Terry Stafford - Suspicion (1964) REACTION 

Never got tired of it in 60 yrs. Can still hear it daily!

He's a pure ripoff merchant! Elvis Impersonator!👎👎👎

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❤️ this super great early 1960s song

Yes hi died very young 🥲

Actually, Elvis did it on an album years earlier, so technically Stafford did the cover.

Yeah, Elvis did the ORIGINAL but RCA never put it out until after this came out!! Same with Wooden Heart, Elvis did the original but RCA didn’t put it out in the USA but it was a U.K. #1 for Elvis.

​@@MariaMaria-yl9brSiiiiii. Larga vida al REY.

Terry Stafford did this version in 1964. Elvis Presley did his rendition of this Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman song in 1962.

Elvis is the Original. Terry did however an awesome cover. Sounds alot different,

He had an incredible voice.

Alot, alot better than current music

For real, this needs to be done

Say please...

Why, is this your definition of formal?😮

actuallly elvis sounds like Terry

But very sensititive...Elvis recorded it with a couple of "innacuracy" notes in the song. Terry recording is more musically exact.

Why did the African American community start this meme called "a Karen"

Really? People always say I look like Chaka Khan.

@@TysheenOrane Yeah, I can see Chaka Khan too and you probably get that from the younger generation...but from the people who can remember seeing Aretha Franklin during her younger days, in my humble opinion, you have a nice resemblance to her...Hey what can you say? You have the look of a star!!! And again, I say that very respectfully!!!

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@@TysheenOrane If you want to hear a spanish version of "suspicion"...see to Roberto Roca. You will be surprised!

@@TysheenOrane Ricardo Roca Song: sospechas

I thought Great song! Never even knew Terry Stafford sounded like Elvis till some DJ Larry Solway in Toronto mentioned it. I like the New Elvis. The Old Elvis was great but the New Elvis was better. Love the string section. Adds dimension to Kentucky Rain among others. The New Everley Brothers too. Loved their song Bowling Green.

Wait. what!!! wow.

I think it was that electric organ that really made the song a hit and the backup singers in the chorus that sang "suspicion" that made it a better hit with Terry Stafford then elvis but Elvis's version is good to.

​@@andrewscrazyla de ELVIS superior

You are totally mistaken. Terry Stafford wrote this song and many more for himself and others. Elvis did not write music. The british invasion did the most to stop Terry from having more fame as it did many other american groups such as the Reflection who all came out with great tunes in 64 such as

Just like Romeo and Juliette. Elvis was famous in the fifties.

Huh? Are you saying that is good or bad? Starr was an 1800's outlaw.

He was not an impersonator; he just happened to sound similar. He wrote many of his own songs for himself and others. He had a totally different style and personality. He was not flashy or flamboyant by nature. Laid back in manner and dress. An imitator takes on the dress, manner and persona of the person imitated. Elvis also was not a writer of music. Terry Stafford was Terry Stafford; he imitated no one.

Hi! yes, you are correct. I used the wrong word. I apologize to Mr. Stafford. But can I say that there were a number of singers at that time who sounded remarkably like Elvis...many people thought they WERE Elvis, in fact. Could this not have been even a tiny influence at the subconscious level by the record producers? Just a thought.

On of the great songs of the 60s.....

​@@MariaMaria-yl9brEfectivamente, completamente de acuerdo,pese a quien le pese.

Spell much?..."god"?...and kindly take your potty mouth somewhere else...my little grandkids watched this great singer with me and were watching over my shoulder as I scrolled down over these comments so I had to shew them away when I saw your completely unnecessary and inappropriate foul language. SMH.

Terry tops Elvis by a mile!!!

With respect, you have watched the performance above in this old video when Terry was just a kid-I see and hear no "deliberate" anything but just his natural great voice with nothing forced-it is merely a coincidence that he sounded quite like Elvis but it is certainly not identical and I like the overall sound of his version bettter than the Elvis version. If there was any copyright violation/no permission from Elvis or his writers or no licence granted to Terry and his people then we surely would have heard of some complaint and claim from Elvis if he wanted to pursue same. Either there was no copyright with Elvis or he chose not to pusue a claim as he knew Terry had the more popular version and did not want to hurt the kid on his first go round. In other words, Elvis by 1964 was rich and had had lots and lots of hit records and likely just decided to give Terry a break and not make a stink about Terry's cover version.

@@resipsaloquitur1857 I disagree totally, I find it unlikely that he would sound so very similar to Elvis at a time when Elvis was in his prime without intending to. Also, Elvis would hardly be a likely candidate to sue someone for similarity of performance since he routinely sang other peoples' work without getting permission, such as Carl Perkins' song "Blue Suede Shoes" and the Stoller/Lieber song "Hound Dog." Furthermore, since Elvis recorded it first (1962), imitation is not at all unlikely.

