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Fans to Join Lisa Marie Presley For Exclusive Elvis Presley Album Release Celebration During Elvis Week at Graceland
“Elvis Presley – Where No One Stands Alone” Features Powerful Duet with Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley among 14 Original Performances of Elvis Gospel Songs with Legendary Elvis Backing Vocalists
Memphis, Tenn. – June 28, 2018 – In celebration of the new Elvis Presley™ album release, “Elvis Presley – Where No One Stands Alone,” the groundbreaking album from RCA/Legacy Recordings featuring 14 original performances of gospel songs to be released on August 10, Graceland® will be hosting an exclusive album launch event for fans during Elvis Week on Saturday, August 11, with Lisa Marie Presley. Fans will have the unique and unprecedented opportunity to celebrate the album with Lisa Marie Presley and join with her to listen, for the first time at Graceland, to her powerful and emotional duet with her father on the title track, along with 13 other gospel performances featuring legendary Presley backing vocalists, including Darlene Love, Cissy Houston, and members of The Imperials and The Stamps Quartet.
Album producers Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs will be on stage for this album launch exclusive event at Graceland at 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 11, joined by Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Entertainment Senior Vice President John Jackson, as part of Elvis Week 2018. Elvis Week Elite Package holders will have the opportunity for an exclusive photo and autograph opportunity with Lisa Marie Presley. Elvis Week Premiere Plus Package holders will receive a Lisa Marie Presley autograph opportunity. Tickets for this event and Elvis Week packages may be purchased online at ElvisWeek.com or by calling 800-238-2000 or 901-332-3322.
“Elvis Presley – Where No One Stands Alone,” will be available in CD and 12” vinyl album configurations, available for pre-order now at https://store.graceland.com/collections/elvis-presley-where-no-one-stands- alone-pre-order. Exclusive, limited edition versions of the album on blue 12” vinyl and cassette configurations are available only through Shop Graceland while supplies last. Fans purchasing the CD, exclusive blue vinyl and cassette together at Shop Graceland will receive a limited edition lithograph signed by Lisa Marie Presley. Pre- order now here. “Elvis Presley - Where No One Stands Alone” provides new musical perspectives on 14 of the singer's favorite pieces of gospel music, from the reverential to the celebratory, with song selections including Presley's beloved enduring gospel classics (the 1965 Top 5 smash "Crying In The Chapel," "How Great Thou Art," "You'll Never Walk Alone"), praise-filled gospel-rockers (Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller's "Saved") and traditional hymns and spirituals ("So High," "Stand By Me," "In The Garden," "Amazing Grace").
Background vocalists on the album include: Darlene Love (who first sang with Elvis on his 1968 NBC television special); Dr. Cissy Houston (who, with The Sweet Inspirations, sang with Elvis on-stage beginning in 1969); Terry Blackwood, Armond Morales and Jim Murray (members of The Imperials, who sang on Elvis' How Great Thou Art – with the title song winning the 1967 Grammy for Best Sacred Performance); and Donnie Sumner, Bill Baize, Ed Hill and Larry Strickland (members of Presley's longtime backup group, The Stamps Quartet).
Every year fans from around the world gather at Graceland in Memphis to celebrate and honor the life of Elvis during Elvis Week. Unprecedented concerts, special performances and guest appearances will take place from August 9 through 18 at Graceland’s new entertainment complex, Elvis Presley’s Memphis and the new resort hotel The Guest House at Graceland.
About Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
Elvis Presley’s Graceland, in Memphis, is music’s most important and beloved landmark, with hundreds of thousands of fans from around the world visiting the historic home each year. Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE) manages the operations of Graceland and its related properties, including Elvis Presley's Memphis, Graceland's new entertainment and exhibition complex over 200,000 square feet in size; the AAA Four-Diamond Guest House at Graceland 450-room resort hotel; and the Graceland Archives, featuring thousands of artifacts from Elvis’ home and career. EPE also produces and licenses Elvis-themed live events, tours, and attractions worldwide. Graceland Holdings LLC, led by managing partner Joel Weinshanker, is the majority owner of EPE. Graceland was named “Best Tennessee Attraction” for 2018 by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. In 2015, Graceland was named the world’s “Best Musical Attraction” and “Best Historic Southern Attraction” in the USA Today 10 Best Reader's Choice Awards and in 2013, voted the #1 “Iconic American Attraction” in the same poll. For more information on EPE and Graceland, visit www.graceland.com.
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