Hi Eric, This is Odetta (Holmes) - cover version of "Tomorrow Is A Long Time":
Elvis Presley singing live "It's Midnight" he says "listen Cilla" about his wife Priscilla who had left him by this point and she was at this show- it is heartbreaking:
I don't know how many Elvis Presley songs Morrissey has recorded? I know that Morrissey sang "(Marie's The Name Of) His Latest Flame" in the early days, this is a great song. Morrissey sang "You'll Be Gone" this was actually co-written by Elvis Presley, with his bodyguard
Red West and friend
Charlie Hodge. The other song that Elvis Presley composed was "
That's Someone You Never Forget" in 1961 with Red West, which was on the
Pot Luck LP released in 1962. I heard that Elvis Presley had co-written about 10 songs but only two seem to be available?
Roberta Flack is a great singer. Timi Yuro is great as well she sadly died in 2004. Odetta (Holmes) sadly died in 2008.
I'm the Helen Shapiro fan! I like the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson who died back in 1972. Candi Staton is a good singer as well.
Do you like Nina Simone? Nina Simone died in 2003. I like a lot of singers both male and female.
This is one of Elvis' favorite male singers Roy Hamilton singing "Hurt":
Roy Hamilton died back in 1969 he was only 40. I heard that Elvis liked Patti Page who died in 2013 and Kay Starr who died in 2016.
Elvis liked gospel, blues and country music and that was what created rock 'n' roll his rockabilly music. I think that Elvis liked some slightly operatic music as well like Mario Lanza, some soul and harmony groups.
Sometimes I thought that Elvis Presley sounded a bit like Bing Crosby when he would sing ballads like the crooner stuff.
If you want to contact me privately please contact me here. I like 'Vegan Cro Spirit' they are a truly dedicated Morrissey fan. From what I understand "Cro" stands for Croatia.
Yes you are right 'Tom Tom Club' is to do with the New Wave American band by that name that came out of 'Talking Heads'. I'm not big into them I just thought that it sounded like a cool name. I don't know if Morrissey likes that sort of music? The 'tom-tom' is a type of drum and 'Tom' is a male name like Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker.
I thought that the song "Hurt" is a song that Morrissey could sing really well. Poor Morrissey has had his fair share of hurt in his life and pain and trauma as well. Yes Elvis Presley was very 'hurt' by what Priscilla did to him she left him for another man and took his beloved only daughter Lisa Marie to live with her in LA when Elvis lived in Memphis most of the time. Priscilla also got a huge divorce settlement. I would say that Elvis was heartbroken and they say that you can die of a broken heart. I think all of this on top of the loss of his beloved mother and the financial problems after the divorce settlement and that horrible terrible trashy book that his former bodyguards brought out just before he died and the constant touring and concerts he had to do was just too much.
Elvis Presley was used and abused after he became famous by many different people. Before he was famous he was bullied at school. Elvis came from a very poor background which sounds really tough. I think things started to go wrong for him when he went into the army and his beloved mother died, he first met Priscilla when he was stationed in the army out in Germany. When his wife Priscilla left him that was the beginning of the end he seemed to be totally heartbroken. There is a lot of mystery surrounding Elvis' death there are a lot of conflicting stories. He had some health issues but some things don't totally add up. I guess only God knows the truth as to what happened. I wish that Elvis Presley was still alive it is really tragic.
It is good to have a brother in Christ on here! There doesn't seem to be that many born-again, Bible-believing Christians on here. I know that some people don't enjoy talking about religion, theology, philosophy and spiritual matters which is why I try to keep that talk to a minimum. Also this is a Morrissey fan site not a Christian forum. God bless.