The GOSPEL song ELVIS only sang ONCE in concert

[Mister Moon]

Excuse me, but I don't think "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a gospel song.
It maybe "inspirational", or whatever you may want to call it, but not gospel.
At least, originally.

The 1945 song is from the musical 'Carousel'.

Recordings in 1945:

01-05-45 - Frank Sinatra (Columbia 36825) = original version;
09-05-45 - Carousel Broadway Cast with Christine Johnson (Decca ---);
10-07-45 - Judy Garland (Decca 23539).

Thanks, colonel.

Interestingly, Sinatra's single included "If I Loved You", also recorded by Elvis, on the other side :

http://davidneale.eu/elvis/originals/list10.html#S1588

[colonel snow]

see first post(s)

colonel snow

[Graeme]

Maybe I should have asked the question differently. Not sure how though.

Maybe we should have ignored your question.

Oh, okay.

[Steve Grayson '67]

FIrst and foremost Ty vm Private Presley in starting this thread _ Here are my own opinions of what Elvis san g just once in concert _
Crrying In The Chapel _
https://youtu.be/dF2vvgWoxn4
August 19th '74 _ Dinner Show

Its on cd Loving You
Label: EPL 0002 (Released 1992)

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The Cancelled Request Box
August 19th 1975 _Dinner Shoiw

Recording: Audience
Label: Audionics / 2001 (released 2008)


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Another gospel type of song is Youu'll Never Walk Alone
when he sung it Live On July 19th 1975 at Nassau Coliseum _New York
Its On CD You'll Never Walk Alone
Sample Of Song
https://youtu.be/WU4QUWtO1Ec _

Label: Straight Arrow SA 2011-20-02 (Released 2011)
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and this is on Americas Own Lp _Volume 2 too _


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Another one that he did only once on stage was _ Where No One Stands Alone _Live on stage on stage on February 16th 1977 when he played the piano live on stage
Sample Of Song
https://youtu.be/LlAGZD0OzGY
Its on cd
[b]Coming On Strong
Label: Southern Style 6977
Released: 11/1999
Matrix #: CD 6977
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and on cd
Never Ending Demand Volume1Recording: Audience
Label: Rainbow Records RR-19770216-2
Released: 2010

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Hope this helps
Enjoy


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[Tony Trout]

Personally, I do think that "You'll Never Walk Alone" is an inspirational Gospel song - it's basically talking about a person never walking alone during the trials and tribulations in this life when God is with them - He's right there walking beside them (although, you can't see Him).

[John]

Personally, I do think that "You'll Never Walk Alone" is an inspirational Gospel song - it's basically talking about a person never walking alone during the trials and tribulations in this life when God is with them - He's right there walking beside them (although, you can't see Him).

I can't see where god is mentioned. You're walking along with hope in your heart.

[Colin B]

Personally, I do think that "You'll Never Walk Alone" is an inspirational Gospel song - it's basically talking about a person never walking alone during the trials and tribulations in this life when God is with them - He's right there walking beside them (although, you can't see Him).

I can't see where god is mentioned.
You're walking along with hope in your heart.

He isn't - it's a secular song...

[John]

Personally, I do think that "You'll Never Walk Alone" is an inspirational Gospel song - it's basically talking about a person never walking alone during the trials and tribulations in this life when God is with them - He's right there walking beside them (although, you can't see Him).

I can't see where god is mentioned.
You're walking along with hope in your heart.

He isn't - it's a secular song...

I agree.

[Mountain Mist]

My thoughts are, that since music is art, lyrics can be open to interpretation; moreover, the intention and context of "You'll Never Walk Alone" in "Carousel" is to give comfort, hope and resilience, within a story of love and loss at a time when it was common for a large proportion of the population to be religious, especially in the times of War - "With hope in your heart you'll never walk alone". Whatever one's personal belief is, one can therefore align and interpret the lyrics for oneself, as the message is, "You'll Never Walk Alone".

The context of the movie, "Carousel":

It was April, 1945 – less than a month before Nazi Germany’s surrender, in a country yearning for hope. In the dark days of World War II, Rogers and Hammerstein’s "Carousel" premiered on Broadway and with it, the song of survival: “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

David Fox, "One of things it has going for it, is the lyrics are not utterly specific to that moment. They speak to something larger. It is a piece that can be popped out of the context of the show and continue to maintain its meaning and its integrity even outside of it."

David Fox teaches in the Theater Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania, and specializes in American musical theater.

Excerpt from the movie, "Carousel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1izigJX1pxI

http://wrti.org/post/youll-never-walk-a ... -song-hope

[Colin B]

Excerpt from the movie, "Carousel"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1izigJX1pxI

http://wrti.org/post/youll-never-walk-a ... -song-hope

I enjoyed that - thanks, Mountain Mist !

Are the people in the background frozen in time ?