Am I Ready

 

Am I Ready  

Words & Music: Sid Tepper/ Roy C. Bennett

Am I ready, can my heart be true?
Am I ready, to fall in love with you

One love, one girl,one dream shared by two
Am I ready, to fall in love with you

I have touched your lips,and now I know
I would be a fool, to let you go

Should I, could I, how I wish I knew
Am I ready, to fall in love with you

Should I, could I, how I wish I knew
Am I ready, to fall in love with you

Fall in love...with..you...

Recorded: 1966/02/16, first released on Spinout

Doin' the Best I Can

Doin' the Best I Can  

 

       Words & Music: Doc Pomus/ Mort Shuman

I gave my heart
I gave my love
Oh ho, my darling
I am true
Doin' the bestThe best I can
But it's not good enough for you

I tried so hard
So hard to please
Oh ho, my darling
What more can I do
Doin' the best
The best I can
But it's not good enough for you

You know I was the kind who'd run
Any time you'd call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn't mind at all
I'll be a dreamer
I'll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin' the best
The best I can
But it's not good enough for you

You know I was the kind who'd run
Any time you'd call
I guess I was the only one
Who didn't mind at all
I'll be a dreamer
I'll be a fool
Oh ho, my darling
My whole life through
Doin' the best
The best I can
But it's not good enough for you
But it's not good enough for you

Recorded: 1960/04/27, first released on G.I. Blues

Hurt

Hurt 

Words & Music: J. Crane/ A. Jacobs

I'm so hurt to think that you lied to me
I'm hurt way down deep inside of me
You said our love was true
And we'll never, never part
Now you've got someone new
And it breaks my heart

I'm hurt, much more than you'll ever know
Yes darling, I'm so hurt
Because I still love you so
Even though you hurt me
Like nobody else could ever do
I would never hurt, hurt you

Recorded: 1976/02/05, first released on single Give,

What's She Really Like

 

What's She Really Like

Words & Music: Sid Wayne/ Abner Silver 

What's she really like
The girl that you see me with
What's she really like
The one I'm so dreamy with
Well, let me tell you she's wonderful
She's marvelous and she's mine

Told here that her lips, her lips are so thrillable
I can't describe her kiss in words of one syllable
She's even more than desirable
And what's moreable she's mine

What's she really like
The girl I go on about
What's she really like
The one I'm so mad about
All I can say, she's wonderful
She's marvelous and she's mine

You're asking if she loves me
Well, you don't know the half
You're wondering if she'll leave me
Ha, ha, ha, don't make me laugh

What's she really like
The girl I go on about
What's she really like
The one I'm so gone about

All I can say, she's wonderful
She's marvelous and she's mine

Recorded: 1960/04/28, first released on G.I. Blues

55´s & 56¨s pictures

Aug 2, 1955,After A Concert in Sheffield Ala. 

October 13, 1955 in Amarillo,Tx

April 16, 1956 - Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas

Augusta, Ga. June 27 1956

 Elvis outside New York's Hudson Theater, July 1, 1956, after his Steve Allen appearance.

Elvis - Tuesday, August 7, 1956, Florida Theater, St. Petersburg, FL

Elvis' First Album

 

Elvis' First Album

 

• "Elvis Presley" (1956)

Rushed out by RCA in March 1956 in the wake of "Heartbreak Hotel's" success on the singles chart, Elvis's first album was a mix of five Sun Records recordings and seven early RCA tracks. Since none of the tracks had been previously released by either Sun or RCA, most listeners were unaware that two different studios were involved. (Years passed before I realized the difference between the Sun and the RCA recordings.) "Trying to Get to You" and "Blue Moon" introduced Presley's new fans to the distinctive sound of Sun's Memphis studio. The LP's lead cut, however, was "Blue Suede Shoes," Elvis's high energy rendition of Carl Perkins's rock 'n' roll anthem. Another track, "Money Honey," Elvis paid tribute to his rhythm and blues roots.

1956 great year

3 above....February 9, 1956 - Carolina Theater, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

March 17, 1956 - Warwick Hotel, New York, Before his appearance on the Dorsey Brothers show.

Amarillo,Tx., April 13, 1956

Nashville, Tn., April 14, 1956

2 above..June 17, 1956 - Audubon Drive, Memphis

3 above.. June 30, 1956, Richmond

July 17-19, 1956: Elvis with the Four Coins singing group at 'Gus Stevens' Restaurant and Club'. Restaurant owner Gus Stevens is on the left

August 3, 1956, Miami, Florida, Olympia Theatre

Scotty Moore, D.J. Fontana, Elvis, Bill Black
Thursday, August 9, 1956
Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, FL

San Francisco Bay Blues

 

San Francisco Bay Blues

14 years after the first release of this show, Audionics delivers a slightly more complete version of Elvis Presley's San Francisco November 28th, 1976 show, as taken from the mixing desk. Elvis first played San Francisco on October 26th, 1957, two shows on one day, near the very end of his final fifties tour. He would not return to the legendary "City by the Bay" until almost exactly 13 years later, on November 13th, 1970, at the legendary Cow Palace.

