Myrna Smith Answered the Worst Elvis Rumor

For decades, a single ugly sentence followed Elvis Presley, repeated again and again until many people simply accepted it as fact. But where did it actually come from? This video follows that rumor back through the record: its earliest known appearance in print, the details that began to fall apart under scrutiny, the 1957 Black magazine reporter who tried to trace it to a real source, and what the Black artists who actually worked beside Elvis had to say about it. Told through Myrna Smith and the Sweet Inspirations, who sang behind Elvis for eight years and were criticized for doing so, with the documented record placed alongside their testimony. It also separates two very different questions: the real debate over race, credit and early rock and roll, and one specific quote that has never been tied to a traceable original source. This video is commentary based on publicly available interviews and documented history. It discusses a disputed historical allegation for context and does not present that allegation as established fact. CHAPTERS 0:00 Criticized for Singing With Elvis 1:02 The Question They Kept Getting 1:55 The Same Story, Twice 3:34 Following the Rumor Back 4:41 The Reporter Who Went Looking 6:38 The People Who Were There 7:28 A Fair, Separate Question 8:30 What Elvis Said and Did 10:23 What the Investigation Found 11:50 Why the Story Survived Subscribe to ‪@RetroSecretsTV‬    / @retrosecretstv   for more history told through the people who were actually there. MORE ON THIS CHANNEL ► B.B. King on Young Elvis: "We Didn't Think Too Much About His Playing"    • B.B. King on Young Elvis: "We Didn't Think...   ► She Wasn't Impressed by Elvis - Until She Heard Him Live    • She Wasn't Impressed by Elvis - Until She ...   ► Tom Jones Reveals the Elvis Song That "Made Him Cry" #ElvisPresley #MyrnaSmith #RetroSecrets