MUS 354 Elvis Exam 4 2025 update|comprehensive questions and verified answers
(complete solutions) A+ GRADE!!
___________ first recorded this C&W Pop song (Snowbird), taking it to #8 on the charts in
1970. - ✔✔ Anne Murray
_______________ had a #3 hit in 1957 with this blues song form redone by Elvis. (Whole
Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On) - ✔✔ Jerry Lee Lewis
Authors Brian Devall, Gail Brewer Giorgio, and Bill Beeny all support the idea that... - ✔✔
Elvis is still alive
Bob Dylan's ___________________ is briefly redone by Elvis in a spontaneous studio
moment from May of 1971. - ✔✔ I Shall Be Released
Conway Twitty first had a '59 hit with this slow Irish ballad, featuring a tender vocal by
Elvis. It is... - ✔✔ "Danny Boy"
During most of 1977, Elvis' final year on earth, Elvis spends much of his time... - ✔✔
continually touring
Elvis arranged this ______ song (Amazing Grace) recorded in March of 1971. - ✔✔ Gospel
Elvis at the '73 Aloha Hawaii performance performed this James Taylor song. It is... - ✔✔
"Steamroller Blues"
Elvis is often considered the "King of Rock and Roll" because he... - ✔✔ all of the above
Elvis quotes this Hank Williams lyric as a poem during one live show with no vocals. It is...
- ✔✔ "Men with Broken Hearts"
, Elvis receives a warm crowd response while singing this medium ballad at Madison Square
Garden ('72), featuring strings and pretty chords at the end. It is... - ✔✔ "I'll Remember
You"
Elvis records this Chuck Berry song at Stax Studios in '73 featuring synthesizers. It is... -
✔✔ "Promised Land"
Elvis records this Kris Kristofferson C&W song as a Pop ballad in '72, featuring
duo style chorus with Charlie Hodge. It is... - ✔✔ "For the Good Times"
Elvis records this Pop ballad, a later hit for Willie Nelson ('82) in '72. It is... - ✔✔ "Always
on My Mind"
Elvis sings and plays piano on this traditional Irish ballad from 1971 featuring no other
performers. It is... - ✔✔ "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen"
George Harrison had his only A-side on a Beatles single with _________, covered by Elvis
in 1970. - ✔✔ Something
In '75, Elvis loses the lead role in Barbara Streisand's remake of the film ______________
because Colonel Parker asks for too much money. - ✔✔ A Star is Born
In 1977, Red and Sonny West published this "tell-all book" about Elvis entitled... - ✔✔
Elvis: What Happened?
In 1980, three years after Elvis' death, his personal physician, __________ was
indicted for over-prescribing drugs. - ✔✔ Dr. Nick
In 1993, the U.S. Postal Service held a contest in which fans voted on their favorite
depiction of Elvis to grace the face of a new stamp, with his likeness from the
___________ winning by a 3 to 1 margin. - ✔✔ 1940s
(complete solutions) A+ GRADE!!
___________ first recorded this C&W Pop song (Snowbird), taking it to #8 on the charts in
1970. - ✔✔ Anne Murray
_______________ had a #3 hit in 1957 with this blues song form redone by Elvis. (Whole
Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On) - ✔✔ Jerry Lee Lewis
Authors Brian Devall, Gail Brewer Giorgio, and Bill Beeny all support the idea that... - ✔✔
Elvis is still alive
Bob Dylan's ___________________ is briefly redone by Elvis in a spontaneous studio
moment from May of 1971. - ✔✔ I Shall Be Released
Conway Twitty first had a '59 hit with this slow Irish ballad, featuring a tender vocal by
Elvis. It is... - ✔✔ "Danny Boy"
During most of 1977, Elvis' final year on earth, Elvis spends much of his time... - ✔✔
continually touring
Elvis arranged this ______ song (Amazing Grace) recorded in March of 1971. - ✔✔ Gospel
Elvis at the '73 Aloha Hawaii performance performed this James Taylor song. It is... - ✔✔
"Steamroller Blues"
Elvis is often considered the "King of Rock and Roll" because he... - ✔✔ all of the above
Elvis quotes this Hank Williams lyric as a poem during one live show with no vocals. It is...
- ✔✔ "Men with Broken Hearts"
, Elvis receives a warm crowd response while singing this medium ballad at Madison Square
Garden ('72), featuring strings and pretty chords at the end. It is... - ✔✔ "I'll Remember
You"
Elvis records this Chuck Berry song at Stax Studios in '73 featuring synthesizers. It is... -
✔✔ "Promised Land"
Elvis records this Kris Kristofferson C&W song as a Pop ballad in '72, featuring
duo style chorus with Charlie Hodge. It is... - ✔✔ "For the Good Times"
Elvis records this Pop ballad, a later hit for Willie Nelson ('82) in '72. It is... - ✔✔ "Always
on My Mind"
Elvis sings and plays piano on this traditional Irish ballad from 1971 featuring no other
performers. It is... - ✔✔ "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen"
George Harrison had his only A-side on a Beatles single with _________, covered by Elvis
in 1970. - ✔✔ Something
In '75, Elvis loses the lead role in Barbara Streisand's remake of the film ______________
because Colonel Parker asks for too much money. - ✔✔ A Star is Born
In 1977, Red and Sonny West published this "tell-all book" about Elvis entitled... - ✔✔
Elvis: What Happened?
In 1980, three years after Elvis' death, his personal physician, __________ was
indicted for over-prescribing drugs. - ✔✔ Dr. Nick
In 1993, the U.S. Postal Service held a contest in which fans voted on their favorite
depiction of Elvis to grace the face of a new stamp, with his likeness from the
___________ winning by a 3 to 1 margin. - ✔✔ 1940s
