Like Elvis Used to Do

Like Elvis Used to Do Artist: Billy Swan
Label: Audium Entertainment
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 684038811526
EAN: 0684038811526
ASIN: B00004SBW6


Release Date: 2000-04-11

Like Elvis Used to Do


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Tracks:

  1. Suspicious Minds
  2. Mystery Train
  3. Wooden Heart
  4. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
  5. Viva Las Vegas
  6. Too Much
  7. Milk Cow Blues Boogie
  8. Heartbreak Hotel
  9. Jailhouse Rock/King Creole
  10. Love Me Tender
  11. Sun Medley: Baby, Let's Play House/I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone/You're A Heartbreaker...
  12. Burnin' Love
  13. Memphis Rocks
  14. That's All Right (Mama)

Album Description

Covers of 23 pop gems immortalized by Elvis Presley, all recorded in Memphis at the Sun Studio with a select band of sidemen. Includes versions of 'All Shook Up', 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Hound Dog', 'Viva Las Vegas', 'Suspicious Minds', 'Burnin' Love', 'Baby

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Elvis like Billy Swan did them.......2006-05-11

This CD title is inaccurate. The songs are not "Like Elvis Used to Do." These are songs Elvis used to do but done like Billy Swan would (and did) do them.

My wife hates this CD because the songs aren't like Elvis did them. As I keep pointing out to her, if you want the songs how Elvis did them, buy Elvis. What makes these so great is what Billy Swan does for them. Had Elvis never done these songs, many of them would have been hits for Billy Swan.

I am not a huge Billy Swan fan. In fact, until recently, the only song I knew was "I Can Help". I ordered a CD named I Can Help (there appear to be at least 3 different CDs with the same name). That CD contains "Don't Be Cruel" and "All Shook Up", both of which are excellent renditions. That prompted me to search out this version of Like Elvis Used to Do and buy it. I wasn't disappointed. Billy Swan has a captivating voice and style and hearing his versions of these songs is worth the money.

If you're a diehard Elvis fan you may not like the new twist that Billy Swan adds to these tracks but otherwise, you'll probably agree with me that these would all have been big hits for Billy Swan had Elvis never done them.

5 out of 5 stars Not Like Elvis Used to Do.......2005-01-05

Billy Swan sings songs that Elvis recorded, but he sings them his way, not the Elvis way. Billy Swan is not Elvis, thank goodness. So, if in your mind the only way an "Elvis song" should be sung is the way Elvis did it, this CD is not for you. On the other hand, if you can appreciate different stylings by different artists of the same song, and you like Billy Swan's work, which I do, then you should enjoy this CD.

4 out of 5 stars Buy the Import!.......2000-10-04

If you want to buy this cd (and it is well worth getting) please make sureyou get the import either here or thruAmazon UK. It has nine extra songs and you'll be missing a large part of the charm of a fine album if you settle for the US version. My two favoriteson the whole album, Hound Dog & I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, are among the missing tracks. And although these are Elvis classics I honestly think I'd rather hear Billy Swan's versions.Swan slows down and relaxes both (although Hound Dog still has a nicebuzz in his voice) that in a bizarreway makes each song more mature and adult than Elvis's famous versions.And since Elvis was a James Dean fanSwan's I Used To Be James Dean fitsright in perfectly. This album is offbeat and fun. If you liked Swan'sI Can Help voice and were an Elvisfan, get this album. It's actuallyseems kinda inspired. It's not just product. Swan's a throwback in a good way. People seldom try like thisanymore. Worth having.

5 out of 5 stars Billy Swan- fine job.......2000-06-30

When I first listened to this cd I did not like it...I guess I was expecting more of an Elvis sound but the 2nd time I listened to it....I fell in love with it and I can't get enough of listening to it now. I truly love it.

4 out of 5 stars

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