mahalia jackson was the first gospel singer i heard. i went to a presbyterian chapel.o do a song called the old rugged cross. you know? charlie: yes. sir tom: i always loved that song and i heard mahalia jackson sing it and then i thought why don't we do it like them? but then again, she must have rubbed off on me, because in the lord's prayer one day, and the teacher said to me, why are you singing this like a negro spiritual? i said i do not know what that is. i am just singing it like i feel it. but i must have heard it. jerry lee lewis says i was born with what i got. sir tom: were you influenced by presley then? sir tom: definitely. when rock 'n roll came, elvis was doing what i was doing basically. you know, he was just like reassuring may. charlie: where did "delilah" come from? sir tom: "delilah" came from a man named les reed. i had been friendly with him. he did the arrangement on the green green grass of home. he took it from the country. bom bom bom town ♪ d home so les has been a friend of mine for a long time. i was looking for a new song he came up with

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then i heard mahalia jackson sing it and i thought, how come we don't do it like that?ool i sang the lord's prayer one day and the teacher said, why are you singing this like a negro spiritual? i said, i don't know what that is, i'm just singing its the way i'm feeling it. but i must have heard it because i don't think -- you know, jerry lee lewis says, i was born with what i've got. i don't think anybody -- >> rose: were you influenced by presley then? >> definitely, when rock and roll kicked in. elvis was doing what i was doing, basically. he was just reassuring me this could be done. >> rose: where did delilah come from? >> from a man named les reed, who co-wrote a song with my manage gordon mills at the time. so i had been friendly with les, and he did the arrangement on the green, green grass of home. he took it from a country -- bom, bom, bom, the whole hometown, and then spread it out. so les has been a friend of mine for a long time. so i was looking for a new song and he came up with delay dla. with -- delilah. ♪ , my, my, my, delilah ♪ why, why, why, delilah ♪