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� I'm all shook up �

JOE CIPRIANO: He was the King of Rock and Roll,

and tonight music's elite come together to celebrate

the anniversary of one of his greatest triumphs

50 years later.

With performances by Ed Sheeran, John Legend,

Jennifer Lopez, Shawn Mendes,

Little Big Town, Alessia Cara,

John Fogerty, Pistol Annies,

Kelsea Ballerini, Darius Rucker,

Mac Davis, Adam Lambert,

Dierks Bentley, Josh Groban,

amazing one-time-only duets

with Post Malone and Keith Urban,

and Yolanda Adams and Carrie Underwood.

And hosted by The Voice's own Blake Shelton.

All together on a celebration

of a landmark televised music event.

And here's how it all began.

ANNOUNCER: The following program is brought to you

in living color on NBC.

� �

� If you're lookin' for trouble �

� You came to the right place �

� If you're lookin' for trouble �

� Just look right in my face �

� I was born standin' up �

� And talkin' back �

� My daddy was a green-eyed �

� Mountain jack �

� Because I'm evil �

� My middle name is Misery �

� Well, I'm evil �

� So don't you mess around with me �

� �

� Well, I quit my job down at the car wash �

� I left my mama a good-bye note �

� By sundown I'd left Kingston �

� With my guitar up under my coat �

� I hitchhiked all the way down to Memphis �

� Got a room at the YMCA �

� For the next three weeks �

� I went a-huntin' them nightclubs �

� Lookin' for a place to play �

� Well, I thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire �

� But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man �

� Well, I nearly 'bout starved to death down in Memphis �

� I run outta money and luck �

� So I bought me a ride down to Macon, Georgia �

� On an overloaded poultry truck �

� I thumbed on down to Panama City �

� Started pickin' out some of them all-night bars �

� Hopin' I could make myself a dollar �

� Makin' music on my guitar �

� I got the same old story at them all-night piers �

� You know there ain't no room around here for a guitar man �

� �

� So I slept in hobo jungles �

� Roamed a thousand miles of track �

� Till I found myself in Mobile, Alabama �

� At a club they call Big Jack's �

� A little four-piece band was jammin' �

� So I took my guitar and I sat in �

� I showed 'em what a band would sound like �

� With a swingin' little guitar man �

Show 'em, son!

Oh, yeah!

� And if you ever take a trip down to the ocean �

� Find yourself down around Mobile �

� Make it on out to a club called Jack's �

� If you got a little time to kill �

� Just follow that crowd of people �

� You'll wind up out on his dance floor �

� Diggin' the finest little five-piece group �

� Up and down the Gulf of Mexico �

� Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band �

� Well, wouldn't ya know �

� It's that swingin' little guitar man. �

� �

Yeah, baby!

(shouts)

All right!

-(song ends) -(cheering)

Hey, y'all, I'm Blake Shelton,

and I'm here tonight because 50 years ago a king returned.

In just one hour, on one night,

Elvis Presley and his producer-director, Steve Binder,

created the best kind of "Trouble"

and changed the game forever in music and television.

Half a century later,

people are still talking about the Elvis '68 special

that's been often imitated but never surpassed.

That's why Elvis never really left the building.

(laughter)

So tonight some of us, for whom Elvis Presley set the stage,

are getting together to celebrate Elvis

and his TV comeback that rocked our world.

� Well, that's all right, Mama �

� That's all right with you... �

BLAKE: When people remember the '68 special,

they usually talk about Elvis looking like

a world champion boxer back in the ring, ready to rock.

But other numbers were filmed on a soundstage

without an audience.

Tonight we're on that same network

in that same town

with that same setup.

Here to take his place in the ring

is one of today's hottest young artists,

who I think, ladies, also has a little Elvis in him.

(cheering)

Singing "Hound Dog,"

Shawn Mendes!

(cheering)

� You ain't nothin' but a hound dog �

� Cryin' all the time �

� You ain't nothin' but a hound dog �

� Cryin' all the time �

� Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit �

� And you ain't no friend of mine �

� Well, they said you was high-classed �

� That was just a lie �

� They said you was high-classed, baby �

� That was just a lie �

� Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit �

� And you ain't no friend of mine �

� You ain't nothin' but a hound dog �

� Cryin' all the time �

� You ain't nothin' but a hound dog �

� Cryin' all the time �

� Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit �

� And you ain't no friend of mine �

� Whoa, no, no, no �

-� Ah... � -(cheering)

� Ah... �

� Ah... �

Ooh, yeah.

� Well, they said you was high-classed, baby �

� That was just a lie �

� When they said you was high-classed �

� Well, that was just a lie �

� You ain't never caught a rabbit �

� And you ain't no friend of mine �

� Ooh, no, no, no, yeah �

(cheering)

� Ah... �

� Ah... �

(cheering)

� Ah... �

� You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, yeah �

� Cryin' all the time �

� You ain't nothin' but a hound dog �

-(cheering) -� Cryin' all the time �

� Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit �

� And you ain't no friend of mine. �

(cheering)

Thank you so much.

Elvis was country, Elvis was R & B,

and any way you look at it, Elvis rocked.

Sometimes he did it all at once, on a song like "Burning Love."

Here to sing it, a good buddy of mine

and truly a great guitar man,

Keith Urban.

(cheering)

� �

(shouts)

� Lord Almighty �

� I feel my temperature risin' �

� Higher and higher �

� It's burnin' through to my soul �

� Girl, girl, girl, girl �

� You gonna set me on fire �

� Oh �

� My brain is flamin' �

� I don't know which way to go �

You know what I mean.

