Elvis Presley Aloha from Hawaii 1973 ## part 7 of 7
Aloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and broadcast live via satellite around the world on January 14, 1973. It was watched by over one billion viewers worldwide and remains the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.The concert took place at the International Convention Center Arena in Honolulu (now known as the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena) and aired in over 40 countries across Asia and Europe (who received the telecast the next day, also in primetime). Despite the satellite innovation, the United States did not air the concert until April 4, 1973 (the concert took place the same day as Super Bowl VII). The show was the most expensive entertainment special at the time, costing $2.5 million.
As the event was the first-ever such performance to be broadcast live via satellite, Presley taped a January 12 rehearsal concert as a fail-safe in case anything went wrong with the satellite, during the actual broadcast – however, nothing went wrong during the January 14th broadcast. For both shows, Presley was dressed in a white “American Eagle” jumpsuit designed by Bill Belew.
Audience tickets for the January 14 concert and its January 12 pre-broadcast rehearsal show carried no price. Each audience member was asked to pay whatever he or she could afford. The performance and concert merchandise sales raised $75,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in Hawaii. (Kui Lee was a Hawaiian composer who had died of cancer in 1966 while still in his thirties.)
Elvis performed a vast array of old and recent hits like “Steamroller Blues”, “See See Rider”, “Early Morning Rain”, “Burning Love”, “Blue Suede Shoes”, “A Big Hunk o’ Love”, “Suspicious Minds”, “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” He showed his vocal range and strength with ballads like the Beatles’ “Something”, “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”, “It’s Over”, “Welcome to my World”, “I’ll Remember You” and especially during “What Now My Love”. The show is probably most remembered for his performance of the “An American Trilogy”. After the concert had finished and the audience had left, Presley recorded five songs on stage to be aired during the American airing of the show.
ALOHA FROM HAWAII SONGS:
1. Introduction: Also sprach Zarathustra
2. See See Rider
3. Burning Love
4. Something
5. You Gave Me a Mountain
6. Steamroller Blues
7. No More
8. My Way
9. Love Me
10. Johnny B. Goode
11. It’s Over
12. Blue Suede Shoes
13. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
14. I Can’t Stop Loving You
15. Hound Dog
16. Hawaiian Wedding Song
17. What Now My Love
18. Fever
19. Welcome To My World
20. Suspicious Minds
21. Blue Hawaii
22. I’ll Remember You
23. Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
24. American Trilogy
25. A Big Hunk O’ Love
26. Can’t Help Falling in Love
27. Ku U I Po
Duration : 0:9:11
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April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
@boitoy1986 …
@boitoy1986 sorry ! I didn’t mean to steal your jack lord story but I didn’t see it there when I wrote the one I did. sorry again jeff in Toronto
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I don’t like to …
I don’t like to write online but here’s a story. when I was 12 and 13 respectively my dad took me to see Elvis Presley. 1) Memorial Auditorium Buffalo New York on
June 25, 1976 and 2) The Olympia Detroit Michigan on April 22, 1977. ( We live in Toronto Canada pretty close to both.
THE CAPE FROM THIS CONCERT was caught in the audience by the wife of Jack Lord star of the T.V. show Hawaii 5-0 jeff in toronto
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
wow Jack Lord’s …
wow Jack Lord’s wife! lol
never heard this before but thanks!
Elvis Rocks!
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Jack Lord’s wife …
Jack Lord’s wife caught it. He threw it to her. Funny thing is in the rehearsal concert he threw the cape into the audience. Bill Belew who designed the suit and cape was aghast and had to make a second cape in less than 48 hours. he made it and what did Elvis do? Threw it into the audience again, along with the belt LOL. Gotta love The King!
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
King Elvis lives in …
King Elvis lives in our hearts forever
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
after 33 years …
after 33 years since we lost the king hes music still sood good i get my day started with the king
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
to date …
to date undefineable…..the king he takes my mind
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Mind-blowing – …
Mind-blowing – Unequalled
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
HE IS THE KING NO …
HE IS THE KING NO DOUBT THAT ! You can’t deny that even the haters can’t deny he was KING !
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
havent seen the …
havent seen the cape on ebay yet! lol
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
thank you for …
thank you for posting this! HE IS THE GREATEST!!
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Elvis was a …
Elvis was a gorgeous man with a great voice! A spectacular entertainer! I heard the news of his death on my car radio while running a work errand. I had a co worker with me & we just could not believe it! Went to a piano bar after work that day with friends & the piano player played Elvis songs. You should have seen all the women crying.
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
The audience annoy …
The audience annoy me a little though because there was no set price for the tickets and they were just asked to donate whatever they could to a Cancer fund… yet people at the front still tried to steal elvis’s rings! You can even see it at 7:14. So not only did they get front row seats for practically nothing they also got one of Elvis’s rings!
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
The guy which …
The guy which caught the cape died a few years ago and in his will he gave it back to Elvis and now its on show at Graceland
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
can you imagine …
can you imagine getting that cape in the crowd ..magical …he was so giving
April 17th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
He was so beautiful …
He was so beautiful…