Remember when he played a doctor in the ghetto, too? With Mary Tyler Moore

And yeah, sad how little has changed.

My mom was a big Mac Davis fan. I was familiar with the original long before I knew the Elvis version.

Same with Dolly Pardon and “ I will always love you”

“Wait, Dolly Parton wrote that? I thought that was written by Whitney” in the reactions, too. 🙂

I wish I could like people’s replies 🙂

It got TONS of airplay. Maybe 3 times an hours or something like that.

edit to add: Yes, I have fallen down that rabbit hole also. So many 20-somethings just finding out what fantastic music was created in the 60's, 70's and 80's.

It did indeed get tons of airplay.

Very moving
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Watched quite a few, and it’s so powerful how moved people are hearing it for the first time.

He had a tremendous amount of empathy for the African American community similar to how Bill Clinton felt because of his childhood.

I remember this song when it came out. Elvis was in the middle of trying to find new footing in his career because songs like "Hound Dog" just weren't relevant to my generation and the times of the late 60's.

Most folks weren't familiar with those concepts back then. People "kinda knew" what was going on, but in many ways it set up the whole rap inner city music culture, which got much more harsh in its language and basic message. A lot of Elvis' music is ultimate sugar laced bubble gum pop crap, but that was a real song, and in many ways an anthem. After that one hit it big, there was a lot more of a "we can sing about real shit" feeding into popular music.