� Because your kisses lift me higher �

� Like a sweet song of the choir �

� And you light my mornin' sky �

� With burnin' love �

� Ooh, ooh, ooh �

� I feel my temperature risin' �

� Help me, I'm flamin' �

� I must be a hundred and nine �

� Yes, I am �

� Burnin', burnin', burnin' �

� Nothin' can cool me �

� I just might turn into smoke �

� But I feel fine �

I sure do!

� 'Cause your kisses lift me higher �

� Like a sweet song of the choir �

� And you light my mornin' sky �

� With burnin' love �

� Ah, yeah �

(cheering)

� It's comin' closer �

� The flames are now lickin' my body �

� Won't you help me �

� I feel like I'm slippin' away �

� Oh �

� It's hard to breathe �

� And my chest is a-heavin' �

� Ah �

� Lord have mercy �

� I'm burnin' a hole where I lay �

� Right where I lay! �

� Because your kisses lift me higher �

� Like a sweet song of the choir �

� And you light my mornin' sky �

� With burnin' love �

� Burnin' love �

� Oh, I'm just a hunk, a hunk of burnin' love �

� A hunk, a hunk of burnin' love �

� A hunk, a hunk of burnin' love �

� A hunk, a hunk of burnin' love �

� Just a hunk, a hunk of burnin' love �

� Hunk, a hunk of burnin' love �

� Hunk, a hunk of burnin' love �

� Hunk, a hunk of burnin' love. �

(cheering)

Nice work.

Elvis was the kind of artist

who put it all together and broke down so many walls.

That is exactly what this next talented guy is doing right now.

Please welcome Post Malone.

(cheering)

("Baby What You Want Me to Do" playing)

Ah!

� We're goin' up �

� We're goin' down �

� We're goin' up, down �

� Down, up �

� Any way you wanna, let it roll �

� Yeah, yeah, yeah �

� You got me doin' what you want me �

(quietly): � Baby, what do you want me to do? �

(audience cheering)

� You got me peepin' �

� Oh, you got me hidin', yeah �

� You got me peep, hide, hide, peep �

� Any way you wanna, let it roll �

� Yeah, yeah, yeah �

� You got me doin' what you want me �

(quietly): � Baby, what you want me to do? �

(audience cheering)

� �

(laughter)

(whoops)

Hey, hey! Okay.

� We're goin' up �

� We're goin' down �

� We're goin' up, down, down, up �

� Any way you wanna, let it roll �

� Yeah, yeah, yeah �

� Uh-huh �

� You got me doin' what you want me �

(quietly): � Baby, what do you want me to do? �

KEITH: Second verse.

� You got me peepin' �

� You got me hidin' �

� You got me peep, hide, hide, peep �

� Any way you want �

� Let it roll �

� Yeah, yeah, yeah �

� Uh-huh �

� You got me doin' what you want me �

(quietly): � Baby, what do you want me to do? �

(audience cheering)

� You got me doin' what you want me �

(quietly): � Baby, what do you want me to do? �

(cheering, applause)

JOE: Coming up, Ed Sheeran with an emotional version

of Elvis's "Can't Help Falling in Love,"

and Jennifer Lopez takes us all to "Heartbreak Hotel,"

on Elvis: All-Star Tribute, here on NBC.

� I could die. �

� Everybody in the whole cell block �

� Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock �

Jailhouse Rock was Elvis's third movie

and his first for MGM.

The title song became Elvis's first hit record for RCA.

To sing it tonight, one of the greatest rockers of all time,

who also had Elvis perform his song "Proud Mary," John Fogerty.

(cheering, applause)

� �

� The warden threw a party in the county jail �

� The prison band was there, they began to wail �

� The band was jumping, and the joint began to swing �

� You should've heard them knocked out jailbirds sing �

� Let's rock �

� Everybody, let's rock �

� Everybody in the whole cell block �

� Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock �

� Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone �

� Little Joe was blowing on the slide trombone �

� The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang �

� The whole rhythm section was the purple gang, let's rock �

� Everybody, let's rock �

� Everybody in the whole cell block �

� Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock �

� Number 47 said to number three �

� "You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see �

� "I sure would be delighted with your company �

� Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me" �

� Let's rock, everybody, let's rock �

� Everybody in the whole cell block �

� Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock �

(mumbles)

(instrumental interlude, featuring guitar solo)

(cheering)

� Sad sack sitting on a block of stone �

� Way over in the corner, weepin' all alone �

� The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square �

� If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair" �

� Let's rock �

� Everybody, let's rock �

� Everybody in the whole cell block �

� Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock �

� Shifty Henry said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake �

� No one's lookin', now's our chance to make a break" �

� Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, "Nix, nix �

� I want to stick around a while and get my kicks" �

-� Let's rock � -(cheering)

� Everybody, let's rock �

� Everybody in the whole cell block �

� Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock �

� Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock �

� Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock. �

(cheering)

(song ends)

(cheering)

Elvis Presley recorded "Can't Help Falling in Love"

for his movie Blue Hawaii.

It became the finale song for Elvis's live performances,

making this the last song

he ever performed in public on June 26, 1977.

Though he was born in Mississippi

and grew up in Memphis, he did much of his recording

in the historic RCA Studio B in Nashville.

Tonight, from Nashville, here's Ed Sheeran.

