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Post by memphis on Apr 25, 2013 12:14:51 GMT -5
Shiver, the factual arm of ITV Studios UK, has been commissioned by ITV to produce The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song, a 90-minute prime-time special focused on the top 20 songs by the King of Rock 'n' Roll. The production, which will air later in the year, features commentary from Priscilla Presley as well as a number of producers and musicians. Mark Robinson, the creative director of Shiver, commented: "Our Nation's Favourite… format has celebrated some of the greatest acts in popular music, but none bigger than the King of Rock 'n' Roll himself. This special tells the fascinating stories behind Elvis' best known songs, in the words of the people who knew him best, climaxing with the revelation of The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song." Phil Savill, the director of marketing for CMG/Sony Music, added: "I am delighted that ITV have chosen to celebrate the marvellous music of Elvis Presley with The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song ITV special. He is arguably still the Nation's Favourite recording artist and we are delighted that ITV will be counting down through his 20 most popular tunes to reveal The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song." This is good news indeed for Elvis in the UK. A similar programme featuring the Bee Gees proved very successful chartwise. No date has yet been given. Brian  |
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Post by memphis on Aug 17, 2013 9:07:31 GMT -5
To coincide with the ITV Programme (date not yet set) SONY(UK) will release single and double CD versions of the album entitled 'The Nations Favourite Elvis Songs' on 11th November, 2013 as follows. The single disc will retail at £10.94 and the double CD will retail at £11.74. Here's the track listing for the single disc edition 1. Suspicious Minds 2. Always on My Mind 3. Love Me Tender 4. In the Ghetto 5. Viva Las Vegas 6. Jailhouse Rock 7. Hound Dog 8. Blue Suede Shoes 9. All Shook Up 10. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 11. The Wonder of You 12. It's Now or Never 13. Don't Be Cruel 14. Heartbreak Hotel 15. If I Can Dream 16. An American Trilogy 17. King Creole 18. Return to Sender 19. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs JXL 20. Can't Help Falling in Love And here it is for the 2CD set Disc 1: same as the single disc edition Disc 2: 1. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 2. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I 3. Hard Headed Woman 4. Burning Love 5. She's Not You 6. (You're The) Devil in Disguise 7. Good Luck Charm 8. (Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame 9. Wooden Heart 10. Way Down 11. Surrender 12. Stuck on You 13. A Big Hunk O' Love 14. One Night 15. Crying in the Chapel 16. Don't 17. I Just Can't Help Believin' 18. Too Much 19. Promised Land 20. Guitar Man 21. Rubberneckin' 22. Suspicious Minds 23. Are You Lonesome Tonight? I'm suspect the final track on CD2 is the laughing version. Brian |
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Post by memphis on Aug 19, 2013 12:31:39 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Aug 19, 2013 16:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Aug 31, 2013 8:44:09 GMT -5
SONY (UK) are going to give this release their biggest push in a long time and are hopeful of a Top 10. I hope fans support it.
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Post by memphis on Sept 29, 2013 8:59:44 GMT -5
The release date for 'The Nations Favourite Elvis Songs' album has been brought forward to 4th November. This could mean that the actual TV programme has also been brought forward to Saturday, 2nd November. I will try and find out the reason and the actual date of the TV Programme.
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Post by memphis on Oct 22, 2013 11:08:55 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Oct 23, 2013 15:56:28 GMT -5
Sony will be: TV advertising from Fri 8th - £100k+ from 8th – 15th November Utilising posters (Rail 6 sheets and ASDA 6 sheets) from the 4th Utilising Press ads (The Sun and Express on Sat 9th) Organising Press – reviews and features - all being confirmed at the moment. Making album available in all supermarkets including BHS plus HMV etc. Digital marketing (bingo and gambling plus facebook) Featuring 60” radio ads on Absolute Radio 60s, Magic 105.4 and Total Smooth Radio from 8th Having a karaoke roadshow (being announced next week) but going to Blackpool, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. Brian |
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Post by memphis on Oct 28, 2013 13:14:16 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Oct 31, 2013 11:58:18 GMT -5
KAROAKE ROADSHOW TO VISIT:
BLACKPOOL – 6/11 at Coral Island (3pm – 6pm)
BIRMINGHAM – 7/11 at Rotunda Square (5pm – 8pm)
LONDON – 8/11 at Westfield White City (4pm – 7pm)
CARDIFF – 9/11 at Queen St/ Churchill Way (1pm – 4pm)
It’s Now or Never as Elvis fans across the country get the chance to belt out their favourite song by The King in a one-off special Karaoke Roadshow, launched to celebrate the release of the definitive Elvis Presley collection, The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs. The album is released via Sony Music on 4 November and available on CD, deluxe double CD and download.
