Flaming Star/Mean Woman Blues/Loving You/(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear/Its Now Or Never/Hot Dog/Summer Kisses Winter Tears/Party/Lonesome Cowboy/Got A Lot O’ Livin’ To Do/True Love/Are You Lonesome Tonight
This probably unnecessary album from the King of Rock & Roll comprised a mixed bag of eight tracks from the 1957 LP Loving You and four tracks from the never released in the UK 1961 EP Elvis By Request. (UK:11)
"Flaming Star is one of my favourite songs ever. This fun and perfect song should be way better known than it is. Elvis will always be the greatest singer, entertainer, talent, force and icon. Elvis will also always have the greatest voice."
"His power and range is exemplified on all tracks. Listen to the booming bass notes country blues-style Lonesome Cowboy and compare it with the soft crooning on the ballad Loving You."
"The album opens with songs from the 1957 movie Loving You, and a few of those are forgettable at best, but that is easily forgiven when you hear Mean Woman Blues, the driving Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do, or the silly but irresistible Teddy Bear."
"Flaming Star is a good, dramatic uptempo 1961 movie title tune. Doesn't really convey the emotions of Pacer, the 'half-breed' Native American in a racial conflict in the old west, as Elvis chooses the crooning style, but it's very well produced."
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