If you are an Elvis Presley fan, or even just a fan of rock and roll, you have to see this video. We all know that Elvis was one of the best performers and singers to grace this planet. But to see him working so hard up until his last days is absolutely heart wrenching.
In this never before seen footage, Elvis performs the song “Unchained Melody”, which was later made popular by the movie Ghost starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze.
Check out how Elvis delivers this eerie and amazing performance in 1977 just weeks before he died. While the cause of Elvis’s death has never been released, most think his heart stopped from an overdose. When you watch him sing this heart-breaking song, your heart might just stop too.
Watch Elvis sing “Unchained Melody” in the amazing concert performance below!
It was filmed during a concert at Rapid City, South Dakota in 1977. Just weeks before the time of his death, Elvis agreed to do another television special.
His performance is absolutely amazing and incredibly moving. Not only is this video and the music in it a testament to the quality of Elvis’s voice, but the amazing talent he was right to the end.
Supposedly, this was his last television performance as it was filmed just six weeks before his death.
The song was released the following year as a single. And of course, it sold like hot cakes.
“Elvis loved you, his heart was filled with love of his fans and people! He had to take painkillers to make it through a live show, and even his doctors wanted to cancel this show, he said: ‘No, no way I will cancel this show and let those people down!’- he instructed his doctors to give him anything that will make him through this show and to be able to make the best of his performance in that time. So, they agreed and gave him a cocktail of painkillers and steroids to be able to do the best possible performance!
“And God knows he did it, his talent came through the clouds of painkillers and sang his love above any drugs! No pills could put his love and talent down and will for singing to his fans that he admired so much! More than his own life! Elvis was a beautiful human being and there will be no other but him always!”
Dozens have shared heartfelt comments including:
“the king till the end ..loved ya mate a flawless diamond and wonderful man with a voice like no other”
“He had so much love to give and so much talent and so much heart. He was an amazing person who will never be forgotten. I remember watching Elvis perform as I grew up and I was drawn to the heart of a man who used his talent in successful ways and along the way he reached out to others to make their lives better.”
What do you make of this fateful Elvis performance?
