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"Viva Las Vegas" is a 1964 song recorded by Elvis Presley written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman [1] for his film of the same name, which along with the song was set for general release the year after. Although Elvis Presley never performed the song live, it has since become popular and often performed by others.
In the 1998 movie The Big Lebowski, the song "Viva Las Vegas" is playing as the Big Lebowski's wife, Bunny, returns home. The 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a play on the title of Viva Las Vegas. Ann-Margret also appears in this film, in which she performs a version of "Viva Las Vegas", retitled "Viva Rock Vegas".
The version that appeared on the soundtrack EP was recorded by Elvis on July 9, 1963, at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. [4] The recording session featured Billy Strange, Scotty Moore and Tiny Timbrell on guitar, Bob Moore on bass, D.J. Fontana, Buddy Harman and Frank Carlson on drums, Floyd Cramer and Dudley Brooks on piano, Calvin Jackson on organ, and Boots Randolph on saxophone.
It subsequently was featured in at least seven MGM films, including the Marx Brothers' At the Circus (1939) and (as sung by Elvis Presley) Viva Las Vegas (1964). [9] While most versions of the song begin with the familiar "blue moon," there are two introductory verses in the original Robbins sheet music edition.
Scheff grew up in Vallejo, California.After serving in the U.S. Navy he returned to California, ending up in Los Angeles as a session musician.After working at the Sands nightclub in Los Angeles with 16-year-old Billy Preston, Merry Clayton, and Don "Sugarcane" Harris, he played on his first hit record, The Association's "Along Comes Mary" (1966).
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He toured the U.S. and Europe, and on April 19, 2014, he performed at the 17th annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender at The Car Show event in Las Vegas, Nevada. [15] In 2020 he released Rockabilly for Life, [16] and on November 25, 2022 Hellafied was released posthumously. [17]
In 1993, Viva Las Vegas was released as part of the RCA 'Double Features' remastered collection. This edition had all the twelve songs and 11 of the Roustabout soundtrack.. In 2003 the complete soundtrack was reissued on the Follow That Dream collectors label in a special edition that contained the original album tracks along with a selection of alternate takes.