Elvis Music FAQ

All That's Left to Know About the King's Recorded Works

Mike Eder

• Publisher: Backbeat
• Year: 2013
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781617135811
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Music Biographies

Why is Elvis Presley's body of recorded work still so relevant nearly 60 years after he began recording? Elvis Music FAQ is for anyone who has been inspired by an Elvis Presley record. Following in the tradition of the FAQ series, in Elvis Music FAQ, a lot of rare information is woven together in one concise, entertaining package.

There are chapters about every year of Elvis's career, including a look at his pioneering original record label Sun; insight on his management; the continued importance of television in his career; a summation of each Presley concert tour; the inside scoop about the role Elvis's band members and songwriters played in his sound; stories about the amusing musical oddities created by those trying to ride on the Elvis success train; details about the contentious role drugs played in his career; and, finally, a full review of every record the King ever issued.

One might say that the only truths about Elvis Presley can be found in the grooves of his records, where his natural talent and passion for music comes through always. Elvis Music FAQ aims to be the one essential companion that explains the reason why the voice heard over the speakers still carries such resonance. Dozens of rare images accompany this engaging text.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Do You Know Who I Am?
• 1. Have You Heard the News? 1954
• 2. 706 Union: The Birthplace of Rock and Roll
• 3. Nothing That Could Hold Me: 1955
• 4. I Forgot to Remember to Forget: A Guide to the Sun Years
• 5. One for the Money: Colonel Tom Parker
• 6. It All Happened So Fast: 1956
• 7. I Want to Be Free: 1957
• 8. I’m Not Asking Much of You: 1958-59
• 9. The Music Really Sends Me: Fifties Elvis on RCA
• 10. Doin’ the Best That I Can: 1960
• 11. Dreams Come True? 1961
• 12. For EP Fans Only: E.P. on EP
• 13. I Don’t Want to Be Tied: 1962
• 14. Just Three Words and No More: 1963
• 15. Come Along with Me: The Discards
• 16. It Hurts Me: 1964
• 17. Long Lonely Highway: A Guide to the Hollywood Years
• 18. Hard Luck: 1965
• 19. Sweet Song of a Choir: Elvis' Gospel Recordings
• 20. I Can’t Remember the Sound of My Own Name: 1966
• 21. Just Pretend: Borrowed Songs and Other Oddities
• 22. Suppose: 1967
• 23. Don’t Count Your Chickens: The Strange Saga of Jimmy "Orion" Ellis
• 24. Goin’ Home: 1968
• 25. Saved: The Comeback Special
• 26. Change of Habit: 1969
• 27. Standing Room Only: Elvis Live on Vinyl 1969-77
• 28. Got My Mojo Working: 1970
• 29. The Next Step: A Guide to the Comeback
• 30. Love the Life I Lead: 1971
• 31. Where Do I Go from Here? 1972
• 32. Find Out What’s Happening: 1973
• 33. It’s Hard to Comprehend: The Satellite Special
• 34. Don’t Mention My Name: 1974
• 35. Fairytale: A Consumer's Guide to the Later Years
• 36. If You Got a Problem: 1975
• 37. Medicine Within Me: The Effects of Drugs on the Music
• 38. I Can Roll, but I Just Can’t Rock: 1976
• 39. It’s Different Now: Covering the King
• 40. Alone, Lonely Times: 1977
• 41. You Don’t Have to Face the Crowd: The CBS Special
• 42. Who Are You, Who Am I? When Elvis Isn't Elvis
• Selected Bibliography