I agree about Rip This Joint but do it up in the Sun Studios style!

A late period recording of "If You Really Want To Be My Friend" would've been a heartbreaker.

And why is there no Mick solo version (sped-up vocals and all) of this? You know it would be awesome.

Spider & the Fly?

I read the rumor once that Paul McCartney offered to produce Elvis and was turned down (who knows if the suggestion even reached Elvis?). I think Elvis realized by '68 that he needed to do something or he was toast as a relevant artist. He covered some great songs, but ultimately I think he did play it safe with song selection.

My thought was just to consider what Stones' songs Elvis and his band could have covered and done a credible job not withstanding Elvis' politics or "management influences".

Cool suggestions!

Here's another "Vegas" suggestion....Crazy Mama/Melody medley!

In connection to my earlier post...

Here's a brief look into Elvis' personal record collection:





Jingle Bells by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters is the earliest released (1943) single in the collection

the collection includes significant numbers of R&B but remarkably few seminal rock & roll releases. The large catalog of artists included Johnny Ace, Ray Charles, Faye Adams, Joe Turner, Little Walter and Ivory Joe Hunter

similarly, 'white' gospel recordings are well represented by names such as The Blackwood's, the Speer Family, The Statesmen, the Higher Ground and the Brock Brothers, while 'black' gospel hardly gets a look in, with only a handful of singles and LPs by artists including the Soul Stirrers, Golden Gate Quartet and the Rance Allen Group

ballad recordings by The Clovers, the Crickets, The Platters, the Spiders, the Dominoes, Pat Boone and Glenn Miller/The Ink Spots

the country music genre is well represented through recordings by Jimmy Little, Bobbie Gentry, Eddy Arnold, Rita Coolidge, Jim Reeves and Ray Price

soul recordings by Smokey Robinson, Etta James, Sam Cooke, Clyde McPhatter and Ben E. King among many others

records by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
choral recordings by the Bethany First Church of the Nazarene and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

movie themes by Leonard Bernstein, Marty Gold and the Manhattan Pops

(then contemporary rock sounds) The Allman Brothers Band , Free and Mott The Hoople records

(then contemorary pop sounds) Jose Feliciano, Nilsson, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Tom Jones, Englebert Humperdinck, Dionne Warwick and Anne Murray

collection of speeches (In Search of Freedom) by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Charles Boyer's LP of spoken love songs (Where Does Love Go)

the (symbolic single) I Can Make It With You by Jackie DeShannon

several comedy albums including The First Family by Robert Kennedy impersonator, Vaughn Meader, and Laugh...Live from Jonathan Winters

Red West's acetate of If Everyday Was Like Christmas (a festive theme recurred throughout Elvis' large collection with dozens of yuletide season titles)


The list of artists Elvis listened to is particularly broad. Apart from those mentioned above, others signifying an interesting cross-section of the musical rainbow are: Marty Robbins, Frank Sinatra, Brownie McGee, the Sunshine Sisters, Mac Davis, Rex Allen Jr., the New York Philharmonic, J.J. Cale, Glen Campbell, Bobby Bare, Bonnie Guitar, Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee, The Statesmen, Buck Owens, the North Cleveland Church of God, The Supremes, Jackie Wilson, Johnny Cash, Harry Belafonte, Dean Martin, Roy Hamilton, Adam Wade, Billy Vaughn, Della Reese, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Fontaine, Cliff Richard and Carla Thomas.

Isn't there an OLD boot of Hound Dog--maybe even Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys???

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mckalk
I read the rumor once that Paul McCartney offered to produce Elvis and was turned down (who knows if the suggestion even reached Elvis?). I think Elvis realized by '68 that he needed to do something or he was toast as a relevant artist. He covered some great songs, but ultimately I think he did play it safe with song selection.

Led Zeppelin met Elvis in 1970 and actually offered to act as his house band.

Have you heard of the band "Dread Zeppelin"? Gives you an idea of how the combo would have worked!

Sister Morphine

Heart Of Stone, Long Long While.

Out Of Time

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Gazza
Led Zeppelin met Elvis in 1970 and actually offered to act as his house band.

Here the story about Led Zeppelin meeting Elvis: http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/music/led_zeppelin_meet_elvis.html

Tom Hulette, a concert promotor, who'd promoted rockshows for artists as Led Zeppelin, did organise the concerttour for Elvis in September 1970. Wasn't there a rumour that the manager of Led Zeppelin would 'take over' Elvis from the Colonel?

I know it's not an actual Jagger-Richards composition but Cry To Me from the Out Of Our Heads album would have been perfect for Elvis.

One of Jagger's great vocal performances I know, but the self-styled "King" could have given it something else altogether.

Swerving right off topic here BUT if ya dig the
Elvis In Memphis album then check out this recent release
of Roy Hamilton material...Recorded at Chips Mormans American
Sound Studio at the same time as Presley was cutting the Memphis
material....Hamilton used the studio during the day and Elvis took
over at night....Hamilton was a huge influence on Presley who in turn
based his version of Unchained Melody & Hurt on Hamilton's...

