Elvis All-Star Tribute

The Elvis All-Star Tribute special was aired last night on NBC and is now history.

It was a 50th anniversary commemoration of the 1968 Singer Presents...Elvis, also on NBC (more commonly known as the '68 Comeback Special). The producers tried to recapture the Presley special with a similar setting.

The show was entertaining (it was two hours long), but over half of the performers, I must confess, were totally unfamiliar to me.

The line-up and songs:

“Trouble”/ “Guitar Man” – Blake Shelton
“Hound Dog” – Shawn Mendes
“Burning Love” – Keith Urban
“Baby, What You Want Me to Do” – Keith Urban and Post Malone
“Jailhouse Rock” – John Fogerty
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” – Ed Sheeran
“Always on My Mind” – Kelsea Ballerini
“Heartbreak Hotel” – Jennifer Lopez
“One Night” – Darius Rucker
“Suspicious Minds” – Blake Shelton
“Love Me Tender” – Alessia Cara
“Memories” – Mac Davis
“A Little Less Conversation” – John Legend
“Are You Lonesome Tonight” – Little Big Town
“Blue Suede Shoes” – Adam Lambert
“Love Me” – Pistol Annies
“That’s All Right”/“Don’t Be Cruel”/“Blue Suede Shoes” – Mac Davis, Post Malone, Little Big Town, Darius Rucker and Blake Shelton
“How Great Thou Art”/“He Touched Me”/“You’ll Never Walk Alone” – Carrie Underwood and Yolanda Adams
“Little Sister” – Dierks Bentley
“It’s Now or Never” – Josh Groban
“If I Can Dream” – Elvis Presley, Post Malone, Shawn Mendes, Darius Rucker, Blake Shelton and Carrie Underwood

If was fun to see Mac Davis. He looked pretty good for his age (77) and he was the only performer there who actually knew Elvis. He noted this by saying that everyone else is dead.

The original 1968 producer, Steve Binder talked about the show and there were also appearances by Priscilla Presley and Lisa Maria Presley. The special also included clips from the 1968 special.

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