Brian Quinn

UK Album Chart - 17th November, 2013 Top 40 1. (NEW) ARTPOP (Lady Gaga) 1 wk 2. (1) THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 (Eminem) 2 wks 3. (NEW) LOVED ME BACK TO LIFE (Celine Dion) 1 wk 4. (NEW) SALUTE (Little Mix) 1 wk 5. (7) THE NATION'S FAVOURITE ELVIS SONGS (Elvis Presley) 2 wks 6. (NEW) DIRECT HITS (The Killers) 1 wk 7. (NEW) THE FABULOUS ROCK'N'ROLL SONGBOOK (Cliff Richard) 1 wk 8. (NEW) TRUST (Alfie Boe) 1 wk 9. (2) JAMES ARTHUR (James Arthur) 2 wks 10. (NEW) THE BEST OF (Keane) 1 wk 11. (4) MUSIC OF THE NIGHT (Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra) 2 wks 12. (NEW) ON AIR: LIVE AT THE BBC VOL 2 (Beatles) 1 wk 13. (8) MOON LANDING (James Blunt) 4 wks 14. (5) SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (The Overtones) 2 wks 15. (10) PRISM (Katy Perry) 4 wks 16. (NEW) A PICTURE OF YOU (Daniel O'Donnell) 1 wk 17. (NEW) ONLY ONE MAN ( Russell Watson) 1 wk 18. (11) AM (Arctic Monkeys) 10 wks 19. (3) DEMONSTRATION (Tinie Tempah) 2 wks 20. (29) ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS (Passenger) 31 wks 21. (30) HALCYON (Ellie Goulding) 58 wks 22. (32) MERRY CHRISTMAS, BABY (Rod Stewart) 23. (21) TO BE LOVED (Michael Bublé) 31 wks 24. (16) THE VERY BEST OF (Bob Dylan) 2 wks 25. (27) UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX (Bruno Mars) 49 wks 26. (12) REFLEKTOR (Arcade Fire) 3 wks 27. (19) PERHAPS LOVE (Jonathan & Charlotte) 5 wks 28. (17) IF YOU WAIT (London Grammar) 10 wks 29. (6) YOU & ME (Shane Filan) 2 wks 30. (26) JAKE BUGG (Jake Bugg) 57 wks 31. (36) TIME (Rod Stewart) 27 wks 32. (24) BANGERZ (Miley Cyrus) 6 wks 33. (13) PURE HEROINE (Lorde) 3 wks 34. (9) WORD OF MOUTH (The Wanted) 2 wks 35. (18) ALIVE (Jessie J) 8 wks 36. (23) OUR VERSION OF EVENTS (Emeli Sandé) 92 wks 37. (58) CHRISTMAS (Michael Bublé) 38. (34) MECHANICAL BULL (Kings Of Leon) 8 wks 39. (37) TAKE ME HOME (One Direction) 53 wks 40. (20) TRIBUTE (John Newman) 5 wks Brian

'It's Christmas Time' re-enters the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at 127 for w/e 23rd November, 2013. It also rises from 45 to 12 on the Top Catalog Album Chart and from 20 to 14 on the Holiday Albums Chart. 'Merry Christmas, Love Elvis' is a new entry on the Top Current Album Chart at 170. It drops from 25 to 26 on the Holiday Album Chart. it also rises from 39 to 33 on the Top Country Album Chart. 'The Classic Christmas Album' re-enters the Top Country Album Chart at 49. 'He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley' (Vols.1 and 2) rises from 33 to 6 on the Music Video Sales Chart. 'Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert' re-enters the Music Video Sales Chart at 8. Brian

Tickets for the Manchester Concert have now sold out and the concert in Birmingham only has one seat left. Most other venues only have the odd seats left. Those fans from the UK who still wish to attend one or more of these concerts then I suggest you buy your tickets a.s.a.p. Brian

On Today's Midweek Chart (Friday): Elvis 5 Cliff Richard 8 Beatles 10 Brian :dance:

Sales of the album are up 800% over last week and it is heading for the Top 5. Brian :dance:

The UK Midweek Album Chart (Wednesday) shows: Elvis 6 Beatles 8 Cliff Richard 11. Just like going back to the 50's and early 60's. Brian B-)

This week's midweek UK album chart is as follows: 7 new albums in the top 10. Highest new entry at #1 for Lady Gaga on 38k, Celine Dion at #2 is 16k behind, making up the top 5 are Eminem, Little Mix, and the Killers. Beatles, Alfie Boe and Keane top 10, other new entries inside the top 20 from Cliff Richard, Daniel O'Donnell, Russell Watson and Erasure. Elvis drops one place to 8 so far. Brian

Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo4_XWVEIO0 Brian

Please go to the following URL: http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/11/08/coc...during-x-factor It appears Coca-Cola will use the same video as shown below but featuring Elvis instead of the girl singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww9-s3-fOJs Brian B-)

