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Flashback: Elvis Presley’s ‘Aloha From Hawaii’ Marks His Final Truly Great Moment

By Andy Greene

Andy Greene

Elvis Presley stayed on the road until the end of his life, playing his final show at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana less than two months before his death on August 16th, 1977. But with a handful of exceptions, the gigs he played in his last years were sad, sloppy affairs where a bloated, drugged Presley struggled to remember his lyrics and get through the night without collapsing. There were brief moments of brilliance, like his performances of “Unchained Melody” near the end , but most everything from the final three years of his life is sad and hard to watch.

Some Presley die-hards may quibble with this, but to many, his final moment of true brilliance came on January 14th, 1973, when millions of people tuned in to see his Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite concert special. Presley had been gigging steadily for four years at this point, but he’d never played a single show outside of North America. Demand to see him was extremely strong in Europe and throughout much of Asia and Presley was eager to book the shows, but his manager Colonel Tom Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk in the Netherlands) was in America without proper papers and feared deportation if he ever stepped outside U.S. borders.

The hoopla around President Nixon’s trip to China in 1972 inspired Parker to organize another event that would capture the attention of the world, using satellite technology to beam the show to every market on the planet that had waited nearly 20 years in vain to see Elvis Presley in the flesh. The show took place at the Honolulu International Center and featured numerous Presley classics (“Hound Dog,” “Blue Suede Shoes”) alongside newer hits (“Suspicious Minds”) and covers that had became a trademark of his live show (“My Way,” “Steamroller Blues”).

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One of the highlights came early when he broke out “Burning Love,” a hit from just months earlier that became his final song to hit the Top 10 on the Hot 100. Presley trimmed down for the big show and still had an absolute command of the stage and his singing voice. He was just 38 and seemed poised to stick around for years to come. But Presley’s addiction to painkillers and sleeping pills began taking a heavy toll in the months after Aloha From Hawaii . There were numerous hospitalizations and many attempts to clean him up, but nothing worked.

Had Elvis lived, the world could have hypothetically experienced the joys of a New Wave Elvis album, Elvis standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson at the “We Are The World” sessions, Elvis joining the Traveling Wilburys in 1989 and Elvis working with Rick Rubin in the 1990s on a stripped-down comeback album for American Recordings. He’d be 83 today and could conceivably still be on the road. Sadly, Aloha From Hawaii stands as the final document of a time where the future still looked bright for Elvis Presley.

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A 1973 concert by Elvis Presley taped at the Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This was the first program to ever be beamed around the world by satellite. A 1973 concert by Elvis Presley taped at the Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This was the first program to ever be beamed around the world by satellite. A 1973 concert by Elvis Presley taped at the Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This was the first program to ever be beamed around the world by satellite.

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Elvis Presley : Thank you very much. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you ladies and gentlemen! Good evening, and uh... I hope you enjoy our show tonight. We're gonna try to do all of the songs that you wanna hear.

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When Elvis Said 'Aloha' From Hawaii, The World Watched

On January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley made history as the first solo entertainer to hold a live concert broadcast internationally via satellite. More than a billion people from more than 40 countries across Asia and Europe tuned in to watch "Aloha from Hawaii." Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden talks to Elvis aficionados, including fans who witnessed the rock 'n' roll king when he took the crown to be a true worldwide phenomenon.

JACKI LYDEN, HOST:

If you've just tuned in, this is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Jacki Lyden.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

DANA SUZUKI-CULBERTSON: I'm Dana Suzuki-Culbertson(ph), and I live in Kaneohe, Oahu (unintelligible).

SUZUKI-CULBERTSON: The night I went to see Elvis, I went with my mother. And I remember sitting up, and the moment I saw him with my binoculars, I was in such awe that I stopped and I was just staring at my mom, saying: Oh, my God. Oh, my God. And she told me: Stop looking at me and look at stage and watch.

LYDEN: Forty years ago this month, on January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley, perfectly tanned in his high-collared American Eagle jumpsuit, walked onstage at the Honolulu International Center to make history - the first solo entertainer to broadcast live via satellite.

