*(1970) RCA ''Can't Help Falling In Love'' (Rehearsal) Elvis Presley

''Can't Help Falling In Love'' (Rehearsal) (Afternoon) Recorded Monday August 10, 1970 at International Hotel Main Showroon, Las Vegas, Nevada Name (Or. No of Instruments) Elvis Presley - Vocals & Guitar James Burton - Guitar John Wilkinson - Guitar Charlie Hodge - Guitar Jerry Scheff - Bass Ronnie Tutt - Drums Glen D. Hardin - Piano The Sweet Inspirations consisting of Estalla Brown, Cissy Houston, and Myrna Smith - Backup Vocals Millie ''Mildred'' Kirkham - Backup Vocals The Imperials consisting of Jimmie Murray, Terry Blackwood, Greg Gordon, and Joe Moscheo - Backup Vocals Joe Guercio & His Orchestra Artist & Repertoire/Producer: Felton Jarvis Recording Engineer: Al Pachucki "Can't Help Falling In Love" is a song written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss and published by Gladys Music, Inc. The melody is based on "Plaisir d'amour", a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Égide Martini. The song was initially written from the perspective of a woman as "Can't Help Falling In Love with Him", which explains the first and third line ending on "in" and "sin" rather than words rhyming with "you". Recorded by singer and actor Elvis Presley, it was part the album, ''Blue Hawaii'' (1961). This song subsequently was recorded in the 1960s by the likes of Perry Como, the Lennon Sisters, Doris Day, Patti Page, Andy Williams, Al Martino and Keely Smith. Through the decades, European artists, including a Swedish group named A-Teens, and a British singing group named UB40 recorded their own versions. Newer versions continue to be recorded by newer artists, such as Kacey Musgraves who recorded a version in 2022 for a movie about Elvis Presley. This song was one of the greatest songs of all-time by Rolling Stone Magazine. In 2012 it was ranking at number 403. Elvis Presley's version of the song topped the British charts in 1962, spending four weeks at number 1. The single is certified Platinum by the RIAA, for U.S. sales in excess of one million copies. In the United States, the song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 behind Joey Dee and the Starliters' "Peppermint Twist" and went to number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart for six weeks. During Presley's late 1960s and 1970s live performances, the song was performed as the shows' finales. Most notably, it was also sung in the live segment of his 1968 NBC television special, and as the closer for his 1973 Global telecast ''Aloha from Hawaii''. A version with a faster arrangement was the closing number in Presley's final TV special, Elvis in Concert. "Can't Help Falling In Love" was also the last song he performed live, at his concert in Indianapolis at Market Square Arena on June 26, 1977. The recording appeared on the 1997 CD re-issue ''Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3'' as a bonus track and on the 2002 career retrospective collection ''ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits''. In 2010, the song was included on the ''Viva Elvis: The Album''. This is a remixed version that features Canadian singer Sherry St-Germain. Interestingly the track fades out with Elvis repeating part of the 1956 song "Love Me". In 2015, the song was included on the ''If I Can Dream'' album on the 80th anniversary of Presley's birth. The version uses archival voice recordings of Presley and his singers, backed by new orchestral arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The song is used as an anthem by several English football clubs since the 1960s, including Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Swindon Town and Sunderland. According to a 2020 survey by OnBuy, the song is the most popular choice for couples as the song for the first dance at their wedding. Source and more information see: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia *- Digitally Remastered © - Condor Records - ©