What else does Luhrmann do well? Pay homage to Elvis's passion and his origins. Show him declaring something as important as "rock and roll is basically gospel or rhythm & blues, or grew out of both" and his relationship with greats like BB King. ...
'It's Now Or Never (undubbed master) & 'Surrender (spliced take 7)' are both on the FTD Elvis' Golden Records Vol3 ... 'You Don't have To Say You Love Me (take 2)' is on the FTD 'That's The Way It Is'... Ask Me (rejected 1963 master) is on the FTD 'Elvis Sings Mem...
plusLee Ann Womackand gospel legends theMcCrary Sisterson backup vocals. After shaking off nerves, Lewis eventually loosened up; at one point, he told the band about the time, when he was a kid, he walked across a narrow
Suddenly, Elvis, shaken by the killings of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, appears in a white outfit. He faces the Christmas set that is all prepared and instead sings “If I Can Dream,” a “protest” song to close out what would become known as the’68 Comeback Speci...
Linda spoke of him often in class: his nickname for her, his love of gospel music, his fears. Chris did a good rendition. I also enjoyed Sweet Caroline as I was a Neil Diamond fan as well. I am grateful we attended the concert. Rating: 5 out of 5 Birthday Wish by Emie on 8/...
James Earl Carter Jr was born on 1 October 1924 in the small town of Plains, Georgia, and like Elvis the music he was first exposed to was gospel. Carter was raised as a Southern Baptist, his affinity for the music from the black churches of Plains, Georgia, along with his lifelong po...
but he'd already established his weird mixture of ferocious self-confidence and complete easefulness, and he sings"Good Rockin' Tonight"as if he's inventing it. Which for all practical purposes he is. By the time he gets to the repetitions of "rock" which close out the record, Elvis has...
‘an abandoned performer who plays and sings in a manner that Marlon Brando should, and doesn’t’– no doubt a dig at Brando’s vocalising in the previous year’s film Guys and Dolls. What is interesting (and largely forgotten) is that viewing figures for Stage Show did not ...
James Earl Carter Jr was born on 1 October 1924 in the small town of Plains, Georgia, and like Elvis the music he was first exposed to was gospel. Carter was raised as a Southern Baptist, his affinity for the music from the black churches of Plains, Georgia, along with his lifelong po...
Another unique moment is when Elvis decides to play the piano,"this is something I very seldom do. Hang Loose."We get an impromptu 'Blueberry Hill' instrumental before Elvis sings a very fine'Lawdy Miss Clawdy'including the mid-song piano break. Elvis jokes,"I used to be known as Fats...