This 2004 CD album was created...BECAUSE OF ELVIS.
A very young
Jim Vanhollebeke first experienced THE VOICE in 1956. Walking down a
street he heard some kid's portable record player blasting from an open
garage in some backyard. Jim had never encountered such a sound. He didn't
know who the singer was, but for the first time in his life he knew how
GOOD music could be! He kept circling back and forth and listening to that
record. And that kid in the garage kept spinning the disc over and over.
Young Vanhollebeke had just experienced Heartbreak Hotel . And like a
million future singers, he would enjoy this and hundreds more Elvis songs
year after year. Over and OVER! It was only natural such a tremendous
influence would have it's effect as Vanhollebeke's natural music talent
evolved into a reflection of Elvis. Today Jim sings the song as he feels
it. And, in a manner that he feels it SHOULD be sung. Vanhollebeke loved
Presley. Presley taught him to sing. Yes, he sounds like Elvis. How could
he NOT?! Elvis changed and influenced music worldwide. After all, a
MILLION Elvis fans can't all be wrong!
