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All Shook Up is a 2004 American jukebox musical with music from the Elvis Presley songbook and with a book by Joe DiPietro.. The show concerns the repressed residents of an unnamed American town in the 1950s who experience an awakening when a leather-clad guitar-strumming roustabout rolls into town.
Elvis is a jukebox musical based upon the life of American singer Elvis Presley, conceived by and Ray Cooney (Producer and Co-Devisor) and Jack Good (Director and Co-devisor). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It tells the story of Elvis's life and career, from the beginning until his death.
A jukebox musical is a stage musical or musical film in which a majority of the songs are well-known, pre-existing popular music songs, rather than original music composed for the musical. Some jukebox musicals use a wide variety of songs, while others confine themselves to songs performed by one singer or band, or written by one songwriter.
Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical with a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux.It dramatizes the Million Dollar Quartet recording session of December 4, 1956, among early rock and roll/country stars who recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, which are Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, and newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis.
The Spinout sessions still adhered to the same formula of the past four years. Nine songs were recorded for the soundtrack, all of which appeared in the film. Most of the songs derived from the standard pool of songwriters, their publishing rights signed over to Elvis Presley Music and Gladys Music, the companies owned by Elvis and the Colonel. [4]
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.
Elvis Presley had four songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1957, including "All Shook Up", the number one song of the year. Fats Domino had three songs on the year-end top 50. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1957 according to retail sales. [1]
Ever since song and dance first hit the silver screen with the invention of sound technology in the early 20th century, musical movies have long been a part of cinematic history.