Elvis Presley, 1973 Aloha From Hawaii television broadcast

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The first-ever such performance to be broadcast live via satellite, Presley taped a January 12 rehearsal concert as a fail-safe in case anything went wrong with the satellite broadcast. For both shows, Presley was dressed in a white "American Eagle" jumpsuit designed by Gene Doucette. U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Fail Safe is an episode from Season 5 of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. ... A woman in a ski jumpsuit (what could also be called a one-piece skisuit). ...

Presley performed a vast array of old and recent hits like "Steamroller Blues", "CC Rider", "Early Morning Rain", "Burning Love", "Blue Suede Shoes", "A Big Hunk o' Love", "Suspicious Minds", "Can't Help Falling In Love." He showed his vocal range and strength with ballads like the Beatle's "Something", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "It's Over", "Welcome to my World", "I'll Remember You" and "What Now My Love". The show is probably most remembered for his performance of the "An American Trilogy". Burning Love(German: Brennende Liebe)was a song written by Dennis Linde and performed by Elvis Presley. ... For other uses of Blue Suede Shoes, see Blue Suede Shoes (disambiguation). ... A Big Hunk o Love, a song sung by Elvis Presley, was recorded on June 10, 1958 in RCAs Nashville, Tennessee studio, while Presley was on leave from the U.S. Army. ... Suspicious Minds was a song performed most notably by Elvis Presley, and was widely regarded as the single that jumpstarted his career after his successful 68 Comeback Special. ... Cant Help Falling in Love, by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, is a pop song based on Plaisir damour by Jean Paul Egide Martini. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... Look up something in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Im So Lonesome I Could Cry is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. ... What Now My Love is a popular song. ... An American Trilogy is a song arranged by country songwriter Mickey Newbury and made popular by Elvis Presley. ...

Directed by Marty Pasetta, the broadcast was a huge success: it was rumored to have reached an audience of more than one billion. In top vocal form, Presley was accompanied by:

• James Burton (lead guitar)
• Glen Hardin (piano)
• Ronnie Tutt (drums)
• John Wilkinson (rhythm guitar)
• Jerry Scheff (bass)
• J.D. Sumner & the Stamps Quartet (backup vocals)
• Kathy Westmoreland (backup vocals)
• Charlie Hodge (harmony)
• Sweet Inspirations (backup vocals)
• Joe Guercio & his Orchestra

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DVD releases

In September of 2004 "Aloha from Hawaii" together with "The '68 Comeback Special" was released on DVD for the first time. The 2-Disc deluxe package includes the original satellite transmission version of the show, as well as the full dress rehearsal and the extended US version with some inserted non-live songs, recorded and filmed after the concert in the empty arena. Additionally, the set contains an uncut 17.5 min. sequence of Elvis arriving in Honolulu and the complete post-concert session. The picture and the sound (in Dolby Digital 5.1) have been digitally remastered from the original master tapes. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elvis Presley in his 68 Comeback Special Elvis Presleys 68 Comeback Special is a 1968 United States television special starring Elvis Presley. ... DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... “Honolulu” redirects here. ... Dolby Digital logotype Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies by Dolby Laboratories. ... Remaster (and its derivations, frequently found in the phrases digitally remastered or digital remastering) is a word and concept ushered into the mass consciousness via the digital age, although it had existed before then. ... A master recording is an original recording, from which copies may be made. ...

Early in August 2006 the TV-special was also released in a single disc version. Strangely this edition contains some new material which was not included in the original deluxe release. The new material consists of some TV news footage shot during the arrival, offering an alternate look on the event and portions of two press conferences held for the upcoming live broadcast in September and November of 1972. Those film clips with an overall length of about 9 minutes are so-called "Easter Eggs" and can be found by pressing a hidden button in the menu. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A joint press conference by U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The first easter egg. ...

External links

• Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii at the Internet Movie Database
• Elvis in Hawaii all you need to know about this live performance