(cheering)

� Wise men say �

� Only fools rush in �

� But I can't help �

� Falling in love with you �

� Shall I stay? �

� Would it be a sin? �

� But I can't help �

� Falling in love with you �

-� Like a river flows � -� Ah, ah �

-� Surely to the sea � -� Ah, ah �

-� Darling, so it goes � -� Ah, ah �

� Some things are meant to be �

� Meant to be �

-� Take my hand � -� Ooh, ooh, ooh �

-� Take my whole life, too � -� Ooh, ooh, ooh �

-� 'Cause I can't help � -� Ooh, ooh, ooh �

� Falling in love with you �

-� Like a river flows � -� Ah, ah �

-� Surely to the sea � -� Ah, ah �

-� Darling, so it goes � -� Ah, ah �

� Some things are meant to be �

� Meant to be �

-� Take my hand � -� Take my hand �

-� Take my whole life, too � -� Whole life, too �

-� 'Cause I can't help � -� Ooh, ooh, ooh �

� Falling in love with you �

� 'Cause I can't help �

� Falling in love with you. �

(song ends)

(cheering, applause)

JOE: Please welcome Kelsea Ballerini.

(cheering)

I grew up in Tennessee an Elvis Presley fan.

From the time he was a kid in Tupelo, Mississippi,

right until the end,

country music was always on Elvis Presley's mind.

Elvis recorded "Always on My Mind" back in 1972,

ten years before Willie Nelson took it to the top

of the country charts.

And I feel so proud to sing it tonight

as we all remember the unforgettable Elvis Presley.

(cheering)

(band plays intro to "Always on My Mind")

� Maybe I didn't treat you �

� Quite as good as I should have �

� And maybe I didn't love you �

� Quite as often as I could have, oh �

� Little things I should have said and done �

� But I... I just never took the time �

� But you were always on my mind �

� You were always on my mind �

� You were always on my mind �

� And tell me �

� Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died �

� And give me �

� Just give me one more chance �

� To keep you satisfied �

� Satisfied �

� Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh �

-� Yeah... � -� Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh �

� Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh �

� Little things I should have said and done �

� But I just never took the time �

� But you were always on my mind �

� You were always on my mind �

� You were always on my mind �

-� Yeah, yeah, ah � -� Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh �

� Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh �

� You were always on �

� My mind. �

(song ends)

(cheering)

� This moment... �

JOE: Next, Jennifer Lopez sings

an Elvis classic, "Heartbreak Hotel."

And Darius Rucker wants to spend one night with you

on Elvis: All-Star Tribute

here on NBC.

� And what I'm now praying for. �

� �

PRISCILLA PRESLEY: I never saw Elvis perform live.

The '68 Special

was the first time seeing him

and then feeling that nervous for him,

but also being captivated

by revealing himself and who he was as a performer.

Seeing him in the raw, really,

in an intimate place...

I... I got it.

I went, "Oh, my gosh,

this is truly... unbelievable."

(vocalizing)

� Well, they're lonely, baby �

� They're so lonely �

� They'll be so lonely, they could die �

BLAKE: Here to take us down to the end of Lonely Street,

joined by Lukas Nelson on guitar,

the one and only Jennifer Lopez.

(applause, cheering)

� Well, since my baby left me �

� Well, I found a new place to dwell �

� Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street �

� At Heartbreak Hotel, yeah �

� I get so lonely, baby �

� I be so lonely �

� I be so lonely, I could die �

� Well, the bellhop's tears keep flowing �

� And the desk clerk's dressed in black �

� They've been so long on Lonely Street �

� They'll never ever look back �

� They'll, they'll be so lonely, baby �

� They'll be so lonely �

� They'll be so lonely, they could die �

� If your baby leaves you �

� And you've got a tale to tell �

� Just take a walk down Lonely Street �

� To Heartbreak Hotel, yeah �

� You'll be so lonely, baby �

� You'll be so lonely �

� You'll be so lonely, you could die �

Come on! Yes!

� �

Go!

Give it to me now.

Here we go.

Here we go.

(vocalizing)

� Well, though it's always, it's always crowded �

� You can still find some room �

� For brokenhearted lovers �

� To cry there in the gloom �

� They get so lonely, baby �

� They get so lonely �

� They get so lonely, they could die. �

(crowd whooping, applauding)

Ah.

All right.

� I don't want no other love �

� Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of... �

The set itself was no more than a boxing ring without the ropes.

I told Elvis, "Don't worry about where the cameras are."

And as a result,

he was like a caged animal in there, totally free.

The more he sang, the more confidence he gained in himself,

and the more the audience loved him to death.

(cheering, applause)

JOE: Ladies and gentlemen, Darius Rucker.

Back in the '50s, Elvis broke down barriers

that changed music, America and the world forever.

Elvis loved this great R & B song, and 50 years ago,

on one night that changed music and television,

he sang it again.

This is "One Night."

(cheering)

(band plays intro to "One Night")

� One night with you �

(cheering)

� Is what I've been praying for �

� The things that we two could plan �

� Would make my dreams come true �

� Just call my name �

(cheering)

� And I'll be right by your side �

� I want your sweet helping hand �

� My love's too strong to hide �

Come on, y'all.

(cheering)

� Always lived �

� A better life �

� I ain't never �

� I ain't never done no wrong �

� Now I know �

� That life without you, girl �

� Has been too lonely too long �

� One night with you �

(cheering)

� Is what I'm now praying for �

� The things that we two could plan �

� Would make my dreams come true �

One more time! Oh! Oh! Oh.

� Always lived �

� A quiet life �

� I ain't never �

� I ain't never, I ain't never done no wrong �

(cheering)

� Now I know �

� That life without you, girl, yeah �

� Has been too lonely too long �

� One night with you �

(cheering)

� Is what I'm now praying for �

� The things that we two could plan �

� Would make my dreams come true �

� Yeah-ah, oh-oh. �

(song ends)

(cheering, applause)

JOE: Our host, Blake Shelton, sings "Suspicious Minds,"

and Grammy winner Alessia Cara performs

an amazingly haunting version of "Love Me Tender,"

all ahead on Elvis: All-Star Tribute.

