SONY/BMG Holland has asked the Dutch fans to help them create the ultimate, 50-track compilation album with the best songs of Elvis as chosen by the fans and the Dutch public.
Dutch fans are invited to go to www.elvispresley.nl to select their top 5 out of the 150 songs that were pre-selected by the Dutch It's Elvis Time fan club. The 50 songs that receive the most votes will end up on the Dutch Collection release that will hit the streets on August 16, 2007.
Fans will get the chance to have their name published in the CD booklet or win special Elvis prizes. Voting will start on June 21st through July 13th. The promotional campaign will be supported by national radio, TV and newspapers.
According to ElvisMatters, this is the list of songs from which one can choose:
TRACKLISTING
(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
A Big Hunk O' Love
A Little Less Conversation
All Shook Up
Always on my mind
American Trilogy
Any Day Now
Any Place Is Paradise
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - lachversie
Baby I Don't Care
Baby Let's Play House
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Big Boss Man
Big Hunk O' Love
Blueberry Hill
Blue Christmas
Blue Moon
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Blue River
Blue Suede Shoes
Bossa Nova Baby
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Burning Love
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Come What May
Crying In The Chapel
(You're The) Devil In Disguise
Dirty Dirty Feeling
Dixieland Rock
Don't
Don't Be Cruel
Don't Cry Daddy
Edge Of Reality
(Such An) Easy Question
Faded Love
Fame And Fortune
Fever
Follow That Dream
Fools Fall In Love
For The Good Times
For The Heart
Funny How Time Slips Away
G.I. Blues
Girl Of My Best Friend
Good Luck Charm
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
Good Rockin' Tonight
Got A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Guitar Man
Hard Headed Woman
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Heartbreak Hotel
Hi Heel Sneakers
(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
Hound Dog
How Do You Think I Feel
How Great Thou Art - Live 1974
Hurt
I Can't Stop Loving You
If I Can Dream
If You Talk In Your Sleep
I Can Help
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
I Got Stung
I Just Can't Help Believing
I'll Remember You
I'm Leaving
In The Ghetto
It's Now Or Never
I've Lost You
Jailhouse Rock
Just Pretend
Kentucky Rain
King Creole
Kiss Me Quick
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Let It Be Me
Let Me Be There
Little Sister
Love Letters
Love Me
Love Me Tender
Loving You
Mary In The Morning
Mean Woman Blues
Memories
Memphis, Tennessee
Merry Christmas Baby
Mess Of Blues
Milcow Blues Boogie
Money Honey
Moody Blue
My Baby Left Me
My Boy
Mystery train
My Way
Never Been To Spain
One Night
One Sided Love Affair
Only The Strong Survive
Party
Power Of My Love
Polk Salad Annie
Promised Land
Proud Mary
Ready Teddy
Reconsider Baby
Return To Sender
Rip It Up
Rock-A-Hula Baby
Rubberneckin'
Separate Ways
Shake, Rattle & Roll
She's Not You
Stranger In My Own Home Town
Stranger In The Crowd
Stuck On You
Such A Night
Surrender
Suspicion
Suspicious Minds
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
Talk About The Good Times
That's All right Mama
The Impossible Dream
The Next Step Is Love
The Wonder Of You
There Goes My Everything
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Too much
Too Much Monkey Business
Treat Me Nice
Trouble
T.R.O.U.B.L.E.
Trying To Get To You
Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
U.S. Male
Viva las Vegas
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
Way Down
Wear my ring around your neck
Wearin' That Loved On Look
What Now My Love
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
Wooden Heart
You Don't Have to say you love me
You Gave Me A Mountain
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Dutch Fans Can Select Their Own Elvis Compilation
June 15, 2007 | Music Source:LuykenRelated links
Colonel wrote on
June 15, 2007
That sounds like a good idea. Maybe there will be a Best-of that stands out against all those other CDs with the same songs and track listings. I hope germany would do this too, so I could vote...
byebye wrote on
June 15, 2007
I would boycott this (if I were dutch). Dont be fooled by something that´s made up only to appeal to the vain side of voting, or the vain possibility to maybe have your name print in a cd booklet. It´ll be just another cash in compilation from BMG, with the same songs on it.....
Lex wrote on
June 15, 2007
Those amateurs! Tried to follow the link, but they forgot to upload the site...
Ton Bruins wrote on
June 15, 2007
Don't think this is a good idea. We have to choose from 150 selected songs ? mmmmm...just another Elvis compilation CD with his greatest hits.
Lex wrote on
June 15, 2007
Still it's strange that you get an error page now. I know how easy it is to put up a temporary page until next week...
I agree with the comments on the pre-selections, if you do something like this, do it right!
Lex wrote on
June 15, 2007
Can't make it with this list at the moment...
1. I Just Can't Help Believin'
2. Baby, Let's Play House
3. So Glad You're Mine
4. Reconsider Baby
5. For Ol' Times Sake
Of course I can replace 3 and 5 easily with a song from this list, but I just don't get this pre-selection... and it won't be MY top 5. I think it's a nice initiative but badly worked out. On this site you can vote for any song... so it isn't that hard to make :-).
ep1tcb wrote on
June 15, 2007
I am from holland (tilburg) and in a way this is a nice deal with the dutch fans. On the other hand this is still yet another greatest hits compilation we don't need. We are getting so tired of this. For BMG it will be just a bankaccountfiller, and for the fans just another CD rack filler. Nothing more, nothing less. And making a choice from 150 song isn't enough by far. I miss some serious great songs here. Like for instance... i need your love tonight. So i make my vote next week, but a new g.h. of the king we don't need.
Mofoca22 wrote on
June 15, 2007
why dont the put love me, love the life i lead on there? and does anyone know what album thats on because i just heard the song for the very first time and i loved it.
Lex wrote on
June 16, 2007
Mofoca, a little tip for questions like these: search the song in this site's songbase and follow the link "search CDs with" (or whatever it's called).
My own personal 007 pointed me to the Dutch ECI (large book club) site, where you can find this list exactly as above. Well, I'd rather burn this site's Top 50 on a couple of CDs. If I'm lucky I can even burn more, and I can skip the songs I really don't like :-)
Nimy wrote on
June 16, 2007
A message to Mofoca22 :"You could find the song "LOVE ME LOVE THE LIFE I LEAD" on the FOOL album (APL1-0283). I hope that Dutch fans will choose other songs than the same compilation over the years. I am sure they will made a ood selection.
Jerome wrote on
June 16, 2007
Too litle choice of his later 70's work I think. And by the way, where's 'Song of the Shrimp'?
Ton Bruins wrote on
June 16, 2007
When I see that list I was right about just another compilation CD...I will be just fine what I have now with the FTD label and the other 400 CD's I have from our man. Lex, For Ol' Times Sake is also one of my favorites, especially the alternate take 3 on "Rhythm and Country". ( Essential Elvis Vol.5)
Rob Wanders wrote on
June 17, 2007
missing some essential songs (It's midnight, Pieces of my life, It's easy for you, For old time sake, How the web was woven, Long black limousine and more). Why make a pre-selection anyway? What's the reason for that? I'm Dutch so I probably will vote, don't know if I'm gonna buy it though.
Ton Bruins wrote on
June 18, 2007
Yes, yet another missed chance to let people know that there many more other great Elvis songs then the usual hits that are pre-selected in this list...This project can only be a real succes when there is no pre-selected list of songs.