Elvis Presley "Danske single hits" (1990)

Danske single hits (compilation)

release date: 1990

format: vinyl (gatefold)

[album rate: 4 / 5]

producer: various

label: RCA / BMG - nationality: USA

Danish compilation album with Elvis Presley single hits. This collection is with liner notes by Danish radio host Jørgen de Mylius giving his account of how Elvis was welcomed in Denmark back in the day, and he sums up bits of the story of the selected singles. An awkward thing about the selected tracks is the end note stating that four of the hits don't have any registered ranks on the Danish hit lists - which make their part in this very compilation a bit of a mystery.

The album was part of my parents' record collection, and it's an album they have purchased after I left the home of my childhood, however, Elvis was a popular figure in our home. Both of my parents had so to speak grown up with Elvis as background music to their formative years as parents. They were no die-hard fans but they especially enjoyed his bolder ballads as opposed to his early rock & roll-period.

Elvis Presley "Elvis Sings Hits From His Movies - Volume 1" (1972)

Elvis Sings Hits From His Movies - Volume 1 (compilation)
release date: 1972
format: vinyl
[album rate: 3,5 / 5]
producer: various
label: RCA Camden - nationality: USA

Best of compilation by Elvis Presley.
The album is one my first acquisitions from the mid-70s.

Not this particular album as such, but Elvis plays a big part of my earliest music memories that wasn't purely children's songs.

👉 Another one from that earliest stage.

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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.

Elvis Presley "O sole mio (It's Now or Never)" (1960) (single)

O sole mio (It's Now or Never), 7'' single

release date: 1960

format: vinyl (47-9314)

[single rate: 4 / 5] [4,00]

producer: ?

label: RCA - nationality: USA

Tracklist: A) "O sole mio (It's Now or Never)" (5 / 5) - - B) "Make Me Know It"

Single release credited Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires. The title song is a cover of an Italian song credited Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi with English lyrics by Wally Gold and Aaron Schroeder.

This German issue was part of my parents' record collection, although, I don't have clear memories of actually having heard my parents play this particular single. I did, however, used to play it on a portable turntable at 6-10 years of age. I liked Elvis but frankly never was a big fan. I think, growing up in the early seventees I had a more fixated image of Elvis in his late career, when he had gained weight, was all dressed up, and sometimes behaving as if intoxicated. I thought of him as a performer as someone more for my parents - say on par with Charles Aznavour and Frank Sinatra - and in that battle, Sinatra always won. And then, I was more a fan of The Beatles, whom I saw as more vital and with more to offer. In retrospect, and already into my 30s I had a more mature and positive perspective on the role of The King. His legacy is unquestionable, despite him overshadowing many great performers, who would only be known and put to fame long after Presley's death. His music lives on, and he made some truly great recordings, and "O sole mio" is one of many to know of.

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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.