Tuesday, November 22, 2016

November 22 - Orchestral Christmas

EPE announced the details and logo for the Birthday Celebration on January 5-8, 2017. It includes the Elvis Birthday Proclamation Ceremony, the Fan Club Presidents' Event, the Official Graceland Insiders Reception, Club Elvis, "Viva Las Vegas" Sing-A-Long, Auction at Graceland and more.

The special guests are Gavin and Robin Koon, the twins from "Follow That Dream," who will help us celebrate the movie's 55th anniversary. Tickets go on sale next week. The Graceland Insiders pre-sale is Wednesday, November 30, and tickets for the general public will go on sale on Thursday, December 1. Click here to see the full schedule and get more information.

The Wonder Of Christmas

Mike Mettler from Sound And Vision interviewed Nick Patrick and Don Reedman, producers of the recent "If I Can Dream" and "The Wonder Of You" albums. They confirmed that they are working on a third installment in this series, a Christmas Album. 

Mike Mettler: Finally, will we see a third installment in this series in 2017? Do you have any ideas in mind for what you'd like to do next?

Nick Patrick: We hope very much that there will be a third Elvis installment, yes. We are just starting a Roy Orbison album, which we are very excited about.
Don Reedman: We are making an Elvis Christmas album, and, like Nick said, are also in the process of working on a Roy Orbison album. Exciting times ahead!

Charts


The US Billboard Charts for the week ending December 3, 2016:


Billboard Billboard 200

  • It's Christmas Time #142 (Re-Entry
Billboard Top Rock Albums
  • The Wonder Of You #37
Billboard Classical Albums
  • The Wonder Of You #3 (from #2)
  • If I Can Dream #19
Billboard Holiday Albums
  • It's Christmas Time #19 (from #18)
  • Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis #26 (from #25) 
  • Elvis: Ultimate Christmas #40 (from #39)
Billboard Top Album Sales:
  •   61 If I Can Dream 
  •   92 Merry Christmas 
  • 129 Elvis Ultimate Christmas
  • 182 The Wonder of You
Billboard Country Catalog Albums:
  •   4 Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis
  •   9 Elvis: Ultimate Christmas
  • 15 The Classic Christmas Album
Billboard Holiday Digital Song Sales:
  • 26 Blue Christmas 
Billboard Top Catalog Albums:
  •   7  It's Christmas Time
  • 15  Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis
  • 31 Elvis: Ultimate Christmas 
(Source: Sound And Vision / FECC / EPE)