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"Viva Las Vegas" is a 1964 song recorded by Elvis Presley written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman [1] for his film of the same name, which along with the song was set for general release the year after. Although Elvis Presley never performed the song live, it has since become popular and often performed by others.
In 1993, Viva Las Vegas was released as part of the RCA 'Double Features' remastered collection. This edition had all the twelve songs and 11 of the Roustabout soundtrack.. In 2003 the complete soundtrack was reissued on the Follow That Dream collectors label in a special edition that contained the original album tracks along with a selection of alternate takes.
Most of the songs come from albums released during 1979–1990, from Degüello through Recycler. Exceptions include remixes of "Tush" and "La Grange", and the non-album tracks "Viva Las Vegas" and "Gun Love". "Viva Las Vegas" was previously released as a single.
In the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski, the song "Viva Las Vegas" is playing as the Big Lebowski's wife, Bunny, returns home. The 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a play on the title of Viva Las Vegas. Ann-Margret also appears in this film, in which she performs a version of "Viva Las Vegas", retitled "Viva Rock Vegas".
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Eight years later, the song gave its title to a compilation of Presley's movie songs (C'mon Everybody, 1971). [ 3 ] The actual film version of the song "C'mon Everybody", featuring whistling as well as backing vocals by Ann-Margret , was later included on the special 3-CD Deluxe Edition of the Viva Las Vegas EP released by the label Follow That ...
It ties with the band's 1992 cover of Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" as their highest-charting single in the UK. The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.
The cabaret was featured in the 1964 Elvis Presley film “Viva Las Vegas.” Magicians Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn got their start in the show, as did Lance Burton. The final curtain fell ...