Thursday, May 21, 2015

May 21 - The Summer of '56 Collection

Released on the Stargrove Entertainment label is the CD “Elvis The Collection”. 

Tracks CD 1: King Creole - One Night - Don't - Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - I Got Stung - Blue Suede Shoes - Baby Let's Play House - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Blue Moon Of Kentucky - A Big Hunk O' Love - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I

CD 2: Hound Dog - Loving You - All Shook Up - Heartbreak Hotel - Jailhouse Rock - Don't Be Cruel - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Love Me Tender - Treat Me Nice - I Want You I Need You I Love You - Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do

Marty Pasetta Died

Marty Pasetta, best known for directing the Academy Awards telecast annually from 1972 to 1988, died Thursday night. He was 82. He also directed “Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii,” which aired on Jan. 14, 1973, in more than 40 countries. The concert special, featuring Elvis Presley at the Honolulu International Center, remains one of the most watched TV programs in history.

Pasetta was struck by a car he had just exited in La Quinta, Calif. in Riverside County, The Desert Sun reported. He died at the scene, police said. The driver, identified as Keith Stewart, 75, of La Quinta, stopped his vehicle to drop off Pasetta and another passenger, according to the sheriff’s department. Stewart then went to exit his vehicle, but accidentally left the car’s transmission engaged, causing him to crash into his passengers.

Elvis: Summer of '56

The DVD “Elvis: Summer of '56” will be re-issued once more on August 4, 2015 b the Madacy (Music Distributor) label. It is a documentary on Elvis Presley’s first love June Juanico. 

(Source: FECC / Amazon / ElvisMatters)