History Trivia / FromElvisInMemphis

** Another song he was slated to record during the sessions was the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil ballad "Angelica" (already recorded by a few singers, including Music/ScottWalker). As it happened, ballad singer Roy Hamilton, who was popular in TheFifties and was a big influence on Elvis, was recording at American Studios at the same time and the two met and hit it off. Elvis told Hamilton that "Angelica" was perfect for his style and decided to pass the song onto him, and Hamilton would eventually release it as a single,[[note]]One of the last singles Hamilton put out when he was alive, since he died from a brain hemorrhage about six months later at age 40, HarsherInHIndsight since the title character of "Angelica" also suffers an untimely death.[[/note]] and listening to Hamilton's version you can easily hear his influence on Elvis' singing style, as well getting a good sense of how Elvis would've handled the song (basically he would've totally went to town with it to give "Long Black Limousine" a companion in the "extremely morbid {{Melodrama}}" category).

** Another song he was slated to record during the sessions was the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil ballad "Angelica" (already recorded by a few singers, including Music/ScottWalker). As it happened, ballad singer Roy Hamilton, who was popular in TheFifties and was a big influence on Elvis, was recording at American Studios at the same time and the two met and hit it off. Elvis told Hamilton that "Angelica" was perfect for his style and decided to pass the song onto him, and Hamilton would eventually release it as a single,[[note]]One of the last singles Hamilton put out when he was alive, since he died from a brain hemorrhage about six months later at age 40, HarsherInHIndsight since the title character of "Angelica" also suffers an untimely death.[[/note]] and listening to Hamilton's version you can easily hear his influence on Elvis' singing style, as well getting a good sense of how Elvis would've handled the song (basically it would've given "Long Black Limousine" a companion in the "extremely morbid {{Melodrama}}" category).

** Another song he was slated to record during the sessions was the {{melodrama}}tic Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil ballad "Angelica" (already recorded by a few singers, including Music/ScottWalker). As it happened, ballad singer Roy Hamilton, who was popular in TheFifties and was a big influence on Elvis, was recording at American Studios at the same time and the two met and hit it off. Elvis told Hamilton that "Angelica" was perfect for his style and decided to pass the song onto him, and Hamilton would eventually release it as a single.[[note]]One of the last singles Hamilton put out when he was alive, since he died from a brain hemorrhage about six months later at age 40, which is doubly morbid since the title character of "Angelica" also suffers an untimely death.[[/note]]

* DevelopmentGag: Before becoming Elvis' manager, Colonel Tom Parker had managed Eddy Arnold, and had been in a management partnership with Hank Snow, and here Elvis does covers of Arnold ("I'll Hold You in My Heart") and Snow ("I'm Movin' On") songs.

* CutSong: Elvis completed 35 songs during the sessions. Three of the songs were later used as non-album singles--"Suspicious Minds" was a #1 hit, the TearJerker "Don't Cry Daddy" also made the Top 10, and "Kentucky Rain" made the Top 20 and is still one of his most famous songs. Others ended up on the later ''Back In Memphis'' album.

* CutSong: Elvis completed 35 songs during the sessions. Two of the finished takes, "Kentucky Rain" and "Suspicious Minds", ended up as non-LP singles and stand among his most famous songs. Others ended up on the later ''Back In Memphis'' album.

* ColbertBump: "Any Day Now" has gotten renewed attention because of PNAU's "Don't Fly Away" from the soundtrack of ''Film/Elvis2022'', which mashes it up with "Suspicious Minds" (also recorded at the Memphis sessions but released as a separate single).

* CompilationRerelease: Several releases include the album with other songs from the Memphis sessions, with 1999's ''Suspicious Minds'' regarded as a complete compilation.
** However the above compilation does not contain the completed take of "Poor Man's Gold" which has since surfaced.