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Title:
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Unchained
Melody
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Writers:
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Hy
Zaret & Alex North
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1st
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25th
April 1977
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Recorded
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Civic
Center, Saginaw, Michigan.
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1st
Released:
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July
1977
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Notes:
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Elvis
played and sang this song for twenty two years before he finally put it
on record. It's no small wonder why fans were moved to tears by his interpretation.
Many versions of the song were recorded from 1955 onwards; Lee Baxter
(1955), Al Hibbler (1955), Roy Hamilton (1955), June Volli (1955), Vito
and the Saturations (1963), The Righteous Brothers (1965) and the Sweet
Inspirations in 1968, to name but a few. Elvis, during the last year of
his life, began playing the song at his concerts, accompanying himself
on piano, and it was recorded at the Civic Center in Saginaw, Michigan
on 25th April 1977. RCA later overdubbed Bass, organ and percussion for
release in July 1977.
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Title:
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Up
Above My Head
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Writer:
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W.
Earl Brown
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1st
Recorded:
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28th
June 1968
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Recorded
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NBC
Studios, Burbank.
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1st
Released:
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December
1968
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Notes:
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A
short gospel track which wasperformed on the NBC-TVSpecial in 1968, although
Brown's other composition in the show, "If
ICan Dream" had more substance, this is still a good spiritual
track.
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Title:
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Vino,
Dinero Y Amor (Wine, Money And Love)
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Writers:
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Sid
Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
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1st
Recorded:
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22nd
January 1963
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Recorded
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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November
1963
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Notes:
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A
fast Samba number from the film Fun
In Acapulco in 1963, with people yelling and screaming in the background
and Elvis going for a characteristic crescendo at the end. Backing vocals
provided by the Amigos.
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Title:
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Walk
A Mile In My Shoes
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Writer:
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Joe
South
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1st
Recorded:
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18th
February 1970
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Recorded
@:
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The
International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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1st
Released:
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June
1970
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Notes:
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??
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Title:
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Wearin'
That Loved One Look
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Writers:
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Dallas
Frazier & Al Owens
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1st
Recorded:
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14th
January 1969
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Recorded
@:
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American
Studios, Memphis, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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May
1969
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Notes:
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A
fun song from the Memphis sessions, with a high-voiced, shouting Elvis
in a rocking mood with the girls going "shoop shoop" in the
background. A biting piece of guitar work by Reggie Young and Organ by
Glen Spreen.
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Title:
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Welcome
To My World
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Writers:
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Ray
Winkler & John Hathcock
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1st
Recorded:
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14th
January 1973
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Recorded
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H.I.C.,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
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1st
Released:
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February
1973
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Notes:
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A
hit for Jim Reeves in 1964 and later for Eddy Arnold in 1971. Elvis' version
from the "Aloha" concert in 1973. The song does not comeacross
all the way, but Elvis was fooling around with the audience.
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Title:
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We'll
Be Together
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Writers:
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Charles
O'Curran & Dudley Brooks
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1st
Recorded:
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March
1962
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Recorded
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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November
1962
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Notes:
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A
Spanish feeling with the Amigos only on the record.Tthe song comes from
the film Girls! Girls!
Girls! in 1962.
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Title:
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We're
Coming In Loaded
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Writers:
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Otis
Blackwell & Winfield Scott
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1st
Recorded:
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March
1962
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Recorded
@:
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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November
1962
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Notes:
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One
minute and twenty seconds of energy from Elvis and the Jordanaires. From
the film Girls! Girls!
Gilrs! in 1962.
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Title:
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We're
Gonna Move
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Writers:
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Vera
Motosn & Elvis Presley
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1st
Recorded:
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August
1956
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Recorded
@:
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20th
Century Fox Studios, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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November
1956
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Notes:
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Another
tune really penned by Ken Darby, from the film Love
Me Tender in 1956. A C&W type song done in traditional manner.
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Title:
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Western
Union
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Writers:
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Sid
Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
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1st
Recorded:
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27th
May 1963
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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June
1968
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Notes:
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An
inferior version of "Return To Sender" recorded for the film
Speedway in 1968, although
the song was never perfromed in the film.
