Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis ad lib

Subject: Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis ad lib
From: Genie
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 07:07 PM

Someone asked in another thread if there was an mp3 of this (in)famous incident where Elvis, while singing "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" in Las Vegas, noticed two "baldheaded" guys sitting near the front and spontaneously sang the song this way:

Elvis: Are You Lonesome Tonight" - Laughing version

I thought I should post it separately, since the other thread was about a parody version of AYLT.   This wasn't so much a parody as a mere ad lib of one couplet in the lyrics.

Apparently it tickled Elvis's funny bone.

Subject: RE: Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis ad lib
From: GUEST,oldtimer
Date: 20 Apr 10 - 04:03 PM

did you ever hear The Carter Family singing this before Conl Parker & Co prostituted this lovely song ? Guess you can Google it on the Carter website-----not interested in that Elvis buffonery
Oldtimer

Subject: RE: Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis ad lib
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 20 Apr 10 - 04:26 PM

Actually, what Elvis recorded (1960) was a lot closer to the original (1926) than what what the Carter Family sang (1936).

Subject: RE: Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis ad lib
From: Dave Roberts
Date: 21 Apr 10 - 09:11 AM

Elvis' 'laughing' version was actually put out as a single by RCA in the 70s

Subject: RE: Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis ad lib
From: GUEST
Date: 16 May 13 - 03:22 PM