ELVIS IS BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Elvis returns to the Las Vegas International Hotel for another month-long engagement. This time, he breaks his own attendance record from the previous August. In February 1970 Elvis will begin wearing the one-piece suits that help him with his karate moves, which are now part of his stage show. The live album, “On Stage,” is recorded in February and will be released in June. It will peak at #13 on the album chart.
With Elvis’s engagement in Las Vegas over, Elvis heads to Houston where he will perform his first concerts before an audience other than the one that has attended the International Hotel. A press conference will be held in Houston on the 27th. Elvis will perform afternoon and evening shows at the Houston Astrodome. Two more shows will be held on February 28th and March 1st. An official dinner and another press conference where Elvis will be presented along with various gold records of his singles and LP’s respectively, will close the event. The six shows attract 207,494 people. There is speculation among the press and the public that Elvis may go on a concert tour for the first time since the 1950s.
THE WONDER OF YOU SINGLE BRINGS ELVIS BACK TO THE TOP OF THE UK CHARTS
The single “The Wonder of You – Mama Liked The Roses” was released in April 1970 and reached a well-deserved #9 position on the Billboard charts. In the UK the single reached #1. The song was recorded during their run of concerts in January/February 1970 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, and is part of the LP project “On Stage”, their second live album, which was released in June 1970.
After more than a year without recording in Nashville, producer Felton Jarvis brings Elvis back to Studio B (which in recent months had been modernized with the latest recording techniques) to record new songs to fulfill his contractual obligations. The idea is to produce several singles (I’ve Lost You, You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me) and albums (Elvis Country, That’s The Way It Is). Felton Jarvis has modified the entire studio band, so that it has a much more contemporary sound. Elvis feels comfortable and makes 35 recordings, leaving everyone very satisfied with the productivity of the sessions.
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