LYDEN: More than 40 countries from Asia to Europe, 1 billion and a half viewers, watched the King in the historic concert called "Aloha from Hawaii." For fans in the audience like Dana Culbertson, the memory still shines.

SUZUKI-CULBERTSON: When he first came out on stage, you know, they start off with these drums: boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. And then da-da-da, da-da-da, and then out he comes, you know, "See See Rider."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SEE SEE RIDER")

ELVIS PRESLEY: (Singing) Oh, see. See see rider. Oh, see what you have done. I said see, see see rider. Oh, see what you have done. Girl, you made me love you. Now, now, now your lovin' man has gone. Hear what I say.

LYDEN: Also in the audience was a graduate student named Neil Abercrombie. He was (unintelligible).

GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE: It was 12:30 a.m. when it started. The place was packed, about 6,000-plus people in our little arena here. And he was in his, you know, his white cape, and he had his semi-karate moves. And he sang at least 20, 25 songs in an hour.

PRESLEY: Thank you. Thank you very much. "Johnny B."

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "JOHNNY B. GOOD")

ABERCROMBIE: When he did "Hound Dog," you know, "Big Mama" Willie Mae Thornton's "Hound Dog"...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HOUND DOG")

PRESLEY: (Singing) You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine.

ABERCROMBIE: He did "Fever."

LYDEN: Dana Culbertson was just 17 at the time.

SUZUKI-CULBERTSON: You know, I was in my own world, swooning and wanting all that too. I just loved him.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FEVER")

PRESLEY: (Singing) Never know how much I love you. Never know how much I care. Oh, when you put your arms around me I get a fever that's so hard to bear. You give me fever.

LYDEN: Yes, Elvis charmed the girls, girls, girls, and the boys too. Neil Abercrombie became an Elvis fan after listening to R&B in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. So, of course, he was happy to see the king's genius on stage.

ABERCROMBIE: He did rhythm and blues stuff. And, of course, he did "I'll Remember You," Kui Lee.

LYDEN: Can you sing any of it?

ABERCROMBIE: (Singing) I'll remember you, da-da-da-da.

GOVERNOR: You all - yeah, that's it. The second he started it, people burst into tears.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I'LL REMEMBER YOU")

PRESLEY: (Singing) I'll remember you long after this endless summer has gone. I'll be lonely, oh, so lonely, living only to remember you.

LYDEN: The reason behind the Hawaii concert was to commemorate the late Hawaiian composer Kui Lee who'd written the song "I'll Remember You," made famous by entertainer Don Ho. Presley recorded the song in June of 1966, the year Lee died.

PRESLEY: (Singing) As the warm summer breeze your sweet laughter, mornings after, ever after, I'll remember you. To your arms someday...

LYDEN: Elvis Presley loved Hawaii, and he was happy there. He made three movies in the state with titles like "Blue Hawaii." He held a benefit show for the USS Arizona Memorial, the shop destroyed in the Pearl Harbor.

LYDEN: As huge as the 1973 television event was, one irony is that in the United States, you couldn't see. John Jackson is vice president of Sony's Legacy Recordings.

JOHN JACKSON: It was the same day as the Super Bowl, you know, Super Bowl VII, Dolphins versus Redskins. Yeah, that was the season that the Dolphins went undefeated, which was a huge deal.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SUSPICIOUS MINDS")

PRESLEY: (Singing) What you're doing to me when you don't believe a word I say. We can't go on together with suspicious minds. And we can't build our dreams on suspicious minds. So if an old friend I know...

LYDEN: So I've seen your picture, John Jackson, and are you as old as Elvis was when he performed this concert?

JACKSON: That's funny you mentioned that. I actually am 38 years old right now. I haven't thought of that before (unintelligible). And thank you for reminding me, by the way.

LYDEN: And happy birthday, by the way.

