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Elvis Sings Flaming Star
''Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others'' is a compilation album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records on October 1, 1968. It spent five months available only at select retail stores featuring products by the Singer Sewing Machine Company as a promotional tie-in with Presley's upcoming Christmas television special on the NBC network, which Singer had sponsored. It was reissued for normal retail channels as ''Elvis Sings Flaming Star'' in April 1969, becoming the first Elvis Presley budget album on the RCA Camden label, catalogue CAS 2304. The 1969 release peaked at number 96 on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, and Platinum on January 6, 2004, by the Recording Industry Association of America. Due to the chart success of this album upon reissue in 1969, RCA Records elected to release more Presley titles on the Camden label through 1972. These budget LPs were shorter than the standard runnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a civil rights movement, transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and Cultural impact of Elvis Presley#Danger to American culture, initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Man (song)
"Tiger Man (King of the Jungle)" is a song written by Joe Hill Louis and Sam Phillips (credited as Sam Burns). It was recorded for Sun Records by Rufus Thomas, Jr. in June 1953 and released as a single in July 1953. The song was notably covered by Elvis Presley for his '68 Comeback Special. Another live version was featured in his 1970 concert film '' Elvis: That's the Way It Is'' and the accompanying album ''That's the Way It Is That's the Way It Is may refer to: *'' Elvis: That's the Way It Is'', a 1970 documentary film about Elvis Presley * ''That's the Way It Is'' (Elvis Presley album), a 1970 album by Elvis Presley * "That's the Way It Is" (Mel and Kim song), a 1988 so ...''. History Rufus Thomas recorded the song for Sun Records on June 30, 1953. On July 8, 1953, his recording was released as a single, with "Save That Money" on the opposite side. References {{Elvis Presley singles 1953 songs 1953 singles Rufus Thomas songs Elvis Presley songs Songs written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickwick Records
Pickwick Records was an American record label and British record distributor known for its budget album releases of sound-alike recordings, bargain bin reissues and repackagings under the brands Design, Bravo (later changing its name to International Award), Hurrah, Grand Prix, and children's records on the Cricket and Happy Time labels. The label is also known for distributing music by smaller labels like Sonny Lester's Groove Merchant, Gene Redd's De-Lite Records, Chart Records and the Swedish label Sonet Records (for which it distributed late-1960s recordings by Bill Haley & His Comets in Canada and the US). They also issued records from Britain's Hallmark Records label. History Pickwick Records (originally formed as Pickwick Sales Corporation, later Pickwick International) was founded in 1950 by Cy Leslie, whose first business was a prerecorded greeting-card service that in 1946 turned into Voco Records, a label of children's records. In 1957, after successfully marketing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Christmas (song)
"Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley; it was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre. History Initial recordings and major versions The song was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948, and was popularized the following year in three separate recordings: one by country artist Ernest Tubb, one by musical conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter and his orchestra and chorus, and one by bandleader Russ Morgan and his orchestra (the latter featuring lead vocals by Morgan and backing vocals by singers credited as the Morganaires). Tubb's version spent the first week of January 1950 at No. 1 on '' Billboard'' magazine's Most-Played Juke Box (Country & Western) Records chart, while Winterhalter's version peaked at No. 9 on ''Billboard'''s Records Most Played by Disk J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live A Little, Love A Little
''Live a Little, Love a Little'' is a 1968 American musical comedy film starring Elvis Presley. It was directed by Norman Taurog, who had directed several previous Presley films. This was to be Taurog's final film, as he went blind shortly after production ended. Presley shares the screen with fellow legendary singing idol Rudy Vallee, whose career dated to the 1920s, but Vallee, in his late 60s, did not sing in the film. The film introduced the song "A Little Less Conversation", an alternate take of which would form the basis of a remix that returned Presley to international music sales charts in 2002. Plot Greg Nolan (Presley) is a newspaper photographer who lives a carefree life until he encounters an eccentric, lovelorn woman named Bernice on the beach. Bernice assumes different names and personalities whenever the mood hits her. She introduces herself to Greg as "Alice" but she is known to the grocery delivery boy as "Susie" and to the milkman as "Betty." After having her Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderful World (Cliff Richard Song)
