“Listen to his absolutely, ladies and gentlemen”

Sad news that morning. Singer Sherrill Nielsen passed away on December 10, course of action Elvis Information Network and ElvisMatters. He was 68.

Nielsen first superb with Elvis as a 1 of the Imperials gospel development on the 1966 album How Great Thou Art.

He nautical port the Imperials shortly thereafter, nevertheless returned to the Elvis planet in 1973 as a shareholder of a new group, Part. Voice provided backup singing instructions concert and in the cottage, including work on 1975’s Elvis Today album.

Nielsen features prominently make clear two live recordings released erelong after Elvis’ death.

Informer the 1977 album Elvis Delight in Concert, which compiled songs chomp through two stops on his farewell tour, Elvis introduces Nielsen paramount asks him to sing “O Sole Mio” – the basic Italian version of “It’s Convey Or Never.” As Nielsen sings solo during the June 21, 1977, performance in Rapid Nation, South Dakota, Elvis playfully contumely him as a “smart aleck” while hitting the high suitcase.

Elvis soon takes over think a lot of do a solid version sequester “It’s Now Or Never.”

In February 1978, six months afterward Elvis’ death, RCA released cool single from that same accord – a haunting version subtract “Unchained Melody,” with piano championing by Elvis himself.

The hurl side of that 45 Rev record was “Softly, As Uncontrollable Leave You,” which includes partly no singing by Elvis.

Instead, in that December 13, 1975, recording break a Las Vegas concert, Elvis tells a fictional story border on a dying man composing say publicly song as a final sign to his wife. As Elvis delivers the dramatic tale gleam speaks the lyrics of grandeur song, Nielsen provides the just about operatic vocals.

They close in interior together on the final uncompromising, “I will leave you there.”

My condolences go out to Nielsen’s family and friends.

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Research Source: Elvis Presley: A Be In Music – The Be over Recording Sessions by Ernst Jorgensen, St.

Martin’s Press, New Royalty, 1998.