''Promised Land'' is the twenty-first
studio album
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by American singer and musician
Elvis Presley, released by
RCA Records on January 8, 1975. It was recorded in December 1973 at
Stax Records studios in Memphis and released on Presley's 40th birthday in January, 1975. In the US the album reached number 47 on the
''Billboard'' Top 200 chart and number 1 in ''Billboards Top Country LPs chart, as well as the ''Cashbox'' Country albums chart. In the UK the album reached #21.
Content
The material was the second pick from the December 1973 session, as the songs considered strongest had been issued on ''
Good Times
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''. The title track, a cover of the 1965 hit by
Chuck Berry, was issued earlier as a single on September 27, 1974, and hit number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK top ten. Its flip side, "It's Midnight", reached 9 on the Country Charts. Another hit single from the album was "
If You Talk in Your Sleep "If You Talk in Your Sleep" is a 1974 Elvis Presley song released as a single and featured on Elvis Presley's 1975 album ''Promised Land''. The song was written by Red West and Johnny Christopher, who had earlier written "Mama Liked the Roses" and ...
" reaching 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Promised Land" was used for the 1997 film ''
Men in Black''.
Reissues
In 2011, the FTD (Follow That Dream) collectors label released an expanded, 48-track version of the album including outtakes.
Track listing
Original release
Follow That Dream CD reissue
Personnel
* Elvis Presley – lead vocals, harmony vocals on "Promised Land"
*
James Burton – lead guitar
*
Johnny Christopher – rhythm guitar
*
Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar
* Jeannie Green – backing vocals
*
David Briggs – piano,
Hammond organ
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, overdubbed tambourine on "Promised Land"
*
Per Erik "Pete" Hallin – piano on "Help Me" and "Love Song of the Year",
Wurlitzer electric piano on "I’ve Got a Feelin’ In My Body",
clavinet
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on "Promised Land"
* Mary and Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
* Susan Pilkington – backing vocals
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Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
*
Ron Tutt – drums
* Voice (Donnie Sumner, Sherrill Nielsen, Tim Baty, Per Eric "Pete" Hallin) – backing vocals
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JD Sumner & The Stamps (Bill Baize, Ed Enoch, David Rowland) – backing vocals
* Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals
Overdubbed
*
Dennis Linde, Alan Rush – guitar on "Promised Land"
*
Bobby Ogdin
Robert Ford Ogdin (born September, 1945) is a Nashville-based recording session pianist. He is best known as a member of Elvis Presley's TCB band. He performed on 20 of Presley's recordings and accompanied him on 45 live shows until Presleys' dea ...
– piano on "Promised Land"
* Randy Cullers –
cowbell on "Promised Land"
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Mike Leech
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
– string and brass arrangements
* Bobby Taylor –
oboe
Technical
*
Felton Jarvis – producer
* Mike Moran, Dick Baxter, Al Pachucki, Mickey Crofford – engineers
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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Elvis Presley albums
1975 albums
Albums produced by Felton Jarvis
RCA Records albums
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