- My Farewell to Elvis
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My Farewell to Elvis 
Studio album by Merle Haggard Released October 1977 Genre Country, rockabilly Length 25:10 Label MCA Producer Fuzzy Owen Merle Haggard chronology A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
(1977)My Farewell to Elvis
(1977)I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
(1978)Alternative Cover 
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]My Farewell to Elvis is an album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1977. It reached Number 6 on the Country album chart. The single "From Graceland to the Promised Land" reached number 4 on the Billboard Country Singles chart. The album is a tribute to the music of Elvis Presley.[2]
Track listing
- "From Graceland to the Promised Land" (Merle Haggard) – 2:28
- "In the Ghetto"(Mac Davis) – 2:55
- "Don't Be Cruel" (Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley) – 1:59
- "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:50
- "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Presley) – 2:42
- "That's All Right" (Arthur Crudup) – 2:29
- "Heartbreak Hotel" (Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Presley) – 2:18
- "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay Johnson) – 2:23
- "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) – 2:01
- "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (Roy Turk, Lou Handman) – 2:48
- "Merle's Farewell to Elvis" (Haggard) – :17
Chart positions
Year Chart Position 1977 Billboard Country albums 6 The Billboard 200 133 References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Allmusic entry for My Farewell to Elvis. Retrieved December 2009.
Merle Haggard The Strangers: Roy Nichols • Norman Hamlet • Biff Adam • Dennis Hromek • Bobby Wayne
Marcia Nichols · Eddie Burris · George French · Jerry WardStudio albums Strangers · Swinging Doors · I'm a Lonesome Fugitive · Branded Man · Sing Me Back Home · The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde · Mama Tried · Pride in What I Am · Same Train, A Different Time · A Portrait of Merle Haggard · A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) · Hag · Someday We'll Look Back · Let Me Tell You About a Song · It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) · If We Make It Through December · Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album · Keep Movin' On · It's All in the Movies · My Love Affair with Trains · The Roots of My Raising · Ramblin' Fever · A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today · My Farewell to Elvis · I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall · Serving 190 Proof · The Way I Am · Back to the Barrooms · Big City · Going Where the Lonely Go · That's the Way Love Goes · It's All in the Game · Kern River · Out Among the Stars · A Friend in California · Chill Factor · 5:01 Blues · Blue Jungle · 1994 · 1996 · If I Could Only Fly · Roots, Volume 1 · The Peer Sessions · Haggard Like Never Before · Unforgettable · Chicago Wind · The Bluegrass Sessions · I Am What I Am · Working in TennesseeLive albums Okie from Muskogee · The Fightin' Side of Me · I Love Dixie Blues · Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium · The Epic Collection · Amber Waves of Grain · Motorcycle Cowboy: Live at Billy Bob's Texas · Ol' Country Singer · Live from Austin, TX · Live from Austin, TX '78Gospel albums The Land of Many Churches · Songs for the Mama That Tried · Cabin in the Hills · Two Old Friends with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.Holiday albums Merle Haggard's Christmas Present · Goin' Home for Christmas · Pancho, Lefty and Rudolph with Willie Nelson · I Wish I Was Santa ClausThe Strangers albums Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers · Introducing My Friends The Strangers · Getting to Know Merle Haggard's Strangers · Honky Tonkin' · Totally Instrumental (With One Exception...)Singles 1960s"Sing a Sad Song" · "Sam Hill" · "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" · "I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can" · "Swinging Doors" · "The Bottle Let Me Down" · "The Fugitive" · "Someone Told My Story" · "I Threw Away the Rose" · "Branded Man" · "Sing Me Back Home" · "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" · "Mama Tried" · "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" · "Hungry Eyes" · "Workin' Man Blues" · "Okie from Muskogee"1970s"The Fightin' Side of Me" · "Jesus, Take a Hold" · "I Can't Be Myself" · "Soldier's Last Letter" · "Someday We'll Look Back" · "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" · "Carolyn" · "Grandma Harp" · "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" · "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" · "The Emptiest Arms in the World" · "Everybody's Had the Blues" · "If We Make It Through December" · "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" · "Old Man from the Mountain" · "Kentucky Gambler" · "Always Wanting You" · "Movin' On" · "It's All in the Movies" · "The Roots of My Raising" · "Here Comes the Freedom Train" · "Cherokee Maiden" · "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" · "Ramblin' Fever" · "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" · "From Graceland to the Promised Land" · "Running Kind" · "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" · "It's Been a Great Afternoon" · "The Way It Was in '51" · "Red Bandana" · "My Own Kind of Hat" ·1980s – 1990s"The Way I Am" · "Misery and Gin" · "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" · "Leonard" · "Rainbow Stew" · "My Favorite Memory" · "Big City" · "Dealing with the Devil" · "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" · "Going Where the Lonely Go" · "You Take Me for Granted" · "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" · "It's All in the Game" · "That's the Way Love Goes" · "Someday When Things Are Good" · "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" · "A Place to Fall Apart" · "Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans" · "Kern River" · "Amber Waves of Grain" · "American Waltz" · "A Friend in California" · "Out Among the Stars" · "Almost Persuaded" · "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" · "Chill Factor" · "We Never Touch at All" · "You Babe" · "5:01 Blues" · "A Better Love Next Time" · "If You Want to Be My Woman" · "Broken Friend" · "When It Rains It Pours" · "In My Next Life"Collaborations AlbumsJust Between the Two of Us with Bonnie Owens · A Taste of Yesterday's Wine with George Jones · Pancho & Lefty with Willie Nelson · Heart to Heart with Leona Williams · Walking the Line with George Jones and Willie Nelson · Seashores of Old Mexico with Willie Nelson · Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again with George Jones · Last of the Breed with Willie Nelson and Ray PriceSingles"Just Between the Two of Us" with Bonnie Owens · "The Bull and the Beaver" with Leona Williams · "Bar Room Buddies" with Clint Eastwood · "Yesterday's Wine" with George Jones · "C.C. Waterback" with George Jones · "Reasons to Quit" with Willie Nelson · "Pancho and Lefty" with Willie Nelson · "We're Strangers Again" with Leona Williams · "If I Could Only Fly" with Willie Nelson · "That's the Way Love Goes" with Jewel · "Wreck on the Highway" with Chester SmithGuest appearances "Street Singer" by The Strangers · "Willie" by Hank Cochran · "Walking the Floor Over You" by Ernest Tubb · "I Can't Hold Myself in Line" by Johnny Paycheck · "Lefty" by David Frizzell · "Same Old Train" from Tribute to Tradition · "Politically Uncorrect" by Gretchen WilsonCompilations The Best of Merle Haggard · Close-Up · The Best of the Best of Merle Haggard · Songs I'll Always Sing · Eleven Winners · The Way It Was in '51 · Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits · His Epic Hits: The First 11 (To Be Continued...) · His Best · His Greatest and His Best · The Lonesome Fugitive · Untamed Hawk · Vintage Collections · Down Every Road · Yesterday's Wine 1981-1988 · A&E Biography · 16 Biggest Hits · For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits · Merle Haggard's Train Whistle Blues · 20 Greatest Hits · David Allan Coe Presents · 40 #1 Hits · The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years · Hag: The Best of Merle HaggardRelated articles Categories:- 1977 albums
- Merle Haggard albums
- MCA Records albums
- Elvis Presley tribute albums
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