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Title:
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What
A Wonderful Life
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Writers:
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Sid
Wayne & Jerry Livingston
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1st
Recorded:
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5th
July 1961
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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May
1962
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Notes:
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From
the film Follow That Dream
in 1962, a light-hearted rendition that found favour with Elvis fans everywhere,
for its happy-go-lucky quality.
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Title:
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What
Every Woman Lives For
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Writers:
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Doc
Pomus & Mort Schuman
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1st
Recorded:
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13th
- 15th May 1965
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Recorded
@:
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United
Artists Studios, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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April
1966
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Notes:
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A
ballad from the film Frankie
& Johnny in 1966, in which Elvis sings about the "weaker
sex". What every woman lives for is to give her love to a man.
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Title:
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What
Now My Love
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Writers:
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Carl
Sigman & Gilbert Becaud & P. Delanoe
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1st
Recorded:
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14th
January 1973
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Recorded
@:
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H.I.C.,
Honolulu, Hawaii.
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1st
Released:
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February
1973
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Notes:
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Standard
ballad performed endlessly in showbiz circles, given serious treatment
by Elvis with a crashing finale in the "Aloha" concert in 1973.
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Title:
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What
Now, What Next, Where To
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Writers:
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Don
Robertson & Hal Blair
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1st
Recorded:
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26th
May 1963
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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June
1967
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Notes:
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A
wistful ballad, from the film Double
Trouble in 1966, with Floyd Cramer on piano and Elvis singing straight
from the heart.
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Title:
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What's
She Really Like
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Writers:
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Sid
Wayne & Abner Silver
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1st
Recorded:
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28th
April 1960
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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October
1960
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Notes:
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A
romantic ballad, form the film G.I.
Blues in 1960, delivered with great style and flourish by Elvis.
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Title:
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Wheels
On My Heels
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Writers:
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Sid
Tepper & Roy C. Bennett
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1st
Recorded:
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January
1964
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Recorded
@:
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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November
1964
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Notes:
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A
highway number, with a sax break, from the film Roustabout
in 1964.
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Title:
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When
I'm Over You
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Writer:
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Shirl
Milete
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1st
Recorded:
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7th
June 1970
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Recorded
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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June
1971
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Notes:
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High
key strings, guitar and the girls in the background, to be honest Elvis
sounds bored with this one!!
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Title:
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When
It Rains It Really Pours
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Writer:
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William
Emerson
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1st
Recorded:
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24th
February 1957
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Recorded
@:
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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June
1965
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Notes:
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A
great raucous Elvis from the early RCA days, with a real blues piano by
Dudley Brooks and ringing guitar by Scotty Moore. Amazingly, the song
wasn't released for eight years.
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Title:
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When
My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
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Writers:
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Wiley
Walker & Gene Sullivan
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1st
Recorded:
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2nd
September 1956
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Recorded
@:
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Radio
Recorders, Hollywood.
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1st
Released:
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October
1956
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Notes:
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Elvis
sings low and throbbing on this C&W rendition from the early days
at RCA, done ballad style, with the Jordanaires. Tex Ritter had a big
hit with the song in 1949. A version was recorded for the NBC-TV Special
in 1968 but was not included in the telecast or the soundtrack LP.
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Title:
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Where
Could I Go But To The Lord
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Writer:
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J.B.
Coats
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1st
Recorded:
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27th
May 1966
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
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1st
Released:
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March
1967
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Notes:
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One
of Elvis' finest gospel songs, with piano, guitar and Elvis out in front
of the Jordanaires and the Imperials, absolutely first class.
The song was performed on the NBC-TV Special in 1968, but the accompaniment seemed very weak and the orchestra appeared very unsuitable. |
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Title:
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Where
Do I From Here
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Writer:
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Williams
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1st
Recorded:
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27th
March 1972
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Recorded
@:
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RCA
Studios, Hollywood, California.
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1st
Released:
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July
1973
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Notes:
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A
confused rendition of the Williams song, consisting of only two verses
of off-balanced lyrics, like the line in the song, this is "A
story without meaning"
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