My boy was the greatest showman to ever walk this Earth.

Great review. Personally, I never cared for Frank's "swing" style version of this song. It doesn't give the lyrics the respect they deserve. This is not a song to dance to, it's a song to reflect upon, about a man who's world has been shattered by a lost love, and the lyrics are deep and profound. Elvis' powerful and dramatic rendition does this song justice❗

Pavorotti said, Elvis can sing like me but I can't sing like him!

You have just witnessed the GREATEST ENTERTAINER THE WORLD WILL EVER SEE!!!!! No auto-tune no pitch correction just PURE PERFECTION!! No one will ever come close to Elvis the power the passion the emotion. A gift to us all from GOD himself. Long live the KING.

I have heard this song from Sinatra, but never from Elvis before.... Elvis's version is sooo much better! LOVE this!

BEAUTIFUL, as USUAL for ELVIS. He is STILL THE KING !!!

Elvis was the greatest. No one else compares...

Elvis Baby !

G.O.A.T.

The voice.. what a voice. And what an entertainer.. he could hold a crowd like no one else.

Hurt sounds like opera when Elvis sings it!!

U know its true sinatra didn't want anything to do with Elvis until he met him then he couldn't get enough of him,Elvis was a true star in the sense

A legend!

After Elvis died, my Mother was in a store and some slob said Elvis couldn’t sing. There also happened to be an Opera teacher from Ohio State University there as well. She told the guy who she was, and then told him he didn’t know what he was talking about. She said Elvis had tremendous range, and beautiful voice and could have been a great Opera singer.

Frank Sinatra's generation sang happily about broken hearts and without passion . It was Elvis himself who changed music... HIS PASSION AND EMOTION frightened them. "The power of his emotion was frightening!" Not to mention how his wiggling made them want him in jail!

Grew up listen to Elvis, he was and will always be one of a kind. He just needed a manager who cared more about him then how much money he could make off him.

Yes he sure could have been an opera singer.....love this performance.

Always a Great Reaction to the Greatest

My man Elvis beautiful inside and out

His version is so powerful.

A man sings a man's song, now a days, vice grips got the men. Elvis is the man. Every song is to you and himself. Long live the king of rock and roll.

Elvis always had his own version of whatever he sang.

If I remember correctly, Luciano Pavarotti said of Elvis that if he had been properly trained in opera singing he would’ve been the greatest tenor of all time. This song is absolutely amazing the way it builds up Ravel‘s Bolero to that ending… Wow!

Elvis is the best ever my friend And he was and is soooo good

The KING - 'nuff said.

Elvis was a genre all by himself! Thank you Harri! Wonderful!

He could have easily❤️ his range was out of this world 🌍🪐🥰❤️❤️❤️

Elvis will always make you feel it deep down in your heart and soul

Elvis Presley the King of music forever,,, Elvis Presley the best singer on artist all times,,, Elvis the voice of God 👑🥇

As you explained perfectly Elvis takes a song and makes it his own !!!

So beautiful!

You are so on point with this reaction. Elvis made almost every song his own. After hearing Elvis’s version of “Bridge Over Troubled Waters”, Paul Simon commented, ‘..how are you going to compete with that?’.

The King is Elvis!

There is an elvis recording done at home on cassette of this song in the early 60s or even 58 . So elvis was aware of it

Brilliant reaction my friend,best song in the show , yes your right about opera just listen to his song SURRENDER, Thanks

Her name is Kathy Westmoreland beautiful opera voice. Been with him all of his 70s concert. Sir

* * * Starts out like a mellow adult contemporary song. If it ended before the crescendo, I would not have cared for it. BUT the genius is his rendition..... He purposely made the first part very plain in order to intensify the contrast when he went in the exact polar opposite with incredible energy.

Great description of the capabilities of his voice, just unmatchable.

I just listened to Sinatra's version of this song and wow couldn't be more different. Ol' blue eyes sings it almost like he is celebrating the breakup, now I'm a free man kind of feel. Elvis on the other hand is a tortured wounded soul, wondering the night without a goal. You can feel the pain Elvis puts into this song. The kind of pain this song is about, one of a man telling us of his broken heart. Excellent review, thank you!

Elvis loved Mario. Lanza an opera singer back in the thirties and forties. Elvis once said he loved to listen to him.Maybe you should look him up and hear his voice very beautiful. Three people at the most beautiful voices I have ever heard Andrea Baselli Aron Nevils and ELVIS PRESLEY. Please excuse if I miss spell.

Sinatra and Elvis's versions of My Way are also on opposing ends of interpretation.

Sinatra sings it almost as if it's a happy tune. Elvis brings it back to what it is.

This is a mind blowing performance, my boy was born to sing this, sleep well my super nova.

Kathy Westmoreland was Elvis high voice singer. The song was originally a French song.

The lady with the high voice is Kathy Westmoreland who sang back-up with Elvis from '72-'77

Elvis sings his heart out with this epic song. His lost love and despair over the end of the relationship. He always sings a story with so much feeling and believability that I find myself hanging onto every word as not to miss anything. MAGNIFICENT!!!