LYDEN: But how do we explain your fascination for a performer you weren't even born when this concert took place? And you've become a, you know, an expert on Elvis.

JACKSON: I was fortunate enough to have attended Indiana University. I actually, for my thesis project, made a CD-ROM about Elvis' life where you could see clips and see photos and read about him and the argument being that Elvis really ushered in the age of the multimedia human being. And you couldn't just hear his music without seeing his photograph, or you couldn't see the photograph without seeing the motion of him on television, or you had to take in everything or he didn't make sense. And then after that, everything changed. And, you know, the world is now a multimedia place.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MY WAY")

PRESLEY: (Singing) ...and did it my way. The record shows I took the blows and did it my way.

JACKSON: Oh, I mean, the whole was just fantastic. I mean, you can tell when listening to the January 12th show, the sort of dress rehearsal show, he's a little bit loser, he's joking around with the band and stuff, which was what he was out to do. But the 14 show, he just absolutely kills it. And, you know, particularly the famous performances of "An American Trilogy," which was a favorite song of his that he did. And it's just one of the great performances of his entire career.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AN AMERICAN TRILOGY")

PRESLEY: (Singing) Glory, glory hallelujah.

LYDEN: As we know, the King still lives amongst diehard Elvis fans, but those fans haven't done so badly either. Neil Abercrombie is now Hawaii's governor, and he still loves Elvis.

ABERCROMBIE: He was a phenomenon. And we're talking about it 40 years later. You're not going to have the Justin Bieber world satellite concert 40 years from now, you know, or Beyonce or something like that. These are passing phenomenon. Presley was singular in that way. The word charisma was made for him.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE")

PRESLEY: (Singing) Take my hand. Take my whole life too. For I can't help falling in love with you.

LYDEN: Fortieth anniversary celebrations of the concert are planned from Memphis to Honolulu with a rebroadcast of the 1973 show. If you're lucky enough to get there, you'll be joining Governor Abercrombie at the arena where it all took place on January 14th. You, too, can say what Elvis might say if he were there - "Aloha from Hawaii."

(SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING)

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The early ‘70s were huge for Elvis. Shows in Las Vegas – complete with the now-iconic Elvis jumpsuits – broke attendance records and he continued to record. He made history with his “Aloha from Hawaii” special and returned to the top of the music charts. Elvis and Priscilla also divorced during this time.

January/February 1970

February/March 1970

A press conference is held in Houston on the 27th. Elvis performs afternoon and evening shows at the Houston Astrodome. Two more shows follow on both February 28 and March 1. A closing press conference and banquet follow and Elvis is presented an armload of recent gold record awards. The six shows attract 207,494 people and sets records. There is speculation among the press and the public that Elvis might tour in concert for the first time since the fifties.

April 20, 1970

The single “The Wonder of You” is released and hits #9.  

In Nashville, Elvis records several singles and the material for the albums “Elvis Country” and “Love Letters From Elvis.”  

July/September 1970

Elvis returns to Vegas for what the Colonel has now dubbed “The Elvis Presley Summer Festival.” This is another month-long engagement of Elvis shows in Las Vegas at the International. He opens on August 10 and closes on September 7. MGM is on hand to shoot a documentary film called “Elvis -That’s the Way It Is” that will show Elvis off stage, in rehearsals, in the recording studio, and on stage. RCA will also release an album with the same title.

September 1970

October 9, 1970

Elvis buys his first Stutz Blackhawk, a 1971 model.  

October 19, 1970

The first order of 12 TCB necklaces is picked up from Schwartz and Ableser Jewelers in Beverly Hills.

November 11, 1970

“Elvis, That’s The Way It Is,” Elvis' 32nd film, opens in theaters to good reviews and good box office. An album of the same title is released, but only one song, "I Just Can't Help Believin'," is actually from a stage performance included in the film. The other songs are studio recordings, some of which Elvis performs live on stage or in rehearsal footage in the film. The album peaks at #21 on the album chart.

