Elvis Presley died on 16 August 1977, 45 years ago. We can't let this weekend pass without a few tunes in commemoration.
First a couple of 'Italian' numbers modeled, respectively, on O Sole Mio and Torna a Surriento:
Continuing in the romantic vein:
Can't Help Falling in Love. A version by Andrea Bocelli. A woman for a heterosexual man is the highest finite object. The trick is to avoid idolatry and maintain custody of the heart.
A Gospel number:
From the spiritual to the secular:
Marie's the Name of his Latest Flame
Devil in Disguise. "Woman is man's devil." (Turkish proverb)
And then there was hokey stuff like this reflecting his time in the Army in Germany:
Marlene Dietrich, Muss i denn
You Tuber comment:
I was taught this song, in German, by a lovely young woman. I was 21 years old. She was a bit younger in years but older in so many – – – so very many – – – ways. We had just finished a room-service breakfast in a sun-filled hotel room overlooking the Rhine in Koln (Cologne) in 1954. I was impatient to get dressed and leave. The song changed my mind. I never hear this song without thinking of that lovely morning. My tour was over. I left Germany 4 days later. I never saw or heard of her again.
Can't leave out the overdone and hyperromantic:
The Wonder of You. (Per mia moglie)
Out of time. Next stop: dinner with Dan Bongino.