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Today (Elvis Presley album)

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Released
  
May 7, 1975

Length
  
34:15

Release date
  
7 May 1975

Producer
  
Felton Jarvis

Recorded
  
March 10–12, 1975

Artist
  
Elvis Presley

Label
  
RCA Records

Genre
  
Country rock

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Studio
  
RCA Studio C (Hollywood, California)

Today (1975)
  
Elvis A Legendary Performer Volume 2 (1976)

Similar
  
Elvis Presley albums, Other albums

Today is a studio album by American singer Elvis Presley, released on May 7, 1975 by RCA Records. The Today sessions were held in RCA's Studio C, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, March 10–12, 1975, and marked the last time Presley would record in a studio. He last recorded at Studio C, Hollywood in 1972 where he recorded the gold records "Burning Love" and "Separate Ways". At this time, Elvis was 40 years old. He was accompanied by his then-current girlfriend, Sheila Ryan. In the 2005 FTD TODAY release from these sessions, Presley asked her to "step up here Sheila, let me sing to ya baby" on Take 1 of Don McLean's "And I Love You So". He continued to make "And I Love You So" and "Fairytale" a part of his live concerts until his death. On stage, he often referred to "Fairytale" as the story of his life.

Contents

Today featured a new rock song, "T-R-O-U-B-L-E", which was released as its first single and went Top 40 in the US. "Bringin' It Back" was its second single in the US. The album also features covers of songs by Perry Como, Tom Jones, The Pointer Sisters, Billy Swan, Faye Adams, The Statler Brothers and Charlie Rich.

"Green, Green Grass of Home" was released as a single in the UK, where it went Top 30, and also received US airplay. Presley first heard the song in 1967 while driving his bus back to Memphis after making another movie, and heard Tom Jones' new single "Green Green Grass of Home" for the first time and loved it. He had the Memphis Mafia call the local AM station to make them replay it over and over again. Eight years later, he cut his own version.

Personnel

  • Elvis Presley – lead vocals
  • James Burton – guitar
  • David Briggs – keyboards
  • Buddy Spicher – fiddle
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Millie Kirkham – background vocals
  • Johnny Christopher – guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Norbert Putnam – bass
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Mary Holladay – background vocals
  • Tony Brown – keyboards
  • Ginger Holladay – background vocals
  • Duke Bardwell – bass
  • Ronnie Tutt – drums
  • Charlie Hodge – guitar, harmony vocals
  • Glen Hardin – keyboards
  • Jimmy Gordon – keyboards
  • Lea Berinati – background vocals
  • Technical

  • Al Pachucki, Mike Shockley, Rick Ruggieri - engineer
  • Songs

    1T-R-O-U-B-L-E3:05
    2And I Love You So3:42
    3Susan When She Tried2:19

    References

    Today (Elvis Presley album) Wikipedia


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