Elvis included Ray Charles ‘I Got A Woman’ in his stage show immediately on returning to live performing on 31 July 1969, and it would remain in the show until the end, and was almost never omitted from the show. The dynamic of Elvis’ setlist went almost full circle within five years, as it started […] More
“Make The World Go Away” was the third from last song rehearsed by Elvis during his 24 July 1970 rehearsal in RCA’s Hollywood studios for the upcoming Las Vegas engagement. The most interesting aspects about that recording are not necessarily the rehearsal of the song but the after discussion with his band members, in which […] More
Elvis’ 1968 movie begins very optimistically, with the wonderful helicopter shots of the magnificent Arizona scenery, accompanied by one of Elvis’ least known songs “Stay Away”, which portrays the homesickness of the protagonist. The song “Stay Away” was written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett and at Elvis’ apparent request, and was based on […] More
One of the songs synonymous with ‘Aloha’, is ‘What Now My Love’, which is one of the big ballads of the type Elvis loved to sing in the later years. The arrangement to the song is wonderful as it builds verse on verse using the string section, backing vocals and piano to great effect. it […] More
‘Proud Mary’ a hit for Creedance Clearwater Revival in 1969, would be first heard on the ‘On Stage’ album. After February 1970 the song would be be dropped for the next two seasons, apart from a solo outing in Oakland on 10 November 1970, before being reinstated in August 1971, with a new faster arrangement, […] More
Elvis’ historic recording session at American Sound in 1969 was actually two sessions, one block in January and another in February. The January block, consisting of eleven recording dates, began on 13 January and concluded on 26 January. Of these eleven dates, only six featured Elvis with the other five being used for the band […] More
Unless you attended an Elvis show, then the only version of “It’s Over” that fans could have heard during Elvis’ lifetime, would have been the version performed during the satellite broadcast show in Hawaii on 14 January 1973. It was not until 1995 and the release of Walk A Mile In My Shoes – The […] More
Elvis Presley’s studio recording of “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” is instantly recognisable across generations, and an iconic tune of the early 1960’s, and one Elvis’ finest recordings. It is also about as far a departure from the material that he recorded prior to his inception into the army as it is possible to hear.Written by […] More