Here’s what’s on the show tonight:
Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) |
Hound Dog | “Big Mama” Thornton | Hound Dog: Essential Collection |
(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I | Hank Snow | Super Hits |
Always On My Mind | Brenda Lee | In the Mood for Love: Classic Ballads |
Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Al Jolson | Let Me Sing and I’m Happy |
Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | Blue Suede Shoes: The Very Best of Carl Perkins |
(Marie’s The Name Of) His Latest Flame | Del Shannon | Runaway With Del Shannon/Hats off to Del Shannon |
Suspicious Minds | Mark James | Before They Were Hits or We Did It First, Vol. 2 |
The Wonder of You | Ray Peterson | Tell Laura I Love Her |
Burning Love | Arthur Alexander | Rainbow Road: The Warner Bros. Recordings |
Elvis: Original Versions of Songs He Sang (website mentioned in the show)
Thanks for another great one Brian!……..
It’s hard to imagine another artist other than Elvis that could warrent his own Originalville………
At least not another artist later than Elvis……..
…looking forward to the Delaughter interview…..
kutgw,
Perfect excuse for the use of your new USB turntable !!!!! Keep up the good work – Will
Hello Brian!
His Latest Flame wasn’ t written by Del Shannon, in fact it was Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman who were the composers.
Yours sincerely,
Anders Thyrell
P.S Keep up the good work!
Wonderful show Brian! A few of these originals were every bit as good as the later version by Elvis I guess this shows how good Elvis and his people were at finding great songs and songwriters.
Mark James also wrote “Hooked on a feeling”, covered by a few, including “The Hoffmeister” himself!
Listened to the Presley show today on the way to work. Very, very good. Always loved Suspicious Minds by anyone. Thanks
Re: Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Okay, the Spike Jones version of “You Always Hurt the One You Love” makes a lot more sense now. Clearly an Al Jolson parody.