� Fulfilled... �

(cheering, applause)

Before we do this next song,

let's hear it for our rocking band, and Grammy

and Emmy award-winning musical director, Don Was, everybody.

(cheering)

This powerful song came out in 1968 as a single

for a guy named Mark James, who wrote it.

-It went nowhere. -(laughter)

But then, after the success of the '68 special,

Elvis went into the American Sound Studio,

cut it with producer Chips Moman,

and this masterpiece went all the way to number one in 1969,

becoming one of his biggest hits ever.

This is "Suspicious Minds."

(cheering)

(guitar and drum play intro to "Suspicious Minds")

� We're caught in a trap �

� I can't walk out �

� Because I love you too much, baby �

� Why can't you see �

� What you're doing to me �

� When you don't believe a word I say? �

� We can't go on together �

� With suspicious minds �

� Suspicious minds �

� We cannot build our dreams �

� On suspicious minds �

� So, if an old friend I know �

� Stops by to say hello �

� Would I still see suspicion in your eyes? �

-� Ah � -� Here we go again �

-� Ah � -� Asking where I've been �

-� Ah, ah � -� Can't you see these tears are real �

� I'm crying? �

� Yes, I'm crying �

� We can't go on together �

� With suspicious minds �

� Suspicious minds �

� We cannot build our dreams �

� On suspicious minds �

� Ooh... �

-� Oh, let our love survive � -� Ooh � -(cheering)

-� Ooh, ooh � -� I'll dry the tears in your eyes �

-� Ooh, ooh � -� Let's don't let a good thing die �

-(cheering) -� Ooh �

-� Ooh � -� 'Cause, honey, you know �

-� I've never lied to you � -� Ooh �

-� Oh, oh � -� Ooh �

� Never lied to you �

� Yeah, yeah �

� We're caught in a trap �

� I can't walk out �

(rhythmic clapping)

-� Ooh, ooh, ooh � -� Because I love you too much, baby �

� Why can't you see �

� What you're doing to me �

� Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh �

� When you don't believe a word I say? �

Come on, sing it with me.

-� Ooh � -� We're caught in a trap �

� I can't walk out �

� Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh �

� Because I love you too much, baby �

-� Ooh... � -� We're caught in a trap �

� I can't walk out �

� Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh �

� Because I love you too much, baby. �

(cheering)

(song ends)

(cheering, applause)

� Love me tender �

� Love me true �

� All my dreams fulfilled �

� For, my darling �

� I love you �

� And I always will. �

My first, uh, song that I heard of Elvis Presley

was "Love Me Tender."

Uh, all the kids at school were making a fuss

about this new entertainer.

He was so gorgeous and so cute,

and they had fan clubs on him, and, uh, I hadn't seen him yet.

Uh, and then when I went to the movies

with a couple of girlfriends-- I was about 11, 11 or 12--

and when I saw him on-on screen, it was captivating.

JOE: Ladies and gentlemen, Alessia Cara.

(audience cheering)

� Love me tender �

� Love me sweet �

� Never let me go �

� You have made �

� My life complete �

� And I love you so �

� Love me tender �

� Love me true �

� All my dreams fulfilled �

� For, my darling �

� I love you �

� And I always will �

� Love me tender �

� Love me long �

� Take me �

� To your heart �

� For it's there that I belong �

� And we'll never part �

� Love me tender �

� Love me true �

� All my dreams fulfilled �

� For, my darling �

� I love you �

� And I always will �

� �

� Love me tender �

� Love me dear �

� Tell me �

� You are mine �

� I'll be yours �

� Through all the years �

� Till the end of time �

� Love me tender �

� Love me true �

� All my dreams fulfilled �

� For, my darling �

� I love you �

� And I always will. �

(cheering, applause)

JOE: Coming up, John Legend sings

one of the King's classics,

"A Little Less Conversation."

And Mac Davis gives us some true Elvis "Memories,"

all ahead on Elvis: All-Star Tribute.

� Sweet memories... �

You know what's cool? Singing great Elvis songs.

You know what's even cooler? Writing great Elvis songs,

and here's a legendary singer-songwriter

who wrote a whole bunch of them, Mac Davis.

(audience cheering)

Mac, you wrote "Memories"

for the Elvis '68 Comeback Special,

along with a whole bunch of others.

You wrote "In the Ghetto," you wrote, uh,

"A Little Less Conversation."

You got to tell us,

what's some of your favorite memories of Elvis?

MAC: Well, uh, the first time I went to Elvis's house,

that was a fun night and, uh...

Elvis's house?

I actually went to his house in Bel-Air, not-not Graceland.

This was one that he lived in California

when he was making movies, and, uh...

Um, Lisa Marie had just been born.

I don't know, maybe she was...

three or four weeks old, a month,

I don't know for sure, but he--

he says, "Have you seen my baby?"

(laughter) I said, "No."

He says, "You want to see my baby?"

And I said, "Yeah."

And sure enough, he called Priscilla,

and she brought, uh, Lisa Marie down, and,

-and I actually held Lisa Marie. -Oh, wow.

Uh, and it's a memory I'll never forget.

Well, buddy, thanks-thanks for sharing some of those memories.

-Will you do that song for us? -Oh, sure. Yep.

