Singer Presents Elvis Sings Flaming Star and Others
Compilation album by Elvis Presley
Released	October 1, 1968
Recorded	1 October 1960, 9–10 July 1963, 29 September 1966, 1 October 1967, 15 January 1968, 27 June 1968
Genre	Rock,country
Length	20:30
Label	RCA Victor
Elvis Presley chronology
Speedway (1968) Singer Presents Elvis Sings Flaming Star and Others (1968) Elvis (NBC TV Special) (1968)
April 1969 Camden release

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Elvis Sings Flaming Star (Camden cover)
Compilation album by Elvis Presley
Released	March 28, 1969
Label	RCA Records (Camden)

Singer Presents Elvis SingingFlaming Star and Others is acompilation album by American singer and musicianElvis Presley, released byRCA Records on October 1, 1968.^[2] It spent five months available only at select retail stores featuring products by theSinger Sewing Machine Company as a promotional tie-in with Presley's upcomingChristmas television special on theNBC network, which Singer had sponsored.^[3] It was reissued for normal retail channels asElvis Sings Flaming Star in March 1969, becoming the first Elvis Presleybudget album on theRCA Camden label, catalogue CAS 2304.^[4] The 1969 release peaked at number 96 on theBillboard 200 album chart.^[5] It was certified Gold on July 15, 1999, and Platinum on January 6, 2004, by theRecording Industry Association of America.^[6]

Due to the chart success of this album upon reissue in 1969, RCA Records elected to release more Presley titles on the Camden label through 1972. These budget LPs were shorter than the standard running time, featuring some unused soundtrack recordings and previously released items.

All tracks were compiled from sessions forPresley film soundtracks, with the exception of "Tiger Man" from the Singer Christmas Special.^[7] The cover ofChuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business" was a warm-up at a session for film songs toStay Away, Joe.^[8] Excepting "Flaming Star," the title song from Presley's 1960movie of the same title which had been released on theElvis by Request: Flaming Star and 3 Other Great Songsextended play single in February 1961, all tracks were previously unreleased.

The "Texas" medley and "All I Needed Was the Rain" appeared inViva Las Vegas (1964) andStay Away, Joe (1968), respectively, while "Wonderful World" appeared over the opening credits toLive a Little, Love a Little (1968). "Flaming Star" had been one of only two songs performed in that film. The live performance of "Tiger Man" was held off the initial broadcast of the NBC television special, but replaced the segment with "Blue Christmas" for the repeat broadcast of the special in the summer of 1969. This track has the distinction of being the first live recording by Elvis ever commercially released. The remaining songs were not actually used in their respective films.

Flaming Star was reissued in 1975 byPickwick Records, and again oncompact disc by Sony/RCA in 2006.

Note

• RCA originally released the song "Flaming Star" on theextended play singleElvis by Request: Flaming Star and 3 Other Great Songs (RCA LPC 128), which peaked at number 14 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart.^[9]

• Elvis for Everyone 1965 album
• Let's Be Friends 1970 album

• Singer Presents Elvis Singing "Flaming Star" And Others atDiscogs (list of releases)
• PRS-279 Singer Presents Elvis Singing Flaming Star and Others Guide part ofThe Elvis Presley Record Research Database

• 1968 compilation albums
• Elvis Presley compilation albums
• RCA Records compilation albums

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