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I was a neighbor of Billy Ray Presley when I was a little girl. Elvis would often ride his motorcycle down from Memphis to visit his family. When I saw him pull into Mr. Billy Ray's driveway, I would run over begging for a ride. Elvis would scoop me up and head to my house to ask my mother if he could take me riding. My mother disliked motorcycles and I can still hear Elvis saying Mrs. Iris, I'll protect her with my life but I can't tell her no. At 4-5 years old I only knew he was a sweet guy that also took me for rides and bought me ice cream. When I visit Tupelo today you can still see Presley cousins walking downtown. The Presley genes are strong and some bear an uncanny likeness to Elvis. It freaks out Elvis fans visiting the town and his birthplace and museum. I still have a beautiful sapphire necklace Elvis gave me for my 6th birthday.

One of the reasons people liked Elvis so much was his sense of humor and silliness and playfulness. He could easily laugh at himself, especially when he screwed up. Yes, he had an attractive overall confidence but also a sense of humility that people found very appealing. You never felt that Elvis looked down on other people or saw himself as being more important than anyone else. He had a sweet soul. I still miss him, though I never met him.

This might be the first ever MTV Unplugged ...just without the MTV. Elvis was the man, and still is to this day.

The ORIGINAL UNPLUGGED! A true trendsetter. He set the standard.

I thank God I have been alive when this man was on the planet. Elvis for EVER ❤️❤️❤️

The black leather, the voice, those eyes, and charisma to spare! Wow

He is still the KING, the measuring stick for all to be judged against

If you watch "One Night With You" from the same concert, you'll see Elvis at his best, even when someone accidently pulls the plug on his guitar. He is a professional and sings right over it.

Elvis Unplugged...he's in his element.

This shows how Elvis was a big kid at heart. Always laughing and joking.

He’s the handsomest ‘thang’ I ever did see. Oh my Lord in Heaven.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Loved Elvis since 1957 when I was 10. Seen so many others but nobody comes close Elvis forever

Elvis is so special, even extraterrestrial's from other star systems know this.

I'm 72 n have listened to Elvis since 1956 n yes im old but Elvis music keeps me young. The leather suit was made of Real leather. Today they are not made from real leather. ELVIS had his guys help to pull the pants up as sweat n real leather don't work well together. I never met Elvis but was friends with Charlie Hodge his confidant and best friend for years after Elvis died n he told me many great stories about Elvis. I only got to 1 concert 1973 Aloha concert that was broadcasted around the world and seen by 1.5 Billion people. I sat in 3rd row center n couldn't take my eyes off of him. I was à crazy fan n even jumped up on my seat n thru him a kiss n he winked at me.❤❤ Love your videos n keep them coming

Black leather Elvis is my fav! Definitely in his prime years!

There has not been one celebrity that ever met Elvis that didn’t have great things to say about him.

Elvis was so gorgeous, it didn't matter .He was amazing

After the years of Hollywood trying to package Elvis as the "boy next door" type, Elvis was ready to get back to his kind of music and his kind of style. Elvis was the originator of the full leather suit - to show that he was still the badass rebel. And the stories about this show is that there were two identical suits, as they did back to back shows for two audiences, and in between shows they had to peel Elvis out of the first suit because he sweat so much under the lights that the leather stuck to him. When he first comes in and sits down you can see that he has a low v-cut shirt on under the jacket to try and mitigate the sticking. Other than on a movie soundstage, this was the first performance for a live audience that Elvis had done in 9 years. Elvis was so nervous about it that he almost didn't go on. But he and the guys were in his dressing room just playing around when the show's producer heard them and thought Elvis would be more comfortable doing the same kind of thing onstage to open the show. Once he got past the first few bars, the rest was magic. Yeah, there were mistakes here and there, but like you said, Elvis smiled and made a joke out of it and just kept on going. He also did a fair amount of ad-libbing, and they just went with it.

No one can overshadow Elvis. No-one.

Elvis Presley was a comedian just as much a singer and an actor !!!

He was performing to small audiences one after another hence the crack about 15mins. This comeback special was pure magic there was also a conplete concert with historic numbers. Remember the impact of this 68 comeback special we had been waiting so long.

Boomer here and Elvis fanatic for 65 years. I watched this comeback special live in 1968 and he was the greatest performer of all time ❤!! I went to 3 concerts of his in Louisville KY, the last one in 77 right before he died 💔. He will always be the king 🤴. Thankyou so much for showing this. 👏

… There are many good singers... but ELVIS is the „💎“ Diamond among them!! His charisma is still unsurpassed to this day!! … He is a Singer for eternity !! 🕺🏻🕯 Thank you

I am from Brazil, I love this guy since I was 13. Now I am 60❤❤❤

This crowd would've let Elvis do anything... and I mean a-ny-thing... 😎

Best entertainer I have ever seen to this day. He was the most handsome singer ever. This shows his charisma.