(cheering, whistling, applause)

� �

� Memories �

� Pressed between the pages of my mind �

� �

� Memories �

� Sweetened through the ages just like wine �

� Quiet thoughts come floating down �

� And settle softly to the ground �

� Like golden autumn leaves around my feet �

� I touched them and they burst apart �

� With sweet memories �

� Sweet memories �

� Of holding hands and red bouquets �

� And twilights trimmed in purple haze �

� And laughing eyes and simple ways �

� And quiet nights and gentle days with you �

� �

� Memories �

� I cling to them and tremble till the dawn �

� Our memories �

� Are all that I have left now that you've gone �

� Silent shadows rise and fall �

� And paint your image on the wall �

� To stay with me until I fall asleep �

� I dream of you and fill my heart �

� With sweet memories �

� Sweet memories �

� Of holding hands and red bouquets �

� And twilights trimmed in purple haze �

� And laughing eyes and simple ways �

� And quiet nights and gentle days with you �

� Memories �

� Sadly, fragrant flowers turning brown �

� Memories �

� Soft and distant showers coming down �

� Coming down �

� Memories �

� Memories �

� Memories. �

(cheering, applause)

You know, "A Little Less Conversation" is, uh,

one of those songs that you write

and it just keeps on coming back.

It's the gift that keeps on giving.

I'm very-- Oh, man, John Legend.

-Hey, Mac. -Good to see you, brother.

Good to see you, too.

I'm so excited you're gonna sing my song.

I'm excited to be here.

I'm so excited to be in your presence

and to hear all these songs that you wrote for Elvis,

and, uh, can you tell us a little bit

about "A Little Less Conversation?"

Well, it's just a-- it's a song that, uh,

I actually had Aretha Franklin in mind when I wrote it.

-Oh, wow. -And I had a whole different set

of lyrics, and, uh, Elvis loved it.

It fit into a movie, uh,

called Live a Little, Love a Little.

-And where he, you know... -And talk a little less.

-Yeah, you got it. -(laughs)

He's trying to pick this girl up around a swimming pool,

and she keeps talking and he ke-- he starts singing

"A Little Less Conversation."

Well, you mind if I sing it right now?

I'm so anxious, I can't stand it.

-I'm excited to do it. -I can't wait.

Thank you, sir.

(band playing intr to "A Little Less Conversation")

Hey.

� A little less conversation �

� A little more action, please �

� All this aggravation ain't satisfactionin' me �

� A little more bite and a little less bark �

� A little less fight and a little more spark �

� Close your mouth and open up your heart �

� Baby, satisfy me �

� Satisfy me, baby �

� Baby, close your eyes and listen to the music �

� Dig to the summer breeze �

� It's a groovy night, and I can show you how to use it �

� Come along with me and put your mind at ease �

� A little less conversation �

� A little more action, please �

� All this aggravation ain't satisfactionin' me �

� A little more bite and a little less bark �

� A little less fight and a little more spark �

� Close your mouth and open up your heart �

-� And, baby, satisfy me � -� Satisfy me �

-� Yeah, satisfy me, baby � -� Satisfy me �

� Come on, baby, I'm tired of talkin' �

� �

� Grab your coat and let's start walkin' �

� �

-� Oh, come on, come on � -� Come on, come on �

-� Yeah, come on, come on � -� Come on, come on �

� Hey, come on, come on �

� Come on, come on �

-� Don't procrastinate � -� Ah �

-� Don't articulate � -� Ah �

� Girl, it's gettin' late �

� You don't sit and wait around �

� Whoa �

� A little less conversation �

� A little more action, please �

� All this aggravation ain't satisfactionin' me �

� A little more bite and a little less bark �

� A little less fight and a little more spark �

� Shut your mouth and open up your heart �

-� Baby, satisfy me � -� Satisfy me �

-� Satisfy me, baby � -� Satisfy me �

-� Satisfy me � -� Come on, come on, come on �

-� Satisfy me, baby � -� Satisfy me �

-� Satisfy me � -� Come on, come on, come on, come on �

-� Satisfy me, baby � -� Satisfy me �

� Satisfy me �

-� Satisfy me, baby � -� Satisfy me �

� Hey. �

� �

-(song ends) -(cheering, applause)

JOE: "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

You won't be after you watch

Little Big Town's beautiful version,

and then, tie on your "Blue Suede Shoes"

as Adam Lambert takes on an Elvis classic

that will endure forever.

� Blue suede shoes �

� Blue, blue, blue suede shoes... �

� Shall I come back again? � with pain? �

� Tell me, dear �

� Are you lonesome tonight? �

� �

(applause)

-(cheering) -JOE: Ladies and gentlemen,

Little Big Town.

When Elvis came back from his stint in the U.S. Army

in 1960, one of the songs he returned with was this one,

recorded in RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis owns this song,

and we're proud to rent it from him tonight.

(band playing intro to "Are You Lonesome Tonight?")

� Are you lonesome tonight? �

� Do you miss me tonight? �

� Are you sorry �

� We drifted apart? �

� Does your memory stray �

� To a bright summer day �

� When I kissed you �

� And called you sweetheart? �

� Do the chairs in your parlor �

� Seem empty and bare? �

� Do you gaze at your doorstep �

� And picture me there? �

� Is your heart filled with pain? �

� Shall I come back again? �

� Tell me, dear �

� Are you �

� Are you lonesome �

� Tonight? �

(cheering)

(guitar solo)

� Is your heart filled with pain? �

� Shall I come back again? �

� Tell me, dear �

� Are you �

� Are you lonesome �

(music pauses)

� Tonight? �

(cheering)

(cheering continues)

� You can burn my house, steal my car �

� Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar �

� I'll do anything you wanna do �

� But uh-uh, honey, lay off of my shoes �

� And don't you �

� Step on my blue suede shoes �

All right!

� You can do anything �

� But lay off of my blue suede shoes... �

Watch out, ladies!

