ELVIS: '68 COMEBACK SPECIAL {EXPANDED HOME VIDEO VERSION OF "SINGER PRESENTS ELVIS"} (TV)
Summary
This home video version of the 1968 televised concert special showcases "the King," Elvis Presley. Marking Elvis's return to live performances, the program is centered on a small, intimate stage, where a leather-clad Elvis and a small rock band perform a nostalgic repertoire of songs, including the following: "Heartbreak Hotel"; "Hound Dog"; "All Shook Up"; "Can't Help Falling in Love with You"; "Jailhouse Rock"; "Don't Be Cruel"; "Love Me Tender"; "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"; "That's All Right"; "Tigerman"; "Trying to Get to You"; "One Night with You"; and "Memories." Additionally, the Blossoms join Elvis for a choreographed gospel medley featuring the following songs: "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"; "Where Could I Go But to the Lord?"; "Up Above My Head"; and "Saved." The program continues with an elaborate production number in which Elvis plays a musician who leaves his small town, lands a job in a house of ill-repute, and eventually finds success as a nightclub crooner. Selections for this portion include the following: "Nothingsville"; "Guitar Man"; "Big Boss Man"; and "Trouble." The special concludes with Elvis singing "If I Can Dream."
(This is not the original broadcast version. This program is an expanded home video version of "Singer Presents Elvis," which was originally broadcast on NBC-TV on December 3, 1968.)
Details
- NETWORK: N/A
- DATE: November 30, 1967
- RUNNING TIME: 1:15:28
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T88:0382
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Gospel music; Music, popular (songs, etc.); Rock music
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Bob Finkel … Executive Producer
- Steve Binder … Director & Producer
- Allan Blye … Writer
- Chris Beard … Writer
- William Goldenberg (See also: Billy Goldenberg) … Musical direction and arrangements by
- Earl Brown … Special lyrics and vocal arrangments by
- Jack Elliot … Additional musical arrangements by
- Jaime Rogers … Choreography by
- Claude Thompson … Choreography by
- The Blossoms … Music Group
- Elvis Presley … Singer
- Scotty Moore … Instrumentalist
- D.J. Fontana … Instrumentalist
- Charles Hodge … Instrumentalist
- Alan Fortas … Instrumentalist
- Buddy Arett … Cast
- Barbara Burgess … Cast
- Susan Henning … Cast
- Lance LeGualt … Cast
- Tanya Lamani … Cast
- Jaime Rogers … Cast
- Claude Thompson … Cast