Elvis showcasing his operatic voice! He was unbelievably good! WoW! Just, WoW!

Elvis was not just a human being, he was a god. His looks, his charisma, his perfect voice, his generosity towards his fellow man are all what a god is & he was the one who came down from heaven on that tuesday 08-01-1935 to preach to the world what his father gave him & told him to do. That was not a human being walking out on that stage it was a god expressing & spreading the holy word through his singing...

Elvis could sing anything, and did.

Beautiful. Enjoy his music.

That lady is Kathy Westmoreland along with the Legends The Sweet Inspirations !!! ❤❤❤

OMG I've been waiting for you to react to this one of his greatest 😍 ❤

Wonderful reaction Harri 👏👏 yes Elvis did "erupt" at the end like only he can. This man's voice is so versatile and incredibly beautiful. I never tire of hearing his songs..⚡👍👌🇿🇦

Wonderful thanks 😊

Kathy Westmoreland is the voice in the background that you hear…’the little girl with the incredible voice’ is how Elvis would describe her during the band introductions

That backing singer is Cathy Westmorland!!! Angelic !!

This song is about a man comitting suicide from lost love. Elvis is the best when highlighting the lyrics and what a powerful voice.

Pavarotti spoke several times of Elvis and opera. He said if trained he would make a great tenor. (Elvis had a 3 octave range and his voice is studied in college music classes)Pavarotti also said he does what he does and Elvis does what he does,but, he could never do what Elvis does.

A great popular French song Et Maintenant. It was first sung by Gilbert Bécaud in 1961, but there are many versions in French and English. Frank Sinatra recorded his jazzy version in 1966 and Elvis only ever sang it live at shows. Lots of good versions but I love this Aloha performance and Elvis's amazing voice! 👑

Beautiful Elvis always makes every song he sings his own bc he is magical. He is just so incredible! Thanks for your reaction.

WOW Elvis did it again!! Thanks for the reaction!

I love this song by sung by Elvis.

This song is one of my favorites from this concert. It's sad that he didn't sing it more often. A few days before this concert he filed for divorce, because his wife left him and took his beloved daughter with her. I guess it wasn't easy for him to sing it, because of these deep lyrics. He sang it his way. Another good example is "Yesterday" from the Beatles. Elvis sang it his way and it feels like you hear this song for the very first time. Please give it a try! Thanks so much for your reaction! Btw Luciano Pavarotti once said.....Elvis could sing like me if he want to. But i could never sing like him......i wish i could

From An article in the Village Voice "Elvis Presley's three-octave vocal range was exceptional, 'very narrowly all at once a tenor, baritone, and bass'. included an assessment of his voice in classical terms, categorizing it as a 'lyric baritone ... [but with] unexpectedly rich low [notes] ... and astounding high notes*.

I'll always Love Elvis ❤

The man had a set of pipes and vocal ability that is really amazing. It changed so much through the years and just got stronger rather than weaken as many do naturally. This is so different from the voice he had in the 50's yet equally as good.

Since my grammar school days he was in control of American music. Then The Beatles arrived and he took time away. Then came back to the top. I like his tune called Run On.

The beautiful high Soprano voice belongs to Kathy Westmoreland. You should react to another song from this concert called 'Something'.. It was written by the late George Harrison of 'The Beatles. Kathy and Elvis's voices shine in this song!

No one could hold note like my boy.

That lady is Miss Kathy Westmoreland with the high pitch

Elvis loved opera and did a couple of songs with opera melodies. One was "It's Now Or Never" with the melody from "O Sole Mio.""

This song is an old French song. Elvis brought it back to its origins. Blew it off the charts. Shirley Bassey sang this... many, many artists have tried. To me, this is the Gold Standard. Frank Sinatra did a take making it a swing version. Not bad but not traditional. Great reaction.

Shirley Bassey did it in 1962 Frank 1966 Elvis 73 Many others covered it Elvis never recorded it in the studio Only live Kathy Westmoreland is the background singer

One of Elvis' greatest performances on this song. What you are watching here is a clip of something taken for granted today, but a big event in 1973, on my 17th birthday as well. It was a worldwide broadcast of the Aloha From Hawaii Elvis concert, going out live by satellite [gulp!] . It was unprecedented back in the day, except for the 1967 satellite broadcast that included the Beatles singing All You Need is Love." it is hard for those born later to imagine the experience of that moment in time with all the technology we have now. Yet as human beings, we still F-up all the time. To me, this was the last time Elvis stepped up to the plate and really delivered, after this early 1973 concert, for which he worked out and lost weight...after this it was all downhill for the next 5 years until his death. Just sad.

Thank you for your reaction to Elvis. His voice in unmistakable. You mention the different sound from Sinatra’s version. Elvis also did his own version of My Way and it too differs greatly from Sinatra. Worth a listen. 😊

Cher did a great version too but no one can sing it like Elvis. His emotional performance always makes it come from his heart. Thanks for the review, I enjoy your reactions to Elvis.