� Well, it's a-one for the money �

� Two for the show �

� Three to get ready, now, go, cat, go �

� But don't you �

� Step on my blue suede shoes �

� Well, you can do anything

� But lay off of my blue suede shoes �

� Well, you can knock me down �

� Step on my face �

� Slander my name all over the place �

� Do anything that you wanna do �

� But uh-uh, honey, lay off of my shoes �

� And don't you �

� Step on my blue suede shoes �

� You can do anything �

� But lay off of my blue suede shoes �

� Oh, oh �

(cheering)

� You can burn my house �

� Steal my car �

� Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar �

� Do anything that you wanna do �

� But uh-uh, honey, lay off of my shoes �

� Well, don't you, yeah �

� Step on my shoes �

� You can do anything �

� But lay off of my blue suede shoes �

� All right! �

(cheering)

� Well, it's a-one for the money �

� Two for the show, three to get ready �

� Now, go, go, go, but don't you �

� Step on my blue suede shoes �

� You can do anything �

� But lay off of my blue suede shoes �

Here we go!

� Blue, blue, blue suede shoes �

� Blue, blue, blue suede shoes �

� Blue, blue, blue suede shoes �

� Blue, blue, yeah, blue suede shoes �

� You can do anything, but lay off of my blue suede shoes �

� Oh, yeah! �

(cheering)

(song ends)

(cheering continues)

ELVIS: � Well, if you go �

� Darling, I'll be oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, so lonely �

Oh, lonely nights, man.

� Beggin' on my knees �

� All I ask is please �

� Please love me �

� Oh �

� Yeah. �

(girls yelling)

(cheering)

-(cheering) -JOE: Ladies and gentlemen,

Pistol Annies.

Elvis first cut "Love Me" for his second album

way back in 1956.

Elvis sang this song by Leiber and Stoller

on his '68 special, and he kept singing it

right until his last tour in the summer of 1977.

We love this song and hope you love it, too.

This is for Elvis, who the whole world was loving 50 years ago.

(applause)

� Treat me like a fool �

� Treat me mean and cruel �

� But love me �

� Break my faithful heart �

� Tear it all apart �

� But love me �

� If you ever go �

� Darling, I'll be oh �

� So lonely �

� I'll be sad and blue �

� Cryin' over you �

� Dear, only �

� I would beg and steal �

� Beg and steal �

� Just to feel �

� Just to feel �

� Your heart �

� I want your heart �

� Beating close to mine �

� So close to mine �

� If you ever go �

� Darling, I'll be oh �

� So lonely �

� Beggin' on my knees �

� All I ask is please �

� Please love me �

� Oh... �

� Yeah. �

(cheering)

JOE: The Elvis All-Stars gather round

for an unrehearsed jam session.

And still ahead, Carrie Underwood and Yolanda Adams

salute Elvis's love of gospel music

on Elvis: All-Star Tribute.

� Walk �

-� Walk alone... � -� Alone... �

� Been too lonely too long �

� One night... � Ah, yeah!

I have to credit Elvis Presley himself

for the acoustic sessions.

He came to me when he first came out to NBC and said,

"Steve, I don't want to commute to Beverly Hills and back

"when I'm renting a home.

"I want to live at NBC.

"Do you think it's possible you could put a bed

in my dressing room, and I could live here?"

And the magic happened when, after we'd rehearse,

or he'd actually tape a segment,

he'd go into his dressing room/bedroom,

and he'd jam for the rest of the night

with anybody who happened to be hanging out.

And I said, "This is better than all the big production numbers.

I've got to get this on tape."

� Would make my dreams come true. �

(cheering)

DON WAS: Hey, sing it!

� One night with... with me... �

Here's the thing, we all dig Elvis,

but Mac Davis is the only one up here who actually knew him.

-Everybody else is dead. -(laughter)

When's the first time you heard him, Mac?

I heard "That's All Right, Mama."

I-I fell in love, and we...

the disk jockey on... on the radio station there--

it's in Lubbock, Texas, of course--

he says-- and I swear to God this is what I heard--

"That's a brand-new one by Elman Parsley."

-(laughter) -And, uh,

me and by buddy, Billy Akens, spent the whole next day

going from record store to record store

trying to find a record by somebody named Elman Parsley.

-So, which record was that? -"That's All Right, Mama."

Play a bit of that. How'd it go?

� Well, that's all right, Mama �

� That's all right for you �

� That's all right, Mama �

� Just any way you do �

� That's all right �

� That's all right �

� That's all right, now, Mama �

� Any way you do �

-(rhythmic clapping) -One of y'all take it.

� Well, Mama, she done told me �

� Papa done told me, too �

� Son, that gal you're foolin' with �

� She ain't no good for you �

� But that's all right �

-� That's all right � -� Baby, that's all right �

� That's all right �

� That's all right, now, Mama �

� Any way you do �

Mm-hmm.

� Well, Mama, she done told me �

� Hey, Papa done told me, too �

� Boy, that girl you're foolin' with �

� She ain't no good to you �

� Well, that's all right �

-� That's all right � -� That's all right �

� That's all right �

� That's all right, now, Mama �

� Any way you do. �

-(song ends) -There we go.

Way to put a... way to put

-a topper on that. -(laughter)

-Thank you. -(cheers and applause)

Thank you, Elvis.

You got a song? You got an Elvis song?

KIMBERLY: "Don't Be Cruel."

-Let's do that. -Yeah.

Let's end it with "Don't Be Cruel."