Elvis was a very humble man and never saw himself as a superstar he always said he was just an entertainer and was loved making people happy what an amazing man with a heart of gold he never stole any other artists songs he always had permission to sing the songs so, people need to stop with that rumour his voice is absolutely amazing even my sons love elvis more and more of the younger generations are liking elvis he is still very sadly missed to this day and still very much loved 💖

This is my absolute favorite version of Heartbreak Hotel!! He hadn't been in front of live audience in 8 yrs. He was doing movies. This was his comeback and he was so nervous, he almost didn't go out on stage. However, he looked gorgeous and his sense of humor is the best!! I do love and appreciate your beautiful remarks in the beginning. You're so right and much respect for doing your research. ❤ TCB ⚡👑🌹

He loved performing, and he purposely did things to make his fans laugh at least once during his performances.

Elvis hadn't been on a stage singing for the public for 9 years. He was doing a series of movies his manager had roped him into. He was so nervous to do this TV special that he almost chickened out. He said, "They won't remember me, and they'll laugh". this scene is when Steve Binder the director of this whole special went to Elvis dressing room and Elvis was so nervous he told Steve he couldn't do it. Steve said, "Elvis you have to do this, just go out there and do something, even if you just talk to them." So as you can tell in his voice and actions he does not want to be there, but of course when he sees the reaction and starts to continue he gets into it. I want to thank you for your opening words. Just as Elvis is so famous, there have been so many people that tell lies and condemn him. your words were special, being a fan since 1956 and now 80, I appreciate your remarks. All I know is he was one of the most generous humanitarians who ever lived. He gave away almost as much as he made. He loved his fans, and he loved all people. Thanks and be Blessed. I subbed. PS, See "Elvis Presley King of Kindness".

The leather suit was started with Elvis. The next notable aperance to me would be the red leather suit Eddie Murphy wore in his first huge special. He was a huge Elvis fan and wore it as a nod to the King. When Elvis came out at the beginning of this video, it was pretty much his first public performance in over 10 years. He was a bit nervous and almost didn't come out. It was after the hight of the Beatles in 68 and he was afraid he had become irrelevant. This legendary special proved that wrong. You should check out the documentary Reinventing Elvis: The 68 comeback special.

Oh yeah Elvis had it al,if he messed up he covered it up.His charisma was out of this world.

the reason why Elvis was king was because he had it all He had : the raw talent the humor the style the kindness and compassion the confidence

Videos can't compare to the pure magic of seeing Elvis live in concert, he absolutely electrified the place and took my breath away. I was blessed to see him perform 6 times. My brother who saw every rock band of the 60's and 70's as a young photographer said that Elvis to his surprise was hands down the best performer he'd ever seen and stayed on stage longer than the others.

The “black leather” Elvis is my favorite. Humble, sexy as heck, and if you watch the entire show he sings the blues and gospel flawlessly. Not to mention his tribute to MLK ( a hero of mine).❤

Elvis was playing for the cameras....this was his big "comeback" tv special. He was great on film. His joy performing was infectious...as was his smile. If you have seen the series "Daisy Jones and the Fifth", his granddaughter plays the lead role and they have the same smile. It's on the verge of distracting...lol.

'68 Comeback Special. Elvis at his best, IMO.

This is Elvis at his best! Everything in the ‘68 come back special is fantastic!

Started listening in 1955 riding in a car with my grandmother 55 Buick Roadmaster she looked over at me and said Ronnie have you ever heard this guy named Elvis Presley that was it for me never quit listening

Elvis was superhuman. Edited to add, his performance of "Trying to Get to You" during the '68 special is one of the most electrifying you'll ever experience.

Elvis said Roy Obison had the voice he'd ever heard. He never covered an Orbison songs out of respect for him. Orbison wanted Elvis to record Only the Lonely but went on to record his biggest hit.

A long time ago I read by someone esteemed enough to know that Elvis had the charisma of a thousand John Lennons. A very powerful aura, if you will.

Elvis was absolutely amazing.

It’s more like a live jam session lol I love the mistakes, makes him real!! 😊

Elvis was a country boy from Tupelo, Mississippi who drove a delivery truck, sang in honky-tonks and he is "The King"!

My 82 yr old mom is now in a nursing home and wears a phone holder around her neck with Elvis on it... I can't tell you how many ppl just know her as the Elvis woman.. but Black and white both agree with her in that home.. they all love Elvis.

