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When Elvis Said 'Aloha' From Hawaii, The World Watched : NPROn January 1. Elvis Presley made history as the first solo entertainer to hold a live concert broadcast internationally via satellite. More than a billion people from more than 4. Asia and Europe tuned in to watch . I'm Jacki Lyden.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)DANA SUZUKI- CULBERTSON: I'm Dana Suzuki- Culbertson(ph), and I live in Kaneohe, Oahu (unintelligible).(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)SUZUKI- CULBERTSON: The night I went to see Elvis, I went with my mother. And I remember sitting up, and the moment I saw him with my binoculars, I was in such awe that I stopped and I was just staring at my mom, saying: Oh, my God. And she told me: Stop looking at me and look at stage and watch.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)LYDEN: Forty years ago this month, on January 1.
Elvis Presley, perfectly tanned in his high- collared American Eagle jumpsuit, walked onstage at the Honolulu International Center to make history - the first solo entertainer to broadcast live via satellite.(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)LYDEN: More than 4. Asia to Europe, 1 billion and a half viewers, watched the King in the historic concert called .
And then da- da- da, da- da- da, and then out he comes, you know, . Oh, see what you have done. I said see, see see rider. Oh, see what you have done. Girl, you made me love you. Now, now, now your lovin' man has gone.
Hear what I say. LYDEN: Also in the audience was a graduate student named Neil Abercrombie. He was (unintelligible). GOVERNOR NEIL ABERCROMBIE: It was 1. The place was packed, about 6,0. And he was in his, you know, his white cape, and he had his semi- karate moves.
And he sang at least 2. APPLAUSE)PRESLEY: Thank you. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine. ABERCROMBIE: He did .
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- Aloha from Hawaii is a music concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and was broadcast live via satellite on January 14, 1973. The concert took place at the Honolulu International Center (HIC) in Honolulu (now.
I just loved him.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, . Never know how much I care. Oh, when you put your arms around me I get a fever that's so hard to bear. You give me fever. LYDEN: Yes, Elvis charmed the girls, girls, girls, and the boys too. Neil Abercrombie became an Elvis fan after listening to R& B in his hometown of Buffalo, New York.
Hello, I am not an ETA (would be if I could sing.lol) however, I have been a huge Elvis fan all my life and like to collect memorabilia. I have always been fasinated by his jumpsuits, especially the Aloha Suit, I am very.
So, of course, he was happy to see the king's genius on stage. ABERCROMBIE: He did rhythm and blues stuff. And, of course, he did . The second he started it, people burst into tears.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, . I'll be lonely, oh, so lonely, living only to remember you.
LYDEN: The reason behind the Hawaii concert was to commemorate the late Hawaiian composer Kui Lee who'd written the song . Presley recorded the song in June of 1. Lee died.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, .
To your arms someday.. LYDEN: Elvis Presley loved Hawaii, and he was happy there. He made three movies in the state with titles like . John Jackson is vice president of Sony's Legacy Recordings. JOHN JACKSON: It was the same day as the Super Bowl, you know, Super Bowl VII, Dolphins versus Redskins. Yeah, that was the season that the Dolphins went undefeated, which was a huge deal.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, . We can't go on together with suspicious minds.
And we can't build our dreams on suspicious minds. So if an old friend I know.. LYDEN: So I've seen your picture, John Jackson, and are you as old as Elvis was when he performed this concert?
JACKSON: That's funny you mentioned that. I actually am 3. 8 years old right now.
I haven't thought of that before (unintelligible). And thank you for reminding me, by the way. LYDEN: And happy birthday, by the way.(LAUGHTER)LYDEN: But how do we explain your fascination for a performer you weren't even born when this concert took place? And you've become a, you know, an expert on Elvis.
JACKSON: I was fortunate enough to have attended Indiana University. I actually, for my thesis project, made a CD- ROM about Elvis' life where you could see clips and see photos and read about him and the argument being that Elvis really ushered in the age of the multimedia human being. And you couldn't just hear his music without seeing his photograph, or you couldn't see the photograph without seeing the motion of him on television, or you had to take in everything or he didn't make sense. And then after that, everything changed. And, you know, the world is now a multimedia place.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, . The record shows I took the blows and did it my way. JACKSON: Oh, I mean, the whole was just fantastic.
I mean, you can tell when listening to the January 1. But the 1. 4 show, he just absolutely kills it. And, you know, particularly the famous performances of . And it's just one of the great performances of his entire career.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, . Neil Abercrombie is now Hawaii's governor, and he still loves Elvis.
ABERCROMBIE: He was a phenomenon. And we're talking about it 4. You're not going to have the Justin Bieber world satellite concert 4.
Beyonce or something like that. These are passing phenomenon.
Presley was singular in that way. The word charisma was made for him.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, . Take my whole life too. For I can't help falling in love with you. LYDEN: Fortieth anniversary celebrations of the concert are planned from Memphis to Honolulu with a rebroadcast of the 1. If you're lucky enough to get there, you'll be joining Governor Abercrombie at the arena where it all took place on January 1. You, too, can say what Elvis might say if he were there - .
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