� �

� So let's walk to the preacher �

� Ba, ba �

� Let's say I do �

� Ba, ba �

� Then you'll know you'll have me �

� And I'll know that I'll have you �

� But don't be cruel �

� Ooh, ooh-ooh �

� To a heart that's true �

� �

� I don't want no other love �

� Baby, it's just you I'm thinking of �

� �

� Don't be cruel �

� Ooh, ooh-ooh �

� To a heart that's true �

� Don't be cruel �

� Ooh, ooh-ooh �

� To a heart that's true �

� �

(quietly): � Don't be cruel �

-Oh, a live fade. -(laughter)

(laughing): The live fade.

That's fancy.

(cheering)

-"Blue Suede Shoes." -DON: Yeah.

Everybody knows this song, right?

You know this song, Post Malone?

-Aye, sir. -Can I call you Post?

-Or is it Post Malone? -You can call me...

You can call me whatever you want.

Okay. Post Malone. I like Post Malone.

Blake Shelton. Yeah.

Said just call him.

You can call me whatever the hell you want.

(laughter)

Let's try it. Ready?

� Well, it's one for the money �

� Two for the show �

� Three to get ready �

� Now go, cat, go �

� But don't you �

� Step on my blue suede shoes �

� You can do anything �

� But lay off of my blue suede shoes �

� �

� Spit in my face �

� Slander my name all over the place �

� You can do anything that you want to do �

� But uh-uh, honey, get off of my shoes �

� But don't you �

� Step on my blue suede shoes �

� �

� You can do anything, but lay off of my blue suede shoes �

Wow.

� Well, it's blue, blue, blue suede shoes, baby �

� Blue, blue, blue suede shoes, yeah �

� Blue, blue, blue suede shoes, baby �

� Blue, blue, blue suede shoes �

� You can do anything, but lay off of my blue suede shoes �

� �

(cheering)

(indistinct chatter, laughter)

JOE: What happens when you take one gospel superstar

and pair her with a country superstar?

You get taken to Heaven with Yolanda Adams

and Carrie Underwood performing three

of Elvis's classic gospel songs

here on Elvis: All-Star Tribute.

� Ah... �

� Where... �

"How Great Thou Art" on stage

was one of the most meaningful for him.

You can see that as well on the '68 special.

You see him, uh, really, again,

very moving, very telling,

and, uh, very compassionate.

� Needing a friend �

� To save me in the end �

� Now won't you tell me �

� Where could I go but to the Lord? �

(cheering, applause)

Gospel music was my father's favorite genre,

and that's the gospel truth.

It was also the music that he would sing to me as a child.

Recently, we celebrated his love affair with gospel music

on the album Where No One Stands Alone.

And tonight, we're celebrating his amazing grace

with a medley featuring two

of the most uplifting voices of our times,

Yolanda Adams and Carrie Underwood.

-(cheering, applause) -(intro begins)

� Oh, oh, my God �

� When I, in awesome wonder �

� Consider all the worlds �

� Thy hands have made �

� I see the stars �

� I hear the rolling thunder �

� Thy power throughout �

� The universe displayed �

� Then sings my soul �

� My savior God to thee �

� How great thou art �

� How great thou art �

� Then sings my soul �

� My savior God to thee �

� How great thou art �

� How great thou art �

� When Christ shall come �

� With shout of acclamation �

� And take me home �

� What joy shall fill �

� My heart �

� Then I shall bow �

� In humble adoration �

� And then proclaim �

� My God �

� How great thou art �

� Then sings my soul �

� My savior God to thee �

� How great thou art �

� How great thou art �

� Then sings my soul �

� My savior God to thee �

� How great thou art �

� How great thou art �

� How great thou art �

� How great �

� Thou art... �

(cheers, applause)

� �

� Shackled by �

� A heavy burden �

� Beneath a load �

� Of guilt and shame �

� Then the hand of Jesus �

� Touched me �

� And now �

� I am no longer the same �

-� For he touched me � -� For he touched me �

� Yes �

-� He touched me � -� He touched me �

-� And, oh, the joy � -� And, oh, the joy �

-� That floods my soul � -� That floods my soul �

� Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh �

� Something �

-� Something happened � -� Something happened �

-� And now I know � -� And now I know �

-� He touched me � -� He touched me �

-� And made me whole � -� And made me whole �

-� Oh � -� Since I met �

� Since I met the blessed savior �

� Met the blessed savior �

� And since he cleansed �

� And made me whole �

� Oh, oh �

� Oh, I will never cease �

� To praise him �

-� For I'll shout it � -� Ah �

� While eternity rolls �

� Oh �

-� He touched me � -� He touched me �

� Yes, he touched me �

� Yes, he touched me �

-� And, oh, the joy � -� And, oh, the joy �

-� That floods my soul � -� That floods my soul �

-� Something � -� Something �

-� Happened � -� Something happened �

� And now �

-� I know... � -� Ooh �

� Oh, he touched me �

Mm.

� And he made me �

� Whole... �

� Oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh �

� Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh �

� He made me whole... �

(cheers and applause)

