'ALOHA FROM HAWAII VIA SATELLITE' BY ELVIS PRESLEY

Yesterday, Jessica Fletcher and The Grandma were talking about a friend in common who was celebrating her 95th anniversary, Angela Lansbury.

 

Angela is considered one of the most respectable actresses currently and she has a long career with great roles in theatre, TV and cinema.

 

Jessica and The Grandma remember how Angela explained to them about one of her favourite films, Blue Hawaii, a movie filmed in Hawaii with Elvis Presley. They have been talking about this film and about one of the most popular Elvis's LP's and films, Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite.

Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Elvis Presley.

 

The screenplay by Hal Kanter was nominated by the Writers Guild of America in 1962 in the category of Best Written American Musical.

 

The film opened at number two in box office receipts for that week and, despite mixed reviews from critics, finished as the 10th top-grossing film of 1961 and 14th for 1962 on the Variety national box office survey, earning $5 million. The film won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1961
 

Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite is a live album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in February 1973.

 

It peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart in the spring of the same year. Despite the satellite innovation, the US did not air the concert until April 4. 

Aloha from Hawaii, which was a worldwide ratings smash, went to #1 on the Billboard album chart. The album dominated the charts, reaching #1 in both the pop and country charts in the US.

The album was certified Gold on February 13, 1973, platinum and 2× Platinum on May 20, 1988, 3× Platinum on July 15, 1999, and 5× Platinum on August 1, 2002, by the RIAA. On April 15, 2016, the BPI certified the album Silver for sales of 60,000 units.

Aloha from Hawaii is a two-disc set -only the second such release of Presley's career, the first being 1969's double set From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis, which contained one album each of studio and concert recordings. It was initially released only in quadraphonic sound, becoming the first album in the format to top the Billboard album chart. After Quadrophonic sound failed to catch on, RCA issued a standard stereophonic version of the album.

The album contains all the live performances from the TV special, but omits the five songs Presley recorded after the show and which were featured on the original broadcast; these would be issued later on the album Mahalo from Elvis. The album also omits Presley's brief announcement concerning the concert being presented for the benefit of the Kui Lee Cancer Fund.

This is the penultimate live album that Presley released during his lifetime, the last being Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis the following year. Later soundtracks for the TV special Elvis in Concert and the documentary This Is Elvis were released posthumously.

More information: Elvis Australia

 (Angela Lansbury)

Chad think of who you are,
remember you come from a fine family.

 
(Elvis Presley)

I'm sure you'll do enough remembering for both of us.

 

Blue Hawaii