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BRENDA LEE STAYS “COMMERCIAL” WITH APPEARANCE ON THIS WEEKEND’S SUPER BOWL TELECAST
A song by my good friend, Brenda Lee, will be featured on a Super Bowl commercial ad this weekend!
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Music Icon Proves Enduring Voices & Timeless Songs
Always Win In The Game of Life
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 30, 2015) – Move over Katy Perry! This Sunday’s Super Bowl 49 telecast on NBC –expected to top last year’s record of 112.2 million viewers—will have another voice to be heard in the run down of not-to-missed moments highlighting this weekend’s Patriots-Seahawks face-off.
Music icon Brenda Lee whose industry sales top the 100 million mark globally is the recognizable voice viewers will hear behind this year’s eye-popping Super Bowl Ad for Victoria’s Secret. As the “angels” spread their wings and strut their impressive stuff on Victoria’s runway, Brenda’s sultry crooning of “I’m In The Mood For Love” will definitely add another memorable highlight to her already incredible list of career credits.
“I’m In the Mood for Love” –written by veteran tunesmith Jimmy McHugh and co-writer Dorothy Fields, turns 80 this year. Originally released in 1935, it has been recorded by over 100 artists—including celebrated voices spanning the generations of music — Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Barbra Streisand—to modern turns at the microphone from artists as diverse as the Sex Pistols, Rod Stewart, James Taylor and Amy Winehouse.
In the midst of such stellar competition, now from her rarified perch as a member of the Rock & Roll (and Country) Music Halls of Fame— Brenda Lee is particularly proud that her vocal rendition gets to score a Super Bowl touchdown. She attributes the honor to having had a great coach.
She noted is a recent interview, “As a young artist, I learned from the best—my producer the legendary Owen Bradley. Owen sat me down when we first began working together in the studio and said, ‘Brenda, always remember a classic song will live forever.’ In the midst of cutting the hits I enjoyed in my teens—songs such as I’m Sorry, All Alone Am I, Break It To Me Gently—Owen would insist we take time in our song searches to listen together and find great, timeless songs such as ‘I’m In The Mood For Love’ to be included on my album releases. We originally cut the song in 1961 and it was released on one of my best ever selling albums, Emotions, virtually introducing this wonderful piece of music to a whole new generation of listeners.”
No matter how much air is in the Super Bowl football this Sunday—one thing is certain. Brenda Lee proves that great artists and great songs always endure.
You can watch the Super Bowl ad video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc648kFFZhM
Riley Keough, Elvis Presley’s Granddaughter is Getting Married
Riley Keough, the eldest granddaughter of Elvis Presley, will marry Australian stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen in California’s Napa Valley in two weeks.
Riley is the daughter of Lisa Marie-Presley and Danny Keough. Danny was Lisa-Marie’s first husband before Michael Jackson, Nicholas Cage and her current husband, Michael Lockwood.
Lisa-Marie and Danny also have son Benjamin. Lisa-Marie has two twin children with Lockwood named Finley and Harper.
Riley and Ben met working together on the reboot of the Mad Max franchise Mad Max: Road Fury. The movie will feature Riley as the character Capable. It is scheduled to be released in May, 2015.
Tom Hardy will play Mad Max, Charlize Theron is Imperator Furiosa and the daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonnet, Zoe Kravitz will play the role of Toast.
The History Channel video shoot of Bud Glass of The Kings Ransom Museum
The History Channel video shoot of Bud Glass of The Kings Ransom Museum inside Elvis Presley’ showroom at the former Las Vegas Hilton (the new Westgate Resort)
The King’s Ransom Museum: Personal Treasures of Elvis Presley, owned by Bud Glass and Russ Howe, is on display at the very place where Elvis set up court and ruled Vegas in the 1970’s. Over 800 concerts were performed by Elvis on this historic stage.
A New Elvis Documentary
Hey Elvis Fans,
A new exciting documentary is being done and they are needing some feedback from all the Elvis Fans. Please pass this press release onto your Fan Club Members and if you have any additional information about Stay Away Joe, Please contact these two amazing ladies. They are wanting to hear from you. Please help them get the word out to all Elvis Fans. This is all new information coming out about The Man. Thanks and I hope all of you are doing great!
Download the ELVIS Press Release Here – (Microsoft Word DOC Format)
Love to you all,
Patsy