Way down

“ Way Down ” is a song that Elvis Presley recorded in October 1976. The song was released as a single on June 6, 1977.

The bass voice part on this Elvis Presley record is performed by JD Sumner ^[1] .

This single was the last one released during the life of the singer. (Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. He was only 42 years old.) ^[1] In the USA, in 1977, the Bill Way magazine performed by Elvis Presley reached 18th place on the Hot 100 chart (total singles chart) in different genres of pop music , the main hit parade of this magazine). And on the singles chart in the country genre (now called Hot Country Songs ), she climbed to 1st place, becoming another number 1 hit in the singer’s career ^[2] .

In 2016, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph included the song “Way Down” in its list of 20 major songs by Elvis Presley ( English Elvis Presley: 20 essential songs ) ^[1] .