The story behind the song
Elvis Presley never made a formal studio recording of All Right, Okay, You Win. He added the song to his live concert set during his 1974 tour.
Written by Mayme Watts and Sid Wyche, this jump-blues standard became well known in 1955 through recordings by Ella Johnson with the Buddy Johnson Orchestra, Count Basie with Joe Williams, and Freddie Bell and the Bellboys. Elvis admired Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, and after seeing them perform Hound Dog in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1956, he covered the song.
Elvis’s live performance of All Right, Okay, You Win was recorded on September 29, 1974, at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. It later appeared on live bootlegs and archival collector releases, including the FTD (Follow That Dream) album Dragonheart.
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