December 4, 1970

Elvis and Priscilla complete the purchase of another home in California at 144 Monovale for $339,000.  

December 21, 1970

Elvis’ famous visit with President Richard Nixon at the White House occurs. Today, copies of the photos from that meeting are the most requested documents from our National Archives.

January 16, 1971

Late January/February 1971

Elvis plays another month-long engagement at the International Hotel in Las Vegas.

Elvis begins a recording session in Nashville, but cancels it due to pain and inflammation in an eye. He is treated at a Nashville hospital where he is diagnosed with secondary glaucoma.  

Elvis is featured on the cover of “Look Magazine,” which carries an installment of the forthcoming biography on Elvis by Jerry Hopkins. Many books and articles have been written over the years, but this is the first in-depth, serious biography. The book, “Elvis : A Biography,” will be released in October. Elvis has recording sessions in Nashville. Much of the work is for his forthcoming album “Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas.”  

The two-room house Elvis was born in opens to the public for tours in Tupelo. The house was restored by the East Heights Garden Club in Tupelo. Elvis has more recording sessions in Nashville, this time mostly for an upcoming gospel album, “He Touched Me.” In addition, a long stretch of Highway 51 South, part of which runs in front of Graceland, is officially renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard. The first of the new street signs will go up in January of 1972. Various albums and singles continue to be released to various degrees of success during this period.  

July/August 1971

Elvis plays a two-week engagement at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. With this first appearance at the Sahara Tahoe, “2001” will now be Elvis’ entrance theme for his concert shows. He breaks attendance records for this venue.  

August 9 - September 6, 1971

November 5 - 12, 1971

Elvis goes on a 12-city concert tour. J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet have now replaced The Imperials and Jackie Kahane is now the opening comedian. The famous Elvis jumpsuits now feature matching capes.

Late 1971 - Early 1972

Elvis and Priscilla separate. She moves out on her own with Lisa Marie.  

January 26 - February 23, 1972

Elvis plays another successful engagement at the Hilton in Vegas.

March/April 1972

In April, MGM films Elvis in a Hollywood recording studio and then on and off stage during his 15-city concert tour. MGM will use the footage for another theatrically released documentary, “Elvis on Tour.” In April, the gospel album “He Touched Me” is released to good reviews. The album will go on to win Elvis his second Grammy Award, this one for the category of Best Inspirational Performance.  

July 26, 1972

Elvis and Priscilla’s separation is formalized. A divorce is to come. Elvis has begun seeing Linda Thompson, who will be his main female companion until late 1976.  

August 4 - September 4, 1972

Elvis plays a month-long engagement at the Hilton in Vegas.  

September 4, 1972

A press conference held between the dinner and midnight Elvis shows in Las Vegas, announces plans for a television concert to be broadcast via satellite around the world from Hawaii. It is predicted that the show will reach the largest audience in television history and that the live album will be a big hit.  

October 1972

Elvis has a number two pop hit with the single “Burning Love,” one of his biggest records in recent years.  

November 1972

“Elvis on Tour” opens to good reviews and good box office performance in theaters. Later, its producers will receive the Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary of 1972. Elvis also tours seven cities in concert. The last is Honolulu, Hawaii, where he does three shows at the Honolulu International Center Arena, the same venue that will host his satellite special in January.  

November 20, 1972

Elvis appears at a press conference in Hawaii regarding his upcoming satellite show. It is announced that it will be a benefit for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund.  

January 1973

Audience tickets for the January 12 pre-broadcast rehearsal show and January 14 concert carry no price. Each audience member is asked to pay whatever he or she can. The performances and concert merchandise sales are a benefit raising $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in Hawaii. Kui Lee was a Hawaiian composer who had died of cancer while still in his thirties.

