Celebrate the Heart of Country, Americana, and Roots Music!

Elvis Presley And Linda Thompson Duets In A Surprising Old Record

Elvis Presley And Ex-Girlfriend Linda Thompson Harmonize In Hardly-Heard Duet
Riley Johnson
by

Riley Johnson covers country music’s legends, tributes, and the stories behind the songs for Country Thang Daily. When a legend is honored, remembered, or back in the spotlight, Riley is usually the one writing it.

Get Country Thang Daily first on GoogleGet CTD first on GoogleAdd us as a preferred source in Top StoriesAdd us as a preferred sourceAdd

A 1973 duet proves how great the combination of the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ Elvis Presley and his ex-girlfriend songwriter, Linda Thompson. There was an unearthed recording of ‘Your Life Has Just Begun’ performed by the duo. According to some reports, they took the song in 1973.

Sweet and tender, that’s how one can describe their duet. Both Elvis Presley and Linda Thompson were harmonizing together in the recording. Surprisingly, although the audio recording is old and not remastered, their voices are still audible enough. It is actually an interesting hidden piece on Presley’s final days.

The couple broke up as Thompson couldn’t handle the hectic life of the superstar. In an interview with The Express, the songwriter shared that their relationship equates between 10 to 12 years in what she describes as a normal life. She said that being with the King was intense, like she was up for 24/7. Nevertheless, they still kept in touch until his last breath.

Eventually, after a year, they broke up, Presley faced an untimely death in 1977. This shocked his fans and supporters as they saw him in his Graceland mansion.

Thompson became a songwriter after she broke up with Presley. People commented how the latter’s magic rubbed off on her, which is a good thing as it’s like continuing the path of her past lover. You may have heard the songwriter slash actress’ as she became popular in country and pop music genres.

Elvis Presley And Linda Thompson Duets In A Surprising Old Record
Music

Shop Elvis Presley

  • Elvis 30 #1 HitsVinylWith “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Hound Dog”See it on Amazon
  • The Essential Elvis PresleyVinylWith “That’s All Right” and “Blue Suede Shoes”See it on Amazon
  • EPiC: Elvis Presley in ConcertVinyl · SoundtrackWith “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and “An American Trilogy”See it on Amazon

As an Amazon Associate, Country Thang Daily earns from qualifying purchases.

Kenny Rogers’ ‘Our Perfect Song’ helped her with her music career. Furthermore, she worked with Celine Dion’s ‘Miracle,’ Josh Groban’s ‘To Where You Are,’ and Backstreet Boys’ ‘Drowning.’ Eventually, she married David Foster, which, everyone knows, is a huge figure in the music industry. For their work, they received both Grammy and Academy Award nominations.

You can listen to their old recording of ‘Your Life Has Just Begun’ below.

Elvis Presley And Linda Thompson Duets In A Surprising Old Record

Know someone who loves Elvis Presley?

Pass this story along to your friends and family on Facebook.

Share on Facebook

Latest Stories

Yellowstone Baby Names Are Booming, and a Country Singer’s Character Cracked the Top 100

In 2022, for the first time ever, enough American parents named their baby boys Dutton to put the name in the national top 1,000. It came in at No. 836, ...

Tim McGraw’s Ex-Fiancee Was Standing Next to Him When He Met Faith Hill, and She Just Said So

In 1994, backstage at the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tim McGraw posed for a group photo and met a singer named Faith Hill. On the way out, the girlfriend ...

What Happened to Shania Twain? The Lost Years, Her Husband and the Voice She Made Her Own

For seven years, the woman behind Come On Over, which the Global Lyme Alliance calls the best-selling female album ever, could not yell out for her own dog. “There were ...

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood’s Love Story Began at a Demo Session and a Promise He Kept

In 1987, two singers still waiting on their big break were recording a demo for songwriter Kent Blazy, and both of them were married to other people. Garth Brooks had ...

Willie Nelson’s IRS Tapes Album Came From Something the Government Had Already Taken From Him

In 1990, the IRS took Willie Nelson’s homesteads in three states, padlocked his recording studio and arranged to auction off his gold records and the family piano, Grunge reported. His ...

Chris LeDoux Was Rodeo’s 1976 World Champion Before Garth Brooks Admitted He ‘Stole My Whole Act From Chris’

Chris LeDoux came into the 1976 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City as the No. 14 qualifier and left as the world champion bareback rider. According to Sports Illustrated, he ...

John Anderson, ‘Seminole Wind’ Singer and Country Music Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 71

Country Music Hall of Fame member John Anderson died Wednesday at 71. Back in the summer of 1972, the young man from Apopka, Florida, moved to Nashville, where his older ...

Who Was the Real Jolene? Dolly Parton Revealed the Woman With a ‘Terrible Crush’ on Carl Dean and Got Her ‘Revenge’

In the early years of their marriage, Carl Dean spent a lot of time at the bank. He was trying to get a loan for his asphalt paving business, and ...

George Jones Called ‘He Stopped Loving Her Today’ Morbid, Reportedly Bet It Would Miss No. 1

George Jones heard the song Billy Sherrill was so sure about and wanted nothing to do with it. In his autobiography, I Lived To Tell It All, he remembered exactly ...

Ella Langley Toasts ‘365 Days of Madness’ for ‘Choosin’ Texas,’ the 45-Minute Song That Outran Mariah Carey

It took Ella Langley and three co-writers 45 minutes to write “Choosin’ Texas.” A year after the song came out, she is still trying to measure what those 45 minutes ...