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March 07, 1960

Elvis stayed up all night on the way home to Memphis. The train arrived in Memphis at 7.45 a.m. in the middle of another snow storm. After greeting fans, Elvis rode out to Graceland. In the afternoon there was a press conference in Vernon's office in a small building just behind Graceland. Elvis told everybody how glad he was to be home again and Anita Wood joined him later in the evening.

Song of the day

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

I agree when you hear Roberta Flack sing the song it is like another song, it becomes a song I don't want to hear. As far as the author Ewan MacColl not liking Elvis' version, let's remember this man wrote a song praising Joseph Stalin and claimed the Soviet Union wasn't communist enough for him. Maybe Elvis just symbolized the things that Mr. MacColl hated; America, democracy and freedom. It should also be noted that he didn't like any cover versions (including Ms. Flack's) of the song and only liked the original version (he wrote the song in 1957 for his then lover, later wife, Peggy Seeger). His comment about Elvis singing the song was that it sounded like Romeo standing at the bottom of the Post Office Tower (BT Tower in London) singing up to Juliet (an attempt to be clever in stating it was too bombastic). I stand by what I said in my original post and while Elvis' version is dated ("Rags To Riches" and many of the 71-72 Elvis singles do seem dated compared to his other works), it would have cracked the top 40 (if not top 20) and EL top 10 if it had been released in place of "It's Only Love" in 71. Let's remember Flack's version only gained its audience by being included in the movie "Play Misty For Me".

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