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I WAS BORN ABOUT TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO

di Roberto Fiore

 

Come tutti sanno Elvis non scriveva le sue canzoni, ma vi erano degli autori che lo facevano per lui.

Tantissime delle canzoni del suo repertorio  erano però selezionate da Elvis e dal suo entourage fra quelle già uscite in passato ed interpretate da  altri artisti. Centinaia di canzoni, alcune delle quali antichissime; io qui vi presento le più lontane nel tempo, arrivando fino a quelle degli anni quaranta... quando queste ultime uscivano Elvis era solo un ragazzino!

  Non è una lista completa, se consideriamo che ci sono alcuni tradizionali vecchi di secoli interpretatati da Elvis, ma di cui non si può neppure risalire a una datazione precisa...

 

CANZONE

ANNO

INTERPRETAZIONE DI ELVIS

SILENT NIGHT    

1819

Recorded: 1957/09/06, first released on Elvis' Christmast album

SANTA LUCIA

1850

Recorded: 1963/07/10, first released on Elvis for Everyone

YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS    

1853

Recorded: 1963/07/10, first released on Flaming Star

OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM     

1868

Recorded: 1957/09/07, first released on Elvis' Christmast album

THE EYES OF TEXAS

1903

Recorded: 1975

IN THE GARDEN

1912

Recorded: 1966/05/26, first released on How Great Thou Art

DANNY BOY

1918

Recorded: 1976/02/05, first released on From Elvis Presley Boulevard

SEE SEE RIDER

1920

Recorded: 1970/02/18, first released on On Stage

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?

1927

Recorded: 1960/04/03, first released on single

JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE

1930

Recorded: 1960/10/30, first released on His 

 Hand in Mine

BLESSED JESUS (HOLD MY HAND)

1933

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

WINTER WONDERLAND

1934

Recorded: 1971/05/16, first released on Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas

BLUE MOON

1935

Recorded: 1954/08/14, first released on Elvis Presley

MILKCOW BLUES BOOGIE

1935

Recorded: 1954/11 or 1954/12, first released on single

YOU'RE THE ONLY STAR (IN MY BLUE HEAVEN)

1935

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

ALOHA OE

1936

Recorded: 1961/03/21, first released on Blue Hawaii

BLUE HAWAII

1937

Recorded: 1961/03/22, first released on Blue Hawaii

HARBOR LIGHTS

1937

Recorded: 1954/07, first released on A Legendary Performer, Vol. 2

JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS

1937

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

JUST BECAUSE

1937

Recorded: 1954/09, first released on Elvis Presley

THE WHIFFENPOOF SONG

1937

Recorded: 1968/10/23, first released on Double Features

SAN ANTONIO ROSE

1938

Recorded: 1966, first released on The Home Recordings

AULD LANG SYNE

1939

Recorded: 1976

TAKE MY HAND, PRECIOUS LORD

1939

Recorded: 1957/01/13, first released on EP

TOMORROW NIGHT

1939

Recorded: 1954/09, first released on Elvis for Everyone

BLUEBERRY HILL

1940

Recorded: 1957/01/19, first released on Loving You

BOSOM OF ABRAHAM

1940

Recorded: 1971/06/09, first released on single

FOOLS RUSH IN

1940

Recorded: 1971/05/18, first released on Elvis Now

I'M GONNA BID MY BLUES GOODBYE

1940

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

OLD SHEP

1940

Recorded: 1956/09/02, first released on Elvis

SO GLAD YOU'RE MINE

1940

Recorded: 1956/01/30, first released on Elvis

WHERE COULD I GO BUT TO THE LORD

1940

Recorded: 1966/05/27, first released on How Great Thou Art

WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN

1941

Recorded: 1956/09/02, first released on Elvis

WHITE CHRISTMAS

1942

Recorded: 1957/09/06, first released on Elvis' Christmast album

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

1943

Recorded: 1957/09/07, first released on Elvis' Christmast album

I'LL NEVER LET YOU GO (LITTLE DARLIN')

1943

Recorded: 1954/09, first released on Elvis Presley

YOU BELONG TO MY HEART

1944

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU

1945

Recorded: 1957/01/19, first released on Loving You

LOVE LETTERS

1945

Recorded: 1966/05/26, first released on single

YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE

1945

Recorded: 1967/09/11, first released on single

THAT'S ALL RIGHT

1946

Recorded: 1954/07, first released on single

BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN

1947

Recorded: 1976/02/07, first released on From Elvis Presley Boulevard

BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY

1947

Recorded: 1954/07

GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT

1947

Recorded: 1954/09, first released on single

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS

1947

Recorded: 1957/09/06, first released on Elvis' Christmast album

I'LL HOLD YOU IN MY HEART

1947

Recorded: 1969/01/23, first released on From Elvis in Memphis

IT'S A SIN

1947

Recorded: 1961/03/12, first released on Something for Everybody

LITTLE CABIN ON THE HILL

1948

Recorded: 1970/06/04, first released on Elvis Country

MILKY WHITE WAY

1948

Recorded: 1960/10/30, first released on His 

Hand in Mine

MY HAPPINESS

1948

Recorded: 1953, first released on The Great Performances

SUMMERTIME IS PAST AND GONE

1948

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

SWEETHEART YOU DONE ME WRONG

1948

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

THAT'S MY DESIRE

1948

Recorded: 1956/12/04, first released on The Million Dollar Quartet

BLUE CHRISTMAS

1949

Recorded: 1957/09/05, first released on Elvis' Christmast album

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE

1949

Recorded: 1954/07, first released on Elvis Presley

I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

1949

Recorded: 1973/01/14, first released on Aloha 

from Hawaii

MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY

1949

Recorded: 1971/05/15, first released on Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas

THERE'S NO TOMORROW

1949

Recorded: 1959/04 or later, first released on Platinum - A Life in Music

TOMORROW NEVER COMES

1949

Recorded: 1970/06/07, first released on Elvis Country