Wednesday 8 January 2014

Happy birthday, Elvis . . .

You would have been seventy-nine. Time to get other people to do your work for you. So here are some ideas . . .

The ten best Elvis cover versions (okay, my ten favourites), in alphabetical order
 

Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys


 

Blue Hawaii Willie Nelson


 

Can’t Help Falling In Love Bono


 

Jailhouse Rock John Mellencamp


 

Little Sister Ry Cooder


 

Mystery Train The Band


 

Mystery Train Helen Watson

Sorry, there is no YouTube on this so I have posted another Helen Watson cover of another Memphis wonder, Percy Sledge's Out Of Left Field (1967), written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham.

 

Suspicious Minds Candi Staton 


 

Viva Las Vegas Shawn Colvin


 

Viva Las Vegas ZZ Top

 


And the best song about Elvis . . .

Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) Cowboy Junkies



Now buy the book (Essential Elvis) here

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