Thursday, August 13, 2015

August 13 - Listen to If I Can Dream

Various tracks of the new “If I Can Dream” album are becoming available. The on-line Elvis Express radio station played two tracks. On the Rolling Stone magazine site the title track is available. 

The record's first single, exclusively streaming here, is "If I Can Dream," the plea for a better world that Presley sang as the closing number of his legendary '68 Comeback Special. In the context of that performance, the song came off as a dramatic showstopper. The updated track, which adds some tasteful strings and a smart horn arrangement that beefs up the one on the original, isn't a different so much as a fuller version of the song.


Direct link: >> If I Can Dream


Charts

  • The “Heart And Soul” compilation dropped from #19 to #20 on the US Billboard Country Catalog Albums Charts for the week ending August 22, 2015.
  • The “He Touched Me' - The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (Vols. 1 and 2)” re-entered the Billboard Music Video Chart at 27 for the week ending August 22, 2015.
  • The DVD "Elvis: The King Of Rock And Roll" dropped from #19 to #30 on the Australian Music DVD chart.
  • The Warner Home Video “The Elvis Collection” DVD-set is a re-entry at #48 on the Official Music Video chart in the UK.
  • The 2 CD set "The Essential Elvis Presley" is listed at #18 on the Belgian Mid-price Album chart. 
  • The Sony budget compilation "The Real ... Elvis" climbed from #70 to #59 on the Irish Album chart. 
  • The DVD-Box "Music Legends: Elvis Presley" dropped off the Irish Music DVD chart from last week's listing at #5.
Platinum!

The CD “Elvis Presley The Essential” was certified Platinum in Australia

(Source: Rolling Stone / FECC / The King's World)