THE “ELVIS” TV SPECIAL WATCHED BY OVER 40% OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS

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On December 3, 1968, “Elvis“, now popularly known as the 1968 Comeback Special, airs on NBC television and is one of the biggest television hits of the year, receiving 40% of the audience and good reviews from the public and critics alike.

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In a review of the show, writer John Landau says: “There’s something magical about seeing a man who’s lost himself find his way back home… He sang with a kind of power that people does not expect from rock’n’roll singers“.

Years later, rock writer Greil Marcus recalls saying, “It was the best music of his life. If ever there was music that bleed, this was it.” “Elvis”, the 1968 TV special, is regarded as one of the truly great television moments in rock music history.

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After this show, everything changes for Elvis. He pours renewed creative energy into his recording work, his film contractual obligations will soon come to an end and he will be able to return full-time to his music and concert performances, thus beginning an exciting new era of his career. His stardom is about to reach its peak. In December 1968 Elvis accepts an agreement with the International Hotel on December 19.

This will be Lisa’s first Christmas and Vernon dresses up as Santa Claus for the occasion.

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