Elvis Presley – If I Can Dream

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Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream

Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream ('68 Comeback Special)03:13

The hopeful, uplifting “If I Can Dream” marked the rebirth of Elvis’ career after he spent most of the 1960s recording mainly soundtracks to the movies he was appearing in. It was the last song he sang on Elvis, his 1968 NBC comeback special in the USA, which was his first live performance in seven years. The song was written at the last minute by the show’s musical director, W. Earl Brown, at the request of the producer Steve Binder to replace “I’ll Be Home For Christmas.” He wrote it as a response to the assassinations of the famous dreamers Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, which had happened a few months previously.

In both the UK and US, this was Elvis’ biggest chart hit since “Love Letters” in 1966.

This song was performed with a projection of Elvis along with a real life Celine Dion during the 2007 season finale of American Idol. Footage of Elvis from a comeback special in 1968 was composited onto the Idol stage to create the effect.

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