Elvis Presley - Moody Blue • TopPop

This is a ballet version of Elvis Presley’s hit ’Moody blue’ as performed by Penney de Jager Ballet. It was first broadcast on 18 January 1977, 7 months before his death. We upload this today because it is Elvis’ 43rd Anniversary of his death on 16 August 1977. Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll“ or simply “the King“. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to great success—and initial controversy. “Moody Blue“ is a song made famous by Elvis Presley. The song was written by Mark James who recorded the original version of the song, which reached #15 in South Africa during the summer of 1976. James also penned Elvis’ “Suspicious Minds“. “Moody Blue“ was Presley’s last No. 1 hit in his lifetime, topping the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in February 1977. “Moody Blue“ also peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot Records also issued an extremely limited quantity of the “Moody Blue“ single in an experimental translucent blue vinyl pressing, with “She Thinks I Still Care“ as the B-side. Six months after “Moody Blue“ topped the chart, Presley was dead. Moody Blue reached #14 in the Dutch Top 40 on 19 February 1977 Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 18 January 1977 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.