Why Elvis Wanted The Beatles OUT Of America
To the four young musicians from Liverpool who would become The Beatles, Elvis Presley was more than just the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, he was their hero. But the feeling was far from mutual.
Behind the scenes, Elvis grew increasingly bitter toward the band he inspired and what began as mutual admiration turned into resentment, jealousy, and even outright hostility.
On this episode of Weird History, we’re looking at why Elvis Presley hated The Beatles and what happened when the world’s biggest music icon was forced to watch a new generation take his throne. Which side of this rock n roll feud do you come down on? Let us know in the comments.
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@OhWellHereIAm
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
This reminds me of Jesse fromMcjuggernuggets meeting Stephen from Wafflepwn.
@OhWellHereIAm
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Here's an ide for a video: Why did the Beatles get an animated feature film (Yellow Submarine) but the Rolling Stones didn't?
@grichard1585
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
12:49 … Elvis's inner circle had "Beatles haircuts"
@wirelessdirk
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
I'm with you all the way Elvis. I think the Beatles are some of the most overrated bands out there. Right along Metallica and Nirvina. They were a novelty at best.
@derekgregg9009
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Musicians play instruments. Elvis is no musician
@NoUploadJustComment
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
What a misleading title.
@jordanbranscombe
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Elvis loved the Beatles, he sang and played many of the Beatles songs
@300spartaig
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Elvis was a democrat.
@girlette
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
So anyways, Elvis did not want the Beatles out of America. He was a fan of them and sang their songs. John Lennon and George Harrison went to his concert in the 70s. He also was a registered Democrat.
@katreenadodd152
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Elvis was one of the greats, but he was a narcissist. He could not stand another group topping him on the charts.
@johnelectric933
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
As a little kid, I loved his movies, but really didn't like his music that much.
@amyrat151
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Let's be blunt: The Beatles, especially Paul and John, were much better musicians than Elvis. The boys wrote their own music and had a bottomless well of musical ideas that played themselves out over the greatest albums, multiple albums, of all time.
I love rockabilly music but there are even other artists who did that better than Elvis.
@BeeHatGuy
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Elvis Presley almost certainly had bipolar disorder, which he didn't get treatment for. When you think about how bad Kanye has gotten since getting off his meds 13-15ish years ago, Elvis' eccentric behaviors start to make sense
@raagtop363
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Rubbish
@usernamename2978
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Rack and roll?
@LarzGustafsson
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Why I hate Elvis? He was disgusting!
@DanFreeman723
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Mariah Carey has more #1s than Elvis. Drake just broke 2 of his records. So…
@Staffo1972
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Born in 1972 my dad liked the beatles, me i didn't mind them and i didn't really find elvis that good as much the beatles did.
@StanAlter
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
I've always noticed Elvis never covered any songs written by John Lennon 🤔
@jerrypresley1234
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Your research is not very accurate here. For starters, Elvis is not the third highest grossing artist of all time. He is number one. Him and The Beatles are the only people that have ever grossed over $1 billion in music Sales. Elvis is the only singer to do it. The Beatles are the only band to do it. It’s literally a certified world record, not too hard to find that one.
@kl2894
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
I'm not really a huge fan of Elvis, but that hand writing was perfectly legible if you know cursive. It was actually really easy to read. It isn't Elvis's fault that they don't teach cursive any more.
@pituparanoico
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
If the King says you suck, then you suck. Even the Beatles seemed to understand that.
@tremorsfan
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
Maybe you could do a Weird History Food about the Fools Gold Loaf, a sandwich that consists of a hollowed out sourdough loaf filled with a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jelly and a pound of bacon. Elvis and his entourage flew to Denver in the middle of the night and ate 22 of them in the hanger.
@ajsarabia
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 am
It seems to me that the conservative moment always leads to hate.