Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley played only one concert in Birmingham, on December 29, 1976 in front of 18,400 fans at the BJCC Coliseum. It was part of a 5-day tour with stops in Wichita, Kansas; Dallas, Texas; Birmingham; and Atlanta, Georgia culminating in a New Year's Eve show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The show, during which he wore his "Inca Gold Leaf" jumpsuit, was widely acclaimed as a triumphant return to peak form.

Playlist

Elvis performed more than 30 songs after coming on stage shortly after 10:00 PM

• "Also sprach Zarathustra" (intro.)
• "C. C. Rider"
• "I Got a Woman"/"Amen"
• "Love Me"
• "Fairytale"
• "You Gave Me a Mountain"
• "Jailhouse Rock"
• "O Sole Mio (It's Now or Never)"
• "Trying to Get to You"
• "My Way"
• "Poke Salad Annie"
• "Early Morning Rain"
• "Love Letters"
• "Funny How Time Slips Away"
• "Hurt"
• "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face"
• "For the Good Times"
• "Unchained Melody"
• "Mystery Train"/"Tiger Man"
• "Can't Help Falling in Love"
• "Hound Dog"

Other connections

• The song "Promised Land" written by Chuck Berry and later performed by Presley includes the lines, "And that [Grey]hound broke down and left us all stranded In downtown Birmingham."
• Birmingham's Loulie Jean Norman sang back-up vocals on Presley's 1961 recording of "Moonlight Swim."
• Sandy Posey sang session vocals for Presley tracks produced by Chips Moman in Memphis.
• Presley's mother, Gladys, was an employee of Birmingham's Britling Cafeteria, at its downtown Memphis location.
• Three alumni of Presley's TCB Band (Glen D. Hardin, Hank DeVito, and James Burton) later played in Emmylou Harris' Hot Band.
• The plate and silverware Elvis used during a stop at Power's Cafe in Leeds was displayed by the owners for decades.

References

• "Elvis Presley concert full of humor, zest." (December 30, 1976) Birmingham News
• "Magnetic Elvis can still thrill audience." (December 30, 1976) Birmingham Post-Herald
• Baggett, James L. (December 2008) "Elvis has Entered the Building." Birmingham magazine. Vol. 48, No. 12. p. 270

External links

• Video from the December 29, 1976 performance (Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)