I saw Elvis in Oklahoma City in 1955. He was 9th on a bill headed by Hank Snow. He was 19. I was 18. 9th or not the word was out, and he was who we came to see.

Elvis is unmatchable and I loved your commentary about him! Thank you so much!

Elvis grew up in the hood. He didnt have to steal anything from anyone.

Apart from his wonderful talent, I'm always taken aback by how incredibly handsome he was,

Elvis loved to joke around!! This was him at his best at his 68 comeback, he was 33❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

So blessed to have gotten to go to his concerts, There will never be any other entertainer like Elvis, Elvis always ❤️

You got it right my man! He owned it! Elvis was definitely the king!

Guitarist to his left, Scotty Moore is a legend also.

I love his presence and his sense of humour ❤ Elvis was unique!

The G.O.A.T hands down the greatest to ever do it king had it all in buckets shame his management let him down so much and he had to lose this world way to soon u cant name a artist who had as much impact on music to this day inspires artist the world lost a icon that will never be replaced

This song i ever heard of Elvis. I was in jr. High school. I had 550 pictures of him on my wall. All kinds mostly cut out of magazines. I had a few nice framed pictures. One life size on my door.❤❤❤❤❤ Im 81 now and still love Elvis

Seen Elvis 3 times. He loved changing lyrics and then laughing. He was by far the greatest Entertainer I have ever seen. Bought my first album when I was eight. I’m 76 yo female and I still listen to him all the time.

ELVIS, that name says it all. Greatness.

Hi Polo, This is Elvis at his best and healthiest. This concert was a bit of a loose arrangement but a lot of fun. The women were corralled off the street to makeup an audience. He was truly a great artist and yes you are correct, he had great respect for black people and for the black artist he knew and worked with. A tragic but lovely guy. There will only ever be 1 Elvis. Cheers, Neil.

Oh my gosh! Just that voice,pure Gold, and the looks? And he can blow it out the park! The KING!

NOBODY IS MORE BEAUTIFUL! NOBODY!

Oh my...at one time, he absolutely was the whole package. Good job on your research. He was loved and hated. A lot of his backstory included black churches and music. His voice still gets me😊😊

I like the quote at the very beginning. There’s a Judy Garland quote: “Be yourself, everyone else is taken.”

It’s nice to see Elvis having fun on stage🤟

Thank you for speaking the truth about Elvis. So many have no idea and talk nonsense about him. Talking of Elvis's style, he basically was a product of his environment. As for him forgetting the lyrics and him messing around, it is somehow more entertaining than just singing.

The women there had to be sitting down, otherwise they'd pass out. So damn handsome, his talent is insane, charisma.

He was the one and only Elvis

Thanks for your reaction. Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, in a 2 room shack of a house his dad built with money he borrowed from his boss. That's how dirt poor they were. He was one half of identical twins; the other boy - Jesse Garon - was stillborn. They were so poor, that Jesse Garon was buried in a shoebox in an unmarked grave. At Graceland they have a plaque with his name on it in his memory. Elvis always got along with the black community and learned a lot about music from his friends of color. Also, according to the one drop rule, Elvis would not be considered white, since he has Cherokee ancestors on both the Smith (his mother) and the Presley (his father) sides of the family. His paternal grandfather, Jesse Dunning Presley, was not happy that his two sons, Elvis' father Vernon and his brother Vester, married two sisters, Gladys and Clettes who were known to have Cherokee blood in their family tree. J.D. Presley was quite the racist a-hole, often drunk and a philandering husband to Minnie Mae (they were actually separated long before they finally divorced in 1954) who was always competing with his sons Vester and Vernon and who was known to abuse his kids when drunk. J.D. was publicly against race mixing and was in denial about the Cherokee blood in his own family tree. It was more publicly known that the Smith family had Native blood in their family tree, so when both his sons fell for 2 Smith sisters and Vernon, on top of that, was still a minor at 17 when he eloped with Gladys who was 4 years older than him, Jesse was totally pissed off. As a child, Elvis already had many friends in the black community at the time his family was one of 4 "white" families that lived in the predominantly black neighborhood The Hill, just across from Shake Rag. His childhood friend Sam Bell said that some of the (black) kids in that neighborhood had lighter skin than Elvis (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gth2dtx_sty-h58.html). One of Elvis' bodyguards once said that he thought it was a miracle Elvis got into Humes High School in Memphis, because it was "lily white". Elvis wanted to be more open about his Native ancestry, but his manager "colonel" Tom Parker (real name Andreas van Kuijk) was against it because he was afraid it might cost Elvis fans (and himself money). They did have Elvis play characters in his movies though where he had Native American blood (Flaming Star, G.I. Blues, Stay Away Joe). Once Elvis had his own (apprentice) job learning to be an electrician, he saved up his money and bought his clothes in the same style that many of his friends of color wore. He was called a (forgive me, just stating facts here) "n-lover" and got beaten up several times too. Later, when he was an established star, he would not perform at places where the members of color of his back-up band/orchestra weren't allowed.

