Elvis Presley # '73 Aloha From Hawaii # part 1 of 7

HIGH QUALITY. Aloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and was broadcast live via satellite on January 14, 1973. It was the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. The concert took place at the International Convention Center Arena in Honolulu (now known as the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena) and aired in over 40 countries across Asia and Europe (who received the telecast the next day, also in primetime). Despite the satellite innovation, the United States did not air the concert until April 4, 1973 (the concert took place the same day as Super Bowl VII). The show was the most expensive entertainment special at the time, costing $2.5 million.
Presley taped a January 12 rehearsal concert as a fail-safe in case anything went wrong with the satellite during the actual broadcast - however, nothing went wrong during the January 14 broadcast. For both shows, Presley was dressed in a white "American Eagle" jumpsuit designed by Bill Belew. The broadcast was directed by Marty Pasetta, who was then in charge of directing the Oscar ceremonies.
Audience tickets for the January 14 concert and its January 12 pre-broadcast rehearsal show carried no price. Each audience member was asked to pay whatever he or she could afford. The performance and concert merchandise sales raised $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in Hawaii.

SONGS LIST:

1. Introduction: Also Sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss)
2. See See Rider (Traditional)
3. Burning Love (Dennis Linde)
4. Something (George Harrison)
5. You Gave Me a Mountain (Marty Robbins)
6. Steamroller Blues (James Taylor)
7. My Way (Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka)
8. Love Me (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
9. Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
10. It's Over (Presley, Jimmie Rodgers)
11. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins)
12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
13. I Can't Stop Loving You (Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann)
14. Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
15. What Now My Love (Gilbert Bécaud, Carl Sigman)
16. Fever (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport)
17. Welcome to My World (Jim Reeves)
18. Suspicious Minds (Mark James)
19. Introductions By Elvis
20. I'll Remember You (Kui Lee)
21. Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Otis Blackwell, Sunny David, William Johnson, Richard Penniman, Dub Williams)
22. An American Trilogy (Mickey Newbury)
23. A Big Hunk O' Love (Aaron Schroeder, Sidney Wyche)
24. Can't Help Falling in Love (George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore)

The following tracks were recorded by Presley after the concert and inserted into the broadcast. They were not included in the original soundtrack album, but they appear on the 1998 cd re-issue:

25. Blue Hawaii (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin)
26. Ku-U-I-Po (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss)
27. No More (Don Robertson, Hal Blair)
28. Hawaiian Wedding Song (Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Charles King)
29. Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)

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[RobinHoodYorkshire]

@vELVISv, is this really the complete Aloha from Hawaii concert, which was aired in 73? I think there are many outtakes that you have omitted

[vELVISv]

@RobinHoodYorkshire This is the TV version without outtakes and rehearsal concert! Have a great day!

[jhpvids]

From what I read, NBC aired the concert. In todays world of media, it would be hard to do a show like this. If they did, who could do it. Madonna. Janet Jackson. U2. Beyonce. Dont Know?

[vELVISv]

@jhpvids Today would be much easier to broadcast a concert via satellite because the technique has improved, but we don't have a big name like Elvis anymore. In the 70s the world population was around 4 - 4.5 billion people. That means 1 in 3 people have watched this show. The audience could have been even better if there were fewer countries with communist regime. Have a great day!

[ghostrepublic]

Its been over 38 years now since this concert has been broadcast and I have as of yet to see ANYBODY top this performance or even come anywhere close. Elvis has done it to perfection, plain and simple. Nobody will ever top this.

[JamesTKirkCobain]

What always got me about guys like this, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, is the massive massive amount of balls they must have had to come up with to do these shows. No wonder they did drugs. I mean look at this show for example - A billion people watching Elvis by sattelite. How the hell you deal with that? And Elvis was a shy guy. What kind of shit goes through your brain when you are put that much in the spotlight? Every little movement, every litte nuance you know it going to be examined

[cityhen]

With all do respect am also on elvis fan...but this concert was ...not...the first via satellite concert done...back in 1970 on abril a singer by the name...( sandro de america )..was the first singer in the world to a via satellite concert...seen around the world...the concert was made at..madison square garden....sandro was known has the ....lating elvis....sandro also made manny movies his movies were a lot better then elvis....and....even elvis new about sandro....elvis send sandro a guitar.

[DebiNga]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIS

[1IWasBornIn1973]

THE BEST VIA SATELITE TV SPECIAL IN HISTORY !!!

[MrJefferson61]

un vrai king elvis le meilleur.

[GIONELLIO]

ELVIS was indeed a phenomenon.

[curtismoff]

I love this Elvis always will I saw him in 1977 when I was 12 with my Aunt who passed away 2 years ago.I had no ideal how lucky I was I'm 47 now Bet no one my age saw him live.