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Interest in Presley's recordings returned during the buildup to the
2002 World Cup, when Nike used a Junkie XL remixed version of his "A
Little Less Conversation" (credited as Elvis Vs JXL) as the background
music to a series of TV commercials featuring international soccer
stars. The remix hit Number 1 in over 20 countries, including the
United States, the United Kingdom and Australia (it was also his first
top 10 hit in the UK for nearly 22 years, and his first #1 there for
nearly 25 years). At about the same time, a compilation of Presley's US
Number 1 hits, ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits, was being prepared for release. "A
Little Less Conversation" (remix version) was quickly added as the
album's 31st track just before its release in October 2002. Nearly 50
years after Presley made his first hit record and 25 years after his
death, ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits reached number 1 on the charts in the US, the
UK, Australia and many other countries. A re-release from the album,
"Burning Love" (not a remix) also made the Australian top 40 later in
the year.
 Elvis 30 #1 Hits, 2003
In mid-2004, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Presley's first
professional recording, "That's All Right", the recording in question
was re-released, and made the charts around the world, including top 3
in the UK and top 40 in Australia.
In early 2005 in the United Kingdom, RCA began to re-issue his 18 UK #1
singles as CD-singles in the order they were originally released, one
of them a week. The first of these re-issues, "All Shook Up", was
ineligible due to its being sold together with a collector's box which
holds all 18 singles in it (it actually sold enough to be #2). The
second of these re-releases, "Jailhouse Rock", was the number one in
the first chart of 2005, and "One Night"/"I Got Stung", the third
re-release in the series, replaced it on the January 16 chart (and thus
becoming the 1000th UK number one entry). All of these have reached top
5 in the official charts, with three number 1s, eight number 2s, four
number 3s, one number 4, and one number 5. These re-releases have made
Elvis the only artist so far to spend at least 1000 weeks in the
British top 40.
CBS recently aired a TV miniseries, "Elvis," starring Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the legendary singer.
Presley was named one of the top 100 "Greatest Americans," following a
vote organized by Discovery Channel. In the vote, Presley ranked ahead
of all entertainers and in 8th place behind Presidents Reagan, Lincoln,
Washington, Clinton, and Bush, plus Martin Luther King and Benjamin
Franklin.[From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ]
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