Song written by Merle Haggard, as a tribute to Elvis Presley, was recorded in September and released on October 3 of the same year, with the production of Fuzzy Owen, for the MCA label, the song reached the number 4 position of the country lists in USA and number 3 in Canadian charts, also got to enter pop charts, in position The album reached the position number 6 of the lists of country albums. Haggard, who had previously recorded tribute albums to Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills, had already started recording an LP of Elvis songs when Presley died at his home in Graceland in Memphis in August The album features the former backup vocal group of Presley The Jordanaires and drummer Buddy Harman. Ironically, James Burton did not participate in the project. The album was a success, but it has a polarizing reputation among fans and critics of Haggard.

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Click here to tell us your Elvis YouTube suggestions. Great edit! Fake but fun. Great sound! But this version cleverly matches the famous audio to Elvis and Charlie haviing fun on stage in I'm used to the garbage can at the International Hotel. Fascinating stuff. How could Parker be so stupid not to film the whole show? However he can still pull it off for the crowd. Great footage edited mainly from Tickle Me.
The song was first recorded in this version by Chuck Berry in for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in December, , it was Berry's first single issued following his prison term for a Mann Act conviction. The record peaked at 41 in the Billboard charts on January 16, In the lyrics, the singer who refers to himself as "the poor boy" tells of his journey from Norfolk, Virginia , to the "Promised Land", Los Angeles, California , mentioning various cities in Southern states that he passes through on his journey. It has subsequently been performed by numerous other artists, notably the Grateful Dead. Berry wrote the song while in prison, and borrowed an atlas from the prison library to plot the itinerary.
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