 As the press always has it’s way of presenting things their way,people actually thought that by the 1970’s Elvis Presley was washed up commercially. This is totally untrue,if Elvis had left RCA records in 1973 or 1974 they would have made one very big mistake,any other record label would have killed to have Elvis on their label.
From 1970 to 1974 Elvis had at least two of RCA’s highest charting singles in every year except in 1972 where he had only one but even then it was #2 for the whole year. In 1970 Elvis and the Guess Who had all of RCA’s top six recordings. Over the years Elvis remained their constant. Counting singles and albums,Elvis sold at least 10 million records in the U.S. alone in 1970.On the road Elvis continued to break attendance records,in 1975 alone more than 60,000 people packed into the Pontiac Silverdome for a one concert event. In 1977 Billboard rated him as the years top grossing live act despite the fact that he only toured only half a year. On January 14,1973 Elvis made television and entertainment history with his “Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii-Via Satellite” special,it was shown via satellite in Australia,South Korea,Japan,Thailand,South Vietnam and other countries. It was not until April that the show aired on American TV,the show was watched by more people than mans first walk on the moon. In all, the show was seen in about 40 countries by one billion to 1.5 billion people. Never has any performer held the world’s attention in such a way,buy this time Elvis is in top form physically and vocally. Audience tickets for the January 12 pre-broadcast rehearsal show and January 14 concert carry no price. Each audience member is asked to pay whatever he or she can. Find out more on Elvis Presley in the 1970’s as we feature him as Artist of the month on KWMC’s all Classic Hits Station 1490 AM and on the Little Red Rooster Show. All information and known facts are by Wendy Johnson and all artist of the month shows are produced by Javier Martinez. |
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