In a letter from Colonel Parker to Elvis, dated August 6 1957 (see below), it appears that 'One Night' was planned to be re-recorded at these sessions.
It may have also been at these sessions that Elvis tried to record 'Fools Hall Of Fame'. At concerts around this time it is said Elvis announced that 'Fools Hall Of Fame' would be his next single (it is known Elvis sang the song in Vancouver, Canada on August 31, and also in Seattle, Washington on September 1 1957), and is noted as such in the book Day By Day (Ernst Jorgensen and Peter Guralnick) on page 110.
In an interview with D.J. Fontana by Arjan Deelan, published on the Elvis Information Network in August 2010, D.J. mentions 'Fools Hall Of Fame' and the relevant part of the interview is duplicated below:
Q: It's been said that Elvis announced 'Fool's Hall Of Fame' as his new single. Does that ring a bell?
Fontana: We tried that tune, I guess half a dozen times. I don't remember if we ever got a good cut. We tried it. On stage it was great. I think he finally cut it.
Q: You tried it in the studio?
Fontana: Yeah, but there was something about it, It was just one of those songs that you can't get a feel on. I think they finally cut it, but it was a throwaway song, and that's why it was never released. It'll probably come up, somebody will find it and release it. RCA or somebody and then we'll sue them again! (laughs)
It is possible that they ran through 'Fools Hall Of Fame' at these sessions but never got further than the rehearsal stage, either that, or they never recorded a satisfactory take and the tape was erased. As the tapes from these sessions are missing (or were erased by RCA in the 1959 vault clean out) it is impossible to know, but this theory should not be discounted.
'White Christmas' with count-in was released
on the 1985 reissue of Elvis' Christmas Album.
The intro (finger snap) of 'White Christmas'
is edited and removed on the 2007 remaster by
looping the first few bars.
It had been rumoured that 'Silent Night'
with count-in was released on a Readers Digest
album called Christmas In America, but it is
now confirmed that this is in fact just Elvis'
Christmas message from 1967 ("Thank you for
listening... I'd like to wish you a Merry Christmas
and a wonderful New Year").
The re-recordings of 'White Christmas', 'Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)' and 'Silent Night' can found on the 2017 album Elvis: Christmas With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which contained Elvis' original vocals but with new backings by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The re-recording of 'Don't' can found on the 2016 album The Wonder Of You, which contained Elvis' original vocals but with new backings by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and which actually went to number one in the UK album charts.
An edited (2:03) version of 'Don't', with
omitted second verse ("Don’t, don’t,
leave my embrace..." to "Baby don't
say don't..."), was released in 1987 on the
BMG Ariola release The Definitive Love Album.
Thanks to Bill Waters for source comparisons.
Thanks to Adrian V Stokes regarding the edited
versions of songs on the BMG Ariola set of Definitive albums.
Thanks to Kevan Budd for research on 'Fools Hall Of Fame'.
In March of 2007, Sony decided to go through all of Elvis' masters. They retransferred everything and remastered all tracks including repairing as many clicks, pops, bad edits and dropouts as they could. They have used these newly mastered recordings on their new releases since 2007 including budget soundtracks, Legacy releases, the 30 disc Complete Elvis Presley Masters collection and the Franklin Mint package.
