Bill Murray as Elvis

Bill Murray offers a tribute to Elvis on the cover of Condé Nast's new music/movie magazine, Movies Rock.
The magazine, which covers music and its impact on filmmaking, launches in November as a supplement in the December subscriber issues of 14 Condé Nast publications. Having a nod to the king of rock 'n' roll on the cover is especially fitting since the magazine will showcase stars, directors, and musicians who "create the movies we love, and the music we can't forget."

"Elvis #1 Hit Performances" DVD Goes on Sale October 30th

“ELVIS #1 HIT PERFORMANCES” DVD IN STORES OCTOBER 30TH FEATURING 15
OF ELVIS’ MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES

COMPANION PIECE TO THE MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING 30 #1 HITS CD

( New York, NY ) On October 30th 2007, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, in conjunction with Elvis Presley Enterprises, will release the first ever “Elvis #1 Hit Performances" DVD. The DVD is comprised of quintessential performances by the King of Rock 'n' Roll showcasing 15 of his number one hits. Culled from his TV guest appearances, movies, concert films and television specials -- this is Elvis at his best.

The DVD includes performances of ‘Heartbreak Hotel’, Elvis’ first gold record award winner; ‘Hound Dog’; ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’ and more. No DVD would be complete without his famous “from the waist up only” performance of ‘Don’t Be Cruel’ on the Ed Sullivan Show. Also included, bonus features of Elvis Presley press conferences from 1960 at Graceland and 1972 from the New York Hilton.


VIDEO LISTING:

Heartbreak Hotel (Stage Show)
Don't Be Cruel (Ed Sullivan Show)
Love Me Tender (Ed Sullivan Show)
Hound Dog (Ed Sullivan Show)
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear (Loving You)
Jailhouse Rock (Jailhouse Rock)
Stuck On You (Frank Sinatra TV Special)
Can't Help Falling In Love (Blue Hawaii )
Return To Sender (Girls! Girls! Girls!)
All Shook Up (‘68 Comeback Special)
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (‘68 Comeback Special)
In The Ghetto (Elvis, That’s The Way It Is)
Suspicious Minds (Elvis, That’s The Way It Is)
The Wonder Of You (Elvis, That’s The Way It Is)
Burning Love (Aloha from Hawaii)

High Def DVD and Blu Ray Disc Releases of "Jailhouse Rock" and "Viva Las Vegas"

High Def DVD and Blu Ray Disc Releases of "Jailhouse Rock" and "Viva Las Vegas"

HD DVD and Blu Ray Disc releases of VIVA LAS VEGAS and JAILHOUSE ROCK are now available. Warner Brothers had hoped to release them at the same time as the new regular DVD releases of remastered editions of these films came out in August, but the new technologies required a greater lead time.

This marks Elvis's hi def debut on home video and Warner wants to let the Elvis fans know that these two crown jewels are part of their launch of the new technologies. Right now, there are amazing deals in place for HD DVD players as low as $250, with Blu Ray players now down to $450.

We have it on good authority that Tom Brown of Turner Classic Movies (a serious Elvis fan who hosts the Elvis Insiders Conference in Memphis each year) recently bought an HD DVD player just because of the Jailhouse and Viva HD releases and had to be un-glued from his ceiling upon viewing them.

Something for Everybody

Something For Everybody is a popular music album recorded by Elvis Presley in primarily March 1961. This album would be Presley's second last before he began to record soundtrack albums exclusively from 1962 until the release of "How Great Thou Art" in 1967. [citation needed].

Something for Everybody Is also the title of a 1998 album released by Baz Luhrmann under the EMI Music Australia Pty. Ltd. label

His Hand in Mine

His Hand in Mine was Elvis Presley's first RCA Victor 12" long-play gospel album, recorded and originally released in 1960; a followup to his 1957 EP Peace In The Valley. It is well known that Elvis Presley was a devout Christian and as such was especially fond of Gospel music, and his gospel recordings remain the only Elvis albums ever to receive Grammy award (although His Hand in Mine did not receive any such award).

G.I. Blues

G.I. Blues is a 1960 Elvis Presley musical motion picture played as a romantic comedy. It was filmed while Presley was fulfilling his military service obligation with the United States Army in West Germany. It was filmed at Paramount's Hollywood studios and on location in Germany.

Elvis Presley's return to the screen after a two-year absence saw lineups at movie theatres across North America and in Mexico City a riot broke out in a theater showing "G.I. Blues" that prompted the Mexican government to ban Presley's movies.

The Army appointed public information officer John J. Mawn (1915-2007) as technical advisor for the film. Mawn had presided over Presley's military press conferences. Earlier while at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Presley stopped en route to his basic training in Texas, Mawn had told the Associated Press that Presley would resemble a "peeled onion" in reference to his forthcoming "G.I. haircut". The retort attracted national headlines.

Elvis is Back!

Elvis is Back! was Elvis Presley's first album to be released after his army discharge and his first in true stereo. Recording commenced in March of 1960 through April, in RCA's Studio B, in Nashville, Tennessee. Stand-out cuts on the album are: Make Me Know It, Such A Night, Like A Baby & Reconsider Baby. Although some of the tracks were eventually released as singles many years later, it was common practice at the time to record material exclusively for an album, thus none of the tracks here were bound for separate release (in the U.S. at least).