@@brandonflorida1092 Brandon, we will have to agree to disagree-"totally" and you do not seem to get my point. Where in his performance do you hear this young guy straining his voice or sounding in any way unnatural or coached in order to imitate anybody? All I hear and see is his natural voice so what are you suggesting-that he took lessons to change his voice somehow to sound as you hear it in the video above-just so it might sound like Elvis to some listeners? What would you suggest he should have done...sit home and not record any songs and not even try to pursue a singing career at all simply because he has a natural voice like Elvis without even needing to alter a thing to sound like him although he is not 100% identical? Your comments about Elvis singing other's songs without their permisssion is interesting-I knew about the Carl Perkins song but have no idea whether he talked to Carl first and got his OK but if he did not, why are you so upset then that Stafford may not have done so re. this Elvis song and Terry or his people may well have talked to Elvis to get his clearance-you and I just do not know. As you say, if he had done so, Elvis could hardly object or are you suggesting that Elvis say to Terry that his voice was too close to his and then try to stop him on that basis??...and when that simply happened to be Terry's natural voice!? Surely not so I see no crime here at all and nothing to be excited about. Even IF Terry changed his voice somehow to make it sound more like Elvis, you also miss the point that imitation is the height of flattery!

@@resipsaloquitur1857 Boy, that doesn't sound like agreeing to disagree to me. Your argument is filled with logical errors. You say, "...o you hear this young guy straining his voice or sounding in any way unnatural or coached in order to imitate...." If it required any significant effort to "do" Elvis, surely he would have worked out the kinks before he recorded. You say, "I knew about the Carl Perkins song but have no idea whether he talked to Carl first and got his OK but if he did not, why are you so upset then that Stafford may not have done so....Surely not so I see no crime here at all...." I never said that I was upset or considered it a crime. I just thought it was sort of a tribute. You say, "...you also miss the point that imitation is the height of flattery!" Where do you get that I missed that. That's what I've thought for decades that Stafford was doing. Since Elvis had recently recorded the same song, it's not unusual that Stafford would have done a bit of an imitation.

Terry Stafford speed up the music / theme & add background voices , Terry Stafford group/ team outwork Elvis team on this song , caught Elvis team sleeping

@@user-iv9er3nr6z Still say Elvis version much better. The song is called Suspicion he didn't sing these words at one point allowing backing singers take over. Think he would like to be Elvis but that obviously wont happen. Elvis the best of the best.no one will ever take his place.

Elvis version was more country music& slower pace ,❤️ Terry Stafford version alot better, ❤️ Elvis 🎬 movies& music alot however , I hear Elvis didn't originally release it do as a single

Oh please! While some back then went out of their way to imitate Elvis, this young man was simply singing with his great natural low voice which just sounded a little bit like Elvis and btw, although Elvis recorded this song first, some say it was not released until after this song hit big and the Elvis version did not even get into the top 100. Terry Stafford should have had more hits but fame can be a lonely and unpredictable pursuit.

Terry Stafford did it first.

Wrong...While I normally love the songs of Elvis, Terry just happened in this case to record a much superior and catchier version than the original Elvis version as indicated by the record sales for Terry. We can presume copyright permission was obtained from Elvis or we would have heard of a dispute/copyright claim/lawsuit by Elvis. His version did not even crack the top 100.

@@resipsaloquitur1857 If Elvis performed this on t.v 📺 We... You Wouldn't be having this conversation. stafford, would still be working for his uncle! Fucking idiot!💩

@@elvistcb3521 Can you not form a full sentence? Your crude rude one word non-reply to my reply to you above speaks volumes about your ignorance. I guess you are an Elvis worshipper and hate it when anyone else has success with a song he recorded first but as to which version sounds better, everyone is entitled to their opinion. There are several cover versions of the original 1962 song Suspicion recorded by Elvis in 1962 but Stafford's 1964 cover version was the most successful one selling over one million records and reaching #3 on the U.S. charts and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. As I indicated above, I am a big Elvis fan like you must be but the U.S. record sales speak for themselves. I can find no evidence of Elvis or his people or the two original songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman complaining to Stafford or pursuing any copyright claim vs. Stafford or any of the later cover version singers. See Wikipedia link below re. the song and it includes a list of several cover versions in addition to Stafford's. Robert Gordon also recorded the song in 1988. No need to reply but if you do, try to be civil as per RU-vid standards and if you are not, I will be happy to mute you and/or report you to RU-vid.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicion_(Terry_Stafford_song)

@@MariaMaria-yl9br Everything. Voice. Music. Every Note! 🎵🎶🎵 Ahh... What's new 🤔 Elvis Influenced God knows, how many millions around the world!🌏!

@@resipsaloquitur1857 Your banned from this channel!

The charts said otherwise.

@@Docwilson91 According to "Charts Bob Seger only had 1 hit and CCR 0. So much for their taste.

@@davidhunt3689 I see you misunderstood my comment. What I said was Terry Strafford’s version, in fact, did better on the charts than Presley’s version. Therefore more people liked that version. Bringing up artists who were great but didn’t have a number one hit proves your point invalid because you don’t take into account who else was on the charts at the time.

@@Docwilson91 As I said in other post if Charts is the end all be all Seger and CCR were flops so I believe I feel vindicated in my statement as apparently this covid been around many years with people's taste buds deteriorating. Hell look how many number 1 Willie Nelson has and he sounds like a Billy goat in a hay thrasher. Throw monotone Johnny Trash in there as well.

​@@Docwilson91 no one ever done it better than Elvis Presley I don't care what the charts say