The soundtrack album is soon released and goes to #1 on the Billboard pop album chart, and stays on the chart at various positions for 52 weeks. In the special, Elvis' recording of the theme song from his 1965 movie “Paradise, Hawaiian Style” plays over the opening credits with scenes of his helicopter arrival at the airport and his walking among the fans who are there to greet him. The concert opens with Elvis' band playing his traditional introduction for his seventies concerts, the “Theme from 2001.” He sings “See, See Rider,” “Burning Love,” “Something,” “You Gave Me a Mountain,” “Steamroller Blues,” “My Way,” “Love Me,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “It’s Over,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry,” “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Hound Dog,” “What Now, My Love,” “Fever,” “Welcome to My World,” “Suspicious Minds,” “I’ll Remember You” (a Kui Lee composition Elvis sings after announcing the sum raised for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund.), “Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “An American Trilogy,” “Big Hunk o’ Love,” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” The show is one hour, including commercials. After the show, Elvis and his bandmates come back out on stage in the empty arena and videotape performances of the songs “Blue Hawaii,” “Ku-u-i-po” and “Hawaiian Wedding Song,” which he had first done for his 1961 hit movie “Blue Hawaii,” plus “Early Morning Rain” and “No More.” All but the song “No More” will be inserted into the American broadcast with Elvis seen on a montage screen with footage of Hawaiian scenery.  

January 26 - February 23, 1973

Elvis plays an engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton.  

January 28, 1973

“Elvis on Tour” co-wins a Golden Globe Award with “Walls of Fire” as best feature documentary of 1972.  

February 1973

March 1, 1973

Elvis and Colonel Parker sell Elvis’ music rights to date to RCA and Elvis enters into a new seven-year recording contract with RCA. Elvis and Colonel Parker also sign a new management contract as well, becoming 50 – 50 partners.  

March 19, 1973

Elvis’ paternal grandfather Jessie Presley dies of a heart attack in Louisville.  

April 4, 1973

The Aloha special is seen on American television for the first time and garners 57% of the viewing audience.

Late April 1973

Elvis goes on an eight-city concert tour.  

May 4 - 16, 1973

Elvis plays an engagement at the Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.  

June 20 - July 3, 1973

Elvis goes out on concert tour.

Elvis records a few songs at the Stax Recording Studio in Memphis for the album "Raised on Rock.” This was his first time to record in Memphis since 1969.

August 6 - September 3, 1973

Elvis goes back to the Vegas Hilton for another engagement.

October 9, 1973

Elvis and Priscilla make a court appearance together and their divorce is granted. They continue to be close friends. Though Elvis and Priscilla have joint custody of Lisa Marie, there will be no formal schedule of visitation for Elvis, and he and his daughter will spend time together regularly.

December 1973

Elvis returns to the Stax Recording Studio in Memphis for a week of sessions. He records the albums "Promised Land" and "Good Times."

