ON STAGE AND IN PRIVATE WITH FRIENDS, ELVIS LOVED NOTHING MORE THAN SINGING THE SPIRITUAL SONGS HE’D KNOWN SINCE CHILDHOOD. DAVID BURKE EXPLORES HOW THE MUSIC OF THE CHURCH INFLUENCED HIM RIGHT UP TO THE VERY END . . ....
ELVIS ADORED THE BLUES, GOSPEL AND R&B THAT SPRANG FROM THE C SOUTH, BUT DID HIS APPROPRIATION GO TOO FAR? THE JURY HAS T RETURNED, AND DAVID BURKE PRESENTS THE VERDICT . . ....