I simply adore Elvis, no matter what he's wearing.

Elvis even started the sideburns!!!.. he sported those ,,,and literally every man on earth in the 60s and 70s had them ,, even to this day!!!,, he set many trends ,,, way ahead of his time ,,

Elvis Presley IS the standard

Nice reaction. Just a note, he didn't forget the lyrics, he was just horsing around which was the intent of this segment. They were filming the 68 comeback special what was a typical studio production setting. The "comeback" was alluding to his return to "real" performing after nearly a decade in Hollywood making movies. They planned this live session to mix in this performance with the studio production clips. While taping of this seqment was planned, I read in Elvis biography that they had originally thought to sell tickets for it, but the day of the filming the audience was raided from people waiting in the line at the NBC studio that day to get into game shows, as well as from a restaurant across the street. Another note, the guitar player to Elvis' left is Scott Moore who was Elvis's original guitar player, recruited from the first recordings at Sun Studios. Scotty was one of the innovators of the rockabilly guitar sound, taking influences from county, Chicago Blues, Jazz, etc. Along with others he’s responsible for the rock sound we know.

Elvis was one of a kind.. The greatest ever! Thank you for this video... ❤️&🙏

To me is the greatest artist ever ❤❤❤😘😘😘

Haven't ever SEEN a more BEAUTIFUL MAN! ...and, SO, SO TALENTED! Just SO GOOD!! THANKS, POLO! YOU ROCK!!

Elvis is the OG. He had the girls, cars, jewelry, Memphis mafia posse.

And Elvis would be it all in a package wrapped up with a big bow

No one today can compare in voice, looks, stage presence

God Bless You for keeping Elvis alive.

♥️The G.O.A.T.💯 I love your reaction always for Elvis, God bless you,young man 🤗😍👑🕺🎸🎤🥁🇵🇷🇺🇲♥️🙏

That's his growl....he's playing you!

ELVIS grew up loving music 🎼🎶🎵

Elvis. Coolest dude in history.😊

King then, now, and forever! The greatest of all time.💙🎶🎶🎶🎶

Elvis doing "If I can Dream" is well worth the listen

Elvis was the first to come out with the leather ❤ thank you ❤

🌿🪻🌿🪻🌿🪻🌿🪻🌿🪻🌿🪻🌿The 68 Comeback Special, was Elvis's first Preformance before a Live Audiance in 8 years. Since returning home from the Army, he had been under Contract to Hollywood making Movies during that time. Elvis was very nervous about the changes to music while he was sidelined by his Manager with Movie Contracts and he wondered if the fans would still be there for him. IMHO Elvis Used Humor and Goofing around with a song, to loosen up, shake out the nerves and reach out to his Audiance on a very Human Level. That was part of the Elvis Charm and we Loved him even more for it. ❤

This was his TV special from 1968 and his first performance in front of a live audience for 7 years. He was as nervous as heck and nearly didn't come out but as soon as he started he began to enjoy himself. Heartbreak Hotel was his first gold record in 1956. There were two sit down and two standing up performances in the leather suit and they've gone down in history (as has the whole TV comeback special). As you said he is a megastar to this day because he did have it all and sang many different types of song equally well. Elvis forever ❤

We grew up with this concert and Elvis' music.

My whole family sat down and watched this live

That leather suit!!! He had it ALL! ❤

Loved him at 12 , he was my first crush! Love him at 68. I always get goosebumps when he sings!! There is a reason he is called the King , he will always be the King. There is no one that can compare. He was a good man as well as sexy, handsome ............talented, he will always be in my heart!! Miss you Elvis

Elvis was one of Eddie Murphy's heroes. You can see Eddie talking about Elvis and how he owned a room. If you see Eddie in his all leather suits coming out on stage, he essentially enters like Elvis did back in his prime.

The one and only ❤

Beautiful, candid and fun! Enjoyed your thoughts about what makes up a superstar! Elvis amazing rare artist! Agree ❤

The greatest act of all time.... Elvis.

I remember the first full leather I saw was Marlon Brando in his early movies. This was his comeback special for Elvis, and I understand that he was nervous and excited to appear in front of a live audience again.

I had this on dvd!! It’s an epic show. 68 Comeback Special. ❣️❣️