Elvis age progression11/30/2022 ![]() ![]() The remaining instruments form a band with backing vocals, which suits the love ballade genre of the song. The incorporation of exotic instruments (ukulele, steel guitar, celeste) incorporates a world music element as the film on which the soundtrack was featured is set in Hawaii. Fontana, Hal Blaine and Bernie Mattinson (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano), Dudley Brooks (piano, celeste), Boots Randolph (saxophone), Alvino Rey (steel guitar), George Fields (harmonica), and Fred Tavare and Bernie Lewis (ukulele) (Elvis the Music, 2017). The instrumentalists included Hank Garland, Scotty Moore and Tiny Timbrell (guitar), Bob Moore (bass), D.J. The original recording features Presley as the lead vocalist with The Jordanaires and The Surfers as backing vocalists. ![]() Presley’s version was written by George Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and was featured on the movie Blue Hawaii released in 1961 (Songfacts, 2017). Humphries draws similarities between Martini’s love song and Elvis Presley’s Can’t Helping Falling in Love by commenting on the replication of the memorable melody with alternate lyrics (Humphries, 2014). The song “muses on the pleasures and pains of love and was inspired by a poem, which appears in Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian’s novel Celestine” (BBC, 2017). Ultimately, this essay will prove popular music to be a product of its socio-cultural environment.Ĭan’t Help Falling in Love was adapted from the classical French love song Plaisir d’Amour written in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Egide Martini. Furthermore, an in-depth exploration of the relevant era in which the song was written and recorded will be provided, including a brief background of the performer with regards to his appearance, presentation and promotional material. A detailed musical deconstruction of each song will be provided with an overview of the structure, lyrics, instruments and stylistic indictors, which place the song in its era. The example of Can’t Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley is employed to achieve this objective, as well as two cover versions by English Reggae and pop band UB40 and Swedish pop group A-Teens. These factors are explored in this essay to trace the changing socio-cultural trends across the decades and their effects on musical style. Shruker elaborates on this by stating, “The study of popular music embraces aesthetics and musicology, economics and sociology, and social psychology” (Shruker, 1998) (p. ![]() Therefore, when analysing popular music, it is essential to study it from a broad perspective and take into consideration the environment in which it was written. It is not simply a genre but is an important means of documenting the evolution of society through the decades and is at the mercy of its audience. The popular music genre is extremely diverse and has roots in the late 1890s but it was not until the 1920s until the term had gained currency (Shruker, 1998) (p. Condolences may be shared online at Help Falling in Love: Comparative analysis of original by Elvis Presley and cover versions by UB40 and A-Teens Tony Gray will officiate at the service.įriends may call for visitation at the Nass & Son Funeral Home in Huntingburg from 2:00-7:00 p.m., on Friday and also at the church one hour prior to the funeral on Saturday. James Lutheran Church in Holland with burial to follow in the church cemetery. will be held at 11:00 a.m., E.D.T., Saturday, October 23, 2021, at St. He is survived by his longtime significant other, Kathy Armstrong of Louisville, Kentucky three step children, Kassie McClellan, Stephanie McClellan and Jordan Armstrong six cousins, Keith Blackgrave, Debra Blackgrave, Wendell Blackgrave, Cynthia Nesmith, Melinda Conner and Cathie King by five step-grandchildren and one on the way.įuneral services for Jack Egbert, Jr. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents, Leonard A. He was born November 16, 1958, in Huntingburg, Indiana, to Jack Elvis and Garneta Mae (Siebe) Egbert. ![]()
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