![]() Counting Down Elvis: His 100 Finest SongsAuthor: Mark DuffettGenre: Non Fiction - Music/Ent. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Date Published: February 23, 2018 ISBN-10: 1442248041 ISBN-13: 9781442248045 BUY IT AT AMAZON.COM Click here to read a sample |
![]() Counting Down Elvis – His 100 Finest Songs by Mark Duffett is a well-researched anthology of Elvis’s songs during his meteoric rise to fame. It is far more than a list of the songs. Duffett provides the genesis of each song, and many of the stories behind the songs were fascinating. One example was the song, “Love Me Tender,” which Duffett rates as the King’s 33rd best song. That song was adapted from a civil war song called. Aura Lee,” which was credited to George Poulton and William Fosdick in the 1860s. If you Google “Aura Lee” and play the ballad, you will instantly recognize the similarity. The words were changed for Love Me Tender, but the underlying tune remained. Reviewed by: David H |
Mark Duffett is Reader in media and cultural studies at the University of Chester. He is widely recognized as an expert on popular music and media fandom, a role cemented by the publication of his book Understanding Fandom (2013). He has edited two books and various journal special issues in his research area and published many academic chapters and articles. His expert comments have been featured in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, TalkSport Radio, and on BBC World Service
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