Sunday, August 01, 2010

August 1 - Elvis In(stumental) Concert

Elvis' Imperials and the Sweet Inspirations (together with Millie Kirkham) announced they have joined forces on a new Elvis project providing the backing vocals to the instrumental version of "Elvis In Concert 1977". The instrumental CD is set for release on December 18th. 


Australian Charts


On the Australian ARIA Catalogue Album Chart the "ELV1S 30 #1 Hits" compilation dropped from #17 to #24. 



FTD Top 40 July 2010

Compared to last month there are no changes in the top 5. Remarkable is that disregarding the many positive reactions the recent set How Great Thou Art did not receive any votes yet!

The current top 5:

1 (1) The Jungle Room Sessions (2000)
2 (2) Elvis Is Back! (2005)
3 (3) That's The Way It Is (2008)
4 (4) Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis (2004)
5 (5) Elvis Country (2008)

Import Top 40 July 2010

The Top 5 has some compared to last month. Closing Night 1970 dropped out of the Top 5 and Finding The Way Home found its way back into the top 5.

The current Top 5 is:

1 (1) American Crown Jewels (1996)
2 (2) A Hot Winter Night In Dallas (1998)
3 (4) A Greensboro Revolution! (2008)
4 (5) From Sunset Blvd to Paradise Rd (1996)
5 (-) Finding The Way Home (1999)



2011



Day Dream Publishing released their 2011 calendar: 2011 Al Wertheimer Wall Calendar, 2011 Elvis "Special Edition" Calendar. Meat Publiher released the 2011 Elvis Box Calendar.





(Source: ElvisMatters / ARIA / ElvisNews)