Great Southern Soul ballads style CD carries glorious cut of James
Carr's Dark End Of The Street....Massive take of Bacharach's Reach Out For Me


George Klien...Elvis...Roy Hamilton....Chips Morman - American Sound Studio 1969




Roy Hamilton - Tore Up - Shout 44



ROCKMAN

'Blue Turns To Grey' would've been a good one back in the mid '60s (I can easily imagine him doing this with an arrangement similar to Cliff Richard's version).

'Back Street Girl' would've worked during his 'In The Ghetto' era.



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Kind of sad El did not meet the Stones. If he liked quiet bassists, it sounds like El and Bill Wyman might have hit it off.

I Got The Blues
that would have been heavy and perfect methinks. no way to get thru that one without ripping it up and out. sigh...we still miss you Elvis.

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Gazza
Led Zeppelin met Elvis in 1970 and actually offered to act as his house band.

Here the story about Led Zeppelin meeting Elvis: http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/music/led_zeppelin_meet_elvis.html

Tom Hulette, a concert promotor, who'd promoted rockshows for artists as Led Zeppelin, did organise the concerttour for Elvis in September 1970. Wasn't there a rumour that the manager of Led Zeppelin would 'take over' Elvis from the Colonel?

i saw zep on their first yank tour in am amphithatre in maryland opening for The Who. They were promoting the first record which was already a huge hit. Their set was astounding. One thing in particular snapped my head around, they lit into this letter perfect hot pickin' sweet singin' version of "Hello Mary Lou Goodbye Heart." Totally unexpected and absolutely snappin'...it got a huge response.
git origins being james burton i guess (when he was still in ricky nelson's bandand scored the hit)
but elvis ended up with him very shortly after.
page was absolutley brilliant. he knew that rockabilly thang backards and forwards and played it with a whole lot of soul.

(interesting post above about what was in Elvis's jukebox...very cool info ty.)

Flip The Switch.

Elvis doing 'Start Me Up' would have been a blast

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Crossfire Hurricane
Here the story about Led Zeppelin meeting Elvis: http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/music/led_zeppelin_meet_elvis.html

Tom Hulette, a concert promotor, who'd promoted rockshows for artists as Led Zeppelin, did organise the concerttour for Elvis in September 1970. Wasn't there a rumour that the manager of Led Zeppelin would 'take over' Elvis from the Colonel?

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Beelyboy
i saw zep on their first yank tour in am amphithatre in maryland opening for The Who. They were promoting the first record which was already a huge hit. Their set was astounding. One thing in particular snapped my head around, they lit into this letter perfect hot pickin' sweet singin' version of "Hello Mary Lou Goodbye Heart." Totally unexpected and absolutely snappin'...it got a huge response.
git origins being james burton i guess (when he was still in ricky nelson's bandand scored the hit)
but elvis ended up with him very shortly after.
page was absolutley brilliant. he knew that rockabilly thang backards and forwards and played it with a whole lot of soul.

(interesting post above about what was in Elvis's jukebox...very cool info ty.)

Hello Mary Lou by Led Zeppelin can be found on Zeppelin's How the West Was Won live triple album (recorded 1972, released 2003). Interesting list indeed about Elvis'jukebox. A couple of years ago EPE and Graceland released a partial list of Elvis' record collection with 1,000 albums and singles. The article can be found here

And returning to the topic: I think Elvis would have done a great job on Black Limousine (consider it as Long Black Limousine part 2 )

Prodigal Son
Biggest Mistake
Hide Your Love
Shake Your Hips
Jiving Sister Fanny
Claudine
Paint it Black
She Was Hot
Almost Hear You Sigh
Far Away Eyes
Fool To Cry
Time Waits for No One

Of course it is possible for Elvis to do latter day Stones songs - because we all know he is still alive.

Re: Shake Your Hips suggestions.

Even though "Shake Your Hips" is a Slim Harpo composition, I can't believe nobody ever suggested that El cover this blues smoker. Almost a theme song for the younger King.

Stones are THE rock band, Johann Sebastian Bach is THE classical guy. What Jagger/Richards tunes should have JSB taken a crack at?

I'm racking my brain, there has to be some common ground since the Stones and John Sebastian both loved and covered their children.

Maybe "Child of the Moon" if he had Richard Wagner and give it a German march feel? Love to hear some other suggestions.

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Rockman
Swerving right off topic here BUT if ya dig the
Elvis In Memphis album then check out this recent release
of Roy Hamilton material...Recorded at Chips Mormans American
Sound Studio at the same time as Presley was cutting the Memphis
material....Hamilton used the studio during the day and Elvis took
over at night....Hamilton was a huge influence on Presley who in turn
based his version of Unchained Melody & Hurt on Hamilton's...

Great Southern Soul ballads style CD carries glorious cut of James
Carr's Dark End Of The Street....Massive take of Bacharach's Reach Out For Me


George Klien...Elvis...Roy Hamilton....Chips Morman - American Sound Studio 1969




Roy Hamilton - Tore Up - Shout 44

Cheers for that, Rockman. I'll look out for that.

I remember that Elvis/Mixed Emotions video/song. I'd love to see it again. Does anyone have it or know where I can get it?

Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes with a version of the Rolling Stones' "Happy" at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville, WA. on August 23, 2009