|
In this series which is a
new quarter-hour each week
up thru the anniversary of
Elvis's death in
August, we are offering on
the ipodshows site,
hour-long versions of
the programs for the
convenience of podcast
downloads. We will be
offering
windows media files
of the shows here as half
hour versions too.
|
 Elvis-The Man, His Life, His
Music -
Hour
5 -
Elvis
gets drafted. His Army
Career did not stop him
making money and being
in the
public eye.
The story of how this
was done is presented
with the inside story of
how the draft board in
Memphis decided to go
ahead and draft The
King.
Elvis Presley's Army
duty takes
him to
Germany, a rare
press conference
by
Elvis is
featured. It was
recorded just before he
boarded the troop
carrier to take him to
Europe. Elvis talks
about women, marriage
and his mother. Gladys
Presley passed away on
August 14, 1958 and
Elvis took it hard.
Details of the Funeral
are told by those who
attended it in Memphis
|
|
|
Elvis-The Man, His Life, His
Music - Hour
4 -
Elvis had a
good year in 1957 other than
a brief skirmish over money
with some of his band. His
movies were doing well, he
had a new contract for
movies and he even had a
ballad in the top 10 before
the end of the year.
In several interviews he
indicated he wanted to do
better stage shows than
anyone else and be known for
quality music even though in
1957 he was defending rock
'n roll as have having a
pretty side as well. This
hour deals with how the
Presley Parents handled
their son's success and some
of the business side of the
making of legend.
 MP3
Running Time: 1 hour, 05
minutes, 35 seconds,
 Windows
Media Version Part 1,
Windows
Media Version Part 2
Songs in
Hour 4:
Elvis -
It's
Now Or
Never
(RCA
-BMI)
Elvis-
Peace
in the
Valley
-
(RCA-Traditional)
Elvis-
Money
Honey
(Sun
records
-BMI)
Elvis
Presley
-
Tutti
Frutti
(BMI-RCA),
Elvis
Presley
- I
Can't
Stop
Loving
You
(BMI-RCA)
,
Elvis
Presley
- For
The Good
Times
(BMI-
RCA)
|
Pat Boone -
Love Letters In
The Sand-
(Ascap-Dot
records) ,
Elvis Presley -
Love Letters
(RCA- BMI) ,
Elvis Presley -Proud
Mary
(RCA-BMI)
Elvis Presley -
Way Down
(BMI RCA) ,
Elvis Presley -
Jail House
Rock (BMI-
RCA) ,
Elvis Presley -
Don't
(BMI- RCA)
|
|
Hour
Three -
Elvis, the man, his
life and his music-
This hour starts as Elvis
ends his
country music career
with the Louisiana Hayride
and moves into the Super
Star arena as, "The
King of
Rock n Roll." How
"Elvis is Leaving the
Building" became his
trademark as thousands of
teenage girls showed up at
every concert yelling and
screaming through the entire
performance. The inside
bidding war to get Elvis on
TV is revealed and how by
1957 Elvis was the first
multi-media superstar with
records, radio and TV show
appearances and movies.
 MP3 Running
time: 1 hour, 03 minutes, 26
seconds
Windows
Media Version Part 1
-
Windows
Media Version Part 2
Songs in this show:
Elvis - Sun Records
Medley (Sun Records -
BMI) , Elvis - That's
When Heartaches Begin
(Sun Records-BMI), Elvis
- Heartbreak Hotel - RCA
BMI,
Sun Records
Medley ( Sun
Records- BMI),
Elvis
- Don't Be Cruel
(RCA- BMI), lvis- You Ain't
Nothing But A Hound Dog
(RCA BMI) ,
Big Mama Thornton " You
Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog."
reissue- BMI, Elvis Presley -"
Loving You"(RCA- BMI), Elvis Presley - "All
Shook Up" (RCA- BMI)
, Good Luck Charm, It's Now or
Never, Return to Sender, All
Shook Up, Jailhouse Rock, Don't
Be Cruel, Let Me Be Your Teddy
Bear, Hound Dog, and Blue Suede
Shoes. (All songs RCA and
BMI) |
 Hour
Two
-This
program deals with Elvis
from his first performance at
the Grand Ole Opry, his early rockabilly reputation in 1954
and shows how Southern Music influenced his unique style. Elvis
confidants and the voice of Elvis himself are featured
telling the story of his early years.
Elvis by 1955 was becoming a major star with
several nation TV show appearances and a million-selling
record Heartbreak Hotel. In this segment Jerry goes
back to his days of living in
Shreveport
and how Col.
Tom Parker became his manager. This program features
some of the inside stories of Elvis by those who lived the
story with him.
MP3 Running
time: 1 hour, 07 minutes, 45
seconds
Windows
Media Version Part 1,
Windows
Media Version Part 2
Songs in this program:
You're a Heartbreaker
(Sun Records-BMI), I Love
You Because (Sun
Records-BMI),
Are You LonesomeTonight?
(RCA BMI), Ready Teddy -
Ed Sullivan Show (BMI),
Gale Storm -
I Hear You Knockin'
(Dot- ASCAP),
Johnny Cash - Five Feet
High and Rising -
(Sun -BMI), Carl Perkins -
Blue Suede Shoes (
Sun-BMI),
Elvis Presley-
Let's Play House (Sun-
BMI),
Elvis Crying in
the Chapel - (RCA-
ASCAP), Orioles- Crying
in the Chapel (
Re-issue- BMI) , Elvis
Presley - Are You
Lonesome Tonight? (in
Las Vegas) (RCA
-BMI),
Elvis Presley -
Heartbreak Hotel
- (RCA- BMI), Elvis
Presley
- Shake, Rattle and Roll
(Sun Records - BMI), Elvis
Presley- I was The One
(RCA-BMI), Stan Freeberg
-
Heartbreak Hotel
(Capitol-BMI) |
 Hour
One - This
first hour deals with Elvis
from his birth in East
Tupelo, Mississippi thru his
teenage years in
Memphis..following his first
Sun Recording session in
detail and his signing a
year's contract with country
music show, "The Louisiana
Hayride." The programs
feature the music and the
words of Elvis as well as
stories told by those who
knew Elvis in those early
years.
MP3 Running
time: 1 hour, 4 minutes, 24
seconds.
Windows
Media Version Part 1
Windows
Media Version Part 2
Songs in this program: Old
Shep- (Traditional-RCA)
- Caledonia (
Decca- BMI) -
Good RockinTonight
(reissue- BMI) -
Elvis Version (Sun
Records -
BMI), Don't (RCA
BMI), That's All Right Mama (Sun
Records BMI), Big Mama
Thornton
Hounddog (re issue-Decca
BMI Elvis Version RCA BMI,
Harbor Lights (Sun Records -
ASCAP), Love Letters
(RCA-ASCAP), Mystery Train
(Sun
Records- BMI)
Music
Credits: Blue Moon of
Kentucky (Sun Records BMI),
She's Not You (RCA-BMI)
|
|
-
