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).

50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 2

50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 2 is the ninth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records, LPM 2075, in November of 1959. From two recording sessions in June, 1958 at RCA Studios in Nashville, and three at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, it is a compilation of hit singles released in 1958 and 1959 by Presley. It peaked at #31 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and is considered to be one of the most successful and influential compilation albums of all time.

A Date with Elvis

A Date with Elvis is the eighth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records, LPM 2011, in July of 1959. From an August, 1956, recording session at 20th Century Fox Stage One and two from Radio Recorders in Hollywood, and multiple sessions at Sun Studio, it is a compilation of previously issued material, reaching #32 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.

For LP Fans Only

For LP Fans Only is the seventh album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records, LPM 1990, in February of 1959. From an August, 1956 recording session at 20th Century Fox Stage One and a September, 1956, session at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, sessions on January 10 and 11 at RCA Studios in Nashville, two more at RCA Studios in New York, and multiple sessions at Sun Studio, it is a compilation of material issued previously in the United States, although it should be noted that this album marked the debut release of the track "That's All Right", Elvis' first commercial recording, in Great Britain, where the song was never issued as a single during Presley's lifetime. The album reached #19 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.

King Creole

King Creole is the sixth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records, LPM 1884, in September 1958, recorded in three days at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It contains songs written and recorded expressly for the film, and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It followed the film release by over ten weeks.

The bulk of the songs originated from the stable of writers contracted to Hill and Range, the publishing company jointly owned by Presley and Colonel Tom Parker: Fred Wise, Ben Weisman, Claude Demetrius, Aaron Schroeder, Sid Tepper, and Roy C. Bennett. Conspicuous in their relatively limited contribution were Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who had come to an impasse with the Colonel during the making of the previous movie, Jailhouse Rock, in which they had practically dominated the musical proceedings. Furious over mere songwriters having such easy access to Presley without going through Parker's "proper channels," the Colonel closed off their avenue to his prize client, especially since the duo had also tried to influence Presley's film direction, pitching him an idea to do a gritty adaption of Nelson Algren's recent novel, A Walk on the Wild Side, with Elia Kazan directing, and Leiber & Stoller providing the music.[1] The Colonel put the kibosh on such notions, although echoes of the concept remained in the film, and the pair still managed to place three songs on the soundtrack, including the title track and "Trouble," arguably the film's best songs. Presley's performance of "Trouble" in the film alludes to Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley; he would return to the song for his tremendously successful television comeback special.

Elvis' Golden Records

Elvis' Golden Records is the fifth album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records, LPM 1707, in March 1958, recorded mostly at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, with one session at RCA Studios in New York on January 30, one at 20th Century Fox Stage One in Hollywood on August 24, and three at in January and April of 1956 at RCA Studios in Nashville. It is a compilation of hit singles released in 1956 and 1957, and is widely believed to be the first greatest hits album in rock and roll history. It peaked at #3 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.

Elvis' Christmas Album

Elvis' Christmas Album is the fourth album by Elvis Presley on RCA Records, catalogue number LPM 1951, released in October, 1957, and recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It was issued initially in a deluxe limited edition, catalogue LOC 1035. It spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It was the first of two Christmas-themed albums Presley would record (the other being Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas, released in the early 1970s). This first album has been reissued in numerous different formats since its first release.

Loving You

Loving You is the third album by Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Records, LPM 1515, in July 1957, recorded at Radio Recorders and at the Paramount Recording Stage in Hollywood. It contains a combination of songs recorded for the film and previously released items, and spent ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. It preceded the film release by eight days.

The soundtrack includes five songs composed expressly for the movie, from the writers providing stock for the Colonel's publishing company, Hill and Range. Mostly functional as per the requirements of any musical, in this case they give Presley numbers to perform during the film. A sixth, "Don't Leave Me Now," was included on the album, intended for but not appearing in the movie (instead, Presley re-recorded the song for use in his next film, Jailhouse Rock).

Elvis

Elvis is the second album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records, catalogue number LPM 1382, in October 1956. Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, with a single session in January at RCA Studios in New York, it spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year.

The album was reissued for compact disc in an expanded edition on May 18, 1999, and again on January 11, 2005. For the 1999 reissue, "Hound Dog" "Don't Be Cruel," and "Anyway You Want Me" started off the disc, followed by the album proper, followed by the remaining three bonus tracks. Those tracks were taken from singles recorded at the same sessions for or between those for the LP, with "Love Me Tender" recorded at 20th Century Fox stage one for the film of the same name. The 2005 reissue appended the bonus tracks to the end of the album in standard fashion, in the following order: "Playing for Keeps," "Too Much," "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," "Anyway You Want Me," and "Love Me Tender."

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley is the self-titled debut album by Elvis Presley on RCA Records, catalogue number LPM 1254, released in March 1956, recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, two mid-January sessions at RCA Studios in Nashville, and two in late January at RCA Studios in New York. It spent ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year. The "Elvis Presley" title and photo were also used on RCA issued Extended Play and 2x Extended Play records released at the same time.

Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer, musician and actor. He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".

Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing "black" and "white" sounds, made him popular—and controversial—as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. He recorded songs in the rock and roll genre, with tracks like "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" later embodying the style. Presley had a versatile voice and had unusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop. To date, he is the only performer to have been inducted into four music halls of fame.

In the 1960s, Presley made the majority of his thirty-three movies—mainly poorly reviewed musicals. In 1968 he returned to live music in a TV Special and thereafter performed across the U.S., notably in Las Vegas. Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music. Health problems plagued Presley in later life which, coupled with a punishing tour schedule and addiction to prescription medication, led to his premature death at age 42.