THE TV SPECIAL AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER
Elvis makes television and entertainment history with his special “Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii – Via Satellite.” The show is performed at the Honolulu International Center Arena on January 14, 1973 and broadcast live at 12:30 a.m. Hawaiian time and broadcast via Globecam satellite to Australia, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, South Vietnam, and other countries. It is seen on a delayed basis in some 30 European countries.
In the United States, it is rebroadcast on April 4 on NBC. The live January telecast draws 37.8% of viewers in Japan, 91.8% in the Philippines, 70% in Hong Kong, and 70–80% of viewers in Korea. The April showing in the United States draws 51% of the television audience and is seen in more American households than man’s first walk on the moon. In total, it will be seen in some 40 countries with an estimated audience of 1.5 billion people.
Elvis commissions the design of the famous American Eagle by designer Bill Belew especially for this show, with a patriotic message to his audiences around the world. Never before has an artist attracted the attention of the world in such a way.
Elvis, who has prepared for the occasion, is in his best physical and mental shape. This is probably the peak of his stardom, one of the all-time great moments of his career.
In order to keep everything under control, the first pre-broadcast rehearsal concert was held on January 12, 1973, and the January 14 concert was free of charge. Each member of the audience was asked to pay as much as they could afford.
Ultimately, the performances and concerts, as well as the sale of promotional items, raised $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Foundation in Hawaii, which was considered a great success. Kui Lee was a Hawaiian composer who had died of cancer in his thirties and who had written the song “I’ll Remember You,” which Elvis had previously recorded in Nashville in 1966. By now, this song was already part of the artist’s regular repertoire.
On the stage that had been created for the occasion and was larger than usual, and which allowed Elvis to have freedom of movement, there was an orchestra and its cast of musicians: Joe Guercio (conductor); JD Sumner and The Stamps quartet (vocals); The Sweet Inspirations (vocals), Kathy Westmoreland (soprano vocals), Charlie Hodge (guitar, vocals and assistant), James Burton (guitar), John Wilkinson (rhythm guitar), Jerry Scheff (bass), Glen D. Hardin (piano), and Ronnie Tutt (drums). Elvis’ name can be seen in different languages ??in the background of the stage.
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