Sinatra was from the Big Band Era, Elvis is ages ahead of him in music style. Though they were friends. Jane Morgan first recorded it in English in 1961. Sinatra put it on an Album in 1966. Elvis first sang it in 1973.

I just keep going back to hear this...I just got deliverance again..that band.thatchoir..that king lookin man with a rather powerful voice washes over me with the best vibrations in history. It still makes my jaw drop and I watched it more than a few

Simply amazing! ELVIS voice phenomenal, and his looks and Charisma out of this world!

What now my love is a translation of the original french song Et Maintenant written by Gilbert Becaud and Pierre Delancé and the translation is done by Carl Sigman. Also interesting to know that the rhythm is taken of the Bolero which is a Spanish dance and which is best known as done my Maurice Ravel.

Amazing!

This Aloha concert is burned into my memory as much as almost everything that's happened in my life. It seemed an eternity waiting for the day to arrive. The female high voice here is Kathy Westmoreland. I believe she was dating at the time. The concert seemed to fly by. I don't think I got any sleep for 2 days before, or after. Great video. Really enjoyed your insights.

the goat

Elvis loved some classical music, he used to play albums of the Opera singers that he really liked but, I don't know the names of these people but Elvis would practice singing like them and he had such control of his voice!!! Elvis was very good friends with Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack ! I saw him once in Bloomington, Indiana the concert before his last performance in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1977,

Yes he is the king.

Hola, saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷. La versión de Frank Sinatra es como todas las de él, habladas, narra la letra con una melodía de fondo. El Rey, cuando tomaba una canción la hacía propia porque sabía que su voz era inigualable, asimismo su cultura musical desde la infancia le permitía desafiar ritmos musicales, por eso hizo el Rock, mezclaba todo lo que sabía de música y lo expresaba a través de ésa maravillosa voz y si a eso le agregas una apariencia hermosa, simplemente lo convierte en el Rey.

You should never stop at the big build-Up the first time through ......

This one always gives me goose bumps!!! Like you say.. such power comes up!🔥. So fantastic! Thank you for great review! 🎶

Did Sinatra ever cover You Gave Me A Mountain? These Legends knew so many lyrics, notes and timings....just genius.

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Kathy Westmoreland was the lady singing the high parts in this song. She was with Elvis for most of his run from 70-77. I'm guessing Sinatra sang this before Elvis, likely 10-15 years before.

Look up the Elvis comeback special (1968?) where he’s wearing black leather and sitting in a circle playing. Please pick any song from that show and review it. Whenever I see Elvis in a white jumpsuit I know that’s Vegas Elvis. Check out the comeback vids.

I sure care about him He is missed

Hi Harri, as usual, I love your Elvis reactions. They are always so positive and enthusiastic. So, I took your advice and listened to Frank Sinatra’s version. His voice was impeccable but to me his lyric interpretation was MIA (missing in action). I took the opportunity to listen to a dozen or more other versions (there are in excess if a 100 English lyric versions);to compare to Elvis’ version. Firstly, I will admit to being biased! Strangely enough, from an instrumentation perspective Charles Boyer offered a very close interpretation and I know Elvis was a big fan of Boyer. The next closest I came to are Kay Stevens (very similar “marching” light drum beat and similar lyric interpretation in the first parts) and Engelbert Humperdinck (very similar interpretation during first half if the song and then the similarity dropped away). Elvis toyed with this song during home recordings in 1966, the year Sonny & Cher released there version. Their version hit #13 in Billboard charts in February that year. Listening to their version you can hear their influence on Elvis’ version but Elvis’ lyric interpretation in this 1973 version is streets ahead of S&C’s version. Here is a YT of Elvis’ home recording … Elvis is singing base, Charlie Hodge taking lead vocals, with Red West lending his vocals to the harmonies. The home recording version is quite different to this 1973 dramatic piece, much more sing songy. But the fact that he played with it in 1966 (but was not allowed to record it then due to his stupid publishing arrangements with Hill & Range) shows that Elvis genuinely liked the song and probably worked on his version in the intervening years. Enjoy this home recording kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrNxlsuTyd3dgZc.html

Elvis was a big fan of tenor Mario Lanza. And for the song, 2009) "What Now My Love" Song Published 1961 Songwriter(s) Pierre Delanoë (Original French) Carl Sigman (English) Composer(s) Gilbert Bécaud "What Now, My Love?" is the English title of a popular song whose original French version, "Et maintenant" (English: "And Now") was written in 1961 by composer Gilbert Bécaud and lyricist Pierre Delanoë. The recurring rhythmic pattern in the background is the Boléro, an 18th century traditional Spanish dance perhaps best known for Maurice Ravel's reworking in 1928. English lyrics and the title were written by Carl Sigman

I love your comments about Elvis, and your peaceful voice and vibe. I'm French, and this song was created by Gilbert Becaud, a great French singer : "Et maintenant".

Oooh Do a reaction to Elvis can’t stop laughing while singing Are you lonesome tonight - it’s so great

The first Elvis version is from Vegas 72.. Sinatra was first but orgin it's a French song... Elvis song is much much better.

Fantastic!