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January 9: Elvis arrives in Hawaii and begins rehearsal for his upcoming Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii special. January 10: Longtime producer Felton Jarvis, still recovering from his recent kidney transplant, arrives to conduct the full orchestra and band rehearsal. January 12: Elvis is present at one final "stage" rehearsal at the International Convention Center where the concert is to be held. At 8:30 pm local time, he plays his first concert, billed as a free rehearsal before an audience. $25,000 is raised for charity from suggested donations at the door. January 13: After midnight, the "late show" concert is broadcast to Asia, the "worldwide" satellite broadcast that would be taped for an album and American TV special entitled Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii. The show receives rave reviews, breaks all ratings records in Japan, and prompts a congratulatory, heartfelt letter from the Colonel. Four songs are taped onstage after the concert for the US broadcast. January 24: Elvis begins rehearsals for his next Vegas engagement. January 26: Elvis begins his first Hilton engagement of 1973, and from the very beginning, it is clear that something is wrong: Presley, usually so concerned with professionalism and performance, seems disinterested and eventually cancels five shows due to what he insists is a case of the flu. February 2: In Vegas, Elvis meets Muhammad Ali, in training for an upcoming defense of his title, and presents him with a boxing-style robe featuring the words "The People's Champion." Ali presents the singer with a pair of golden boxing gloves signed "You're the greatest" and "To Elvis, my main man, Muhammad Ali." February 13: The Colonel writes Elvis, reminding him to turn down any offers to record new music until he secures a new publishing deal. February 15: Elvis walks off the stage during the early show at the Hilton, again blaming the flu. February 18: Four men climb on stage during Elvis Presley's show in Las Vegas, ostensibly to shake his hand. Fearing a threat to his life, Elvis and bassist Jerry Scheff immobilize the men using karate moves. No charges are filed. Elvis tells the audience: "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen. I'm sorry I didn't break his goddamned neck, is what I'm sorry about." February 19: Still brooding over the "attack," an increasingly paranoid Elvis becomes convinced that his former karate instructor Mike Stone, the man now sleeping with his ex, Priscilla, is trying to have him killed. Grabbing an M-16 rifle from the closet and handing it to Memphis Mafioso Red West, he orders Red to go to Los Angeles and kill Stone, saying, "He has no right to live. Red, find someone, somebody to wipe him out." West agrees in order to calm him down, but after talking to a mutual friend, actor Robert Conrad, he decides to wait this storm out. When, a few days later, he informs Elvis that such a job would cost around $10,000, Elvis lets the matter drop. February 23: At tonight's Hilton show, Elvis spots Ann-Margret in the audience and instructs Lamar Fike, operating the spotlight, to leave it on her. March 1: The Colonel sells all of Elvis' back catalog recordings to RCA for a lump sum of $5.4 million, forgoing all future royalties, in an apparent attempt to garner the King some quick, much-needed cash. Parker also renegotiates Elvis into a 50-50 split on new royalties, and lands another seven-year, fourteen-album deal with RCA for $3.5 million. March 19: Elvis' paternal grandfather Jessie D. Presley, a wandering laborer, dies in Louisville, KY of a heart attack. Elvis does not attend the funeral, as "J.D." had not maintained close ties with Elvis' father Vernon. April 2: Elvis is promoted to sixth-degree black belt in the International Kempo Karate Association. April 4: The taped Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii concert is telecast on NBC and proves to be a huge success. The total worldwide audience for the show amounts to over a billion people. April 8: Elvis attends the Kempo karate championships at the request of sensei Ed Parker, but when Elvis realizes his name has been used to promote the event, he and his entourage turn around and head home. May 2: Priscilla re-opens her divorce, having been assured she can get a larger settlement than the one agreed upon. May 19: After a critically-savaged debut at the Sahara resort on Lake Tahoe, and several more cancellations due to "illness," the Colonel and Vernon plead with Los Angeles lawyer Ed Hookstratten to look into Elvis' prescription drug use and identify his main suppliers. With Elvis unwilling to cooperate, however, the investigation dies a slow death.

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• See See Rider Blues ( 'Ma' Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band  cover) Play Video
• I've Got a Woman ( Ray Charles  cover) Play Video
• Steamroller ( James Taylor  cover) Play Video
• Fever ( Eddie Cooley  cover) Play Video
• Love Me Tender Play Video
• Heartbreak Hotel Play Video
• How Great Thou Art ( Stuart K. Hine  cover) Play Video
• An American Trilogy ( Mickey Newbury  cover) Play Video
• Johnny B. Goode ( Chuck Berry  cover) Play Video
• Hound Dog ( Big Mama Thornton  cover) Play Video
• Blue Suede Shoes ( Carl Perkins  cover) Play Video
• Suspicious Minds ( Mark James  cover) Play Video
• I Can't Stop Loving You ( Don Gibson  cover) Play Video

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Songs on Albums

• An American Trilogy by Mickey Newbury
• Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins
• Fever by Eddie Cooley
• Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton
• How Great Thou Art by Stuart K. Hine
• I Can't Stop Loving You by Don Gibson
• I've Got a Woman by Ray Charles
• Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
• See See Rider Blues by 'Ma' Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
• Steamroller by James Taylor
• Suspicious Minds by Mark James
• Heartbreak Hotel
• Love Me Tender

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