The first of its kind, The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs Roadshow Karaoke! will take to the road in Blackpool on Wednesday 6 November, before visiting Birmingham, London and finishing in Cardiff on Saturday 9 November. Featuring 20 songs taken from the album, Elvis fans have the chance to show the UK what they‘ve got by singing ‘Suspicious Minds’, ‘Love Me Tender’, ‘In The Ghetto’, ‘The Wonder Of You’, Jailhouse Rock’ and many more. But will they get crowds ‘All Shook Up’ or end up in the ‘Heartbreak Hotel’?
Fans also have the opportunity to enter an amazing competition to win a trip for two to Graceland in Memphis, home of The King. Full details will be at facebook.com/FavouriteElvisSongs from 4th November.
Elvis Presley forever changed the world both musically and culturally and is one of the single most important figures in 20th century popular music. He holds the record for Most Hit Singles on The US Chart, Most Top 10 Albums On The UK Chart and still holds the record for the Most No. 1 Singles in the UK with 21 hits. His legacy and unforgettable style continues to shine and influence generations.
The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs – a 20 track collection - features some of the biggest hits and finest songs ever recorded and performed by the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The album is released to coincide with ITV1’s The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Song, a countdown of 20 of The King’s best tracks as voted for by the public. The show airs on Friday 8 November at 9pm.
Source: The OEPFC of Great Britain / Updated: Oct 31, 2013
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Post by memphis on Nov 5, 2013 1:56:40 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Nov 6, 2013 6:06:42 GMT -5
In the UK Midweek Album Charts yesterday (5th)(following one day's sale) 'The Nations Favourite Elvis Songs' album entered at No.50. Today it is No.44. It must be remembered that this is without any promotion which does not start in earnest until after the TV programme this Friday. I expect sales to pick up next week but in effect this means that they will have been split over two weeks leading to a lower chart position than would have been the norm.
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Post by memphis on Nov 6, 2013 10:59:09 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Nov 7, 2013 8:57:29 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Nov 8, 2013 7:13:24 GMT -5
The album is now No.35 in the charts.
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Post by memphis on Nov 9, 2013 11:17:16 GMT -5
As an Elvis fan I thought the Programme was excellent and better than expected. It seemed to fly by especially with the invasive interruption of advertisements. The sound was excellent and most important there were no impersonators involved. It was rapid moving and to the point. Put over in a documentary style it featured all the main points one would want featuring including his UK record of No.1 Hits and his one billion worldwide record sales making him the best-selling solo artist of all-time. Of course one can always argue about the one billion figure as they could about the figure of 20 million given for the worldwide sales of ‘Its Now Or Never’. The countdown went from 20 to 1 with the ultimate winner being ‘Always On My Mind’ just narrowly beating out ‘Suspicious Minds’. I do feel that Priscilla may have had the final casting vote for this track, however. The twenty tracks featured in countdown order were: 20 King Creole 19 If I Can Dream 18 Don’t Be Cruel 17 Viva Las Vegas 16 Heartbreak Hotel 15 American Trilogy 14 It’s Now Or Never 13 All Shook Up 12 Blue Suede Shoes 11 The Wonder Of You 10 Are You Lonesome Tonight? (including laughing version) 9 Return To Sender 8 Love Me tender 7 Hound Dog 6 Jailhouse Rock 5 A Little Less Conversation (film and remix versions) 4 In The Ghetto 3 Can’t Help Falling In Love (film and ‘live’ versions) 2 Suspicious Minds (Live Version featured) 1 Always On My Mind. There were clips and comments from, among others, Engelbert Humperdinck, Michael Buble, Cliff Richard, Ronnie Tutt, Glen Hardin, DJ Fontana, Estelle