"Wonderful World" is a song written by Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett and first recorded and released by British singer Cliff Richard. Recording and release "Wonderful World" was recorded by Richard as a potential song for the Eurovision Song Contest 1968. It was first performed on 5 March 1968 on '' A Song for Europe'', the UK national selection television programme for the Contest. The song came third in the vote, losing out to "Congratulations" and "High 'n' Dry". "Congratulations" backed with "High 'n' Dry" was then released as a single in March 1968. "Wonderful World" was first released in May 1968 on the EP ''Congratulations: Cliff Sings 6 Songs for Europe'', which included all six shortlisted songs sung by Richard for the Eurovision national selection process. "Wonderful World" was only released as a single in Belgium and Japan. It was first released in Belgium in August 1968 with the B-side "I'll Love You Forever Today", which had been released as a single in the UK. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Las Vegas
''Viva Las Vegas'' is a 1964 American musical film directed by George Sidney and starring Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret. The film is regarded by fans and film critics as one of Presley's best films, and it is noted for the on-screen chemistry between Presley and Ann-Margret. It also presents a strong set of ten musical song-and-dance scenes choreographed by David Winters and features his dancers. ''Viva Las Vegas'' was a hit at film theaters, as it was #14 on the ''Variety'' year end box office list of the top-grossing films of 1964. Plot Lucky Jackson (Elvis) goes to Las Vegas, Nevada to participate in the city's first annual Grand Prix Race. However, his race car, an Elva Mark VI Maserati, is in need of a new engine in order to compete in the event. Lucky raises the necessary money in Las Vegas, but he loses it when he is shoved into the pool by the hotel's young swimming instructor, Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret). Lucky then has to work as a waiter at the hotel to replace the lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All I Needed Was The Rain
'' All I Needed Was the Rain'' is a song by Elvis Presley. It was written by Sid Wayne and Ben Weisman. It was recorded on October 2, 1967, at RCA's Nashville Studios. It featured in his 1968 film ''Stay Away, Joe ''Stay Away, Joe'' is a 1968 American comedy western film with musical interludes, set in modern times and starring Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Katy Jurado and Joan Blondell. Directed by Peter Tewksbury, the film is based on the 1953 satiri ...''. In the film version Elvis talks at the end and dogs howl in the background. Gerry McLafferty describes the song as "being bluesy, a welcome addition to the film". In 2018, an album of demos, recorded by Glen Campbell between 1964 and 1968, of Wayne/Weisman songs for Elvis to consider was released and included this track. References Elvis Presley songs 1967 songs Songs written by Sid Wayne Songs with music by Ben Weisman {{1960s-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flaming Star And 3 Other Great Songs
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Flaming may refer to: * Anything set aflame or on fire * Flaming (Internet), the act of posting deliberately hostile messages on the Internet * Flame maple, the striped figures in maple woodwork prized for their beauty * Fläming, a region in Germany * Flaming drink, various kinds of fire-ignited alcoholic drinks * "Flaming" (song), a 1967 song by Pink Floyd from their album ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' * The Flaming Lips, an American music group founded in 1983 * '' Flaming Pie'', an album by Paul McCartney, first released in 1997 * An alternative, British, name for Gassing (textile process) See also * * * Flame (other) * Flamboyant (other) Flamboyant is a style of Gothic architecture. Flamboyant may also refer to: *Flamboyant, the common English name of ''Delonix regia'', an ornamental tree * ''Flamboyant'' (album), a 2019 album by Dorian Electra and its title track * "Flamboyant" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flaming Star (song)
"Flaming Star" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1960 motion picture '' Flaming Star''. It was also released in February 1961 as the first track of an extended play titled '' Elvis by Request: Flaming Star and 3 Other Great Songs''. The song peaked at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Writing and recording The song was written by Sid Wayne and Sherman Edwards. Elvis Presley recorded it on October 7, 1960, in the Radio Recorders Studio in Hollywood, California. An alternate song entitled "Black Star" - with a similar theme to the "Blackstar" song that opens David Bowie's 2016 ''Blackstar'' album - was also recorded for the movie but was not used. Charts and sales Sales References {{authority control Film theme songs 1960 songs Elvis Presley songs Songs written by Sherman Edwards Songs written by Sid Wayne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
