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"Heartbreak Hotel was the electrifying record that launched the career of the world’s most popular entertainer, Elvis Presley, and helped establish rock ‘n’ roll as a genuine musical force.
Recorded and released in January 1956 as the singer turned twenty-one and was breaking out of the claustrophobic country music scene, the song quickly became a worldwide hit and awakened an entire generation, launching the modern cultural era.
For sixty years a legend flourished around Presley’s hit record: the saga of how and why it was written became the most famous story-behind-the-song in music history. But the fabled scenario of an anonymous suicide victim and his enigmatic note —“I walk a lonely street”— posed more questions than it answered.
Walk A Lonely Street is the book that solves the last great mystery of rock ‘n’ roll, and tells the full story of the man whose death inspired Elvis Presley’s first hit record.
It is a story that spans over one hundred years and involves scores of singers and their songs, uncovering the truth, placing events in context, and revealing the astonishing depth of Presley’s artistic vision and achievements. There is a tale to be told …"
Quelle: GeorgeSmithPublications.Com
Für den Januar bzw. Februar 2021 ist die Veröffentlichung des Buches;"From Memphis To Taipeh - Volume 1 (A Reference Guide To The Colorful Magic Of Elvis' Asian Vinyl)" geplant.
Das von Ferry van der Werf und Dick Dekker geschriebene Buch soll mehr als 500 Einträge auf mehr als 500 Seiten beinhalten. Darüberhinaus kündigen die Autoren ein "Volume 2" an.
Quelle: ElvisDayByDay.Com | facebook.Com
Diskutiert diesen Artikel im Forum (90 Antworten).“When asked to write this book I decided right from the start it had to be about the hard working people involved in this fantastic festival. I didn’t want it to be about facts and figures of how many shows take place or how much profit it rakes in, but about how every character is integral to the running of the event.
The people involved are what makes the story of the Porthcawl Elvis Festival so unique. Thank you to Peter Phillips for asking me to write this book and taking me to Porthcawl to meet the people involved. The writing of this book required hours of interviews with key individuals and it was a pleasure talking to all of you. In the words of Elvis Presley, “Thank you very much…”
Quelle: ElvisDayByDay.Com | HarrysPrinters.Co.Uk
Diskutiert diesen Artikel im Forum (0 Antworten).In diesem werden die besten Fotos aus den 5 Bänden zusammengefasst und erscheinen im Oktober 2020 in einem "Deluxe Coffee-Table"-Softcover-Buch.
Quelle: TheElvisFiles.Com
Diskutiert diesen Artikel im Forum (18 Antworten).Quelle: ElvisDayByDay.Com
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Am 06.11.2020 veröffentlicht Bertel Nygaard das 300 Seiten starke Buch "Elvis I Denmark" bei "Gads Forlag" und dieses wird mit folgenden Worten ankgekündigt:
"Elvis is eternally current as one of the great popular cultural phenomena of world history that infuriated and fascinated. He was and is at the same time an expression of the Americanization that the entire Western world experienced after World War II.
In this book, historian and Elvis expert Bertel Nygaard tells how the dangerous Elvis Presley changed Denmark forever, even though he never set foot in the country, and how he remains an indispensable cultural icon."
Quelle: ElvisDayByDay.Com
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