Elvis Presley – King Creole CD

Elvis Presley – King Creole

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2-LP ON 1 CD PLUS 11 BONUS TRACKS

ELVIS PRESLEY’S fourth movie, King Creole, is by most critics’ assessments his best. It was the last movie that Elvis made before he entered the army in the spring of 1958 – it was also his last film in blackand- white, as well as his final effort directed by a serious old-time filmmaker (Michael Curtiz, who also directed Casablanca). A good script, a strong supporting cast and an outstanding soundtrack contributed to provide Elvis with his best opportunity at serious film acting, and the King rose to the occasion. The legendary songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller contributed three songs to King Creole, among them the title track and “Trouble,” a number Presley would reprise with tremendous success during his 1969 comeback television special. “Hard Headed Woman” is the soundtrack’s biggest hit (it stayed atop the Billboard pop chart for two weeks), but the songs are uniformly strong throughout, and Presley sings with the mastery and dynamism characteristic of nearly all of his 1950s recordings. King Creole takes its name from a New Orleans night club where success as a singer comes to Danny Fisher, a rebellious young man on the verge of becoming a hood. Incidents and characters of the original novel are distorted, but the plot stands up well and the dialogue is salty and emotion-packed. Variety’s 1958 review stated that the film “shows the young star as a betterthan-fair actor.”

ELVIS PRESLEY, vocals and guitar, plus:
Scotty Moore (guitar), Bill Black (upright bass),
Dudley Brooks (piano), D.J. Fontana (drums),
The Jordanaires (backing vocals), among others.

Recorded in Hollywood, 1957-58.

[12-23] (*) BONUS ALBUM: LOVING YOU 
(**) BONUS TRACKS

Tracklist:
01 KING CREOLE 
02 AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU 
03 HARD HEADED WOMEN 
04 TROUBLE 
05 DIXIELAND ROCK 
06 DON’T ASK ME WHY 
07 LOVER DOLL 
08 CRAWFISH 
09 YOUNG DREAMS 
10 STEADFAST, LOYAL AND TRUE 
11 NEW ORLEANS 
12 MEAN WOMAN BLUES (*)
13 (LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR (*)
14 LOVING YOU (*)
15 GOT A LOT O’ LIVIN’ TO DO (*)
16 LONESOME COWBOY (*)
17 HOT DOG (*)
18 PARTY (*)
19 BLUEBERRY HILL (*)
20 TRUE LOVE (*)
21 DON’T LEAVE ME NOW (*)
22 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU? (*)
23 I NEED YOU SO (*)
24 JAILHOUSE ROCK (**)
25 TREAT ME NICE (**)
26 I WANT TO BE FREE (**)
27 DON’T LEAVE ME NOW (**)
28 YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL (**)
29 (YOU’RE SO SQUARE) BABY, I DON’T CARE (**)
30 JAILHOUSE ROCK [movie version](**)
31 TREAT ME NICE [movie version] (**)
32 I WANT TO BE FREE [movie version] (**)
33 DON’T LEAVE ME NOW [alternate version](**)
34 YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL [movie version] (**)

Label: State Of Art
Released: 1958/2018