Sales figures for the last week's UK Top 20 Albums: 1 Eminem 143,034 2 James Arthur 63,995 3 Tinie Tempah 29,980 4 Andre Rieu 29,261 5 The Overtones 19,198 6 Shane Filan 18,451 7 Elvis Presley 16,923 8 James Blunt 14,718 9 The Wanted 14,700 10 Katy Perry 14,171 11 Arctic Monkeys 12,154 12 Arcade Fire 11,848 13 Lorde 9,209 14 Avril Lavigne 9,137 15 Nickelback 8,415 16 Bob Dylan 8,245 17 London Grammar 7,969 18 Jessie J 6,813 19 Jonathan & Charlotte 6,779 20 John Newman 6,572. I guess RAP rules with teenagers. Andre Rieu is selling well because his concerts are screened back to back throughout the day on the Sky Arts Channel. Now if only Elvis could have that. If the public see and hear him he will sell. Brian

Check out the ratings as follows: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a53005...-primetime.html Brian

As an Elvis fan I thought the Programme was excellent and better than expected. It seemed to fly by especially with the invasive interruption of advertisements. The sound was excellent and most important there were no impersonators involved. It was rapid moving and to the point. Put over in a documentary style it featured all the main points one would want featuring including his UK record of No.1 Hits and his one billion worldwide record sales making him the best-selling solo artist of all-time. Of course one can always argue about the one billion figure as they could about the figure of 20 million given for the worldwide sales of ‘Its Now Or Never’. The countdown went from 20 to 1 with the ultimate winner being ‘Always On My Mind’ just narrowly beating out ‘Suspicious Minds’. I do feel that Priscilla may have had the final casting vote for this track, however. The twenty tracks featured in countdown order were: 20 King Creole 19 If I Can Dream 18 Don’t Be Cruel 17 Viva Las Vegas 16 Heartbreak Hotel 15 American Trilogy 14 It’s Now Or Never 13 All Shook Up 12 Blue Suede Shoes 11 The Wonder Of You 10 Are You Lonesome Tonight? (including laughing version) 9 Return To Sender 8 Love Me tender 7 Hound Dog 6 Jailhouse Rock 5 A Little Less Conversation (film and remix versions) 4 In The Ghetto 3 Can’t Help Falling In Love (film and ‘live’ versions) 2 Suspicious Minds (Live Version featured) 1 Always On My Mind. There were clips and comments from, among others, Engelbert Humperdinck, Michael Buble, Cliff Richard, Ronnie Tutt, Glen Hardin, DJ Fontana, Estelle Brown, Bill Baize, Joe Moscheo, George Kline, Sharlene Spiteri, JXL, Gareth Gates, UB 40, Mac Davis, Celeste Yarnall, Suzi Quattro, Fine Young Cannibals, Michael Ball, Kevin Kearn, Jerry Schillling, Darlene Love, Cerys Matthews (Welsh singer) highly rated by Tom Jones (who surprisingly was not featured in this programme). The Sony advert for the album was featured during the programme (which is normally not allowed) and at the end an announcement was made that the album was on sale at all good record outlets. ‘A Little Less Conversation’, and the video of same, was featured which would no doubt have appealed to the younger generation, although now far removed from material featured by such artists as Rihanna and Eminem. Also Celeste Yarnall, one of Elvis’ co-stars from ‘Live A Little, Love A Little’ apparently loved ALLC and told Elvis that it was going to be one of his biggest No.1 hits ever. It wasn’t at the time but she laughs explaining that if she could talk to him now she would remind him she was right all along. There were few negative aspects but I could have done without the comments of Mike Stoller, who preferred the original version of ‘Hound Dog’ by Big Mama Thornton and thought Elvis’ version silly. He also stated that he did not think ‘King Creole’ was one of their better efforts. They also featured a couple of minutes footage on the sinking of the liner ‘Andrea Doria’ from which Stoller was saved – time wasted in my opinion. Further, I noticed that ‘Jailhouse Rock’ was shown as being made in 1958!! Priscilla commented throughout the programme supported by the usual private film footage including that from Hawaiian vacations and the wedding etc. I did not notice any new film footage. She came across well in my opinion and stated that she felt shy about revealing some of her private moments with Elvis. However, during the playing of ‘Always On My Mind’ she stated that Elvis gave her a copy of the song after he recorded it. Apparently she had never revealed this before. Further, during the playing of ‘The Wonder Of You’ she stated that Elvis was referring to God when singing it and not any person. Apparently he believed that God gave him his voice. There was no mention made of prescription drug abuse and the footage of Elvis used was mainly from the 1968 Special; TTWII, ‘Aloha’ and early TV appearances. Needless to say and true to form, Lisa Marie never appeared in the documentary to talk about Elvis but there was a plug for her two top ten albums with video footage. The ending was rather strange I thought with Priscilla reflecting about the difficulties surrounding their break-up commenting “I would have done anything for that man”. In conclusion an excellent programme on UK prime-time television giving Elvis much needed, and long overdue, national exposure. I feel it will help improve his image with the general public and hopefully lead to the current album achieving a Top 10 position. Of course, demographics, death and musical styles now detract from immediate Top 10 Hits but I can think of no other artist who is so revered so long after their death. Brian :dance: B-) :D

