The man on bass with the black hair is Culley Holt, the original bass singer for the Jordanaires, and he was my father. We lived in Nashville, TN, and I now live 90 miles away on Monteagle Mtn TN now; Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the compliment, I miss him so badly, he died at 50 in 1980, 30 yrs ago.
Classic! No wonder Sister Rosette Tharpe had them touring with herp--they had impeccable harmony and rhythm.. Also no wonder Elvis wanted them to sing his backup!.
I also want to thank whoever posted this, I had this original tape, given to me by Gordon Stoker, with all 8 or 9 songs - It got lost by the movers 2 yrs ago and I am devastated without it, it's the only video of him I ever had. I would love for someone to post the rest of the songs, they are soooo good, honestly, and were recorded in Hollywood, CA, back in 51, at excellent quality for that era.
Wow!!! I have been fortunate enough to perform a few shows with the Jordanaires and I still have to pinch myself to believe it! This is a great old classic!
The Jordarnaires is One my Favorite Choir also by Elvis Presley and more Singers in the Good old Time. Thank you Very Much for Sharing for this Fantastic Group !!!!!!
Wow!! Likely the oldest footage ever on the Jordanaires to exist. This of course is a very early version of the group, later reformed and led my the young man seen playing the piano in these performances, Gordon Stoker. Who would go on to become the groups manager and lead tenor... still to this very day. Thank you very much for posting this!
I'm so used to hearing Something Within Me by my favorites The Pilgrim Travelers and Five Blind Boys, but The Jordnaires version is so wonderful. I'm sure Archie Brownlee and Kylo Turner would be smiling down when they heard this beautiful version.
Sorry to learn that Culley passed so young. Just recently discovered he was with Johnnie and Jack. He was great in that setting also. Did he sing on any of Elvis' records?
All of elvis' s copyrights and music went threw culley first Nixon had a thing about Howard hues he used Russia to sent satellites into space to start directv you can figure it out from there
The Matthews brothers are your family? I wonder what they did after the Jordanaires and The Foggy River Boys. They continued in music or devoted to something else? Thank you!
Kevin Matthews wrong you need to talk to the ryman 615 project 1951 was the year grandfather got the copywrite to walk dem golden stairs 1954 was Elvis first and only performance at the grand ole opry
@caucus100 Look on the bright side - America ain't Pakistan. We're moving forward. Progress is slow. As we now see, the Jordanaires were WAY ahead of their time. God Bless!!!
on this day in 1954 a teenage Elvis Presley made the drive from Memphis Tennessee to Nashville to do his one and only live performance at the grand ole opry sang blue moon of Kentucky was his first radio broadcast don't you read the raymam 615 project 1951 was the year walk dem golden stairs was copyrighted
sorry for the loss, he sent me an album once by mail back in the 80's. all the guys autographed it. No way anyone replaces any of those guys but it would be nice to see the name go on ...just saying...however I understand letting it end on a high note too.
What I was really thinking Emily, was that you our your dad or someone in the family would carry on with the group. We knew we could never be Elvis but we had hope with a one in a billion shot at being one of the Jordanaires! lol Used to get to speak with Hoyt Hawkins when he was back home in Paducah at his brother's barber shop. Good times!
If you compare these faces to the ones who sang with Elvis in the fifties, you will notice they are completely different people. I don't believe these are really The Jordanaires. I don't recognize a single one of them. You can make your own comparison here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3Wh68xGZc10.html
