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Presley's version of "Promised Land" was released as a single on September 27, 1974. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [9] and 9 on the UK Singles Chart in the fall of 1974. [10] It was included on his 1975 album Promised Land. The Presley version was used in the soundtrack of the 1997 motion picture Men in Black.
As Berry told Melody Maker, "I took 'Maybellene' and from it got 'Nadine.'" [2] As William Ruhlmann of Allmusic writes, the lyrics are distinguished by an "unusual use of similes," such as: She moves around like a wayward summer breeze; Moving through the traffic like a mounted cavalier; and I was campaign shouting like a Southern diplomat. [3]
Promised Land is the twenty-first studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records on January 8, 1975. It was recorded in December 1973 at Stax Records studios in Memphis and released on Presley's 40th birthday in January, 1975.
Elvis Presley and Pnau: “Don’t Fly Away” This fresh mix is a retitled adaptation of Presley’s “Any Day Now,” originally cut by Chuck Jackson in 1962 and covered by many other artists ...
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist and songwriter who pioneered rock and roll.Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957), and ...
The song was first released in October 1974 as a B-side to a cover of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land". [2] [4] (While the Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records indicates "Promised Land" as the A-side, [5] different pressings have "It's Midnight" as the A-side and "Promised Land" as a B-side and vice versa.) [6]
Elvis Presley: I'm Falling in Love Tonight: Don Robertson: 1962: It Happened at the World's Fair: I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye: Hank Snow: 1956: The Complete Million Dollar Session: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas: 1956: Elvis Presley: I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs: Culley Holt: 1960: His Hand in Mine ...
"Maybellene" is a rock and roll song by American artist Chuck Berry, adapted in part from the western swing fiddle tune "Ida Red". Released in 1955, Berry’s song tells the story of a hot rod race and a broken romance, the lyrics describing a man driving a V8 Ford and chasing his unfaithful girlfriend in her Cadillac Coupe DeVille.