I love the Elvis Presley clips in the video "Is It Really So Strange?". Elvis Presley was such a handsome man. They sound like they might be singing in Italian in the video.
I always wonder if Elvis Presley was still alive what songs he might sing today. I'm sure that he would still be singing gospel songs. I wonder if he might of covered one of Morrissey's solo songs. Tom Jones is still going and he has a great voice. Engelbert Humperdinck, Pat Boone, Cliff Richard and Tony Bennett are still going. So sad that Elvis died so young.
I'm not sure which Morrissey song Elvis Presley might of chosen had he lived. Elvis could sing anything he had such a tremendous, powerful voice it was almost operatic towards the end! Elvis sang really sad, heartbreaking love songs and songs about loneliness, feeling hurt, depression and lost love towards the end of his life. I don't think that Elvis ever got over his wife Priscilla leaving him he was heartbroken. Elvis was almost like a torch singer towards the end of his life but he could still rock. Gospel music was probably Elvis' favourite music but he also loved rock 'n' roll, country, blues, opera, vocal harmony groups (I think that he liked 'Doo-Wop' and Southern Gospel Quartets) and soul. Elvis could also sing in the Bing Crosby 'crooner' style.
I heard that Elvis wanted to record Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" he never did though. Maybe his life might of taken a similar path to that of Johnny Cash had he lived. Johnny Cash died back in 2003. Ray Charles died in 2004. Roy Orbison and Johnnie Ray (who Morrissey liked) have also both sadly died.
Johnny Hallyday the French version of Elvis Presley died at the end of 2017. Last year Charles Aznavour the French version of Frank Sinatra died. Morrissey paid tribute to the great Charles Aznavour and the great Aretha Franklin! There was also a Swedish version of Elvis Presley. Britain had a few versions of Elvis like Cliff Richard and the late Billy Fury (who Morrissey liked). There were some American singers/entertainers who tried to be like Elvis Presley.
Fats Domino and Chuck Berry both died in 2017. Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard are still with us they are still alive. Little Richard is very religious these days and has retired from performing.
They are definitely singing in Italian in the video! They don't sing like Luciano Pavarotti or Enrico Caruso though. Mario Lanza was Italian-American like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Dean Martin.
Maybe Elvis Presley might of recorded the song "You Raise Me Up"? Had he lived and sung it in English. It has a spiritual feel about it. It isn't a Morrissey song though. Josh Groban does a nice version of it: