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Elvis, commonly referred to as the '68 Comeback Special, is an Elvis Presley concert special that aired on NBC on December 3, 1968. It marked Presley's return to live performance after a seven-year period during which he focused on his film appearances.
His films grossed $284 million [38] and Elvis was paid 50% of those profits, [39] making him the richest actor in Hollywood history. [40] Adjusted for inflation, Elvis films made $2.2 billion. [ 41 ] He was also paid $250,000 royalties from each of his 17 soundtrack albums from the movies, giving Elvis $4.2 million.
Elvis, better known as the '68 Comeback Special, which revived Presley's then-moribund singing career after a lengthy stint cranking out increasingly silly Hollywood movies.
Memories: The '68 Comeback Special was a 1998 double album released by RCA Records that was a repackaging of material from the 1968 Elvis Presley television special, Elvis (commonly referred to as the Elvis Presley '68 Comeback Special). Twenty-two of the compilation's 35 tracks were previously unreleased recordings, including several alternate ...
In recent years, Elvis' 1968 comeback special — which marked the singer's return to music and concert performance, at a time of historic cultural and political upheaval — has been one of the ...
Throughout his career, Elvis had several iconic performances, from playing "Hound Dog"on The Milton Berle Show in 1956 to his legendary 1968 comeback performance covered in the 2024 Netflix ...
Recorded in late June in Burbank, California, the special, simply called Elvis, aired on December 3, 1968. Later known as the '68 Comeback Special , the show featured lavishly staged studio productions as well as songs performed with a band in front of a small audience—Presley's first live performances since 1961.
Elvis was also there, and after countering Parker's argument, pleaded: "Let me give it a shot, man." Binder claimed that Parker in fact wanted Elvis to "come out in a tux and sing Christmas songs." [7] Earl Brown said while Elvis recorded the song, he saw tears rolling down the cheeks of the backing vocalists. One of them whispered to him ...