It was 46 years ago today (October 31st, 1976) that Elvis Presley last recorded professionally. Elvis, who was finishing up his latest round of sessions, recorded in the Jungle Room of his Graceland mansion in Memphis. He taped his vocal for a cover of "He'll Have To Go," which had been a Number Two hit in 1960 for the late Jim Reeves. In the days prior to the session, Elvis, who due to health issues insisted on recording at home with a portable studio, had also recorded "Way Down," which went on to be his final Top 20 hit during his lifetime. Also recorded was a cover of the late Johnny Ace's 1955 Top 20 hit "Pledging My Love," and Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "It's Easy For You." All four of the songs appeared on "The King's" final album, 1977's Moody Blue. Elvis' longtime lead guitarist and bandleader James Burton was asked if he or any of Presley's band ever verbally expressed that Presl
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Now retired in Henderson, Max Uballez helped found the East L.A. sound that shared the airwaves with the Beatles in the ’60s There’s scarcely a Baby Boomer who didn’t bop to the beat of 1965’s “Land of 1000 Dances” by Cannibal and the Headhunters. Beginning with that mesmerizing “Naaa na na na na…” the song crossed over racial and ethnic lines and put teenagers on the dance floor like no other since Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba.” Paul McCartney even invited Cannibal (Frankie Garcia) to open for The Beatles on their ’65 U.S. tour. The unsung hero of “Land of 1000 Dances” was 18-year-old producer and arranger, Max Uballez, who’s been living in Henderson for the last 16 years. In 1963 Uballez and his band the Romancers had released Do the Slauson, the first album recorded by an East L.A. Chicano group. Through the 1960s, the Romancers recorded their own hits written by Uballez and also backed countless performers from Chuck Berry and Little Richard to Chris M