[JPL] Cyrus and Elvis

[Jim Wilke]

I think the first jazz "cover" of an Elvis song I recall was  "Love Me 
Tender"  sung by Carmen McRae on her 1986 CD "Any Old Time".   It was 
one of those illuminating moments when you get a whole new take on a 
song when separated from the person it's most identified with.  Carmen 
made it sound like it was a standard out of the GAS  (Great American 
Songbook).   The song is credited to Elvis and Vera Matson, by the way.


On Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at 08:35  AM, Jackson, Bobby wrote:

> Hi Jae,
>
> Interestingly enough, vocalist Dee Daniels does a really nice version 
> of
> Presley's "Love Me Tender" on her August 2007 release "Jazz In It."  
> I'm
> not sure what's in the air these days regarding Elvis but I'm with 
> Chuck
> D...."he was never a hero to me either, musically or otherwise."
> Cyrus's choice to cover Elvis is a curious choice to me also.
>
> I haven't listened yet, but I will.
>
> Aloha,
>
> Bobby Jackson
>