In 1958, a Minneapolis based Catholic youth magazine, "Contacts", launches a campaign for "clean lyrics in pop songs." Songs they target include Presley's "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" because it promotes going steady.

I wore a ring around my neck starting when I was 15. I dated and married that man. I did not have to get married. I married him at seventeen and we were married 59 yrs before he passed two years ago. We lived a simple but nice life. We had a son who takes care of me now. I miss him so much. He’s with the Lord now. No more pain.

Compared to today's songs Elvis was clean....🎉

This is absolutely nuts. I remember when i was in high school, a lot of girls wore a ring on a chain around their neck. All it meant was that they liked each other and were going steady. It didn't mean anything about pre marital sex. Besides they could do that ring or no ring. People just like to gripe about stupid stuff. I guess they have nothing better to do. 🙄

Elvis will live in our hearts forever.

A song cannot harm or hurt anyone. Elvis did not harm or hurt anyone. He was a greatest singer of all times And generous and down to earth , beautiful human being

Hahaha The King he will never die, even the Haters Love this man...❤❤❤❤❤

Why do people take a simple and innocent song and try to make it dirty? At that time teenage couples that were "going steady" that is, not dating others, the girl would either wear their boyfriend's ring on her finger or on a chain around her neck, hence the song's name. Very innocent!

I heard this song when I was 5yrs old and I was hooked. My mom bought me a little red record player and that 45. I played it so much, I wore it out. I am 71 yrs old now and still have that worn out 45. It brings me very good memories. There is nothing dirty, evil or decadent about this song. Get your heads out of the gutter and stop trying to dirty something clean and wholesome. Have some respect and let him rest in peace. ☹️

in the mid 50s and early 60s high school boys would give their class ring to their girl friend. It was almost always to big for the girls finger so she would wear it on a chain around her neck. It was a very common and popular custom back then ! hence forth, the title for the song. Nothing dirty about it.

Elvis NEVER said he didn't care about what people thought of him or his music as long as they bought his records.

I knew a USMC Korean War Veteran (courageous Man) that pastored a mountain church in Oregon. He wore his girl's ring with his Dog Tags when he went ashore. He came back, married that young woman, raised his family, and was my Pastor in High School. A very fruitful life! If anything counted in life, that ring did.

I have never heard this before Elvis was a good man an respectful

Some people have to complain about anything and everything.

I’ve read everything about Elvis since 1957, and I have never heard of this which is unusual in this case.🤔👌😎

There will always be people that put down for the sake of NOTHING. Bless you Elvis.

When Elvis hit, parents thought the world was coming to an end! Little did they know that in 2023 he is more popular than ever. Listen to his Spirtual songs. They will melt you!! Absolutely beautiful!! He was a good innocent man. His manager Parker ruined him. Elvis loved him mother. Just listen to "Mama liked the Roses"..My son would say that about me too. Rest in Peace, Elvis. You gave us & still do give us so much!! Thank you!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

ELVIS Forever príncipe do paraíso seu reinado nunca terá fim amor da minha vida louca por ELVIS sempre ❤

That’s not true. Anyone who was a teenager during that time will tell you that it was completely innocent when a girl wore a guy’s ring around her neck. Usually they had never even been on a date. It was just the beginning of teenagers flirting. It was before the birth control pill and society was much less promiscuous then.

Elvis was the greatest entertainer..he got backlash for his pelvic moves and now his song...way better than the crap that is on the radio today...I can listen to Elvis hits day and night

I was around eight years old when this song was released. I didn't listen to radio much in those days, except when my mom had it on. My earliest memory of Elvis was when he performed on the Ed Sullivan show. I remember two songs: Don't Step on My Blue Suede Shoes, and You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog. I'm 74 and my memory is sometimes a little 'iffy'. But those two songs have stayed with me, because I liked dogs back then, and still do. And my grandpa had a couple of Hound Dogs. snicker. Regarding the Blue Suede Shoes, LOL, I was a kid who hated wearing shoes. And I didn't know what 'suede' was, but someone was wearing BLUE SHOES. Blue has always been my favorite color. EVERY shade of Blue. So that song stuck with me. I know I heard him singing over the years, but I was still a kid and most of his music didn't filter through my brain that was filled with childhood pleasures and treasures. But I remember him from twelve years and on. smh Still, I never heard 'this' song. Now, as to wearing a ring around my neck, ROFLMBO... I think I got confused and thought people actually had 'large' rings made for their necks. So, it's wearing a ring on a chain that is worn around the neck? Seriously?!! That's what the fuss was about? No one noticed before the song that some people wore rings around their necks? Did I still mis-understand? smh I was going to look for this song anyway. Now, I'm leaving before I forget it.

