Although Elvis won three Grammy awards during his lifetime it is little known that he was also nominated for a further eleven including one in the Best Sacred Performance category in 1968 for the studio master of this very song.
'You'll Never Walk Alone' was written by Rodgers and Hammerstein for their 1945 musical 'Carousel' and Elvis recorded his version on 11 September 1967. It was in fact the last of seven songs recorded that night at RCA's Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.
Despite it's Grammy nomination in the UK the version recorded by Gerry and the Pacemakers is the better known especially after it was adopted as an anthem by two of the world's biggest football clubs, Liverpool and Celtic.
Despite being released as a single and achieving a Grammy nomination it would take over three years before it would make it onto an album of any sort. Although the title track of the album, the album was released on RCA's budget label - Camden and this seemed to be a corporate strategy in the early 70's as far as Elvis was concerned as several of his best known songs were released in a similar way.
This, with Elvis at the piano and recorded during the evening show in the Nassau Veteran Coliseum, Uniondale, NY on 19 July 1975 is the only known live performance of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' by Elvis. I often wonder how many in the audience that evening actually realised just how unique a moment they were witnessing!!
Listening to this performance and Elvis' vocal it doesn't seem like eight years had passed between this live performance and the original studio master!
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