The German Golden Boy Elvis magazine is currently at the the printers. The second volume for 2024 will be out soon.
The editors jumped to the seventies, 1974 to be precise, and listened meticulously to the latest 3-CD-set from the Follow That Dream record label. A top-class review of the shows at the Stateline Sahara Hotel in Lake Tahoe that leaves no question of detail unanswered. Besides Elvis, songwriter Randy Starr's 'Lost Elvis Songwriter Demos Vol. 1’ gets a review too.
The magazines popular series ‘Songs from A-Z’, ‘In Memoriam’ and the ‘Rillen Revue Remake’ and various other articles and of the course a look-back on the important Elvis news complete the magazine.
For more information visit the magazine's website at www.goldenboyelvis.de or contact the editor at service@golden-boy-elvis.de
Number One Vinyl
Re-issued by the Pan-Am record label is the 2016 double LP 'Number One U.S Singles 1956-62'. The LP comes house in a gatefold cover.
Among other smash hits, this release presents both sides of the single “Hound Dog” / “Don’t Be Cruel” (the most successful Elvis single release, with 11 weeks on the charts), Elvis’ second RCA single, “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”, and the classic rocker “Heartbreak Hotel” (which peaked at number one and remained on the charts for eight weeks after extensive television exposure following its release).
The killer rock & roll tune “All Shook Up” (9 weeks at number one) has also been added here, as well as classic ballads like “Don’t” and “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”, and the two popular Italian ballads “It’s Now or Never” (“O Sole Mio”) and “Surrender” (“Torna a Surriento”).
Also present are songs from some of the most popular movies starring Elvis: “Love Me Tender” (from the eponymous fi lm), “(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear” (from Loving You) and “Hard Headed Woman” (from King Creole), as well as the 1958 Elvis’ A-side single “One Night” which reached Number One on the UK Pop Chart during three weeks, and has been added here as a bonus.
Tracks side A: Heartbreak Hotel - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Hound Dog - Don't Be Cruel - Love Me Tender - Too Much - All Shook Up - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Jailhouse Rock
Bonus Song: That´s All Right Mama
Side B: Don`t - Hard Headed Woman - A Big Hunk O` Love - Stuck On You - It`s Now Or Never - Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Surrender - Good Luck Charm
Bonus Song: One Night
(Source: Golden Boy Elvis / Jazz Messengers)