Talk:Detroit Olympia

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During Elvis's last Detroit concert at Olympia, a recording was made of Elvis singing Are You Lonesome Tonight and laughing through most of the song. Elvis had a habit of changing the original lyrics to a lot of his songs, this specific version the lyrics were written as "Do you gaze at the doorway and wish I was there" and Elvis sang "Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair" when Elvis spotted a completely bald man in the audience.

I don't think this happened at Olympia. I have a recording with this song, but it's labeled "Elvis Presley / Las Vegas, August 1969". I've also found similar claims on the web:

taped at an 8/22/69 International show and included in a November '69 LP set. This one's a real collectors' item with Elvis totally breaking up.

1969 run at the International Hotel in Vegas

One of the most requested Elvis songs in the last 12 years has been the "live" laughing version of ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT, recorded at the International Hotel in Vegas on August 26, 1969.

Are You Lonesome Tonight (laughing version) and My Babe from Aug 26, 1969 MS.

As an aside, I also saw this on TV a long time ago. In my recollection, the bald guy was wearing a wig (toupe) that he at the crucial time lifted up and set down again. I have tried to find it as a video ever since, but without success.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Lonesome_Tonight_(song) for what I consider the true history of the song.