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Promised Land is the twenty-first studio album 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.
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis Tennessee: Love Letters: Edward Heyman, Victor Young: 1966: Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4: The Love Machine: Chuck Taylor, Fred Burch, Gerald Nelson: 1966: I Got Lucky: Love Me: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller: 1956: Elvis (1956 album) Love Me Tender: Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton and Vera Matson (pseudonym ...
Otis Blackwell (February 16, 1931 – May 6, 2002) was an American songwriter whose work influenced rock and roll.His compositions include "Fever" (recorded by Little Willie John), "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless" (recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis), "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up", and "Return to Sender" (with Winfield Scott; recorded by Elvis Presley), and "Handy Man" (recorded by Jimmy Jones).
“Hound Dog” was one of Elvis Presley’s earliest singles, landing the number one spot of the Billboard charts and skyrocketing the career of the young musician in 1956. Before Presley put a ...
In honor of the "Elvis" movie, check out this list of the best Elvis Presley songs based on Billboard No. 1's and Spotify's top-streamed songs.
The Blue Moon Boys were an American rock and roll band that was formed by Elvis Presley, lead guitarist Scotty Moore and double bass player Bill Black.The group members were introduced by Sun Studio owner Sam Phillips in 1954, except for drummer D.J. Fontana, who joined the group during a Louisiana Hayride tour in 1955.
Presley's version of "Promised Land" was released as a single on September 27, 1974. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [9] and 9 on the UK Singles Chart in the fall of 1974. [10] It was included on his 1975 album Promised Land. The Presley version was used in the soundtrack of the 1997 motion picture Men in Black.
Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann discusses Elvis Presley's controversial ties to Black music and what the singer's dynamic with Colonel Tom Parker reveals about America.