� �

� When you walk �

� Through a storm �

� Hold your head �

� Hold your head up high �

� And don't �

� Don't be afraid �

� Of the dark �

� No, no, no, no, no, no �

� At the end �

� End �

-� Of a storm � -� Of a storm �

� Is a golden �

� Golden �

-� Sky � -� Sky �

� And the sweet �

� Sweet silver �

� Silver song �

� Song �

� Of a lark �

� �

� Walk on �

� Walk on �

-� Through the wind � -� Walk on �

� And walk on �

� Walk on �

� Through the rain �

� Though your dreams �

� Dreams, dreams �

� May be tossed �

� Tossed and blown �

� Oh, oh �

� Oh, oh, oh �

� Walk �

-� On � -� Walk on �

� Walk �

-� Walk on � -� On �

-� Walk on � -� With hope �

� Walk on �

� In your heart �

� Walk on, walk on �

� And you'll never... �

� You'll never �

� Walk �

� Never walk �

� Alone... �

� You will never �

� You'll never �

� Ever walk �

� You'll never �

� You'll never walk alone �

� As long as I'm here, you'll never walk alone �

� So, oh, oh, oh, oh �

-� Walk on � -� Walk on �

� Walk on �

� Walk �

-� On � -� Walk on �

� Walk on with hope �

� Walk on �

� Hope in your �

� Heart... �

� And you'll never... �

� You'll never �

� Never walk alone �

� Walk alone �

� No, no, no �

� Oh, no, you'll �

� Never... �

-(tempo slows) -� Walk �

� No, you'll never walk �

� Alone �

� Never walk �

� Alone... �

� You'll never �

� Walk alone... �

(applause)

(cheering, whistling)

� All my brothers... �

JOE: The Elvis classic "If I Can Dream" is performed

by the King and his court in an amazing finale

on Elvis: All-Star Tribute,

here on NBC.

JOE: Please welcome actress Riley Keough.

My grandfather Elvis Presley

rocked this next song in 1961.

Since then, it's been sung by everyone

from Robert Plant to Dwight Yoakam to Pearl Jam.

Here tonight to sing "Little Sister"

is Dierks Bentley.

(cheering)

� �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice �

� Tell me that it's nice and then you run �

� Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done �

� Well, I dated your big sister �

� Yeah, I took her to a show �

� I went for some candy �

� Along came Jim Dandy �

� And they snuck right out the door �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice �

� Tell me that it's nice and then you run �

� Little sister, don't you do what your big sister done �

� Every time I see your sister �

� Yeah, she's got somebody new �

� She's mean and she's evil �

� Like that little old boll weevil �

� Guess I'll try my luck with you �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice �

� Tell me that it's nice and then you run �

� Mm, little sister, don't you do �

� What your big sister done �

� Well, I used to pull your pigtails �

� Yeah, and pinch your turned-up nose �

� But you've been a-growin' �

� And, baby, it's been showin' �

� From your head down to your toes �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you �

� Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice �

� Tell me that it's nice and then you run �

� Mm, little sister, don't you do �

� What your big sister done �

� Yeah, little sister, don't you do �

� What your big sister done �

� Little sister, don't you do �

� What your big sister done. �

(cheering)

(song ends)

Yeah!

JOE: Ladies and gentlemen,

Josh Groban.

(cheering)

Elvis Presley could sing anything.

This next song was based on the Italian song "O sole mio"

and it showcased the operatic beauty and range

of Elvis's singular voice.

This is "It's Now or Never."

(applause, cheering)

� �

� It's now or never �

� Come hold me tight �

� Kiss me, my darling �

� Be mine tonight �

� Tomorrow �

� Will be too late �

� It's now or never �

� My love won't wait �

� When I first saw you �

� With your smile so tender �

� My heart was captured �

� My soul surrendered �

� I'd spend a lifetime �

� Waiting for the right time �

� Now that you're near �

� The time is here �

� At last �

� It's now or never �

� Come hold me tight �

� Kiss me, my darling �

� Be mine tonight �

� Tomorrow �

� Will be too late �

� It's now or never �

� My love won't wait �

� It's now or never �

� My love won't wait �

� It's now �

� Or never �

� My love �

� Won't wait �

� It's now or never �

� My love �

� Won't wait. �

(cheering, applause)

The magical moment was "If I Can Dream."

Every time I hear that song, it's...

it just touches me so much,

because here you saw him in the raw,

you saw him feeling it and living it

and taking the journey with him.

You... I look in his eyes,

and... I... he's lost,

lost in the meaning of that song.

When we recorded the track,

it was the first time that anybody had heard the song,

except for Elvis,

and he lied down on the concrete floor

-Mm. -and sang "If I Can Dream."

It gave me...

-Yeah. -humongous goose bumps.

I don't think he ever sang it again, he didn't...

after the '68 special,

'cause I think he wanted it to be that special.

� There must be lights �

� Burning brighter �

� Somewhere �

� Got to be birds �

� Flying higher �

� In a sky �

� More blue �

� If I can dream �

� Of a better land �

� Where all my brothers walk hand in hand �

� Tell me why �

� Oh, why �

� Oh, why can't my dream �

� Come true? �

� Oh, why? �

� There must be peace �

� And understanding �

� Sometime �

� Strong winds of promise �

� That will blow away �

� The doubt �

� And fear �

� If I can dream �

� Of a warmer sun �

� Where hope keeps shining on everyone �

� Tell me why �

� Oh, why �

� Oh, why won't that sun �

� Appear? �

� Yeah �

� We're lost in a cloud �

� With too much rain �

� We're trapped in a world �

-� That's troubled with pain � -� Oh, yeah �

� As long as a man �

� Has the strength to dream �

� He can redeem his soul �

� And fly �

� He can fly �

� Deep in my heart �

� There's a trembling �

� Question �

� Still I am sure �

� That the answer �

� Answer's gonna come somehow �

� Out there in the dark �

� Out there in the dark �

� There's a beckoning candle �

-� A beckoning candle � -� Oh, yeah �

� And while I can think �

� While I can walk �

� While I can stand �

� While I can talk �

� While I can dream �

� Please let my dream �

� Come true �

� Whoa, oh, oh �

� Right now �

� Please let my dream �

� Oh, let it come true right now �

� Please let my dream �

� Oh, yeah �

� Please let my dream �

� Right now. �

Thank you. Good night.