Brown, Bill Baize, Joe Moscheo, George Kline, Sharlene Spiteri, JXL, Gareth Gates, UB 40, Mac Davis, Celeste Yarnall, Suzi Quattro, Fine Young Cannibals, Michael Ball, Kevin Kearn, Jerry Schillling, Darlene Love, Cerys Matthews (Welsh singer) highly rated by Tom Jones (who surprisingly was not featured in this programme). The Sony advert for the album was featured during the programme (which is normally not allowed) and at the end an announcement was made that the album was on sale at all good record outlets. ‘A Little Less Conversation’, and the video of same, was featured which would no doubt have appealed to the younger generation, although now far removed from material featured by such artists as Rihanna and Eminem. Also Celeste Yarnall, one of Elvis’ co-stars from ‘Live A Little, Love A Little’ apparently loved ALLC and told Elvis that it was going to be one of his biggest No.1 hits ever. It wasn’t at the time but she laughs explaining that if she could talk to him now she would remind him she was right all along. There were few negative aspects but I could have done without the comments of Mike Stoller, who preferred the original version of ‘Hound Dog’ by Big Mama Thornton and thought Elvis’ version silly. He also stated that he did not think ‘King Creole’ was one of their better efforts. They also featured a couple of minutes footage on the sinking of the liner ‘Andrea Doria’ from which Stoller was saved – time wasted in my opinion. Priscilla commented throughout the programme supported by the usual private film footage including that from Hawaiian vacations and the wedding etc. I did not notice any new film footage. She came across well in my opinion and stated that she felt shy about revealing some of her private moments with Elvis. However, during the playing of ‘Always On My Mind’ she stated that Elvis gave her a copy of the song after he recorded it. Apparently she had never revealed this before. Further, during the playing of ‘The Wonder Of You’ she stated that Elvis was referring to God when singing it and not any person. Apparently he believed that God gave him his voice. There was no mention made of prescription drug abuse and the footage of Elvis used was mainly from the 1968 Special; TTWII, ‘Aloha’ and early TV appearances. Needless to say and true to form, Lisa Marie never appeared in the documentary to talk about Elvis but there was a plug for her two top ten albums with video footage. The ending was rather strange I thought with Priscilla reflecting about the difficulties surrounding their break-up commenting “I would have done anything for that man”. In conclusion an excellent programme on UK prime-time television giving Elvis much needed, and long overdue, national exposure. I feel it will help improve his image with the general public and hopefully lead to the current album achieving a Top 10 position. Of course, demographics, death and musical styles now detract from immediate Top 10 Hits but I can think of no other artist who is so revered so long after their death. Brian |
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Post by memphis on Nov 10, 2013 7:18:53 GMT -5
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Post by memphis on Nov 10, 2013 15:20:11 GMT -5
''The Nations Favourite Elvis Songs' Album got to No.7 on the UK Charts in its first week giving The King his 50th UK Top 10 album - a feat no other artist or group has achieved. Brian |
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Post by memphis on Nov 12, 2013 15:58:27 GMT -5
This week's midweek UK album chart is as follows:
7 new albums in the top 10. Highest new entry at #1 for Lady Gaga on 38k, Celine Dion at #2 is 16k behind, making up the top 5 are Eminem, Little Mix, and the Killers. Beatles, Alfie Boe and Keane top 10, other new entries inside the top 20 from Cliff Richard, Daniel O'Donnell, Russell Watson and Erasure.
Elvis drops one place to 8 so far.
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Post by memphis on Nov 13, 2013 13:58:45 GMT -5
The UK Midweek Album Chart (Wednesday) shows:
Elvis 6
Beatles 8
Cliff Richard 11.
Just like going back to the 50's and early 60's.
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