Radio 2 Elvis Season - The Elvis Trail - Episode 5

Michael Freedland continues his journey to mark the 75th anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth. This week, he stops off in Nashville. In Nashville, Michael visits the famous RCA Studio B where Presley recorded so many of his famous hits after he'd already hit the big time with Sam Phillips at Sun - tracks like Are you Lonesome Tonight? and It's Now Or Never. At the studio Michael chats to Ray Walker of The Jordanaires (who sang backing vocals on many of Elvis' recordings); singer TG Sheppard; and former girlfriend, Ann Ellington Wagner. Later on in Nashville, we hear from Million Dollar Quartet producer Cowboy Jack Clement; Ryman Auditorium marketing manager Brian Wagner; Grand Ol' Opry singer Carol Lee Cooper; bodyguard Sonny West; country singer and impersonator Ronnie McDowell. Michael also takes a visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Ernest Tubbs Record Store, where Elvis used to appear on the radio show, the Midnight Jamboree.