I remember this song and the era very well. I was in high school at the time. Wearing a guy's graduation ring on a chain around her neck was a sign of going steady. The ring was not worn on the girl's finger because it would have been in a man's size and probably would not have stayed on. When my father first heard this song he said to my mother that 'they're still doing this' and smiled.

I wore my first loves ring around my neck as a token of our love for each other

It was my wife's favourite song. Before she died of Cancer she asked me if I would always wear her ring around my neck. I still wear it 18 years later.

Ty so very much for sharing 😊

It was a success because that's what we teenagers did back then. Girls wore their boyfriend's ring around their necks. It meant they were going steady. There was nothing "wrong" about it.

The people against this song were looking for any reason at all to NOT like Elvis. The reasons were ridiculous and I’m glad it was a successful record for Elvis. I love the song, along with most of Elvis’s recordings!

This is a "crock". I was in high school when it came out and we all loved it but no one thought anything of it. We were already swapping rings of each other by then, going steady.

Load of bull why would the school stop them from dancing to this song. just don't play the song duh someone likes the sound of their own voice btw it's a great song as is all of elvis songs ❤

Elvis Presley was the king of all music period.

I am 64 years old and an Elvis fan since childhood, I researched a lot about him. Do you like Elvis or are you out to put him in a bad light with your videos?

I didnt see anything wrong or bad about that song.i loved it.❤❤❤

Love this man ... ❤ no hate to Elvis thankyou !!!

Ring round your neck They went steady this way nothing wrong song great song

It never entered my mind that this was dirty song, 😵‍💫

I loved that song. It was about showing love. Crazy how some people act. Closed minded.

As a teen when it was released, no one I knew thought it controversial whatsoever. Just more created drama...

It was and is a harmless song. I miss the days when no one tried to make sweet, innocent things dirty.

If this song is so bad then why didn't they banned it. This is ridiculous

OMG!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!¡

Leave the man in peace. Who cares about this 😡

This is stupid! High school kids who were dating often exchanged high school rings when they were "going steady," which meant they were committed to dating each other exclusively. Back then, dating didn't mean sex. The exchanged rings were the wrong size, so they were often worn on a chain around one's neck. Often a girl would put tape around the boy's ring in order to "resize" it to fit her finger, but she could also opt to wear it as a necklace. Guys didn't have a way to resize the ring, so they would have to wear it as a necklace. There was no hidden meaning in that song!

That song was beautiful people take things that are beautiful and try to make them ugly ❤❤

It's so sad that even when they use robots, they don't even bother to check the pronunciation of the words.

Controversial.. My ass! Just a good rockin' song!👌

Ridiculous... I was around in those days, and nothing wicked was inferred or implied about wearing a ring on a necklace... I knew one girl who wore her deceased grandmother's ring on a chain. Sin?.. Very nice song, and NOTHNG wrong with it.

So even way back then there's been people who had their minds in the gutter!

That is so beautiful ❤

I wore a ring around my neck & glad I did.

Elvis is the KING of Rock and roll... If you've been to Graceland, you will see all the gold records.

Thank you so much for this video it was simply awesome anything that's got to do with Elvis is simply awesome thanks a lot once again Merry Christmas hope you have a prosperous new year

Lotta crap!@ Elvis ❤❤❤😂😂unique, funny forever, authentic with the best powerful voice that ever existed...

For crying out loud--it was about going steady.

Some people just arent happy unless their trying to bring someone great down!! Ridiculous!! Talk all you want , you arent hurting anyone but yourself!!!

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Listening to your video. You mentioned this song ( Wear My Ring Around Around Your Neck ) was played in the movies you mentioned; Jailhouse Rock and Viva Las Vegas. Either I misunderstood something, but this song is not played in any of those movies.

Nothing provocative with the song lyrics, just close-mindedness and ignorance of the times back then, and people with agendas being self-righteous now. Elvis Forever🤘🏼💯⚡❤

Elvis was right and still is today.

Elvis is still amazing 😅

If you think, "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" is bad, trust me, don't ever listen to "Such a Night" by Elvis.

Just ridiculous!

"One Night of Sin", "Blue Berry Hill", now those were raunchy. Drums on "Wera My Ring" are off the hook hot. What a snare.

What a lot of NONSENSE!!!

Absolutely ridiculous! They also said Elvis was vulgar the way he danced. People just needed something to whine about to add negativity about a very clean cut man who sang gospels.

I love that song

It's my mom's favorite song. This video is just another clickbait from Elvis’ hater.

Let's talk about the bad side and see what influence in the 60's and the mess we have with our youth in the 21st century !

