VOLUME 18 Orchestral Ballads

This volume compiles various orchestral recordings Elvis has performed during the nineties in a variety of collaborations.

1. Stand By Me - Ben E King
2. God Only Knows - Beach Boys
3. *Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly & Debbie Reynolds
4. They Can’t Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire
5. They Didn’t Believe Me - Johnny Hartman
6. *I Feel Pretty - Leonard Bernstein
7. Lil’ Darlin - Georgie Fame
8. *Gigi - Bing Crosby
9. *Now O Now My Needs Must Part - Rufus Muller
10. *Can She Excuse My Wrongs - Rufus Muller
11. Oh Mistress Mine - Deller Consort
12. The Night Before Larry Was Stretched - Chieftains
13. More Than Rain - Tom Waits
14. The Thrill Is Gone - Chet Baker
15. Glad To Be Unhappy - Frank Sinatra
16. My Ship - Sarah Vaughan
17. Autumn Leaves - Nat King Cole
18. Lost in The Stars - Tony Bennett
19. She Moved Through The Fair - Mariane Faithful
20. Warm And Beautiful - Paul McCartney
21. *Doncha Go 'Way Mad - Ella Fitzgerald
22. Baby It's Cold Outside - Bing Crosby & Doris Day
23. Every Time We Say Goodbye - Ray Charles & Betty Carter
24. How Long Has This Been Going On - George Gershwin
25. She - Charles Aznavoir
26. You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry & Pacemakers

RUNNING TIME 79:57

* Different version to compilation.

Track Notes

1 Performed with an all star band for Comic Relief 1999.

2,5,8,10,11,13,18,19, Appeared on the 2cd edition of The Juliet Letters.

3 Crowd teaser at some rain soaked venue.

4 Performed as a duet with Tony Bennett in 1994.

6 Instrumental snippet regularly heard in the guitar solo of Clubland.

7 Performed on 4 occasions, with the Count Basie band in 1983 and more recently with The Jazz Passengers.

9 Performed only once with Fretwork in London 1996.

12 Traditional song recorded in 1995 appears on Kojak Variety 2cd edition.

14 An influence on Elvis’ song Almost Blue, the two songs were performed once at Meltdown 1995 as a medley.

15 Performed with Steve Nieve and Marc Ribot at the same Meltdown 1995 concert.

16,17,22,23 Performed with Anne Sofie Von Otter in Stockholm 1996.

20 Performed at the 1999 concert for Linda McCartney.

21 Recorded with The Jazz Passengers in 1996.

24 Recorded in 1992, appears on the 2cd version of Kojak Variety.

25 Hit single for Elvis in 1999 and used in the film Notting Hill.

26 Performed in 1999 for Comic Relief and in some 2004 concerts.