Presley made his final two appearances in the same building on November 28 and 29, 1976. Unlike most tour shows earlier in the year, Elvis was in fine form, and the shows were well received by the San Francisco crowd.
For the SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES reissue, Audionics worked directly with a first generation, DAT copy of the original soundboard tape and made some improvements to the audio. It was a painstaking process of repairing and enhancing the original binaural recording, and then the sound was mixed down to genuine stereo.

Originally, the left channel consisted of all vocals and nearly all the instruments, while the right channel featured only piano (Tony Brown) and rhythm guitar (John Wilkinson). To give the listener an idea of how this sounded, four digitally-restored, binaural bonus tracks are included. Unfortunately, the original tape ends during "Hound Dog" (previously unreleased), missing the show's closing tracks "Hawaiian Wedding Song", "Blue Christmas", "That's All Right" and "Can't Help Falling In Love".

SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES is presented in a neat-looking digipack filled with photographs taken during the November 28th Cow Palace concert.
Here's your chance to listen to SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES - for the first time as complete as originally recorded. 

Tracks:
01. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra - 02. C.C. Rider - 03. I Got A Woman / Amen - 04. Love Me - 05. If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - 06. You Gave Me A Mountain - 07. Jailhouse Rock - 08. It's Now Or Never - 09. All Shook Up - 10. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear / Don't Be Cruel - 11. And I Love You So - 12. Fever - 13. America The Beautiful - 14. Polk Salad Annie - 15. Introductions by Elvis of vocalists, band - 16. Early Morning Rain (John Wilkinson) - 17. What I'd Say? (James Burton) - 18. Johnny B. Goode (James Burton) - 19. Drum solo (Ronnie Tutt) - 20. Bass solo (Jerry Scheff) - 21. Piano solo (Tony Brown) - 22. Electric piano solo (David Briggs) - 23. Love Letters - 24. School Day (Joe Guercio Orchestra) - 25. Hurt - 26. Hound Dog (incomplete).
Bonus (binaural):
27. America The Beautiful - 28. Polk Salad Annie - 29. Early Morning Rain (John Wilkinson) - 30. Hurt.
Approx. running time: 72:30 

Top grossing Elvis movies at the box office

Top grossing Elvis movies at the box office

 

Based on the Box Office Report database, the top grossing Elvis Presley movies based on the yearly Top 20 box office rankings were:

1. Viva Las Vegas (May, 1964, MGM), no. 11 on the list of the top grossing movies of the year in the U.S., $38,606,833
2. Jailhouse Rock (October, 1957, MGM), no. 12, $32,272,038
3. Blue Hawaii (November, 1961, Paramount), no. 13, $36,553,229
4. G.I. Blues (August, 1960, Paramount), no. 15, $33,780,877
5. Loving You (July, 1957, Paramount), tied for no. 15, $30,617,062
6. Girls! Girls! Girls! (November, 1962, Paramount), no. 19, $27,659,406
7. Love Me Tender (November, 1956, Twentieth Century Fox), no. 20, $35,903,060
8. Girl Happy (1965, MGM), no. 25, $22,862,091
9. Kissin' Cousins (1964, MGM), no. 26, $20,981,974
10. Roustabout (1964, Paramount), no. 28, $22,480,687

aloha press conference

 

Press conference, September 4, 1972 In the morning, there was a press conference at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel to announce the upcoming worldwide telecast of an Elvis concert in Honolulu on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The announcement was made by the president of RCA Records, Mr. Rocco Laginestra. Elvis was also present and told the press he hoped he wouldn't let his fans down. Mr. Laginestra told the press the upcoming tv-program would reach the largest audience in the history of television. The concert would be broadcast to Southeast Asia via satellite. In Europe the concert would be seen in 28 countries, the day after the concert.

    

ALOHA

 

	Elvis in concert January 12 & 14, 1973 On January 7, tickets for the concert of January 14 went on sale in Honolulu. Already a large amount of tickets were sold in advance by mail orders. Tickets could only be obtained by making a donation to the Kui Lee Cancer Fund. Tickets for the dress rehearsal of January 12 would be sold as soon as the main show had sold out. Honolulu, January 12, 1973 Elvis performed for an audience of 6,000 people at the International Convention Center, the show was taped as an emergency backup in case of problems with the show of January 14.
The mayor of Honolulu declares this day to be "Elvis Presley Day"	Honolulu, January 13, 1973   Some last minute soundchecks are done in the concert hall of the International Convention Center for tomorrow nights concert. Elvis attends the soundcheck in casual clothes while the musicians practice their (music)parts.
	Honolulu, January 14, 1973 At 12.30 am Elvis wrote history with the first world-wide telecasted concert ever. Millions of people in over 40 countries saw Elvis' live concert from Hawaii. The total earnings of the concert, being $ 75,000 were donated to the Kui Lee Cancer Fund. The original estimate had only been $ 25,000 The telecast, Aloha from Hawaii, would be watched by more than 1 billion people, worldwide. The show was the most expensive entertainment special, up to that time, with costs of $ 2,5 million. Following the show, as soon as the audience had left the building, Elvis recorded 5 songs on stage, to be included in the American version of the special. The special would be aired in the U.S.A. on April 4, 1973.
	At the end of the show, Elvis removed this cape and hurled it into the audience. It was caught by Mr. Bruce Sprinks, a reporter of the Honolulu Advisor. The cape is now on display in the at Graceland.