Elvis is in the building!

To mark what would have been the 75th anniversary of the birth of Elvis Presley, Sony Legacy released this 4-disc career-spanning compilation. As a Elvis fanatic since I was about 10, I have to say that this is the GREATEST Elvis collection I have ever seen. (But then Elvis could have belted out the phone book and I'd have been there, standing and applauding all the way through)

While other artists reinvented themselves to fit the times, Elvis bent the times around himself staying true to his voice and himself as everything around him changed. His producers, songwriters, and musicians kept turning over, but in the center of it all Elvis sang a surprisingly straight line from 1953 to 1977. Even as his voice matured and the productions were influenced by his Vegas stage show, the fire in his delivery remained. Whether singing rock, blues, country, soul, pop or gospel, his performances found a true line stretched from the Sun sessions through RCA studios in Nashville, New York and Hollywood, a stint in the army, a catalog of often mediocre films, his 1968 resurrection, a triumphant return to Memphis, and country sessions that brought him back to his roots.

There's something for every Elvis fan here. Like music from his movies? No problem; there's a lot of that here. Whether it be his music from the movies he starred in "Jailhouse Rock" with Elvis really rocking to that a great beat and a musical interlude that couldn't be better; "King Creole" from the movie of the same name with that male backup that works perfectly as well as "Trouble" and "Viva Las Vegas" from the movie of the same name, Elvis never skips a beat! He never lets go of a single superfluous note. Elvis invariably sings with great passion and you can tell he's singing from the heart with just one listen!

Whether you believe Elvis Aaron Presley was the GREATEST entertainer/performer who has ever lived, you cannot deny that he had more impact on popular music than anybody who has ever lived. What is amazing about Elvis was that he could sing any type of music; country, R&B, pop, gospel, as well as rock and hearing him sing the listener would believe that that field of music was Elvis's forte.

After taking a listen to this compilation one cannot deny that Elvis was and still is the King of Rock n Roll.