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Live in Las Vegas is a four-disc box set by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in July 2001 on RCA Records, catalogue 07863 69354-2. It comprises live recordings from shows given by Presley in Las Vegas through every decade of his career.
The first album consisted of recordings from those shows, Elvis' first live performances since his March 1961 benefit concert in Hawaii. [11] Signature hits from his 1950s and early 1960s repertoire appeared alongside a cover of " Words " by The Bee Gees , his recent hit single " In The Ghetto " and an extended version of " Suspicious Minds ...
Elvis: That's the Way It Is is a 1970 American documentary film directed by Denis Sanders. The film documents American singer Elvis Presley's Summer Festival in Las Vegas during August 1970. It was his first non-dramatic film since the beginning of his film career in 1956, and the film gives a clear view of Presley's return to live performances ...
That isn’t to say that Parker’s gambling and Elvis’ Vegas shows aren't linked, she says. The colonel was said to be worth $1 million a year to the International because of his gambling ...
Did the Colonel live out his later years being sickly in casinos, as portrayed in the movie’s framing device? ... but there was an incident in Vegas in 1974 where Elvis criticized Barron Hilton ...
At the expiration of all studio contracts, he returned to live entertaining and soon became the biggest star in Las Vegas history and on tour in America. [34] The two concert documentaries Elvis: That's the Way It Is in 1970 and Elvis on Tour in 1972 were the final theatrical releases for Presley. [ 35 ]
During those years, Elvis also spent plenty of time away — in the Army in Germany, at various homes in and around Hollywood while making movies in the 1960s, in Las Vegas where he performed ...
For his role in Viva Las Vegas, Elvis Presley received a third place prize 1965 Laurel Award for best male performance in a musical film. Viva Las Vegas was also the 1965 Laurel runner-up in the category of the best musical of 1964. Ann-Margret was praised for her on screen chemistry with Elvis, as she nearly stole the film from him.