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    Elvis recorded ‘Hawaiian Wedding Song’ on 22 March 1961

    Elvis recorded ‘Hawaiian Wedding Song’ on 22 March 1961 in Hollywood, California at Radio Recorders, and was the first track recorded that day.Originally recorded for inclusion in Elvis’ 1961 movie ‘Blue Hawaii’, ‘Hawaiian Wedding Song’ was first sang live by Elvis on 6 November 1971, at both of his shows in Cleveland, Ohio and for […] More

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    Elvis Presley – Thanks To The Rolling Sea

    “Thanks To The Rolling Sea” is far from the best, an honour which beyond doubt belongs to “Return To Sender”, nor the worst song contained within Elvis’ 1962 movie “Girls! Girls! Girls!”, but it does have the curiosity factor and charm of hearing Elvis sing acapella.The song was the last of the three recorded on […] More

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    “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” – Elvis Presley

    This video features audio from Sony/Follow That Dream’s ” That’s The Way It Is – 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition”.Both the 1970 and 2001 versions both contained Elvis performing “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” either in rehearsal or on stage with the final product. During production of “That’s The Way It Is” in […] More

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    “I’ve Lost You” by Elvis Presley

    Filmed during Elvis’ 12 August 1970, Dinner Show, in the main showroom of the Las Vegas International Hotel, this was in fact only the third live performance of “I’ve Lost You” by Elvis. Despite this version being included in the 1970 movie “Elvis – That’s The Way It Is”, it was the performance from twenty […] More

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    Elvis Presley – Bridge Over Troubled Water

    The very first time that Elvis performed one of the greatest and most famous songs ever written……………………………………………………….By August 1970 Elvis was back on top, not just the king of rock ‘n’ roll but now arguably the King of entertainment. The six shows filmed by MGM for TTWII show Elvis at the height of his powers. […] More

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    That’s All Right – Elvis

    Judging by appearances it seems that serious consideration was given to including That’s All Right from Elvis’ second show of his August Las Vegas engagement, in the 2001 re-edited version of That’s The Way It Is. This is derived from the footage having had the “Property of Turner” watermark removed, and being properly edited by […] More

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    A song performed over 200 times on stage by Elvis,

    A song performed over 200 times on stage by Elvis, and performed at both ends of his 70’s live era. It was first introduced during his return to live performing in August 1969, and would be sung during his final live appearance on 26 June 1977 in Indianapolis.‘I Can’t Stop Loving You’ would find it’s […] More

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    “There Goes My Everything” Elvis Presley

    The song “There Goes My Everything” is a typical sixties country song telling of a breakdown of a relationship and the hurt it is causing. Elvis recorded it on 8 June 1970 during his “Nashville marathon’ and was the first song recorded during that final day of recordings.Elvis performed it twice during filming of ‘That’s […] More

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    Just Pretend – Elvis Presley

    Just Pretend is a song which despite it’s status as a mere album track, and without a single release, has become a firm favourite with Elvis’ extensive fanbase and the appearance of a filmed live version in 1992 was a definite highlight of “The Lost Performances” ‘Just Pretend’ was a song which was had long […] More

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    Steve Allen and Elvis Presley

     Presley does a good job on his songs and the skit, a send-up of how the “Louisiana Hayride” and “Grand Ole Opry” casts would sell their sponsor products. But the historical record shows that Elvis felt humiliated wearing a tuxedo, and later singing to Sherlock, a Basset Hound in a top hat, while doing “Hound Dog.” […] More

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