Album · 1960
Elvis Is Back!
Elvis Is Back! is an album by Elvis Presley, released in 1960 on RCA, with 12 tracks.
- 12
- Tracks
- 34 min
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Album · 1960
Elvis Is Back! is an album by Elvis Presley, released in 1960 on RCA, with 12 tracks.
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12 tracks · 34 min
Elvis Is Back! is the fifth studio album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2231, in April 1960. Recording sessions took place on March 20 and April 3, 1960, at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee. It was Presley's first album to be released in true stereo. It peaked at number two on the Top Pop Albums chart and is listed, along with his debut and From Elvis in Memphis, in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, by the Recording Industry Association of America. The first album by Presley after his military discharge from the army, the first day of its sessions were attended by Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, his assistant Tom Diskin, and representatives from RCA in a show of interest regarding whether or not Elvis still "had it" after two years in uniform.His long-serving guitarist Scotty Moore, pianist Floyd Cramer, and drummer D. J. Fontana had returned, along with his back-up vocal quartet The Jordanaires, but the other musicians had only played on one previous session with Presley. One new face at the sessions whom Presley had befriended while in the service, Charlie Hodge, wou…