Thursday, November 17, 2016

"Viva Las Vegas" #29 6/13/1964 Bonus

Here's the B-side title track from the Elvis movie of the same name. It's odd that a signature song of the King was a flip side, but even more odd is that according to Wikipedia, he never performed it in concert. Wrecking Crew guitarist Billy Strange played the lead guitar and also arranged much of E's soundtrack music over the years. Billy's son says the royalty checks are still coming in from the song's licensed use on Elvis slot machines in Vegas and around the world.


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