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All rights reserved.Viva las Vegas/Roustabout - Presley, Elvis (CD 1993)
| Track Listing 1. Viva las Vegas 2. If You Think I Don't Need You 3. I Need Somebody to Lean On 4. You're the Boss - (not in film, with Ann-Margaret) 5. What'd I Say 6. Do the Vega 7. C'Mon Everybody 8. Lady Loves Me, The - (with Ann-Margaret) 9. Night Life 10. Today, Tomorrow and Forever 11. The Yellow Rose Of Texas / The Eyes Of Texas 12. Santa Lucia 13. Roustabout 14. Little Egypt 15. Poison Ivy League 16. Hard Knocks 17. It's a Wonderful World 18. Big Love Big Heartache 19. One Track Heart 20. It's Carnival Time 21. Carny Town 22. There's a Brand New Day on the Horizon 23. Wheels on My Heels
Album Notes VIVA LAS VEGAS personnel: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margaret (vocals); Scotty Moore, Billy Strange, Tiny Timbrell, Alton Hendrickson, Glen Campbell (guitar); Boots Randolph, William Green, Steve Douglas (saxophone); Oliver Mitchell, James Zito (trumpet); Randall Miller, Herb Taylor (trombone); Floyd Cramer, Artie Cane, Calvin Jackson (piano); Bob Moore, Ray Siegel (bass); D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman, Frank Carlson (drums); Roy Hart (percussion); The Jordanaires, The Jubilee Four, The Carole Lombard Quartet (background vocals). ROUSTABOUT personnel: Elvis Presley (vocals); Scotty Moore, Tiny Timbrell, Billy Strange (guitar); Boots Randolph (saxophone); Floyd Cramer, Dudley Brooks (piano); Bob Moore, Ray Siegel (bass); D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman, Hal Blaine, Bernie Mattinson (drums); The Jordanaires, The Mello Men (background vocals). Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, R. Semon. Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by Roger Semon. Digitally remastered by Dick Baxter (November 1992, BMG Studios, New York). Two soundtracks on one CD. Upon his return from the Army in 1960, Elvis Presley resumed the successful movie career he had begun in 1956. He scored quick successes with two lightweight films, G.I. Blues and Blue Hawaii. These hits, coupled with the commercial failure of Presley's efforts at more serious acting, doomed the star to a seemingly endless series of happy-go-lucky, boy-meets-girl musicals. VIVA LAS VEGAS and ROUSTABOUT are two of Elvis' better movies in this genre, benefiting from strong supporting casts (Ann-Margret in VIVA LAS VEGAS, Barbara Stanwyck in ROUSTABOUT) and better-than-average scores. Songwriting giants Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman contributed two songs to VIVA LAS VEGAS: the rhumba-tinged title track, and the jazzy ballad "I Need Somebody to Lean On." Other highlights include "If You Think I Don't Need You" and a cover of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say." The standout track from ROUSTABOUT is Presley's remake of the Coasters hit "Little Egypt." As on all Presley soundtracks, there are also a few clinkers, among them the infamous "Poison Ivy League" and VIVA LAS VEGAS' "The Lady Loves Me," a Presley-Margret duet salvaged in the film by the two stars' visual interplay. | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||||||
Reviews  Easy Listening soundtracks to 2 Elvis movies 3 of 3 people found this review helpful. Though Elvis' movies will never make the best of anything list, some of them have the distinction of being better than the rest 30 some flms that he made in the late fifties and throughout sixties. "Viva Las Vegas", his fiery pairing with Ann Margret, proves to be very entertaining. There is undeniable chemestry between the co-stars which comes out in the two songs they recorded together: "The Lady Loves Me" -- very playful and fun, and "You're the Boss" (never made it into the movie) -- sexually charged and, probably, the best duet Elvis recorded in all of his movies. "Viva Las Vegas" is one of the most famous of Elvis' movie songs, (recorded by other artists like Springsteen) can serve as the unofficial anthem of the Sin City. "What'd I say" (Ray Charles' version is better, but Elvis' is very respectable. The best item on the soundtrack is " I need somebody to lean on" -- a song in the tradition of Love song genre is as good as anything Sinatra, Dean Martin, or anyone else has ever done. It goes to show, how versatile Elvis was and how equally successful he could be in many music genres. "Roustabout" was not as entertainig, however, the movie (co-starring Barbara Stanwick as Elvis' boss) still manages to produce a few decent numbers. "Little Egypt" perhaps is most familiar number since Elvis performed the song in his Comeback special in 1968. It is humorous, sexy, and kind of perfect if you evr want to attempt to belly dance. "one Track Heart" and "Wheels On my heels" are another two songs that deserve mentioning for being above average, though both songs are typical of Elvis' movie numbers: fun, fast paced, nothing remarkable. All in all, it is a great idea for the soundtracks to be combined in two for the CD edition: you get more for your money and are practically guaranteed to find something enjoyable. This particular one is better than others and is wonderful if you are still exploring Elvis Presley records and movies. And it is one of the best of his movie tracks. Review ID: 10000000002082994 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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