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"An American Trilogy" is a 1972 song medley arranged by country composer Mickey Newbury and popularized by Elvis Presley, who included it as a showstopper in his concert routines. The medley uses three 19th-century songs: "Dixie" — a popular folk song about the southern United States.
Elvis Presley's cover of "An American Trilogy" is especially famous. Presley began performing the song in concert in 1972 and released it as a single. He performed it in the 1972 documentary Elvis on Tour and in his 1973 international satellite telecast Elvis—Aloha from Hawaii .
"The Joke" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile. It was co-written by Carlile, Dave Cobb , and Phil and Tim Hanseroth , and produced by Cobb and Shooter Jennings . It was released on November 13, 2017, as the lead single off By the Way, I Forgive You , Carlile's sixth album. [ 2 ]
The song was published by Elvis Presley's music publishing company Gladys Music. It was recorded by Presley in June 1968, just two months after King's assassination, and also a short time after Robert Kennedy's assassination. The recording was first released to the public as the finale of Presley's '68 Comeback Special.
Elvis Aron Presley: An American Trilogy: Mickey Newbury: 1972: Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden: And I Love You So: Don McLean: 1975: Today: And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind: Neil Diamond: 1969: From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis (Back in Memphis) [citation needed] Angel: Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett: 1961: C'mon Everybody ...
Mickey Newbury's "An American Trilogy" (often performed by Elvis Presley) combines "Dixie" with the Union's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and the negro spiritual "All My Trials". [102] Bob Dylan also recorded a version of the song for the 2003 film Masked and Anonymous. [103]
The song had been co-written by Mickey Newbury, who would become best known for his arrangement of "An American Trilogy," later made famous by Elvis Presley, but it was Lewis who had been the first major artist to cover one of Newbury's compositions, having recorded "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" for his 1967 ...
A fragment of the song is used in the Mickey Newbury anthem "An American Trilogy", also recorded by Elvis Presley. [19] Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham did his own arrangement of the Kingston Trio's "All My Sorrows" on his 1992 solo album Out of the Cradle. [20]