Counting Down Elvis

His 100 Finest Songs

By: Mark Duffett

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Hardcover | 23 February 2018

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Over the course of the last six decades, Elvis Presley has sold more than a billion records; his music has touched nearly every modern listener. Despite an avalanche of books on his life, there are, surprisingly, few about his musical creativity. In Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs, Mark Duffett urges readers to put aside the misleading stereotypes and rumor-filled debates about Elvis and listen once again to the legend who emerged from Memphis.Elvis had a unique approach to musicâ"one that was both powerful and versatile. In a career stretching across more than twenty years, Presley changed the face of popular music, drawing together genresâ"from country and blues to contemporary folkâ"and placing a unique stamp on all of them. Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest Songs explores the full range of Presley recordings, from his earliest numbers to posthumous hits, combing through gold records and unpolished gems to distill the best that Presley has to offer.

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In this recent release in the “Counting Down” series, Duffett (Univ. of Chester, UK) offers his personal list of Elvis Presley’s 100 greatest recordings, with a short essay accompanying each song in the countdown. . . Duffett’s passion as a fan comes through in every entry as he provides insight into Elvis’s great musical creativity, which (Duffett argues) is frequently overlooked. Emphasizing Elvis's interpretive prowess, Duffett observes, for example, that the 1956 hit “Don’t Be Cruel” resonates so strongly “because Elvis makes a plea for fidelity in a performance that is at once both lighthearted and swelteringly erotic.” Such observations fill this attractive volume, which is complete with extensive notes, a bibliography, a thorough index, and a list of “100 More” songs worth mentioning. . . Elvis fans old and new will welcome Duffett’s insights and enjoy comparing his rankings to theirs.

Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers.

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