Colin B wrote:Elvis' recordings did include some 'country' stuff in the 70s.
Maybe he was inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis who, after a lull in the popularity of his original rock 'n' roll style,
had a second 'career' as a country artist.
Colin B wrote:Elvis' recordings did include some 'country' stuff in the 70s.
Maybe he was inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis who, after a lull in the popularity of his original rock 'n' roll style,
had a second 'career' as a country artist.
John wrote:Maybe.
Or maybe he was always a country artist.
Colin B wrote:Colin B wrote:Elvis' recordings did include some 'country' stuff in the 70s.
Maybe he was inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis who, after a lull in the popularity of his original rock 'n' roll style,
had a second 'career' as a country artist.John wrote:Maybe.
Or maybe he was always a country artist.
His style certainly contained elements of 'country' right from his earliest Sun days...
jokerlola wrote:I never totally understood Country as a secondary market, especially in the 70’s. I don’t know how things were in England but here in the states, Country was mainstream entertainment. Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Mac Davis and Hee Haw were high rated network TV shows. Many Country stars had crossover big Pop hits like Charlie Rich, Donna Fargo, Lynne Anderson, Freddy Fender, of course Campbell and Cash and so many more. Olivia Newton-John ‘s song were Country and Pop hits. And of course Dolly Parton broke out in 77 on the Pop charts. Right after Elvis died, Kenny Rogers became huge and was even called “The New Elvis” by US magazine.
Had Elvis lived, he likely would have continued in that vein but probably even more so. Country became even bigger here because of the Urban Cowboy movie.
I’ve always read that in the last several years of his life, Elvis only listened to the Country radio stations and you can argue that all of his 70’s studio albums were essentially Country albums.
jokerlola wrote:I never totally understood Country as a secondary market, especially in the 70’s. I don’t know how things were in England but here in the states, Country was mainstream entertainment. Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Mac Davis and Hee Haw were high rated network TV shows. Many Country stars had crossover big Pop hits like Charlie Rich, Donna Fargo, Lynne Anderson, Freddy Fender, of course Campbell and Cash and so many more. Olivia Newton-John ‘s song were Country and Pop hits. And of course Dolly Parton broke out in 77 on the Pop charts. Right after Elvis died, Kenny Rogers became huge and was even called “The New Elvis” by US magazine.
Had Elvis lived, he likely would have continued in that vein but probably even more so. Country became even bigger here because of the Urban Cowboy movie.
I’ve always read that in the last several years of his life, Elvis only listened to the Country radio stations and you can argue that all of his 70’s studio albums were essentially Country albums.
Colin.Bee wrote:Also saw Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins but Jerry Lee played rock 'n' roll. which many of the audience didn't like, and walked out.
That’s funny, when I saw Jerry Lee in the late seventies it was a rock ‘n’ roll audience and he did mainly country. It was a big disappointment but nobody walked out. I saw Cal around that time too, he was great but I couldn’t believe how much more hair he had than in the fifties.
Colin.Bee wrote:Also saw Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins but Jerry Lee played rock 'n' roll. which many of the audience didn't like, and walked out.
That’s funny, when I saw Jerry Lee in the late seventies it was a rock ‘n’ roll audience and he did mainly country. It was a big disappointment but nobody walked out. I saw Cal around that time too, he was great but I couldn’t believe how much more hair he had than in the fifties.
John wrote:Colin.Bee wrote:Also saw Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins but Jerry Lee played rock 'n' roll. which many of the audience didn't like, and walked out.
That’s funny, when I saw Jerry Lee in the late seventies it was a rock ‘n’ roll audience and he did mainly country. It was a big disappointment but nobody walked out. I saw Cal around that time too, he was great but I couldn’t believe how much more hair he had than in the fifties.
That's what rock 'n' roll does for you baby...or maybe it's music in general. Tony Bennett also seemed to get more hair, and as for Mick Jagger....
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