Elvis Presley took to the airwaves on January 14, 1973 for a one-off concert at the Honolulu International Center. The legendary ‘Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite’ concert and subsequent album release were both huge points in the King’s career. Here we present Can’t Help Falling In Love as broadcast on that January night.
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Ray Charles had a major hit in 1962 when he recorded this Bobby Sharp R&B number.
‘Unchain My Heart’ was undeniably identified with Ray Charles (even with a cover by Pop sensation Trinny Lopez) — that is until the 1987 album of the same name. Joe Cocker’s Rock and Blues spin on the Soul classic flipped it on it’s head. Many musos will first reach for a cut of Cocker’s take over the relatively subdued motions of Charles’ classic rendition.
In 2006 The Buena Vista Social Club gave the Latin treatment to some classic pop hits — including this Coldplay standard.
Dancing Queen’ is one of ABBA’s signature hits. The 1976 Pop and Disco classic was the follow up to their previous hit, ‘Frenando’ and has been elevated to iconic status as a Disco anthem in clubs and dancefloors around the world. The song was a #1 hit for the group in the US and 13 other countries. It’s easy dancing groove and cruisey vocal harmonies can be identified as no one other than ABBA. A Disco classic that is a must for everyone’s song book!
Sara Bareilles’ response to her record label’s request for a “marketable love song” rocketed this young artist to stardom in 2007. The single debuted in June of that year and stayed on the Billboard 100 for 54 weeks. The song is a fun kick at the classic notions of the love ballad in the form of a punchy pop number that’s guaranteed to stand the test of time.
This Hit for the UK’s Pop Songstress Dusty Springfield was originally recorded in 1968 alongside sessions for ‘Dusty … Definitely’ and ‘Dusty In Memphis’. It wasn’t released until a 1970 45 single, and later included on a re-release of ‘Dusty … Definitely’. Dusty’s cut also featured prominently in the soundtrack for the 1998 film ‘Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels’.
Although ‘Crazy’ is most notably attributed to the beautiful voice of Patsy Cline, it is sometimes overlooked that it was composed by another country legend – Willie Nelson. Nelson penned this ballad while still a young song-writer in 1961. He originally pitched the song to Billy Walker, who turned it down. Regardless, ‘Crazy’ ended up leading to Willie’s successful career as both a song-writer and solo artist.
There is no iconic sound that is better associated with the Big Band era than that of the Glen Miller band and it’s string of hits from ‘In The Mood’ to ‘American Patrol’ and this one — ‘Pennsylvania 6-5000’. Miller had a Top 5 Billboard hit in 1940 with this Jerry Gray, William Finegan and Carl Sigman number. Rockabilly Guitar-slinger Brian Setzer managed to update this Swing classic with his own bag of tricks for 2000’s ‘Vavoom’. Dial this one up — ‘Pennsylvania Six Five Oh Oh Oh!’.
Flaming Star’ is the title song from Elvis’ 1960 western film of the same name. Elvis’ portrayal of ‘Pacer Burton’ was well received and the soundtrack, ‘Elvis By Request – Flaming Star’ reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. ‘Flaming Star’ is a great example of the King’s talents extended to the country idiom. The song has a nice, acoustic sound and offers horn players the change to get their doubles in action!