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Elvis Presley 2
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Although the George Jones-style tearjerker "Don't Leave Me Now" was originally intended for Elvis’ 1957 movie [i]Loving You[/i] — in fact, it even appears on the soundtrack — the tune unjustly wound up on the cutting room floor. Writer Dallas Frazier, who had penned such rock and country chart-toppers as “Alley-Oop” and “Elvira,” turned his attention to soul music when he sent Presley “True Love Travels on a Gravel Road,” and Elvis’ blue-eyed soul pulsates with the kind of hard-earned truth only experience brings. And covering the Beatles — especially one of their #1 hits — is always a hazardous undertaking, since their originals are so entrenched in our collective memory. But Presley pries George Harrison’s "Something" from the Fab Four’s grip, adds orchestral backing, and morphs it into a brassy, Vegas-style showstopper for his 1973 [i]Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite[/i] television special.