Elvis' Hit Making Team Record Together For First Time Since 1977

This Tuesday in Los Angeles, many of the legendary family, friends, band members and singers who helped Elvis Presley produce all of his hits over the year will gather together to celebrate the release of the first record made with Elvis' "Hit Making Team" since his death in 1977.

Amazingly, the music returns...In a breathe of New Life, the unmistaken Memphis Sound is back in full force. For the first time since the death of Elvis Presley in 1977, the King's entire "Hit Making Team" returned to the recording studio with the singer/songwriter John Krondes to make new music and keep the dream alive. A celebrity red carpet CD launch and book signing event hosted by famed Hollywood Car Kustomizer and Elvis friend George Barris with Joe Esposito, Elvis Presley's best man will rock the music world on Tuesday September 22nd.and

Thirty-Two years after the death of the King, fate has brought virtually the entire Elvis "Hit Making Team" back to the studio. http://www.hitmakingteam.com/ Beginning with the beautiful new recording of THE END by John Krondes and the Jordanaires, the unimaginable wish has turned reality. The eerily familiar harmonious sound of John Krondes and the Jordanaires began to peak and trigger the interest of Presley Band Members and Singers, Radio Stations and Fans alike. Steadily, as news of this new powerful music collaboration traveled through the Elvis World, more and more of the original "Hit Team" members began to surface and heed fate's call to return to the recording studio.

Joe Esposito, who was the Best Man at Elvis Presley's wedding and his Road Manager for 18 Years until the King's death, has taken the helm as Chairman and leader of the Elvis "Hit Making Team". Esposito thanking the fans and media around the world, has said that the "Hit Making Team" project breathes new life for Elvis; and the completion of this momentous new CD, the second chance for the music to play on for Elvis. Joe Esposito was at Elvis' side in Germany as he serenaded Priscilla Beaulieu on the piano on the night they met with the timeless standard, THE END, and full circle he's watched as THE END now brings New Life and a New Start for Elvis in music.

Featured in the new recordings are all of Presley's vocal groups: the Jordanaires, the former original Stamps Quartet, Imperials, and Sweet Inspirations. Both of the King's Bands rock the house for the comeback; included are the TCB Band and the "Memphis Boys" - the American Studios Band. Elvis Presley's first drummer DJ Fontana, and star drummers Ronnie Tutt, Gene Chrisman, Steve Gadd and Anton Fig keep the beat for the "Hit Team". This heart-Stirring project also includes scores of super talent who accompanied the King; Millie Kirkham, Shane Keister, Bobby Ogdin, Gary Herbig, Lanny Morgan, Elvis Presley's original Horn Section, Arrangers, Elvis composers Paul Evans, Paul Parnes, Al Byron, Jimmy Krondes, Randy Starr, and many others.