I remember the Christmas I finally got a record player that would play more than 78 rpm kiddie records, although they were fun, I grew tired of the Three Stooges, or some Disney stuff. I was ready for some rock'n'roll!
So that Christmas, I got "Return to Sender" admittedly not one of Elvis' rockiest songs, but it was on top at the time. He could go pop better than any and without "selling out."
When I started my collection of albums (lp's) it was "Elvis Gold Records, Vol 3." As soon as I got caught up with everything current at the time, I began collecting the older stuff.
I know a lot of Elvis fans who are stuck in the seventies and that's fine, but that doesn't even touch Elvis' creativity as a musical artist.
From Elvis' rockabilly beginnings at Sun Records, to his early top ten hits when he signed with RCA, through the songs that were released while he served in the US Army, and ballads he sang after his discharge, through the mid sixties to Elvis' 1968 Television Special on NBC, "Singer Presents Elvis," (later known as the '68 Comeback Special) to the jump suit/Vegas era, there's a wealth of musical styles and influences that characterized Elvis Presley.
Don't tell me you love Elvis when all you can remember is "In the Ghetto" "Suspicious Minds" or even lately, "Can't Help Falling in Love" (which is, by the way, the number one Elvis karaoke song) You're robbing yourself.
With Elvis, you cover it all, from Gospel, to Country, to Rhythm and Blues (when it actually was) to Ballads and Pop.
Don't stop with the Vegas Elvis. Get to know the whole library! Then you can truly say TCB!
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