The album is now No.35 in the charts. Brian

Win a copy of the album: http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/what-s-on/co...grabs-1-5660365 Brian

Here is the TV advert for the album: Brian

In the UK Midweek Album Charts yesterday (5th)(following one day's sale) 'The Nations Favourite Elvis Songs' album entered at No.50. Today it is No.44. It must be remembered that this is without any promotion which does not start in earnest until after the TV programme this Friday. I expect sales to pick up next week but in effect this means that they will have been split over two weeks leading to a lower chart position than would have been the norm. Brian

Looks like Elvis has a new convert: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/columnists/mike...e-see-the-light Brian B-)

KAROAKE ROADSHOW TO VISIT: BLACKPOOL – 6/11 at Coral Island (3pm – 6pm) BIRMINGHAM – 7/11 at Rotunda Square (5pm – 8pm) LONDON – 8/11 at Westfield White City (4pm – 7pm) CARDIFF – 9/11 at Queen St/ Churchill Way (1pm – 4pm) It’s Now or Never as Elvis fans across the country get the chance to belt out their favourite song by The King in a one-off special Karaoke Roadshow, launched to celebrate the release of the definitive Elvis Presley collection, The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs. The album is released via Sony Music on 4 November and available on CD, deluxe double CD and download. The first of its kind, The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs Roadshow Karaoke! will take to the road in Blackpool on Wednesday 6 November, before visiting Birmingham, London and finishing in Cardiff on Saturday 9 November. Featuring 20 songs taken from the album, Elvis fans have the chance to show the UK what they‘ve got by singing ‘Suspicious Minds’, ‘Love Me Tender’, ‘In The Ghetto’, ‘The Wonder Of You’, Jailhouse Rock’ and many more. But will they get crowds ‘All Shook Up’ or end up in the ‘Heartbreak Hotel’? Fans also have the opportunity to enter an amazing competition to win a trip for two to Graceland in Memphis, home of The King. Full details will be at facebook.com/FavouriteElvisSongs from 4th November. Elvis Presley forever changed the world both musically and culturally and is one of the single most important figures in 20th century popular music. He holds the record for Most Hit Singles on The US Chart, Most Top 10 Albums On The UK Chart and still holds the record for the Most No. 1 Singles in the UK with 21 hits. His legacy and unforgettable style continues to shine and influence generations. The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Songs – a 20 track collection - features some of the biggest hits and finest songs ever recorded and performed by the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The album is released to coincide with ITV1’s The Nation’s Favourite Elvis Song, a countdown of 20 of The King’s best tracks as voted for by the public. The show airs on Friday 8 November at 9pm. Source: The OEPFC of Great Britain / Updated: Oct 31, 2013 Brian

The complete version of the duet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZe_rdlMSxE This CD single is released on 9th December and the download on 8th December. The 'X' Factor single will not be released until 15th December. Looking likely that Elvis will get his 22nd UK No.1 on 15th December. On such duets both artists are credited with a No.1. Brian :dance:

Want to win a copy of the album: http://www.music-news.com/showcompetition....petitionID=3335 Brian :)

This single is now a major contender for No.1 as it is being released for a good charitable cause 'Save The Children' which will get a lot of publicity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsWjdtLGohQ Brian :dance:

Elvis had no albums on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart for w/e 2nd November, 2013. On the Holiday Album Chart Elvis had the following entries: 'It's Christmas Time' - 8 'Merry Christmas Love, Elvis' - 10 'Blue Christmas' - 46 On the Music Video Sales Chart Elvis had the following entry: 'He Touched Me - The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley' (Vols. 1 and 2) - 37. Brian

Please go to the following URL: http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/mu...-one.1382527222 Brian :D

Sony will be: TV advertising from Fri 8th - £100k+ from 8th – 15th November Utilising posters (Rail 6 sheets and ASDA 6 sheets) from the 4th Utilising Press ads (The Sun and Express on Sat 9th) Organising Press – reviews and features - all being confirmed at the moment. Making album available in all supermarkets including BHS plus HMV etc. Digital marketing (bingo and gambling plus facebook) Featuring 60” radio ads on Absolute Radio 60s, Magic 105.4 and Total Smooth Radio from 8th Having a karaoke roadshow (being announced next week) but going to Blackpool, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. Brian B-)

Please go to the following URL: http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2013/...elebrities.html Brian