song he ever performed was written by someone else. That’s not a secret. Many of them were just covers that he performed better than the original which is why “Hound Dog” is remembered as an Elvis song and not one by that fat black chick.

Plenty of BLCK artists sample whites music all the time. Y’all thought pizza and Cardi b came up with WHATS GOIN ON? 😭😭😭 y’all lucky whites let you use their technologies to make records. Ungrateful cotton pickers

Elvis never said he wrote it, dumbass. Words mean things. And it’s “plagiarist,” like Biden.

Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ike Turner & Sam Cook, were nearly the only Black artists n the rock/soul genre that actually wrote their own material. Remember, it's always the writer & the record company who makes the most money, not the artist who records the song.

Obviously, you know nothing about music, it's called a "cover" and every professional musician has played many of them, including the Beatles, who wrote more original hits that any other songwriters. John Lennon did a fantastic cover of Twist and Shout by The Top Notes. The Isley Brothers also covered this song.

Like they always do. Copying everything we do.

Doing a cover isn't plagiarizing, dipshit

Now that’s something …

Chuck sued the living shit out the Beachboys. They settled out of court & had 2 give him all their publising royalties & ownership of their album "Surfin' USA". That put nearly $30,000,000 n Chuck's pocket. His estate still receives compensation & royalties from that settlement.

2 White guys wrote that song for her and Elvis just covered and did a better job , cry about it 😭

Are you really that dumb? Modern rap music is largely made from recycled songs White people made.

So nothing changed? They been stealing for centuries 😂😂

Back then if you were white and they were black it was almost legal, especially in the music business.

Maroon. How well did sales go for that song? You don't understand published music.

Elvis is the king for a reason, big mama was great but she was not Elvis..

Stop talking nonsense. Everyone knows that Elvis reworked the song and the original writers (Leiber & Stoller) were credited.

Yea I can see he stole this fat black womans carrier lol I can see her now in one those Hawaii movies he had lmao

And guess what someone did the song better so be as pissed as you want. It is what it is. So you’re gonna take that up with what white people that’s your problem. Take it up with the record industry you stupid motherfucker.

@khanyile50 Notice how they all lost flavour soon as they were stolen

You mean like all the modern ‘samplers’ ?

The whites improved tge sound. Got to admit. And Whitney Houston was a plagiarizer also.

He just did it better…don’t be hatin lmao