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| "Softly As I Leave You" was first recorded August 16, 1974, released on Walk A Mile In My Shoes 1975. Released as single Unchained Melody/Softly As I Leave You March 1978, peaked at #16 eleven weeks on The Charts: Billboard Country. The version I used is from It's Midnight F.T.D. which says it was recorded August 24, 1974 Las Vegas Hilton midnight show. . Two books have it recorded live December 13, 1975, Las Vegas Hilton midnight show.. The beautiful voice you hear is Sherrill Nielsen, a member of Voice. He recalls Elvis confiding in him one day in Vegas; :I'm so bored, I'm so tired of being Elvis Presley." No one doubted his sincerity, but his growing lack of interest was having serious consequences. It was becoming impossible to get Elvis even to consider going back into the studio, despite the obligation of his RCA contract. Elvis left us softly, without a warning. What a tremendous gap he left in our lives...............I will leave you softly, long before you miss me.......... Elvis, you are missed so much |
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| Softly (Softly) I will leave you (I will leave you softly) Softly (Softly) For my heart would break (For my heart would break) If you should wake (If you should wake) And see me go (And see me go) So I leave you (So I leave you) Softly (Softly) Long before you miss me (Long before you miss me) Long before your arms can beg me stay (Long before your arms can beg me stay) For one more hour (For one more hour) For one more day (For one more day) After all the years (After all the years) I can't bare the tears (I can't bare the tears) To fall (To fall) So softly, (So softly) so softly (I will leave you there) I will leave you I will leave you there Words & music by deVita - Shaper |
| This next song, lady's and gentlemen, is a song that's been around for a long time. And uh, I've never recorded it I know you've heard it, you know, by a lot of different people But I'd like to give you the story behind the song. There's a man who was dying in the hospital and his wife has been sitting by his bedside for 3 days and 3 nights And somewhere on the 3rd day between midnight and day, she laid down beside him and dozed off to sleep. And he felt her when she dozed off to sleep and at the same time he felt himself start to die And he didn't want her to see him.... pass away So he took his notepad from the side of the bed and he wrote..... |
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