King Creole

ELVIS PRESLEY’S fourth movie, King Creole, is by most critics’ assessments his best. It was the last movie that Elvis made before he entered the army in the spring of 1958 – it was also his last film in blackand- white, as well as his final effort directed by a serious old-time filmmaker (Michael Curtiz, who also directed Casablanca). A good script, a strong supporting cast and an outstanding soundtrack contributed to provide Elvis with his best opportunity at serious film acting, and the King rose to the occasion. The legendary songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller contributed three songs to King Creole, among them the title track and “Trouble,” a number Presley would reprise with tremendous success during his 1969 comeback television special. “Hard Headed Woman” is the soundtrack’s biggest hit (it stayed atop the Billboard pop chart for two weeks), but the songs are uniformly strong throughout, and Presley sings with the mastery and dynamism characteristic of nearly all of his 1950s recordings. King Creole takes its name from a New Orleans night club where success as a singer comes to Danny Fisher, a rebellious young man on the verge of becoming a hood. Incidents and characters of the original novel are distorted, but the plot stands up well and the dialogue is salty and emotion-packed. Variety’s 1958 review stated that the film “shows the young star as a betterthan-fair actor.”

1: King Creole
2: As Long As I Have You
3: Hard Headed Women
4: Trouble
5: Dixieland Rock
6: Don't Ask Me Why
7: Lover Doll
8: Crawfish
9: Young Dreams
10: Steadfast, Loyal and True
11: New Orleans
12: Mean Woman Blues
13: (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
14: Loving You
15: Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do
16: Lonesome Cowboy
17: Hot Dog
18: Party
19: Blueberry Hill
20: True Love
21: Don't Leave Me Now
22: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
23: I Need You So
24: Jailhouse Rock
25: Treat Me Nice
26: I Want to Be Free
27: Don't Leave Me Now
28: Young and Beautiful
29: (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care
30: Jailhouse Rock (Movie Version)
31: Treat Me Nice (Movie Version)
32: I Want to Be Free (Movie Version)
33: Don't Leave Me Now (Alternate Version)
34: Young and Beautiful (Movie Version)

Number of Discs: 1

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