I think that you missed on this one. It is true that his songs were often banned, but of course, so was he.

So many untruths about Elvis. A ring around your neck is not vulgar. Not sure where these stories originate!

I was a little over a month old when this came out. I was born December 27th, 1957.

They question THIS song …..OMG… have they heard any of todays lyrics !!!!!???????

A lot of people could be wearing a ring on their neck, it could have belonged to a cherished mother or grandmother !

I'm stumped as to why they found "Wear My Ring round Your Neck" too risque but not the earlier rocker "Let's Play House" which was way, way more suggestive. Weird.

We have come a long way from this kind of thinking. Or have we?

😂 By heck to rhymn with neck? By heck is a old Lancashire expression in the UK. Hearing Elvis singing is too funny. A million sales of this little ditty shows me that if he sang the telephone directory, he'd have sold as much. What a guy. ❤ It might be that it was racy depending on the age Elvis was at the time.

People can never be satisfied, they will always find an excuse to rant and rave over nothing, Elvis, Sir Cliff Richard my late mother adored their songs and at 64 i prefer to listen to all The Golden oldies than some of the cr....p playing on radio stations today, just wish I could turn back the hands of time

People make me sick. I wore a guy's letter man's jacket one day because I was cold. Little did I know but a rumor went around school that I had slept with the guy. Of course he did nothing to dissuade folks from imaging whatever. Years later, when I found out, I understood why a few people wrecked my yearbook with comments about their "disappointment" in my morals.

Just print the words. I guess I haven’t heard it out of all the songs I’ve listened too. Have no idea about that song.

Instead of giving a test after watching the video they should have a better commentator. I’ve heard of the Everly Brothers, but not the Everlie Brothers. Also, they should’ve checked the spelling , volume is spelled VOLUME, not VOLUMAE.

God bless mr elvis Presley amen 🙏 🙏 🙏

Sign of the times. In my day if a girl wore a ring around their neck it meant they were going steady, nothing about premarital sex.

I find it hard to believe that this song was controversial when other songs - All Shook up ''There's only one cure for that body of mine and that's to have that girl that I love so fine'' makes a very obvious sexual reference and Jailhouse rock has homosexual references and is even more controversial but I recall no campaigns about those particular lyrics corrupting us all. There were mentions of Elvis being a danger to youth but that was general and not specific to particular songs. Of course they were right rock and roll was corrupting us all thank goodness. What I liked about Wear My Ring was the innovative arrangement where the bass would come in and get answered by the guitar - still sounds fresh.

People were crazy then!!!!!

Some people see sin everywhere

It was called 'Teddy Bear' and not Wear My ring Around My Neck, that was a line from the song

Wear a ring around your neck meant that you were wearing that instead of wearing that "class ring" on your finger, you put it on a chain and wore it there instead. Sometimes to hide a relationship you didn't want your parents to know about, lol. This happened before the days of thread and fingernail polish to "size" the ring for a smaller finger. It took lots of time to make the ring fit and a razor blade to remove the layers. Obviously, I am old and remember these things. 74 with 8 great grandchildren.

Elvis Presley produced, with rare exceptions, his own records. Steve Sholes was assigned by RCA to be Elvis' producer, but in reality had no such function.

Perry Cumoh and the Ever-lye Brothers, huh?

Wear my ring around your neck by Elvis

Gimme a break

Back in the day high school girls wore their boyfriends ring around their necks on chains and angora. They also wore their rings on their ring finger wrapped in angora to make it fit. I know I did it in the sixties.

The reason girls wore the ring around their necks was the rings were usually too big for their finger since they were usually the boyfriend's ring.

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School rings , given to a girlfriend , where put on chain ,to wear around the neck. Usually , men's ring were bigger , and usually, fell off and lost off girls finger. Rings just don't fit around anyone's neck.and, most upheld , virginity until they got married. And, could be questions if not? There was a time when younger people believed in early marriage. Especially,, when men worked, concept , and lucky to afford wedding bands....or engagement ring.. wearing a man's ring , on chain was considered going steady, I f married a wedding band. So no, his song asking for steady girl, to wear his ring ,didn't mean to get f appointment at blacksmith, with a bag of gold. 😮

This was back in a time when a girl would wear the boy's Class Ring on a chain around her neck... because they liked each other & did not date anyone else...

You got me. I thought you were going to actually play the song. Lol

Before going steady with rings teens “pinned their girl friend” there was nothing wrong with that either!

Very bizarre but I would not say, that this video is rubbish! The „normal“ people especially in the Mid and Southern states of the US were very conservative and extremely prudish…..

HAVE YOU HEARD the lyrics to Jail House Rock? I would have thought that would have been controversial.

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