The incredible story of the resurrection of Elvis, from 50's crooner to late 60's King of Rock n Roll.
"Goddard not only knows his Elvis, but deftly weaves in the cultural background of the
era." -MOJO
As 1968 dawns, the once King of rock'n'roll faces cultural oblivion. While elsewhere the Sixties are swinging, for Elvis they're sinking- in terrible films, drug addiction, paranoia, religious mania and the mercenary wiles of his psychopathic manager. In the words of the hip young director assigned to his first TV special, Elvis' reputation was "in the toilet." However the same director, Steve Binder, was now about to save it. Together they would embark on the biggest creative fight of Elvis' life.
The Comeback plots the incredible true story of Elvis' fall and rise from Army discharge to iconic black leather resurrection. Simon Goddard takes the reader inside the life, music and mind of Elvis, isolated from an America unravelling in its own Sixties chaos of war, racism, riots and assassinations, until his world and theirs collide in the greatest performance of his life.
A genre-busting modernist rock'n'roll fable unlike any music biography you've ever read, The Comeback is the definitive account of how it took Elvis eight years on the big screen to lose his crown - but just one magical hour on a small one to win it back.
With a foreword by music journalist, author and founding member of Saint Etienne, Bob Stanley.| ISBN: | 9781917274029 |
| Publication date: | 16th June 2026 |
| Author: | Simon Goddard |
| Publisher: | Omnibus Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Series: | Omnibus Remastered |
| Genres: |
Popular music Musicians, singers, bands and groups Biography: arts and entertainment Social and cultural history |
The incredible story of the resurrection of Elvis, from 50's crooner to late 60's King of Rock n Roll.
"Goddard not only knows his Elvis, but deftly weaves in the cultural background of the
era." -MOJO
As 1968 dawns, the once King of rock'n'roll faces cultural oblivion. While elsewhere the Sixties are swinging, for Elvis they're sinking- in terrible films, drug addiction, paranoia, religious mania and the mercenary wiles of his psychopathic manager. In the words of the hip young director assigned to his first TV special, Elvis' reputation was "in the toilet." However the same director, Steve Binder, was now about to save it. Together they would embark on the biggest creative fight of Elvis' life.
The Comeback plots the incredible true story of Elvis' fall and rise from Army discharge to iconic black leather resurrection. Simon Goddard takes the reader inside the life, music and mind of Elvis, isolated from an America unravelling in its own Sixties chaos of war, racism, riots and assassinations, until his world and theirs collide in the greatest performance of his life.
A genre-busting modernist rock'n'roll fable unlike any music biography you've ever read, The Comeback is the definitive account of how it took Elvis eight years on the big screen to lose his crown - but just one magical hour on a small one to win it back.
With a foreword by music journalist, author and founding member of Saint Etienne, Bob Stanley.The Comeback features in the following genres: Popular music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Biography: arts and entertainment, Social and cultural history
The Comeback is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Comeback was written by Simon Goddard and published by Omnibus Press
The Comeback has 368 pages
Yes it is part of Omnibus Remastered series
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